Jonathan Green presented the lifetime achievement Award from the University of South Carolina.

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April 29, 2025
Frontline Insights: Dr. Kim Cliett Long of Jonathan Green Maritime Cultural Center
Dr. Kim Cliett Long Interview by George Wright III who is the Creator and Host of The Daily Mastermind Mobile App and Podcast, a Global podcast for Entrepreneurs. He is also the Founder & CEO of G3 Worldwide.
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April 15, 2025
Discover Africa’s Pivotal Role in World Trade with Dr. Kim Cliett Long’s Masterpiece ‘The First Marketplace’
Her project at the Jonathan Green Maritime Cultural Center at the University of South Carolina Beaufort aligns perfectly with her commitment to spotlight African and African American maritime history. She believes that understanding Africa’s role in forming the first global economy can change how learners see modern trade. By painting Africa as a crucial player, The First Marketplace inspires respect for cultural diversity and fosters a desire to explore more.
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November 27, 2024
Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green
South Carolina Ballet production inspired artists’ paintings, Gullah culture coming to Beaufort from Jonathan Green
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November 19, 2024
The Subversive Beauty of Jonathan Green
Legends Magazine: Story by Stephanie Hunt
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September 24, 2023
Commemorating the Maritime Culture of Charleston
An Interview with the Post and Courier
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June 14, 2022
Nomination and Acceptance to the Royal Society of Arts
Jonathan Green became a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. Throughout history, the RSA has had an immense impact on the world. They've welcomed thinkers with competing visions of a better future including Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Marie Curie and David Attenborough. The RSA remains committed to creating a future that works for everyone.
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December 9, 2021
Artist Jonathan Green evokes his past to inspire women and children in a new book, "Gullah Spirit"
Like Green's first book, 1996's Gullah Images, the new book features plenty of vibrant paintings showing Gullah traditions, life and the pastoral setting of the salt marshes along the South Carolina coast. But in the 25 years between the two publications, Green's techniques have changed to use bolder brush strokes and more depth and texture.
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June 9, 2021
Preserving the House that Art Built
The South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) kicks off their 80th Anniversary Celebration Thursday, June 17th at 6:30 pm with a virtual masquerade event! The 80th Anniversary theme is “Preserving the House That Art Built” and this kick-off event features special remarks from our co-chairs Patric McCoy and Jonathan Green discussing the historical significance of the Center along with a special awards celebration honoring local community partners, leaders, and artists. $80 tickets include an annual SSCAC Membership, a mask, and specialty cocktail/mocktail recipe for the virtual reception.
February 14, 2021
Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism
Contemporary artist Jonathan Green proposed a new way of viewing Charleston's buildings: as a testament to black creativity and resilience that fused African architectural traditions, such as colonnaded porches and metalwork, with European ones. Following Green, this essay traces a number of trans-Atlantic architectural connections forged during the age of empires.
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July 23, 2017
Renowned International Artist and City of Charleston Ambassador for the Arts Announces World Premiere Event: Jonathan Green's "Requiem for Rice"
Celebrated international artist and City of Charleston Ambassador for the Arts, Jonathan Green is pleased to announce Jonathan Green’s “Requiem for Rice”, presented in collaboration with the International African American Museum. Jonathan Green’s “Requiem for Rice” is a musical tribute to honor and recognize posthumously the scores of enslaved Africans upon whom the infrastructure of the United States was built and who were buried throughout the Lowcountry and across the United States without being recognized as citizens.
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February 4, 2016
Internationally Acclaimed Artist, Jonathan Green Is Guest Speaker
Jonathan Green was selected to design the sets and costumes for Spoleto Festival, USA Porgy and Bess production. Green will discuss Gullah cultural heritage and how he has chosen to include his cultural influences in his designs.
January 29, 2016
Jonathan Green is keynote speaker for "breaking Ground" to be held at the Charleston Museum Auditorium
"Building Bridges and Breaking Ground" is a symposium featuring new research from nationally recognized scholars on the material culture of the Lowcountry. Be among the first to glean insight into a variety of cutting edge research topics related to archeology, social history, and fine and decorative arts.
