HUMANITIESINTHECOMMUNITY

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Humanities TN annually contributes staff time and/or funding to organizations doing public humanities programs throughout the state These collaborations and investments ensure that communities can participate in programs related to history, culture, literary, and cultural arts Together, we can accomplish more and reach more members of the community than any one organization may do alone

Our longest-standing collaboration with the Tennessee Historical Society began more than 20 years ago in support of Tennessee History Day. This educational program engages more than 7,000 grade 6-12 students annually with creative research and professional historians.

From October 2018-June 2022, HT toured the TNH2O exhibit to thirteen venues from Henning to Hawkins County. Designed as a follow-up to our tour of the Smithsonian’s Water Ways, TNH2O was created in partnership with the TN Historical Society and MTSU’s Al Gore Research Center to focus exclusively on Tennesseans and their water.

Libraries, parks, and museums hosted the exhibit, receiving more than $7,500 in Opportunity Grants for companion projects, selecting from among four options in our TNH2O Program Bureau, and reaching an audience of over 13,000 TNH2O provided relevant programming in rural places, brought the humanities to environmental organizations and their audiences, and reached seven organizations new to HT

Board Of Directors

Mary Pom Claiborne, (Chair) Knoxville

James McKissic, (Vice Chair) Chattanooga

Daryl A. Carter, (Past Chair) Johnson City

April Alvarez, Sewanee

Peggy Burch, Memphis

Amy Elias, Knoxville

Lauren Fitzgerald, Smyrna

Julie Forkner, Oak Ridge

Courtney Gregg, Nashville

Mary Kennedy Hendershot, Sweetwater

Kathi Leatherwood, Jackson

Carol McCoy, Nashville

John Talbott, Henderson

Jennifer Triplett, Nashville

Jen Wheatley, Paris

Staff

Tim Henderson, Executive Director

Melissa Davis, Director, Grants & Public Programs

Jenny Fernandez, Development & Events Coordinator

Serenity Gerbman, Director, Literature & Language Programs

Paul McCoy, Deputy Director of Grants & Public Programs

Sandy Obodzinski, Development & Communications Director

Patrick Shaffner, Program Officer

Alexis Stevens, Director of Operations

Maria Browning, Editor, Chapter 16

Steven Fox, Community Engagement Officer, SHARP Grants

Expenses:$2,273,327