Project Grant 18931993222

WNET received a $1.2 million Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to produce a two-hour PBS documentary titled "The First Folio: The Making of Shakespeare." The documentary will mark the 400th anniversary of the first published collection of William Shakespeare's plays, known as the First Folio, by recounting the process of locating, correcting and printing...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the "Promotion of the Humanities Research" program (CFDA 45.161) supports the "Shakespeare's Theaterscape: London Playhouse Districts (1576-1642)" digital research project. The $249,706 award to Purdue University will fund the creation of interactive digital maps and a collection of edited source materials that reconstruct four entertainment districts in early modern London. The project aims...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), provides $161,194 to Weber State University to organize and offer a new Level I hybrid summer institute on using adaptations of Shakespeare's tragedies to teach the plays with an emphasis on engagement and diversity. The institute will demonstrate high-impact pedagogical practices for teaching Shakespeare at the high school level and...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $100,000 under its Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to Texas A&M University-San Antonio for a project titled "Adapting, Translating, and Performing Shakespeare in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands." The funding will support hosting a conference in May 2024 in San Antonio, TX co-sponsored by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. The conference will generate essays exploring Shakespearean...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $1,482,000 Project Grant to Arts Midwest, Incorporated to support Shakespeare in American communities during the 2022-2023 school year. This funding supports the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education. Under this award, Arts Midwest will deliver Shakespeare programming and educational services to communities in...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $2.964 million Project Grant to Arts Midwest, Incorporated to support Shakespeare in American communities during the 2023-2024 school year. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education. Arts Midwest will use the funding to deliver Shakespeare programming and educational opportunities to...

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...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $1,557,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals (CFDA 45.024) program to Arts Midwest, Incorporated, a non-profit regional arts organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This 28-month grant, active from July 1, 2023 to November 30, 2025, will support the "Shakespeare in American Communities" initiative, which will provide professional theater performances and educational...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $552,888.88 Project Grant to the Folger Shakespeare Library to catalog, digitize, and provide access to 17th-century British book illustrations from May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2018. This funding supported the Library's efforts under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program, which aims to preserve and provide intellectual access to humanities resources held in libraries, museums, and archives. Specifically, the...

Carnegie Mellon University received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to develop the SHAKESPEARE-VR interactive virtual reality experience. The experience will allow users to perform Shakespearean plays onstage in an Elizabethan theater alongside professional actors or other users. Upon completion, the experience will be made freely available for download...