Georgia Humanities

Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence Documentary Q&A Session
2020-08-13 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Online
Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence Documentary Q&A Session
Join the Columbus Museum for an online Q&A session on the documentary film Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence. The discussion will feature filmmakers Hal and Henry Jacobs; Nick Norwood, Director of the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians; and Patricia Bell-Scott, a women’s studies scholar and the 2017 recipient of the Lillian Smith Book Award. The discussion will be moderated by Rebecca Bush, Curator of History, at the Columbus Museum.
Lillian Smith (1897–1966) gained national recognition as the author of Strange Fruit (1944) and Killers of the Dream (1949). Smith was one of the first prominent white southerners to denounce racial segregation openly and to work actively against the entrenched and brutally enforced world of Jim Crow. (Read more about Smith in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.)
The Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence documentary will be available for online screening from August 8–15, 2020, prior to and following the Q&A discussion of the film. Once attendees register for the event (registration is available at the link below), each registrant will receive an e-mail with instructions for accessing the online screening of the documentary. The live Q&A session will be held on August 13, 2020, from 4:00p.m.–5:00p.m. More information is available at the link below.

Bare Essentials Play Reading: "The Sunrise from the Moon" by Hannah Manikowski
2020-08-11 19:30 - 22:00 | Online
Bare Essentials Play Reading: “The Sunrise from the Moon” by Hannah Manikowski
The first online Bare Essentials play reading, “The Sunrise from the Moon,” is written by Hannah Manikowski and presented by Essential Theatre. The play is set in the future and features a young woman who is the only survivor of a failed lunarcolony that is kept under confinement when she returns to Earth. The young woman is under the care of a female scientist who begins to have feelings for her.
The play, directed by Peter Hardy, will be followed by a conversation with the director, cast, and playwright.
Learn more and register for this virtual event at the link below.
The online Bare Essentials Play Reading Series is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Women, Sex, and Violence in Georgia: The 75th Commemoration of the Execution of Lena Mae Baker
2020-03-09 09:00 - 16:00 | Clark Atlanta University, Haven Warren Hall, 223 James P. Brawley Dr. S.W., Atlanta, GA, 30314
Women, Sex, and Violence in Georgia: The 75th Commemoration of the Execution of Lena Mae Baker
This one-day symposium will highlight contemporary issues in the age of the “Me Too” movement. Through a series of panel discussions, topics including the law, activism and advocacy, the response of the faith-based community, and student perspectives. The symposium, held March 9, in the Davage Auditorium of Haven-Warren Hall at Clark Atlanta University.
The symposium is free and open to the public, and supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia
2020-02-29 10:00 - 14:30 | St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church and Parish Hall, 401 Fort King Georgia Drive, Darien, GA, 31305
Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia
Melissa Cooper, author of Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination will deliver the keynote lecture for “Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia.” Cooper will address the context from which Geechee women emerged, and three “trailblazers” will be highlighted by additional speakers: Saint Anna Alexander (presented by Dwala Nobles), Elizabeth Elaine Lemon (presented by Michele Nicole Johnson), and Susie King Taylor (presented by Hermina Glass-Hill). This event is free and open to the public.
“Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia” is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

4th Annual Ogeechee International History Film Festival
2020-02-27 - 2020-02-29 | Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
4th Annual Ogeechee International History Film Festival
The Ogeechee International History Film Festival is the only open submission, juried, international cinema program of its kind. Now in its fourth year, the annual festival continues to promote and celebrate history presented through motion pictures. The theme of the 4th Annual Ogeechee International History Film Festival is “War and Conflict.”
The 4th Annual Ogeechee International History Film Festival is presented by the Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau and Georgia Southern University.
View the festival schedule here.
The festival supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Keynote Lecture with Ytasha Womack, Planet Deep South: ATL 2020
2020-02-21 12:00 - 14:00 | Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 111 James P Brawley Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA, 30314, United States
Planet Deep South: ATL 2020
Planet Deep South: ATL 2020 is an interdisciplinary conference open to all scholars, artists, and students that explores the intellectual and creative expression of African people. Through a series of presentations and panel discussions, the conference is designed to inspire the inquiry of Africana cultural production through a digital, historical and speculative lens.
Planet Deep South: ATL 2020 is hosted by the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, Clark Atlanta University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Spelman College.
Ytasha Womack will deliver the conference’s keynote lecture. Womack is an award-winning author, filmmaker, scholar, and dance therapist, and the leading expert on Afrofuturism. Womack is the author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci Fi and Fantasy Culture (Chicago Review Press).
Planet Deep South: ATL 2020’s keynote lecture with Ytasha Womack is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Learn more about the conference.

