I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE: An Interview with Filmmaker Reid Davenport
Above image courtesy of Reid Davenport. As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport set out to make a film about how he sees the world, from either his wheelchair […]
CDP NextGen Youth Media Grants Now Available—Apply By March 1, 2023
Above photo courtesy of Youth Beat. California Humanities invites applications for the 2023 round of CDP NextGen grants to support California’s next generation of documentary mediamakers ages 18 and under. […]
3 Questions with Jessica Weare
Above image: Jessica Weare, California Humanities Board Member. Photo by James Gable. This month our spotlight is on California Humanities’ board member Jessica Weare, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at […]
Library Innovation Lab: Holiday Events Across California
Above Images courtesy of Library Innovation Lab participants. Libraries participating in the Library Innovation Lab across California are celebrating the holiday season with a wide variety of programs highlighting cherished holiday traditions of […]
Host Council Staff Highlights from the National Humanities Conference
Above image: Julie Fry (left), California Humanities President & CEO, and Shelly C. Lowe (center), Chair of National Endowment for the Humanities join “From Avant-Garde to Afrofuturism” panelists. Pictured from […]
Libraries Celebrate California’s Diverse Immigrant Communities
Above Images (left to right): Library Innovation Lab programs at Mill Valley Public Library, Sunnyvale Public Library, Santa Cruz Public Library, San Luis Obispo Public Library, Oakland Public Library Golden […]
New Grant Opportunity from California Humanities–Civics + Humanities Middle Grades Grants
California Humanities is pleased to announce a new grant line, the Civics + Humanities Middle Grades Grant Program. This pilot program aims to support civics and humanities education for California’s […]
Indigenous Histories and Traditions Projects Supported by California Humanities
Above image: Gathering Time: Pomo Art During the Pandemic artists. Photo by Robert Morgan. Across California a new cohort of Humanities for All Quick grant-supported projects are drawing on Indigenous […]
3 Questions with Neha Balram
This month we spoke with California Humanities board member Neha Balram, Program Analyst in the Cultural Affairs Division at the City of Oakland, about her dual roles with our organization, […]
2022 National Humanities Conference: Land Acknowledgement
This November, California Humanities staff and board will join our colleagues in the field of the public humanities to convene in downtown Los Angeles for the annual National Humanities Conference […]
