“Art actually is all around! From the clothes you wear to the food you eat and the video games you play, the arts are an integral part of our lives.” - Gibbes Museum

Global champion Beatrice Lempaira of BeadWORKS Kenya centered the spirit of African artisans. The education portion included photographers by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher. Image by image, they shared tales of their adventures of documenting African sacred ceremonies that are rapidly vanishing.

Guests are asked to put on eye masks and experience dining without relying on their sight. Noir is an evening combining experience and education.

During Alice Colin time as a Visiting Artist at the Gibbes museum, she jumped into an ancestry and art melding 15 portraits of diverse ethnic identity of women in South Carolina.