Grants Awarded in 2006

Smithfield Community Association
Peterboro, Madison County
Awarded $1,000 for Honoring Abolition
An exhibition to honor the National Abolition Hall of Fame's first five inductees with banner panels, and a presentation at the first Biennial Commemoration Ceremony.
Awarded September 27, 2006

The Theatre Museum
New York, New York County
Awarded $2,500 for Times Square Theaters: A New Century A New Style
To fund planning for an exhibition of theater architecture showcasing Victorian to present, into future, theater designs, merged with the timeline of New York's technological, philosophical and social history.
Awarded September 27, 2006

Albany Institute of History and Art
Albany, Albany County
Awarded $1,500 for The Wave Prints as Part of Frank Stella's Moby-Dick a lecture by Robert K. Wallace, Ph. D.
A lecture by Robert K. Wallace, Ph. D.
Awarded September 22, 2006

CUNY Graduate Center, Gotham Center for New York City History
New York, New York County
Awarded $2,500 for Gotham's Newest Newcomers
A public panel discussion on the impact of current immigration waves on New York City to be moderated by Maria Hinojosa and including a variety of robust scholarly participants.
Awarded September 22, 2006

Eldridge Street Project
New York, New York County
Awarded $2,500 for Music and Manners: Cantor Minkowsky and Synagogue Decorum
Lecture and concert blending three humanities disciplines: history, architecture and music, and featuring historians Steven Zipperstein, Carol Krinsky and Annie Polland.
Awarded September 22, 2006

Schenectady Jewish Community Center
Niskayuna, Schenectady County
Awarded $2,500 for The Jewish Community of Schenectady
An exhibition, lecture and reception, that will explore the Jewish community's culture and history through photographs, documents and artifacts.
Awarded August 14, 2006

Arts Council for Wyoming County
Perry, Wyoming County
Awarded $2,260 for Irving Berlin's America
A lecture-performance of Irving Berlin's work by Michel Lasser, incorporating live music and history.
Awarded August 9, 2006

Cultural Resources Council of Syracuse and Onondaga County
Syracuse, Onondaga County
Awarded $2,500 for Heartland Passage: An Oral History of the Erie Canal
Assistance with exhibition planning along the lines of interviewing and historical research along the Erie Canal in the summer of 2006, working towards a series of oral history public programs and an outdoor marking exhibit for 2007 and 2008.
Awarded August 9, 2006

Ensemble Studio Theater/Lexington Center for the Arts
New York, New York County
Awarded $2,000 for The Unusual Rev. Mr. Hill, or The Vindication of Levi L. Hill as the True Father of Color Photography
A lecture and slide presentation exploring the roots of color photography.
Awarded August 9, 2006

Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center
Purchase, Westchester County
Awarded $2,500 for Distinguished Lecture Series, 2006-2007
Lecture series presenting leading Holocaust and human rights scholars: Jud Newborn on jewish resistance, Alexandra Zapruder on children's journals, and Laurel Leff, on the NYT coverage of the Holocaust as it happened.
Awarded August 9, 2006

Rochester Historical Society
Rochester, Monroe County
Awarded $1,562 for Reading Into the Past: Iroquois History and Culture
A reading and discussion program exploring Iroquois history and culture.
Awarded August 9, 2006

Southold Historical Society
Southold, Suffolk County
Awarded $1,000 for Southold Historical Society Lecture Series
A winter lecture series held at a retirement community to focus on Long Island local and regional history.
Awarded August 9, 2006

Thomas Cole National Historic Site
Catskill, Greene County
Awarded $1,580 for First Annual Raymond Beecher Lecture by Elizabeth Kornhauser
First annual Raymond Beecher Lecture series to occure in October, and presented by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Ph. D.
Awarded August 9, 2006

New York State Archives Partnership Trust
Albany, Albany County
Awarded $2,500 for Archives Week Poster - 2006
A series of programs celebrating the wealth of New York State archives advertised via a handsome poster to be distributed statewide through nine regional archives offices promoting Archives Week, Oct 8-14, 2006.
Awarded August 7, 2006

Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation
Fayetteville, Onondaga County
Awarded $2,500 for The Spectrum of Oz: A Seminar
Mini-seminar explores the cultural impact of the fourteen Oz books and their author. Incorporates the editorial works of Baum, the publication of the great fairytale and the film, to provide a unique lens for examining the American psyche.
Awarded July 24, 2006

SUNY Buffalo, Research Foundation
Buffalo, Erie County
Awarded $2,500 for U.S. Film Premiere and Interpretive Discussion of 'Masters of Business Art' in Buffalo, New York
Hallwalls hosts the premiere of Masters of Business Art, a film by Prof. Guillet de Monthoux. Discussion to follow screening.
Awarded July 24, 2006

FASNY Museum of Firefighting
Hudson, Columbia County
Awarded $2,400 for The Social and Cultural History of Firefighting: A New York State Perspective
Exhibition planning phase allowing a visiting scholar to idenfity major themes for permanent exhibitions.
Awarded July 19, 2006

Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center
Buffalo, Erie County
Awarded $2,500 for Pioneer of the Minimal: Tony Conrad Retrospective
A retrospective of performance, video, and film work by artist Tony Conrad with five programs and essay publication to support this work.
Awarded July 19, 2006

Lehman College, Leonard Lief Library
Bronx, Bronx County
Awarded $2,500 for Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend
A series of public programs, including lectures, demonstrations, performances, films and discussions, accompanying a nationally traveling exhibition.
Awarded July 19, 2006

Museum of the Hudson Highlands
Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange County
Awarded $2,500 for The Hudson River Valley: History, Art, Swans & Songbirds
A four-week, public lecture series including topics on The Hudson River School, the Plight of Hudson Valley Songbirds, Mute Swans of the Hudson River, and A PaleoIndian Site in the Hudson Valley.
Awarded July 19, 2006

El Museo del Barrio
New York, New York County
Awarded $2,500 for Pan-Caribbean Perspectives on the Merengue
A panel of prominent scholars of Caribbean music will share and discuss the latest research and new perspectives on Dominican merenge.
Awarded July 13, 2006

Hill and Hollow Music
Saranac, Clinton County
Awarded $2,500 for Mining the Riches of the String Quartet Literature
A series of lecture-demonstrations by the Biava Quartet on aspects of the history and aesthetics of string quartets. The season's concerts will also be accompanied by program notes by Dr. David Ossenkop.
Awarded July 13, 2006

Ndakinna Education Center
Greenfield Center, Saratoga County
Awarded $2,500 for The Saratoga Native American Festival
A two-day gathering of storytellers, musicians, dancers, artists, and craftspeople from the Mohawk, Mohican, Onondaga, Abenaki, Cayuga and Oneida Nations. Held at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Spa State Park.
Awarded July 13, 2006

Onondaga County Public Library
Syracuse, Onondaga County
Awarded $2,000 for Humanities in the Library
Four scholars from Syracuse University and LeMoyne College speak on their areas of expertise.
Awarded July 13, 2006

Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music
Brooklyn, Kings County
Awarded $9,900 for Folk Music in the City: New York's Friends of Old Time Music
One day public conference to explore the presentation of traditional southern folk artists to NYC in the early 1960's. FOTM concerts and the larger context of NYC will be examined in terms of the post-War urban folk music revival.
Awarded June 19, 2006

Children's Museum of Manhattan
New York, New York County
Awarded $6,000 for Gods, Myths and Mortals: Discover Ancient Greece
Gods, Myths and Mortals: Discover Ancient Greece exhibition to open February 2007 at CMOM using non-traditional ways to engage children and families, including interactive stations, theatrical experiances, multimedia games, docent program, public lectures and an interactive website.
Awarded June 19, 2006

Eldridge Street Project
New York, New York County
Awarded $6,000 for Interpretive Revisioning at Eldridge Street
Towards the creation of a new training manual, training and evaluating interpreters and field tests of this new material for public programming as part of the restoration of the landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue.
Awarded June 19, 2006

