AHC Grants Funded
AHC General Grants Funded March 2005
Arizona State Library, Library Development Division, Phoenix. ONEBOOKAZ for Kids. $3025. A dramatization, video production, book discussions, and other activities for Frindle by Andrew Clements, the OneBookAZ for Kids selection for 2005. Project Director: Malavika Muralidharan.
Community Food Bank, Tucson. Fields to Tables. $5225. A photographic exhibit, with an opening event, demonstrating the impact of history, culture, language, and literature on the local food system using the stories of three families participating in CFB's "fields to tables" services. Project Director: Anita Fonte.
Educational Film Center, Annandale, Virginia. Arlene Manuel Wall: World War II Combat Nurses. $3000. A research project to find visual images to illustrate the story of Arizona Pima Indian Arlene Wall, which will be included in the PBS documentary On Dangerous Ground: Combat Nurses of World War II. Project Director: Ruth Pollack.
Mesa Community College, Mesa. MCC International Film Festival. $5525. The second annual festival will feature six Mexican women directors doing Q & A sessions after showings of their films, as well as a lecture by Ana Cruz Navarro of the Cinetica Nacional de Mexico. Project Director: Don Castro.
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff. Heritage Insights. $5525. Expanded humanities content for MNA's Hopi and Navajo festivals through lectures, demonstrations, and a variety of interactive activities designed to enhance understanding between Native and nonnative Americans. Project Director: Robert Breunig.
Navajo Nation Tourism Department, Window Rock. Navajo Cultural Workshops. $3025. Five Diné workshops related to the Navajo Way of Life, featuring both hands-on activities and discussions of cultural significance and preservation. Project Director: Christine Wallace.
NAU KNAU-FM, Flagstaff. Scott Thybony Commentaries. $2785. A series of audio essays by noted Arizona writer Scott Thybony on the cultural diversity of the Colorado Plateau, to be broadcast on seven Arizona public radio stations. Project Director: John Stark.
Nohwiké Bagowa/White Mountain Apache Cultural Center and Museum, Fort Apache. The Importance of a Pot: Why Cultural Resources Matter. $2524. A traveling exhibit about the importance of understanding and preserving archaeological and other cultural heritage resources using the primary example of an ancestral Pueblo vessel. Project Director: Karl Hoerig.
Northern Arizona Book Festival, Flagstaff. 8th Annual Northern Arizona Book Festival. $5525. A series of author panel discussions at the three-day festival that will explore contemporary literary issues from a humanities standpoint. Project Director: Rebecca Byrkit.
Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott. Arizona Heritage Project Teacher Institute. $5525. A four-day Institute to train teachers and student leaders participating in the Arizona Heritage Project, a statewide initiative affiliated with the Library of Congress that supports local history research and presentation. Project Director: Dan Shilling.
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln. The Publication of Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West. $4025. A book by ASU scholar Matthew C. Whitaker about Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale, two of the most influential Black activists of the post-World War II American West. Project Director: Gary Dunham.
Yavapai College Hassayampa Institute, Prescott. Stories We Tell Ourselves: Defining Self, Defining Reality. $4525. This year's "Hassayampa Summer Institute for Writing" addresses the way authors construct self and world views through lectures, readings, and discussions among nationally known writers, scholars, and the general public. Project Director: Susan Lang.
