TJ Wallace
The Peace Center will present the program “Palmetto Poets: Speaking on the South” on January 18, 2018. The program will feature poets DéLana Dameron, Ed Madden, and Ray McManus and will encourage community engagement through the power of poetry. SC Humanities supported this program with a Fast Track Literary Grant. Palmetto Poets: Voices of SC … Read more
The South Carolina State Museum is offering a new exhibit through their Traveling Exhibit Program titled “…make no Doubt we shall carry this post…”: The History and Archaeology of Fort Motte. The exhibit examines the 1781 siege of Fort Motte, as well as the excavation of the site and the artifacts uncovered. The exhibit is scheduled to … Read more
The Gullah Geeche Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission is sponsoring a Corridor-wide celebration of the 155th anniversary of the official day, January 1, 1863, when enslaved people in the Low Country, the Sea Islands and throughout the United States emerged from bondage as a result of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Commission is working with … Read more
SC Humanities is issuing a call for speakers to join our Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program roster. Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud is one of the oldest programs of SC Humanities and one of the most beloved. Through the Speakers Bureau, some of South Carolina’s finest scholars travel throughout the state to share their … Read more
The Watering Hole Poetry Organization builds Harlem Renaissance spaces in the new contemporary South by hosting poetry workshops, retreats, and classes for adults and youth. Their annual winter retreat will take place at Hickory Knob State Park in McCormick, SC this December 26-30. The retreat will feature a line up of nationally and internationally renown poets, … Read more
Presented by the Pat Conroy Literary Center, the first-ever Lowcountry Book Club Convention is an opportunity for book club members–or anyone interested in joining a book club–to meet, mingle, and exchange ideas about fostering and sustaining a community of readers. Free and open to the public, the Lowcountry Book Club Convention will occur on Friday, December … Read more
The Boxcar Children is an exhibit designed around the popular and beloved Boxcar Children book series, written by Gertrude Chandler Warner and originally published by Rand McNally in 1924. The Children’s Museum of the Upstate in Greenville has created this wonderful exhibit as a way to celebrate the books’ 75th anniversary in 2017, in conjunction with … Read more
Join the Charleston Association of Grant Professionals (CAGP) for a Lunch and Learn with the SC Arts Commission and SC Humanities on Monday, November 13 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Charleston County Public Library (68 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29401). Bring your lunch and join other nonprofit professionals as we explore the topic, … Read more
SC Humanities is happy to announce that six small communities in South Carolina will have the opportunity to host the traveling Smithsonian exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America in 2018 – 2019. Crossroads offers small towns a chance to envision their futures by exploring the changes that affected their fortunes during the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions … Read more
