May Issue 2008
Allendale
Salkehatchie Arts Center, 939 N. Main St., Allendale. Ongoing - Featuring a retail store offering works by artists from the Salkehatchie region including Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, and Hampton Counties. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 803/584-6084 or at (www.salkehatchie-arts.com).
Anderson
Around Anderson, Through June 22, 2008 - "Fish out of Water; Hooked on the Arts 2," featuring 35 six foot long Large-Mouth Bass, artisticly transformed by artists for this public art project. The participating artists include: John Acorn, Troy Ayers, Patricia Bell, Paul Brown, Amy Kuhl Cox, Nathan J. Cox, Wyn Foland, Myrl Garment, Tom Gibson, Ruth Hopkins, Amy Hopkins, Fran Humphries, Russell Jewell, Josiah Jones, Rachel Korn, Ian Looney, Kathy Moore, Sheila Noonan, Michael Slattery, Lynda Slattery, Cody Snider, Erin Spainhour, Ellen Spainhour, Steve Walter, Kristy Williamson, Wyn Foland, Breann Lollis, Stacey McAdams, Johnny Nutt, Nancey Perry, Polly Richardson, Armi Tourila, Hannah Vernon, and Bonnie West. Hours: daylight hours. Contact: 864/222-2787 or at (www.andersonartscenter.org).
Bay3 Artisan Gallery, located in the Arts Warehouse, 110 Federal St., Anderson. Ongoing - Featuring fine art paintings, jewelery, pottery and photography by Jos Acaba, Lynne Burke, Marion Carroll, Nathan & Amy M. Kuhl Cox, Liz Smith-Cox, John Davis, Jamie Davis, Ann Heard, Ruth Hopkins, Kate Krause, Brian MacCormack, Rosemary Moore, Johnny Nutt, Nancy Perry, Mary Lynn Pond, Diann Simms, Chris Troy, and Armi Tuorila. Co-sponsored by the Anderson Arts Center. Hours: Tue.-Fri., noon-5pm, & Sat., 10am- 1pm. Contact: 864/716-3838 or at (www.andersonartscenter.org).
Beaufort Area
Beaufort Art Association Gallery,1001 Bay Street, in the historic Elliott House, Bay and Charles Sts., Beaufort. Through May 10 - "Perspectives," featuring works by Juliana Kim. May 14 - June 21 - "Africa Revisited," featuring recent paintings and prints by Joan Templar. Ongoing - New works by more than 90 exhibiting members of the Beaufort Art Association Gallery - exhibits and featured artists change every six weeks. In addition to framed paintings in a variety of media, the gallery offers prints, photographs, unframed matted originals, jewelry, sculpture, ceramics and greeting cards. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10 am-5pm. Contact: 843/379-2222 or at (www.beaufortartassociation.com).
York W. Bailey Museum, Penn Center, St. Helens Island. May 10 - 30 - Featuring works by Hank Herring. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: 843/838-2432 or at (www.penncenter.com).
Bluffton
Society of Bluffton Artists Gallery/Learning Center, 48 Boundary Street, in former Bluffton Library building, Bluffton. Ongoing - Featuring works in a variety of mediums by over 80 area artists, with all work moderately priced. Changing shows every six weeks. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/757-6586.
Camden
Bassett Gallery, Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, 810 Lyttleton St., Camden. Through May 5 - Featuring works by Stacy Morgan, an award winning painter from Lexington, NC. Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-6pm. Contact: Kristin Cobb at 803/425-7676, ext. 306 or at (www.fineartscenter.org).
Charleston
Benjamin F. Cox and Jeannette K. Cox Exhibition Gallery, Avery Research Center for African History and Culture at the College of Charleston, 125 Bull St., Charleston. Ongoing - "The New Charleston," Houston Conwill's site specific art from Spoleto 1991 & "Sea Island Artifacts: The African/African American Connection." Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10am-4pm. Admission: by donation. Contact: 843/953-7609 or visit (www.cofc.edu/avery).
Charleston Artist Guild Gallery, 6 North Atlantic Wharf, across from the new City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston. May 23 - June 5 - "Painted Palettes at Piccolo". Painters have used the palette for centuries as a way to get paint from tube to brush to canvas. But now the palette becomes the canvas as our members turn this painter's tool into creative works of art. Over 75 painted palettes will be on display. Ongoing - Featuring an exhibition of works by over 60 plus exhibiting members of CAG who display a wealth of talent in different media including oils, watercolor, printmaking, & sculpture. Also - This is the office of the CAG. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 843/722-2454 or at (www.charlestonartistguild.com).
City Gallery at Waterfront Park, 34 Prioleau Street, Charleston. May 17 - June 7 - "Piccolo Spoleto Festival's 24th Annual Juried Art Exhibition". Coordinated by the Coastal Conservation League and juried by Dr. Mokhless Al-Hariri, "Vanishing Landscapes," this year's juried art exhibition theme, will showcase works (2-D & 3-D) by South Carolina artists related to the state of our planet and its environment. Hours: daily 10am-5pm during the festival. Contact: Francina Smalls-Joyner at 843/958-6459 or e-mail to (joynerf@ci.charleston.sc.us).
Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street, Charleston. Through Aug. 31 - "Seeking," featuring works by Jonathan Green, an exhibition which explores personal discovery through art. Main Gallery, Rotunda Gallery, and Galleries I, J, K, and L, May 9 - Aug. 3 - "Landscape of Slavery - The Plantation in American Art" The exhibit examines plantation-related works of art from the eighteenth century to the present. The exhibition considers plantation images in the context of the history of landscape painting while addressing their impact, both real and perceived, on race relations in the United States. First Floor, Ongoing - "The Charleston Story". With over 10,000 objects, the permanent collection housed at the Gibbes Museum of Art presents a rich, vibrant history of the Lowcountry. This exhibition highlights significant people, places, and periods from Charlestonís beginning as a British colony, through the American Revolution, the later ravages of the Civil War, and culminating today as a culturally diverse and dynamic community. Explore Gallery, Ongoing - "The Charleston Renaissance: An Artistic Reawakening". Fifty years after the Civil War ended, artists such as Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Elizabeth OíNeill Verner, Anna Heyward Taylor, and Alfred Hutty created artwork that kindled a new appreciation among Charlestonís citizens for the cityís physical environment and lowcountry character. Discover the art of the Charleston Renaissance in the newly-installed Explore Gallery. This exhibition combines computer resources, library materials, and works of art to offer a multi-dimensional, educational experience. Ongoing - "Hands On!" This exhibit features works of art selected from the Gibbes Museum of Art's touch collection. This ongoing exhibition was created to increase access to the arts for the visually impaired and to provide visitors the opportunity to experience art through the sense of touch. By handling these objects, the dynamic and rich textures of painting, visceral qualities of sculpture, and fine lines of etching can be enjoyed by an important part of the arts community. Museum Shop - Now offering the inventory of the Tradd Street Press, reproductions of works by Elizabeth O'Neill Verner amoung other exhibit related art objects. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm; closed Mon. Also open Mon., 10am-5pm during Spoleto Festival (May 26 - June 2). Admission: Yes. Contact: 843/722-2706 or at (www.gibbesmuesum.org).
