Rhode Island Humanities is pleased to announce four mini grants from the May funding cycle, totaling $8,000, which will support three public projects and one individual researcher. Recipients include: PVD World Music, Stages of Freedom, West Broadway Neighborhood Association, and Delia Rodriguez-Masjoan. Read on for details.
PUBLIC PROJECT GRANTS
PVD World Music, $2,000 to A Bridge Between Worlds – A Dialogue on Contemporary African Arts, Life and Culture
Funds support a panel discussion with contemporary African filmmakers at the 6th annual African Film and Arts Festival. Through this conversation, filmmakers, musicians, and community members will reflect on contemporary African realities as seen through films and music, and engage in a discussion with local African refugees and the broader community.
Stages of Freedom, $2,000 to Rudolph Fisher: Rhode Island’s Gift to the Harlem Renaissance
Funds support an exhibit, lecture, short story workshop, and community reading centered on Rudolph Fisher, a Rhode Islander active in the Harlem Renaissance as a novelist, short story writer, dramatist, and musician.
West Broadway Neighborhood Association, $2,000 to West End Historical Marker
Funds support a public panel discussion on the historical and ongoing Indigenous stewardship of the land now known as the West Side neighborhood in Providence, and a historical marker to be installed at the Dexter Training Grounds Park. The project aims to increase the awareness of, respect for, and connections to Indigenous connections to the land and knowledge of the past and present contributions of Indigenous peoples.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Delia Rodriguez-Masjoan, $2,000 to History of Latina Elected Officials in Rhode Island
Funds support research on the history of Latina elected officials in Rhode Island over the past three decades and the impact of Latina leadership in the state. The findings will be shared in bilingual (Spanish/English) formats via a radio broadcast, a panel conversation on the process and discoveries, and a website.
