The Birmingham Museum of Art says it will use a $300,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to hire curators for its growing collection of African-American art.
Museum director Gail Andrews says the grant is one of the largest in the museum’s history.
The four-year Mellon grant covers two 2-year fellowships for new curators who will work in the Modern and Contemporary collection and the American Art collection. The museum has three curators who focus on American, Modern and Contemporary art.
Two years ago, the museum dedicated a gallery to African-American art, and the Mellon fellows will work with the curators to develop new exhibits for the space.