Background
Salmon, Robin Robertson was born on March 18, 1952 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Homer Hoyt and Elsie Rose Robertson.
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Brookgreen Gardens evolved into the cultural attraction it is today from its beginning in 1930 as a winter home for philanthropist Archer Milton Huntington and his wife, sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington. The 9,000-acre tract had been four rice plantations as early as the 18th century. Home to rice planters, sportsmen, statesmen, industrialists, horticulturists, soldiers, novelists, artists, and poets, Brookgreen has entertained the great and the humble throughout its 300-year history. This book provides photographic glimpses of the men, women, and places connected with the land that became Brookgreen Gardens and documents Brookgreen's emergence as America's first public sculpture garden. A National Historic Landmark, Brookgreen's significance rests in its history and in its future service to visitors.
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Brookgreen Gardens’ expansive property exhibits the finest outdoor collection of American figurative sculpture in the world. It began in 1930 as a winter home for philanthropist Archer Milton Huntington and his wife, sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington. When the Huntingtons founded Brookgreen Gardens in the following year, they initially placed artworks from their own collection. By 1932, they had begun to actively purchase sculpture and to commission prominent sculptors to create works for the gardens. This volume portrays Brookgreen’s beginning as the first public sculpture garden in America and its rise as a respected museum of American sculpture. In 1992, it was designated a National Historic Landmark, recognizing Anna Hyatt Huntington’s status as an important sculptor and patron of the arts and Brookgreen’s significance as a site for women’s history in America.
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Salmon, Robin Robertson was born on March 18, 1952 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Homer Hoyt and Elsie Rose Robertson.
Bachelor, University of Southern California, 1973; postgraduate, University of Southern California, 1973; postgraduate, University of Southern California, Conway, 1981, 82; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1992.
Historian & archivist Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1975—1997, editor publication, 1978—1996, vice president academic affairs, current collections, 1990—1995, vice president collections, curator of sculpture, since 1995. Sculpture consultant South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, 1984. Member founding committee Georgetown (South Carolina) County Arts Council, 1987-1988.
Regional advisor South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia, 1987. Developer museum education programs, 1981. Advisor United States Mint, State Quarters Project & medallic art projects, since 2002.
Advisor South Carolina ETV Art Website for Schools, since 2002. Board directors South Carolina Arts Alliance, since 2006.
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Member South Carolina Abandoned Cultural Property Board, 1992, South Carolina Save Outdoor Sculpture Project advisory board, 1993. Member American Association Museum (Southeast museum conference, education committee, chair SEMC curators committee since 1993), National Sculpture Society (board directors 1996-2006, editorial board Sculpture Review magazine, since 1996, member exhibitions committee, since 1997, chair exhibitions committee, 1997-2004, since 2006, advisory board directors, since 2006, Allied Professional member, 1991, Sculpture House Annual award, 2007), South Carolina Federation Museum.
Married Timothy Dane Salmon, December 1, 1979 (divorced 1990). 1 child, Alexander Robertson. Married J. Grover Shuler, March 8, 1997.