Texas State Senator Judith Zaffirini (left) and 2025 OTA winner Kari Johnston.

(From l to r:) YES Prep Public Schools Principal Emily Ryans; former Humanities Texas Board Member Todd Romero; 2025 OTA winner Andreina Campos; Frank Gonzalez, special projects director for Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia.

(From l to r:) Humanities Texas Executive Director Eric Lupfer; Zachary Unger, field representative for Michael McCaul; Ann Nguyen’s mother, Sac Dao; 2025 OTA winner Ann Nguyen; and Round Rock High School Principal Gordon Butler.

Humanities Texas is pleased to showcase three of our 2025 Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award winners! 🏆 #htxota

Learn about these remarkable educators who were featured in our March newsletter: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

25th Anniversary Celebration - Bullock Texas State History Museum Join us for a day of free exhibit admission, festival activities, and live music in celebration of the Museum’s 25th anniversary. Saturday, April 25, 2026.

Congratulations to our friends @bullockmuseum.bsky.social on their 25th anniversary! ⭐

This Saturday, APRIL 25, join in the celebration with a day of free admission, festival activities, and live music!

🎉 Info: www.thestoryoftexas.com/events/25th-...

The Library by Jacob Lawrence, 1960. Smithsonian American Art Museum.

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
📣 Apply now for Humanities Texas summer teacher institutes!

This summer, we will conduct four in-person professional development programs for social studies and English language arts teachers. #htxedu

➡️ Learn more: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

If you’ll be at #TAM2026 this week, please stop by the Humanities Texas booth—we’d love to learn about your latest projects and share updates on our traveling exhibition offerings and grant opportunities!

📚 Deadline approaching!

@texasbookfest.bsky.social is accepting applications from Texas public libraries through April 17, 2026. Grants of $2,500 are available to help enhance print and ebook/audiobook collections.

Learn more and apply now: texasbookfestival.org/programs/lib...

Portrait of Quanah Parker by E. W. Hamilton, c. 1890. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Apply now for "American Indians in Texas: From the Spanish Era through the Red River War," a one-day workshop for secondary-level social studies teachers. #htxedu

📍 SAN ANTONIO
🗓 April 29, 2026

➡️ Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

**ATTN: TX TEACHERS**
Apply now for "Teaching Shakespeare with The Bard in the Borderlands," a one-day workshop for ELA teachers! #htxedu

📍 SAN ANTONIO
🗓 April 28, 2026

➡️ Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
➡️ Upcoming teacher programs: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

🎵 TOMORROW IN SAN MARCOS 🎵
Join us TUE, MARCH 31 at The Wittliff for 'La Ofrenda: Selena in Art & Pop Culture,' an afternoon discussion on Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Pérez w/ artists Marc Burckhardt & Sara Hickman and photographer Al Rendon.

🎤 INFO: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

The Passage of the Delaware by Thomas Sully, 1819. Gift of the Owners of the old Boston Museum. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Register now for "America After the American Revolution," a webinar exploring the immediate and long-term legacies of the American Revolution. #htxedu

🖥️ Webinar
🗓 March 30, 2026
🕔 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT

➡️ Register now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

Run on San Antonio’s City-Central Bank and Trust Company during the Depression, 1931. Photo by Hearst Corporation. San Antonio Light Collection, UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures.

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Apply now for "The Great Depression," a one-day workshop in Fort Worth for secondary-level social studies teachers on the Great Depression and the New Deal. #htxedu

📍 FORT WORTH
🗓 March 24, 2026

➡️ Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

Illustration of Langston Hughes by Winold Reiss, c. 1925. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Apply now for "Teaching Poetry," a one-day workshop in Waco for English language arts (ELA) teachers on strategies for teaching poetry at the secondary level. #htxedu

📍 WACO
🗓 March 6, 2026

➡️ Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

There's still time to register for "Teaching STEM Advances and Milestones in U.S. History"! #htxedu

➡️ Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

(From l to r:) Jill Brewster, El Paso area development manager for the Young Women's Preparatory Network; Mark Paz, El Paso ISD assistant superintendent of secondary schools; YWA seniors Trinity Ontiveros and Bellissa Marquez; Cynthia Ontiveros, YWA principal; Hector Retta, former Humanities Texas board member; OTA winner Rebecca Guerrero; U.S. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar; Brian Lusk, El Paso ISD Superintendent; and Sarah Venegas, El Paso ISD executive principal leadership development.

Humanities Texas Board Member Kerry Reyna presents Gilbert Flores with his award.

(From l to r:) State Representative Todd Hunter, former Humanities Texas Board Member Linda Valdez, OTA winner Joseph Fox, Rockport-Fulton ISD Superintendent Lesley Austin, Ray Fox, and RFMS Principal Jerry Howel.

