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Update on the Arts, Culture, and Tourism Roadmap – February 22, 9 a.m.

Grant Spotlight: Yellow Farmhouse Education Center

Grant Spotlight: Lyman Allyn Art Museum

Grant Spotlight: Town Players of New Canaan

Support CT History Day: Become a Volunteer Judge!

CT Humanities Awards more than $8.5M to 723 Cultural Organizations Statewide – reaching 146 towns and 14% more organizations over 2021

Join Us! An Update on the Arts, Culture, and Tourism Funding Roadmap

CT Humanities Awards $40,042 in Quick Grants to 11 Cultural Nonprofits for Humanities Programs

Good to Great 2.0 is NOW OPEN!

Museum Makeover 2.0 Applications NOW OPEN! (Deadline Extended)

CT Humanities Awards $939,025 in Grants to Support Statewide Collaborations with Humanities and Arts Organizations

CT Humanities Awards Five Sponsorships Totaling $10,000

Khalil Quotap Joins CT Humanities as CT Digital Heritage Program Coordinator

Grant Spotlight: United Nations Association Southwestern Connecticut Chapter

Grant Spotlight: Sacred Heart University and WSHU

CT Humanities Awards $18,715 in Quick Grants to 5 Cultural Nonprofits for Humanities Programs

Grant Spotlight: ArtsWestCT

Just Released Connecticut Humanities Annual Report Highlights a “Year of Transformation”

CT Humanities Welcomes Becky Vitkauskas as Grants & Programs Assistant

CT Humanities Awards Two Sponsorships Totaling $4,000

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants – Deadline is November 4th

October is National Arts and Humanities Month

Grantee Spotlight: The Kate

New Digital Resource from CT Humanities Grantee, Immigrant History Initiative: Who Killed Vincent Chin?

Grantee Spotlight: CT’s Old State House | Hartford History Lecture Series 2022

National Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15 to October 15

CT Humanities Awards $33,750 in Quick Grants to 9 Cultural Nonprofits for Humanities Programs

International Day of Democracy and Constitution Day

Prepare Your Cultural Organization for Hurricane Season + Resources for the Public and Historic Property Owners

CT Humanities Accepting Applications for Second Round of CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants, Provides Additional $8.5M to Cultural Sector

New Digital Exhibit! Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut

Sponsorship Spotlight: CT Public | The Vote 2022

CT Humanities Announces New Members on Board of Directors, Helen Higgins to Lead

Connecticut’s Commemorations for the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States

Coming Soon! NEMA’s Annual Conference: Micro/Macro: Solving Museum Issues at Every Scale

Teachers Guide for Commemorating Constitution Day – September 17

Grantee Spotlight: Connecticut Explored | 20 for 20: Innovation in Connecticut History

Connecticut’s Literary Community Celebrates Notable Authors and Illustrators

We are Hiring | Full Time CT Digital Heritage Coordinator

Advocacy Alert: Urge Congress to Support the Civics Secures Democracy Act

Write about Connecticut’s Dynamic and Diverse History!

Through September 5th – CT Summer at the Museum!

Coming Soon! Collections Assessment Grant Program from Conservation ConneCTion

Book by Bridgeport author/illustrator, Lizzy Rockwell, selected to represent Connecticut at the 2022 National Book Festival

CT History Day 2023 Guide Now Available | Theme: Frontiers in History

Anniversary: 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women’s Right to Vote

Organizational Comparison Data Sheets Now Available

CT Humanities Awards Five Sponsorships Totaling $13,000

Sponsorship Spotlight: CT Capoeira | Afro-Brazilian Cultural Festival

Five Locations Named as Connecticut’s Sites of Conscience – Connecting Past to Present, Moving from Memory to Action, Convening on August 9th

Grant Spotlight: Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern CT | Act1, Act Tú Presents The HisPANICk Zone by Guillermo Reyes

The National Book Festival is September 3, 2022

Grant Spotlight: RIFF | Independent Filmmaker Forum: Best of RIFF Shorts Fest- Are the Kids All Right? – Raising Resilient Children in Cinema

State Honorary Positions Announced

FUNDING ROADMAP COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS | Advocating for Meaningful, Reliable, and Equitable State Funding

Hill-Stead Sunken Garden Poetry Festival | Sunken Garden Poetry Festival at 30: Modern Muses

