TJ Wallace
SC Humanities is pleased to announce that four extraordinary South Carolina individuals received this year’s annual Governor’s Awards in the Humanities, presented at a luncheon on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at the Hilton Columbia Center. The winners are: Karen Alexander (The Auntie Karen Foundation), arts-based community programs; Orville Vernon Burton, historian and author; Dixie Goswami, literacy education … Read more
Spartanburg Community College will present the “Wonders of Writing Symposium” on Thursday, September 21, 2017, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., at their Downtown Spartanburg Campus. The symposium will feature poets Ashley Jones and Ray McManus reading from their works. SC Humanities supported this program with a Fast Track Literary Grant in February 2017. Ashley Jones is … Read more
Read Up Greenville is the Upstate of South Carolina’s only young adult and middle grades book festival. The 2017 festival, which will take place Saturday, October 21, 2017 at the Peace Center, will feature 26 authors from around the country who will meet with fans and discuss their works. And, except for two low-cost ticketed … Read more
The 2018 South Carolina Humanities Festival will take place in Aiken on April 12 – 14, 2018. There are a wide variety of programs planned, including a student poetry competition. “All Aboard for Poetry” is a special competition celebrating the Aiken experience for students ages 6 – 18. Submissions are being accepted through March 1, … Read more
The Jasper Project will present two special literary activities in conjunction with the total solar eclipse that will run through Columbia on August 21, 2017. On Thursday, August 17, they will present a poetry invitational with poems commemorating this unique event, and in the evening, they will present “Syzygy: The Solar Eclipse Plays” in two stagings. … Read more
Edventure will present Read It and Eat It programs that tie literacy and nutrition education together in a storytime-like setting for five elementary school aftercare programs in Richland School District 1. AC Moore Elementary School, Greenview Elementary School, Horrell Hill Elementary School, Pine Grove Elementary School, and Rosewood Elementary School will all host Read It … Read more
SC Humanities is pleased to announce a special South Carolina tour of Crossroads: Change in Rural America, an exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution. Developed as part of the Museum on Main Street (MOMS) program, this exhibit is designed especially for small cultural organizations and rural audiences that lack regular access to traveling exhibitions due to space … Read more
The Georgetown County Museum will present a monthly lecture series from July – December 2017 on a variety of historical and cultural topics, including the the history of tea and tobacco in the state. South Carolina Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant in May 2017. The Georgetown County Museum preserves and promotes the … Read more
South Carolina History Day, the affiliate program for National History Day, engages elementary, middle, and secondary school students in historical research and analysis while developing important skills. Students choose how to present their research from different categories: paper, website, documentary, performance or exhibit. Students compete at various levels of competition across South Carolina before advancing to … Read more
