Over $14,000 supporting eight projects across maineMaine Multicultural CenterBangor$1,000Saco School DistrictSaco$2,000Frenchman Bay LibrarySullivan$2,000Literacy Volunteers of KennebecAugusta$2,000ArtsFarmingtonFarmington$1,791Holycon MusicRockland$2,000Portland Public LibraryPortland$2,000Portland OvationsPortland$2,000
MWPA is partnering on MHC’s statewide community readStarting this year, the MHC and Maine State Library are joining up Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance to make Read ME even better. The Read ME summer reading program has always aimed to elevate the work of up-and-coming Maine authors–in part by enriching the ways we bring together […]
Colin Woodard chosen as recommending author for Read ME 2023Colin Woodard is the author of six books including American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America; Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood; and The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier. […]
Join us to celebrate our biennial prizes for 2022Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pmConstance H. Carlson Public Humanities PrizesJoseph Jackson and Carol DanaMHC Facilitator PrizeWendy AllenMHC Program Partner PrizeLiteracy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset CountiesConstance H. Carlson Public Humanities Prize This prize recognizes a Maine resident who is involved in the public humanities in […]
The Maine Humanities Council is honored to distribute more than $580,000 of funding for general operating support and project support to assist non-profit humanities and cultural organizations as they prepare for, respond to, and recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Funding for these grants is made available through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) initiative Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) as part of the […]
Guided activities happening now! At The Big Question this year, the MHC will jump-start our multi-year engagement with Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism with two weeks of guided invitations, prompts, and curiosity-sparks delivered to your email inbox all springing from the question: What if …? Curiosity-sparks delivered to your email inbox! Recordings created by our amazing guides just for this. Engage at your own pace! All the content […]
We’re thrilled to be offering the Discussion Project to a cohort of 30 organizations and individuals throughout Maine! Bangor Public Library Bates College Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Brick Store Museum Cushing Public Library Defend Our Health Family Violence Project Lewiston High School Lewiston Public Schools Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties Long Lake […]
Announcing the Maine Speaks cohort for fall 2021. We’re thrilled to be offering our speaker program to 10 sites across Maine. Follow our events calendar to find scheduled Maine Speaks events in your community. Site Speaker Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center Darren Ranco Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library Carol Dana Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society Jo Radner Erskine Academy […]
The Maine Humanities Council is calling for nominations for the 2022 Constance H. Carlson Public Humanities Prize! This prize, named for Dr. Constance H. Carlson, the first female president of a public university in Maine (UMaine Presque Isle), celebrates how people in Maine have contributed to the public humanities—by going deep within their communities and regions, or by reaching the whole state. This prize will go to a Maine resident […]
We’re thrilled to be offering the Discussion Project to a cohort of over 20 organizations and individuals throughout Maine! Buck Memorial Library Curtis Memorial Library Erskine Academy Franklin County Detention Center Freedom and Captivity Coalition Frenchman Bay Library Anisa Khadraoui Lewiston High School Liberty Library Literacy Volunteers of Bangor Maine Correctional Center: Women’s Center […]