National Endowment for the Arts Fiscal Year 2018, First Round
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National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Awards and Offers, December 2015
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES GRANT AWARDS AND OFFERS, DECEMBER 2015 ALABAMA (5) $144,000 Mobile Historic Mobile Preservation Society Outright: $6,000 [Preservation Assistance Grants] Project Director: Melanie Thornton Project Title: General Collections Assessment at the Historic Mobile Preservation Society Project Description: A general conservation assessment of the collections housed in the Historic Oakleigh House, a circa 1833 Greek Revival house museum, and the archival collection housed in the Minnie Mitchell Archives building, constructed in 1980. Two conservators, one specializing in furniture and woodwork and the other in paper-based collections, would review the museum's holdings and provide the organization a first assessment with which to plan for future preservation. Highlights of the collection include a Thomas Sully portrait of Madame Octavia LeVert, a portrait of actor Edwin Booth, and several personal items of James C. Calhoun, including his ink well and hair bracelet. The artifacts and archives support interpretive programs on the antebellum South for 4,000 visitors annually, as well as for students of public history, art history, and material culture at the University of Southern Alabama, Springhill College, and the University of Mobile. Montgomery Bertis English Outright: $25,200 [Awards for Faculty] Alabama State University Project Title: Civil Wars and Civil Beings: Societal Construction, Reconstruction, and Post-Reconstruction in Perry County, Alabama, 1860-75 Project Description: Writing and research toward the publication of a book about racial cooperation in Reconstruction-era Perry County, Alabama. Deborah Solomon Outright: $50,400 [Fellowships for University Teachers] Auburn University at Montgomery Project Title: The Poem and the Garden: Rival Media in Early Modern England Project Description: A book-length study of the relationships between poetic craft and garden design in 16th- and 17th-century England. -
Bio Nina Berman 2020
Bio Nina Berman is a documentary photographer, filmmaker, author and educator. Her wide-ranging work looks at American politics, militarism, environmental contamination and post violence trauma. Her photographs and videos have been exhibited at more than 100 venues from the security walls of the Za'atari refugee camp to the Whitney Museum of American Art. She is the author of Purple Hearts – Back from Iraq, (2004) portraits and interviews with wounded American veterans, Homeland, (2008) a look at the militarization in post September 11 America, and most recently, An autobiography of Miss Wish (2017) a story told with a survivor of sexual violence which was shortlisted for both the Aperture and Arles book prizes. Additional fellowships, awards and grants include: the New York Foundation for the Arts, the World Press Photo Foundation, Pictures of the Year International, the Open Society Foundation, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and the Aftermath Project. She is a member of the photography and film collective NOOR images and a professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she directs the photography program. She lives in her hometown of New York City. CV Education University of Chicago, B.A. English 1982 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, M.S. 1985 Grants, fellowships, awards 2020 Data, Media and Society/Columbia University 2019 Data, Media and Society/Columbia University 2019 Trans National Institute (TNI) /NOOR images 2018 Aperture/Paris Photo Book/Text Award, shortlist 2018 -
The Photograph Collector Information, Opinion, and Advice for Collectors, Curators, and Dealers N E W S L T R
