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  • In Harm’s Way at the Long Island Museum of Art, History, and Carriages
    Long Island Traditions
    $5,000
    An exhibition that explores how communities cope with storms and hurricanes from a historic and contemporary perspective. The goal is to understand how we can learn from Superstorm Sandy what actions have worked on Long Island, past and present.
    Stony Brook
    Long Island
  • Empire State Center for the Book at Governors Island Summer 2017
    New York Library Association, Empire State Center for the Book
    $1,500
    During the summer of 2017 there will be a pop-up site for the Empire State Center for the Book and the NYS Writers Hall of Fame. Literacy, literature and author programing will be hosted at the building given to the center for the season.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Mosaic Literary Conference: Black Documents
    Literary Freedom Project
    $1,500
    Planning activities: meetings with partner organizations; program assessment--workshops, panels, artist talks, film screening; studio visits; marketing strategies (print and digital); audience development; and identification of a graphic designer.
    Bronx
    NYC
  • Perfect Work: Sisterhood in the North Family
    Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon
    $1,500
    Perfect Work: Sisterhood in the North Family, a guided tour, will be an immersive exploration of the lives and status of women in a Shaker family. Project planning will consist of research, writing, and creating a visual accompaniment for the tour.
    New Lebanon
    Capital Region
  • Growing Up Catskills
    Catskill Center for Conservation and Development
    $1,500
    To assemble a team, write scripts, select our first round of interviewees, scout locations, meet with prospective partners, produce a "pilot" episode, and seek additional funding.
    Arkville
    Southern Tier
  • Creative Transformations Round Table
    Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts NY
    $1,500
    The round table brings together public housing residents, artists, cultural and housing groups, city agencies, and policymakers to 1) strengthen arts and culture in public housing communities and 2) make recommendations for the NYC cultural plan.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Finding Home Film Trailer Planning Project
    DEEP Arts, Inc.
    $1,500
    Planning for the Finding Home Film Trailer will lead to development of the trailer Finding Home for use as educational tool referencing a documentary in process about the intersection of art-making and journeys of historical and contemporary refugees.
    Rochester
    Finger Lakes
  • The Influence of Haudenosaunee Women on Women’s Suffrage in New York State
    Friends of Ganondagan
    $5,000
    A film on the influence of Haudenosaunee women on the women’s suffrage movement in NYS, the under-recognized history of that relationship, women's roles and responsibilities, and the importance of balance and cooperation in the Haudenosaunee culture.
    Victor
    Finger Lakes
  • Gwendolyn Brooks & June Jordan: Black Writers of Conscience
    Center for Black Literature
    $5,000
    “Gwendolyn Brooks & June Jordan: Black Writers of Conscience”, hosted by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, will focus on the work and lives of poet laureate Gwendolyn Brooks and poet and literary activist June Jordan.
    Brooklyn
    NYC
  • The Age of Dystopia, Lecture and Podcast
    Rattapallax, Inc.
    $5,000
    A night at PEN World Voices Festival dedicated to the history and framework of dystopian literature with writer Marge Piercy and others. And a podcast featuring contemporary writers, philosophers, and artists on critical dystopian topics.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Liberated Ladies - A Musical Perspective
    Ticonderoga Historical Society
    $5,000
    “Liberated Ladies” explores women’s suffrage from the 1860s to the present day. A cabaret-style presentation utilizing song and spoken word, the program will entertain and inform about the fight for women’s right to vote in New York State.
    Ticonderoga
    North Country
  • Because of Women Like Her - Winning the Vote in New York State
    Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library
    $5,000
    A community-wide exhibition that tells the story of the diverse people and disparate ideas of New York State's woman suffrage movement, focusing on the contributions of the Rochester region.
    Rochester
    Finger Lakes
  • GlassBarge Seneca Falls program planning
    Corning Museum of Glass
    $1,500.00
    Partner with the Women's Rights National Historical Park & National Women's Hall of Fame to develop an interpretive strategy for Seneca Falls to celebrate the Centennial of Women's Suffrage in NYS and showcase contemporary women glass artists at work
    Corning
    Southern Tier
  • Willard State Psychiatric Hospital Staff Oral History Project
    Edith B. Ford Memorial Library
    $1,460.00
    To formulate a plan of how to collect, record, and preserve individual recollections of former Willard Psychiatric Employees with a long-range vision to integrate the oral history project into an exhibition in addition to a permanent archive.
    Ovid
    Finger Lakes
  • Votes for Women!
    The Kingfisher Theater, Inc.
    $5,000
    Witness a moment in the journey toward Woman’s Suffrage with this production of Elizabeth Robin’s rarely-performed 1907 play, Votes for Women!. now set in the near future. Socialite Beatrice sees what can happen to women who lack the right to vote.
