The Education Commission of States received a $1,050,000 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) to support the Arts Education Partnership (AEP). The grant will fund AEP's national network and technical assistance services, meetings and convenings, and research documentation and publication activities from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts...
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 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to The American Documentary Inc., a non-profit organization, to support the public television programs POV, POV Shorts, and America Reframed with related public engagement activities. The funding will cover the curation, production, and promotion of these documentary film series for public television, including staff salaries,...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $110,000 project grant to The Harlem School of the Arts, Inc. to support free pre-professional arts education programs for underserved students in New York City. This funding falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to expand access to arts participation and education and build capacity in the arts sector. Through this one-year award covering July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023, The...
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...
The American Film Institute (AFI) received a $132,708 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education under the Education Stabilization Fund program. The grant period runs from July 31, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The Education Stabilization Fund program provides funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. AFI will use the grant funds to deliver services that address the impacts of the pandemic on the education sector in Los Angeles, California. While details...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $750,000 Project Grant 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) to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Inc. The grant, awarded on July 8, 2024, will support comprehensive arts and educational opportunities in Massachusetts....
The Brooklyn Museum will create intensive arts education curricula for up to 10 underserved schools in Brooklyn, New York during the 2021-2022 academic year under a $231,230 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The museum aims to develop inspiring encounters with art that transform perspectives through its school partnerships, expecting to reach approximately 1,000 K-12 students. Prioritizing Title I schools impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the project will...
The Palo Alto Art Center Foundation will implement a community engagement project titled "Creative Attention" under a $235,779.60 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program. Through the grant, the Art Center will partner with a licensed art therapist to encourage community members to use art to address anxiety and recognize manifestations of the emotion. Therapeutic art workshops will be conducted and an intergenerational family...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc. a $100,000 project grant under the National Leadership Grants program to produce One Brooklyn TV in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. One Brooklyn TV will bring educational media content to over 550,000 households in Brooklyn, providing students access to remote curriculum and instructional videos regardless of internet access. Now in its second year, the program will focus on creating...