by Mass Humaities | Sep 3, 2024 | The Kiosk, The Profession
If you ask Cheryll Toney Holley to introduce herself, she immediately mentions her four children and eight grandchildren, all of whom are local to the Worcester area. This is because intergenerational bonds are a central cultural value for Holley, who identifies as a...
by Mass Humaities | Aug 29, 2024 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession
By Brian Boyles This article was originally published in The Relentless Humanities, a newsletter written by Brian Boyles. Subscribe here. Vessels of Slavery is on display at the Cape Ann Museum’s CAM Green Campus through Sept. 1. The clatter of lines against a mast,...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Aug 29, 2024 | History News, The Profession
08.29.2024 Dawn Heinen, Digital Communications Manager Diversity Equity and Inclusion A regular report on our equity work Young woman performing at Elevated Thought’s gallery. Photo: Gretchen Ertl. Since 2021, with the launch of our first-ever Racial Equity Plan (and...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Aug 27, 2024 | History News, The Profession
08.27.2024 Dawn Heinen, Digital Communications Manager Diversity Equity and Inclusion Massachusetts attendees at 2024 LEAD Conference. Earlier this month, a handful of Mass Cultural Council staff attended the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®)...
by Mass Humaities | Aug 27, 2024 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession
Jackie Jenkins-Scott believes that the humanities represent the “connective tissue” of our lived experience. A leadership consultant and past president of two higher education institutions, she works at the intersection of business strategy and transformational...
by Ben Franklin's World | Aug 27, 2024 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/392_Gin-Lum.mp3 What does history have to tell us about how we, as Americans, came to define people by their race–the visual ways we group people based on their skin color, facial features, hair texture, and ancestry?...
