Antwon Ford began weaving sweetgrass baskets at his grandmothers side when he was only four years old.  In 2009 he began his GrassinMotion series experimenting with mathematically inspired shapes and the juxtaposition of light and dark; full and empty spaces; and more.  Most recently exhibited at the Gibbs Museum of Art, GrassinMotion will be featured at Brookgreen beginning January 9, 2021. Open daily from 12:00 - 4:30 pm in Learning Lab One of the Wall Lowcountry Center.

Corrie Clairborne, Ph.D. - “Literary Cultural Environments that Support Rice Heritage.”

Reign of Rice programs have been generously funded by Carolyn Riley, in memory of Dick Riley

Award-winning artist Rosie Sandifer will talk about her work in the exhibit, Rosie Sandifer: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture, in the Jennewein Gallery of the Rainey Sculpture Pavilion at 11:00 am on November 21. The gallery is limited to 10 people at a time and masks are required.

Paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, and historic objects reflecting the world of wild and domestic animals, native plants, and the history of the Brookgreen property comprise the inaugural exhibit in the Brenda and Dick Rosen Galleries.  The works are drawn from the collection of Brookgreen Gardens and works on loan from renowned artist Sandy Scott and the Kaminski House Museum.  Among the artworks in the exhibit are those by and attributed to 18th and 19th century luminaries Washington Allston, William Curtis, John Gould, George Whiting Flagg, and Rosa Bonheur. Great illustrators and intaglio printmakers in the field of sporting art are included such as A. B. Frost, Churchill Ettinger, Richard Bishop, Reinhold Palenske, William Schaldach, and Hans Kleiber.  Artists who focused on dogs and horses as subjects – Marguerite Kirmse, Diana Thorne, and Marilyn Newmark – are in the exhibit.  A list of notables in contemporary animal art include John Seerey-Lester, Bob Kuhn, Heiner Hertling, Sandy Scott, Walter Matia, and Bart Walter, to name a few.  Lastly, 18th and 19th century stories of Laurel Hill, Springfield, Brookgreen, and The Oaks are told through fine art, decorative arts, and material culture from the Allston, Alston, Flagg, Jordan, Ward, and Weston families.

Rosen Galleries 1, 2, 3 and 4

Kicking off Brookgreen Gardens 90th Anniversary celebration over a two-year period. Included with garden admission.

Rosen Galleries, 1, 2, 3 and 4

Kicking off Brookgreen Gardens 90th Anniversary celebration over a two-year period. Included with garden admission.

This exhibit was made possible with the generous support of

Robert and Lou Rainey

Evans and Diane Whitaker

Join Viki Richardson, Cincy Kerr and Gilma Caslin and build your own tiny ecosystem to enjoy at home. We will walk you through the steps of building a small terrarium. Supplies and plants will be provided.

Limit 10 people. Cost: $60.00 for non-members $45 for members.

This workshop is sold out.

Event is full at this time.

A short walking tour of select garden areas to explore principles of landscape design as exhibited through Anna Hyatt Huntington’s original landscape plan, garden features, and contemporary garden plantings.  Incorporate these elements in the home garden when it comes to plant selection, composition, and garden design.

Limit of 13 people. Meet in front of Welcome Center

Get acquainted with some of our most misunderstood animals, the reptiles! Ranger Mike Walker from Huntington Beach State Park will introduce you to some of our scaly friends, including snakes, turtles, lizards, and alligators. Learn how these animals have far reaching impacts on our local ecosystems, including acting as bodyguards for wading bird chicks, helping marsh residents survive catastrophic droughts, and protecting you from vermin by acting as natural pest exterminators. What has a reptile done for you lately? A lot more than you realize! A few live animals will also be on hand. 

About the Speaker: 

A native of South Carolina, Mike Walker received his Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology at the University of South Carolina. He has occupied various positions with the South Carolina State Park System and is currently an Interpretive Park Ranger for Huntington Beach State Park. He oversees educational programs and resource management. Mike’s continuous pursuit of preserving and promoting South Carolina’s natural resources has led to the most satisfying career he could ask for.  

