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Lisa Rivers Named Featured Artist for 41st Annual Penn Center Heritage Days Celebration

As part of the 41st Annual Penn Center Heritage Days Celebration, Penn Center will host a Featured Artist Reception with Lisa Rivers on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 8:00 pm, in the Dr. York W. Bailey Museum at Penn Center on historic St. Helena Island, SC. This elegant evening invites community members, patrons, art lovers, and cultural enthusiasts to come out and:

Meet Lisa Rivers in person

View a curated exhibition of her original paintings

Purchase original works of art (all are for sale)

Enjoy light refreshments and an opportunity for conversation with many of the local Gullah/Geechee family

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WEBE de Gullah/Geechee Living Legacy

In celebration of Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2021, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) will bring to life the outstanding Gullah art of Lisa Gilyard-Rivers at the Legacy Art Gallery in Beaufort, SC on Friday, August 6, 2021.

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Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee to be Honored on the Jersey Shore!

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Brings a Touch of Gullah/Geechee to the Charleston Shop in Spring Lake, NJ The Head of State for America’s only indigenous cultural group descended directly from Africans enslaved on the Sea Islands of the eastern United States will visit the Charleston Shops (www.the-charleston-shops.com) on Thursday, September 25, 2014 …

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Receiving the Queen in Gainesville, FL: Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Reception

Oak Hall School invites the Gainesville, Florida Community and Gullah/Geechee Nation supporters to a special reception for  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) Friday, February 21, 2014 6-8 pm Oak Hall School 8009 SW 14th Ave. Gainesville, FL 32607 Queen Quet will sign books, CDs, and DVDs during the reception. Gullah/Geechee traditional craft …

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