Grant Recipients 2009

October 2010

Humanities Council awards grants totaling $134,960

The Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) recently awarded 35 grants totaling $134,960. The grant recipients and the amount of each grant:

Great Platte River Road Archway, Kearney, $10,000 for “Dancers of the Plains 2011,” the third weekend in June.

Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, $8,375 to administer the National History Day program across Nebraska in 2011 for students in grades 6-12.

Opera Omaha, $8,000 for community outreach programs during the 2010-2011 season, including “Voices in the Classroom” presentations, a Metropolitan Opera preview, two Mozart 101 classes, and nine Opera Omaha performance previews in local schools. Co-sponsors include Film Streams and Scottish Rite.

Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History, $7,700 for a series of programs June 16 through Aug. 11, 2011, at the museum, library, city auditorium, community theater and Chautauqua Park to complement the museum exhibition “1968 in America.”

Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Education Foundation, Red Cloud, $7,500 for programming in 2011 at the Red Cloud Opera House under the theme “American Popular Culture.” Programming will include an exhibit, presentations, movies and performances.

Picaresque II, Minnesota, $6,820 for “The Story of Music, Stories from Home,” public presentations combining music history, poetry and family stories to explore the meaning of home and community. Presentations will be held in public libraries Jan. 17 in Valentine, Jan. 20 at Omaha’s Millard branch, Jan. 22 in South Sioux City, Jan. 25 in Beatrice, and Jan. 27 in Norfolk.

Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, $6,550 for an exhibition Dec. 4 through April 3

exploring the work of African American artists in Nebraska.

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, $6,500 to help fund the design and development of a website that will provide free access to curriculum material, videos and photos related to the “Fertile Ground” mural.

Project Interfaith, Omaha, $6,500 for “Community Conversations,” an annual series with lectures scheduled in November, February and March.

Great American Comedy Festival, Norfolk, $6,100 for a four-day camp of comedy

workshops for high school students, June 15-18, 2011, at Northeast Community College and the Johnny Carson Theatre at Norfolk High School. Co-sponsors include the Elkhorn Valley Museum, Norfolk Arts Center, and Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The Eden Alternative, $6,000 to bring together elders as storytellers and young adults ages 16 to 22 as recording partners to create elder legacies through the “Embracing Elderhood” program in various locations throughout the state.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $5,690 for

“Elderquest II: Gender Identity in the New Old Age,” a nine-week series of films and discussion with a live audience at NET Television in Lincoln and simulcasts at other locations. The series begins the week of Jan. 24.

Nebraska Library Commission, Lincoln, $5,344 for an author tour Sept. 13-18, 2011, visiting 18 public schools and libraries in Nebraska as a free educational outreach of the 2010-2011 One Book for Nebraska Teens. Co-sponsors include the NLC Youth Advisory Board and Nebraska’s Meridian, Northeast and Panhandle Regional Library Systems.

Center for Great Plains Studies, Lincoln, $5,042 for “Diverse Faces, Shared Histories—Immigrants on the Great Plains,” a March 4 symposium that will address the history and current status of immigration and strategies for teaching immigration history.

St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, Lincoln, $4,000 for a 3-day conference on “The Shame Factor: How Shame Shapes Society,” Oct. 24-26.

Kearney Area Community Foundation, $4,000 for the Kearney Area Storytelling

Festival, Jan. 17-22 at various sites.

Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Church, Lincoln, $3,222 for “Winter

Lecture Series: Soviet Union and Russia,” a series of Sunday lectures in January, February and March. The theme will focus on various aspects of the historical Soviet Union, modern Russia, and other new nations that have developed from the former Soviet republics.

John G. Neihardt Foundation, $3,211 for the 29th Annual Neihardt Spring Conference, April 30 at the Neihardt State Historic Site in Bancroft.

El Museo Latino, Omaha, $3,000 for a 42-day, bi-lingual film series October through February in collaboration with the Mexican Consulate and the UNO College of Business Administration. Some 30 films will be shown and discussed.

The Norris Institute, $2,806 for a symposium Sept. 27-28 entitled “New Era Rural

Energy: Challenges, Strategies, and Stewardship.” Mid-Plains Community College in McCook is co-sponsor and host for the symposium.

Seven Oaks of Florence, Omaha, $2,800 for “Seniors’ Reflections of Florence History through the Arts,” a series of workshops to be presented to seniors at its facility and at the Florence Senior Center with a special event Oct. 24 at the Florence Mill.

