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Education • Classes
Charleston Receipts: Junior Docents on the Go
During the Gibbes Museum renovation, we’ve taken our Junior Docent program on the road! Several local institutions, like the Charleston Museum, have helped out by providing rich resources for students to research and a venue for them to present their findings. Two Ashley Hall students share their experiences with this program, here and in the […]
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Education • Classes
Ahoy Maties! Junior Docents on the Go
During the Gibbes Museum renovation, we’ve taken our Junior Docent program on the road! Several local institutions, like the Charleston Museum, have helped out by providing rich resources for students to research and a venue for them to present their findings. Two Ashley Hall students share their experiences with this program, here and in the […]
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Programs • Education • Classes
Creative Teaching Techniques
A group of teachers sits clustered around a vibrant image of a little girl in a white dress standing in front of a wall covered by graffiti. “What do you think this means?” asks the workshop leader. “I think this represents innocence,” says one teacher. “Hmm, I think it looks more like the loss of […]
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Press Releases • Events
‘Downton Abbey’ Jewelry Designer to Give Lecture at Gibbes Annual Art of Design Luncheon
For Immediate Release: Attendees can view and purchase handcrafted pieces from Andrew Prince’s collection after event. CHARLESTON, S.C., February 12, 2016 – Acclaimed jewelry designer Andrew Prince will visit Charleston March 11, 2016 as the featured speaker for the annual Art of Design luncheon hosted by the Gibbes Museum of Art’s Women’s Council. Prince is […]
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Adventures in Tweeting
As an individual of a certain age, my relationship with social media has been tenuous at best. I am of the generation that did not have email until college, and even then, it was so new that no one really used it; I did not even access the Internet until I was in graduate school! […]
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Unlock the Artist Block
One of the quickest ways to get through life’s challenges is to approach them rather than find detours or shortcuts around them. Eventually, the challenge you’ve avoided will have no other way to go but head on. The way we approach our work is for people to feel comfortable with themselves in mind, body, and […]
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Interview with Renovation Project Managers Nick Cameron and Lauren Amos
This post was originally published on our renovation blog. All new renovation-related posts will be included on the Gibbes Museum blog. How did you become involved with this project? Nick – I first learned of the project from Museum Designer, Jeff Daly. I worked with Jeff for many years at The Metropolitan Museum of Art […]
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Q&A with Evans & Schmidt architect Joe Schmidt
This post was originally published on our renovation blog in April 2015. All new renovation-related posts will be included on the Gibbes Museum blog. Joe Schmidt and colleague Rick Fisher at the groundbreaking ceremony. Evans & Schmidt Architects has designed a wide range of projects since it was established in 1984. The primary focus, however, […]
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Lighting the Gibbes Museum: Q&A with Anita Jorgensen
This post was originally published on our renovation blog in June 2015. All new renovation-related posts will be included on the Gibbes Museum blog. Anita Jorgensen, IESNA, IALD, LEED, LC has been practicing architectural lighting design in New York for over twenty years. Her background in art history and theatrical lighting design brings a strong […]
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Original Cornerstone of the Gibbes Revealed
This post was originally published on our renovation blog in January 2015. All new renovation-related posts will be included on the Gibbes Museum blog. The momentous Masonic ceremony, performed before a crowd of hundreds, was lost to history until 2005 when this photograph was brought to the museum by John Zacharias, great nephew to Harry […]
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