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Connecticut Humanities Announces more than $210,000 in Grants; Several Greater New Haven Organizations Among Recipients

Connecticut Humanities has announced that ten organizations in eight Connecticut communities will share more than $210,000 in grant money to support humanities-based programming. Each month, Connecticut Humanities distributes money allocated by the Connecticut State Legislature, through a highly competitive, merit-based application process. These grants support programs ranging from the annual International Festival of Arts and Ideas to an exhibit exploring the impact of World War I on the Madison community.

The New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas was granted $50,000 to fund 14 lectures and panel discussions focusing on social issues, such as the value of human labor, immigration, gender equality, and place and displacement. The 2016 Festival theme "Working On It" features engaging discussions and entertainment, reaffirming the Festival's goal that "Arts" performances and "Ideas" programs illuminate one another. The two-week long event opens June 10 and runs through June 25.

Artspace in New Haven received $9,047 to plan seven upcoming exhibitions. These exhibits will be accompanied by poetic works and educational programs for students and the public. Artspace plans to use poetry as a means to interpret the artwork shown in the gallery in an effort to encourage experimentation, discovery, and lively civic discourse through art.

A grant of $4,999 will support the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven for seven films that relate to Jewish and Israeli issues. The series will run through May 17 at various locations in the towns served by the community center. Scholar-led discussions exploring of the films' themes will follow the screenings.

The Madison Historical Society was given a grant of $15,166 for its exhibition "Over There, Over Here." The project is a collaboration between the Historical Society and the Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archive and includes programming which features a film series, musical programs and book talks regarding WWI and how the war affected the Madison community. The two-year exhibition will open on July 8.

Other grant recipients include the Hill-Stead Museum, Middlesex County Historical Society, Mystic Seaport, Florence Griswold Museum, Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society, and Simsbury Public Library.

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