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<<=============== MFH eNews ================>> ||| WE URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP! ||| As you probably know, state funding for the arts and humanities has been slashed 62% this year, resulting in a devastating loss of over $250,000 for the MFH - every dollar of which would have gone to support public humanities programs in the Commonwealth. If you and everyone who receives MassHumanities sends just $35, you will restore our budget. Every dollar you send will go directly into programs that enrich individual and community life in Massachusetts. All contributions are fully tax-deductible. Please be as generous as you can. Thank you. Send checks to: MFH ||| GRANTS ||| Due to reduced state funding, the maximum MFH award in Fiscal Year 2003 (November 2002 - October 2003) will be $5,000. Proposals are due on or before the first business day of November, February, May and August. Notification is within 90 days of submission. Draft proposals must be submitted at least two weeks before the final deadline. Applicants must consult with Ellen Rothman in the Metro Boston office before submitting a draft. Final proposals (signed original and eight copies) should be sent to: MFH ||| BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: The Foundation has recently been granted a new license to conduct traveling humanities seminars in Cuba. As a result, we are able to offer friends of the Foundation a unique opportunity to explore this warm and fascinating country. The focus of this week-long program is the role of the arts and humanities in Cuban history and culture. The itinerary includes four days in Havana, two days in Trinidad, and one day in Cienfuegos. Free time is built in so that you can pursue your own interests and meet Cuban people one-on-one. There will be four departures January 18-25, 2003 For details or to register, go to ||| FALL 2002 ISSUE OF MASS HUMANITIES ||| History is the theme of the latest issue of MassHumanities. The cover story is an interview with Timothy Neumann, Director of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association in Deerfield. Neumann traces the growth of PVMA from a small, local history collection to a nationally recognized institution whose innovative work is supported by major grants from the NEH, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services, as well as the MFH. A feature on "Dreams of Gold," a Foundation-funded oral history project, describes a year-long effort to document and present the history of Italian Americans in the Central Massachusetts cities of Leominster and Fitchburg. UMass historian and former board member Bruce Laurie reviews "Reconstruction," a prize-winning film about a young American's search to uncover the story of her Romanian grandmother's role in a bank robbery and the propagandistic movie made about it. Six 2002 graduates of the Foundation sponsored Clemente Course in the Humanities speak for the humanities and for themselves. For full stories, go to www.mfh.org/newsandevents/newsletter/MassHumanities/ ||| LITERATURE AND MEDICINE ||| Beginning in January 2003, groups of health care professionals at five Massachusetts hospitals -- physicians, nurses, social workers, case managers, therapists, and other hospital staff members -- will begin participating in an exciting new reading and discussion program. Literature and Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care will give people involved in the delivery of health care an opportunity to reflect on their roles as health care providers through discussions of stories, poems, memoirs, essays, and plays that illuminate the experience of illness and the relationships among patients and the people who care for them. For more information, www.mfh.org/specialprojects/litandmed/ ||| UNDERSTANDING ISLAM ||| "Understanding Islam," a four-session, scholar-led reading and discussion series offers residents of the Greater Boston area an opportunity to learn about the history, politics, and culture of Islam. For book descriptions and for a list of participating libraries and program dates, go to www.mfh.org/specialprojects/understanding/ ||| IMAGINING ROBERT ||| From October 5-17, the Anchor House of Artists in Northampton is hosting an exhibit featuring the artwork of Robert Neugeboren, the subject of the film "Imagining Robert," along with artifacts and stills from the film and self portraits of artists living with mental illness. A free opening reception, screening, and a post-screening conversation will take place starting at 6:30 pm on Saturday, October 5. A free screening of the film and a post-film conversation will take place at Tatnuck Bookseller's in Worcester on December 1. More information about these events, and a recently completed study guide for the film, is on the project website: www.imaginingrobert.org. |||HUMANITIES CALENDAR ||| For information on humanities events in your region, go to www.mfh.org/newsandevents/calendar. ||| GRANTS AWARDED ||| For a list of grants awarded since June 2002, go to www.mfh.org/grants/newawards.htm <<========================================>> Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities <<=========================================>>
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