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New Series in Los Angeles Showcases Indigenous Filmmaking in June 2023

Quad of four film stills: a cow surrounded by red video graphics, a woman plays a violin next to a still pond, a hand with fingers painted red holds a red card against the sky, two people stand outside portrayed behind a yellow video filter.

From June 2-18, The UCLA Film and Television Archive and UCLA American Indian Studies Center will present Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions.

Pride Month Spotlight: T. Hammidi of Hi Desert Queer & Trans Oral History Project

A woman with a tall blonde updo and blue flower pin wearing white rimmed sunglasses sits on a pink upholstered chair in front of rows of people sitting on the floor holding what look like bingo cards.

A conversation with the project director of the Humanities For All Quick Grant-supported Hi Desert Queer & Trans Oral History Project

California Humanities Awards 21 Humanities for All Quick Grant Projects to Support Community, History, & Storytelling

Youth dancers wearing forest green long-sleeve shirts and black pants performing for a crowd in a forested area outside.

21 new grantees will receive $100,220 in funding through the Humanities for All Quick Grant program.

APA Heritage Month Spotlight: Lucy Burns and Karen Umemoto of Never Forget

Poster depicting a black and white hand grasping a brown hand in solidarity, with title "Oppose U.S. Intervention in the Philippines!"

An interview with the directors of a Humanities for All Project focused on the Philippine Anti-Martial Law Movement.

Humanities for All Quick Grant Applications Open May 15

Photographs of Quick Grant grantees Armando Hernandez and Michael Aguirre of Trash-Mex (credit: Armando Hernandez), and a production of the Raizes Collective, based in Santa Rosa courtesy of the Raizes […]

Women’s History Month Spotlight: Beth Ann Gerstein of Women in California Clay

Above: Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) in Pomona, California. Photo courtesy of AMOCA. In recognition of Women’s History Month, we interviewed […]

Earth Month Spotlight: Jenny Hale and Lisa Barker of Project Wild Edges

Three actors/performers standing amidst a forest of trees, one wearing an owl costume, one wearing a costume of leaves, and one with an insect costume.

Above: Cast members of Project Wild Edges in Grass Valley, California. Photographer: Dee Anne Dinelli In recognition of Earth Month, we interviewed Jenny Hale and Lisa Barker, directors of the […]

Highlighting African American Humanities Projects: A Recap of Recent Humanities for All Project Grants

Above: Members of the Carver Garden Club, Oakland, Dec. 2, 1960. African American Museum & Library at Oakland Photograph Collection. In recognition of California’s African American and African diasporic communities, […]

California Humanities Awards 20 Humanities for All Quick Grant Projects to Support Community, History, & Storytelling

For Immediate Release Media Contact:  Kerri Young, Communications Manager, kyoung@calhum.org January 30, 2023—(Oakland, CA)— California Humanities is proud to announce that 20 new public humanities grantees will receive $99,500 in funding through […]

Focus on the Humanities Through an Interpretive Exhibition, “Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience”

A man and a woman are painting a mural on a wall

Image Above: Diego Rivera & Emmy Lou Packard painting for the Golden Gate International Exposition, on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, 1938-40. Photograph Gelatin silver print, vintage. Courtesy of […]