October 28, 2025
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A Three-Year Story-Collecting Project Aims to Answer the Question: “Who is Wyoming?”
A grant from the Mellon Foundation is supporting the Department of English at the University of Wyoming for their Restorying the West project, gathering stories from throughout Wyoming.
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New National Study Offers Fresh Insight into the Lives and Livelihoods of US Artists
Mellon Foundation releases the National Survey of Artists that sheds new light on the lives, work, and economic realities of artists across the United States.
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Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Arts Fund Announce the 2025 Letras Boricuas Fellows
The Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund announce the 2025 of Letras Boricuas Fellows, comprising 24 Puerto Rican writers.
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Mellon Awards $6.5M to Institutions Advancing Jazz Scholarship and Storytelling
The Mellon Foundation announces over $6.5 million in grants dedicated to expanding jazz scholarship and strengthening its cultural infrastructure as part of the Foundation's $35M jazz initiative.
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Bishop Arts Theatre Center Receives $500,000 Mellon Foundation Grant for Capacity Building
A grant from the Mellon Foundation to Dallas' Bishop Arts Theatre Center will support the nonprofit theater's long-term sustainability, helping the organization prepare for the next phase of growth.
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