Project Grant 18843825221

The Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc., doing business as The Mount, received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities on January 1, 2022 to support full-time, on-site literary and history programming through December 31, 2022. The programming will focus on issues of racial justice, gender equality, and immigration using Edith Wharton's life and works as a framework. Three types of public programs are planned to 1) relate Wharton's works to present-day...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $500,000 Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grant to Literary Arts Inc., doing business as Portland Arts & Lectures, to renovate their new building located at 716 SE Grand in Portland, Oregon. The renovations will create additional classroom, event, community, and staff workspace, allowing Literary Arts to expand its literary and humanities programming. Planned improvements include a new bookstore, coffee bar, multi-purpose area...

This Project Grant award 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) will provide $120,000.00 to Le Moyne College to support the creation of a course called "Publishing Today." The course will reinvigorate interest in English Literature majors by educating students on the current publishing industry landscape. It will feature guest speakers and experts from...

The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary, Inc. received a $100,000 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 and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 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...

This Project Grant award of $189,258 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund an educational workshop series titled "FOREVER WILD: THE ADIRONDACKS IN THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA." The project, led by history professors from SUNY Cortland, will use the historic Camp Huntington site in the Adirondacks as a resource to explore how ideas of wilderness shaped America during the Gilded...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute $500,000 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support seven staff positions from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The positions will sustain the Institute's core public, academic, school, and library humanities programs, including digital programming, cultural exhibitions, and academic activities. Funding will allow the Institute to resume...

This $175,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) supports a two-year institute for high school English teachers (grades 9-12) to examine the portrayal of friendship in literature, film, and adolescent social experiences. Teachers will explore evolving conceptions of friendship through collaborative seminars, expert presentations, and the development of curricular materials. 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 Humanities awarded $149,994 under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program to Georgia College & State University for the project "FLANNERY O'CONNOR AND MILLEDGEVILLE: COLLECTING THE PAST." Through interviews and archival collection, the awardee and its Andalusia Institute will develop podcasts, videos, and records providing insights on author Flannery O'Connor and inspiration from her work. The...

The Trustees of Amherst College, operating as the Folger Shakespeare Library, received a $174,921 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to host a two-week, on-site summer institute in July 2024 for 25 middle and high school teachers. The institute, titled "Shakespeare: Othello and The Taming of the Shrew in Conversation," will provide professional development focused on...