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Suburban by Gérard Lange from the exhibit, History of Trees - Personal Messages Revealed in Photographic Mixed Media, on view at The Mims Gallery at NC Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount, North Carolina from April 4 - May 15, 2011. Lange also has works in the exhibit Barton Art, featuring works by Barton College professors at the Wilson Arts Center in Wilson, North Carolina, on view though April 16, 2011. See related articles on Pages 37 and 38. Carolina Arts, is published monthly by Shoestring Publishing Company, a subsidiary TABLE OF CONTENTS of PSMG, Inc. Copyright© 2011 by PSMG Inc. It also publishes the blogs Carolina This index has active links, just click on the Page number and it will take you to that page. Arts Unleashed and Carolina Arts News, Copyright© 2011 by PSMG, Inc. All rights Page 1 - Cover, work by Gérard Lange reserved by PSMG, Inc. or by the authors of articles. Reproduction or use without written Page 2 - Table of Contents, Contact Info, Facebook Link, Links to blogs and Carolina Arts permission is strictly prohibited. Carolina Arts is available online at (www.CarolinaArts. Page 3 - Ad by Morris Whiteside Galleries com). Mailing address: P.O. Drawer 427, Bonneau, SC 29431. Telephone: 843/825-3408, Page 4 - Editorial Commentary, ads by Smith Galleries and The Sylvan Gallery e-mail at ([email protected]) and on the web at (www.CarolinaArts.com). Page 5 - Ad by North Charleston Arts Festival Page 6 - Ad by Sculpture in the South and articles from Smith Killian Fine Art, The Sylvan Gallery, Editor/Publisher/Calendars/Distribution Thomas J. Starland and City of Charleston Gallery at Waterfront Park Page 7 - Ads by Artistic Spirit Galery/Eye Level Art & Charleston Crafts, article continued from City of Web Master/Advertising/Business Manager Charleston Gallery at Waterfront Park Linda Parks Starland Page 8 - Ads by The Wells Gallery & Eve Carter Studio, articles from City of North Charleston, M Blog Guru & Graphics Gallery of Fine Art and Gibbes Museum of Art Zelda Ravenel Page 9 - Ads by A Simple Tree, article continued from Gibbes Museum of Art Proofer Page 10 - Ads by Whimsy Joy by Roz & Mary Walker, articles from Eye Level Art/Artistic Spirit Gallery Andrew A. Starland and Nina Liu and Friends Contributing Writers This Month Page 11 - Charleston area maps, and ads by Rhett Thurman Studio, Charleston Crafts, Helena None This Month Fox Fine Art, The Sylvan Gallery, The Wells Gallery, Corrigan Gallery, Saul Alexander Advertising Rates Foundation Gallery, Smith Killian Fine Art, Nina Liu & Friends, The Pink House Gallery, Click here for advertising rates. Gaye Sanders Fisher Gallery, Spencer Art Galleries, Dog & Horse Fine Arts & Portraiture, The deadline for the May 2011 issue is Cone 10 Studios, and McCallum-Halsey Studios Apr., 24, 2011. Page 12 - Ads by Peter Scala & Smith Killian Fine Art, articles from The Wells Gallery, Halsey Institute,

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Four Women and a Baby Oil 9 x 12 inches Wanted Posters Oil 8 x 10 inches

The Followup Oil 20 x 5 inches Featuring New Works Artist Reception: April 21st, 2011 6 - 8 pm

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Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 3 Marion, SC, will be hosting the traveling skin at the beach or - heaven forbid - it rains. by Tom Starland, Editor and Publisher exhibit of the 2010 South Carolina Water- Besides, we found there are some pretty Editorial media Society’s Annual Members’ Exhibi- interesting things being presented over there. tion, on view in April. So, it seems that during the months of We’re Not a Non-Profit April and May, you have a number of op- COMMENTARY portunities to see selected watercolor works Now, some people continue to ask me, from national, regional and Carolina artists. “Why do you cover areas where you are not It’s Not Just a Numbers Game Facebook pages and some are just finding receiving support?” I ask myself that a lot out about us on the Internet. East of I-95 in North Carolina too. Some think we’re a non-profit. The two important numbers this month Some call it social networking - I say The hope is that folks in those areas will are (45,000+) downloads of the March people are just amazed at all that is going You may have noticed a few names not eventually see the value in being included 2011 PDF and (89,000+) possible down- on in the visual art community of the regularly mentioned in Carolina Arts or in Carolina Arts and being exposed to its loads in the form of (other) activity on our Carolinas. Whatever it is - knock on wood anywhere else for that matter in the previ- growing readership and decide to join in website. - I hope it keeps up. ous section. Art exhibitions taking place supporting us with advertising - at rates that The PDF downloads represent the in Eastern NC don’t often get much press are pretty low. Even in these challenging “known” numbers we are sure of, the (oth- Watercolors Everywhere outside that region, much less in South times of reduced public funding - anyone er) represent the “unknown” but a pretty Carolina, but we hope to be changing that. should be able to afford our rates - even if good guess. It seems now that Spring has arrived - We’ve done some research and reached just occasionally. I did some research looking back people are breaking out their watercolors out to some of the organizations there and in I hope history doesn’t have to repeat through previous months of our website - at least to be exhibited. this issue we have at least four articles about itself. Back in 1997, when we first started stats and found that the (other) number The Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, exhibits taking place at the Arts Council of Carolina Arts we distributed our paper in was minimal to the numbers that started in NC, is presenting, National Watercolor Wilson in Wilson; at the Mims Art Gallery all the major areas of the Carolinas and in a Jan. 2011 - once we went totally online. Society’s 90th Annual Exhibition’s Travel- at NC Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount; lot of the smaller communities in between. But besides these numbers - which are ing Show, on view from Apr. 1 through at The Arts Center in Kinston; and at After six months passed, we assessed where great, we want to make sure our sup- May 25, 2011. In conjunction with the Johnston Community College in Smithfield continued on Page 13 porters (advertisers) are also seeing an NWS Show, two local members of NWS, (maybe not east of I-95, but close enough to increase amount of activity too. So after Judy Rider and Kate Worm, will exhibit share the problem in getting publicity to a you finish surfing through this massive several of their works as well. larger audience). issue (71pages) - pick an advertiser near The Greenville Museum of Art in Green- In our gallery listings we also have info your area and let them know by e-mail or ville, NC, is presenting the 34th Annual about exhibits taking place in Manteo, a call that you appreciate their support. Southern Watercolor Society Juried Exhibi- Washington, Tarboro, Jacksonville, and I think I’ve figured out who some of tion, on view from Apr. 10 through May New Bern. these new readers are or not. We’ve got- 20, 2011. The exhibit will present selected As the word gets around - that we’re ten an increased number of e-mails from works from the over 500 members from: interested at Carolina Arts - we hope to hear people and businesses who want to help Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of from more folks presenting visual art exhi- us get our website on the very top of Inter- Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Ken- bitions in this part of North Carolina. net searches - which already happens in a tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, We’re featuring works by Gérard Lange lot of cases. So, if everyone of these folks Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South on our cover this month, a professor from have really checked our paper out and Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and the Department of Art & Design at Barton passed it on to at least one friend - they West Virginia. College in Wilson, NC. He has work being could amount to a fair number of visitors. Members of the Eastern Region of the featured in two exhibits, one at the Wilson We get at least ten of these e-mails a day. Watercolor Society of North Carolina will Arts Center featuring works by Barton pro- I’m just amazed at how many of these present the exhibit, Gift of Spring: WSNC fessors and a solo exhibit at the The Mims Internet wizards are interested in get- Eastern Region Exhibition, on view from Gallery at NC Wesleyan College in Rocky ting Carolina Arts at the top of people’s Apr. 1 - 29, 2011, at the Turnage Theater in Mount, NC. searches. Washington, NC. In a few months a lot of folks West of The real reason we’re getting so many Of course, the Greenville County Mu- I-95 will be heading eastward toward the views is because people are sending the seum of Art in Greenville, SC, is showing coast - in search of cooler breezes. We want link of the PDF around to their e-mail lists works by Mary Whyte, one of SC’s most to make sure they know where they can go and some of those people are forwarding gifted watercolor artists, on view through see a good exhibit - once they’ve fried their it on to people on their e-mail lists and Sept. 18, 2011. so on. Others are posting notices on their And, the Marion County Museum in continued above on next column to the right Shirley Novak

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paintings of Zinnias. Last summer I finally the way the Zinnias reach straight up to succeeded at growing a mildew-free crop the sky. My show also includes Tulips, Smith Killian Fine Art in Charleston, of Zinnias to paint.” Sunflowers, Cosmos and plenty of my “Most of SC, Features Works by Shannon Smith my career has Smith Killian Fine Art in Charleston, tions of her interactions and experiences been focused SC, will present the exhibit, Intersections: in everyday life. Her subjects include on the delicate, Figurative Works by Shannon Smith, on Lowcountry landscapes, travel paintings, graceful and view from Apr. 1 - 30, 2011. A reception figural paintings, still lifes and interiors. whimsical na- will be held on Apr. 1, from 5:30-8:30pm. The common thread between all of her ture of Iceland work is the light that illuminates her paint- Poppies. It has ings. She captures the warm glow of the been a magical afternoon sun and recreates the drama of journey get- that moment in time. ting to know For Intersections Smith has explored Zinnias up her fascination with the figure, expressing close, painting the gestures, personality and energy of her them large and subjects in paint to tell their story. understanding The artist explains that her inspiration their structure. for Intersections “came from the concept Iceland Pop- pies are fluid of how my life has ‘intersected’ in some Tulips by Shirley Novak manner with the figures painted in this as compared to body of work.” She captures the life of the stiff and solid structure of Zinnias.” beloved Iceland Poppies.” her subject through her eyes and interac- “Zinnias look almost prehistoric and The Sylvan Gallery is a member of tion with them and describes it as a ‘visual sculptural,” adds Novak. “Their color is the Charleston Fine Art Dealers Associa- journal’ of her chosen figures. While some as intense as Iceland Poppies, but their tion and is located on historic King St. in Fifth Cast by Shannon Smith paintings express a more intimate mo- personalities are not as playful, because downtown Charleston. ment in the artist’s experience, such as a the breezes do not bend, wind and wiggle For further info check our SC Com- This is the first time in the artist’s lunch with her mother on a painting trip their stems into curlicues. But, there mercial Gallery listings, call 843/722- career that she has presented an entire in Maine, others reflect a more fleeting is something proud and determined in 2172 or visit (www.thesylvangallery.com). collection of oil paintings exploring the interaction, as the artist encounters a girl figure. Smith is a Charleston native and with an umbrella on a walk in Argentina. comes from a family of artists, her mother Each ‘intersection’ is a reflection of the Betty Anglin Smith, sister Jennifer Smith artist’s life, her travels, encounters and City of Charleston in Charleston, Rogers and brother Tripp Smith are all experiences with others. highly respected artists exploring different For further info check our SC Com- SC, Offers View on Post Civil War media and subject matter. mercial Gallery listings, call 843/853- Smith’s paintings are soulful rendi- 0708 or visit (www.smithkillian.com). Up to the Civil Rights Movement The City of Charleston Office of tographic images (c. 1865) of the physical The Sylvan Gallery in Charleston, Cultural Affairs will present two exhibits devastation caused by the war as well as including: Post Civil War Charleston – artistic interpretations of the impact that 1865: A Photographic Retrospective and this war had on American society in the SC, Offers Works by Shirley Novak Civil/Uncivil: The Art of Leo Twiggs, on late 19th and 20th centuries leading up to The Sylvan Gallery in Charleston, SC, new collection. Her focus on nature and view at the City Gallery at Waterfront the Civil Rights Movement. will present the exhibit, Spring Fever, specifically flowers opens up her painters’ Park in Charleston, SC, from Apr. 8 Located on the lower level of the gal- featuring new paintings by Shirley Novak, palette in fresh personal ways. through May 8, 2011, in observance of the lery, Post Civil War Charleston – 1865: A on view from Apr. 22 through May 31, “For this show at the Sylvan Gallery, I Civil War Sesquicentennial. The exhibit Photographic Retrospective features pho- 2011. A reception will be held on Apr. 22, am excited to share a group of new paint- opens on Apr. 8, and the public is invited tographs from the archives of The Library from 5-8pm. ings from my garden in Colorado,” says to attend a reception in honor of the artists of Congress that were taken in Charleston Novak’s passion for gardening and Novak. “Within the group I have several from 6 to 8pm. in 1865 and accurately reflect a war-torn plein air painting is what inspired this continued above on next column to the right The two disparate shows display pho- continued on Page 7 Page 6 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 “(Outsider) Art : Show”

XONON Oil on Canvas 31 x 36 inches Casey McGlynn EyeLevel Art and Artistic Spirit Gallery, in Charleston, SC, are collaborating on this Visionary art show offering the chance to collect “Outsider Art*” from nationally known artists.

*Outsider Art refers to artists who are on the outside of society and not influenced by art trends, listening just to the voices in their heads. April 29 - May 22, 2011 Opening Event: April 29th, 6 - 10 pm at EyeLevel Art, 103 Spring Street, Charleston, SC Artistic Spirit Gallery EyeLevel Art www.artisticspiritgallery.com www.eyelevelart.com

art form. As one of the most noteworthy ture for the exhibit Civil/Uncivil: The Art South Carolina artists since the 1960s, of Leo Twiggs on Sunday, Apr. 10, 2011 City of Charleston Twiggs’ art is about subjects, topics, issues at 3pm. and people close to his Southern upbring- The City Gallery at Waterfront Park, continued from Page 6 ing. But through familiar specifics, Twiggs owned by the City of Charleston and addresses broader themes, including race, operated by the City of Charleston Of- Charleston in the immediate aftermath of others were taken with twin lens stereo- black culture, politics and relationships fice of Cultural Affairs, is a venue for the five-year conflict of the War Between scopic cameras in order to create a stereo between generations. He does so the States. Many of Charleston’s well- view. In recent years, the photographs through modern imagery and narra- known landmarks are documented in these have been fully restored by Charleston native scenes that seldom are straight- images, including the Battery and City tive Rick Rhodes as photographs deterio- forward snapshots but abstracted, Hall, as well as images of the flag raising rate over a long period of time. However, symbolic tableaus dominated by ceremony at Fort Sumter, which occurred Rick Rhodes Photography & Imaging shapes, lines and fields of color. near the end of the Civil War on Apr. 14, fully restored these significant photo- By the 1970s, Twiggs’ national 1865, denoting the fourth anniversary of graphs, as to effectively highlight all of reputation resulted in several solo the surrender of Fort Sumter. the detail of Fort Sumter and Charleston, shows in the Northeast, including South Carolina in 1865. A great amount of at New York’s Studio Museum in time was spent repairing scratches, cracks, Harlem. He also has been in group and other faults that occur over time, en- shows featuring the country’s most abling audiences to see the historic city of famous African-American artists, in- Charleston in 1865, amid this momentous cluding Jacob Lawrence and Romare event. Bearden. His career retrospective, Civil/Uncivil: The Art of Leo Twiggs, organized by the Georgia Museum located on the upper level of the City Gal- of Art, traveled to several venues, lery, features works by Orangeburg, SC, including the South Carolina State native Dr. Leo Twiggs, and documents the Museum from 2004 to 2006. Twiggs’ path from the Civil War to the Civil Rights work is in prominent South Carolina Movement. The works represent aspects museums, including the Greenville of the South’s legacy as it relates to these County Museum of Art. He was the events and how they have impacted first person to receive as an indi- Southern society, both in a historical sense vidual South Carolina’s highest art Work by Leo Twiggs and as it relates today. award, the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner 1865 Fort Sumter Governor’s Award for the Arts. Civil/Un- contemporary artwork that is new, vital civil: The Art of Leo Twiggs focuses pri- and innovative, with a focus on broaden- marily on the Civil War to the Civil Rights ing Charleston’s arts outlook. The City Movement and is curated by Wim Roefs Gallery provides access to the visual arts of if ART Gallery in Columbia, SC. for everyone in Charleston, visitors and Rick Rhodes and historian Robert residents alike, by offering exhibits that Rosen will give a combined lecture on are all admission-free. Post Civil War Charleston – 1865: A Pho- For further information check our SC tographic Retrospective on Saturday, Apr. Institutional Gallery listings, call the Gal- 9, 2011 at noon. lery at 843/958-6484 or visit Dr. Leo Twiggs will give an artist’s lec- (www.citygalleryatwaterfrontpark.com).

