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Humanities Texas in the News

03.05.2024

The Jefferson City News Tribune reports that Scott Frank of IDEA Frontier College Preparatory was named a recipient of a 2023 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

02.28.2024

Glasstire reports that the McNay Art Museum will host the exhibition "de la Torre Brothers: Upward Mobility" through September 15. The exhibition is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.

02.26.2024

The Katy News reports that The Orange Show's 37th Annual Houston Art Car Parade will take place April 11–14. The program is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.

02.20.2024

TXK Today reports that Texas A&M University Texarkana will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Changing the Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate" through March 20.

02.07.2024

The Kerrville Daily Times reports that the Kerr Regional History Center will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Behold the People: R.C. Hickman’s Photographs of Black Dallas, 1949–1961" through February 29.

01.23.2024

Everything Lubbock reports that Graciela Cano of Harwell Elementary School in Lubbock has been named a recipient of a 2023 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

01.17.2024

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the Stevens Art Gallery at Harding University will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Miguel Covarrubias: Caricaturista" through February 17.

01.16.2024

The Kilgore News Herald reports that Kilgore College East Texas Oil Museum will host The East Texas History Summit in Kilgore on January 20. The event is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.

01.10.2024

The Fort Bend Herald reports that the Rosenberg Railroad Museum will open their new exhibition "Railroads and American Sports" January 20. The exhibition is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.

01.03.2024

CBS19 reports that Norris White Jr. of The University of Texas at Tyler University Academy – Palestine Campus was named a 2023 Humanities Texas Commended Teacher.

12.27.2023

The Longview News-Journal reports that Kilgore College East Texas Oil Museum will host The East Texas History Summit in Kilgore on January 20. The event is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.

12.20.2023

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram shared former Humanities Texas Board Member Bob Ray Sanders's reflection on Humanities Texas's fiftieth anniversary.

12.13.2023

The Gilmer Mirror reports that Norris White Jr. of The University of Texas at Tyler University Academy – Palestine Campus was named a 2023 Humanities Texas Commended Teacher.

12.12.2023

The Gilmer Mirror reports that Kilgore College East Texas Oil Museum will host The East Texas History Summit in Kilgore on January 20. The event is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.

11.30.2023

KBTX reports that Caitlin Baumgarten of A&M Consolidated Middle School in College Station has been awarded the 2023 Humanities Texas Julius Glickman Educational Leadership Award.

11.27.2023

KAGS reports that Caitlin Baumgarten of A&M Consolidated Middle School in College Station has been awarded the 2023 Humanities Texas Julius Glickman Educational Leadership Award.

11.16.2023

CBS Austin reports on Humanities Texas's work over the past five decades, as well as Humanities Texas's headquarters at the Byrne-Reed House.

11.10.2023

The Kerrville Daily Times reports that the Kerr Regional History Center will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Images of Valor: U.S. Latinos and Latinas in World War II" through November 30.

11.09.2023

101 Highland Lakes reports that The Falls on the Colorado Museum will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Russell Lee Photographs" through December 30.

11.04.2023

The Hill Country Community Journal reports that the Kerr Regional History Center will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Images of Valor: U.S. Latinos and Latinas in World War II" through November 30.

10.25.2023

The Kerrville Daily Times reports that the Kerr Regional History Center will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Images of Valor: U.S. Latinos and Latinas in World War II" through November 30.

10.21.2023

The Gilmer Mirror reports that Professor's Corner will have its last Eco-Poetry discussion October 23 at 7:00 p.m. The event is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.

10.19.2023

Fox West Texas reports that on October 24, Humanities Texas will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary at The Grace Museum in Abilene.

09.24.2023

North Texas e-News reports that the Honey Grove Library & Learning Center will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "State Fair" through October 21.

09.23.2023

The Longview News-Journal reports that Whitney Reardon of Johnston-McQueen Elementary School in Longview has been named a recipient of a 2023 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

09.13.2023

KXAN reports that Humanities Texas will participate in Austin Museum Day on Sunday, September 17.

09.12.2023

CBS Austin reports that Humanities Texas will participate in Austin Museum Day on Sunday, September 17.

09.08.2023

Houston Public Media reports that Houston Archeology Now and Houston-based Arab-American Educational Foundation will unveil a mudhif, a traditional Iraqi reed house, at Rice University from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. on September 9. The event is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.

09.05.2023

KWHI reports that the Brenham Heritage Museum will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island" September 27–November 22.

08.30.2023

The East Texas Review reports that Whitney Reardon of Johnston-McQueen Elementary School in Longview has been named a recipient of a 2023 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

08.30.2023

Seguin Today reports that Humanities Texas awarded a grant to Teatro De Artes De Juan Seguin for its Ancestral Historical Recovery: Reframing the Self Through Auto-Retratos (Self-Portrait) project.

08.22.2023

Fort Worth Magazine announced a new exhibition at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History: "Cowtown Takes Flight," which takes visitors through Fort Worth's aviation history. The exhibition is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.

08.22.2023

The San Marcos Daily Record reports that playwright Carlos Morton will receive a career tribute during the twenty-first annual Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration August 28–September 3 at Texas State University. The event is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.

08.21.2023

KETK reports that Whitney Reardon of Johnston-McQueen Elementary School in Longview has been named a recipient of a 2023 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

08.17.2023

KLTV reports that Whitney Reardon of Johnston-McQueen Elementary School has been named a recipient of a 2023 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

08.16.2023

CBS19 reports that Whitney Reardon of Johnston-McQueen Elementary School has been named a recipient of a 2023 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

08.11.2023

Texas Highways reports that on National Buffalo Soldiers Day, the San Angelo NAACP unveiled the Buffalo Soldier Memorial in San Angelo. The project was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.

08.11.2023

The Christian Science Monitor reports on the work of El Progreso Memorial Library in Uvalde to preserve community and national responses to the tragedy at Robb Elementary School last year.

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