Gather, film screening & discussion
Join the Global Ed Center for a screening of Gather, a film exploring a growing movement among Native American to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities through food sovereignty. …
Tag: Humanities Tennessee
Unveiling a New Chapter in Robertson County
In February 2024, the Robertson County History Museum opened a new permanent exhibit titled African Americans Building New Lives After 1865. This exhibit, which Humanities Tennessee partially funded through an…
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…
How We Got that Story: Erbil
Join Nashville Public Radio for a webinar that will dive into reporting on Nashville’s growing Kurdish community. International correspondent Rose Gilbert will join online live from Erbil, the Kurdish capital of Iraq, to…
Defending DEI: Addressing Anti-Blackness and Systemic Racism in Rural West TN
Join regional partners at Lane College for a day of discussions and activities featuring scholars and practitioners covering topics such as civic engagement & voting, public health & families, the…
Panel Discussion (hybrid): Black Women of Print
UT’s Downtown Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of new triptychs by Black Women of Print featuring work by Deborah Grayson, Karen J. Revis, Stephanie Santana, LaToya Hobbs, Althea Murphy-Price,…
“A Long, Hard Streak” Screening, Symposium and Tours
Join the Morgan County Historical & Genealogical Society for a screening of the documentary, A Long, Hard Streak, featuring the story of local outlaw and outsider artist Billy Dean Anderson,…
Andrea Morales: Roll Down Like Water
Roll Down Like Water features sixty-five photographs spanning a decade of work by the Memphis-based, Peruvian-American photographer Andrea Morales. These images reflect the collective change of Memphis and the surrounding…
King Iron: The Untold Story of Enslaved Furnace Workers in Tennessee
Created by the Tennessee African-American Historical Group, this new travelling exhibit examines the little known story of enslaved iron workers in the Volunteer State. Well researched and curated, “King Iron”…
Black Women of Print
Visit the UT Downtown Gallery for a new exhibition, “Black Women of Print,” opening August 30, 2024. The exhibit features a portfolio of six printmaker, and is curated by Tanekeya…