Delaware Humanities provides educational outreach, special projects, and funding opportunities to bring Delawareans together. We connect cultural, educational, and civic institutions statewide to provide public events that enhance our understanding of who we are, where we’ve been, and where we are going as individuals, communities, and citizens of Delaware.
Featured Events
4:00 PM: Dance Performance and Workshop
The English Country Dancers at OLLI at UD, a group of 16 dancers wearing period costume, will perform dances of the day for your enjoyment. Audience may participate at certain points in the performance.
7:00 PM: “The True and Perfect Image of Life Indeed” – Playing Shakespeare’s Falstaff*
Dr. James Keegan, associate professor of English and Theater at the University of Delaware‘s Associate in Arts Program in Georgetown and former member of the resident acting troupe at the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse, will present on one of Shakespeare’s greatest roles, Sir John Falstaff.
*Lecture Series sponsored by Sussex County Council
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The Grants Program is a statewide resource for support of a wide variety of lectures, festivals, panel discussions, walking tours, and the planning and implementation of exhibitions and other ventures at small and large not-for-profit institutions throughout our state of Delaware. Through this program, the Council distributes federal funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities directly to notable projects created by museums, libraries, historical societies, and other nonprofit organizations.
** Fall Vision Grant Cycle FY19 Deadlines: Rough Drafts are DUE Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Final Drafts are DUE Wednesday, November 14, 2018. **
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Vision Grant Deadlines for Fall Cycle FY19
September 12, 2018ATTENTION prospective applicants for Delaware Humanities Grants:
Drafts for the Vision Grant Fall Cycle are DUE by Tuesday, October 2, 2018.
Final Drafts are Due Wednesday, November 14, 2018.
A rough draft is required for Vision Grants.
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