Dear Friends and Partners – Culture Matters! We are delighted to share a brief year end overview of the 2018 and 2019 TRIP grants. We are honored to partner and advocate with nonprofit organizations worldwide. Destination Cultural Grants We accomplished two large destination grants this past year; a first ever Middle East/Jordan event for Tourism […]
Continue reading...2018 Tauck Ritzau Residency at ISCP
August 16, 2018
Brooklyn, New York—For the second year in a row, Tauck Ritzau Innovative Philanthropy (TRIP) is underwriting the Tauck Ritzau Residency for artists from Africa, which runs this year from June 1, 2018 through August 31, 2018, at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP). Nigerian artist Modupeola Fadugba (b. 1985), whose elegant and socially concerned […]
Continue reading...Conserving and Revitalizing Craft and Knowledge in Papua New Guinea: An interview with Professor of Anthropology Dr. Paige West
March 6, 2017
This is the first in a series of interviews TRIP will feature with grantees to bring attention to issues and remarkable innovators in global culture. TRIP spearheaded the development of The Colleen Ritzau Leth ’08 Family Fund for International Research to provide ongoing support to Barnard College faculty conducting research that promotes mutual understanding between diverse […]
Continue reading...2016 – A Year of Innovative Projects at TRIP
December 16, 2016
Dear Friends and Partners— Culture Matters! We are delighted to share a brief overview of 2016’s new TRIP projects and grants. Highlights include thought leadership gatherings, exhibitions and events at local cultural organizations including the Queens Museum, The Trust For Public Land and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as National Park Centennial projects, […]
Continue reading...Seeing the Past as Present: Why Museums Matter
August 23, 2016
Cambridge – Colleen Ritzau Leth, Vice President of TRIP and an MBA student at the University of Oxford, was recently invited to deliver a TEDtalk at TEDxOxbridge, an annual TEDx event co-hosted by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. This year’s event included speakers from across the business, academic and social sectors. Colleen is a specialist in museum […]
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