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May Issue 2004
Sumter Gallery of Art in Sumter, SC, Offers Corrie McCallum Retrospective
Corrie McCallum,
one of South Carolina's most visible and respected artists, returns
to her home town of Sumter, SC, for a retrospective exhibit of
her works. Corrie McCallum: A Retrospective is sponsored
by UBS Financial Services and features works by McCallum that
span over seventy years. It opens at the Sumter Gallery of Art
on May 18 and will be on exhibit through July 31, 2004.
McCallum, often called the "first lady of painting in Charleston,"
is recognized as being a driving force in South Carolina arts
and arts education for more than a half century. In 2003 she was
awarded the Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Award for Lifetime
Achievement in the Arts, arguably the state's highest award for
the arts.
"This impressive show will feature more than fifty works
from the artist's private collection," says executive director
Susan Doherty Osteen "Many of which have never been exhibited
publicly before."
Born in Sumter in 1914, McCallum was cousin
to another well-known Sumter artist, Elizabeth White, though White
never gave much encouragement to her younger relative. McCallum
received formal training at the University of South Carolina in
Columbia and at the Boston Museum School of Art.
In 1942 McCallum and her husband, notable artist William Halsey,
moved to Charleston, SC, where she is credited with organizing
the arts school at the Gibbes Museum and with creating the first
arts curriculum for the public schools in Charleston County.
Not only a well-respected teacher and arts
administrator, McCallum's talents as an artist won her several
awards, scholarships and fellowships, including a 1968 travel
grant which allowed her to journey solo around the globe to find
inspiration for her talents. Her style and choices of mediums
vary widely and reflect the world she was experiencing, a world
which changed greatly over the more than seven decades she has
chronicled it through art.
This is the second time a retrospective of McCallum's work will
be shown at the Sumter Gallery of Art. In 1995, twenty-eight of
her works were exhibited at the Gallery's former location, which
was also the home of McCallum's late cousin Elizabeth White. This
new show incorporates an expanded collection of works ranging
from sketches drawn by McCallum while still living in Sumter to
her series of brightly colored abstract paintings completed following
the 1999 death of her husband William Halsey.
"At UBS, we are proud to support the efforts of the Sumter Gallery of Art which for years has made a significant contribution to the greater Sumter area and the community in which we live and work," said Eddie Kinney branch office manager for UBS Financial Services Inc.
UBS is the world's largest wealth manager, a premier investment banking and securities firm, a key global asset manager, and the market leader in Swiss retail and commercial banking. With head offices in Zurich and Basel and more than 66,000 employees, UBS operates in more than 50 countries and in all major international financial centers. In the United States, UBS is one of the largest private client businesses with a client base of over 2 million.
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