North Carolina Conversations Summer-Fall 2008.pdf

Events and DeadlinesLarge GrantsFor projects beginning after July 15 and December 15• Draft proposals are due March 20 and August 20• Final proposals are due April 20 and September 20The cover photo, “Skiffs, Atlantic, NC 1985,” wastaken by Lawrence S. Earley. For over twentyyears, Earley has been photographing boats andinterviewing fishermen in the Core Sound area ofeastern North Carolina. He discovered that “eachboat is a link to people, families, towns, locallandscapes, and, of course, to the types of fishingthat the region offers.” Read more about Earley’swork in “The Spirit of the Tidewater Community,”page 6. Discover the Core Sound through the CoreSound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center atwww.coresound.com .North carolina conversationsA biannual magazine published by theNorth Carolina Humanities CouncilVolume 1, Issue 2, Summer 2008North Carolina Conversations (ISSN 1941-3165)is published biannually by the North CarolinaHumanities Council, a 37-year-old statewidenonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment forthe Humanities. This publication is supportedby the NEH’s “We the People” initiative grant.The Council is located at 122 North Elm Street,Suite #601, Greensboro, North Carolina 27401.Telephone: (336) 334-5383; fax: (336) 334-5052;email: nchc@nchumanities.org;web: www.nchumanities.org.North Carolina HumanitiesCouncil StaffShelley Crisp: Editor & Executive DirectorHarlan Gradin: Associate DirectorLynn Wright-Kernodle: Associate DirectorGenevieve Cole: Associate DirectorDarrell Stover: Program AssociateJennifer McCollum: Communications& Development OfficerDonovan McKnight: Program & Office AdministratorCarolyn Allen: Resource CoordinatorLeda Wilkins Johnson: InternBrianna Bruce: InternMini-GrantsMini-grant applications must arrive at the Humanities Council office by the firstday of the month to be considered for funding within the same calendar month.Planning GrantsThere is no deadline for a planning grant.Road ScholarsRoad Scholars applications must be made at least four weeks in advanceof the requested program.Let’s Talk About ItLet’s Talk About It grant applications are due at least six weeks prior to the startdate of a series.Council Board Meetings• November 14, 2008• February 20–21, 2009• June 12, 2009New Board Member NominationsNominations for new Council Board members must arrive in the Council officeby April 15, 2009.Linda Flowers Literary AwardEntries must be postmarked by August 15, 2009.Teachers Institute• October 24–25, 2008, Reading Textiles: Narrative and Art seminar, Charlotte• June 21–27, 2009, summer seminar, Chapel HillInformation for other TI seminars will be available in January 2009.John Tyler Caldwell Award for the HumanitiesOctober 23, 2008, Stewart Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh, NCDesignMegan Kilpatrick, Kilpatrick Designwww.kilpatrickdesign.comISSN 1941-3173 ©2008