Project Grant 1734007139

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 University of Southern California received a $1,073,466 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to produce a four-part documentary series titled "VOCES DE LAS ABUELAS: GRANDMOTHERS' FOOD STORIES FROM THE BORDERLANDS." The series will explore how individual, regional, national and transnational identities are shaped through food practices and culture by filming and recording the unique food cultures of Mexican and Mexican-American grandmothers living in...

This $1.4 million Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the production of the documentary film "Julia Alvarez: Something to Declare" by Latino Public Broadcasting. The film will profile the life and work of Julia Alvarez, one of America's most celebrated Latina writers. It will be produced by Adrian Bosch and Jeff Bieber for PBS's American Masters series. This award advances the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs, which provides...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Verse Video Education, Inc. $299,765 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support the completion of five episodes in Season 4 of the public television show Poetry in America. Titled "More Perfect Union," these episodes will focus on American poems that examine the nation's shared narratives. Each episode will profile a work representing different American styles, traditions, and...

The Library of America, in partnership with the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, will produce 400 Years of Latino Poetry, a $1,698,898 project grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The initiative includes publishing a groundbreaking anthology of Latino poetry spanning 400 years; public programs and conversations with literary scholars, poets, and historians across...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Cine Las Americas a $100,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic from Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies...

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 Arts awarded Sociedad Latina, Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote well-being and...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) provides $600,000 to support the production of a feature documentary film titled "DIEGO & FRIDA IN DETROIT". The film will explore the life and art of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo during their time in 1930s Detroit, and the lasting impact they had on the city's cultural identity and political history. The project will be carried out by Women Make...

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...