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GRANT MAKING TYPES OF GRANTS PREVIOUS AWARDS GUIDELINES & APPLICATIONS GRANTEE FORMS WORKSHOPS Previous AwardsGrants Awarded:2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 Georgia Humanities Council Grants Awarded in 2005Augusta, Friends of the Augusta LibraryMystery, Comedy and Original Sin: Michael Malone Speaks on his Writings2004-059G $1,500.00 Michael Malone will speak at the 2005 Annual meeting for the Friends of the Augusta Library. Mr. Malone will discuss his work and with this program the library will promote the importance of adult reading. Athens, Athens-Clarke County LibraryFrankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature2004-060G $2,000.00 The Athens-Clarke County Library will present a series of programs in conjunction with the exhibit "Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature", a traveling exhibit from the American Library Association. The exhibit explores Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, and views about personal and societal responsibility as it relates to science and other areas of life. The programming will take place over a six week period and will include four lectures, two films, and a book discussion group. Augusta, Augusta Museum of HistoryA Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie - Lecture Series2004-061G $2,000.00 The Augusta Museum of History, in partnership with the Lucy C. Laney Museum of Black History, will present a lecture series and forum in conjunction with the exhibit, "A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie". The three part lecture series will look at the history of 18th and 19th century slave trade, the Henrietta Marie, and provide a forum for discussing and understanding historical issues that shape today's society. Kennesaw, Kennesaw State University2nd Annual Symposium on Jewish Life in the South2004-062W $5,750.00 This two-day conference is the 2nd in a series of annual conferences focused on Jewish Life in the South. This year's theme is Business Leadership and Philanthropy and will focus on Jewish support for the Civil Rights Movement and the role of Jewish businessmen in the development of the modern South, economically and culturally. Albany, Thronateeska Heritage CenterEvening Lecture Series2004-063W $6,995.00 The Thronateeska Heritage Center will present a 5 part lecture series to promote public awareness and appreciation of history. The lectures will cover the following topics: Native American history, Civil War, women's legal history, American anti-Semitism, and the work of John James Audubon. Statesboro, Georgia Southern University Research and Service FoundationTimeShop: Wartime England2004-064G $3,520.00 Georgia Southern University Department of History will present "TimeShop: Wartime England", a one-day living history workshop for students aged 8-12. The workshop transports visitors back to England in September 1940 by visiting each TimeShop room. The children begin with a multimedia presentation that will set the tone for the rest of the day (evacuated students in Letchworth on September 30 1940) and proceed to "travel" through different rooms of the period. Each room is a living exhibit of different aspects of life from wartime England - home, shopping, school, play, Parish, and cinema. Macon, Friends of the Douglass Theater Complex, Inc.The History at the Douglass Series: The Culture of Race Consciousness in the Early Twentieth Century2004-065W $8,000.00 The Charles H. Douglass Theater will present a series of films and lectures that will explore African American life and culture in 20th century America through social, art, economic, and political movements. The program will include six lectures and twelve films that will focus on individuals such as W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Mary McLeod Bethune, to name a few, and cover topics such as labor, Agriculture, segregation and culture. Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County Public LibraryCelebrating Black History Month at the Library2004-066G $9,954.00 The Gwinnett County Public Library will present a series of 14 programs exploring African culture through dress, storytelling, music, demonstrations, and audience participation. Veronica Byrd and Bert Tanner will present a story telling program that focuses on African culture and history, Adebisi Adeleke will present "Talking Drums" to show the importance of rhythm and music in the African culture, and Joyce & Jacque's program "The Freedom Train" will teach how history can help children shape their own lives. Cordele, Cordele-Crisp Carnegie LibraryJapanese Culture: Images and Reflections2004-067G $4,000.00 Friends of the Cordele-Crisp Carnegie Library will present "Japanese Culture: Images and Reflections", a series of 12 lectures and 3 exhibits that explore how Japanese literature and art influenced Japanese society as well as European and American artists. Dr. Dorothy Joiner, Cameron Covert, Dr. Cecilia Jan, and Mihoko Tsutsumi will participate in programs at Cordele-Crisp Carnegie Library and Southwest Georgia Regional Library Atlanta, Morehouse CollegeKamau Brathwaite: A Symposium, Shadda, and Lecture Series2004-068G $3,500.00 The English Department at Morehouse College will present a series of programs with Caribbean writer Kamau Brathwaite. A symposium featuring Caribbean and world literature scholars, a shadda featuring Brathwaite's poetry and writings, and an interview and book signing will take place during his three-day visit. Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountain Arts AssociationMemories of Fannin County and Its Neighbors2004-069W $8,000.00 The Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association will conduct an oral history project titled "Memories of Fannin County and Its Neighbors" which will look at the area's changes during the 20th century as part of Fannin's sesquicentennial celebration. Dacula, City of DaculaDacula Centennial Oral History Collection Project and Mobile Exhibit2004-070W $5,000.00 As part of the celebration of Dacula's Centennial, the city will conduct an oral history project, "A Treasure in Time, on Track for Tomorrow" that looks at how the city's past has affected its future in the areas of transportation, education, social issues and leisure. The stories and information gained will be formed into a traveling exhibit that will be used at several events during the centennial and then permanently housed in City Hall. Valdosta, Valdosta Asian Cultural Association, Inc.2nd Annual Asian Cultural Experience2004-071G $7,000.00 The 2nd Annual Asian Experience and the 6th Annual Cultural Reflection: A Journey to China is a two day program hosted by the Valdosta Asian Cultural Association that exposes middle school students as well as the general public to Asian history, culture and art. These programs are hands on and feature guided tours through exhibits for each of the six focus countries as well as interpreted presentations that showcase historical figures, cultural dress, dance and wedding ceremonies. Columbus, Historic Columbus FoundationYoung Historians2004-072W $3,000.00 Historic Columbus will expand their "young Historians" program to two additional schools. They request funds to do this as well as sustain the existing two programs that are already in place. Students, with the help of the community, get hands on experience with the historical marker program, oral history projects, and other local history projects during the school year. Participating students also gain a sense of citizenship and civic virtue. Atlanta, Atlanta Preservation CenterPhoenix Flies 2005 - A Citywide Celebration of Living Landmarks2004-073G $2,000.00 The Atlanta Preservation Center leads a partnership of Atlanta area cultural and historical organizations that come together once a year to present "Phoenix Flies", a programming series that highlights Atlanta's past and present. Each partner produces at least one program during the series which is promoted through a brochure and radio advertising. The brochure contains a description of each organization's mission, a programming calendar, and directions. By coming together, each partner can share their common purpose of raising public awareness of Atlanta's culture and history. Atlanta, Spelman CollegeConversations with Black Arts Movement Poets2004-074G $8,000.00 The English Department at Spelman College will present "Conversations with Black Arts Movement Poets", a series of programs featuring Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, and Haki Madhubuti. These programs will explore the poetry of the Black Arts Movement and its influence on American literature and the emerging generation of African American poets. Atlanta, Georgia Tech Research Corporation- Georgia Institute of TechnologyThe Legacy of Ivan Allen Jr. Traveling Exhibit2004-075W $5,000.00 The Ivan Allen College at Georgia Tech will produce a traveling exhibit that chronicles the life and achievements of Ivan Allen Jr. The exhibit will examine this former Atlanta mayor's life and achievements as well as address social, political, and economic climate during his time in office. Other programs associated with the exhibit are a lecture by Dr. Ron Baylor and an essay contest for students. Rome, Chieftains MuseumPresentation and Modification of Native Lands: Indians and Georgia2004-076W $5,000.00 The Chieftans Museum will present a traveling exhibit, "Native Lands: Indians and Georgia" which was originally produced by the Atlanta History Center. The exhibit focuses on 500 years of Native American history in Georgia through themes such as land, culture conflict and loss and survival, and reunification. The Museum will also produce a component piece to the exhibit incorporating Major Ridge and his home. Opening events will include educational performances and demonstrations by Native American artists and craftsmen. Atlanta, Atlanta Historical SocietyIt's Everybody's War: Race and Gender in World War II America2004-077W $5,000.00 This two-day symposium in conjunction with the History Center's exhibit "V is for Victory: Georgia Remembers World War II" will present lectures and question and answer sessions that explore gender and race issues during WWII and how the war affected these issues. Themes to be covered are racism at home as it relates to African Americans serving in the military and working in war related industries, Japanese American internment, war time propaganda, and women's issues such as their role in the military and industry. Athens, University of GeorgiaCivics 101: Georgia State Government2004-078G $7,750.00 The Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia will present "Civics 101: Georgia State Government". This three-day workshop for social studies teachers will explore the three branches of government by studying six promising approaches to civic education found in the Civic Mission of Schools published by Carnegie Corporation and the Center for Information and Research Civic Learning and Engagement. Waleska, Reinhardt CollegeNative Americans of the Southeast: A Curriculum-Based Workshop and Practicum for Teachers2004-079G $5,488.00 The Funk Heritage Center at Reinhardt College will present a three day workshop titled "Native Americans of the Southeast: A Curriculum-Based Workshop and Practicum for Teachers". 