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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 Arizona State University Art Museum, in partnership with the Hispanic Research Center, received a $690,049 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative (CFDA 45.031). The grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, will fund the creation of the Latinx Art & Culture Curatorial Fellows and Internship Program. This initiative will expand fellowship and internship opportunities, produce a bilingual...

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 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 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...

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...

The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey will partner with the Elizabeth Public School system and Cultures and Literacies through Art for the 21st Century to expand the CALTA21 curriculum for 9th and 10th grade bilingual social studies classrooms. Funded by a $101,881 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program, the partners will identify themes of Latinx contributions to American and world history to incorporate into the curriculum. They will...

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 Endowment for the Arts awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Grupo De Artistas Latino Americanos (GALA Hispanic Theatre) from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The funding supports personnel and facilities expenses to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). This program aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education,...

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...