Join us for a casual morning of coffee, conversation, and an exhibition tour with the Halsey Institute’s director Katie Hirsch and your fellow members in the Elizabeth Bick: Contrapposto and Jovencio de la Paz: The Ends of Rainbows exhibitions. Hirsch will begin her exhibitions tour at 9:30 AM, but members are welcome to join us at any point during the event. The Curator Coffee Club is sponsored by Blūm in Charleston. 

This event is open to all levels of Halsey Institute membership. Not a member yet? Not a problem! Find out more about the benefits of membership here. 

Join us for a panel discussion organized by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the College of Charleston around themes explored in Jovencio de la Paz: The Ends of Rainbows. This event will take place in person with a virtual participation option at halsey.cofc.edu/live

The panel participants will is selected by WGS and is comprised of:

Kris de Welde, Director and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Professor, Department of Sociology

Sarah Schoemann, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

Christina García, Assistant Professor, Department of Hispanic Studies

Can’t make it to the Halsey Institute during the day? Then, meet your friends for happy hour during our new event, Halsey After Hours! Occurring from 5:00 – 7:00 PM, drink in the views of the current exhibition, meet Halsey staff and advisory board members, and walk away with a fun and memorable experience. The famous Moon Party Moon will also make an appearance for a photo-op!

This event is free for Members of the Halsey Institute. Non-members will be asked for a $10 donation.

Join us for an artist talk featuring Jovencio de la Paz on the occasion of de la Paz’s exhibition The Ends of Rainbows at the Halsey Institute. The talk will take place in the galleries and it is free and open to the public.

Jovencio de la Paz is an artist and weaver based out of Eugene, OR. Their work explores the intersecting histories of weaving and modern computers, balancing the traditional processes of weaving, dye, and stitch-work with the complexities and contradictions of our present-day digital culture. At the Halsey Institute, de la Paz will present three new bodies of woven and stitched works. de la Paz’s work ranges from textiles designed using an algorithmic software based on a 1950s code that visualized Darwin’s theory of evolution to weavings made together with their mother and grandmother in a reversal of generations in the exchange of traditional knowledge. Together, these works will contemplate issues of ancestry, genealogy, mortality, and memorial through the construction of cloth.