Connecticut Humanities announced that organizations in six communities will share more than $8,200 in grant money to support humanities-based programming. The money will help fund events ranging from a lecture series on American presidential elections to a discussion about a Connecticut man who was a little-known early father of baseball.
A $1,500 grant will support a free, three-part lecture and discussion series at Greenwich’s Bruce Museum. The series complements the museum’s exhibition, “And Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations,” exploring the intersection of art, culture, history and social justice. The first lecture, on Feb. 29, will be given by a member of the Women of Color Quilter’s Network; the second, on March 7, will focus on the presence of African Symbols in Modern Art; and the third, on March 21, will explore the ways textile production allowed African American and white women to renegotiate their places in the social fabric of the United States during the Civil War.
Connecticut Humanities, a nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, funds, creates and collaborates on hundreds of cultural programs across Connecticut each year. It administers a competitive grant pool made possible by the Connecticut General Assembly.