Halsey Institute for Contemporary Art, Simons Center for the Arts, College of Charleston School of the Arts, George & St. Philips Sts., Charleston. First & Second Floor Galleries, May 16 - June 20 - "Calin Dan," curated by Dr. Marian Mazzone. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: Mark Sloan at 843/953-5680 or at (www.halsey.cofc.edu).
Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 68 Spring Street, corner of Spring & Coming Streets, Charleston, in the former St. James Methodist Church, founded in 1797. Ongoing - Featuring historically important documents from our permanent Charleston collection. Recently added to the Permanent Collection - a special and unique exhibit of Egyptian Stone Carvings dating from 1492 BC. Free parking and free admission. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Closed on holidays. Contact: 843/853-4651.
New Perspectives Gallery, 180 Meeting St., 2nd Floor hallway, (new Office of Cultural Affairs exhibition space), Charleston. May 15 - June 8 - "Piccolo Spoleto Invitational Exhibition - Robert Epps: Forlorn". New photographs that capture the juxtaposition of color and memory that at times is gentle, at times stark, at times violent, presents us with forlorn beauty - and at times, even these modern times, it seems that this beauty of loss is the only kind that the South is capable of producing. May 15 - June 8 - "Piccolo Spoleto Invitational Exhibition - Sandy Logan: God is in the Details...Mies Van Der Rohe (1941)". The subject of this collection is the articulation of the joining of different building materials and the often complex and beautiful compositions they make. What was once the work of builders doing their daily tasks has become, of late, almost beyond the reach of most of today's budgets and craftsmen. This is, then, a celebration of going far beyond structural necessity, to a realm worth studying close at hand. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Contact: Francina Smalls-Joyner at 843/958-6459 or e-mail at (joynerf@ci.charleston.sc.us).
Redux Contemporary Art Center, featuring Print Studio South and Redux Studios, 136 St. Philip Street, Charleston. May 8 - June 7 - "The Constructed Image," featuring works by Luis Gispert, Daniel Gordon, Lori Nix, Chris Scarborough, and Nathan Baker. Redux is proud to present a new group exhibition featuring five American photographers who challenge the nature of truth as documented by the photograph. Hours: Wed.-Sat., noon-5pm. Contact: 843/722-0697 or at (www.reduxstudios.org).
Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery, Charleston County Public Library, 68 Calhoun St., Charleston. May 1 - 31 - "Images of the Rural South: 1973-1982," featuring black and white photographs by Charleston resident John Van Dalen. The photographs document vanishing examples of old barns, houses and main street architecture of small towns in the Midlands and Piedmont areas of South Carolina. May 16 - June 16 - "Yo Art Project". The Palmetto Project presents an exhibition of photo works and posters by kids ages 6 - 15 from the Meeting Street Manor and Bridgeview Public Housing Residence. These photos and posters illustrate the children's individual creativity as well as their insight into their community. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-9pm; Fri. & Sat., 9am-6pm; and Sun. 2-5pm. Contact: Frances Richardson at 843/805-6803 or at (www.ccpl.org).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Charleston
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Ashley River Tower, Public area at Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. Ongoing - "Contemporary Carolina Collection @ Ashley River Tower," featuring the largest collection of original, contemporary South Carolina art on permanent display, including 885 works by 53 talented artists, sculptors and photographers in South Carolina. Artists included are: Lucille Akinjobe, Jack Alterman, Thomas Blagden, Jr., Carl Blair, Patti Brady, Keith Brown, Julia Cart, Eva Carter, Jocelyn Châteauvert, Lese Corrigan, Townsend Davidson, Linda Fantuzzo, Buddy Folk, Squire Fox, Mary Edna Fraser, Cassandra Gillens, Anthony Green, Jon Holloway, Ann Hubbard, Lisa Salosaari Jasinski, Erik Johnson, Kim Keats, Arianne King Comer, Kit Loney, Paul Mardikian, Nancy Marshall, Paul Matheny, John McWilliams, Sue Middleton, Marge Moody, Gordon Nicholson, Jane Nodine, Marcelo Novo, Karin Olah, Matt overend, Rick Rhodes, Ed Rice, Molly B. Right, Susan Romaine, Kristi Ryba, Virginia Scotchie, Laura Spong, Tom Stanley, Christine Tedesco, Colleen Terrell, Leo Twiggs, Tjelda Vander Meijden, Mary Walker, Sue Simons Wallace, Joe Walters, Sam Wang, Enid Williams, Manning Williams, and Paul Yanko. Hours: daily, 8:30am-5pm. Contact: Kathleen Ellis, Director of National Communications, MUSC, at 843/792.5602 or e-mail at (ellisk@musc.edu).
Charleston County Public Library Lobby, 68 Calhoun Street, Charleston. May 16 - June 16 - "The Yo Art Project - Piccolo Spoleto Festival Exhibition". The Palmetto Project presents an exhibition of twenty five exciting posters and photo works by kids ages 6 - 15, from the Meeting Street Manor and Bayside Housing residence. These photos and posters illustrate the children's individual creativity as well as an insight into their community. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-9pm; Fri.& Sat., 9am-6pm; and Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: Gene Furchgott at 843/556-6800.
Charleston Visitor Center, 375 Meeting Street @ John & Mary Streets, Charleston. May 4 - 9 - "Charleston Artist Guild 54th Annual Signature Exhibition". Hours: Daily, 8:30am-5pm. Contact: CAG at 843/722-2454 or at (www.charlestonartistguild.com).
First Federal Bank, lobby, 34 Broad Street, Charleston. May 16 - June13 - "Charleston Kids with Cameras - Piccolo Spoleto Festival Exhibit." An ongoing photography mentoring program that pairs youth of low-income families with volunteer adult photographers. The organization aims to increase self-esteem in these children by encouraging them to explore and interpret their lives, neighborhoods, and city creatively in digital images. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: Joe Rubin, 843/532-7787.
John's Island Regional Library, 3531 Maybank Hwy., John's Island. May 1 - 31 - Featuring a photography exhibit by members of the Kiawah Island Photography Club. Subjects will be varied with everything from native wildlife, scenes of the lowcountry, to pictures taken when traveling. May 1 - 31 - James Harris will display his handmade wood items created by a process called woodturning. Items on display will include bowls, vases, candlesticks, pens and pencils. May 24, 10am-2pm - St. John's High School students, under the guidance of art teacher Dona Dowling, will display their art for one day only in the library's auditorium. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-8pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am-6pm; & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 843/559-1945 or at (www.ccpl.org).
Marion Square Park, at King, Calhoun, & Meeting Streets, Charleston. May 23 - June 7 - "Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit 2008". Award-winning South Carolina artists display their works at Marion Square, with free demonstrations each day. Hours: daily 10am-5pm. Contact: Billie Sumner at 843/388-8271 or Francina Smalls-Joyner at 843/958-6459 or e-mail at (joynerf@ci.charleston.sc.us).
