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Contact:

Nicolette Maruri

202 West 300 North

Salt Lake City, UT 84103

801.359.9670

maruri@utahhumanities.org Grants Given to Promote Utah Humanities Projects

The Utah Humanities Council (UHC) recently awarded over $40,000 in competitive grants for 14 projects. The grants are provided to help groups and organizations with exciting projects in the humanities disciplines: history, literature, philosophy, ethics, jurisprudence, comparative religions, anthropology and archeology, art history and interdisciplinary studies like folklore and ethnic studies.

The next Competitive Grant application deadlines (for requests from $1,501 to $5,000) will be August 1 (draft) and September 1 (final). Projects in this round may not begin before November 15. For more information, please contact Maria Torres at torres@utahhumanities.org or 801.359.9670 extension 105.

According to Cynthia Buckingham, Executive Director for UHC, “UHC grants are intended to foster connections among cultural organizations, community groups, and humanities scholars. Grant projects promote public appreciation and understanding of human traditions, values, and ideas through informed public discussion.”

The Utah Rock Art Research Association’s Annual Symposium, the Provo Theatre Company’s documentary film Latin in the Wild West, and Z-Arts Humanities Lecture Series are just a few of the projects that received funding in 2010 from the Utah Humanities Council:

As part of its two-day annual symposium to be held in Cedar City, the Utah Rock Art Research Association will bring scholars together with the public to discuss issues and topics related to prehistoric rock art. The symposium will include panel discussions, site reports, and skills workshops. An evening community lecture will conclude the meeting.

Provo Theatre Company’s Latin in the Wild West is a 50 minute documentary about beloved classics professor Louis Perraud, who not only made his home in the isolation of the rural West but became a cult figure among students for his astonishingly vibrant program in classical languages and literature.

Z-Arts! Humanities Lecture Series focuses on topics of interest to the Zion Canyon community. The monthly guest speakers draw audiences from around Washington County.

For more information on these and other grants, please see the list below or visit our website at www.utahhumanities.org

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About the Utah Humanities Council

The Utah Humanities Council is a 35 year-old nonprofit organization that provides lifelong learning across the state through programs that explore diverse traditions, values, and ideas. UHC is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks Fund, the State of Utah, and gifts from individuals, foundations, and corporations. Each year, the Council underwrites hundreds of educational and cultural programs throughout Utah. For more information, visit www.utahhumanities.org.

Grants Awarded by the Utah Humanities Council 2010 TITLE: Local Music, Local Culture along Scenic Byway 12, Utah's All-American Road

APPLICANT: Folk Arts Program, Division of Arts and Museums

ABSTRACT: A production of a 72 minute CD featuring local musicians living along Scenic Byway 12 (from Pangutch to Torrey) who perform music inspired by local places, activities, events, and heritage.

*AWARD: $5,000*

CONTACT: Carol Edison; cedison@utah.gov TITLE: The West Never Stands Still Educational Programming

APPLICANT: American West Heritage Center

ABSTRACT: The Cache Valley History Museum offers a program entitled "The West Never Stands Still," is an exhibit centered on the theme of movement in the west. Visitors consider the historical, cultural, and social motivations for movement to and throughout the West.

*AWARD: $4,500*

CONTACT: Nelda Ault; nault@awhc.org

TITLE: Utah Rock Art Research Association 30th Annual Symposium in Blanding

APPLICANT: URARA

ABSTRACT: Utah Rock Art Research Association 30th Annual Symposium in Blanding includes a two day forum of prehistoric rock art scholars, art historians and archaeologists. The symposium will also include panel discussions, site reports, skills workshops, and a special session dealing with public lands issues and threats to the preservation of Utah rock art.

*AWARD $2,650*

CONTACT: Walt Layton; wclayton@graniteschools.org TITLE: Z-Arts! Humanities Scholar Lecture Series

APPLICANT: Z-Arts!

ABSTRACT: A lecture series that focuses on topics of interest to the Zion Canyon community.

*AWARD: $5,000*

CONTACT: Lisa Zumpft; zumpft@aol.com TITLE: Latin in the Wild West: A Documentary Film: Final Cut

APPLICANT: Provo Theatre Company

ABSTRACT: A 50 minute documentary about beloved Classics professor, Louis Perraud, who not only made his home in the isolation of the rural West but became a cult-figure among students for his astonishingly vibrant program in Classical languishes and literature.

