Have ideas for a new public humanities project? Join the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities for a free workshop to learn about upcoming major and mini grant opportunities for nonprofit organizations and individual researchers planning public programs in the humanities. Attend one of four workshops across the state to answer your questions about funding opportunities […]
Have ideas for a new public humanities project? Join the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities for a free workshop to learn about upcoming major and mini grant opportunities for nonprofit organizations and individual researchers planning public programs in the humanities. Attend one of four workshops across the state to answer your questions about funding opportunities […]
The South County Sampler Initiative is funded by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and is collaborating with the Sampler Archive Project to locate, photograph, document, interpret and celebrate Rhode Island’s historic needlework samplers and related girlhood embroideries. The public is invited to bring their antique American samplers and other schoolgirl embroideries to our […]
Join award winning architectural historian and photographer John Tschirch for a walking tour of Newport, RI from Thames Street to Bellevue Avenue. Explore a variety of streetscapes from the commercial wharves of the old colonial era waterfront to the grandeur of 19th century boulevards and mansions. This FREE tour meets at the Brick Market Museum […]
“Do Lord Remember Me: The Black Church in Rhode Island” is a groundbreaking exhibit on the 250 years history of its formation and function as the community’s moral compass, town hall and developer of artists, thinkers and doers, followed by a keynote address by Rev. Doris Hooks. The exhibit tells the story in images and […]
Think today’s political landscape is contentious? Travel back to the Victorian era and learn about the 1876 presidential election – perhaps the most controversial of all time – and why the man who won the most electoral votes did not become President. Find out about the first woman to run for President – nearly 150 […]
This project features humanities’ scholars and a panel of veterans participating in open public dialogue about the homecoming experience. The goal of this project is encourage veterans, their families, and the public to engage in open dialogue about the challenges veterans experience as they reintegrate into civilian society. Homecoming representations in literature and history texts […]
Building on the themes of our 2016 exhibition, Waterscapes: Islamic Architecture and Art from Doris Duke's Shangri La, NRF is hosting a symposium on the history of collecting and caring for Islamic art. Guest lecturers will contextualize Doris Duke’s fascination with Islamic art and its ultimate expression in the design of and collections at Shangri […]
Part of Rhode Island's Archeology Month, this engaging talk by Craig Chartier shares discoveries from the former East Providence Cemetery, a private cemetery established in 1887 and used until the 1930s. After decades of neglect, the Town of East Providence ordered the remains removed and reburied elsewhere in 1961. In 2013, the current owner brought […]
In 1795 a group of enslaved African-Jamaicans were emancipated by Quaker, and Barclay’s Bank founder, David Barclay of London. The group included a boy named October, who also went by the name Robert Barclay. On Thursday October 27, 2016 the Newport Historical Society will host Keith and Theresa Stokes from the 1696 Heritage Group to […]
The Mini Grant Program for requests up to $2,000 invites individual researchers, nonprofit organizations, and schools to apply for funding in support of public humanities projects, documentary film, civic education initiatives, and individual research.
You're invited to a free community screening in the Jane Pickens Theater with newportFILM & 11th Hour Racing! A PLASTIC OCEAN Presented by 11th Hour Racing With support from Aquidneck Land Trust In partnership with Clean Ocean Access & in support of the Aquidneck Island "Ban The Bag" initiative Tuesday, November 1 Jane Pickens Theater […]