Capturing the Immediate: Impressionism in the South: Paintings from the Permanent Collection
This expansive exhibition includes figurative, still-life, and landscape paintings by many well-known and some previously undiscovered impressionist painters who worked in the South. Driven by the passionate interest of museum founders Sissie and Billy Morris, the museum has made impressionist painting an important focus of its collection since the start. More than three galleries are devoted to this groundbreaking exhibition. Although…
Billy Morris: A 90th Birthday Celebration
With this exhibition, we celebrate the ninetieth birthday of museum founder Billy Morris. The year of his birth was momentous in more ways than can be detailed here. Donald Duck made his film debut. And the Roosevelt administration entered its first full year; its impact on American artists was profound, nowhere more so than in the South. The Public Works…
Jonathan Green: The Aesthetics of Heritage
Jonathan Green, born and raised in the South Carolina Lowcountry, has enjoyed a remarkably successful career for nearly fifty years. His work can be found in major museum, corporate, and private collections around the world. He is the recipient of many honors for his art as well as for his social, civic, and cultural activities, among them an honorary doctorate…