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American Folk Art Museum

New York, New York County

Awarded $10,000 for Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel

An exhibition and catalogue tracing the vernacular visual culture of Jewish life from Central and Eastern Europe to the United States during the era of peak Jewish immigration to this country (1880’s-1920’s).

Awarded March 15, 2007

 

Academy of American Poets

New York, New York County

Awarded $2,500 for The Poets Forum Seminars: Varieties of Aesthetic Experience in Poetry

Four “poets forum seminars” in which renowned poet-scholars discuss humanities topics related to contemporary poetry. Held in conjunction with a three-day Poets Forum that also includes readings and literary walking tours.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

ArteEast

Brooklyn, Kings County

Awarded $10,000 for “Beur” Cinema: Maghrebi Origins, French Realities-Film Series and One-Day Conference

A film festival, one-day conference, and magazine issue devoted to “Beur” cinema, which grows out of the experiences of the French-born children of North African immigrants.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Bard College

Annandale-on Hudson, Dutchess County

Awarded $2,500 for Toward Open Christianity: A Symposium on Christ in a Pluralistic World

Weekend-long program at Bard College in mid-April focused on pluralism and Christianity.

Awarded February 23, 2007

 

Bard College

Annandale-on-Hudson, Dutchess County

Awarded $10,000 for Revisiting Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’: A Fiftieth Year Retrospective

A radio broadcast of a panel discussion of Chinua Achebe’s famous novel. The panel will take place before a live audience.

Awarded March 15, 2007

 

The Bowne House Historical Society, Inc.

New York, New York County

Awarded $5,160 for “Word and Deed: The Flushing Remonstrance and John Bowne”

A panel discussion focusing on the Flushing Remonstrance, an important document in our country’s history with ties to New York City.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn, Kings County

Awarded $15,800 for Enshrined Memories: Brooklyn and the Civil War

An exhibition and numerous public programs focused on the Civil War and its local commemorations.

Awarded March 15, 2007

 

Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies

New York, New York County

Awarded $10,000 for Seminars in the City

Three four-session discussion series led by scholars and focused on readings related to Lesbian and Gay themes.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Center for Urban Pedagogy

Brooklyn, Kings County

Awarded $9,080 for People and Buildings Lecture Series

A monthly discussion series that involves scholars and practitioners in conversations about urban history and architecture.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Community Works

New York, New York County

Awarded $10,000 for Harlem is…Music Inaugural Programming at the Dwyer Cultural Center

In conjunction with an extant traveling exhibition, Community Works will host monthly public programs, each including moderated dialogues with music figures, guided tours of the exhibition, and musical demonstrations.

Awarded March 15, 2007

 

CUE Art Foundation

New York, New York County

Awarded $5,300 for Interpretive Exhibition Essays Produced by a Young Art Critics Mentoring Program

A program that involves established art critics mentoring younger critics who produce interpretive texts for contemporary art exhibitions at the CUE Art Foundation.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Culture Project

New York, New York County

Awarded $2,500 for Conversations

A series of panel discussions about the role of women in the world today: as artists, thinkers, and agents of change. Presented as part of the Culture Project’s multidisciplinary celebration “Women Center Stage.”

Awarded April 14, 2007

 

Research Foundation of CUNY-CUNY City College

New York, New York County

Awarded $2,500 for Lift Every Voice: Black Lyricism in the African American Poetic Tradition of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes

A day long program of panel discussions, as well as a keynote address, focused on the influence of various musical forms on African American poetry.

Awarded June 13, 2007

 

Desmond-Fish Library

Garrison, Putnam County

Awarded $1,200 for Alexander Hamilton’s World

A lecture by noted author Thomas Fleming, author of over a dozen books on the American Revolution, held in conjunction with the presentation of a traveling exhibition about Alexander Hamilton.

Awarded May 10, 2007

 

Eldridge Street Project

New York, New York County

Awarded $5,500 for History Table

A permanent, interactive, mixed-media exhibition component, a “light table,” in conjunction with a larger reinterpretation project.

Awarded March 15, 2007

 

Fort Ticonderoga Association

Ticonderoga, Essex County

Awarded $2,100 for Fort Ticonderoga Seminar on the American Revolution 2007

The Annual Seminar on the American Revolution, a weekend-long program of lectures and discussions at Fort Ticonderoga.

Awarded April 14, 2007

 

Friends of Johnson Hall

Johnstown, Fulton County

Awarded  $1,000 for Diversions of the Mind: 18th Century Entertainments at Johnson Hall

A weekend-long celebration of the music, dance, and other diversions popular during the time of Sir William Johnson-a major figure in the Mohawk Valley during the 18th century.

