In 2016, Erwin Redl received a major grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to realize a project called Seeing Spartanburg in a New Light. The project consisted of ten large-scale public installations, all involving the manipulation of light, and it was curated by the Halsey Institute's Director & Chief Curator Mark Sloan. Madeleine Mitchell, a Halsey Institute intern and Spartanburg native, recalls the project here. READ WHOLE POST [+]
In 2016, the Halsey Institute commissioned Hed Hi Media to create an animated video based on a work by Jumaadi, featured in his 2014 show at the Halsey. READ WHOLE POST [+]
Halsey Institute preparator and artist Andrew King reflects on artworks made with nontraditional materials and processes by looking closely at the work of Ray Johnson and Lonnie Holley. Johnson worked primarily with altered collages, while Holley works with found materials. Both artists work with materials that come from and have existed in our society previously. This relationship of materials and process linked to its cultural history allows the artists to explore a never-ending range of content because the final works become results of the artists interaction with the particular material. READ WHOLE POST [+]
Our Education Coordinator Sarah Berry shares how you can create endangered animal collage artworks inspired by winter 2016's exhibition, "Sara Angelucci: Aviary" For her Halsey exhibition Angelucci emphasized the relationship between the natural world and endangered species. For this art assignment, we picked an activity that both children and adults can do that recognizes endangered species. The only supplies needed are old magazines, glue, scissors, sturdy paper, and a pencil! READ WHOLE POST [+]
Summer 2020 intern Madelayne Abel shares how you can create an origami envelope inspired by spring 2016's exhibition Ray Johnson, Richard C., and Bob Ray, Correspondence Art: Words, Objects, and Images. READ WHOLE POST [+]
An entirely virtual exhibition, 10/10–Reflections on a Decade of Exhibitions celebrates ten years of exhibitions, partnerships, and programs produced in the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art's current gallery space inside the Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts at the College of Charleston. We are spending summer 2020 taking a look back on the adventurous artists we’ve hosted and projects we’ve produced in that time. Over ten weeks, we will be taking a deep dive into each year, featuring blog posts on exhibitions, interviews with artists, and other explorations into the Halsey Institute’s past. READ WHOLE POST [+]
In 2015, the Halsey Institute presented Something to Take My Place, a show of work by Lonnie Holley. As an accomplished musician, Holley also performed in Charleston during the show. Here, Anna Crowley looks at his music career. READ WHOLE POST [+]
Learn more about a recent public installation by artist Alyson Shotz, who was featured at the Halsey Institute in her 2015 exhibition Force of Nature. READ WHOLE POST [+]
We'd like to share a great activity created by Tony Varallo, College of Charleston English faculty and Director of Undergraduate Creative Writing. For years, we've been enjoying regular visits from Tony's courses at CofC to our exhibitions for creative writing assignments. By following this exercise in the galleries, it gives his students permission to write about what they see without judging whether it is “good” or “bad,” or whether it’s even a story at all. They just write. Sometimes the combination of new stimuli and a push to get pen on paper and not analyze what happened next is an incredibly helpful way to jump over a writer's block. READ WHOLE POST [+]
For this week’s art activity, we wanted to highlight the geometry at play in Alyson Shotz’s work and chose a geometric cardboard sculpture that is easy enough for children to do on their own and can also be made into a more advanced activity for adults. This activity was adapted from this blog. All you need is some cardboard, scissors or an X-acto knife, and paint or markers. You can use this template for shapes, or just draw your own. READ WHOLE POST [+]
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