TJ Wallace
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
The Stone Soup Storytelling Institute will present a series of six collaborative program sessions about the American Revolution. Each event will include a storyteller presenting a story or oral history from the American Revolution, a scholar presentation about the topic, and a moderated audience discussion. The first program will take place on Sunday, January 21, … 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
