Grantee Database
NOAH PURIFOY FOUNDATION
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Arts Education – Exposure
Award Amount
$9,175.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, NOAH PURIFOY FOUNDATION will provide immersive arts education experiences for underserved students from South Central Los Angeles that include full day, docent-led tours of noted African-American artist Noah Purifoy’s Desert Art Museum (including a US Ranger-led tour of Joshua Tree National Park), pre- and post-trip in-class instruction and creative projects led by teaching artists, and pre-trip curricular materials for and consultation with teachers.
Organization Summary
The primary activities of the Noah Purifoy Foundation are to:
-Preserve and maintain Noah Purifoy’s (1917-2004) existing works of art
-Maintain the 10-acre Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture for public engagement, tours and educational programs
-Provide curatorial assistance giving visitors a coherent explanation of the desert museum project, its development, its relationship to the story of America during Noah’s lifetime and the recognition of Noah Purifoy as a world leader in the genre of assemblage art
-Organize Purifoy’s papers and develop of research opportunities for national and international artists and scholars to review his lifetime oeuvre
-Provide in-person arts educational experiences and online curriculum about Noah Purifoy to urban middle school students through its Urban Arts Initiative program.
-Conducted local presentations about the importance of sculptural art, impermanence and ephemerality of art in the desert.
Organization
Noah Purifoy Foundation
Address
PO BOX 962
CULVER CITY
90232-0962
County
San Bernardino
Region
Inland Empire
Phone
(607) 382-5561
Congressional District
California's 37th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 54
State Senate District
District 30
