New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music

Coming to 12 towns in South Carolina in 2011-2012!

New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music is a traveling Smithsonian exhibit that explores Americans' creative expression through music - music known by names likes blues, country western, folk ballads, and gospel.

The Humanities Council^SC is pleased to announce a special expanded tour of New Harmonies in South Carolina from April 2011 - January 2013. Developed as part of the Museum on Main Street program, this exhibit is designed especially for small museums and rural audiences that lack regular access to traveling exhibitions.

Exhibit Schedule:

Find out when New Harmonies will be in a town near you!

April 9 - May 29, 2011
City of Gaffney
Gaffney, SC
Contact: Will DeBorde, 864-487-6244

June 4 - July 17, 2011
Horry County Museum
Conway, SC
Contact: Walter Hill: 843-915-5320

July 23 - September 4, 2011
Allendale Hampton Jasper Regional Library
Allendale, SC
Contact: Beth McNeer, 803-584-3513

September 10 - October 23, 2011
Oconee County Public Library
Walhalla, SC
Contact: Stephanie Howard, 864-638-4133

October 29 - December 11, 2011
Laurens County Library
Laurens, SC
Contact: Joey P. Holmes, 864-681-7323

December 17, 2011 - February 4, 2012
Beaufort County Library
Beaufort, SC
Contact: Amanda Brewer, 843-470-6524

March 3 - April 22, 2012
Southern Wesleyan University, Birchwood Center for Arts and Folklife, and Pickens County Museum
Central, SC
Contact: Helen Hockwalt, 864-898-5027
Dot Jackson, 864-898-1418

April 28 - June 10, 2012
Fairfield County Museum
Winnsboro, SC
Contact: Pelham Lyles, 803-635-9811

June 16 - July 29, 2012
McCelvey Center
York, SC
Contact: Michael Scoggins, 803-684-3948

August 4 - September 16, 2012
Landrum Library (Spartanburg County Public Library System)
Landrum, SC
Contact: Lee Morgan, 864-457-2218

September 22 - November 11, 2012
Black Creek Arts Council
Hartsville, SC
Contact: Bruce Douglas, 843-332-6234

November 17, 2012 - January 5, 2013
Colleton County Museum, Colleton County Memorial Library, Colleton Center, Colleton County Arts Council
Walterboro, SC
Contact: Gary Brightwell, 843-549-2303

For more information about New Harmonies, please contact T.J. Wallace at 803-771-2477.

New Harmonies has been made possible in South Carolina by The Humanities Council^SC. New Harmonies is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Federation of State Humanities Councils.