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Category: Charleston SC Archives - Gibbes Museum of Art
Classes • Education
Summer Art *Camp* for Adults
“I can’t draw a straight line!” or “I can’t draw a stick figure!” These are two comments I hear often. I usually respond with “That’s great! …because you don’t need […]
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Exhibitions • Renovation Plans
Gibbes Museum in the News: June 15 – June 21
The grand reopening of the Gibbes generated a lot of exciting media attention: Architectural Digest featured an incredible piece on the Gibbes with stunning photos. We’re delighted to be highlighted […]
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Renovation Plans
Gibbes Museum in the News: Week of May 29
The grand reopening of the Gibbes and the new Lenhardt Garden continued to generate exciting media attention this week: The Associated Press highlighted the reopening exhibits and renovation and syndicated […]
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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 […]
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Presenting the Art of Healing
I recently had the opportunity to attend the South Carolina Federation of Museums (SCFM) annual conference in Camden, SC, both as a participant and a presenter. Zinnia Willits, Director of […]
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Changing of the Art: The Charleston Story
Every six months, the curatorial and collections staff at the Gibbes rotates artwork on view in our permanent exhibition—The Charleston Story. Arranged chronologically, this exhibition features the museum’s core collection […]
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The Spirit of the Garden
When Gibbes Executive Director Angela Mack first asked me to visit the museum to discuss the renovation project, I immediately began to pay attention to the beauty that is everywhere […]
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Stroll down King Street on Second Sunday
Second Sunday on King Street is the brainchild of Susan Lucas of the King Street Marketing Group. If you haven’t come downtown for one of these events, you are missing […]
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A Mad Hatter Inspired by the Gibbes
Thirty-one years ago, Charleston welcomed us—my husband John, our two young children, Rough our Jack Russell terrier, and me, a painter, potter, and art teacher. We had left our stone […]
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A Commitment to Conservation: Alice Smith’s Rice Plantation Series
When you walk into the galleries of the Gibbes, you expect exquisite works of art beautifully framed, lit, installed, and interpreted for your visual and intellectual pleasure. And while this […]
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