Office Hours Sign Up
This year, we are again offering office hours to give you the opportunity to speak directly with grant funders and representatives from area Semiquincentennial Commissions. Office hours are on-going throughout the Conference from 11:30 AM – 3:50 PM and take place in the Adirondack Room, adjacent to the Appalachian Ballroom. Each appointment is 10 minutes. Advance sign up required for appointments.
Participating Office Hours Organizations
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area/Hudson River Valley Greenway
Office Hours with Dan Jeanson
The Hudson River Valley Greenway’s mission is to continue and advance the state’s commitment to the preservation, enhancement and development of the world-renowned scenic, natural, historic, cultural and recreational resources of the Hudson River Valley. National Heritage area grants are intended to recognize, preserve, protect and interpret the nationally significant cultural and natural resources of the Hudson River Valley for the benefit of the Nation and fund programming, interpretation, and marketing that support the mutual goals of the HRVNHA and applicants. Community Grants are intended for the development of plans or projects consistent with the five Greenway criteria: natural and cultural resource protection, economic development, public access, regional planning, and heritage and environmental education.
Humanities New York
Office Hours with Adam Capitano
The mission of Humanities New York is to strengthen civil society and the bonds of community, using the humanities to foster engaged inquiry and dialogue around social and cultural concerns. The Grants Program is a statewide resource for support of a wide variety of programs at not-for-profit institutions throughout New York State. Through this program, the Council distributes federal funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities directly to notable projects created by museums, libraries, historical societies, and other cultural and educational organizations. These grant programs include Quick Grants, Vision Grants, and Action Grants.
New York State Archives - Documentary Heritage Program (DHP)
Office Hours with John Diefenderfer
The New York State Archives Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) was established in 1988 to provide assistance and grant funding to New York’s non-government archival repositories, such as historical societies, college archives, universities, and museums, to improve access to historical records in their care. DHP grants help build a more comprehensive and equitable documentation of New York State’s history and culture. They support projects that identify, survey, collect, arrange, describe, and make available records relating to groups and topics traditionally underrepresented in the historical record. The State Archives award DHP grants annually through a competitive process.
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
Special Information session on STEM /STEAM projects with Kristin Herron and Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi
Office Hours with Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi
The New York State Council on the Arts accepts grant applications from nonprofit organizations incorporated or registered to do business in New York State, Native American tribes in New York State, and units of government in municipalities in New York State. An organization must have its principal place of business located in New York serving the State’s constituents. NYSCA funds programs in architecture and design, arts education, dance, electronic media and film, facilities projects, folk arts, individual artists, literature, museums, music, presenting, special arts services, state and local partnerships, theater, visual arts, and regional economic development.
New York State Historian
Office Hours with Devin Lander
Devin Lander, the New York State Historian, will have office hours to meet with constituents, answer questions about the NY Minute Podcast, the Museum chartering process, talk about submissions to the NY History Journal, or discuss the NY Semiquincentennial.
Semiquincentennial Commission Office Hours:
Meet with representatives from your county to learn what's being planned and how your site or organization can participate in this special anniversary. Representatives from the following counties will be present:
Dutchess County: William Tatum, Dutchess County Historian
Orange County: Johanna Porr Yaun, Orange County Historian and chair of the Orange County Semiquincentennial Commission.
Westchester County: Constance Messerly Kehoe, President, Revolutionary Westchester 250
Office Hours with Dan Jeanson
The Hudson River Valley Greenway’s mission is to continue and advance the state’s commitment to the preservation, enhancement and development of the world-renowned scenic, natural, historic, cultural and recreational resources of the Hudson River Valley. National Heritage area grants are intended to recognize, preserve, protect and interpret the nationally significant cultural and natural resources of the Hudson River Valley for the benefit of the Nation and fund programming, interpretation, and marketing that support the mutual goals of the HRVNHA and applicants. Community Grants are intended for the development of plans or projects consistent with the five Greenway criteria: natural and cultural resource protection, economic development, public access, regional planning, and heritage and environmental education.
Humanities New York
Office Hours with Adam Capitano
The mission of Humanities New York is to strengthen civil society and the bonds of community, using the humanities to foster engaged inquiry and dialogue around social and cultural concerns. The Grants Program is a statewide resource for support of a wide variety of programs at not-for-profit institutions throughout New York State. Through this program, the Council distributes federal funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities directly to notable projects created by museums, libraries, historical societies, and other cultural and educational organizations. These grant programs include Quick Grants, Vision Grants, and Action Grants.
New York State Archives - Documentary Heritage Program (DHP)
Office Hours with John Diefenderfer
The New York State Archives Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) was established in 1988 to provide assistance and grant funding to New York’s non-government archival repositories, such as historical societies, college archives, universities, and museums, to improve access to historical records in their care. DHP grants help build a more comprehensive and equitable documentation of New York State’s history and culture. They support projects that identify, survey, collect, arrange, describe, and make available records relating to groups and topics traditionally underrepresented in the historical record. The State Archives award DHP grants annually through a competitive process.
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
Special Information session on STEM /STEAM projects with Kristin Herron and Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi
Office Hours with Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi
The New York State Council on the Arts accepts grant applications from nonprofit organizations incorporated or registered to do business in New York State, Native American tribes in New York State, and units of government in municipalities in New York State. An organization must have its principal place of business located in New York serving the State’s constituents. NYSCA funds programs in architecture and design, arts education, dance, electronic media and film, facilities projects, folk arts, individual artists, literature, museums, music, presenting, special arts services, state and local partnerships, theater, visual arts, and regional economic development.
New York State Historian
Office Hours with Devin Lander
Devin Lander, the New York State Historian, will have office hours to meet with constituents, answer questions about the NY Minute Podcast, the Museum chartering process, talk about submissions to the NY History Journal, or discuss the NY Semiquincentennial.
Semiquincentennial Commission Office Hours:
Meet with representatives from your county to learn what's being planned and how your site or organization can participate in this special anniversary. Representatives from the following counties will be present:
Dutchess County: William Tatum, Dutchess County Historian
Orange County: Johanna Porr Yaun, Orange County Historian and chair of the Orange County Semiquincentennial Commission.
Westchester County: Constance Messerly Kehoe, President, Revolutionary Westchester 250
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