Friends of Schuyler Mansion
Albany, Albany County
Awarded $6,000 for Saying I: An Exhibition Exploring Art and Identity in Schuyler Family
Presentation and study of select Schuyler family portraits to explore the 18th century Schuylers of Albany, their patronage of artworks, and how they viewed their world.
Awarded June 19, 2006

George Eastman House
Rochester, Monroe County
Awarded $11,200 for Why Look at Animals?
Photography exhibition exploring how animals have been represented historically and in the present. Will be accompanied by scholarly interpretation/wall text, an interactive website and a free brochure.
Awarded June 19, 2006

Great Neck Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
Great Neck, Nassau County
Awarded $6,000 for Representation of Women in Contemporary Cinema: Furman Film Series
Series of five films to be added to the 2006-2007 Furman Film Series addressing the representation of women in contemporary cinema: themes of race, class, ethnicity, religion and sexuality to be covered. Each film to be preceeded by a scholarly introduction and followed by a discussion of the content.
Awarded June 19, 2006

Hillwood Art Museum
Brookville, Nassau County
Awarded $8,000 for Threads of Time: African Textiles From the Traditional to the Contemporary
African textiles exhibition to explore humanities themes in relation to textile production in several sub-Saharan African cultural groups.
Awarded June 19, 2006

Hostos Community College
Bronx, Bronx County
Awarded $8,000 for The African Presence and Influence on the Cultures of the Americas
Three day conference to investigate the role of the African diaspora in the Americas contribute to the integration of African diaspora in North America, Carribean and Latin American studies, and celebrate that which is African in various cultures.
Awarded June 19, 2006

Jazz at Lincoln Center
New York, New York County
Awarded $6,000 for Jazz Talk Symposia Series
Jazz Talk is an indepth, hour-long discussion series btwn scholars and musicians on the cultural, aethestic and historical facets of Jazz, an American art form.
Awarded June 19, 2006

Museum of the City of New York
New York, New York County
Awarded $15,000 for Robert Moses and the Modern City
One of three concurrent exhibitions that will delve into the legacy of Moses' urban development projects in New York City from the Lincoln Center to the Triborough Bridge.
Awarded June 19, 2006

New School University, Milano Graduate School Center for New York City Affairs
New York, New York County
Awarded $11,950 for Feet in Two Worlds
A series of radio works, by journalists, telling new immigrants' stories and experiances in New York City. This is the second phase of a project that was funded last year by NYCH.
Awarded June 19, 2006

Poets House
New York, New York County
Awarded $10,000 for Proem: Poetry - Six Introductory Talks
Six lectures series delivered by acclaimed poet/scholars, to broaden and support deeper reading of contemporary poetry. Run by Poets House and the Poetry Society of America.
Awarded June 19, 2006

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, Monroe County
Awarded $7,800 for Living in Tocqueville's America
"Living in Tocqueville's America" is a conference on four themes in "Democracy in America," written by Alexis de Tocqueville, joining scholars, professionals and the public in a open discusison.
Awarded June 19, 2006

The Grolier Club of New York
New York, New York County
Awarded $6,000 for Illustrating the Good Life: The Eragny Press, 1894 - 1914
An accompanying catalogue, to the exhibition "Illustrating the Good Life," analyzing 98 books, drawings, prints and photographs from the works of Luxien and Esterh Pissarro and their Eragny Press. As part of a New York citywide festival of the 19th Century Illustrated book.
Awarded June 19, 2006

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
New York, New York County
Awarded $7,745 for From Heretic to Hero: A Symposium on the Impact of Baruch Spinoza on the 350th Anniversary of his Excommunication, 1656 - 2006
A one-day symposium to explore the historical impetus and current cultural impact of, what many scholars consider the most notorius and influential excommunication in Jewish History, the bannishment of Baruch Spinoza from Amsterdam's Jewish Community in 1656.
Awarded June 19, 2006

