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MHC Announces Executive Director Transition
Jan 19, 2022
PORTLAND, MAINE January 19, 2021 The Maine Humanities Council (MHC), a statewide non-profit organization and Maine’s affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), has announced that Hayden Anderson, PhD, will be stepping down as Executive Director later this year. To ensure continuity in MHC operations and... read more
SHARP Grant Awards
Jan 11, 2022
The Maine Humanities Council is honored to distribute more than $580,000 of funding for general operating support and project support to assist non-profit humanities and cultural organizations as they prepare for, respond to, and recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Funding for these grants is made available through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) initiative Sustaining the... read more
The Big Question
Dec 17, 2021
January 18 – February 3 | Register now! Schedule coming soon At The Big Question this year, the MHC will jump-start our multi-year engagement with Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism with two weeks of guided invitations, prompts, and curiosity-sparks delivered to your email inbox all springing from the question: What if …? Curiosity-sparks delivered to your email inbox! Recordings created... read more
Strategic planning consultant
Dec 15, 2021
We’re seeking a strategic planning consultant or firm to work with Maine Humanities Council board and staff to develop a new 3- to 5-year plan for the organization. This plan will be a key tool for the MHC to navigate into post-COVID time and to deepen and strengthen... read more
