Project Grant 19117393223

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Inc., doing business as the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, to support personnel, facilities, and marketing expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded Black Arts MKE Inc. a $100,000 Project Grant 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 participation in...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded Milwaukee Film Inc. a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel, facilities, and marketing expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant will allow Milwaukee Film Inc. to deliver services from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 that promote opportunities for the public to participate in the arts and integrate arts...

The Milwaukee Art Museum will undertake a $830,830 project grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to digitally image 3,000 works from its permanent collection for online access. Prioritizing artwork by artists of color, women, and those conveying narratives of marginalized communities, the Museum will make these collection images available on its website by August 2024. This initiative aims to inform the...

The Black Lily, Inc., doing business as the Blackstar Film Festival, 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 expenses from January 2022 through December 2023 in 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 all...

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 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 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 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) was awarded a $147,412 Digital Humanities Advancement Grant (CFDA 45.169) from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a digital platform for the "Mapping Racism and Resistance in Milwaukee County" project. The grant funds will support 1) creating a repository for data and digital assets generated in the first phase of the project, 2) developing interactive maps and web content to visualize racial covenants and Black resistance...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the National Black Theatre Workshop Inc. from January 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support personnel expenses to assist the organization in responding to and recovering from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support...