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September 25, 2024
Announcing the 2024-2025 Public Humanities Fellows!
Meet the four public humanists who will bring dynamic programming to underserved audiences.
August 9, 2024
Tell us your story of reading freely!
The stories will then be collected and made available online during Banned Books Week in late September (and stories can be shared anonymously).
July 16, 2024
Meet the 2024-2025 Heritage Arts Apprenticeship Pairs
Thirty-six Washington artists have been chosen to preserve traditional skills and knowledge.
April 11, 2024
Announcing the recipients of 2024 Washington Stories Fund Grants
From a storytelling project in Yakima to an Indigenous podcast in Bellingham, check out the projects that aim to broaden and share little-known stories from Washington communities.
October 10, 2023
Introducing the 2023-2024 Public Humanities Fellows
Meet the early-career humanists seeking to make the humanities a resource for all Washingtonians.
August 31, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 Heritage Arts Apprenticeship Pairs
The program helps artists and craftspeople preserve traditional skills important to Washington’s communities.
April 12, 2023
Announcing Arianne True as the Next Washington State Poet Laureate
A member of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, True has dedicated years to teaching and mentoring young poets around the Salish Sea.
March 17, 2023
Celebrate the Launch of “I Sing the Salmon Home”
Next month join Rena Priest, Washington State Poet Laureate, in Seattle and Olympia for the launch of a new anthology of poetry dedicated to a Northwest icon.
October 12, 2022
Announcing the 2022 Washington Stories Fund grant recipients
The grants go to organizations sharing the lesser-known stories of people or communities in our state.
August 4, 2022
Submit Your Poetry About Salmon!
Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest is calling for submissions to a new poetry anthology about salmon, which she calls “the unsung heroes of our region.”
June 24, 2022
Introducing the 2022-2023 Heritage Arts Apprenticeships!
These sixteen teams of artists and craftspeople will conserve cultural traditions important to Washington’s communities.
April 27, 2022
Prime Time Family Reading Expands in Response to Pandemic Learning Loss
Libraries, schools, and museums can receive $25,000 and more to hold the innovative literacy program in their communities.
April 27, 2022
Announcing the 2022 Public Humanities Fellows
The cohort of four fellows, chosen by a statewide committee of humanities experts, is the first of its kind in Washington.
January 19, 2022
Announcing the New Public Humanities Fellows Program
The program aims to help the next generation of humanists create programming for underserved Washington communities.
January 5, 2022
Humanities Washington Awards Over One Million Dollars to State Organizations Affected by COVID
The grants, made via the American Rescue Plan, will be made to humanities-based organizations and projects thanks to funding from the NEH.
July 22, 2021
Announcing the 2021-2022 Heritage Arts Apprenticeship Pairs
The sixteen teams of artists and craftspeople, chosen by the Center for Washington Cultural Traditions, will help preserve traditional skills.
April 13, 2021
Donuts Ask Big Questions, Too
Cabin Fever Kids, a free downloadable book from Humanities Washington, helps kids uncover the deeper meaning in deceptively simple children’s literature.
April 1, 2021
Announcing the new Washington State Poet Laureate: Rena Priest
The American Book Award-winning poet and member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation is the first Indigenous poet to assume the role.