    Webster
    Finger Lakes
  • Adirondack Suffragists: Celebrating 100 Years of Votes for Women
    Essex County Historical Society | Adirondack History Museum
    $5,000
    Adirondack Women were leaders in battle to gain "Votes for Women" in 1917. The Adirondack History Museum will preserves, document and celebrate the role & accomplishments of those women with a Suffrage Exhibit, Lectures, and Film Festival in 2017.
    Elizabethtown
    North Country
  • Two Activist Movements as One: Abolition and Suffrage in Local History
    Hudson Area Association Library
    $2,475
    Hudson Community Schools' Writing Center high school students will research the local history of abolition and suffrage with the Hudson Area Library's History Room and the Underground Railroad History Project and will present publicly at the library.
    Hudson
    Mid-Hudson
  • Egungun: Afro-Atlantic Ancestors Celebrated
    The Black Studies Program at The City College
    $5,000
    This project celebrates Yoruba Ancestral traditions (Egungun), preserved from the period of transatlantic slavery, through scholarly talks, performance by masqueraders - drummers and dancers, and a short film to highlight a living African tradition.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Four Plays, 100 Years: A Celebration of Women's Suffrage
    Hangar Theatre
    $5,000
    The Hangar Theatre, Kitchen Theatre Company, Civic Ensemble, and The Cherry Artspace collaborate to present four world premieres of plays commissioned for the women's suffrage movement with themes of democracy, voter rights, and representation.
    Ithaca
    Finger Lakes
  • Whose Side Are You On? Suffrage and Anti-Suffrage in Albany
    Historic Cherry Hill
    $5,000
    The 18th Annual Albany History Fair will explore the women's suffrage debate in Albany, featuring Cherry Hill's Emily Rankin, an ardent anti-suffragist. The fair will include presentations, a panel of women in politics today, and voter registration.
    Albany
    Capital Region
  • HVSF Community Playwriting Series: "Forward Foward Sisters"
    Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
    $5,000
    HVSF and a cohort of libraries and academics will produce a Community Playwriting Series to channel our diverse community’s desire to learn about writing. The community writers will use the Centennial of Women’s Suffrage as their inspiration.
    Cold Spring
    Mid-Hudson
  • Sharing the Diverse Stories of NYC Preservation: A Programming Series
    New York Preservation Archive Project
    $5,000
    A series of programs promoting local historic preservation efforts in diverse New York City communities and offering valuable resources to help capture oral histories that span generations.
    New York City
    NYC
  • 2017 Centenary Celebration of Women's Suffrage in New York
    Oneida Public Library
    $3,850
    Oneida Public Library's 2017 Centenary Celebration of Women’s Suffrage in N.Y.S. includes lectures, a filmed documentary about women professionals, a children’s program, an adult reading/discussion series, a readers theater play and a community read.
    Oneida
    Central New York
  • Cultural Survey of the Kingston Latino Community
    Arts Mid-Hudson
    $1,500
    Assemble an advisory committee to supervise and analyze a cultural survey of Latinos in the Kingston, NY area and receive advice/training from a researcher who has conducted a similar survey.
    Poughkeepsie
    Mid-Hudson
  • Historic Research into ASCC's 1842 Schoolhouse building
    Art School of Columbia County
    $1,500
    The Art School of Columbia County (ASCC) is receiving a 1842 Schoolhouse as a donation. We are researching the site's history in collaboration with the Columbia County Historical Society (CCHS) to develop new programs for both organizations.
    Ghent
    Capital Region
  • NYS Centennial Celebration Parade and Musical Performance
    Lyons Heritage Society
    $1,100
    At Lyons' Peppermint Days, Lyons Heritage Society will be marching in its parade as "Suffragists" with a Susan B. Anthony impersonator. LHS will sponsor a concert with "Toward into Light" performing Women's Suffrage Movement in Song and Story.
    Lyons
    Finger Lakes
  • Splendid Grandeur: Amy Beach's Grand Mass in E-flat
    Rochester Oratorio Society, Inc.
    $5,000
    ROS, together with professional orchestra, vocal soloists and Concentus Women's Chorus, will present the Grand Mass in E-Flat, by American composer AMY BEACH (1867-1944), as part of the City of Rochester's Women's Suffrage Centennial Celebration.
    Rochester
    Finger Lakes
  • Catskills Folk Connection 2017 Fall Programming
    Catskills Folk Connection
    $4,495
    Catskills Folk Connection's 2017 fall programming will present Catskills traditional foods from farm, field and forest, a travelling exhibit about Catskills folk houses built from stone, and a set of lectures about the two topics.
    Delancey
    Mohawk Valley
  • Ragas Live
    Raga Massive Inc.
    $5,000
    Ragas Live is a 24-hour annual music festival and public dialogue featuring South Asian raga music in the US. It will be held at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn with over 40 musicians, a live audience, and broadcast live on 89.9 FM-NY radio via WKCR.org.
    Brooklyn
    NYC
  • Juneteenth: A Celebration of African Culture, Music, and Cuisine
    Huguenot Historical Society
    $5,000
    Juneteenth: A Celebration of African Culture, Music, and Cuisine is a multifaceted and interactive event that celebrates the history and influence of African culture in America and at Historic Huguenot Street.
