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CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

This project will hire staff to create a digital archive of papers and photographs related to the teaching career of the muralist and CCSU Emeritus Professor Mike Alewitz. Alewitz is an important figure in the labor and antiwar movements, and his class at CCSU on street art and mural painting was the only course of its kind in the country. This archive will support teaching and research related to art history and labor history in the U.S.

The New Britain Industrial Museum collection and archive deserves an ample, welcoming and proud facility, to reflect the abundant and amazing history of New Britain’s industrial innovation. We will combine our off-site storage [houses approximately 95% of the collection], exhibit and conservation at one location to design a new museum. We seek to make improve our current visitor experience and widen our audience by increasing exhibits rotations and sharing these exciting stories.

This partnership will forge a stronger, more robust, and sustainable Connecticut League with the capacity to serve not only Connecticut’s history community but its entire museum ecosystem. Partnership funds will support our work in five main areas to achieve our goal of becoming a state museum association: expanding our staff, strategic planning, direct services to museums, expanding digital infrastructure through the Connecticut Collections project, and outreach to the broader museum community.

In Winter-Spring 2022 (January through May), the New Britain Museum of American Art will present ‘The Poetry of Nature: Hudson River School Landscapes from the New-York Historical Society’. To complement the display and similar works from the permanent collection, the NBMAA will present programming for adult audiences. These programs are focused on the environment, conservation, and depicting landscapes.

“Words and Voices of the Harlem Renaissance” will feature discussion on the cultural movement of the 1920s that celebrated African American art, literature, and music. Activities will include two discussions hosted by New Britain Public Library on Monday, January 10th and the other TBA the week of January 24th and a concert presented by CONCORA on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 4:00 pm followed by a post-show talk with the audience, performers, and special guests.

The Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Center at Central Connecticut State University requests support for humanities programming to help the public, including students, the CCSU community, and K-12 teachers appreciate Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean history and culture. Activities include a celebration and interpretation of Jorge Morales’ Roots of the Caribbean Mural (Sept 23), a film on El Salvadoran women workers (Oct 7), and a conference on politics, health, and society (Oct 13).

This partnership will forge a stronger, more robust, and sustainable Connecticut League with the capacity to serve not only Connecticut’s history community but its entire museum ecosystem. Partnership funds will support our work in five main areas to achieve our goal of becoming a state museum association: expanding our staff, strategic planning, direct services to museums, expanding digital infrastructure through the Connecticut Collections project, and outreach to the broader museum community.

The Connecticut Literary Festival is a year-round organization that provides programming in three broad areas: an on-ground literary carnival, a literary anthology of Connecticut writers, and virtual Lit Talks. This year, the on-ground festival is slated for October 22-23, 2021, at Real Art Ways. In addition to providing a space for readers and writers across the state, The Connecticut Literary Festival provides a venue for the voices of the underrepresented, including Native American authors.

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

The 2020 Festival is moving online with a series of Lit Talks, thought-provoking conversations on books, culture, and literary life featuring authors, educators, and arts advocates. These free virtual events for the Connecticut literary community and schools, particularly virtual high school classrooms, are “live” on September 10th, 24th; October 1st, 10th and 22nd; November 5th and 19th; and December 10th. They will be archived for future viewing.

‘Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)’ at the New Britain Museum of American Art comprises iconic works by Walker that are based on, and presented in conjunction with, a selection of original Harper’s prints depicting scenes from the Civil War. Funding will support the NBMAA to offer programming for adult audiences to deepen the audience’s understanding of the complex subject matter in February 3, 2020 and March 15, 2020. Exhibit is open January 24 – April 19, 2020.

Funding is for the New Britain Industrial Museum’s first traveling exhibit. “Interwoven: Labor, Innovation, and Consumerism in New Britain’s Textile Industry” focuses on the city’s robust textile industry and will be on view from November 2019 to May 2021 at various locations across the city. Community partners hosting the exhibit and show-related programs will engage already interested groups and reach other community members.

Funding is used to present a free, day-long celebration of the literary arts from the center of the state at Real Art Ways on October 5, 2019. Connecticut Literary Festival presents fun, smart, diverse, inclusive, and sometimes irreverent programming celebrating readers, writers, and the written word across four unique experiences: public readings; the Readers’ Marketplace; a performance space; and panel discussions featuring leading thinkers, writers, and educators. Website: https://connecticutliteraryfestival.org/

Funding supports the Connecticut League of History Organizations and their programs.

Connecticut Humanities’ work with the Connecticut League of History Organizations (CLHO) dates back many years and aligns with our goal of helping the state’s cultural institutions connect effectively with the communities they serve.  CLHO is a membership organization that creates connections among those who preserve and share the stories and objects of our past.  We partner with CLHO to offer professional development programs like STEPS-CT as well as workshops for the staff, board members and volunteers of the state’s heritage organizations. We also work together developing educational materials to promote visitation to local heritage museums and sites. CLHO and Connecticut Humanities are strong advocacy partners and work together to promote the vital role the humanities and heritage fields play in our communities and schools.