TJ Wallace
Hub City Writers Project will present their 2019 Delicious Reads author extravaganza on March 17 – 18. Twenty national and regional touring authors will appear for an author-in-the-round event that will also feature delicious desserts. Five of the authors will also visit public schools. SC Humanities supported this program with a Fast Track Literary Grant. … Read more
The University of South Carolina Sumter in partnership with the Sumter County Cultural Commission will present “Swan Con: The Sumter Comic Arts Festival” on March 22 – 23, 2019. The “town and gown” partnership will take place at cultural venues around Sumter and will be free and open to the public. South Carolina Humanities supported … Read more
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