The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the month prior to the next issue. This would be Apr. 24th for the May 2011 issue and May 24 for the June 2011 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the next month. But don’t wait for the last minute - send your info now. And where do you send that info? 1865 Post Office Work by Leo Twiggs E-mail to ([email protected]) or mail to: Some of these photographs were origi- Twiggs is widely seen as the coun- Carolina Arts, P.O, Drawer 427, Bonneau, SC 29431 nally taken with large glass plates, while try’s main pioneer of batik as a modern Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 7 Intention Oil on Canvas, 72 x 66 inches

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studio, Costanza orchestrates paintings ist/teachers including Kevin McPherson, that engage the viewer to enter the subject Matt Smith, Jeffery Watt, and has a long City of North Charleston Gallery with him by capturing the light and atmo- standing close personal as well as profes- sphere. sional friendship with Scott L. Christens- Features Works by Clay Rice Over twenty-five years of Costanza’s en. It is Christensen whom Costanza cred- The City of North Charleston’s Cultur- silhouette artist. This exhibit blends the life were in Law Enforcement in such its with most of his growth. Frequently al Arts Department is pleased to announce elegant black and white silhouette tradi- specialties as SWAT, K9 Handler, K9 these two can be found painting, fishing, that works by Clay Rice will be on exhibit tion with a colorful world in the story of Supervisor, Patrol Supervisor and Detec- hunting or just enjoying the fellowship of at the North Charleston City Gallery in friendship between a lonely shadow and a tive. About mid career, the desire to return intimate friendship. North Charleston, SC, from Apr. 1 - 29, little boy. to artistic endeavors surfaced after having Costanza’s work is in collections 2011. The exhibition is on loan from the Silhouetting has been in Rice’s family been abandoned in his early twenties. from coast to coast and is included in the South Carolina State Museum’s Traveling for decades and he has continued to honor Though dormant, there was a constant permanent collection of the Academy Mu- Exhibitions Program. that tradition. He learned how to construct underlying desire to again delve into the seum in Easton, MD. He currently lives in silhouettes from his grandfather, Carew mysteries of paint, light, and subject mat- Eugene, OR, with his wife and two sons. Rice, who cut many of the iconic silhou- ter. Costanza believes it took a decade and “I am always humbled when someone ettes seen throughout Charleston. Rice a half of discipline to mold his personal trades the fruits of their hard labors for the describes his process as a combination of tendencies to study and work as hard as outcome of mine,” says Costanza. style he has developed and techniques that one needs to in the very difficult endeavor A portion of sales from the show will have been in his family for all these years. of making a good painting. Costanza benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. “I fumble through it until I get it right and retired from law enforcement to become a For further information check our SC hopefully learn from the last thing I do,” full-time painter. Commercial Gallery listing, 843/727-4500 he explains. Primarily “self-taught”, he has studied or visit (www.mgalleryoffineart.com). Rice’s silhouettes have been featured with a number of great contemporary art- in Country Living, The Washington Times, The Atlanta Constitution, and Cookie Magazine. He is also the recipient of the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award and Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC, the IPPY Award for Children’s Book of the Year. Offers Two Exhibits for Sesquicentennial The North Charleston City Gallery is located in the Charleston Area Convention Center with free parking and admission Commemoration of the Start of Civil War during regular Convention Center operat- The Gibbes Museum of Art in Charles- perspectives of this time period. Con- ing hours. ton, SC, will present two new exhibitions rad Wise Chapman’s paintings provide For further information check our from Apr. 8 through July 10, 2011, to the first-hand view of a solder on the SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the coincide with the 150th anniversary ob- front lines, while Stephen Marc’s digital The Lonely Shadow: Silhouette Art by North Charleston Cultural Arts Depart- servance of the start of the Civil War. Ste- montages offer a contemporary take on Clay Rice, features original illustrations ment at 843/740-5854 or visit phen Marc: Passage on the Underground slavery, the Underground Railroad, and from The Lonely Shadow, a new children’s (www.northcharleston.org). Railroad, (Main Gallery) organized by the the vestiges of the Civil War,” stated Pam book created by the nationally known University at Buffalo Art Galleries, Buf- Wall, Gibbes Curator of Exhibitions. falo, New York, features Marc’s fascinat- Photographer and digital montage artist ing photographs and digital montages that Stephen Marc, winner of the Gibbes Mu- explore the history of freedom-seekers seum 2009 Factor Prize for Southern Art, M Gallery of Fine Art in Charleston, on the Underground Railroad. A Soldiers explores the history of North America’s View of Civil War Charleston, (Rotunda freedom seekers in the exhibition Ste- SC, Features Works by Gene Costanza Galleries) organized by the Gibbes, fea- phen Marc: Passage on the Underground M Gallery of Fine Art in Charleston, Costanza is a contemporary real- tures paintings by artist and Confederate Railroad. Since 2000, Marc has taken SC, will present the exhibit, An American ist painter of traditional subject matter, soldier Conrad Wise Chapman depicting thousands of photographs of more than Collection: Works by Gene Costanza from focusing primarily on landscape and Charleston during the war. 100 historic sites in over thirty states and West to East, on view from Apr. 1 - 30, man’s interaction with it. Equally at home “The Civil War is certainly an impor- in Canada. With this body of work, Marc 2011. A reception will be held on Apr. 1, painting “en plein air” as well as the tant part of Charleston’s history, and our combines contemporary images with from 5-8pm. continued above on next column to the right featured exhibitions offer two different continued on Page 9 Page 8 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 born artist always considered himself a Civil War historian and the George Henry Southerner. In 1861, Chapman left Rome Davis 1986 Professor Emeritus of United to enlist in the Confederate Army. As a States History at Princeton University. His Gibbes Museum of Art soldier under the charge of General P. G. lecture will focus on the soldiers who vol- continued from Page 8 T. Beauregard, Chapman created his re- unteered to fight during this momentous markable paintings, displayed for the first event in American history. McPherson is historic documents and artifacts to create of Slavery: The Plantation in American time in Charleston. The majority of these the author of numerous books on the Civil richly-layered objects that bring the past Art at the Gibbes in 2008, Constellation, paintings are on loan to the Gibbes from War including For Cause and Comrades, palpably into the present. an invitational exhibition celebrating the The Museum of the Confederacy, Rich- winner of the Lincoln Prize; Drawn With The exhibition is comprised of two 25th anniversary of the Center for Photog- mond, VA. series: Underground Railroad sites and raphy at Woodstock (where in 2001, Marc “This is the montages. In the sites series, Marc has was Artist in Residence), and three exhibi- first time our documented the individual Underground tions which were accompanied by book entire collec- Railroad locations with photographs taken publications; Committed to the Image: tion of Chap- inside and outside historical structures as Contemporary Black Photographers at the man paintings well as the surrounding landscape. In the Brooklyn Museum of Art; Game Face: have been ex- montage series, he marries the landscape Women in Athletics at the Smithsonian hibited outside to slavery through the use of plantation Institution in Washington, DC; and Reflec- of Richmond,” sites, primary source documents, and other tions in Black: A History of Black Photog- stated Waite remnants of slavery from diverse sources - raphers at the Smithsonian Institution’s Untitled from the Passage on the Underground Railroad Series, 2006, by Stephen Marc Rawls, CEO (American, b. 1954). Archival pigment inkjet print on paper 24 x 56 inches. many of them collected by the artist - and Center for African History and Culture in and President combines these with pertinent modern cul- Washington, DC. of The Museum of the Confederacy, “and the Sword: Reflections on the American tural references. Woven together digitally, The publication Stephen Marc: Pas- Charleston is clearly the place for that to Civil War; and his Pulitzer Prize winner the final images create narratives that sage on the Underground Railroad was happen. We are especially indebted to the Battle Cry of Freedom. This lecture is part generate insightful juxtapositions that help released by Stephen Marc in conjunction Carolina Yacht Club for its assistance in of the Lowcountry Civil War Sesquicen- to tell the story of important sites plus the with the University Press of Mississippi. conserving this important collection.” tennial Commemoration, organized by the experiences that were occurring during For this exhibition and publication, Marc The Museum of the Confederacy is a Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust and after the Civil War. has received ongoing support from Olym- private, nonprofit educational institution. (www.sccivilwar.org). pus Imaging America Inc., as It houses the world’s largest collection Architect and art historian Kenyon well as from the National Park of artifacts and documents related to the (Tim) C. Bolton III will provide insight Service as a National Under- Confederate States of America. The Muse- into Winslow Homer’s development at the ground Railroad Network to um and White House of the Confederacy beginning of his career. Homer’s painted Freedom Program. The exhibi- are located in downtown Richmond, VA. subjects of the Civil War culminated in the tion at the Gibbes is sponsored A Soldiers View of Civil War Charles- single most important image to symbolize by BlueCross BlueShield of ton is sponsored by Gibbes, etc. and that period. When the Civil War began in South Carolina and Charleston Charleston Gateway magazine. 1861, Winslow Homer was a young man Magazine. Several programs related to these beginning his artistic career. As a spe- A Soldiers View of Civil War exhibitions will be offered including: On cial correspondent for Harper’s Weekly, Charleston features paintings Apr. 12, at 7pm - James McPherson will Homer spent extended periods of time depicting the batteries and offer the lectures, Reflections on the 150th on the front lines creating sketches of the forts around Charleston Harbor Anniversary of the American Civil War soldiers and events he witnessed. Many of as painted by Conrad Wise and Volunteers in Blue and Gray: Why his sketches were reproduced in Harper’s Submarine Torpedo Boat H. L. Hunley, Dec. 6, 1863, 1864, by Con- Chapman (1842 – 1910) during They Fought. Free with admission. Reser- as wood engravings, while others were rad Wise Chapman (American, 1842 – 1910) Oil on board. Courtesy the Civil War. The exhibition vations are suggested. later developed into oil paintings. Homer of The Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia. includes multiple paintings of On Apr. 14, at 6pm - Tim Bolton will went on to achieve great success and is Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie offer the lecture Winslow Homer and the recognized as one of the most significant Marc received his BA from Pomona and a depiction of the H.L. Hunley, the Civil War. Free for Members; $10 for American artists of the nineteenth century. College in 1976 and his MFA from the first submarine ever to sink an enemy Non-Members. Dr. Bolton holds a Ph.D. in art history Tyler School of Art at Temple University ship. The Hunley was painted just two On May 27, at 11am - Stephen Marc from Harvard University. in 1978. He resides in Tempe, AZ, where weeks before its final voyage. will conduct a tour of his exhibit. Free For further info check our SC Institu- he is a Professor of Art at Arizona State Though Chapman spent many of his with admission. tional Gallery listings, call 843/722-2706 University. Marc’s work has been featured formative years in Rome, the American- James M. McPherson is an American or visit (www.gibbesmuseum.org). in many exhibitions including Landscape continued above on next column to the right Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 9 © Mary Walker Whimsy Joy A monotype is often referred to as a “painterly print”. The Painterly Print... A Unique Work of Art... by

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evolved for over three decades. However, his own scripts and often playing the lead Boyer maintains the same palette and cer- character. Eye Level Art & Artistic Spirit Gallery tain fragments of imagery move from one During the opening on Apr. 29, show- painting to the next, allowing the viewer ings of two featured films by Alfred Eaker in Charleston, SC, Offers Outsider Art to track his evolution as an artist. will be at viewing stations in the gallery Eye Level Art in Charleston, SC, will not influenced by art trends, listening just Alfred Eaker is a multi-talented person. that will allow for in and out participation, present the exhibit, (Outsider) Art: Show, to the voices in their heads. The paintings He is a painter and his work is influenced depending on interest. This event is free. in conjunction with the Artistic Spirit Gal- are emotional, painful and humorous but by his diverse religious background. He Wine and beer will be for sale. lery of North Charleston, SC. The exhibit never boring. started drawing as a child at the Midwest For further information check our features the works of Casey McGlynn, Casey McGlynn is from Toronto, Can- evangelical church where his family be- SC Commercial Gallery listings, call Mark Miller, Tom Sassano, Jan Boyer, and ada and has sold his work on the streets longed, sketching the congregants. Eaker 843/278-2374, visit Alfred Eaker and will be on view from of New York, at the Slotin Folk Art Show is a great lover of music, another driving (www.eyelevelart.com) or Apr. 29 through May 22, 2011. A recep- in Atlanta, GA, and in several galleries force. He is also a film producer, writing (www.artisticpspiritgallery.com). tion will be held on Apr. 29, from 6-10pm. throughout North America. His paintings often include animals, inspired by his youth in rural Ottawa. He frequently includes himself, sometimes difficult to find Nina Liu and Friends in among the layers of paint and imagery. Mark Miller is from Indianapolis, IN, Charleston, SC, Features and his highly detailed pieces are multimedia, including his own drawing, collage elements and print like transfers. He Works by Arthur McDonald works intuitively with no master plan as to Nina Liu and Friends in Charleston, that reflects his interests and experiences layout or content. SC, continues its twenty-fifth year with an in multiple cultures and religions, espe- Tom Sassano is a housepainter from exhibition of work by papermaker Arthur cially those of Asia. Santa Fe, NM. His unstretched canvases, McDonald. The exhibition, entitled Icons Working with layers of handmade filled with bright Southwest colors, are for Meditation, will be on view from Apr. paper and found or gathered objects such displayed in frames that he created to 1 - 30, 2011. A reception will be held on as fossils, pages from texts and branches, match each painting. Apr. 3, from 4-6pm. McDonald creates compositions that tease McDonald, an emeritus professor of the eye with earthy colors, subtle patterns, Theatre at the College of Charleston’s and repeated forms. The completed works School of the Arts, began studying paper- have a quality that evokes the power of making in 1998 after working with hand- ritual objects. made paper in an experimental production McDonald’s work appeared in the 2010 Work by Casey McGlynn entitled Lear Africanus. As he pursued International Craft Biennale at the Cheon- his interest in papermaking, McDonald gJu Craft Museum in Seoul. Among other Mike Elder, owner of EyeLevel Art, studied at the Penland School of Crafts venues where he has exhibited his work and Julie and Marty Klaper from Artistic in North Carolina and traveled to coun- are the Black Mountain Center for the Spirit Gallery are collaborating on this tries such as Bhutan, China, and Thailand Arts, NC; The Design Gallery in Burns- Visionary art show to explain the impor- to learn about the craft from traditional ville, NC; and Charleston’s Nina Liu and tance in collecting Outsider Art. Prices papermakers. Friends. McDonald has taught papermak- will range from $100-5000. The exhibit In his North Carolina mountain studio ing at the Black Mountain Center for the gives viewers a chance to collect Outsider Work by Jan Boyer McDonald uses bark from mulberry trees Arts and the Gibbes Museum of Art. Art from nationally known artists. (from Thailand), daphne fiber (from The gallery is located in the historic The artists being presented are driven Jan Boyer has been painting since he Bhutan) and gampi fiber (from the Philip- Poinsett House on State Street in Charles- by an almost compulsive need to express was a young boy. He created his own re- pines) to make his paper. Working in his ton. themselves and deal with issues in their ligion, Allism, which dictated his content Charleston studio McDonald combines For further information check our SC lives through their imagery. Often they for many years. He is also greatly influ- his paper with other elements to produce Commercial Gallery listing or call the gal- have not had professional art training, enced by the environment of both rural striking work with an aesthetic sensibility lery at 843/722-2724. hence another name for this type of work and urban areas. Lately, he has taken to is “Outsider Art.” The term references the abstracting these images. His work has You can contact us by calling 843/825-3408 or by e-mail at - [email protected] artists being on the outside of society and continued above on next column to the right Page 10 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Downtown Charleston, SC, Map & Gallery Guide SC State Ports Authority Hasell Street Hasell Street College of Charleston - Map A Beaufain Street Warren Street John Stree t Union Pier 1

Marion Sq. Park King Street King Meeting Street Meeting Calhoun Street Pinckney Street Pinckney Street 37 Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art 38 Simons Center of the Arts

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3 40 6. Smith Killian Fine Art Jacob’s Alley Gibbes 7. Nina Liu and Friends Museum of Art 8. Pink House Gallery 4 Street Church RR 5 9. Gaye Sanders Fisher Gallery Archdale St. Archdale Queen Street Queen Street 10. Spencer Art Galleries

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Park Street Church King Street King Parking Garage RR RR Street Bay East 39. Halsey-McCallum Studios 40. Gibbes Museum of Art Surface Parking Lot Broad Street Broad Street 41. Art Institute of Charleston Gallery 10 11 42. City Gallery at Waterfront Park Public Park 12 43. New Perspectives Gallery RR Public Rest Rooms

