Sculpture Notes
Funding
Funding for Local History Programs
Use your sculpture to teach local history and apply for a Save Our History grant sponsored by The History Channel. This program will award $250,000 in grants to fund partnerships between history organizations and schools or youth groups that teach students about their local history and actively engage them in its preservation. This year’s grant program will feature a new and improved calendar to give organizations more time and flexibility in the application process. The deadline for the 2006-07 grant cycle is Friday, June 2, 2006. Projects can take place between September 2006 and June 2007. For more information, visit www.saveourhistory.com/pres_org/index.html.
Books
Cultural Perspectives in Civic Dialogue: Case Studies from Animating Democracy includes a case study on conservator Glenn Wharton’s work related to the King Kamehameha I Statue Conservation Project (supported by SOS!). The case study focuses on how this conservation project helped rural Hawai’ian residents make links between heritage preservation, cultural identity, and current issues of land and economic development. The three case studies comprising this volume share the efforts of cultural organizers who are skilled in working deeply within and across cultures to understand important cultural considerations in arts-based civic dialogue work. Their endeavors illuminate how the choices regarding art forms and dialogue approaches can support or discourage civic participation of various cultural groups as well as how cultural norms mediate public space and participation.
Books may be purchased through the Americans for the Arts online bookstore at www.AmericansForTheArts.org/bookstore. For information about Animating Democracy, visit www.AmericansForTheArts.org/AnimatingDemocracy. For more information, contact Michael del Vecchio, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts, 202.371.2830, mdelvecchio@artsusa.org.
Wild Washington
Two Women, one an award-winning artist and the other a distinguished poet, converged on Washington, D.C., and the results were, well, WILD! Kids, adults, and educators will enjoy this marriage of poetry and art highlighting animal sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Books may be purchased through www.annapolisbooks.com.
Send future SOS! Notes submissions—books, conferences, and funding sources—to jwhite@heritagepreservation.org. Items are included at the discretion of SOS! staff.