ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art at the
University of Georgia in partnership with the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine
Art at Auburn University and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University
of Oklahoma was recently awarded a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation
for the exhibition and catalogue of Art Interrupted: Advancing American
Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy. Through the Program in
American Art, begun in 1982, the foundation has distributed more than $130
million to some 250 museums, universities and service organizations in 47
states, the District of Columbia and internationally.