The Durham Museum, Omaha, $2,250 for Chautauqua-style presentations Feb. 8-10 by scholar-in-residence Charles Everett Pace as Frederick Douglass.

Groundwater Foundation, Lincoln, $1,500 to develop a traveling exhibit that explores the role that water has played in shaping Nebraska’s history.

The Grassland Foundation, Lincoln, $1,500 for “Collaborating Across Fences: Law’s Role in Managing Wildlife Resources in Ranch Country,” a lecture Oct. 27 at the Great Plains Art Museum in Lincoln.

Kearney Public Schools, $1,500 for field trips Oct. 26-29 taking fifth-graders to the Great Platte River Road Archway’s new earth lodge and Pawnee garden.

UNO Department of Foreign Languages and Office of Latino/Latin American

Studies, Omaha, $1,274 for school visits October through February to promote and strengthen the educational value of a statewide Spanish language creative writing contest.

Malcolm X Memorial Foundation, Omaha, $1,250 for a workshop series beginning in November to provide teachers and community youth leaders with information to better teach history.

Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln, $1,100 for a series of pre-performance talks during its 2010-2011 season.

Third Chair Chamber Players, Lincoln, $1,025 to provide classes about the history and culture of musical instruments through UNL’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Nov. 3, Jan. 28 and April 12.

Sioux County Historical Society, Harrison, $1,000 for construction of new exhibits for the society’s new museum building.

Hayes County Community Fund, $1,000 for the 11th annual Grand Duke Alexis Rendezvous at Camp Hayes Lake Sept. 24-26.

Multicultural Coalition, Grand Island, $826 for a one-day conference entitled “The

Road to Cultural Understanding,” Oct. 21 at the Mid-Town Holiday Inn in Grand Island.

Design Alliance Omaha, $575 for a lecture by architect Fritz Haeg Oct. 2 at Joslyn Art Museum. Co-sponsors are Emerging Terrain and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts.

Central Community College, Grand Island, $500 for the “Spirits of the Prairie” storytelling event, Oct. 28 at the college auditorium. The Stuhr Museum is a co-sponsor of this event.

Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, $500 for presentations about Loren Eiseley and his writings on reconnecting with nature as part of the Autumn Ambiance festival Oct. 1-3.

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.

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August 2010

Humanities Council awards grants totaling $19,657

The Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) recently awarded 18 grants totaling $19,647. The grant recipients and the amount of each grant:

University of Nebraska-Lincoln History Department, $1,500 for an Oct. 19 lecture by T.J. Stiles, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt.” The 7:30 p.m. lecture is at the Sheldon Museum of Art.

Old West Days Inc., $1,500 for cowboy poetry and music workshops and performances during the 19th Annual Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Old West Days, Sept. 30-Oct. 3 in Valentine.

Nebraska StoryArts, $1,500 for participation by four nationally known storytellers in the 9th annual Moonshell Storytelling Festival, Sept. 11 at Mahoney State Park.

Nebraska’s Official Soft Drink Heritage Foundation, $1,479 for translation and printing of Spanish-language brochures and posters for Aug. 13-15 Kool-Aid Days in Hastings.

The Norris Institute, McCook, $1,440 for a program to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Rural Electrification Administration, 2 p.m. Sept. 26.

The Plattsmouth Conservancy, $1,225 for “Haunted Victorian Ghost Walk,” a Halloween storytelling event at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22-23.

2010 Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival, McCook, $1,100 for storyteller Tim Tingle at the 14th annual festival, June 10-12.

The Downtown Omaha Lit Fest, $1,100 for presentations by authors Peter Kuper and Melanie Benjamin at the festival, Sept. 10-11.

KANEKO, $1,003, for “The State of the Book Workshop for Teachers,” a five-hour

workshop to examine the history of the book, discuss its cultural role, share ideas about the future of the book, and develop ways to incorporate workshop information into classroom curriculum, Sept. 11 in Omaha.

Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation, $1,000 for the school’s annual reunion and celebration, Aug. 14.

Nebraska Library Commission, Lincoln, $1,000 for evaluation of One Book One

Nebraska and planning six focus group sites throughout Nebraska.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, $1,000 for planning statewide programs exploring late-life relationships, aging and gender in contemporary films.

