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Humanities New York

Post-Incarceration Humanities Grants Available

December 13, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Post-Incarceration GrantsThe application for the 2023 Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership (P-IHP) grant program is now live.

Humanities New York offers this annual grant opportunity for New York State-based, tax-exempt, non-profit organizations that currently serve formerly incarcerated individuals and/or their families. [Read more…] about Post-Incarceration Humanities Grants Available

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Grants, Humanities New York

Humanities New York Awards $188k in Action Grant Funding

August 26, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Humanities NY logoHumanities New York (HNY) has announced $188,023 in summer Action grants to 38 organizations for innovative public humanities offerings, which will take place primarily in autumn 2022. [Read more…] about Humanities New York Awards $188k in Action Grant Funding

Filed Under: Arts, History Tagged With: Grants, Humanities New York

Humanities New York Awards 32 Grants Across NYS

April 26, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Humanities New York (HNY) has announced $159,200 in awards to 32 grantees for innovative public humanities offerings. Awards were made to non-profits in eight regions of the state, from the Western New York to Long Island.

This latest round of HNY funding will support primarily summer programming. [Read more…] about Humanities New York Awards 32 Grants Across NYS

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Humanities New York

Land, Liberty, and Loss: Echoes of the American Revolution

April 24, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

land libery lossHumanities New York (HNY) will host the second event of the “Land, Liberty, and Loss: Echoes of the American Revolution” series on Tuesday, April 26th, with a program on the relationship between Native Americans, Black Americans, and colonists of New York State in the time before and after the American Revolution. [Read more…] about Land, Liberty, and Loss: Echoes of the American Revolution

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Humanities New York

Alan Taylor On Native-Settler Relations in New York (Virtual Event)

February 15, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Land Liberty LossHumanities New York (HNY) has announced “Land, Liberty, and Loss: Echoes of the American Revolution,” a scholar-guided, multi-part exploration of our nation’s history and how that history — or misapprehensions of that history — often serves as an obstacle to full democratic and civic flourishing, set to begin on Thursday, February 17th. [Read more…] about Alan Taylor On Native-Settler Relations in New York (Virtual Event)

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Humanities New York

Humanities New York Awards $360,000 in ARP Act Funding

December 17, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Humanities New York (HNY) has announced more than $360,000 in ARP Act funding to 43 New York cultural nonprofits affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read more…] about Humanities New York Awards $360,000 in ARP Act Funding

Filed Under: Arts, History Tagged With: Grants, Humanities New York

Humanities New York Awards $1.2 million in ARP Act Funding

September 24, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Humanities New York (HNY) has announced $1.2 million in ARP Act funding to 120 New York cultural nonprofits affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. HNY “SHARP” (Sustaining the Humanities Through the American Rescue Plan) Operating Grants focus on organizations with a core humanities mission, and range from $1,000 to $20,000, reaching every region in New York. These grants are to be used to cover day-to-day activities or ongoing expenses such as staff salaries, utilities, and rent, as well as for humanities programming and professional development. [Read more…] about Humanities New York Awards $1.2 million in ARP Act Funding

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Humanities New York

Attica Prison Uprising Traveling Exhibition Available

June 13, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

open woundsThe New York State Museum is making a seven-panel exhibition available to museums, libraries, and cultural organizations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising in September 1971. This exhibition presents various viewpoints from the prison uprising and its aftermath, and discusses the wider impacts of the event and why this story is important fifty years later. [Read more…] about Attica Prison Uprising Traveling Exhibition Available

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Humanities New York, New York State Museum

$1.5M Available In Recovery Grants for Humanities

June 11, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Humanities New York (HNY) has announced new grant guidelines designed to distribute funding to New York cultural nonprofits affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Over $1.5 million in funding will be distributed in two rounds of SHARP (Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan) grants: HNY SHARP Operating Grants provide up to $20,000 in unrestricted funds to organizations with core humanities missions. HNY SHARP Action Grants offer up to $10,000 for the implementation of humanities projects. Grants will be made in every region in New York. [Read more…] about $1.5M Available In Recovery Grants for Humanities

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Humanities New York

Amended Podcast Creators in Conversation May 25th

May 18, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Amended PodcastLaunched by Humanities New York in August 2020, the Amended podcast has taken listeners on a series of audio journeys from the 1800s up to the present, showing the diversity and complexity of the quest for women’s full equality in the United States.

Now that all six Amended episodes have been produced, an online event set for Tuesday, May 25th will explore the evolution and production of the podcast with its host and producer. [Read more…] about Amended Podcast Creators in Conversation May 25th

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Humanities New York, Podcasts

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