For Immediate Release Media Contact: Cherie Hill, Communications Manager, chill@calhum.org
California Humanities is proud to announce that sixteen public humanities grantees will receive a total of $75,380 in funding through the Humanities for All Quick Grant program during the spring 2021 round. This cycle’s awards reflect a broader geographic diversity with grantees hailing from Lake County in the Far North, Santa Maria on the Central Coast, and the Mojave Desert.
The grants of up to $5,000 support small-scale locally initiated public humanities projects and enable organizations to share untold stories and histories. In San Fernando, the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians’ pursues greater community understanding about the First Peoples of the land. “Contradictions - Bringing the Past Forward” is the first project to explore the cultural relevance and interpretation of the history and stories of African American homesteaders in the Mojave Desert circa 1910. In San Francisco, the voices of currently and formerly undocumented poets is highlighted in a curated program by Small Press Traffic’s Spring 2022 Curatorial Fellow, Javier O. Huerta.
“As a whole, this cohort reflects an array of community-centered humanities projects that speak to the rich histories and contemporary circumstances of people across our state,” remarked California Humanities President & CEO Julie Fry.
Through the Humanities for All Quick Grant program, fifteen public humanities grantees will receive a total of $73,700 in funding for the winter 2021 round. Awarded projects provide responsive and creative methods to deliver programming to community members when traditional in-person programming is not possible.
The California Humanities’ Quick Grant program is a branch of the Humanities for All grant line. The grants supply funding for small-scale local public humanities activities that take place within a year.
Humanities for All Quick Grant Awardees (Spring 2021) click here for the list of projects.
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