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The Brookgreen Bulletin - January 4, 2022
The Brookgreen Bulletin
Special Events
As we welcome the new year, we want to celebrate the spectacular event, Nights of a Thousand Candles, and thank all of our volunteers, visitors, members and donors for making it a record setting success in 2021. Because of your support, we are able to offer even more new and enriching experiences in 2022!Brookgreen's volunteer program is essential to its operation and continued success. Volunteers serve in all areas of the gardens in over 50 different volunteer opportunities. Flexible volunteer schedules are available.
THIS MONTH:
Silent Cities Cemetery TourJANUARY 8, 2022 - MARCH 5, 2022
12PM & 2:30PM
STARTING JANUARY 11, 2022
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open Studio sessions are a live monthly event open to the public. Join Bryan Rapp, Brookgreen’s Director of the Master Sculptor Program, and observe sculpture-making processes and demonstrations.
Brookgreen Home School Programs
JANUARY 13,14
10:00 AM -12:30 PM
Discovering Dinosaurs and Artifacts
Travel back in time to uncover several dinosaurs that lived in North America and their behavioral and physical adaptations for survival. We will discuss how fossils are formed and look at artifacts that have been discovered. Learn how artifacts are important sources of information for archaeologists.
Kitchen Scrap Gardening
JANUARY 27,28
10:00 AM -12:30 PM
Learn about fruits and vegetables as we take a tour of Bethea’s Garden. We will teach you to grow vegetables and herbs from items you'd normally throw in your compost bucket or trash. With little effort and a pinch of creativity you can create very imaginative indoor gardens from your kitchen leftovers!
Exhibits
COMING SOON
American Animalier: The Life and Art of Anna Hyatt Huntington
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022 TO SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2022The Rosen Galleries
A retrospective of the work of award-winning sculptor and patron Anna Hyatt Huntington.
Lowcountry Rhythms; Resilience and PerseveranceFRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2022 TO THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022
Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium
The art of Alvin Glen
ON DISPLAY
Meet the Animals – Weekends 2:30 pm (January - March). Explore the world of animals native to the southeast as an interpreter introduces you to a live animal in an interactive setting in this 30-minute program at the Campbell Center Program Shed.
The Chanticleer from Clay to Bronze; How to Build a Public Sculpture
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2022 - 10:30AM TO 11:30AM
Welcome to the South, a Primer for Transplant Gardeners
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022 - 10:30AM TO 11:30AM
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2022 - 10:30AM TO 11:30AM
BROOKGREEN 101 - JanuaryBrookgreen 101 is a public information program offered once a month. The topics may cover various aspects of Brookgreen Gardens including the collections, property history, people, poetry, art history, corporate history, the founders, and Brookgreen purposes.
Recent Art and History Acquisitions
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2022 - 1:00PM TO 2:00PMMartha Wallace Master Sculptor Program
Feb 21 - 25Animals in Bas-relief with Rod Zullo, FNSS, $650 plus materials fee.
Mar 21 -25
Developing the Sculptor’s Eye with Simon Kogan, FNSS, $650 plus materials fee and model fee.
Apr 4 - 9
Designing the Figurative Pose with Alicia N. Ponzio, FNSS. $650 plus materials and model fee.
Apr 11 - 14
Sculpting the Portrait with David Simon. $650 plus materials and model fee.
Upcoming Schedule
The Gardens is open to normal business hours of 9:30AM- 5:00-PM everyday.The Old Kitchen is open from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and serves beverages, homemade soups, cold sandwiches, quiche, and desserts.
Harvest Restaurant is closed and will reopen at the end of January.
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