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Be sure to also check out the South Carolina Artists page for more about painters, folk artists, and other artists.
Interact with Art!
Ever wanted to be an artist? Now you can try your hand at many different kinds of art styles. You can also learn about many South Carolina artists throughout history.
Be an art critic, make art, meet South Carolina artists, and watch videos about several different media. You can discover more about theater, sculpture, dance, music, painting, and media arts.
See South Carolina folk traditions like quilting, pottery, basketry, communal foodways, and folk music through audio, video, and photography
Explore a signature work of art from the Gibbes Museum of Art collection. You can make your own work of art such as a woodblock print or portrait miniature.
Just for Fun
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The Charleston Story
Print out this book of activities and explore the many kinds of art made by Charleston artists!
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Face Jugs
Learn more about pottery that looks back at you.
Face jugs attributed to a slave potter in Edgefield, South Carolina, about 1850. Courtesy of Encyclopedia Smithsonian.
South Carolina Art Styles
Learn about several art styles that have been popular in this state.
Basketry
Sweetgrass baskets have been made in Charleston and along the coast for more than 300 years. Slaves from West Africa brought this art with them and have passed the tradition on from generation to generation.
Pottery
Edgefield potter Stephen Ferrell Courtesy of PRT.
The Edgefield region of South Carolina was known for making stoneware pottery. David Drake, or Dave the Potter, was a slave in the region who wrote poems on some of his works, despite it being illegal to teach slaves to read and write.
Home & Gardens
Discover South Carolina’s most famous architect, a topiary artists, and noteworthy house styles and gardens across the state.
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