Rome Historical Society
Rome, Oneida County
Awarded $2,466 for Maps as Stories: Rome, New York
Exhibition interpreting 42 maps drawn by the citizens of Rome, NY portraying their daily lives, hopes and losses encouraging reflection on what makes a "community."
Awarded June 12, 2006

Robert Louis Stevenson Society of America
Saranac Lake, Franklin County
Awarded $2,000 for RLS2006: Transatlantic Stevenson
Several events as part of an international conference on author Robert Louis Stevenson: keynote address by Dr. Jenni Calder from Edinburgh, Scotland; companion exhibit and brochure; and performance of a period dramatization of " Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
Awarded May 11, 2006

Schenectady County Historical Society
Schenectady, Schenectady County
Awarded $1,000 for "A Desirable Residence": Schenectady and the Erie Canal, 1825 - 1918
A look at the personal reactions of Schenectadians to the proposed, built and eventually overshadowed Erie Canal. This exhibit will explore the canal's effect on the community physically, socially and economically between 1825-1918
Awarded May 11, 2006

Syracuse University
Syracuse, Onondaga County
Awarded $2,350 for Refugee Communities and the Soul of Syracuse
Two lectures to address how the humanities can be used to discuss critical societal issues in relation to the current refugee populations from countries including Bosnia and Burma, whose cultures and histories are relatively unknown in the U.S. How do diasporic groups create and maintain identity in a new environment?
Awarded May 11, 2006

Fort Ticonderoga Association
Ticonderoga, Essex County
Awarded $2,100 for Fort Ticonderoga Seminar on the American Revolution
Third Annual Seminar series to focus this year on the American Revolution; presented by renowned scholars for the general public.
Awarded April 26, 2006

Lewiston Council on the Arts
Lewiston, Niagara County
Awarded $2,300 for Marble Orchard Cemetery Plots: A Walk Through Lewiston's History
Funding the development and implementation of four historic walking tours, to be lead by local history expert scholars, of the Lewiston Cemetary. Themes include: Forefathers of Lewiston, Women of the Marble Orchard, Underground Railroad and Secrets, and Scandals and Scoundrels.
Awarded April 26, 2006

Haleakala (d.b.a. The Kitchen)
New York, New York County
Awarded $2,500 for Ruination: A Symposium on Debris, Decay and Destruction
A symposium that explores how our fascination with ruins informs our aesthetic, political and philosophical frameworks, including commentary from Brian Dillon, Jeff Byles, and Svetlana Boym.
Awarded March 30, 2006

Adirondack Museum
Blue Mt. Lake, Hamilton County
Awarded $5,000 for Rewilding Forever Wild: A New Environmental History of the Adirondacks
A 2-day symposium that seeks to encourage a reinterpretation of Adirondack history in the light of the most current thinking among environmental historians.
Awarded March 20, 2006

Bibliographical Society of America
New York, New York County
Awarded $9,500 for Brochure Promoting New York City's Festival of 19th Century Illustration
An innovative, four-month long Festival of 19th Century Illustration to be hosted by several organizations in New York City. Will produce a brochure promoting exhibitions, conferences and other activities organized in conjunction with Festival, for nationwide distribution.
Awarded March 20, 2006

Center for Urban Pedagogy
Brooklyn, Kings County
Awarded $4,000 for Engaging the City Lecture Series
Engaging the City is a monthly lecture series to explore the extraordinary complexity of contemporary cities through interdisciplinary presentations, including the fields of architecture history, theory and criticism, philosophy, architecture, urban planning and urban design, public policy, public art, film and journalism.
Awarded March 20, 2006

City Lore
New York, New York County
Awarded $10,000 for The Stones of Civilization: Exploring the Poetic Traditions of the World's Endangered Languages
A series of lectures and panel discussions aimed at highlighting poetry from the world's endangered and contested languages.
Awarded March 20, 2006

CUNY Graduate Center, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS)
New York, New York County
Awarded $5,000 for Seminars in the City
A community education program that provides an informal and intellectually charged forum for the discussion of LGTBQ books on a wide variety of themes in the humanities. The free public discussions meet monthly.
Awarded March 20, 2006

