Project Grant 19044205423

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Colour Of Music, Inc., doing business as Colour Of Music Festival, to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. This funding falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and...

The Harris County Cultural Arts Council (HCCAC) will receive $112,000 under a two-year Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. HCCAC will engage the East Harris County community in exploring African American funeral rituals, customs, traditions and history. They will collaborate with writers and artists to develop a visual exhibit and stage play providing opportunities for the public to learn the...

The Black Archives History Research Foundation of South Florida was awarded a $719,535 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program to expand public access to its collections through digitization and virtual research services. Specifically, the Foundation will purchase archival supplies and a large format scanner to digitize its periodical collection, notably the Miami Times collection of South...

The Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (DVCAI), a woman-owned, Black American-owned non-profit organization, received a $498,730 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program on July 1, 2024. The grant will enable DVCAI to enhance its organizational sustainability and programming focused on the Latin and Caribbean diaspora. Key project activities include hiring a part-time graduate...

This Project Grant award of $336,762 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports a collaboration between San Diego State University (SDSU) and Tijuana's Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura (IMAC) to organize, protect, digitize, and make available online the visual and cultural heritage materials of the Archivo Histórico de Tijuana. The project will preserve and provide access to rare...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $2,024,400 Project Grant to South Arts, Inc., a nonprofit regional arts organization in Georgia, to support arts programs, services, and activities associated with carrying out the organization's NEA-approved strategic plan. This 24-month award, which began on July 1, 2025 and is scheduled for completion on June 30, 2027, is funded under the NEA's Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025). The grant enables South Arts...

The Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum (SCIAAHM) was awarded a $477,585 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. With this funding, SCIAAHM will hire a full-time Museum Director to strengthen operations, sustainability planning, and board development in accordance with recommendations from a 2020 Museum Assessment Program report. The Director will benchmark practices...

This federal Project Grant award of $475,650 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program supports Clockshop, a minority-owned and woman-owned non-profit arts organization in Los Angeles, to conduct a cultural asset mapping process. Through this project, Clockshop will engage the diverse local communities near a planned 18-acre state park to document their cultural practices, personal histories, and lived experiences through oral histories,...

The Corita Art Center (CAC) in Hollywood, California will receive $133,978 under a one-year Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to expand its outreach and education activities through various online and in-person programs. Funded through IMLS's National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312), CAC will develop bilingual workbooks, activity packets, videos and livestreamed workshops to address issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as social...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) provides $143,386.00 to support the curation and circulation of the Gullah/Geechee Alkebulan Archive over a two-year period from February 2024 to January 2026. The project, led by the Regents of the University of Minnesota, aims to collect and curate oral histories and cultural artifacts related to the Gullah/Geechee Nation through community-based events. The...