Join us for the next Meet the Maker featuring new Halsey Institute Director and Chief Curator Michael Dickins. Members will have a chance to engage with Dickins and other fellow Halsey Institute members after his presentation. 

Meet the Makers are quarterly get-togethers for members at the Postmodernist level and above to meet an artist or maker and learn about their creative process within an intimate setting. The maker is often an upcoming or past exhibiting artist at the Halsey Institute. They will give a presentation describing their inspiration, passions, process and, ultimately, final result. Members are asked to bring “a bottle of wine and an open mind.”  

Not a member yet? Not a problem! Find out more about the benefits of membership here: https://halsey.charleston.edu/sustain/join/ 

About Michael Dickins: 

Michael Dickins is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and gallery director whose work has been exhibited across the southeastern U.S. as well as in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Denver, Houston, San Diego, Istanbul and Berlin. He has twice been a featured artist at {Re}Happening at Black Mountain College and has received commissions from the Pittsburgh Playhouse and the Houston Metropolitan Dance Company for original sound scores and projection designs.  

With over 15 years of experience directing both commercial and institutional art galleries, Dickins has collaborated with artists across diverse media. He has curated and executed more than 45 exhibitions and public art projects and has served as a guest curator for Atlanta Contemporary. Additionally, he has been a jury panelist for SouthArts, apexart, AIRIE and collegiate student exhibitions.  

Dickins holds a B.F.A. from Georgia Southern University and an M.F.A in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. Since 2014, he has been the director and curator of The New Gallery and University Collections at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.