Events and Exhibits

            American Friends of Lafayette

Visit to Edisto Island

March 17th, 2024 from 10 am - 3 pm           

 Register & purchase tickets at The American Friends of Lafayette Society to attend this event! 

 Link below takes you to the AFL, click on the left side where it says Register, follow prompts. 

https://friendsoflafayette.wildapricot.org/event-6077935

Monday March 17th 10:00 - 3:00

Edisto Island Visit and Tour $40 per person 

To include the William Seabrook House, the graveyard of the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island, and the Edisto Island Museum.

Lunch is available, but is not included in the ticket price. 

 

Lafayette and the Rights of Man

Lecture by Bill Davies

Chairman, Board of Managers SC Historical Society

Monday February 24, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

New First Missionary Baptist Church

1650 Hwy 174 Edisto Island, SC

 

 Current Art Exhibit 

Robert Atkins returns to Edisto Island Museum

  Robert Atkins is originally from Pensacola, Florida, but now resides in the Augusta, Georgia, area with his wife, Jackie.  He began drawing at the age of five, and his first paint set consisted of black and white shoe polish.  His brushes came from a paint-by-number paint set.

 After high school, Atkins was awarded scholarships to attend Wiley College in Texas, which is one of the oldest historically Black colleges west of the Mississippi.  At Wiley, he studied art and business management, and when he graduated, he went into the Marine Corps.  He then moved back to Florida, and all the while, Atkins continued to study and work to improve his art. 

 His works are included in private and public collections in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Texas, Washington, DC, and North and South Carolina. 

We were very  pleased to have had Robert as our 2023 Edisto and Beyond Tour Artist, and are excited to welcome him back for an exhibit of his wonderful work.