Announcing the 2019 Collections Needs Assessment Program!
Portal Opens May 20th!
The NYSCA/GHHN Collection Needs Assessment Program is a NYSCA/GHHN Grant partnership program which provides two opportunities for museums across New York State.
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Site Assessment Program
The grant will support professional services for a collections consultant who will come to your organization for a half-day site visit focusing on a collections related topic. The consultant will discuss various areas of stewardship with the site including identifying your specific collections issues, suggesting and prioritizing basic steps to improve care of your collections. A written report will follow the consultation.
Maximum award: $650
Supplies Program
Applicants who have consulted with an appropriate professional may request funds to purchase collections management supplies. Supplies may include, but are not limited to: storage boxes, acid-free tissue paper, artifact trays, dividers, UV filtering film, Tyvek sheeting, tape, tags, labels, and environmental monitors. Supply requests for archival or library collections will not be supported.
Maximum award: $500
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Portal Opens May 20, 2019. Applications Due June 3, 2019
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The NYSCA/GHHN Collection Needs Assessment Program is made possible with funds from the
New York State Council on the Arts,
with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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2019 NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant
Portal is NOW OPEN!
The NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant Program is a partnership of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHHN) that provides support for treatment procedures by professional conservators to aid in stabilizing and preserving objects in collections of museums, historical and cultural organizations in New York State. The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation has provided additional dedicated support for conservation treatment projects in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Click "Learn More" for guidelines and a NEW informational slideshow detailing the application process.
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What We Fund:
Support of up to $7500 is available for conservation treatment of paintings, works on paper, textiles, furniture, and decorative objects owned by eligible organizations. Funding is also available for treatment costs for supports, frames, stands, and mounts that are integral to the treatment of the object.
What We Do Not Fund:
Grant will not support the treatment of archival collections. Grant will not support staff salaries. Funds are not available for preventative care, re-housing or re-formatting of objects, purchases of storage furniture, or upgrading environmental systems.
Application Deadline: June 3, 2019
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The NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant Program is made possible with funds from the
New York State Council on the Arts,
with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation has provided additional dedicated support for conservation treatment projects in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
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Behind The Scenes Networking Event
Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct: Weir Tour
May 31, 2019
Meet at the Joseph Caputo Community Center
95 Broadway, Ossining
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
$15
Please join us Friday, May 31st, 2019 at the Old Croton Aquaduct Weir for a very special behind-the-scenes walking tour of the Weir. We will meet at the Joseph Caputo Community Center in Ossining at 5 PM. We will take a short walk to the Weir, and then descend into the original 1842 brick water tunnel and learn its history - this is
a rare opportunity to see the inner workings of the Weir, which controlled the flow of water through the Old Croton Aqueuct to New York City.
Please wear sturdy shoes and come prepared to walk. Afterwards, we'll return to the Joseph Caputo Community Center's Music Room for a short film about the Aqueduct and wine, hors d'oeuvres, and conversation!
Many thanks to the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct for hosting this event.
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SAVE THE DATE!
GHHN Annual Conference - September 24, 2019
Bear Mountain Inn & Conference Center
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We are experimenting with history! Consider the 2019 GHHN Annual Conference as a field guide to find new ways to connect with science at your heritage organization - from injecting a historic perspective into STEM programs at your site; to analyzing how visitation at museums and historic sites can impact health and well-being; to exploring the many ways that science can help us understand our collections better - through conservation, forensics, and imaging technology.
Join us on
Tuesday, September 24 at the Bear Mountain Inn & Conference Center
to discover strategies and find inspiration for exploring how to connect with science at your heritage organization.
The Annual Conference will once again feature the extremely popular "Follow the Speaker" conference format - designed to help sites engage at a more direct level with our presenters. The conference will be a full day of learning, conversation, networking with your peers, office hours opportunities with grant funding organizations as well as a lite breakfast, networking luncheon, full-day exhibit hall, the
Awards for Excellence
ceremony and poster session, and more!
Exhibitor/Sponsorship Opportunities and the Call for Presenters are NOW OPEN.
