Project Grant 18124854117

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), provides $189,999.00 to the American Society of Landscape Architects Library & Education Advocacy Fund, Inc. to develop and pilot a framework for K-12 educators nationwide to explore local and national landscapes through a design-centered lens. The project, titled "Teaching Environmental Humanities Through...

This Project Grant award of $163,906.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund two one-week workshops hosted by the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in July 2025. The workshops, titled "LAND AS ARCHIVE: NATURAL AND HUMAN HISTORIES OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN," will convene 20 participants from the humanities fields each session to develop analytical and practical skills in...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to L.a.n.d. Studio, Inc. to support a series of public art installations in the Kinsman Woodland Hills Union-Miles and Buckeye neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. The funding supports the awardee's delivery of art installations as part of the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to provide opportunities for public participation in...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $502,153 Project Grant through the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to The Studio Museum in Harlem, Inc. The grant will fund the installation of an inaugural exhibition focused on the life and artistic achievements of artist Tom Lloyd. The exhibition will feature Lloyd's electronic sculptures, metal and paper works, and travel to three additional venues along with an exhibit publication. The project also includes free, weekly...

This Project Grant award of $1,994,610 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports the "Co-Design for Climate Justice: Youth Expression through Science-Rich Public Art" project at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. The project will engage Black, Indigenous, and other youth of color in an intergenerational co-design process with scientists and artists to create public art exhibits focused on climate literacy and climate justice. These...

The Studio Museum in Harlem will develop the Thomas J. Price exhibition "Witness" and 2021-22 season of InHarlem community-based collaborative programming under a $104,320 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program. The Museum will deepen its roots in the Harlem community through InHarlem by providing arts-based programming for families, teens, and adults through both digital and in-person initiatives operating with local NYC...

This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support a series of programming titled "Harlem as an Incubator" from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The programming will present the history of Harlem as an incubator of arts, culture, and activism for people of the African diaspora through lectures, public discussions, and readings. The goal is to construct...

This federal Project Grant award of $475,650 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program supports Clockshop, a minority-owned and woman-owned non-profit arts organization in Los Angeles, to conduct a cultural asset mapping process. Through this project, Clockshop will engage the diverse local communities near a planned 18-acre state park to document their cultural practices, personal histories, and lived experiences through oral histories,...

The Columbia Museum of Art received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to mount a traveling exhibition on contemporary African American art and implement supporting public programs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The museum will install the "30 Americans" exhibition drawn from the Rubell Family Collection, featuring 57 works by 30 artists. Interpretive and educational...

The Fashion Institute of Technology received a $182,444 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to deliver a series of one-week residential workshops exploring Italian American public art in New York City. The "Creative Spaces/Contested Spaces" project will strengthen place-based humanities teaching and learning by examining how monuments, landmarks, and public artworks are...