30 middle and high school teachers will be provided with a practicum for using hands-on materials, "Discovery Boxes", to teach the culture and lifestyle of Southeastern Indians. Atlanta, Office of Secretary of State - Capitol Education CenterThe Georgia Citizen in an International Community2004-080G $9,958.00 The Capital Education Center will present "The Georgia Citizen in an International Community: Cultural, Economic, and Political Connections". During this three-day seminar, teachers will learn the strategies and practical application of Georgia's cultural, political and cultural ties to foreign nations to help them implement strategies on teaching world studies and international relations from Georgia's point of view. Atlanta, Georgia Council on Economic EducationGeorgia Economic History Project2004-081G $5,000.00 The Georgia Council on Economic Education will present the "Georgia Economic History Project" a teacher workshop for 8th grade teachers in Dahlonega, Waycross, Perry and Atlanta. The focus of these one-day workshops will be to encourage the study of their local communities and economic history by using hands-on case studies and other tools such as the NGE. Students will also be encouraged to enter projects in to the National History Day program at their school. Valdosta, Snake Nation PressSnake Nation Press Literary Arts Conference2004-082 $2,000.00 Snake Nation Literacy Arts Coalition will present a three day conference with a concentration on literacy in South Georgia. This three-day conference will form coalitions and strategies to address reading, writing, editing and publishing through events such as a book fair, panel discussions and workshops on improving literacy, and readings by Quincey Troupe. Thomasville, Thomasville LandmarksHeritage Education Teachers Workshop2004-083W $2,000.00 Thomasville Landmarks will present Heritage Education Teachers Workshops. This program provides area teachers with new ideas and resources to bring Thomasville's history into the classroom. Teachers will use architecture and map reading to find clues to Thomasville’s past as well as, cemeteries to study genealogy and the history of local immigration. Decatur, The DeKalb Historical SocietyDeKalb Historical SocietyPresents "The Green Book"2004-084W $1,200.00 The DeKalb History Center will present four matinee performances of the play, "The Green Book" to City of Decatur and DeKalb county students. The play is based on the Green Book which was a travel guide for African Americans used in the 1930's through the 1960's. The guide contained lists of safe and friendly hotels, homes, restaurants, gas stations and other needed businesses for African American travelers. Statesboro, Georgia State UniversityConnecting Places: University - Community Partnerships2004-085 $1,000.00 Georgia Southern University will present a one-day forum, “Connecting Places: University-Community Relations”. This forum will look into the social, political and economic realities of linking university programs and courses to community engagement projects in hopes of increasing university and community relations that will create solutions to social issues in the Bulloch County area. Presentations and lectures will discuss the over all complexities of these partnerships while workshops will facilitate specific collaborations between faculty and community organizations. Columbus, Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library SystemLecture Series "Race in History and Memory"2004-086W $1,850.00 The Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System will present a series of four lectures following the theme of "Race in History and Memory". With lecture titles such as Defining the Peace: World War II Veterans, Race and the Remaking of Southern Political Tradition; Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture; Mixed Blood Indians: Racial Construction in the Early South; and After Jim Crow: Republican Conservatism in the Modern South, the library system hopes to engage the communities diverse population through a public program that will discuss the difference between the history of race and the memory of race. Augusta, Morris Museum of ArtUnderstanding Eudora Welty: A Southern Writer and Artist2004-087W $2,000.00 The Morris Museum of Art will present the program "Understanding Eudora Welty: A Southern Writer and Artist" in conjunction with a special exhibit on Welty's photographs titled Passionate Observer: Eudora Welty among Artists of the Thirties. This program will bring in two speakers, Dr. Michael Kreyling and Patti Carr Black who will discuss the influence of photography on Welty's writing and the in fluence of her writing on her selection of photographic subjects. Gainesville, Hall