Grant Spotlight: Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum | Making It Last: Sustainable Fashion in Victorian America

Grant Spotlight: City Lights | The 2022 Bridgeport Film Fest

Sponsorship Spotlight: Celebrating the Humanities in Children’s Literature: A Lutz Children’s Museum Community Read – Programs July 17 and August 21, 2022

CT Humanities Offering Data Collection Office Hours with Susie Wilkening

CT Humanities Awards $317,071 to 15 Cultural Organizations for Project and Capacity Building Grants

CT Humanities Awards $45,907 in Quick Grants to 10 Cultural Nonprofits for Humanities Programs

CT Humanities Grant Lines Open

CT Humanities Awards More Than $11.5 Million to 122 Nonprofit Museums, Support for Organizations Providing Free Admission to Children this Summer

July is Disability Pride Month

CT Humanities Welcomes Cyndi Tolosa, Development Manager

Remarks from CT Humanities Executive Director, Jason Mancini, on the Formation of the Connecticut Semiquincentennial Commission

Governor Lamont Establishes Commission To Plan Connecticut’s Commemorations for the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States

Governor Lamont Announces Return of Program Allowing Children To Receive Free Admission at Connecticut Museums During the Summer Months

Grant Spotlight: WPKN | The Greatest Radio Station in the World Documentary

Grant Spotlight: East Lyme Public Library | Legend of Brides Brook – A Local Story

Grant Spotlight: Southington Public Library | The Literacy of Laughter: A Community Gets Schooled in the Art of Comedy

CONNECTICUT STUDENTS EXCEL at NATIONAL HISTORY DAY® CONTEST

CTH Sponsored: First Night Hartford | Hartford Bonanza

Two Connecticut Organizations Recieve Awards from AASLH

Grant Spotlight: New London Maritime Society | Sentinels on the Sound – 10th Annual New London Lighthouse Celebration

Grant Spotlight: Old Saybrook Historical Society | Family Matters:  Insights and Inspiration from Miss James and Ann Petry

CT Humanities Awards Three Sponsorships Totaling $6,000

Chiefs of the Sea: The Accounts of Charles Lansing and Paul Cuffe, Jr., 1806-1839 with Dr. Jason Mancini

Demystifying Data Collection: How to Ask for Demographic Information from Visitors, Board, and Staff

Grant Spotlight: Stanley-Whitman House | Upstander Project Films and Discussions

Grant Spotlight: Hebron Coalition on Diversity and Equity (CoDE) | Juneteenth Celebration in Hebron

CTH Sponsored Event: Maritime Music & Tradition Society | Connecticut Sea Music Festival and Symposium

Deadline Extended and Three Myths about CT Summer at the Museum Grants for 2022 Debunked!

Deadline Extended to Monday!! CT Summer at the Museum: 10 Reasons to Apply for a Grant!

CTH-Funded Showman Shorts from the Barnum Museum Nominated for a New England Emmy Award!

Bao Phi in Hartford for two amazing FREE events at the Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Library!

International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Upcoming Juneteenth Programs for Families from Book Voyagers

Responding to YOU! Grant Web Pages Refreshed for Easier Access to Information!

CONN-OSHA Quarterly: The Unseen Hazards at Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites

Connecticut History Day Winners Chosen

CTH on the Road: Site Visits

CT Summer at the Museum Grants: Virtual Information Session

Now Accepting Applications for CT Summer at the Museum Grants!

CT Humanities Awards $35,574 in Quick Grants to 8 Cultural Nonprofits for Humanities Programs

Coming Soon! CT Summer at the Museum Grants

Grant Spotlight: New Britain Museum of American Art | The Poetry of Nature

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL: Arts, Culture, and Tourism Funding Roadmap Initiative – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 16

Grant Spotlight: Sharon Historical Society | Reinventing Farming: How Small Farmers in the Northwest Corner are Finding Niches amid Climate Change, Industrial Farms & Large Supply Chains

Book Voyagers Presents | Craig & Fred: A Marine, A Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other!

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL: Arts, Culture, and Tourism Funding Roadmap Initiative – DUE TODAY

Grant Spotlight: Westport Library | Stepping Out on Faith: The Art and Journey of Charles Joyner

Grant Spotlight: Ancient Burying Ground Association | Preserving Grave Markers in Historic Cemeteries Lecture

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Updates

Celebrate the launch of the 2022 International Festival of Arts & Ideas season, CONNECT!

