Project Grant 19052504423

The Center received a $162,500 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164). The award will support the project "THE DEMOCRATIC LENS: PHOTOGRAPHY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT" from September 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. Under this award, the Center will use photography and civic engagement programs to explore human history and culture. Specifically, the Center will provide public programs...

This federal Project Grant award of $300,000 was provided by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service Intermountain Region under the Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites program (CFDA 15.933). The funding will support Visual Communications Media, a non-profit media arts organization, to produce a 30-minute narrative film called "The Camera" that explores the intergenerational trauma and ongoing impacts of the Japanese American incarceration during World War...

The National Archives and Records Administration awarded a $149,250 project grant to See Stories of Anchorage, AK under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program. The grant period runs from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024. See Stories will undertake activities to preserve, publish, and increase use of documentary sources related to United States history. Specifically, the organization will preserve and make available archival materials that tell the stories of...

This two-year, $148,710 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program will support the University of Connecticut's Greenhouse Studios, collaborating with its Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, to design a replicable community-engaged storytelling model. The project will develop an open-source Omeka plug-in to collect first-person narratives, which will be tested with the Fudeko...

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 Humanities (NEH), through its Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program, awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Latinos in Heritage Conservation (LHC) for The Abuelas Project. The Abuelas Project is a multi-year initiative to identify, collect, and share stories about places that matter to Latinx communities in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The grant funding will support staff time and resources to research and plan the...

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...

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,...

This federal Project Grant award for $600,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of a documentary film with the working title "ADELANTE!" The film will serve as a biographical portrait of the influential Chicano playwright, activist, and director Luis Valdez, exploring the history and significance of Chicano identity through the lens of Valdez's pioneering theatrical company El...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) to the Florida Humanities Council, Incorporated. This funding will support the development of a documentary film and an oral history collection focused on the stories of recovery, resiliency, and rebuilding following the impact of Hurricane Ian on Florida's environment, businesses, and culture. As part of this project, Florida...