Division of Public Programs Awards List

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DIVISION OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS AWARDS LIST JULY COUNCIL 2014

Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Studs Terkel as part of his long-running radio Organizations show. World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean Museum Exhibition Planning Grants University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL At.owu and Art: Fifty Tlingit, Haida, and Award: Outright; $60,000 Tsimshian Treasures Planning for a traveling exhibition, a catalog, and Sealaska Heritage Foundation programming exploring the unique, transcultural Juneau, AK aesthetic of Swahili art from the 16th century to Award: Outright; $60,000 the present. Planning of a traveling exhibition of art from the Alaska Native tribes of the Tlingit, the Haida, and Community, Conflict, Collaboration: the Tsimshian. Moving beyond Two Peoples, One Story at Plimoth Plantation Nature, History, and Culture at the Plimoth Plantation, Inc. Nation's Edge Plymouth, MA Arizona State University Award: Outright; $60,000 Tempe, AZ Development of an interpretive plan for all the Award: Outright; $60,000 living history sites at Plimoth Plantation for the Planning a multiformat interpretation of the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower voyage in cultures, history, and physical landscapes of the 2020. Arizona-Sonora borderlands region through a website, a traveling exhibition, and public Archaic Chinese Bronzes at the MIA programs. Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Minneapolis, MN Uncovering Hidden History: WWII Award: Outright; $60,000 Internment of Japanese Latin Americans Planning for a traveling exhibition, a catalog, National Japanese American Historical public programs, and a symposium about ancient Society Chinese bronzes dating from 1600 B.C to 200 San Francisco, CA A.D. Award: Outright; $38,400 Planning a digital museum and nationwide public Lives Unearthed: A History of Women in dialogues on the imprisonment of Japanese Latin American Paleontology Americans in U.S. internment camps during Museum of the Earth and Paleontological World War II. Research Institution Ithaca, NY Vox Humana: The Studs Terkel Radio Award: Outright; $60,000 Archive Planning of a traveling exhibition on the history WTTW of under-appreciated contributions of women to Chicago, IL the field of paleontology in the United States. Award: Outright; $60,000 Planning for an interactive, interpretive website The Vietnam War that would allow the public to access the nearly New-York Historical Society 5,000 oral histories conducted by journalist New York, NY Award: Outright; $75,000 Planning of a traveling exhibition, an exhibition Chattanooga History Center: Installation publication, and related curriculum materials of New Permanent Exhibition about the Vietnam War, considering both the Chattanooga History Center home front and the war front. Chattanooga, TN Award: Outright; $400,000 Implementation Grants Implementation of a permanent, multimedia exhibition on the history of Chattanooga, Kachemak Bay, Alaska: An Exploration of Tennessee, with an emphasis on the role of the People and Place city in a national context. Pratt Museum Homer, AK Supplements Award: Outright; $300,000 Implementation of a permanent exhibition to Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: "Muslim Lives explore the interconnectedness of people and and Cultures" Administration Supplement place in the Kachemak Bay region of Alaska. American Library Association Chicago, IL Installation and Interpretation of "Cabinet Award: Outright; $75,013 of Art and Curiosities" An evaluation of the Bridging Cultures Muslim Wadsworth Atheneum Journeys Bookshelf program with the American Hartford, CT Library Association. Award: Outright; $400,000 The Long Road: America's Civil Rights Implementation of a permanent, interdisciplinary gallery that will introduce visitors to the Story Supplement 2 (Sup: GA-50001-13) phenomenon of the cabinet of art and curiosities, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American a form of collecting that flourished in Europe in History the 16th and 17th centuries. New York, NY Award: Outright; $15,375 Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain An additional 500 DVDs. College 1933-1957 The Institute of Contemporary Art Cooperative Agreements Boston, MA Award: Outright; $300,000 Match; Latino Americans Cooperative Agreement $100,000 to Support Public Programming on the Implementation of a traveling exhibition, a Topic of Latino American History and catalog, and public programs about Black Culture Mountain College in North Carolina, an American Library Association experimental liberal arts college that played a Chicago, IL vital role in the creation of American culture Award: Outright; $249,378 during the post-World War II era. Programming associated with the film "Latino Americans." The Red that Colored the World International Folk Art Foundation The Future of the African American Past: Santa Fe, NM NMAAHC Inaugural Conference Award: Outright; $400,000 American Historical Association Implementation of a traveling exhibition, a Washington, DC catalog, and public programs about the history Award: Outright; $136,808 and global significance of cochineal, an insect- A scholarly symposium, a website, and a based dye source whose origins date to the pre- publication of an edited volume of essays on the Columbian Americas. state of African American history.

Frida Kahlo's Garden: A Humanities Media Projects Exhibition on Kahlo's Connection to Plants and Nature Development Grants New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY Rosalynn Carter: Political Partner Award: Outright; $460,000 GWETA, Inc. Implementation of a traveling exhibition, public programs, tours, and a scholarly symposium that Washington, DC explore the intersections of nature, history, and Award: Outright; $60,000 identity in the life and work of Mexican artist Development of a one-hour television Frida Kahlo. documentary on the life and impact of former first lady Rosalynn Carter as part of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions' "Modern First NEH on the Road Ladies" series. The following organizations received $1,000 The Asian Americans grants for ancillary public humanities GWETA, Inc. Washington, DC programs to accompany NEH on the Road Award: Outright; $75,000 traveling exhibitions. Development of a four-hour documentary film series about Asian Americans in the United States For All the World to See from the mid-19th century to the present. William F. Laman Public Library N. Little Rock, AR Production Grants Spirited, Prohibition in America American Routes: From a Useable Past to Tampa Bay History Center, Inc. an Authentic Future Tampa, FL Tulane University New Orleans, LA Spirited, Prohibition in America Award: Outright; $269,675 Butler County History Center The production of 20 hours of radio El Dorado, KS programming addressing the role of music in shaping cultural memory and defining new Wild Land cultural traditions. West Baton Rouge Museum Port Allen, LA American Experience: Into the Amazon: The Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition WGBH Educational Foundation House and Home Boston, MA Historical and Cultural Society of Clay Award: Outright; $600,000 County Production of a two-hour documentary film Moorhead, MN about a 1913 expedition to explore an unmapped tributary of the Amazon, led by Theodore Our Lives, Our Stories Roosevelt and Brazilian colonel Candido Rondon. Excelsior Springs Historical Museum Excelsior Springs, MO Walt Disney Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc. For All the World to See Waltham, MA Mercer Museum Award: Outright; $600,000 Doylestown, PA Production of a two-hour film on the life and work of Walt Disney that focuses on his Bison innovations as an entertainment entrepreneur Park City Historical Society and Museum and his relationship to crucial 20th-century events. Park City, UT

Fighting on Two Fronts: Jewish American Our Lives, Our Stories Soldiers in World War II Brigham City Museum and Gallery City Lore: NY Center for Urban Folk Culture Brigham City, UT New York, NY Award: Outright; $600,000 Production of a documentary film about the experiences of Jewish American soldiers who served during World War II.

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Firelight Media, Inc. New York, NY Award: Outright; $600,000 Production of a two-hour film exploring the history and legacy of historically black colleges and universities.