June 7, 2019 – The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities will honor The White Family, Silaphone Nhongvongsouthy, Edible Schoolyard at Green Animals Topiary Garden, and Joe Wilson, Jr. at […]
Inquiry Not Judgement – Why you should make time for PVDFest Ideas!
From Executive Director Elizabeth Francis, PhD — Here’s a challenge: Try to set aside the habit of judging what you pass by in Providence. Some of my typical judgments as […]
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities welcomes three new board members: Abrams, Alston, and Bowers
May 22, 2019 — The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities welcomes three new members to its Board of Directors including Joan Abrams, Kenny Alston, and Tiffini Bowers. The new members […]
Hundreds Welcome NEH and NEA Chairs to Rhode Island
Providence, RI — On Monday, May 6, 2019, hundreds of Rhode Islanders welcomed National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman Jon Parrish Peede and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) […]
$140,000 in Grants Awarded to 15 Humanities Initiatives
April 22, 2019 – Over 60 representatives from civic and cultural organizations around Rhode Island gathered at the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island Thursday, April 18, 2019 as the […]
Summer Internship Opportunity
The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities seeks an Arts and Culture Research Intern to support the Council’s Rhode Island Arts and Culture Research Fellowship. Working with a small, collaborative […]
Five mini grants awarded
The Humanities Council is proud to announce a total of $7,700 awarded through the following five mini grants from our 2019 February grant cycle to organizations and individuals working to […]
Humanities Council Introduces RI Arts and Culture Research Fellow, Janaya Kizzie
February 15, 2019 — The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities is pleased to announce the selection of Janaya Kizzie as the Rhode Island Arts and Culture Research Fellow. Kizzie […]
November Mini Grants to organizations and individuals
The Council is excited to announce a diverse slate of mini grant awards from our November 2018 grant cycle. Totaling $10,000 these grants will support public programs, oral histories, digital […]
Shutdown places democracy at risk, depletes our culture.
January 15, 2019 – The government shutdown is placing our democracy at risk and depleting our culture. Let me explain. As the board chair of the Rhode Island Council for […]