"Dieu Donné Launches Museum Donation Program"
Dieu Donne
Andy Mister, Silence (Single), 2014
Dieu Donné is pleased to announce the inauguration of the Dieu Donné Museum Donation Program! This new initiative expands Dieu Donné’s educational mission beyond the walls of our studios––introducing curators, institutions, and the general public to the art of hand papermaking. Through targeted donations from Dieu Donné's nearly 50 years of production to art museums around the world, we aim to bolster works of handmade paper in institutional collections to expand knowledge of and access to hand papermaking as a fine arts medium.
B. Wurtz, Untitled, 2013
To date, Dieu Donné has donated works by artists including Lesley Dill, Alison Knowles, Paul Wong, B. Wurtz, and many others, to museums including the Asheville Art Museum, NC; Grinnell College Museum of Art, IA; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, MO; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, TN; Art Museum of the University of Memphis, TN; Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz; University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, IA; Turchin Center of Art, Appalachian State University, NC; Williams College Museum of Art, MA; and Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, NJ.
Donated pieces will enter the permanent collections of museums, will be included in current and future exhibitions, and will be used in tandem with the educational arms of these institutions to provide students and communities with opportunities to experience and learn about handmade paper artworks.
To learn more about the Dieu Donné Museum Donation Program or to get your local art museum involved, please contact Eliana Blechman, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Partnerships, at eblechman@dieudonne.org.