Project Grant 1378007046

This federal Project Grant award for $600,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of a documentary film with the working title "ADELANTE!" The film will serve as a biographical portrait of the influential Chicano playwright, activist, and director Luis Valdez, exploring the history and significance of Chicano identity through the lens of Valdez's pioneering theatrical company El...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Storycatchers Theatre a $100,000 Project Grant to support staff salaries and participant stipends for an in-person and virtual post-release performing arts jobs program for court-involved youth. This award falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, and builds capacity and infrastructure within the arts...

The Portland Art Museum, through its Center For An Untold Tomorrow division, received a $325,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant funded the development and delivery of "THE ART OF RESILIENCE: A CONTINUUM OF TLINGIT ARTS" public program from August 2016 through July 2020. This program explored Tlingit history and culture through humanities-focused...

This federal Project Grant award of $300,000 was provided by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service Intermountain Region under the Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites program (CFDA 15.933). The funding will support Visual Communications Media, a non-profit media arts organization, to produce a 30-minute narrative film called "The Camera" that explores the intergenerational trauma and ongoing impacts of the Japanese American incarceration during World War...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded the Portland Art Museum a $4,917,308.34 Project Grant under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) program. The grant funding will support the museum's presentation of the exhibition "The Space in Which to Place Me" featuring artist Jeffrey Gibson at the 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy from July 2023 to November 2024. The Portland Art Museum has...

The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) was awarded a $169,642 project grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to host a two-session, in-person workshop series for secondary teachers (grades 6-12) in June and July 2025. The workshop, titled "Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations," will explore how historic events and ongoing challenges have shaped the dynamic...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 two-year Project Grant to SU Teatro Inc. under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support SU Teatro's personnel, facilities, and marketing expenses to respond to and aid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As a nonprofit arts organization based in Colorado, SU Teatro will use the grant funds to provide opportunities for community participation in the arts and arts...

The La Mama Experimental Theatre Club received a $131,906 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program. The award will support the ongoing effort to preserve and digitize the organization's archival materials documenting the off-off Broadway movement from 1991 to 2008. Key deliverables include cataloging paper materials such as programs, flyers, posters, production notes, and photographs. New catalog records...

The Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA) was awarded a $578,500 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. The grant funding will support MACLA's development of 12 major visual arts exhibitions and related public programming to engage the community in civic dialogue and deepen understanding of Latino art and culture. The project aims to create a new cultural model for an arts center where residents see the arts as a...

The Association of American Voices is receiving a $1.8 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges federal grant program (CFDA 19.415). The funding will support the Arts Envoy Program, which delivers cultural exchange initiatives to promote international understanding. As part of the Citizen Exchange activities funded under the broader Professional and...