The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Artswestchester, Inc., a nonprofit arts council, a $390,160 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant to develop a Heritage Ambassador Corps program. The program will provide training in ethnographic fieldwork, audio/visual documentation, community archiving, and public programming to immigrant community leaders in Westchester County, New York. The program participants will apply these skills to conduct fieldwork, develop cultural programs, and assist in creating a multimedia exhibition and three community archives to preserve and increase accessibility to the communities' living cultural heritage.
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