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Oregon Humanities Grants support public programs designed to explore the humanities in participatory and dynamic ways. We encourage applications from a broad range of nonprofit organizations in Oregon, including those that may not define their work as being based in the humanities. We especially welcome inquiries for projects that will attract diverse audiences, engage minds, and stimulate meaningful community dialogue.
Announcing 2011 Grant Guidelines
We are pleased to announce the 2011 guidelines for Public Program Grants and Responsive Program Grants.
Oregon Humanities connects Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform communities, and we believe healthy communities are those where citizens think, learn, and talk together about important ideas. Our Grants support events that are open to the general public and that help to create informed, engaged communities around the state.
Public Program Grants between $1,000 and $10,000 are awarded once per year to support humanities-based public programs across the state. Responsive Program Grants up to $1,000 are awarded on a rolling basis to support humanities-based public programs developed in response to pressing, current issues or events.
Please visit the Grants program page to download the guidelines. If you have questions or would like to discuss a proposal idea, please contact Director of Programs Jennifer Allen at (503) 241-0543 or (800) 735-0543, ext. 118, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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2011 Grant Guidelines Available
Oregon Humanities is pleased to announce the guidelines for 2011 Public Program Grants and Responsive Program Grants.
Public Program Grants
Once a year, Oregon Humanities awards Public Program Grants between $1,000 and $10,000 to nonprofit organizations in Oregon to support programs that are timely, relevant, accessible, and interactive. Oregon Humanities welcomes proposals for programs that use the humanities in the public sphere to meet our core mission of connecting Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform communities. We are particularly interested in programs that bring together diverse groups of Oregonians and reflect collaboration between organizations within a community. Programs must begin after April 1, 2011. Letters of interest must be postmarked by October 30, 2010.
Responsive Program Grants
Oregon Humanities awards Responsive Program Grants up to $1,000 on a rolling basis to nonprofit organizations in Oregon. Responsive Program Grants fund programs that are not part of an organization’s regular programming. Instead, these grants support programs created in response to pressing, current issues or events that the applicant is uniquely qualified to help the public explore. 2011 Responsive Program Grant activities must begin after November 1, 2010.
Please download and review Oregon Humanities Grants Guidelines (below) for more information. These documents also include applications. If you have Adobe Reader installed on your computer, you may fill out and submit them electronically via e-mail.
If you have questions, please contact Director of Programs Jennifer Allen at (503) 241-0543 or (800) 735-0543, ext. 118, or by e-mail.
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Public Program Grants
Modern Voices Reading and Discussion Group
Friends of the Albany Public Library, Albany
$3,900
The Friends of the Albany Public Library will host the “Modern Voices Reading and Discussion Group,” featuring books that deal with globalism, world cultures, and place and community. Led by subject-area experts, Modern Voices will meet monthly to read and discuss fiction and non-fiction.
A Novel Idea . . . Read Together
Deschutes Public Library, Bend
$4,000
The Deschutes Public Library will host “A Novel Idea . . . Read Together,” a three-week community reading project that celebrates a selected novel through music, art, food, lectures, readings, and discussions. More than twenty-five programs will be offered free of charge and open for all ages, including author presentations, discussions, and signings.
Crater Lake Reflections Lecture Series
Crater Lake National Park Trust, Crater Lake
$2,500
The Crater Lake National Park Trust will host the “Crater Lake Reflections Lecture Series,” four public lecture/discussions in Bend, Eugene, Ashland, and Portland that explore the current and historical relationship between Crater Lake and the people who live there, as well as the impacts of modern climate change. Topics will include Native Americans’ historical relationship to Mt. Mazama and Crater Lake.
2010 Summer Fishtrap Workshops and Gathering
Fishtrap, Enterprise
$5,000
The “Summer Fishtrap Workshops and Gathering on Matter and Spirit” will include intensive discussions about the theme, readings by nationally published writers, fresh writing on the topic, and a public invitation for open mic readings.
University of Oregon, Eugene
$2,070
The University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center will direct and facilitate a day-long community conversation on immigrant relations in Lane County, “Integrating Immigrants: A Community Conversation,” on November 19, 2010. The discussion will include scholars, members of the public, and representatives from a broad base of immigrant community stakeholders.
Libraries of Eastern Oregon, Fossil
$3,395
The Libraries of Eastern Oregon will host the “Querencia Community Discussions,” through which noted scholars will facilitate community discussions at ten rural libraries focused on the themes of querencia (the place from which we speak our deepest beliefs). Students, seniors, and area leaders will be invited to share their thoughts and encourage multi-generational dialogue.
Three Migrations exhibit tour catalogue and online exhibit
Shaw Historical Library (Oregon Institute of Technology), Klamath Falls
$2,500
The Shaw Historical Library at the Oregon Institute of Technology will hold the “Three Migrations” exhibit, which will encourage viewers to consider their place in the migrations to Oregon. This grant will fund the exhibit tour catalogue and online exhibit.
Dialogues with Don Quijote: A Method to his Madness?
Miracle Theatre Group, Portland
$3,000
Miracle Theatre Group will hold the “Dialogues with Don Quijote: A Method to his Madness?,” a conversation series that will accompany the play, El Quijote. The series will emphasize the timelessness and wisdom of Don Quijote in the form of three community dialogues focused on popular media, governance, and contemporary culture.
