Partners for the Arts

Partners for the Arts Kick-Off Week

Join us as we launch the Partners for the Arts membership program!

SVPA Showcase and Artist Talk by Michaela Pilar Brown (NEA sponsored Guest Artist) – Wine/Cheese reception on Tuesday, October 17 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Black Creek Arts Gallery (Free)

Michaela Pilar Brown is an object and image maker. As a multidisciplinary artist, her practice explores the body through the prisms of age, gender, race, sexuality, and history. She creates installations, photographs, and performances that re-examine our traditional notions of identity, and establishes a counter-narrative centered around place, memory, and the imagined.

Michaela will be discussing her experience as an Artist-In-Residence at Coker University. Her exhibition, Materteral, will be on display at the Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery from October 16th through November 10th, 2023. 

Letters Home, Griffin Theatre Company on Thursday Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. at the Watson Theater ($15 Students/Seniors, $30 General Admission, Veterans Free)

Letters Home puts the recent wars in Afghanistan & Iraq front and center by bringing to life actual letters written by soldiers serving in the Middle East. The production is inspired by the New York Times Op-Ed Article “The Things They Wrote” and the subsequent HBO documentary “Last Letters Home,” and additionally uses letters and correspondences from Frank Schaeffer’s books, Voices From the Front: Letters Home From America’s Military Family, Faith of Our Sons, and Keeping Faith. The play, without politicizing, gives audiences a powerful portrait of the soldier’s experience in the ongoing war. The initial production in 2007 was critically acclaimed and was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for “Outstanding New Play.” Presented by the Griffin Theatre Company.

SVPA Showcase on Saturday, October 21, 2:00 p.m. in front of Davidson Hall (Free)

See students showcase their works in the fields of music, theatre, art and dance.

Hidden Gems Fall Choral Concert, Saturday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church (Free)

Part of Coker University’s Festival of Women Composers. Join us for a celebration of masterpieces composed by underrepresented BIPOC female composers. These pieces are considered the “hidden gems” because their beauty was not discovered and celebrated as frequently and proudly as they should be. Join our Coker Singers, Coker Cantilena and guest artists to experience an evening of brilliant choral music composed by female composers from around the world.

Band Masterworks Concert – Monday, October 23, 7:30 p.m. at the Watson Theater (Free)

As a part of Coker University’s Festival of Women Composers, the Coker University Band will present a concert of music composed by women composers, including several recently composed pieces.

Become a Member

By becoming a member of Partners for the Arts, you can directly impact the success of Coker’s talented visual and performing arts programs. Your support benefits students, faculty and guest artist initiatives allowing Hartsville to be a vibrant arts community.

From our program area activities and exhibits to once-in-a-lifetime educational experiences for students (ex. working with guest artists, study abroad to explore their art on a deeper level), your contributions empower Partners to continue the tradition of excellence in the arts at Coker and assist in taking these programs to the next level.

A gift to Partners for the Arts does not secure season tickets, but we encourage all season ticket holders to support Partners for the Arts. Season tickets cost $200 per seat.