Project Grant 18828154121

The American Folk Art Museum was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will support the development and enhancement of ongoing virtual programming and the hiring of a new Community Engagement Educator position to better serve local communities. Specifically, the Museum will continue and expand virtual offerings such as...

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) received a $339,501 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to deliver arts and humanities content through virtual programming from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2023. The funding will support staffing and infrastructure expenses to enhance VMFA's permanent commitment to hybrid programming. Specifically, the NEH funds will be used to improve the...

Historic Deerfield, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to expand its virtual and hybrid humanities programming. With this two-year award beginning Oct 1, 2021, Historic Deerfield will hire a new Digital Engagement Specialist and pursue infrastructure upgrades to deliver high-quality digital content and hybrid programming to worldwide audiences. Specific activities...

The Friends of the New York Transit Museum will develop, assess, and refine virtual humanities programs with a $189,863 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program. Key products include new virtual programming in the form of lesson plans, tours, exhibits, and presentations on topics like school/group programs, accessibility programs, family programs and public programs. The...

The Denver Art Museum will receive $479,144 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) from September 2021 through August 2024 to strengthen its early childhood art and creativity programs. The Museum will establish an Early Childhood Participant Action Group composed of early childhood stakeholders to co-create new program elements for an in-community mini-exhibition program called Art Lives Here/El Arte Vive Aqui. The...

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...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund the American Historical Association to develop teaching and learning resources focused on the use of historical artifacts in history education. With $199,808 in funding over a two-year period from October 2021 to December 2023, the Association will create a multi-platform publication program under the federal Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162)....

The Virginia Museum of History and Culture (VMHC) was awarded a $190,550 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The funding will support VMHC reopening and expanding education programs for K-12 teachers and students across Virginia following pandemic-related closures and participation declines. Specifically, the grant will retain educational staff...

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 Children's Museum of Indianapolis was awarded $500,000 under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program by the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop virtual humanities programs for underserved students. The museum will use the funding to continue and improve its real-time virtual school programs, introduce an on-demand library of teacher resources, and digitize parts of its collections for use in new video content....