Project Grant 19470044426

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Museum of New Mexico Foundation a $172,564 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop an exhibition and related public programming exploring Indigenous voting rights in New Mexico. Through contracted employees, the Foundation will complete exhibition research, including archival investigation and oral histories; create exhibition text and checklists; and conceive educational outreach. By the...

The Philbrook Museum of Art, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program. The grant will support the development and presentation of the traveling exhibition "Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mid-Century Mexican Modernism" from June to September 2022. Products and services include the exhibition featuring documentary photographs, reconstructed outfits and jewelry of...

Explora Science Center and Children's Museum of Albuquerque will receive $347,120 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to conduct the "Roots: Supporting Black Scholars in STEAM" project from September 2021 through August 2023. The project aims to increase Explora's relationships with and relevance to Albuquerque's Black communities and provide more opportunities for Black students in Albuquerque to pursue STEAM fields....

The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico was awarded a $154,000 federal Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program. The funding will support the center's efforts to pursue internal capacity building and strengthen its impact within the organization and the larger community. Key activities include: Investing in professional development to enhance and update museum practices, build staff knowledge and...

The National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation, University of Minnesota, and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will collaborate on a three-year, $700,000 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize and provide open access to Mexican American art and archival materials. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program, which supports preserving and providing intellectual access to humanities resources, approximately...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $290,750 Project Grant to Para La Naturaleza, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support the exhibition "Flora Borinqueniana: Three Centuries of Botanical Illustrations" from May 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023. The exhibition will fuse art, history, science, politics, education and culture to explore how the story of acquiring knowledge about Puerto Rico's natural surroundings informs the...

The Albuquerque Museum Foundation has been awarded a $769,243 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The grant will fund the Foundation's efforts to improve the stewardship of its art, history, and photography collections at the Albuquerque Museum and the Casa San Ysidro historic site. Activities will include creating collection condition reports, inventorying collections, updating the collections management system, and digitizing the...

The National Museum of Mexican Art will partner with four organizations that make up the Mexican Cultural Arts Alliance to deliver leadership development and arts programming to strengthen cultural identity in Mexican communities across four Midwestern cities. Funded by a $413,269 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America program, the National Museum of Mexican Art and its partners will grow the capacity of local arts organizations in...

The Las Cruces Museum System will receive $108,890 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to adapt its upcoming Indigenous Borderlands exhibit into an educational resource for local schools. Working with Indigenous academics and leaders, the Museum will develop educational activities and a traveling trunk kit to loan to schools. The trunk kit and accompanying classroom and recorded presentations will improve students'...

The New Mexico Humanities Council received a $2,984,500 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The grant period runs from November 1, 2016 through October 31, 2021 and supports the STATE HUMANITIES PROGRAM. Through this funding, the New Mexico Humanities Council will promote local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming. As the designated state humanities council...