Museums, festivals and art galleries among organizations receiving more than $97,000 in funding
Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center Receives $5,000 LEH Grant
September 20, 2022 / New Orleans, Louisiana — More than 20 literary festivals, history exhibits and other types of humanities programming have been funded and will be available to Louisiana residents through more than $97,000 in grants awarded by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
The funded projects are based in East Baton Rouge, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, Orleans, Rapides, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry and West Baton Rouge Parishes, and many projects have statewide reach.
“Across Louisiana, in towns big and small, these grants support ideas for important programs that need funding to find their way into the public’s view,” said Miranda Restovic, the LEH’s president and executive director.
The LEH awarded 15 Rebirth Grants, which support projects that provide access to the humanities to Louisiana residents. Eligible initiatives include, but are not limited to, public humanities programs such as lecture series, symposia, and exhibitions; documentary photography, radio, and digital humanities projects; and humanities-based educational initiatives. The total amount awarded to 2022 Rebirth Grant recipients is $67,512. Funding for Rebirth Grants is made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This year, the LEH was also able to award six Strategic Partnership Grants to organizations whose humanities-based programs reach broad Louisiana audiences and/or provide professional development opportunities to humanities professionals working in museums, archives, libraries, and other cultural organizations. Thanks to funding from the State of Louisiana, the LEH awarded $30,000 in Strategic Partnership Grants.
“The LEH is proud to help support our partners to bring quality humanities programming to communities across the state. After two tough years of setbacks from COVID and hurricanes, it is heartening to see cultural organizations persevere and continue their important work,” said Chris Robert, grants manager and associate media editor at the LEH.
The LEH received 39 applications from 13 parishes for 2022 Rebirth and Strategic Partnership Grant opportunities. A review committee of scholars, public humanities professionals, LEH board members and staff selected the projects and organizations for support.
For a full list of grant recipients and their projects, click here. More information about all of LEH’s grants programs may be found at www.leh.org/grants.
Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center Received LEH Grant
Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center
Free People of Color in St. Landry Parish, 1700 to 1865, Exhibition
St. Landry Parish – Opelousas
$5,000
About the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing educational opportunities to all residents of the state. Guided by the vision that everyone can realize their full potential through the humanities, LEH partners with communities, institutions and individuals to provide grant-supported outreach programs, literacy initiatives for all ages, publications, film and radio documentaries, museum exhibitions, public lectures, library projects, 64 Parishes magazine and other diverse public humanities programming. For more information, visit www.leh.org.
