Past Grants Awarded

A project that will bring together a small group of emerging choreographers to work together with the public at the Summer Stage Dance facilities. The project will provide a mentoring group for emerging artists and give them time, rehearsal space, dancers, and opportunities for discussion and feedback.

A one year research and outreach project that will identify the impacts of women on the life of the city. The project will also encompass the development of art work that will celebrate women.

A two-year scholarly and artistic exploration of the expected mid-century demographic 'millennium shift'. Request for funding is for the first year of the project to support the scholars', artists', and facilitators' fees and expenses.

A project that is geared on engaging Franklin county residents in an examination of the impacts of changing transportation technologies.

Support for part of the producer's fees for twenty professional actors for the major speaking roles (and seven minor ones) for a production of "Angels' and Infidels", the historic dramatization of the first National Women's Rights Convention in 1850.

A pre-production that includes research and script development for a one-hour film about Earl Tupper, Brownie Wise, and the creation of tupperware.

A presentation for a general audience which will generate critical thinking about the current trend in our culture and the media: the idealization of the emaciates and the very young body as standards of beauty.

Preproduction for a one-hour documentary film on Springfield's Theodor Seuss Geisel.

The script development stage of a one-hour documentary about the efforts of residents of North Adams to use art as an instrument of economic recovery.

An exhibition of handpainted Cambodian shop signs. These signs advertise a range of everyday activities and provides a window into the culture of Cambodians and Cambodian-Americans.

A 60-Minute documentary film targeted for public television and is an in-depth examination of the administration of our capital justice system.

A four-month exhibit on Concord clockmaking, a day-long research symposium, and family programming related exhibit.

The distribution of a three-part series that explores the work of current teachers through the lens of history, to show how the profession developed, where it stands today and what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. The film will be broadcast on PBS and distributed widely to schools, colleges and universities.

The completion of a treatment and production of a promotional video tape for a major national public television series and multimedia educational initiative about the social history of America over the last century as seen through the evolution of basketball as a major sport, entertainment, and industry.

A book series that will take place on Thursday evenings every other week for a total of 4 sessions in order to provide quality literature for the library's users. Organization is asking for funds in order to pay the scholar's fee.

The preliminary stage (planning and consulting) for a long-term exhibit that explores how and why the town of Williamstown came to be what it is, the forces and groups that shapes it, the ways in which it has reflected national developments, and the ways in which the town is unique.

An exhibit that explores the history of Malvern Avenue in Somerville through oral history accounts and various city agencies doing research. The exhibit will also include the process used in order to obtain information about the former residents of Malvern Avenue. Exhibit related programs will include one historical musical performance, five accompanying lectures given by scholars, historians and community activists, which will act as an expansion on the process and also address related historical topics, diversity and understanding, and community building in Somerville.

Collaboration between an academic research institution, a community art organization, a public high school and two video artists. The collaboration is about "breaking walls" that exist between the academic world/public schools and between schools/ community to share resources and expertise.

A panel discussion that will explore issues and aesthetics surrounding multimedia computer gaming, focusing on multi-user domain games.

Develop a Speakers' Bureau that will allow filmmakers to engage in an intense dialogue with small audiences from a wide range of communities throughout the greater Boston area.

An additional program in the series "Making Music in Massachusetts" which focuses on Caribbean musical traditions. Event is to be recorded for broadcasting purposes.

The creation, piloting and early dissemination of curriculum that features the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association's primary document and artifact collection.

An expansion and enhancement of an already existing writing program, by adding a stronger literary component and giving the workshop members an opportunity to share their works in public settings.

A series of three different events presented by scholar, Dr. James Loewen. The largest of the events will be a public presentation that will held at the American Textile Museum and informal discussions at various sites. The general aim of each event was to discussion the gross misrepresentations that are perpetuated in American history textbooks and historic sites.

A series of nine lectures and discussions for the general public. Each program will focus on a different subject, chosen to reflect current scholarship and new discoveries in the areas of social, religious, literary, racial, philosophical, gender-oriented, architectural, politics, musical, artistic, and technological history. Each talk will be followed by an informal audience discussion on a related topic.

An exploration of the works of Carrie Smith Lorraine who was a photographer and central figure in history of Sheffield during the town transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. This series hopes to explore her techiniques in visual representation of a bygone era.

A discussion group whose focus will be on the mystery theme set in historic times. There will be five different book discussions that will be educational and informative but not too heavy for the less serious reader.

A continuation of a series that was entitled, "The Journey Inward: Women's Biography" but with more diversity (includes men and women). It will explore the theme of self and writing about the self.

Preparations and performance of a historical script for a dramatic presentation. It will directly support an educational program to introduce and develop an appreciation and understanding about the first half of the 19th century.

To fund a playwriting festival that will feature two scholars who will present workshops and script readings.

An exploration of the historic and artistic use of indigo-dyed fabrics in quilts.

A modern, musical version of Nathaniel Hawthorne's book the "The Scarlet Letter" in honor of its 150th anniversary since publication.

A field research project in Cambodia related to the planning of a groundbreaking exhibition of the handpainted Cambodian shop signs.

A library discussion series that encompasses themes that have been previously discussed, community headlines, and issues.

A one-hour documentary film about a film maker's trip to China to meet her mother's family and learn about the role in China's convulsive political movements.

A project that will focus on Shutesbury's history from 1900-2000 by conducting a community forum, the publishing of a book and an organized community celebration.

An exhibition and event that celebrates the publication of the anthology "Standing before Us: Unitarian Universalist Women and Social Reform, 1776-1936".

An oral history project, museum exhibit, and companion publication documenting the lives of Falmouth residents in the 20th century.

A year-long exhibit of Shaker folk art, the production of a catalogue, and related programming. Exhibit features the Shakers' religious art, the "gift drawings" in particular.

A conference bringing together approximately 20 of America's outstanding nature writers to examine with each other the nature and role of the imaginative and spiritual impulses that prompt their writing.