If you like to eat, the Gibbes Museum Street party is your party. Keeping with the theme of East Meets West, the event incorporated belly dancing, henna body art, an open bar, more than 15 of your favorite restaurants and desserts galore in the middle of downtown Charleston.

In March of 2014 the Women’s Council of the Gibbes Museum hosted Charlotte Moss for the Art of Design lecture and luncheon benefiting the museum. Ms Moss, author of A Visual Life: Scrapbooks, Collages, and Inspiration, sparks the senses to be present to see the beauty that surrounds us.

At the Gibbes invitation, I had the honor of documenting their inaugural speaker of the Distinguished Lecture Series. Leonard Lauder’s presentation of art from all perspectives grabbed me.

Gibbes Street Parties are sensory delights. Documenting everything from guests to culinary bites from Charleston’s top chefs, dancing in the street and live vignettes created by Willi Jones of Theater Marvelosa is visually a playground.

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Once a week I spend an hour or two loving, feeding and mucking stalls of my four legged friends through a volunteer program for LEAP's barn care.

The Gibbes and additional sponsors brought Sound & Vision: Monumental Rock & Roll Photography along with guest curator Chris Murray to Charleston.

Mary Whyte’s presentation had the full gamut of attributes. Large and small pieces, details, frames that held aspects of the piece and loads of emotion. The emotions created reactions in the views; smiles, laughter, study...