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Maryland Humanities Announces New Board Chair
Maryland Humanities is excited to announce Alicia Jones McLeod as the new Chair of the organization’s Board of Directors. McLeod, a resident of Parkville, serves as the Executive Director of Challenging Racism.
December 21, 2022
A college of 4 photos. In the middle, there is a navy blue circle that has an outline of a green signpost with two signs with now words on them. Underneath it, it says in green capital letters "Crossroads." In light blue it says "Change in Rural America." The 4 images are a field of sunflowers, a sky and tree, a tractor, and a field with a tree and mountains in the background.
Maryland Humanities Tour of Smithsonian Exhibition Travels to Western Maryland
"Crossroads: Change in Rural America", a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition, opens at the Allegany Museum in Cumberland on January 7. The museum serves as the third venue of a five-stop tour of the state, presented through Maryland Humanities’ Museum on Main Street program.
December 20, 2022
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Maryland Humanities Executive Director Graduates from Leadership Maryland Class of 2022
Leadership Maryland recently announced that Lindsey Baker, Executive Director at Maryland Humanities, has graduated from the hands-on learning program.
December 12, 2022
A college of 4 photos. In the middle, there is a navy blue circle that has an outline of a green signpost with two signs with now words on them. Underneath it, it says in green capital letters "Crossroads." In light blue it says "Change in Rural America." The 4 images are a field of sunflowers, a sky and tree, a tractor, and a field with a tree and mountains in the background.
Maryland Humanities Tour of Smithsonian Exhibition Travels to Mid-Shore Maryland
"Crossroads: Change in Rural America", a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition, is now open at the Oxford Museum on the Eastern Shore. The museum serves as the second venue of a five-stop tour of the state, presented through Maryland Humanities’ Museum on Main Street program.
December 6, 2022
A logo. Text says “Application now open” above a large text graphic that says “Maryland Humanities Shine,” with “Shine” in all-capital letters. Another row of regular text says “Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity.” The dot for the i in “Shine” looks like a sparkle and the n looks like a rainbow with a dark blue a lighter blue, and a bright green. At the bottom, on a dark blue strip, text says "SHINE grant recipients represent 20 Maryland counties and Baltimore City."
Maryland Humanities Awards $50,000 in General Operating Grants to Cultural Organizations Through New Program
Maryland Humanities announces a total of $500,000 in general operating funding for 50 Maryland nonprofit organizations ($10,000 per organization).   Recipients of a grant from the organization’s SHINE (Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity) Program.
December 2, 2022
Seven New Members Join Maryland Humanities Board of Directors
Maryland Humanities welcomes seven new members to the the organization's Board of Directors. They hail from Baltimore County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Somerset County, and St. Mary’s County.
October 20, 2022
Two collaged images: on the left, a book cover to “What’s Mine and Yours: A Novel” by Naima Coster. On the right, a photograph of Coster. The cover has silhouettes of two women—one in reds, a white character, and the other in blues, a Black character. The first wears straight her hair down. The second wears it back. Text says: “’Coster balances the tender and the sharp moments shared between families better than anyone else writing’— Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award Winner.” Text says “The ‘New York Times’ bestseller.” On the right is Coster, an Afro-Latina woman with curly, black hair down to about her chin. She smiles and wears a short sleeved, black shirt and jeans. She stands with her arms crossed, in front of a colorful mural.
“What’s Mine and Yours”: Naima Coster’s tale of race & two families
One Maryland One Book 2022 Author Naima Coster appeared on the WYPR show, Midday, to talk about WHAT'S MINE AND YOURS. The tour kicks off October 2.
September 30, 2022
Naima Coster, Afro-Latina woman with black curly hair down to about her chin. She smiles and wears a short sleeved, black shirt and jeans. She also wears a silver necklace of a star and small stud earrings. She stands with her arms crossed in a professional manner and stands in front of a colorful mural.
Q&A: One Maryland One Book ‘What’s Mine and Yours’ author Naima Coster
Angela Roberts of the Frederick News-Post interviewed our One Maryland One Book 2022 Author, Naima Coster. The Author Tour kicks off October 2: Coster will visit Frederick on October 4 at 7:00 p.m.
‘Crossroads’ delves into rural landscape
Southern Maryland Newspapers the opening of our Museum on Main Street tour, CROSSROADS: CHANGE IN RURAL AMERICA, on Serenity Farm in Benedict. This is the tour's first stop in Maryland.
3 professional headshots are collaged into one. On the left is a headshot of Alexandra Cenatus, a Black woman with short hair. She wears a dressy black top, a yellow beaded necklace, and gold earrings. In the middle is a headshot of Aditya Desai, an Indian man with short brown hair. He wears a pine green cardigan and a white button-down shirt with a pattern on it (that includes a matching green, blue, and light pink.) On the right is a headshot of Lou Williams, white person who uses she and they pronouns. Lou has shoulder-length dirty blonde hair and glasses, smiles. They wear a dressy, short-sleeved, black blouse.
Maryland Humanities Welcomes Three New Team Members
Maryland Humanities is pleased to welcome three new staff members. Alexandra Cenatus joins the team as Director of Programs; Aditya Desai as Program Officer in charge of literary programming; and Lou Williams as Operations Manager.
September 1, 2022