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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

Public Programs

Culture & Community includes artists-in-residence, community conversations, and Penn Scholars Research Residencies

Penn Center Conversations

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

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Summer Research Residencies

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

Culture and Community at the Penn Center Historic District

A woman with curly gray hair and a blue headband gazes to the side, holding a colorful quilt with a woven cross decoration—an inspiring scene reminiscent of Artists in Residence creating heartfelt works.

Culture and Community Names 2026 Artist in Residence and Community Fellow

Master quilter Torreah "Cookie" Washington and James Beard Award semifinalist chef Bernard Bennett will engage with Sea Islands communities and visiting learners through programs supported by the Culture and Community project ...

A group of young adults, part of Penn Research Residencies, poses together on a wooden dock near a marsh at sunset, smiling at the camera during their research preparation.

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 ...