Explore Gullah History
The Penn Center is a 50-acre historic district including 25 buildings and structures on beautiful St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Surrounded by marsh and massive live oaks, the campus was home to one of the nation's first schools for formerly enslaved people. It is a significant African American institution rich with history. Check out Local Fun for more off-island adventures while enjoying your Fripp Island Vacation.
As you start your exploration, visit the Courtney P. Siceloff Welcome Center and Gift Shop, located with the York W. Bailey Museum. There you will find original artwork, books, music, and many other gifts.
Discover and celebrate the Sea Islands and Lowcountry African American culture known as Gullah Geechee. Tours are offered throughout the year and Penn Center hosts the annual Heritage Days Celebration each fall.
Penn Center
16 Penn Center Circle West
St. Helena Island, SC 29920
843-838-7105
From an artist always breaking boundaries, this is Judith`s biggest project to date‼️ JudithSchaechter is currently the artist in residence at Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, and she is designing an innovative space inspired by biophilic design. Want to hang out inside a Geodesic dome created completely from Schaechter stained glass anyone??? How amazing 👏 we can’t wait to be immersed in the finished project!
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From an artist always breaking boundaries, this is Judith`s biggest project to date‼️ JudithSchaechter is currently the artist in residence at Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, and she is designing an innovative space inspired by biophilic design. Want to hang out inside a Geodesic dome created completely from Schaechter stained glass anyone??? How amazing 👏 we can’t wait to be immersed in the finished project!
#Neuroaesthetics #powerofhome #powerofart #designtherapy #artistinresidence #artresidency #humanecology #homestudiosetup #homestudiolife #studioviews_daily #studioview #artiststudio #artstudiolife #artspace #lifeofanartist #stainedglass #stainedglassartist #stainedglassart #JudithSchaechter #ClaireOliverGallery #experientialart #designpsychology #penncenter #penncenterforneuroaesthetics
10/12～10/14🍁🍂
Thank for Benjin and Rose take us to visit Philly for two days.🖤
And it`s the first trip with Sara😛
Fortunately you can accept hot pot🍲
#2018 #fall #usa #pennsylvania #philadelphia #templeuniversity #cityhall
#elfrethsalley #independencehall #penncenter #exchangestudent
10/12～10/14🍁🍂
Thank for Benjin and Rose take us to visit Philly for two days.🖤
And it`s the first trip with Sara😛
Fortunately you can accept hot pot🍲
#2018 #fall #usa #pennsylvania #philadelphia #templeuniversity #cityhall
#elfrethsalley #independencehall #penncenter #exchangestudent
At Penn Center on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, kneeling next to works of painted pyrography (wood-burning) by self-taught artist Reverend Johnnie Simmons. Penn Center was founded in 1862 (*before* the end of the Civil War) by Quakers and Unitarians—mostly from Philadelphia—as a boarding and day school for newly freed enslaved Africans. Their white enslavers fled the island, which spared the island’s people of African descent most constraints of Jim Crow and allowed them to develop an autonomous community and to preserve African cultural, artistic, spiritual, language, etc., heritage—the resulting creole culture and the community that created it is called Gullah. Penn Center is now a cultural center and museum sharing and celebrating Gullah culture and history. Other photos here show some of its visual-art collection, especially work by Sam Doyle. #penncenter #penncenter1862 #sainthelenaisland #gullah #johnniesimmons #johnniesimmonsart #pyrography #samdoyle #samdoyleart #gullahart #selftaughtart #outsiderart #visionaryart alexstadlerartwork
At Penn Center on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, kneeling next to works of painted pyrography (wood-burning) by self-taught artist Reverend Johnnie Simmons. Penn Center was founded in 1862 (*before* the end of the Civil War) by Quakers and Unitarians—mostly from Philadelphia—as a boarding and day school for newly freed enslaved Africans. Their white enslavers fled the island, which spared the island’s people of African descent most constraints of Jim Crow and allowed them to develop an autonomous community and to preserve African cultural, artistic, spiritual, language, etc., heritage—the resulting creole culture and the community that created it is called Gullah. Penn Center is now a cultural center and museum sharing and celebrating Gullah culture and history. Other photos here show some of its visual-art collection, especially work by Sam Doyle. #penncenter #penncenter1862 #sainthelenaisland #gullah #johnniesimmons #johnniesimmonsart #pyrography #samdoyle #samdoyleart #gullahart #selftaughtart #outsiderart #visionaryart alexstadlerartwork
Martin Luther King, Jr. visited the Penn Center 5 times and a part of the "I Have A Dream" speech was written here during one of his stays.
Have you ever visited this beautiful location?
📸📍St. Helena Island: biscuitsandburlap
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Martin Luther King, Jr. visited the Penn Center 5 times and a part of the "I Have A Dream" speech was written here during one of his stays.
Have you ever visited this beautiful location?
📸📍St. Helena Island: biscuitsandburlap
#discover #southcarolina #winter #history #mlkday #sunday #PennCenter #lowcountry #sthelenaisland #visitsouthcarolina #beaufort #january #travel #explore #roadtrip #beaufortsc #history
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 🇺🇸
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Visit the York W. Bailey Museum to discover the 86-year history of Penn Center beginning in 1862 through the reconstruction era. Before the museum's dedication it was known as the Cope Industrial Shop, built to house classes in trades such as blacksmithing, basketry, cobbling, harness making and carpentry.
