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Artist Spotlight • Awards
1858 Prize Finalist: Toyin Ojih Odutola
“Identity is often varying, suspect, and ever-changing,” shares Toyin Ojih Odutola, a visual artist and 1858 Prize finalist. Odutola’s body of work depicts black portraiture with a variety of media—ballpoint pen, charcoal, pastel, pencil and marker. By portraying different individuals and scenes, Odutola scrutinizes identity, race, and social concepts of skin color in Western society. […]
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Artist Spotlight • Awards
1858 Prize Finalist: Jiha Moon
“Why [do] people love foreign stuff so much?” questions Jiha Moon, Korean-born painter and Society 1858 Prize Finalist. Perhaps it is the allure of unfamiliar beauty, the mystique of unknown cultures, or the pleasure of acquiring “exotic” objects. Jiha Moon believes this partiality to foreign cultures and items stems from a misunderstanding of authenticity. “We […]
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Artist Spotlight • Awards
1858 Prize Finalist: Alicia Henry
Alicia Henry was drawn to art as means of better understanding the world around her. As a child, she learned to paint, draw, and even garden to express her creativity and explore her imagination. From an early age, she realized the profound power art gives the artist. “The visual arts are a form of communication, […]
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Artist Spotlight • Awards
1858 Prize Finalist: Michelle Erickson
A resident of Virginia, ceramic artist Michelle Erickson has over twenty years of experience crafting 17th- and 18th-century reproduction pottery as well as creating contemporary ceramics that foster discussion on current social issues. Erickson’s fascination with ceramic history is due to her exposure to archeological ceramics within the Colonial heritage and history prevalent in Virginia. […]
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Artist Spotlight • Awards
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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Events • Exhibitions • Programs
Gibbes Museum in the News: July 5 – 15
“One South Contemporary” included The Things We Carry exhibition at the Gibbes in a recent piece in which the author reflects on her personal experience at the Museum. She praises the Gibbes for approaching the dichotomy “that is the South” so honestly and directly. The Gibbes and three of its current exhibits are featured in […]
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Behind the Scenes • Renovation Plans
Zen and the Art of Museum Signage
The funny thing about beautiful signs is that you don’t notice them. From the beginning, that was our goal for museum signage at the newly renovated Gibbes. To create an aesthetic that would be elegant and inspired. Tasteful and timeless. Helpful but not distracting. We wanted to create signage that would give just enough information […]
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Behind the Scenes • Renovation Plans
Gibbes Museum in the News: June 22 – July 4
Charleston Business Magazine’s June/July issue featured an in-depth piece with stunning photos of the renovated museum and first-floor programming. Tidelines, Seabrook Island’s community blog, included a post on the Art of Healing: Porgy and Bess, Behind the Curtain event. The Gibbes had a visit from social media influencer “The Bowtie Gent,” who posted a beautiful […]
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Artist Spotlight • Interns
Visiting Artist Jill Hooper Invites You into Her Studio
I crouch over a manekin, holding a tin cup to the painted lips. “Twist your torso a little to the right… perfect,” Jill Hooper, Gibbes visiting artist, instructs. Studio light fixtures illuminate my left side, in keeping with classical technique—classical lighting always comes over the artist’s left shoulder. On bent knee, I cradle the manekin […]
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Exhibitions
One Year Later
On June 18, 2015, I woke up to the horrible news of the mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church. I thought there must be some mistake. Not here. Not in my city. And certainly not during a Bible study. My heart broke for the victims, the survivors, the Mother Emanuel congregation, and for our […]
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