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Programs • Education • Artist Spotlight
Up Next: Visiting Artist Stacy Lynn Waddell
Next week the Gibbes welcomes Stacy Lynn Waddell to Charleston as part of our Visiting Artist Program. Stacy is a fascinating artist who employs a wide range of innovative materials and techniques to create works on paper—often quite large in scale. She burns, brands, and singes paper and also incorporates gold leaf into her compositions. […]
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Programs • Awards • Events
1858 Prize event honors dedicated leader of Museum’s young patrons group
On Wednesday, September 28, Society 1858 will host the Amy P. Coy Forum and Prize Party to present the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art to this year’s winner, Alicia Henry. This is the third year that the Gibbes Museum’s young patron auxiliary group will present a $10,000 cash prize to a contemporary artist whose […]
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Awards • Artist Spotlight
1858 Prize Finalist: José Bedia
Extensive travel, appreciation for tradition, and a unique approach to translating history have all shaped the career of José Bedia. Born in 1959 in Havana, Cuba, Bedia grew up surrounded by a rich culture which fostered a deep appreciation for the traditions and history that are passed from generation to generation. This interest infused his […]
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1858 Prize Finalist Deborah Luster
Deborah Luster, a finalist for the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, from New Orleans, Louisiana, investigates the violence of her home city through photographs. Her mother was a homicide victim, which has inspired Luster to photograph scenes of crimes as well as inmates in Louisiana prisons. Her two bodies of work, “One Big Self: […]
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Q&A with 1858 Prize Finalist George Jenne
George Jenne, one of the six finalists for the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, earned a BFA in Film/Video from Rhode Island School of Design in 1995 and went on to get his MFA in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2013. He currently lives and works in […]
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Q&A with 1858 Prize Finalist Kevin Jerome Everson
Kevin Jerome Everson, a finalist for the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, grew up in Mansfield, Ohio. He received an MFA from Ohio University and a BFA from the University of Akron. He currently works as an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where he teaches film. What is […]
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Q&A with 1858 Prize Finalist Aldywth
Aldwyth, one of the six finalists for the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, has lived in relative seclusion in Hilton Head, SC for several decades. Her work is composed of collages and assemblages that she creates from found objects, appropriated images, and other elements. She sees her work as very closely connected to her […]
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Q&A With 1858 Prize Finalist, Ebony Patterson
Ebony G. Patterson, a finalist for the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, has an Honors Diploma in Painting from Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts, as well as an MFA in Printmaking and Drawing from Sam Fox College of Art and Design at Washington University in St. Louis. She currently lives […]
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Q&A with 1858 Prize Finalist, Andréa Keys Connell
Andréa Keys Connell, one of the six finalists for the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, graduated with a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore in 2002 and went on to earn an MFA from Ohio University in Athens in 2009. She currently lives and works in Richmond, Virginia, where she is […]
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1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, 2015 Short List of Finalists
On June 15, 2015 the Gibbes Museum of Art and Society 1858 announced the short list of the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art. The $10,000 annual prize recognizes a Southern artist who has distinguished him or herself in any media and has made a distinct contribution to the production and understanding of Southern art. […]
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