TJ Wallace 
Ballet Spartanburg will offer free African Dance Classes at their Center for Dance Education from January 7 – May 20, 2025. The goal of the program is to introduce people of various communities in Spartanburg to the cultural traditions of West African Dance. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. The dance classes … Read more
The Town of Latta and the Latimer Historic School Committee are undertaking a significant effort to gather and safeguard historical information and artifacts that vividly portray the vibrant Black history and stories associated with the former African American School and the broader Latta community. The Latimer School was the only school for black residents of … Read more
The Poetry Society of South Carolina will offer a series of six poetry readings, discussions, and workshops from August 2024 – January 2025 in Charleston and Columbia as part of their “Every Corner, Every County Reading Series.” Featured poets include Jo Angela Edwins, Claire Bateman, Al Black, Quitman Marshall, Adam Houle, and Angelo Geter. SC … Read more
The Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage will present a series of 16 collateral programs from April 2024 – January 2025 to go along with two exhibits that they will have on display: Language of Clay: Catawba Indian Pottery & Oral Traditions and Sandy Islanders: A People of the Land. The proposed programs are diverse and include lectures, guided … Read more
The Chester County Historical Society has obtained a unique collection of autographs compiled in the late 1930s by a Chester family. The collection includes autographs from Franklin Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, Babe Ruth, and many other notable names. The full collection will be on display for the first time at the Annual Meeting on … Read more
The Solidarity Arts & Education Decolonial initiatives (SAEDi) Collective will present the “Engaging Black Books” series from November 2024 – April 2025, featuring Dr. Millicent Brown’s recently published memoir, Another Sojourner Looking for Truth: My Journey from Civil Rights to Black Power and Beyond. The book series will begin with a blog post by Dr. Brown … Read more
The Allendale County Historical Society will coordinate a month-long series of programming opportunities about the Revolutionary War in January 2025. The South Carolina State Museum’s traveling exhibit “The American Revolutionary War in South Carolina” and the National Park Service’s traveling trunk “Lives of Backcountry Children” will both be on display from Friday, January 3 – … Read more
SC Humanities is pleased to announce the FY2025 Board Members who will begin their terms on November 1, 2024: Gina G. Bennett of Hartsville and Melissa Walker of Spartanburg. Gina G. Bennett is the Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Coordinator of Humanities at Coker University in Hartsville, South Carolina. She earned a doctoral degree from … Read more
The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Spark! Places of Innovation will open in Aiken at the Aiken Train Museum on Saturday, November 9, 2024. The exhibition explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. The exhibit will be in Aiken through January 4, 2025, and several collateral programs and events will … Read more
The exhibit “Land & Legacy: Gullah Geechee Roots in HBCUs” will debut at Penn Center’s 40th Annual Heritage Days Celebration on November 7 – 9, 2024 in St. Helena Island. The exhibit explores the importance of land to Gullah Geechee people and the HBCU connections to Penn Center and the Gullah Geechee Corridor. A community … Read more
The 2024 Charleston Literary Festival will take place November 1 – 10, featuring a wide variety of noted authors, thinkers, and speakers. SC Humanities supported this program with a Major Grant. The Charleston Literary Festival was founded in 2017 as a result of an Anglo-American collaboration between the historic Charleston Library Society in the US and … Read more
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced the Chair’s Disaster Recovery Grants for Humanities Collections program to help humanities organizations that steward collections respond to and recover from local, state, regional, and federally declared disasters, including fires, floods, hurricanes, mudslides, and climate-related disasters. There is currently an open call for applications from organizations … Read more
The Lincolnville Preservation and Historical Society will host a book talk with author Dr. Edda Fields-Black on her book COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War. The event will take place on Saturday, December 14, 2024. SC Humanities supported this program with a Major Grant. Attendees are invited to … Read more
The Stone Soup Storytelling Institute will present a series of six collaborative program sessions about the American Revolution. Each event will include a storyteller presenting a story or oral history from the American Revolution, a scholar presentation about the topic, and a moderated audience discussion. The first program will take place on Sunday, January 21, … Read more
The exhibition “Resilience and Revolution: Native Peoples in 18th Century South Carolina” will be on display at the Sumter County Museum in from October 3 – December 28, 2024. “Resilience and Revolution” is a traveling exhibition created for the Traveling Exhibition Program of the South Carolina State Museum through a partnership led by South Carolina Humanities, … Read more