    New Paltz
    Mid-Hudson
  • The Kaleidoscope Project at Columbia University
    Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University
    $1,200
    The Kaleidoscope Project is a collaborative arts education initiative at Columbia University that gives New York City public high school students access to literature from their own unique, diverse backgrounds in a creative writing workshop series.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden Summer High School Internship
    The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden
    $5,000
    The MVHM Summer High School Internship will allow students to improve their discussion, public speaking, research, and presentation skills in the context of a historic site as well as explore careers in history, art, museums, and education.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Seen and Heard: An Active Commemoration of Women’s Suffrage in New York
    Everson Museum of Art
    $5,000
    In Seen and Heard, New York’s role in the fight for women’s rights serves as catalyst for civic engagement. The exhibition, public programs, artist residencies, and student projects will explore the language and tactics of protest through the arts.
    Syracuse
    Central New York
  • ARISE - African History, Past to Present
    Bedford Stuyvesant Residents Association, Inc.
    $1,315
    Building self awareness by breaking down stereotypes one African country at a time.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Women's Suffrage in Wayne County, N.Y. 1848-1920: A Rural and Small Village Perspective
    Wayne County Historical Society
    $1,500
    The project will provide Wayne County historians an opportunity to explore the historical elements of the suffrage movement of this area and the development of a plan to study Women’s Suffrage as it relates to this region.
    Wayne County
    Finger Lakes
  • Art in an expanded context
    FiveMyles
    $5,000
    A series of panel discussions linking the art on display with greater societal themes.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Votes For Women
    Siena College Creative Arts Program
    $5,000
    Votes for Women is an immersive promenade performance devised and performed by Siena College students and faculty, celebrating the centenary of women achieving the right to vote in New York State.
    Albany
    Capital Region
  • New York International Children's Film Festival 2017
    New York International Children's Film Festival
    $5,000
    NYICFF 2017 will present the best new international films with filmmaker q&as and special events to students and families through public weekend screenings and weekday school field trips.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Liberty Con 2017 - [email protected]: Race, Denial, Privilege and Who Matters
    Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Inc.
    $5,000
    In our increasingly polarized society, the symbol of the 19th c. Underground Railroad movement and its abolition activists challenge us to publicly reflect and act upon the legacy of the institution of slavery in contemporary times.
    Albany
    Capital Region
  • Women's History Month Film Series 2017: Trailblazing Women
    The Little Theatre Film Society
    $5,000
    The 2017 Women's History Month Film Series honors trailblazing women, celebrating their accomplishments and exposing the gender injustices that still permeate our world. Screenings happen every Sunday in March and on International Women's Day.
    Rochester
    Finger Lakes
  • La Lucha Continua/The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017
    New York Foundation for the Arts
    $5,000
    La Lucha Continua/The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017—consisting of an exhibition, catalog & public programs—celebrates the 30th anniversary of Artmakers' 26 politically-themed murals painted by 29 artists & sited in Loisaida’s La Plaza Cultural.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Planning meeting with Community Partners:"Cultural Migrations: Displacement and Renewal "
    New York Folklore Society
    $1,500
    NYFS planning for "Cultural Migrations: Displacement and Renewal" (Sept 2017) engaging representatives of Western New York Human Service and immigrant serving organizations, and grassroots community leaders, for audience development and input.
    Schenectady
    Capital Region
  • Jailed for Freedom
    Drama Club Inc.
    $5,000
    The Young Women of Riker’s Island write and perform an original piece based on the 1917 “Night of Terror,” where 33 suffragettes were imprisoned in the Occoquan Workhouse for protesting Woodrow Wilson’s White House to demand votes for women.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Benedict Arnold in the Hudson Highlands Exhibition
    Putnam History Museum
    $5,000
    The Putnam History Museum (PHM) seeks funding for a proposed exhibition about Benedict Arnold, his command of West Point, and his acts of treason.
    Cold Spring
    Mid-Hudson
  • Women's Suffrage and the Media
    NYU Arthur L Carter Journalism Institute
    $5,000
    Women’s Suffrage and the Media: a multimedia resource site and database timed to the 2017 NY state centennial and to popularize a forthcoming special issue of *American Journalism*, timed to the US Constitution’s 19th Amendment centennial.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Seneca Falls/The Foundation Toward National Equality
    The National Women's Hall of Fame
    $5,000
    Highlight the role of Seneca Falls in the women’s rights movement and the leadership of The National Women’s Hall of Fame and the Women’s Rights National Historic Park in raising public awareness of great American women and their accomplishments.
