General Grant Award Recipients Announced

This August, Humanities Tennessee awarded 13 general grants totaling $99,531 to cultural organizations in all three Grand Divisions of Tennessee. Individually and collectively, these projects expand the stories of our…

HT Welcomes New Board Members

This January, HT welcomed seven new board members to its all-volunteer leadership team. With these additions, the HT board now has representatives from every planning and economic development district in…

HT Expands State-wide Volunteer Leadership

This summer, Humanities Tennessee added five new members to its board of directors representing all three Grand Divisions: Union City, Memphis, Johnson City, Nashville, and Chattanooga. “We are proud and…

Support Young Tennessee Writers & Readers

This spring and early summer, Humanities Tennessee is connecting young writers and readers with the written word through author visits at schools, free books, and a residential writing workshop for…

Now Accepting Grant Applications

Later this spring, Humanities Tennessee will award a total of $100,000 to support public humanities projects across the state. The first step in the process is to request access to…

Public Humanities Programs: What’s Next?

Since June 2021, we have featured eight blog stories about the impact of the SHARP grant funding in communities throughout Tennessee. The nearly one million dollars awarded to 91 organizations…

Cultural Sector Pandemic Recovery

When Congress passed the American Rescue Plan in March 2021, the goal was imbedded in the name. For Tennessee cultural organizations, having to close the doors for nearly two years…

Our Environment and the Humanities: Hill’s Island

In 2021, TennGreen Land Conservancy gifted Hill’s Island to the Cumberland River Compact (The Compact) to steward this 20-acre parcel of land, located in The Compact’s namesake watershed. From the…