Smithsonian Exhibition Makes its Debut, Putting Utah History and Stories in Focus

"Indians Traveling" watercolor by Seth Eastman. The W. Duncan MacMillan Foundation.

Everyone has a journey story...what's yours?

We are very pleased to announce "Journey Stories," a Museum on Main Street (MoMS) exhibition presented by the Smithsonian Institution and the Utah Humanities Council, in collaboration with five communities statewide.

This year-long tour through Utah begins over Memorial Day weekend on May 24th in Moab and continues to four additional sites through March 2015. The "Journey Stories" exhibition explores how transportation and migration helped build our nation, how it has changed us, and how our mobile world looked to travelers along the way.

Making its debut in Utah, the exhibition will celebrate its grand opening at the Museum of Moab, 118 East Center Street, on Saturday, May 24th at 10:30 am with a ribbon cutting and speakers. This event, and the exhibition itself, are free and open to the public. The exhibition will continue in Moab through July 11th.

Over the next year, "Journey Stories" will also travel to Vernal, West Valley City, Ephraim, and Brigham City. The exhibition offers these communities access to the Smithsonian, as well as the opportunity to collect and showcase their own important stories. Each host site will develop a local companion exhibit and related activities to complement the national exhibition - family activities, workshops, lectures, personal stories and oral histories, and conversations about the concept of mobility and how it impacts our lives.

Photo courtesy Museum of Moab.

For more information about the "Journey Stories" exhibition in Moab, contact the Museum of Moab at 435.259.7985

and www.moabmuseum.org.

To learn more about the statewide tour, contact the Utah Humanities Council at 801.359.9670 or visit www.utahhumanities.org/journeystories.htm.

Utah Humanities Council Newsletter

April 2014

"We're all stories in the end."

- Steven Moffat

In This Issue

Journey Stories Tour

Humanities in a Democracy

UHC Recieves Art Works Grant

Students Gain Media Attention

Donors Make a Difference

About Us

Connect with Us

UHC Calendar

Donate to UHC

Why the Humanities are Essential to Democracy

In The Atlantic, Scott Samuelson reminds us that the humanities are for everyone. "We don't intellectually embrace a society where the privileged few get to enjoy the advantages of leisure and wealth while the masses toil on their behalf."

Read the entire article, "Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers."

UHC Receives National Endowment for the Arts
"Art Works" Grant for 17th Annual Book Festival

The Utah Humanities Council received $15,000 to support the 17th annual Utah Humanities Book Festival coming this Fall.

This year's festival will include some exciting format changes as well as the to-be-expected array and diversity of authors. Stay tuned for details!

The Art Works grant for our annual book festival is specifically in support of literature. The NEA defines its literature grant line in this way: "Through its literature, a nation tells its stories to its citizens and to the world. The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to providing opportunities for Americans to make literature a more important part of their daily lives."

For more information on Art Works, visit http://arts.gov/grants-organizations/art-works.

We Are One Inside Out Project Gains Media Attention

Clemente students at the unveiling of their public art project. Photo credit: Jean Cheney

Created by Clemente students to initiate conversations about cultural diversity at East High School and Salt Lake City in general, the We Are One Inside Out Project has gained substantial media attention.

Check out some of the terrific coverage this project is getting:

Fox 13 News coverage of Clemente Course students' public art project the "We Are One Inside Out Project"
KUER radio interview with Jean Cheney and Jorge Rojas on the "We Are One Inside Out Project"
KCPW radio interview with Jean Cheney about Clemente Course
24SaltLake initial story on "We Are One Inside Out Project"
24SaltLake follow-up coverage of the "We Are One Inside Out Project"
Salt Lake City School District coverage of the "We Are One Inside Out Project"
NEH national coverage of "We Are One Inside Out Project"

You can become part of this public art project by simply lending your voice. As part of the ongoing conversation about cultural diversity, we've created a brief survey intended to hear from as many people as possible. Join us in the conversation and take the anonymous survey here!

Making a Gift Makes a Difference!

With the spring season upon us, we are especially mindful of the bright future our donors plant at UHC. We are proud to report that 100% of our board and staff members have donated in the past year. Many of them have designated gifts to be automatically made from their bank accounts each month. It's an easy and thoughtful way to support us in empowering Utahns to improve their communities through active engagement in the humanities.

Welcome New Donors!

Many thanks to those who have made their first donation to UHC during the past year. We are thrilled to have them as part of our giving community!

Jodene Balls	Elaine Jarvik
Kenton and Georgia Barker	Joanne L. Shrontz Family Foundation
Amanda Barusch	Glenn Lamson
Daryl and Taunja Baxter	Anne Macey
Shar Benson	Liz Montague
Mary Jane Chase	Karen W Morgan
Ken Crossley	Bridget M Newell
Elisabeth da Silva	Terry and Nancy Orme
Sue Ellis	Jack Price
Joanna Endter-Wada	Ben Rogers
Richard Ford	Sandra Sandberg
Jamie Gregersen	Jacqueline Thompson
Bradley Henrie	Elizabeth VanDenBerghe

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