THE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTOR INFORMATION, OPINION, AND ADVICE FOR COLLECTORS, CURATORS, AND DEALERS N E W S L T R Volume XXXVI, No. 9 September 2015 FALL AUCTION PREVIEW by Stephen Perloff Desiree Dolron: Xteriors II, 2001–2006 ($60,000–$80,000), at Christie’s FALL AUCTION PREVIEW continued Christie’s will hold three Photographs sales in Sugimoto’s Kegon Waterfall, 1977 ($120,000– Fall 2015. The sales include works for new and $180,000); Bernd & Hilla Becher’s Typology of seasoned collectors alike, featuring a first-ever Four Pitheads, c. 1975, four gelatin silver prints curated Evening Sale on October 5, a Day Sale ($80,000–$120,000); and Richard Misrach’s Un- following on October 6, and First Exposure, an titled, #213-04 from On the Beach, 2004, chromo- online-only sale, now open for bidding. In addi- genic print, printed 2007 ($70,000–$90,000). tion, Christie’s will present Patrick Demarchelier: Photographs 1975–2015, a private selling exhibi- tion of the legendary French fashion photographer from October 2–12. Photographs: The Evening Sale showcases 42 works and reflects a reinvigorated focus on the incredible breadth of offerings from the full his- tory of the medium, encompassing the early begin- nings, strong modernist and post-war periods, all the way through to rising contemporary stars. Leading the way in Christie’s Evening Sale is Ansel Adams’s Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, c. 1940, gelatin silver mural print, printed c. 1962–63, and Irving Penn’s Gingko Leaves, New York, 1990, dye-transfer print, print- ed 1992, both estimated at $300,000–$500,000. -
Training a Generation of Future Innovators
BRAZIL SCIENTIFIC MOBILITY PROGRAM IN THE U.S. Training a Generation of Future Innovators INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION (IIE) An independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit founded in 1919, IIE is among the world’s largest and most experienced international exchange and training organizations. TABLE OF CONTENTS Its research publications and membership services provide information to tens of thousands of international educators globally. About the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program (BSMP) 2 Welcome 3 Institute of International Education What Made BSMP Different? 4 809 United Nations Plaza BSMP: The Facts 6 New York, NY 10017, USA Intensive English Program 10 www.iie.org Student Life 12 To download additional copies of this report, please visit us online at Program Highlights 14 www.iie.org/publications. BSMP in the News 16 Program Structure: IIE’s Role in Making Mobility Happen 18 Copyright © 2017 Institute of International Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Life After BSMP 20 Designed by Analia del Giorgio, LDG Design, Inc. | New York Closing Remarks 73 Edited by Edward Monks and Yolande Zahler ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BSMP, known in Brazil as “Ciência sem Fronteiras” (CsF), was an extraordinarily APPENDICES innovative and ambitious initiative of the Brazilian government. It required close collaboration between high ranking officials in Brasilia and international scholarship Appendix 1: Host States 21 experts around the world to gather the necessary resources and tools to implement this Appendix 2: Intensive English Programs 22 high volume international exchange program in a very compressed period of time. Appendix 3: Undergraduate Academic Institutions 25 Appendix 4: Undergraduate Fields of Study 36 IIE would like to recognize and thank Luiz Loureiro at the Fulbright Commission in Brazil, Appendix 5: Graduate Academic Institutions 37 as well as Jorge Guimaraes, Denise Neddermeyer and Glaucius Oliva at CAPES and CNPq, Appendix 6: Graduate Fields of Study 40 for the key roles they played in launching and leading their dedicated teams. -
National Endowment for the Arts—2014 Fall Grant Announcement
National Endowment for the Arts—2014 Fall Grant Announcement Art Works, Challenge America, and Creative Writing Fellowships State Listings Project details are as of November 24, 2014. For the most up to date project information, please use the NEA's online grant search system. Art Works grants supports the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts. Click the state or jurisdiction below to jump to that area of the document. Grants are sorted by city then name of organization after state. Alaska Indiana Nebraska South Carolina Alabama Iowa Nevada South Dakota Arizona Kansas New Hampshire Tennessee Arkansas Kentucky New Jersey Texas California Louisiana New Mexico Utah Colorado Maine New York Vermont Connecticut Maryland North Carolina Virginia District of Columbia Massachusetts North Dakota Washington Florida Michigan Ohio West Virginia Georgia Minnesota Oklahoma Wisconsin Hawaii Mississippi Oregon Wyoming Idaho Missouri Pennsylvania Illinois Montana Rhode Island Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Page 1 of 234 ALASKA Number of Grants: 10 Total Dollar Amount: $210,000 49 Writers, Inc. $10,000 Anchorage, AK FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America To support a literary tour featuring author Melinda Moustakis, including workshops, readings, and related activities. Planned in partnership with "Alaska Quarterly Review" (AQR), a virtual book discussion of Moustakis's book "Bear Down Bear North" will take place using the Alaska OWL (Online With Libraries) videoconferencing system. The virtual discussion will benefit remote, rural Alaska communities. -
