Contact: Sheryl HayesSheryl@virginia.edu
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
145 Ednam Drive Charlottesville, VA
22903-4629
Phone:(434)924-3296
Fax: (434)296-4714
For Immediate Release
January 21, 2010
Contact: Sheryl Hayes
Sheryl@virginia.edu
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
145 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA
22903-4629
Phone:(434)924-3296
Fax: (434)296-4714
For Immediate Release
January 21, 2010
VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES ANNOUNCES
GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities has recently awarded 15 grants totaling $43,000 to assist Virginia organizations in their efforts to research and interpret Virginia’s rich history and cultural traditions. The funds will be used to support public discussions and lectures, instructional materials, exhibits and interpretative brochures, research, oral history projects, and a professional development workshop for Virginia museum professionals.
In Blacksburg, $4,000.00 was awarded to Virginia Tech, Department of History for a project entitled “Christiansburg Institute's Place in History.” The funds will be used to support the development of instructional materials and strategies designed to assist middle school students and their teachers in learning about important themes in Virginia and U.S. history through the lens of Christiansburg Institute, which educated generations of African American students in S.W. Virginia during the 100-year period from 1866-1966.
In Charlottesville, $2,400.00 was awarded to University of Virginia Women’s Center for a project entitled “We Have to Dream While Awake.” The funds will be used to support the costs of reprinting a 16-page interpretive booklet entitled "We Have to Dream While Awake: Courage and Change in El Salvador," which was designed to accompany a photographic exhibit of the same title, and which will be distributed at multiple locations as the exhibit continues to circulate statewide.
In Clifford, $2,500.00 was awarded to Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) for a project entitled “Three Amherst Schools.” The funds will be used to support collection of oral history interviews, production of a 21-minute video based on these interviews, and a series of public program, all exploring the history of segregated education in Amherst County.
In Farmville, $2,000.00 was awarded to Hope Community Services for a project entitled “Racial Reconciliation: A 21st Century Challenge for African American Clergy.” The funds will be used to support a series of dialogues involving African American clergy from Southside Virginia in discussions about racial reconciliation.
In King William, $2,700.00 was awarded to Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe for a project entitled “Sharon Indian School Oral History Project.” The funds will be used to support the costs of collecting and archiving materials related to the history of Sharon Indian School, the first phase of a longer-term documentary project leading to a web site and book publication.
In Lynchburg, $4,500.00 was awarded to Legacy Museum of African American History for a project entitled “Celebrating Community: The Legacy Museum's First Ten Years.” The funds will be used to support Legacy Museum's Tenth Anniversary exhibit focusing on significant objects and artifacts chosen and interpreted by local collectors, in collaboration with leading African American historians.
In Manassas, $3,000.00 was awarded to Prince William County Public Schools for a project entitled “Virginia Indians: Reclaiming Our Heritage.” The funds will be used to support a continuation of pre-production work toward the creation of a one-hour documentary video on Virginia Indian history and contemporary life.
In Richmond, grants were made to the following projects:
$2,000.00 was awarded to Virginia Association of Museums (VAM) for a project entitled “African American Museums Conference.” The funds will be used to support a one-day planning conference to explore the feasibility of creating a statewide African American Museums Network. VAM also received $7,500.00 for the Virginia Museum Fundamentals Forum 2010, a three-day intensive workshop designed to provide training opportunities primarily for the staffs, boards and volunteers of small and emerging museums in Virginia.
$1,000.00 was awarded to Virginia Holocaust Museum for the Christopher Browning Lecture. The funds will be used to support a lecture on the origins of the Holocaust, presented as part of the sponsoring organization's annual (2009) commemoration of Kristallnacht.
$1,000.00 was awarded to Saint Joseph Catholic Church & Giuseppe Verdi Lodge (Sons of Italy) to support portions of the Third Annual Saint Joseph Italian Festival in Richmond, exploring the Italian immigrant experience and Italian-American culture in the present day.
In Roanoke, $1,400.00 was awarded to Jefferson Center Foundation, Ltd. for a project entitled “Music from the Crooked Road.” The funds will be used to support a series of events -- an exhibit, two panel discussions, multiple lectures, and musical performances -- leading up to a performance of the "Music from the Crooked Road" tour, sponsored by the National Council for the Traditional Arts.
In Stafford, $3,000.00 was awarded to Stafford County, Department of Tourism for a project entitled “Aquia Landing: Gateway to Freedom Exhibit.” The funds will be used to support production and promotion of an interpretive exhibit focusing on the stories of former slaves who escaped to freedom through the port of Aquia Landing, and on the site as a portal for slave transport.
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, based in Charlottesville, is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the humanities, and to using the humanities to address issues of broad public concern.
In all of its programs, the Foundation works to make scholarship accessible; to promote understanding and discussion of enduring and contemporary issues; and to broaden the range of educational opportunities available to all Virginians.