TJ Wallace 
In coordination with the 2023 Delicious Reads event, Hub City Writers Project will arrange visits by author Kashmira Sheth to two schools in Spartanburg in March. Sheth is the author of several award-winning picture books, middle grade, and young adult novels. SC Humanities supported this program with a Major Grant. Kasmira Sheth was born in … Read more
The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s seventh annual March Forth will be held on Saturday, March 4, and Sunday, March 5, 2023, with a special preview event the evening of Friday, March 3. March Forth commemorates the anniversary of Pat Conroy’s passing on March 4, 2016, with programs on major themes of his writing and teaching … Read more
SC Humanities is thrilled to announce that we have been named a recipient of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation’s “Broadening Narratives” grant, a groundbreaking collections initiative that illuminates underrepresented stories. SC Humanities is one of only five organizations in South Carolina to receive this grant, along with College of Charleston Libraries, the Open Space … Read more
“Picturing Democracy” is a series of programs designed to encourage critical thinking about American democracy. SC Humanities partnered with the College of Charleston in 2021 to offer three programs about the role of imagery in American democracy and how both information and misinformation can be spread through images. In 2022 – 2023, SC Humanities is … Read more
SC Humanities is pleased to announce that ten new speakers will join the Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program in 2023. Offering a variety of interesting programs from “Michelangelo and his Marbles” to “The History of Baseball: Origins, Myths, Realities” to “Future Status of Intercollegiate Athletics,” these ten scholars are available to speak for public … Read more
The Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina has created a new exhibit that looks at changes in agriculture in South Carolina over the last 50 years, especially environmentally sustainable methods. “Growing Towards Our Future: An Exploration of the Cultural Landscape of Modern Agriculture” will include stories, images, and interactive components. The exhibit will open … Read more
The Arts Center of Greenwood will host two exhibits from January 15 – March 2, 2023: “Gullah Spirit: Jonathan Green” and “Sewn by the Sea: Southern Sweetgrass Basketry.” Additionally, there will be a series of lectures, workshops, and interactive activities for visitors of all ages. SC Humanities supported this programming with a Major Grant. The … Read more
The Charleston Gaillard Center has released Season Three of “Raising the Volume,” which features three episodes filmed with Marcus Amaker and Charlton Singleton. This season also includes the special release of “Truth Be Told: Vesey,” a recording of the July 14th panel discussion during the Denmark Vesey Bicentenary Weekend. The final episode in the season … Read more
Historic Brattonsville will debut a new exhibit that offers a deeper narrative of the site’s history in January 2023. “Historic Brattonsville: Through the Eras” tells a more inclusive story of the plantation’s past by highlighting the African American community and their contributions through a timeline beginning from the days of the American Revolution to post … Read more
The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Voices and Votes: Democracy in America is on display at its last stop in South Carolina, the Cowpens Branch Library, from December 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023. The exhibition examines the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of a government “of, by and for the people,” and how each generation since continues to question how … Read more
The Fine Arts Center in Greenville is partnering with the South Carolina New Play Festival to present a livestream of a panel discussion on “Reimagining Shakespeare” on Thursday, December 15 at 7:00 p.m. SC Humanities supported this program with a Mini Grant. The “Remagining Shakespeare for Greater Inclusion and Diversity” panel will investigate trends happening … Read more
South Carolina State University will present a series of four interactive, virtual programs on “Words Across the Water: Writing and Discourse Across the Black Atlantic” from September 2022 – February 2023. SC Humanities helped support this program with a Mini Grant. “Words Across the Water” will explore the intersections where Anglophone Caribbean and African American cultural … Read more
The organization “And Still We Rise” will present a weekend series of programs titled “Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: We Still Have a Dream” on January 14 – 16, 2023 in Hartsville. The weekend will include a Call to Leadership, a community banquet with Dr. Bobby Donaldson as the keynote speaker, an opera concert … Read more
The South Carolina Maritime Museum in Georgetown will present two lectures by scholar Christine Brin, Associate Curator of Education from the North Carolina Maritime Museum-Beaufort, on November 11, 2022. The lectures will be part of their History for Lunch and Night of Knowledge programs. This programming was supported with funding from a Growth Grant from … Read more