    Seneca Falls
    Finger Lakes
  • Beyond Suffrage: 100 Years of Women and Politics in New York
    Museum of the City of New York
    $5,000
    In fall 2017, the Museum of the City of New York will present Beyond Suffrage: 100 Years of Women & Politics in New York, a special exhibition that chronicles the history of women’s political activism in New York, starting with the suffrage movement.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Women’s Suffrage Centennial Picnic & Historic Tour at the Perkins Mansion "After 100 years-The Vote STILL Matters -1917 - 2017
    Greater Rochester Area Branch (GRAB) American Association of University Women ( AAUW) Charitable Trust
    $5,000
    1917 Women's Suffrage Picnic located on the grounds of the Perkins Mansion with 1917 food, fun, house tours, music, and costumed historical figures who will reenact speeches, dialogue with guests, and tell stories of past suffrage events.
    Rochester
    Finger Lakes
  • And She Would Stand Like This
    The Movement Theatre Company
    $5,000
    An immersive theatrical event that fuses epic Greek drama and LGBTQ+ ball culture. This multi-disciplinary experience will engage diverse audiences in a discourse about gender, sexuality, health, and family within queer communities of color.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Rainbow Dialogues: A Bridge From the Past To the Present
    Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley
    $1,500
    Using archival collections, the Gay Alliance in partnership with the Rochester Public Library, and ImageOut will develop an interactive community dialogue, Rainbow Dialogues, as a bridge from past to present for current LGBT diversity issues.
    Rochester
    Finger Lakes
  • New Lebanon Historical Driving Tour: Research Phase
    Behold! New Lebanon, Inc.
    $1,500
    Behold! New Lebanon will create The Water and the Word: An American Heritage Trail, a multimedia historical driving tour. During this phase of the project we will conduct the historical research that will form the basis of the tour.
    New Lebanon
    Capital Region
  • Martinsburg Day
    Martinsburg Historical Society
    $1,050
    Martinsburg Day is co-sponsored by the Martinsburg Historical Society and the Lewis County Historical Society to celebrate the rich history of the Town of Martinsburg.
    Martinsburg
    North Country
  • ARISE - African History, Past to Present Part I.
    Siren - Protectors of the Rainforest, inc.
    $5,000
    Building self awareness by breaking down stereotypes one African country at a time.
    New York City
    NYC
  • The Veterans Book Project: Objects of Deployment and Voice of Oswego Veterans
    Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego
    $4,484
    Presentation on the SUNY Oswego campus of two exhibitions that give voice to America’s veterans and promote awareness and understanding of the experiences and challenges faced by veterans.
    Oswego
    Central New York
  • Duane Linklater: What Now? The Politics of Land
    Art in General
    $5,000
    Public program exploring visual culture, indigenous identity and the politics of display. Initiated by artist Duane Linklater from Moose Cree First Nation, centering around his study of an 1800s Cree object on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
    New York City
    NYC
  • The 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse: its legacy regarding women's suffrage and equality for all.
    1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse Museum
    $5,000
    We plan four events focused on the Centennial and the 1816 FQMM's legacy of support and action for suffrage. Other events focus on, and stem from, our legacy of support for social justice for women, African Americans, and Native Americans.
    Farmington
    Finger Lakes
  • CRUSADE FOR SOCIAL REFORM, Voting Rights: 8th Annual Emancipation Day and Ballots, Bloomers, and Marmalade
    Smithfield Community Association
    $5,000
    The CRUSADE FOR SOCIAL REFORM will explore Peterboro's contributions to the struggle for voting rights in America from 19th C. race and sex inequities, to 20th C. NYS Centennial Women's Suffrage , and culminate with momentum for 21st C.actions.
    Smithfield
    Central New York
  • Breaking Boundaries: Trailblazers and Innovators of the Whaling Industry
    The Whaling Museum and Education Center
    $5,000
    This project will document, explore, and celebrate the profound ways pioneers in the local whaling industry led NY in breaking key social, technological, racial, economic boundaries of the 19th century through an exhibition and public programming.
    Cold Spring Harbor
    Long Island
  • Who Controls Women’s Health?: A Century of Struggle
    The New York Academy of Medicine
    $5,000
    “Who Controls Women’s Health?: A Century of Struggle” examines women’s ability to control their bodies, health choices, and fertility; from giving birth in NYC; birth control movements; and women’s health activism and broader social change.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Seen and Heard: An Active Commemoration of Women’s Suffrage in New York
    Everson Museum of Art
    $1,500
    In Seen and Heard, New York’s role in the fight for women’s rights serves as catalyst for civic engagement. The exhibition, public programs, artist residencies, and student projects will explore the language and tactics of protest through the arts.
    Syracuse
    Central New York
  • The Ithaca Theatre Consortium Women's Suffrage Centennial Celebration
    Hangar Theatre
    $1,500
    The Hangar Theatre, Kitchen Theatre, Civic Ensemble, and The Cherry Artspace collaborate to bring the Ithaca / Tompkins County community a festival of commissioned new short plays celebrating the Women's Suffrage Centennial.
    Ithaca
    Southern Tier
  • Memory Dialogues: Using Oral Histories to Initiate Conversations with Residents of Adult Homes
    SUNY Oneonta Cooperstown Graduate Program
    $1,500
    This pilot project will utilize oral history interviews to initiate conversations with residents and caregivers in area adult homes about topics with broad social significance. It will result in a replicable model for use in other organizations.