Sounds from Randolph County
2020-02-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Randolph County Historic Courthouse/Welcome Center, 51 Court Street, Cuthbert, Georgia, 39840
Sounds from Randolph County
Sounds from Randolph County is an accompanying program of the traveling Smithsonian exhibition, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, sponsored by the Cuthbert community. Held in Randolph County’s historic courthouse, the event will feature music from the late jazz musician Fletcher Henderson Jr., born and raised in Cuthbert, and the late country and pop music songwriter Boudleaux Bryant, born in Shellman.
This event is free and open to the public.

Planet Deep South: ATL 2020
2020-02-19 08:00 - 2020-02-22 17:00 | Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 111 James P Brawley Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA, 30314, United States
Planet Deep South: ATL 2020
Planet Deep South: ATL 2020 is an interdisciplinary conference open to all scholars, artists, and students that explores the intellectual and creative expression of African people. Through a series of presentations and panel discussions, the conference is designed to inspire the inquiry of Africana cultural production through a digital, historical and speculative lens.
Planet Deep South: ATL 2020 is hosted by the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, Clark Atlanta University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Spelman College.
Learn more about the conference.

The 2020 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
2020-02-10 08:00 - 2020-02-27 17:00 | GA
The 2020 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Celebrating its twentieth year, the 2020 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival includes forty-eight feature films, sixteen short films, three world premieres, five North American premieres, and two U.S. premieres from seventeen countries around the world.
Screenings will be presented at venues across metro-Atlanta, including the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, Regal Perimeter Pointe, UA Tara Cinemas, Landmark Theatres Midtown Art Cinema, the Plaza Theatre, and the Woodruff Arts Center.
The annual festival will also offer compelling guest speakers and visiting filmmakers who provide unique perspectives to the film line-ups.
See the festival line-up and screening locations here.
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

The Influence of the Agriculture and Timber Industries in Randolph County and Southwest Georgia
2020-02-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Railroad Depot, 58 Park Avenue, Shellman, Georgia, 39886
The Influence of the Agriculture and Timber Industries in Randolph County and Southwest Georgia
The Influence of the Agriculture and Timber Industries in Randolph County and Southwest Georgia is an accompanying program of the traveling Smithsonian exhibition, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, sponsored by the Randolph County community. Held at the Railroad Depot in Shellman, the event will include breakfast and remarks from Dr. David Bridges, president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and interim director of Georgia’s Rural Center. The accompanying forum discussion will include local farmers and foresters as participants.
This event is free and open to the public.

Georgia Humanities Symposium
2020-02-07 09:00 - 16:00 | Columbus Museum, 1251 Wynnton Road, Columbus, 31906, United States
Georgia Humanities Symposium
The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts at the University of Georgia will host the second Georgia Humanities Symposium, a national conversation on the public humanities, in the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia.
The event is free and open to the public.

1950 to 1970: Broadway and the American Songbook
2020-02-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Davenport House Museum, 324 E State Street, Savannah, GA, 31401
1950 to 1970: Broadway and the American Songbook
In the lecture, 1950 to 1970: Broadway and the American Songbook, attendees will experience a sampling of music from the era and will be encouraged to engage in discussion with the presenting artists and the presenting scholar, Justin Havard. Havard is an accomplished director, pianist, and singer who has spent the last thirteen years working in music in Tampa Bay, Florida.
The lecture is free and open to the public, and presented by the Savannah Music Festival in partnership with the Davenport House Museum.
This event is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Changes in Government and Community
2020-01-30 13:30 - 15:30 | Liddy Murphy Theatre, Old Main, Andrew College, 501 College Street, Cuthbert, Georgia, 39840
Changes in Government and Community
Changes in Government and Community is an accompanying program of the traveling Smithsonian exhibition, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, sponsored by the Cuthbert community. Held on the campus of Andrew College, the event will feature speakers Dr. Cully Clark, author and retired dean of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Dr. Charles Roberts, author and professor at Andrew College. Local elected officials will participate in a forum following the lecture.
This event is free and open to the public.