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showing at 843.723.0073 www.helenafoxfineart.com Isabella St.  The Sylvan Gallery I-26 171 King Street • Charleston, SC • 843-722-2172 By appointment or chance Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery Charleston County Public Library 171 King St. • Charleston • SC • 29401 Main floor of the Library Featuring 20th & 21st Century Featuring monthly exhibitions traditional and representational by local and regional artists paintings and sculpture. Open during regular Library hours. 843-722-2172 843-805-6801 www.thesylvangallery.com 68 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC The Gaye Sanders Fisher NINA LIU Pink House Gallery AND FRIENDS Gallery Fine Art in a 1690’s house A Gallery of Contemporary Art Objects Alice Grimsley, Nancy Rushing, Monthly Exhibitions Audrey Price, & Marsha Blandenburg Also Bruce W. Krucke, Alexandria H. Bennington Original Watercolors Exclusive for Ravenel Gaillard Poinsett House • 24 State Street 17 Chalmers Street • Charleston, SC www.gayesandersfisher.com • 843/958-0010 Charleston, South Carolina 29401 Mon - Sat 10-5 • 843/723-3608 124 Church Street • Charleston, SC Telephone (843) 722-2724 http://pinkhousegallery.tripod.com/ In the heart of the French Quarter District PENCER McCallum - Halsey Art Galleries Studios SContemporary Fine Art Works by OVER 35 ARTISTS A studio and gallery of local Masters, Mid-career, & Emerging potters and sculptors Corrie McCallum & William Halsey Mon-Sat 10am-5pm Studio memberships and classes paintings • graphics • sculpture 55 Broad Street & 57 Broad Street 102 Church Street • Charleston, SC Hours: Monday-Saturday, 11am-5pm; Sunday 1-5pm for the discerning collector 843/722-6854 843/723-4482 843-577-5500 1080B Morrison Drive • Charleston, SC Charleston, SC 29401 843-853-3345 • in the heart of NoMo by appointment - 843.723.5977 www.spencerartgallery.com www.dogandhorsefineart.com www.cone10studios.com • [email protected] www.halseyfoundation.org Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 11 SurrealistSCALA Painter

“Scream” www.peterscala.com Studio: 843-225-3313 Gallery Representation: Jeanine Taylor Art Gallery Sanford, FL

exhibition, Salon des Refusés, will also Mackie was previously a Curatorial As- be on view in the Hill Gallery during the sociate at the New Museum in New York The Wells Gallery in Charleston, SC, same time frame. where she organized numerous exhibitions Each spring, current College of and projects. In 2005, she curated Open, Features Works by Sally Tharp, David Charleston students may submit recent an exhibition organized in conjunction work to the Young Contemporaries annual with Paul Ramírez Jonas’ public art com- exhibition, giving them an opportunity mission, Taylor Square in Cambridge, MA. Goldhagen, John Geci & Felice Designs to have their work chosen by an outside Mackie has curated exhibitions and The Wells Gallery in Charleston, SC, the often overlooked, sometimes imper- curator and exhibited in a professional worked on projects with a number of art- will present the exhibit, Nostalgia, featur- fect items of life.” This perspective and gallery setting. Works are available for ists including Nicole Eisenman, Mariam ing new works by painter Sally Tharp, exploration of the past through vintage sale at the discretion of the artist, offering Ghani, Sharon Hayes, Ana Prvacki, and jewelry creations by Felice Designs, and items evokes an inviting sense of nostal- the community a great opportunity to pur- the New York-based collective LTTR and new glass sculpture by David Goldha- gia that people can relate to from various chase artwork by these emerging artists. Ridykeulous. She was the recipient of a gen and John Geci, on view from Apr. Young Contemporaries 2011 is made 2009 CEC Artslink Grant to produce a 1 - 16, 2011. A reception will be held on possible by generous support from Lee project in Sofia, Bulgaria and completed Apr. 1, from 5-8pm, when a lampwork and Ann Higdon. a fellowship in 2010 at the Henry Moore demonstration by Felice Killian, of Felice Concurrent with Young Contempo- Institute in Leeds, UK, where she re- Designs will be offered. raries 2011 is the Salon des Refusés searched the work of Helen Chadwick. exhibition to be shown in the Hill Gal- Mackie holds a Master’s degree in Curato- lery within The Marion and Wayland H. rial Studies from the Center for Curatorial Cato Jr. Center for the Arts. The origin of Studies at Bard College and a Bachelor’s the “Salon des Refusés” dates to Paris in degree in Liberal Arts from Sarah Law- 1863, when artists who had been rejected rence College. Work by Sally Tharp from the official Salon caused such a pro- The Halsey Institute of Contemporary test that Emperor Napoleon III ordered an- Art is administered by the School of the memories. other exhibition held for them. Among the Arts at the College of Charleston and Works by David Goldhagen Located on Meeting Street next to painters in this “Salon des Refusés” were exists to advocate, exhibit and interpret the Gibbes Museum of Art in historic Camille Pissaro, Henri Fantin-Latour, visual art, with an emphasis on contempo- Nostalgia came to be when we were downtown Charleston, collectors can feel James M. Whistler, and Edouard Manet. rary art. introduced to Sally Tharp’s large oil paint- confident they will find both integrity and Following suit, the Salon des Refusés at Young Contemporaries 2011 is co-pro- ings a few months back featuring very expertise at The Wells Gallery, where the College of Charleston is curated by the duced by the Halsey Institute, the Studio close up perspectives of vintage items. “I quality and value are paramount and a Studio Art Department from the released Art Department, and Visual Arts Club at am often drawn to the old, marred, scarred wide array of significant art is offered. Young Contemporaries submissions. the College of Charleston. and imperfect things in life, feeling the Works including paintings, bronze sculp- The Visual Arts Club at the College of For further information check our need to show a side of them that is beauti- ture and hand-blown glass are offered Charleston chose Amy Mackie, Director SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the ful, giving them a voice,” says Tharp. She from national, international and emerging of Visual Art at the Contemporary Arts Institute at 843)953-4422 or visit (www. goes on to say “The objects I choose to artists. Center in New Orleans, as this year’s juror. halsey.cofc.edu). paint hold an aesthetic beauty to me and I For further information check our SC paint them in that light. I invite the viewer Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- to experience the qualities in them that I lery at 843/576-1290 or visit find appealing and to seek the beauty in (www.wellsgallery.com). SCOOP Studios in Charleston, SC, Offers Works by Christopher Murphy Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in SCOOP Studios in Charleston, SC, mean catastrophe, just simply change.” will present the exhibit, From the Ashes, New paintings created this year along featuring works by local abstract artist, with those made in collaboration with the Charleston Offers Annual Student Exhibit Christopher Murphy, on view from Apr. Byers Design Group last fall in Urban The Halsey Institute of Contemporary view from Apr. 1 -26, 2011. This year’s 1 - 30, 2011. A reception will be held on Perspectives will be exhibited together in Art at the College of Charleston School exhibition juror is Amy Mackie, Director Apr. 1, from 5-8pm. From the Ashes. The artist remarks, “I will of the Arts in Charleston, SC, will host of Visual Arts at the Contemporary Arts The show is a collection of paintings continue to explore similar themes with the 26th annual juried student art exhibi- Center in New Orleans, LA. A concurrent about destruction and renewal. Murphy each new body of work, but I am always tion, Young Contemporaries 2011, on continued above on next column to the right says, “This concept does not necessarily continued on Page 13 Page 12 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 THE TREASURE NEST The Pink House Gallery Art Gallery McCallum -

Extensive selection of high Halsey Studios qualityClasses oil start paintings January and 31, frames 2011 Corrie McCallum Comeat truly visit wonderful our new values. studio & gallery in the new year & William Halsey 1055 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. 1080BCrickentree Morrison Village Drive Shopping • Charleston, Center SC 843-853-3345Mt. Pleasant, SC • •in Mon-Sat, the heart 10am-6pm of NoMo Both recipients 843www.cone10studios.co 216 -1235 • www.treasurenestartgallery.com • [email protected] of the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Award

Alice Stewart Grimsley paintings • graphics • sculpture Original Art, Fine Prints, for the discerning collector Custom Framing, and Always lots of new work by Grismsley, Rushing, Price & Blandenburg Interior Design by appointment 843/723-5977 in the oldest building in Charleston, SC 20 Fulton Street 140-A West Richardson Ave. Charleston, SC 29401 Summerville, South Carolina 29483 17 Chalmers St (843) 723-3608 843/873-8212 Mon-Sat 10-5 by appointment or at: Mon. - Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat. 10am - 5pm http://pinkhousegallery.tripod.com/ William Halsey www.halseyfoundation.org SCOOP Studios in Charleston, SC continued from Page 12 looking for bigger and better ways to use the Piccolo Spoleto Festival Juried Ex- reclaimed materials in my paintings.” hibition in 2010 with his signature piece By saying, “bigger and better,” Murphy from the solo show Lines of Communica- means more three-dimensional using tions. The artist was invited to show his found objects including textiles, toys and work at the Flagship Gallery in the Digital various hardware. Corridor in Charleston in addition to the When asked what are his favorite Urban Perspectives show at Byers Design found objects, Murphy answered “Toys! Group. They don’t always work in my paintings, Murphy is a native of Florida, won a but I use them whenever I can.” His new scholarship to Columbus College of Art work takes a more serious look at change and Design where he received his BA and how it can be a painful, but also a then earned his Master of Fine Arts from great purifying experience. “This kind of Georgia Southern University. His next big transformation is expressed through the role in life is fatherhood; Murphy and his use of discarded objects, printed materials, wife are expecting their first child in late and other debris that would otherwise end summer 2011. up in a landfill. This process of making For further information check our SC art in this way reinforces the theme of de- Commercial Gallery listings, call the struction and renewal,” explains the artist. gallery at 843/577-3292 or visit (www. Murphy won the 2nd Place award in scoopcontemporary.com).

Antelope Canyon, the Great Sand Dunes Budnick’s works have been displayed Art & Fine Craft CoOp Gallery in North and the Texas Hillcountry. and are part of collections throughout the Self-taught and award-winning pho- Southeast. tographer Susan Budnick began her career Budnick will hold a sale of her works Charleston, SC, Offers Annual Exhibition in 1999 after moving to the Lowcoun- on Saturday, Apr. 30, 2011, from 10am - be held on May 4, from 5-8pm, during try. Shooting in both color and black and 6pm. Part of the sale proceeds will go to the annual Art Walk in the Olde Village white, all her images are produced with the Charleston Friends of the Library. area of North Charleston. Both the Art a vintage 35mm camera and without For further information check our SC Walk and the Art & Fine Craft CoOp are the benefit of artificial light, filters or Institutional Gallery listings, call the Main components of the 2011 North Charleston computer manipulation of the content. A Branch at 843/ 805-6930 or the John’s Arts Festival. member of the Charleston Artist Guild Island Branch at 843/ 559-1945. The annual pop-up gallery and tem- and the Carolina Foothills Artisan Center, porary artist cooperative is dedicated to presenting works by many artists of varied backgrounds in a diverse array of media and styles, from representational Editorial Commentary to contemporary, in both two and three dimensions. All pieces on display will continued from Page 4 / back to Page 4 be available for sale. Artworks range we were receiving support and interest and you are an option. from original oils, watercolors, mixed where we were not. At that point we stopped Our ad rates are on our website’s front media, and sculptures, to batik, pottery, covering and going to those areas we had no page at (www.carolinaarts.com) under glass, prints, note cards, handmade soaps, response from. Then they missed us. Advertising. candles and more. Later in 1999, when we started our Participating artists include: Betsey website we began including items on the A Problem With Photos of Artwork Carter, Karole Turner Campbell, James website from those areas we received by Hill, Keller Lee, Pedro Rodriguez, Kim deadline. It’s a lot of extra work with little The problem is - we don’t have enough West, Madeline Dukes, and more. return - except a few thanks. to help make our massive gallery listings The Meeting Place is located at 1077 I don’t know if we’ll do that review in six not look so boring. We have a lot of images East Montague Avenue in the revitalized months or eight, but it will happen and at from the people we deal with on a regular Work by Betsey Carter Olde Village area of North Charleston. that point we’ll decide which areas are still basis, but none from a lot of folks. We need Parking is free. CoOp gallery hours are worth covering. And since the website is people to take a look at the listings - see The City of North Charleston’s Fridays and Saturdays, 11am-7pm. now our main venue, there won’t be a sec- who we don’t have images for and send Cultural Arts Department will host its For further information check our ond venue to place the leftovers on except them to us for future use. annual Spring Art & Fine Craft CoOp SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the in the delete file. We might continue to list If you’re a gallery that doesn’t have an Gallery & Sale at the Meeting Place in North Charleston Cultural Arts Depart- these exhibits in the Gallery Listings, but image representing some artist’s work at North Charleston, SC, on view from Apr. ment at 843/740-5854 or visit we won’t include them as Feature Articles. your gallery - send us some images to use. If 1 through May 28, 2011. A reception will (www.northcharleston.org). Like I said, we are not a non-profit, we you’re an artist represented at a gallery that don’t receive funding from any public has no images - send some. source to cover all areas of the Carolinas. What we need is images that are at least We’d love to continue, but it is a business 3” wide, but no bigger and at 300dpi resolu- Charleston County Public Library in and we can’t continue to devote time and tion. They should be good reproductions - in space to areas who are not participating in focus. We won’t use bad images. Send them supporting us. by e-mail to ([email protected]) and Charleston, SC, Features Works by The old way of thinking that the “media” tell whose artwork it is and which gallery it has to cover the arts has been thrown out goes to. Joanna Biondolillo and Susan Budnick the window in these tough economic times. If you don’t see your gallery there - The Charleston County Public Li- from Apr. 1 - 30, 2011, and an exhibit of Arts coverage is shrinking, not growing. where have you been? brary in Charleston, SC, will present two works by Susan Budnick, on view at the If you don’t promote your offerings to the Now a gush of images may add a few exhibits including: The True Landscape, John’s Island Regional Library, from Apr. public, you will not grow your audience. more pages to the paper, but that seems featuring works by Joanna Biondolillo, 1 - 30, 2011. You won’t even be able to hold on to what to be the trend anyway. It will slow down on view at the Saul Alexander Founda- Biondolillo’s exhibit is an unaltered you’ve had while others are. The public has when the heat of Summer comes - and it’s tion Gallery, located at the Main Branch look at the majesty of the west, including a lot of choices as to where they can spend coming. 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Dating from The McColl Center for Visual Art in source.” lotte, NC, will present the exhibit, Attitude the 1960s to present day, the exhibition Charlotte, NC, will present the exhibit, Jeff Schmuki offered the following and Alchemy: The Metalwork of Gary Lee includes approximately 124 examples of The Green Shadow, featuring works by statement about his work: “My approach Noffke, on view in the Gorelick Gallery, his silver and gold hollowware, flatware, Jeff Schmuki and Heather Lewis, on view combines environmental, social, econom- from Apr. 2 through Sept. 11, 2011. and jewelry in addition to a selection of from Apr. 15 through Aug. 19, 2011. An ic, and aesthetic concerns with a nomadic objects forged in steel. This retrospective opening reception will be held on Apr. 15, sensibility developed after Hurricane Ka- will not only capture Noffke’s distinctive from 6-9pm and a closing reception will trina. These whimsical yet serious func- personality, but also trace the evolution of be held on Aug. 18, from 6-9pm. tional sculptures/plant growth systems his style, methodology, and impact on the Heather Lewis offered the following re-purposed from mass-produced com- field. From striking jewelry inspired by statement about her work: “Mass produc- mercial products, which often begin as a ancient aesthetics to exquisite goblets rich tion is a familiar concept - most of my response to a specific place, are fashioned with surface decoration, these works will possessions are made in factories. Mass to mutate and adapt to new situations and illustrate why Noffke is considered one production relies on deskilling, or remov- environments along the way. In combining of the foremost metalsmiths in the United ing skill from production processes, often living organic elements and art, nature is States. achieved by using templates and stencils.” embellished in a highly personal way in- The Mint Museum Uptown is also “Using stenciling and simple technolo- viting the viewer to experience the natural Work by Gary Lee Noffke showing the exhibit, New Visions: Con- gy within a fine art value system separates life cycle of each work.” temporary Masterworks from the Bank of the idea of deskilling from its commercial “The ephemeral quality or life cycle Gary Lee Noffke has been described as America Collection, on view through Apr. framework, and at the same time opens of each work echoes the reality of our “a pacesetter” and the “ultimate maver- 17, 2011. The Mint Museum and Bank up traditional definitions of drawing for own fragility and non-permanence,” adds ick.” For nearly 50 years, he has consis- of America will collaborate to present re-evaluation,” adds Lewis. “For example, Schmuki. “My work also functions as tently and simultaneously created jewelry, an exhibition comprising over 60 works a shadow could be defined as a drawing an autobiographical garden recreating a hollowware, and flatware, passionately from the bank’s Art Collection. Widely according to traditional criteria: it ac- lost landscape, a reinvented awareness of exploring surface, form, and function. regarded as one of the world’s finest curately translates a 3D situation into 2D identity, and an expansion of possibili- Beginning in the 1970s, Noffke’s work corporate art collections, the Bank of format consistent with a single viewpoint, ties. Realizing my work is directly linked gained national attention. A metalsmith’s America Collection is noted for its high incorporating edges, value and perspec- to the community, I carry out projects metalsmith known for his graffiti-like quality, stylistic diversity, historical depth tive. However, considering a shadow as a that include members of the Charlotte surface treatment, Noffke challenged and attention to regional identity, featuring drawing brings a raft of new possibilities. area and McColl audience. My creative metalworking traditions with his expres- works by Milton Avery, Jennifer Bartlett, Unlike a traditional drawing a shadow is process speaks to the profound need for an sive spontaneous approach and sense of Roger Brown, John Chamberlain, Janet formed automatically, without skill, rely- alternative yet collaborative means of ad- humor. Over the course of his career, he Fish, Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, ing on the physics of light and the shape dressing the pressing social and environ- has received numerous accolades particu- John Marin, Elizabeth Murray, Louise of the object. A shadow can be created mental issues that are specific to the urban larly for his technical prowess, hot forging Nevelson, Jules Olitski, Edward Ruscha, or destroyed instantly, leaving no trace; environment. Although the consequences research, the development of numerous Miriam Schapiro and Frank Stella, among it can be hugely enlarged without extra of inefficient and excessive consump- alloys, and his ability to embrace and others. materials; and it engages with the surface tion are now being realized worldwide, I challenge tradition. For further information check our NC that displays it, taking drawing off its paper believe the regenerative combination of Attitude and Alchemy: The Metalwork Institutional Gallery listings, call the Mu- and into new situations. A shadow is a art and horticulture can foster discussions of Gary Lee Noffke is the first museum- seum at 704/337-2000 or visit completely accurate representation of real- that promote a more accountable use of organized project about this consummate (www.mintmuseum.org). ity but it is not an illusion of reality, nor our limited natural resources.” even sometimes a recognizable image. A For further info check our NC Institu- The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and copy-ready ads is the 24th of shadow occurs in real time, not the past, tional Gallery listings, call 704/332-5535 the month prior to the next issue. 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Page 14 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Carl Plansky Spring Arrival

Expressive full-frontal assaults, Carl Plansky’s paintings of flower bouquets threaten to leap from the canvas and strangle the viewer. To see his paintings is to be immersed in a colorful garden, as well as a pit of writhing snakes.

