California Humanities Awards $250,000 to 10 New Humanities Projects
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Kerri Young, Communications Manager, kyoung@calhum.org January 11, 2022—(OAKLAND, CA)—California Humanities is proud to announce its latest Humanities for All Project Grant awards totaling $250,000 to […]
Announcing California Humanities’ Library Innovation Lab Awardees
California Humanities Announces Fall 2021 Humanities
for All Quick Grant Awardees
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 […]
Focus on the Humanities Through an Interpretive Exhibition, “Emmy Lou Packard: Artist of Conscience”
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 […]
ONLINE–CITY/CITÉ: Translating Cities & Culture
CITY/CITÉ: Translating Cities & Culture. Join our conversation series to discuss how our cities must be built collectively with the arts and humanities at the center, with the co-curators […]
In the Banlieues/Centering the Margin – Saint-Denis/Oakland An International Exhibition Arrives in California
Above Image: Lamyne M at SPUR SF opening of In the Banlieues/Centering the Margin: Oakland/Saint-Denis exhibition. Photo by Robert Ogilvie. “Sharing our stories is how we claim spatial legitimacy and […]
Exciting Library Innovation Lab Activities Now Underway Across California
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 […]
California Humanities President & CEO Julie Fry to Step Down in February 2023
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Christi Shortridge, Interim Communications Director, cshortridge@calhum.org September 7, 2022—(OAKLAND, CA)—The Board of Directors of California Humanities announces the resignation of President & CEO Julie Fry, […]
$98,300 Awarded to Humanities Projects Reaching New and Underserved Audiences
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Christi Shortridge, Interim Communications Director, cshortridge@calhum.org September 1, 2022—(OAKLAND, CA)—California Humanities is proud to announce that twenty public humanities grantees will receive $98,300 in funding […]
3 Questions with Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
Top Photo: Bidhan Roy with WordsUncaged members, James King and Jimmy Gilmer at Los Angeles County Prison, Lancaster. Photo courtesy of Bidhan Roy. An interview with Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, […]
