by Mass Humaities | Dec 18, 2024 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession, Video
To commemorate our 50th anniversary in 2024, we produced a series of short films that revisit the Mass Humanities archive. Rural by Choice explores the complex idea of what it means to be “rural” in today’s day and age. It draws connections between a documentary film...
by Mass Humaities | Dec 16, 2024 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession
Join the movement and host a reading of Frederick Douglass in your community in 2025. Applications open December 16. Receive $2,000 in funds to support your event. Access informational webinars, a trauma-informed discussion guide, a media kit and promotional...
by Mass Humaities | Dec 9, 2024 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession
“Legacies: Stories of Black History in the 413” premieres Dec. 12 on NEPM TV. Black art, history, faith, and culture converge in a new three-part documentary series exploring the Black experience in western Massachusetts. “Legacies: Stories of Black History in the...
by Mass Humaities | Nov 19, 2024 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession
To commemorate our 50th anniversary in 2024, we produced a series of short films that revisit the Mass Humanities archive. The Speech is the Star examines the explosion in popularity of the Reading Frederick Douglass Together program, from its first public...
by Mass Humaities | Nov 12, 2024 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession, Video
Elizabeth (Betsy) More, program director at the Jewish Women’s Archive, explains how the first commercial edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves, “exemplifies the power of coming together communally and collectively to tell our stories.” On October 24, we hosted a workshop...
by Mass Humaities | Nov 11, 2024 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession, Video
On October 24, Mass Humanities hosted “The Future of Storytelling” workshop in Boston at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Grantees were encouraged to bring in meaningful objects and share their significance with the group, focusing on the influence of these...