Awarded June 22, 2007

 

Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council (Go Art!)

Batavia, Genesee County

Awarded $1,475 for The Great American Songbook with Michael Lasser

The Genesse-Orleans Arts Council offers “The Great American Songbook: Stories Behind America’s Most Beloved Songs,” presented by lecturer, theater critic, and author Michael Lasser.

Awarded April 14, 2007

 

Geneva Public Library

Geneva,  Ontario County

Awarded $1,230 for Exploring the Humanities

A series of  three lectures and three film screenings with discussions all designed to introduce the public to the range of humanities disciplines during State Humanities Month.

Awarded June 13, 2007

 

Going Coastal Media

Brooklyn, Kings County

Awarded $2,500 for Maritime New York Map

An on-line graphic pictorial map of Maritime New York City that will include sites of historical and cultural interest in the harbor area.

Awarded March 12, 2007

 

Good Old Lower East Side, Inc (GOLES)

New York, New York County

Awarded $7,240 for Lower East Side History Project: Seward Park

A series of four panel discussions and an accompanying brochure that explore the history of organized labor and housing on New York City’s Lower East Side.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Hofstra University, Department of Anthropology

Hempstead, Nassau County

Awarded $2,405 for The Archaeology of Slavery and Freedom in Early New York: Community Forums

Three public programs which include sites tours and presentations focusing on an archaeological excavation of the slave quarter at the Joseph Lloyd Manor in Long Island, former residence of the nation’s first published African American writer Jupiter Hammon.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Hudson Highlands Nature Museum

Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange County

Awarded $2,500 for The Hudson Valley: Art, Nature, and Sustainability

A four-session lecture series devoted to topics related to the history, culture, and environment of the Hudson River Valley.

Awarded June 13, 2007

Hunter College-CUNY

New York, New York County

Awarded $5,000 for Cuba, France and the Canary Islands: Nivaria Tejera’s Literary Exiles

A two-day conference on the work and impact of Cuban writer Nivaria Tejera and her experience as a writer in exile.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Institute of History, Archaeology and Education

Purchase, Westchester County

Awarded $2,500 for American History Lecture Series

An eight-part lecture series by scholars currently working on research topics related to New York State and American history presented at a variety of venues throughout the Hudson Valley.

Awarded May 10, 2007

 

The Jewish Museum

New York, New York County

Awarded $15,000 for Action/Abstraction: Abstract Expressionism and Postwar America

A major exhibition examining the cultural context of the Abstract Expressionism movement including the competing views of its significance by two influential critics of the time.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Katonah Museum of Art

Katonah, Westchester County

Awarded $15,000 for Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture Book Art

An exhibition on children’s book illustration.

Awarded March 15, 2007

 

Lehman College Art Gallery

Bronx, Bronx County

Awarded $10,000 for Bronx Architecture: An On-line Guide

An on-line guide to Bronx architecture

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Long Island Children’s Museum

Garden City, Nassau County

Awarded $10,000 for Your House, My House

A children’s literature symposium and family guide designed to complement the traveling exhibition for young people, Your House, My House, which explores cross-cultural homes.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

The Long Island Museum of Art

Stony Brook, Suffolk County

Awarded $2,500 for Suburbia at Sixty: Levittown and Long Island’s Postwar Boom

Daylong symposium to accompany the “Suburbia at Sixty: Levittown and Long Island’s Postwar Boom” which involves illustrated lectures by five presenters, as well as an exhibition tour.

Awarded March 12, 2007

The Mama Foundation for the Arts

New York, New York County

Awarded $10,150 for Legends, Masters & Scholars: MFA’s Music Intensive Series

Four two-day programs, each of which examines a different genre of  music (jazz, R&B/soul, hip-hop/rap, and gospel) from a variety of perspectives including discussions, performances, and workshops.

Awarded March 15, 2007

 

The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation

Fayetteville, Onondaga County

Awarded $14,750 for The Wonderful Weekend of Oz: A Community Celebration

An conference connected to a weekend-long celebration of L. Frank Baum and Oz books.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Medgar Evers College, Center for Black Literature

Brooklyn, Kings County

Awarded $2,500 for A Symposium on Bob Marley: Lyrical Poet of the People

A daylong symposium about Bob Marley as a lyrical poet that examine the influences on and impact of his writing.