Join Brookgreen Gardens’ horticulturist, Gina Davis and Vice President of Horticulture and Conservation, Miles Arnott, for a tour of the Children’s Garden. Gina and Miles will discuss adding color to shady gardens, using tropicals in warm-season displays, and how to incorporate shrubs with varying flower times to ensure continual color in the garden. 

About the Speakers: 

Gina Davis is the Horticulturist in charge of the Children's Garden, Palmetto Garden, Passageway, Daylily Walk, Bob Jewel Garden, and the butterfly topiary at the zoo. She has a B.S. in Marine Science from the University of South Carolina.  She has worked at Brookgreen Gardens for 8 years and is training to be an arborist. 

Miles Arnott serves as the Vice President of Horticulture and Conservation at Brookgreen Gardens. He is responsible for the institution’s cultivated and natural landscapes and supervises the horticulture, landscape, and natural areas staff. He directs the horticultural development and maintenance of the Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington Sculpture Garden, and oversees the environmental stewardship of Brookgreen’s significant natural areas.

This workshop has been cancelled.

Animal Sculpting with Paul Rhymer.

This 4-day workshop will concentrate on sculpting animals from models and other reference. Anatomy, armatures and understanding how to interpret your reference will be our focus as we sculpt a subject. Models available will include several mammals, birds, and reptiles. Taxidermy, casts, and photos will be our models. $550 plus materials.

Paul Rhymer comes from a family of artists and has drawn and painted his whole life.  After receiving an Associate of Arts degree from a local college in 1984, he accepted a job at the Smithsonian Institution doing taxidermy and model-making and retired in 2010.  As a result of so much three-dimensional work in his museum job, his own personal artwork gradually began to transform from painting and drawing into sculpture.  Being an avid birder, waterfowl hunter, and taxidermist gives him constant anatomy and behavioural learning experiences that inspire his sculpture. 

Paul’s work has been exhibited in such prestigious art shows as the National Sculpture Society, the Society of Animal Artists, and Birds in Art. His wildlife sculpture is at the National Zoo, National Museum of Natural History, the Denver Zoo, Woodson Art Museum, Hiram Blauvelt Museum, and various public buildings, parks, and private collections throughout the U.S. Paul serves on the Board of Directors for the Society of Animal Artists and the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art. 

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Sculpting the Figure in Motion with Brittany Ryan.

Please join us for a five-day journey in sculpting the human form in motion. We will focus on how to best create a sense of believable movement and weight in your sculpture. We will talk about how to work with a model and the creation of props and supports for the pose. There will be lectures and demonstrations on anatomy, gesture, and composition. We will touch on some historical references and look at some contemporary figurative sculptors who make great use of motion in their work, both as a beautiful form and cultural content. $650 plus materials and model's fees.

Brittany Ryan was born in 1983 in San Diego, California. She received her formal education at the Laguna College of Art and Design. Graduating in 2005 with a BFA degree, majoring in Illustration and a minor in Sculpture. After working as an illustrator for two years, Brittany began work toward her MFA degree in drawing and painting at the same institution. In 2008 Brittany had the opportunity to study portrait painting at Florence Academy in Florence, Italy as part of her MFA program which graduated in the spring of 2010 with a MFA from Laguna College of Art and Design. Brittany has a strong relationship with local museums, and local, national, and international art associations. Recently Brittany was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Grant, a prestigious award created to support the success and development of emerging representational artists.  In the spring of 2018, Brittany completed a three-year-long monumental sculpture project consisting of four walking figures at heroic scale cast in bronze. The sculptures are placed at the historic main campus of Laguna College of Art and Design. Brittany currently lives and works in Southern California, is periodically involved in group shows as well as being an instructor and sculpture department coordinator at Laguna College of Art + Design since 2014. 

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