Nebraska Archaeological Society, $900 for the Nebraska Artifact Show, Aug. 28 at the Seward County Fairgrounds.

International Quilt Study Center & Museum, $900 to help publicize “Childhood

Treasurers: Doll Quilts from the Ghormley Collection,” on exhibit Aug. 6-Dec. 12, and a Sept. 4 lecture on doll quilts by author and historian Merikay Waldvogel.

Nebraska Appleseed, Lincoln, $900 for creation of an exhibit and Feb. 4, 2011, community briefing at the State Capitol.

CenterPointe, Lincoln, $800 for presentations by poet Leonard Cirino as part of a

weeklong Outsiders’ Art Festival, Aug. 2-6.

Plattsmouth Main Street Association, $800 for Father’s Day appearance of the Cowtown Vintage Baseball Team at Rhylander Park.

Boone Central Middle School, $500 for presentations by author Neal Shusterman, Dec. 10 in Petersburg.

NHC grant applications must be submitted online at www.nebraskahumanities.org.

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.

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April 2010

Humanities Council awards grants totaling $135,950

The Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) recently awarded 24 grants totaling $135,950. The grant recipients and the amount of each grant:

Harlan County Tourism Committee, Alma, $15,082 for “Native American Art, Heritage and Culture of the Republican Valley,” three public presentations about Native American impact and culture and a design workshop all tentatively scheduled for summer and fall 2010.

Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, $12,557 for “Who Are ‘We’ in Nebraska,” an exhibit January through September 2011 and programming to explore what the Bill of Rights means to Nebraskans.

NET Foundation for Television, Lincoln, $12,000 for production of the second season of the “Nebraska Stories” series.

Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival, $11,350 for the 2010 Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival, a three-day event for children, youth and adults Oct. 7-9 at Concordia College in Seward.

Douglas County Historical Society, Omaha, $10,000 for “Scrappers: How the Heartland Won World War II,” post-production of a documentary to be screened in May in Norfolk, Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney, McCook, Alliance and Scottsbluff.

Panhandle Resource Conservation & Development, $7,500 for the 11th Annual

Intertribal Gathering, June 13-15 at Fort Robinson State Park.

Conference for Inclusive Communities, Omaha, $7,500 for “IncluCity I,” a four-day residential human relations and leadership program for youth ages 15-18 from July 25-28 at Carol Joy Holling Retreat Center in Ashland.

El Museo Latino, Omaha, $6,100 for six monthly presentations to complement the

exhibitions “Centennial and Bi-Centennial 2010” and “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program,” May through October at the museum.

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, $5,250 for the Fertile Ground Community Education Program, a series of three workshops at each of five sites to test the Fertile Ground mural poster curriculum with at-risk, elderly, disabled, and early childhood audiences.

Camp Fire USA, Omaha, $5,000 for planning and development of 20 reading learning labs for students in grades 4 through 8 who participate in “Out of School Time” programs in 10 Omaha schools. Curriculum will be planned starting in May and implemented in August.

Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, Omaha, $5,000 for summer pre-show seminars for the 24th annual Shakespeare on the Green June 24-July 11 in Omaha, and for a fall educational tour and workshops for middle and high school students and teachers throughout Nebraska.

Metropolitan Community College Foundation, Omaha, $5,000 for the 5th annual

Great Plains Theatre Conference, May 29-June 5 in Omaha.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln English Department, $4,700 for a series of six

“Dialogues” among poets, novelists, journalists and memoirists during the 8th annual Nebraska Summer Writers Conference, June 14-16 in Lincoln.

Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts, Omaha, $4,000 for “Re(create):

Urban Art and Juvenile Offender Outreach,” a project for 14- to 18-year-old graffiti vandals or those at risk to explore graffiti, its history, and its effect on the community.

Durham Museum, Omaha, $4,000 for “We Lived It: Nebraska Storm Stories,” an

exhibit to accompany the traveling exhibit “Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters,” on display May 29-Aug. 29 at the museum.

Indian Center Inc., Lincoln, $3,991 for a Pow-Wow honoring the 41st anniversary of

the Indian Center, Sept. 17-18 at the center.

Flatwater Shakespeare Company, Lincoln, $3,300 for free classes and rehearsals leading up to youth productions of Shakespeare’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona” at Wyuka Cemetery’s Swan Theatre. Classes begin May 15, and performances are June 21-23.

Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, $3,050 for the annual Homestead Days celebration, June 19-20 at the monument.