Sanders Rotunda, Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, 205 Calhoun St., Charleston. May 16 - June 20 - "Richard McMahan's Mini Museum - Piccolo Spoleto Festival Invitational Exhibit," curated by Mark Sloan. For 18 years, McMahan has been creating a personal museum collection featuring miniature replicas of the world's greatest works of art. This exhibition has been designed and created by Clemson architecture students, who created a methodology for presenting this diverse body of works. Hours: daily 9am-6pm. Contact: Francina Smalls-Joyner at 843/958-6459 or e-mail at (joynerf@ci.charleston.sc.us).
Wragg Square Park, Charlotte and Meeting Sts.,
Charleston. May 23 - 25 & May 30 - June 1 - "29th Piccolo
Spoleto Outdoor Craft Show and Demonstrations". Hosted by
Charleston Crafts. Artists and artisans represent areas from across
the US. Media presented ranges from traditional to contemporary
expressions; demonstrations by the exhibitors are presented throughout
the shows. Admission: Yes. Hours: Fri.& Sat., 10am-6pm and
Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact: Dorinda Harmon at 843/953-5620 or Francina
Smalls-Joyner at 843/958-6459 or e-mail at (joynerf@ci.charleston.sc.us).
Chesnee
Carolina Foothills Artisan Center, 124 W. Cherokee Street, intersection of Hwy. 11 & Hwy. 221, Chesnee. Ongoing - Featuring original works by over 60 North & South Carolina artists, including pottery, decorative and functional; paintings in oil, watercolor, acrylic and mixed media; textiles and fiber art; carved wood; jewelry; dolls; brooms; monotypes; pewter sculpture; mosaics; glass, stained, torched and fused; photography; baskets; fine wood furniture; books and cards. Also - Offering educational programming for all ages, from art classes to cultural events. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 9:30am-5:30pm. Contact: 864/461-3050 or at (www.cfac.us).
Clemson
Rudolph E. Lee Gallery, Lee Hall, College of Architecture , Clemson University, Clemson. Through May 2 - "Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition," featuring works by Meg Barron, Christopher Johson, Bora Leiby, Martin M. Manning and Seff Mazyck. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-4:30pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 864/656-3883, e-mail at (fmarkel@clemson.edu) or at (www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Clemson/Seneca
Madren Conference Center, Clemson University, Clemson. Ongoing
- Featuring wood and steel bird carvings by Grainger McKoy. Hours:
regular building hours. Contact: Peter Kent at 864/656-0382 or
e-mail at (peter.kent@clemsonews.clemson.edu).
Columbia Area
Throughout Columbia, Lexington and Richland Counties, May 3 & 4 - "Columbia Open Studios 2008," featuring a tour of 60 artists' studios. The Open Studios organization will produce a special tabloid publication listing participating artists and their contact information, images of their work, maps of the area and directions to the artists' studios. The Open Studios tabloid will be distributed with Columbia's "The State" newspaper and through art institutions across the state. Copies of the tabloid can be ordered by calling 803/238-2351 or e-mailing to (wroefs@sc.rr.com). Hours: May 3, 10am-6pm & May 4, noon-6pm. Contact: for further info visit (www.columbiaopenstudios.org).
Benedict College Fine Arts Gallery, 2nd Floor, room 202, Henry Ponder Fine Arts and Humanities Center, Benedict College, 1600 Harden St. @ Blanding St., Columbia. Through June 17 - "Annual Faculty Exhibition". Hours: M-F, 10am -4pm. Contact: Tyrone Geter, curator, at 803/758-4460 or e-mail at (getert@benedict.edu).
Columbia Museum of Art, Main & Hampton Streets, Columbia. Lipscomb Family Galleries, Through June 8 - "Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology". This major exhibition offers a fascinating view into the lives of both royal and average Egyptians with ancient objects and artwork from the earliest periods of Egyptian history to the late Roman period. The exhibit features more than 200 of W. M. Flinders Petrie's most significant finds many never before seen by the public. The objects, hidden away in secret storage facilities throughout London at the beginning of World War II, have not been displayed until now. They are part of a remarkable collection of "firsts" and include: one of the world's oldest garments, a rare beaded-net dress from the Pyramid Age, circa 2400 BC; a fragment of mankind's first history book from 2900 BC; the earliest examples of metalwork in Egypt; the earliest examples of glass so rare the Egyptians classed it with precious gems; the oldest "blueprint," written on papyrus; the first royal monument, from the reign of the legendary Scorpion King, from 3100 BC. BB&T Focus Gallery, Through July 20 - "Found Heaven: The Lowcountry of Alfred Heber Hutty," featuring a new installation of 24 works by Charleston Renaissance artist Alfred Heber Hutty. The installation includes one of only two pastel drawings known to exist by Hutty as well as a selection of etchings, drypoints, paintings and drawings by Hutty (1878-1954). Ray Taylor Fair Gallery, Ongoing - Featuring a new and permanent installation of its ancient art collection. The installation includes approximately 50 objects that introduce the major ancient civilizations from the Mediterranean and Near East. Examples of the earliest form of writing from 12th century B.C. Mesopotamia, are shown next to Egyptian scarabs and Greek painted vessels. The world of the ancient Romans is represented by 2nd century glass and bronze items and portrait sculpture. Many of these works have not been seen since the Museum moved to its location on Main Street in 1998. The collection has grown over the last several years with the donation of 12 fine Roman sculptures in 2002 from Pennsylvania collector Dr. Robert Y. Turner. Hours: Wed., Thur., & Sat., 10am-5pm; Fri., 10am-9pm, & Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: Yes, but there is no admission charge on Sat. Contact: 803/799-2810 or at (www.columbiamuseum.org).
Goodall Gallery, Spears Music/Art Center, Columbia College, 1301 Columbia College Drive, Columbia. Through May 7 - "Annual Columbia College Senior Exhibition". Hours: Mon.-Wed.,10 am-5pm,Thur.-Fri.,10am-7pm, and Sat.&Sun.,1-5pm. Contact: call Rebecca B. Munnerlyn at 803/786.3649 or e-mail at (rbmunnerlyn@colacoll.edu).
McCrory Galleri, 1276 Assembly St. (between Gervias and Lady) in the Vista, Columbia. Ongoing - Presenting works by young and developing artists, as well as mid-career or mature artists. The main objective and mission of the gallery is to facilitate presentation of works of art which advance social, cultural, intellectual, spiritual, political and/or aesthetic ideas, ideals. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue., Thur. & Fri., 10am-7pm; Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 803/400-1205.
McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, USC Horseshoe, Columbia. Through May 3 - "Spring for Art!," featuring an invitational exhibit and sale of works by artists on themes reflecting the South Carolina Midlands. It is sponsored by the McKissick Museum Advisory Council. May 10 - July 19 - "Barbecue Joints & The Good Folks Who Own Them". Drawn from the companion book, "BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipes from the Barbecue Belt," the exhibit will feature more than 40 original photographs by author and photographer David Gelin, who traveled from the Carolinas to Texas studying the cultural and traditional significance of barbecue. Ongoing - "Highlights from the Permanent Collections of McKissick Museum". Permanent - "Baruch Silver Collection," a collection of the Baruch family silver. And, "Natural Curiosity: USC and the Evolution of Scientific Inquiry into the Natural World". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5pm & Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: 803/777-7251 or at (www.cas.sc.edu/MCKS/).
SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum, 301 Gervais Street, in the same building that houses the State Museum, Columbia. Through June 28 - "Civil War Photographs from the David L. Hack Collection." This traveling exhibit organized by the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk,VA, features unique and rare period photographs. These images include Robert E. Lee in the uniform he wore while surrendering at Appomattox and Abraham Lincoln's last formal photo session in the White House. Photographs of battlefield medicine tents at Gettysburg, a military band, and Confederate spy Rose Greenhow are among the unique scenes on display. Also included is one of the first examples of photo journalism in American history - Alexander Gardner's photograph series of the Lincoln assassination conspirators' execution. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm & 1st Sun. of month 1-5pm. Contact: 803-737-8095 or at (www.crr.sc.gov).
SC State Museum, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia. Lipscomb Gallery, Through Sept. 7 - "State Museum 20th Anniversary Juried Art Exhibition," juried by Lia Newman, director of programs and exhibitions at Artspace in Raleigh, NC, and artist Brian Rutenberg, a native of Myrtle Beach, SC, who now works in New York City. The exhibit will feature 100 works by SC artists. Through May 11 - "Finding Priscilla's Children". Priscilla's story is told through a document trail that goes back 256 years beginning with her trip from Sierra Leone on the Rhode Island slave ship Hare and tracing her life on the Ball plantation near Charleston, SC. The Crescent Café, second floor mezzanine of the Museum. The house menu offers a variety of baked goods, juices, coffee, hot chocolate and tea. Lunchtime offerings include deli sandwiches and alternating daily soups, as well as grilled chicken salads and sandwiches. And let's not forget the house specialty: spectacular fudge, handmade on-site. Café Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-4pm and Sun. 1-4pm. Museum Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm ; Sun.,1-5pm. Admission: Yes. Contact: Tut Underwood at 803/898-4921 or at (www.museum.state.sc.us).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Columbia
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, 1101 Lincoln St., Columbia.
Ongoing - Featuring works by local artists throughout the convention
center, including works by Mike Williams, Liisa Salosaari Jasinski,
Tyrone Geter, Peter Lenzo, Jamie Davis, Tom Lockart & Mark
Woodham, Angela Bradburn, Virginia Scotchie, Denise Dent, Sue
Grier, Brian Rego, Heather LaHaise, Howard Hunt, Robert Campbell,
Ernest Lee, David J.P. Hooker, Ralph Waldrop, Elena Madden, Debbie
Martin, Blue Sky, Laura Spong, Jean McWhorter, Claire Farrell,
Justin Guy, and Jonathan Green. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm; Sat.,
10am-4pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 803/545-0001 or at (www.columbiaconventioncenter.com/phototour/phototour/).
Community Room, at the Village at Sandhill, 631-4 Promenade Plaza, across from Talbots in NE Columbia. May 2 & 3, 2008 - "Log Cabin Art Guild Show," featuring works by members with artists' demonstrations throughout each day as well as drawings for original art and Village at Sandhill gift cards. Guild members represent a wide range of artistic interests and backgrounds including full time professional artists and teachers, emerging artists, amateur artists, and those with an interest in learning art. Hours: Fri., 10am-7pm & Sat., 10am-9pm. Contact: Calvert Klopp at 803/736-5748 or e-mail at (cbklopp@sc.rr.com).
Seven Oaks Park, 200 Leisure Lane, Columbia. May 5 - 30 - "Seven Oaks Art League Annual Juried Show," featuring works by members of the League. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 7am-9pm; Fri., 7am-7pm; Sat., 8:30am6pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 803/772-3336 or at (www.icrc.net) then choose Seven Oaks.
Due West
Bowie Arts Center, Bonner St., Erskine College, Due West. Ongoing - Permanent Collections, 19th c. furniture, cut-glass, clocks and decorative arts. Also, 19th & early 20th c. music boxes & mechanical musical instruments. Hours: M-Th, 1-4:30pm or by appt. Contact: 864/379-8867.
Florence
Florence Museum, 558 Spruce St., Florence. May 6 - June 15 - "30th Annual State Art Competition". Admission: Yes. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 843/662-3351 or at (www.florencemuseum.org).
Greenville
Downtown Greenville - "First Fridays," featuring a gallery crawl presented on the first Fri, of the month from 6-9pm. Visit galleries throughout the downtown area. For info: (www.fristfridaysonline.com).
Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery, Bob Jones University, Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greenville. Ongoing - Permanent exhibition of the finest collection of religious art in America, including works by Rubens, Botticelli, and Van Dyck. Offering visitors a 60-minute audio-guided tour of over 40 favored works for a modest fee. Hours: Tue.-Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 864/242-5100, Ext. 1050 or at (www.bjumg.org).
Exhibition Corridor, Art Wing, Fine Arts Center, Bob Jones University, Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greenville. Through May 3 - "Annual Art Contest & Photography Contest Exhibit". Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am-10pm and Sun.,1-2:30pm. Contact: 864/242-5100, ext. 2720 or at (www.bjumg.org).
FYI Gallery, 612-B South Main St., Greenville. Through May 30 - "Furman Faculty Show," featuring works by Terri Bright, Michael Brodeur, Bob Chance, and Ross McClain. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: Furman Department of Art at 864/294-2074.
Joshua Shaw
Greenville County Museum of Art, 420 College Street, Greenville. Through June 1 - "Katherine Porter: Celestial Electric Set". Porter was born in Iowa, but her passion for places has taken her to such disparate cities as Montreal, Canada; and Portland, Maine; Paris, France; and Madison, Wisconsin. Her abstract views of the landscape are at the core of this exhibit, which also features elements of political symbolism, part of Porter's mission since her earliest paintings. Her paintings are big, bold, and vigorous, conversing in a visual language of floating discs intersecting with arcs and spiraling lines. Through June 1 - "Paul Yanko: Member Showcase," presents intensely structured and tactile paintings by this Greenville artist. Yanko, who teaches at the Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, uses masking tape to define a framework that he embellishes with layers of paint. Through June 15 - Presenting an overview of the career of Dr. David C. Driskell, who is one of the pre-eminent African-American artists and educators of our time. A North Carolina native, Driskell advanced the understanding of the evolution of black visual art in America as a professor at Talladega, Howard, and Fisk Universities and capped his academic career as chair of the art department at the University of Maryland. Driskell is also a noted consultant in African-American art, advising actor Bill Cosby and his wife Camille on the formation of their collection, which he described in the book "The Other Side of Color". Through Sept. 28 - "Masters of Watercolor: Andrew Wyeth and His Contemporaries," featuring an exhibit which compares and contrasts Wyeth with such realist painters as Stephen Scott Young, Henry Casselli, Hubert Shuptrine, and Mary Whyte. The installation also includes historical examples from the Museum collection by artists such as Thomas Hart Benton, Edward Hopper, and Charles Burchfield-icons of the American Scene movement who were influential in the early development of Wyeth's distinguished career. Through Sept. 28 - "Joshua Shaw: A Paradise of Riches," featuring a series of Southern landscapes by Joshua Shaw (1776-1860), a British-born painter whose work is owned by only a few American museums, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Through Oct. 5 - "Stone Cold Classics". Featuring a series of exhibitions that celebrate the breadth and depth of the Museum's collection. Stone Cold Classics includes major works that exemplify the development of American art over two centuries. Admission: Free. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm; Thur., till 8pm; and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 864/271-7570 or at (www.greenvillemuseum.org).
