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LEH Awards More Than $255K in Grants Supporting Humanities Programs Statewide
39 Rebirth Grants and Rebirth Festival Grants have been awarded to organizations statewide in support of humanities programs.
Read MoreApply now for disaster relief funds in response to Hurricane Ida and the May 2021 floods
Humanities organizations affected by Hurricane Ida and/or the May 2021 floods are invited to apply for disaster mitigation grants starting November 15.
Read MoreLouisiana Department of Education names PRIME TIME a Family Literacy Support vendor
The Louisiana Department of Education recently added PRIME TIME’s suite of family literacy and engagement programs to their approved list of Family Literacy Support vendors.
Read MoreLEH’s 64 Parishes magazine wins nine Press Club of New Orleans awards
64 Parishes’ outstanding contributors won eight Press Club of New Orleans’s Excellence in Journalism Awards for the year 2020, with the winter 2020 issue taking home Best Magazine.
Read MoreNew large-scale mural dedicated to John Scott at LEH
We’re excited to announce the LEH as the latest site for “Unframed presented by The Helis Foundation, a project of Arts Council New Orleans,” downtown New Orleans’ growing mural project.
Read MoreNEH Grant to Support PRIME TIME’s Development of Bilingual Book Series
PRIME TIME, Inc., has been awarded nearly $200,000 that will be used to further expand its programming for Spanish-speaking families. The grant was awarded by the NNEH through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which is providing $87.8 million in funding to nearly 300 cultural and educational institutions.
Read MoreApply now to host book club series on coastal issues
Applications are open now to host Witness to Change: Conversations on Coastal Impacts, a new adult reading and discussion series developed by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
Read MoreInaugural reading with Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy
On Wednesday, September 29, at 7 p.m., join the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in welcoming Louisiana’s newest poet laureate, Mona Lisa Saloy, at her inaugural reading in the post.
Read MoreIntroducing Louisiana’s next Poet Laureate: Mona Lisa Saloy
The LEH and Governor John Bel Edwards are proud to announce Louisiana’s newest Poet Laureate, Mona Lisa Saloy. Following John Warner Smith’s successful tenure as poet laureate from 2019 through August 13 of this year, Saloy will assume the post beginning August 14 and serve for two years.
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