NEH GRANTS.The National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) U.S. independent agency. Founded in 1965, it supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. has announced 163 grants to organizations totaling $17.6 million. The awards fall into several categories including K-12 Education, Higher Education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. , Museum, Film and Radio and Library and Special Projects. Of special note in this round of awards are 14 Schools for the Millennium grants, which are intended to aid schools in incorporating computers into humanities curriculums and to serve as models for the use of computer technology in day-to-day teaching. Below are grants that we believe will be of interest to Afterimage afterimage /af·ter·im·age/ (af´ter-im?aj) a retinal impression remaining after cessation of the stimulus causing it. af·ter·im·age n. readers. FILM AND RADIO Austin Film Society, Austin, TX $200,000 Completion of a three-hour documentary film on the life of George Wallace This article is about the American politician, former governor of Alabama and former presidential candidate. For other uses, see George Wallace (disambiguation). George Corley Wallace Jr. . Calliope calliope, in music calliope, in music, an instrument also called steam organ or steam piano in which steam is forced through a series of whistles controlled by a keyboard. Film Resources, Inc., Lexington, MA $30,000 Planning of a 60-minute documentary film biography of Henry David Thoreau, his contributions to American philosophy and community life, and his role as an antislavery activist. Camera News, Inc.,/Third World Newsreel, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY $30,000 Planning for a three-hour documentary film on Harlem in the twentieth century. Center for Independent Documentary, Waban, MA $50,000 Scripting of a one-hour documentary film using the story of the murder of Dr. Parkman in the nineteenth century as a case study in historiography. Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York, NY $300,740 Production of a 90-minute documentary film on the work of photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Educational Film Center, Annandale, VA $600,000 Production of a two-hour documentary film on the establishment and funding of the Federal Theater Federal Theater provided employment for actors, directors, writers, and scene designers (1935–1939). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 932] See : Theater during the New Deal and the controversy over governmental support for the arts that led to the Theater's demise in 1939. ETV ETV abbr. educational television ETV n abbr (US) (= Educational Television) → televisión escolar ETV n abbr (US) (= Educational Television Endowment of South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Spartanburg, SC $60,000 Scripting of a two-hour documentary film on the rise of American youths' cultural, economic and political rights in the twentieth century and the development of a teen subculture. Films Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA $30,000 Planning for a one-hour documentary film on civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. Film/Video Arts, New York, NY $9,619 Consultation with scholars to develop a one-hour documentary film on the life of Annie Oakley and her significance in American history and popular culture. Global Policy Forum, District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). $10,000 Development of a documentary film on the rise of Egyptology, relations between the Middle East and West, and the ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl of the Egyptian campaign on Napoleon's career. History Institute for Media and Education, Shelbourne, VT $60,000 Scripting of a 90-minute documentary film exploring the history of the Miss America Pageant and changes in popular images of American womanhood. History Institute for Media and Education, Shelbourne, VT $5,000 Consultation with scholars to develop a one-hour documentary film on women's contributions to the early development of photography in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Image Film/Video Center, Atlanta, GA $226,155 Production of a documentary film on the life and work of writer Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. . Interfaze Educational Productions, Inc. $9,950 Development of a two-part film series tracing the evolution of the social welfare state from the public assistance policies of the nineteenth century to contemporary policies. KCET-TV, Los Angeles, CA $702,134 Production of a three-hour documentary film on the life and career of Woodrow Wilson. Kitchen Sync, New York, NY $10,000 Consultation with historians and biographers to plan a one-hour documentary about the life and legend of nineteenth-century Mexican bandit bandit: see brigandage. Joaquin Murrieta. Long Bow Group, Inc., Brookline, MA $700,776 Production of a two-hour documentary film on China's Cultural Revolution. Nebraskans for Public Television, Lincoln, NE $65,000 Scripting of a 90-minute documentary film on the life and public career of Emma Goldman. New Images Productions, Inc., Berkeley, CA $472,311 Production of a 90-minute documentary film portrait of Invisible Man author Ralph Ellison. New York Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY $60,000 Scripting of a 60-minute documentary film on Oneida, the nineteenth-century Utopian community. Pacific Street Film Projects, Inc., Hastings-on-Hudson, NY $10,000 Consultation with scholars to refine the treatments for a six-hour documentary film series on aviation history and its impact on society and the human imagination. Spark Media, District of Columbia $551,111 Production of a documentary film about the 35-year partnership between Viven Thomas and Alfred Blalock, the interracial in·ter·ra·cial adj. Relating to, involving, or representing different races: interracial fellowship; an interracial neighborhood. medical team that pioneered cardiac surgery amid the racially-charged atmosphere of the mid-twentieth-century American South. WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, MA $600,776 Production of a three-hour documentary film on the life and career of Ulysses S. Grant. Women Make Movies, New York, NY $29,460 Planing of a documentary film on the historical development and significance of the Cinderella fairy tale in its variants around the world. LIBRARY AND SPECIAL PROJECTS National Video Resources, New York, NY $282,200 Film discussion programs at 45 sites throughout the U.S. using films as text for the study of American culture during World War II and the postwar years until 1960. San Diego Mesa College San Diego Mesa College is a public, two-year community college located in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, California. Academics Mesa College is coeducational. It has a semester-based academic calendar and resides on a campus of 104 acres (421,000 m²). , San Diego, CA $40,651 Planning for a national project on family history involving community colleges and cultural and civic organizations, entitled "Faces of America: Photographs and Memory, The American Past and Present." MUSEUM Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI $151,029 Implementation of an exhibition, traveling panel exhibition, brochure and online programming about the interaction of people and technologies in everyday life in the twentieth century. Newark Museum, Newark, NJ $135,000 Reinstallation of the American art collection with video, audio, Web site and other public and educational programs, placing American art in its social and cultural contexts. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY $135,000 Implementation of a traveling exhibition, catalog and related educational and public programs based on a comprehensive interpretation of American art and design, 1941-1962. HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECTS President and Fellows of Harvard College The President and Fellows of Harvard College (also known as the Harvard Corporation) is the more fundamental of Harvard University's two governing boards. (The other is the Harvard Board of Overseers. , Boston, MA $115,214 A national summer seminar for 15 participants. Curriculum Development, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH $24,500 A colloquium col·lo·qui·um n. pl. col·lo·qui·ums or col·lo·qui·a 1. An informal meeting for the exchange of views. 2. An academic seminar on a broad field of study, usually led by a different lecturer at each meeting. for Franklin Pierce College and local high-school teachers on place as a topic of interdisciplinary study. K-12 EDUCATION PROJECTS Los Angeles Educational Partnership, Los Angeles, CA $31,500 Planning for integration of American art into the study of U.S. history and culture, using digitized artwork from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. , at Cleveland High School in the West San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI $132,808 A five-week national institute for 25 schoolteachers to examine how films can help students understand America's cultural diversity and the role of film in shaping the dynamics of that diversity. |
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