Lipscomb Gallery, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, 15 University St., Greenville. May 11 - 12 - "Junior/Senior Student Exhibition". Ongoing - We feature several exhibitions throughout each year - our own students and faculty, plus many guest artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Contact: 864/282-3777 or at (www.scgsah.state.sc.us).
Metropolitan Arts Council Gallery, 16 Augusta Street, Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring works by Greenville area artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact: 864/467-3132, or at (www.greenvillearts.com).
Thompson Gallery, Thomas Anderson Roe Art Building, Furman University, Greenville. May 5 - 31 - "Senior Exhibition," featuring works by Chrissy Andreeva, Patton Carrington, Lucy Conaway, Georgia Ann Conner, Jordan Keels, Holly Maxson, McLaine Sauve, Brian Tropiano, John Wicks, and Sydney Williams. Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm. Contact: 864/294-2074.
Upstate Visual Arts Art Gallery/School, 701 Pendleton Street, Greenville. Through May 27 - "Trading Faces," featuring an international photography exchange project and exhibition, between photographers in Greenville area of SC and Tianjin, China. This exhibition is part of Greenville's commitment to build lasting relationships in culture, history, geography, and people between the Sister Cities of Greenville, SC and Tianjin, China. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-noon & then 1-5pm. Contact: 864/232-4433 or at (www.upstatevisualart.org).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Greenville
Centre Stage Theatre, 501 River Street, Greenville. Ongoing -
Featuring works by visual art members of MAC. Exhibits are offered
in collaboration with the Metropolitan Arts Council. Hours: Tue.-Fri.,
2-6pm. Contact: MAC at 864/467-3132 or at (www.greenvillearts.com).
2522 Locust Hill Road, Greenville Technical College, Greer Campus, Taylors. Through 2009 - "The Inaugural Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition". Featured artists include: Hanna Jubran of Grimesland, NC; Jim Galluchi of Greensboro, NC; Dan Millspaugh of Asheville, NC; and Mike Roig of Carrboro, NC. Works range from 8 to 25 feet in height and combine materials of steel, copper, wood, and aluminum. This exhibition will provide both students and visitors a unique opportunity to experience the work of artists who choose to display their sculpture in the open environment. Hours: daylight hours. Contact: Enid Williams, Gallery Director, Visual Arts Dept., Greenville Technical College, Greer Campus at 864/848-2044.
Whole Foods Market, café area, 1140 Woodruff Rd., Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring rotating exhibits of works by members of Upstate Visual Arts (changing every 60 days). Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8am-9pm; Fri. & Sat., 8am-10pm & Sun., 9am-9pm. Contact: 864/232-4433 or at (www.upstatevisualarts.org).
Greenwood
CountyBank Art Gallery, The Arts Center @ The Federal Building, 120 Main St., Greenwood. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and regional artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact: 864/388-7800, e-mail at (artscouncil@greenwood.net) or at (www.greenwoodartscouncil.org).
Hartsville
Black Creek Arts Council Gallery, Black Creek Arts Center, 116 West College Ave., Hartsville. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and regional artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-noon & 1-4pm. Contact: 843/332-6234 or at (www.blackcreekarts.org).
Hilton Head Island Area
Art League Gallery of Hilton Head, The Atrium Garden, Suite 207 Pineland Station, Mathews Drive & Hwy. 278, Hilton Head Island. Through May 10 - "Sailing Among the Clouds," featuring oil paintings by John K. Crum. Through May 10 - "Earth into the Fire," featuring ceramic works by Sheri Farbstein. May 12 - June 7 - "Passion 2008," featuring recent paintings by N. Jack Huddle and "Functional or Not," featuring ceramic works by Ellen Smith. Ongoing - Featuring works by League members. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 843/681-5060 or at (www.HHAL.org).
Hilton Head Regional Healthcare Gallery, Coastal Discovery Museum, at Honey Horn, off Highway 278, across from Gumtree Road, Hilton Head Island. Through May 5 - "Life on the May River," featuring an exhibit of artistic works focusing upon the natural and cultural importance and beauty of the May River, its bluffs and its residents - both animal and human. Forty-five artists were juried into the show by Holly Koons-McCullough, curator of Fine Arts and Exhibits at the Telfair Museum. May 8 - Sept. 2 - "Apple Pie Painters: Inspired by Honey Horn". The six original members of the Apple Pie Painters: Vickie Ebbers, Mary Kelly, John Norlander, Liz Rufenacht, Barb Snow and Peter Hadfalvi are celebrating their 10th year of painting together. Through those years there have been many transitions in mediums and styles. Now numbering nine, with the addition of Marilyn Dizikes, Judy McElynn and Alex Sharma. Ongoing - This beautiful 69-acre site will serve as the Museum's base for programs highlighting the cultural heritage and natural history of the Lowcountry. And, it will provide a signature venue for community events for people of all ages.The opening includes the renovation of a 6,000 sq. foot former hunting retreat, renamed the "Discovery House," containing the Museum's new interactive exhibits, temporary gallery space and community meeting rooms. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-4:30pm & Sun., 11am-3pm. Contact: 843-689-3033 ext. 224 or at (www.coastaldiscovery.org).
Walter Greer Gallery, at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. May 2 - 25 - "2008 National Juried Show," presented by the Art League of Hilton Head. The exhibit was juried by Patricia San Soucie from Clackamas, OR. Admission: Free. Hours:. Contact: 843/686-3945 or at (www.artscenter-hhi.org).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Hilton Head Is.
Coastal Discovery Museum, 100 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head
Island. The Jarvis Room, Through July 12 - "Low Country and
Other Views," will feature photographs by some of the area's
finest photographic artists, members of the Sun City Photography
Club. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., 10am-3pm. Contact:
843-689-3033 ext. 224 or at (www.coastaldiscovery.org).
Laurens
The Artist's Coop, 113 E.Laurens St., on the Historic Downtown Square., Laurens. Ongoing - Featuring works by over 50 cooperatiave members, including paintings, jewlery, pottery and weavings. Also art classes for children and adults. Hours: Tue.-Fri.,10am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: 864/984-9359 or at (www.laurensartistscoop.org).
McClellanville
The Village Museum, next to Town Hall, 401 Pinckney Street, McClellanville. Ongoing - Exhibits demonstrate a time line of history beginning with villages of the Seewee Indians and the settlement at Jamestown, SC, by the French Huguenots, through the rice planting on the great Santee plantations and the establishment of the town of McClellanville as a coastal resort. Displays also tell of the simple lifestyle of the the postwar farmer, the rise of timber harvesting in the 20th Century and the growth of the local seafood industry. The museum attempts to both educate its visitors as well as entertain them. Admission: Yes. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 10am-5pm (closed noon-1pm for lunch). Contact: 843/887-3030 or at (www.villagemuseum.com).
