60th ANNIVERSARY
WHATpeople ARE SAYING about the MUSEUM
“From where I come from,
museums of this caliber are
only in big cities, so when I
came here I was like
‘Wow this is fantastic!’”
“It’s been a wonderful avenue
for me to meet people and
pursue an interest in art
history that I’ve had forever.”
Ann Holtschlag,
volunteer docent
Alejandro Garcia-Lemos,
artist
“My son loves the museum. Whenever
we go to one of the kids’ events he
comes home and the next morning he
wakes up saying, “Mommy, can we go
to the art museum?”
Shani Gilchrist, Gala and Education
committee member and creator of
camillemaurice.com
“If you’re in to music, visual
arts, sculpture, you name
it...there’s a little something
there for everyone. “
“When I look into the faces of
people from hundreds even
thousands of years ago sometimes I feel, at least just for a few
seconds, that my life is part of
something much larger.”
Carlton Hughes,
art history professor, USC
“As I learn more about him [Dale
Chihuly] and his artwork...it makes
me realize how prestigious it is that
we’re going to be having a piece
here in our art museum.”
Steve Varholy,
WXRY/Gamecock
Alumni Broadcasters
Emily Brady,
P.R. specialist, Chernoff Newman
“I miss the mansion but our
new building is so incredible.
We can see so much more
of what is available to us.”
Sonya Stewart
The Columbia
Museum of Art
lets me be me!
“(Because of the Pop Art
show) I became a member
of the Columbia Museum of
Art and I didn’t even live
in South Carolina yet!”
John Tudor,
magician
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Jen Phelps,
executive coordinator,
SC Association of Technical
College Commissioners