To register, contact Rebecca Williams at 843.722.2706 x41 or [email protected] ASAP! Portrait Painting Workshop with Robert Maniscalco March 15-19, 2010, 10:00am-1:00pm $325 for members, $350 for non-members Working from a live model, the focus of this 5 day course will be value-based painting and drawing methods to create expressive, professional level portraits. Students will paint […]
READ MOREThis event is now sold out! For over forty years, Christo and Jeanne-Claude have collaborated on large-scale art projects using fabric in both urban and rural environments. This memorable evening will begin with Christo’s presentation focusing on the artists’ previous and upcoming temporary works of art, followed by an open question and answer session and book […]
READ MOREJoin us on Sunday, March 7 at 3pm for the Charleston Chamber Opera’s presentation of Whistler’s Women – Songs on a Life Well Traveled. The beautiful Gibbes rotunda will be the setting for Soprano Patrice Tiedemann, Mezzo Soprano Lara Wilson, and Baritone Paul Soper as they explore the life and loves of James Whistler with […]
READ MOREAshley Hall students in Jane Pelland’s 7th grade classes enjoyed two days of the Gibbes Behind the Scenes program during their Winterim. Zinnia Willits, Collections Manager, and Greg Jenkins, Facilities Manager, led the program. The students enjoyed learning about the care of art work, exhibition installation, and the various duties of the museum’s curatorial staff. […]
READ MORECalling all art educators! You have until March 1 to apply for the 2010 Mary Whyte Art Educator Award. Established in 2007, the Award is designed to honor a visual art teacher in the tri-county area (Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester school districts) who has demonstrated superior commitment to their students and to their craft. The […]
READ MOREJoin the Gibbes this Saturday, February 20, for our free Jr. League of Charleston Community Day from 10am to 1pm. Inspired by the current exhibition Lure of the Lowcountry in which artist John Folsom’s mixed media photographs are paired with early Lowcountry landscapes from the Gibbes collection, this Community Day will focus on nature. Families can […]
READ MORELast month, members enjoyed a preview of the Gibbes’ current exhibitions, Lure of the Lowcountry, mixed-media photographs by John Folsom, and Whistler’s Travels, etchings and lithographs by James McNeill Whistler. With artist John Folsom in attendance for the preview and reception, it was an exciting evening full of socialization and appreciation for the inspiring new works […]
READ MORECalling all young artists! Join the Gibbes for a great summer of creative fun at our 2010 Summer Art Camp. Work with practicing artists and museum teachers, explore the museum’s galleries for inspiration, and create your own fantastic artwork! This summer, artists can choose from three themes: In the Forest, Go Global, and Art Story. […]
READ MOREDid you know that works from the Gibbes Museum of Art are currently hanging in museums in Philadelphia and Houston? Since February 2008, the painting, Ms. Johnson (Estelle), by Barkley Hendricks (American, b. 1945), has been traveling in the major exhibition, Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool. Organized by The Nasher Museum of Art […]
READ MOREJoin the Gibbes and the Charleston Library Society each week for Toddler Tuesdays. Designed for children ages 18 months to 5 years, this program includes story time and art-making activities. Toddler Tuesdays are free of charge and available exclusively for members of the Gibbes and the Charleston Library Society. Click here to join the Gibbes. […]
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