CT Humanities Awards Eight Sponsorships Totaling $16,000

CT Humanities grants strengthen communities, cultural organizations statewide – CT Mirror

Congratulations to CLHO Awards of Merit Winners!

Submissions to the 2022 CT Book Awards close on May 2, 2022

Dr. Nicholas F. Bellantoni, Emeritus State Archaeologist, joins CT Humanities Board of Directors

CT Humanities is Hiring a Full-Time Development Manager

CT Humanities Awards $15,528 in Quick Grants to 4 Cultural Nonprofits for Humanities Programs

Museum Makeover Grants Awarded

CT Humanities Awards $410,000 in Partnership Grants, Funds to Revise Social Studies Standards, Expand Content at International Festival of Arts & Ideas

The Day – ‘Fragile yet resilient’ arts and culture sector looks toward sustainability through pandemic

Statement from Shelly C. Lowe on Her Confirmation as Twelfth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities

CT Humanities Awards Remaining $80,000 in SHARP Capacity Grants to 8 Humanities Organizations

CT Humanities Welcomes Mike Kemezis, Manager of Partnerships & Projects

Connecticut Humanities Receives $50,000 from The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts, to Continue Expansion of Digital Content for Teachers and Students

CT Humanities Awards $310,213 to 13 Connecticut Cultural Organizations for Project and Capacity Building Grants

CT Humanities Awards $46,814 in Quick Grants to 12 Cultural Nonprofits for Humanities Programs

More than $640,000 in SHARP Grant Funds Awarded to Organizations Across Connecticut

CT Humanities Awards More Than $16.1M to 632 Cultural Organizations Statewide

CT Humanities Welcomes Adrianna Chesnut, Grants & Finance Assistant

Governor Ned Lamont Appoints Dr. Frank Mitchell to CT Humanities Board of Directors

Get Ready for 2022…

On the Road with Connecticut Book Awards!

The Craft of Writing

Submission Deadlines Coming Up

Grant Spotlight: Connecticut Public |Cutline Special – Sheff v. O’Neill: Striving Toward Education Equity

Grant Spotlight: Connecticut Historical Society | Common Struggle, Individual Experience: An Exhibition About Mental Health

CT Humanities Awards Over $2.4M, Funds Collaborations and Partnerships

CT Humanities Awards $24,574 in Quick Grants to 6 Cultural Nonprofits

Grant Spotlight: Norwalk Historical Society | Norwalk’s Changing Communities Before 1835

CTH SHARP Capacity Grants FAQs

SHARP Capacity Grants from CT Humanities Accepting Applications

CT Humanities Public Comment Session

CT Humanities Welcomes Emma Wiley as Digital Humanities Assistant

American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants FAQs

2021 NEMA Annual Conference

CT Humanities Announces CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants, to Provide $16M to Cultural Sector

Virtual Information Sessions for CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants

We’re Hiring an Administrative Assistant for Grants and Finance

Peek into the Portal | September Updates from CTH’s Digital Portal

NEH Awards $2.8 Million to State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils for History and Civics Education Initiatives

Sept. 15, 2022: Advocacy Alert: Include Museums in Reconciliation/Infrastructure Legislation

Connecticut’s Literary Community Celebrates Notable Authors and Illustrators

CLHO Colleague Circle: Updates from the CT Humanities Granting World

CT Humanities Awards $47,134 in Quick Grants to 11 Cultural Nonprofits for Humanities Programs

CT Humanities Announces New Funding Priorities

Grant Spotlight: Pomfret Historical Society Presents Waking the Dead- Archaeology, Genealogical, and Archival Research About Enslaved Africans in Windham County

Grant Spotlight: Town of Thompson’s Thompson CT- More than Just a Train Wreck

Help the Florence Griswold Museum and Receive Free Admission – Register by September 30

Grant Spotlight: Connecticut College’s One Book One Region – Interior Chinatown

Save the Dates: 2021 NEMA Annual Conference, Scholarships from CT Humanities

After Hurricane Henri: Read This Before Throwing Away Water-Damaged Family Treasures

