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YOU’RE INVITED TO THE 2014 CELEBRATION OF THE HUMANITIES

September 20, 2014 By RI Humanities

2014 Celebration of the Humanities
Presented by
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
and honorary co-chairs Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee & Mrs. Stephanie Chafee

Thursday, October 9, 2014
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Biltmore Hotel Grand Ballroom
Providence

Register Now!

Join us to celebrate and support the people and projects that make Rhode Island a vital place to live and work. The Celebration will feature an open wine bar provided by Campus Fine Wines, hors d’oeuvres, silent and live auctions, and the presentation of four distinguished awards:

Honorary Chairs’ Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Humanities
Morris Nathanson, Interior Designer, Artist, and Civic Visionary

Tom Roberts Prize for Creative Achievement in the Humanities
Holly Ewald, Founder of the Urban Pond Procession

Innovation in the Humanities Award
Vartan Gregorian Elementary School PTO’s I WAS THERE Project

Public Humanities Scholar Award
John McNiff, Park Ranger at the Roger Williams National Memorial

 $100 individuals | $35 students

Purchase tickets online or by calling 401-273-2250

2014 Celebration of the Humanities, press release and awardee bios

 

Thank you to our major sponsors!

Joan & Richard Abrams
Adler, Pollock & Sheehan
Brown University
Brown University Center for Public Humanities & Cultural Heritage
Bryant University
Campus Fine Wines
Ron Caniglia
Cogut Center for the Humanities
Melanie & Stephen Coon
Donna & Dan Egan
Sandra Enos, Ph.D.
Rhoda & Allen Flaxman
Vartan Gregorian
Bill Harley & Debbie Block
Polly Hutcheson & George Rice
Johnson & Wales University
Kate & Howard Kilguss
Paula Krebs & Claire Buck
ProMail, Etc.
Lauren K. Perry & Todd P. Drury
Nancy Potter
Angela Renaud, Ed.D.
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Roger Williams University
University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities
University of Rhode Island College of Arts & Sciences
Wheaton College
Wheaton Institute for the Interdisciplinary Humanities
John & Elizabeth White
John White III
William Vareika Fine Arts Ltd
Ed & Linda Wood

 

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