Events
In Your Words – in Person (Myrtle Beach, SC)
Saturday, April 27, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Chapin Memorial Library, Myrtle Beach
Everyone has a story to tell, and everyone is a writer. Write and share your story with the Palmetto Literacy Council and Communal Pen, a community-writing initiative.
This fun-filled workshop will include writing, sharing, and giving affirmation to one another on our storytelling journey. No previous experience in storytelling or writing needed.
This event is free, but due to limited space, registration is required.
Road Tripping, SC – Virtual Workshop
Thursday, May 2, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Zoom
South Carolina’s roads are rough, but the landscapes and destinations are beautiful and haunting. Share your road trip stories in this virtual writing workshop. No writing experience is required, just stories.
Dawn Dawson-House, Executive Director of the WeGoja Foundation, will share the journey of their digital app and book project, The Green Book of South Carolina, which reimagines the historic travel guide to rediscover the cultural landmarks of South Carolina.
Folklore of South Carolina – Virtual Workshop
Saturday, May 18, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Zoom
From the Grey Man to Bruh Rabbit, South Carolina’s folk tales offer a peak into the state’s rich heritage. Explore and share the mythical and legendary stories from your life.
Our workshop will be co-facilitated by Dr. Nancy Tolson, the assistant director of African American Studies at University of South Carolina. She is an accomplished scholar and researcher of Black folklore, as well as a renowned storyteller.
Home Remedies I – Virtual Workshop
Tuesday, May 21 | 6:30 – 8 p.m. – Zoom
(Registration includes a free foraging walk for Friday, May 24 at 4:30 p.m. in Columbia)
South Carolinians are blessed with abundance in their own backyards. Grandmothers and root doctors have been making medicines from the earth for centuries. Where do you look for healing? Share the remedies and traditions from your heritage.
Matt Kip, founder and director of Full Belly Foraging, will start the workshop by sharing his experiences in teaching about the wild food and medicines in Columbia, SC. Free registration also includes a foraging walk in Columbia on Friday, May 24, at 4:30 p.m.
Home Remedies II – Virtual Workshop
Thursday, May 23 | 6:30 – 8 p.m. – Zoom
(Registration includes a free tea blending workshop in Georgetown, South Carolina on Saturday, June 1)
South Carolinians are blessed with abundance in their own backyards. Grandmothers and root doctors have been making medicines from the earth for centuries. Where do you look for healing? Share the remedies and traditions from your heritage.
Jacqueline Williams, founder of Passage Products, is a Gullah herablist and author in Georgetown, will co-facilitate the session. Registration also includes a complimentary in-person tea blending workshop on Saturday, June 1 at 12 p.m. in Georgetown, SC. (Also open to new friends!)
Past Events
Salty Mamas and Papas
Whether you are living the salt life or salty about life, a new workshop will be a space for parents of all identities to share stories of raising kids along South Carolina’s Grand Strand.
Thursday, March 7
Bunnelle Center, 95 Centermarsh Lane, Pawleys Island, SC 29585
Registration is Required
Dinner and children’s activities (ages 6-teen) provided
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Holiday Hangout (virtual)
Write to celebrate and explore our connections to place, community, and traditions. This special edition of a virtual Communal Pen Holiday Hangout will welcome old and new friends around the table. Take a break and mark your thoughts and traditions for yourself and future generations.
Saturday, December 16
Zoom (virtual)
2 – 4 p.m.
Holiday Writing Workshop (in-person)
Spend the afternoon with a cup of tea and a pen. Hear and share stories of the tastes and smells that make the season special to you and your home.
Wednesday, December 13
Myrtle Beach Art Museum
2 – 3:30 p.m. (tea time)
Light Refreshments Provided
Closing Reception
Join faculty, staff, alumni, and friends as we celebrate the close of the semester and the closing month of the museum exhibition.
Thursday, December 7
Myrtle Beach Art Museum
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Refreshments Provided
Free, but RSVP Requested: https://forms.office.com/r/DXH7Su2EHf
Chasing the Paper Canoe Panel: 12pm, Virtually + Edwards College
Join the original Press team who worked on Chasing the Paper Canoe, Tracy Fish, Marcello Garofalo, and Selkei Hodge as they discuss our inaugural publication and where they’ve landed.
Friday, October 27
Edwards 109 + Online
12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
View online: https://www.youtube.com/@athenaeumpress7501/streams
Alumni Panel: 10am, Edwards College
Enjoy guests Brooks Leibee (A Little Chicken and Rice, At Low Tide); Jordan Spirakis (Rough Seas and Legacies); Liz Kelley (A Hushed Thrill, Gullah: Voice of an Island); and Selkei Hodge (Chasing the Paper Canoe) during the Edwards Open House.
Friday, October 27
Edwards 253
10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Local Stories Matter Exhibit Opening Reception
September 26, 2023
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Join community collaborators, alumni, and current students to celebrate the opening of the Athenaeum Press’s 10-year retrospective exhibit Local Stories Matter at the Burroughs and Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach.
RSVP required to info@myrtlebeachartmuseum.org or (843) 238-2510.