Be Prepared: Hurricane Henri | A Message from CT Humanities

CT Humanities Welcomes Lian Partridge as Grants & Programs Assistant

NEH Awards $417,823 to Support Humanities in Connecticut

Grant Spotlight & Save the Dates: CT Science Center’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access in STEM: Evening Program Series

CT Humanities Provides $15,010 for Partnership Between CT Center for the Book and CT Literary Festival

CT Humanities Announces Incoming Members to the Board of Directors

We’re Hiring a Digital Humanities Assistant

CT Humanities Awards $65,589 in Quick Grants to 14 Cultural Nonprofits for Humanities Programs

FREE, LIVE, BILINGUAL performance on Saturday, July 24 at 3 pm at Castle Church, 4 Broadway, Norwich

Grant Spotlight: Groundwork Bridgeport | Bridgeport Film Fest, July 23 – 25, 2021

CT Public’s CTH-Sponsored Programs Take Home Emmy Awards

Keeler Tavern’s SISTERS Wins Prestigious AASLH Leadership in History Award

East Haddam Land Trust Receives a 2021 Award for Excellence in Land Conservation from the CLCC

Grant Line Updates | $30 M Allocated to CTH | American Rescue Plan

Connecticut Summer at the Museum – Free Admission for Kids

Governor Lamont Announces Launch of Program Allowing Children To Receive Free Admission at Connecticut Museums This Summer

The Torrington Historical Society presents Bilingual Storytelling in the Garden on Saturday, July 10th

State Gives Arts and Culture Sector Financial Boost, CT Humanities Receives $30 Million in Funding

Largest Contingent of Connecticut Students Ever Receive Prestigious Awards at National History Day® Contest

CT Humanities Awards $151,296 to 9 Connecticut Cultural Organizations for Project and Capacity Building Grants 

Connecticut History Day Bus Tour Hits the Road!

9 Reasons to Apply for a CT Museums – Kids Are Free Summer Grant

Keynotes of Change: A free virtual lecture series exploring and interpreting underrepresented histories

Now Open! CT Museums – Kids Are Free Summer Grant Program for Museums

Grant Spotlight: Everyday Democracy’s A Reckoning in Boston: Virtual Film Screening and Discussion

CT Humanities Awards $42,547 in Quick Grants and $25,000 in Partnership Funds

Grant Spotlight: Windsor Historical Society: The John Mason Statue Relocation and Reinterpretation Project

Feeling the Love: Connecticut Historical Society

Big Read, One Read, Community Read – We all read!

Poetry on the Streets

Upcoming Writing Contests

Podcasts!

CT Museums – Kids Are Free Summer Initiative and Grant Program

CT State Department of Education Launches Grant Applications for Summer Enrichment Programming

CLHO Awards of Merit – Virtual Ceremony on April 20 – 8 CTH Funded Projects Win Awards!

CTH’s Susan Muro Receives Barbara Reed Award from CT Storytelling Center

Community Foundation of Middlesex County Helps Spread Joy

Ferguson Library in Stamford named a finalist for the National Medal of Museum and Library Service

Children’s Literature Programs in April

April is Poetry Month: Connecticut Poetry Events

CUTLINE Democracy and Dialogues Initiative, Premieres March 28 on CPTV

March 17, 2021: Advocacy Alert – Civics Secures Democracy Act

Grantee Spotlight: Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum

Upcoming CT Humanities Grant Deadlines

Grantee Spotlight: The Connecticut Historical Society

CT Humanities Awards $20,998 in Quick Grants to Six Cultural Nonprofits

Spring Workshop Series from CTH and CLHO

CT Humanities Participates in AAM’s Museums Advocacy Day

Save the Date! Connecticut Storytelling Festival Coming in April

Grant from CT Humanities Supports Connecticut Suffragists Tribute Film

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas Announces Theme for Festival 2021

CT Humanities Awards $85,000 in Cultural Relief Grants to 17 Connecticut Organizations

Op-Ed: Relaunch Our Democracy: Increase Funding for the NEH

February Literature Programs for All Ages

Literature Programs: African American History and Culture Month

SERC Releases Documentary on CT’s Black & Latino Studies Course

SURVEY: Educators Asked for Input on Teach It

Connecticut History Day and the International Festival of Arts and Ideas Receive Grants from CT Humanities Totaling $50,000

Upcoming Book Voyagers Programs – January and Early February

CT Humanities Awards $1.5M of CARES Act Funding to 50 Connecticut Museums

Connecticut Humanities Receives $55,485 from The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts to Support Teach It

CT Humanities to Award $1.5 M of CT CARES Act Funding to Larger CT Museums

Book trailer playlists from the 2020 CT Book Awards submissions!

