E-news - January 2007

Humanities Washington brings Motheread to migrant communities

In an exciting new partnership with the Washington State Migrant Council, Humanities Washington will train 20 facilitators to offer family literacy classes at 7 Head Start sites in Yakima and Columbia counties on February 13-16, 2007. This pilot training is the first stage of an expansion of the Motheread/Fatheread program to all Migrant Council Head Start sites statewide by 2008.

 

·                    Learn more about Humanities Washington's Motheread Program

·                    View Migrant Council page

Washington Stories Opens Soon!

A new exhibit, with stories from seven ethnic and tribal groups in Washington, will open at the Museum of History and Industry on January 28th, 2007. The exhibit opening with live performances in MOHAI’s McEachern Auditorium will begin at 1pm. Admission to the exhibit and performances will be free to the public.

Washington Stories is a partnership between MOHAI, the Ethnic Heritage Council of Washington State and Humanities Washington funded by The Boeing Company and a special We The People grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Seven groups have worked with MOHAI to create exhibit panels about their life in Washington. Together, the panels display many of the rich stories of Washingtonians.

·                    Click here to view page

Fall Grants Awarded


This October, Humanities Washington awarded $49,500 to twelve projects around the state, from the Seattle Opera’s Experience Opera project to podcasts from the American Museum of Radio and Electricity in Bellingham to Eastern Washington University Press / Get Lit!'s Writers In Residence program.

·                    Fall 2006 Grant Awards

Applications for our next round of Project Grants will be due March 9 2007. Letters of intent to apply, which are recommended but not required, are due February 9.

Smithsonian Exhibit Opens Across Washington

The Smithsonian exhibit New Harmonies: American Roots Music will be visiting Washington this year. New Harmonies looks at the ongoing cultural process that has made America the birthplace of great music. American music reveals distinct cultural identities and records the histories of peoples reshaping themselves in a new and changing world. This national exhibit, which will visit six sites in Washington state, was curated by Seattle local Robert Santelli. New Harmonies is our fifth traveling exhibit through the Museum on Main Street partnership between the Smithsonian and state humanities councils.

For a complete tour schedule and exhibit information, click here:

·                    Humanities Washington: Hew Harmonies

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