County Library SystemHall Reads Together2004-088W $2,000.00 The Hall County Library System will present Hall Reads Together, a community-wide literary event which features Philip Lee Williams, author of A Distant Flame. Working with a theme of "one community, one book, one author", the community is encouraged to read Williams' book, novella or short story. Readers will be encouraged to attend a number of planned discussions and lectures that will explore the literary merit of Williams as well historical topics (Civil War and WWII). Valdosta, South Georgia Regional LibraryAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman: A Book Discussion Series2004-089 $1,000.00 The South Georgia Regional Library will present a book discussion series titled "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman". Six discussions will be held and will discuss the changing role of women in mystery novels and how they relate to women's roles in south Georgia. St. Simons Island, Coastal Georgia Historical SocietyA Georgia Tapestry2004-090W $1,743.40 The Coastal Georgia Historical Society will present a five part lecture series titled "A Georgia Tapestry". Lecture topics include Georgia: A State History, Georgia Humorists, From Today to the Past: Understanding Georgia through Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes, Sothern Gospel Music, and The State of Visual Arts. Coastal Heritage Society, SavannahRevolutionary Perspectives: A Look at the War for Independence in Savannah
2004-091W $2,718.00 The Coastal Heritage Society will present their 2nd annual Revolutionary Perspectives lecture series titled “A Look at the War for Independence in Savannah”. Corresponding with the dedication of the Society’s Battlefield Park, the lecture series will explore the following topics: Creek Indians in Revolutionary War Georgia, British and Loyalist Participation, American Participation, and Polish Participation.
Atlanta, Georgia Department of Natural Resources-Historic Preservation DivisionGeorgia's Historic Courthouses Traveling Exhibit
2004-092G $9,000.00 The Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources will produce a traveling exhibit on Georgia’s historic courthouses. The exhibit will promote preservation and continued use of courthouses and will focus on architecture and the impact courthouses have on communities. After being displayed at the State Capitol and a Georgia Trust event, the exhibit will be traveled around the state.
Carrollton, State University of West GeorgiaSpinning Yarns: Telling the Stories of West Georgia's Textile Mill Industry and History
2004-093W $6,500.00 The Center for Public History will research and create humanities programming that will present the history of the textile mill industry in Carroll and surrounding counties. Funds will be used to interpret this history and present it to the public by producing articles for local newspapers, creating an exhibit and public programming for local libraries, adding a mill history section to the Center’s website, conducting oral histories, and building an archive of original documents relating to textile history.
Elberton, City of ElbertonGeorgia Literary Festival in Elberton, GA
2004-094 $3,440.00 The City of Elberton will host the 2005 Georgia Literary Festival in partnership with the Georgia Center for the Book. Programming will include lectures, book fair, children’s storytelling, reader’s theater, musical theater, and author readings. Georgia authors Terry Kay, Corra Harris, James Cobb and Jeff Fields will all participate to celebrate Georgia’s rich and diverse literary heritage.
Atlanta, William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum2005-2006 Special Exhibitions Season at the Breman
2004-095 $8,000.00 The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum will present two spacial exhibitions in 2005-2006. The first is a photography exhibit titled "The Mikvah Project" that explores the Jewish rite of immersion in a rtual bath. The second is “Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals, 1933-1945”, a traveling exhbit from the National Holocaust Museum that explores the lesser known victims of the Nazi era . Public programs will be presented along with the exhibits that include lectures, panel discussions, film screening and discussions, and a teacher workshop.
Atlanta, Friendship Baptist ChurchFriendship Film Forums: A Community Outreach Project
2004-096 $3,500.00 The historic Friendship baptist Church will present the "Friendship Film Forums", a four part series that uses film and discussion to encourage community outreach. Topics to be covered will be leadership and education, self and success, family and health crisis, and cultural history and responsibility.
Jefferson, Crawford W. Long MuseumA Journey Through Stories: Jefferson Bicentennial Oral History Project - Phase II2004-097 $3,500.00 The Crawford W. Long Museum is conducting a community-wide oral history project for presentation during the city of Jefferson’s bicentennial celebration in 2006. Work has already begun on this project, but they request funds for the second phase including information collection and dissemination. The oral history interviews will be videotaped and made into DVDs and distributed to area libraries and cultural organizations. The museum will also create an exhibit from the information gathered.
