2005 Florida Humanities Council Annual Report s Floridians we are constantly reminded GRANTS: During 2005, FHC funded grants totaling $368,522 for projects in 51 Florida communities. of the dynamic state in which we live: the These projects—created and carried out by orange grove we once passed on the way community residents and scholars—ranged from to work is now a mall; our neighborhood exhibits and programs on local history and culture; Cuban café is now home to a Thai to reading festivals, study groups, presentations, and discussions; to websites, cultural-tourism maps, Arestaurant; and at our local grocery store, the languages brochures, and CDs. A listing of the communities we overhear—once primarily English and Spanish—are that have benefited from FHC grants reads like a map increasingly languages and dialects from all over the of Florida. (See detailed list of all grants on next page. For a close-up on one community’s grant project, see world, especially Asian, Latin American, and Eastern the Newsletter’s front page.) European countries. The minute you think you have Florida in focus, the image blurs, the landscape shifts. TEACHERS: FHC’s seminars and workshops provided professional development, intellectual stimulation, and classroom resources to more than 650 teachers in 2005. Conducted by distinguished scholars, these programs on Florida history, literature, and cultural heritage enrich the teachers and ultimately benefit the students they teach in their classrooms. FHC’s Florida Center for Teachers offers weeklong and daylong seminars on a variety of Florida topics. FHC’s Landmarks of American History workshops offer weeklong, on-site studies of St. Augustine, America’s first permanent European settlement.

ROAD SCHOLARS: Our distinguished group of 16 scholars brought lively and engaging humanities programs to 200 communities across the state in 2005. More than 16,000 Floridians attended these FHC programs, hosted by local libraries, museums, and civic groups in communities, large and small, from Pensacola to Plantation, from Leesburg to Loxahatchee—and everywhere in between. (See article about Road Scholars on back page of Newsletter.)

FORUM MAGAZINE: FHC’s award-winning magazine, FORUM, reached thousands of readers How do we, as Floridians, find a sense of place in this constantly shifting throughout Florida in 2005. Each issue of this colorful, environment? How do we maintain a sense of belonging in such an richly illustrated magazine shines a spotlight on one increasingly polyglot society? How can the humanities help us to live aspect of Florida’s history, in harmony while our physical surroundings and our burgeoning culture, or environment population undergo such dramatic transformation? and looks at it from various humanities perspectives. In 2005 FORUM focused on the legacy of the WPA These are questions that Floridians grappled with in public humanities in Florida, on the history of the ancient city of St. programs throughout the state in 2005. Augustine, and on the life and lore of Florida’s rivers. Each FORUM issue, sent to 15,000 people across the These programs, sponsored by the Florida Humanities Council (FHC), state, has an estimated pass-along readership of 60,000. took place in cities and small towns; in rural areas and retirement enclaves; in libraries, museums, and community centers; at state parks THE FLORIDA GATHERING: Our popular scholar- and book fairs across Florida. They created opportunities for Floridians led cultural tours explored the Spanish Colonial city to develop deeper insights and new perspectives on their lives and their of St. Augustine and the historic fishing village of communities. Cedar Key in 2005. Historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists led dozens of These valuable programs would not be possible without the support of participants from all over the state on multifaceted our funders: The National Endowment for the Humanities; the Florida tours of these communities. The participants, Floridians who love learning about their state, gained Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs; and the foundations, a deeper understanding of these historic sites. The the corporations, and the many individuals who contributed to our local organizations in these communities developed work last year. (See our list of donors in this issue.) cultural-tourism products and programs showcasing their distinctive heritage. Together we continue to engage Florida’s citizens in humanities-centered activities that help define and promote a sense of community in our state of change. Extracted Audited Financial Statements Revenue National Endowment Balance Sheet, revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2005 for the Humanities 68% Assets Cash and investments $ 970,386 Grants receivable 463,399 Prepaid expenses 15,102 Contributions receivable 326,857 Other assets 6,738 TOTAL ASSETS $ 1,782,482

Liabilities & Fund Balance Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 40,431 Deferred revenues 16,660 Grants payable 331,265 Net assets Public support, State of Florida fees, and other 9% Unrestricted 594,183 revenues Temporarily restricted 786,733 23% Permanently restricted 13,210 TOTAL $ 1,782,482 Expenditures Program Services Statement of Unrestricted Support 77% and Revenue and Expenses

Revenue & Released Assets National Endowment for the Humanities $ 1,262,004 State of Florida 162,634 Public support, fees, and other revenues 430,283 TOTAL 1,854,921

Expenditures Fundraising Program services $ 1,378,830.00 3% Management 353,223.00 Fundraising 50,203.00 TOTAL $ 1,782,256 Management 20%