Awarded February 14, 2007

 

Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester

Rochester, Monroe County

Awarded $1,280 for Stephanie Hanor Lecture in conjunction with TRANSactions

A public lecture by Stephanie Hanor, Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, related to the exhibition TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art at the Memorial Art Gallery.

Awarded June 13, 2007

 

Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor Commission

Canajoharie, Montgomery County

Awarded $20,350 for Agents of Change in Colonial New York: Sir William Johnson’s World

A weekend-long symposium exploring “agents of change” and emerging cultures in the Mohawk Valley during the pre-Revolutionary War era.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Munson Williams Proctor Institute

Utica, Oneida County

Awarded $10,000 for Auspicious Vision: Edward Wales Root and American Modernism

An exhibition and public programs organized around a collection of approximately 230 paintings and works on paper. Includes a catalogue and interpretive audio programs.

Awarded March 15, 2007

 

Museum for African Art

Long Island City, Queens County

Awarded $10,000 for Africans in New York/21st Century

A publication of essays (in print and in digital form) based on a 2006 symposium on the experience of immigrant Africans in New York City.

Awarded June 5, 2007

Museum of Biblical Art MOBIA

New York, New York County

Awarded $2,500 for Exhibition Brochure for Angels of Light: Ethiopian Art from the Walters Art Museum

The printing and design of an illustrated brochure to accompany a traveling exhibition of Ethiopian art at the Museum of Biblical Art.

Awarded February 14, 2007

Museum of the City of New York

New York, New York County

Awarded $2,500 for New York Rises: Photographs by Eugene de Saliganc

A photography exhibition of the works of Eugene de Salignac, the photographer for New York City’s Department of Bridges, Plant, and Structures during the first part of the 20th century.

Awarded April 11, 2007

Museum of Jewish Heritage

New York, New York County

Awarded $2,500 for Neuremberg: The Nazis Facing Their Crimes-Documentary Film and Discussion

A screening of the documentary film Neuremberg: The Nazis Facing Their Crimes followed by a discussion between the French director/historian Christian Delage and law professor Harry Reicher, an expert in the legal aspects of the Holocaust and human rights.

Awarded March 29, 2007

 

Museum of Jewish Heritage

New York, New York County

Awarded $10,000 for Through the Prism of Andrzej Wajda: Polish Memory and the Jews-Film and Discussion Series

A film and scholar-led discussion series focused on the works of Andrzej Wajda, a Polish filmmaker whose works deals with the history of Jews in Poland and the complex relationship between Jewish and non-Jewish Poles.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Museum of the Moving Image

Astoria, Queens County

Awarded $2,400 for Fashion in Film

A four daylong festival that will include films and public programs that investigate how the moving image has represented and interpreted fashion as a concept, industry, and cultural form.

Awarded March 6, 2007

Ndakinna Education Center

Greenfield Center, Saratoga County

Awarded $9,810 for Continuing Histories, Native American Views on Northeastern Native History

A series of nine programs presenting Native American history through the lens of a diverse group of American Indian scholars and tradition bearers.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Neversink Valley Area Museum

Cuddebackville, Orange County

Awarded $2,400 for Neversink Valley Area Museum Silent Film Competition and Symposium

A two-day event focused on the history of the early film industry in Orange County. The program will include screenings of early silent films made in the area, presentations by film historians, and the presentation of entries to a museum-sponsored contest for new silent films.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

New York Botanical Garden

Bronx, Bronx County

Awarded $10,000 for Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure

An exhibition exploring Darwin’s contributions to our understanding of the concept of nature, presented as part of a Garden-wide project exploring Darwin’s legacy.

Awarded June 5, 2007

New York Society of the Archaeological Institute of America

New York, New York County

Awarded $2,495 for Dual Passions: Archaeology and Film-making

A daylong archaeology film festival that includes introductions by the filmmakers and a panel discussion at the close of the program.

Awarded May 7, 2007

 

New York State Archives Partnership Trust

Albany, Albany County

Awarded $2,088 for Archives Month Poster 2007

The production and distribution of a poster to promote Archives Month in New York State (October 2007). The poster will list websites that give people information about Archives-related public offerings in their region.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

New York State Archives Partnership Trust

Albany, Albany County

Awarded $7,500 for The Flushing Remonstrance: Exploring the New World’s First Declaration of Religious Freedom

A discussion about religious freedom set within the context of the Flushing Remonstrance, a seminal document in our country’s religious history celebrating its 350th anniversary.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

The North Sea Poetry Scene

Southampton, Suffolk County

Awarded $2,500 for Let’s Talk Poetry

A series of four monthly lectures about poetry.

