Project Grant 18920817822

The Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana De San Jose, Incorporated (Movimiento) will develop visual arts exhibitions and related public programs under a $523,940 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. Over the three year award period ending August 2024, Movimiento will produce twelve major visual art exhibitions providing honoraria for up to 250 exhibiting artists. The organization will also expand public programs and...

The Santa Clara County Office of Education was awarded a $924,479 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. The grant will support the "Culturally-Responsive Teaching for Supporting Positive Computer Science Identities among Latinx Girls" project from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. Under this award, the Santa Clara County Office of Education will implement culturally responsive teaching methods to support...

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 Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) a $1,000,000.00 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). The grant, with a performance period from Aug 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2024, will support the SCCOE's Digital Equity Project....

The San Jose Museum of Art will receive $582,885 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to implement institution-wide trainings and infrastructure improvements focused on collaboration. From September 2022 through August 2025, museum staff will participate in on-demand and in-person trainings to develop core competencies for non-hierarchical work and improve communication tools, procedures and practices. This...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the San Jose Children's Discovery Museum from January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel expenses as the museum responds to and recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to provide opportunities for public participation in the...

The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco received a $100,110 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to create a seven-month exhibition titled "Xianrui: Cathy Lu" and a community youth engagement program. The exhibition and programming will explore topics relevant to the state of Asian American identity and xenophobia facing the community. The Chinese Culture Center will co-design the programming...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) a $4,437,320 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to implement "DATA ADVENTURES: A MOBILE MAKERSPACE TO PROMOTE DATA LITERACY, DIGITAL STORYTELLING, AND INTEREST IN DATA SCIENCE". This 5-year project, beginning on January 1, 2024 and running through December 31, 2028, will create a mobile makerspace to...

This $607,783 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative (CFDA 45.031) will enable the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to partner with the Museum of Art and History to create an internship program for 3 graduate and 3 undergraduate students. The interns will receive training in public programming, curatorial and exhibition development, and mentorship. The fellows will develop a...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $547,371 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) Project Grant to The TECH Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. The award will enable the museum to create educational resources that empower youth from historically marginalized communities to envision themselves in STEM careers. Key activities include: Developing STEM events, project-based mentoring models, and career exploration resources in collaboration with local schools, the Santa...