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Intern Insights: Daisy Perez

I had an amazing opportunity this summer to intern for the Gibbes Summer Art Camp program. I am currently a rising junior at the University of South Carolina, where I have been studying Art Studio with a concentration in drawing. I have always loved creating my own artwork and feel as if the main reason […]

Museum from Home • Education • Kids at the Gibbes

Artful Tips for Young Artists (and Parents)

Dear parents and members of the Gibbes family, We know that you are all juggling many different hats right now, including homeschooling your children. While the schools have sent some materials home to cover the next few weeks, the Gibbes would like to provide some additional resources to help you in this daunting endeavor. Make […]

Education • Programs • Kids at the Gibbes

G is for Gibbes: A Museum ABC Book Launch!

We are thrilled to announce our newest publication here at the Gibbes Museum, G is for Gibbes: A Museum ABC Book! This beautiful children’s book engages readers with works of art from the Gibbes Museum’s permanent collection, as well as broader art terms such as abstract art, colors, impressionism, drawing, and landscape. The book also […]

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Intern Insights with Alle Permenter

This week on the blog, Education Intern Alle Permenter shares her experience working with summer camp this year at the Gibbes! I am a rising senior at the College of Charleston, majoring in early-childhood education with a minor in studio art and I just finished my Educational Internship at the Gibbes Museum of Art. My […]

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Storybook Design Camp at the Gibbes

Each summer the Gibbes excitedly opens its doors to young artists, traditionally for ages 4-12. Over the past 3 years, we expanded our offerings to teens and feature more topical camps, like dyeing and working with textiles, for these older campers. This year, we’re excited to venture into even more teen and tween programming that […]

As the 2018 recipient of the Daniel West Fraser Scholarship, Autumn Bosier was able to take part in sculpture and textile camps at the Gibbes.

Education • Kids at the Gibbes

A Note of Thanks: Camp Funded by the Daniel West Fraser Scholarship Fund

The Daniel West Fraser Scholarship Fund was established by family and friends to honor the memory of the son of artist West Fraser. The fund serves to fulfill the Gibbes’ commitment to provide scholarship funding for art camps and classes to deserving, talented students from area schools who are recommended by their teachers. This year, […]

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.

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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 […]

Education Intern Gabriela explores the galleries with Gibbes Summer Campers.

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Intern Insights: Gabriela Gomez-Misserian

I am a rising sophomore at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia and this summer, I am working as an Education Intern at the Gibbes Museum of Art! While I’m a bit uncertain of what exactly I want to pursue — too many things interest me for me to possibly decide right now — […]

Behind the Scenes • Education • Kids at the Gibbes

Heartbreak & Hope: An Immersive Experience

The team of Gibbes Museum Educators often has the opportunity to create an “Engaged Learning Experience” for Engaging Creative Minds, a non-profit that pairs teachers and their wants/needs with art educators and institutions to provide a unique art-based experience for students. Teachers may request programs for a specific educational standard (or two!) in the subjects […]

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.

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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 […]