The Halsey Institute celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2024 and we’re kicking off this banner year with a new event. Join us for “A New Year Free-for-all” where we let go, look forward, and make new friends in a one-night only event. “A New Year Free-for-all” includes an hour of communal art making followed by a party to celebrate the newly-made work on view in the Halsey Institute’s galleries. 

Art making supplies will be on hand at the Halsey Institute, but attendees are also encouraged to let go of any materials and supplies that didn’t work out for you in 2023. Maybe that pastel wasn’t the right shade. Maybe that paper was too small. Bring it in and pass it on! In the same spirit, do you have a piece that never felt right? Bring that drawing you couldn’t finish or that sculpture that didn’t match your vision and give another artist the chance to build on your work and create something fabulous. We’ll create together for 30 minutes before swapping work with another attendee to create for an additional 30 minutes. 

What can you expect? 

6:00 PM Arrive and meet up with old and new friends to scope the scene and donate supplies/work

6:30 PM Art making round 1 – grab what you need and get to making!

7:00 PM Art making round 2 – swap with another creator and finish up

7:30 PM Celebrate and enjoy the “opening” of this one-night-only exhibition with drinks, bites, and music

Rules: All work must be able to be taped to the wall or displayed on tables/floor when completed | No oil paint | No heavy machinery | No hate speech or imagery 

A New Year Free-for-all is generously sponsored by blūm in Charleston and Artist & Craftsman Supply.