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Memory Rising: August 2025
In this month’s edition:
- New Podcast Episode on New Deal Quilts
- Mini Consulting Sessions
- CARE: the Consortium of Arts Related Entrepreneurs
- Upcoming Grant Deadlines
- This Month’s Recommendations
How is your summer going? Mine has been filled with some very challenging personal and professional situations. I have to keep reminding myself that I don’t have to solve everything right away, but that small forward movements count. I was fortunate to take some time off for a family reunion on Cape Cod where I reconnected with relatives I hadn’t seen in years, let my cousins’ kids talk me into a pedal boat cruise around a small pond, plunged into the chilly Atlantic, and went whale watching. Next week I am heading to the Society of American Archivists conference in Anaheim - if you’ll be there, reach out to say hello. -Eira
(View of lighthouse near Provincetown from my recent trip, August 2025.)
# New Podcast Episode on New Deal Quilts
I recently interviewed quilt historian, Janneken Smucker, for my New Deal podcast [No Time For Fear](https://notimeforfear.net/listen/)! The New Deal included more than just public works projects, it also included quilts. [In this episode](https://notimeforfear.net/episode-notes-power-the-power-of-quilts/), Janneken and I talked about how rural electrification influenced quilting, TVA quilts, and the New Deal's spirit of experimentation.
👉 Download the pod, then forward this message to a friend or 3!
📲 Talk about it on social media: tag me on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eira-tansey-78592713/) or [Mastodon](https://glammr.us/@TeamMidwest) if you like.
🎧 You can listen to all episodes directly from the [podcast website](https://notimeforfear.net/listen/), Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS feed.
💚 Check out additional ways to [support me](https://notimeforfear.net/support/) in making the podcast!
# Mini Consulting Sessions
Are you thinking about a climate change and archives-related project and not sure about the best way to move forward and make it real? Are you a small organization eager to care for your archives? Do you need someone to brainstorm through research with you, or help you find archival sources for a project you’re working on?
Draw on my experience and prior work without the overhead of a long-term engagement! [Sign up for a one-hour consulting session](https://memoryrising.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33964c505212f62c031cc170e&id=7ae827c2ab&e=a53dd2b197). We’ll chat about your idea, problem, or project, and I will share resources with you after the call.
# CARE: the Consortium of Arts Related Entrepreneurs
The <a href="https://rachelropeik.com/care" target="_blank">**C**<span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: sans-serif">onsortium of </span></span>**A**<span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: sans-serif">rts </span></span>**R**<span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: sans-serif">elated </span></span>**E**<span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: sans-serif">ntrepreneurs (</span></span>**CARE**<span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: sans-serif">)</span></span></a> is an online community where independent arts and culture workers ditch the isolation for connection.
It’s your professional nest for support, celebration, and the entrepreneurial nudges you need to fly. Doors will be open from September 15-26, with the first facilitated session for new members on Wed, October 1. <a href="https://care-waitlist.paperform.co/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: sans-serif">Get on the waitlist</span></span></a> to get a direct reminder when doors open.
Rachel Ropeik is an awesome museum educator who runs CARE, and I got to know her over the course of participating in CARE twice over the last couple of years. She is a great facilitator who uses a variety of techniques and community-building practices to help small business owners working in the arts space tackle problems that feel unique to our working challenges and that often aren’t addressed in typical entrepreneurial settings. It’s been a great place for me to brainstorm business development strategies and get tips on how others have been running their businesses. Rachel is generously offering subscribers of the Memory Rising newsletter a 15% discount off their first payment with code MEMORY15.
# Upcoming Grant Deadlines
Several grant programs that I track for this newsletter have been defunded. This will have grave effects on archives and humanities programs across the country. My heart goes out to all of the federal employees who have been put on leave or terminated from federal funding agencies. Your work is so important, and know that our profession stands in solidarity with you.
See [April’s newsletter](https://us21.campaign-archive.com/?u=33964c505212f62c031cc170e&id=76aac7d145) for ideas on how to take action to support federal workers and programs.
## Remaining Funding Opportunities:
## Society of American Archivists
The SAA Foundation's[ National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives (NDRFA)](https://www2.archivists.org/groups/saa-foundation-board-of-directors/national-disaster-recovery-fund-for-archives) provides critical assistance to communities experiencing climate disasters. Applications received on a rolling basis. Grants are typically awarded within 7-10 business days of applying.
## National Endowment for the Humanities
The [Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition](https://www.neh.gov/program/rediscovering-our-revolutionary-tradition) program supports activities to preserve and improve access to primary source materials—including archival records; documents and rare publications; art and material culture; and photographs and sound recordings that highlight the history of American government in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of American independence. Due September 4.
The [Public Humanities Projects](https://www.neh.gov/grants/public/public-humanities-projects) program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming with an emphasis on projects for America’s 250th anniversary. Due September 10.
# This Month’s Recommendations
🗺️ [Your Brain on GPS](https://outsideinradio.org/shows/your-brain-on-gps) - One of my favorite podcasts, Outside/In, talked about a topic I’ve long been obsessed with since I was an undergraduate geography major and as a forever map nerd: how do we understand spatial awareness if we only use GPS to navigate?
📢 [It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful](https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jack-lowery/it-was-vulgar-and-it-was-beautiful/9781645036586/?lens=bold-type-books) - This book by Jack Lowery about Gran Fury, the artists’ group associated with AIDS activist organization ACT UP, is one of the best books I’ve read this year. Every chapter is a master class in the power of imagery and communications, and every chapter made me cry and laugh at the same time. Lowery also does a great job talking about the possibilities and limitations of surviving archival records from this period of history, and how LGBTQ archives were used by Gran Fury’s members to communicate their messages.
🖼️ [Defunct Museums](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17u5ik2rBoGzGnCF5yUdpcL0WVj6DDSPWKPvLWtB-wTw/edit?pli=1&gid=1078808319#gid=1078808319) - Adam Rozan maintains this spreadsheet of defunct museums. It is a sobering reminder that cultural heritage, and especially small museums, are vulnerable to a wide range of internal and external factors, and that their collections do not always necessarily end up going to another museum. (RIP John Brown Wax Museum!!)
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