Federal agency restores grant enabling conservation work on Millvale church's Maxo Vanka murals - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Federal agency restores grant enabling conservation work on Millvale church's Maxo Vanka murals - Pittsburgh Union Progress

For 22 days last month, the Society to Preserve The Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka labored over figuring out how it could carry on its mission after the Institute of Museum and Library Services  terminated the remaining funds in its Save America’s Treasures $471,670 grant. Then on April 30 executive director Anna Doering opened her email to find out the grant had been restored. The letter – addressed generically to IMLS Grantee – stated, “Based o…