McCormick
The Artisans Gallery Shop at the MACK, 115 South Main St., located in the historic Keturah Hotel, McCormick. Ongoing - Featuring works of over 30 artisans including paintings, pottery, jewelry, jackets, gourds, woodworking, textiles, soaps and more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 864/852-3216.
Moncks Corner
The Little Gallery, inside the store at the visitor's center at Mepkin Abbey, 1098 Mepkin Abbey Road, near Moncks Corner. Ongoing - Featuring a collection of contemporary craft works including weaving, art glass, woodcarving and other media, as well as works by over 30 potters from NC and SC including Carolina Cercone, James Cornell, Susan Filley, Terry Gess, Rand Heazlitt, Shawn Ireland, Nina Liu, Linda Sharpless, and John Vasquez. Hours: Tue.-Sun., 9am-4:30pm. Contact: 843/761-8509 or at (www.mepkinabbey.org).
Myrtle Beach / Grand Strand
Chapin Park, 1400 Kings Hwy and 16th Ave. N., Myrtle Beach. June 21&22, July 12&13, Oct. 11&12, and Nov. 8&9, 2008, 10am-4pm - "36th Annual Art in the Park - Show & Sale," sponsored by Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild. We will have over 60 artists from the Southeast with about 20 of those artists from our local area. Typical art will include Paintings, Woodworking, Photography, Jewelry, Fabric, Glass, Metal, Pottery, Leather and Stone. For info call JoAnne Utterback, 843/446-7471 or at (www.artsyparksy.com).
Franklin G. Burroughs · Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, 3100 South Ocean Blvd., beside Springmaid Beach, Myrtle Beach. May 8 - Oct. 5 - "People Reading: Selections from the Collection of Donald and Patricia Oresman". Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., 1-4pm. Admission: Free. Contact: 843/238-2510 or at (www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org).
North Charleston
Locations throughout North Charleston. May 2 - 10 - "2008 North Charleston Arts Festival". The fabulous nine day celebration of the arts draws over 30,000 visitors. Exciting entertainment is provided by over forty national, regional, and local professional performers, ethnic and cultural groups, and community groups. May 3 & 4 - "Main Event," at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center & Convention Center Complex, 5001 Coliseum Drive. For a full schedule contact the North Charleston Cultural Arts Department at 843/745-1087 or at (www.northcharleston.org).
The Olde Village, E. Montague Ave., North Charleston. May 7, 2008, 5-8pm - "North Charleston Arts Festival Art Walk". Businesses, pubs, small cafes, and salons in the Old Village section of E. Montague Ave. in North Charleston, SC, will display works from local artists, art from private collections, and stunning samples from masters' collections. The Yonrico Scott Jazz & Soul Trio will be performing in an outdoor garden setting. Contact: North Charleston Cultural Arts Department at 843/745-1087 or at (www.northcharleston.org).
City of North Charleston Art Gallery, North Charleston Performing Arts Center & Convention Center Complex, common walkways, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston. May 1 - 31 - "Hodge Podge of Fun," featuring works by Dorothy Shromoff, who was selected as the 2008 North Charleston Arts Festival design winner. She will be the featuring works in a variety of mediums. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4:30pm. Contact: 843/745-1087 or at (www.northcharleston.org).
North Charleston Performing Arts Center & Convention Center Complex hallways, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston. May 2 - 10 - "7th Annual SC Palmetto Hands Fine Crafts Exhibit," "Annual Fine Art Juried Art Exhibit," "Juried Photography Exhibition," and "Youth Art Exhibition". Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm and Sun., 2-5pm during Main Event and Mon.-Sat., 10am-4:30pm. Contact: 843/745-1087 or at (www.northcharleston.org).
10 Storehouse Row (The Building Arts and Design Center) The Navy Yard at Noisette; 2120 Noisette Blvd, North Charleston. Ongoing - Exhibits include works from many of the artists/tenants of 10 Storehouse Row: Artistic Spirit Gallery. Lauren Preller Lien, Rick Austin, Bill Matalene, Katie Mixon, Kelly Wenner, John Carter and Charles Ailstock. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-6pm and during events. Contact: 843/529-3698 or at (www.navyyardsc.com).
10 Storehouse Row, Noisette Blvd., The Navy Yard at Noisette (on the former Charleston Naval Base) North Charleston. May 1 - June 5 - "Quilting the Stories of Our Lives: African American Quilters & Fiber Artists". Each piece of this exhibit is uniquely designed and crafted, showcasing the vision and talent of these African American quilters and fiber artists from across the US: Teresa Vega (NY), Lenora Brown (SC), Valerie Jean Bailey (NC), Zelda Grant (SC), Addelle Sanders (SC), Jacqueline Johnson (NY), Kenneth Johnson (NY), Marion Coleman (CA), Michelle Howard Harrell (MA). This exhibition is presented in partnership with the City of Charleston's Piccolo Spoleto Festival and hosted by The Navy Yard at Noisette. Curators are Catherine Lamkin and Arianne King Comer. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-8pm & Sat., 10am-7pm. Contact: 843/745-1087 or at (www.northcharleston.org).
The Meeting Place Windows, Olde North Charleston Business District, 1077 E. Montague Ave., North Charleston. Through May 10 - Featuring a collection of works by local artists, including paintings, prints, sculpture, fine crafts, jewelry and more. May 10 - June 30 - Featuring portraits, landscapes and streetscapes by Nancy Carlson and Gil Pooser. Hours: by chance or exhibit can be viewed from street through windows. Contact: 843/745-1087 or at (www.northcharleston.org).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - North Charleston
Riverfront Park, 1001 Everglades Dr., The Navy Yard at Noisette
(former Charleston Naval Base), North Charleston. Through Mar.
31, 2009 - "3rd Annual National Outdoor Sculpture Competition
and Exhibition," featuring sculptures by fifteen established
and emerging artists, displaying imaginative and thought provoking
large-scale sculpture. Visitors can enjoy the sculpture displays
among ten acres of walking paths, a fishing pier, new boardwalk,
an oversized sandbox and children's play. Organized and presented
by the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department. Hours:
daylight hours. Contact: 843/745-1087 or at (www.northcharleston.org).
Orangeburg
Lusty Gallery, Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center, Edisto Memorial Gardens, 649 Riverside Drive, Orangeburg. Ongoing - A permanent display featuring artwork by Coan Culler, Pernille Dake, Betty Edmonds, Elsie Fogle, Michiko Johnston, Zita Mellon, Barbara Townsend, Isaiah Zagar, and local school children. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8:30am-4:30pm & Fri., 8:30am-noon. Contact: Elizabeth Thomas at 803/536-4074 or e-mail to (oarts@bellsouth.net).
