February Issue 2002
French Quarter Art Galleries in Charleston, SC, Open Their Doors to Show Art with a Heart
The French Quarter Gallery Association will host a special charitable Art Walk on Fri., Mar. 1 from 5-8pm. The focus of the March Art Walk is Art with a Heart. In reaction to the hard hits that non-profits have had to endure as a result of the past year, each gallery is choosing to represent a non-profit organization. Information on the organization will be available in the hosting gallery along with an opportunity to make a contribution to the non-profit organization. A range of needy non-profit organizations will be represented including such causes as Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy and Lowcountry Children's Center.
During the Art Walk, 29 French Quarter galleries and the Gibbes Museum of Art will open their doors to the public. Admission to the Gibbes Museum of Art will be free. Paticipants will be able to visit the galleries, meet artists and catch a demonstration or docent lead tour at the Gibbes Museum of Art. In addition, some galleries will offer refreshments.
The French Quarter District of Charleston was established in the 18th century with the settlement of the French Huguenots. The Art Walks in this area first began to take shape in 1990 with nine galleries participating at that time. As the Walk grew in popularity, the tradition was established that the area French Quarter galleries would host three Art Walks a year, the first Friday in May, Oct., and Dec. (with a charitable event in Mar.). The French Quarter includes galleries along East Bay, Church, Meeting, Queen, Chalmers, Broad, and Tradd Streets as well as the Gibbes Museum of Art. This four-block district can easily be covered in a single Art Walk.
A partial list of the non-profits which will
benefit at participating galleries follows:
Nina Liu and Friends - Crisis Ministries
Smith-Killian Fine Art - Lowcountry Land Trust
Marty Whaley Adams Gallery - Life Management Center, Inc.
American Originals Gallery - Lowcountry Food Bank
Courtyard Art Gallery - Cancer Society
Lowcountry Artist Ltd. - Hospice of Charleston
Ann Long Fine Art - Pet Helpers
The Hamlet Gallery - Hospice of Charleston
Patricia Madison Lusk Gallery - Lowcountry Food Bank
Spencer Art Gallery - Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation
Terry Katz Gallery - Lowcountry Children's Center
Ella Richardson Fine Art Gallery - Lowcountry Children's Center
John Carroll Doyle Art Gallery - SC Center for Birds of Prey
The Wolf Contemporary Art Gallery - Make a Wish Foundation
Gaye Sanders Fisher Gallery - Pet Helpers
Pink House Gallery - Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy
Margaret Petterson Gallery - Center for Women
Addison Hatfield Gallery - Crisis Ministries
Martin Gallery - Charleston Habitat for Humanity
Blink! - Anonymity Dance Company
Gibbes Museum of Art - Gibbes Museum of Art
For more information on the French Quarter Art Walk or the participating Galleries contact Sharla Helms at the Gibbes Museum of Art at 722-2706 ext. 18.
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