Re-Building South Portland
Bosco-Milligan Foundation, Portland
$3,322
The Bosco-Milligan Foundation’s “Re-Building South Portland” focuses on the historic neighborhood that was dramatically affected during the early 1960s Urban Renewal era. The project includes two seminars and an exhibit that draw together the memories of long-time residents, and document and commemorate that history in a companion exhibit at the Architectural Heritage Center. Themes of immigration and migration, settlement patterns and land use, the built environment, and the intersecting lives of people of multiple ethnicities will be explored. The Re-Building South Portland companion exhibit will illustrate the connections among generations of families with South Portland’s streets and buildings (standing and demolished) through maps, photographs, and salvaged artifacts.
Confluences: Water and Justice
University of Portland, Portland
$3,000
For three days in March 2010, University of Portland will host “Confluences: Water and Justice,” a symposium to educate and engage differing opinions and voices on the subject of water. The event will bring together leading experts to better understand the issues around water and justice facing the world today.
Kinderstransport Lectures and Talkbacks
Jewish Theater Collaborative, Portland
$1,500
Following the Jewish Theater Collaborative’s performances of Kinderstransport, psychologist Aart Lovenstein, MSW Samuel Giori, and African refugees Djimet Dogo and Kayse Jama will lead discussions that address refugee trauma. In conjunction with the performances, Dr. Natan Meir will present the public lecture “The Destruction of a People and Its Culture.”
Crossing or Convergence? Exploring the Columbia River Crossing
Architecture Foundation of Oregon, Portland
$5,000
Together with PDXplore, the Architecture Foundation of Oregon will present, “Crossing or Convergence? Exploring the Columbia River Crossing,” at Pacific Northwest College of Art. The forum of discussions and exhibitions will draw attention to the current status of the Columbia River Crossing project and increase recognition of its scope and impact.
Public lectures and the exhibition "Ernest Bloch: Framing a Vision of the World"
Oregon Jewish Museum, Portland
$5,000
The Oregon Jewish Museum will host two public lectures and the exhibition “Ernest Bloch: Framing a Vision of the World.”
Oregon Children’s Theater, Portland
$5,000
The Oregon Children’s Theater presents the “Children and Media Project,” which will engage the community in presentations and discussions of issues related to the multimedia reality faced by children in our society. The project will include facilitated discussions following a special performance and documentary screening, and a discussion of pop culture icons in association with the world premiere of Small Steps.
MediaThink, Portland
$2,000
Presented by MediaThink, “The Media Mindful Family” is a self-guided discussion program that will build media literacy awareness and skills, with an emphasis on supporting families.
Bitch Media, Portland
$4,265
Bitch Media presents “Mad World: Gender, Advertising and Identity in a Mediated World,” which will generate discussion about how advertising informs our identities and ideas about gender. The series will provide opportunities for dialogue and education through interactive presentations, community forums, interactive blogs, podcasts, reading groups, and articles in Bitch magazine.
Bipartisanship and Intolerance in Oregon Politics
Mission Mill Museum, Salem
$1,370
Mission Mill Museum will host guest speakers and a public forum on the 2010 candidates for Oregon’s governor. These events are part of the third Sesquicentennial Speakers’ Series in winter/spring 2010: “Bipartisanship and Intolerance in Oregon Politics.”
Responsive Program Grants
African-American History Exhibit Planning Project
Central City Concern, Portland
$1,000
Central City Concern is a 30-year-old social service not-for-profit organization that owns and operates the Golden West apartments, an early architectural landmark of African-American history in Portland. Partners in this exhibit project include the City of Portland Vision Into Action Grants Program and the Oregon Historical Society. OCH funds will pay for two humanities scholars, Cathy Galbraith of the Bosco-Milligan Foundation, and historian Dr. Jacqueline Peterson, founder of the Old Town History Project.
Family Empowerment and Support Program
Pedagogy Institute, Portland
$1,000
The Pedagogy Institute is a nonprofit organization committed to creating dialogue, particularly in the South Asian community, about the challenges that limit a family’s livelihood, such as domestic violence, lack of job opportunities, and lack of cultural integration. In light of recent tragic events in Oregon, the Pedagogy Institute will host a three-part film and discussion series about domestic violence, isolation of immigrant Indian families, and economic hardships and solutions.
Urban Renewal Area Public Participation Meeting Series
Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, Portland
$1,000
The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods will conduct a series of public meetings to gather community feedback for upcoming decisions by the Portland Development Commission regarding Urban Renewal Area boundaries and investment priorities in inner North and Northeast Portland. Events include a panel discussion about the historical impacts of URAs in these neighborhoods, as well as presentations and discussion sessions.
Hood River Wind Forum
Hood River Valley Residents Committee, Hood River
$1,000
This project, created by the Hood River Residents Committee and co-sponsored by the Columbia Gorge Earth Center, is a response to the proposed significant wind power development in and adjacent to the Hood River Valley. This public forum will educate citizens about wind power via a panel discussion on possible visual, economic, and ecologic impacts.
The Mending Wall: Immigration and Human Rights in Perspective
World Affairs Council, Portland
$1,000
Cosponsored with the City of Portland and City Club of Portland, The Mending Wall brings together writers and scholars for a panel discussion about Arizona’s recent immigration law, SB 1070, Portland City Council’s resolution condemning the law, and international human rights issues. Panelists include Daniel Tichenor, Cas Mudde, Elizabeth Hovde, and Juliet Stumpf.
