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Programs and events at the Gibbes appeal to a wide range of interests and audiences.

Register for a lunchtime Art History seminar or enjoy an evening lecture; improve your watercolor technique or encourage a child’s creativity with an after-school drawing class.

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Closer Look Tour: The Art of Abstraction

April 26, 2024 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

The Charleston Museum is thrilled to partner with The Gibbes Museum of Art for the second consecutive year on their Art Charleston Festival. The current exhibition “The Art of Abstraction: Modernism in Quilting,” pairs quilts from the Museum’s collection with paintings fr...

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Closer Look Tour: Flora and Fugue

April 26, 2024 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Rory McEwen was a musician as well as a talented painter, but can you hear anything when looking at his stunning botanical paintings? Join us for this conversational tour with Lydia Chernicoff, Artistic Director of New Muse Concerts, and Becca Hiester, Director of Education and Programs at the Gibbe...

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Walk and Talk Charleston Tour: The French Quarter Gallery Walk, Art and Artisans of Charleston

April 26, 2024 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

SOLD OUT

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Artistic Visionaries: Paul Tschinkel, Art Documentary Pioneer

April 27, 2024 @ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Imagine the grit and grime of East Village, New York City in the 1970s and ’80s with Andy Warhol sitting opposite Janis Joplin at the famed Max’s Kansas City club and music venue. This is the backdrop of documentarian Paul Tschinkel’s pioneering career as one of the&...

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Spotlight:

Collage Transfer on Glass Workshop with Dorothy Netherland

April 27, 2024 @ 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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Upcoming Events:

Closer Look Tour: The Art of Abstraction

April 26, 2024 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Closer Look Tour: Flora and Fugue

April 26, 2024 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Public Tours:

Wednesday: 3pm-4pm
Friday: 1pm-2pm

Interested in learning more about our collection and exhibitions? The Gibbes hold weekly public tours, during which our team of knowledgeable Museum Interpreters answer questions and offer insight.

Visiting Artists:

NATHAN DURFEE: Daydreamers

NATHAN DURFEE: Daydreamers

Former Visiting Artist, Nathan Durfee, presents a Solo Exhibition.

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Dorothy Netherland

April 15, 2024 - May 26, 2024

Katelyn Chapman

April 15, 2024 - May 26, 2024