TJ Wallace
Southern Wesleyan University will present their second annual “SWU Literary Festival: South Carolina Real and Imagined” on Friday, February 18, 2022. The event will feature jury-selected student writers from local high schools and universities, creative writing breakout sessions, an open mic, and plenary presentations by Jeremy Jones and Charissa Fryberger. The festival will be livestreamed … Read more
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston will feature an exhibition of two different bodies of works by Native American artist Dyani White Hawk, including both a video installation titled LISTEN and a photography exhibition titled I Am Your Relative. These exhibits will open on January 14th, 2022 and will be on display through … Read more
Coastal Carolina University will sponsor a series of programs in Winter and Spring 2022 featuring dialogue about the persecution of African American and Jewish communities. Programs will include film screenings, book discussions, and lectures, and will culminate in a series of concerts of music created in the 1930s and 1940s and dealing with issues like … Read more
The McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina will host a public lecture and workshop on “The Changing Cultural Climate in Museums” on featuring Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham from Museum Hue in New York City. Originally scheduled September 28 – 29, 2021, this event has been postponed due to COVID-19. The event will now take place … Read more
The Visit York County Partners in Tourism Foundation has created a new permanent exhibit about the Friendship Nine Civil Rights historical event in Rock Hill. “Jail, No Bail: How 30 Days Impacted the Civil Rights Movement” will open to the public on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at Kounter. SC Humanities supported this project with a … Read more
Hagood Mill Historic Site will present three monthly celebrations this fall: the Storytelling Festival & Liars Competition on October 15 – 16, the Native American Celebration: Selugadu on November 19 – 20, and the Celtic Christmas event on December 18. This programming was supported with funding from a Growth Grant from South Carolina Humanities. Funding … Read more
Historic Camden Foundation will open a new permanent exhibit about colonial mercantile business at the entrance to their property as part of their anniversary programming on Saturday, November 6, 2021. SC Humanities supported this project with a Major Grant. The exhibit will feature the founding fathers of the Kershaw County area, setting the historical stage … Read more
The Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach will host the exhibit When There is No Frontier by Cuban-American artist Reynier Llanes from September 16 – December 31, 2021. This programming was supported with funding from a Growth Grant from South Carolina Humanities, www.schumanities.org. Funding for the Growth Grants has … Read more
Historic Brattonsville’s Brick House officially opens to the public on November 23, 2021 with dual exhibits – “Liberty & Resistance: Reconstruction and the African American Community at Brattonsville 1865-1877” and the recreated interior of the Brattonsville Store, circa 1871. SC Humanities supported this project with a Major Grant. The Brick House sets the stage for … Read more
