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Gibbes Museum in the News: July-August 2018
Leo Twiggs made headlines as this year’s winner of the Society 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art! See coverage from ABC News 4, Charleston City Paper, Charleston Currents, The Post […]
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Artist Spotlight • Awards • Permanent Collection
2018 Society 1858 Prize Winner: Leo Twiggs
When you walk into Leo Twiggs’s Orangeburg studio, you can’t help but smile. The welcoming vibe of the space is enhanced by Twiggs himself, who greets his visitors with a […]
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Gibbes Museum’s Society 1858 Announces Leo Twiggs as Winner of Prize for Contemporary Southern Art
CHARLESTON, S.C. August 13, 2018 — The Gibbes Museum of Art is proud to announce artist Leo Twiggs from Orangeburg, S.C. as the 2018 winner of the Society 1858 Prize […]
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Awards • Events • Programs
1858 Prize event honors dedicated leader of Museum’s young patrons group
On Wednesday, September 28, Society 1858 will host the Amy P. Coy Forum and Prize Party to present the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art to this year’s winner, Alicia […]
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Awards • Exhibitions • Programs
Gibbes Museum in the News: July 15 – August 19
The Gibbes was featured in a blog post by Gal Meets Glam (UMV: 408,728), a prominent lifestyle and fashion blogger who featured her recent trip to the Charleston on her […]
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Awards • Press Releases
Gibbes Museum’s Society 1858 Announces $10,000 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art
Media Alert: Each year, the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art is presented by Society 1858, a member auxiliary group of the Gibbes Museum of Art. Society 1858 is pleased […]
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Artist Spotlight • Awards
1858 Prize Finalist: Toyin Ojih Odutola
“Identity is often varying, suspect, and ever-changing,” shares Toyin Ojih Odutola, a visual artist and 1858 Prize finalist. Odutola’s body of work depicts black portraiture with a variety of media—ballpoint […]
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Artist Spotlight • Awards
1858 Prize Finalist: Jiha Moon
“Why [do] people love foreign stuff so much?” questions Jiha Moon, Korean-born painter and Society 1858 Prize Finalist. Perhaps it is the allure of unfamiliar beauty, the mystique of unknown […]
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Artist Spotlight • Awards
1858 Prize Finalist: Stacey Kirby
Stacey Kirby uses art to start conversations. Raised in the South and currently living in Durham, NC, she is constantly observing and responding to the issues around her. For Kirby, […]
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Artist Spotlight • Awards
1858 Prize Finalist: Alicia Henry
Alicia Henry was drawn to art as means of better understanding the world around her. As a child, she learned to paint, draw, and even garden to express her creativity […]
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