Sewell Mill Museum Ribbon Cutting: A Celebration of the Textile Mill Heritage of West Georgia The Sewell Mill Historical Museum will officially open on December 14, in advance of the 2018 centennial of the Sewell Mill, which produced the first tailored garment made in the South. The museum is one of several official stopping sites […]
Southern Writers Onstage: Beyond Black and White series This series of readings/performances tells the stories of the contemporary South, and the diverse southerners who make it an interesting place to live, through the writings of southerners who claim heritage beyond black or white. Author and storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy tells stories from her book Growing Up […]
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival The largest film festival in Atlanta and the largest Jewish Film Festival in the world, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival presents outstanding international and independent cinema that fosters intergroup understanding among Atlanta’s diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious populations. This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Writing Successful Proposals in the Humanities Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, and Morehouse College invite humanities faculty in the Atlanta area and beyond to attend a workshop to support their development as successful grant writers. The workshop will be held in the LLC auditorium at Spelman College. The featured speaker is Dr. Mary Macklem, senior […]
Southern Writers Onstage: Beyond Black and White series This series of readings/performances tells the stories of the contemporary South, and the diverse southerners who make it an interesting place to live, through the writings of southerners who claim heritage beyond black or white. Atlanta actress Diany Rodriguez presents excerpts from Judith Ortiz Cofer's memoir The Cruel […]
Henry D. Green Symposium for the Decorative Arts Sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, the ninth Henry D. Green Symposium for the Decorative Arts takes place in Athens, Georgia. This year's theme is "Belonging: Georgia and Region in the National Fabric."
Henry D. Green Symposium for the Decorative Arts Keynote by Peter Kenny At the ninth Henry D. Green Symposium for the Decorative Arts, Peter Kenny, the co-president of the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, will deliver a keynote lecture on America's best-known cabinetmaker, Duncan Phyfe, who designed furniture for New Yorkers as well as clients in Georgia […]
Carrie Mae Weems lecture Visual artist Carrie Mae Weems will give a lecture in conjunction with an exhibition of her work on display at the Hammonds House Museum. Entitled From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried, the exhibition exposes how photography has played a key role throughout history in shaping and supporting racism, […]
National History Day regional competition: Thomas County High School National History Day students will gather at Thomas County High School for the regional contest. National History Day in Georgia is a program of Georgia Humanities and LaGrange College in partnership with Mercer University. Regional competition sponsors are Augusta University, Clayton State University and the National […]
National History Day regional competition: University of Georgia National History Day students will gather at University of Georgia for the regional contest. National History Day in Georgia is a program of Georgia Humanities and LaGrange College in partnership with Mercer University. Regional competition sponsors are Augusta University, Clayton State University and the National Archives-Atlanta, Coastal […]
