AHC Grants Funded
AHC General Grants Funded November 2007
Cinefemme, Sausalito, CA. Opportunity Bound - Stories of the Harvey Girls, $4,025. A historical documentary premiering in 2008 on the young women who worked along the transcontinental railroad in the first half of the 20th century. Project Director: Katrina Drabkin, 323/203-5968.
Navajo Heritage Foundation, Inc, Page. Winter Stories Program, $5,275. A series of presentations, starting in January 2008 at the Navajo Village Heritage Center, on cultural and linguistic traditions that can only be discussed during the winter months. Project Director: Bonnie Brown, 928/645-2717.
Nohwiké Bagowa/White Mt Apache Cultural Center/Museum, Fort Apache. Nohwigotah/Our Village, $5,275. The publication of a bilingual children's book with historic drawings from Cibecue Community School students, accompanied by public events starting in December 2007 to announce its distribution. Project Director: Karl Hoerig, 928/338-4625.
Northern Arizona Book Festival, Flagstaff. Northern Arizona Book Festival XI, $5,275. Three panel discussions by authors and scholars at the April 2008 festival that explore various literary themes and traditions. Project Director: James Jay, 928/814-9313.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Scottsdale. Mexican Americans of Downtown Scottsdale Oral History Project, $5,224. Presentations and displays to mark the debut in early 2008 of a permanent exhibit at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, about the Mexican American community in downtown Scottsdale from 1915 to 1966. Project Director: Karen Spahn, 480/946-0673.
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson. A Place of Refuge: Maynard Dixon's Arizona, $5,275. An exhibit, catalog, and related educational programming beginning in October 2008, on the artist's depictions of Arizona subjects during the early 20th century. Project Director: Alison Sylvester, 520-624-2333.
TYND Inc., Pinon. The Bitter Water Documentation Project, $4,525. The pre-publication phase of a bilingual book that includes Navajo poetry and photography, and places the Black Mesa region within the cultural landscape of the Colorado Plateau. Project Director: Malcolm Benally, 928/349-9926.
University of Arizona, Arizona State Museum, Tucson. Southwestern Roots in Central Mexico: 4,000 Years of Cultural Interaction, $3,000. A lecture series starting in October 2007 on the long-term influences of central Mexican societies on the inhabitants of southern Arizona. Project Director: Michael Brescia, 520/621-4895.
West Valley Arts Council, Phoenix. The Big Read, $5,275. Lectures, readings, and community book and film discussions of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, starting in October 2007 and connecting Arizona to this NEA national reading initiative. Project Director: Bernadette Mills, 623/935-6384.
