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Literary Crawl Highlight

In June of 2023, Las Vegas poets Harry R. Fagel and Rodney J. Lee curated an exhibition at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery in Las Vegas titled Affinity for Masculinity, featuring original poems by six Nevada poets. Fagel and Lee’s exhibit explored the different truths, performances, and perspectives of masculinity through the lens of poetry, and especially highlighting the emotional toll of toxic masculinity. The 2024 Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl will bring Fagel and Lee together with Reno author Christopher Coake to discuss and share themes of masculinity in their works of poetry and prose.

The Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl returns on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at venues throughout the California Avenue corridor in downtown Reno. The full schedule of events will be released on the Nevada Humanities website in September.

Credit: Harry R. Fagel and Rodney Lee/Nevada Humanities.

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Apply for a Grant

The application period is NOW OPEN for the FY2025 Nevada Humanities Major Project Grants! We are proud to offer grants up to $7,500 to address the continuing need for humanities-based programs statewide. Major Project Grants are available to Nevada 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, tribal entities, and government entities, including libraries, museums, and educational institutions, across the state to fund public and educational humanities projects. The application deadline is September 10, 2024.

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Spark! Youth Poetry Competition @ The Las Vegas Book Festival

Submit your entries to the 2024 Spark! Youth Poetry Competition.

Each year, Nevada Humanities invites high school students, in grades 9-12, residing in Clark County, Nevada to present three original poems to be judged by a panel of poets, authors, educators, and other community members. The 2024 Spark! Youth Poetry Competition will take place at the Las Vegas Book Festival on October 19, 2024. The top three students are selected as first, second, and third-place winners.

Credit: Ronda Churchill/Nevada Humanities

Spark! Youth Poetry Competition

Sagebrush to Sandstone: Cyanotype Workshop with Megan Berner

Nevada Humanities, in partnership with Carson City Parks and Recreation, will host a workshop led by visual artist Megan Berner. Join us on September 7 at 11:00 am, to create original photograms by arranging objects on sensitized paper. Using natural and found objects to make their prints, participants will learn how to prepare their own cyanotype paper and have an opportunity to experiment with the process. All participants will receive a copy of Sagebrush to Sandstone: A Humanities Guide to Outdoor Nevada. This event is free to the public but it is limited in capacity with advance registration required.

Credit: Megan Berner/Nevada Humanities

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Saints and Poets Maybe...
On display through September 25, 2024
Nevada Humanities Program Gallery
1017 South 1st Street, #190, Las Vegas

Nevada artist Shan Michael Evans’ latest collection, Small Block, is a captivating journey through unique illustrations that celebrate storytelling and the togetherness of our human spirit. From whimsical characters to polygon landscapes, each piece tells a tale of its own, revealing their charm and secrets, unraveling hidden narratives. Drawing inspiration from folk traditions and retro-designs, this collection echoes our shared artistic inheritance and a shared experience of building something greater than the sum of its parts, offering something magical for every viewer to cherish and enjoy.

Reception and Artist Talk
Wednesday, September 11, 2024| 5:00 - 8:00 pm |
Artist Talk 6:00 pm
Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Las Vegas

Image Credit: Shan Michael Evans, Small Block Collection, Mixed Media in wood

Hosted by program manager Kathleen Kuo, our Humanities at Play livestream events take place on Twitch and feature special guests for engaging and educational conversations about the humanities in everyday life. Tune in when you are ready from the comfort of your home. While you can watch without an account, creating a free account will let you participate in the chat and ask questions.

August 29 @ 6 pm with Christina Le

We are back with Christina Le of PBS Reno! Join us as we follow up our previous dumpling-making with desserts - we will be making two different types of mochi in our kitchens while conversing about Asian American diaspora, identity, culture, heritage, and more.

September 3 @ 6 pm Celebrating Northern NV Pride with Landline Poetry

Celebrate Northern Nevada Pride with Nevada Humanities and Landline Poetry on Humanities at Play! Tune in to listen to original works of poetry by poets Max Stone, Gion Davis, Dani Putney, and Joe Nasta, and stick around for poetry karaoke where participants and audience members can share poems they love.

September 5 @ 12 pm Loreloop: Session Zero with Ashley Warren

Learn more about the development and conception of Loreloop, an original game and collection of interactive short stories, designed by writer Ashley Warren and Nevada Humanities as part of United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture, a joint initiative between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. In this “Session Zero”, we will walk through the process of creating original characters and building an original world in Loreloop from the ground up.

If you miss a livestream, recordings remain on our Twitch channel for one week. Afterwards, visit our YouTube channel for archived Humanities at Play events.

Image: Humanities at Play, Nevada Humanities.

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Nevada Humanities Supported Events Across the State

Far Beyond The Walls Exhibition| June 22 - September 30, 2024 | Nevada State Prison Preservation Society | Nevada State Prison (decommissioned), Carson City
Tom Gilbertson: Recent Works | June 5 - September 26, 2024 | Capital City Arts Initiative, Courthouse Gallery, Carson City
The Women Who Saved History Podcast| Presented by Women of Diversity Productions, Inc
Chautauqua Summer Programming | Friends of Dangberg Home Ranch | Minden

Please check directly with our partner and grantee organizations on event changes and cancellations.

Event Calendar

Catch up on past events

Have you missed out on some of our programs and events? You can catch up by watching past events here.

Nevada Humanities Additional
Grant Opportunities

FY2025 Mini-Grants
Application Deadline: Rolling; application must be submitted at least 10 weeks before the project's first public event. Application portal closes on July 30, 2025.

FY2025 Planning Grants
Application Deadline: Rolling; application must be submitted at least 10 weeks before the first planning meeting. Application portal closes on July 30, 2025

Nevada Humanities is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in the great State of Nevada, by Nevadans for Nevadans, providing essential cultural and educational services across the state.