Tuning Up: Arts people news + down to the wire
Good morning!
“Tuning Up” is a morning post series where The Hub delivers curated, quick-hit arts stories of interest to readers. Sometimes there will be one story, sometimes there will be several. Get in tune now, and have a masterpiece of a day. And now, in no particular order…
South Arts names two from S.C. to Emerging Leaders of Color program
The Hub helped promote South Arts’ Emerging Leaders of Color opportunity once, twice, or three times, so it’s only right that we let you know how it all shook out. Two leaders from South Carolina were named to the cohort: Melanie Colclough of Sumter (executive director of Patriot Hall/Sumter County Cultural Center) and Jemimah Ekeh of Columbia (freelance designer + administrator with One Columbia for Arts & Culture). There is more about the program and see who was accepted from other states right here.
State’s arts community loses two beacons
We pause to note with sadness the passing of two members of South Carolina’s tight-knit arts community:
- News trickled out last week that Deacon James Garfield Smalls (right), a 2018 recipient of the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award, passed away at his St. Helena Island home in mid October at 100.
- Last week, arts advocate and South Carolina Humanities board member Delores Logan passed away from a stroke. Her family posted an announcement here.
It’s down to the wire
No. Not that. This is your two-weeks’ two-day notice that nomination time is coming to a close for the South Carolina Governor’s Awards for the Arts and the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award. Nominations for both are due by 11:59 p.m. ET THIS FRIDAY, Nov. 6.
