CONFERENCES/DISCUSSIONS/LECTURES

2007 National Creole Heritage Celebration
Sponsor: Northwestern State University
Project Director: Janet Colson
LEH Grant: $10,522
Parish: Natchitoches

Lafayette in History
Sponsor: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Project Director: Jordan Kellman
LEH Grant: $6,630
Parish: Lafayette

Abraham Lincoln and History
Sponsor: Louisiana State University at Shreveport
Project Director: William Pederson
LEH Grant: $1,665
Parish: Caddo

Community, Culture and Carnival: Emerging and Lasting Traditions
Sponsor: Louisiana State University
Project Director: Solimar Otero
LEH Grant: $2,496
Parish: East Baton Rouge

L'Annee La Fayette 2007: The Spirit of the Marquis
Sponsor: Louisiana State Bar Association, Francophone Section
Project Director: Marie Breaux
LEH Grant: $2,000
Parish: Lafayette

Mapping the new New Orleans: Linking Catastrophe to Place and Pre-Disaster History
Sponsor: Women for a Better Louisiana
Project Director: Denise Neu
LEH Grant: $1,000
Parish: Orleans

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Rebel
Sponsor: Filmmaker's Collaborative
Project Director: Maria Agui Carter
LEH Grant: $36,666
Parish: Orleans

Reverse Angle: Retelling Robert Flaherty's Louisiana Story
Sponsor: Foundation for Excellence in Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Project Director: Tika Laudun
LEH Grant: $24,950
Parish: East Baton Rouge

Jonathan Frelich Radio Project
Sponsor: Monkey Puzzle Producations
Project Director: David Kunian
LEH Grant: $28,733
Parish: Orleans

Finding Solid Ground
Sponsor: UNO Foundation
Project Director: Eve Troeh & Molly Peterson
LEH Grant: $27,688
Parish: Orleans

American Routes
Sponsor: American Routes
Project Director: Nick Spitzer
LEH Grant: $100,000
Parish: Statewide

MUSEUM AND EXHIBIT PROJECTS

Object and Idea: A Series of Public Lectures
Sponsor: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Project Director: Mark Tullos
LEH Grant: $11,206
Parish: Lafayette

Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs
Sponsor: Louisiana Art & Science Museum
Project Director: Elizabeth Chubbuck-Weinstein
LEH Grant: $20,000
Parish: East Baton Rouge

The Line That Roars: Editorial Cartoons in the Age of Anxiety
Sponsor: Louisiana State University
Project Director: Laura Lindsay
LEH Grant: $15,650
Parish: East Baton Rouge

Southern Master Series: Jean Seidenberg
Sponsor: Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Project Director: David Houston
LEH Grant: $21,650
Parish: Orleans

Hurry on Down: A Celebration of the Life of Nellie Lutcher
Sponsor: Music Museum of Southwest Louisiana
Project Director: Stella Miller
LEH Grant: $2,500
Parish: Calcasieu

New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music (6 grants)

1. Sponsor: Jeanerette Bicentennial Park & Museum
   Project Director: Gail Garcia
   LEH Grant: $1,000
   Parish: Iberia
2. Sponsor: Friends of the Louisiana State Oil & Gas Museum
   Project Director: Coe Haygood
   LEH Grant: $1,355
   Parish: Caddo
3. Sponsor: Friends of the Delta Music Museum Foundation
   Project Director: Judith Bingham
   LEH Grant: $1,107
   Parish: Concordia
4. Sponsor: Le Musee de la Ville de Kaplan
   Project Director: Betty Girouard
   LEH Grant: $1,141
   Parish: Vermilion
5. Sponsor:Abita City Opry, Inc
   Project Director: Bryan Gowland
   LEH Grant: $865
   Parish: St. Tammany
6. Sponsor: Lincoln Parish Library
   Project Director: Nikki Brown & Vivian McCain
   LEH Grant: $1,203
   Parish: Lincoln

FESTIVALS (Humanities, Literary, Film, Folklife)

2007 Louisiana Book Festival
Sponsor: Louisiana Library Foundation
Project Director: Rod Mills
LEH Grant: $20,389
Parish: Statewide

Louisiana Indian Heritage Association's Fall & Spring Powwows
Sponsor: Louisiana Indian Heritage Association Inc
Project Director: Andrea Randazzo
LEH Grant: $12,161
Parish: Ascension

5th Annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival
Sponsor: NO/AIDS Task Force
Project Director: Paul Willis
LEH Grant: $2,500
Parish: Orleans

Black Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans
Sponsor: Tulane University
Project Director: Beverly Trask
LEH Grant: $2,000
Parish: Orleans

The 2nd Annual Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival
Sponsor: Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Project Director: Pat Mire
LEH Grant: $2,500
Parish: Lafayette

Film and the Quest for Meaning
Sponsor: Ascension Parish Library
Project Director: John May
LEH Grant: $2,425
Parish: Ascension

INFORMANCES

Louisiana Crossroads Season 8
Sponsor: Acadiana Arts Council
Project Director: Todd Mouton
LEH Grant: $13,890
Parish: Lafayette and Iberia

Madewood-Peabody Trio Institute Outreach Program Sponsor: Madewood Arts Foundation
Project Director: Keith Marshall
LEH Grant: $2,000
Parish: Assumption

Stand by Me
Sponsor: The Children & Youth Foundation of the Music School Bus Inc
Project Director: Stephen Lee
LEH Grant: $2,500
Parish: Orleans

PUBLICATIONS

House of Dance and Feathers Museum Catalogue & Cultural Showcase
Sponsor: The Neighborhood Story Project
Project Director: Rachel Breunlin
LEH Grant: $18,304
Parish: Orleans

Natalie's War: The Magnificent Life of Natalie Scott
Project Director: John Scott
LEH Grant: $4,000
Parish: Rapides

The Abduction of Molly Digby: A True Story of Race, Justice & Reconstruction in New Orleans
Sponsor: Loyola University of New Orleans
Project Director: Michael Ross
LEH Grant: $4,000
Parish: Orleans

You Are Where You Eat: Stories & Recipes from the Neighborhoods of New Orleans
Project Director: Elsa Hahne
LEH Grant: $4,000
Parish: Orleans

The Imporance of Being Ernie K-Doe
Project Director: Ben Sandmel
LEH Grant: $4,000
Parish: Jefferson

TEACHER INSTITUTES AND WORKSHOPS

Bicentennial Teacher Institute
Sponsor: West Baton Rouge Museum
Project Director: Jeannie Luckett
LEH Grant: $540
Parish: West Baton Rouge

For more information, contact:
John Kemp, kemp@leh.org • 504.620.2481
Walker Lasiter, lasiter@leh.org • 504.620.2631
Rachel Norman, norman@leh.org • 504.620.2479
Erik Charpentier, PhD, charpentier@leh.org • 504.620.2478