Grantee Database
NOAH PURIFOY FOUNDATION
Grant Year
2022-23
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$28,500.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, NOAH PURIFOY FOUNDATION will support two site management conservation and preservation staff positions; one Urban Arts Initiative coordinator for school site planning, project assessment, and oversight; and storage rental and archival supplies for the Noah Purifoy Archives; property tax and water fees.
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