Upcoming Book Voyagers Programs

Stories Build Bridges with the Ubuntu Storytellers!

Join Us in Welcoming Sheldyn Oliver to Connecticut Humanities

Connecticut Humanities Awards $21,214 in Quick Grants to 6 Cultural Nonprofits

CT Humanities Awarded $50,000 to Further Dialogue, Civics Education, and Participation in our Democracy

Grant Opportunity: Governor Lamont Creates Program to Assist Small Businesses and Nonprofits Impacted by COVID-19

CT Humanities Provides Scholarships to Attend NEMA Annual Conference

CT Humanities Cultural Relief Grants Made Possible with Funding from CHEFA

$37,265 in COVID-19 Quick Grants Awarded by Connecticut Humanities

CT Council for the Social Studies Presents Dr. Jason Mancini with the CCSS Bruce Fraser Friend of Social Studies Award

Bring Connecticut History to Life in your Classroom with Teach It from Connecticut Humanities

$52,735 in COVID-19 Related Quick Grants Awarded by Connecticut Humanities

Tell Us How You Are Doing

Connecticut Humanities Receives $100,000 from CHEFA for Collaborative COVID-19 Assistance to Connecticut’s Cultural Sector

August Quick Grant Deadline Extended

Connecticut Humanities Awards $29,724 in COVID-19 Related Quick Grants to 6 Connecticut Organizations

Connecticut Humanities Receives $28,500 from The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts to Support Book Voyagers in Eastern CT

CT Humanities Awards $135,000 in Emergency Relief Funding to 19 CT Organizations

Call for Poems from Connecticut’s Poet Laureate

Connecticut Humanities Awards $226,461 to 14 Connecticut Cultural Organizations for Project and Capacity Building Grants  

A Summer Full of Virtual Book Voyagers Programming

$415,000 in Emergency Relief Funding Awarded to 56 CT Organizations

What Do Baby Clothes Have in Common with Parachutes? A Surprise CT – UK Connection!

National History Day Kick’s Off with Students from Connecticut!

July and August Quick Grants to Address COVID-19

Women in the Jury Box and the Beginning of U.S. Navy Aviation – New Articles at ConnecticutHistory.org

Montessori Magnet Students Shine at CT History Day. “Mother Ella” Chosen as Outstanding Entry in Connecticut History.

Around the World (in 80 Days!): A Music, Bubble and Comedy Show on Saturday June 6th, 2020, 11:00 am

CTH Funded Projects Pivoting in Response to COVID-19

CT Humanities Awards $11,922 to Three Connecticut Organizations

Centers for the Book Celebrate Historical Fiction with 2020 Route 1 Reads

2020 CT Book Award Update!

CT Humanities to Award CARES Act Funds to Humanities and Cultural Nonprofits in Need 

Looking for resources regarding reopening your organization?

COVID-19 Relief to CT Arts, Humanities Organizations from CARES Act

Changes to June Quick Grants in Response to COVID-19

Westport Library Opens Suffrage Exhibit Online

Tell us what you need.

Virtual Judges Needed for Connecticut History Day!

April 3 Grant Deadline Extended to April 17

March 19, 2020: Advocacy Alert – Urge Your U.S. Legislators to Include Museums in COVID-19 Relief

Coronavirus Update – CT Humanities Granting Program

Free Digital History Resources for Educators, Parents, and Students

CT Humanities Awards $22,303 to Eight Connecticut Organizations

Grantee Spotlight: Litchfield Historical Society

CT Humanities Awards $199,174 to Nine Connecticut Organizations

Connecticut’s Kid Governor Inauguration Ceremony: Civics at its best!

Calling for Proposals – Connecticut League of History Organizations

Seeds of Inspiration – 2020 Connecticut Book Awards Accepting Submissions

E-News: Literature abounds in CT! Civic Summit, Book Voyagers, Upcoming Events

E-News: Breaking Barriers – Women’s Suffrage Events and Information

E-News: Teach Connecticut History! Resources for Educators

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