Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support emergency funding for University of Houston students adversely affected by Hurricane Harvey

University of Houston Cougar Emergency Fund

to improve the effectiveness of its operations, within a selective program to assist nine independent literary presses

Small Press Program

to improve publishing operations and organizational capacities of Arte Publico Press

Arte Publico Press - Literary Publishing Program

to improve its publishing operations and organizational capacities, within a selective program to assist nine literary presses

Literary Publishing

to support the development of El proyecto de la literatura puertorriqueña/The Puerto Rican Literature Project

El proyecto de la literatura puertorriqueña/The Puerto Rican Literature Project

to continue support for the Mellon Research Scholars program

Mellon Research Scholars Program Phase III

to renew support for the Mellon Research Scholars Program

Mellon Research Scholars Program Part II

to support a study of the legal and economic consequences of federal higher education policy

Educational Financing Study

in support of its U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project

U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project

to support the development of a Latinx Studies digital humanities center

Latinx Studies Digital Humanities Center

to establish an undergraduate research program in the humanities and related social sciences aimed at increasing the number of Latina/o undergraduates who apply to graduate school

Mellon Research Scholars Program

to support sustainability planning for a digital humanities center focused on US Latino Studies

US Latino Digital Humanities Center - Phase III

to support planning for a Latinx Studies digital humanities center

Planning for a Latina/o Studies Digital Humanities Center

to support the development of an interdisciplinary Africana Studies anthology focused on contemporary and historical constructions of race and racialization, and design an Africana Studies Degree Program and curriculum map predicated on collective scholarly research

Unpacking Contemporary and Historical Constructions of Race and Racialization: Developing a Program of Black Studies

to support productions of Songs of Houston and Last Acts and a revival of Billy Budd

Productions of 'Song of Houston,'  'Last Acts,' and  'Billy Budd'

to support humanities research, pedagogy, and local partnerships aimed at addressing the environmental justice challenges facing Houston

Diluvial Houston

toward costs of its project "Houston Evaluation of Latino Priorities'"

Houston Evaluation

to support the development of Latinx archives

Aquí Estamos! Latinx Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 

to support initiatives to assess and preserve the symphony's archives

Improving Access to and Preservation of Archival Collections 

to support academic collaborations with Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin, and expanded digital access to the permanent collection

New Directors' Initiatives

to support the development and production of new opera

Development and Production of New American Works

to support the development and production of new American works

to support the position of a scientist to work in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry at Rice University and The Menil Collection

Conservation Science Pilot Program

toward costs of management training at Jagiellonian University

EEP - Krakow Management Education Project [#3]

EEP - Krakow Management Education Project [#2]

to continue support for artistic initiatives and organizational development

to support development of conservation and object-based programs at the University Museum and Art Gallery

Conservation Studies Planning

to support scientific collaboration with the conservation department at the Menil Collection and the chemistry department at Rice University

Conservation Science - Phase II

for the revolving publications fund of the Law of the Sea Institute

Law of the Sea - Publications

to establish a revolving publications fund for the Law of the Sea Institute

Law of the Sea Institute

to support an analysis of the costs and revenue associated with reproduction services of libraries, museums, and archives

Economic Study of Digital Reproduction Services

to support an analysis of the policies, organization, and costs associated with the digital and print-based reproduction services of art museums

to support a culturally sensitive and trauma-informed higher education in prison program

Chaminade University Higher Education in Prison Program

to support the preservation of recorded sound collections

Audio Preservation

to commission new choreographic work, including fresh adaptations of existing pieces, for its repertoire

New Work

to support its strategic planning process

Strategic Planning

Symphony Orchestra Program

toward early planning costs of exhibitions and publications relating to its permanent collection

Exhibitions/Publications

to continue support of the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of Africa, Latin America, and other areas

Plants Initiative

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

to continue support for the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

to complete Foundation support for the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of Africa, Latin America, and other areas

toward costs of a program of ecological research and training

Ecosystems Research

Artists as Catalysts

Artists as Catalysts Navigation Image

Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 