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The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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I can't find a greater example in Michigan than the mission and work of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and Culture in Detroit.  

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Samuel Black
Curator of African American Collections
Senator John Heinz History Center
Pittsburgh PA
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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We're starting a new immigration project here to examine and celebrate some of the MANY cultures that have made up Alexandria's population over the years.  From the early beginnings in the 18th and early 19th centuries with native and second- and third-generation Africans mixed in with Scots, Irish and English, to the present day in which foreign-born residents of the city make up a quarter of our population, and the public schools serve children born in 110 different countries, who speak 138 different languages at home.

Still writing a grant for it, but I'd be happy to send someone a copy of the text when it's done, so you can see what we're up to.


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James Mackay
Director
The Lyceum
Alexandria VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-12-2014 08:56 AM
From: Samuel Black
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

I can't find a greater example in Michigan than the mission and work of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and Culture in Detroit.  

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Samuel Black
Curator of African American Collections
Senator John Heinz History Center
Pittsburgh PA
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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For a historic, precedent-setting exhibition on race and identity, look at Mining the Museum, a collaboration between The Contemporary Museum (Baltimore) The Maryland Historical Society and artist Fred Wilson.

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Karen Stults
Director of Community Engagement / MICA
Trustee, The Contemporary
Baltimore, Maryland

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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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For another older example (20 years ago), see the 1995 review by Monroe Fordham of an exhibit at The Strong Museum in Rochester, NY, "Between Two Worlds: African-American Identity and American Culture." The review is in The Public Historian 17(3): 142-144 


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Deborah Smith
Development Director
Eastport ME
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-12-2014 09:33 AM
From: Karen Stults
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity


For a historic, precedent-setting exhibition on race and identity, look at Mining the Museum, a collaboration between The Contemporary Museum (Baltimore) The Maryland Historical Society and artist Fred Wilson.

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Karen Stults
Director of Community Engagement / MICA
Trustee, The Contemporary
Baltimore, Maryland

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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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The Science Museum of Minnesota has a traveling exhibition called 'RACE: Are We So Different?' It is currently in our temporary exhibition space and has gotten a great response from the local community. I believe this exhibition was also in Kalamazoo a number of years ago. 


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Emily Mohney
Collections Manager
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Skokie IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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The "RACE: Are We So Different?" exhibit was also at the Museum of Science and History in Jacksonville, Florida a few summers ago. It was a wonderful exhibit that sparked a ton of really great conversations. We had a comment box with a question about what race was and why it mattered, and the number of comments that we got was outstanding! Comments from adults, children, teenagers, and everyone. Excellent exhibit! 

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-12-2014 10:20 AM
From: Emily Mohney
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Science Museum of Minnesota has a traveling exhibition called 'RACE: Are We So Different?' It is currently in our temporary exhibition space and has gotten a great response from the local community. I believe this exhibition was also in Kalamazoo a number of years ago. 


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Emily Mohney
Collections Manager
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Skokie IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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To the list people have started, I'd also recommend looking at exhibits and programs from The Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte, NC.

Claudia

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Claudia Ocello
President & CEO
Museum Partners Consulting
Morristown NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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Awesome museum . . . I second that suggestion.


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James Mackay
Director
The Lyceum
Alexandria VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-12-2014 11:06 AM
From: Claudia Ocello
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

To the list people have started, I'd also recommend looking at exhibits and programs from The Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte, NC.

Claudia

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Claudia Ocello
President & CEO
Museum Partners Consulting
Morristown NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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Certainly the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, MI, should be on your list. Their website is <http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/>.

Several years back they collaborated with the NYPL Schomburg Center in New York to create the very compelling exhibition 'Humantypes vs Stereotypes.'

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Kevin Coffee
Chicago IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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Brooklyn Historical Society's Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations project explored mixed heritage, identity, and racism through dialogic programming, content-rich website, new oral history collecting, and a soon to come curriculum. www.cbbg.brooklynhistory.org.   

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Emily Potter-Ndiaye
Director of Education
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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Thank you to everyone for these great suggestions.  I'm looking forward to looking at them more closely!

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-15-2014 09:16 AM
From: Emily Potter-Ndiaye
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

Brooklyn Historical Society's Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations project explored mixed heritage, identity, and racism through dialogic programming, content-rich website, new oral history collecting, and a soon to come curriculum. www.cbbg.brooklynhistory.org.   

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Emily Potter-Ndiaye
Director of Education
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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The Museum at FIT organized A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk. It ran September 13, 2013 ­- January 4, 2014 and won three awards: an Award of Merit from the Museum Association of New York (MANY) for engaging communities, a silver MUSE award from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) in recognition of the highest standards of excellence in the use of media & technology for Digital Communities, and MFIT director and chief curator Valerie Steele received the 2014 Millia Davenport Publication Award for the book published by Yale University Press.

http://queerfashionhistory.com/

All the best to your endeavors!

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Tamsen Young
Digital Media & Strategic Initiatives Manager
Museum at FIT
New York NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-15-2014 10:33 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

Thank you to everyone for these great suggestions.  I'm looking forward to looking at them more closely!

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-15-2014 09:16 AM
From: Emily Potter-Ndiaye
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

Brooklyn Historical Society's Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations project explored mixed heritage, identity, and racism through dialogic programming, content-rich website, new oral history collecting, and a soon to come curriculum. www.cbbg.brooklynhistory.org.   

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Emily Potter-Ndiaye
Director of Education
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-11-2014 11:36 AM
From: Joe Cialdella
Subject: Exhibits or Programs about Race, Culture, and Identity

The Michigan Humanities Council is in the process of implementing a new grant program focused on exploring the history of race and cultural identity in Michigan.  What are some compelling examples you've come across of exhibits, programing, or other events around the topic of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity?

We anticipate proposals from cultural organizations, museums, and other community groups/nonprofits and would like to include a list of project examples on our website from which potential applicants might gain inspiration and insights for their proposals.

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Joe Cialdella
Program Officer
Michigan Humanities Council
Lansing MI
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