Project Grant 19311994424

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 project grant to Centro Cultural Aztlan, Inc. under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The two-year grant will support Centro Cultural Aztlan's personnel and facilities 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 community...

This $498,763 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will enable City Lore Inc., a New York-based non-profit cultural organization, to create exhibitions and programming focused on immigrant communities. The exhibitions will explore topics such as women in blues, Cuban music, J'Ouvert festival traditions, and LGBTQ+ house ballroom culture, and will be held in locations across New York,...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Cool Culture, Inc. a $300,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant period runs from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts...

City Lore Inc. received a $380,659 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program. The award will support the expansion of City Lore's "Creative Traditions" initiative through a series of community-curated exhibitions, public programs, and mentoring opportunities aimed at sustaining the cultural traditions of diverse New York City communities. Key deliverables include the creation of a citywide folk and community...

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 $939,500 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) supports the Illinois Arts Council's Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program activities from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. Through this program, the NEA provides funding to state arts agencies to advance the NEA's mission and enable delivery of arts programming at the state and local levels. Specifically, the Illinois Arts Council will use the funding to support arts programs, services, and...

The Citylit Project Inc. received a $100,000 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 two-year award, issued on January 1, 2022 and set to conclude on December 31, 2023, will support personnel and marketing expenses to respond to and aid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of its mission to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education,...

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...

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 Portland Art Museum, through its Center For An Untold Tomorrow division, received a $325,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant funded the development and delivery of "THE ART OF RESILIENCE: A CONTINUUM OF TLINGIT ARTS" public program from August 2016 through July 2020. This program explored Tlingit history and culture through humanities-focused...