The Pell Humanities Initiative was announced Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at a celebration of the humanities featuring current-NEH Chairman Dr. William Adams at Ochre Court on the campus of Salve Regina University.
SPRING MINI GRANT AWARDS
The Council recently awarded $13,895 in mini grants to the following humanities projects. Congratulations to our grantees!
SAVE THE DATE TO CELEBRATE
CELEBRATION OF THE HUMANITIES: Thursday, October 8, 2015
The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities will honor Roger Mandle, art historian, curator, and former president of the Rhode Island School of Design, Consuelo Sherba, founder and co-artistic director of Aurea, Rhode Island’s Shellfish: An Ecological History – University of Rhode Island, and Matthew Lawrence, writer, editor, curator, and founder of Not About the Buildings, at the 2015 Celebration of the Humanities.
LATINO AMERICANS: 500 YEARS OF HISTORY
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, in partnership with Rhode Island Latino Arts, has been selected to receive a competitive Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA).
RI STORIES AT HUMANITIES HAPPY HOUR
New Council board member Dr. Touba Ghadessi of Wheaton College spoke about what drew her to Rhode Island and the value of the humanities here at a recent Humanities Happy Hour hosted by fellow board members Lauren K. Drury and Kyle Zambarano and sponsored by Adler Pollock & Sheehan. Read her remarks here.
