TJ Wallace
On Thursday, December 5 – Saturday, December 7, 2019, author Annette Laing will be featured at the annual ChristmasVille festival in Rock Hill. Three workshops will be held for children and teachers in the Rock Hill School District on Thursday and Friday, and a two presentations open to the public will occur on Saturday. SC … Read more
In an effort to examine and celebrate the ways food helps to define South Carolina’s culture and history, SC Humanities has launched a new statewide Request for Proposals (RFP) titled “South Carolina: Food for Thought” SC Humanities seeks proposals from interested nonprofit organizations or institutions designed to highlight South Carolina food culture and engage audiences … Read more
The Gibbes Museum of Art will present the exhibition Rauschenberg in Charleston from September 13, 2019 – January 5, 2020. (The opening date was rescheduled due to Hurricane Dorian.) This exhibition will revisit the photographic work of iconic American artist Robert Rauschenberg whose innovative combines, and use of everyday materials in paintings and sculpture transformed … Read more
SC Humanities is pleased to announce the FY2020 Board of Directors who begin their terms on November 1, 2019. Three new members will join the Board of Directors in 2019: Bonnie Hargrove of Beaufort, Dr. Isaiah McGee of Orangeburg, and Ashlye V. Wilkerson of Columbia. Bonnie Hargrove is the Director of the University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for … Read more
Penn Center National Historic Landmark District will host its 37th Heritage Days Celebration on November 7 – 9 to honor its 157-year history and share the history, art, and culture of the Gullah Geechee people. The 2019 celebration will also include a special educational symposium titled “Reaching Back and Looking Forward: Our Judges and Lawyers” … 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 … Read more
Four thousand years ago, in the time of Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids, an ancient civilization on the South Carolina coast also left behind colossal landmarks. Fig Island, off the coast of Charleston County, is one of the largest and most intricate oyster shell structures known. The Ring People is a 30-minute documentary that investigates … Read more
Williamsburg Technical College Library will host the literary program “One Book, One College, One Community” in October and November 2019. The featured community-read book is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The program will kick-off on Monday, October 28 and will continue through Monday, November 11 with three public events. SC Humanities helped support “One … Read more
The University of South Carolina Upstate will highlight artwork by the American illustrator Sandow Birk in November as part of a program exploring art and religion in the United States today. The exhibit, An American Qur’an: Exploring Religion in Contemporary American Art, runs from November 1 to December 6 at the Curtis R. Harley Gallery … Read more