The 2019 Awards for Excellence nomination portal will open on June 20, 2019.
Click the buttons below for more information.
Conference registration will open on July 1 - We hope to see you on September 24!!
#experimentingwithhistory
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"1969: When Woodstock Changed the World" Conference to be Held at Marist College June 13-14
Three days of peace and music were actually almost a decade in the making. This summer, Marist College will hold a conference, “1969: When Woodstock Changed the World,” examining the events that led to the iconic music festival on June 13-14, 2019.
The Hudson River Valley Institute (HRVI) at Marist collaborated with The Museum at Bethel Woods, site of the original event, and the New York State Museum, Office of State History, to organize a multi-day event exploring the social history of the tumultuous decade leading up to the Woodstock Festival. It will include a by-registration only field trip to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, and panel discussions on: music in the ‘60s; social movements, including civil rights and black power, communal living, feminism, and the Vietnam War and peace movements.
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Keynote events include lectures by CNN Presidential Historian Dr. Douglas Brinkley, author of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race, and Dr. David Farber, author of The '60's: From Memory to History. The conference will finish with “We Are Golden: a Woodstock Anniversary Panel Discussion” moderated by Wade Lawrence, Museum Director at Bethel Woods, that will feature music and a brief film screening.
All events are open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Fee: $50
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Harnessing the Power of Stories: A Workshop/Webinar Series
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Two sessions remaining:
June 25 and July 23
Boscobel House & Gardens
1601 9D, Garrison, NY
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Workshop Fee: GHHN Members: $45 NonMembers: $55
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Museums are all about stories! In order to best serve our current and potential audiences, heritage organizations need creative tools for interpretation and communication to build local capacity and sustainability while strengthening connections within its community. Museums are often seen as places of learning associated with the presentation of historical dates, facts and figures. However, they are also places where curiosity is invoked and where wondrous things can be discovered. The museum experience should engage visitors with hands-on and minds-on activities, storytelling, employ historical imagery, and evoke the spirit of historical persons from the past.
GHHN is excited to offer these programs in partnership with the
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
/Hudson River Valley Greenway (HRVNHA/HRVG).
Full-day workshops include lite breakfast, luncheon, afternoon coffee break, and reference materials.
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Connecting Collections and Audience: The Theater-Artists' Approach to Telling the
Story of the Objects in the
Collection
with Sean McNall,
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
June 25, 2019
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Make History Live! Character Development
with Kandie Carle, Artistic Director East Haddam Stage Company and Living History Performance Artist
July 23, 2019
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The Harnessing the Power of Stories Workshop/Webinar Series is made possible by funding from the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.
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The Findnyculture.org Project Needs Your Help!
Findnyculture.org
is a new resource developed by the New York State Education Department's Office of Cultural Education to connect teachers to New York's cultural education community. Participating organizations can promote programs, resources, and events for free.
Click here for the flier.
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To participate in the project:
- Go to www.findnyculture.org to take a six-question survey. Your survey results will help determine the search criteria needed to best describe your organization’s education programming and resources.
- Send an email to info@findnyculture.org with your name, title, and organization name. When the website is ready, you will receive your organization’s log-in information. By logging-in you will be able to select specific search criteria that aligns with your organization, check your organization’s chartering status, update your organization’s vital information (email address, URL, physical address, telephone number), and use the events calendar.
Look for the launch of the website and promotion to New York teachers to begin in late summer for the coming 2019-20 school year.
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Historic Housekeeping:
Preservation and Management of Historic Interiors
At this entirely hands-on workshop, guided by GHHN’s collection care professionals, participants learned the proper hands-on methodology of collections care by working directly with collections. Through our train-the-trainer focus, this full-day workshop equipped attendees with the knowledge and skill sets necessary for cleaning, handling, and storing collections along with the tools to teach their volunteer base these critical skills.
Our April program at Sagtikos Manor was sold out. Thanks to our hosts and the Gardiner Foundation for funds to make this workshop possible!
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Our next session on Monday, July 15, 2019 at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum is SOLD OUT!
