Project Grant 19474864126

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the International Festival of Arts to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. This funding was provided through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and community resilience,...

The Columbia Museum of Art received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to mount a traveling exhibition on contemporary African American art and implement supporting public programs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The museum will install the "30 Americans" exhibition drawn from the Rubell Family Collection, featuring 57 works by 30 artists. Interpretive and educational...

The Toledo Museum of Art received a $464,506 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to reimagine the museum's American art collection and implement a temporary exhibition. Key activities included expanding the museum's interpretation of American art to highlight Native American, African American, and Spanish colonial artists, and integrating works from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation...

The Fairfield Historical Society, doing business as the Fairfield Museum and History Center, received a $125,565 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant funds the development and installation of a new long-term exhibition exploring southwestern Connecticut's diverse colonial history from the 17th-18th centuries. Key activities include research, content development...

The American Arts Conservancy Inc. received a $2.1M Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program (CFDA 19.415) to design, implement, and install the official United States exhibition at the 61st Art Biennale in Venice, Italy in 2026. The award, obligated on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of January 1, 2027, encompasses the development and delivery of all...

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston was awarded a $614,382 Museums for America (MFA) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) with a project period from September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The grant will support the ICA's implementation of an array of out-of-school programs for 2,000 Boston-area teens that engage young people with art and artists, support their well-being, foster creativity and critical thinking skills, provide professional training, and...

This $1,026,100 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025) supports arts programs, services, and activities associated with carrying out the NEA's national strategic plan. The funding enables the state government entity Economic & Community Development Connect in Connecticut to develop and implement comprehensive arts initiatives, including programming, exhibitions, performances, educational...

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 $399,199 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.164 Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs) supports the "STOKED! Surfing's Global Legacy" temporary exhibition, related programs, and publications to be developed and presented by the Mystic Seaport Museum (MSM) in Connecticut. The project will trace the history of surfing from its indigenous origins through the impacts of colonization to the sport's recent return to community-driven...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Museum Hue, Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 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 all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts...