The Charleston Festival

NeShell White, a graduate of Virginia State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications, interned this summer with HCF's Communications Department. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, she came to Charleston through Explore Charleston and gained hands-on experience creating content for Instagram, TikTok, Adobe Express, and Canva, while also learning event planning strategy and hosting an event of her own. White reflects on the welcoming, close-knit culture at HCF and how the Foundation's commitment to Preservation, Advocacy, and Museums shows up in its everyday work with the Charleston community.

Few colors carry as much history as indigo — and few places feel that weight more than Charleston. In “Indigo: Variations in Blue,” curator Tushara Bindu Gude, Ph.D., brings together eight artists to explore indigo as color, pigment, memory, and meaning inside one of the South's most extraordinary historic spaces: the preserved “as-found” Aiken-Rhett House c. 1820. Part of Historic Charleston Foundation's 2026 Festival and events, the exhibit runs from March 18–April 11.

The Saving Grace Initiative continues to gain momentum, with a temporary roof installed at New Tabernacle Fourth Baptist Church to protect its historic structure, ongoing preservation efforts at St. John’s Reformed Episcopal Church, and both churches actively engaging with the community through restoration work and upcoming events.