(From l to r:) Former Humanities Texas Board Member Jay Moore, Craig Jordan, OTA winner Jennifer Jordan, Humanities Texas Executive Director Eric Lupfer, Abilene ISD Superintendent John Kuhn, and Abilene High School Principal Emme Siburt.

Humanities Texas is pleased to showcase four of our 2025 Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award winners! #htxota

Learn about these remarkable educators who were featured in our February newsletter: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

MARCH 1: The @BullockMuseum will host a screening of 'Citizens at Last: Texas Women Fight for the Vote,' followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers.

Arrive early to participate in activities celebrating Women’s History Month!

📽️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/bdej9wb7

Our friends at the Texas Historical Commission are gearing up for Real Places 2026!

The packed schedule features 50+ workshops, tours, sessions, and special events and 100+ expert speakers.

🗓️ April 8–10, 2026
📍 Renaissance Hotel in Austin

Learn more and register now at realplaces.us.

Landscape with Rainbow by Robert S. Duncanson, 1859. Gift of Leonard and Paula Granoff. Smithsonian American Art Museum.

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Last call for "The New Nation: 1800–1860," a one-day workshop in Austin for secondary-level social studies teachers on major topics in U.S. history from 1800–1860. #htxedu

📍 AUSTIN
🗓 February 24, 2026

➡️ Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

Earlier this month, @humanitiestexas.bsky.social staff visited Honey Grove Library & Learning Center for the debut of 'The Life and Literature of J. Frank Dobie,' a new #htxexhibits display on view through March 14. Learn more about the exhibition and opening event at tr.ee/vH0PKp!

2026 New Members Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [PDF Version] February 12, 2026 Members of the Texas Institute of Letters have overwhelmingly approved twenty-four new writers to the TIL, a distinguished honor society ...

Congratulations to Humanities Texas Board Member Carlos Kevin Blanton on his recent induction into the Texas Institute of Letters!

texasinstituteofletters.org/2026-new-mem...

📣 UPDATE: The deadline to submit an LOI for the spring major grants cycle has been extended to FEBRUARY 17!

Apply now open for programs that will take place on or after July 1, 2026. #htxgrants

➡️ LOI deadline: February 17
➡️ Final app deadline: March 16

For more: humanitiestexas.org/grants/major

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Register now for "Teaching STEM Advances and Milestones in U.S. History" with IEEE Reach! #htxedu

🖥️ Webinar
🗓 March 3, 2026
🕔 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT

➡️ Register now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

The spring major grants cycle is now open for programs that will take place on or after July 1, 2026. #htxgrants

LOI deadline: February 16, 2026
Final app deadline: March 16, 2026

Visit our website for details: humanitiestexas.org/grants/major

Ulysses and the Sirens by John William Waterhouse, 1981. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Register now for "Teaching 'The Odyssey'"! #htxedu

🖥️ Webinar Series
🗓 February 11 and 18, 2026.
🕔 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT

➡️ Learn more: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
➡️ Upcoming teacher programs: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

"Lonesome Dove"—a traveling exhibition by @humanitiestexas.bsky.social and The Wittliff Collections—is on display at the Buddy Holly Center through March 22.

Tonight in LUBBOCK . . .
Film professor Andrew Taylor will present on the "Lonesome Dove" miniseries and its impact on cinema.

The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 19, 1781 by John Trumbull, 1820. Yale University Art Gallery.

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Register now for "The American Revolutionary War: Part II"! #htxedu

🖥️ Webinar
🗓 February 10, 2026
🕔 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT

➡️ Register now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...
➡️ Upcoming teacher programs: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

Congratulations to Rebecca Guerrero on receiving the 2025 James F. Veninga Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award! #htxota

Odessa Arts is hosting "Soul Circuit: Juneteenth Rodeos in Texas" at the Gertrude Bruce Cultural Center now through February 15!

This event is made possible with generous support from the Tejemos Foundation.

To learn more about #htxexhibits, visit humanitiestexas.org/exhibitions.

UPDATE—Due to inclement weather, this program has been postponed to Sunday, February 1, 2026.

➡️ asiasociety.org/texas/events...

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Register now for "Teaching Dystopian Literature"!

🖥️ Webinar
🗓 February 4, 2026
🕔 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT

➡️ Learn more: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

**THIS WEEKEND**
Join us at @texas.asiasociety.org in HOUSTON for 'Kodama ★ Echoes Across Time,' an original dance work that celebrates Japan's rich artistic legacy.

Learn more: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

#ByThePeople2026 | #SmithsonianFolklife | #2026Folklife | #MyHumanitiesCouncil

Last year, Tye Preston Memorial Library received a Humanities Texas mini-grant to host the exhibition "A Time Before Texas."

📚 Read more about TPML's grant-funded programming & other resources: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

🖥️ Learn more about #htxgrants: www.humanitiestexas.org/grants