Humanities Nebraska Awards 21 Grants Totaling Over $100,000

Recently, the board of directors of Humanities Nebraska awarded major grants (above $2,000) and mini grants ($2,000 or less) to fund public humanities programming in the following Nebraska communities.

Aurora

Plainsman Museum — $10,000 to help develop and create their own localized exhibit, called “Community Works”, which focuses on the where, how, who and why of work in Hamilton County.

Bancroft

John G. Neihardt Foundation — $2,405 to help fund their 2020 spring conference at the Neihardt State Historic Site in Bancroft.

Beatrice

Friends of the Homestead — $1,700 to help fund a fiddle festival on May 23, 2020, at the Education Center of Homestead National Monument.

Kearney

Kearney Area Community Foundation — $7,515 to help fund their annual storytelling festival at multiple locations in Kearney.

Lincoln

History Nebraska — $2,800 to help support a screening and discussion of a few short films from the “UNLADYLIKE 2020” series, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
Lincoln Orchestra Association — $1,750 to help fund seven pre-concert chats held prior to Lincoln Symphony Orchestra concerts.
Lux Center for the Arts — $1,800 to help fund the Lincoln Day of the Dead Celebration, held at the Nebraska History Museum and Bennett Martin Public Library on November 3.
Lydia Foundation for Social Engagement — $2,000 to fund a moderated discussion program at the UNL Nebraska Union auditorium. The first in this “Good Talks for the Good Life” series was held in October.
NET Foundation for Television — $10,000 to fund a series of civics interstitials to play between regular programming.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute — $5,800 to help support a symposium commemorating the 19th Amendment’s centennial; $1,875 to help support three film discussions in October and November 2019 and April 2020. The spring event will be held in conjunction with the Vision Maker Film Festival.
Rabble Mill — $1,700 to help support a forum convening journalists, editors, and thought leaders from across the nation to discuss reporting from the middle of the country.
Unitarian Church — $2,857 to help support their annual lecture series. Held on Sunday evenings from February 9-March 15, 2020, the series topic is “The U.S. & Latin America: Problems and Prospects.”
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Board of Regents — $9,698 to help fund production of a short film on the repatriation of native lands called “Return of the Pawnees;” $7,750 to help support a conference in April 2020, which is to be titled “Climate Change and Culture in the Great Plains.”
Vision Maker Media — $2,000 to help support the 2020 Vision Maker Film Festival, scheduled for April 22-30, 2020 at various locations in Lincoln.

Omaha

African Culture Connection — $9,850 to help expand its in-school & after-school residency programs for the 2019-2020 school year.
El Museo Latino — $6,675 to fund a series of gallery talks and a film discussion. Three occurred this fall, with the remaining scheduled for Spring 2020.
Heartland United for Puerto Rico — $2,000 for creation of a multi-media exhibition to open in September 2020.
Nebraska Writers Collective — $8,960 to support a visiting artists series, bringing four nationally acclaimed performance poets to mentor students involved in the ninth annual Louder Than a Bomb: Great Plains Youth Poetry Festival.
University of Nebraska at Omaha Board of Regents — $2,900 to fund various events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.