    Oneonta
    Mohawk Valley
  • Constructing Gender
    Oneida Community Mansion House
    $5,000
    Gender identity and sexuality are controversial public discussions in America today. The 19th century Oneida Community believed that sexual practices were foundational to communities and their concept of gender challenged mainstream American society.
    Oneida
    Central New York
  • The 2017 Tournées French Film Festival: Diversity in/and Europe
    Vassar College Department of French and Francophone Studies
    $3,320
    The 2017 Tournées French Film Festival: Diversity in/and Europe is a month-long film festival on the Vassar campus that features 6 recent French and Francophone films that explore difference, diversity and changing identities in contemporary Europe.
    Poughkeepsie
    Mid-Hudson
  • In Harm's Way
    Long Island Traditions
    $5,000
    In Harm’s Way explores how communities cope with storms and hurricanes from a historic and contemporary perspective. The goal is to understand how we can learn from Superstorm Sandy what actions have worked on Long Island, past and present.
    Port Washington
    Long Island
  • Graveside Chats Volume II
    Historic St. Agnes Cemetery
    $5,000
    Community theater actors portraying people living between 1840 and 1940 will bring to life stories relating to historical themes and cultural norms of a bygone era. They will be filmed having conversations on site graveside that serve to educate.
    Albany
    Capital Region
  • Talking Reparations
    Jack Arts, Inc.
    $5,000
    “Talking Reparations” is a series of six public programs exploring the topic of reparations for the descendants of enslaved Africans, through panel discussions, community conversations and interactive workshops.
    New York City
    NYC
  • Stories of Internment: The Roosevelts and the Wartime Incarceration of Japanese Americans
    The Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
    $5,000
    A public humanities series on the political and social consequences of the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, hosted by FDR Presidential Library and Museum. Based on the Library’s ongoing special exhibit Feb-Dec, 2017.
    Hyde Park
    Mid-Hudson
  • Beyond the Votes: New York State and the Women's Suffrage Movement
    South Central Regional Library Council
    $5,000
    SCRLC will develop an online exhibit with a complementary traveling exhibit for the general public. The exhibit will focus on lesser known stories surrounding women and their right to vote in New York State, leading up to and beyond 1917.
    Ithaca
    Southern Tier
  • Rainbow Dialogues: A Bridge From the Past To the Present
    Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley
    $1,500
    Using archival collections, the Gay Alliance in partnership with the Rochester Public Library, and ImageOut will develop an interactive community dialogue, Rainbow Dialogues, as a bridge from past to present for current LGBT diversity issues.
    Rochester
    Finger Lakes
  • New Lebanon Historical Driving Tour: Research Phase
    Behold! New Lebanon, Inc.
    $1,500
    Behold! New Lebanon will create The Water and the Word: An American Heritage Trail, a multimedia historical driving tour. During this phase of the project we will conduct the historical research that will form the basis of the tour.
    New Lebanon
    Capital Region
  • CENTENNIAL: Martinsburg Day
    Martinsburg Historical Society
    $1,050
    Martinsburg Day is co-sponsored by the Martinsburg Historical Society and the Lewis County Historical Society to celebrate the rich history of the Town of Martinsburg.
    Martinsburg
    North Country
  • ARISE - African History, Past to Present Part I.
    Siren - Protectors of the Rainforest, inc.
    $5,000
    Building self awareness by breaking down stereotypes one African country at a time.
    Brooklyn
    New York City
  • The Veterans Book Project: Objects of Deployment and Voice of Oswego Veterans
    Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego
    $4,484
    Presentation on the SUNY Oswego campus of two exhibitions that give voice to America’s veterans and promote awareness and understanding of the experiences and challenges faced by veterans.
    Oswego
    Central New York
  • Duane Linklater: Distances, Origins, and Other Concerns
    Art in General
    $5,000
    Public program exploring visual culture, indigenous identity and the politics of display. Initiated by artist Duane Linklater from Moose Cree First Nation, centering around his study of an 1800s Cree object on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
    Brooklyn
    New York City
  • CENTENNIAL: The 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse: its legacy regarding women's suffrage and equality for all.
    1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse Museum
    $5,000
    We plan four events focused on the Centennial and the 1816 FQMM's legacy of support and action for suffrage. Other events focus on, and stem from, our legacy of support for social justice for women, African Americans, and Native Americans.
    Farmington
    Finger Lakes
  • CENTENNIAL: Crusade for Social Reform, Voting Rights: 8th Annual Emancipation Day and Ballots, Bloomers, and Marmalade
    Smithfield Community Association
    $5,000
    The Crusade for Social Reform will explore Peterboro's contributions to the struggle for voting rights in America from 19th C. race and sex inequities, to 20th C. NYS Centennial Women's Suffrage , and culminate with momentum for 21st C.actions.
