Artist Mary Whyte was featured on the news last night in Columbia. Click here to watch a clip. Whyte’s work is included in the Gibbes permanent collection and will be showcased in the upcoming exhibition Mary Whyte: Working South, scheduled to open in May 2012. Published May 20, 2010
READ MOREAnne Cimballa, an art teacher for grades 7, 9, and 10 at the Charleston County School of the Arts received the 2010 Mary Whyte Art Educator Award and the $1,000 cash prize that accompanies the award. Awarded annually by the Gibbes, the Mary Whyte Art Educator Award is designed to recognize a high school visual […]
READ MOREThe Gibbes is still abuzz from Christo’s visit to Charleston last month. The world-renowned artist gave an amazing lecture for a sold-out crowd of over 400 people at Memminger Auditorium on April 13. The evening before the lecture, event sponsors gathered at the home of Esther and James Ferguson for a cocktail party in celebration […]
READ MOREIn case you missed Adam Parker’s article in Sunday’s Post and Courier, click here to read about renovation plans for the Gibbes Museum of Art, including renderings of new exhibition and education spaces in our historic building. Exciting plans are in the works, so stay tuned! Published May 5, 2010
READ MORECongratulations are in order for mixed media artist Radcliffe Bailey who was named the 2010 winner of the Factor Prize for Southern Art and received the $10,000 cash prize that accompanies the award. Awarded annually by the Gibbes, the Factor Prize acknowledges an artist whose work demonstrates the highest level of artistic achievement in any media […]
READ MOREThis summer the Gibbes is teaming up with Southern Protocol to offer etiquette lessons for children ages 4-7 and 8-12. The modern manners experts at Southern Protocol will teach children all the basics of proper etiquette including introductions, thank you notes, phone manners, table manners, museum etiquette, and other important lessons. Classes will be held […]
READ MOREJoin us at the Gibbes this Saturday, April 17, for our Jr. League of Charleston Community Day. This day of family fun includes hands-on art activites, demonstrations, and free admission from 10am to 1pm. We hope to see you at the Gibbes! Published April 14, 2010
READ MOREEach Thursday during the school year, Teaching Artist and Museum Educator Martha Criscuolo leads Art to Go at Mt. Zion Elementary School on Johns Island. During the program she instructs students in grades 1-5 on a variety of art projects. These particular photos are from a paper mache project with 4th and 5th grade students. […]
READ MOREThis fall, Laura Reece, an Art History/Arts Management major at the College of Charleston, completed a semester-long internship with the Gibbes. Over the course of twelve weeks, Laura worked with me (the Collections Manager) on a variety of projects including cataloging and photographing new acquisitions, entering information in the collections database, conducting research on artists […]
READ MOREThis Saturday, the Gibbes participated in the Mt. Pleasant Art Festival at the Towne Centre. It was a fun-filled day of visual art activities and special performances including hula hoopers, jugglers, and a ballet group. The event was well attended and the weather was perfect! Published March 22, 2010
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