Project Grant 19172943224

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 Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco received a $100,110 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to create a seven-month exhibition titled "Xianrui: Cathy Lu" and a community youth engagement program. The exhibition and programming will explore topics relevant to the state of Asian American identity and xenophobia facing the community. The Chinese Culture Center will co-design the programming...

The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will implement a youth arts fellowship program called "Generation Chinatown" under a $117,020 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). The fellowship will deepen 7-10 multiethnic high school students' creative skills and civic leadership abilities through workshops, public art projects, and engagement with Chinatown residents to explore issues of place,...

The Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, doing business as the Chinese Culture Center, received a $146,555 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. The grant will support the expansion of the Center's "41 Ross Artist-in-Residence" program, located at the Center's offsite storefront space in San Francisco's Chinatown. Key activities include selecting three artists for three-month residencies, organizing public...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) provides $600,000 to support the production of a feature documentary film titled "DIEGO & FRIDA IN DETROIT". The film will explore the life and art of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo during their time in 1930s Detroit, and the lasting impact they had on the city's cultural identity and political history. The project will be carried out by Women Make...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to City Lore Inc., a New York-based non-profit cultural organization. The grant will support the production of the documentary film "JIMMIE & SANORA," directed by Li-Shin Yu and produced by James Q. Chan. The film tells the story of two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe and writer Sanora Babb, exploring their...

The Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco (CCC) received a $115,521 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) on March 1, 2024. The grant funds the Chinatown Cultural Resilience Project, which aims to inventory, collect, and make accessible place-based intangible cultural assets in San Francisco's Chinatown via oral histories and multimedia records. This cultural assets and safeguarding planning project...

The Museum of Chinese in the Americas was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant by the National Archives and Records Administration under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) to digitize and make available 150 oral histories from 11 oral history collections documenting the lived experiences of Chinese Americans across the United States. The collections include oral histories on topics such as Chinese American identity, communities like Chinatown and Sunset...

The Wing Luke Memorial Foundation, doing business as the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle, Washington, received a $149,468 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will support the museum's education and tours staff to develop new online curriculum, conduct teacher training workshops, and offer live-virtual tours focused on Asian Pacific...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Pan Asian Repertory Theater Inc. from January 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 expenses for Pan Asian Repertory Theater Inc. 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 people to...