Pawleys Island, Litchfield & Murrells Inlet
Brookgreen Gardens, US 17, south of Murrells Inlet. Jennewein Gallery, Through June 15 - "Good Things Come in Small Packages: Medallic and Relief Sculpture". Noble Gallery, Through June 15 - "The Bronze Zoo: Anna Hyatt Huntington and Exotic Animals". Ongoing -"Lowcountry: Change and Continuity," a major new exhibit, tells the story of human interaction with this land over the centuries. It features wall size photomurals by SC naturalist photographer Tom Blagden, along with a range of artifacts tracing the history of man's occupation of this extraordinary landscape. General Gardens, Ongoing - One of the largest collections of outdoor sculpture in America. This preeminent collection of American representational sculpture includes - 560 works by 240 artists - representing such well-known artists as Charles Parks, Daniel Chester French, Carl Milles, August Saint-Gaudens and Anna Hyatt Huntington. Hours: daily, 9:30am-5pm. Admission: Yes. Admission to Brookgreen is good for seven days. Contact: 843/235-6000 , 800-849-1931, or at (www.brookgreen.org).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Murrells Inlet
Belin Memorial United Methodist Church, Murrells Inlet. May 3,
(2008) - "12th Annual Blessing of the Inlet Festival,"
featuring arts and crafts, music and other entertainment, children's
activities, and great food from local restaurants. Contact: Judy
Irish at 843/424-0509 or at (www.belinumc.org).
Pickens
Pickens County Art and Historical Museum, 307 Johnston Street, Pickens. Through June 5 - "Twenty-Ninth Annual Juried South Carolina Artists Competition". Josh Yu,a professor of painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design since 1994 will serve as juror for this year's competition. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm; Thur. till 7:30pm & Sat., 9am-4:30pm. Contact: 864/898-5963 or at (www.co.pickens.sc.us/culturalcommission).
Rock Hill
Center for the Arts, 121 East Main St., Rock Hill. Dalton Gallery, Through May 17 - "ARPA 10," featuring an exhibit of works by artists in-residence at the McColl Center for the Visaul Arts in Charlotte, NC, including: J. Michael Simpson, Felicia Van Bork, Paula Smith, Laura McCarthy, Linda Brown, Amy Sanders, Alyssa Wood, Charles McMurray, Jennifer Gilomen, and David Edgar. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-6pm; Fri., 9am-5pm; and on 2nd and 4th weekends, Sat., 10am-2pm; & Sun., 2-4pm. Contact: 803/ 328-2787 or at (www.rockhillarts.org).
Dalton Gallery, Richard L. Fisher Memorial Library, Clinton Junior College, 1029 Crawford Road, Rock Hill. Through May 3 - "Sharif Bey: Idols and Adornment". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-8pm. Contact: call Minora Hicks at 803/327-7402 Ext. 228 or e-mail at (fisherlibrary@clintonjuniorcollege.edu).
Edmund D. Lewandowski Student Gallery, McLaurin Hall, Oakland Ave., Winthrop University, Rock Hill. Through May 9 - "Interior Design Senior Exhibition". May 19 - Sept. 4 - "Works from the University Collection". Hours: M-F, 8:30am-5pm. Contact: Tom Stanley at 803/323-2493 or at (www.winthrop.edu/arts).
Winthrop University Galleries, Rutledge Building, Winthrop University, Rock Hill. Dunlap Patrick Gallery, Through June 9 - "MFA Thesis Exhibition," featuring works by Erica Shaver. Rutledge Gallery, Through June 9 - "20th Annual Undergrad Juried Show," juried by Daniel P. Gottlieb, director of planning and design at North Carolina Museum of Art. Windows with a View, Through May 2 - "Celebrity and Ceremony: Images of People". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: Tom Stanley at 803/323-2493 or at (www.winthrop.edu/arts).
Seneca
Newry Folk Festival, Newry, approximately one mile from Rochester Highway near Seneca. June 14, 2008, 10am-4pm - The festival is presented by the Oconee Heritage Center and the Newry Village Community. Festivities include craft vendors, musical entertainment, food and much more. One additional feature this year will be a banjo, fiddle and guitar competition. For more information contact the Oconee Heritage Center at 864/638-2224 or at (www.oconeeheritagecenter.org).
Pickens, Oconee & Pendleton Counties, May
10 - 11 - "2008 POP Open Studio Tour".
The first annual Pickens, Oconee & Pendleton Open Studio Tour.
The is a highly anticipated event - the first of its kind in the
tri county - modeled after the very successful Greenville Tour.
Attendees will be able to pick up a map featuring all the artists'
locations at any of the stops along the tour. Hours: May 10, 10am-6pm
& May 11, noon-6pm. For info contact Blue Ridge Arts Council
at 864/882-2722 or at (www.blueridgeartscenter.com).
Ram Cat Alley, downtown Seneca. May 24 - 25 - "Arts on the Alley 2008," featuring works by 50 select artists to share their work as the street fills with patrons and live music, sponsored by the Ram Cat Alley Merchant Association. Contact: Ginger Pope at 864/888-1110 or e-mail to (artsonthealley@yahoo.com).
Downtown Seneca, May 24 - 25, 2008 - "Meet and 3," Memorial Day Festival. The Blue Ridge Arts Council will again participate in "Arts on the Alley" with a two-day "Make It & Take It" for the kids and artists painting on the alley. Arts on the Alley will run in conjunction with the Education Foundation of Oconee County and the City of Seneca. Called the "Meet and 3," the Memorial Day festival will include numerous admission-free events including the displays on Ram Cat Alley and Townville Street, a cruise-in, and day-long music includes headliner Billy Joe Royal. The education foundation is sponsoring a competition barbecue, and tickets for prize-winning barbecue from top cookers in the region cost $10 each. The 2008 festival will include more than 40 artists from NC, GA and SC. For info e-mail (artsonthealley@yahoo.com).
Artists' Loft, 121-B Townville Street, Seneca. Ongoing - Featuring the work of a number of local artists as well as working studios. Special exhibits highlighting different art venues to include performing and visual arts will be held periodically. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 10am-8pm. Contact: e-mail at (theartistsloft@yahoo.com).
Blue Ridge Arts Council Gallery, 111 E. South 2nd & Townville Streets, Seneca. May 2 - 11 - "POP Open Studio Tour Exhibition," featuring works by the artists participating in the tour. May 16 - July 7 - "Liz Smith-Cox - ART & SOUL". Featuring a diverse collection of paintings and drawings by award-winning artist Liz Smith-Cox. The 1976 South Carolina Teacher of the Year, 2003 Elizabeth Verner O'Neill Arts in Education Award recipient, Member in Excellence of the South Carolina Watercolor Society, and winner of the Best 2-D Award in the 2007 BRAC Juried Show. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 1-5pm, Sat. 12-3pm, & Sun. noon-2pm. Contact: 864/882-2722 or at (www.blueridgeartscenter.com).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Seneca
Historic Ballenger House, 212 East South Third St., Seneca. May
2 - 31 - "2007 South Carolina Watermedia Society's Traveling
Exhibition," featuring works by the top 30 award winners.
The exhibit is traveling throughout SC through the SC State Museum's
Traveling Art Program. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 1-5pm or by appt. Contact:
864/882-7162 or at (www.historicballengerhouse.com).
Spartanburg
Guild Gallery, Artists' Guild of Spartanburg, Chapman Cultural Center, 200 East St. John St. Spartanburg. May 3 - 28 - "The Unstill Life," featuring works by Sam Mitchell and Nancy O'Dell-Keim. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am-5pm & Sat.-Sun.,1-5pm. Contact Laura Pinkley at 864/764-9568.