Awarded February 14, 2007

 

Oneida Public Library District

Oneida, Madison County

Awarded $1,550 for The Muses of Madison County

Arts and humanities program series that includes to six session courses (one on the American musical and one on Shakespearian plays) as well as a presentation about immigrants to Madison County.

Awarded February 23, 2007

 

openhousenewyork

New York, New York County

Awarded $15,000 for The 5th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend

Educational materials including an event guide, tours, and podcasts included as part of the annual openhousenewyork architectural festival.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

New York, New York County

Awarded $10,000 for Orpheus Unwrapped Pre-Concert Symposia

A series of three pre-concert programs with music scholars, composers, artists, and educators that focus on specific themes related to that evening’s performance.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Poets House, Inc.

New York, New York County

Awarded $10,000 for Lyrics and Lives: Investigating the Intersection of Poetry & Biography

A series of seven public programs devoted to exploring the intersections of art and life, particularly as it pertains to the use of biographical material in creative writing.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Poughkeepsie Public Library District

Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County

Awarded $6,392 for Creative Non-Fiction: Studying Cultures through History and Compassion

A series of scholar-moderated interviews with authors.

Awarded March 15, 2007

 

Rattapallax

New York, New York County

Awarded $10,000 for Literary and Poetry Tour of New York City

A lecture series featuring prominent poets and writers discussing literary figures and their connections to New York City landmarks. These lectures will then be turned into audio podcasts linked to an interactive on-line map.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Rochester Historical Society

Rochester, Monroe County

Awarded $1,259 for Reading Into the Past: The Immigrant Experience

A four-session reading and discussion series that focuses on the immigrant experience and is facilitated by a scholar who specializes in immigration and ethnic history.

Awarded February 20, 2007

 

Southampton Historical Museum

Southampton, Suffolk County

Awarded $2,500 for We’re Still Here! Evolution of the Shinnecock Nation, Past and Present

The opening celebration of an exhibition about the Shinnecock community on Long Island, Jointly presented by the Southampton Historical Museum and the Shinnecock Museum.

Awarded June 13, 2007

 

St. Bonaventure University

St. Bonaventure, Cattaraugus County

Awarded $2,500 for Quick Center Exhibition: African Odyssey

An exhibition entitled African Odyssey: The Living Arts of a Continent that displays over 300 objects within an interpretive framework that takes into account their role in daily life and as reflections of social values.

Awarded June 13, 2007

 

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences

Staten Island, Richmond County

Awarded $11,000 for New York Metropolitan Ferryboats

Revision and reprinting of a popular exhibition catalogue on the Staten Island Ferry.

Awarded March 15, 2007

The Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of University at Buffalo

Buffalo, Erie County

Awarded $5,000 for Olson Now Buffalo

A series of programs highlighting the contributions of poet Charles Olsen held at an arts space in downtown Buffalo.

Awarded March 15, 2007

 

The Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of Purchase College

Purchase, Westchester County

Awarded $5,000 for African Diaspora Film Festival

Three evening film screenings focused on the African diaspora with related scholar-led discussions after each presentation.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, Monroe County

Awarded $9,525 for The Fate of Romanticism: From Faust to the Present

A three-day “multi-disciplinary humanities event” that includes scholarly presentations, art, theater, poetry, and music all related to the legacy of Romanticism and its contemporary significance.

Awarded June 5, 2007

 

ThaiLinks

Brooklyn, Kings County

Awarded $2,500 for Understanding Thai Cinema: Transnational Intersections and New Voices

Two weekend-long festival which will include a number of post-film discussions and one panel.

Awarded: March 6, 2007

 

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Buffalo, Erie County

Awarded $2,029 for Long-Range Exhibit Planning

The development of a comprehensive long-range exhibition plan for the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site in Buffalo, NY.

Awarded April 18, 2007

 

Thomas Cole National Historic Site

Catskill, Greene County

Awarded $4,395 for Asher B. Durand: Symposium on a Hudson River School Master

A symposium on Asher B. Durand to open an exhibition on Durand at the Historic Site the same weekend.

Awarded March 15, 2007

 

University of Rochester, Medical Humanities, Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Palliative Care

Rochester, Monroe County

Awarded $1,090 for Literary Readings for the University of Rochester School of Medicine’s Journal of the Literary Arts

Organize two free public reading annually for a combination of medical center and community members to broaden the reach of the biannual journal turlequill, published by the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Awarded June 5, 2007