FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2025
Contact: Director of Special Projects April Lillard-Gomez at info@mexicalibiennial.org
Whittier, CA — California Humanities has recently announced the December 2024 Humanities For All Project Grant awards.
The MexiCali Biennial has been awarded $25,000 for its project entitled PARA/normal Borders Lab.
Humanities For All Project Grant is a competitive grant program of California Humanities which supports locally-developed projects that respond to the needs, interests and concerns of Californians, provide accessible learning experiences for the public, and promote understanding among our state’s diverse population.
The PARA/normal Borders Lab aims to offer a way to creatively approach grief and recovery in a post-covid world by exploring concepts of the paranormal through shared histories and personal perspectives, reflecting ideals in a new era of Spiritualism. Public-facing projects will seek to explore the shifts between universes, time, and the cosmos through the notion of traversing through portals, whether physically or metaphorically, as a way of connecting Californians.
“This was an extremely competitive round, with our seven new Project Grant recipients representing only 6% of the applications we received,” said California Humanities’ President and CEO Rick Noguchi. “These projects rose to the top, and collectively represent what the humanities are about in California: providing creative ways to tell stories that haven’t been told, contributing to the mosaic that is California’s identity.” Click HERE for the California Humanities press release.
California Humanities promotes the humanities – focused on ideas, conversation and learning – as relevant, meaningful ways to understand the human condition and connect us to each other in order to help strengthen California. California Humanities has provided grants and programs across the state since 1975. To learn more, visit calhum.org, or like and follow on Facebook, X, and Instagram.