The 10th Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts
2020-01-30 08:00 - 2020-02-01 17:00 | University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Hotel, 1197 South Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA, 30602
The 10th Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts
The theme of the 10th Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts is “Georgia Matters: Celebrating Two Decades of Scholarship,” to be held January 30–February 1, 2020, at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Hotel in Athens.
The keynote address on Thursday, January 30, will feature Daniel Ackermann, and will be followed by a reception at the Georgia Museum of Art, host of the accompanying exhibition Material Georgia 1733–1900: Two Decades of Scholarship.
The symposium, held on Friday, January 31, and Saturday, February 1, will include presentations on Georgia portraiture, colonial Georgia silver, Masonic symbolism in Georgia, porcelain decoration, and historic preservation on the University of Georgia campus, among others.
The 10th Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Click here for registration information.

Threshold New Play Festival
2020-01-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Actor’s Express, 887 West Marietta Street NW, Suite J-107, Atlanta, GA, 30318
Threshold New Play Festival
The Threshold New Play Festival is a lineup of new play readings by Georgia writers poised to make a mark on the national scene. In the final reading of the series, Actor’s Express will present “Man from the East” by Skype Passmore. “Man from the East” follows the real-life story of silent film star Sessue Hayakawa as he navigates cultural differences between America and his native Japan.
Each reading of the Threshold New Play Festival is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is advised.
The Threshold New Play Festival is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Crossroads: Change in Rural America Grand Opening in Cuthbert
2020-01-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Andrew on the Square, 72 Dawson Street, Cuthbert, Georgia, 39840
Crossroads: Change in Rural America Grand Opening in Cuthbert

Crossroads: Change in Rural America is the latest Museum on Main Street exhibition to travel across Georgia through a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Exhibition Service and state humanities councils nationwide. The partnership provides small and rural communities access to Smithsonian traveling exhibitions, and local communities host the exhibitions and organize accompanying programs.
Crossroads: Change in Rural America debuts in Cuthbert on January 18 and will remain for six weeks at Andrew on the Square in downtown Cuthbert.
The Cuthbert grand opening will include guest speakers and musical performances.
The exhibition is free and open to the public to attend, and will be on display in Cuthbert through February 29, 2020.
Learn more about Crossroads in Georgia.

Threshold New Play Festival
2020-01-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Actor’s Express, 887 West Marietta Street NW, Suite J-107, Atlanta, GA, 30318
Threshold New Play Festival
The Threshold New Play Festival is a lineup of new play readings by Georgia writers poised to make a mark on the national scene. In the first reading of the series, Actor’s Express will present “Borderstone” by Natasha Patel. “Borderstone” is a thriller, set in the future, where employees of the fictional Border Motel are in search of a stone that could aid their escape from their hotel’s constant re-sanitation.
Each reading of the Threshold New Play Festival is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is advised.
The Threshold New Play Festival is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Georgia Agriculture I: Feeding Myself, Feeding My Community
2019-12-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Georgia State Capitol, 206 Washington Street, Atlanta, GA, 30334
Georgia Agriculture I: Feeding Myself, Feeding my Community
Georgia Agriculture I: Feeding Myself, Feeding My Community is the latest installment of the Capitol History Highlights educational programming series highlighting the many historical sites, artifacts, and portraits throughout the Georgia State Capitol, presented by the Georgia Capitol Museum. In Capitol History Highlights’ newest program, attendees will learn more about personal and community gardens that have provided cost-effective, healthy food options, in a celebration of Georgia’s agriculture.
Attendees should check in at the Tour Desk within the Georgia State Capitol upon arrival. Visitors are required to present photo ID.
This educational programming series is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