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attraction to its energy and attractiveness. and birds surface throughout her oeuvre Saint Phalle’s outdoor sculptures are as harbingers of danger or temptation - Bechtler Museum of Modern Art admired by audiences across the globe. and also as protectors. Life and death are Her playful, larger-than-life creations considered in forms general and mystical in Charlotte, NC, Features Works are constructed from fiberglass, colorful and sometimes driven by contemporary stones, glass, mirrors and ceramic tiles. circumstances. Visitors are encouraged to touch and in The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art by Niki de Saint Phalle some cases explore the works from the is grateful for its partnership with the Niki Whimsical, colorful artworks by Niki almost 20 feet tall. inside out as with Cat and La Cabeza, Charitable Art Foundation in this exhibi- de Saint Phalle will be on view at the In some instances, many of Saint the brightly colored skull that faces the tion. The exhibition is made possible with Bechtler Museum of Modern Art and Phalle’s interests combine and the works museum. a generous grant from Wells Fargo Private at The Green, across the street from the which first appear to be paintings, upon Several themes are suggested by the Bank. Museum at the Levine Center for the Arts closer inspection are shifting and rotating, works in this exhibition, especially no- For further information check our NC in Uptown Charlotte, NC, through Oct. 3, powered by small electric motors hidden tions of beauty and the societal roles of Institutional Gallery listings, call the Mu- 2011. The exhibit, Niki de Saint Phalle: within the work. Niki de Saint Phalle: women. In addition, Saint Phalle’s work seum at 704/353-9200 or at Creation of a New Mythology, includes Creation of a New Mythology is a kaleido- depicts gods from various cultures. Snakes (www.bechtler.org). elegant and subtle etchings as well as scopic journey where things don’t always remarkably powerful and disconcerting appear as they seem. sculptures. The exhibition celebrates the artist’s Providence Gallery in Charlotte, extraordinary appetite for myths and legends as interpreted through dynamic NC, Offers Works by Paul Simon and often provocative sculpture, paintings and prints. The Bechtler presents 55 Providence Gallery located in historic Simon has long been a patron of the works inside the museum and five large- Myers Park, in Charlotte, NC, will present arts in Charlotte; for example, for three scale outdoor works across the street, in the exhibition, Anthology: 2001 – 2011, consecutive years Charlotte’s annual Art addition to the Firebird sculpture that featuring a series of impressionistic paint- with Heart live auction to benefit United graces the museum’s plaza. The show will ings by well known Charlotte clothier and Family Services’ domestic violence provide intellectual inquiry mixed with a artist Paul Simon. This show celebrates programs has opened with one of Simon’s sense of provocation, joy and delight. the tenth anniversary of Simon’s paint- signature “Rooster” paintings; he titles ing career and will be on view from April each of these pieces, Coq au Vin and cre- 1-30, 2011. The exhibition will kick off ates them exclusively for that auction. with an opening reception with the artist on Friday, Apr. 1 from 6-9pm. Simon describes himself as a colorist, explaining that just as his business involves constantly working with assorted fabrics to find the right combinations for Work by Niki de Saint Phalle clothing, in his role as artist he is also con- tinuingly playing with color. He is always Particularly because of the joyful searching for the correct synthesis that Work by Niki de Saint Phalle quality in so much of her work and its will allow him to create a rendition of his powerful and seductive use of color, Saint chosen subject that will accurately convey Niki de Saint Phalle (1930 – 2002) was Phalle has proven exceptionally intriguing the image as seen through his eyes. a self-taught artist who matured in the to audiences who are new to the world of A frequent traveler, Simon collects company of some of the 20th century’s modern art and its complexities. Because source material for his paintings from his Work by Paul Simon most important painters and sculptors. She of her apparent simplicity, the works can photographs. The Anthology exhibit will was encouraged to develop her own style, be enjoyed appropriately on a number of include landscapes from Provence, Sicily Due to Simon’s vibrant palette, unique which matured into a language of bold levels and the more a viewer gets to know and Tuscany, as well as regional locales interpretations and distinctive impression- colors and expansive and active forms – a her work, the more intriguing content and including the North Carolina Mountains istic style his paintings are highly sought sense of both joy and mystery in a variety greater complexity of composition the and the South Carolina Lowcountry. Figu- after. This will be Simon’s third solo show of media. She worked at all scales, with viewer discovers without losing the initial rative and floral still life works are also with Providence Gallery and each one sculptures less than a foot high and others continued above on next column to the right featured in this inclusive show. continued on Page 17 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 15  W. 11th Street  E. 11th Street Charlotte, NC Maps A N. Brevard Street N. College Street N. Tryon Street Tryon N. N. Church Street Uptown - South End - NODA

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Page 16 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Providence Gallery in Charlotte continued from Page 15 / back to Page 15 has been a sell-out! Simon is donating outlet he was searching for but comments proceeds from the exhibition to various that the most surprising aspect of his community art events and organizations. painting career has been the warm, posi- Simon had always wanted to try his tive reception his artwork has received hand at fine art painting and ten years from the public and his loyal clientele. ago, he came to the decision that the time For further information check our NC had come. He began studying with Andy Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- Braitman at the Braitman School in Char- lery at 704/333-4535 or visit lotte. Simon has not only found the artistic (www.ProvidenceGallery.net). Shain Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Features Works by Mel Rea Shain Gallery in Charlotte, NC, will the option to dig, scratch, and sculpt the open an exhibit of new original works of surface as she had done in clay. Rea is art from encaustic artist Mel Rea, on view fascinated with influence; whether it be from Apr. 8 - 30, 2011. A reception will be the layers of human experience or the held on Apr. 8, from 6-9pm. influence of natures elements on material

objects. Rea’s surfaces give hints to what Ida Wyman, Guess Your Age from “The Lost Ektachrome” series, 12.25” x 12” may be happening underneath; to entice the viewer to draw in closer. The sheer- ness of each layer of wax gives the surface a similar illumination to clay glazes. The technique of encaustic painting seems so strangely familiar to Rea, it still gives the artist pause to wonder. Her full name is Melissa…the Greek word for “honeybee”. Rea’s work, both clay and paintings, are in numerous private and corporate collections nationwide. Her clay has been published with numerous accolades, while her painting career is quickly receiving equal attention. Her encaustic work is Work by Mel Rea soon to be published in the upcoming book 100 Midwest Artists. After 17 years of working with clay, Located in beautiful Myers Park, Shain ON VIEW much in need of a change, and discover- Gallery has been on the forefront of the We could use a few Surroundings: ing the last batch of beeswax from her North Carolina art scene since 1998. The more advertisers from the Photography x 4 grandfathers’ apiary, Rea embraced the gallery represents many leading national greater Charlotte area. art of encaustic painting (painting with and regional artists, and recently won the There’s no cheaper way Linda Foard Roberts hot beeswax). Rea’s grandmother parted “Best of the Best Award” for best Char- to expose your exhibit, gal- Alice Sebrell with her grandfathers’ wax as the family lotte gallery. lery, institution, or artwork to Sonia Handelman Meyer fondly remembered walking amongst her For further information check our NC 40,000 + readers - people grandfathers’ hives. Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- interested in the visual arts. Ida Wyman Artistically the transition from 3-di- lery at 704/334-7744 or visit And, there is no where else mensional clay to 2-dimensional wax (www.shaingallery.com). that you can find this much felt quite natural to the artist. It gave her info about the visual art community in the Carolinas. A 1/4 page ad is only a r t c o n s u l t a n c y Lark & Key Gallery and Boutique $35. That would buy you about 80 first class stamps to mail to people you in Charlotte, NC, Features Works already know - not including the cost of printing up a by Duy Huynh and Amy Sanders card. Providing expertise to Expand your market. The businesses and individuals. Lark & Key Gallery in Charlotte, NC to inspire wonder and enable viewers to people most interested in Connecting the public presents Inhabitants & Happenstance, embark upon their own journey of finding our paper are those right with artists in meaningful featuring acrylic paintings by Duy Huynh comfort in uncertain times. here in the Carolinas - it’s ways through projects, along with featured potter Amy Sanders, Huynh’s poetic, contemplative and about their art community. programming and on view from April 1 through May 28, often whimsical paintings are exhibited Full info about advertising community partnerships. 2011. and collected around the country. He is can be found at this link. co-owner of Lark & Key Gallery and lives

in Charlotte. 401 North Tryon Street Ceramic artist Amy Sanders creates Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 stoneware vessels that balance visual elements with utility. Patterns in textiles, 704.334.3799 architecture, nature and quilting inspire www.hodgestaylor.com her to create works that invite touch and evoke a sense of nostalgic comfort. Early in the construction process, clay is soft and pliable and Sanders enjoys building Adam Ramsey Miller Gallery in Concord, pieces that reflect these properties even after the clay has become hard from firing. Over the years handmade stamps have NC, Features Works by Charlotte ARTery played a large roll in Sanders’ work and The Adam Ramsey Miller Gallery in now, after spending time freshening her Concord, NC, will present an exhibit of collection, they are appearing in the form works by members of the Charlotte AR- of ‘stamp appliqué’. Her familiar style Tery, on view from Apr. 15 through May takes on a new feel as she expands her 13, 2011. A reception will be held on Apr. ‘vocabulary’ of imagery as well as intro- 15, from 6-9pm, during the Cabarrus Art ducing new forms and shifts in color. Council’s Art Walk in Historic Downtown Work by Duy Huynh Sanders, a Charlotte based potter, Concord. works as a studio artist, teaches hand Exhibiting artists include Julie Benda, Duy Huynh’s paintings reflect a quest building classes and conducts workshops. Sharon Dowell, Teresa Hollmeyer, Paul for discovery, transformation and solace in She exhibits her work nationally and has Keysar, Janet Lasher, Ashley Lathe, Bev an ever-changing world. He uses famil- been featured in several publications. Nagy, and Jon Tarleton. Several artists iar elements such as boats, umbrellas, For further information check our NC will be exhibiting pieces inspired by the trees and open sky as backdrops for his Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- City of Concord. inhabitants as they adapt and find sanctu- lery at 704/334-4616 or visit Julie Benda will exhibit a group of ary in mysterious situations. Huynh hopes (www.larkandkey.com). mixed media works derived from a series of six woodcut prints made with a grant Work by Sharon Dowell The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and copy-ready ads is the 24th of the from the ASC. Sharon Dowell captures Teresa Hollmeyer will exhibit a series month prior to the next issue. This would be Apr. 24th for the May 2011 issue and May 24 the energy of place, the economic boom of mosaics, including one iconic Concord for the June 2011 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the next month. and downturn, and explores the theme of building. Paul Keysar will exhibit a series man vs. nature. continued on Page 18 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 17 unique” says Larry Elder. “This is our first show since his death to exclusively feature his trademark flower bouquets and land- Adam Ramsey Miller Gallery scapes. We felt it appropriate to choose continued from Page 17 the Spring season for our exhibition since these paintings reflect Carl’s optimism and of night paintings, including several of the materials and external conditions. Bev his belief in the renewal of nature as well Concord nightscape, while Janet Lasher Nagy uses traditional weaving techniques as the human spirit.” will exhibit photographs utilizing alterna- in a unique format, with alternative Brice Brown, artist, writer and art critic tive process techniques. materials, to create the unexpected. She said of Plansky’s work “For Plansky, the will also exhibit some of her streetscape triumvirate of the traditional motifs of still tiles created from impressions of streets in life, landscape, and human figure has been Concord. a lucrative source of inspiration. When he Jon Tarleton will combine various uncomfortably overextends a rose’s stem - shapes and marks with his usual stripes, stretching it out to its maximum reach and to add a sense of interplay to his work and then flash-freezing it in space so it hovers, create a dialogue, however subtle, within jittering like an agitated cartoon - Plansky the pieces produced. is not simply taking compositional license. Charlotte ARTery exists to provide a He is exposing the animated life of things. community to unite regional artists and Each petal, leaf, stem and vase has its own will nurture extensions of this network distinct personality and identity, hinting to include academia, museums, cultural at the interconnectivity of all living (and organizations, commercial galleries, and non-living) objects.” art groups in the Charlotte region and For further info check our NC Com beyond to promote interest and activity in Work by Carl Plansky mercial Gallery listings, call 704/370- the visual arts. 6337 or visit (www.elderart.com). Work by Julie Benda For further information check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- Ashley Lathe’s current works explore lery at 704/788-2326 or visit the process of image making through a (http://www.thearmgallery.com). Mooresville Artist Guild in series of automated paintings dictated by Mooresville, NC, Offers New Exhibits The Mooresville Artist Guild in Elder Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Mooresville, NC, will present several new exhibits including: an exhibit of works by Marcia Pinyan in Gallery 1; an exhibit of Features Works by Carl Plansky works by Carleen Davis in Gallery 2; an Elder Gallery in Charlotte, NC, will frontal assaults, Carl Plansky’s paintings exhibit of works from the Paint Out to be present the exhibit, Carl Plansky, Spring of flower bouquets threaten to leap from held in Mooresville; and artwork by MAG Arrival, featuring the textural and vibrant- the canvas and strangle the viewer. To volunteers is featured in the warehouse. ly colored paintings by the late Abstract see his paintings is to be immersed in a All exhibits are on view at the Depot Expressionist, Carl Plansky, on view from colorful garden, as well as a pit of writh- Fine Arts Center from Apr. 1 - 28, 2011. Apr. 1 - 30, 2011. A reception will be held ing snakes. For Mr. Plansky, who wrestles A reception will be held on Apr. 8, from on Apr. 1, from 6-8pm. every form into being, a rose is a leaping 6-8pm. Work by Carleen Davis Plansky was able to add beauty and flame or a serpent on Medusa’s head - but, Marcia Pinyan has always had an inner excitement to mundane subject matter as a realist at heart, his rose is, ultimately, passion for art. She is a mostly self-taught Arts History. Among her favorite artists his show at Elder Gallery clearly demon- still a rose.” Taken from the Wall Street artist working in several mediums includ- is Romare Bearden from Mecklenburg strates. Journal, Apr. 11, 2009 ing photography. She has exhibited in County, NC, whose montage art has made New York art critic and writer, Lance Works on paper as well as oils on numerous shows and earned awards with a lasting impression on her own work. Esplund, wrote a number of reviews of canvas from the artist’s collection will be her artwork. Now retired from teaching, Davis spends Planksy’s flower bouquet paintings and on display. “Carl’s work is inspiring and Carleen Davis has a Painting and Art her time creating art in mixed media and composed the following: “Expressive full- continued above on next column to the right Education Degree and a Masters in Fine continued on Page 19 Page 18 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Mooresville Artist Guild continued from Page 18 collecting items for the enhancement of of Main & Center in Downtown Moores- future art and collages. ville, NC. All supports (canvas, papers, The Paint Out is Saturday, Apr. 2, 2011 etc.) will be validated. Registration is $15 and is open to all artists, all mediums and per Artist. all skill levels. Artists will be required to For further information check our check in between the hours of 9am - 10am NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the at the Depot Fine Arts Center, 103 W Guild at 704/663-6661 or visit Center Ave, at the Old Train Depot, corner (www.MAGart.org). Rail Walk Studios & Gallery in Salisbury, NC, Offer a Look at the Square Shape to be Square, on view from Apr. 2 through May 28, 2011. A reception will be held on Apr. 2, from 5-7pm. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited to have some fun and join the artists in dressing “square.” Participating artists for this show are Sharon Forthofer, Karen Frazer, Annette Ragone Hall, Patt Legg, and Marietta Fos- ter Smith. The show’s focus is paintings on square canvases and other works created in a square format or with a “square” theme. Rail Walk Studios & Gallery is located at 409 N. Lee Street, in the Railwalk Arts district of Salisbury. Work by Annette Ragone Hall For further information check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- Rail Walk Studios & Gallery in Salis- lery at 704/431-8964 or visit bury, NC, will present the exhibit, It’s Hip (www.railwalkgallery.com). Vista Studios in Columbia, SC, Offer Member Exhibition for Artista Vista The 13 resident artists of Vista Studios in Columbia, SC, invite the public to view Prima Vista: Fresh Art at Vista Studios, which will be on display from Apr. 26 through May 10, 2011. There will be a reception held on Apr. 28, from 5-9pm, during the Artista Vista celebration. The artists will have their studios open for you to get a look at their newest work and processes.