We do have a wait list, so email info@greaterhudson.org if you're interested!
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, Mansion & Planetarium, Centerport
Workshop Fee: $25
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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This workshop is presented by GHHN and made possible through generous funding from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.
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Register Your 2019 Path Through History Weekend Events Today!
In 2012, Governor Cuomo unveiled New York State's "Path Through History," a statewide initiative that links historically and culturally significant sites, locations and events throughout New York State. This effort to highlight our rich heritage aims to not only showcase the state's history and cultural significance, but also promote tourism and economic development in communities across the state.
Path Through History Weekends will be held this year in two seasons:
Spring - on Father's Day weekend
(June 15 - 16, 2019)
Fall - on Columbus Day weekend
(October 12 - 14, 2019)
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Host sites can participate in one or both of the weekends; there is no obligation to participate in both.
If your organization is holding an event during these time frames that connects with New York State history, we encourage you to participate so
we can include it in our promotional efforts.
Sites that sign up will receive a variety of promotional materials to distribute, including rack cards, brochures, lawns signs, and stickers for a social media contest.
We hope you'll join us in celebrating New York State's history - click on the button below to register your event!
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Deadline for Letter of Intent: June 14th
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William G. Pomeroy Foundation Historic Roadside Marker Program Grant Funding Available
The William G. Pomeroy Foundation, a private, grant-making foundation based in Syracuse, N.Y., will officially open the next grant round of its NYS Historic Marker Grant Program which began on Monday, April 29. The program commemorates historic people, places, or things during the years 1740 to 1919. Grants cover the entire cost of the historic marker, pole and shipping.
The current grant round is available in the following New York State counties: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond (Region 1); Nassau and Suffolk (Region 2); and Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester (Region 3).
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Call for Papers/Save the Date:
Celebrating 20 years of Researching New York
November 21-23, University at Albany
The Researching New York 2019 conference is seeking individual and panel proposals on all aspects of New York State history, in all time periods. Roundtables, media presentations, workshops, and other non-traditional presentations encouraged.
Proposals due June 16, 2019.
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The Researching New York Conference Featured Events represent a
commitment to public history and community engagement. They are free and open to the public as well as conference attendees.
2019 Featured Event: A screening of
Driving While Black
, with Ric Burns and Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, scheduled to air nationally on PBS in 2020.
Based on the groundbreaking research of historian Gretchen Sullivan Sorin and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns, Driving While Black explores the role of the automobile in the lives of African Americans during the Jim Crow era of the 1930s to 1960s.
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SAVE THE DATE!
NYSCA/GHHN Creativity Incubator:
NYC/Metro Session
November 2019
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This is the 7th and FINAL CI Workshop session - make sure to watch for an announcement of date/location, and sign up ASAP because all our sessions have been SOLD OUT!
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What is the NYSCA/GHHN Creativity Incubator?
The NYSCA/GHHN Creativity Incubator workshop series invites staff in museums to test out experimental interpretive approaches. Each workshop session is completely different! The end goal of the program is to open our eyes to new possibilities and encourage museums to think more imaginatively about the interpretation of their collections and the visitor experience. We're very excited to bring this unique opportunity to museums around our great state and hope you'll join us on our journey to think more creatively.
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Apply Now for NYSCA REDC Workforce, Capital, and Impact Programming Support!
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NYSCA will accept applications for FY2020 funding through the Regional Economic Development Council beginning May 1, 2019!NYSCA opportunities will be available via two programs:
Arts and Cultural Initiatives Funding and the
Arts and Cultural Facilities Improvement Program: Mid-Size Capital Project Fund.
The deadline to submit your application through the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) is July 26, 2019 at 4PM.
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Arts and Cultural Initiatives Funding:
NY State Arts Impact Awards
Program Purpose: to support the expansion of up to 10 large-scale, public arts projects conceived with a high level of artistic scope and ambition that demonstrate a commitment to collaboration across sectors, disciplines, and regions.