1900 to 1940: Early Jazz
2019-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Davenport House Museum, 324 E State Street, Savannah, GA, 31401
1900 to 1940: Early Jazz
In the lecture, 1900 to 1940: Early Jazz, attendees will learn how jazz music was on the rise as the Davenport House fell on hard times and into a state of neglect.
Attendees will experience a sampling of music from the era and will be encouraged to engage in discussion with the presenting artists and the presenting scholar, Robert Gibson.
The lecture is free and open to the public, and presented by the Savannah Music Festival in partnership with the Davenport House Museum.
This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Reading with Chelsea Rathburn
2019-12-09 17:30 - 18:30 | Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts, 205 South Broad Street, Monroe, GA, 30655
Reading with Chelsea Rathburn
Attendees will hear a reading from Chelsea Rathburn, the 2019 Georgia Poet Laureate. Rathburn serves as assistant professor of English and creative writing in Mercer University’s College of Liberal Arts. Rathburn is the author of three poetry collections, including The Shifting Line, A Raft of Grief, and Still Life with Mother and Knife.
This reading is part of the Georgia Writers’ Project at the Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts and is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Oral History Project Planning 101
2019-12-07 13:00 - 16:30 | Georgia State University Library – Clarkston Campus, 555 North Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston, GA, 30021
Oral History Project Planning 101
Do you have an idea for an oral history project but need help developing a plan? The Oral History Project Planning 101 workshop, presented by Georgia State University Library’s Special Collections & Archives, will guide participants through the steps to shape their ideas into viable projects. The archivists of Georgia State University will provide information about best practices, the decision-making process for projects, and help develop individual project plans.
The workshop will include small group breakout sessions, hands-on interviewing practice, personalized advice from Georgia State University archivists, and more. The workshop is free to attend, but registration is required.
For more information, contact 404-413-2880 or archives@gsu.edu.

Crossroads: Change in Rural America Grand Opening in Monticello
2019-12-07 09:00 - 15:00 | Monticello-Jasper Chamber of Commerce, 119 West Washington Street, Monticello, GA, 31064
Crossroads: Change in Rural America Grand Opening in Monticello

Crossroads: Change in Rural America is the latest Museum on Main Street exhibition to travel across Georgia through a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Exhibition Service and state humanities councils nationwide. The partnership provides small and rural communities access to Smithsonian traveling exhibitions, and local communities host the exhibitions and organize accompanying programs.
Crossroads: Change in Rural America debuts in Monticello on December 7 and will remain for six weeks at the Monticello-Jasper Chamber of Commerce.
The Monticello grand opening will include guest speakers, musical performances, and an agricultural panel discussion.
The exhibition is free and open to the public to attend, and the exhibition will be on display in Monticello through January 11, 2020.
Learn more about Crossroads in Georgia.

Premiere of "Monticello Crossroads" Documentary
2019-11-21 20:30 - 21:30 | Thomas Persons Hall, 319 College Street, Monticello, GA, 31064
Monticello Crossroads
Monticello Crossroads, a documentary exploring the history and challenges of Jasper County, Georgia, will debut on November 21, 2019, at Thomas Persons Hall in Monticello, Ga. The documentary was created by students at Jasper County High School and was developed to accompany the Smithsonian Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, which will be on display in Monticello from December 7, 2019 to January 11, 2020.
The documentary premiere is free to attend, but tickets are required.

