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The Tucson Museum of Art received a $105,133 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support the Stories from Clay research project from January 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023. The museum will leverage digital strategies and community-based approaches to expand records and interpretations of its historical indigenous pottery collection to be more inclusive of indigenous methodologies and perspectives....

This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.149 - Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access) provides $149,998 to the Pueblo of Isleta, a federally recognized Native American tribe in New Mexico, to sustain craft traditions across generations. The project will offer community-led, hands-on, intergenerational learning workshops focused on Isleta craft technologies such as moccasin-making, weaving, sewing, and embroidery....

The Pueblo of Pojoaque will receive $152,526 under a two-year Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services program to redesign storage space and conduct collections work for the Pojoaque Cultural Center's holdings of works by Tewa artists. Staff will reorganize collections storage, hire interns and consultants to inventory over 1,500 objects in a content management system, and complete condition reports for both on- and off-site...

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...

The Pueblo of Pojoaque's Poeh Cultural Center received a $241,172 federal Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.308 - Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program) to undertake a shared stewardship and ethical return project for Tewa cultural objects. The project activities include researching museums, institutions, and individuals in the U.S. who may have Tewa objects and collaborating with them to bring the objects back to Tewa country. The project...

The National Museum of Mexican Art received a $102,300 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program to digitize and provide online access to the Sandra Cisneros Textile Collection. The Museum will digitize 78 outfits and select an additional 70+ objects from the Collection, which features mid-20th century Mexican garments and textiles of cultural, artistic, historical and anthropological value. Museum curatorial staff and a...

Summary: Connecting Stories: Texas in 1776 The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Mexic-Arte Museum $100,000 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop "Connecting Stories: Texas in 1776," a public humanities initiative examining Texas's historical experience during the American Revolutionary era. The project, which commenced April 1, 2026, and concludes March 31, 2027, will deliver a comprehensive exhibition presented in both...

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 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $399,960 Project Grant under the CFDA 45.164 Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Inc. for the "Knowing the West" traveling exhibition. This exhibition will feature 130 artworks from the 19th to early 20th century by both Native and non-Native artists, including textiles, baskets, paintings, pottery, sculpture, beadwork, saddles, and prints. The goal is to present a more...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded $195,060 to the Zuni Pueblo Of (doing business as Zuni Cultural Resource Enterprise) on September 19, 2025, under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.511) to develop and produce a cultural education coloring book focused on the San Juan Basin and Zuni heritage. The project will be completed by June 30, 2027, and is designed to enhance cultural education, preserve Zuni heritage, empower the community, and strengthen intergenerational ties through...