Project Grant 19056943123

The New Orleans Museum of Art received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop the traveling exhibition "Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club." Funded through the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program, the exhibition will highlight an understudied body of work by African American artist Jacob Lawrence from the 1960s exploring his relationship with Nigeria's Mbari Artists and Writers Club. The exhibition is...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Houston Grand Opera Association a $385,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to engage the Houston community in discussion around themes and stories explored in HGO's opera productions and new operatic works. The grant will fund the production of opera performances, the development of new operas celebrating Houston's cultural heritage, and community dialogue sessions reaching an estimated...

This federal Project Grant award of $514,757 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures (SAT) program (CFDA 15.929) will enable the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) to preserve, digitize, and increase public access to its historical collection of conductor scores and performance sets dating from the early 20th century to 1980. Project activities include cataloging, transporting, digitizing, storing, and publicly sharing this important collection,...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $372,250 Project Grant to the Baltimore Choral Arts Society Inc. to support a concert by Baltimore Choral Arts Society singers and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Konzertaus in Vienna, Austria on October 22, 2022. The concert delivers products and services that advance the goals of the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program by informing and influencing foreign publics in Austria...

The New York Philharmonic will receive $500,000 through a Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130). The funding will support the Philharmonic's efforts to improve and expand public access to its Leon Levy Digital Archives by migrating the repository to a cloud-based environment, enhancing search and access functionality, and preparing the collection for future growth. This work will help...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to the American Symphony Orchestra League, doing business as the League of American Orchestras. The grant will support the League's strategic services to orchestras across the United States, including leadership training, professional development, research initiatives, and facilitating industry-wide communication. This funding...

The Philadelphia Orchestra Association received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant was awarded on January 1, 2022 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), with a completion date of August 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all...

The Virginia Symphony Orchestra received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of its mission to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts and integrate arts...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will create and launch an online version of its past exhibition "Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970" under a $199,710 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) program. Museum staff funded by the award will conduct research, writing, design, testing, and promotion to develop the new online exhibition focusing on black musicians'...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society Inc. from February 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel and marketing expenses to respond to and aid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to provide opportunities for public participation...