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South African Researcher Deported
posted by CAA — January 15, 2007
Adam Habib, a researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, was deported upon his arrival in the United States in October. Part of a group en route to meetings with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Columbia University, the National Institutes of Health, and the World Bank, Habib had his visa revoked for suspected ties to terrorism. He directs a program on democracy and governance at the Human Science Research Council and holds an honorary research position at the university.
Museums for America Grants
posted by CAA — November 16, 2006
In July, the Institute of Museum and Library Services announced Museums for America grant recipients for 2006. A total of 177 museums will share almost $17 million in federal funding, which much be matched by another $30 million. Museums for America grants help museums to support lifelong learning, sustain cultural heritage, and serve as centers for community engagement. For the complete list of recipients, go to www.imls.gov/news/2006/071806_list.shtm.
Cultural Preservation Grants
posted by CAA — November 16, 2006
The Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, funded through the US State Department, has announced its 2006 awards. The awards covers eighty-seven projects from around the world, including the restoration of two mosques in Tanzania and the conservation of some two thousand items of ancient jewelry reflecting the history of Kyrgyzstan. Congress established the Ambassador’s Fund in 2001, directing the State Department to set aside $1 million to assist countries in preserving their cultural heritage. The program’s funding level has increased each year and is now at $3 million. Since its inception, the program has awarded 379 preservation grants in 108 countries.
New Charity Awards $50,000 Artists’ Grants
posted by CAA — November 16, 2006
A new charity, United States Artists, has announced a plan to provide support to US artists. Fifty artists working in a wide variety of disciplines and at various career stages will receive $50,000 each, no strings attached. The first recipients will be announced December 4.
IMLS Creates Grants Website
posted by CAA — September 16, 2006
The Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced that all fiscal year 2007 grant applications are available on a new website, Grants.gov. The federal government developed this website for organizations to find and apply online for competitive grant opportunities from all twenty-six federal grant-making agencies. Beginning October 1, all applicants for the 21st Century Museum Professionals (deadline: March 15, 2007) and National Leadership Grants (deadline: February 1, 2007) are required to apply through Grants.gov.
IMLS to Give $1.5 Million in Aid
posted by CAA — September 16, 2006
On June 1, 2006, First Lady Laura Bush announced that an additional $1.5 million of Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funds will be directed to help beleaguered museums and libraries located in federally declared disaster areas.
IMLS Creates Grants Website
posted by CAA — September 15, 2006
The Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced that all fiscal year 2007 grant applications are available on a new website, Grants.gov. The federal government developed this website for organizations to find and apply online for competitive grant opportunities from all twenty-six federal grant-making agencies. Beginning October 1, all applicants for the 21st Century Museum Professionals (deadline: March 15, 2007) and National Leadership Grants (deadline: February 1, 2007) are required to apply through Grants.gov.
Digital Database for Europe’s Cultural Heritage
posted by CAA — September 15, 2006
Drawing on a system developed by France’s Ministry of Culture and Communications, the MICHAEL project, which stands for Multilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage in Europe, has developed an electronic system to access, manage, and update digital records of Europe’s collections, including museum objects, archaeological and tourist sites, music and audiovisual archives, biographical materials, documents, and manuscripts. MICHAEL will provide a multilingual online service allowing users to search and examine cultural collections throughout Europe by linking to existing collections. Eleven countries are participating in MICHAEL. A launch is planned in Italy, the UK, and France in May 2007, and in other participating countries in November 2007. For more information, please visit www.michael-culture.org.
NEA and NEH Turn Forty
posted by CAA — July 16, 2006
On September 29, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act into law. The act called for the creation of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts as separate, independent agencies.
NEA Awards Over $63 Million in Grants
posted by CAA — July 16, 2006
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will award more than $63 million in grants to arts organizations nationwide in its second major round of funding for fiscal year 2006. The NEA will provide a total of $21,509,500 to 970 nonprofit arts organizations through its categories of Access to Artistic Excellence, Learning in the Arts, Arts on Radio and Television, and Folk Arts Infrastructure. In addition, the endowment will distribute $42,230,200 to state and jurisdictional arts agencies and regional arts agencies in keeping with its mandate to allocate 40 percent of its grant-making budget to these partners.