The Colored Girls Museum

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The Colored Girls Museum is located in the heart of Germantown and is devoted to celebrating the lives, creativity and work of “colored girls.” Through art and artifacts, this museum tells the stories of Black women and girls, placing their lives at the center of our experience, something rare in the art and media world.

Website
http://www.thecoloredgirlsmuseum.com
Grantee type
Organization

Grants Awarded to The Colored Girls Museum

$250,000 - Awarded December 2021

Community Storytelling
Grantees
The Colored Girls Museum
Focus areas
Representation in Media
Archives
Media Training
Description

A two-year grant to The Colored Girls Museum (TCGM) ($250,000), for general operating support and the promotion and archiving of the stories of Black girls and women. TCGM's mission is to be a public ritual for the protection, praise, and grace of the ordinary extraordinary Black girl.

$100,000 - Awarded July 2020

Community Storytelling
Grantees
The Colored Girls Museum
Focus areas
Representation in Media
Archives
Media Training
Description

The 2020 Community Voices grant will support an annual youth program to train black girls and womxn to use VR/AR to create immersive technology storytelling of their experiences. In addition it will provide support for a student-led project for inclusion in their virtual museum, which is set to launch next summer. The program participants will be compensated.

$10,000 - Awarded April 2020

Community Storytelling
Grantees
The Colored Girls Museum
Focus areas
Representation in Media
Archives
Media Training
Description

COVID-19 Emergency Fund to 2019 Grantees.

$25,000 - Awarded December 2019

Community Storytelling
Grantees
The Colored Girls Museum
Focus areas
Representation in Media
Archives
Media Training
Description

Nominated to receive a general operating grant.

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