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.
April 26 Community Conversation reimagines Gullah spirituals
In the next Penn Center Community Conversation, tenor Victor Ryan Robertson and composer and pianist Adrianne Duncan will perform 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.
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
Amiri Geuka Farris named 2023 Penn Center Artist in Residence
The Bluffton, SC-based interdisciplinary artist’s work has been featured in more than 50 solo exhibitions and juried museum shows nationally and internationally.
Spring 2023 Culture & Community Public Conversation scheduled for April 22
Land and community are at the heart of Penn Center’s history and mission. This Penn Center conversation will share contemporary perspectives on what they mean today.
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 last June, and a second round will be held this May.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Penn Center Artist Residency
Culture and Community at the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District invites submissions for an artist residency program to take place in Spring 2023. The deadline is Monday, January 23.
Penn Center research residencies immerse students in Gullah-Geechee culture and community
Students and faculty from the University of Georgia, Spelman College, Morehouse College, Emory University, the College of Charleston, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill gathered at Penn Center on St. Helena Island, SC for a five-day cycle of research residencies