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Recent Grant Recipients
Humanities Council awards grants totaling $112,019
The Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) recently awarded 24 grants totaling $112,019. The grant recipients and the amount of each grant:
Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, $11,630 for “We the People: The Nebraska Viewpoint” exhibit and programming traveling to four museums in 2012 to explore what the Bill of Rights means to Nebraskans.
Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, Denton, $10,000 to develop the “On the Trail” section of a six-panel exhibit for permanent display at the center.
Emerging Terrain, Omaha, $10,000 for research and planning for the exhibition “Shifting Thresholds: Investigating the Relationships of Land.”
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, $9,175 to administer the statewide 2012 National History Day program for students in grades 6-12.
African Culture Connection, Omaha, $9,000 to support its 2011-12 visits to schools including the addition of four new schools.
Nebraska Independent Film Projects, $8,000 for production of “Sixties Survivors,” a website featuring people profiled by LOOK magazine in the 1960s. The website will contain the original materials and stories of their lives since the 1960s to show the decade’s cultural impact.
Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, Kearney, $7,500 for “2012 Dancers of the Plains: A Cultural Exhibition,” June 15-16.
Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT), Lincoln, $7,000 to support an educational companion website for the NET and NAPT documentary “Standing Bear’s Footsteps,” recently chosen for broadcast by PBS.
Kearney Area Community Foundation, $5,630 for the 16th annual “Winter Tales” storytelling festival held at multiple locations in Kearney, Jan. 16-21.
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, $4,500 for planning and development of a tour and workshop curricula for the “Wicked Plants” spring flower show, January through May 14.
African American and African Studies Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $4,220 to support the AAASP’s 40th Year Celebration, Oct. 19-22.
Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Church, Lincoln, $4,000 for the six-part “Winter Lecture Series: North Africa from the Maghreb to Egypt,” including the history of the region and how it relates to developing situations, Sundays January through March.
John G. Neihardt Foundation, $3,400 to help fund the 31st Annual Neihardt Spring Conference,” April 28 at the Neihardt State Historic Site in Bancroft.
The Durham Museum, Omaha, $3,400 for eight presentations by Kim and Reggie Harris for Black History Month at schools in the Omaha area, Jan. 31-Feb. 2.
El Museo Latino, Omaha, $3,000 to fund lectures in conjunction with the exhibits “Graphics of Latin America,” through December 28; “Folk Arts in Latin America,” Feb. 11 through March 31; and “Holiday Traditions in Latin America,” Dec. 3 through Feb. 25. Lectures are Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Dec. 3, Feb. 11 and March 17.
Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, $2,000 for “Homestead Days 2012,” June 15-17. Next year marks the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act.
WhyArts? Inc., Omaha, $1,620 for “The Written Word—For All!” a series of poetry writing and poetry interpretation workshops in October for at-risk youth, people with disabilities or severe medical issues, seniors, and the general public.
Friends of the Midwest Theater, Scottsbluff, $1,500 to help fund nine film and discussion events in its 2011-12 Community Cinema series, Sept. 22, Oct. 27, Nov. 17, Dec. 15, Jan. 26, Feb. 23, March 22, April 26 and May 24.
NET Foundation for Television, Lincoln, $1,500 for “Free Land! A Nebraska Stories Special” a program centered on the settlement of Nebraska, scheduled to air in May.
Multicultural Coalition of Grand Island, $1,356 to help fund speakers for “Race, Diversity, Identity,” a conference on cultural diversity, Oct. 20 at Midtown Holiday Inn.
Malaika Foundation, Central City, $1,350 to support research for “Global Education for Humanities Teachers,” an initiative to improve international education in Nebraska’s K-12 schools.
The Writing Project, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $1,000 for “Poetry of Place Celebration 2012” to help fund a call for submissions and public reading and discussion of poetry about place on May 4 at the State Capitol.
Loup Basin Resource Conservation and Development Council, Ord, $975 to help fund the presentation of three lectures at the Pawnee Arts Center’s fall speaker series, October and November in Dannebrog.
Omaha Corral of Westerners International, $263 to help fund a speaker for its Oct. 7 meeting.
NHC grant applications are available online at www.nebraskahumanities.org.
Major grants are for more than $1,500 with two grant cycles a year. Application deadlines are March 1 and Aug. 1. Mini grants are for $1,500 or less with six grant cycles. Application deadlines are Jan. 1, March 1, May 1, July 1, Sept. 1 and Nov. 1. Media and website/digital grant deadlines are Jan. 15 and June 15.
For details on applying for a grant, visit the website or call Mary Yager at (402) 474-2131 ext. 103 or Erika Hamilton at ext. 104.
Humanities Council awards grants totaling $12,233
The Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) recently awarded 11 grants totaling $12,233. The grant recipients and the amount of each grant:
Nebraska Art Teachers Association, Bellevue, $1,500 for an art history lecture and workshop during its Sept. 23-24 fall conference at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Old West Days Inc., Valentine, $1,500 for cowboy poetry workshops and performances during the 20th Annual Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Old West Days, Oct. 6-9.
