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2024

Nevada Humanities Presents Birthed from the soil: A Photo Affair by Iyana Esters

Nevada Humanities Presents “Celebrating Ancestry: Poetry for the Day of the Dead

Nevada Gov. Lombardo Declares October as Arts & Humanities Month

New Exhibition “Circle of Animal” by Artist and Naturalist, Sharon K. Schafer

Las Vegas Writes, Book Launch and Conversation with the Authors on October 17

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Headlines Literary Event in Reno

The 2024 Spark! Youth Poetry Competition is Now Open

New Exhibition “Saints and Poets Maybe…” by Shan Michael Evans

FY 2025 Nevada Humanities Major Project Grants Now Accepting Applications

New Exhibition “Dear Vegas” Shines a Light on Local Las Vegas

Nevada Humanities Selects Two Nevada Authors to Represent Nevada at the National Book Festival

Nevada Humanities Awards $202,358 in Major Project Grants

Nevada Humanities Welcomes George Tsz-Kwan Lam as Assistant Director (5/1/2024)

New Exhibition Features Creative Work From UNLV Students (4/5/2024)

Artist's Journal and Artwork Explores Chronic Illness in New Exhibition (1/30/2024)

2023

“Between Earth & Sky: Exploring the Great Basin through the Eyes of Northern Nevada Artists” Now on Display in Las Vegas (11_30_23)

“Icon of Las Vegas, the Spectacular Showgirl: Showgirl Costume Designs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives” Now Open in Las Vegas at Nevada Humanities Program Gallery (10/6/2023)

“Feather Shows” New Las Vegas Writes Anthology Now Available (9/21/2023)

Spark! Youth Poetry Competition Now Open to Clark County High School Students (8/8/2023)

Exhibition Featuring Artist Sidne Teske Showcases Pastel Paintings of Nevada Landscape (8/1/2023)

Funding Opportunity for Nevada Nonprofit Cultural Organizations Now Open (7/25/2023)

Nevada Humanities and its Nevada Center for the Book Name Books for Youth and Adults to Library of Congress’ “Great Reads from Great Places” List (6/22/2023) 

Nevada Reads 2023 Books Explore Family, Folklore, Technology, and Human Connection (5/31/2023)

Meaning of Masculinity Explored in New Exhibition (5/24/2023)

New Exhibition Showcases Youth Art and Resilience (3/15/2023)

A Conversation about Memory and Resistance: Remembering the 81st Anniversary of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II (1/31/2023)

Nevada Humanities Exhibition Reveals New Perspectives of Nevada Landscapes (1/25/2023)

Nevada Humanities Awards More Than $194,000 in FY2023 Major Project Grants (1/19/2023)

2022

Historic Photos Showcase Overton’s Lost City Museum (11/30/22)

October Declared Arts & Humanities Month in Nevada (10/25/22)

Nevada Humanities To Host Virtual Discussion on Community and Sovereignty with Shoshone-Paiute Tribe Members (10/18/22)

“Neon Riffs and Lounge Acts” New Las Vegas Writes Anthology Now Available (9/29/22)

Pandemic Reflections Showcased in New Multimedia Exhibition (9/22/2022)

Jess Walter, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Michael Martone Among Authors Featured at the 2022 Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl on Saturday (9/6/22)

Bestselling Authors & Literary Events at Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl (9/1/22)

SPARK! Youth Poetry Competition Open (8/26/22)

Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl 2022 (8/18/22)

New Exhibition from Nevada Humanities Explores Life and Community Changes Along the Colorado River (7/26/2022)

Nevada Humanities Now Accepting Applications for FY2023 Major Project Grants (7/14/2022)

Nevada Humanities Explores How Art and Mental Health Connect (6/21/2022)

New Exhibition at Nevada Humanities Focuses on the Power of Community (6/1/22)

Humanities in Nature Explores the Outdoors (4/20/2022)

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Natalie Diaz and Nevada Poet Laureate Gailmarie Pahmeier in Conversation (4/7/22)

Exhibition Exploring the Mojave Desert Landscape Opens at Nevada Humanities (3/17/22)

Exhibition Dazzles with a Celebratory Century of Neon at Nevada Humanities (1/19/22)

Nevada Humanities Launches New Initiative Around History and Civic Engagement in 2022 (1/12/22)

