In the News

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

The High Plains Observer reports that Melissa Shelley of Gruver High School has been named a 2023 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award recipient.

The Katy News reports that three Houston area teachers were named recipients of a Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award: Alicia Adkins, Taylor Kratz, and Jennifer Siger.

Everything Lubbock reports that two Lubbock area teachers were named recipients of a Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award: Graciela Cano and Julie LaCombe.

Fox 7 reports that the Bastrop Museum and Visitor Center will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Images of Valor: U.S. Latinos and Latinas of World War II" through
August 26.

Texas Border Business reports that the McAllen Heritage Center Museum of History and Culture will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez" August 2–August 31.

Texas Southern University announced the project HBCU Art Legacy: Digitizing Texas Southern's Hannah Hall Murals, which will support the preservation initiative to digitize forty student murals in the university’s historic Mack H. Hannah Hall.

The Seguin Gazette reports that Humanities Texas awarded a grant to Teatro De Artes De Juan Seguin for a project to engage youth in the community in ancestral historical recovery.

Dallas Weekly reports that the Buffalo Soldier Memorial grand opening and dedication will take place in San Angelo July 28–30. The project is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.

Rice University announced Juneteenth programming, including a lecture with Annette Gordon-Reed co-sponsored by Humanities Texas on June 20.

NBC DFW reports that El Progreso Memorial Library hired an archivist to preserve mementos honoring the twenty-one victims of the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, 2022. The archival project is made possible in partnership with Humanities Texas and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

American Libraries reports on how El Progreso Memorial Library has supported the Uvalde community over the past year, including through the archival project to collect and store materials related to the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022. The project is made possible in partnership with Humanities Texas and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Fort Worth Report announces that Humanities Texas will celebrate its 50th anniversary and service to the Fort Worth area on May 9, 2023, at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.

Houston Public Media reports that the Marsh Arabs Project will launch this week with a lecture about the Iraqi marshes Thursday, May 4, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The project is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.

The San Marcos Daily Record reports that De Zavala Elementary teacher Diana Garcia received a 2022 Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award from Humanities Texas.

The Houston Chronicle reports that The Printing Museum will reopen in its new location in Midtown Houston April 1. As part of the relocation, The Printing Museum received a grant from Humanities Texas.

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.

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.

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.