In June 2020, the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities launched a new bi-monthly newsletter, #HumanitiesInContext that offers news of the Council’s grants, initiatives, and events as well as curated humanities content that is a springboard for reflection, learning, and action. Below is a running archive of past issues. Stories of Impact Public Humanities in […]
Council awards over $350,000 through CARES Act funds
[Updated: June 30, 2020] June 16, 2020 — After application deadlines in May, the Council has awarded $345,646 in operating support grants to 49 organizations across the state. An additional $24,000 has been awarded in project grants thus far to 12 projects that show how to connect the humanities to the experience of the pandemic […]
May Mini Grants awarded to support exhibition and K-12 civic engagement curriculum
The Council’s Mini Grant Program funds individual researchers, nonprofit organizations, and schools with grants of up to $2,000 to support public humanities projects, documentary film, civic education initiatives, and individual research. Recent grants were awarded to: Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, $2,000Maribelle Cormack: Connecting the Museum’s Past to the Present Supports an exhibition series […]
Social Change Through the Humanities
June 3, 2020 — Engaging history and culture is not just about reflection and understanding but about action. The change that we want to make depends upon acknowledging oppression, negotiating the contradictions between cherished ideals and the reality of inequality and injustice, and confronting culpability. Creating a better future also means recognizing the leadership and […]
Council awards over $200K in CARES Act relief funds to Rhode Island humanities organizations
May 19, 2020 — As part of the federal CARES Act, the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities announces 28 new grants in response to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact. The Council is reviewing applications received May 15. To date, $208,200 has been awarded for operating support to 28 organizations, listed below. They include libraries, museums, […]
