Mission

The Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Carson McCullers; to nurturing artists and educating young people; and to fostering literary, musical, artistic, and intellectual culture in the United States and abroad.

To that end, the Center operates a house museum-artist residency space in McCullers's childhood home in Columbus, Georgia, and an events-artist residency space in her adult home in Nyack, New York; offers fellowships for writers, artists, musicians, scholars, and filmmakers; presents educational and cultural programs in both Columbus and Nyack; and maintains an ever-growing archive of materials related to the life and work of Carson McCullers.

Learn More About Carson And Her Work:

• The university maintains an extensive collection of McCullers-related material in the CSU Archives.
• Many of McCullers's papers are housed in The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin.
• Carson McCullers is included in an exhibit on famous Columbus artists at the The Columbus Museum.
• The Carson McCullers Center is part of The Southern Literary Trail.
• Please see the entry on Carson McCullers in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
• The Carson McCullers Center is a member of the Columbus Cultural Arts Alliance.