May Issue 2001
Carter Memorial Shows Works by Joan Brown & Paul Genet in Charleston, SC
The Charleston Artist Guild is pleased to announce that the Third Annual Patricia O. Carter Memorial Exhibition will take place in Charleston, SC's City Hall during the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, from May 25 through June 8. Featured artists are Joan Brown and Paul Genet. The City of Charleston, Office of Cultural Affairs, is co-sponsoring this exhibition.
The Memorial Exhibition was established
to recognize the artwork of physically challenged adult artists
in the Lowcountry region and is offered in memory of Patricia
O. Carter, an oil painter and Charleston Artist Guild member whose
dedication to painting helped her cope with the devastating effects
of Lupus for a long period of time.
Joan Brown was born in Charleston, graduated from the University
of South Carolina and taught school for a number of years. She
raised a family of three and moved a number of times with her
husband in connection with his Navy career. Brown had some exposure
to art as a youngster, but did not really take up art until she
encountered severe depression requiring hospitalization several
years ago. She recognized that she was experiencing significant
problems and sought professional help for her illness. During
her hospitalization, Brown tried art therapy and became intensely
involved. She found that painting helped her to release bottled-up
emotions and restore a sense of values as well as develop creative
insights into the world around her. Her primary medium is pastel.
Paul Genet recently moved to Charleston from Charlotte, NC. He
was born in Greeneville, SC, and attended NC State and the University
of South Carolina. For a number of years he owned and managed
a corporate advertising agency in Charlotte. A disabling accident
several years ago radically changed Genet's life. He now gets
about in a wheel chair.
Genet had painted since his youth, but art took on a much greater significance for him as he learned to cope with the sudden loss of mobility following his accident. He took up painting as a new career. It has allowed him to regain a sense of self-worth and accomplishment. Genet says that art for him was "finding my life again." He works in oil and other media and concentrates on coastal and marine scenes.
For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings or call Charleston Artist Guild at 843/747-5999, e-mail at (scartguild@aol.com), and on the web at (http:/www.charlestonartistguild.org).
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