Grants & Collaborations
WPHL has received funding from the Andrew J. Mellon Foundation, Florida Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Jorge M. Perez Family Foundation and Miami Foundation (CreARTE), the Carrie Meek Foundation with the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance and the Knight Foundation in collaboration with the HCAA and the Green Family Foundation Trust has been a collaborator on grants funded by the Andrew J. Mellon Foundation.
These funds allow us to build community partnerships with local galleries, libraries, archives and museums, engage FIU faculty in discussions about how to incorporate the study of South Florida into their research and pedagogy, explore how Black Beauty embodies resistance, document the local celebration of a transnational festival, record oral histories and make them accessible via a podcast, co-create exhibitions with community members and much more.
Many of our projects have created opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to gain experience as docents, interviewers and digital archivists.
Community Partnerships
We have the privilege of working with community partners across South Florida and within FIU.
- African American Research Library and Cultural Center
- Jewish Museum of Florida
- Museum of Graffiti
- Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center
- Stonewall National Museum and Archives
- The Historic Hampton House Museum and Cultural Center
- Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
- World AIDS Museum and Education Center
- Historic Ward Rooming House
- Green Space Miami
- Little Haiti Cultural Complex
- IPC Arts Space
- Betsy Hotel
- Florida Grand Opera
- Catalyst Miami
- Green Space Miami
- Rhythm Foundation
- Hope Through Art
- Save the Everglades
- International Center for Photography ICP MOU
It wasn't until I met Rebecca and the FIU Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab that I learned that the work Hampton Art Lovers had already been doing in Overtown for years, was in fact 'Public Humanities.' This revelation has led to an enriching partnership and the capacity that a university brings to a small business like ours, allows us to stay small and nimble. That's a blessing!Christopher Norwood, Owner/Curator at The Historic Ward Rooming House
