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.
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
Culture & Community at Penn Center programs continue with student research residencies
Students and faculty from Spelman College, Morehouse College, Emory University, the College of Charleston, and UGA will participate in classes and workshops at Penn Center and in the surrounding Sea Islands region.
Artists in residence open their exhibition with public reception July 14
Anina Major and Tamika Galanis’s exhibition of ceramic sculptures and photography, The Ties that Bind: The Paradox of Cultural Survival amid Climate Events, examines cultural identity and sustainability through environmental relationships.
VIDEO: Penn Center Community Conversations, Spring 2022
Culture and Community at the Penn Center held two community conversations this spring, the program’s first public events since launching in 2021.
Culture and Community partnership begins offering public programs
Offerings this spring and summer will include community conversations, artists-in-residence, and on-site classes and workshops that will bring students and faculty from colleges and universities across the Southeast.