The NIAF would like to thank all of the applicants for their submissions. This grant cycle alone received over 200 applications from qualified persons and organizations seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding. Many had excellent credentials and proposals, but because of funding limitations, we are only able to offer a limited number of awards. If you were not awarded funding this year, we encourage you to apply again in the beginning of 2012 when the next grant cycle opens.
The NIAF wishes to congratulate the following grant award winners for 2011:
The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles has been awarded a grant from the NIAF to support its conceptual and design services for the Museum to improve its facilities and permanent exhibit space and its conceptual and design services.
The Museum is located in the historic Italian Hall on North Main Street overlooking Olvera Street in Los Angeles. Built in 1908, the Italian Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the oldest remaining structure from the city’s Little Italy. Slated to open in 2013, the Museum will be a 21st century interactive museum that documents the history and ongoing contributions of Italian Americans and Italians in the context of our nation.
St. Jerome School, Chicago, Ill.
Maurizio Malfeo, Italian language teacher at St. Jerome’s Catholic school, has been awarded a grant from the NIAF to provide materials for his Italian curriculum and to start evening Italian language classes for parents.
Malfeo is the only teacher of Italian at the school and a significant number of his students are of Italian descent. Many students and parents speak little to no Italian and Malfeo will reach out to the entire community in Chicago to encourage them to take evening Italian language courses.
La Scuola d’Italia, New York, N.Y.
La Scuola d’Italia has been awarded a grant from the NIAF to support the development and implementation of distinct programming reflecting the excellence of Italian language and culture to both students and the community at large.
La Scuola is the only institution of its kind to provide bilingual and bicultural PreK through 12th grade education in both Italian and English. It also works to provide workshops, host concerts, and hold events that serve to promote and preserve Italian culture and heritage among the academic community and the general public.
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum has been awarded a grant from the NIAF to support the exhibition of etchings and prints by the Venetian masters Canaletto and Domenico Tiepolo.
The Zimmerli has always had a commitment to promoting a greater appreciation of fine prints while highlighting the university’s strengths in Italian languages and literature, contemporary printmaking, and art history. The study of Italian has a long tradition at Rutgers, as the Department of Italian is one of the finest among American colleges and universities.