Work by Susan Lenz Fiber artist, Susan Lenz, will present a new art quilt called Endless Life, in the ongoing Grave Rubbing Art Quilt Series. Constructed from crayon-on-silk grave rubbings made in Lydford, England, the state of Maine and the District of Colum- bia, the series focuses on a profound sense of time, personal and universal mortality, and the ache of remembrance through passing generations. The work Genius, was inspired by just one of dozens upon dozens of donated, mateless socks given for a public art project called “Looking For a Mate”, sponsored by the Congaree Vista Guild at River Runner during last autumn’s annual Vista Lights event. Lenz will also display an installation of tagged MOUSE HOUSE, Inc. Work by Laurie McIntosh keys called Wall of Keys, including The Key to Happiness, The Key to Knowledge, Non-objective painter, Ethel Brody, and The Key to the Future. continues experimenting with structure 2123 Park Street and color in her “stripe” series. Taking Columbia, SC 29201 visual clues from her daily life, she creates colorful, highly organized compositions (803) 254-0842 with strong graphic qualities. Stephen Chesley continues to offer the results of his dedication to painting. In Orsman, he alludes to Walter Inglis An- [email protected] derson, after his following of Ralph Albert http://mousehouseinc.blogspot.com Blakelock and Albert Pinkham Ryder - a notation of the incredible art spirit of all three. In the work, Trees, Slight Wind, Chesley experiments with George In- Specializing in antiquarian prints, custom mirrors, ness’ application of the Swedenbourgian esthetic. and the fiber arts of Susan Lenz Pat Gilmartin’s ceramic sculpture is presented as figurative works in contexts Work by David Yaghjian provided by found objects, making for interesting and ambiguous narratives. In Sharon Collings Licata, sculptor, will Magic Potion, for example, two people exhibit works using Orange Utah Alabas- MOUSE HOUSE, INC. interact with each other as well as with ter. In the work Hand Aflame, she creates their own images as seen in a mirror. The an abstract where one can see both finger FRAMES & ANTIQUARIAN PRINTS meaning of this narrative is left to the and flame shapes speaking to the color viewer to interpret. continued on Page 21 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 19 COLUMBIA’S PREMIER GALLERY CRAWL

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Celebrate our 20th Year This year, in honor of the 20th anniversary, we will embrace art outside the galleries as a way to complement the works the committed Vista galleries have been featuring for many years.

Walk the Vista Galleries will be open and offer complimentary beverages and hors d’oeuvres, and some will also present live entertainment to make this a truly enjoyable and well-rounded event.

Join our Social Media Chatter Visit the Vista Guild on Twitter or Facebook for more information on how to “check in” on Foursquare during Artista Vista for the chance to win a limited-edition, silkscreened, signed event poster.

Park for Free Free parking will be available in the Vista’s parking decks located on Lincoln Street near Lady, Park Street near Pendleton and Lady Street near Wayne Street.

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Commercial & Institutional Gallery Spaces Commercial & Institutional C Maps of Columbia, SC’s A MAIN MAIN GERVAIS Vista Studios Members continued from Page 19 / back to Page 19 of the stone. In Mountain Sunset, the viewer to consider what our body’s move- curves of the “hills” and ridges capture the ments are saying. These oil pastels on orange light. paper are about body language and the idea of expressing and capturing an idea of a particular communication in a single image. Michel McNinch is working on a fresh crop of new landscapes depicting the beauty of our state, from the mountains to the coast. Kirkland Smith continues her work with post-consumer waste to create “3-Dimensional paintings” that from a distance appear representational but as the viewer moves closer become abstract- and the materials used come into focus. Artists Jeff Donovan, Heidi-Darr Hope, Robert Kennedy, Laura Spong, and David Yaghjian will also present new work and open their studios at Vista Studios. Work by Stephen Chesley For further information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings, call the Stu- Laurie McIntosh’s new series of work, dios at 803/252-6143 (to confirm hours) or Unspoken Communications, invites the visit (www.VistaStudios80808.com). 20th Artista Vista Takes Place in Columbia, SC - April 28 - 30, 2011 The Congaree Vista is gearing up “These world-class galleries are the for its 20th annual Artista Vista. The lifeblood of the Vista,” said Clark Ellef- Midlands’ largest gallery crawl returns son, head of the Vista Gallery Group and from 5-9pm, Thursday, Apr. 28 and lasts owner of Lewis+Clark Lamps Studio at through Saturday, Apr. 30, 2011. Local 1231 Lincoln Street. “This will be a great artists and galleries will open their doors weekend for locals to experience the for this signature annual event that draws fantastic art that’s happening in this state. visitors from all over South Carolina and And we’re very excited to celebrate our beyond to Columbia, SC’s vista area. 20th anniversary.” This year’s Artista Vista will feature For three days, galleries will host visi- regionally and nationally recognized art- tors and offer complimentary wine and ists, as well as up-and-coming artists from hors d’oeuvres as a part of Artista Vista, the Midlands. These artists and more will and some will also present live entertain- be on-hand to chat with visitors, giving ment to make this a truly enjoyable and gallery-goers unique insight into their well-rounded event. work. continued on Page 22 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 21 &UIFM#SPEZ 4UFQIFO$IFTMFZ )FJEJ%BSS)PQF +Fò%POPWBO 1BU(JMNBSUJO 3PCFSU,FOOFEZ 4VTBO-FO[ .JDIFM.D/JODI 4IBSPO-JDBUB 4IBSPO-JDBUB -BVSJF.D*OUPTI .JDIFM.D/JODI ,JSLMBOE4NJUI -BVSB4QPOH %BWJE:BHIKJBO Fresh Art from the Artists of Vista Studios Gallery 80808tApril 26 - May 10 Opening Reception Thursday, April 28, 5-10 during Artista Vista -BEZ4USFFUt$PMVNCJB 4$t803-252-6134 WJTUBTUVEJPTDPN

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A native of Charlotte, NC, Nevitt is work gallery) and the University of South Chair of Columbia College Department of Carolina Percussion Ensemble will per- 20th Annual Artista Vista Art and a former member of the faculty at form Saturday, Apr. 30 at 1pm in the Main continued from Page 21 the South Carolina Governor’s School of Gallery of City Art. Arts and Humanities. He earned his BFA City Art is located in the historic Con- Free parking will be available in the was synonymous with art by the early at the University of South Carolina and a garee Vista area in Columbia. Vista’s parking decks located on Lincoln 1980s, when artists began to move their master’s degree from the State University For further information check our SC Street near Lady, Park Street near Pendle- studios to the area’s affordable abandoned of New York Oswego. Commercial Gallery listings, call Wendyth ton and Lady Street near Wayne Street. warehouse space. Today’s restaurants, Additional parts of Artista Vista will Wells at 803/252-3613 or visit In addition, fabric artist Susan Lenz shopping and nightlife in historic build- feature Cindy Saad with her original hand (www.cityartonline.com). will unveil her art quilt called “Find a ings along the Gervais Street corridor are made jewelry Thursday evening (small Mate,” a community art project to educate still driven by the Vista’s creative energy. the public about art quilts. “Looking For a Artista Vista is completely organized by Mate” is made of socks donated by Vista galleries in the Vista – as it has been since Lights attendees last fall. its birth 20 years ago. Vista Studios and if Arts in The Vista, Columbia’s premier art For more information contact Katie district, has never slackened its efforts to Alice Walker at Riley Communications keep the art scene in the Midlands alive at 803/227-0914 or e-mail to (kwalker@ Columbia, SC, Offers Works by and thriving through thick and thin, as rileycommunications.com). the past three decades attest. The Vista Matt Overend & Ashlynn Browning Vista Studios in Columbia, SC, will at Santa Barbara and Yale University. present two exhibits including: Matt Ashlynn Browning (b. 1977) will pres- City Art Gallery in Columbia, SC, Overend: Free Range and Ashlynn Brown- ent almost two-dozen new paintings in ing: Geometry Personified, both on view which she combines geometric forms and in Gallery 80808, from Apr. 1 - 12, 2011. intuitive process. Features Works by Stephen Nevitt A reception will be held on Apr. 1, from “This work bridges the gap between City Art Gallery in Columbia, SC, will 5-9pm. physical and psychological landscape,” present the exhibit, Layers and Passages: Matt Overend (b. 1950) will pres- Browning says. “Many of these new A Tribute to Seven Women of Courage and ent three-dozen paintings that cover the paintings I read as ‘places’ and even still- Compassion, featuring works by Stephen wide range of his work. Included will lifes. In others, geometric forms - precari- Nevitt, on view from Apr. 28 through May be two-dozen nudes, making the exhibi- ous, toppling, and off balance - are stand- 30, 2011. An opening will be held on Apr. tion the first time Overend is exhibiting ins for figures. They offer a psychological 28, from 5-9pm, part of the Artista Vista these paintings. Most of the nudes were presence and an overarching mood that is 20th Year celebration. painted in the past few years, though playful, quirky, and at times melancholy.” When speaking about his latest exhibit some go back as far as 1995. In addition, Browning, who joined if ART Gal- Nevitt said, “My art works continue to Overend will show road studies and other lery in 2010, is an abstract-expressionist be about family. During the past three landscapes, minimalist knife paintings, painter from North Carolina. She is a years the focus turned to a collection of architectural studies and studio still lives recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation portraits and related works in tribute to with flowers, bottles or containers. continued on Page 23 seven women who quietly showed great Overend is a native of Las Vegas, NV, The courage and determination in the face of who grew up in Atlanta, GA, and has overwhelming difficulties.” lived in Smoaks, SC, since 1981. He’s GALLERY at Nevitt’s long-standing love for old been a mainstay of the South Carolina art family photographs stems from his experi- scene for decades and is represented in ences as a young boy. As a child, he was Work by Stephen Nevitt the South Carolina State Art Collection, Nonnah’s told rich and colorful stories about his managed by the SC Arts Commission. Offering works by local & regional artists ancestors in conjunction with the view- The pieces in the City Art Gallery Overend has been featured in four if ART Serving Lunch M-F, 11:30am-2pm ing of old family photographs kept in a exhibit are accompanied by a written com- Gallery exhibitions in the past five years. Evening hours: M-Th., 5-11pm cardboard box under his parents’ bed. He mentary on each of the women describing In 1973 Overend graduated as an aero- Fri., 5pm-12:30am & Sat., 6pm-12:30am was inspired by these photographs, and as their life and the strength of their charac- space engineer at Georgia Tech before 803/779-9599 • www.nonnahs.com an undergraduate student began making ter and resolve. studying art at Santa Barbara City College 928 Gervais Street • Columbia, SC drawings and prints from the photographs. continued above on next column to the right in California, the University of California Page 22 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 8th Annual

Olde Towne Preservation Association Make ART a PART of your life! The eighth annual Olde Towne Artisans’ Fair will take place at the Living History Park in the Artisans'April 15–17, Fair 2011 heart of Historic North Augusta, South Carolina. The Artisans’ Fair highlights a wide array Friday Preview 5–7 of ne artists and skilled artisans. In addition Saturday 10–5 to booths displaying items for sale, several Sunday 11–4 sites throughout the park will have craftsmen demonstrating their skills. The Festival will start on Friday night with a XXXDPMPOJBMUJNFTVTt Preview Gala. The North Augusta Chamber of Commerce and Wine World join us in hosting this Gala. Visitors who attend this special—and free— event will meet the artists; partake of music, wine, cheese, and hors d’oeuvres; and be the rst to see and purchase the ne arts and crafts. Local musicians will perform Friday evening and all weekend. Join us for this free event!

Funding assistance provided by Aiken County through accommodations tax funds.

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Council of Richland and Lexington Coun- art. ties. For further information check our SC Havens Framemakers and Gallery is Commercial Gallery listings, call the Vista Studios and if Arts located on Gervais Street in Columbia, gallery at 803/256-1616 or visit continued from Page 22 SC. They specialize in custom framing (www.havensframemakersandgallery.com). Grant and has exhibited at New York’s Her work was featured in the 2009 South- and in showcasing high-quality original CUE Foundation and Lincoln Center. ern edition of New American Paintings. Other recent exhibitions include those at Browning was born in Charlotte, NC, and Hallway Projects in San Francisco and lives in Raleigh, NC. Flanders Gallery in Raleigh, NC. For further information check our SC USC in Columbia, SC, Offers Browning has received grants and Commercial Gallery listings, call the Stu- residency fellowships from the Vermont dios at 803/252-6143 (to confirm hours) or Works from Women of Panama Studio Center, the United Arts Council visit (www.VistaStudios80808.com). The University of South Carolina’s examples are collected by museums and and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. McKissick Museum will present the artisans worldwide. exhibit, Artful Lives: Molas of the Kuna, This exhibit draws from the 25-year a showcase of the textile creations of the collection of Jean E. Kane, a Columbia Kuna women of coastal Panama in the collector, who has collected mola crafts Havens Framemakers in Columbia, 19th century, on view from Apr. 9 through from around the world. Portions of her June 25, 2011. collection have never been exhibited SC, Features Works by Rob Shaw The Kuna women began experiment- before. Havens Framemakers Gallery in ate his painterly technique. He uses the ing with ways to transfer their extravagant Lynn Robertson, McKissick Museum Columbia, SC, will present an exhibit of paint and plays with the different ways body painting designs onto cloth and director, says the exhibit connects well works by Rob Shaw, on view from Apr. 7 it can be applied and manipulated. When developed a clothing style unlike that with the museum’s interest in women’s through May 1, 2011. A reception will be asked about his work, he often avoids any of any other folk culture. These women expression. held on Apr. 7, from 5-9pm. direct answers. He feels that the painting used their styles as a mode of expression, “Like quilts, these creations are not A native of Columbia and a gradu- is the statement and any translation to the taking great care in the designs of their only beautiful and inventive but also the ate of USC in art studio, Shaw has had viewer would only distort the intent. It is “mola” blouses, as well as the combina- products of a community that values the numerous shows in local venues. Princi- the individual’s connection to the piece tions of skirts and scarves. Mola is an art perpetuation of their traditional culture,” pally working in oil, his paintings include that is the most important. form that uses a technique called “reverse said Roberston. Lowcountry themes as well as Columbia appliqué,” and the sequence is to draw For further information check our SC landmarks. The show is of recent paint- the design, baste, cut and sew. Today, Institutional Gallery listings, call the ings created during the last year. The the sale of these textiles is the second- Museum at 803/777-7251 or visit collection will consist of 35 to 40 images largest source of income to the Kuna, as (www.cas.sc.edu/mcks). ranging from small to large. Shaw’s paintings from this year are signed “twenty ten” which has come to symbolize a dramatic shift in his work. 8th Annual Olde Towne Artisans’ These recent paintings take into consideration the way life has become so decon- Fair Takes Place in North structed; and with his work, Shaw tries to connect it together again. With his new Augusta, SC - Apr. 15 -17, 2011 style of leveling out the painting surface, Work by Rob Shaw he is able to connect elements of the paint- The Olde Towne Preservation Associa- free event on Friday evening, Apr., 15, ing that were otherwise separate. Colors Shaw was the winner of the Best in tion will present the eight annual Olde 2011, from 5-7pm will be able to meet the blend and become symbiotic of each Show Professional Division at the SC Towne Artisans’ Fair on Apr. 15 - 17, artists, partake of music, wine, cheese, and other. This organic feel has a soothing, State Fair in 2008. He received First 2011, in Historic North Augusta, SC’s hors d’oeuvres, and be the first to see and harmonious look. Sometimes powerful Honorable Mention in the 2006 NBSC Oil Living History Park. purchase the fine arts and crafts. and other times tranquil, they all give off a Painters Invitational. His paintings are Special events of the arts festival will Artisans’ Fair daily hours are Satur- sense of simplicity. in many private collections in the US and begin with a preview gala hosted by the day, Apr. 16, from 10am until 5pm and In an effort to set himself apart, Shaw Europe. His corporate collectors include Olde Towne Preservation Association, the Sunday, Apr. 17, from 11am until 4pm. All abandoned brushes years ago. Now all First Citizens Bank and The Cultural North Augusta Chamber of Commerce events are free to the public. he uses is a single palette knife to cre- continued above on next column to the right and Wine World. Visitors who attend this continued on Page 23 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 23 2011 Member Show In Memory of Chung Gong

