That’s a FREE admission day at the Gibbes!
The way things are going – I might have to start a new blog just for all the news that doesn’t make our deadlines at Carolina Arts, but that would be rewarding the folks who send info late.
Here it is:
Spring Into Art and Enjoy the Gibbes for Free
Saturday, April 17 from 10am – 1pm at Community Day
Sponsored by the Junior League of Charleston
(Charleston, SC) –The Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to announce that a spring- inspired Community Day will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2010, with complimentary admission and art-making activities from 10:00am – 1:00pm. Junior League of Charleston Community Days are held quarterly to offer visitors the opportunity to experience the Gibbes’ dynamic programming free of charge.
Visitors can enjoy The Charleston Story permanent exhibition as well as the two special exhibitions currently on view. Families can participate in spring-inspired art-making activities throughout the morning. This will be the final weekend of the current Main Gallery exhibition Lure of the Lowcountry, which features John Folsom’s mixed media photographs paired with early Lowcountry landscapes from the Gibbes collection. Whistler’s Travels, on view in the Rotunda Gallery, highlights etchings by renowned American artist James McNeill Whistler executed during his travels throughout Europe.
Established as the Carolina Art Association in 1858, the Gibbes Museum of Art opened its doors to the public in 1905. Located in Charleston’s historic district, the Gibbes houses a premier collection of over 10,000 works, principally American with a Charleston or Southern connection and presents special exhibitions throughout the year. In addition, the museum offers an extensive complement of public programming and educational outreach initiatives that serve the community by stimulating creative expression and improving the region’s superb quality of life.
For further information call 843/722-2706 or visit (www.gibbesmuseum.org).
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