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Prison DogsCenter For Independent Documentarymore
Preproduction work on "Prison Dogs", a documentary featuring a program to train service dogs for veterans.
Walpole, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Katherine Robinson
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $10,000
Discovering the Treasures of Spectacle IslandSave the Harbor/Save the Baymore
Archaeological day trips to Spectacle Island for urban youth from communities surrounding the Boston Harbor
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Bruce Berman
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $5,000
4th Annual AIA-MOS Archaeology FairArchaeological Institute of Americamore
Annual AIA-MOS Archaeology Fair at the Museum of Science, featuring ancient technologies.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Ben S. Thomas
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $5,000
The Scourge of New England: An Oral History of the Norfolk Prison Debate TeamNorfolk Historical Commissionmore
Support to collect, transcribe, archive, and present oral histories of former Norfolk Prison debaters from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Norfolk, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Natasha Haverty
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $10,000
African Americans in Rural New EnglandPocumtuck Valley Memorial Associationmore
Creation of a podcast, tour map, and online resources for African American sites in Old Deerfield.
Deerfield, MA, Franklin County (CT Valley)
project director: Timothy Neumann
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $10,000
Remembering GalileoFitchburg State Universitymore
Support for the public series, Remembering Galileo, including keynote speaker Dava Sobel.
Fitchburg, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Mary C. Durling
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $5,000
Mapping Leather: A Look at Peabody's Industrial PastCity of Peabodymore
Creation of a Google Earth map of the leather industry in Peabody from 1939 through the 1990s, when the industry folded.
Peabody, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Merritt Kirkpatrick
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $3,495
Boston Book FestivalBoston Book Festival, Inc.more
The hosting of authors at the festival on October 16 in Boston.
Cambridge, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Emily D'Amour Pardo
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $5,000
The Popular Romance ProjectFilmmakers Collaborativemore
A documentary about romance fiction and its authors.
Melrose, MA, Middlesex County (Northeast)
project director: Laurie Kahn
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $10,000
Voices from the PortCommunity Economic Development Centermore
Ten audio segments based on interviews with a variety of workers in fishing and related industries.
New Bedford, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Laura Orleans
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $9,070
A Sailor's LifeUSS Constitution Museummore
A book about sailors in the U.S. Navy to accompany the exhibit, All Hands on Deck: A Sailor's Life in 1812.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Sarah Watkins
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $5,000
There's a Meeting Here Tonight!Revels Incmore
A production about the Hutchinson Family Singers, who shared stages with leaders of the abolitionist, women's suffrage, and temperance movements.
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Kay Dunlap
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $5,000
Table for 10: The Art, History and Science of FoodFive Colleges, Incmore
A series of exhibitions and lectures about food in Pioneer Valley museums.
Amherst, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Kevin Kennedy
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $10,000
Thoreau Country: Mapping Henry David Thoreau's Travels in MassachusettsThoreau Societymore
Support for research and the creation of entries for an interactive online map of Thoreau's travels through Massachusetts.
Concord, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Susan E. Gallagher
awarded on: 2010-06-11
amount: $3,500
Beyond the GraveVine Lake Preservation Trustmore
Cataloging of gravestone inscriptions, conditions, and artwork in the four acre "Old Section" of Vine Lake Cemetery, dating back to 1651.
Medfield, MA, Norfolk County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Robert T. Gregg
awarded on: 2010-05-20
amount: $1,500
Holbrook Photograph CollectionHolbrook Historical Societymore
Inventory of 2,500 photographs of Holbrook from the 19th through the late 20th centuries.
Holbrook, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Edna Bowers
awarded on: 2010-05-20
amount: $1,470
Metz Automobiles MaterialsWaltham Museummore
Inventory and createion of a finding aid for the Charles H. Metz and Waltham Manufacturing Company collection.
Waltham, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Marie Wasnock
awarded on: 2010-05-20
amount: $1,500
Fields Corner Collaborative ToursDorchester Historical Societymore
Training program, walking tour and guidebook to strengthen youth leadership skills.
Dorchester, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Jeff Gonyeau
awarded on: 2010-04-22
amount: $2,586
CoexistCenter For Independent Documentarymore
Editing of a classroom length version of "Coexist", a documentary about post-genocide reconciliation programs in Rwanda.
Walpole, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Adam Mazo
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $10,000
New Perspectives on the History of Redware in Peabody MAPeabody Historical Societymore
Research on and interpretation of the Society's collection of redware pottery for an exhibit in 2011.
Peabody, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Heather Leavell
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $2,809
The Relics of RebellionWorcester Historical Museummore
Research and interpretation of the Society's collection of military objects from the Civil War for a 150th anniversary exhibit.
