TJ Wallace 
The South Carolina Humanities Board of Directors awarded more than $140,000 in Major Grants to 12 cultural organizations after a September 22, 2023 Board Meeting in Greenwood. 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 the … Read more
SC Humanities is pleased to announce an opportunity for undergraduate or graduate students who are majoring in or pursuing a masters degree in a humanities discipline. Through the SC Humanities Student Scholarships, SC Humanities seeks to encourage students to explore humanities fields as they pursue their academic careers. SC Humanities will offer an annual scholarship for one undergraduate … Read more
Throughout October 2023, Oconee County Public Library (OCPL) will celebrate 75 years of stories and service to the residents of Oconee County. To provide a look back at those 75 years of stories, public service, innovation, and community engagement, Oconee County Public Library has partnered with Oconee History Museum to create a digital exhibit filled … Read more
Columbia College will host a Multicultural Mindfulness Institute on October 26-27, 2023 as part of Diversity Awareness Month. The goal is to explore and celebrate diverse communities and promote educational initiatives that support diversity literacy. SC Humanities supported this programming with a Mini Grant. Columbia College welcomes humanities educators, community members, and organizations to attend … Read more
The Filipino-American Association of Greater Columbia will host a textile exhibit at Richland Library from October 6 – November 21, 2023 to celebrate Filipino American History Month. The exhibit will include a carefully-curated variety of contemporary textiles using natural materials. There are also several collateral public programs planned. SC Humanities supported this program with a … Read more
The Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians will host their annual Pow Wow event on Saturday, October 21 at Old Santee Canal Park in Moncks Corner. The daylong event will include a tribal history exhibit on display; performances of dancing, singing, and drumming; and demonstrations of traditional crafts like pottery and beadwork, among other activities. SC … Read more
The Kaminski House Museum will host their annual “Family Fun and Literacy Day” on Saturday, October 14, 2023 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. The afternoon event will feature storytelling, fun crafts for the fall, and treats. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. The Kaminski House Museum has offered a fall Family Fun and Literary … Read more
The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host the 7th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at the Culinary Institute of the South at the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Bluffton, SC. Featured presenters include bestselling novelist Brendan Slocumb, chef and cookbook author Johnathon Scott Barrett, and youth advocate Sidney Keys III … Read more
The Hub City Roots in Spartanburg will host the program “Breaking Barriers: Latinx in Agriculture” on October 12, 2023 as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. The program will investigate the barriers that Hispanic communities have faced and will face in the agricultural industry through the lenses of history, ethics, political science, and international studies. SC … Read more
Claflin University will present a series of community writing workshop programs from November 2022 – October 2023. The programs are designed to serve the communities of Orangeburg, Bamberg, and Calhoun counties. SC Humanities supported this program with a Fast Track Literary Grant. Thursday, November 3, 2022 | 2:30 p.m.“An Introduction to Writing Memoir”Presented by Dr. … Read more
Coastal Carolina University has coordinated an interactive documentation project with people experiencing homelessness in Horry County that resulted in a traveling exhibit of photographs and stories. “Reframing Homelessness: A Photovoice Exhibit” will be on display at Fresh Brewed Coffee House in Myrtle Beach on Saturday, September 9, 2023 and at the Horry County Memorial Library … Read more
Spartanburg Community College will host their biennial “Wonders of Writing Symposium” on September 26 – 28, 2023. The 2023 event will feature two authors of short story collections: Emily Pease and Andrew Siegrist. This program brings visionary authors to Spartanburg in order to share their art with a diverse audience and encourage critical reflection. SC … Read more
The University of South Carolina Upstate will feature the book One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash for their Freshman reading program, “Preface,” and they will present a wide variety of public programs that are open to the general public from September – November 2023. Rash will give the keynote address on September 14 at 5:00 … Read more
The Charleston Library Society will host a film screening and discussion of “Prisoner of Her Past” by filmmaker and journalist Howard Reich on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. “Prisoner of Her Past” looks at the life of Reich’s mother, Holocaust survivor Sonia Reich, and how the trauma of her childhood follows her into the present when … Read more
The 19th Annual Heritage Days at the Depot will be held October 5- 7, 2023 in historic Belton, SC. A signature event for the Belton Area Museum Association, Heritage Days at the Depot exists to encourage, promote, conserve, and honor the traditional art forms and heritage skills that make our state distinct. SC Humanities supported this program with a … Read more
