Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities (HCH) encourages HMA members to apply for grants to fund programs and preservation projects that have a humanities context. HCH supported 25 projects statewide in 2011, awarding $110,827 to grant recipients including the museums, learning centers, libraries and archives. For more information visit their website, or email Stacy Hoshino at shoshino@hihumanities.org. The next deadline is October 31, 2012. Following is a selection of last year’s grant recipients, many of whom are HMA institutional members. For more details on grants awarded go to www.hihumanities.org
Regular Grants
$5,000- University of Hawai‘i Manoa, Historic Costume Museum.
$5,000- Mission Houses Museum.
$4,000- Hawai‘i Museums Association
$3,800- Historic Hawai‘i Foundation.
$2,300- Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Preservation and Access Grants
$5,000- Bishop Museum.
$5,000- Jean Charlot Collection, University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa Library
