The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) received a $458,007 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop the "My Mississippi: Virtual Visits and Shared Storytelling" program. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development CFDA program, MDAH will create a series of behind-the-scenes virtual tours for the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The...
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History received a $186,444 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.163 Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development) to host a Landmarks of American History and Culture Teacher Institute commemorating the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer in 2024. The institute will provide participants with content knowledge and tools to bring the history of this Civil Rights landmark to their classrooms. Key products and...
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...
Manchester Community College will create an academic art history reader focused on traditionally marginalized communities, titled "Not Your Grandfather's Art History." Funded through a $145,258 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under its Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program, the reader aims to provide increased representation of voices and images in the classroom. It will feature analytical...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded $873,200 to the Mississippi Arts Commission through the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 45.025) for the period of July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022. The funding will support arts programs, services, and activities carried out under the Mississippi Arts Commission's strategic plan approved by the National Endowment for the Arts. As the state arts agency for Mississippi, the Commission will utilize the funding...
This $149,445 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports "MISSISSIPPI DIALOGUES: A COMMUNITY COLLECTING INITIATIVE". The 17-month project aims to document local community histories and knowledge related to flooding and living with the river, in order to foster climate resilience and facilitate public dialogue. Key activities include conducting interviews and...
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts received a $325,061 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support the development of an exhibition and publication on Native American photography. Key activities to be performed under the award include curatorial research, advisory consultation, object loan contracting, interpretive plan development, community engagement, formative...
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Mississippi Center For Cultural Production to support personnel and safety supplies expenses from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. This funding was provided through the NEA's Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $181,039 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum Inc. The grant will support "Under One Roof: Teaching Immigration and Black History Through the NYC Tenements," a new series of two one-week, residential workshops for 60 middle and high school educators. These workshops, to be held at the Tenement Museum in New York City in July...
The Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum Project will receive $400,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) from March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2026. Galluparts, Inc. will leverage this three-year Project Grant to create an interactive online platform that unifies 156 New Deal-era artworks currently held across six locations in Gallup, New Mexico. The virtual museum aims to make the collection widely...