Foundation News


Posted: February 15, 2024

Kathleen Forde appointed Senior Advisor and Curator at Large

The Carl and Marilynn Thoma Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of curator Kathleen Forde as Senior Advisor and Curator at Large for the Thoma Foundation’s Digital & Media Art collection. ...

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Posted: November 7, 2023

Dallas-Uptown Headquarters Now Open!

Our new Headquarters in the Dallas-Uptown area is now Open! We are thrilled to share our space with you by appointment. Please call 214.971.7770 or email cedarspringstours@thomafoundation.org to arrange your visit.    ...

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Posted: August 2, 2023

Jeffrey Gibson to Represent US at the 2024 Venice Biennale

Congratulations to our friend and a cherished artist in our collection, Jeffrey Gibson! Jeffrey will represent the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale, marking a historic moment. A member of the ...

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Posted: May 16, 2023

Thoma Foundation Announces 2023-2024 Awards in the Art of the Spanish Americas

This year, the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation is pleased to award two scholars whose work advances our knowledge of the construction of historiography of viceregal Andean painting, and the artistic networks ...

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Posted: May 15, 2023

Announcing New Guest Curated Exhibition at Art Vault: Lust Severs

Exhibition: Lust Severs, Guest Curated by Jennifer West  Art Vault/Santa Fe, New Mexico May 1, 2023 – Fall 2023  The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation is excited to announce the opening of ...

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Posted: March 23, 2023

Verónica Muñoz-Nájar Luque Joins the Thoma Foundation

In March 2023, the Thoma Foundation welcomed Verónica Muñoz-Nájar Luque, Ph.D. as our new Curatorial Fellow of the Arts of the Spanish Americas. We asked Verónica to help us get to know ...

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Posted: January 27, 2023

Thoma Foundation Announces Support of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Retrospective

The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation is proud to have awarded a $150,000 grant to the Whitney Museum of American Art in support of its upcoming retrospective of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (b. ...

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Posted: November 9, 2022

Introducing Moving Arts’ New Teen Space! 

The Thoma Foundation sends their congratulations to Moving Arts Española on both the opening of their new teen programming wing, Bowie’s Backstage, and Executive Director Salvador Ruiz’s naming as a UniVisionario. Two ...

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Posted: October 20, 2022

Thoma Foundation Awards $200,000 to Empower Schools

This two-year grant funds the pilot of the LeadRural Fellowship—a coordinated and intentional effort to identify, cultivate, and support rural leaders and to give those leaders the ideas, resources, network, and partners ...

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Posted: October 4, 2022

Thoma Foundation Awards $1 Million to Arizona Student Opportunity Collaborative

A three-year grant to Arizona Student Opportunity Collaborative will create access to high-quality, virtual college & career advising for rural students. The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation has awarded a $1 million ...

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