May 18 - June 17, 2011 Aiken Center for the Arts

Opening Reception: May 19, 6 - 8pm Wine and Hors d’oeuvres Awards Announced at 7pm Free and Open to the Public

www.aikenartistguild.org artwork by Jane Popiel Aiken Center for the Arts • 122 Laurens S.W. • Aiken, SC • 803-640-9094 • www.aikencenterforthearts.org

Cave, and Ellen Buselli will each have paintings in the show, and in addition to Olde Towne Artisans’ Fair their paintings, the gallery will also be continued from Page 23 featuring original antique botanical and garden landscape prints. Items in the In addition to booths displaying fine of North Augusta, Aiken County, and the antique portion of the exhibition are from arts and craft items for sale, several sites Greater Central Savannah River Area the 17th through the 19th centuries and throughout the park will have craftsmen (CSRA). will come from famous botanical works demonstrating their skills. There will also From the development of the Liv- by Besler, Thornton, Redoute, Curtis, and be live music all weekend. ing History Park where school children others. witness his- All works in the show are available for tory firsthand purchase and the exhibition is open to the through living public. exhibits and The Cheryl Newby Gallery has been in demonstra- business since 1983 and represents twelve tions of co- nationally and regionally known artists. lonial life, to An extensive collection of antique natural participating history prints, antique maps, and charts in the Christ- are also among the gallery’s inventory. mas Parade, For further information check our SC members of Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- Olde Towne lery at 843/979-0149 or visit participate in (www.cherylnewbygallery.com). Work by Joseph Cave many activities which benefit the You can contact us by calling 843/825-3408 or by e-mail at - [email protected] people of the area. The Living History Funds generated from the festival Park serves citizens from a two state area benefit ongoing improvements at the Liv- (South Carolina and Georgia). During ing History Park, the Sensory Garden and the school year the park is used by area Touch of Bartram Trail. teachers as a teaching tool. This 7.5 acre The Olde Towne Preservation Associa- park with natural springs provides for the tion, a non-profit 501-C 3 organization, children hands-on educational experience came into being in 1991 to help preserve into the history of our area. the heritage and character of a slice of For further information about events, North Augusta. The organization has been contact Lynn Thompson at 803/279-7560 instrumental in doing that but it has done or the North Augusta Chamber of Com- much more. Olde Towne has evolved into merce at 803/279-2323. Information is a community based association working to also available at (www.colonialtimes.us). enhance the quality of life for the people USC Sumter Features New Works by Jennifer Van Allen less Memories, in Sumter. She specializes in children and family portraiture but also does commercial, pet and wedding photography. Late Summer on the Chattooga River 38x50 inches Van Allen states: “Photography is an art, created from the vision and knowledge of the photographer, meant to freeze WILLIAM JAMESON WORKSHOPS in time a moment and memory of whom you are in that exact instant. It is not just 2011 an image created with the click of a shut- ter, but the product of the photographer’s Seabrook & Kiawah Islands, SC April 14 - 16 Work by Jennifer Van Allen passion, time, and experience.” USC Sumter in Sumter, SC, will pres- The Upstairs Gallery is located on the Spring on the Blue Ridge, Saluda, NC May 16 - 20 ent the exhibit, RUST, featuring a photo- 2nd floor of the Administration Building graphic series of works by Jennifer Van on the USC Sumter campus. Saluda Summer July 14 - 16 Allen, on view in the Upstairs Gallery, For further info check our SC Insti- from Apr. 8 through June 15, 2011. tutional Gallery listings, contact Gallery Tuscany, Italy Sept. 22 - Oct. 1 Van Allen is a USC Sumter alumni Director, Cara-lin Getty at (cgetty@usc- and a professional photographer. She has sumter.edu) or Gallery Assistant, Laurel Fall on the Blue Ridge, Saluda, NC October 26 - 30 established her photography studio, Time- Jordan at ([email protected]). Go to WWW.WILLIAMJAMESON.COM for more detailed info or call 828.749.3101. My workshops are limited in size to 12 The Cheryl Newby Gallery in Pawleys participants and early registration is encouraged. Beginners to advanced are Island, SC, Offers New Works for Spring welcome and materials lists, directions and The Cheryl Newby Gallery in Pawleys 9 – 30, 2011. schedules will be sent to all registrants. Island, SC, will present its spring exhibi- Paintings by three of the Gallery’s In keeping with today’s economy I have tion, Welcome Spring – Floral Still-life artists will be on view. Ray Ellis, Joseph changed the rates on some of my workshops. and Garden Paintings, on view from Apr. continued above on next column to the right Page 24 - Carolin a Arts, April 2011 Laurie McIntosh and Lynn Parrott An Exhibition of New Work Camellia Art Gallery April 1-22 Opening Reception 'SJEBZ "QSJMtQN /FlCE7AYsJUSTOFF3EA0INES#IRCLE (ILTON(EAD)SLAND 3#s Please come by and visit the show during Heritage Week

The event will host 90 artists from as show is free. Demonstrations will be held far way as Connecticut and Wisconsin throughout the weekend. Street Meet, an Morris Whiteside Galleries on and well-known local artists will share the American Take Out & Tavern, located in spotlight during this weekend-long event. Port Royal Plaza, will have food and bev- Each artist will compete for prizes totaling erages for sale during the event, with Jack Hilton Head Island, SC, $5,000. The Judge for this year’s show is Frost Home Made Ice Cream for sale. Ben Thompson, Curator at the Museum of If you’d like to stay longer, from 5:30 Offers Works by Karin Jurick Contemporary Art Jacksonville. MOCA until 7pm. on Saturday evening, April 30, Morris Whiteside Galleries on Hilton delphia, and Chicago, before settling in Jacksonville is one of the Southeast’s an artist’s reception will honor the prize Head Island, SC, will open a one woman Atlanta in 1979, where her parents opened largest contemporary art institutions, winners. Admission to the party is $20 and show of works by Karin Jurick on Apr. 21, a picture-framing shop and art gallery. It dedicated to presenting innovation exhibi- you will have a chance to mingle with art- 2011, with a reception from 6-8pm. was her intention to pursue a career as an tions by the finest international, national ists, enjoy food and beverages, and learn illustrator, but the unexpected deaths of and regional artists. Thompson holds a of other Bravo events. Reservations for her parents led her to continue running MFA from Massachusetts College of Art, the party are required and may be made by the family business. Not until several Boston and a BFA from The University of calling 843/689-3033 ext 224. years ago did she begin painting with oils Southwestern Louisiana. For further information check our - observing works done by such artists as The show is open to the public on Sat- SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Wayne Thiebaud, Lucian Freud, Burton urday, from 10am - 5pm and on Sunday, 843/689-3033 ext 224 or visit Silverman, Ken Auster and Ben Aronson from 11am - 4pm. There is a $6 per car (www.coastaldiscovery.org). as a starting point for her pursuit to paint parking donation, while admission to the with courage and skill. Jurick offered the following statement about her work: “I enjoy observing Camellia Art on Hilton Head and painting the daily events of ordinary people - whether it’s a glimpse into someone’s private moment viewing a Island, SC, Features Works by work of art, commuting to work, cooking in a restaurant kitchen, relaxing on a park bench - I find people, in their most candid Laurie McIntosh & Lynn Parrott moments, my greatest inspiration. I find Camellia Art on Hilton Head Island, cannot imagine that the work is born of myself interested in painting everything SC, will present An Exhibition of New the same gene pool. These sisters are two really - from food to landscapes to still- Work by Karin Jurick Work, featuring works by Laurie McIntosh very different artists who approach place lifes... I would really like to paint it all. and Lynn Parrott, on view from Apr. 1 - and the everyday things of life with very Jurick is a self-taught artist whose I am an avid fan of realism - but strive to 22, 2011. A reception will be held on Apr. different eyes, interpreted through diverse work is held in private collections all paint with loose, expressive brush strokes, 1, from 5-9pm. strokes, medium and palettes. But, this is over the country. She attributes her talent and use daring, vivid colors to achieve Laurie McIntosh and Lynn Parrott are not an exhibition of sisters in art. It is one and exposure to different mediums to her paintings with life and spontaneity. sisters. Raised in Greenville, SC, they of new work by two accomplished and mother, Lee, an artist who sold her works For further information check our SC are separated by a handful of years and authentic artists. According to McIntosh, at traveling art shows in the Northeast. Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- the miles between Columbia, SC, and “This is the first exhibit we have done As a child, Jurick’s family traveled to lery at 843/842-4433 or visit Hilton Head Island; yet, there is one thing, with just the two of us, but this is more many countries, living in Thailand, Phila- (www.morriswhiteside.com). beyond sisterly love, that keeps them like two solo shows - together but sepa- tethered to each other: art. rate. Each of us is showing a new body of These sisters came by art honestly. work that deals with a particular series we Their mother, Agnes Brownell, is a highly have been working on.” Art Market at Historic Honey Horn on Hilton educated and trained chemist; but at age Parrott’s work is born of place and 95, she still paints, as she has for all of her speaks of a true understanding of what Head Island, SC, Takes Place Apr. 30 - May 1 life. As McIntosh and Parrott will both makes a place special, unique and beauti- The Art Market at Historic Honey announce that artwork in media including: say, being raised in a family that support- ful. She works in oil, watercolor, oil pas- Horn, a juried fine art and craft outdoor clay, wood, fibers, metals, glass, jewelry, ed and encouraged the creative process tel, and printmaking. Her interpretations festival, is set for Apr. 30 and May 1, watercolors, oil, mixed media and photog- opened the doors for them to enjoy a life- of the landscape and the sky challenge us 2011, on Hilton Head Island, SC. The raphy will be on display and for sale. long journey in art. to see mountains, marshes and trees with Coastal Discovery Museum is pleased to continued above on next column to the right Looking at their collective work, one continued on Page 26 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 25 Celadon Fine Arts Celadon Celadon www.celadonﬁneartsfestival.org FineFine ArtsArts Festival FestivalFestival Juried Fine Arts and FineCeladon Crafts

May 20-22 Fri. 4-8 pm, Sat. 10-7 pm Artist Award Reception 7:30-9 pm Celadon ($10 per person admission) Sun. 12-5 pm CeladonPRESENTED BY PRODUCED BY ARTS COUNCIL OF BEAUFORT Celadon worksPORT ROYAL & SEA ISLANDS CommunityART Art Center Sams Point Rd. Hwy. 802 Theater & Gallery FineBeaufort, SC Arts Festival$5 parking fee per car our work. This is very hard to come by.” the brother and/or sister thing into rich relationships of common interests and mu- Camellia Art on Hilton Head Island tual delight in the other’s company. Most continued from Page 25 of us are blessed with this maturity. Few of us, however, enjoy the generosity and new eyes. As Parrott shares, “The land- calculation in terms of how important richness of sharing more than genes and scapes of the South Carolina Lowcountry the non-verbal movements, signals and parents... sharing a passion for a vocation and the North Carolina mountains provide gestures are when it comes to the overall that celebrates each sister’s unique talents the inspiration for my work. The magic effectiveness of our communication in and interpretations of the world around of the tides, moon, marshes and moun- relaying our message to others: Words ac- them while finding common ground in the tains reflect my feelingCeladon of my place in the count for only 7%, Tone of voice accounts absolute necessity of creativity and hard landscape.” for 38%, and Body language accounts for work. Pinkney Herbert, a renowned painter, 55%. Through An Exhibition of New Work, praises Parrott’s work. “Lynn’s paintings In McIntosh’s images, gender is not Parrott and McIntosh share their most are influenced by a sense of place. She relevant, but it was very difficult for her recent, individual journeys in art while has staked out her territory by responding to avoid. “As the series progressed, an enticing us to journey to a new place and visually to the world, transporting paint occasional anomaly would appear in some consider our own unspoken languages. into a new realm of mark making, glazes, of the pieces - a mask, a box, a clock - Work by Lynn Parrott McIntosh is a member of Vista Studios and color, arriving at the essence of the usually in front of the face. Is this artistic in Columbia, SC, and is represented by particular land, sea, or mountainscape.” license or just a progression? I did not “What can’t be overlooked is that Lynn Camellia Art Gallery. question. Are any of these self-portraits? I has been creating fine art longer than me,” Parrott is a member of the Hilton Head recently heard Alex Powers say that most says McIntosh. “Watching and learning Art, South Carolina Watermedia Society, of the art we create is a self-portrait or a how much painting meant to Lynn was Beaufort Art Association and the Low piece of the artist in some way. Perhaps.” a huge influence in bringing me around Country Artists. Her work can be seen at But they are sisters, and this is an influ- to fine art after working in design for so the Hilton Head Art League Gallery and ence that cannot be denied. They share long. I can’t remember Lynn ever living Camellia Art Gallery, on Hilton Head Is- the interest of creating art, talking about anywhere where she did not have an easel land, and Chandler Gallery, Jupiter Island, art history, current art, supplies, mediums, set up... even if it was in the middle of the FL. events, and tools, and are passionate ad- kitchen.” For further info check our SC Com- vocates and fellow board members for the One always hopes that, one day, rela- mercial Gallery listings or call the gallery South Carolina Governor’s School for the tionships with siblings will move beyond at 843/785-3535. Arts Foundation. “I have so much fun sharing life with my sister, Laurie... our love of making art, talking about art, playing with art, Durham Arts Council in Durham, and showing our work to anyone who will come to see it. It is a treasure to have Laurie in my now life as a fellow artist,” NC, Features Works by D.L. claims Parrott. McIntosh agrees. “Having shows is Anderson and Jeremy M. Lange part of the experience of being an artist. Having someone to share your passion The Durham Arts Council (DAC) Anderson has worked for many clients Work by Laurie McIntosh and interest in creating art is critical in and the Independent Weekly is present- including MERGE Records and The Wall the development of your craft. Having ing the exhibit, Beyond the Deadlines: Street Journal and specializes in editorial McIntosh’s work, Unspoken Com- someone with whom you can have an Independent Weekly photography by D.L. and portrait photography as well as video munication Series, will intrigue others to open and honest dialog... if this someone Anderson and Jeremy M. Lange, on view and multimedia productions. Publications consider what their body’s movements is also a friend, then you are very lucky. If through May 15, 2011, in the Allenton such as The New York Times and Rolling say. These oil pastels on paper are about this someone is your friend and also your and Semans Galleries of the Durham Arts Stone have featured Lange’s work, which body language and the idea of express- sister, whom you love and have experi- Council in Durham, NC. includes portrait and editorial photogra- ing and capturing an idea of a particular enced and shared much of the same life... Anderson and Lange, staff photography. communication in a single image. “Albert it’s a winner. You can’t beat that. What we phers for the Independent Weekly, present Anderson and Lange are produc- H. Mehrabian experimented in the late gain is an honest and open dialog about photographs that go beyond the assign- ing a limited edition, signed catalogue 60’s and early 70’s and came up with this continued above on next column to the right ment to offer a deeper view of the region. continued on Page 27 Page 26 - Carolina Arts, April 2011   To Bluffton & I-95 Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild’s  Skull Creek Art in the Park

278 39th Year Windmill Hilton Head Calibogue Sound Harbour 1 Plantation at two venues in Myrtle Beach, SC A

William Hilton Parkway 2 Over 60 artists from the East Coast to Tennessee, Main Street Whooping Crane Way with about 20 artists from our local area!

