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Black Masking and beadwork on display at the Halsey

Fri Sep 06, 2024
Charleston City Paper

Demond Melancon brings a New Orleans tradition into the contemporary art world with his first solo museum exhibition, As Any Means Are Necessary, now on view at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Barefoot with braids and in a long, shiny black, gold and silver dress that merges tradition and futurism, Elisa Harkins took the stage at the Charleston Music Hall with not only her music but her culture to share. 

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Artist and composer Elisa Harkins created “Wampum / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎦᎫᏗ” as an act of Indigenous Futurism, blending disco and native languages to preserve and celebrate her culture. Featured in Spoleto Festival USA, the performance and accompanying exhibition highlight the continued existence of Indigenous cultures worldwide. 

Co-presented with the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, the performance features Harkins singing in Cherokee, English, and Muscogee (Creek) to electronic dance tracks inspired by Indigenous music, seamlessly merging the traditional with the contemporary. 

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The stark white walls at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston are glimmering. On them hang nine handmade Cherokee shawls constructed by Native American (Cherokee/Muscogee) artist and composer Elisa Harkins, for her solo exhibition Teach Me a Song. The exhibit centers on Indigenous song exchange and language revitalization among Indigenous groups in the United States and Canada.

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Charleston’s Top Museums

Tue May 07, 2024
Charleston Living Magazine

Charleston continues to have a vibrant museum scene, now with a designated Museum Mile walkable route comprised of six museums, which begins at the Charleston Visitor Center on Meeting Street. Read on to learn more about some of the area’s most notable artistic and historic attractions.

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The Halsey announces 2024’s Young Contemporaries from CofC

Thu Feb 08, 2024
The Post and Courier

Abstract shapes in bright paint hues pop from a canvas in one corner, while a trio of sweatshirts draped over mannequins in the center of the room are geared up with headphones to explain their origin stories. Strangers in black and white stare from expertly angled light and shadow in framed photographs, while sculptures curve, arc and dangle. 

In its 39th year, the Young Contemporaries program at The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art recognizes College of Charleston student artists and their work. This year, Oberlin College Professor of Studio Art and Painting Sarah Schuster was tasked with selecting a variety of prize and award winners from the wide range of media and styles presented in this show. 

 
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Local Artist’s Exhibit Connects V.I. to South Carolina

Tue Oct 17, 2023
The Virgin Islands Daily News

St. Croix artist La Vaughn Belle is thriving.

Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Belle moved to the territory with her parents at 5 months old. As an artist working across media, she has produced paintings, installations, photographs, written and video pieces and public works — much of it related to her experience in the Virgin Islands.

That work has been shown in the Caribbean, Europe and the United States. Since August, a collection has resided at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.

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College of Charleston Photos of the Week

Thu Sep 21, 2023
The College Today

School of the Arts faculty and students gathered in the Cistern Yard for the SOTA Kickoff, celebrating a new year and event season for the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art and in the departments of art and architectural history, arts management, historic preservation and community planning, music, theatre and dance, and studio art!

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MOJA Brings International Musicians, Storytelling, More

Wed Sep 20, 2023
Charleston City Paper

On Oct. 5, see Charleston’s poet laureate Asiah Mae perform at the Halsey Institute, where artist La Vaughn Belle is exhibiting When the Land Meets the Body, a multi-media display which reckons with colonization on both an individual and collective scale.

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