14 Hawaii Organizations Receiving Grants in 2020’s Second Round of NEA Grants
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has just awarded over a million dollars to 14 Hawaiʻi organizations in support of arts and culture.
11 Hawaiʻi organizations received Art Works grants. Art Works grants support artistically excellent projects that celebrate our creativity and cultural heritage, invite mutual respect for differing beliefs and values, and enrich humanity.
The Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance received an Our Town grant. Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program. This year marks the tenth year of support for Our Town projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes.
Read the full announcement by the National Endowment for the Arts: NEA Announces Second Round of Fiscal Year 2020 Funding.
Hawaiʻi Organizations Receiving Grants
Number of Grants: 14. Total Dollar Amount: $1,108,500.
- Monkey Waterfall, $10,000. Aiea (Oʻahu). Art Works – Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works.
- Pacific Traditions Society, $20,000. Anahola (Kauaʻi). Art Works – Media Arts.
- Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West (aka East-West Center), $30,000. Honolulu (Oʻahu). Art Works – Folk & Traditional Arts.
- Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education (aka Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance), $75,000. Honolulu (Oʻahu). Our Town – Design.
- State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, $727,600. Honolulu (Oʻahu). Partnerships (State & Regional) – State & Regional.
- Hawai’i Women in Filmmaking, $20,000. Honolulu (Oʻahu). Art Works – Media Arts.
- Honolulu Academy of Arts (aka Honolulu Museum of Art), $25,000. Honolulu (Oʻahu). Art Works – Museums.
- Honolulu Biennial Foundation (aka Hawaiʻi Contemporary), $40,000, Honolulu (Oʻahu). Art Works – Visual Arts.
- Pacific Islanders in Communications, $20,000, Honolulu (Oʻahu). Art Works – Media Arts.
- Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (aka PREL), $65,900 Honolulu (Oʻahu). Partnerships (State & Regional) – State & Regional
About the National Endowment for the Arts
Established by Congress in 1965, the National Endowment for the Arts is the independent federal agency whose funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector, the Arts Endowment supports arts learning, affirms and celebrates America’s rich and diverse cultural heritage, and extends its work to promote equal access to the arts in every community across America. Visit arts.gov to learn more.