3 2011 - 39th Year Expressway (Toll) Spanish Cross Island Indigo Run 278 Wells 4 Chapin Park Valor Park Toll Booth 1400 N. Kings Hwy Myrtle Beach Market Common April 16 & 17 1120 Farrow Parkway Marshland Rd. June 18 & 19 April 23 & 24 Sea Pines Long October 8 & 9 Plantation Wexford Cove Palmetto Club November 12 & 13 Shelter Cove November 5 & 6 Toll 3 C Parkway Greenwood Dr. Booth William Hilton 7 10 278 9 8 New Orleans Dr. Hilton Head Resort Both Venues Pope Avenue Pope Pope Ave. Executive Park Rd. Palmetto D Dunes Resort Saturdays & Sundays: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 2 Shipyard 1 Plantation Cordillo Parkway Port Royal Sound No Admission Charge S. Forest Beach Dr. N. Forest Beach Dr. Child and Pet Friendly!

Gallery Spaces Public Beach 1 Morris & Whiteside Galleries Atlantic Ocean 2 The Red Piano Art Gallery Art includes Paintings, Woodworking, Smith Galleries These maps are not to exact 3 scale or exact distances. They Photography, Jewelry, Fabric, Glass, Metal, were designed to give readers Other Points of Interest help in locating galleries and A HHI Visitor’s Center/Coastal Discovery Museum Pottery and Stone art spaces in the area. B Hilton Head Island Public Library C Art League of Hilton Head Gallery at the Walter Greer Gallery Contact: JoAnne Utterback at 843-446-7471 D Art League Art Academy Hilton Head Island, SC 6 mile Marker www.artsyparksy.com

Durham Arts Council in Durham, NC continued from Page 26 for sale with an introductory essay by in Durham and the entire Triangle Region Tom Rankin, director of the Center for in North Carolina and has served the com- Documentary Studies. Rankin praises the munity since 1954. Each year DAC serves artists’ work stating that, “they look and over 300,000 visitors and program partici- work to find an angle, a human dimension pants, over 600 artists, and more than 60 that engages, reveals and brings us mean- arts organizations through classes, artist ing through their imagery, showing us the residencies, exhibits, festivals, grants day-to-day where mere words would be programs, technical support, arts advocacy insufficient.” and information services. By supporting Mickalene Thomas, Lovely Six Foota, 2007. Sherry Devries, Director of the DAC, the Durham Arts Council, you help DAC C-print, 19 x 23 3/8 inches. Collection of the agrees saying, “These two photographers fulfill its mission of promoting excellence Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of Christen and Derek Wilson. Image courtesy are incredibly talented and this exhibit as in and access to the creation, experience of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Ange- a whole is exciting for the DAC because and active support of the arts for all the Jeff Sonhouse, Decompositioning, 2010. Mixed les Projects, LLC. it features images of people and events in people of our community. media on canvas, 82 x 76 1/4 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke Univer- our own regional community and high- For further information check our garet Elizabeth Collett Fund, the Nasher lights photojournalism as a medium.” NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the sity. Image courtesy of the artist and Martha Otero Gallery. Photo by Fredrik Nilsen. Museum of Art General Endowment, the The Durham Arts Council is a private council at 919/560-2787 or visit Office of the President and the Office of nonprofit dedicated to supporting the arts (www.durhamarts.org). Family Fund, the Janine and J. Tomilson the Provost, Duke University, and the Hill Family Fund, the Marilyn M. Arthur Friends of the Nasher Museum of Art. Fund, the E. T. Rollins, Jr. and Frances For further information check our NC P. Rollins Fund, the Victor and Lenore Institutional Gallery listings, call the Mu- Nasher Museum of Art in Durham, NC, Behar Endowment Fund, the George W. seum at 919/684-5135 or visit and Viola Mitchell Fearnside Endowment (www.nasher.duke.edu). Features Exhibit of Recent Acquisitions Fund, the Sarah Schroth Fund, the Mar- The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke Alma Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, University in Durham, NC, is presenting Mickalene Thomas, Bob Thompson, Kara the exhibit, Building The Contemporary Walker, Jeff Whetstone, Kehinde Wiley, Collection: Five Years Of Acquisitions, on Fred Wilson and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, UNC Asheville in Asheville, NC, view through Aug. 14, 2011. among others. In its first five years the Nasher Mu- The exhibition reflects the museum’s Features Works by Sara Bernardi seum of Art has focused on modern and interest in the art and culture of the UNC Asheville in Asheville, NC, is ing implied narrative while creating an contemporary art with particular emphasis African diaspora, and includes works in presenting the exhibit, MacGuffins, featur- interactive viewing experience. on global, emerging artists of color. a variety of media - painting, drawing, ing a collection of oil paintings, drawings, The S. Tucker Cooke Gallery is located Building the Contemporary Collec- photography, sculpture, video and installa- sculpture and animation by senior Sara on the ground floor of Owen Hall at UNC tion, in celebration of the museum’s fifth tion. It is curated by Trevor Schoonmaker, Bernardi, on view in the S. Tucker Cooke Asheville. The show is a culmination of anniversary, presents the most important Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator Gallery through Apr. 5, 2011. Bernardi’s work toward a Bachelor of contemporary works acquired since its of Contemporary Art. The exhibition takes its name from the Fine Arts degree at UNC Asheville. founding in 2005. The exhibition features Nasher Museum exhibitions and term coined by the late filmmaker Alfred For further information check our NC work by 42 artists, including Christian programs are generously supported by Hitchcock to describe the plot contriv- Institutional Gallery listings or call UNC Boltanski, William Cordova, Noah Davis, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Mary ances central to the stories in his film. Asheville’s Art Department at 828/251- Rineke Dijkstra, Marlene Dumas, David D.B.T. Semans and the late James H. Se- Bernardi explores the concept of depict- 6559. Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Glenn mans, the late Frank E. Hanscom III, The Ligon, Christian Marclay, Zwelethu Duke Endowment, the Nancy Hanks En- The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and copy-ready ads is the 24th of Mthethwa, Odili Donald Odita, Dan Perjo- dowment, the James Hustead Semans Me- the month prior to the next issue. This would be Apr. 24th for the May 2011 issue and vschi, Dario Robleto, David Salle, Carolee morial Fund, the K. Brantley and Maxine May 24 for the June 2011 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the Schneemann, Gary Simmons, Xaviera E. Watson Endowment Fund, the Neely next month. But don’t wait for the last minute - send your info now. Simmons, Jeff Sonhouse, Eve Sussman, continued above on next column to the right Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 27 The Fourth Annual “POP” Open Studio Tour offers visitors the opportunity to observe 37 of the area’s finest visual artists demonstrating the creative process behind their unique artwork. Artists April 30 & May 1, 2011 Donna Barnhill Saturday 10am - 6pm and Sunday 12 - 5pm Nancy Basket Free Admission Diane Beigor Allison Bigbee Kathy Bryant Schedule of events: Bess Ciupak April 14 - May 6, 2011 Donald Collins “POP” Pickens, Oconee & Pendleton Open Studio Tour Exhibit. Henley Cleary Opening reception and preview exhibit at Duke’s World of Energy, 5 - 7:30pm. Visitors are invited to meet the artists, view the artwork and select their Alice Craig tour studio destinations. Melody Davis Paul Dohr April 30 and May 1, 2011 Christine A. de Vlaming The Blue Ridge Arts Council is pleased to present “Pop” Open Studio Tour. Visitors have the opportunity to visit and interact with local artists in their Crystal Goodine working studios as they demonstrate their skills in the process of creating Suzanne Glenn art. The event also allows you to purchase incredible artwork directly from Rebecca Hancox the artist with no commission markups. Barbara Hart Organizations throughout the region including Russell Jewell Historic Downtown Seneca, Pickens, Walhalla, and Westminster Patsy Johnson will be providing additional attractions. Please check county websites. Lisa Kiser Leonid Kochutin Lou Koppel Art Partner Locations: Kara Mavar Duke Energy, Seneca, www.duke-energy.com/worldofenergy Renee Mendola Historic Ballenger House, Seneca, http://www.ballengerhouse.org Dennis Moriarity Mountain Lakes Convention Visitors Bureau, Walhalla, www.SCMountainLakes.com Janice Nimmons Oconee Heritage Center, Walhalla, www.oconeeheritagecenter.org Lane A. Owen Pickens County Museum of Art & History, Pickens, www.pickenscountymuseum.org Kevin Pope Porta Portese, Seneca, www.portaporteseramcatalley.com The Arts Center in Clemson, Clemson, www.explorearts.org Anita Seitz The Artist’s Loft, Seneca Patricia Stalb The Lunney Museum, Seneca Beti Strobeck The Reserve, Sunset, www.reserveatlakekeowee.com Threadheads: Westminster Chamber of Commerce, www.westminstersc.com Carolyn Harris Jean Loussarian Grantors: Carmen Marrero Clemson ATAX Bonnie Ouellette Oconee County Arts & Historical Judy Rapelje Oconee County ATAX Commission Aija Seflic Pickens County ATAX - Tourism (POP 2010 and 2011) Heidi Wolko Seneca Hospitality & Accommodations Tax South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts

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Blue Ridge Arts Council in Seneca, SC, Features Works by Oconee County Students Philip Morsberger The Blue Ridge Arts Council (BRAC) uted to excellent arts education provided in Seneca, SC, is presenting Oconee by Oconee County schools. This has been Schools K-12 Student Exhibit, on view at evidenced through high ratings received the Blue Ridge Arts Center through Apr. by local students in regional and state 15, 2011. competitions, as well as the number of Text / Subtext In partnership with the School District students from the county selected to attend of Oconee County, the Blue Ridge Arts the SC Governor’s School for the Arts. Council proudly presents the annual ex- BRAC is also pleased to welcome Mc- hibit of artwork produced by our students Donald's of Clemson and Oconee County April 7 - in grades K-12. as a new sponsor for this year’s event. Our Through Apr. 15, the Arts Center area’s McDonald’s lends their support to May 21, 2011 will be alive and overflowing with more the community in many beneficial ways. than 400 pieces of vibrant 2-D and 3-D Hospice of the Foothills, The Oconee art works providing a feast for the eyes. Red Cross, Collins Children’s Home, Every year at this time, in celebration of Upstate Special Olympics, the Knights of the nationally observed Youth Art Month, Columbus, and the Terrific Kid’s program the Blue Ridge Arts Center is filled with all benefit from McDonald’s continued Reception: the vivid colors and amazing creations of support. K-12 students in Oconee County schools, For further information check our SC Thursday selected by their art teachers. Visitors to Institutional Gallery listings, call the Cen- the exhibit are amazed at the students’ ter at 864/882-2722 or visit April 7, 7 - 9 p.m. talents and skills. Part of this can be attrib- (www.blueridgeartscenter.com). Artist’s talk: 8 pm Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg Features Works by Aaron Troski and Bailie The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg will with copper, silver, and gold leaf appli- exhibit, SE7EN, a collaborative portrait cations, which will be juxtaposed with series by Aaron Troski and Bailie, on Troski’s images recalling 16th century view from Apr. 1 - 28, 2011, at the Guild European painting. But the number seven Gallery in the Chapman Cultural Center in also serves as a conceptual motif for the Pilgrim (No. 2), 1986 - 2000 Spartanburg, SC. The Guild will host a re- exhibit as a whole. oil, 68-5/8” x 35-3/16” ception with the artists during the ArtWalk Bailie’s work is as unique as his single on Thursday, Apr. 21, from 6-9pm. name. Equally talented in oils, acrylics, 3110 Wade Hampton Blvd. Suite #10 “The brain child of Bailie,” according pencil, and sculpture, he has exhibited Taylors, SC 29687 to Troski, SE7EN showcases the comple- in several private showings as well as at 864-268-2771 mentary styles of these two accomplished Princeton University, WSOC-TV in Char- artists, who are “two sides of the same lotte, NC, and he has created over three [email protected] coin” despite learning of each other’s hundred murals across the Upstate. He is www.hamptoniiigallery.com work only last year. The show’s title al- as dedicated to teaching others, however, Hours: Tues. - Fri., 1 - 5 pm; Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm ludes to Bailie’s seven nudes in oil paint continued on Page 31 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 29 Conn, and luckily for us, the viewers, it’s still life and portraiture. just something new we get to enjoy from Skyuka Fine Art in Tryon, NC, this dexterous artist. Conn’s list of studies, internships, solo shows, invitational and juried exhibitions is seemingly endless. Offers First Equestrain Art Show The artists award’s and institutional commissions are just as impressive. In honor of Tryon, NC’s own 65th opinion, the best eye for information ever Blockhouse Steeplechase race, Skyuka encountered in an artist.” Fine Art is proud to present its first annual Jill Silver says, “There have been Equestrian Show. The show will open two things that are consistent in my life; Apr. 16 and continue through May 31, my love of animals and my love to draw 2011, and will feature equine art by eight them. As a child I felt as though I had a Work by Jill Silver regional artists including: Joan MacIn- special bond with all animals, that we tryre, Jill Silver, Charles Harpt, Rick shared a special unspoken understanding. Sarah Holmburg is a sculptor living in Conn, Sarah Holmberg and Richard Chris- As an adult I feel this understanding is Tryon, NC. Her pieces exhibit a whimsi- tian Nelson, of the Tryon area; Jan Lukens revealed in my work.” Silver attended The cal feeling and movement, some even and Tucker Bailey (our only sculptor) Ringling School of Art and Design where evoking a hint of humor. She entitles one from Greensboro, NC, and Valerie Hinz she studied graphics and illustration. Her piece The Bitch Can Ride, where a hound from Canada. A reception will be held sense of design, is only second to her abil- is riding the horse! Holmburg’s colors are on Apr. 16, from 5-8pm to coincide with ity to convey the loving relationship she bold and vibrant and she works in paper three other galleries in downtown Tryon, feels for the animals she depicts. Silver mache. She studied under renowned local prompting its first ‘Gallery Crawl’ in has been accepted into countless juried equestrian sculptor Phyllis Eifert. years, also including, Upstairs Artspace, exhibitions and has received numerous In 1991, Jan Lukens was awarded a Kathleen’s, and Richard Baker Studio. awards. painting exhibition at the Smithsonian In- Charles Harpt was the featured artist stitute in Washington, DC, for winning top on the cover of the Okatie Rotary Polo honors in a national portrait competition. Club invitation and poster for 2003. He This fueled his decision to leave an illus- studied art at The Academy of Fine Art Work by Richard Christian Nelson trious advertising career behind for a life in Philadelphia on the G.I. Bill and The Richard Christian Nelson, primarily a in the fine arts. In July of 1992, he started William Emlen Scholarship. His awards portrait artist, will have equestrian themed Jan Lukens Portraits, specializing in and acceptance into juried shows include landscapes to add to the show. Nelson equestrian portraiture. His work has been Cartwright’s Equestrian Gallery, American states that he is “endlessly fascinated by featured on the covers of The Chronicle of Academy of Equine Art and the Sporting people, places, and things and considers the Horse, and in the pages of The Artists’ Art Exhibit in honor of the 50th running of it a privilege and a challenge to capture magazine, The Equine Image, The Canine The Block House Steeplechase. some aspect of their essence on canvas. Image, Ink, and Show Circuit. Articles Rick Conn is one of those ridiculously I work toward ‘painterly realism’; good about Lukens and his art have appeared multi-talented artists; sculptor, painter, drawing and composition, rendered with in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Greenwich Work by Jan Lukens furniture maker and architect. However, strong natural color, in such a way that (CT) Post, and the Greensboro (NC) News Joan MacIntyre, an award-winning unlike some who branch out into multi- you can still ‘sense’ or ‘feel’ the paint. The continued on Page 32 artist in open juried shows as well as media, he does them all extraordinarily effect of this process is that the subject equine art shows, is a signature member well. Hailing from Spartanburg, SC, Conn begins to artfully reveal itself to me and of The Society of Western Artists and owned and operated his own gallery in hopefully, the viewer”. All of this work just recently an associate member of The Landrum for years before deciding to (except some portraiture) is done exclu- Horse Artists Association. She’s painted focus on furthering his education and get sively from life. This award-winning artist for jockeys, celebrity owners as well away from the business end of it all earn- hails from Detroit where he earned his The Artist’s Coop as people who just adore their animals. ing his MFA from Western Carolina Uni- BFA from The Center for Creative Stud- on the square Bud Johnson, owner of The Old English versity. Conn’s sense of design is perpetu- ies, and took post graduate fine art courses An Artist’s Cooperative Rancho and Director and President of The ally present in all facets of his art whether at Wayne State University. He has been 113 East Laurens Street California Breeders Association quotes in it is the composition in a painting, or the working as an artist ever since, initially Laurens, SC • 864-984-9359 an edition of Equine Images, “She seems sheer fluidity of his sculptural pieces and as an illustrator, then as a portrait artist, 10-5:30pm Tues. - Fri., 10-3pm Sat. to have captured the personality and con- assemblages. Branching into equestrian gallery artist, and instructor. Nelson also www.laurensartistscoop.org formation of our horses. She has, in our painting is just another exploration for teaches workshops focusing on landscape, [email protected] Page 30 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Be sure to check out our many Spring Classes. We have a great selection of adult, kid and big kid art classes!! Be sure to check our website for the upcoming June dates for this year’s Smart Kamp! Blue Ridge Art Center Calendar of Events Continuing to April 15, 2011: OCONEE SCHOOLS K-12 STUDENT EXHIBIT In partnership with the SDOC, we present the annual exhibit of artwork produced by our Oconee County School Students in grades K-12. The art teachers select the 2D and 3D artwork for exhibit throughout the BRAC gallery and studio. April 14 - May 6, 2011: “POP” Pickens, Oconee & Pendleton Open Studio Tour Exhibit

Opening reception and preview exhibit at Duke’s World of Energy April 14th, 5 - 7:30pm. Visitors are invited to meet the artists, view the artwork and select their tour studio destinations.