    Peterboro
    Central New York
  • Breaking Boundaries: Trailblazers and Innovators of the Whaling Industry
    The Whaling Museum Society DBA The Whaling Museum and Education Center
    $5,000
    This project will document, explore, and celebrate the profound ways pioneers in the local whaling industry led NY in breaking key social, technological, racial, economic boundaries of the 19th century through an exhibition and public programming.
    Cold Spring Harbor
    Long Island
  • CENTENNIAL “Who Controls Women’s Health?: A Century of Struggle”
    The New York Academy of Medicine
    $5,000
    “Who Controls Women’s Health?: A Century of Struggle” examines women’s ability to control their bodies, health choices, and fertility; from giving birth in NYC; birth control movements; and women’s health activism and broader social change.
    New York City
    New York City
  • New York 1775 Up Close: Fair Liberty’s Call - A Musical Story of Revolutionary America
    Fair Liberty's Call
    $1,500
    To rework and adapt the script and score of Fair Liberty's Call so that historical organizations, schools, and communities, can present it in more intimate settings bringing the audience face-to-face with history- based events in New York in 1775.
    Port Washington
    Long Island
  • The Art and History of J’Ouvert Pre-Dawn Celebration
    Brooklyn Arts Council
    $5,000
    This town hall gathering and performance will reclaim the Caribbean J'Ouvert celebration and shift the public’s perception of this event—from one of violence to a focus on the important art forms, and history found in this traditional expression.
    Brooklyn
    New York City
  • Truth or Consensus: Survival Skills in the Age of Fake News
    Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
    $5,000
    A 2-hour interactive round table on the topic of factual reporting, fake news, satire and their impact on an informed citizenry. The event envisions 20 tables, each with 10 participants and a panel of savvy experts guiding as beacons.
    Liberty
    Mid-Hudson
  • CENTENNIAL: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage
    ArtRage Gallery
    $5,000
    ArtRage will hold a series of events to honor the NYS Women’s Suffrage centennial. The events coincide with two art exhibitions, one a show by CNY women artists, and the other a portrait photography exhibit honoring the lives of local elder women.
    Syracuse
    Central New York
  • (un)Migration Lines: Artist Residency
    Wyckoff House & Association, Inc., a.k.a Wyckoff House Museum
    $5,000
    (un)Migration Lines is an artist-residency with Iviva Olenick at the Wyckoff House Museum connecting contemporary residents and stories to the many generations of immigrants and migrants who lived in the Canarsie/ East Flatbush area.
    Brooklyn
    New York City
  • CENTENNIAL: Ballots, Bloomers, and Marmalade and Women Abolitionists: Abolition Weekend
    National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum
    $5,000
    National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum continues Social Reform Crusade by addressing the abolition movement spawning the women's rights, by celebrating local women inducting 4 abolitionists, and by commemorating Emancipation Proclamation watch.
    Peterboro
    Central New York
  • CENTENNIAL: Votes for Women Exhibition
    Erwin Library and Institute
    $2,300
    Erwin Library and Institute would like to host the New York State Museum’s panel exhibition celebrating the centennial of women’s suffrage. This would provide North Country communities with the opportunity to learn more about this important event.
    Boonville
    Mohawk Valley
  • Madison County Hop Heritage 2017
    Madison County Historical Society
    $3,553
    Programs on the history of 19th and 20th Century hop growing in NYS will once again be offered at the Hop Fest. In the 19th C. hop growing was not a recreational pastime; it was a cash crop that saved farms and gave women and children employment.
    Oneida
    Central New York
  • CENTENNIAL: To Suffrage and Beyond: The Changing Roles of Women on Long Island
    Huntington Arts Council, Inc.
    $1,500
    To explore and identify a variety of speakers that will support a collaborative project celebrating Women's Suffrage and the changing roles of women on Long Island. The project hopes to include artistic, literary, and historic programming in 2018.
    Huntington
    Long Island
  • Hempstead Schoolhouse Preservation Project
    The African Atlantic Genealogical Society/African American Museum of Nassau County
    $1,500
    AAMNC seeks to research the history and impact of a one-room schoolhouse whose history in the area dates as far back as the late-1800s, in order to support landmarking and provide community education.
    Hempstead
    Long Island
  • Beats, Rhymes & Justice
    The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York / Psychology Department
    $4,820
    We will run two intensive versions of Beats, Rhymes & Justice in October and December of 2017. BRJ uses a digital music production, lyric writing and media literacy to engage students in music creation and social justice education.
    New York City
    New York City
  • Junior Interpreter Program
    Albany Institute of History & Art
    $5,000
    The Albany Institute of History & Art will organize a Junior Interpreter Program in partnership with local history and youth organizations, centered on our new exhibition: "Paintings of Addy®: Dahl Taylor’s Original Illustrations for American Girl®".
    Albany
    Capital Region
  • "Salut au Monde!" Salute to the World!
