Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support capacity building for a leading Black theater during a period of significant institutional change

Building Capacity for The National Black Theatre

to support a remount of The Gathering: A Sonic Ring Shout at the Kennedy Center

The Gathering 

to support core operations through the New York Theater Program

New York Theater Program

to support Black Theatre United's strategic planning process

Black Theatre United

to support The Black Seed, a collaborative national ecosystem for Black theater institutions

The Black Seed

toward costs of a workshop on the subject of a national union library catalogue

National Union Catalogue - Workshop

The Future of Dallas Black Dance Theatre

National Theater Program 

to support collaborations with international artists, and new presentation formats and programs

National Theater Program

to support artistic initiatives and organizational development

National Theater Program Planning

to support a workshop to develop a theatrical adaptation of the Sanskrit legend, the Ramayana

The Ramayana Workshop Initiative

for support of Theatre, Inc. (Phoenix Theatre), New York

Theatre Inc.

to support the construction of the Black Schoolhouse building and to continue support for organizational capacity and community-focused artist programs

The Black Schoolhouse

to support a Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration and Refugee Movements

Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration and Refugee Movements

to support a professional training and development hub for Black theatre artists and technicians and to produce six plays by Indiana Black playwrights

District Theatre Project

to support a workshop to explore the development of new standards for library performance measures and statistics

Performance Standards Workshop

National Theatre Program

to support the National Partnership Project

NAATCO National Partnership Project

to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program

National Playwright Residency Program

to continue support of playwright Betty Shamieh's residency for an additional three years through the National Playwright Residency Program

for support of a study on "The Status of Black Americans"

Black Americans - Study

toward support of an international workshop on world climate issues to be conducted by the Climate Research Board of the Academy's Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Climate Research Board - World Climate Workshop

to support the National Residency Program

Special National Residency

History Workshop

toward costs of a study on the status of black Americans

Status of Black Americans

to support change capital, as part of the Foundation's Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative

Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative

to support artistic fees and new productions

National Residency Program Bridge Support

to support the History Workshop to undertake research and a graduate development program

to support a three-year residency with playwright Melinda Lopez through the National Playwright Residency Program

to support a three-year residency with playwright Lauren Gunderson through the National Playwright Residency Program

to support a three-year residency with playwright Vera Starbard Bedard through the National Playwright Residency Program

to continue support of playwright J. Nicole Brooks' three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program

to continue support for a multiyear residency with playwright Lauren Gunderson, as part of the National Playwright Residency Program

to continue support for a multiyear residency with playwright Vera Starbard, as part of the National Playwright Residency Program

to support increased administrative staff capacity for the National Civil War Project

National Civil War Project

to continue support for capacity building and programming

The Institute of Black Imagination

to support a three-year residency with playwright Madeleine George through the National Playwright Residency Program

to continue support for a multiyear residency with playwright Madeleine George, as part of the National Playwright Residency Program

to support a three-year residency with playwright Aditi Kapil through the National Playwright Residency Program

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Borderlands Cultures

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

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Public Places‚ Public Stories

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Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 