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Culture and Community names new artist in residence and community research partners

Renowned tenor Victor Ryan Robertson and Gullah farmers Ben C. Johnson and Charity Coleman will engage with St. Helena residents and visitors in 2025

Penn Center Culture & Community

Culture & Community

Penn Center partnership with UGA’s Willson Center to offer public events, artists in residence, classes, & workshops

Penn Center Conversations

Penn Center Conversations

The past, present, & future of a unique culture and community

Summer Research Residencies

Classes & workshops will bring students & faculty from UGA, HBCUs, other regional institutions

Culture and Community at the Penn Center Historic District

Victor Ryan Robertson

Culture and Community names 2025 artist in residence and community research partners

Grammy-nominated tenor Victor Ryan Robertson (pictured), the incoming artist in residence, and Gullah farmers Ben C. Johnson and Charity Coleman, the community research partners, will engage with Sea Islands communities and visiting learners through new and existing programs supported by the Culture and Community partnership ...
Emory Campbell at Penn Center

Penn Center partnership with UGA’s Willson Center helps forge community on the coast

Culture and Community at the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District hosted its first student research residencies in June 2022. This story in @UGAResearch considered what the experience meant to members of the initial cohort of students and faculty ...
Adrianne Duncan and Victor Ryan Robinson

April 26 Community Conversation reimagines Gullah spirituals

In this April 2024 Penn Center Community Conversation, tenor Victor Ryan Robertson and composer and pianist Adrianne Duncan performed their collaborative work, “Gullah Meditations,” followed by an audience conversation moderated by Dr. Robert Adams, Penn Center executive director ...