Diversity-Inspired Museum Fellowships Are Noble—But Do They Lead to Success?
In 2017, the Ford Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation invested US$6 million into a project to diversify arts leadership by building pipelines of talent. In this review of the Diversifying Art Museum Initiative, one of the beneficiary fellows writers about the program, which has not yet led to further work for her in the arts industry.
‘Diversity fellowships should be not only opportunities for those who receive them but also for the museums that administer them.'