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Clinton Hill (Con) CensusJack Arts, Inc.$1500A series of participatory planning activities with the aim to use the arts as a vehicle to inspire greater community connection and to engage with residents on ways for all to have a stronger say in the future development of the neighborhood.BrooklynNYC
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Josephine Herrick Project Planning GroupJosephine Herrick Project$1470Planning for an exhibition about photographer Josephine Herrick in conjunction with the organization’s 75th anniversary.New York CityNYC
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Identity PanelOpen Source Gallery$1200Plan to gather community input in order to create two exhibits exploring the concepts of heritage by tracing its development and challenging the forces influencing its construction.BrooklynNYC
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When Sugar Hill Was Sweet: An Oral History of 409 and 555 Edgecombe Avenue and Public ProgrammingWhile We Are Still Here$1500Plan to collect forty oral histories from past and current residents of two historically important buildings in order to develop panel discussions, lectures, and cultural events by renowned authors, historians, scholars, performers, and others.New York CityNYC
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UpstateHistoricalWoodstock Byrdcliffe Guild$1500Planning for a website and smartphone app that visitors could use as a tour guide through historical landmarks in upstate New York.WoodstockHudson Catskill
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HCX | Haiti Film Fest 2015 Planning GrantHaiti Cultural Exchange$1500Planning for a film and discussion series focused on contemporary issues facing Haiti and the diasporic community.BrooklynNYC
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Celebration of Women’s Right to Vote and 100th Anniversary of League of Women Voters of NYSLeague of Women Voters of NYS Education Foundation$1500Planning to develop an educational campaign to celebrate all of the upcoming events commemorating the women’s suffrage centennial including coordinating programming with other organizations.AlbanyMohawk Valley
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The Stories We Tell: A Transmedia Oral History ProjectSUNY Purchase, School of Humanities$1500Planning for an oral history project collecting stories from the diverse neighborhoods surrounding SUNY Purchase.PurchaseMid-Hudson
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Hanford Mills Museum Oral History Dialogue ProgramHanford Mills Museum$1500Planning for an oral history project collecting stories from the diverse neighborhoods surrounding SUNY Purchase.East MeredithMid-Hudson
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Digitized Warwick HistoryHistorical Society of the Town of Warwick$1445Planning to create a digital record of archived artifacts and documents including photographs and maps.WarwickMid-Hudson
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Human Origins and BeyondTompkins County Public Library$1500Planning for supplemental programming to accompany the traveling Smithsonian exhibit “Exploring Human Origins.”IthacaCentral NY
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Collaboration and Access Among 9/11 Oral History Collections9/11 Tribute Center$1500Planning to examine and determine the best method for archiving collections across various archives into a joint, publicly accessible 9/11 oral history database.New York CityNYC
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New Main Exhibit at Buffalo Niagara Heritage VillageBuffalo Niagara Heritage Village$1500Planning for a new permanent exhibit and development of a visitor experience plan.AmherstWestern NY
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Iroquois PotteryEverson Museum of Art of Syracuse and Onondaga County$1500Plans for an exhibition and public programs focused on the history and artistry of Iroquois pottery.SyracuseCentral NY
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Hand in HandMount Vernon Hotel and Museum (Abigail Adams Smith Museum)$1500Planning to create an interactive museum tour designed for patrons with Alzheimer’s.New York CityNYC
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Living History at Vestal MuseumVestal Museum$1376Planning for a video/audio account of Vestal local history and families to be held at the Vestal Museum.VestalCentral NY
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American Impressionists in the American GardenNew York Botanical Garden$1500Planning to develop exhibition materials and public programs in conjunction with the upcoming exhibition American Impressionists in the American Garden.BronxNYC
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Epic Conversations: The Arts and Social JusticeEpic Theatre Ensemble$1500Planning for a discussion series exploring the connections between artistic, academic, and social justice communities.New York CityNYC
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Gibney Dance 25th Anniversary Center Line DiscussionGina Gibney Dance, Inc.$1500Planning for a town-hall style discussion series about gender inequality.New York CityNYC
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Theater with Challenge: Adding Critical Discussion to Audience EngagementRipple Effect Artists, Inc$1500Planning to present Elmer Rice's play "The Adding Machine" and design innovative audience dialogue techniques.New York CityNYC
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Council of Scholars 2015–2016 Season Planning SessionTheatre for a New Audience$1500Planning for a series of public humanities programs designed to address contemporary themes in the theatre’s 2015–2016 season.New York CityNYC
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Taking Root: Caniskek, The Meeting of Two WorldsAthens Cultural Arts Center, Inc.$5000An exhibit about the 1665 signing of a land deed between the Dutch and the Mohicans designed to contemplate the past as well as reassess the immediate world around us.AthensMid-Hudson