Grants to Organizations, Sorted by State Or Jurisdiction, Then by City and Name of Organization
National Endowment for the Arts Fiscal Year 2018, First Round State and Jurisdiction List The following includes the first round of NEA recommended grants to organizations, sorted by state or jurisdiction, then by city and name of organization. All of the grants are for specific projects; no NEA funds may be used for general operating expenses. To find additional project details, please visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search. Click the state/jurisdiction below to jump to that area of the document. Alabama Louisiana Oklahoma Alaska Maine Oregon Arizona Maryland Pennsylvania Arkansas Massachusetts Puerto Rico California Michigan Rhode Island Colorado Minnesota South Carolina Connecticut Mississippi South Dakota Delaware Missouri Tennessee District of Columbia Montana Texas Florida Nebraska Utah Georgia Nevada Vermont Hawaii New Hampshire Virginia Idaho New Jersey Washington Illinois New Mexico West Virginia Indiana New York Wisconsin Iowa North Carolina Wyoming Kansas North Dakota Kentucky Ohio Some details of the grants listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior National Endowment for the Arts approval. Information is current as of January 31, 2018. Visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search for additional project details for NEA grants. Alabama Number of Grants: 6 Total Dollar Amount: $95,000 Alabama Dance Council, Inc. (aka Alabama Dance Council) $25,000 Birmingham, AL Art Works — Dance To support the Alabama Dance Festival. Art Fund of Birmingham Inc, The (aka Birmingham Museum of Art) $30,000 Birmingham, AL Art Works — Museums To support the Birmingham Museum of Art's exhibition and catalogue, "The Original Makers: Folk Art from the Cargo Collection." Marshall County Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Incorporated (aka Marshall County RSVP) $10,000 Guntersville, AL Challenge America To support Melodies and Musings - Our Appalachian Legacy, a Southeast regional mountain dulcimer festival and associated outreach activities. -
Featuring Hill Day! the Nation’S Largest Behavioral Health Advocacy Event
PROGRAM FEATURING HILL DAY! The nation’s largest behavioral health advocacy event Download the Conference App Android iPhone #NATCON14 www.TheNationalCouncil.org/Conference Visit Booth 517 and Accompany Tonya, Jack and Betty on their Care Coordination Journey To Recovery Follow Tonya’s care from Follow Jack as he works toward Watch Betty develop abilities inpatient to ongoing a higher quality of life, making to raise her quality of life care as she finds her way school and his social life more through individualized through young adulthood. manageable for him and his family. care management. 1.800.472.5509 | www.ntst.com TABLE OF CONTENTS CONFERENCE BASICS TUESDAY, MAY 6 About the National Council 2 Tuesday Schedule-at-a-Glance 58 – 59 Welcome to Conference and Hill Day ’14 3 Hot Spots 60 – 61 Conference Basics 4 – 10 Plenaries: Don Berwick and Former 62 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Continuing Education 11 – 12 “C” Workshops 63 – 67 Schedule-at-a-Glance 14 – 18 Special Event: Peers and 67 Tobacco Cessation PRECONFERENCE TED-Style Talks 68 Preconference Universities 20 – 21 Lunch ‘N’ Learns 69 – 71 Special Trainings 21 Theater of War: Soldiers & Citizens Tour 71 SESSIONS BY TRACK 23 – 27 Poster Presentations 72 Plenary: Children’s Mental Health 28 – 29 73 HILL DAy ’14 Awareness Day Thought Leaders 74 – 76 LIVE STREAMING AT CONFerence ’14 30 Film Festival: Running From Crazy 77 MAPS 31 – 33 “D” Workshops 78 – 82 Celebration of Excellence 84 – 85 MONDAY, MAY 5 Monday Schedule-at-a-Glance 34 – 35 WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 Hot Spots 36