March 15, 2018 For Immediate Release 415.391.1474 (Oakland, CA) California Humanities is pleased to announce the launch of CA 2020: Youth Perspective and the Future of California, a new statewide initiative focusing on the lives and experiences of young Californians. CA 2020 is designed to engage a broad and representative …
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We’re Still Here: To be a Southern California Native American in the 21st Century
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 …
Read More »California Humanities Awards $75,000 For Latest Round of Humanities for All Quick Grants
December 21, 2017 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jody Sahota 415.391.1474 (Oakland, CA) California Humanities, a state-wide humanities nonprofit, is pleased to announce awards for the third round of our new Humanities for All (HFA) Quick Grants Program. 15 organizations were awarded a total of $75,000 through a competitive grant …
Read More »California Humanities Awards $175,000 for Latest Round of Humanities for All Project Grants
December 13, 2017 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jody Sahota 415.391.1474 (Oakland, CA) After a competitive process, 10 nonprofit organizations across the state were awarded Humanities for All Project Grants totaling $175,000 from California Humanities, the state-wide humanities nonprofit that helps connect Californians to ideas and one another. Over 65 …
Read More »California Humanities Announces the Nancy Hatamiya Arts & Humanities Fund
October 4, 2017 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jody Sahota 415.391.1474 (Oakland, CA) As California Humanities celebrates National Arts & Humanities Month this October, they’re honoring the memory of longtime California Humanities’ Board Member and Chair Nancy Hatamiya, who passed away in 2012. Former California Humanities Board Chair Nancy Kikuko …
Read More »Visualizing Language: Oaxaca in LA profiled by LA Times and NY Times
Artist Dario Canul from the Oaxacan collective Tlacolulokos at work in the Central Library. Photo Credit: Al Seib/ LA Times California Humanities recently supported an exhibition entitled Visualizing Language: Oaxaca in LA, as part of the Pacific Standard Time: Latin America/ Los Angeles initiative by the Getty. Los Angeles Times …
Read More »California Humanities Awards $56,500 for Latest Round of Humanities for All Quick Grants
August 23, 2017 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jody Sahota 415.391.1474 (Oakland, CA) After a competitive grant process, 12 nonprofit organizations and public partners across the state were awarded Humanities for All Quick Grants from California Humanities, state-wide humanities nonprofit that works to connect Californians to ideas and one another. The third round of …
Read More »California Humanities Awarded California Arts Council “Statewide and Regional Networks” Grant
State funds nurture collaborative service organizations and networks that advance California arts and artists June 15, 2017 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jody Sahota 415.391.1474 (Oakland, CA) California Humanities recently received $21,000 in state funding from the California Arts Council, as part of their Statewide and Regional Networks Grant. Through …
Read More »California Humanities Awards $175,000 for First Round of Humanities For All Project Grants
June 2, 2017 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jody Sahota 415.391.1474 (Oakland, CA) After a highly competitive process, 12 nonprofit organizations and public partners have been awarded Humanities for All Project Grants totaling $174,500 from California Humanities, the state-wide humanities nonprofit that works to connect Californian to ideas and one …
Read More »California Humanities Awards $75,000 for Latest Round of Humanities For All Quick Grants
June 1, 2017 – After a competitive grant process, 15 nonprofit organizations and public partners across the state were awarded Humanities for All Quick Grants from California Humanities.
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