Humanities Grants
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Vermont Humanities Grant Funds Photo Exhibit on People of Color in Vermont
Seven projects received awards from the Vermont Humanities Council in the fall of 2018, including the Root Racial Justice Center’s Visible in Vermont exhibit.
Vermont Humanities Grant Funds Lecture Series Featuring Teen Scholars
Fourteen projects received awards from the Vermont Humanities Council in the spring of 2018, including the Clemmons Family Farm’s Common Things Lecture Series.
“These are powerful ways of engaging with the Vermont community”
A grant from VHC helped the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum offer programs related to the “Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage” exhibit in 2017.
Vermont Humanities Grant Funds Centenary Look at Life of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Eight projects received awards from the Vermont Humanities Council in the fall of 2017, including the Vermont Historical Society’s exploration, in partnership with the Cavendish Historical Society and the University of Vermont, of the life Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 100 years after his birth.
“We felt like there are people who will listen to us”
VHC supported an educational program for Nepali Bhutanese children who are interested in learning more about their cultural heritage.
Vermont Humanities Grant Funds Traveling Abenaki Exhibition
Twelve projects received awards from the Vermont Humanities Council in the spring of 2017, including the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum to support programming for a traveling Abenaki exhibition.