*AWARD: $5,000*

CONTACT: Craig Harline; craig_hairline@byu.edu TITLE: USU Barn Historic & Oral History Research and Presentations

APPLICANT: USU, Museum of Anthropology

ABSTRACT: Conducts architectural, cultural landscape, and oral history analysis focused on the iconic Utah State University Barn, slated to house an expanded and more accessible Utah State University Museum of Anthropology in 2012.

*AWARD: $5,000*

CONTACT: Bonnie Pitblado; bonnie.pitblado@usu.edu TITLE: Education in Context: Key Moments in Snow College and in Sanpete County

APPLICANT: Snow College

ABSTRACT: The symposium will examines the context in which Sanpete Academy evolved into Snow College and its impact on the direction of education in this region.

*AWARD: $1,140*

CONTACT: Susan Burdett; susan.burdett@snow.edu Competitive Grants To Nonprofit Organizations: Funded by the Utah Humanities Council, November 2009 TITLE_: The Living Roots of Music

Applicant: Picaresque II

Abstract: “The Living Roots of Music” is a lecture/demonstration firmly based in music history and traveling to Ephraim, Cedar City, and St, George, January 28-Febraruy 4, 2010. Lauren Pelon will describe the role of music in various cultures and talk about the attitude of philosophers, church fathers, and governments toward it. Pelon will also demonstrate 25 ancient and modern wind, string, and free reed instruments, using ancient and modern musical texts and voice.

*Award: $3,895*

TITLE: Utah’s African History: Stories Through Art and Artifact

Applicant: Utah Cultural Celebration Center

Abstract: The Utah Cultural Celebration Center will present a grassroots exhibit in celebration of Black History Month, in January and February 2010, highlighting the diversity of Utah's African heritage and culture and will include art, artifacts, and family heirlooms drawn from Utah's African and African American Communities. Exhibit programming will be augmented with a community collaborative series of educations public program sot promote dialogue and better understanding of the unique experiences of history of Utah citizens of African heritage. A cross promotional campaign will be developed to promote scheduled events at various venues.

*Award_ $4,600*

TITLE: Roots & Branches of Jazz: Women Through the Ages of Jazz

Applicant: Salt Lake Ethnic Arts

Abstract: Salt Lake Ethnic Arts project Roots and Branches of Jazz is a continuation of a highly successful series beginning in the 1980s and funded various years by UHC. This season we plan to reach a large audience by presenting the project in two major programs: Women Through the Ages of Jazz during University of Utah Women's Week in mid-March 2010 and Eastern influence in Jazz during Jazz on the Jordan in West Valley during late summer of 210. At both events, scholars will relate historical and cultural facts accompanied by musical examples.

*Award: $5,000*

TITLE: Working in Utah Radio/Discussion Series

Applicant: Culture Conservation Corp

Abstract: The Culture Conservation Corps (CCC) is producing a five part series of five minute radio documentaries examining the contemporary experience of working in Utah (with an eye towards historical perspective). These documentaries will be aired throughout Utah on public radio. This series will include two public events, one held in Salt Lake City, another in Moab and will feature excerpts from the interviews, and discussion between the scholars, interviewees, and audience. The original interviews will be archived by the CCC and open to qualified researchers for use.

Award: $5,000*

Fellowships

Albert J. Colton Fellowship for Projects of National or International Scope

Recipient: Kristin Matthews, Brigham Young University

From Uncle Sam to Disney's "Commando Duck": Illustrating War in America

Project is a museum exhibit and symposium on twentieth century war illustration. These events will bring together academics and the public to examine how representations of war reflect and construct particular ideas of Americanness.

*Award: $3,500*

Delmont Oswald Fellowship for Projects in Utah Studies Recipient: Melody Graulich, Utah State University

The Education of Wallace Stegner

Project proposes to write the first critical monograph on the writings of Wallace Stegner and explore the themes of education, learning, cultural traditions, knowledge, and books in several of Stegner’s major works.

*Award: $3,500*

Graduate Fellowship

Recipient: Jeannine Huenemann, Utah State University

The Folklore of Roald Dahl's Stories for Children

Project will examine the personal papers of writer Roald Dahl to define the origins of the motifs and episodes found in his children's stories.

*Award: $1,000*