Previous Awards

Grants Awarded: 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

Georgia Humanities Council Grants Awarded in 2009

Special Program Grants

At the Douglass: PH Polk Photographic Exhibit
Friends of the Douglas, Macon, $1,495

Cultural Identity through Film Discussion
Athens Jewish Film Festival, Athens, $2,000

Esperanza Rising: Addressing the Future of Latino/Hispanic Culture and Language in the Immigrant Community
The Children's Bilingual Theater, Marietta, $1,184.00

Knowing Your History: The Legend of Buddy Bush Lecture Series with Sheila Moses
Georgia Old Capital Museum, Milledgeville, $1,000

Early Edgewood-Candler Park Biracial History Project
Early Edgewood-Candler Park Biracial History Project, Atlanta, $2,000

Lecture by Dr. Martha Ackerman, "The Mercury 13: The Lost Story of Women Space Pioneers in the U. S.
Agnes Scott College, Decatur, $2,000

Ken Burns, Film-maker and William Segal
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, $2,000

Newnan Carnegie Grand Re-opening Week
Newnan Carnegie Library, Newnan, $2,000

Augusta's African American Story
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, $2,000

A Ramble Through Old Perry at Evergreen Cemetery
Perry Area Historical Society, Perry, $2,000

2009 Gwinnett Reading Festival/Gwinnett Reads
Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, $2,000

Constitution Days Reenactment
Clayton State University, Morrow, $1,500

History and Culture of Peasant China
Georgia Perimeter College, Decatur, $2,000

2009 Southern Women Writers Conference
Berry College, Rome, $2,000

Elliot Levine: Composer in Residence
Athens Chamber Singers, Athens, $1,000

The Way We Lived: Residential Architecture and Life in the 19th Century
Columbus Museum, Inc., Columbus, $2,000

PUBLIC PROGRAM GRANTS

Envisioning America: The Leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, $9,582.83

The Southern Literary Trail: Georgia Writers and Their Places
The Flannery O'Connor-Andalusia Foundation, Milledgeville, $9,910.26

2009 Ashley Bryan Children's Literary Festival
Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta, $5,000

Lectures and Courses at the Learning Center
Senior Citizens, Inc., Savannah, $4,000

Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America
Massie Heritage Interpretation Center, Savannah, $6,000

The Fabrics of Georgia
Roswell Folk and Heritage Bureau, Roswell, $6,100

Columbia County Reads Together
Columbia County Public Library, Evans, $5,000

Liliana Porter Hispanic Outreach Program
Brenau University, Gainesville, $3,000

Handprints in Time: An Intergenerational Outreach Project
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, $4,000

Reconsidering the African Diaspora: African Influences in American Life
Tubman African American Museum, Macon, $5,520

Savannah Book Festival
Savannah Book Festival, Savannah, $5,000

2009 Georgia Women of Achievement Induction
Georgia Women of Achievement, Atlanta, $7,000

Teacher Enrichment

Writer's Workshop With Dr. Lester Laminack: A Teacher Enrichment Opportunity
J.A. Alfred Elementary, Lawrenceville, $3,419

2009 Summer Institute on WWII and Holocaust
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, $3,500

A Walk Through Breman: Documenting and Presenting Community History
City of Bremen, Bremen, $3,000

Focus on Proficiency: Familiarization and Implementation
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, $2,500

Bunce Island: Linking the History of Europe, Africa and the United States
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, $6,200

Conversations: Critical Approaches to Rhetoric in the Literature of Georgia and the South
Georgia State University, Atlanta, $1,600

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