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Concerts & ConversationsCatskill Mountain Foundation$3800A series of performances with accompanying lectures and demonstrations designed to illuminate the people and events behind great works of classical music.HunterMid-Hudson
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Incorrigibles — Reader’s TheaterConjunction Arts$3000An immersive theater piece and discussion series analyzing the juvenile justice system and social services pertaining to teenage girls across the state.BrooklynNYC
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Art in an expanded contextFiveMyles Gallery$5000An artist talk series on the role of art in culture and communities.BrooklynNYC
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Armed by Design: the posters and publications of the Organization in Solidarity with the Peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin AmericaInterference Archive$4500A public exhibition and event series featuring the graphic design production of OSPAAAL (the Organization in Solidarity with the Peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America), a prominent political activist organization of the 1960–80s.BrooklynNYC
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SoHo Arts Network presents the SoHo Memory ProjectJudd Foundation$5000An interactive local history exhibit that will travel to important cultural sites across SoHo.New York CityNYC
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Beautiful Minds: Pure Visions (Workshop)Rockland Center for the Arts$5000A workshop presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Beautiful Minds: Pure Vision” which will feature close to 100 pieces from twelve outstanding artists which neuro-developmental challenges.West NyackNYC
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DUETS: Public Programs SeriesVisual AIDS for the Arts, Inc.$3000A series of public programs honoring the work of artists with HIV/AIDS and exploring the diversity of voices along the HIV spectrum.New York CityNYC
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Creative Family Programs with Local ArtistsYoung Audiences of Western New York$3000An expansion of the Creative Family Programs with Local Artists project to libraries across Western New York.BuffaloWestern NY
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Cape Vincent Historical WeekendCape Vincent Chamber of Commerce$3000A weekend of events commemorating the historical importance of Cape Vincent during the War of 1812.Cape VincentNorth Country
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An n’ Pale | Café ConversationsHaiti Cultural Exchange$5000An n’ Pale, or “Let’s Talk,” is a recurring conversation series that provides an opportunity for diverse audiences to engage with artists, writers, and scholars on humanities topics and themes related to Haitian culture, current affairs, and history.BrooklynNYC
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Wallabout Neighborhood Walking Tour ProgramMyrtle Avenue Revitalization Project LDC$5000A series of guided walking tours designed to connect local residents with the rich and diverse history of the Wallabout neighborhood in Brooklyn.BrooklynNYC
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Intersection | Prospect HeightsProspect Heights Neighborhood Development Council$5000An exhibition, discussion series, and public programs utilizing collected oral histories on the topic of gentrification in Brooklyn.BrooklynNYC
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Roycroft Lecture SeriesRoycroft Campus Corporation$4500A lecture series exploring the history of the Roycroft movement and the surrounding region as well as contemporary issues affecting the community.East AuroraWestern NY
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Barakoa: The African Masquerade Dialogue SeriesThe Baobab Cultural Center$3000A lecture and discussion series about African mask traditions and history.RochesterWestern NY
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Beauty in TransitionEsopus Foundation, Ltd.$5000An ongoing project by artist Jody Wood that strives to create a broader awareness of and empathy for homeless populations through exhibitions and discussion.New York CityNYC
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Re-imagining Safety: Visioning Justice for LGBTQ CommunitiesCUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Scholarship$5000A two-part public conversation designed to foster critical thinking about what we mean by safety, belonging, and justice in the world around us, and to expand awareness of the diversity of social and cultural issues in lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) communities.New York CityNYC
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Sixteenth Century La Española: Glimpses of the First Black Africans in Early Colonial AmericaCUNY Dominican Studies Institute, The City College of New York$4780An exhibit that seeks to create and showcase images of original colonial manuscripts from the sixteenth century pertaining to the first African people who arrived or were forcefully brought to La Española, the first European colony in the Americas.New York CityNYC
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Queers and ComicsCUNY Graduate Center, CLAGS Center for LGBTQ Studies$3000A series of public programs discussing current and historic works at the intersection of comic cultural production, gender and sexuality.New York CityNYC
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Voices of Liberation and ResistanceCUNY Medgar Evers College, Center for Black Literature$3000A panel discussion on the legacy of activism in various forms of writing from the Civil War to today.BrooklynNYC
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Shakespeare ForeverLong Island University$5000An exhibit and series of events designed to connect Shakespeare to contemporary audiences.GreenvaleLong Island
