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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 and Courier, Charleston Chronicle, Fox 24 News, WCBD News 2, the Times & Democrat, and more. Charleston Scene spotlighted the Gibbes as the perfect back-to-school […]
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Permanent Collection • Awards • Artist Spotlight
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 huge smile and open arms. He is full of energy and creative spirit, yet incredibly mellow—characteristics that carry over into his art. The walls of […]
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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 for Contemporary Southern Art. Twiggs is the first artist from South Carolina to win the prestigious prize. “I am on cloud nine,” said Twiggs. “It […]
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Programs • Awards • Events
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 Henry. This is the third year that the Gibbes Museum’s young patron auxiliary group will present a $10,000 cash prize to a contemporary artist whose […]
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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 blog and Instagram. The Instagram photo has 15.7K likes! Patrick Dougherty’s earthy artwork was featured in the spring issue of Garden Design. We were delighted […]
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Press Releases • Awards
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 to announce the 2016 recipient of this coveted prize. WHAT: Society 1858 is a group of dynamic young professionals supported by the Gibbes Museum of […]
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Awards • Artist Spotlight
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 pen, charcoal, pastel, pencil and marker. By portraying different individuals and scenes, Odutola scrutinizes identity, race, and social concepts of skin color in Western society. […]
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Awards • Artist Spotlight
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 cultures, or the pleasure of acquiring “exotic” objects. Jiha Moon believes this partiality to foreign cultures and items stems from a misunderstanding of authenticity. “We […]
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Awards • Artist Spotlight
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, art is a means of asking questions and eliciting dialogue. She employs the unique format of what she calls “performative interactions,” combining installation and performance […]
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Awards • Artist Spotlight
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 and explore her imagination. From an early age, she realized the profound power art gives the artist. “The visual arts are a form of communication, […]
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