The Savoy, 1975

Projects

The Foundation has actively participated in and developed legacy-based programs and projects that advance new scholarship on Bearden, expand public knowledge of his involvement with other disciplines, including music and literature.  Projects enhance the public visibility of Bearden and the Foundation.

Projects

Announcing the Romare Bearden Digital Catalog Raisonné Project

SEPT 2, 2020: The Foundation is working in partnership with the Wildenstein-Plattner Institute to publish the Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné.

Database Project

The Foundation is embarking on a new project to create a comprehensive database from our Foundation materials. Establishing the Bearden Foundation as the clearinghouse of information on the artist.

Publication Projects

In partnership with commercial publishers, the Foundation plans to print and distribute seminal publications generated from its symposium series as well as catalogues to accompany small touring exhibitions.

Exhibitions

The Foundation has been an important resource for national and international exhibitions of Bearden’s artwork in major museums.

Archives Project

The archives contain correspondence, sketchbooks, awards, sheet music, photographs, video and cassette tape recordings and published and unpublished manuscripts.

Oral History Project

The Oral History Project is an ongoing project collecting interviews with Bearden friends & collaborators.

Partnerships

St. Louis Art Museum

The Foundation has worked with the St. Louis Art Museum for the past three years to host Romare Bearden Fellows in New York. This Post Graduate Minority Fellowship was started in 1992 with the objective to cultivate future museum professionals from historically underrepresented groups or backgrounds by advancing the knowledge, skills, and networking capabilities that enable museum careers.

Bearden Fellows receive hands-on work experience in various museum functions, including curatorial, public programing, interpretive materials, audience development, marketing and fundraising. While specific assignments are tailored to the Museum's needs as well as the Bearden Fellow’s skill and interests, all Fellows receive individualized mentoring and training from senior museum staff that fosters confidence building critical to entry level museum professionals.

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