Celebrating Maine’s stone foundation
Originally published in the Boothbay Register on July 25, 2017 By Margaret Hoffman, Staff Writer “The Maine Coast Stone Symposium is funded in part by an Arts & Humanities Grant from the Maine Arts...
View ArticleSculptors Arrive for Maine Coast Stone Symposium
Originally published in The Lincoln County News on August 2, 2017 “At the heart of the Maine Coast Stone Symposium is a 10-day sculpture symposium. The participating artists will be arriving soon and...
View ArticlePanel discussion on women’s rights in Maine
Originally published on August 10, 2017 on Seacoast Online “The presentation will include a discussion of Maine women’s rights history and a panel discussion on women’s ongoing equality battle in the...
View ArticleWar veterans use ancient epics to cope
Originally published on March 14, 2018 by the Associated Press By Wilson Ring “Homer isn’t just for student veterans. Discussion groups are also being offered at veterans centers in New Hampshire and...
View ArticleVoices outside the mainstream share their stories at Portland poetry reading
Originally published on March 25, 2018 by Portland Press Herald By Bob Keyes, Staff Writer “Gary Lawless, a poet, owner of Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick and hero of the humanities, will host the...
View ArticleU.S. poet laureate to visit Maine
Originally published on October 30, 2018 in the Portland Press Herald By Bob Keyes, Staff Writer “Smith, the 22nd U.S. poet laureate, will visit Maine this week as part of her ongoing project ‘American...
View ArticlePoet Laureate Tracy K. Smith shares her poems with Lewiston
Originally published on November 1, 2018 in the Sun Journal. By Jon Bolduc, Staff Writer “Smith visited the Lewiston library as part of her project ‘American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural...
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Don’t Let Anyone Tell You the Humanities Aren’t Worth the Cost
This Maine Voices op-ed by MHC Executive Director Hayden Anderson appeared in the Portland Press Herald on March 4, 2017. The National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities...
View ArticleUMF Awarded Grant
Originally published in Mainebiz on July 11, 2017 “Starting in fall 2017, UMF will work with the Maine Humanities Council, schools, libraries and other groups to solicit video entries about works of...
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NEH Announces $28.6 Million for 233 Humanities Projects Nationwide
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $28.6 million in grants for 233 humanities projects across the country. “These new NEH-supported projects will help shore up the nation’s...
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