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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE -- August 10, 2004
Contact: Scott Hirko, Public Relations Officer
(517) 372-7770 -- shirko
[at] michiganhumanities.org
COUNCIL
NAMES 30 OUTSTANDING PROJECTS OVER 30 YEARS
Michigan
Humanities Council selects 30 projects among over 1,500 funded
in its history
(LANSING)-----Michigan Humanities Council announces that it has selected
30 “Outstanding Humanities Projects” funded by the Council
over its 30-year history. The Council has selected each of the 30 projects
to demonstrate the diversity, quality, historical and cultural content,
and community impact of its grants program over the years. Each of the
30 projects will be featured in a limited edition 30th Anniversary Commemorative
Program, which will be available only at the Council’s 30th Anniversary
Celebration. The 30th Anniversary Celebration will be held at the Henry
Ford Museum in Dearborn on September 30, 2004.
“These
programs were selected to represent the outstanding public humanities
programming developed by local organizations across Michigan since
1974,” said
Janice Fedewa, Executive Director of Michigan Humanities Council. “We
are excited to be able to feature these programs in our commemorative
publication. Their diversity and quality demonstrates some of the best
projects the Council has funded in its 30-year history.”
Governor
Jennifer Granholm is serving as Honorary Chair of Michigan Humanities
Council’s 30th Anniversary Celebration. The event will also
feature: Bruce Cole, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities;
music by award-winning jazz musician Marcus Belgrave; a cocktail
reception;
dinner; and, an awards ceremony. Detroit-area television personality
Guy Gordon will be the event’s Master of Ceremonies. The awards
are being hand-crafted by noted sculptor Stephen Kosinski of Ann
Arbor.
Tickets
to the event are available at michiganhumanities.org/anniversary or by calling the Council’s office at 517-372-7770.
Michigan
Humanities Council, founded in 1974, is the state’s independent,
non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The 30
outstanding projects to be featured in the 30th Anniversary Commemorative
Publication are:
Project
Title (Project Sponsor(s), Location) – Year
of Project.
- Anishinabek:
The People of This Place (Public Museum of Grand Rapids) – 1992.
- A Community
Between Two Worlds: Arab
Americans in Greater Detroit (ACCESS, Dearborn;
MSU Museum, East Lansing) – 1998.
- Arabesque
(Arab American Media Society, Detroit) – 1982 & 1986.
- Chautauqua
1997: Truth Tent (United Arts Council of Calhoun County, Battle Creek) – 1997.
- Detroit
Labor History Tours (Detroit Labor History Tours, Workers Education
Local 189, Detroit) – 1980.
- Discovering
Copper: Women’s Heritage (Michigan Technological
University, Houghton) – 1980.
- Fading
Memories (Con Foster Museum, Traverse City) – 1989-1990.
- Finnish-American
Oral History Theatre Troupe (Suomi College, Hancock) – 1984.
- German
Culture Kit (Frankenmuth Historical Association) – 1998.
- Grand
Rapids Area Council for the Humanities – 1978 – present.
- Greenfield
Village Chautauqua (The Edison Institute, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn) – 1984.
- Humanities
Council of West Central Michigan/Mecosta County Council for the Humanities
(Big Rapids) – 1984.
- Humanities
On Radio & Michigan’s
Aural History (Michigan Public Radio Network, Ann Arbor) – 1985 – 1987.
- Huron
Shores Summer Writing Institute (Rogers City; Univ. of Michigan,
Ann Arbor) – 1986
- 1987.
- Indians
of Michigan Yesterday & Today: A Teacher’s Guide & Resource
(Nokomis Learning Center, Okemos) – 2003.
- The
Italian-American Heritage Project (Sons of Italy Foundation, Italian
American Club of Lansing) – 2001.
- Let’s
Talk About Michigan (Michigan Library Association, Lansing) - 1984,
1987.
- The
Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of
Fame, West Bloomfield) – 1999.
- Folklife
Festivals (Michigan State University, East Lansing) – 1990-present.
- Michigan
Story Festival (Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant) – 2003-2004.
- Muse-Hopper
Mobile Museum (Delta College; Saginaw Valley State University,
Saginaw) – 1980.
- The
Orphan Trains (Historical Society of Michigan, Ann Arbor) – 1995.
- Porgy & Bess: An American Voice (Univ. of Michigan Video Archives,
Ann Arbor) –1998.
- The
Radio Play: Scribbling Women (Michigan Public Radio Network, Ann
Arbor) – 1994
and 1997.
-
Runnin’ for Freedom (Kalamazoo County Historical Society, Kalamazoo) – 1989.
- Varian
Fry and the Michigan Jewish Community (Congregation Shaarey Zedek;
MSU
Museum, East
Lansing) – 2003.
- West
Shore New Sweden ’88 Celebration
(West Shore Scandinavian Society, Ludington) – 1988.
- We,
the People, Remember (State Bar of Michigan, Lansing) – 1987.
- With
Babies and Banners (Women’s Labor History Program, Ann
Arbor) -- 1978
- Wrapped
Words: Handmade Books from Cuba’s Ediciones Vigia (Kresge
Art Museum,
East Lansing) – 2002.
Michigan
Humanities Council, founded in 1974, is the state’s independent,
non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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