Grants & Funding
The mission of the Historical Collections Council of California Art, is to promote the early California artwork and artists. Education about the art is a primary focus, along with developing and publicizing relevant exhibitions and publications. A secondary focus is the selective conservation and restoration of important works making them available for public viewing.
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Past grants have included:
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Funds provided in order to bus schoolchildren to museums for educational tours
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Contributions to help fund exhibitions
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Financial assistance provided for the publication of catalogs
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Selected grants made to restore and conserve important paintings
HCC Grants vary in size and are considered based on whether the request meets with the aims stated in our Mission Statement.
The Historical Collections Council of California Art is a California Non-Profit Corporation,
IRS 501(c)3 charity, tax identification number is 20-3043521
Please contact us through the Contact Page on this website.
Grants History
2023
Casa Romantica ($1000) to complete weatherproofing and lighting of recently restored historical mural by Norman Kennedy, Laguna Art Museum ($15,000) for development and production of catalog for Joseph Kleitsch: Abroad and at Home in Old Laguna exhibition
2022
Casa Romantica ($6000) to restore and frame a historical mural by Norman Kennedy, Palos Verdes Art Center ($5000) for Gifted: The Art of Gardena High School Exhibition
2021
California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks - CMATO ($5000) for Gifted: The Art of Gardena High School Exhibition, Balboa Art Conservation Center ($200) for Virtual Seminar on Art Conservation
2020
Hilbert Museum of California Art ($5000) for Bus Funding for School Educational Programs, Irvine Museum ($5000) for Bus Funding for School Educational Programs
2019
Laguna Art Museum ($10,000) for Thomas Hunt: California Modernist exhibition, Crocker Art Museum ($7,200) for Conservation of paintings by Raymond Yellen, Thomas Hill, and Paul Dougherty, Casa Romantica for Nellie Gail Moulton Exhibition
2018
Crocker Art Museum ($15,000) for Granville Redmond: The Eloquent Palette Exhibition and Catalog, Laguna Art Museum ($10,000) for 100th Anniversary Exhibition Catalog: Art Colony: Laguna Beach Art Association 1918-1935
2017
Pasadena Museum of California Art ($1400) for conservation of “Monterey Bay” by E. Charlton Fortune, Gardena High School Collection ($9000) for Conservation of "Mountain Brook" by Paul Lauritz, Irvine Museum ($3,500) for Bus Funding for School educational Programs, Irvine Museum ($850) for projector for educational programs
2016
Pasadena Museum of Art ($15,000) for E. Charlton Fortune: The Colorful Spirit Exhibition, Laguna Museum of Art ($5,000) for Anna Hills Exhibition, Gardena High School Collection ($5,200) for Conservation of "On the Road to San Gabriel" by Jean Mannheim and "River Dwellers" by Robert Clunie, Monterey Museum of Art ($6,663) for Conservation on painting by E. Charlton Fortune
2015
Palos Verdes Art Center ($2,500) for Theodore Lukits Exhibition
2018
Crocker Art Museum ($15,000) for Granville Redmond: The Eloquent Palette Exhibition and Catalog, Laguna Art Museum ($10,000) for 100th Anniversary Exhibition Catalog: Art Colony: Laguna Beach Art Association 1918-1935
2017
Pasadena Museum of California Art ($1400) for conservation of “Monterey Bay” by E. Charlton Fortune, Gardena High School Collection ($9000) for Conservation of "Mountain Brook" by Paul Lauritz, Irvine Museum ($3,500) for Bus Funding for School educational Programs, Irvine Museum ($850) for projector for educational programs
2016
Pasadena Museum of Art ($15,000) for E. Charlton Fortune: The Colorful Spirit Exhibition, Laguna Museum of Art ($5,000) for Anna Hills Exhibition, Gardena High School Collection ($5,200) for Conservation of "On the Road to San Gabriel" by Jean Mannheim and "River Dwellers" by Robert Clunie, Monterey Museum of Art ($6,663) for Conservation on painting by E. Charlton Fortune
2015
Palos Verdes Art Center ($2,500) for Theodore Lukits Exhibition
2012
Laguna Museum of Art ($15,000) for Clarence Hinkle Exhibition
2010
Pasadena Museum of Art ($10,000) for Edgar Payne Exhibition
2009
Museum of Ventura County ($1,500) for California Travels: Cornelus & Jessie Arms Botke Exhibition
2008
Crocker Museum ($2,994) for Conservation and reframing of "San Fernando Mission" by Charles Rollo Peters and "Monterey Pines" by Mary DeNeale Morgan
2007
Crocker Museum ($3,000) for Conservation of "California Coast" by Edgar Payne, Laguna Art Museum for Colin Cooper Exhibition: East Coast/West Coast and Beyond, Laguna Art Museum ($2,500) for William Wendt Exhibition
2006
Pasadena Museum of California Art ($3,000) for Hanson Puthuff Exhibition & Catalog
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