Mini Grants IFE-ILE, Inc., BAILA-USA Dance Kingsley Plantation Timucuan Ormond Beach Historical Festival, Miami: Two panel Preserve National Park Service, Trust, Inc., Ormond Beach: 2005 Grant Awards Apalachee Blues Society, Tallahassee: discussions look at the influence Jacksonville: At its eighth-annual Monthly presentations on local Two Blues musician/educators of the Orisha traditions in Cuban celebration, the Kingsley Plantation and regional history feature present the historical and cultural FHC annually awards grants to nonprofit organizations and Brazilian cultures as expressed hosts a full-day program to introduce information on early pioneers, context of the Blues through oral throughout the state to conduct humanities programs that through Afro-Latin arts, religion, and the public to the history and architecture, racing, and presentation and music. $2,000 explore our state’s rich history and heritage. Projects involve literature. $2,000 heritage of the site. Features scholars, environment. $3,000 Tavares Public Library, Tavares: This storytellers, interpreters, and Museum Society, Inc., Port Friends of North Indian River scholars and experts in the various fields of the humanities: project, “Creative Writing and the musicians. $3,000 Charlotte: A public lecture and County Library, Sebastian: “The history, literature, ethics, anthropology, folklife, and more. They Cuban-American Experience,” brings two panel discussions examine the Friends Of The Caribbean, Florida Experience: Letters and author Virgil Suarez to the Lake include historic tours, exhibits, panel discussions of literary voluntary racial integration in 1953 Tallahassee: A series of film showings Lives” is a series of six lectures County Library System’s second themes, lectures and cultural tourism projects. in Charlotte and Desoto counties. and scholar-led discussions that focus on Florida history conducted annual Festival of Reading for a $2,000 on Africa and the African Diaspora. both in afternoons (for seniors) lecture/discussion program. $2,000 Discussion focuses on the cultural and evenings over a six-month The St. Augustine Historical Society, The Alliance for the Study of and social values of the peoples period. $3,000 St. Augustine: Scholars and an Adoption, Identity and Kinship, depicted in the films. $3,000 intergenerational group of residents Amelia Book Island Festival Major Grants DeLand Museum of Art, DeLand: An Tampa: Discussion and examination collect histories and documentary Winter Park Historical Association, Inc., Fernandina Beach: Historic exhibition by Florida artist Jackson of adoption practices as viewed University of West Florida, materials to produce exhibits for a Winter Park: The Association Nassau County Courthouse is the Walker is the focus for interpretation through film, art, and history, Pensacola: An exhibit, forum on the community’s past and uses material collected during the location of this panel discussion and public dialogue. The project ask important questions for the “Collard Greens and Artistic present, “Lincolnville: Roots and project’s first year to create a CD with leading Florida authors. sponsors four programs with scholar community. $2,000 Scenes,” detailing Pensacola lectures, interpretive tours, a visitors’ Flowers of St. Augustine’s African- walking tour historic sites in Winter Entitled, “Native State, Adopted women’s stories from the 1930s, guide, a living-history performance, Florida First Coast Writers’ Festival, American Community.” $2,000 Park. $3,000 State: Colorful Past, People, and accompanies three public lectures/ Florida Community College, Places of Florida,” the panel and a web site with gallery. $25,000 Bland Community Families of African American Performing Arts panels and two workshops on Jacksonville: A panel discussion of is moderated by Dr. Maurice Alachua, Inc., Alachua: Oral histories Community Theatre, Inc., Miami: collecting oral histories. $24,987 Collier County Public Library, spoken-word artists and scholars O’Sullivan. $3,000 are collected from former students, The Theatre stages productions of Naples: A reading-and-discussion examine the genre in the context of LiveArts Peninsula Foundation, a teacher, and the principal of the “King Hedley II” and “The Great Association to Preserve African program conducted in English and in contemporary literature. $2,000 St. Petersburg: This project Spanish creates access to literature for Ogden School to write a history and White Hope,” followed by talk-back American Society, History, and funds public programs and free those typically excluded from library The Eason Civil Rights Museum, present the findings in three public sessions. $3,000 Tradition, Inc., Orlando: A series performances of a play on the life Tallahassee: Sandy Martin, professor programs. $2,000 of programs that highlight programs, including immigrant Matheson Museum, Gainesville: A of Diamond Teeth Mary (Mary of religion, presents a lecture on the African American history workers, refugee emigrants, and low- Florida Studies Dept., University series of four programs highlighting Smith McClain). $26,677 life of Bishop James Walker Hood, connected with the WellsBuilt level literacy adults. $17,684 of South Florida, St. Petersburg: the history and heritage of Alachua the namesake of the Rev. Dr. Eason, Museum takes place during the North Florida Community This weekend seminar, “Two Rivers County, covering topics that include: Historical Association of Southern to highlight the early civil rights Juneteenth commemoration. College—African-American and a Forest,” focuses on the state’s Slavery in Florida, Art of Alachua Florida, Miami: An exhibition, “The leader. $2,000 $3,000 Student Union, Lake City: Two South Florida Frontier,” explores environment through the lenses of County, A Cemetery Tour, and the historical