Randy Akers, executive director of South Carolina Humanities, has been selected to receive the 2023 Frances Mims-Paul Talmadge Literary Advocacy Award. Given biennially by the Board of Governors of the South Carolina Academy of Authors, the award honors a person, persons or organization that demonstrate or have demonstrated long and continuing service to the literary … Read more
The Department of Women and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina will host a two-day conference in honor of their 50th anniversary on Friday, September 8 – Saturday, September 9, 2023. The goal of the conference is to reflect on the history of the program while looking toward future goals and initiatives. SC Humanities … Read more
The Greenville Jewish Film Festival will present their SummerFest event on Sunday, August 27 featuring the film “The Jews and the Blues: A Musical and Spiritual Journey.” The filmmaker Drew Stone will speak. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. “The Jews and the Blues” is a musical journey that along the way … Read more
South Carolina Humanities is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities and the Akers Prize. Established in 1991, the Governor’s Awards recognize outstanding achievement in humanities research, teaching, and scholarship; institutional and individual participation in helping communities in South Carolina better understand our cultural heritage or ideas and issues related … Read more
Lander University will present Judge Trevor McFadden for programming celebrating Constitution Day on September 18 – 19, 2023. Judge McFadden will give a keynote address on “Freedom for You, Constraint for Us: How the Constitution Protects Your Liberty” on Monday, September 18 at 5:30 p.m. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. Lander … Read more
The Charleston Library Society will host an author event on Friday, September 22, 2023 featuring local authors and light refreshements. The event will be free and open to the public. SC Humanities supported this program with a Fast Track Literary Grant. In celebration of its 275th anniversary, the Charleston Library Society will present this special literary … Read more
South Carolina Humanities is pleased to announce that six communities in South Carolina will host the traveling Smithsonian exhibit Spark! Places of Innovation in 2024-2025. Spark! will highlight innovation in rural America from the perspective of the people who lived it! Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in … 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 Beaufort at the Reconstruction Era National Park from July 10 – September 30, 2023. SC Humanities supported the traveling exhibit with … Read more
Developed by the South Carolina State Museum and South Carolina Humanities, South Carolina: The Food We Celebrate is a traveling exhibit that celebrates iconic foods from communities around South Carolina. The State Museum and South Carolina Humanities collaborated with 22 organizations across SC to develop the content for the exhibit, highlighting 20 different iconic foodways such as … Read more
The Arts & Heritage Center of North Augusta has created a new permanent exhibit component about the Hampton Terrace Hotel. This famous historic venue was open from 1903 until it was destroyed by fire in 1916 and hosted a variety of notable guests like John D. Rockefeller and President-elect William Howard Taft. SC Humanities supported … Read more
Forty-eight South Carolina students whose entries had won first or second place at the South Carolina History Day Contest traveled to Maryland in June to represent the Palmetto State at the 2023 National History Day competition. Seven South Carolina students brought home top honors from this prestigious national event, which is held each June at … Read more
The McKissick Museum will present the exhibit Paths to Freedom from June 12 – December 16, 2023. The exhibit features the artist John Dowell’s digitally-edited photographs which examine enslaved people’s relationship to cotton fields. SC Humanities supported this project with a Mini Grant. In his exhibition Paths to Freedom, Philadelphia-based artist John Dowell uses digitally enhanced photographs … Read more
The Columbia Museum of Art will present the exhibit Resurgence and Renaissance: Art of the Catawba Nation Since 1973 from June 10 – September 3, 2023. The exhibit is a major 50-year anniversary exhibition, building off the original 1973 version that showcased Catawba potters. A variety of dynamic public programs are planned to go along with the … Read more
A collaborative group of cultural funding organizations will offer a free workshop on grants and funding, with an emphasis on funding for Revolutionary War programs, on Thursday, August 17, 2023 in Moncks Corner. SC Humanities will join with the SC American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission (SC250), the SC Department of Archives and History, the SC Arts … Read more
Kids on Point in partnership with Charleston Civil Rights and Civics is offering a week-long summer enrichment program about Civil Rights history and civics engagement for 20 rising high school freshmen in the Charleston area. During the week of July 31 -August 4, the inaugural class of students will participate in 5 days of tours … Read more
