Project Grant 19049345523

The Southwest Folklife Alliance Inc., doing business as Tucson Meet Yourself, received a $1,000,000 two-year Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant funds will support the National Folklife Network initiative to strengthen traditional arts through training, fieldwork, convenings, community collaborations and cultural asset mapping. The initiative will be implemented in...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) supports arts programs, services and activities associated with the Arizona Commission on the Arts' NEA-approved strategic plan under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025). Awarded on July 1, 2021 for a one-year period concluding June 30, 2022, the $942,732 grant funding will enable the Commission to develop and maintain partnerships with regional arts organizations across Arizona to...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), supports the Southwest Folklife Alliance Inc. (dba Tucson Meet Yourself) in implementing the National Folklife Network (NFN) initiative. The NFN aims to bolster the folk and traditional arts field through training, fieldwork, convenings, community collaborations, and cultural asset mapping. The award period runs from...

The federal Project Grant award of $1,154,296.00 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025) supports arts programs, services, and activities associated with carrying out the Arizona Commission on the Arts' NEA-approved strategic plan. The grant funding, with a performance period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, enables the Commission to develop and maintain partnerships with regional arts organizations across Arizona to...

The Tucson Museum of Art received a $105,133 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support the Stories from Clay research project from January 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023. The museum will leverage digital strategies and community-based approaches to expand records and interpretations of its historical indigenous pottery collection to be more inclusive of indigenous methodologies and perspectives....

The Children's Museum Tucson received a $1,068,913 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301). The grant will expand the museum's STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) program offerings for families and young learners in Pima and Santa Cruz Counties, both on-site and through virtual and in-person outreach. Key activities include creating a new bilingual STEAM specialist position to...

The National Museum of Mexican Art will partner with four organizations that make up the Mexican Cultural Arts Alliance to deliver leadership development and arts programming to strengthen cultural identity in Mexican communities across four Midwestern cities. Funded by a $413,269 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America program, the National Museum of Mexican Art and its partners will grow the capacity of local arts organizations in...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $149,698 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Southwest Folklife Alliance Inc. (doing business as Tucson Meet Yourself) for the CLIMATELORE project. This 18-month project, running from February 2024 to July 2025, aims to document the climate-related impacts on folk, traditional, and indigenous communities in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands region. The project will...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a 5-year, $669,151 Project Grant under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041) to the Tucson Unified School District in Tucson, AZ. This grant funding will enable the school district to maintain and enhance its comprehensive K-12 educational services, including general instruction, special education, English language learning, school nutrition, career and technical education, teacher training, technology...

This $121,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will help rehabilitate adobe museum buildings at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park in Tubac, Arizona. Funded through the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program, the award to Friends of the Tubac Presidio and Museum Inc. will support repairs such as stucco work and upgrades to electrical and mechanical systems at several adobe structures that house exhibits and programs....