Justine V.R. "Nita" Milliken Wing, Milliken Fine Arts Building, Converse College, Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring a collection of 52 prints, given by Spartanburg resident Frank Toms which includes works by Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Alexander Calder, Helmut Newton and others. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 864/596-9181 or e-mail at (artdesign@converse.edu).
Chloe
Moore
Martha Cloud Chapman Gallery, Raines Center, Wofford College, 429 North Church St., Spartanburg. May 1 - June 27 - "The Los Angeles Photographs," featuring works by Chloe Moore, Wofford College art student. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-9pm; Sat., noon-6pm & Sun., noon-9pm. Contact: 864/597-4300.
Milliken Art Gallery, Converse College, Spartanburg. Through May 15 - "2008 Student Art Exhibitions," featuring a juried student show and the seniors art exhibits. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 864/596-9181 or e-mail at (artdesign@converse.edu).
Logan Wannamaker
Sandor Teszler Library Gallery, Wofford College, 429 North Church St., Spartanburg. Through May 30 - "Ceramics by Logan Wannamaker," of Taos, New Mexico. Hours: Mon.,-Th. 8am-12am; Fri.,8am-7pm; Sat.,10am-5pm; Sun.,1pm -12am. Contact: 864/597-4300 or at (www.wofford.edu/library/gallery/index.htm).
Spartanburg Art Museum, Chapman Cultural Arts Center, 200 East St. John Street, Spartanburg. Through May 4 - William Thomas Thompson. Thompson, who has created an expansive series of paintings on the theme of Biblical Revelation, has had his work exhibited in art museums in Atlanta, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Seattle and St. Louis. Approximately half of his work deals with Biblical themes. Other topics critically address social problems and inequities which Thompson recognizes in Western society. Through May 3 - "A Common Thread: Celebrating the Art of South Carolina," featuring selections from SAM's permanent collection by artists who are included in The Palmetto Bank Collection exhibit. Through May 25 - Selections from The Palmetto Bank Corporate Collection. In 2007, The The Palmetto Bank was awarded the Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Award for the Arts for its continued efforts to support and nurture South Carolina's arts and artists. Begun over 30 years ago, The Bank's Corporate Collection represents some of the best art of contemporary South Carolina Artists. May 13 - July 5 - "Mac Arthur Goodwin - A journey of imagery and a tribute to the women of Gee's Bend". Renowned as both artist and arts educator, Dr. Mac Arthur Goodwin has contributed significantly to the artistic and aesthetic definition of the arts at the state and national level. He received the Governor's Award for the Arts and the Order of the Palmetto. Goodwin has been named both the National art educator and National art supervisor and administrator. May 13 - July 5 - "Claire Miller Hopkins: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue". Hopkins work in oil, watercolor and pastel is widely known throughout the southeast and has won awards in national and regional exhibitions. Her many memberships include The Pastel Society of America in which she has been bestowed the designation of Master Pastelist. A featured artist in "The Artists' Magazine" in Fall of 1994, Hopkins was a contributing artist in a number of books including "Pastel Interpretations" (Northlight 1993), "The Best of Portrait Painting" (Northlight 1998), and "The Art of Pastel Portraiture" (Watson-Guptil 1997). Admission: Yes. The first Thur. of each month is "Free Thursdays". Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 8pm; & Sat., 10am-5pm. Closed on national holidays. Contact: 864/582-7616 or at (www.spartanburgartmuseum.org).
USC Upstate University Gallery, Performing Arts Center, USC-Upstate, 800 University Way, Spartanburg. Through May 2 - "2008 Senior Exhibition," featuring works by: Rachel Bedel, Greg Bradham, Brian Hefner, Stephanie Huskey, Veronica Lewis, Holly Coupe Pearson, Brandon Pendred, and Derek Revan. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: Gallery Director, Jane Nodine at 864/503-5838 or e-mail at (jnodine@uscupstate.edu).
Summerville
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Summerville
Azalea Park, Main Street and West Fifth Street South, Summerville.
Ongoing - Featuring19 pieces of sculpture in Summerville's permanent
outdoor collection donated by Sculpture in the South. One of the
sculptures is located in Hutchinson Park, Summerville's Town Square.
Hours: daylight hours. Contact: 843/851-7800 or at (www.sculptureinthesouth.com).
Azalea Park, Main Street and West Fifth Street South, Summerville. May 17, 10am-6pm & May 18, 10am-5pm - "Sculpture in the South - 2008," featuring the 10th annual exhibit and sale, including works by 35 sculptors from across the country, many having national and international recognition and awards. During the event, each sculptor has his own "gallery." Artists demonstrate the creative and technical processes used to make sculpture. The extraordinary artwork created by students during the two-week Sculptor-in-Residence program in Dorchester District Two classrooms is exhibited on site. Contact: 843/851-7800 or at (www.sculptureinthesouth.com).
Sumter
Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter County Cultural Center, 135 Haynesworth St., Sumter. Through May 30 - "Philip Mullen 1994 - 2008". Probably the most renowned artist working in the state of South Carolina today, Philip Mullen is an artistís artist who celebrates the richness of the visual world. The exhibition is comprised of 40 works of varied subject matter from interior still lives: vases of flowers, arrays of boxes, the artistís studio, to exterior scenes, European villas, ponds of Koi fish, inviting porches and markets. Artisan Center Gift Shop - Featuring art objects from local and regional artists. Hours: Tues-Sat 11-5pm & Sun., 1:30-5pm. Contact: 803//775-0543 or at (www.sumtergallery.org).
WJR Gallery, USC-Sumter, Administration Building, 200 Miller Road, Sumter. Ongoing - Featuring paintings of William J. Reynolds, an ex-military pilot who's paintings reflect his career. Hours: M-F, 8:30am-5pm. Contact: Cara-lin Getty, Director of Galleries, at 803/938-3727, Laura Cardello at 803/938-3858, or at (www.uscsumter.edu/academic_info/arts/gallhp.html).
Travelers Rest
The TRAM Gallery and Community Arts Center, Travelers Rest Arts Mission, 312 N. Poinsett Hwy, Travelers Rest. Ongoing - Featuring work by local and outsider/folk artists including: Don Lewis, Carol Sutherland, Bonnie Smith, Nancy Baumiller, Els Balsa, JoAnn Taylor, Greg Patton, Marsha Baker, Barbara Green, Ramona Hotel, Anon Dixon Day and others. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm, & Sat. 10-2pm. Hours may vary. Contact: 864/834-2388 or at (www.trartsmission.org).
Walterboro
SC Artisans Center, 334 Wichman Street, 2 miles off I95, exits 53 or 57, Walterboro. Ongoing - Featuring work of nearly 280 of the SC's leading artists. The Center offers educational and interpretive displays of Southern folklife. Its mission is to enhance the appreciation and understanding of the rich cultural heritage of South Carolina. Also - "Handmade: A Celebration of the Elements of Craft". Artists and craftsmen from all over the state will sit on the porch of the center creating their artwork. This event takes place every 3rd Sat. of each month. And - The Center also offers art and craft classes and "Artful Hands Children's Art Camp". Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 843/549-0011 or at (www.southcarolinaartisanscenter.org).
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