Indian Center Inc., Scottsbluff, $2,500 for the 4th Annual Circle the Bluffs Pow Wow, June 25-27 in Scottsbluff.

Tilden Public Library, $2,120 for “The Art of the Picture Book,” presentations by

award-winning author and illustrator Steven Kellogg, March 22-23, 2011, at Elkhorn Valley Schools, Tilden Public Library, and O’Neill Public Schools.

Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation, Red Cloud, $1,500 for the 2010 Willa Cather Spring Conference, “Food, Drink, and Willa Cather’s Writing,” June 3-5 in Red Cloud.

Omaha Symphony, $1,500 for “All-American Fanfare,” a program featuring narration and photochoreography of Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” April 23-24 in Omaha.

WhyArts?, Omaha, $1,500 for the four-part “Life Stories” workshops at five senior

centers in Omaha.

International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Lincoln, $1,450 for a June 27 lecture by the curator during an exhibition of “South Asian Seams: Quilts from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh,” May 15-Nov. 7 at the museum.

NHC grant applications must be submitted online at www.nebraskahumanities.org.

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.

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February 2010

Humanities Council awards grants totaling $18,336

The Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) recently awarded 16 grants totaling $18,336. The grant recipients and the amount of each grant:

Brownville Fine Arts Association, $1,500 for the Wine, Writers & Song Festival, a 2½-day event April 23-25 that will include fiction and poetry readings, storytelling programs for children, writing workshops for youth and adults, panel discussions, tours and other events.

City of Lincoln, $1,500 for the 2010 Abraham Lincoln Birthday Celebration, the 10th annual celebration of its namesake, Feb. 12 at Lincoln High School.

International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Lincoln, $1,500 for a brochure to

accompany “Quilts Under the Microscope Exhibition Project,” an exhibition April 2-Aug. 1, with talks in May and June or July.

KZUM FM Radio/Sunrise Communications, Lincoln, $1,500 for “Econolives,” to

record, mix, and edit a series of two- to three-minute radio segments on the economy to air through August on KZUM Radio (89.3 FM).

Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA), Kearney, $1,500 for “MONA Collection Connection,” presentations Feb. 24 and March 25-31 by Paul Johnsgard and Brian Ellis on the historical and cultural significance of MONA’s works depicting the natural world, especially cranes.

Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, $1,450 for the Heartland

Storytelling Festival, two days of storytelling performances in the Education Center, April 29-30.

Wayne State College, $1,400 for the April 30 Language Arts Festival, a day of writing workshops for middle and high school students.

Madison County Historical Society Museum, Norfolk, $1,350 for the Nebraska Orphan Train Festival, a June 13 commemoration of the impact of the Orphan Train Movement in Nebraska.

University of Nebraska-Kearney Department of English, $1,200 for the Honoring the Sandhills Crane Migration Tribute & Retreat Festival III, public talks and readings by 11 acclaimed writers who observe and write about the Sandhills crane migration, March 8-April 10.

University of Nebraska Foundation, Lincoln, $1,000 for “Searching for the Real

Nebraska: A Photo Essay on the Great Recession,” an exhibition at Great Plains Art Museum Jan. 5 through Feb. 28.

University of Nebraska-Kearney, $1,000 for the James E. Smith Midwest Conference on World Affairs, March 8-9.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cather Project, Lincoln, $1,000 for “Humanities and Medicine: Two Associated Events,” a public lecture and panel discussion Feb. 24-25 on how the study of humanities and the study of medicine can provide a richer understanding of both.

University of Nebraska at Omaha Department of Foreign Languages, Omaha, $900 for “Through Our Words: Hands, Minds & Hearts at Work,” a series of school visits to promote and strengthen the educational value of a statewide Spanish language creative writing contest.

Library and Community Foundation of Richardson County, Falls City, $836 for the “Andrea Warren Author Visit,” a series of public school and library presentations April 13-14.

University of Nebraska History Graduate Students Association, Lincoln, $550 for the Fifth Annual James A. Rawley Graduate Conference in the Humanities, April 10 at UNL.

University of Nebraska at Omaha Department of Foreign Languages, $150 for the Fourth Annual Colloquium on Language Teaching, a March 27 event on best practices and strategies for teaching language in elementary, secondary and post-secondary classrooms.

NHC grant applications must be submitted online at www.nebraskahumanities.org.

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.

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