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COMING SOON...FALL 2006
Features include: Rolland Golden: The Journeys of
a
Southern Artist by John Kemp
The Great Deluge: Douglas Brinkley and the Writing of History, an interview by Michael Sartisky Conspiracy and Complicity by John T. Magill The Red River Campaign by Gary Joiner Carnaval! by Barbara Mauldin Watermarks of Louisiana by Julie I. Dalia, plus so much more. Subscribe to LCV today! Support the humanities! | ||||||
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The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and the
Ogden Museum of Southern Art will host Louisiana
Poet Laureate, Ms. Brenda Marie Osbey on
Sunday, October 1 at the O. From 2-4pm
Ms. Osbey will have a book signing, lecture and
poetry reading surrounding her most recent
publication All Saints:
New and Selected Poems (LSU Press), which
received
the American Book Award in 1998.
Osbey is also author of Ceremony for Minneconjoux: Poems; In These Houses; and Desperate Circumstances, Dangerous Women. Her poetry and nonfiction have appeared in prestigious literary journals, popular periodicals, anthologies and collections throughout the United States. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Creative Writing Fellowship. | ||||||
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Upcoming LEH Grant Deadlines:
LEH Public Humanities Grants Final application deadline: October 2 Award announcement: December 2006 LEH Outreach Grants Preliminary application deadline: October 15 Final application deadline: November 15 Award announcement: December 15 New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music--Deadline Dec. 1, 2006 Request for Proposals and Application Form | ||||||
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Attention all humanities professors at Louisiana
colleges and universities!
Request for Proposals 2007 Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study Preliminary application deadline: September 4 Final application deadline: October 2 Award announcement: December 2006 | ||||||
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An electronic newsletter showcasing PRIME TIME
News and Views has been launched. Sign up today!
Staff site visits to PRIME TIME family literacy programs funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and LEH will include: Columbus Public Library, Columbus, GA; Oglala Lakota College- Woksape Tipi near Kyle, SD; Hamilton County Library, Syracuse, KS; and Stanislaus Free County Library in Modesto, CA. (Dianne Brady, senior consultant, attended a program in Dayton Ohio in July.) These visits facilitate evaluation reports and provide on-site technical assistance for coordinators and discussion leaders in the initial stages of implementation. Mark your calendar! PRIME TIME has scheduled a January 2007 training workshop to be held in New Orleans, LA, January 13- 14. Participants from Louisiana and New Mexico have already registered, and anyone interested in attending should contact Shantrell Adams (adams@leh.org) or Faye Flanagan (flanagan@leh.org). | ||||||
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Two new RELIC programs, Louisiana's Civil War
and Creoles in Fact and Fiction are
going to be available in
2007. The subjects are in response to
recommendations by scholars, libraries, and the
reading public, and will undoubtedly generate equal
amounts of light and heat about aspects of our
culture and history as Louisianans.
University scholars lead a thematic, six-week course of reading and discussion. Discover new worlds through RELIC. Explore "The American West," "Louisiana History: Perspectives on the Pelican State,":"The Native American World," and others. | ||||||
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The Louisiana Association of Museums (LAM) has
awarded the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
the 2006 Outstanding
Foundation Support Award. The award was
presented at the LAM Conference in Baton Rouge on
September 18th.
"In past years, LEH has supported the work of LAM by presenting informative grant and program workshops at LAM’s annual conferences. LEH’s grant staff is committed to working with museums large and small to ensure that grant monies go where they can best be used. LEH’s stewardship of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street program has brought quality traveling exhibits to numerous Louisiana museums. These same museums receive professional training and assistance from LAM through its workshops, environmental monitoring, equipment loans, and networking opportunities. This year, the LEH will be assisting LAM monetarily through a $15,000 support grant. It will further assist LAM fulfill its mission by orchestrating a collaboration between LEH, LAM, and the Getty Institute whereby LAM will coordinate Getty volunteers traveling through Louisiana assisting hurricane damaged museums." said the LAM council. | ||||||
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A PERMANENT EXHIBITION
We are asking for your assistance to aid the LEH in
completing a crucial dimension of the Louisiana
Humanities Center. Part of the renovation will include
the permanent installation of a dozen works by
renowned New Orleans artist and sculptor, John
Scott. This collection will be the largest permanent
installation of Scott’s work in the world. Best known
for creating vibrantly colored prints and kinetic
sculptures, Scott's work show the African and
Caribbean influences of his New Orleans
neighborhood. He is a graduate of New Orleans’
Xavier University where he has been on the faculty
for more than 40 years. John Scott, a MacArthur
Genius Award Winner, is quite arguably, Louisiana’s
most accomplished African-American artist. Photo
of John Scott at work by Judy Cooper.
For more information, please contact Dr. Michael Sartisky at sartisky@leh.org. | ||||||
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A TRAVELING SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT
Old Courthouse Museum Natchitoches August 15-October 6 Museum Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9-5 pm For more information call: 318-357-2270
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The LEH has released a 35-Year Report
summarizing the organization’s
investment and impact in Louisiana. Established in
1971, the LEH has invested $38.5 million in humanities
programs and projects that have reached people and
community organizations in every parish in the state.
An audience of more than 70 million people has
benefited from all LEH-supported programs. If you
would like a copy of this report, please contact the
LEH.
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**NEH Stabilization Grants
Deadline: October 2 The National Endowment for the Humanities has designated $750,000 for grants to stabilize humanities collections at libraries, museums, colleges, universities, and other cultural and historical institutions in Gulf Coast areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. For more information, click here. . **The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society, Inc. will present its annual Words & Music Festival November 1-6, 2006. This year's programming theme for the general reading public is The Impact of Hispanic Cultures on U. S. Life & Literature. For complete details, visit wordsandmusic.org | ||||||
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