External Organizations in the Arts & Humanities
The following organizations are among many that are exploring the role of the arts and humanities in public life at local, regional, national and international scales. These include government agencies supporting the arts and humanities at different levels; grant makers promoting engaged and inclusive humanities projects dealing with pressing social issues; artistic organizations creating groundbreaking productions that connect us to our vibrant communities; and scholarly associations exploring how to best address contemporary issues through relevant and public-facing scholarship.
- 4humanities
- 826DC
- African Studies Association (ASA)
- Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations
- American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- American Academy of Religion
- American Alliance of Museums
- American Anthropological Association
- American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
- American Folklore Society
- American Historical Association (AHA)
- American Philosophical Association (APA)
- American Philosophical Society
- American Society for Aesthetics
- American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
- Americans for the Arts
- Aspen Institute
- Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH)
- Association for Interdisciplinary Studies
- Association for the Study of African American Life and History
- Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)
- Busboys and Poets
- Community College Humanities Association (CCHA)
- Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI)
- Council of State Archivists
- Dance Place
- Dance Studies Association
- DC Collaborative (DC Co-lab)
- DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH)
- DC Public Library
- DC Public Schools
- Del Ray Artisans Gallery
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- GALA Hispanic Theatre
- Grantmakers In The Arts
- Federation of State Humanities Councils
- Halcyon House
- Humanities Action Lab (HAL)
- Humanities Without Walls
- Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC)
- HumanitiesDC
- Imagining America
- INSeries
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Institute of Education Sciences
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- International Arts & Artists
- Kallion Leadership
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Labor Heritage Foundation (LHF)
- Lannan Foundation
- Library of Congress
- Maryland Humanities
- Maryland State Arts Council
- Mellon Foundation
- Meridian International Center
- Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
- Modern Language Association (MLA)
- Mosaic Theater Company
- National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA)
- National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC)
- National Council for the Social Studies
- National Council on Public History
- National Education Association
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Humanities Alliance (NHA)
- National Humanities Center
- National Park Service (NPS)
- National Philharmonic
- National Women’s Studies Association
- Oral History Association
- Organization of American Historians
- Partnership for the Future of Learning
- PEN America
- Public Art Fund
- Shakespeare Theater Company
- Signature Theatre
- Smithsonian Institution
- Society for Classical Studies
- Strathmore
- Studio Acting Conservatory
- U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Virginia Commission for the Arts
- Virginia Humanities
- Voce Chamber Singers
- Washington Ballet
- Washington Project for the Arts (WPA)
- Washington Revels
- Wolf Trap Foundation