About The Institute at Palm Key

Programming
Art Programs range from workshops and retreats lead by world renowned artists and teachers to one day craft, drawing and painting classes. The annual art fair, ‘Art on the Porches’ is always a popular event in the Fall.

Wellness Programs address health concerns through seminars, retreats and workshops, or personal getaways to soothe the soul. The Institute at Palm Key is a place of learning, healing and renewal.

Corporate Workshops for team and skill building are offered with experienced workshop leaders and skill building programs as well as support for personal programming.

Nature Programs include ‘ All things Salt Marsh and Outdoors’, Birding, Butterfly Watching, Nature Walks, Kayaking, Fishing, Mushrooming, Dolphin Watch, Classes on Pond Ecology and Plant Identification.

The Institute at Palm Key is proud of the Boys and Girls Club Art Program at Palm Key. Over 40 children from Ridgeland, SC attend the Institute two days a week to work with gifted and inspiring art teachers to learn the magic of art. Students paint, participate in photo expeditions, learn pinch pot pottery and experience art in nature.

Joe Adams Village
Named for noted southern author and patron of the arts Joe Adams, the Institute at Palm Key is undertaking the development of Joe Adams Village to showcase southern heritage art and artists. Consisting of four structures and organic gardens, the Village will be a regional and national example of sustainable and environmentally responsible design while serving as a design/build experience for students of the region. As a showcase of southern heritage, Joe Adams Village will consist of a ‘Meeting House’ which will serve as the project hub while setting the tone for the village and ‘Southern Architecture and Design’ in the spirit of famed architect Samuel Mockbee. The Village will highlight southern music and film devoted to the south's blues musicians and to the best in southern movies and will feature a permanent collection of art by self taught visionary artists from the rural south.

Mission Statement
The Institute at Palm Key has been established to offer educational programs based on the ecology, art, and history of the South Carolina Lowcountry in order to give participants a unique “sense of place.”

The Institute at Palm Key Board of Directors 2007
Joe Adams, Hilton Head Isl., SC Steven Carter, Columbia, SC Beppie LeGrand, Columbia, SC Huy Ngo, Savannah, GA Crystal Weaver, Savannah, GA	Members Emeritus: Gayle Keith-Ashley, Olga, WA Rudy Mancke, Columbia, SC

Artist in Residence Frances F. Phaneuf

Botanical Illustration with Watercolor
Discover the detail and beauty of painting flowers and plants from March 1 – April 15, 2008. Fran will be Artist in Residence at the Institute at Palm Key and will be holding an assortment of classes. Fran has studied botanical illustration at various institutes at home and abroad, and her botanical watercolors have been exhibited at the Philadelphia Flower Show, Morris Arboretum and the Delaware Horticulture Society.

Education
Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Graphic Design/Visual Communication Degree
Humbolt Institute, Steuben, Maine - Botanical Illustration & Porcelain Painting
Great Britain - Botanical Illustration with Anne Marie Evans
Longwood Gardens & Exton, PA - Botanical Watercolors with Joan Frain

For More information call 843-726-3277.

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DO YOU KNOW?

What is a Salt Marsh?
A salt marsh is a grass meadow without trees that is flooded and drained by the daily tides. A typical salt marsh is located along a winding tidal creek or river, such as the Broad River at Palm Key, or on the lee side of an Atlantic sea island or barrier island.

Why does the water rise & fall in the Salt Marsh?
The rise and fall of water in the salt marsh is caused by tides. The fluctuating water levels of tides are created by the changing gravitational pull of the moon and sun on the seas. The average time between high and low tides is 6-1/4 hours. Palm Key’s high tide ranges from six to eleven feet.

What is the Lowcountry?
It is the area of South Carolina which lies between Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA where the fertile coastal plain melts into the Atlantic Ocean. This name, coined by local folk generations ago, accurately describes this land, most of which is a sub-tropical world, rich with animal, plant & marine life.

It is dark woodlands with moss-draped live oaks and tall pines bordering tupelo gum and maple swamps intertwined with creeks and rivers draining to the sea. As these waterways widen and become salty on their journey oceanward, they become bordered by vast acres of beautiful salt marshes. A substantial portion of the Lowcountry consists of these waterways and salt marshes.