The Key Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Cleveland-based KeyCorp, has announced a $1.5 million grant to the Cleveland Museum of Art to support diversity and inclusion programs at the museum.

The grant will be used to support programs that explore how diversity and inclusion influence the arts, as well as the establishment of the KeyBank Summer Arts Internship Program, which will provide paid museum internships to students of Key's partner school, East High School, which is forming separate theme schools focused on the arts, business, human services, and science.

In addition, the grant will support initiatives to make the museum's outreach program more inclusive of Latin-American cultures through a bilingual distance-learning program consisting of at least thirty classroom video conferences focused on the art of the Ancient Americas. The program will meet the fine arts education criteria at Cuyahoga Community College, Lakeland Community College, and Lorain Community College.

"Diversity, philanthropy, and outreach are an inherent part of every museum-goer's experience," said James T. Bartlett, board president of the Cleveland Museum. "They are pillars for sustained excellence in the assembly of exhibitions, community involvement, and education. Key's funding of the development of our educational programs will...[harness] these pillars for sustained excellence in communities across Northeast Ohio."