Harvesting Heritage is a series dedicated to the past, present, and future of creativity, innovation, and artistry in Black foodways throughout South Carolina.
On Feb., 21st, the museum’s popular event series will return to the Penn Center on St. Helena Island with Chef Amethyst Ganaway for “Harvesting Heritage: Gathering Ground,” a program dedicated to our state’s harvesters—farmers, oystermen, fishermen, and more—and our storytellers.
Made possible through a partnership with SC Humanities and By the People: Conversations Beyond 250, this will be a special event that includes free daytime activities, followed by a ticketed evening program.
The daytime activities are dedicated to Black foodways, the history of Penn Center, and South Carolina storytelling, with two 30-minute tours of the Penn Center and three hour-long workshops. The activities from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the program is free and open to the public, but we encourage you to register as space is limited.
This program is presented as part of By the People: Conversations Beyond 250, a national series of community driven conversations developed by humanities councils in collaboration with local partners. The initiative was created by the Federation of State Humanities Councils in partnership with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to support public dialogue rooted in local history, culture, and lived experience.