Claflin University will present a series of community writing workshop programs from November 2022 – September 2023. The first program, ” An Introduction to Writing Memoir,” will take place on Thursday, November 3, 2022. The programs are designed to serve the communities of Orangeburg, Bamberg, and Calhoun counties. SC Humanities supported this program with a … Read more
The 2022 Charleston Literary Festival will take place November 4 – 13, 2022. There will be a special, free, community-wide program featuring author Imani Perry on November 6, 2022 that will also be livestreamed to HBCUs in South Carolina and Huntsville, AL. SC Humanities supported this program with a Major Grant. Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg … Read more
Penn Center has partnered with composer Kevin Simmonds to create a literary performance titled “You’ve Gotta Run,” based on the book The Many Lives of Andrew Young about the eponymous Civil Rights hero, congressman, mayor, and ambassador. The program will take place on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at Penn Center. SC Humanties supported this … Read more
SC Humanities is pleased to announce that the maximum award for Mini and Planning Grants will be raised to $2,500, effective November 1, 2022. Previously, the maximum award was $2,000. SC Humanities Board of Directors voted to raise the amount of the award at a meeting on September 23, 2022 in Aiken. Mini Grants are awarded … Read more
“Picturing Democracy” is a series of programs designed to encourage critical thinking about American democracy. SC Humanities partnered with the College of Charleston in 2021 to offer three programs about the role of imagery in American democracy and how both information and misinformation can be spread through images. In 2022, SC Humanities is partnering with … Read more
The Arts in Healing Program at the Medical University of South Carolina in partnership with the Waring Historical Library will present a special event on Thursday, November 3, 2022. “Unpacking Heirlooms: The Black South Carolina Collection” will include an artist talk, a history harvest, and a live painting demonstration. SC Humanities supported this programming with … Read more
Saint Teresa Community Outreach and Empowerment (STCOE) has developed a Lake City African American History Trail Virtual Tour, the first one ever implemented in Lake City. A kick-off event will take place on Saturday, October 22, 2022 from 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. SC Humanities supported this program with a Growth Grant. Funding for the Growth … Read more
The Edisto Island Open Land Trust (EIOLT) has created a traveling exhibit titled “The Hutchinson Family Story: From Enslavement to Emancipation to Entrepreneur on Edisto” that can easily be displayed in venues like libraries, museums, schools, and at local festivals and events. The exhibit is currently on display at the Hollywood/St.Paul’s Library Branch for the … Read more
Newberry College will present their 2022 Dufford Diversity and Inclusion Week (DDIW) on the theme of “You don’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been” on October 17 – 24. The series is designed to inspire appreciation for the multiplicities of humanity and bring people together on common ground. SC Humanities supported … Read more
The South Carolina Humanities Board of Directors awarded more than $125,000 in Major Grants to 16 cultural organizations after a September 23, 2022 Board Meeting in Aiken. 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
The Kaminski House Museum will host their annual “Family Fun and Literacy Day” on Sunday, October 30, 2022 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The afternoon event will feature storytelling, fun crafts for the fall, and treats. SC Humanities supported these programs with a Growth Grant. Funding for the Growth Grants has been provided by the … Read more
The South Carolina Writers Association will present their annual writing conference on October 21 – 23, 2022 in Pawleys Island. Additionally, there will be a virtual option on October 7 – 9, 2022. There will be workshops, panels, and readings for conference participants, and there will also be two free events open to the general … Read more
The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Voices and Votes: Democracy in America is on display at the University of South Carolina Salkehatchie in partnership with the Allendale Rural Arts Team. The exhibition examines the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of a government “of, by and for the people,” and how each generation since continues to question how to form “a … Read more
The Blythewood Historical Society & Museum will host several interesting events this fall, including a textile arts event in October and a veterans event in November. SC Humanities supported these programs with a Growth Grant. Funding for the Growth Grants has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the … Read more
South Carolina Humanities, in partnership with the Edgefield County Library, is hosting a FREE grants writing workshop and invites staff and volunteers of South Carolina cultural organizations and nonprofit agencies to attend. Admission to the workshop is free, but pre-registration is REQUIRED. This workshop is especially targeting the counties of Edgefield, Aiken, Greenwood, Lexington, McCormick, and Saluda. … 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
