Project Grant SMX53022GR0098

The Mexico-North Research Network Inc. received a $124,493 Project Grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs on May 1, 2022 to support the creation of a digital catalogue and speaker series associated with the "Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers" exhibit. The funding will support the achievement of U.S. public diplomacy goals under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, which works to inform and influence foreign publics...

The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, Illinois was awarded a $490,682 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund a bilingual artist residency program for K-12 students in Chicago public schools with high percentages of Latino children. The program will support state standards for English language arts and literacy, train and support teaching artists, provide professional development...

The Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana De San Jose, Incorporated (Movimiento) will develop visual arts exhibitions and related public programs under a $523,940 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. Over the three year award period ending August 2024, Movimiento will produce twelve major visual art exhibitions providing honoraria for up to 250 exhibiting artists. The organization will also expand public programs and...

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 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...

The Goggle Works Center for the Arts was awarded a $289,700 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to implement the "Como Crecemos (How We Grow)" project. The project will expand the Center's existing efforts serving Hispanic and Latinx audiences through designing inclusive exhibitions, programs, and communications. Key activities include two major exhibitions of works by conventionally marginalized artists and an outreach...

The Arizona State University Art Museum, in partnership with the Hispanic Research Center, received a $690,049 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative (CFDA 45.031). The grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, will fund the creation of the Latinx Art & Culture Curatorial Fellows and Internship Program. This initiative will expand fellowship and internship opportunities, produce a bilingual...

This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of a feature documentary film titled "DIEGO & FRIDA IN DETROIT." The film will explore the life and art of renowned artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo during their time in 1930s Detroit, as well as the lasting impact they had on the city's cultural identity and political history. The project aims to...

The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago received a $138,103 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to advance digital inclusion for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. Funded under IMLS's National Leadership Grants program, the project supports the design of a bilingual mobile application and content management system to provide inclusive experiences for children disproportionately impacted by the...

This $607,783 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative (CFDA 45.031) will enable the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to partner with the Museum of Art and History to create an internship program for 3 graduate and 3 undergraduate students. The interns will receive training in public programming, curatorial and exhibition development, and mentorship. The fellows will develop a...