Nevada Humanities
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Amplifying Nevada stories with humanities grants and free cultural events across the state, all year long.
Nevada
Joined April 2014
Our work is under threat. On April 2, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) informed Nevada Humanities and 55 other state humanities councils that our primary source of funding has been terminated—effective immediately.
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". a bulletin board with the message ‘everything is amazing’ discarded in the hallway trash can." Nevada State University professor @MollyAppel reflects on the “human magic” of the humanities classroom—especially in difficult times. Read more:
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By Molly Appel It’s been a rocky ride on our university campus since the new federal administration came to power. Students, faculty, and institutional structures are on shaky ground, with the sudden...
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📅 This July, our Humanities at Play streaming programs dive into conversations about wrestling and the supernatural with @miketchin, early modern efforts to create a universal language, and the important work of humanities councils across the nation. 🔗
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🏜️✍️ Latest on the Double Down blog: Las Vegas artist Alina Lindquist reflects on a fire that sparked inspiration for her latest work. Read more:
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By Alina Lindquist The work displayed in Avi Kwa Ame: Between Presence and Protection celebrates the beautiful natural environment of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument. One prominent feature of this...
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🎨 On June 26, 2025, Nevada Humanities hosted an artist talk with Las Vegas-based artist Alina Lindquist as part of her ongoing exhibition, Avi Kwa Ame: Between Presence and Protection. 🎬 Full Video: #nevadahumanities #avikwaame
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The Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl will return to Downtown Reno on Saturday, September 13 and we are looking for volunteers! Join us and help bring #LitCrawlNV to life! . 🔗Apply here: #NevadaHumanities #LiteraryCrawl.
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📚✖️✌️: Double Down on the humanities and help us unlock $50,000 in matching funds! 🎰 If you donate $50 today, you are giving us $100. If you donate $500 today, you are giving us $1,000. 🎲 Visit to donate today. 💵
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Happening tomorrow! Reception and Artist Talk for “Avi Kwa Ame: Between Presence and Protection — Paintings and Drawings by Alina Lindquist”. Thu 6/26 at 5:00 pm (artist talk at 6:00 pm) at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery in Las Vegas.
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📖🗣️ Latest on the Double Down blog: author and visual artist Delight Ejiaka reflects on the connection we build through live storytelling. Read more:
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👉 Happening a week from today! Reception and artist talk for the exhibit “Avi Kwa Ame: Between Presence and Protection — Paintings and Drawings by Alina Lindquist”. Thu 6/26 at 5:00 pm at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery in Las Vegas. More at:
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🎨 🖌 Latest on the Double Down blog: Las Vegas artist Marie Valencia reflects on the connection between the humanities and the arts. Read more:
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🪕 Double Down Blog guest contributor Katie Karnehm-Esh interviews musician, scholar, and poet Dom Flemons—founding member of the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops and a regular at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Read the full post here:
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By Katie Karnehm-Esh When I moved from northern Indiana to northern Nevada in September, I knew nothing about gold mining, ranching, living in the high desert, or cowboy poetry. But within my first...
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🎉 It's First Friday! “Avi Kwa Ame: Between Presence and Protection — Paintings and Drawings by Alina Lindquist” runs through August 27. The Nevada Humanities Exhibition Gallery in Las Vegas is open today 1–10 PM. Visit our website for more details:
www.nevadahumanities.org
June 5, 2025 – August 27, 2025 Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Las Vegas
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Nevada Humanities amplifies Nevadan voices and stories. Funding from Nevada Humanities support projects such as Project REAL, a statewide organization that provides instruction on laws and constitutional rights to Nevada's Youth. Learn more at
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“What does it take to build and belong to a more perfect union?” In 2022, Nevada Humanities asked our community members to reflect on this question. Take a walk down memory lane and visit our online exhibition “Unity: Community, Family, and the Future.”
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“Double Down” on the humanities and help us unlock matching funds! Make your contribution today and your donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar until we achieve our $50,000 goal. If you donate $50 today, you are giving us $100.
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Read about how DOGE-led cuts to Nevada Humanities are forcing the popular Las Vegas-based Nevada Women's Film Festival to scale back. More in today's issue of Las Vegas Weekly:
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[Partner Event] Curiosity Lab by DRI continues on May 14, 2025 at the Vegas Theater Company with “Under the Sun: Stories of Heat and Humanity in a Changing World”. Visit DRI's website for more:
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“What are we going to do?” Ethnomusicologist Jeremy Reed recounts two recent Nevada Humanities programs amidst announcements of funding cuts from the NEH. Read more on the latest post on the Double Down Blog:
www.nevadahumanities.org
By Jeremy Reed What are we going to do? What am I going do? I have been asking myself these questions – expressed with varying degrees of panic and anxiety – on a near daily basis for the past few...
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We need your support to fight for the humanities in Nevada. Take action now:
www.nevadahumanities.org
The termination of funding for Nevada Humanities will have a disastrous effect on the people of Nevada. Here's how you can help.
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Loss of funding will decimate our ability to serve our state and would mean a pause to our federally funded programs and grants to nonprofit organizations essential to Nevadans across the state. This isn’t just about us—it’s about you, Nevada, our communities, and our stories.
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