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Life After the Prize: Bo Bartlett

If you were an artist, how would your life change with $10,000? For Bo Bartlett, this hypothetical became a reality in 2017 when he was named winner of the 1858…

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Summer 2022 intern Connor Smith holding a framed photograph in collection storage.

Behind the ScenesInterns

Intern Insights: Connor Smith

Interning at the Gibbes this summer has definitely been the most exciting experience I’ve had as a rising third year Art History student at the University of Virginia. This museum…

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Press Releases

Light Effects: The French Impressionists

The Gibbes Museum of Art, one of the oldest arts organizations in the country, will exhibit a collection of artwork by French masters of the Impressionism movement. Light Effects: The French Impressionists will…

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Visiting Artists

End of Residency Q + A with Visiting Artist, Francis Sills

Interviewed by Erin Glaze, Director of Contemporary Initiatives and Public Engagement Francis Sills was born and raised in central New Jersey, relocating to Charleston, SC in May of 2011. Exposed…

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Camela Guevara at the Gibbes

Visiting Artists

End of Residency Q + A with Visiting Artist, Camela Guevara

Interviewed by Erin Glaze, Director of Contemporary Initiatives and Public Engagement Camela Guevara is a fiber artist and painter residing in Charleston, SC. She creates handmade monuments to unsung labor….

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AwardsPress Releases

Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman Awarded Gibbes Philanthropy Award

The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston’s premier art museum, marked the end of an unprecedented year by awarding the James Shoolbred Gibbes Philanthropy Award to nationally recognized artist Jonathan Green…

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Artist SpotlightPress Releases

The Gibbes Museum of Art Announces New Acquisitions by African American Artists

CHARLESTON, S.C., February 1, 2021 – The Gibbes Museum of Art, home to the foremost collection of American art that incorporates the story of Charleston, is proud to announce the…

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Holiday Table

Museum Store

2020 Holiday Shopping Guide

Each Saturday leading up to the holidays, Lydia Brown, Gibbes Museum Engagement Specialist and Vendor Liaison, has been highlighting special vendors and products available in the Gibbes Shop on Instagram…

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Stephen L. Hayes Jr.

Artist SpotlightAwardsGeneralPress Releases

2020 Winner of the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art

The Gibbes Museum of Art is proud to announce Stephen L. Hayes Jr. as the 2020 winner of the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art. A North Carolina-based artist, Hayes…

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Alfred Hutty, Flower Vendors at Charleston Market, 1948, dry point on paper. (Gibbes Museum of Art)

GeneralInternsPermanent Collection

Digitally Mapping the Charleston Renaissance: Recent Grad Inspired by the Gibbes Collection

Naomi Edmondson, a former Gibbes intern and employee, recently received her master’s in art history and museum studies from Virginia Commonwealth University. A research project on digital mapping was inspired…

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