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Spotlight on a SC Humanities grant-funded project.

Five representatives of SC Humanities attended the 2010 National Humanities Conference in Albuquerque, NM on November 4-7, 2010: Executive Director Randy Akers, Assistant Director Paula Watkins, Board Chair Judy Bynum, Vice Chair Sara Sanders, and Board Member Andy Westbrook. The South Carolina group attended numerous sessions on humanities programming, interacted with staff and board members from other humanities councils … Read more

SC Humanities is pleased to announce the FY2011 Board of Directors who begin their terms on November 1, 2010. Two new members will join the Board of Directors in 2011: H. Graham Osteen II of Georgetown and Revonda L. Spratt of Inman. H. Graham Osteen II is co-president and secretary of Osteen Publishing Co. of Sumter, … Read more

The Upcountry History Museum continues its display of the exhibit Weaving our Survival: Upcountry Stories of WWII. The exhibit, which opened in November 2009, will close on November 14, 2010. SC Humanities supported initial planning for the oral history program that gathered some of the material used in the exhibit. Weaving our Survival: Upcountry Stories … Read more

Students can revisit their most powerful literary experiences through a contest that asks them to write a personal letter to an author and explain how his or her work changed their perspective on the world. The national Letters About Literature competition is open to students in grades 4 through 12, and submissions are being accepted … Read more

Spotlight on a SC Humanities grant-funded project.

Spotlight on a SC Humanities grant-funded project.

SC Humanities is pleased to announce that the maximum award for Mini and Planning Grants will be raised to $2,000, effective November 1, 2010. Previously, the maximum award was $1,500. SC Humanities Board of Directors voted to raise the amount of the award at a meeting on September 10, 2010 in Columbia. Mini Grants are … Read more

SC Humanities is pleased to announce that eight new speakers have joined the Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program. Offering a variety of programs from "An Introduction to Modern Islam" to "Confederates at the Keyboard: Southern Piano Music During the Civil War Era," these seven scholars are available to speak for public audiences at nonprofit … Read more