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January 23, 2012, 3:20 pm
The Michigan Humanities Council has been awarded two grants, totaling $85,000 from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant funds will assist with the funding of two programs produced in partnership between the Humanities Council and MCACA: the Arts & Humanities Touring Program and Poetry Out Loud.
“We have a unique partnership with MCACA in providing two exceptional programs to students and communities around the state,” said Katie Wolf, Humanities Council executive director....
January 23, 2012, 3:19 pm
The Michigan Humanities Council is announcing its call for applications for the bi-annual major grants program. Open to all Michigan non-profits, final grant applications must be postmarked or hand-delivered by March 15.
“Each year the Council board and staff are impressed with the creative ideas and ‘can-do’ spirit of community education and non-profit organizations that strive to bring local residents and students together for meaningful cultural experiences,” said Katie Wolf, Humanities Council executive director....
January 16, 2012, 12:41 pm
In an effort to explore the multitude of diverse cultures that make its region unique, Troy Historical Society will host a series of lectures and workshops engaging its residents and visitors. Made possible by a grant of $12,535 from the Michigan Humanities Council, Troy’s project “A Heritage So Richly Woven” will feature presentations and workshops focused on engaging residents in stories and strengthening their ability to tell stories....
January 16, 2012, 12:40 pm
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, in Detroit, is hosting a dramatization and panel discussion surrounding the Sweet Trials as chronicled in this year’s Great Michigan Read, Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age.
This project, made possible through a Michigan Humanities Council strategic program grant of $10,000, will be held Saturday, January 14 at 1 p.m. in the museum’s General Motors Theater....
January 16, 2012, 12:34 pm
We Don’t Want Them, an exhibit exploring civil rights and the history of housing segregation in Detroit, is now on display at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette throughout January. This free exhibit, part of the Michigan Humanities Council’s Great Michigan Read program, is made possible by the Council and Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion....
November 22, 2011, 8:41 am
Attention artists, performers, re-enactors, writers, historians and the like: applications are now available for consideration of inclusion into the 2012-15 Arts & Humanities Touring Directory, a program of the Michigan Humanities Council and Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs....
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