The Florence County Museum will feature a new exhibition titled ReCollect, which examines the past, present and future of the museum’s work. The exhibit will be on display June 4 – December 12, 2024. SC Humanities supported this exhibit with a Mini Grant. Celebrating the Florence County Museum’s 10th year in its current location and … Read more
The Georgetown County Library will present a series of free public programs from June – fall 2024 to celebrate their 225th anniversary. The programs will look at both Georgetown County’s past and present and will include topics on ethnic diversity, religious traditions, foodways, civil rights, and more. The first event is a lecture on “Fact and … Read more
SC Humanities is pleased to announce that we have launched our new Online Grants Portal, managed by Foundant. The new system will help streamline the application and reporting processes for both applicants and the SC Humanities team. Starting with the November 1, 2024 Mini and Planning grant deadline, all Major, Mini, Planning, and Fast Track … Read more
The South Carolina Humanities Board of Directors awarded a total amount of $80,570 in grants to 7 cultural organizations after a September 27, 2024 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 … Read more
The Aiken County Public Library will host their first ever comic & pop culture convention celebrating graphic novels, manga, comic books, & pop culture. The 2024 A-Con will take place on Saturday, November 2 from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. and will include author panels, a cosplay contest, scavenger hunt, artist alley, activities for kids, food … Read more
The South Carolina Military Museum is currenting hosting the exhibit South Carolina Veterans and the Civil Rights Movement, which will be on display through July 2024. The exhibit will be accompanied by a Lunch & Learn Lecture series with monthly lectures from April – November. SC Humanities supported this program series with a Mini Grant. South … Read more
National History Day, Coastal Carolina University, and South Carolina Humanities will offer two free Teacher Development Workshops to explore high-impact, inquiry-based learning in middle and high school classrooms. The workshops will take place on Friday, September 13, 2024 at Beaufort School District in Beaufort and Friday, November 1, 2024 (rescheduled from Friday, September 27, 2024) … Read more
Rattlesnake Art Foundation will host a panel discussion in Greenville on October 19, 2024 on “Greenville Arts Past and Present” as part of the release activities for the 8th volume of Rattlesnake Art Magazine. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. Rattlesnake is a bi-annual arts and literary magazine and 501(c)(3) nonprofit based … Read more
Bullets and Bandaids is a nonprofit organization that works with veterans through interviews, collaborative storytelling, and artwork. Veterans are paired with civilian writers and artists to create a unique combination of oral history, story, and art that is crafted into a traveling exhibit and accompanying book. Between May 2024 and February 2025, they will present … Read more
Photo SC will present a lecture “In Conversation: Chametzky & Felleman on Surrealism” on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. The lecture will feature University of South Carolina arts history professors Dr. Peter Chametzky and Dr. Susan Felleman speaking about the historical development and impact of the surrealist movement. SC Humanities supported this program … Read more
The Filipino-American Association of Greater Columbia will present two educational cultural programs about indigenous groups in the Philippines in October as part of Filipino American History Month. A screening and discussion of the film The Soul of the Filipino through the Mangyan will take place on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at Richland Library, and a screening … Read more
The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Spark! Places of Innovation will open in Bennettsville at the Marlboro County Museum’s Murchison School Building on Saturday, September 21, 2024. The exhibition explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. The exhibit will be in Bennettsville through November 2, and several collateral programs and … Read more
Newberry College will present their 2024 Dufford Diversity and Inclusion Week (DDIW) on the theme of “Celebrating our Diversities and Using Them to Make a Difference: Don’t Just Sit There. DO Something!” on October 21 – October 27, 2024. The series is designed to inspire appreciation for the multiplicities of humanity and bring people together on common … Read more
The Center for Creative Partnerships will conduct an oral history project about the Orangeburg Massacre that will include public programs and a digital archive. A series of Community Meetings will take place in September and October to connect with Orangeburg residents who were directly or indirectly impacted. Ultimately, oral histories will be collected and curated into … Read more
The Kaminski House Museum will host their annual “Family Fun and Literacy Day” on Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The afternoon event will feature storytelling, fun crafts for the fall, treats, and more. SC Humanities supported the participation of the featured storyteller with a Mini Grant. The Kaminski House Museum has offered a … Read more
