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Professor Peter Decherney wins 2021 Sachs Program for Arts Innovation grant award for "Ethiopia’s Last Jews"

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation is thrilled to announce its fourth annual round of grant awards today, providing $177,000 to support 25 ambitious and creative projects in the arts and humanities at Penn. Since its launch in 2017, the Sachs Program has funded over 200 projects and distributed approximately $1.1 Million in artistic and creative support. The Sachs Program’s grantmaking is part of its larger efforts to support and advance the arts across the University and the 2021 grants support a broad range of projects in the visual arts, opera, theater, film, writing, music, translation, and cultural planning.

Read more about Peter's project here:

https://sachsarts.org/grant-awards/ethiopias-last-jews/