Making it Home
What do we love about the Wisconsin landscape? How has the shape of our lands and waters influenced the ways we live and build communities here? And how, conversely, has our presence changed the landscape over time? Wisconsin: Making it Home invites citizens to explore the state’s environmental history, celebrate Wisconsin’s rich conservation heritage, and talk with one another about present and future relationships between the people and places that make up our state.
Wisconsin has been home to some of the nation’s leading thinkers about conservation and the natural world, from John Muir to Aldo Leopold to Gaylord Nelson. The state continues to be a center of agricultural innovation, creative thinking about rural and urban land use, and home to millions of citizens who know that the state’s natural resources are fundamental to their quality of life.
Here are some ways that you can |
Grant MoneyThe WHC’s grant program provides funds to ad-hoc or non-profit organizations in support of public humanities programs that explore the themes of Making It Home. |
Cultural Tours for TeachersIn 2008, two four-day multi-disciplinary tours for teachers will explore questions such as: How do people in various communities around the state make Wisconsin their home? What is their relationship to the land and the water where they live? How do they express their beliefs and relationship to the land through daily activities, occupational pursuits, artistic expressions, community projects and other endeavors?A four-day tour in June will explore the Ashland area. A tour in August will explore Milwaukee. Application forms and tour details will be available from Wisconsin Teachers of Local Culture, an effort supported by the WHC, Wisconsin Arts Board, and UW-Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures. |
Ladysmith Film FestivalThe Wisconsin Humanities Council, Rusk County Community Library, and Miner Theatre in downtown Ladysmith have collaborated to produce a weekend-long Film Festival celebrating the connections we have to the land that we live on. Films will be followed by conversation about how we are shaped by the places we live and how we, in turn, shape the places. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE! |
The Re-enchantment of AgricultureThe WHC and the Wormfarm Institute of Reedsburg have joined forces to organize regional community gatherings at which participants will share information and inspiration about the many ways we are connected to the land on which we live. The ongoing meetings will encourage community members to use the arts and humanities in creative ways to expand the conversation about land use and agriculture. |