JUNE 17, 2016 • Tom Roberts Prize Awardee Lorén Spears, executive director of the Tomaquag Museum in Exeter, featured in Providence Business News.
Archives for June 2016
RECENT MINI GRANT AWARDS
Congratulations to our newest mini grant awardees! The Council is pleased to announce awards of $10,000 to the following 5 public humanities projects.
MARGO JEFFERSON LECTURE ON JUNE 24
As part of the #PulitzerinRI Initiative, URI welcomes Pulitzer Prize Winner Margo Jefferson to the Ocean State Summer Writing Conference on June 24. Join the Council and our Pulitzer Series partners at 4:45pm at Swan Hall, 60 Upper College Road in Kingston for Jefferson’s lecture, which is free and open to the public. Learn more about the Pulitzer Series at rihumanities.org/pulitzer.
HUMANITIES AT PVDFEST
The Humanities Council is proud to sponsor PVDFest (June 2-5), promoting Providence’s unique arts & humanities communities. Council grantees and partners are featured throughout the festival, and art installations featuring stories, connections, and the humanities will take place throughout the weekend.