Nevada Humanities Announces More Than $614,350 in Pandemic Relief and Recovery Grants Awarded to Nevada Organizations (1/6/2022)

2021

Nevada Humanities Exhibition Showcases Stories about Life on the Border (11/23/2021)

Nevada Humanities Awarded the Helen and Martin Schwartz Prize for Outstanding Humanities Public Programming at 2021 National Humanities Conference (11/16/2021)

Nevada Humanities Announces 2022 Major Project Grant Recipients (11/10/21)

Sagebrush to Sandstone: A Humanities Guide to Outdoor Nevada (10/27/2021)

“Love in the Dunes” New Las Vegas Writes Anthology Now Available (10/19/2021)

Nevada Humanities to Feature Discussion About Learning How to Listen (9/29/2021)

Nevada Humanities to Grant Over $612,00 to Nevada Cultural Organizations Affected by COVID-19 (9/16/21)

Nevada Humanities Exhibition “Nevada P.S. I Love You” to Feature Postcards Created by Nevadans (8/31/21)

Nevada Humanities Announces New Relief and Recovery Grants for Nevada Cultural Organizations (8/23/2021)

Wonders of Nevada: Nature as the Artist’s Muse (8/9/2021)

Nevada Humanities Major Project Grants Now Open (7/1/2021)

Explore ‘Miracle Country’ with Nevada Humanities (5/26/2021)

Nevada Humanities Welcomes Journalists Masha Gessen and Jon Ralston in Conversation about Journalism and Democracy (5/2/21)

Nevada Humanities Exhibition Features Art Made During a Year of Pandemic (4/21/2021)

Nevada Humanities Celebrates Earth Day with Authors of 2021 Nevada Reads Books (4/13/2021)

Nevada Humanities Hosts Conversation on Restoring Voting Rights to Formerly Incarcerated Citizens (4/6/2021)

Nevada Humanities Board of Trustees Member, Caleb Cage, to Testify  Before Congressional Committee on Behalf of State Humanities Councils  and the National Endowment for the Humanities (3/24/2021) 

Nevada Humanities to Feature Discussions about Native Voting Rights and Diversity in Business (3/12/2021)

Author and Historian Isabel Wilkerson Gives Virtual Talk in Nevada (2/18/2021)

Nevada Humanities to Feature Elected Officials Discussing What Motivates Them to Serve Their Communities (2/9/2021)

Nevada Humanities Virtual Exhibition Explores Crisis Faced by Las Vegas Performers (2/3/2021)

Nevada Humanities To Feature National Journalists in Conversation about White Supremacy and the Threat to Democracy (1/27/2021)

Nevada Humanities Announces Book Selections for 2021 Nevada Reads Program (1/13/2020)

Nevada Humanities to Feature Programs Around Civic Engagement in 2021 (1/6/2020)

2020

Nevada Humanities Increases Grantmaking Capacity and Announces 2021 Major Project Grant Recipients (12/22/2020)

New Monuments for a Future Las Vegas  
Nevada Humanities Virtual Exhibition Opens December 4, 2020

COVID-19 and Its Uneven Impact on American Communities: A Discussion between Journalists Sheri Fink and Eli Saslow (11/12/2020)

Resiliency: A Blooming Diaspora 
A Nevada Humanities Exhibition Series on display December 3 – 31, 2020,  at the Lost City Museum (11/5/2020) 

New Las Vegas Writes Anthology Now Available - Virtual Book Launch and Author Conversation on October 22 (10/14/2020) 

Writing from the Margins: Poetry and Puerto Rico - Reading and Discussion with Denice Frohman and Raquel Salas Rivera (10/9/2020)

Nomadland: Resiliency on the Road
A Conversation with Author Jessica Bruder and Economist Todd Sorenson (9/30/2020)

Resiliency: A Blooming Diaspora - Nevada Humanities Virtual Exhibition Opens October 1, 2020 (9/28/2020)

Nevada’s Public Monuments: A Nevada Humanities Virtual Salon (09/14/2020)

Nevada Humanities Major Project Grants Now Open (08/19/2020)

Climate Change Hopes and Fears: A Visual Discussion Nevada Humanities Virtual Exhibition Series Launches August 6 (07/22/2020)

Nevada Humanities Awards $368,873 to 46 Nevada Cultural Organizations (07/15/2020)

