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Mystic Seaport Museum Receives Grant for Captain's Cabin on Merchant Ship
The exhibit on the Down East merchant ship will teach about the maritime cargo trade that shaped Connecticut throughout history.
Several organizations in Connecticut Humanities will share more than $210,000 in grant money to support humanities-based programming. Mystic Seaport Museum is one of the recipients.
Each month, Connecticut Humanities distributes money allocated by the Connecticut State Legislature, through a highly-competitive, merit-based application process. These grants support programs ranging from an exploration of gardening’s historical significance as a leisure activity to the development of an exhibit about the history of Connecticut’s maritime cargo trade.
Mystic Seaport's Down East merchant Ship, The Benjamin F. Packard
The Mystic Seaport Museum was granted $10,415 for the development of an exhibition centered on the newly re-installed captain’s cabin of the Down East merchant ship, The Benjamin F. Packard. The planning phase of this project requires extensive research in the museum’s collections and an audience study on engagement. This exhibit will teach about the maritime cargo trade that shaped Connecticut throughout history.
The Artist's Garden
A grant of $42,875 was awarded to the Florence Griswold Museum of Old Lyme to provide funding for “The Artist’s Garden.” This garden-themed exhibition will feature the American Impressionist art story through various artistic, social and historical lenses and examine the growth in popularity of gardening as a middle-class leisure activity at the turn of the 20th Century. Galleries and educational programs will help visitors understand and discuss the garden movement. The exhibit will be held from June 3 through September 18.
How WWI Impacted the Madison Community
The Madison Historical Society was given a grant of $15,166 for its exhibition “Over There, Over Here.” The project is a collaboration between the Historical Society and the Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archive, and includes programming which features a film series, musical programs and book talks regarding WWI and how the war affected the Madison community. The two-year exhibition will open on July 8.
The New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas
The New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas was granted $50,000 to fund 14 lectures and panel discussions focusing on social issues, such as the value of human labor, immigration, gender equality, and place and displacement. The 2016 Festival theme “Working On It” features engaging discussions and entertainment, reaffirming the Festival’s goal that “Arts” performances and “Ideas” programs illuminate one another. The two-week long event opens June 10 and runs through June 25.
For additional details about this round of Connecticut Humanities grant funding, visit the CT Humanities website.
Photo: Mystic Seaport
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