History, Memory, and Georgia's Native People
2019-11-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Georgia State Capitol, 206 Washington Street, Atlanta, GA, 30334
History, Memory, and Georgia’s Native People
History, Memory, and Georgia’s Native People is the latest installment of the Capitol History Highlights educational programming series highlighting the many historical sites, artifacts, and portraits throughout the Georgia State Capitol, presented by the Georgia Capitol Museum. In Capitol History Highlights’ newest program, attendees will learn how research changes our knowledge of historic people, and will explore memory and language surrounding the Cherokee, Creek, and Yamacraw people in Georgia.
Attendees should check in at the Tour Desk within the Georgia State Capitol upon arrival. Visitors are required to present photo ID.
This educational programming series is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Material Georgia 1733-1900: Two Decades of Scholarship
2019-11-16 10:00 - 17:00 | Georgia Museum of Art, 90 Carlton Street, Athens, GA, 30602
Material Georgia 1733–1900: Two Decades of Scholarship
Image of the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, Georgia. Courtesy of the Georgia Museum of Art.
Material Georgia 1733–1900: Two Decades of Scholarship, an exhibition debuting at the Georgia Museum of Art on Saturday, November 16, 2019, will review twenty years of scholarly activity at the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorat
ive Arts.
The exhibition will include numerous examples of furniture, textiles, pottery, and metal work; will present a synthesis of Green Center work; and show new research and point the way for future research in Georgia-related decorative arts. The exhibition will be accompanied by an extensively illustrated book published by the museum.

The exhibition will be on display until Sunday, March 15, 2020, and is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Please click here for more information about visiting the Georgia Museum of Art, including hours of operation and museum policies.

Intersecting Identities: Perspectives on Culture and Nationhood of African and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
2019-11-08 11:30 - 15:30 | Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 111 James P Brawley Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA, 30314, United States
Intersecting Identities: Perspectives on Culture and Nationhood of African and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Intersecting Identities: Perspectives on Culture and Nationhood of African and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas is an interdisciplinary seminar held during Native American Heritage Month that seeks to bring together scholars, cultural preservationists, and community members to discuss the intersections and distinctions between African American and Native American populations throughout the Americas. The event takes place over two days, with the first scheduled to include panel discussions, presentations, and independent film screenings, and the second day includes the Native American Festival and Pow Wow at Stone Mountain Park. Participants that register for the seminar will receive admission to the festival at no-cost.
Featured panelists include Chenae Bullock, Samuel T. Livingston, and Marcus Sebastian, followed by a reading and book signing of Black Indian: A Memoir with poet Shonda Buchanan.
Intersecting Identities is a program of the Afro-American Research and Cultural Center and the Atlanta Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Registration information is linked below.
This event is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Behind the Scenes at Fulton County Schools Archives: Engaging Students with Primary Sources
2019-11-05 13:00 - 15:30 | Teaching Museum South, 689 North Avenue, Hapeville, GA, 30354
Behind the Scenes at the Fulton County Schools Archives: Engaging Students with Primary Sources
“Behind the Scenes at the Fulton County Schools Archives: Engaging Students with Primary Sources” is presented by the Fulton County Schools Teaching Museum and Archives as part of its initiative Curiosity Corner: Enhancing History Using Local Resources that connects teachers, students, and history enthusiasts to the resources of the Fulton County Schools Archives.
At the “Behind the Scenes” event, teachers, researchers, local historians, and community members will get a close look at the variety of historical materials held at the Fulton County Schools Archives, including primary sources such as documents and photographs that tell the story of the Fulton County School System and the communities it serves, from the 1870s to the present.
This event is open to the public. Kindly RSVP to archives@fultonschools.org by November 4, 2019 at 4:00pm.
The initiative Curiosity Corner: Enhancing History Using Local Resources is supported with a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Reading and Reception with Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor
2019-11-04 17:30 - 18:30 | Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts, 205 South Broad Street, Monroe, GA, 30655
Reading and Reception with Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor
Attendees will hear a reading from Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, a professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education and program coordinator of TESOL and World Language Education Programs at the University of Georgia.
The evening will also include a short performance by the students of the Georgia Writers’ Project.
This reading and reception is part of the Georgia Writers’ Project at the Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts and is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

28th Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA
2019-10-30 19:30 | Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta – Zaban Park, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, GA, 30338
28th Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA
The 28th Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA begins October 30, and continues through November 18, 2019.
For twenty-seven years, the Book Festival of the MJCCA has provided the community with an exciting lineup of the year’s most exceptional authors, celebrities, and influencers.
More than 45 authors will participate in a variety of forums, including author meet-and-greets, book signings, a community read, and panel discussions.
See the full festival schedule here.
The 28th Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
