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Athenaeum Press partners with SC Arts Commission on Two Initiatives

24 January 2024
Alli
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The Athenaeum Press at Coastal Carolina University is pleased to announce its new partnership with SC Arts Commission and ArtsGrow SC on two new initiatives that aim to make arts education and community stories more accessible to the state.

The first initiative is the Creative Careers Studio, an initiative that will profile working creative professionals in a diversity of sectors (education, technology, and manufacturing) who are putting their arts education and skillset to use.

The second is an expansion of the Communal Pen community writing initiative. Communal Pen showcases stories to explore the dynamic and ever-changing state of South Carolina. It will create space for, amplify, and connect unheard voices through writing workshops, curated publications, and a digital platform.  

In keeping with the Press process, we are developing these initiatives with our graduate and undergraduate interdisciplinary teams of designers, writers, and researchers. Stay tuned for the official launch of the project page.

‘Local Stories Matter’: The Athenaeum Press exhibit highlights works of Coastal Carolina University

26 October 2023
Alli
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Dr. Dan Ennis “Fighting for Brittain, Fighting for America”

9 March 2021
Cali Duncan
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Collaboration is a gift that keeps giving. We congratulate one of our original #presspartners and continued #pressadvocate Dr. Dan Ennis on his recently published article “Fighting for Brittain, Fighting for America.” Part of the inspiration for this chapter was seeing parallels between Dr. Ennis’ travels in Ghana to the stories told by soldiers in the War on Two Fronts book and exhibition.

SC Humanities Awards $8,000 to Gullah Geechee Community Day

6 October 2019
Alli
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Save your dates for Saturday, March 7, 2020. The City of Conway, Conway Downtown Alive and Coastal Carolina University will hold a Gullah Geechee Community Day as part of the International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora Conference 2020: Without Borders. The Athenaeum Press is the project lead on this community day, and a partner with the Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies.

From the grant site,

Coastal Carolina University in partnership with the City of Conway will present Gullah Geechee Community Day on March 7, 2020. The cultural heritage event will include free programs across the city such as presentations, vendors, and cultural performances. There will be several programming themes: Healthy and Historic Cooking Demonstrations, Property Rights and Activism Programming, History and Culture Project Presentations, and a History Harvest to gather local community stories and artifacts. The Gullah Geechee Community Day has been scheduled to coincide with the last day of the second annual International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora conference at Coastal. The goal of the project is to foster a dialogue between community members, organizations, and initiatives as to how to preserve and perpetuate Gullah Geechee culture and communities in the region.

For more information on this grant and the other amazing initiatives the SC Humanities Council funded, visit their site: https://schumanities.org/news/sc-humanities-awards-more-than-50000-in-major-grants-3/ 

Gullah Geechee Digital Project Adding Gaylord Donnelly Support

4 October 2019
Alli
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The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation awarded the Gullah Geechee Digital Project a $50,000 grant to collect oral histories into Horry and Georgetown counties. The GDDF has awarded multiple Gullah Geechee initiatives up and down the Lowcountry, and we are so grateful for their support.

Eric Crawford and director Alli Crandell attended the Plantersville Community Center soft opening to begin discussing the grant with community members. We are so excited to make more connections and continue documenting important African American heritage of our region! 

The flyer distributed at the event.

Sandy Island Cultural Initiative Holds Public Meetings

4 October 2019
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As part of the Sandy Island Cultural Initiative (started with At Low Tide: Voices of Sandy Island), the Press team helped facilitate public meetings discussing the renovation of the Sandy Island school house.

Carlie Todd, our summer intern from USC’s PhD in History program (and press alumn from Brick by Brick!), and Hattie Jordan, MALS summer intern, were a part of this process. Carlie helped us complete a review draft of a nomination for the Sandy Island school house to be listed National Historic Registry of Historic Properties, and Hattie Jordan completed some amazing narratives on Sandy Island.

Our team presented a status update for this three-year-long project, and talked about next steps and priorities for the Sandy Island school. We held two meetings and attended the Sandy Island Family Reunion. We’re so excited to continue this project and see the renovated Sandy Island School!

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