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Louisiana Cultural Vistas on the the Web
Beginning with the Winter 2006-07 issue, Louisiana Cultural Vistas
is now available online in its entirety, with each page of the print
version vividly captured and easily accessible. Using innovative new
technology, you'll be able in electronic form to view and read the
magazine as usual while taking advantage of several dynamic, web-only
features. Proceed to our webpage at www.leh.org.
Watch for the Spring 2007 issue. We plan to make the new LCV
online a permanent feature of our website and we need your help to make
it as user-friendly as possible. Any feedback and/or questions you have
will help us make this remarkable technology work for
all of us. Please send your comments to sartisky@leh.org.
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Prime Time Family Reading Time
Although PRIME TIME is entering its 16th year of family literacy programming, it is in its first year operating as PRIME TIME, Inc. As part of PRIME TIME's strategic planning for 2008, PRIME TIME, Inc. submitted a comprehensive Bilingual National Outreach proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). If funded, the Bilingual National Outreach project will provide funding to implement 20 PRIME TIME programs nationally (4 programs in 5 states), with priority given to states that seek to reach Spanish/English speakers and/or a multi-cultural audience. For more information about PRIME TIME's bilingual programming, please contact project director Faye Flanagan at flanagan@leh.org.
The Kentucky Humanities Council (KHC) in partnership with the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA) will host their third annual PRIME TIME training workshop in March 2007 with assistance provided by LEH staff.
Applications for fall 2007 programs across Louisiana are currently being accepted. Application forms are available on our webpage. Prior to submitting the application, please call a PRIME TIME staff member for a consultation. A PRIME TIME training workshop is scheduled for July 28-29, 2007, to accommodate new team members for fall sites. |
2007 Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study
 The LEH is pleased to announce its 2007 Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study. All humanities teachers, librarians, principals, and assistant principals are invited to participate in LEH's 2007 Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study. Three hours of graduate credit and/or 45 Continuing Learning Units (CLUs) plus a stipend are available for those satisfactorily completing the course.
- New Orleans - Revisioning Shakespeare: Alternative Cinematic Adaptations (Loyola University)
- Thibodaux - Greatest Thoughts, Deepest Feelings: The Power of Poetry (Nicholls State University)
- Baton Rouge - Voices of Freedom: Legacy of the Underground Railroad and Anti-Slavery Movement (Southern University)
- Grambling - Civil Rights in Louisiana From Huey P. Long to Ernest 'Dutch' Morial (Grambling State University)
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Teaching American History Grants for Teachers in Caddo and Orleans Parishes 
The LEH is currently in partnership with Caddo and Orleans parish public school systems in two $1 million Teaching American History (TAH) grants funded by the U.S. Department of Education. In both programs, the LEH will sponsor summer institutes in American history to help improve teacher skills and content knowledge in American history. This summer, three summer institutes will be held at LSU-Shreveport. Four institutes are scheduled in New Orleans at Loyola University. Both universities have waived tuition and most fees. In both programs, teachers will receive $1,000 stipends, three graduate credits in American history, 45 CLUs and $150 worth of teaching materials for the classroom - a $2,500 total dollar value for Orleans teachers and a $1,600 dollar value for Caddo teachers. The LEH is now writing applications for similar projects in Calcasieu, Lincoln and Ouachita parishes. More Information |
LEH Awards Event to Recognize Humanist of the Year, Others: March 24th 
Richard Gruber, PhD, executive director of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, has been named the LEH's "2007 Humanist of the Year." "Humanist of the Year" was one of several humanities awards winners named by the LEH Board at its Dec. 15 meeting. The LEH annual humanities awards ceremony honors Louisianians who have made outstanding contributions to the study and understanding of the humanities. The 2007 ceremony will be held March 24 at Houmas House Plantation and Gardens in Darrow, La. at 12:30 p.m., just south of Baton Rouge. Tickets to the Awards Ceremony at Houmas House are $40 each and may be purchased by sending a check to the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 938 Lafayette St., Suite 300, New Orleans, LA 70113. To buy tickets on line, Click here, complete the form and write in the note box that this on-line payment is for tickets to the Awards Ceremony at Houmas House. For a complete list of 2007 LEH award winners |
RELIC Series 
RELIC's winter and spring programs are underway and are generating large audiences. In Colfax, "The American West in Fact and Fiction" is taking green horns in Colfax on a long hot ride through the history and literature of the American West. Back at the ranch in Marksville, the library is reporting robust crowds for the program "Louisiana History: Perspectives on the Pelican State," a perennially interesting topic that is now in its second edition with new readings about our state. Late February will be the unveiling of RELIC's two newest programs. "The Creole Identity and Experience in Louisiana Literature and History" in Lake Charles starting Feb. 22, while "Battleground Louisiana: Civil War Events and Experiences" kicks off in Winnsboro the same day, followed by another in Shreveport on Feb. 27. Other RELIC programming opportunities are in Houma with "Louisiana History" on Feb. 27 and in LaPlace with "I'll Be Seeing You. America and World War II" on Feb. 28. More information on these and other RELIC programs. |
The Big Read 
The National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest, is inviting proposals from organizations to participate in various activities centering on a single book. The program focuses on individuals who read little or less than they once did, middle and high school students, prisoners, seniors, members of the military services, clients of social service centers, etc. Grants range from $5,000 to $20,000, and include the book chosen from a list. Organizations intending to apply for The Big Read may also apply to the LEH for up to half the required match so long as appropriate scholars are used in all programming. For example, if a library is applying for $5,000, it may request a matching grant up to $2,500 from the LEH. Contact Jennifer Mitchel at mitchel@leh.org The deadline for an E-Grant submission to the National Endowment to the Arts is April 12. For more information about The Big Read, go to www.NEABigRead.org. |
Upcoming LEH Grant Deadlines
- March 15
Outreach Grants - March 25
Preliminary Proposals:
Documentary Film & Radio Grants - April 1
Preliminary Proposals:
Public Humanities Grants - April 25
Documentary Film & Radio Grants - May 1
Public Humanities
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Michael Sartisky, PhD
President/Executive Director
504.620.2480
Email:
sartisky@leh.org
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