TJ Wallace 
The Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina manages 15 traveling exhibits which go all around the country. They also provide special peer guide trainings that prepare students to be guides for the traveling exhibits in their schools and communities. “Anne Frank: A History For Today” will be at North Charleston High School … Read more
The Olympia Mill Village Museum & Community Place will present an artisan and heritage event featuring blacksmithing and its history on Saturday, April 20, 2024. They will feature multiple blacksmiths with three forges demonstrating the art of blacksmithing from three eras: 1850s, 1920s, and 2020s. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. Celebrating … Read more
The Rice Museum in Georgetown will host a multi-disciplinary symposium on April 18 -19, 2024 in partnership with the Georgetown County Library and Coastal Carolina University. The “Living With Water” symposium will investigate the historical, ecological, cultural, and social aspects of living along the coast and other waterways. SC Humanities supported this program with a … Read more
The Lincolnville Preservation and Historical Society will present “Discovering Our Roots: Historic Lincolnville’s Genealogy Symposium” on Saturday, April 6, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., at the Charles Ross Municipal Building in Lincolnville. The event will celebrate African American ancestry and explore cultural heritage. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. Interactive presentations … Read more
The Lancaster County Council of the Arts in partnership with the Lancaster County Library will present the innaugural Lancaster County Literary Festival on Saturday, April 13, 2024. The programming will include a community read featuring the book Lowcountry Boil by Susan Boyer for adults and P is for Palmetto by Carol Crane for children, as well as other free … Read more
Williamsburgh County Historical Society will present two genealogical workshops focusing on African American families that will take place in April 2024 at the “Digital Lane” center in Lane, SC. Led by historian and genealogist Stan Barnett, the workshops will share about resources to research family history, including online tools. SC Humanities supported this programming with … Read more
Charleston Southern University hosts an annual Visiting Writers Series. For 2023-2024, they plan to host poets Lauren K. Carlson and Mathew Merson in November and poet Ray McManus in April. The free series is open to students and the community. SC Humanities supported this program with a Fast Track Literary Grant. The November program will … Read more
South Carolina Humanities (SCH) is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in support of the NEH Initiative: “United We Stand: Connecting through Culture.” “The humanities strengthen mutual understanding by providing the context, history, and models of discourse that remind us of our … Read more
South Carolina Humanities is pleased to welcome two new gubernatorial board members Brendon Barber of Georgetown and Tom Gottshall of Columbia. “I am very pleased that Governor McMaster has appointed Brendon and Tom to our board. Both bring a wealth of knowledge of our state and expertise that will enhance our ability to plan and … Read more
The Edisto Island Museum will open the final phase of their exhibit From Africa to Edisto Island: Gullah Geechee in late March 2024. The newest exhibit element is an interactive media room, which will include games, maps, and a video. SC Humanities supported this project with a Major Grant. The Edisto Island Museum has been working on … Read more
The South Carolina Humanities Board of Directors awarded a total amount of $128,000 in grants to 11 cultural organizations after a February 23, 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 South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum will debut the traveling exhibit “The Twilight of Revolutionaries and the Dawn of Photography” in June 2023. It will be on display at the museum through May 31, 2024, after which it will become available to travel to other institutions. SC Humanities supported this project with … Read more
Converse University will present an art history lecture series featuring art historians from other South Carolina universities with programs in the Fall of 2023 and the Spring of 2024. The lectures will cover a diverse range of modern and contemporary artistic practices. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. Art history is one … Read more
Lander University will present its 14th Annual Lander University Film Festival on Saturday, March 30. The event celebrates film and encourages all aspects of filmmaking. The 2024 event includes a short film competition. SC Humanities supported the festival with a Mini Grant. For 13 years, the Lander University Film Festival has brought an array of participants together to … Read more
South Carolina Humanities is pleased to announce that nominations for the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities and the Akers Prize are now being accepted through Saturday, June 15, 2024. Established in 1991, the Governor’s Awards celebrate the Palmetto State’s humanities academics and advocates. The Akers Prize, formerly the Fresh Voices in the Humanities Award, recognizes innovative … Read more
