Grantee Database

American Museum of Natural History

Country / Region:
• United States

• 2024
• Curation
• Vietnam to United States

To host Hanoi Museum Conservator Mr. Lê Chí Công at AMNH for a six-month training in paper and photography conservation.

• 2013
• Museum Studies
• Vietnam to United States

to support the participation of Dr. Nguyen Van Huy and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong in a conference in New York in May 2014

• 2011
• Conservation
• United States to United States

to support a regional workshop on object and textile conservation at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi in February 2012.

• 2006
• Museum Studies
• United States to United States

eight-month internship at AMNH for conservation specialist Hoang Thi To Quyen from the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology beginning fall 2006

• 2003
• United States to United States

to enable conservators Judith Levinson and Vuka Roussakis to consult with Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on the design of a new storage facility in Hanoi in fall 2003 and to pursue conservation research in Singapore with colleagues from the VME

• 2002
• Museum Studies
• United States to United States

support for a six-month internship for intern Ms. Pham Lan Huong for October 2002 to March 2003

• 2001
• United States to United States

support for a six-month intership for a conservation specialist from the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

• 2000
• United States to United States

support for curator Laurel Kendall and conservator Judith Levinson to undertake research in Vietnam for the exhibition "Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind and Spirit"

• 1993
• Museum Studies
• United States to United States

Support workshops on conservation methods to be presented by the museum's textile conservator, Vuka Roussakis, at three museums in Vietnam.

Amanda Andrei

• 2024
• Theater
• United States to Philippines

To study Filipino plays that deal with online and internet culture, observing how these plays might translate from Filipino to Anglophone audiences and how a diasporic heritage language learner critiques a multilingual play.

Fatimah Asghar

• 2024
• Literature
• United States to Mongolia, Pakistan

To research and collect folkloric stories about the Jinn (a spirit inhabiting the earth but unseen by humans) of Pakistan, and how they have built a relationship with people for JINNESTAN, a short story collection that explores the world of Jinn from a futuristic perceptive.

Bangkok Art and Culture Centre

• 2024
• Arts Administration
• China, Taiwan, United States to Thailand

To support CULTIVATE, a professional development program for curators and arts managers, bringing world-renowned curatorial faculty to Bangkok to host and participate in intensive workshops and mentorship.

Brian Bernards

• 2024
• Arts Criticism
• United States to Korea, Thailand

To research, write, and conduct interviews in Thailand for a book on Inter-Asian Cinema dealing with cinematic reflections on pop culture-inspired tourism.

Elizabeth Bielby

• 2024
• Theater
• United States to China

To travel to Chengdu and Zigong, China for six weeks to observe, exchange, and collaborate with traditional chuanju ("Sichuan opera") artists around ongoing physical and vocal training practices of physical performers in China and the U.S.

Briana Brightly

• 2024
• Art History
• United States to India

To investigate the relationship between religion, art, and medicine in early-modern Tibet through a study of the artist Lhodrak Tenzin Norbu's anatomical illustrations.

Louella Rose Cabalona

• 2024
• Ethnomusicology
• United States to Philippines

A 2-month research fellowship in Manila and Cebu, Philippines focusing on Philippine art, music, theater, and key historical events from 1898 to 1946 to inform the completion of a cabaret work and album based on the life and works of great Filipino composers.

James Q. Chan

• 2024
• United States to Bhutan, Vietnam

To investigate how mobile libraries address educational and cultural disparities in Bangladesh and Bhutan in rural communities grappling with socio-economic challenges.

Candice Chang

• 2024
• Visual Art
• United States to Japan, Taiwan

To research Hakka earth buildings, sacred architecture, and Chinese ink rubbings in Taiwan and China to inform a new model of participatory public art installation.

Cathy Che

• 2024
• Literature
• United States to Philippines, Vietnam

To retrace her parents' journey in Vietnam and the Philippines, leading to her mother playing a background extra in Apocalypse Now while being stateless in a refugee camp after fleeing the Vietnam War, for research into a memoir called Fade In centering on their story.

Crossing Borders Music Collective

• 2024
• Music
• United States to Bangladesh

To travel to Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh to meet Rohingya refugee musicians, learn about Rohingya music, and exchange ideas about music education.