Project Grant 19457805526

The Vermont Historical Society received a $350,081 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.032 - 21st Century Museum Professionals Program) to provide workforce development training and resources to approximately 300 staff and volunteers at historical societies and museums across Vermont. The project aims to engage these participants in using an "active collections framework" to encourage smaller and more focused museum collections. Key project...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded $807,740 to the Vermont Council on the Arts Inc., doing business as the Vermont Arts Council, under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 45.025). The award will support arts programs, services, and activities carried out under the Vermont Arts Council's National Endowment for the Arts-approved strategic plan from September 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. As the state arts agency for Vermont, the Council will...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $1,718,890 Project Grant to the Vermont Council on the Arts Inc., doing business as the Vermont Arts Council, to support arts programs, services, and activities associated with carrying out the agency's NEA-approved strategic plan from September 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. This award was made under the NEA's Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 45.025), which provides funding to state and jurisdictional arts...

Education Through Music Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support music instructor fees for a year-long music education program for students at partner schools in Bronx School District 11 in New York City. The grant will fund the delivery of music instruction to students from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023 to promote arts participation and...

The Vermont Historical Society in Barre, Vermont will create new educational online and in-person content focused on stories of resilience, diversity, and community in Vermont history under a $106,575 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Funded through IMLS's National Leadership Grants program, which supports advancing practices in museums and libraries, the project will develop resources for the Society's Vermont History Explorer website. This digital platform...

The American Folk Art Museum was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant 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 development and enhancement of ongoing virtual programming and the hiring of a new Community Engagement Educator position to better serve local communities. Specifically, the Museum will continue and expand virtual offerings such as...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) provides $209,045 to the Vermont Historical Society, Inc. (Act 11) to support a range of historical preservation, digitization, and educational services. The grant will enable the Society to collect oral histories on Vermonters' COVID-19 experiences, develop standards-aligned K-12 educational materials, and improve...

The Vermont Humanities Council received a $3.3 million project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) for the period of November 1, 2016 through October 31, 2021. The grant funds will support the Council's STATE HUMANITIES PROGRAM to promote local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming through annual grants. As the state humanities council for Vermont, the Council will...

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 Chesapeake Children's Museum received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will enable the museum to establish a series of programs to inspire connections and creativity by exploring history, culture, and expression through music. The museum will offer hands-on workshops, music-related activities, concerts, and presentations on-site and at area schools and community spaces. The...