In February 2014, the Gibbes took a group of museum members on a trip to Cuba. I was lucky enough to travel with the group and it was an incredible experience. We spent five days visiting museums, artist studios, and cultural sites in Havana, while also enjoying plenty of good food, drinks, and even a […]
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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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For the first time ever, the Gibbes offered a summer teen camp for ages 13 and up. Two week-long portrait study sessions were offered in June and July. Long-time Gibbes teaching artist and museum educator Martha Criscuolo shared her knowledge and skills with the students. The campers worked in the studio, observed techniques in the […]
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I first saw Ben Sollee in 2009 at a club in Boulder, Colorado, called the Fox Theater. At the time I was a regular at the Fox, hanging out there almost nightly absorbing any and all live music that I could. On this particular night, I was excited that banjo extraordinaire Béla Fleck was in […]
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About five years ago I put the date August 21, 2017, down in my calendar. I have always been interested and excited to learn about celestial events. When hearing about the eclipse, which is now 10 days away, I was watching an episode of The Universe about eclipse phenomena. Needless to say, I was hooked. […]
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Thursday, June 15th, 2017 I open the black leather bound book with the low relief letters forming the words “Ship’s Log” in preparation for our adventure and begin to record the usual information for all of our trip entries. “Thursday, June 15, 2017, HT 12:34 LT 18:41, Wind 12 mph SSW…” Hmmm, we will be […]
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TOWN Carolina out of Greenville featured a beautiful article on the Catesby exhibition. Artist William Dunlap discussed his work on display at the Gibbes during an interview with Fox 24 last week. Hyperallergic, a Brooklyn-based online art publication, published a piece on the Catesby exhibition and interview with Angela Mack. The Gibbes’ visiting artist Charles […]
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As we approach the end of our fiscal year at the Gibbes Museum of Art, we also reflect upon some major milestones. It is hard to believe that a little over a week ago on May 28th the Gibbes celebrated its first anniversary since reopening after a major renovation. Beginning in 2010, the staff, board, […]
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When I talk about the Fine Arts program at The Citadel, the response is often one of surprise, then delight. For generations, Art Appreciation and Music Appreciation were the standard beginning and end for cadet arts education. Now, over 300 cadets each semester choose from a dozen arts-related courses such as Forensic Photography, Visual Perception, […]
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I’ve always been drawn to the small details of works of art. Maybe it’s my own lack of dexterity when it comes to focusing on intricate details, but I find I admire artists who are dedicated to producing work that is labor intensive. If I really take a moment to grasp at how much time […]
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