AAMC Recieves Funding From Samuel H. Kress Foundation

For Immediate Release

ASSOCIATION OF ART MUSEUM CURATORS RECEIVES FUNDING FROM THE SAMUEL H. KRESS FOUNDATION FOR 2013 TRAVEL GRANTS

New York, February 7, 2013 – The Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) is pleased to announce the receipt of a $10,000 grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to fund this year’s AAMC Professional Development Travel Grants. The Samuel H. Kress Foundation has continued to be one of the largest funders of the AAMC’s travel grants over the past six years, beginning in 2008.

AAMC Professional Development Travel Grants aim to support curators within the organization who have limited availability to funds for travel from their own institutions. All current AAMC members are eligible for funding; requests are vetted and approved by the AAMC Board of Trustees. The grants has historically been used to finance travel to the AAMC’s annual meeting. "The AAMC is truly grateful to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for their ongoing support of this program,” says AAMC President, Carol S. Eliel. "The Professional Development Travel Grants have been an essential component of our organization, allowing curators to meet and network with their peers, thereby offering invaluable opportunities for professional development. The AAMC would not be able to sustain this program without the strong support of the Kress Foundation.”

About the Samuel H. Kress Foundation:

The mission of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation (est. 1929) is to sustain and carry out the original vision of founder, Samuel H. Kress (1863-1955). The Samuel H. Kress Foundation supports the work of individuals and institutions engaged with appreciation, interpretation, preservation, study and teaching of the history of European art and architecture from antiquity to the dawn of the modern era.

Contact: Madeleine Haddon
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