Riccarda de Eccher’s sublime watercolors of mountain peaks offers a similar exploration of familiar images. In this case, her works evoke picturesque representations of snow-capped mountains from the Italian Alps. de Eccher’s watercolors offer a subversion of our current ageRead more
The paintings of Marc Trujillo portray quotidian scenes: fast food restaurants, big box store aisles, the long terminal corridors of airports, and so on. The scenes are remarkably unremarkable. In their ubiquitous nature, the paintings present an anti-place: scenes thatRead more
In recognition of National Bullying Month, the Charleston Gaillard’s Education Initiative presents Lightwire’s Moon Mouse, the story of accepting differences. Marvin the Mouse wants to be popular. Constantly bullied and picked on by the “cool” rats, he is labeled asRead more
Do photographs represent a slice of reality? An objective version of reality, one that is faithful to the exact time and place the camera’s shutter opened? Can a painter achieve the same rendering of reality? In the mind of theRead more
Tammaka Staley is a performance poet, activist, and teaching artist. A resident of Columbia, South Carolina, she has been writing and performing poetry for 10 years. Tammaka actively works in the community with poetry and youth organizations like OneWord Columbia,Read more
Join Grammy-nominated drummer and producer Quentin E. Baxter and Charleston poet laureate Marcus Amaker for a night of poetry and jazz. Joining Amaker on stage will be local and regional poets who were a part of the Poetic Jazz Society, a group of writersRead more
Join us as we partner with Croghan's Jewel Box to host jewelry maker, Temple St. Clair, as she discusses her journey and her most recent book The Golden Menagerie. Temple St. Clair found her passion for creative expression in gold andRead more
Jeffrey Guillaume (aka Mr. Emotional The Poet) is a native of Newark, New Jersey, and currently resides in Columbia, South Carolina. Guillaume discovered his love for the performing arts at Benedict College, where he received a Bachelor of Science inRead more
The staff will lead Halsey Institute members on a fun and exclusive evening tour of the exhibitions on view, "Marc Trujillo: American Purgatory" and "Riccarda de Eccher: Montagna." Trujillo's paintings present an anti-place: scenes that refer not to a specificRead more
A hilarious comedic play - a sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate in the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility, so when the cantankerous Abby is forced to share her quarters with new arrival Marilyn, she hasRead more
