Storytelling grants9/23/2023 ![]() The project will build connections between the library and local museums, historical societies, and Native American tribes. Public programs designed for all ages will include historic storytelling, a steam train excursion, a hike to historic landmarks, an interactive driving tour, and collaborative exhibits, all to be offered by artists, naturalists, scholars, and park rangers. $9,998.92įOLLOW THE FLUME: STORIES OF THE LUMBER TRADE THAT SHAPED CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEYĪ series of interactive programs, exhibits, and presentations in fall 2016 will reach beyond library walls to engage the community with the story of the Kings River, Sanger, and Pine Ridge Flumes, as well as the San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad, which carried lumber down from the High Sierras, and their impact on the subsequent development of the Central Valley. ![]() The project aims to bridge the gap between public perceptions of the homeless and the rich and compelling stories these San Franciscans have to share, bringing residents together in dialogue to understand the strength and resiliency of this population and reflect on the value and meaning of home and community for all the people of the city. Photos and audio recorded stories to be collected from formerly homeless San Francisco residents now living in permanent supportive housing will be collected and shared through a multimedia exhibit that will be installed at the city’s Main Library and the headquarters of tech firm Twitter. $10,000ĭelivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH)/a project of Tides, San Francisco Objects from 26 trunks recently discovered at Stockton’s Daguhoy Lodge, a fraternal organization, community center and residential hall – carefully tailored suits and pants, shoes, personal letters, photographs, and other personal mementos – will bring these men’s immigration stories to life through the means of exhibits (online and physical) and a short film documentary, before being archived. Working in collaboration with the preservation staff of the Oakland Museum of California and project historians, the Little Manila Foundation will document a new chapter in the Filipino immigration story. ![]() THE DAGUHOY LODGE: RECLAIMING CALIFORNIA STORIES IN STOCKTON’S LITTLE MANILA The project will encompass 8 hour-long in-depth interviews with influential thinkers and doers, a synthesis episode, and a public event in Oakland to be recorded live all will be archived online. Delicious Revolution, an existing radio show and podcast about food, will devote an entire season of interviews to the visionary chefs, gardeners, farmers, organizers, artists, and scientists from all parts of the state who have given rise and help shape the “food movement” and food culture over the last 50 years. Like many cultural movements, the world’s current interest in good, sustainable, local food can trace many of its roots to the fertile and shifting landscape of California. Institute for Food and Development Policy, Food First, Oakland $10,000ĭELICIOUS REVOLUTION: CALIFORNIA AT THE HEART OF THE FOOD MOVEMENT Incorporating photographs, slides, videos, oral histories, artifacts, and interactive elements, the exhibit will be augmented with an illustrated brochure and a series of free public programs–conducted in partnership with local organizations–to provide opportunities for public discussion and engagement. THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT IN LOS ANGELES 1968-83įriends of the Chinese American Museum (FCAM), Los AngelesĪ new exhibition to be displayed at the Chinese American Museum from November 2016 through June 2017 will survey the constellation of individuals, institutions, and campaigns that informed the rise of Asian American identity and the rise of Asian American social and civil rights movements in Los Angeles during the formative years of the late 1960s through mid-1980s. The project will encourage public examination and dialogue about the impact of national-level land management and policy decisions on rural communities, and the challenge of fostering environmental conservation and economic stability. Stories of residents will be collected and shared through a physical exhibition and a website that will include recorded and transcribed interviews, photography, and interpretive text. ![]() The Watershed Research and Training Center, HayforkĪlmost a quarter of a century after the “timber wars” of the 1990s, this project will explore how two towns in California’s North Coast region, Hayfork and Orleans, are addressing the continuing environmental, economic, and social hardships impacting their communities. ![]() GRANTS AWARDED IN SUMMER 2016ĪFTER THE FALL: A STORY OF TWO RURAL COMMUNITIES RECOVERING FROM THE COLLAPSE OF THE LOGGING ERA This ongoing story-gathering effort to document community life in California coincides, at times, with thematic initiatives conducted by California Humanities. ![]()
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