Find out about other Humanities Washington activities across the state.

2007 Spring Project Grants
We awarded over $100,000 the 19 projects listed below from throughout the state.

Ellensburg Film Festival - $7500
Ellensburg Film Festival - Ellensburg
The 2007 festival was a great success and
drew record crowds.
The 3rd annual Ellensburg Film Festival will feature a diverse range of films made regionally, nationally and internationally, celebrating the quest for intellectual insight, cultural understanding, imaginative expression and human connectedness in a variety of formats, with a program designed to highlight the interdisciplinary endeavors involved in film making.

s-k-ya-mix stemelik - $4500
St'al-sqil-xw - Inchelium
"Language of the Upper Columbia River and Landscape: Meaning and Significance of Aboriginal Place Names" will be a reconstruction of the historical landscape of the Upper Columbia River. Presenters will impart local knowledge and history incorporating oral traditions using the Aboriginal Salish language dialects.

Saved by the Bell - $4500
Spokane Valley Heritage Museum - Opportunity
"Saved by the Bell" is a project dedicated to providing first hand knowledge of the one room schoolhouse experience. The exhibit will engage the visitor in an authentic understanding of the education process in the early 1900's. Visitors will be able to participate in interactive exhibits as they step into life at the turn of the last century.

History of the Craft - $3000
Center for Wooden Boats - Seattle
The communities around Lake Union have changed dramatically as traditional maritime trades give way to condos and biotech businesses. "History of the Craft" will evaluate these changes through the lens of veteran boatwrights and ask the questions "What is craftsmanship?" "Is it threatened?" and "What should be preserved?"

Nature at MOHAI Public Programming - $7500
Museum of History & Industry - Seattle
MOHAI is presenting Nature at MOHAI, a yearlong series of public programs and exhibits that will explore humans' relationship with nature and how it has changed and evolved over time. MOHAI requests support for a lecture series that features two Pulitizer Prize winning authors.

Teach the Legacy of War - Imagine a Culture of Peace - $7500
Voices in Wartime - Seattle
Voices in Wartime has developed models, tools, and methodologies that will help students and teachers engage with the subject, trauma, and consequences of war for soldiers, civilian refugees, and our communities. This project will broadly share our experiences and materials, lessons learned by teachers, administrators, and ourselves

First Class - A Roethke Symposium - $4000
A Contemporary Theatre - Seattle
ACT Theatre will host a symposium to bring together members of the poet!;}'. theatre. and academic communities to celebrate and explore the life and work of Theodore Roethke as a lead-in to our production of the play "First Class." a show about Roethke's poetl;y classes at the University of Washington.

Danger: Books! , Book-It All Over Arts and Education Program - $4000
Book-It Repertory Theatre - Seattle
Danger:Books! is a series of readings from books that have been banned and challenged in the United States. Presented in the Book-It Style, professional actors read the most controversial sections from these books, and then facilitate a discussion on the First Amendment and how and why books are banned and challenged.

Living History - $7500
Intiman Theatre - Seattle
Now in its 22nd year, Living History engages 6,200 Washington state students annually through week-long residencies. Experimental theatre techniques help students and teachers explore themes, selected by teachers to support their curricula, each framed within a period of history, a political movement or a contemporary ethical or philosophical challenge.

Latino Culture Film Series - $4050
Allied Arts Council of Yakima Valley - Yakima
A three-film series focusing on Latino culture, specifically addressing art, history, music, immigration and family. These topics are nearly universal, and by examining them via the lens of ethnicity, humanities experts involved will guide the audience in discussion about what unites our community, and what makes each of us unique.

Worldwide Sunday: Cultural Programming for Young Children and Their Families - $7500
The Children's Museum - Seattle
Worldwide Sundays is a new series of humanities programs representing a variety of communities-Asian, Latin, American, Native American. Every Sunday, families can attend facilitated performances (dance, music, storytelling) or complete art projects designed to teach them about the cultures, traditions, and histories of these communities.

Hear My Voice - $5000
Living Voices - Seattle
Living Voices will present a twenty site tour throughout the state of Washington to schools, colleges, libraries, museums and community centers of Hear My Voice, an interactive living history presentation about the women's suffrage movement.

Hugo Literary Series - $7500
Richard Hugo House - Seattle
The Hugo Literary Series will commission new works of literature and explore the vital role literature plays in art, culture, and society. The series is designed to spark engagement and dialogue between the community and the literary arts by attracting broad and diverse audience.

Squaxin Island Museum Website Development and Enhancement Project - $7500
Squaxin Island Museum Library & Research Center - Shelton
The Squaxin Island Museum Website Development and Enhancement Project involves developing and updating website humanities content, adding interactive media content and providing a more interactive and engaging experience for our visitors.

Gonzaga University Visiting Writers Series - $7500
Gonzaga University - Spokane
Recognizing the need for Humanities programming in the Inland Northwest, Gonzaga University presents a vibrant visiting writers series to increase cultural and diversity awareness in the eastern part of the state.

Small Town Museums: Reflections on Community Life - $4965
Tincan - The Inland Northwest Community Access Network - Spokane
Materials from small museums in eastern Washington will be placed in an online digital archive, Inland Northwest Memories Project. Tincan's youth media team will create a video integrating these materials with interviews of individuals who keep these small museums alive. The video will be shown at museums and be online.

Cultural Diversity Program - $2000
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture - Spokane
The Cultural Diversity program must connect now with an aging generation. The organizational phase will readh 8 cultural groups, work in-depth work with 3, and produce a forum linking scholars and cultural groups. Future exhibition and educational programs will be reach broader audiences, increasing public awareness of Eastern Washington's hidden diversity.

Family Lecture Series - $2500
Junior League of Tacoma - Tacoma
The Junior League of Tacoma's Family Lecture Series will host three visiting children's authors for public lectures at the Tacoma Public Library, will facilitate school visits for these authors at at-risk Tacoma Public Schools and will host an educator's luncheon with the educators of that school during the author visit.

Amelia Earhart, Here Today! - $1500
Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust - Vancouver
This project features a historical reenactment of Amelia Earhart by Dr. Ann Birney. a professional historical performer! scholar on Amelia Earhart. Held at the Pearson Air Museum. there will be a day performance for students and an evening performance for the general public. A replica of Earhart's plane will be displayed.