North Carolina Humanities Council Invests $58,950 in Eight Cultural Projects Statewide

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(Free-Press-Release.com) June 25, 2010 -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


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North Carolina Humanities Council Invests $58,950 in Eight Cultural Projects Statewide

During the June 2010 grant cycle, the North Carolina Humanities Council awarded $58,950 in grants for public humanities projects. All funded programs are free and open to the public. Awards included:

· $10,000 to the Ashe County Arts County and Ashe County Public Library for “On the Same Page Literary Festival”

· $9,430 to the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe for “Haliwa Indian School Documentation Project, Phase II”

· $8,830 to the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival Association for “Coming Home: The Fifth Annual Carolina Mountains Literary Festival”

· $7,690 to Wake Forest University/Z. Smith Reynolds Library for “Single Threads Unbraided: A Celebration of the Work of A.R. Ammons”

· $7,000 to Tri-Community College for “Mountain Work: A Social Commentary”

· $6,000 to Wayne County Reads for “A Country, A People”

· $5,000 to the Community Empowerment Fund for “Micro-finance Narratives in Durham, NC”

· $5,000 to the Southern Documentary Fund for “Landscapes of the Heart: The Elizabeth Spencer Story”

For complete details on projects, visit www.nchumanities.org.

The North Carolina Humanities Council is a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Humanities Council serves as an advocate for lifelong learning and thoughtful dialogue about all facets of human life. It facilitates the exploration and celebration of the many voices and stories of North Carolina’s cultures and heritage. In addition to grants and publications, the Council offers the Road Scholars speakers bureau; the Let’s Talk About It library discussion series; the 2010 traveling exhibition Museum on Main Street, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution and rural communities statewide; the Teachers Institute, a professional development program for the state’s public school teachers Literature and Medicine, a scholar-facilitated book discussion group for hospital staff to reflect on the larger mission of medicine; and NC Roadwork, an initiative encouraging the examination of local history related to routes of human passage. To learn more about the North Carolina Humanities Council, visit www.nchumanities.org.

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