Program

Federal/State Partnership: Grants for State Humanities Councils

Period of Performance

10/1/2008 - 3/31/2011

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$97,470.00 (approved)
$86,970.00 (awarded)


Kansans Tell Their Stories

FAIN: BC-50435-08

Kansas Humanities Council (Topeka, KS 66603-3845)
Dan Carey-Whalen (Project Director: May 2008 to August 2010)
Julie L. Mulvihill (Project Director: August 2010 to June 2011)

grants for projects that tell the Kansas story through a variety of media and formats. The Kansas Humanities Council will enlarge the scope of these successful projects by including a Picturing America initiative, "Kansas Tell Their Stories Through Art."

A continuation of four successful We the People awards, the Kansans Tell Their Stories initiative supports research, exhibit, oral history, heritage tourism, public forums, digital documentaries, podcasts, video podcasts, website, and other projects that explore what it means to be a Kansan.