Getting Here: LA Stories of Immigration stimulated hundreds of young people to hand-write letters and share their story of childhood migration. We are proud to share their work as a grantee of our new grant program Humanities for All. This project was awarded a Humanities for All Quick Grant from California …

GRANTEE EVENT– Come have a cup of tea, watch film clips, and learn about personal storytelling. Documentary filmmakers share how personal stories can create a deeper understanding of individuals, families, and communities from the Middle East. Followed by a community dialogue and a demonstration of an interactive storytelling tool. Saturday, February 17, …

Closing Reception of Mimi Plumb’s “Pictures from the Field”  March 29th from 5:30 – 7:30 PM with guest speakers:  photographer Mimi Plumb and filmmaker Laurie Coyle (Adios Amor)  The Art of Storytelling exhibits and receptions are always free and open to the public. For The Art of Storytelling exhibit series 2017 …

NATIONAL BROADCAST– California Humanities-supported documentary film, AMERICAN CREED, will premiere on PBS on February 27, 2018. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy come together to ask: what ideals do we share in common? Their spirited inquiry frames the stories of citizen-activists striving to …

Congratulations to 25 new public humanities grantees who received funding through the Humanities For All grant program in December 2017. These projects ask the big questions on topics important to us as Californians and as global citizens– around food systems, economic inequality, intergenerational understanding and more. Check out the full …

LA JOLLA–This exhibition explores the intertwined history of Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, and Chicanos as contributors to San Diego’s rich cultural, political, and military history in the 20th century; narratives that have previously been unexamined or overlooked. Exhibit Dates: February 10, 2018 – May 20, 2018 Hours: Wed- Sundays 12pm – 4pm  …

SAN BERNARDINO– Visit the opening of the Cal State University San Bernardino (CSUSB) Anthropology’s exhibition, In|Dignity, which is a partnership between the Anthropology Museum at CSUSB and the Inland Empire community. On view until Dec 11, 2018, In|Dignity combines documentary portraits by CSUSB Professor Thomas McGovern and autobiographical reflections by over …

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO– Cultural Anthropologist Stephen O’Neil reviews and discusses some of the videos created for Orange County Public Libraries’ Acjachemen Community Stories project. Interview subjects will be invited to attend and to participate in the Q & A session. This is part two of a three lecture series, “The …