Nebraska’s Official Soft Drink Heritage Foundation, Hastings, $1,400 for translation and printing Spanish-language brochure and posters for Kool-Aid Days 2011, Aug. 12-14.
Third Chair Chamber Players, Lincoln, $1,200 for presentations on music history through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) scheduled September through April.
Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation, $1,165 for the school’s Aug. 13 celebration.
La Casa del Pueblo, Omaha, $1,125 to bring together North and South Omaha youth to learn each other’s history and culture and to paint collaborative murals.
Panhandle Resource Conservation and Development, Scottsbluff, $1,050 for the 12th annual Intertribal Gathering at Fort Robinson State Park.
Joslyn Castle Trust, Omaha, $1,000 for lectures, readings, film discussions, and performances that celebrate and study the works of Charlotte and Emily Bronte.
R.M. Merryman Performing Arts Center, Kearney, $1,000 to present “Unsinkable Women” by Deborah Templin, April 13-14.
Omaha Creative Institute, $750 for workshops on blog-writing Sept. 17 and Oct. 15 in Omaha.
Northeast Nebraska Resource Conservation and Development, Plainview, $543 for talks about quilts at the South Sioux City Public Library, the Hartington Auditorium and the Naper VFW Hall to complement the Oct. 7-9 quilt display along the Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway.
NHC grant applications are available online at www.nebraskahumanities.org.
Major grants are for more than $1,500 with two grant cycles a year. Application deadlines are March 1 and Aug. 1. Mini grants are for $1,500 or less with six grant cycles. Application deadlines are Jan. 1, March 1, May 1, July 1, Sept. 1 and Nov. 1. Media and website/digital grant deadlines are Jan. 15 and June 15.
For details on applying for a grant, visit the website or call Mary Yager at (402) 474-2131 ext. 103 or Erika Hamilton at ext. 104.
Humanities Council awards grants totaling $128,410
The Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) recently awarded 32 grants totaling $128,410. The grant recipients and the amount of each grant:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Journalism and Mass Communications, $13,120 for a July 2011 Curriculum Institute to develop companion K-12 curriculum for the recently published Native Daughters magazine.
The Anti-Defamation League of Omaha, $12,000 for a fall 2011 project to help schools meet the need to respond to bullying and harassment through a play, “The Secret Life of Girls,” pre-play workshops and post-play follow-up.
Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival and Concordia University, Seward, $10,000 to help fund participation by seven children’s book authors and illustrators and two literacy experts in a three-day festival for children, youth and adults, Sept. 22-24.
Native Languages of the Americas, St. Paul, Minn., in conjunction with Fourth Wall Films of Moline, Ill., $10,000 for “Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 & 3,” scheduled for completion in fall 2012.
Grand Island Community Foundation, $7,000 for post-production and distribution costs for the documentary “The Quilted Conscience.”
Nebraska Independent Film Project, $6,000 to help fund production of “Sixties Survivors,” a website featuring people profiled by LOOK magazine during the 1960s.
Project Interfaith, Omaha, $5,000 to help develop a website to encourage constructive discussion about religious and cultural diversity where audience can listen to and engage in conversation with people from different belief systems and cultures.
Metropolitan Community College Foundation, Omaha, $5,000 to help fund participation by 10 nationally renowned playwrights and theatre scholars as part of the 6
th annual Great Plains Theatre Conference, May 28-June 4.
Creighton University’s Center for Health Policy and Ethics, Omaha, $5,000 to help fund Rebecca Skloot’s participation as keynote speaker for the 21
st Annual Women and Health Lecture, Oct. 6 at the Joslyn Art Museum.
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, Omaha, $5,000 for its 2011 summer pre-show seminars for the 25
th annual Shakespeare on the Green in Omaha and its 6th annual fall tour and workshops for middle and high school students and teachers throughout Nebraska.
Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities, Lincoln, $5,000 to help fund research and scholarship in designing a state strategic communications plan for environmental sustainability.
El Museo Latino, Omaha, $4,550 for a Saturday afternoon lecture series on Latin America and the humanities to accompany a series of exhibitions during 2011.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $4,080 to help fund research and digitization for a website that explores the historical roles of people, the environment and geography in shaping the culture of the Great Plains, based on descriptions in Buffalo Bill Cody’s 1879 autobiography.
University of Nebraska Lincoln’s Center for Great Plains Studies, $4,000 for “1862-2012: The Making of the Great Plains,” the 2012 Great Plains Symposium, March 28-30 on the UNL campus and at Homestead National Monument of America in Beatrice.
International Quilt Study Center and Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $3,390 for its exhibition “Yvonne Wells: Quilted Messages,” Oct. 7 to Feb. 26.
Flatwater Shakespeare Company, Lincoln, $3,000 for a series of classes leading up to a youth production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Classes begin May 14, and performances are June 20-22.
St. Peter School, Lincoln, $3,000 to help fund participation by eight authors, storytellers and artists in the school’s 4
th bi-annual literary festival, Oct. 23-24.
Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival, McCook, $3,000 for “Cattle Trails and Tales,” a storytelling festival June 10-11.
