Project Grant 18536595219

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association Inc., doing business as Festival Dance, to support personnel, facilities, and marketing expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant was awarded on January 1, 2022 with a completion date of July 31, 2024. The funding supports Festival Dance under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). This...

This $249,995 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program will fund a conference project to promote the development of climate science-focused children's literature that centers Black voices and experiences. Over two years, the project will bring together Black children's media creators, climate scientists, and developmental psychologists to create resources - including a podcast series, conference proceedings, and a guidebook - to...

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program to implement an architectural history festival, education programs, and digital technology upgrades. The grant period runs from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. Through this funding, CAF will plan and execute the Open House Chicago festival highlighting the city's historic architecture. The...

The Chicago Humanities Festival was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164). The grant will support the development and implementation of six in-person speaker programs on topics related to racial justice, gender equality, and building an inclusive society. These programs will be part of the Chicago Humanities Festival in 2022 and will take place in neighborhoods around Chicago....

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Colour Of Music, Inc., doing business as Colour Of Music Festival, to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. This funding falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and...

Florida Atlantic University was awarded a $141,929 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to host an interdisciplinary institute on the history of the book in the American Revolution. The institute will combine readings and discussions on book history theory with hands-on experience examining rare books and workshops allowing participants to create paper, use a historic printing press,...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $1,129,355 Project Grant to the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival Charitable Trust through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to host two U.S.-based authors, Jason Reynolds and Colson Whitehead, and a reception at the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival from May 16-21. The Trust will deliver cultural diplomacy and inform/influence New Zealand publics by bringing the two acclaimed American authors to...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the National Black Arts Festival, Inc. under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 to aid the organization's 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 public...

The Black Lily, Inc., doing business as the Blackstar Film Festival, received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel 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 all...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the International Festival of Arts to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. This funding was provided through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and community resilience,...