The Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) invites smaller museums, libraries, and historical societies in towns fewer than 20,000 residents to apply to host the Smithsonian traveling exhibition called New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music.

The Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) announced the names of the 2012 awardees to be honored at its Oklahoma Humanities Awards dinner, March 22, 2012, at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City.

The Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) honored winners of its 2011 Lincoln Essay Contest at a reception at the Oklahoma History Center on April 9. The annual contest was sponsored with support from BancFirst; Pottawatomie Telephone Company; and Sonic, America’s Drive-In. Panera Bread provided cookies for the reception.

The Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) announced that Renae Perry, a senior at Stillwater High School, is this year's Oklahoma winner of the Poetry Out Loud recitation contest.

The Oklahoma Humanities Council announced that six regional finalists will compete for the state title at the Poetry Out Loud Oklahoma state finals at 10:30 a.m., March 5, at the Lyric Theater at the Plaza in Oklahoma City.

The Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) announced that, just before leaving office, Governor Brad Henry appointed distinguished author, poet, and radio broadcaster Eddie D. Wilcoxen as State Poet Laureate for 2011 through 2012.

The Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) announced the names of the 2011 awardees to be honored at its Oklahoma Humanities Awards dinner, February 24, 2011, at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City

At a recent meeting of its board of trustees, the Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) made awards and grant offers totaling more than $71,000 to cultural organizations presenting humanities programs. Funded projects include exhibits, discussions, and other cultural events.

To raise funds for cultural programming across the state, the Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) is partnering with Barnes & Noble Booksellers to host a bookfair on Saturday, October 23rd, 9 a.m.-11 p.m., at the 6100 N. May Avenue store in Oklahoma City, OK.

The Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) has appointed four new members to its Board of Trustees: Oklahoma Secretary of State Susan Savage, Dr. Jerry Vannatta of the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Mary Brodnax of the University of Central Oklahoma, and Dr. William Bryans of Oklahoma State University.

Susan Stamberg, journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio, will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) and the Oklahoma Museums Association (OMA), 10:45 a.m., September 23 at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. Stamberg will address the topic “Why History Museums Matter.” The lecture is funded in part by a grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council and is free and open to the public.

The Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) is accepting nominations for the 2011 Oklahoma Humanities Awards, which will be presented at a formal event in February at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City. The annual event honors outstanding contributions to the humanities in Oklahoma. The deadline for nominations is September 1.

The Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) has awarded $80,000 to state agencies whose humanities programming might be in peril due to budget cuts. The awards went to four agencies: the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), the Native American Cultural and Education Authority, the Oklahoma Arts Council, and the Oklahoma Historical Society.

The Oklahoma Humanities Council’s new Humanities Forum program is literally “the talk of the town” and is available to communities across Oklahoma. Humanities Forum brings people together to talk about contemporary issues. The emphasis is on the public exchange of ideas and perspectives— public, as in “everyone is welcome,” and exchange, as in “everyone offers ideas and opinions” and the whole group benefits from a better understanding of each other and our world.

At a recent meeting of its board of trustees, the Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) made awards and grant offers totaling more than $77,000 to cultural organizations presenting humanities programs. Funded projects include exhibits, discussions, a teacher institute, a television documentary, and other cultural events. OHC accepts major grant applications twice a year to encourage public humanities programming at the local level.

OHC honored six awardees at the annual Oklahoma Humanities Awards on March 4. Awardees included: H.E. “Gene” Rainbolt; the Cherokee Nation Education Program; Mel Chatman and Jamie Sullenger of the Lincoln County Historical Society; Devon Energy Corporation; and the Harlem Renaissance Exhibition, Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
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Catherine Horton of Lawton High School is the 2010 Oklahoma state winner of Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) in partnership with the Oklahoma Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Poetry Foundation.