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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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. […]
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When you live as close to the beach as we do here in the Lowcounty, it’s inevitable that many activities captured by the artists in the Gibbes Museum’s collection feature scenes set around the ocean. A Day at the Beach features images of oceanside settings and offer insight into American leisure in the twentieth century. […]
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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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Over the past several years, there has been an increasing number of conversations in Charleston about the changing skyline of the city. These days it’s not uncommon to see high-rise hotels, condos, and parking garages squeezed into city blocks next to older homes or locally-owned businesses struggling to compete with national chains. Finding a balance […]
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This week in our Staff Spotlight, we have Chris Pelletier, head preparator at the Gibbes! How long have you been at the Gibbes? I’ve worked at the Gibbes for two and a half years now. Describe your role here at the museum in a few sentences. I mainly handle all the installation and art-handling needs […]
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Over the last year the Gibbes has acquired a wonderful variety of new works for the permanent collection including an unprecedented number of works by African American artists. Through both purchases and generous donations, works by Leo Twiggs, Charles Williams, Mary Jackson, Sam Doyle, Kara Walker, and David Driskell now call the Gibbes home. These […]
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Next up in the Staff Spotlight blog series is the Gibbes Creative Director, Erin Banks! Name: Erin Banks Title: Creative Director How long have you been at the Gibbes? Four and a half years! This is actually my third official blog entry for the Gibbes. I wrote my first blog as a newcomer to the […]
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The selection of fourteen photographs by major twentieth-century photographers now on view in Gallery 3 in the exhibition Magic in the Mundane: Modernist Photography features works by modern masters like Alfred Stieglitz, Berenice Abbott, and László Moholy-Nagy. The exhibition is made possible by a substantial collection of photographs given to the Gibbes in 1974 by […]
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In 2016, the Gibbes received two incredible gifts to the permanent collection: a portrait of Mary Jackson by Mary Whyte and a portrait of Mary Whyte by Jill Hooper. The paintings capture deep respect shared among fellow artists. They are beautiful portraits of beautiful women who have helped shape the Charleston art community over the […]
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