LEH Issues $143k in Grants Supporting Humanities Programs and Projects
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the State of Louisiana, has awarded 31 Rebirth Grants totaling $143,500 to nonprofit cultural organizations in 13 parishes.
Rebirth Grants support projects with humanities themes in a variety of formats, including public programs and discussion, documentary photography and radio projects, digital humanities projects, publication projects, new and continuing scholarly research about Louisiana, and humanities-based educational initiatives. See below for the full list of 2024 Rebirth Grant recipients.
Acadiana Center for the Arts
Louisiana Crossroads Presents: Irma Thomas at the Acadiana Center for the Arts
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish
$5,000
Alexandria Museum of Art
Lecture and Workshop Series – The Art of Joe Ray
Alexandria, Rapides Parish
$5,000
Alliance Francaise de la Nouvelle-Orléans
My French Book Fest – 3rd edition
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$5,000
Amistad Research Center
Truth Be Told: From the Stacks of the Amistad
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$5,000
Atelier de la Nature
Atelier de la Nature’s Culture and Tradition Programming 2024-25
Arnaudville, St. Martin Parish
$5,000
Concordia Parish Library
“The Flora History of the Miss-Lou”
Ferriday, Concordia Parish
$1,300
The Current
Louisiana Is Here
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish
$5,000
Friends of the New Orleans Public Library
Second Annual New Orleans Public Library GenFest
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$5,000
The Iberia Cultural Resources Association, Inc.
The 9th Annual Books Along the Teche Literary Festival
New Iberia, Iberia Parish
$5,000
Imperial Calcasieu Museum
Imperial Calcasieu Museum Five Parish Area Historical Revamp
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish
$5,000
Institute for Public Ethnomusicology
Collection Development and Outreach for the Louisiana Décima Project
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$5,000
LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana
New Orleans AIDS Memory Project
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$3,200
Louisiana Folklore Society
Bayou Culture Collaborative Gathering Series
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish
$5,000
Louisiana Old State Capitol Foundation
Exhibit Design for “A More Perfect Union: Reconstruction’s Legacy in Louisiana”
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish
$5,000
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
Most Fortunate Unfortunates: A Special Exhibition on the Jewish Orphans’ Home at the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$5,000
Natchitoches Historic Foundation, Inc
The Yves Pascale Workroom Exhibit at the Roque House
Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish
$5,000
New Orleans Poetry Festival
New Orleans Poetry Festival 2025
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$5,000
Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum
A Historical Perspective of the Indigenous People of Poverty Point
Monroe, Ouachita Parish
$5,000
Nous Foundation
La Musique nous réunit (Music brings us together)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$5,000
Nunez Community College
Nunez Community College History Lecture Series
Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish
$4,000
NUNU Arts and Culture Collective
Unveiling Louisiana’s Tapestry – A Cultural Exploration Series
Arnaudville, St. Martin Parish
$4,000
One Book One New Orleans
Words & Music Festival
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$5,000
Shadows-on-the-Teche, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Louisiana Education Series at Shadows-on-the-Teche
New Iberia, Iberia Parish
$4,000
South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center
Folklife Village at the Rougarou Fest
Houma, Terrebonne Parish
$5,000
Southern Screen Film Festival, Inc.
Southern Screen Festival Programming
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish
$5,000
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, Inc.
39th Annual Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$4,000
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
“Resonance & Groove: Afrofuturism in the US South”
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish
$5,000
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Becoming Louisiana: Exploring Marginalized Identities Through Literature and Local Nonprofits
Monroe, Ouachita Parish
$3,000
West Baton Rouge Historical Association (West Baton Rouge Museum)
Kont Kreyol-ye (Creole Folktales)
Port Allen, West Baton Rogue Parish
$5,000
World Affairs Council of New Orleans
Oral Histories of Refugees & Humanitarian Crimes in Ukraine
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$5,000
WWNO New Orleans Public Radio / University of New Orleans
The Reading Life with Susan Larson 2024-25 on WWNO and WRKF
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
$5,000
