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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 […]

As a fashion Textiles, Merchandising, and Design student at the University of Rhode Island, intern Sydney Hazen found herself right at home in the teen textile summer camp.

Education • Interns • Kids at the Gibbes

Intern Insights: Sydney Hazen

From the moment I was leading a group of children in counting the buttons on the eighteenth-century formal jacket of Colonel Barnard Elliot, Jr., I knew that the Gibbes Museum of Art was a place that I could belong. As a rising Fashion Textiles, Merchandising, and Design senior at the University of Rhode Island, I […]

After completing her undergraduate degree in Archaeology with a minor in History at the University of Virginia, Hannah Hicks joined the Gibbes for a summer as the Collections & Curatorial Research Intern.

Behind the Scenes • Interns • Permanent Collection

Intern Insights: Hannah Hicks

This summer, I have had the incredible opportunity to intern for the Gibbes Museum of Art. I recently graduated from the University of Virginia, where I majored in Anthropology and and minored in History. Two years ago, I was at a complete loss as to what journey I wanted to embark on when I graduated. […]

During her time at the Gibbes, Amanda has assumed a variety of roles across different departments.

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Staff Spotlight: Amanda Breen

How long have you been at the Gibbes? Almost 6 years! Describe your role here at the Museum. My main role is to assist the curatorial department with the behind-the-scenes details of special exhibition rotations and help care for and research the permanent collection of art at the Gibbes. This could include researching specific works […]

Gibbes Education Intern Brittany Marino poses in the main gallery. Brittany loves sharing her passion for the arts with the many students who visit the Museum on field trips.

Kids at the Gibbes • Education • Interns

Intern Perspectives: Brittany Marino, Education Intern

For the past seven months, I have been lucky enough to intern with the Education department at the Gibbes Museum of Art. As an art history major with an interest in art education, this internship has given me a great deal of hands-on experience that will be extremely useful as I begin searching for jobs […]

Behind the Scenes • Interns • Permanent Collection

Gibbes Archives House A Delightful Surprise

This summer, I have been interning with the Curatorial and Collections departments as part of a long-standing partnership between the University of Virginia’s Institute for Public History and the Gibbes Museum. As a rising fourth year Art History major hoping to pursue a career in museums, I was excited by the opportunity to engage directly […]

Education • Interns • Kids at the Gibbes

A Semester in the Classroom

Interning at the Gibbes Museum of Art this past semester was an amazing opportunity for me. I’m thrilled that I got the chance to work with such great and friendly people. I’m also really excited to be able to include an internship at such a prominent museum on my resume. It will most definitely help […]

Artist Spotlight • Interns

Visiting Artist Jill Hooper Invites You into Her Studio

I crouch over a manekin, holding a tin cup to the painted lips. “Twist your torso a little to the right… perfect,” Jill Hooper, Gibbes visiting artist, instructs. Studio light fixtures illuminate my left side, in keeping with classical technique—classical lighting always comes over the artist’s left shoulder. On bent knee, I cradle the manekin […]

Artist Spotlight • Education • Interns

Pluck and Grow—Sonya Clark’s interactive hair installation

This past Wednesday afternoon, the Gibbes Museum of Art celebrated its first opening of evening hours with the lecture and workshop of visiting artist, Sonya Clark. Now open until 8 pm each Wednesday, the Gibbes offers exciting events exclusive to these later hours that engage the local community with Charleston’s unique art culture. A newly […]

Interns • Programs • Artist Spotlight

Visiting Artists Coming to the Gibbes

With temperatures going up and scaffolding coming down, it is clear that the reopening of the Gibbes on May 28th is fast approaching. During my second semester as an intern at the Gibbes, I have been given the opportunity to see a lot of projects develop and cannot wait to see them come to life […]