MCC Program Getting Boost From CT Humanities

MANCHESTER, CT — The board of directors of CT Humanities has awarded $44,694 in grants from the CT Humanities Fund to nine Connecticut cultural and higher education institutions for initiatives and projects rooted in literature and cultural history, including one based in Manchester.

This round of grant funding supports organizations across Connecticut – from the shoreline, to the Northwest Corner, to the center of the state – that are offering strong humanities-based exhibits, celebrations, and lectures.

The Manchester Community College Foundation, Inc. is being awarded $4,999 to assist the The CT State Manchester Common Read Gallery Show.

The Spring 2025 Common Read Gallery Show, “Surrounded By Ghosts: Hauntings in the Vietnamese Diaspora,” features Ocean Vuong, Xuan Pham, and Thuan Vu. The artists bring the themes and issues represented in the language of Vuong's poetry to the visual arts through their mediums of painting, sculpture, and photography to illustrate the diversity of Vietnamese-American experience, common points of connection, and the relationship between the cultural production of literature and fine arts.