April 5, 2025
DOGE Targets the Humanities
Maine Humanities received its notification that our grant from NEH was cancelled. DOGE is targeting NEH with the aim of substantially reducing its staff and programmatic funding by over 70%
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January 17, 2025
January 2025 Arts & Humanities Grant Awards
$Over 5,000 supporting Six projects across maineFreedom & CaptivityFreedom & Captivity Curriculum ProjectPortland$600Create and Collaborate IncArt is Lit Monson$1,000All Things Become New, INCWriting Workshops for Aroostook CountyEagle Lake$1,000Maine Inside OutBroken ClockLewiston$1,000WERU Community RadioStorytelling Event – ‘We Live Here’East Orland$1,000Studio BReclaiming the Narrative: Art and Stories of Hope and RecoveryDamariscotta$1,000
September 11, 2024
September 2024 Mini Grant Awards
2024’s summer Mini Grant awardees include community storytelling projects, museum exhibitions, a series of educational workshops with writers, poets and journalists, and more.
July 15, 2024
Summer 2024 Arts & Humanities Grant Awards
2024’s summer Arts & Humanities Grant awardees include an exhibit of handmade books, a pair of community conversation events, a place-based art-making and storytelling initiative, and more.
June 10, 2024
Inside & Out: The Humanities and Mass Incarceration
How Might Humanities Councils Engage with People and Organizations Most Impacted by the Carceral System? And How Can We Work Together to Imagine a Truly Just Future?This spring, Maine Humanities participated in a three-day historic gathering of 24 state humanities councils and their community partners titled “Inside & Out: The Humanities and Mass Incarceration.” Hosted […]
May 13, 2024
Spring 2024 Mini Grant Awards
Over $15,000 supporting Eight projects across Maine2024’s spring Mini Grant awardees include a summer history program, a poetry workshop, a symposium celebrating links between food and social justice movements, and more.Lincoln County Historical AssociationSummer with the Past: Hands-on History Summer ProgramWiscasset$2,000Wabanaki REACHBeyond the Claims– Stories from the Land & the HeartStillwater$2,000Indigo Arts AllianceThe Welcome TablePortland$7,500Center […]
April 19, 2024
We’re Hiring!
Join Our TeamDigital & Social Media CoordinatorWe are looking for someone who will collaborate with the Communications Team and other staff to create digital and online content that tells the story of Maine Humanities’ programming, partnerships, and impact.The primary work of this position will be:Application Deadline: Friday, May 31
April 17, 2024
Announcing 2024 Public Humanities Prize-Winners
Portland Poet Laureate and Bates College Professor Awarded Maine’s Public Humanities PrizeMaya Williams and Myron M. Beasley, Ph.D., are the 2024 recipients of the Maine Humanities Council’s Constance H. Carlson Public Humanities PrizePORTLAND, MAINEApril 17, 2024The Maine Humanities Council (MHC), a statewide non-profit organization and Maine’s affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), […]