    Walt Whitman Birthplace Association
    $3,465
    Whitman salutes the nationalities of the world in his poem, "Salut au Monde!" In his spirit, WWBA uses the humanities to explore important issues to facilitate and encourage universal connections among diverse communities.
    Huntington Station
    Long Island
  • Freedom Forums
    National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy
    $5,000
    Freedom Forums uses literature as a prompt for public discussion, engaging writers and audiences in conversation about issues that are critical to democracy today.
    New York City
    New York City
  • CENTENNIAL: Celebrating Women's Suffrage in 2017 in Sand Lake
    Sand Lake Center for the Arts
    $5,000
    Sand Lake Center for the Arts, Siena College, Arts, Letters & Numbers and others provide Sand Lake area residents opportunity to explore and celebrate the Women’s Suffrage Movement through theater, song, video, display, lecture, and discussion.
    Averill Park
    Capital Region
  • Finding Refuge in Buffalo
    SUNY Buffalo, English Department, Journalism Program
    $5,000
    Finding Refuge in Buffalo will tell stories of the Buffalo refugee experience on multiple levels through a curated exhibit of photos and text, three evenings of storytelling and exchange and the creation of a digital archive of immigration stories.
    Buffalo
    Western New York
  • CENTENNIAL: Haudenosaunee Influence on Women's Suffrage
    The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, Inc.
    $5,000
    The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, Women’s Rights National Historic Park, Ganondagan Historic Site & Skä•noñh celebrate NY’s woman suffrage centennial through the story of Haudenosaunee women’s influence on the 19th century women’s rights movement.
    Fayetteville
    Central New York
  • Haudenosaunee Day of Sharing
    Explore & More
    $885
    This project is a day-long celebration featuring Haudenosaunee cultural traditions, interpreted for Explore & More’s young audience of children ages 1-10.
    East Aurora
    Western New York
  • Immigrant Foodways at the Reher Bakery: Past, Present, and Future
    Jewish Federation of Ulster County
    $1,500
    The Reher Center will convene a group of expert culinary programmers to help us understand and interpret the oven room at our historic bakery site, and to brainstorm a vision for culinary programming with diverse immigrant foodways and audiences.
    Kingston
    Mid-Hudson
  • Mosaic Literary Conference: Black Documents
    Literary Freedom Project
    $5,000
    The Mosaic Literary Conference: Black Documents explores historical and contemporary presentations of black identity in literature, media, and photography. The conference will also present tandem photography exhibits on Black identity.
    Bronx
    New York City
  • "The Zombies Are Coming 2: Return of the Festival " Film and Lecture Series
    The University at Albany Foundation, on behalf of UAlbany's Program in Writing and Critical Inquiry
    $2,943
    "The Program in Writing and Critical Inquiry, UAlbany and The Madison Theater present “The Zombies Are Coming 2: Return of the Festival,” a series of diverse films and lectures that creatively foster inquiry into real world concerns. "
    Albany
    Capital Region
  • The Souls of Lefferts Community Writing/Publishing Project
    English Department, Long Island University Brooklyn Campus
    $5,000
    The Souls of Lefferts documentary project aims to foster dialogue and to document and preserve neighborhood history through photographs and stories. This project phase will enable PLG residents to contribute their own writing to the collection.
    Brooklyn
    New York City
  • CENTENNIAL: Women’s Suffrage Turns 100
    The Brooklyn Historical Society
    $5,000
    The Souls of Lefferts documentary project aims to foster dialogue and to document and preserve neighborhood history through photographs and stories. This project phase will enable PLG residents to contribute their own writing to the collection.
    Brooklyn
    New York City
  • CENTENNIAL: Live from 1900! New York State Womens Suffrage Conference in Glens Falls
    The Glens Falls/Queensbury Historical Association dba The Chapman Historical Museum
    $4,300
    Experience the excitement of the 1900 State Suffrage Conference and the determination of the suffragists at that time! Come as a suffragist or as an observer.
    Glens Falls
    Capital Region
  • Adirondack Diversity: Conversations in Identity
    Adirondack Center for Writing
    $4,175
    The Adirondack Center for Writing is working with the Adirondack Diversity Initiative to bring spoken word poets to the region to give an evening public poetry performance and talk-back and a three-hour diversity workshop the following day.
    Saranac Lake
    North Country
  • CENTENNIAL: The Girls Humanities Debate Invitational
    New York City Urban Debate League Inc
    $5,000
    An immersive program that encourages young women and girls to discover the power of their voices, and becomes better leaders and citizens through competitive educational debate.
    New York City
    New York City
  • Digital Walking Tour of Historic Warwick, NY
    Warwick Historical Society
    $5,000
    We will create a smartphone app for Android/IPhone which guides the user from their present location to a number of historic sites, narrates historic importance, and asks the user to answer questions. App will engage community members on many levels.
