People & Mountains, Summer 2025
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Our Little Lectures Series
Thanks to a sponsorship from the Herscher Foundation, our Little Lectures series will resume June 22 at the MacFarland-Hubbard House.
Read more about our final two Little Lectures of the season »
Meet the 2024-25 Folklife Apprenticeship Pairs
This program celebrates and supports traditional artists in passing on cultural knowledge, stories, and techniques to their apprentices.
Watch the 2022-23 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcases
If you missed the showcases last fall, you can now watch the recordings on the West Virginia Folklife YouTube channel.
Grafton Monster Pin!
New Council GEM (Give Every Month) members who donate $5 or more per month will receive this exclusive pin. We’d love your support!
West Virginia National Cemeteries Project
The Humanities Council works with high schools students to research and write biographies of veterans
Please support the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, our headquarters. The property serves as an active programming venue, and is itself an important community landmark.
Our Golden Anniversary
In 2024, we celebrated our 50th anniversary. Check out some of the grant projects we've funded and programs we've sponsored since 1974.
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The Broad Side April 2025 Issue
A Taste of Times Past: Collecting Cookbooks around the Mountain State
Our 2024 Annual Report
Our 2024 Activities Report
Exploring the imaginary landscape of West Virginia through the lens of genre fiction and folklore
Visit wvpublic.org to hear This Week in West Virginia History, a collaboration between e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia and West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
The West Virginia Humanities Council serves West Virginia through grants and direct programs in the humanities. Formed in 1974 at the invitation of the National Endowment for the Humanities, it is the principal organization promoting the humanities in West Virginia.
