Project Grant 1378007122

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 Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation, University of Minnesota, and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will collaborate on a three-year, $700,000 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize and provide open access to Mexican American art and archival materials. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program, which supports preserving and providing intellectual access to humanities resources, approximately...

The National Museum of Mexican Art will partner with four organizations that make up the Mexican Cultural Arts Alliance to deliver leadership development and arts programming to strengthen cultural identity in Mexican communities across four Midwestern cities. Funded by a $413,269 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America program, the National Museum of Mexican Art and its partners will grow the capacity of local arts organizations in...

The Goggle Works Center for the Arts was awarded a $289,700 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to implement the "Como Crecemos (How We Grow)" project. The project will expand the Center's existing efforts serving Hispanic and Latinx audiences through designing inclusive exhibitions, programs, and communications. Key activities include two major exhibitions of works by conventionally marginalized artists and an outreach...

The Puerto Rican Arts Alliance was awarded a $523,398 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The grant, titled "SOMOS UNO / WE ARE ONE", aims to develop literacy skills for children and students from birth through...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 project grant to Centro Cultural Aztlan, Inc. under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The two-year grant will support Centro Cultural Aztlan's personnel and facilities expenses from January 2022 through December 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for community...

The Mexic Arte Museum was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program. The grant will support the digitization of approximately 1,500 Latinx artworks in the museum's collection and the creation of online exhibitions and humanities programs exploring the ongoing struggles, experiences, and aspirations of cross-generational Latinx and Chicanx communities. Specifically, the museum will...

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...

La Plaza De Cultura Y Artes (LPCA) will use a $100,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) National Leadership Grants program to deliver virtual educational and cultural programming to underserved Latinx communities in Los Angeles recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, LPCA will produce and stream 10 episodes of the educational series "En Familia" and 144 episodes of the cultural program "En Casa." It will also provide a...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to City Lore Inc., a non-profit art gallery and cultural hub in New York City, for the "SOMOS BORICUAS: UNDERSTANDING PUERTO RICAN MIGRATION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING THROUGH THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES" summer institute program. This program uses Puerto Rican migration to the mainland U.S. as a case study to explore key humanities questions related to citizenship, rights, and the role of cultural traditions and...