The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities has awarded 39 renaissance grants and renaissance festival grants to organizations across the state, and several Acadian groups have been awarded.

The recipients included museums, archives, festivals, universities and other nonprofit organizations, in support of humanities programs. With a total of $ 256,304 awarded, the projects are based in 15 different parishes and several programs focus statewide.

Now in its eighth year, the Rebirth Grants program supports projects that provide access to the humanities to residents of Louisiana. Eligible projects include public humanities programs; documentary photography, radio and digital humanities projects, and humanities-based educational initiatives. In October, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities made available through the American Rescue Plan Act and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative, the LEH awarded 30 grants of rebirth in 13 parishes for a combined total of $ 194,254.

“Louisiana’s humanities institutions and programs are absolutely essential to our unique way of life. Through these grants, our communities will receive essential support to continue to preserve and present our culture locally, nationally and globally. said Miranda Restovic, President and Executive Director of LEH.

This year, the LEH was also able to award 9 additional Rebirth Festival grants in support of Louisiana nonprofit festival organizations whose programming includes a focus on the humanities. Made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities, festivals in 8 parishes received Rebirth Festival grants totaling $ 62,050.

The LEH received 67 applications for the 2021 Rebirth and Rebirth Festival grant opportunities, and two review committees comprised of academics, humanities professionals, LEH board members and staff selected the 39 projects and organizations to support. The types of projects funded include digital humanities and oral history initiatives, seminars, podcasts, festivals, exhibitions, publications and more, exploring topics as diverse as Native American basketry, the Philippine experience. in Louisiana and the Jewish history of Shreveport.

“We are extremely pleased to help our partners across the state bring a diverse and stimulating range of humanities programs to their communities,” said Chris Robert, Director of Grants and Associate Media Editor at LEH.

Here is the full list of recipients, with Acadiana recipients in bold.

Renaissance Grants 2021

Acadiana Arts Center
Community engagement for Eugene J. Martin: Heterochronic Collages Exposure
Lafayette Parish
$ 7,000

Amistad Research Center at Tulane University
Liberation, reconciliation and healing: a multidisciplinary project of New Orleans Airlift, Amistad Research Center, Third Eye Theater and Titos Sompa
Parish of Orleans
$ 7,000

Biedenharn Museum and Gardens
Louisiana based film digitization project
Ouachita Parish
$ 7,000

Louisiana Center for Studies, UL Lafayette
GIS mapping for the archives of the Center for Louisiana Studies
Lafayette Parish
$ 6,850

The Ethel and Herman Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, University of New Orleans
A conversation with historian and activist Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, PhD
Parish of Orleans
$ 6,000

House of Friends of Beauregard-Keyes
Beauregard-Keyes House Research Initiative
Parish of Orleans
$ 7,000

Grambling State University
Voices of Grambling: GSU 125th Anniversary Podcast
Lincoln Parish
$ 4000

African-American Historical Society of Iberia
Queen Mother Moore Legacy Symposium Celebration
Iberia Parish
$ 6,921

Maritime Museum of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, Inc.
Full Steam Ahead: James Rumsey: The Man and the Myths
St. Tammany Parish
$ 7,000

Louisiana Museum of Arts and Sciences
Notre Louisiane: 60 years of collecting at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum Exhibition catalog
East Parish of Baton Rouge
$ 7,000

Louisiana Museum Association
LAMcon 2022 speaker series
East Parish of Baton Rouge
$ 7,000

Louisiana Folk Society
Series of collaborative gatherings on Bayou culture
Lafayette Parish
$ 7,000

Louisiana Library and Book Festival Foundation
Louisiana Book Festival Lecture Series
East Parish of Baton Rouge
$ 7,000

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana Museum of History / Louisiana Museum Foundation
Heisman Memorial Trophy Exhibition
Parish of Natchitoches
$ 7,000

Louisiana State Penitentiary at the Angola Museum
In Pursuit of Equal Justice: Race and Criminal Justice in Louisiana Exhibition Development and Lecture Series
West Feliciana Parish
$ 7,000

Louisiana State University
Louisiana French Oral Histories: testimonies from the past, stepping stones to the future
East Parish of Baton Rouge
$ 7,000

Trans lawyers in Louisiana
Mapping Trans Joy oral history and collaborative mapping project
East Parish of Baton Rouge
$ 6,432

LSU Alexandria
Spread the leaves: Publication of Central Louisiana’s First Undergraduate Research Journal
Parish of the Rapids
$ 1,875

LSU Shreveport Foundation
Religious Dimensions: Jewish History of Early Shreveport Exhibition and programming
Caddo Parish
$ 5,000

Newcomb Art Museum
Basic Thesis: Native American Basketry in Louisiana Exhibition brochure
Parish of Orleans
$ 7,000

We Foundation, Inc.
Louisiana Exposure
Parish of Orleans
$ 7,000

Old State Capitol Foundation
Manufacturing victory: the arsenal of democracy Exposure
East Parish of Baton Rouge
$ 4,050

A book one New Orleans
Distribution of books and community programming 2022
Parish of Orleans
$ 7,000

Operation Restoration
Louisiana Women’s Incarceration History Project
Parish of Orleans
$ 7,000

Southern Food and Drink Museum
The experience of the Philippines in Louisiana Exposure
Parish of Orleans
$ 7,000

West Baton Rouge Historical Association dba West Baton Rouge Museum
The Trahan Gallery Exposure
West Baton Rouge Parish
$ 7,000

Whitney Plantation
Plowing the soil: creating a memorial to our ancestors Podcast
Saint-Jean-Baptiste parish
$ 6,400

The Woman’s Exchange d / b / a Hermann-Grima + Historic Houses Gallier
Gallier Gatherings Lecture Series
Parish of Orleans
$ 6,746

WWNO New Orleans Public Radio
Reading Life with Susan Larson, 2021-2022, on WWNO and WRKF
Parish of Orleans
$ 7,000

Xavier University of Louisiana
African-American Mardi Gras Maskers’ COVID Pandemic Experiences and Ideas on Oral History, Public Program and ‘The Good Life’ Digital Humanities Initiative
Parish of Orleans
$ 6,980

Rebirth 2021 Festival Grants

Baton Rouge Blues Festival and Foundation
Behind the scenes at Blues Fest
East Parish of Baton Rouge
$ 6,500

Friends in a studio in the woods
Humanities programming at FORESTival 2021 and 2022: A celebration of art and nature in a studio in the woods
Parish of Orleans
$ 3,900

TO LISTEN
Vibrantly tagged: Clementine Hunter’s World
Caddo Parish
$ 7,500

Association of Iberian Cultural Resources
Books along the Teche Literary Festival
Iberia Parish
$ 4,500

Louisiana Military Museum
Louisiana Military Museum Veterans Heritage Festival
Vermilion Parish
$ 8,000

Rayne Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Rayne Frog Festival, 50th anniversary
Acadian Parish
$ 10,500

Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Literary Festival
Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Literary Festival
Parish of Orleans
$ 7,500

Vermilionville Living History Museum Foundation Inc
Culture Days in Vermilionville
Lafayette Parish
$ 5,650

West Baton Rouge Historical Association (dba West Baton Rouge Museum)
Sugar Festival 2022
West Baton Rouge Parish
$ 8,000