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Classes • Education • Programs
Toddler Tuesday’s: An Art Teacher’s Treat
Teaching the Gibbes Museum of Art’s Toddler Tuesdays—held weekly at the Charleston Library Society—has become one of my favorite things to do. The class combines story time and art activities […]
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Face Lift: Caption This!Week Four: There was a Little Girl…
There was a little girl, Who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, She was very good indeed, But when she was […]
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New Exhibitions, New Experiences
Hello everyone! My name is Andrew Ochsner and I’m the fall intern in the Gibbes Collections department. I thought I’d take advantage of the blog to share a little bit […]
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Face Lift: Caption This!Week Three: Charles and Louis Manigault—Father and Son
This week’s portraits depict a nineteenth-century father and son duo. Charles Izard Manigault and his son Louis Manigault shared an appreciation for art, but chose to explore their interests along different […]
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Face Lift: Caption This!Week Two: Jimmie Daniels—Double Vision
These two portraits of performer Jimmie Daniels are the second set in our Face Lift: Caption This! contest. How do these two portraits—the photograph by George Platt Lynes and the […]
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Museum Mile Weekend: September 25 and 26
On September 25 and 26, 2010, the Gibbes will be partnering with other cultural institutions along and around Meeting Street to offer locals and tourists a single entry pass during […]
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Face Lift: Caption This!Week One: Ms. Johnson and Colonel Elliott
In conjunction with our Face Lift exhibition, we are launching a caption writing contest and we need your participation! Each week of the exhibition, curator Sara Arnold will present a set of […]
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Revisiting The Charleston Story: New Works on View
Untitled, ca. 1940s-50s, by Nell Choate Shute (American, 1898–1966), 2010.005.0002B Have you visited the Gibbes lately? If so, you may notice new faces in the building. Yes, we do have […]
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Sharing a Love of Art History with the Next Generation
My name is Katie Gephart, and this summer I interned in the museum’s Education and Outreach department. In the fall, I’ll start my senior year at Washington and Lee University […]
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Up Close and Personal with the Gibbes’ Collection
I have spent the past four years staring at slide after slide of art: Jasper Johns, John Singleton Copley, Jan van Eyck … and the Johns go on. As an […]
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