Through our complicated history, through light and shadow, we have persevered – humanity intact. Art is the reason.
We believe art is the difference between merely existing and being truly alive.
When we open ourselves to art, we open ourselves to the world – to beauty, craft, to different cultures, to pain and pleasure, expression and emotion.
In the presence of art, we have the opportunity to see inside someone’s heart, mind, and soul and feel what they felt.
When the Gibbes Museum opened in 1905, the nation celebrated what Charleston has always understood: the power of art – to inspire our imagination, heal our hurt, and nourish our souls.
BOARD MEMBERS
CHAIR
Mr. Spencer Lynch
Managing Director, Raymond James
VICE-CHAIR
Mrs. Deborah Kennedy Kennard
Former Managing Counsel, Mobil Oil Corporation
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Ms. Helen C. Pratt-Thomas
Senior VP, South State Bank and Founder & Past President of Society 1858
BOARD MEMBERS
Dr. David Adams
Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery, MUSC
Mr. Jason Brown
Director, Stakeholder Relations, CRDA
Mrs. Laura Wood Cantopher
Retired Philanthropic Consultant and Former Educational Publishing Executive
Mrs. Gretchen Cuddy
Floral Desinger
Mr. Michael Culler
Vice President, Global Sales, ACME Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Tejbir Singh Dhindsa
Partner, Locwountry Emergency Physicians
Mrs. Wendy Meyer Dopp
Artist & Community Volunteer
Mrs. Lisa Hudson Evans
Community Volunteer
Ms. Katarina Fjording
CEO and Retired Automotive Executive
Mrs. Lou Rena Hammond
Founder & Chairman, Lou Hammond Associates
Mrs. Cynthia Hayes
Co-owner, Horton Hayes Fine Art
Mr. Milton Hearne
Retired IBM Executive
Mr. Jack Hoey
VP of Finance, Stevens Towing
Mrs. Mindy Hong
Professor, College of Charleston & Educational Consultant
Mrs. Gail Coutcher Hughes
Retired CPA & Owner, The Hughes Group
Mrs. Anne Janas
Retired Corprate Communcations and Branding Executive
Dr. Felice F. Knight
Director of Education, International African American Musuem
Ms. Brenda Lauderback
Chairman, Denny's Corporation
Mrs. Karen Lawson-Johnston
Philanthropist & Community Volunteer
Mr. Benjamin F. Lenhardt, III
Retired Chairman and CEO of Americas-UBS Asset Management