Valley of the Sun: A Nevada Humanities Virtual Salon (07/09/2020)

Severance Radio: A Nevada Reads Book Club (06/29/2020)

Nevada Humanities Exhibition Series Moves Online - “Colors of the West: Youth Art from the 2020 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering” Virtual Exhibition Now Open (6/10/2020)

Nevada Humanities CARES: Emergency Relief Grants for Nevada Cultural Organizations Accepting Applications Until June 15 (5/27/2020)

Nevada Humanities Moves Salon Program Online with a Virtual Salon (5/7/2020)

Exhibition Opens at Nevada Humanities Program Gallery in Las Vegas on February 6, 2020, Margaret, Are You Grieving (1/16/2020)

Nevada Humanities Presents ‘The Constitution: What it Means to Me’ Salon in Reno (1/8/2020)

Nevada Humanities Announces Book Selections for 2020 Nevada Reads Program (1/2/2020)

2019

Nevada Humanities to Host Informational Grant Meetings in Henderson, Las Vegas, Reno, and Elko (12/21/2019)

Nevada Humanities Announces New Board of Trustees’ Members (12/13/2019)

Nevada Humanities Presents Author Willy Vlautin in Southern Nevada (11/26/2019)

Exhibition Opens at Nevada Humanities Program Gallery in Las Vegas on December 5 Snapshot: Culling Our History from the Family Album (11/5/2019)

Imagine Nevada: Nevada Artists and Poets Celebrate 10 Years of Illustrated Word Exhibitions Opens at Nevada Humanities Program Gallery in Las Vegas (9/24/2019)

New Las Vegas Writes Anthology Celebrates 10 Years of Creative Writing in Las Vegas A Change is Gonna Come: Reinvention in the City of Second Chances (9/17/2019)

Kiese Laymon, Willy Vlautin, Maggie Shen King, Mignon Fogarty, and Ahmed Naji Among Authors Featured at the 2019 Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl on Saturday (9/9/2019)

Nevada Humanities Announces 2019 Grant Recipients (8/26/2019)

Literary Enthusiasts of All Ages Hit the Streets of Reno for the Sixth Annual Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl (8/20/2019)

Nevada Humanities Presents Author Willy Vlautin in Northern Nevada (8/9/2019)

Dry Wit Exhibition Opens on August 1, 2019 at Nevada Humanities Program Gallery in Las Vegas (7/2/2019)

Nevada Humanities Presents “Great Basin Young Chautauqua Showcase” (5/24/2019)

Nevada Humanities Accepting Nominations for Board Membership (5/14/2019)

This Side of the Divide: A Reading and Conversation (5/10/2019)

Then and Now: The Neon Boneyard Lighting Up Las Vegas New Exhibition Opens on June 6 (5/3/2019)

2019 Letters About Literature Winners Announced (4/26/2019)

Nevada Humanities Will Present 2019 Nevada Humanities Awards (4/16/2019)

Nevada Humanities Invites Public to Attend 2019 Nevada Humanities Award Ceremony (4/4/2019)

2019 Nevada Humanities Awards Winners Announced (3/21/2019)

Personal Space: Exploring Stereoscopic Nevada Opens April 4 (3/1/2019)

Nevada Humanities Awards Deadline Extended to March 1, 2019

Nevada Humanities Awards Deadline 2019

Nevada Humanities to Host Informational Grant Meetings in Henderson, Las Vegas, Reno, and Elko (1/9/2019)

Nevada Reads Returns with 2019 Book Selections (1/4/2019)

Nevada Humanities Invites Nominations of Outstanding Individuals and Organizations for the 2019 Nevada Humanities Awards

2018

Nevada Humanities Announces New Board of Trustees’ Members (11/29/2018)

Razor Wire Exhibition Curated by Shaun T. Griffin (11/5/2018)

Addiction Awareness Authors to Visit Nevada Classrooms (9/12/18)

Seeing><Saying Exhibit Press Release (10/11/2018)

Literary Crawl Press Release (9/15/2018)

Hearts4Vegas Press Release (7/19/2018)

Nevada Humanities Announces 2018 Grant Awards

Great Basin Young Chautauqua showcase (6/4/2018)

Neon Air (5/16/18)

Julie Buntin Tours Northern Nevada (4/23/2018)

Letters About Literature Winners (4/18/2018)