The Hyde Family Foundation has awarded the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art a $1 Million Challenge Grant. This major investment, announced on the Memphis Brooks Museum’s 99th birthday, celebrated the nearly 100-year legacy of this important institution and launches its next century.
The $1 Million Challenge Grant is offered in support of the implementation of a new strategic plan developed with renowned arts organization consultant Michael Kaider in conjunction with the Brooks’ new executive director, Dr. Emily Ballew Neff, its board of trustees and museum staff. This new plan concentrates on several strategies, which include developing a dynamic long-term exhibition program, animating the interior and exterior of the museum with exciting art installations, expanding fundraising to support the Brooks’ mission and strengthening the museum’s board of trustees.
“We are honoring both the history and potential of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, home to the finest, oldest and only collection of world art in the state of Tennessee and the Mid-South. We’re embracing a new vision, new leadership and new energy as the museum approaches its centennial,” says Barbara Hyde, president of the board of directors at Hyde Family Foundation.
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