Grant Size: $100,000
Grant Term: March 1, 2020 – February 28, 2021
Workforce Investment
Program Purpose: to support the creation of new full- or part time positions and the expansion of existing part-time positions to full time.
Grants for New Positions
Grant Size: $37,500 - $112,500, plus up to $10,000 for resident artist projects
Grant Term: March 1, 2020 – February 28, 2022 (Multi-Year Contract)
Matching Requirement: 50% of the grant amount
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NYSCA REDC Arts Workforce Fellowships
Program Purpose: to support training and career development programs for emerging arts practitioners from communities that have been historically underrepresented in the arts and cultural sector.
Grants for New Programs
Grant Size: $45,000 - $112,500, plus up to $7,500 for organizational equity work
Grant Term: March 1, 2020 – February 28, 2022 (Multi-Year Contract)
Matching Requirement: 50% of the grant amount
Arts and Cultural Facilities Improvement Program:
NYSCA’s Arts & Cultural Facilities Improvement Program will offer up to $1.75 million in funding through the Mid-Size Capital Project Fund across the state to arts and cultural organizations.
Total Funding Available: Up to $1.75 million
Grant Size: $49,500 - $150,000
Grant Term: March 2020 – February 2023
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Urban Heritage Strategies Course in the Netherlands
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August 19-30th,
Erasmus University in Rotterdam
Application Deadline: June 1st
FULL TUITION WAIVER AVAILABLE FOR US APPLICANTS
In cities all around the world built heritage is under pressure from economic growth, urbanisation, exploding populations, increasing density and climate change. Heritage plays an important role in the city. It reflects an image of the city, reveals stories about its past and gives character and human scale to the city. If understood and managed properly heritage can effectively contribute to the overall quality of urban areas and serve as a vital asset and vector for future urban investments. Urban Heritage Strategies (UHS) aims to develop a better understanding of the complex relationship between urban development and heritage management. The courses are developed by IHS in close cooperation with the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands.
The curriculum draws upon the different IHS Specialisations and the knowledge of experts of the Cultural Heritage Agency. UHS develops the capacity of participants in terms of knowledge and skills to perform urban management of heritage strategies for inner-city areas as well as having exchanged expertise and experience with fellow participants.
Note:
This year’s course is tailored to four countries: South Africa, Brazil, the United States of America and the Netherlands. These countries partner in knowledge exchange on heritage conservation.
For that reason, the Dutch government provides a full tuition fee waiver for selected applicants from Brazil and the United States of America, and a partial waiver for selected applicants from the Netherlands.
Candidates from Brazil are also eligible for financial support for travel. Admitted candidates will receive additional information on how to apply for the waiver as conditions differ per country. Candidates from South Africa are welcome to make use of the Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) which is a full scholarship opportunity.
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NYSCA/GHHN Creativity Incubator: Northern NY Session
Reflections From Our Museum Maverick, Rainey Tisdale
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The sixth session of the NYSCA/GHHN Creativity Incubator workshop series was held on May 1, at the Adirondack History Museum in Elizabethtown with Rainey Tisdale as our Museum Maverick. Participants spent the day with hands-on activities learning about the stages of the creative process, the recipe for transformative museum experiences, and how to work within creative constraints. After the session was over, we taped a final reflection with Rainey - click on the video link at right to check it out. To see photos from the session or read the reflections from past session's Mavericks, head on over to
The Hatchery, the Creativity Incubator blog:
http://www.greaterhudson.org/the-hatchery
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Here's a Look At Our Busy, Busy Spring
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This spring has been one of the busiest seasons for us at GHHN. We've been all across the state - and even beyond! From a hands on historic housekeeping workshop on Long Island, to exihibiting at the MANY Conference in Cooperstown, to our Harnessing the Power of Stories workshop in the Hudson Valley, to our 6th NYSCA/GHHN Creativity Incubator workshop up in the Adirondacks - and even up to Boston to present our escape box at HistoryCamp! We're so glad to have gotten to spend time with you all - our fellow heritage keepers! Don't forget to follow us on our social media channels (including our new Instagram account @theghhn) to see what we're up to!
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