Humanities Now Blog

3rd Annual Payson Book Festival returns July 22nd

Readers of all ages are invited to attend the Payson Book Festival on Saturday, July 22nd in the ballroom of Mazatzal Hotel and Casino in Payson. This free,

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Mini Grant funds available to support your project

Attention project directors! Arizona Humanities still has funds available to support your humanities projects. Mini Grants Quick Facts: Small grants of up to $2,000 Available

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Metal Road Documentary Film Screenings in June

Metal Road Documentary Film Screenings in Window Rock June 24th and Flagstaff June 25th For decades, thousands of Navajos worked the railroads maintaining the trans-continental

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Board Member Eshé Pickett named one of ’40 Under 40′

Congratulations to Arizona Humanities Board Member Eshé Pickett who has been honored by the Phoenix Business Journal’s 2017 40 Under 40 class. The annual program

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Board Member Applications Due Friday, July 7th

Do you want to enhance cultural life in Arizona? Are you interested in creating a just and civil society? Arizona Humanities is seeking candidates to

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Advocacy & NEH Funding Update

On May 4th, Congress approved the FY 2017 federal budget which includes full funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) with a slight

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Thank you to NEH Chairman William D. Adams

On May 22, NEH Chairman William ‘Bro’ Adams announced his resignation from the agency. Soon after Adams arrived at NEH in 2014, he began leading

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Grantee Highlight: Flag Wool and Fiber Festival, June 3 & 4

Sheep herding is an integral part of Arizona history, and indigenous communities have long-standing traditions of herding sheep and using their wool to create beautiful

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