The Laredo Morning Times reports that the River Pierce Foundation will hold its traditional event Poetry Under the Sundial on Sunday, March 19 from noon to 3 p.m. in San Ygnacio. Recommendations for readers for the event come in part from the input of Humanities Texas.
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Humanities Texas in the News
03.17.2023
03.16.2023
The Galveston County Daily News reports that the Galveston County Historical Museum will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition, "Citizens at Last," through the end of March.
03.14.2023
Texas Border Business reports that the South Texas College Art Department recently hosted an opening reception for “The Guerilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly” exhibition as part of the She Roars series. The exhibition will be on view in McAllen, Texas, until April 5. This exhibition is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.
03.09.2023
The Jacksonville Daily Progress reports that the East Texas Book Fest in Tyler, Texas, will be held April 1, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. The event is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.
03.08.2023
Equus reports that the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum will host Humanities Texas’s traveling exhibition, “Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy,” March 7–April 21, 2023.
03.03.2023
Quarter Horse News reports that the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum will host Humanities Texas’s traveling exhibition, “Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy,” March 7–April 21, 2023.
03.01.2023
Bluebonnet News reports that Santa Fe Middle School history teacher Megan Durtche received an Outstanding Early-Career Teaching Award from Humanities Texas.
02.22.2023
The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports that after an eight-year hiatus, Smith County Area Libraries Together (SALT) will hold the East Texas Book Fest April 1, 2023 at the Apache Rooms at Tyler Junior College. The event is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.
02.14.2023
The National Endowment for the Humanities reports that they have provided special funding as part of the United We Stand initiative to Humanities Texas to partner with Uvalde's El Progreso Memorial Library.
01.27.2023
The Office of the Texas Governor announced that Governor Greg Abbott has appointed five new members to Humanities Texas’s board. New appointees include Trasa Cobern, Stacey Neal Combest, April Graham, Elizabeth Johnson, and Amanda Nobles. Ellen Ramsey was reappointed.
01.26.2023
The Examiner reports that the McFaddin-Ward House will soon feature Humanities Texas’s traveling exhibition, “The Way Things Were.”
01.01.2023
The Uvalde Leader-News reports that this year Humanities Texas will partner with Uvalde’s El Progreso Memorial Library to establish an archive preserving community and national responses to the tragic shooting that took place at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022.
12.28.2022
Texas Border Business reports that the McAllen Heritage Center Museum of History and Culture will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary and its many accomplishments in 2023, including the development of rotating exhibitions in partnership with Humanities Texas.
12.20.2022
The Southlake Independent reports that Dawson Middle School teacher Ginny Wenger received an Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award from Humanities Texas.
12.19.2022
BroadwayWorld reports that the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center will host Crystal City 1969, a play based on the true story of Mexican American teenagers fighting for civil rights, in January 2023. The performance is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.
12.13.2022
KVEO-TV reports that Faulk Middle School teacher Alma Salazar received an Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award from Humanities Texas.
12.07.2022
The Uvalde Hesperian reports that next year Humanities Texas will partner with Uvalde’s El Progreso Memorial Library to establish an archive preserving community and national responses to the tragic shooting that took place at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022.
12.06.2022
Glasstire reports that the Nasher Sculpture Center named Vicki Meek as the inaugural Nasher Fellow in Urban Historical Reclamation and Recognition. This fellowship was made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.
11.10.2022
KJAS Radio announced a program at the Jasper County Historical Museum featuring Humanities Texas’s traveling exhibition, “The Blessings of Liberty: The U.S. Constitution.”
11.09.2022
Tejano Nation reports that Texas chefs will gather with humanities scholars for a first-ever “Encuentro” on Texas Mexican food in May 2023. The event is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.
11.02.2022
Rice University announced the Baker Institute will host an online webinar, “The President’s Scientists: The Evolving Role of Science Advice to the White House,” on November 9. The event is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.
11.01.2022
The City of Corpus Christi announced its thirteenth annual “Voices of South Texas” event at the Old Bayview Cementary on November 5. The event is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.
10.21.2022
The Hill Country Community Journal announced that Humanities Texas’s traveling exhibition, “Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America,” will be displayed at the Kerr Regional History Center.
10.18.2022
The University of Texas at Arlington announced a symposium titled “Don’t Sell the Land: Community, Housing, and Design Justice” at the David Dillon Center for Texas Architecture October 20-22. The symposium is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.
10.10.2022
The Magnolia Reporter announced that the Texarkana Museum Systems would host a morning of activities at the Museum of Regional History on October 22 in celebration of Texas Archeology Month. The program is made possible in part with funding from Humanities Texas.
10.05.2022
The Amarillo Pioneer reports that Amarillo College will conclude its observance of Hispanic Heritage Month with a musical project honoring the Latin American immigrant population. The project was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.
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