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Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Winner of 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art 2022
The Gibbes Museum of Art is proud to announce Raheleh Filsoofi as the 2022 winner of the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art. A self-described collector of soil and sound, itinerant artist, feminist curator and community service advocate, her work incorporates ceramics with sensory experiences for an interdisciplinary practice. Filsoofi will be awarded a $10,000 […]
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Gibbes Museum Announces Finalists for $10,000 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art
CHARLESTON, S.C., November 22, 2022 – The Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to announce the 2022 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art finalists T.J. Dedaux-Norris, Raheleh Filsoofi and Sherrill Roland. This annual $10,000 cash prize is awarded by the museum’s young professionals’ auxiliary group, Society 1858, to one artist whose work demonstrates the highest […]
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Awards • Artist Spotlight
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 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art. Acclaimed for his large-scale paintings that explore modern American life and cultural heritage, contemporary artist Bo Bartlett follows the traditions […]
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Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman Awarded Gibbes Philanthropy Award at Year End Luncheon 2021
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 and his partner Richard Weedman. The award was announced at the Gibbes’ annual Fellows Luncheon, held on May 28, the fifth anniversary of the reopening […]
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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 and his partner Richard Weedman. The award was announced at the Gibbes’ annual Fellows Luncheon, held on May 28, the fifth anniversary of the reopening […]
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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 makes works—woodcuts, sculptures, installations small and large—from found materials that draw on social and economic themes ingrained in the history of the U.S. and African […]
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2020 James Shoolbred Award Winner Announced
The Gibbes Museum of Art has named Board Member Susan Smythe as the recipient of the annual James Shoolbred Gibbes Philanthropy Award. Each year the Gibbes presents the award to an individual, group or business who demonstrates outstanding philanthropic contributions to the museum. Smythe joined the Gibbes Board of Directors in 2011, served as Board […]
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Museum from Home • Awards • General
Celebrating our Fellows Members and Honoring Susan Smythe
At the Gibbes Museum, we look forward to Memorial Day Weekend and the artistic energy that swells throughout Charleston with the opening of Spoleto Festival USA and Piccolo Spoleto. The streets bustle with visitors, the parks are packed with artists, the theaters are filled with musicians and thespians that delight and inspire our creative spirits. […]
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Awards • Artist Spotlight • Events
Society 1858 Celebrates Donté K. Hayes as Winner of Prize for Contemporary Southern Art
The month of February was filled with celebration and conversation surrounding contemporary Southern art as Society 1858 and the Gibbes Museum of Art welcomed the 2019 Prize winner Donté K. Hayes to Charleston for the Amy P. Coy Forum and Winter Party. Hayes, a Georgia-based ceramicist, explores themes in Afrofuturism, a projected vision of an […]
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Gibbes Museum of Art Announces the 2019 Finalists for the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art
CHARLESTON, S.C., November 5, 2019 – The Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to announce the finalists for the annual 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art. The 2019 finalists are Damian Stamer, Donte’ K. Hayes, Herb Parker, Martha Clippinger, Michi Meko and Stephanie Patton. One of these artists, whose work demonstrates the highest level of […]
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