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Education • Classes • General
Looking Forward to Winter Camp at the Gibbes
With the holidays right around the corner and students on break for vacation, Winter Camp at the Gibbes will be starting soon! This week on the blog, teaching artist and museum educator Martha Criscuolo shares what students in the Teen Camp weeks can look forward to during their time in the classrooms here at the […]
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Visiting Artists • Artist Spotlight • General
A Glimpse Into Studio 1 with Visiting Artist Madame Magar
My residency as a Visiting Artist at the Gibbes Museum is inspired by the miniature portraits in the Permanent Collection. The miniatures have been a source of inspiration for many years, recalling my early days in Charleston visiting the mesmerizing miniatures’ charming gallery. As a dress maker and textile artist, art evolved through my cloth […]
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Interns • Behind the Scenes • General
Intern Insights: Abby Foss
When I first started working at the Gibbes I didn’t really know what expect. I had recently declared my major at the time and I felt that volunteering here would be a way to become more serious about the “museum world” and to learn more practical experience that I wouldn’t be able to learn in […]
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Programs • Events • General
King Street Antique Stroll
The King Street Antique Stroll has become an annual tradition at the Gibbes Museum of Art. Each year, experts in decorative arts and design fields lead groups of participants up and down lower King Street, stopping in at designated antiques shops for a peak at their treasures. It’s a very festive evening, with the dealers […]
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Programs • Behind the Scenes • General
Giving Thanks at the Gibbes
As 2018 draws to a close, it’s nice to pause and reflect on all that’s happened this year, and what we are grateful for. Below are just a few things that the staff are thankful for here at the Gibbes, with our wishes for a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving! 1. To be able to walk […]
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Exhibitions • Awards • General
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 • General
Leo Twiggs’ Requiem for Mother Emanuel
This Sunday marks the third anniversary of the racially-motivated murders of nine parishioners at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston. This horrific event inflicted a pain that reverberated well beyond our state’s borders. It also awakened an awareness of our shared humanity. Led by the tremendous faith and grace demonstrated by the victims’ […]
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Behind the Scenes • General
Farewell to Pam
This week on the blog, we are sad to bid adieu to our Curator of Exhibitions, Pam Wall. After 14 years at the Gibbes, Pam has left to spend more time with her family. Though we will all miss her dearly, we are thrilled that she will remain in Charleston and active in the Gibbes […]
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Press Releases • General
Gibbes Museum welcomes Military Families for Free this Summer
The Gibbes is one of more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense CHARLESTON, S.C. May 25, 2018 — Today, the Gibbes Museum of Art announced its participation […]
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General
Gibbes in the News: April & May 2018
At the end of April, USA Today ranked the Gibbes Museum as the #1 Museum in South Carolina on their list of best museums in every state. In the annual “Best of Charleston” awards presented by Charleston City Paper, the Gibbes was ranked the Best Museum in Charleston. My Domaine suggested the Gibbes Museum as […]
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