July to September 2016 DIVISION OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS, AND PROGRAMS EXHIBITION OPENINGS JULY July 5 to August 24 The Visitation, leaf from a psalter, STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF Bening, Simon (1483–1561), Flanders, NORTH DAKOTA, Bismarck, ND c. 1525, Boston Public Library, Ms. pb. Med. 35. From the exhibition Beyond First Folio! The Book That Gave Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Us Shakespeare Boston Collections at Houghton Library, Traveling. Organized by the Folger Harvard University (Church & Cloister); Shakespeare Library. www.folger.edu McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College (Pleasure & Piety); and the July 10 to October 2 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum DENVER MUSEUM OF ART, (Italian Renaissance Books). Courtesy, the Trustees of the Boston Public Denver, CO Library/Rare Books. Rhythm and Roots: Dance in hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton American Art Traveling. Organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts. www.dia.org July 26 to August 24 ALASKA STATE LIBRARIES, Juneau, AK First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare Traveling. August 30 to September 25 AUGUST July 27 to September 9 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, August 8 to August 31 DEKALB COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Wilmington, DE Decatur, GA UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, Boulder, CO First Folio! The Book That Gave Changing America Us Shakespeare Traveling. Organized by the American Library First Folio! The Book That Gave Traveling. Association, in collaboration with the Us Shakespeare Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Traveling. American History and Culture and National SEPTEMBER Museum of American History. www.ala.org August 20 to September 21 September 1 to September 29 BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY, Boise, ID UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, July 27 to September 9 RIVERSIDE AFRICAN AMERICAN First Folio! The Book That Gave Las Vegas, NV HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Us Shakespeare First Folio! The Book That Gave Traveling. Riverside, CA Us Shakespeare Traveling. Changing America August 29 to September 25 Traveling. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES, September 2 Iowa City, IA UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, First Folio! The Book That Gave Storrs, CT Us Shakespeare First Folio! The Book That Gave Traveling. Us Shakespeare Traveling. September 6 September 22 to January 16, 2017 September 1 to October 20 LIBRARY OF AMERICA, ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY MUSEUM, Boston, MA Charleston, IL World War I: A Centennial Beyond Words: For All The World To See: Exploration Through the Words Illuminated Manuscripts Visual Culture and the of Americans Who Lived It in Boston Collections Struggle for Civil Rights Website. wwiamerica.org (Italian Renaissance Books) Traveling. Based on an exhibition organized Multivenue. by the University of Maryland, Baltimore September 7 to September 16 County. WYOMING STATE MUSEUM, September 30 to January 29, 2017 Cheyenne, WY DURHAM MUSEUM, Omaha, NE American Spirits: The Rise and First Folio! The Book That Gave PROGRAMS AND Us Shakespeare Fall of Prohibition Traveling. Traveling. Organized by the National Constitution Center. constitutioncenter.org EVENTS September 12 to December 10 HOUGHTON LIBRARY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA Ongoing Beyond Words: NEH ON THE ROAD Created Equal: America’s Civil Illuminated Manuscripts Rights Struggle in Boston Collections “Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle” uses the power of documentary films ExhibitsUSA, a national touring exhibitions (Church & Cloister) to encourage public conversations about the program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, has Multivenue. Organized by Harvard changing meanings of freedom and equality in partnered with nationally recognized University. America. The four outstanding documentary museums to adapt NEH-supported hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton films that are the centerpiece of this project— exhibitions for smaller institutions through The Abolitionists, Slavery by Another Name, the NEH on the Road initiative. Please contact September 12 to December 11 Freedom Riders, and The Loving Story—tell the the Mid-America Arts Alliance if you would remarkable stories of individuals who MCMULLEN MUSEUM OF ART, like to host any of these exhibitions. challenged the social and legal status quo, from BOSTON COLLEGE, Additional NEH on the Road exhibits are listed slavery to segregation. Film screenings funded under the Ongoing Exhibitions Section. Chestnut Hill, MA by NEH will be offered at 473 communities www.nehontheroad.org. across the nation. “Created Equal” is part of Beyond Words: the NEH Bridging Cultures initiative, produced Illuminated Manuscripts September 1 to October 20 in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman in Boston Collections KEAN UNIVERSITY, Union, NJ Institute of American History. (Pleasure & Piety) Bandits & Heroes, Poets www.createdequal.neh.gov Multivenue. & Saints: Popular Art of www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/artmuseum