Katonah Village Library
Katonah, Westchester County
Awarded $3,500 for Katonah Poetry Series, 2006 - 2007
A poetry-reading series that sponsors five nationally/internationally known poets who exhibit excellence and public appeal to read their work, with a question and answer session to follow, moderated by former U.S. Poet laureate, Billy Collins.
Awarded March 20, 2006

Museum for African Art
Long Island City, Queens County
Awarded $10,000 for Symposium: Africans in New York
A public symposium to explore the social and cultural parameters of African-born immigrants in New York City, the constraints and the opportunities that shape their lives, and the relationships between African immigrants and host populations.
Awarded March 20, 2006

Museum of Biblical Art MOBIA
New York, New York County
Awarded $10,000 for Perspectives on Georges Rouault: A Symposium
A symposium with contributions from four humanities scholars on the artistic, philosophical and spiritual threads woven into the work of French Expressionist Georges Rouault.
Awarded March 20, 2006

Museum of Jewish Heritage
New York, New York County
Awarded $4,000 for The Life Journey of Hidden Children
A panel discussion on the personal resilience and accomplishments of child survivors of the Holocaust, moderated by scholar, author and survivor Dr. Andre Stein. In conjunction with "Life in Shadows" exhibition.
Awarded March 20, 2006

Robert H. Jackson Center
Jamestown, Chautauqua County
Awarded $6,030 for Joseph Persico's 'Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial' Panel Presentation
A panel discussion lead by Joseph Persico on the topic of his book, which examines current events related to aggressive war and war crimes, in light of the precedents set at Nuremberg.
Awarded March 20, 2006

St. John's University, Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery
Jamaica, Queens County
Awarded $3,500 for Darker Shades of Red: Official Soviet Propaganda from the Cold War
An exhibition in the Yeh Gallery, which explores the combination of imagery and language as a means to promote political ideology in soviet propaganda materials during the Cold War.
Awarded March 20, 2006

Weeksville Heritage Center
Brooklyn, Kings County
Awarded $5,000 for Walking Tour of Historic Weeksville
A two hour tour that is to run from May through October 2006 that focuses on the architecture, institutions and culture of Weeksville as a 19th century African American community.
Awarded March 20, 2006

American Sephardi Federation
New York, New York County
Awarded $2,500 for Cochin Diary: Jewish Life in Southern India
A photographic exhibit from Joshua Eli Cogan's ethnographic documentation of the centuries-old Jewish community in Cochin, a small town in the Indian state of Kerala.
Awarded March 17, 2006

Weeksville Heritage Center
Brooklyn, Kings County
Awarded $2,500 for Weeksville Heritage Center 35th Anniversary Speaker Series
A lecture series presenting new research on black women who lived or worked in 19th-century New York, as well as new information on historic, New York-based African American burial grounds.
Awarded March 17, 2006

All Arts Matter
Greenville, Greene County
Awarded $2,500 for Sunday Lecture Series
A series of four lectures: Ron Tunison on "Memorials, Preservers of History;" Deborah Allen on "Preserving Heritage in Print;" Donald Forst on "Alternative Press, Right/Left;" and Colette Lemon on "Iroquois Quilts: A Voice for Change, a Call to Remember."
Awarded March 7, 2006

Going Coastal Media
Brooklyn, Kings County
Awarded $1,800 for Maritime History of New York
A one-day public program featuring a reading of WPA Project's "A Maritime History of New York," a panel discussion with scholars and maritime experts, and a gathering of maritime museums. Fort Wadsworth Visitor Center site of events.
Awarded February 27, 2006

Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, Dutchess County
Awarded $2,500 for Journey Through Uganda: Using Performance to Explore Cultural History
A series of community events around the visit of Ugandan-American artist, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine: a panel discussion, a documentary film screening, and live solo performance all explore how the arts can reveal the experience of HIV-positive Ugandans in a war-torn country.
Awarded February 22, 2006