Kennesaw, Kennesaw State UniversityThe Merging of Eastern & Western Ideas & Aesthetics in the Worldview of Overseas Chinese
2004-098G 4,000.00 Kennesaw State University will present a public lecture series in conjunction with the exhibit “The Merging of Eastern & Western Ideas & Aesthetics in the Worldview of Overseas Chinese”. Two lectures will focus on how living in a western culture has impacted the woldview of oversease Chinese in general while three lectures and two gallery talks will focus on artist Chen Zhen and his experiences while living in Paris. These programs will also be incorporated into the Year of China, a campus wide study initiative that focuses on a different country each year.
Athens, University of Georgia-Georgia Museum of ArtThe Third Biennial Henry D.Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts: Decorative Arts at Historic Sites in Georgia
2004-099W $8,200.00 The Georgia Museum of Art will present the third biennial “Henry D.Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts: Decorative Arts at Historic Sites in Georgia”. This a two-day symposium will focus on decorative arts and the importance of material culture as used in house museums and historical sites. Ten scholars will present new research on material culture and the history of Georgia through a series of lectures and discussions.
Mount Berry, Berry College2005 Southern Women Writer's Conference
2004-100 $5,000.00 Berry College will present the 2005 Southern Women’s Writers Conference “Southern Women Writers and the World”. This three-day conference will include a number of scholarly presentations, panel discussions, readings, lectures and performances that will expand audience appreciation for the writings of southern women past and present and recognize their contribution s to American literature.
Valdosta State UniversityExploring the Amazing Amazon2004-101 $2,000.00 Valdosta State University presents a series of lectures, films, book discussions and arts events exploring the culture of the Amazon region during Hispanic Heritage Month. Among the featured events will be a speech by humanitarian and tribesman of the Huaorani of Equador, Moi Enomenga, who will also visit area schools. There will also be presentations at local libraries by scholars and authors- all of whom will discuss different elements of life and culture along the Amazon. Picketts Mill Battlefield Historic SiteImmigrant Soldiers at the Battle of Pickett's Mill2004-102 $2,000.00 A graduate student, under the tutelage of two academic scholars from the State University of West Georgia’s Center for Public History will develop and install a temporary exhibit about immigrant soldiers that had involvement at the Civil War “Battle of Pickett’s Mill”. The display will be housed at the historic site and feature an accompanying map and brochure. At the grand opening of the exhibit a day of tours will be conducted. Jasper Lions ClubThe Pickens County Mural Lecture Project2004-103G $1,450.00 Students in Pickens County School System will create murals about local history that will be installed in the county courthouse. There will be an opening event to celebrate the murals as well as a lecture series at the public library on local history topics. We the People GrantsKennesaw State University2nd Annual Symposium on Jewish Life in the South $5,750.00
Thronateeska Heritage CenterEvening Lecture Series $6,995.00Friends of the Douglass Theater Complex, Inc.The History at the Douglass Series: The Culture of Race Consciousness in the Early Twentieth Century $8,000.00
Blue Ridge Mountain Arts AssociationMemories of Fannin County and Its Neighbors $8,000.00City of DaculaDacula Centennial Oral History Collection Project and Mobile Exhibit $5,000.00Historic Columbus FoundationYoung Historians $3,000.00
Georgia Tech Research Corporation- Georgia Institute of TechnologyThe Legacy of Ivan Allen Jr. Traveling Exhibit $5,000.00
Chieftains MuseumPresentation and Modification of Native Lands: Indians and Georgia $5,000.00
Atlanta Historical SocietyIt's Everybody's War: Race and Gender in World War II America $5,000.00Thomasville LandmarksHeritage Education Teachers Workshop $2,000.00
The DeKalb Historical SocietyDeKalb Historical Society Presents "The Green Book" $1,200.00
Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library SystemLecture Series "Race in History and Memory" $1,850.00
Morris Museum of ArtUnderstanding Eudora Welty: A Southern Writer and Artist $2,000.00
Hall County Library SystemHall Reads Together $2,000.00
Coastal Georgia Historical SocietyA Georgia Tapestry$1,743.40
Coastal Heritage SocietyRevolutionary Perspectives: A Look at the War for Independence in Savannah $2,718.00
State University of West GeorgiaSpinning Yarns: Telling the Stories of West Georgia's Textile Mill Industry and History $6,500.00
University of Georgia-Georgia Museum of ArtThe Third Biennial Henry D.Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts: Decorative Arts at Historic Sites in Georgia $8,200.00 |
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