June 16, 2025
We’re Taking a Sabbatical
The Maine Humanities office will be closed the month of July.
Your support is crucial for receiving additional emergency funding from the Mellon Foundation.
The funding cuts to the NEH continue to impact us deeply.
Maine Humanities received its notification that our grant from NEH was cancelled.
Over $5,000 supporting six projects across Maine.
2024’s summer Mini Grant awardees include community storytelling projects, museum exhibitions, a series of educational workshops with writers, poets and journalists, and more.
2024’s summer Arts & Humanities Grant awardees include an exhibit of handmade books, a pair of community conversation events, a place-based art-making and storytelling initiative, and more.
How Might Humanities Councils Engage with People and Organizations Most Impacted by the Carceral System? And How Can We Work Together to Imagine a Truly Just Future?This spring, Maine Humanities participated in a three-day historic gathering of 24 state humanities councils and their community partners titled “Inside & Out: The Humanities and Mass Incarceration.” Hosted […]