A Community Engaged Spoleto ETC Happenings in 2022 Connecting Festival artists and the broader community, Spoleto ETC (Engaging the Community) offers meaningful dialogues, participatory workshops, and professional development opportunities that serve local, national, and international constituents. In the 2022 season, more than 700 artists—40 percent of them from outside the United States—take to Spoleto stages for more than 115 performances across 8 venues. Off stage, Spoleto endeavors to make an even bigger impact. In one season, the Festival has engaged the following:
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free, virtual book discussions hosted in partnership with the Charleston County Public Library
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historians, experts, and academics in free, virtual panel discussions
eighth graders across Charleston County received Omar workbooks illustrated by Jonathan Green.
New editions of the Omar workbook are sponsored by Wells Fargo and Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art’s Building Bridges Program.
Illustration by Jonathan Green
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More than aspiring professional artists from the Charleston Jazz Academy and the Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra attended Festival artist-led workshops.
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: years that Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent Martha Teichner has hosted the free Conversations With series, leading illuminating discussions with Festival artists Martha Teichner and Alisa Weilerstein; Spoleto Festival USA (2021); photo by William Struhs
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