Worcester, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Holly Izard
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $3,000
"In the Course of Their Cultivation"Gore Placemore
Transcription of farm journals, contextualize Gore Place farming of the Federal era, and integrate the information into a new farm plan.
Waltham, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Tamar Agulian
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $3,000
Mohicans in Western MassachusettsTrustees of Reservationsmore
Research into Mohican cultural resources in preparation for reinterpreting the Mission House and Monument Mountain in Stockbridge.
Beverly, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Will Garrison
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $2,962
We Shall Not Be MovedCity Life / Vida Urbanamore
Creation of We Shall Not Be Moved, an exhibit about the Bank Tenant Association.
Jamaica Plain, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Kelly Creedon
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $10,000
The Timon ProjectActors' Shakespeare Projectmore
Performances and scholar-led discussions of Timon of Athens for inner city youth and South Boston communities.
Somerville, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Lori Taylor
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $5,000
Pilgrim Father/ Illegal SonChinese Progressive Associationmore
An exhibit juxtaposing the lives of pilgrim William Bradford (1590 - 1657), and an anonymous, undocumented Chinese immigrant now living near Boston.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Wen-ti Tsen
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $5,000
Truro Archaeology, A Hands-On ExhibitTruro Historical Societymore
Installation of a permanent, hands-on exhibit based on the historical society's collection of Native American artifacts.
Truro, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Deborah Minsky
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $5,000
Foreign Language Audio Tours for the House of the Seven GablesHouse of the Seven Gablesmore
Creation of audio versions of the standard House tour in French, German, and Japanese.
Salem, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Amy Waywell
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $4,750
Azorean Maritime Heritage ExhibitionNew Bedford Whaling Museummore
Creation of a multi-media exhibit around archival whaling footage, for the Azorean Maritime Heritage exhibition opening this fall.
New Bedford, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Greg Galer
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $5,000
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to EmancipationPollard Memorial Librarymore
Programming to accompany Forever Free, a traveling exhibit of reproductions of rare documents about Abraham Lincoln and abolition.
Lowell, MA, Middlesex County (Northeast)
project director: Susan Fougstedt
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $1,658
Henry David Thoreau Birthplace: Exhibit Implementation ProjectThoreau Farm Trustmore
Installation of the core exhibit for the Henry David Thoreau Birthplace, newly preserved and renovated as a "green" building.
Concord, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Nancy Grohol
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $4,600
The Judicial ReviewSomerville Community Access TVmore
Development of The Judicial Review, the arts criticism section of TheArtsFuse.com, a Web site for Massachusetts residents.
Somerville, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: William L. Marx
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $5,000
Margaret Fuller Bicentennial ProjectMargaret Fuller Bicentennial Committeemore
Programming to mark the bicentennial of the birth of Margaret Fuller, one of America's foremost nineteenth-century woman intellectuals.
Medford, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Dorothy M. Emerson
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $10,000
Marblehead-Grasse Sister City History and Arts ProjectTown of Marbleheadmore
Town-wide French and American programming on May 20 and 21, including exhibits, lectures, and performances.
Marblehead, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Myriam Zuber
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $2,270
"Taking Flight" Exhibit PreparationNew Bedford Free Public Librarymore
Conservation and preparation of folio engravings from Audubon's The Birds of America for an exhibit opening this summer.
New Bedford, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Janice Hodson
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $5,000
More Than a NumberAmerican Textile History Museummore
Programming to accompany an exhibit of images of victims and survivors of the Cambodian genocide.
Lowell, MA, Middlesex County (Northeast)
project director: Sayon Soeun
awarded on: 2010-03-12
amount: $5,000
Jazz Reading Group at Dudley LibraryRoxbury Action Programmore
Reading group examining literature about jazz and the social and cultural issues around it.
Roxbury, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: John Kordalewski
awarded on: 2009-12-28
amount: $1,000
TRUTH: A New Opera on the Life of Sojourner TruthOld Deerfield Productions, Inc.more
Support for writing of the libretto for a new opera entitled TRUTH, on the life of Sojourner Truth.
Deerfield, MA, Franklin County (CT Valley)
project director: Linda McInerney
awarded on: 2009-12-11
amount: $10,000
The Harriet Jacobs ProjectUnderground Railway Theatermore
Support for educational materials and auxiliary programming to contextualize "Harriet Jacobs", a play based on the autobiographical narrative of a former slave who settled in Cambridge.
Cambridge, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Debra Wise
awarded on: 2009-12-11
amount: $10,000
The Places Poems MakeWorcester County Poetry Associationmore
Support for a workshop for Worcester high school teachers exploring connections between poetry and local history.
Worcester, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Mark Wagner
awarded on: 2009-12-11
amount: $4,750