- John Stoehr
Arts Editor
There's more to art than you think. It's not just theater, paintings, books and dance. It's the enterprise of human creativity and it takes vastly different shapes and forms. Here you'll find my thoughts about the arts in Charleston and beyond. Neither of us knows what to expect.
Category Archives: Gibbes Museum
New top director at the Gibbes Museum
April 30, 2008 – 9:14 pm
Angela Mack is the new executive director of the Gibbes Museum of Art, according to Tuesday’s Post and Courier. She has been with the Gibbes for two decades. For the past five years, she has served as the museums deputy director and chief curator.
The announcement comes more than a month after Todd Smith resigned suddenly […]
Gibbes Seems OK After Smith’s Resignation
April 2, 2008 – 8:52 am
From my report from today’s City Paper . . .
The official line did little to stop speculation (including my own) that Smith was pushed out. My hunch was that he’d locked horns with the wrong board member over how, when, and how much it would take to build a new museum.
[. . .]
But after several […]
The Gibbes’ Decision: Are we a museum of history or a museum of art?
March 25, 2008 – 9:43 am
That’s about as much as we know from Dottie Ashley’s solid report this morning in the Post and Courier about the sudden and unexpected resignation of Todd Smith after a mere two years as executive director of the Gibbes Museum of Art. First the news.
Ashley writes:
“Some see Smith’s departure as the result of a disagreement […]