presentations and public life in the region’s subtropical Homeless and Hunger Coalition literature, history, and ethics. $2,000 history of rock ’n’ roll in Gainesville. Tavares Public Library, Tavares: lectures deal with the topic of environment from the late-18th to of Northwest Florida, Panama $3,000 “Bridging the Gap between violence in Southern race relations City: At the Bay Area Homeless and Hispanics and Anglos,” four early-20th centuries. Accompanying Civic Reflection Grants Lake Wales Library Association, Inc., in the post-WWII era. $6,600 Affordable Housing Summit, a panel programs designed for recent programs examine the lives of the Philanthropy & Nonprofit Lake Wales: Two programs featuring of experts and scholars discusses immigrants to Lake County, University of Central Florida, diverse peoples who interacted Leadership Center, Winter Park: The multicultural aspects of Florida the history, ethics, and community focus on Mexico’s heritage. Orlando: This second phase of the in the region and compare their Center hosts a group of nonprofit history: a bilingual storytelling dynamics of homelessness in this $3,000 Folkvine project captures Florida experiences with those of pioneers in program for Hispanic Heritage community. $2,000 leaders for a series of scholar- folk artists in their environment the American West. $25,000 facilitated discussions on the role of month and a presentation by Ben AAUW- Niceville-Valparaiso and communities through public Southwest Florida Regional Planning Mainstreet DeLand Association, philanthropy in civic life. $3,000 Green on the story of civil-rights Branch, Niceville: “The Impact programs and then translates these DeLand: This project funds the martyr Harry T. Moore for Black of Women on Florida Culture,” Council, Fort Myers: This project Nonprofit Center of Northeast profiles to a website. $25,400 development and production of a History month. $3,000 three programs that explore updates and reprints the original Big Florida, Jacksonville: The Center booklet depicting and explaining the the contributions of women in Valencia Community College Water Heritage Trail brochure, an hosts a group of nonprofit leaders Sarasota Reading Festival, Sarasota: local murals that portray the town’s Florida feature scholars in the Humanities, Orlando: Phase III important cultural-heritage tool for for a series of scholar-facilitated The annual festival hosts a panel history. $2,000 disciplines of religion, culture, of the Prometheus Project, the the Lake Okeechobee region. The discussions on the role of discussion of authors that is focused and philosophy. $3,000 “Culture of Poverty in Central brochure consists of a map, photos, Department of Africana Studies, philanthropy in civic life. $3,000 on the First Amendment. The Florida,” expands the access of a and narrative text depicting the area’s University of South Florida, Tampa: program is facilitated by Dr. Gordon The Studio@620, St. Petersburg: University of Central Florida Office college-level humanities program history and environment. $25,800 As part of the Florida African Michaelson. $3,000 “The Highwaymen: Further of Diversity Initiatives, Orlando: The to economically and educationally Heritage & Writers Series, which Down the Road,” an exhibit of Florida Institute for Saltwater Office engages community leaders African American Heritage Society, disadvantaged out-of-school highlights the contributions of paintings provide the backdrop Heritage, Cortez: A photo exhibit, from Lakeland in conversations Pensacola: As part of its annual adults. $23,566 contemporary artists and scholars, for scholar presentations on series of programs, and website related to a Community Building/ history celebration, the organization this project brings Dr. Sandra the Highwaymen artists’ lives South Florida Community College, focus on two traditional Florida Visioning process. $3,000 conducts two programs: a tribute to Jackson-Opoku for a presentation and work and for a theatrical Avon Park: This project, “Catfish, fishing communities and their black women through poetry, song, and panel discussion on the writer’s production based on oral Moonshine and Cattle on the responses to development pressures dance, and prose; and a presentation work. $2,000 Partnership Grants histories. $3,000 Peavine: Surviving on Florida’s Last and environmental regulations. on the African roots of jazz. $3,000 Frontier,” funds a traveling exhibit Oral histories, photos, and video Central Florida Society of the Dunedin Public Library, Dunedin: The Friends of Bruton Memorial Okeechobee County Public Library, and related public programs on the documentation explore how events Archaeological Institute of America, “Experience Florida!” is a series of Library, Plant City: “Bud Lee: Okeechobee: As part of the Florida life and work of pioneer families in have reshaped communities and how Winter Park: This project expands public programs featuring diversity Facets of an Artist Photographer,” History and Culture Series, this Central Florida. $19,280 residents have adapted. $22,303 the venues for an FHC-funded project through traditional music, folklore a series of three programs, project brings five public humanities recounting the massacre at Matanzas and literature. $3,000 explores the cultural reflections Stephen Foster Citizen Support presentations and one FHC-funded and placing it in historical context. and interpretations of the Group, White Springs: This exhibit to a rural area of the state. $2,000 photographer’s work. $3,000 funding supports the folklife area Featured are Florida folklife, music, of the Florida Folk Festival to art, and history. $3,000 expand awareness of traditional arts and crafts of cultures new to Florida. $8,000 2005 Florida Humanities Council Program Sites

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