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Austen’s Emma at 200: Fiction, Fashion, FeminismThe New School$4242A celebration and panel discussion series in honor of the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s novel, Emma.New YorkNYC
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Year of South Africa at the Godwin Ternbach Museum: Selections from the Violet and Les Payne Collection & Next Generation South African PhotographersResearch Foundation of CUNY on behalf of Queens College, New York$3000An exhibition and series of programs on the theme of South Africa and apartheid.New York CityNYC
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War of 1812 Heritage TalksSt. Lawrence University$5000A reception and day of educational discussions focused on the War of 1812 in Northern New York (the North Country) and Upper Canada.CantonNorth Country
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Common Read College to High School PartnershipSUNY Oneonta$5000Extending SUNY Oneonta’s Common Read program to area high school students. Common Read is for students and faculty to participate in a reading of a chosen text connected to the theme of diversity, and to attend a public lecture by the Common Read author, to build community around essential themes and questions gleaned from the text.OneontaMid-Hudson
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Voting Rights Act @ 50Utica College$4355This public symposium, hosted by the Utica College Center for Historical Research to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, will examine this monumental legislation that banned racial discrimination in voting practices by U.S. federal, state, and local governments.UticaCentral NY
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The Tournées French Film Festival: Love in the 21st CenturyVassar College, Department of French and Francophone Studies$2960A film screening and discussion series of French films on the topic of love.PoughkeepsieMid-Hudson
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Founder’s Weekend — French and Indian War Re-enactment and Living History EventFort La Présentation Association$5000A two day French and Indian War reenactment and encampment event.OgdensburgNorth Country
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The Last Argument of Kings: The Art and Science of Artillery in the 18th CenturyFort Ticonderoga Association$5000An exhibit showcasing the museum’s world-class artillery exhibit, the largest of its kind in North America.TiconderogaNorth Country
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Permanent Exhibit for Visitor & Education Center in the Keeper’s HouseFriends of the Old Croton Aqueduct$3000An exhibit about the history and engineering of the 19th century Aqueduct in Old Croton.Dobbs FerryMid-Hudson
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Jervis McEntee: Kingston’s Hudson River School ArtistFriends of Historic Kingston$3000An exhibit celebrating the work of Hudson River School artist and Kingston native Jervis McEntee.KingstonMid-Hudson
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Writing on it All — LatimerNOWHistoric House Trust of New York City$3000A collaborative public writing project for students and community members.New York CityNYC
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James F. Brown Day: A Celebration of FreedomMount Gulian Society$4435An event that will interpret the remarkable life of James F. Brown, an escaped slave who lived and worked at Mount Gulian, Beacon, NY from the early to mid 19th century.BeaconMid-Hudson
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Reading into History Family Book ClubNew York Historical Society$5000A monthly book club for children and adults designed to develop critical thinking skills, deepen knowledge of American history, and improve literacy.New York CityNYC
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NYMAS 2015/2016 EventsNew York Military Affairs Symposium (NYMAS)$5000A series of free lectures on military history.New York CityNYC
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West Point Foundry Exhibition Phase TwoPutnam History Museum$5000An exhibition of a 19th century Parrott cannon and related artifacts.Cold SpringMid-Hudson
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Holiday Historic House TourQueens Historical Society$4364A holiday tour of seven historic homes in Queens.QueensNYC
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2015 Thomas Phelan LectureRensselaer County Historical Society$2760A free public lecture and optional workshop focused on gender in the workplace.TroyMid-Hudson
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Stone Fort DaysSchoharie County Historical Society$4818A "living history" event and re-enactment to commemorate the 235th Anniversary of the Johnson Raid which devastated portions of the Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys during the Revolutionary War.SchoharieMid-Hudson
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Shinnecock Tribe Historic Reenactment of 1640Southampton Colonial Society$3000A series of events commemorating the 375th anniversary of the English landing at Conscience Point in Southampton told from the perspective of the local Shinnecock Tribe.SouthamptonLong Island
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Tenth Annual Raymond Beecher Lecture given by Dr. Timothy BarringerThomas Cole National Historic Site$5000A lecture by Dr. Timothy Barringer on how the Hudson Valley may be considered the focus of a new, 21st century American art movement. The lecture is in conjunction with a new exhibition entitled “River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home” that is now on view at both the Thomas Cole site and the Olana State Historic Site.CatskillMid-Hudson
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Breaking Free: Civil War, Emancipation, and BeyondUnderground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region$3000A exhibit, performance, and public programs designed to explore the relationship between the Underground Railroad, the end of the Civil War, and Reconstruction as well as the influence of those events on contemporary society.AlbanyMid-Hudson
