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Category: Charleston SC Archives - Gibbes Museum of Art
Education • Classes
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 to draw a straight line. That’s what rulers are for.” Why do people respond in this way? And are these concepts keeping them from tapping […]
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Renovation Plans • Exhibitions
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 by the international authority in design and architecture! Goop (Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle site) mentioned the Gibbes as one of the top attractions to see in […]
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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 to the Washington Times, Miami Herald, The State, The Charlotte Observer, and more. The Post & Courier featured an in-depth and detailed piece on “The […]
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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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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 Collections Administration at the Gibbes (and now the president of SCFM!) suggested that I submit an application to present on our Art of Healing program […]
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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 of American art and allows our visitors to follow the course of fine art in the South from the eighteenth century to the present. The […]
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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 in Charleston. As plans progressed for the interior of the museum, I began to relax and enjoy evening walks around the city. I was impressed […]
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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 out! With the streets closed off to traffic, King Street is transformed into a European city where strolling is a time honored tradition. Second Sunday […]
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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 cottage on the side of a mountain in Wales for Crystal Lake, Illinois, on a two-year job stint. At the end of our stay, John […]
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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 experience is what draws most people to the museum, sometimes the story of how these works arrived to the gallery walls is equally compelling. Such […]
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