Senior Resources will host five courses in February 2024 at the Lourie Center as part of their bi-annual “Lourie Lectures” program. Themed courses include: “Media Literacy in the Age of the Internet,” “Beginning Genealogy,” “Ethnobotany: Conversations about plants and People, Past and Present,” “The History of Columbia Neighborhoods,” and “Urban Farms and Breweries.” The programs … Read more
The Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum will present an exhibition of works from the National Association of Women Artists titled Sisterhood from January 2 – April 14, 2024. The exhibit will feature 55 works by contemporary artists with text panels that investigate the influence of earlier women artists. SC Humanities supported this program … Read more
Ballet Spartanburg will offer free African Dance Classes at their Center for Dance Education from January 9 – June 2024. 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 will … Read more
From November 2023 – May 2024, the Sigal Music Museum will present 12 lectures in their Distinguished Lecture Series to accompany their new exhibit Worlds Apart: Musical Instruments from Secular to Sacred. The exhibit includes international instruments and looks at musical cultures, rites, and traditions from around the world. The series will start on November 5 … Read more
Richland Library will present a moderated conversation with authors Richard Rothstein and Leah Rothstein about their new book Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. the main branch of Richland Library. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. Just Action: How … Read more
The traveling exhibit “Justice for All: South Carolina and the American Civil Rights Movement,” created by the Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina, will be on display in Georgetown at the Southern Georgetown Community Library from October 7 – December 16, 2023. SC Humanities supported the traveling exhibit with … Read more
South Carolina Humanities has launched a new statewide Request for Proposals (RFP) titled “Innovation and the Humanities: Shining a Cultural Light on Technology and Change.” Applications could address this theme from a variety of angles, from social innovation to technological innovation. SC Humanities has periodically issued themed Requests for Proposals over the years, including “Religion … Read more
The exhibition “Resilience and Revolution: Native Peoples in 18th Century South Carolina” will be on display at the Colleton Museum & Farmers Market from November 1 – November 30, 2023. “Resilience and Revolution” is a new traveling exhibition created for the Traveling Exhibition Program of the South Carolina State Museum through a partnership led by South … Read more
SC Humanities is pleased to announce the launch of a new category of grant available to nonprofit organizations and public institutions in South Carolina. The Accessibility and Inclusion Grant is intended to support making public humanities programs and collections more accessible to diverse public audiences. The Accessibility and Inclusion Grant applications will be accepted on … Read more
Lander University will host a public reading with author Robert A. Maynor, who won the 2022 South Carolina Novel Series from Hub City Writers Project. He will present a reading and discussion on Wednesday, November 1, and he will also conduct a workshop for students and visit several Lander classes on November 2. SC Humanities … Read more
SC Humanities is pleased to announce the FY2024 Board of Directors who will begin their terms on November 1, 2023: Bill Comer of Lexington, Charles McDonald of Hanahan; Floyd Nicholson of Greenwood, and Benjamin T. Zeigler of Florence. Bill Comer is a Certified Public Accountant who began his professional career working in public accounting for PricewaterhouseCoopers … Read more
The AfroSouth Film Festival will take place Thursday, November 2 – Sunday, November 5, 2023 in Charleston. The festival includes screenings, panels, workshops, youth programs, and music. There will be a panel on “Voices of Black Southern Filmmakers” on Saturday, November 4 which will feature filmmakers Julie Dash, Sanford Green, and Tracey Oliver with Dr. … Read more
In honor of Dia De Los Muertos, Latino Community Development will host a film screening of the Disney Pixar animated film Coco with a scholar-led community discussion on Thursday, November 2 in Columbia. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. The “Coco, Community, and Conversation” event will include a screening of the 1 hour … Read more
The 2023 Charleston Literary Festival will take place November 3 – 12, featuring both virtual and in-person programs and 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 … Read more
The 28th Annual SC Humanities Festival will take place in Orangeburg County on October 19 – 22, 2023. The 2023 festival will highlight the rich cultural history of Orangeburg and celebrate the arts and humanities. Every year, South Carolina Humanities sponsors a Humanities Festival in a community in South Carolina. Established in 1993 in honor of South … Read more