December 11, 2015
Jonathan Green costume design sketches of Porgy and Bess opera for Spoleto 2016 for sale - One day only - December 11, 2015 - 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Original Design Sketches From Spoleto Festival USA's 2016 Production of Porgy and Bess by Artist Jonathan Green. This Is a Rare Opportunity to Own a Piece of This Historically Significant Production. A Portion of the Proceeds Will Go to Spoleto Festival USA for Porgy and Bess 208 Coming Street - Charleston, SC - Open to the General Public.
November 21, 2015
Painting of "Corene" by Jonathan Green Is Featured in Exhibition - "Eye of Opulance" Charleston Through the Lens of the Rivers Collection
The Eye of Opulance Exhibitions opens Saturday, November 21, 2015 and runs through Sunday January 10, 2016
September 29, 2015
Rice: Paintings by Jonathan Green - Myrtle Beach Museum of Art - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - November 29, 2015 - January 7, 2015
South Carolina artist Jonathan Green presents us with a collection of drawings and paintings representative of the Lowcountry rice culture. The works were created as a proud example of America's African descendants, whose agricultural knowledge and skill propelled South Carolina's colonial plantation economy into one dominantly sustained by rice production. With bright, bold colors and patterns, sweeping landscapes, billowing clothing and joyful figures toiling in Lowcountry rice fields, Green's perspective of the historical past poses the question: "What if African people came here like everyone else - unchained, unenslaved?" Rice will bring to life the pride Green feels for his Gullah ancestors, who despite the tough work and often perilous conditions of tideland rice cultivation, survived, thrived and created the rich and vibrant Gullah culture unique to our coast.
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September 1, 2015
Jonathan Green Original Fine Art Prints on Exhibition at the Arthur Rose Musuem of Art at Claflin Uniersity - Sept 1 Through October 2, 2015
400 Magnoia Street - Orangeburg, Sc 29115 This Unique Exhibition Includeds the Complete Collection of 19 Fine Art Prints by Jonathan Green
August 14, 2015
The Vibrant Vision Selection of African Diaspora Art From the Collection of Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman Is on Exhibtion Through the San Deigo African American Musuem of Arts Located at the Dontown Art Galery San Diego State University
725 West Broadway - Sand Diego, CA 92101 This highly esteemed selection of art works was Curated by Gaidi Finnie - Contact (619) 253-8499 The exhibition runs from August 14, 2015 through October 18, 2015.
May 29, 2015
Jonathan Green Receives the Pat Conroy Palmetto Achievement Civitas Award From the Beauford Regional Chamber of Commerce, Beaufort, South Carolina
This Award Is the Most Prestigious Honor Bestowed by the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce. It Recognizes Individuals Who Have Made a Significant Impact on the Beaufort Community and Lowcountry Region. Only One Person Is Chosen Annually for the Pat Conroy Palmetto Achievement Award.
May 2, 2015
Lowcountry Voices Presents: Singing the Colors of Jonathan Green
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Jonathan Green Maritime Cultural Center
At the Jonathan Green Maritime Cultural Center, we are committed to creating a global platform for education, cultural exchange, and networking among African Diasporic port cities and coastal communities. Our mission is to deepen the understanding and appreciation of the maritime heritage and cultural traditions that have shaped these locales.
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Jonathan Green Collection
The art of Jonathan Green has inspired a beautiful collection of luxury accessories and gifts
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Lowcountry Rice Culture Project
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Franklin G. Burroughs - Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum
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The Morris Museum of Art
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The History Makers
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Reynier Llanes Studio
Reynier Llanes - Cuban, born in 1985, is a professionally educated artist from Pinar del Rio, Cuba, now residing in Miami, Florida. This masterful landscape and portrait artist uses the mediums of oils and unique uses of Cuban espresso coffee on canvas and archival paper to capture the essence of cross-cultural environments, people, traditions, and belief systems.
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Jonathan Green Posters
For the past 35 years Jonathan Green has supported numerous charities by licensing them to reproduce images of some of his paintings in a limited edition poster format to help raise funds for their organizations. Many of these posters may be found in various stores and outlets that purchased them directly from the charities. This website shares with the visitor the numerous posters that have been created throughout many years.
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Jonathan Green's 'Seeking' Music Video
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SIGNED EDITION
Gullah Spirit:
The Art of Jonathan Green
"With this book, Jonathan Green continues to be the authoritative herald of Gullah visual arts.” 
Bernard Powers
Professor emeritus of history and founding director of the Center for the Study of Slavery at the College of Charleston