2020 – California Humanities

California Humanities Awards $74,805 to 15 Humanities Projects

October 14, 2020 Latest News

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California Humanities Announces Summer 2020 Humanities for All Quick Grant Awardees

Resources for the Humanities and Arts in the COVID-19 Crisis

October 3, 2020 Blog, Spotlight

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Find grants, loans, field surveys, and more information for the field.

Documenting California

September 29, 2020 Blog, California Documentary Project, Spotlight

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Documentaries can provide a window into worlds we may never otherwise experience, allow us to get to know people we may have never met, and help us better understand and empathize with the contemporary challenges around us. California Humanities is proud of our long history of supporting essential and engaging …

Library Innovation Lab Supports Virtual & Social Distance Events this October

September 28, 2020 Blog, Library Innovation Lab, Spotlight

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Libraries around the state that are participating in the 2020 Library Innovation Lab program offer an exciting array of virtual and socially distanced public programs this fall, including these coming up in October. Please check our online event calendar for additional events at these and other libraries. Home Gardens Library …

Mǝǝmento: Before and ‘Aksum Belle: Afterwards

September 28, 2020 Blog, Experience the Humanities, Spotlight

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A Blend of Archival Research Methods with Contemporary and Traditional Indigenous Arts Practices California Humanities recognizes the vital interconnections between the arts and humanities. That’s why in 2018, we introduced the Arts + Humanities focus area to the Humanities for All Quick Grant program. While Arts + Humanities project can …

Cultivating Cultural Understanding of Forests, Fire, & Relationships: An Interview with Michael & Heather Llewellyn

September 28, 2020 Blog, Experience the Humanities, Humanities For All, Spotlight

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FOREST⇌FIRE is a traveling interpretive exhibit with companion civic and educational engagement platforms that will help transform viewers’ cultural understanding about the Sierra Nevada forest, its relationship with fire, and their stewardship role within that relationship. Flowing thematically through past, present, and future, the exhibit includes multi-lingual (English, Spanish, Washo) …