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...
Under this $1.625 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Association of American Voices dba American Voices will design and implement the 2021-2022 American Music Abroad (AMA) Program. The AMA Program will consist of approximately 10-15 international tours to 30-40 countries featuring select professional American musical ensembles. This award was made on August 13, 2021 under the Cultural, Technical and Educational Centers...
The Fashion Institute of Technology received a $182,444 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to deliver a series of one-week residential workshops exploring Italian American public art in New York City. The "Creative Spaces/Contested Spaces" project will strengthen place-based humanities teaching and learning by examining how monuments, landmarks, and public artworks are...
This federal Project Grant award of $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) supports the production of "Sounds of the Uyghurs", a 3D podcast series exploring the ongoing cultural erasure of the Uyghur people in China's Xinjiang province. The project consists of seven 40-minute podcast episodes, the creation of a digital archive of Uyghur cultural content, and an audio installation for a museum setting....
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $502,153 Project Grant through the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to The Studio Museum in Harlem, Inc. The grant will fund the installation of an inaugural exhibition focused on the life and artistic achievements of artist Tom Lloyd. The exhibition will feature Lloyd's electronic sculptures, metal and paper works, and travel to three additional venues along with an exhibit publication. The project also includes free, weekly...
This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.164 - Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs) to Wnet, a nonprofit media organization, will support the production of a feature-length documentary film titled "AMERICAN MASTERS: ELIE WIESEL: SOUL ON FIRE." The film will explore the life of the late Elie Wiesel, a renowned author, teacher, and public figure, through his own words as well as interviews with his family, friends, students, and...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $227,420 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program to the Linguistic Society of America to support the creation and distribution of 20 original podcast episodes and 3 mini-series episodes on the history of African American English through the Subtitle podcast. The podcast episodes will range between 20 to 25 minutes and will be distributed through Subtitle's online and social media platforms, with...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute $500,000 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support seven staff positions from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The positions will sustain the Institute's core public, academic, school, and library humanities programs, including digital programming, cultural exhibitions, and academic activities. Funding will allow the Institute to resume...
This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support a series of programming titled "Harlem as an Incubator" from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The programming will present the history of Harlem as an incubator of arts, culture, and activism for people of the African diaspora through lectures, public discussions, and readings. The goal is to construct...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to Stone Soup Productions Inc., a woman-owned non-profit media production company. The grant will support the production of the second and third seasons of "The People's Recorder," a national podcast series inspired by the 1930s Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. The podcast aims to explore the legacy,...