June 16, 2025
We’re Taking a Sabbatical
The Maine Humanities office will be closed the month of July.
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May 29, 2025
Help Us Reach $50,000
Your support is crucial for receiving additional emergency funding from the Mellon Foundation.
April 24, 2025
We’re Pausing Two of Our Programs
The funding cuts to the NEH continue to impact us deeply.
April 5, 2025
DOGE Targets the Humanities
Maine Humanities received its notification that our grant from NEH was cancelled.
January 17, 2025
January 2025 Arts & Humanities Grant Awards
Over $5,000 supporting six projects across Maine.
September 11, 2024
September 2024 Mini Grant Awards
2024’s summer Mini Grant awardees include community storytelling projects, museum exhibitions, a series of educational workshops with writers, poets and journalists, and more.
July 15, 2024
Summer 2024 Arts & Humanities Grant Awards
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.
June 10, 2024
Inside & Out: The Humanities and Mass Incarceration
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 […]