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Category: General Archives - Gibbes Museum of Art

Interns • General
Intern Insights: Skylar Eubanks
This summer I was given the opportunity to intern at the Gibbes, where I was able to assist as an Art Summer Camp instructor. This fall I will be a senior art education major at the University of South Carolina – Columbia; After graduation, I plan to move back home to Summerville, where I will […]
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Press Releases • Exhibitions • General
The Gibbes Museum of Art to Exhibit Recent Works by Contemporary Painter Damian Stamer 2023
The Gibbes Museum of Art will exhibit a collection of works by former 1858 Prize finalist, Damian Stamer, from March 17 – Oct. 15, 2023. Damian Stamer: Ruminations showcases new works by the contemporary painter depicting barns, abandoned buildings and other vernacular structures from the rural South, often in large scale. The exhibit will be on […]
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Press Releases • General
The Gibbes Museum of Art Announces New Board of Directors Members and Member Emeriti
The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston’s premier art museum, is pleased to announce the election of three new members to its Board of Directors and four member emeriti. Joining the board are Brenda Lauderback, Jennifer Porter and Molly Waring. Board of Directors member emeriti are Roy Green, Jeb Hallett, Rhett Outten and Kay Wendell. “We […]
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Press Releases • Awards • Artist Spotlight • General
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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Permanent Collection • Interns • General
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 by Charleston Renaissance works in the permanent collection and she was excited to share this new perspective with her Gibbes family. She is currently living […]
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General • Permanent Collection
Celebrating the Traditions of Juneteenth
Family picnics, bar-b-ques, church gatherings, and community festivals have been held for 155 years to commemorate the abolition of slavery. Most people associate the end of American slavery with The Emancipation Proclamation. The executive order authored by Abraham Lincoln with input from Frederick Douglass, was issued on January 1, 1863, and instantly freed enslaved people […]
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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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Museum from Home • General
Giving Tuesday Now: A Global Day of Giving
From exciting exhibitions and engaging classes to informative lectures and celebratory events, the Gibbes Museum has been a central fixture in the Charleston art scene for over 150 years. Prior to the opening of the museum’s Beaux-Arts building in 1905, the Carolina Art Association was founded in 1858 by a group of Charleston citizens to […]
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Museum from Home • Behind the Scenes • General
Creative Comforts
The past few weeks have been difficult for us all. Social distancing and shelter-in-place ordinances have kept our staff at home and away from the galleries and studios, where many of us find inspiration on a daily basis. Our new work routines have been challenging and intense, and finding creative outlets to cope with the […]
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General • Museum from Home • Behind the Scenes
WFH: Day By Day
This week due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the US, the Gibbes Museum staff started working from home on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we cautiously decided to close the Museum to the public until March 31 to comply with social distancing recommendations. Being away from the office has shifted our workflow—we’ve gained some new office mates […]
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