Project Grant 19315203424

The Rubin Museum of Art, a non-profit cultural institution in New York, received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) grant program. The funding supports the development and implementation of "Gateway to Himalayan Art," a traveling exhibition that presents the iconography, materials, and artistic and cultural practices of the Himalayan region through a multimedia approach....

Cyark, a nonprofit organization, received a two-year $400,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164). The grant will support Cyark's development of an educational virtual reality game and companion web experience called RESONANT. RESONANT will allow players to explore Native American heritage, history, and culture through immersive 3D environments of Mesa Verde National Park and Wupatki National...

The Exploratorium will develop affordable, portable STEAM exhibits and at-home learning experiences in partnership with Community Science Workshops under a $499,850 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program. Through the grant period of September 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025, The Exploratorium will collaborate with CSWS to design 8-10 exhibits and accompanying digital lessons to enable STEAM learning in underserved communities across...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $300,300 Project Grant to the Strong National Museum of Play under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will support the reinstatement of two positions at the museum that were eliminated during the pandemic - Conservator and Curator of Electronic Games. It will also create two new positions - an Artifact Photographer and a Research Specialist in Black Play and Culture. The Artifact...

The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will receive $427,608 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to advance the digital accessibility and offerings of its Artist Power Center online platform. Designed to provide relief and economic opportunities to Bay Area artists disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center will develop a more flexible virtual platform connecting arts employers to artists. This...

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...

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...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will fund the development and implementation of an interactive, multimedia "Counter-History" exhibit at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York. The exhibit will elevate the museum's family history approach, making its sources more visible and thematically connecting historic and contemporary migration stories. The award supports the...

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop an interactive digital exhibition guide. The guide will accompany LACMA's upcoming temporary exhibition "The World Made Wondrous: The Dutch Collector's Cabinet and the Politics of Possession" scheduled for June 2023 to January 2024. It will invite visitors to reconsider how and why museums collect objects through multiple voices and...

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,...