TJ Wallace

The 25th Annual SC Humanities Festival will take place in York County on March 28 – 30, 2019. Presented by Visit York County, the 2019 festival will highlight the rich cultural history of York County and celebrate the arts and humanities. Other partners and sponsors include the Anne Springs Close Greenway, Arts Council of York County, Culture & Heritage Museums, Fort … Read more

York County Library will present the 18th annual Patchwork Tales Storytelling Festival on March 14 – 16, 2019. Attendees can experience the magic of storytelling through one-of-a-kind live performances from nationally known storytellers.  SC Humanities supported this program with a Fast Track Literary Grant. York County Library’s Patchwork Tales Storytelling Festival began in 1996 with a … Read more

South Carolina Humanities, in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum on Main Street program, is pleased to present Crossroads: Change in Rural America. The exhibition examining the evolving landscape of rural America will open at the Barnwell County Library in partnership with the Barnwell County Museum on Saturday, March 30, 2019. Barnwell is the second-to-last stop … Read more

In collaboration with members of the Charleston Arts community, Annex Dance Company presents Moments Captured, a performance of creative responses to Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South. The two-hour event on February 3, 2019 will gather professional and pre-professional artists to share dance, music, and spoken word/poetry performances inspired by the photography. SC Humanities helped … Read more

A new exhibit featuring hundreds of items from the University of South Carolina’s special collections tells the story of the state’s fundamental role in the national Civil Rights Movement. Opening February 7, Justice for All: South Carolina and the American Civil Rights Movement uses oral history recordings, film clips, photographs, postcards, diaries and manuscripts to … Read more

Lander University will investigate how World War I affected the South in this centennial year of the war’s conclusion through a major symposium titled “Time of Tradition and Transition.” The symposium is scheduled for March 14 – 15, 2019 in Greenwood. The project’s goals are: (1) to enlighten students and citizens to better understand how … Read more

The University of South Carolina Beaufort will present programming promoting cross-cultural awareness on campus and in the community during February 2019. “Reconstructing Freedom: African American History Month at USC Beaufort” will kick off on February 1, 2019 with an opening reception on the Hilton Head Island campus and will include a variety of events such … Read more

Midlands Technical College will present the exhibit “Fine Line: Mental Health/Mental Illness” at their Airport Campus from February 1 – 13, 2019. The exhibit will be on display as part of a larger event, the “Get Psyched with MTC” Conference, which will include a variety of sessions and workshops for members of the community ranging from mental health professionals … Read more