Humanities in the Public Square the Northeast of Brazil As part of the NEH’s Common Good initiative, Traveling. Based on an exhibition organized September 17 to January 1 twenty-one new grants will support by Con/Vida - Popular Arts of the Americas. community discussions of challenging WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, contemporary issues, demonstrating the Columbus, OH September 1 to October 20 relevance of the humanities to our civic life. Leap Before You Look: Black CHESHIRE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, Humanities in the Public Square programs will Mountain College 1933–1957 Keane, NH be held at sites around the nation in 2016. Traveling. Organized by the Institute of The Power of Children: www.neh.gov/files/press- Contemporary Art. www.icaboston.org release/nehhipsgrants2015.pdf Making a Difference Traveling. Based on an exhibition organized September 21 to November 4 Upcoming by the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. METROPOLITAN STATE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, UNIVERSITY, St. Paul, MN September 1 to October 20 Chicago, IL Changing America WILLIAM D. CANNON ART Latino Americans: 500 Years Traveling. GALLERY, Carlsbad, CA of History Public programs on Latino American history September 21 to November 4 House and Home Traveling. Based on an exhibition organized and culture, featuring the WETA-produced UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, by the National Building Museum. documentary film Latino Americans. Organized Orlando, FL by the American Library Association. www.ala.org/latinoamericans Changing America Traveling. 2 Music Unwound LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM, SOLDIERS’ HOME, Washington, DC Lecture programs organized by the Pacific New London, CT President Lincoln’s Cottage at Symphony. For All The World To See: the Soldiers’ Home July 20 to July 30 Visual Culture and the Long-term. Organized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. REVARD USIC ESTIVAL B M F , Struggle for Civil Rights www.lincolncottage.org Brevard, NC Closes August 11. Traveling. Organized by ExhibitsUSA. Based on an exhibition organized by the University of MAINE STATE MUSEUM, Summer Maryland, Baltimore County. Augusta, ME Power and Place: A Yearlong At Home in Maine Project by Oregon Humanities INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN INDIAN Long-term. mainestatemuseum.org Public programs organized by the Oregon STUDIES, Washington, CT Council for the Humanities. MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, oregonhumanities.org Interpreting the Native Portland, ME American Landscape: Maine Memory Network Reading Deeply in Community The Long House Room Website. www.mainememory.net Reading and discussion programs organized Long-term. www.iaismuseum.org by People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos. www.peopleandstories.net AMERICAN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, MAINE HUMANITIES COUNCIL, Washington, DC Portland, ME September Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Local and Legendary: Maine in ZION-BENTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, Saints: Popular Art of the the Civil War Zion, IL Website. civilwar.mainememory.net Northeast of Brazil September Closes August 11. Traveling. Organized by ExhibitsUSA. Based BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, GADSDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY, on an exhibition organized by Con/Vida - Baltimore, MD Gadsen, AL Popular Arts of the Americas. The American Wing www.nehontheroad.org Reinstallation. www.artbma.org September 7 to October 19 PINEWOODS LIBRARY AND LAFAYETTE SQUARE, BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER, Washington, DC Baltimore, MD Athens, GA The Half Had Not Been African Art Collection Told Me: African Americans Reinstallation. www.artbma.org September 8 to October 20 on Lafayette Square HIGH PLAINS LIBRARY DISTRICT, Long-term. Organized by the National Trust BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY, Greeley, CO for Historic Preservation. Baltimore, MD www.whitehousehistory.org/decatur- house/african-american-tour/Default.aspx The Kids’ Cannery Long-term. www.thebmi.org ONGOING EXHIBITIONS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, DC BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY, AND WEBSITES Jacob A. Riis and His Baltimore, MD Photographs: Revealing Garment Loft Long-term. www.thebmi.org New York’s Other Half Closes September 5. EAST Traveling. Organized by the Museum of the JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND, MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM, City of New York. www.mcny.org Baltimore, MD Mystic, CT Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews and NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM, Voyaging in the Wake of the Medicine in America Washington, DC Closes January 16. Whalers: The 38th Voyage of the Traveling. jewishmuseummd.org Charles W. Morgan House and Home Long-term. www.nbm.org Long-term. www.mysticseaport.org WALTERS ART MUSEUM, Baltimore, MD Medieval Collection Reinstallation. www.thewalters.org 3 CONCORD MUSEUM, Concord, MA J. Borges, O Monstro do Sertão “Why Concord?” The History of (The Monster of the Backlands),