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WAR WORDS WISDOM: A Veteran Experience Series in Four ProgramsWalt Whitman Birthplace Association$5000A series of programs designed to activate the community in meaningful conversations about war through the words and texts of veterans, soldiers, and scholars with the aim to derive wisdom from the collaborative learning experience.Huntington StationLong Island
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76759 — Featuring the House that Herman BuiltBrooklyn Public Library$5000An exhibition designed to inspire conversations and debate about the practice of long-term solitary confinement.BrooklynNYC
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Tom Twomey Series: Conversations With…East Hampton Library$5000A free, public lecture series on an array of local, regional, national, and global topics.East HamptonLong Island
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WHM: Weaving the Stories of Women’s LivesLittle Theatre Film Society$3000A film and discussion series on the theme of Women's History Month.RochesterWestern NY
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New York International Children’s Film Festival 2016New York International Children’s Film Festival$5000NYICFF’s Film-Ed Program ensures widespread access to artistic and cultural experiences for all families by making the full range of festival services and activities available to communities and families who have limited or no regular access to arts programming.New York CityNYC
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Deferred Consumption: A Symposium on Economies of ArtTriple Canopy$3600A public conversation to discuss the complex meanings, ethics, and economies of “saving” in the realms of art and literature.BrooklynNYC
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The End of the Image As We Know It: 3D Printing before the LawTriple Canopy$2600A lecture series about the legal implications of reproduction technology such as 3D printing.BrooklynNYC
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Opening the Way: A Women’s History WalkWomen’s eNews$3000A walking tour of lower Manhattan highlighting the contributions of notable women throughout history.New York CityNYC
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Adirondack Museum’s Monday Evening Lecture SeriesThe Adirondack Museum$4500Monday Evening Lecture Series, established for more than 30 years, offers a long-standing tradition of intriguing and informative programming for all ages. These weekly, one-hour scholarly lectures are held on Mondays during peak season, July–August.Blue Mountain LakeNorth Country
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The Capital Region in 50 ObjectsAlbany Institute of History and Art$5000An exhibition featuring fifty objects representative of the most important, exciting and perhaps surprising aspects of the Capital Region’s history.AlbanyMohawk Valley
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30th Anniversary Exhibition: Becoming Clear ComfortAlice Austen House Museum$3000Planning for an exhibition celebrating the upcoming anniversaries of both the Austen House Museum and the NYC Landmarks Law.Staten IslandNYC
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Three Public Programs in conjunction with Presente: The Young Lords in New York exhibitionBronx Museum of the Arts$5000An exhibition about The Young Lords Organization (YLO), a Latino-led social activist group which operated from 1969–1974 and mobilized historic, widely publicized campaigns for equal rights and resources in three of New York’s largest Afro-Latino neighborhoods, including the South Bronx.BronxNYC
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100 Years of the Allan Herschell CompanyCarousel Society of the Niagara Frontier$2600An exhibit celebrating the history of the carousel and amusement ride making Allan Herschell Company and its impact on family recreation in the U.S.North TonawandaWestern NY
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Repositioning the ArchiveCenter for Book Arts$3000A series of three panel discussions looking at how the archive is created and used by academics, curators, archivists, artists, and writers.New York CityNYC
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Women at Work Exhibit & ProgramsChapman Historical Museum$3000An exhibit and series of public programs about the history of women’s work outside the home from the Civil War to WWII.Glens FallsNorth Country
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Muslim Cultures Artist SeriesChildren’s Museum of Manhattan$5000A series of programs and performances for families exploring the diversity of Muslim cultures.New York CityNYC
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Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Day of SharingExplore & More Children’s Museum$1501A day-long event celebrating Haudenosaunee culture.East AuroraWestern NY
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Revolutionary War WeekendFriends of Fishkill Supply Depot$2650The 6th Annual Revolutionary War Weekend is an educational outreach event celebrating the rich Revolutionary War history of Fishkill, NY. The event will include museum tours, Revolutionary War re-enactments, Colonial blacksmiths, cooking, music, live artillery firing, etc.FishkillMid-Hudson
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Gone FishinGenesee Country Village and Museum$3000An interactive exhibition using the sport of fishing as the entry point for discussing literature, art, and history of the 19th and 20th centuries.MumfordWestern NY
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Evening Speakers Series Fall 2015Hudson Highlands Nature Museum$1975A four week series of lectures on Tuesday evenings in October and November 2015 on history and/or the environment relating to the Hudson Valley.CornwallMid-Hudson
