The following institutions received grants through the American Art Program's annual exhibition competition. Participating venues for each exhibition are listed below.

American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
($125,000 grant awarded in 2015)
Paul Revere: Artisan and Entrepreneur

• New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
• Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
• Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
($225,000 grant awarded in 2016)
Charles White

• Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
($175,000 grant awarded in 2016)
Anarchitecture: Gordon Matta-Clark and the Bronx

• The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
• Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
• Kumu Art Museum, Tallin, Estonia
• Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA

Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
($225,000 grant awarded in 2017)
Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott

• Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
• venues to be announced

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
($200,000 grant awarded in 2010)
Frederic Church: To the Holy Land and Beyond

• Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
• Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC
• Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT

Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
($100,000 grant awarded in 2017)
William L. Hawkins: An Imaginative Geography

• Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
• Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
• Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
• Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
($75,000 grant awarded in 2016)
Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann

• Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
($200,000 grant awarded in 2016)
Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World

• Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
• Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
• Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Canada

Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
($175,000 grant awarded in 2017)
RE:DEFINE

• Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
• venues to be announced

Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami, FL
($125,000 grant awarded in 2017)
Infinity is Always Less Than One

• Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL

The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
($200,000 grant awarded in 2017)
Married to American Art: Edith Gregor Halpert and the Downtown Gallery

• The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
• venues to be announced

Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
($100,000 grant awarded in 2017)
Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein

• Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkley, CA
• Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
($200,000 grant awarded in 2017)
Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
• National Gallery, London, UK

Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
($200,000 grant awarded in 2015)
Hearts of Our People: Native American Women Artists

• Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
• Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
• Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
($350,000 grant awarded in 2014)
Donald Judd

• The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
($125,000 grant awarded in 2015)
Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment

• Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
• Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
• Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
($150,000 grant awarded in 2016)
Clarence White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895-1925

• Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
• Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
• Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
• Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Queens Museum, Queens, NY
($150,000 grant awarded in 2017)
Mel Chin: All Over The Place

• Queens Museum, Queens, NY

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
($300,000 grant awarded in 2017)
Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975

• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
• venues to be announced

Tate Modern, London, UK
($100,000 grant awarded in 2016)
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

• Tate Modern, London UK
• Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
• Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
• The Broad Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
($200,000 grant awarded in 2016)
Allen Ruppersberg: Intellectual Property, 1968-2018

• Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
• Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
($200,000 grant awarded in 2017)
The Expressive Figure in the American Renaissance, 1876-1917

• Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
• venues to be announced