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Smithfield Community Association Peterboro, Madison County Awarded $1,000.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $2,500.00 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 $1,500.00 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 $2,500.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $2,500.00 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 $2,500.00 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 $2,260.00 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 $2,500.00 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 $2,000.00 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 $2,500.00 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, Monroe County Awarded $1,562.00 for Reading Into the Past: Iroquois History and Culture A reading and discussion program exploring Iroquois history and culture. Awarded August 9, 2006
Southold, Suffolk County Awarded $1,000.00 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 $1,580.00 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 $2,500.00 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 $2,500.00 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 $2,500.00 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
Hudson, Columbia County Awarded $2,400.00 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 $2,500.00 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 $2,500.00 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 $2,500.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $2,500.00 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
Saranac, Clinton County Awarded $2,500.00 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
Greenfield Center, Saratoga County Awarded $2,500.00 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 $2,000.00 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 $9,900.00 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 $6,000.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $6,000.00 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
Albany, Albany County Awarded $6,000.00 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
Rochester, Monroe County Awarded $11,200.00 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 $6,000.00 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
Brookville, Nassau County Awarded $8,000.00 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
Bronx, Bronx County Awarded $8,000.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $6,000.00 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 $15,000.00 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 $11,950.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $10,000.00 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 $7,800.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $6,000.00 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 $7,745.00 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 $2,466.00 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 $2,000.00 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 $1,000.00 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, Onondaga County Awarded $2,350.00 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
Ticonderoga, Essex County Awarded $2,100.00 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, Niagara County Awarded $2,300.00 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 $2,500.00 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
Blue Mt. Lake, Hamilton County Awarded $5,000.00 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 $9,500.00 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
Brooklyn, Kings County Awarded $4,000.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $10,000.00 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 $5,000.00 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, Westchester County Awarded $3,500.00 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
Long Island City, Queens County Awarded $10,000.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $10,000.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $4,000.00 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
Jamestown, Chautauqua County Awarded $6,030.00 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 $3,500.00 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
Brooklyn, Kings County Awarded $5,000.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $2,500.00 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
Brooklyn, Kings County Awarded $2,500.00 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
Greenville, Greene County Awarded $2,500.00 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
Brooklyn, Kings County Awarded $1,800.00 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
Annandale-on-Hudson, Dutchess County Awarded $2,500.00 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
New York, New York County Awarded $1,350.00 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
Bedford Hills, Westchester County Awarded $2,500.00 for Stepping Stones Guided Tour |
