Humanities committee gives grants

Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999 | 9:07 a.m.

The Nevada Humanities Committee has approved grants totaling $47,600 to eight nonprofit organizations.

The Lied Children's Museum was awarded $8,500 for a exhibit on the Inuit people of Canada's eastern Arctic.

The Nevada Shakespeare Festival was awarded $6,500 to rehabilitate Piper's Opera House in Virginia City.

The National Automobile Museum received $1,900 for a program examining the roles of the automobile during the Depression.

Nevada Reading Week Committee was awarded $2,700 for the Nevada Reading Week Conference, a workshop for teachers and librarians

The MacDonald Center for the Arts and Humanities was awarded $10,000 to create a traveling museum with hands-on learning stations to teach fifth grade elementary students ancient history and archaeology.

The University of Nevada, Reno, College of Education received $4,000 for a two-week institute for teachers on the American West.

The Society of Architectural Historians received $4,000 for a chronicle of Nevada architecture, part 58 in a series called "Buildings of the United States."

Grants for $1,000 each were awarded to UNLV Asian Studies Program to study social conditions in South Asian film; Nevada Hispanic Services for an evening of Hispanic literature and culture; Washoe County School District for author visitations to elementary schools; Children's Literature Interest Group for the art of the children's book festival; Nevada Shakespeare Festival for an opening night discussion and a performance of the new play by Sandra Deer; and UNLV English Department for a symposium on the role of humanities computing in higher education.