Festivals
05/10/2012 - 05/13/2012
The Bounty will be docked at the Maritime Center and will be open for dockside tours Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
05/04/2012 - 05/12/2012
Nine days of performances, exhibitions and activities geared for family fun culminate with an outdoor concert and fireworks display over the Cooper River.
05/25/2012 - 06/10/2012
Produced by the City of Charleston’s Office of Cultural Affairs, this companion festival offers hundreds of family-friendly and moderately priced events.
05/25/2012 - 06/10/2012
Considered America’s premier international performing arts festival, Spoleto Festival USA (May 25 – June 10, 2012) fills Charleston with over 140 performances.
04/10/2012 - 10/16/2012
The Mount Pleasant Farmers Market is a gathering place for locals and visitors to leisurely explore the market's treasure trove.
Exhibits
05/25/2012 - 07/07/2012
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston School of the Arts has organized a major traveling exhibition of new work by contemporary Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto.
05/18/2012 - 07/07/2012
Known for his large-scale balloon installations, Hackenwerth’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad.
04/03/2012 - 06/19/2012
Continuing its commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Charleston Museum presents a special traveling exhibit, The Life and Times of Congressman Robert Smalls.
04/21/2012 - 08/26/2012
As spring in Charleston transitions into a playful and sunny summer, so do the garments in the Charleston Museum's Seasonal Fashions exhibit.
05/04/2012 - 09/09/2012
The Gibbes Museum of Art will have two special exhibitions on view from May 4 through September 9, 2012, Mary Whyte: Working South and Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens of the South.
05/05/2012 - 12/09/2012
Pieced (or patchwork) quilts consist of geometric shapes sewn together to form a pattern.
03/10/2012 - 11/04/2012
200 Years of Couture Fashion on Exhibit. The exhibit will showcase over fifty fine garments and accessories from the 1770s to the 1970s.
01/13/2012 - 09/10/2012
Continuing its commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Charleston Museum presents Blasted: Assorted Projectiles and Explosives of the Civil War.
07/22/2011 - 10/01/2012
This exhibition showcases paintings, drawings, and sculpture by the foremost self-taught artists of the American South.
02/10/2011 - 12/31/2015
This includes the most comprehensive list of events commemorating the Civil War.
01/01/2011 - 12/31/2015
Special changing exhibits will mark sesquicentennial anniversaries of the American Civil War on a year-by-year basis and follow the lives of the Alston family and their slaves.
01/01/2011 - 12/31/2015
Includes special changing exhibits commemorating American Civil War sesquicentennial anniversaries on a year-by-year basis and follow the lives of the Middleton family, friends and slaves.
