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.
Artist in residence Victor Ryan Robertson to perform at historic Morton Theatre in Athens
The Grammy-nominated tenor will also engage in a public conversation as part of the University of Georgia’s 2025 Spotlight on the Arts festival. The November 12 event is free and open to all.
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.
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.
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.
Culture and Community at Penn Center names 2024 research partners
Culture and Community at the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District has named its 2024 community research partners: Mr. Ed Atkins and Ms. Earnestine Atkins of St. Helena Island.
Penn Center hosts exhibition by artist in residence Amiri Geuka Farris
Farris’s exhibition, The Land in Us, is on display January 6 to April 6 in the York W. Bailey Museum. A public reception will be held at the Museum at 6 pm Saturday, February 24.
Artist in residence Amiri Farris exhibits in Athens, GA
Farris’s work will be on display at the Lyndon House Arts Center through Oct. 5, 2024.
Penn Center Conversation October 21 explores Gullah Geechee impact on Black artistic expression
“Remembering Pasts, Contemplating the Present, and Envisioning Futures: Gullah Geechee Cultures and Black Creativity” will take place at 3 p.m. in the Frissell Community House at Penn Center