Registration Opens for the National Humanities Conference in Los Angeles This Fall

Registration is now open for the National Humanities Conference (NHC) in Los Angeles from November 10 to November 13, 2022! California Humanities is proud to host this year’s conference. Produced […]

California Humanities Awards $250,000 to 10 New Humanities Projects

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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 […]

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 […]

In the Banlieues/Centering the Margin – Saint-Denis/Oakland An International Exhibition Arrives in California

A visual performance artist stands in front of a crowd in an art gallery.

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 […]

A Legacy Celebration: Nancy Hatamiya Arts & Humanities Fund

As we celebrate National Arts & Humanities Month this October, we also honor the memory of beloved California Humanities’ Board Chair Nancy Hatamiya through the Nancy Hatamiya Arts & Humanities […]

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

An African American woman stands in a park speaking into a microphone. She is has long black hair and is wearing a colorful robe and striped dress.

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 […]

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