TJ Wallace

The Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina has created a new exhibit that looks at changes in agriculture in South Carolina over the last 50 years, especially environmentally sustainable methods. “Growing Towards Our Future: An Exploration of the Cultural Landscape of Modern Agriculture” will include stories, images, and interactive components. The exhibit will open … Read more

The Arts Center of Greenwood will host two exhibits from January 15 – March 2, 2023: “Gullah Spirit: Jonathan Green” and “Sewn by the Sea: Southern Sweetgrass Basketry.” Additionally, there will be a series of lectures, workshops, and interactive activities for visitors of all ages. SC Humanities supported this programming with a Major Grant. The … Read more

The Charleston Gaillard Center has released Season Three of “Raising the Volume,” which features three episodes filmed with Marcus Amaker and Charlton Singleton. This season also includes the special release of “Truth Be Told: Vesey,” a recording of the July 14th panel discussion during the Denmark Vesey Bicentenary Weekend. The final episode in the season … Read more

Historic Brattonsville will debut a new exhibit that offers a deeper narrative of the site’s history in January 2023.  “Historic Brattonsville: Through the Eras” tells a more inclusive story of the plantation’s past by highlighting the African American community and their contributions through a timeline beginning from the days of the American Revolution to post … Read more

The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Voices and Votes: Democracy in America is on display at its last stop in South Carolina, the Cowpens Branch Library, from December 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023. The exhibition examines the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of a government “of, by and for the people,” and how each generation since continues to question how … Read more

The Fine Arts Center in Greenville is partnering with the South Carolina New Play Festival to present a livestream of a panel discussion on “Reimagining Shakespeare” on Thursday, December 15 at 7:00 p.m. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. The “Remagining Shakespeare for Greater Inclusion and Diversity” panel will investigate trends happening … Read more

South Carolina State University will present a series of four interactive, virtual programs on “Words Across the Water: Writing and Discourse Across the Black Atlantic” from September 2022 – February 2023. SC Humanities helped support this program with a Mini Grant. “Words Across the Water” will explore the intersections where Anglophone Caribbean and African American cultural … Read more

The organization “And Still We Rise” will present a weekend series of programs titled “Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: We Still Have a Dream” on January 14 – 16, 2023 in Hartsville. The weekend will include a Call to Leadership, a community banquet with Dr. Bobby Donaldson as the keynote speaker, an opera concert … Read more

The South Carolina Maritime Museum in Georgetown will present two lectures by scholar Christine Brin, Associate Curator of Education from the North Carolina Maritime Museum-Beaufort, on November 11, 2022. The lectures will be part of their History for Lunch and Night of Knowledge programs. This programming was supported with funding from a Growth Grant from … Read more