    Warwick
    Mid-Hudson
  • CENTENNIAL: The Mother of Us All at Hudson Hall
    Hudson Opera House
    $5,000
    Hudson Hall presents a series of humanities salons and community forums to connect and engage community members to performances of The Mother of Us All, a dramatized story about Susan B. Anthony and the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
    Hudson
    Capital Region
  • CENTENNIAL: The Many Women in Newburgh's Assembly
    Friends of the Newburgh Free Library
    $1,500
    A multi-part community project to plan how to commemorate the New York State Woman Suffrage Association Convention held in Newburgh NY in 1895 and together explore how the suffragette's legacy connect to today's women in leadership roles in Newburgh.
    Newburgh
    Mid-Hudson
  • Professional Development for the Project: Eyes Front, Images and Words from Women Veterans
    Flower City Arts Center
    $1,500
    Flower City Arts Center will send a member to the National Guild for Community Arts Education’s conference for training on trauma-informed care practices and community partnership development in preparation for a new program for women veterans.
    Rochester
    Finger Lakes
  • Mock Trial Summer Institute
    Law, Youth & Citizenship
    $2,000
    Thousands of students each year from all around New York State participate in this week-long, intensive camp-like experience where they have the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of civil/criminal law and courtroom procedures.
    Albany
    Capital Region
  • Building Blocks: Colorful Minds Forums
    Epic Theatre Ensemble
    $4,800
    BUILDING BLOCKS: COLORFUL MINDS provides two forums for public conversation about how Science and Math is taught in Public Schools and the impact that education is having on the state of diversity in STEM-related professions.
    New York City
    New York City
  • Nobel Nok Dah Film Discussion Guide: Centering Women’s Stories in Experiences of Refugee Resettlement
    Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program
    $4,914
    This project will develop and launch a multimedia film discussion guide for NOBEL NOK DAH aimed at refugee service providers and educators in Central New York who wish to harness the power of storytelling to build cross-cultural understanding.
    Ithaca
    Southern Tier
  • 2018 Live Ideas: Radical Vision
    New York Live Arts, Inc.
    $1,500
    Artistic Directors Bill T. Jones and Janet Wong, with guest curators will plan a 5-day humanities festival examining the pillars of liberal democracy,the responsibilities inherent in citizenship and possibilities of a radical vision for the future.
    New York City
    New York City
  • CENTENNIAL: UNLADYLIKE
    Futuro Media Group
    $1,500
    Meeting with our scholarly advisors for UNLADYLIKE to solidify our humanities themes and select the 31 women from the 160 researched. Outreach to community partners to host five screenings and talk-backs throughout NYS.
    New York City
    New York City
  • WWI CENTENNIAL: War and Peace
    English Department, SUNY Fredonia
    $3,516
    This two-day WWI Centennial event will bring Iraq war veterans, community members, and humanities scholars together, to read and discuss WWI-related literary texts written by WWI American veterans such as e.e. cummings and Ernest Hemingway.
    Fredonia
    Western New York
  • Skirball Talks
    Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University
    $5,000
    “Skirball Talks” features compelling and creative thought leaders from the arts, politics, social justice, philanthropy, business, law, technology, and more. The series is offered weekly during academic terms and is free and open to the public.
    New York City
    New York City
  • Ann Pale | Let's Talk
    Haiti Cultural Exchange
    $5,000
    Ann Pale is a yearlong conversation series that provides opportunities for diverse audiences to engage with artists, writers, and scholars on humanities topics and themes related to the culture, current affairs, and history of Haiti and its Diaspora.
    Brooklyn
    New York City
  • Night of Philosophy & Ideas
    Brooklyn Public Library
    $5,000
    BPL’s Night of Philosophy & Ideas is an all-night series of lectures, co-presented with the French Embassy’s Cultural Services, featuring philosophers and cultural performances for an audience of over 7,500 during the course of the 12-hour event.
    Brooklyn
    New York City
  • BOMB's Oral History Educational Initiative
    BOMB Magazine
    $5,000
    BOMB’s Oral History Educational Initiative is a collaborative partnership between BOMB and other NYC-based cultural nonprofits utilizing BOMB’s Oral Histories and benefitting secondary students of color through workshops and artist conversations.
    Brooklyn
    New York City
  • Buried Treasure
    Hi-ARTS
    $5,000
    A visual art exhibit based on Nelson Molina’s private museum of trash collected from the streets of NYC. Panelists will discuss neighborhood change, notions of art, oral history through refuse, and creating history through material culture.
    New York City
    New York City
  • Using Art to Explore Islamic Cultural Traditions Today
    Katonah Museum of Art
    $5,000
    The KMA, in partnership with local organizations, will engage the community in an exploration of cultural themes found in the exhibition Long, Winding Journeys: Contemporary Art and the Islamic Tradition through a diverse series of public programs.
    Katonah
    Mid-Hudson
  • The People's LES
    Fourth Arts Block
    $5,000
    The People's LES celebrates the diverse stories of the Lower East Side, particularly those of community change driven by local residents, through a new interactive website and a series of public events.
    New York City
    New York City