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October 30, 2025
Honoring 50 for our 50th
We just turned 50, and it’s National Arts and Humanities Month. To celebrate, are honoring 50 people and organizations across the state with the Humanities Washington Award. The Humanities Washington…
September 24, 2025
Introducing the new 2026-2027 Speakers Bureau!
What’s the strange link between shark attacks and voting behavior? How will A.I. change humanity? Why do we still love reading print in our digitally saturated age? With talks ranging…
September 12, 2025
Prime Time Family Reading receives prestigious Library of Congress award
We’re excited to announce that the national Prime Time Family Reading curriculum has won a 2025 Literacy Award from the Library of Congress! Created by the Louisiana Endowment for the…
September 8, 2025
Announcing the 2025-2026 Heritage Arts Apprenticeship pairs!
WACultures, Washington State’s organization dedicated to documenting and preserving traditional skills, is excited to announce the 2025-2026 cohort of Heritage Arts Apprenticeship projects. The 16 projects include traditions like Mexican…
September 5, 2025
The Center for Washington Cultural Traditions is now WACultures!
Introducing WACultures! The Center for Washington Cultural Traditions is changing its name, its look, and it even has a new website. A joint program of Humanities Washington and ArtsWA, WACultures…
August 1, 2025
Announcing the recipients of 2025 Washington Stories Fund Grants
Humanities Washington is excited to announce that we have awarded 20 grants totaling more than $100,000 to cultural organizations across Washington State via our Washington Stories Fund initiative. The purpose…
July 18, 2025
Host the Washington State Poet Laureate
Bring poetry to the people! Washington State Poet Laureate Derek Sheffield is traveling the state making poetry more accessible, welcoming, and fun. If you’re a nonprofit, school, museum, library, bookstore,…
June 24, 2025
Save the NEH and culture in Washington State
On April 2, DOGE cancelled or rescinded hundreds of National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants contracts nationwide, including those of Humanities Washington. We receive half of our funding from…
June 23, 2025
Hire our amazing staff!
As part of our efforts to continue serving the state during an uncertain time for our organization, our staff have been partially furloughed. But that means that many are now…
April 21, 2025
Apply for a Heritage Arts Apprenticeship
Interested in teaching or learning a traditional trade, craft, or skill? WACultures is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Heritage Arts Apprenticeship Program! The program provides financial support to a…
April 1, 2025
Derek Sheffield named 2025-2027 Washington State Poet Laureate
Celebrated poet and professor Derek Sheffield will soon become Washington’s eighth State Poet Laureate. Sheffield lives in the Wenatchee Valley and serves as a professor of English at Wenatchee Valley…
March 17, 2025
Nominations open for Humanities Washington Awards
As part of our 50th anniversary, we’re honoring 50 incredible people and organizations across the state. The Humanities Washington Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the public humanities—people and organizations who…
March 17, 2025
Apply for a Washington Stories Fund grant
Tell us a story. Humanities Washington began 50 years ago as a purely grant-making organization. Since then, we have grown into so much more. We are excited to announce that…
February 14, 2025
Join Speakers Bureau!
Travel the state sharing your knowledge and passion. We’re looking for scholars, writers, artists, and other experts to take to the road as part of our 2026-2027 Speakers Bureau! Our…
January 21, 2025
Humanities Washington seeks community leadership
Humanities Washington is looking for volunteers to help realize our vision of a statewide humanities movement, where people from all walks of life work to understand each other and build…
November 14, 2024
Clare Johnson named co-editor of Poet Laureate’s queer poetry anthology
Clare Johnson has been named co-editor of the upcoming queer poetry anthology from Washington State Poet Laureate Arianne True. A multidisciplinary writer and visual artist, Clare is interested in celebrating…
November 1, 2024
How do we look?
We have a new logo, a new website, and a new way to experience the humanities. While we love our new look, we’re especially excited about enhancements to the website…
October 15, 2024
Are You the Next Washington State Poet Laureate?
We’re now taking applications for the 2024-2026 Poet Laureate position.