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HEART Award

The HEART Award recognizes the award recipient for outstanding support and contribution of time and resources to enhance the influence of positive community transformation aligned to the Idaho Museum of International Diaspora’s core values, HEART. Connecting the community to global cultures is at the core of the Idaho Museum of International Diaspora guided by our core values that spell HEART:

History. Honor. Human.

Empower. Education. Explore. Engage.

Acceptance. Awareness. Accountability.

Relationships. Responsibility.

Truth. Tolerance.

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HISTORY. HONOR. HUMAN. Preserving the integrity of history and honor the human journey.


EMPOWER. EDUCATION. EXPLORE. ENGAGE. Empower individuals through education and explore creative ways to deepen community engagement.  

ACCEPTANCE. AWARENESS. ACCOUNTABILITLY. Through acceptance of diversity can awareness be gained, and accountability be upheld. 

RELATIONSHIPS. RESPONSIBILITY. Taking responsibility to foster a community of relationships.

TRUTH. TOLERANCE. Exercise mutual respect and tolerance for others while maintaining strong commitment to the integrity of truth

2023 Award Recipients

Read more about our 2023 award recipients here.

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Andy Bale, MFA
Carlisle, Pennsylvania | USA

  • Professor of Art and Photography | Dickinson College

  • Founding Member, Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Academic and Research Program 

Jon Cox, MFA
Newark, Delaware | USA

  • National Geographic Explorer

  • Fulbright Specialist, Matej Bel University

  • Professor of Art and Design | University of Delaware

  • ​Founding Member, Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Academic and Research Program 

Sera Koulabdara
Washington, DC | USA

  • CEO, Legacies of War

  • Chair, US Campaign to Ban Landmine and Cluster Munition Coalition

  • Founding Member, Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council

Faculty of Arts | Matej Bel University
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia

Anna Slatinská, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia

  • Manager, Faculty of Arts | Matej Bel University

  • Founding Member, Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council

2022 Award Recipients

Boise, Idaho | U.S.A.

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