CHICAGO – The Illinois Humanities Council Board of Directors has awarded a total of $204,668 to 24 nonprofit organizations for development and production of public humanities projects. Funded programs include a week-long series of programs in Dixon dedicated to “Global Awareness,” an online living history exhibit detailing the transformation of the Chicago “Vice Lords” from a one-time street gang to a community organization, and a project in Aurora that will foster dialogue between the region’s Latino and Native American populations. Community support for these projects totaled $2,817,319. A list of grants and the organizations who are sponsoring these programs are listed below:
American Roots Music: Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, $10,000
The League: The Center for Independent Documentary, Sharon, Massachusetts, $4,000
Finding Yourself in the Story: Free Street Programs, Chicago, $10,000
Chicago Now: HotHouse, The Center for International Performance and Exhibition, Chicago, $10,000
Little Museum Around the Corner: Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures of Aurora University, Aurora, $10,000
Teen Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, $10,000
CommUniversity: CommUniversity, Rock Island, $4,900
American Voices, from the Federal Writers’ Project: Educational Film Center, Annandale, Virginia, $10,250
Late Works Are the Catastrophes: Kartemquin Films, Chicago, $10,000
Cultural Connections: The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, $10,000
Chicago Labor and Working Class History Map: Chicago Center for Working Class Studies, Chicago, $10,000
Story Week Festival of Writers: Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, $10,000
50th Anniversary of Brown v Board: Chicago Public Library, Chicago, $7,300
Spurensuche—German Heritage in Chicago: American Aid Society of German Descendents, Chicago, $10,000
Adult Education Programming 2003-4: Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago, $5,000
After Innocence: Lives of the Exonerated: American Film Foundation, Santa Monica, California, $10,000
IFP/Chicago Facets Film Series: IFP/Chicago, Chicago, $8,350
Cultural Programming with Digital Content: Illinois State Library, Springfield, $7,000
Haymarket: Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, California, $4,000
Lawndale’s Conservative Vice Lord On Line Living History Museum: The University of Illinois, Chicago, $10,000
Illinois Authors Book Fair: Illinois Center for the Book, Springfield, $10,000
Global Awareness Week: Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, $8,868
A Passionate Nature: Lost and Found Productions, Chicago, $5,000
Urban Credo: Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, $10,000
The IHC’s deadline for submitting proposals for the next cycle of major grants is February 15; the next deadline for mini grant proposals is January 15. For more information about the IHC, please visit www.prairie.org, send an email to ihc@prairie.org, or call 312.422.5580.
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