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Buckskin to Bikinis: Haudenosaunee Wearable ArtIroquois Indian Museum$2979An exhibition and series of public programs showcasing the textile work of Haudenosaunee artists and the use of Native American design in both traditional and mainstream cultures.Howes CavernMohawk Valley
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Production and Performance of A Princess Frog during Once Upon A Time Special ExhibitionLong Island Children’s Museum$5000An exhibition designed to immerse children and families in seven fairy tales that illustrate similarities and differences between oral traditions around the globe.Garden CityLong Island
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Landmark! Handle With Care!Merchants House Museum$3000An exhibition and series of programs about the challenges and importance of preserving historic landmarks.New York CityNYC
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The Garden Before the Grid: Seeds, Produce and Markets in 19th Century New YorkMount Vernon Hotel and Museum (Abigail Adams Smith Museum)$2984A public program and exhibit about 19th century gardening, landscape design, and the impact of foodways on the growth of the nation.New York CityNYC
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New York at Its CoreMuseum of the City of New York$3000An exhibition about New York City's past, present, and future focusing on the changing nature of the urban experience.New York CityNYC
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Abraham Lincoln: The Great EmancipatorNational Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum$2960A panel discussion and public debate on Lincoln’s role in the abolition movement concluding with an audience vote on whether or not to induct the former president into the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum.PeterboroCentral NY
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Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Cultural CelebrationRochester Museum and Science Center$5000A four-day cultural celebration of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) art, culture and history.RochesterWestern NY
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A four-day cultural celebration of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) art, culture and history.Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art$4299An exhibition and associated public programs about the history, activism, innovation, and impact of the Videofreex artist collective.New PaltzMid-Hudson
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Side by Side: Shaker and Modern Design ExhibitionShaker Museum and Library$5000An exhibition and publication addressing the relationship between traditional Shaker items with contemporary design.Old ChathamMohawk Valley
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Connecting Commuters and Culture: MTA Arts & DesignSociety of Illustrators$5000A public discussion and exhibition exploring art and design in the MTA throughout its history.New York CityNYC
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A New Series Celebrating the Intersection of Poetry and the ArtsAcademy of American Poets$4750A conversation series that brings together leading poets and artists of other disciplines highlighting the currency poetry holds in contemporary thought and life.New York CityNYC
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The Fabric of ComplicityThe Drammeh Institute, Inc.$5000An exhibition of iconic images found on Confederate money highlighting the propaganda of slavery and designed to open a discussion about how Southern cotton trade was used to drive Northern economies.New York CityNYC
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Neighborhood Youth Justice Council: Staten Island Pilot ProjectFund for the City of New York$3000A community program designed to teach teens how to debate, advocate, and participate in political policies that directly impact youth in their neighborhoods.Staten IslandNYC
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Stinky City: Two centuries of Dirt, Debris, and DisposalNew York Academy of Medicine$5000A series of public lectures exploring the history of New York’s urban development in light of the public health concerns that accompanied the growth of the modern metropolis.New York CityNYC
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Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, LifeNew York Botanical Garden$5000An exhibition inspired by Frida Kahlo’s use of botanical imagery in her paintings.BronxNYC
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What We Bring: Talks and Performances Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Immigration Reform ActCenter for Traditional Music and Dance$5000A series of public programs surrounding the lasting impact of the Hart-Cellar Immigration Act of 1965.New York CityNYC
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PRELUDE 2015: Architecture + PerformanceCUNY Graduate Center, Martin Segal Theatre$5000An exhibit and series of panel discussions on the intersection of theatre and architecture.New York CityNYC
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Journey to the Son: A Celebration of Son HouseGeva Theatre Center$5000A four day celebration honoring legendary blues musician Eddie “Son” House.RochesterWestern NY
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Multicultural Music Encounters XVIII: DecisionsMulticultural Music Group$5000A series of orchestral performances and accompanying public discussions on three moments of political protest designed to connect audiences to global historical events through music.BronxNYC
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The Fabric of ComplicityDrammeh Institute$5,000An exhibition of iconic images found on Confederate money highlighting the propaganda of slavery and designed to open a discussion about how Southern cotton trade was used to drive Northern economies.BronxNYC