RI Council for the Humanities Promotes Culture in Jamestown

The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, the only organization in the state that provides funding for humanities projects, has announced their 2013 Major Grants Awards. These grants, totaling $188,088, have been awarded to 22 organizations across the state and will go towards projects ranging from supporting new interpretive materials for public exhibitions for cultural sites, supporting K-12 civic education, piloting GIS and smartphone technology, reopening the FirstWorks dialogue surrounding the controversial ballet Rite of Spring in its 100th anniversary and assisting Rhode Island’s 14th regiment, a group of high school aged reenacters who will camp and march down the Blackstone River Bikeway Path this spring. As far as South County is concerned, a grant of $11,650 was awarded to the Jamestown Historical Society to create and improve didactic signage at the Jamestown Windmill that was built in 1787. The signage will improve the visitor experience, docent training and be integrated into a middle school science program to create a connection between the sciences and humanities.