UPCOMING EVENTS 

The Development of Baseball in Columbia, South Carolina

Curated by Kaci Barfield

May 15 – August 9, 2013

3^rd floor lobby

If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus

June 7, 2013 - September 20, 2013

Annual Invitational Exhibition

Joining institutions across the city of Columbia in marking 1963 as a seminal year in our nation’s progress toward a more perfect union, on September 11, 2013, the University of South Carolina will launch a series of events honoring the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of its Columbia campus. This occasion has become an opportunity for McKissick invited artists to reflect on a seminal story of southern life—the civil rights movement--that forever changed the culture of the college campus, the southeast and the nation.  If You Miss Me at the Back illustrates how the 1960s civil rights movement reshaped the southern experience—our communities, culture and environment.

Diverse Voices:  Discovering Community Through Traditional Arts

Opens August 12, 2013

2^nd floor, North Gallery

McKissick Museum has been collecting, documenting, and celebrating the traditional arts of the region for over thirty years.  While this has been a primary focus of the museum from the beginning, there has never been a dedicated gallery space to tell this story on an ongoing basis.  The “Diverse Voices” exhibition is designed to address this need.

The objects and thematic content in this gallery will change on an annual basis.  The museum’s folklife collection is extensive and there are many stories to tell.

Come Together - 2013 GALA

September 20, 2013

This year’s gala—COME TOGETHER—will be held on Friday, September 20^th, 7-10pm.  The event has been themed to build on the momentum of University-wide and City-wide efforts throughout 2013 to commemorate the 50^th anniversary of 1963 as a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement.  We have invited artists to submit artwork for our 2013 gala art exhibition--If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus--that reflects the ongoing impact of the Civil Rights Movement

Defying the Quiet: Photography of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina

October 4, 2013 – January 17, 2014

2^nd floor, South Gallery

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Telling the story of southern life:
community, culture, and the environment.

McKissick Museum
College of Arts and Sciences,
University of South Carolina
816 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29208
phone 803.777.7251
fax 803.777.2829

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