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Second Phase of Culture & Community Partnership Announced

The Mellon Foundation has renewed its support for the UGA – Penn Center project with a new grant

Culture & Community

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

2022 Public Programs

Students, faculty, and guests converge at Penn Center for experiential learning and research

Penn Center Conversations

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

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Summer Research Residencies

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

Culture and Community at the Penn Center Historic District

A person with long hair kneels while painting a large, colorful abstract artwork on canvas, embodying the creative spirit of the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District.

Call for Submissions: Sam Doyle Artist-in-Residence at the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District

The Culture and Community partnership invites submissions for an artist residency program to take place during 2026 on the theme of Commemoration. Proposals must be in media that relates to, and be in conversation with, the artistic, cultural, and historic legacies of Penn Center and the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor more broadly ...

A group of people pose together outdoors under large trees, standing and kneeling on grass with a wooded background, gathered for a Penn Center partnership event with the Willson Center.

Willson Center announces second phase of Penn Center partnership

A new $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation will continue its support of the Culture and Community project ...

Culture and Community at Heritage Days Festival

Culture and Community will co-sponsor a symposium on Gullah/Geechee lineage and legacy, as well as coordinate and support a delegation of students attending the festival from Claflin University, College of Charleston, and Georgia Tech ...