TJ Wallace

The South Carolina Humanities Board of Directors awarded more than $110,000 in Major Grants to 16 cultural organizations after a September 25, 2020 Board Meeting in Columbia. The awards were selected through a competitive application and review process and are made possible by SC Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Matching community support for the … Read more

The Preservation Society of Charleston will create five video house tours of historically and architecturally important homes in Charleston. Each of the privately-owned properties has a unique narrative history and architectural significance to Charleston. The videos will launch weekly starting October 18, corresponding with the in-person Fall tours (outdoor only). SC Humanities supported this program … Read more

South Carolina ETV (SCETV) will be premiering a new hour-long documentary film on Thursday, October 1 entitled Gullah Roots. Following leaders of the South Carolina and Georgia Gullah Geechee community as they experience a homecoming in Sierra Leone, the project will debut at 9 p.m. on SCETV. SC Humanities helped support this project with a … Read more

The Kaminski House Museum will present a Virtual Family Fun & Literacy Day on Saturday, October 31st in two sessions beginning at 10 am and 2 pm. The day will feature storytelling, fun crafts for the fall, and spooky treats. SC Humanities supported this project with a Fast Track Literary Grant. The Kaminski House Museum … Read more

The Blythewood Historical Society & Museum will host a Grand Opening of the second phase of their new museum design.  The event will be held at the Langford-Nord House, 100 McNulty Street in Blythewood on Sunday, October 4th from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.  SC Humanities helped support the museum redesign with a Major Grant. … Read more

Award-winning poet Marlanda Dekine-Sapient Soul will lead a series of poetry writing workshops on Wednesdays in October and November 2020 at 10:00-11:30 a.m. for the Georgetown County Library System (GCLS). Due to COVID-19, all sessions will be conducted online with the video-conferencing program, BlueJeans. The program is free and open to the public. However, space … Read more

Since March 4, 2020, UNLADYLIKE2020 has been releasing short films and a broadcast hour on PBS American Masters profiling diverse and little-known American women from the turn of the 20th century and contemporary women who follow in their footsteps. The final, 26th, episode of the series will be about Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass, who has frequently … Read more

The students of the Creative Writing Studio at the Fine Arts Center in Greenville are proud to present “The Momentum Series,” featuring Dr. Geffrey Davis. The Momentum Series is designed to bring diverse literary voices to the Greenville Community. On Monday, September 14 from 7-9 p.m., M. Judson Bookstore (130 S. Main St., Greenville) will … Read more

In the fall of 2020, the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston will examine the shifting notions of “home” through a multimedia project, Dis/placements: Revisitations of Home. This project will feature ten artists whose works deal with issues of displacement from their ancestral homeland in various capacities. The core of the project will … Read more

Richland Library will present an encore viewing of “Let’s Talk Race: A Conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi” on Sunday, August 23 from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. The program is free and open to the public, but preregistration is required. SC Humanities supported this program with a Fast Track Literary Grant. Originally pre-recorded on Wednesday, … Read more

Just in time for the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which ensures women’s right to vote in the United States, the first episode of the docu-series “Brazen Belles” will have a free virtual screening on Thursday, August 20. “Brazen Belles” is a three-part series about women’s rights activists in South Carolina. SC Humanities supported … Read more

South Carolina Humanities, in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum on Main Street program, is pleased to present the traveling Smithsonian exhibit Water/Ways in South Carolina. The exhibition dives into water–an essential component of life on our planet, environmentally, culturally, and historically. The exhibit will travel to its second venue in South Carolina at the Hampton County Library, hosted … Read more

The Seneca City Museums has launched a new website with increased virtual educational content, including a podcast titled “The Small Muse,” virtual tours, a video series about historic grave sites in Oconee County, information about the history of African American churches, and more. The virtual programming was supported by funding from a Bridge Grant from … Read more

The Fountain Inn Museum has renovated a new gallery space and will launch an new exhibit on Thursday, August 20. The Making of a Small Town exhibit will feature photographs and descriptions of the people and the efforts that created the town of Fountain Inn. SC Humanities helped support this exhibit with a Major Grant. … Read more

Historic Columbia will offer two virtual round table programs in August about the monuments and grounds of the South Carolina State House. These programs are led by Dr. Lydia Mattice Brandt, an architectural historian and an associate professor at the University of South Carolina, whose research informed Historic Columbia’s online tour of the State House Monuments. … Read more

The South Carolina Arts Commission, in partnership with South Carolina Humanities, Hampton County Historical Society, and Hampton County Library, will offer a free virtual writing workshop in August.  The Communal Pen: Water/Ways workshop will allow participants to write to celebrate and explore connections to place and community. The virtual workshop is free and open to the … Read more

The Georgetown County Library will present the DigiBridge Lecture Series in July and August as part of a larger effort to record presentations by humanities scholars to document Georgetown County’s deep and diverse history and culture. This programming was supported by funding from a Bridge Grant from South Carolina Humanities, www.schumanities.org. Funding for the Bridge … Read more

South Carolina Humanities, in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum on Main Street program, is pleased to present the traveling Smithsonian exhibit Water/Ways in South Carolina. The exhibition dives into water–an essential component of life on our planet, environmentally, culturally, and historically. The exhibit will have its public opening in South Carolina at Hickory Knob State Park, … Read more

South Carolina State Parks and The Slave Dwelling Project created a series of Facebook Live videos to explore the African American experience at Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site from slavery through Reconstruction and beyond. The virtual experience was supported with a Speakers Bureau program grant from South Carolina Humanities. Joseph McGill, Jr. of The … Read more

With Culture & Heritage Museums’ sites physically closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, summer programs are offered on a digital platform to provide fun learning opportunities for families of all ages. Created by educational teams at Historic Brattonsville, Museum of York County and Main Street Children’s Museum, CHM summer programs are free of charge; registration … Read more

Developed by the South Carolina State Museum and South Carolina Humanities, South Carolina: The Food We Celebrate is a new traveling exhibit that celebrates iconic foods from communities around South Carolina. The State Museum and South Carolina Humanities collaborated with 22 organizations across SC to develop the content for the exhibit, highlighting 20 different iconic foodways such … Read more