Fraunces Tavern Museum
New York, New York County
Awarded $1,350 for Keeping the American Revolution Alive: The John Ward Dunsmore Lecture Series
A series of three lectures on John Ward Dunsmore, the late 19th-century American painter best known for realistic and historically accurate genre paintings of the American Revolution.
Awarded February 22, 2006

Stepping Stones Foundation
Bedford Hills, Westchester County
Awarded $2,500 for Stepping Stones Guided Tour
Planning and implementation of docent-led tours of the historic home of Lois and Bill Wilson, founders of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Awarded February 22, 2006

Hudson River Museum
Yonkers, Westchester County
Awarded $2,500 for The Real Deal: Life in the Suburbs for Women and Minorities
A panel discussion on racial diversity and women's roles in Westchester County. With Kenneth T. Jackson, Lisa Keller, Lorraine Kenny, Priscilla Murolo, and Leslie Wilson.
Awarded February 6, 2006

Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes
Brooklyn, Kings County
Awarded $2,500 for Keeping the Faith in Brooklyn: The Beginnings of the Jewish Community in the City of Churches
A public symposium exploring Jewish communal life in Brooklyn and interactions between Jews and members of other faith communities.
Awarded January 27, 2006

Warsaw Historical Society and Museum
Warsaw, Wyoming
Awarded $1,550 for Notable Figures from Warsaw's History
A series of five presentations on the intriguing histories of prominent people from Warsaw's history.
Awarded January 17, 2006

Poughkeepsie Public Library District
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County
Awarded $2,000 for Sunday Colloquia: Alexander Hamilton - The Man who Made Modern America
A series of four public lectures in conjunction with the traveling exhibition "Alexander Hamilton."
Awarded January 13, 2006

Utica Monday Nite Corporation
Utica, Oneida County
Awarded $2,479 for Aesthetics and Improvisation in Africana Musical Traditions
A presentation and performance by Bill Cole, noted African-American ethnomusicologist and musician, and Felicia McMahon, folklore scholar, at the outdoor gazebo of Chancellor Park in the city of Utica.
Awarded January 13, 2006

Godwin-Ternbach Museum
Flushing, Queens County
Awarded $2,500 for The Fabrics of Cultures: Fashion, Identity, Globalization
An exhibition of garments and textiles representing global traditions and aesthetics. Public programs include a lecture series and symposium.
Awarded December 15, 2005

The Long Island Museum of American Art
Stony Brook, Suffolk County
Awarded $2,500 for Raymond Loewy and Modern Design on Long Island
A one-day symposium accompanying the nationally-touring exhibition "Raymond Loewy: Designs for a Consumer Culture."
Awarded December 13, 2005

New York Foundation for the Arts
New York, New York County
Awarded $2,500 for When Women Pursue Justice
A traveling exhibition and catalogue based on Artmaker's NYC mural "When Women Pursue Justice." The mural celebrates ninety different women, chiefly twentieth-century leaders and activists for social change in the U.S., as well as some of the nineteenth-century pioneers who paved the way for their work.
Awarded December 7, 2005

Oneida Public Library District
Oneida, Madison County
Awarded $2,400 for Celebrating Madison County's Bicentennial 2006
A yearlong series of exhibits, programs, workshops and performances celebrating the culture, history, industry and people of Madison County, NY.
Awarded December 7, 2005

Union Settlement Association
New York, New York County
Awarded $2,500 for Annual Literature Festival in East Harlem
Public readings by renowned authors, followed by lively discussion and student readings.
Awarded December 7, 2005

Museum of the City of New York
New York, New York County
Awarded $2,500 for Harlem is Music: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten
An exhibition and related public programs in celebration of Black History Month, 2006.
Awarded December 2, 2005

Theatre for a New Audience
New York, New York County
Awarded $1,500 for 2005-2006 TFANA Talks
A series of post-performance discussions led by panels of scholars, artists, journalists and thinkers.
Awarded December 2, 2005