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Michigan Humanities Awards Over $174,000 for Cultural Programming
Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce $174,806 in grants to 13 Michigan organizations in support of public humanities programming. The 13 projects were selected from 45 eligible applications to the Humanities Grants program, which support projects exploring...
Shelly Hendrick Kasprzycki Featured in Fall Humanities Magazine
The Great Recession hit Shelly Hendrick Kasprzycki’s hometown of Jackson, Michigan, hard. Before she became president and CEO of Michigan Humanities, she was director of Greater Jackson Habitat for Humanities and witnessed firsthand how the city’s working poor were...
2019-20 Great Michigan Read to launch in Flint
Michigan Humanities’ statewide program features “What the Eyes Don’t See,” by Mona Hanna-Attisha Communities across the state are invited to take part in Michigan Humanities’ 2019-20 Great Michigan Read, a statewide reading and discussion program featuring the book...
Registration open for statewide high school poetry competition
Michigan Humanities has opened registration for the 2019-20 Poetry Out Loud program, a poetry recitation competition for high school students. Poetry Out Loud helps students learn about poetry while mastering public speaking skills and building self-confidence. “We...
Michigan Humanities Awards $203,101 in Grants for Cultural Programming
Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce $203,101 in grants to 16 Michigan organizations in support of public humanities programming. In addition to this direct support, each agency was required to present matching cash or in-kind cost share, bringing an additional...
Michigan Humanities Statewide Awards Announced
Michigan Humanities (MH) is pleased to announce the award winners of our inaugural Michigan Humanities Awards 2019. The winners are from Ann Arbor, Harbor Springs, Grand Rapids and Detroit, showing the range of the wonderful humanities work being done in our state....
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s Book, ‛What the Eyes Don’t See,’ Chosen as This Year’s Great Michigan Read
Pediatrician Tells of How She Grew Concerned about Lead in Flint’s Water Supply Residents throughout Michigan were invited today to join in reading and discussing “What the Eyes Don’t See,” Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s riveting account of her discovery that Flint’s...
2019 Michigan Poetry Out Loud Champion
Tajah-Rayne Davise from Calumet High School has been named the 2019 Poetry Out Loud State Champion for Michigan after completing three rounds of the annual recitation competition at the Lansing Crowne Plaza on Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2. Davise took top...
Michigan Humanities Awards – Kerry Kennedy to present awards on May 16th in Lansing!
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED Our passion for the humanities can only be matched by our love for our beautiful state. The Michigan Humanities is celebrating our state's iconic shape by making it integral in our new brand identity. With our new branding and logo, we'll...
Michigan high school students bring poetry to life at state competition
On Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2, 2019, 33 high school students from across the state will take center stage for three rounds of poetry recitation and the chance to be named Michigan’s 2019 Poetry Out Loud Champion. The competition, free and open to the...
Building Capacity and Relevance: Grassroots Grant-Making and Racial Equity at the Michigan Humanities
By Robbe Charles DiPietro and Joseph Stanhope Cialdella In the spring of 2014, the Michigan Humanities (MH) embarked on a challenging, three-year journey to help organizations in our state examine difficult histories of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity. We...
Rural America Examined in New Smithsonian Exhibit
Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce the selected host sites for the 2019–2020 tour of a national Smithsonian Institution exhibition, “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” which explores the past, present, and future of rural American communities. Since 1900,...
Detroit selected as site for 2021 National Humanities Conference
Michigan Humanities (MH) is pleased to announce that Detroit, Michigan has been selected as the host city for the 2021 National Humanities Conference. “We are delighted with being able to showcase our state and the work of our council,” said Shelly Kasprzycki,...
Michigan Humanities Awards $185,130 in Grants for Cultural Programming
Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce $185,130 in grants to 15 Michigan organizations in support of public humanities programming. In addition to this direct support, each agency was required to present matching cash or in-kind cost share, bringing an additional...
Third Coast Conversations: Dialogues about Water in Michigan Grant Awards
The Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce $90,000 in grant funds have been awarded to communities and organizations through Third Coast Conversations: Dialogues about Water in Michigan, an initiative made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the...
Announcing Third Coast Conversations Grant Recipients
The Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce the communities and organizations awarded $5,000 through the Third Coast Conversations: Dialogues about Water in Michigan program, an initiative made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities....
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NEH Chair, Jon Parrish Peede, Visits Michigan
The Detroit Public Library is holding a special session with National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Deputy Chairman Jon Parrish Peede on Thursday, April 12th at 4:30 pm at the Main Branch. Chairman Peede will be meeting library patrons and guests, and talking...
Michigan Humanities names Shelly Hendrick Kasprzycki President & CEO
The Michigan Humanities (MH) Board of Directors and staff are pleased to announce Shelly Hendrick Kasprzycki has been named President & CEO, after 27 months of service as Executive Director. Anne Belanger, MH Board Chair said, “Michigan Humanities is positioned to...
2018 Michigan Poetry Out Loud State Champion: Grace Garver from Petoskey High School
Grace Garver from Petoskey High School, was named the 2018 Michigan Poetry Out Loud State Champion after a day-long recitation competition at the Lansing Crowne Plaza on Friday, March 2, 2018. Ms. Garver took top honors among 39 student competitors, reciting “The New...