Project Grant MA1019047119
Award Date
10/1/19
Completion Date
9/30/21
Dollars Obligated
$215K
Federal Agency
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Federal Grant Program
45.301
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Rockland, ME 04841, USA
Similar Awards
The Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine was awarded a $468,095 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will be used to expand the museum's programming to support Maine public schools' efforts to integrate African American, ethnic, and Wabanaki studies curricula as mandated by state law. The museum will collaborate with local organizations, artists, musicians, performers, and storytellers to develop...
The William A. Farnsworth Library & Art Museum Inc. in Rockland, Maine received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants (NLG) program (CFDA 45.312) to expand its educational, interpretive, and experiential programs and exhibitions for learners of all ages. Using experience gained during the pandemic when traditional services were curtailed, the Museum will continue developing online programming and virtual...
The Children's Museum of Tacoma will expand its Tacoma Out of School Time Intermediary program to provide over 54,000 elementary and middle school students in Pierce County, Washington with academic support through expanded learning opportunities (ELOs) under a $5.2 million project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The museum will hire 14 new staff, partner with 73 schools, and contract with over 60 community ELO providers to offer students safe, structured, and...
The Brooklyn Museum will create intensive arts education curricula for up to 10 underserved schools in Brooklyn, New York during the 2021-2022 academic year under a $231,230 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The museum aims to develop inspiring encounters with art that transform perspectives through its school partnerships, expecting to reach approximately 1,000 K-12 students. Prioritizing Title I schools impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the project will...
The Brooklyn Children's Museum Corporation will expand its Museum-on-the-Go program and extend its reach to K-3 educators and students under a $503,390 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program. The Museum-on-the-Go initiative provides collections-based learning experiences using a "field trip in a box" concept. Through this funding, the Museum will incorporate new elements into the existing pre-K program and create 24 new case studies...
The Maine State Museum received a $2,039,920 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The purpose of the grant is to develop and install a new 6,000 square foot exhibit titled "Meet Maine Here" that will help visitors explore the diversity of Maine's citizens, past and present. Key project activities include incorporating insights from 150 Maine residents into the exhibit design, developing exhibit graphics and...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $277,000 Project Grant to Side X Side Inc., a non-profit organization, for the Maine Arts Integration Network of Excellence (Project M.A.I.N.E.) program. The grant, which runs from Aug 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2024, will fund a year-long comprehensive professional development series on standards-based arts integration for educators across the state of Maine. This grant is provided under the Innovative...
The Putnam Museum and Science Center in Davenport, Iowa will provide in-person and virtual versions of its week-long STEM residency program for K-6 students free of charge to Title I students and teachers, as well as family workshops, passes, memberships, and an afterschool/weekend year-round academy for grades 4-6, through a $128k Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The museum will use the grant funding under the IMLS' National Leadership Grants program to...
The Canton Museum of Art in Canton, Ohio will continue and expand its Museum to Go program, which provides virtual visual arts education to fourth and sixth grade students. Funded by a $110,524 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the program aims to improve academic achievement and wellbeing through arts immersion. Each lesson includes a 360-degree virtual tour of a current exhibit, aligned activities on key artworks, and hands-on art making. The program...
The Paine Art Center and Gardens will partner with the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and the Oshkosh Area School District to develop new arts-integrated field trips and activities for pre-K-12 students under a $672,767 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. The Paine Art Center will enhance its existing ArtsCore professional development program for teachers by providing staff training to develop and evaluate new ArtsCore Adventures...