Project Grant 19046335523

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the St. Louis Black Repertory Company through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education. Funding will allow the St. Louis Black...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the International Association of Blacks in Dance Inc. from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant funding will support personnel and facilities expenses 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...

The Motown Historical Museum in Detroit, Michigan will receive $493,770 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program to implement a general collection preservation and reorganization project. As part of the project, the museum will hire curatorial and archival staff to inventory, rehouse, and improve storage conditions for over 20,000 artifacts currently on exhibit or in storage, including musical instruments,...

The Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission will receive $166,750 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. The Commission will build the capacity of five African American anchor institutions in Buffalo, New York - the Michigan Street Baptist Church, Nash House Museum, Historic Colored Musicians Club and Museum, and WUFO 1080 AM Black Radio History Collective - by developing...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the National Black Arts Festival, Inc. under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 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 for public...

The Museum of Boulder, in partnership with the Boulder Public Library and Boulder County NAACP Chapter, will receive $500,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to develop activities highlighting the history of Black people in Colorado from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. Over the three-year period of performance in Boulder, CO, the Museum of Boulder will employ a community-centered process to develop an...

The Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation will receive $978,876 through a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Save America's Treasures program to make archival materials from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater accessible for restaging. The Foundation will catalog and digitize technical information needed to restage ballets, collect and analyze dramaturgical content and rights information for each work, and develop "dance capsules" comprising this collected...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc. from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. This funding supports personnel expenses under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a $750,000 project grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312). The grant will fund a comprehensive study of Black History Month programming in public libraries. The University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research will partner with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and the Public Library Association to operationalize existing library programming...

The 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum will receive $291,000 through a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. The funding will support the design and installation of five learning stations to enhance the visitor experience and understanding of the history and contributions of America's Buffalo Soldiers from 1866 to 1944. A newly hired preservation and museum specialist will...