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April Issue 2005
City Art Gallery in Columbia, SC, Offers Exhibit of Emerging Artists
City Art Gallery in Columbia, SC, once again presents exceptionally talented emerging artists for, School's Out III: Emerging Artists of the Southeast. The exhibit opens for Artista Vista on Apr. 29 and continues through May 28, 2005.
For the third consecutive year City Art has conducted a competition seeking recent MFAs, BAs, and BFAs of the southeastern region, and now looks forward to presenting its third generation of talented new artists. The exhibit features work that encompasses a variety of media and that exemplifies exciting new directions in contemporary art.
School's Out III results from a nominating process in
which City Art asked studio art faculty members throughout Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama to identify
their most talented graduating artists those who are, in
their estimation, significant enough to have a chance at success
in the competitive art culture. In a twist from the previous selection
process, this year City Art also elected to trust the talents
of Melanie Neil, a senior art student at Columbia College, in
Columbia, SC, to curate this year's show. Neil, who helped
to curate a show of Native American art at Columbia College this
past year, tirelessly poured over the applicants and chose those
artists both who displayed high levels of professionalism and
whose work, when shown together, would exemplify the tempo of
the contemporary visual culture in the southeast.
Featuring these talented emerging artists, this year's exhibit
at City Art will be strong on technical skills and creative visions
in oils, mixed media, photography, sculpture, and installation. The
School's Out III: Emerging Artists of the Southeast 2005
exhibit features work from a number of colleges and universities,
including the University of South Carolina, the University of
Tennessee, and the University of Georgia.
For more information check
our SC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 803/252-3613
or at (www.cityartonline.com).
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