LEH Awards More Than $160K in Programmatic Grants
Each year the LEH awards Rebirth Grants in support of public humanities projects implemented by cultural institutions large and small throughout the state.
In October, thanks to funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the LEH awarded 22 Rebirth Grants in 11 parishes for a combined total of $108,236.
The LEH also awarded an additional 11 Rebirth PL Grants in support of Louisiana public libraries’ transition to virtual programming during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Made possible by the NEH through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, with additional support from the Union Pacific Foundation, public libraries in 11 parishes received Rebirth PL Grants totaling $55,490.
REBIRTH GRANTS
Acadian Heritage & Culture Foundation, Inc.
Frenchie Podcast
Vermilion Parish
$4,800
Fort Jesup Historic Site, Inc.
Settlers and Soldiers of “No Man’s Land”
Sabine Parish
$4,618
Friends of the Louisiana State Archives
Oral Histories of Agricultural Festival Pageant Queens
East Baton Rouge Parish
$2,700
Gulf Communities Research Institute
Discovering the Lived Experience of Slavery at Evergreen Plantation
Orleans Parish
$6,980
Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses
Artisans of the Iconic: The Ironworkers of New Orleans Exhibit
Orleans Parish
$6,000
Laura Center for Creole Heritage
Louisiana Creole Voices
St. James Parish
$6,560
Leona Tate Foundation for Change, Inc.
Principal’s Office Exhibit in the Tate, Etienne, & Prevost Interpretive Center
Orleans Parish
$6,000
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum
Olympian Lecture Series
Natchitoches Parish
$2,888
Louisiana Trans Advocates
The Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
East Baton Rouge Parish
$4,236
National Trust for Historic Preservation/Shadows-on-the-Teche
The Shadows: Telling the Full History Lecture Series
Iberia Parish
$2,540
New Orleans Healing Center, Inc.
Daring Discussions
Orleans Parish
$4,696
Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University
Louisiana Reimagines
Orleans Parish
$5,000
One Book One New Orleans
2020 Book Distribution and Public Programming
Orleans Parish
$4,224
Presbytère, Louisiana State Museum
Mystery in Motion: African American Spirituality in Mardi Gras Exhibit
Orleans Parish
$7,000
River Road African American Museum
Our Roots Run Deep
Ascension Parish
$7,000
Télé-Louisiane LLC
Louisiana Virtual Immersion: Language, Culture & History en Français
Lafayette Parish
$7,000
Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival
35th Annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Orleans Parish
$4,000
Union Museum of History and Art
Discovering the Uplands Indians: First People of Union Parish Exhibit
Union Parish
$2,444
University of Louisiana at Lafayette – The Hilliard Art Museum
Increasing Accessibility to the Humanities for Education and Inspiration
Lafayette Parish
$5,000
University of Louisiana Monroe
Preserving Frozen Memories
Ouachita Parish
$2,200
Vermilionville Living History Museum
Culture Days at Vermilionville
Lafayette Parish
$5,350
WWNO New Orleans Public Radio
The Reading Life with Susan Larson
Orleans Parish
$7,000
REBIRTH PL GRANTS
Ascension Parish Library
Photographic History of Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish
$6,000
Beauregard Parish Library
Louisiana Historic Tool and Craft Series
Beauregard Parish
$7,000
Bossier Parish Library
Bossier’s Virtual History Tour
Bossier Parish
$3,206
Concordia Parish Library
Italians of Northeast Louisiana and Mississippi As Settlers and Immigrants
Concordia Parish
$2,545
East Carroll Parish Library
“Where We Came From”
East Carroll Parish
$4,010
Jefferson Parish Library
A History of Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish
$2,800
New Orleans Public Library
African American Resource Collection Virtual Lecture Series
Orleans Parish
$7,000
Ouachita Parish Public Library
Historic Hasley: Secrets from the Grave
Ouachita Parish
$3,700
Rapides Parish Library
Rapides Reads – Bontemps Beaucoup
Rapides Parish
$7,000
Terrebonne Parish Library
Swamp Stories: Louisiana Myths and Legends
Terrebonne Parish
$5,298
West Feliciana Parish Library
West Feliciana Parish Digital History Archive
West Feliciana Parish
$6,931