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, $2,825 to help convert audio reel-to-reel, vinyl and aluminum disk recordings of lectures and discussions of Grand Island native and nationally known illustrator Grant Reynard (1887-1968) to digital media for public programming.
NET Foundation for Television, Lincoln, $2,500 for production costs of the film “Great Plains: America’s Lingering Wild.”
Camp Fire USA, Omaha, $2,500 for planning and development of age-appropriate writing learning labs for students grades 2 to 8 who participate in Camp Fire’s “Out of School Time” programs in seven Omaha schools.
Conference for Inclusive Communities, Omaha, $2,500 for its 2011 IncluCity I program.
Native American Public Telecommunications, Lincoln, $1,400 for the VisionMaker Film Festival, Sept. 30 to Oct. 6.
Bright Lights Summer Enrichment Program, Lincoln, $1,400 to sponsor three upcoming week-long summer classes.
The Frank House at the University of Nebraska Kearney, $1,330 for the 2011 Preservation Celebration, May 15.
American Legion Post 247, Elmwood, $1,300 for displays of veterans’ histories and Elmwood history for the town’s 125
th anniversary celebration, May 28-30.
Omaha Tribal Historical Research Project, Walthill, $1,200 to develop a booklet encouraging Omaha Indian families to read and tell stories to their infants, toddlers and primary-age school children.
Lincoln Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, $1,050 for a workshop and presentation by author Moses Alexander Greene, April 2 at the Clyde Malone Community Center and at NET.
Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, $1,000 for the annual Homestead Days celebration, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. June 17-19.
Senior Action Inc., Hastings, $640 for “Reliving, Imagining and Sharing Memories: A Tour of the Naval Ammunition Depot,” an intergenerational history activity April 7.
Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation, Red Cloud, $425 for the 56
th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, “Willa Cather and Her Popular Culture,” April 29-30.
University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Department of Foreign Languages and the Master of Arts in Language Teaching Committee, $200 for an April 2 colloquium on best practices for teaching foreign language in elementary, secondary and post-secondary classrooms.
NHC grant applications are available online at www.nebraskahumanities.org.
Major grants are for more than $1,500 with two grant cycles a year. Application deadlines are March 1 and Aug. 1. Mini grants are for $1,500 or less with six grant cycles. Application deadlines are Jan. 1, March 1, May 1, July 1, Sept. 1 and Nov. 1. Media and website/digital grant deadlines are Jan. 15 and June 15.
For details on applying for a grant, visit the website or call Mary Yager at (402) 474-2131 ext. 103 or Erika Hamilton at ext. 104.
Humanities Council awards grants totaling $12,438
The Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) recently awarded 10 grants totaling $12,438. The grant recipients and the amount of each grant:
Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, $1,500 for the Heartland Storytelling Festival, April 28-29 in the monument’s Education Center.
Wayne State College, $1,500 for a Language Arts Festival of writing workshops for
middle and high school students on April 8.
Moonshell Arts & Humanities Council, Grand Island, $1,500 for workshops on the history and development of photography March 7-9 at Grand Island Central Catholic High School and March 14-16 at Doniphan/Trumbull High School.
Friends of the Midwest Theater, Scottsbluff, $1,500 for a Community Cinema series of six film and discussion events at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Feb. 24, March 24, April 28, May 19, and June 23.
Center for Faith Studies at Countryside Community Church, Omaha, $1,500 for “So Help Me God: Religion and the Presidency since John F. Kennedy,” a Feb. 24 lecture on the history and influence of faith from Kennedy to George W. Bush.
Brownville Fine Arts Association, $1,250 for the 10th annual Wine, Writers & Song Festival, with fiction and poetry readings, storytelling programs for children, writing workshops for adults, talks, discussions, demonstrations, and tours April 15-17.
Mayor’s Office of the City of Lincoln, $1,125 for the 2011 Abraham Lincoln Birthday Celebration, Feb. 13 at Lincoln Southeast High School.
University of Nebraska History Graduate Students’ Association, $913 for the sixth Annual James A. Rawley Graduate Conference in the Humanities, April 8-9.
Omaha Creative Institute, an initiative of the Hot Shops Art Foundation, $900 for the development of traveling workshops that will integrate humanities and arts education for middle school students in Omaha.
Chadron State College, $750 for a concert, workshop and keynote address by singer/songwriter David Roth at the 22nd annual Excellence in Early Childhood Conference, Feb. 18-19.
NHC grant applications are available online at www.nebraskahumanities.org.
Major grants are for more than $1,500 with two grant cycles a year. Application deadlines are March 1 and Aug. 1. Mini grants are for $1,500 or less with six grant cycles. Application deadlines are Jan. 1, March 1, May 1, July 1, Sept. 1 and Nov. 1. Media and website/digital grant deadlines are Jan. 15 and June 15.
For details on applying for a grant, visit the website or call Mary Yager at (402) 474-2131 ext. 103 or Erika Hamilton at ext. 104.
For more information, contact the Nebraska
Humanities Council. |
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