Refreshments provided by the “POP” Artists and Palmetto Spirits. April 22 – May 13, 2011: POSTCARD ART EXHIBIT All artists are invited to donate a piece of postcard art for the benefit of The Blue Ridge Art Center Fund Raiser. Each postcard will be available for purchase during the show. Select postcards will be offered in a silent auction the night of the opening. It will be a great chance for artists, friends and patrons to acquire a significant piece or pieces of artwork at extremely reasonable prices. This is a great opportunity to make a contribution to The Blue Ridge Arts Center. The deadline for delivery of postcards to the BRAC office is April 15th, 2011. The opening“Postcard Party” will be held on Friday, April 22, 5:30 - 8:30pm. April 30 and May 1, 2011: “POP” Open Studio Tour The Blue Ridge Arts Council is once again pleased to present the POP Open Studio Tour which provides an opportunity for the public to visit local artists in their working studios. The visitors will be able to interact with the artists as they demonstrate their skills and educate the visitors about the process of creating art. The event also allows you to purchase incredible artwork directly from the artist with no commission markups. April 30, 10am - 6pm; May 1, 12 - 5 pm. www.blueridgeartscenter.com All exhibits are funded in part by: The Daily Journal • Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation • Oconee County Parks, Recreation & Tourism • Oconee County ATAX • Oconee County Arts & Historical Commission Seneca Hospitality & Accommodations Tax • South Carolina Arts Commission - which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts Classes for adults and kids year round! Visit our web site for art information and links to many upstate art organizations. 111 East South Second Street • Seneca, SC 29678 • (864) 882-2722 • www.blueridgeartscenter.com • [email protected]

Artist Guild of Spartanburg, SC continued from Page 29 / back to Page 29 corporate world to dedicate himself to painting for the past five years. His work, which draws from late Renaissance art, draws on his Catholic upbringing and combines a “primitive style” with mixed- MARCH 8 - MAY 7, 2011 TUES-SAT 10-5 media experimentation. Troski praises the mutual inspiration he and Bailie have found in collaboration. The lively contrast between his “iconic symbolism” and his co-artist’s “precision” has produced a show that is much more than the sum of its parts. West Fraser A Southern Perspective

Tide Lines. Oil on Canvas.

Work by Aaron Troski as he is to practicing his own craft. The owner of Bailie Studios in Spartanburg Will Henry Stevens is also on the South Carolina Arts Com- Convergence: mission’s Roster of Approved Artists in Education, and he teaches art in numer- Objective and ous workshops, classrooms, and private Non-objective Works lessons. A favorite motto sums up Bailie’s view of the personal power of art: “art is Work by Bailie limitless; so am I.” For further information check our SC Troski comes to art and to Spartan- Institutional Gallery listings or call Robin burg more recently, leaving Ohio and the Els at 864/764-9568. Landscape. Pastel on paper.

Crimson Laurel Gallery in Features Works 200 East St. John St • Spartanburg, SC • (864) 582-7616 www.spartanburgARTmuseum.org by Eleanor Annand and Jason Bige Burnett SAM is funded in part by The Arts Partnership and its donors, the County and City of Spartanburg, the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the Crimson Laurel Gallery in Bakersville, Eleanor Annand and Jason Bige Burnett, National Endowment for the Arts, Walker Walker Higgins, Wells Fargo The Private Bank, The Spartanburg County Foundation, The George Ernest Burwell, Jr. Fund, The Jean Erwin Fund, NC, will present the exhibit, Submerging on view from Apr. 2 - 30, 2011. The Lucile F. Kohler Fund for the Spartanburg Art Museum, and the 3rd Annual Art & Antique Show. the Bathysphere: Illustrative Ceramics by continued on Page 39 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 31 Skyuka Fine Art in Tryon, NC Upstairs Artspace presents continued from Page 30 / back to Page 30 and Record. Lukens has exhibited his Annual in 2007 and the Award of Recog- paintings several times with the American nition from the American Women Art- 5th annual Academy of Equine Art, and is a member ists in 2010. We are very excited to have of the American Society of Portrait Art- Bailey be our first featured sculptor. SILENT ists. This award-winning artist has been Growing up a Canadian farm girl, featured in documentaries, painted celebri- Valerie Hinz has been drawing horses ties and their horses, completed numerous “ever since I could hold a pencil.” Her ART portraits for silver and gold medalist US father had horses on the farm, and the first Olympic show jumping teams and their stories she was told were always about horses, and has clients in 37 states and 7 horses. Hinz attended the University of AUCTION different countries. Saskatchewan studying art, but had a sporadic beginning; finally being urged to paint friends horses, her career took off. Friday Her first large exhibit came in 1983 at the Arabian National Show. Then, in 1986, April 1 another important event took place, which she says improved her art. Out shoveling through grain one day, Hinz twisted her back and was suddenly “in the worst pain of my life.” She had major back surgery and for Saturday the next five weeks she couldn’t work, ride, or even paint. So she decided to read April 9 Fabulous art & craft at low, low, low prices ... - mostly books on composition and color. Place your bids all week long ... Shortly after she started to paint again, 2011 she completed her first major work, titled Romancing the Stones. This is the painting Silent auction bids close at that brought Hinz attention in the world 4 p.m., Saturday, April 9 during wine & appetizer of equine art. Some of Hinz’s accolades party sponsored by anonymous donor. include: being commissioned to paint the winning “Queens Cup Woodbine” To- ronto/Canada, Best in 2D Award, Horses At 5 p.m. a live auction of special art takes place with Work by Rick Conn in Motion Exhibition/Kentucky Derby popular auctioneer Bill Jones. Museum/Louisville, KY, First Place-Oils/ Tucker Bailey states, “From the first Acrylics, 10th Annual Draft Horse Classic Donated art is accepted through Sunday, March 27, 2-5 p.m. time I saw bronze sculpture as a young Western and Equine Art Show, First Place- girl at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Oils/Acrylics, 9th Annual Draft Horse I’ve been totally captivated by the reality Classic Western and Equine Art Show, Call 859.2828 for information. of three dimensional sculpture. Sculpture and juried into full membership of AAEA Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. is a medium that changes with a changing -1994 Featured Artist, Vancouver Wildlife point of view. The surface of bronze has Art Show, just to name a few. Skyuka Fine a reflective quality and the angle of light Art is honored to have Valerie be its first dramatically changes perception. In my featured artist from outside the US. work, I try to bring more to my sculptures than just surface anatomy. I think of the work I do as a portrait of each animal. I try to bring out its personality, making the space at once internal and external.” Bailey has devoted her life to the study of animals and art, and has studied with sculptor John Paul Harris and painters Sally Strand, Heiner Hertling, Valerie Hinz, and Guan Weixing, who is China’s premiere watercolorist. Bailey’s work is found in private and corporate collections across North America and abroad, including many bronzes at the North Carolina Zoological Park. She was featured in the segment on NPR radio called Voices and Viewpoints in 2006, and had an article in the Winston-Salem Monthly magazine (Tucker’s Bailiwick) in 2007. Her work has been featured in Polo Player’s Edition magazine’s Annual Sporting Art issue multiple times. Her accolades include Work by Sarah Holmburg American Artists Professional League, Allied Artists of America, The Pen and For further information check our NC Brush, Inc., The Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- Art Club, the Award of Excellence Medal lery at 828/817-3783 or visit from the Society of Animal Artists at the (www.Skyukafineart.com). Woolworth Walk in Asheville, NC, Offers Works by Jennifer Barrineau ogetically thrusts us into a world where vibrant color, texture and shape collide: A land of color-saturated, dimensional, thought-provoking creations. The exhibit will feature twelve new paintings by this Asheville tree artist, formerly of the Tree Gallery. With this new series she is capturing the brilliant colored light of spring. Work by Jennifer Barruneau The seeds are sprouting in her studio, an artist’s garden is being created. It will be Woolworth Walk in Asheville, NC, will a place for all to indulge in an explosion present the exhibit, An Artist’s Garden, of spring. featuring paintings by Jennifer Barrineau, For further information check our NC on view in the FW Front Gallery, from Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- Apr. 1 - 29, 2011. A reception will be held lery at 828/254-9234 or visit on Apr. 1, from 5-7pm. (www. woolworthwalk.com). Barrineau’s artistic expression unapol-

The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and copy-ready ads is the 24th of the month prior to the next issue. This would be Apr. 24th for the May 2011 issue and May 24 for the June 2011 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the next month. But don’t wait for the last minute - send your info now. Be part of the May issue which could have even more pages of ads and articles.

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Black Creek Arts Council of Darlington County 843-332-6234 www.blackcreekarts.org Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC, Coker College in Hartsville, SC, Offers Larger Display of Photography Features Works by Senior Art Students Editor’s Note: We offered an article Christie Blackmon, Linda Borek, Bill Coker College in Hartsville, SC, will by Amanda McPhail of Irmo, SC; Apr. about this exhibit last month, but due to Borek, David Brandon, Leeanna Brown, be presenting Senior Art Exhibitions, fea- 18 - 22, features works by John Shearer our deadline 20 names of participating Catherine Brown, Charlie Calder, Michele turing portfolios of graduating art majors, of Hartsville, SC; Apr. 25 - 29, features photographers were left out and the show’s Caporaso, EunJung Chang, David Childers, on view in the Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery works by Norah Wofford of Georgetown, ending date has been extended. Bill Cleveland, Jolene Cleverly, Carmen from Apr. 4 through May 6, 2011.The ex- SC; and May 2 - 6, features works by The Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC, is Daughtry, Butch Davis, Ryan Rx Davis, hibition will feature five different shows, Sarah Folsom of Bishopville, SC. presenting the Pee Dee Regional Pho- Missy Davis Jones, Brian Dawson, Anna one per week, with an opening reception The receptions for each show are free tography Exhibit 2011 - Photofabulous!, Eaddy, Terri Eddinger, Jennifer Ervin, from 7-8pm each Monday evening during and open to the public. Refreshments will featuring works by 93 photographers from Dewey Ervin, Tari Federer, James Fer- the exhibition. be served. the Pee Dee area through Apr. 29, 2011. nandes, Renee Fitch Smith, Beckie Flan- Senior Art Exhibitions, a 43-year tradi- Students who major in art select from A closing reception will be held on Apr. nagan, Deborah Flowers, Kelli Foster, Patz tion at Coker, are required of graduating four concentrations: fine arts, graphics and 29, from 5:30-8pm in conjunction with Fowle, Gail Fowler, Tony Gloster, Donna art majors and are intended to represent web design, photography and art educa- the Florence Downtown Development Goodman, Jimmy Gordy, Aaron Got- the culmination of four years of study and tion. Corporation’s first Florence After 5 event. ter, Fran Gray, Nathan Hasenjaeger, Eric offer a glimpse of the directions the artists “Over their four years at Coker Col- There will be food vendors, live music Heiden, Tristan Hilliard, Linda Humphries, may explore with their work following lege, art majors receive a foundation in with Midway Blue and lots of friendly, Rachell Hyman, Michael Jalicki, Melissa graduation. both studio skills and computer technol- happy people. Johnson, David Keener, Jennifer Kelley, ogy that leads to the production of art Jennifer King, Ann Klein, Cherise Klein, works that emphasize content and quality Emily Knight, Madeline Lee, Tom LeVine, of expression,” said Art Department Chair Eddie Lott, Kailen Lowder, Leonard Professor Jean Grosser. Lowery, Bethany Luhman, Jane Madden, “The outcome of the Coker experience Jesse Marsh, TJ McKay, Jarrod Miller, is the work that we will see in the Senior Mary Moody Williams, Justin Morris, Art Exhibition. We wish these students Suzanne Muldrow, Erin O’Hanlon, Angela continued success and hope that they will Polen, Kathleen Pompe, Ivana Popovic, never stop learning and growing,” she Lee Rivers Rivers, Natalie Roland, Al- said. len Sanderson, Suzanne Sasser, Rosanne Work by Nora Wofford The Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery is Saunders, Margaret vB Smith, Jeff Smith, located in the Gladys C. Fort Art Building Michelle Springs, Leah Stallings, Leonard “The experience of preparing a solo on the Coker College campus. Stevenson, Molly Symons, Robin Tange, show for the senior exhibition is both Coker College readies undergradu- Tommy Taylor, Benjamin Watford, Willis exciting and nerve-wracking,” said Norah ates for personal and professional success Whyte, Karyn Wilson, La Rue Yarbrough, Wofford, whose show will open on Apr. through a distinctive four-year program and Julian Young. 25, 2011. that emphasizes a practical application Events taking place at the gallery during “This is an opportunity for us to learn of the liberal arts as well as hands-on this exhibit include a concert by Chamber more about working with galleries and and discussion-based learning within and Music of Charleston on Sunday, Apr. 17, at with other people’s interpretations of beyond the classroom. Coker is ranked 4pm. Tickets are $5 including the recep- our work, but with that opportunity also among the “Best Colleges” in the South tion. comes the pressure to represent ourselves by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Art Trail Gallery is a project under and our department as well as we can,” The Princeton Review. Work by Linda Borek the auspices of the Florence Downtown she said. For further information check our SC The judges for awards were Beth An- Development Corporation. It is also home The Senior Art Exhibition schedule Institutional Gallery listings, contact Gal- derson, Geoff Hughes, and Brian Nolan. to the sculpture studio of Alex Palkovich. this year is as follows: Apr. 4 - 8, features lery Director and Assistant Professor of Participating photographers include: For further information check our SC works by Danielle Glidden of Colum- Art Larry Merriman at 843/383-8156 or Sandra Anderson, Jennifer Anderson, Institutional Gallery listings, contact Jane bia, SC; Apr. 11 - 15, features works e-mail to ([email protected]). Kathy Andrews, Lilia Aviles, Anne Bald- Madden at 843/673-0729, e-mail at win, Amy Beane, Norm Belge, Lee Benoy, ([email protected]) or visit You can contact us by calling 843/825-3408 or by e-mail at - [email protected] Marion Berry, Kendall Berry, Dawn Berry, (http://www.art-trail-gallery.com). Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 33 Florence Regional Arts Alliance April - May, 2011 Event Schedule in Florence, SC, Features Works Art Exhibits Photofabulous! Join us for the special closing event for the by Florence Visual Arts Guild largest photography show in any gallery in The Florence Regional Arts Alliance in trict in downtown Florence, the Florence South Carolina on Friday, April 29th, 5:30 - 8 pm. Florence, SC, will present Florence Visual Regional Arts Alliance is the “chamber of Florence After 5 will provide live music with Arts Guild Third Annual Exhibition, on commerce” for the artists, arts organiza- Midway Blue right outside, along with food vendors. Inside the Gallery, we’ll be hosting view in Gallery 412 from Apr. 7 - 28, tions, school arts teachers, and school Affordably Unique - the mixed market place 2011. A reception will be held on Apr. 7, arts programs of the City of Florence and featuring local artisans and agricultural from 6-8pm. Florence County. The Arts Alliance is products. The winner of the People’s Choice The Florence Visual Arts Guild dates committed to preserving, supporting, and Award will be announced. to 1983, when several local artists who promoting a vibrant arts community by were primarily interested in watercolor providing grants to artists, organizations, Cultivating Creativity:The Children’s Exhibit Exhibit Opening: Friday, May 6, 5:30 - 8 p.m. organized themselves as the Florence teachers, and schools; by recognizing stu- Exhibit Dates: May 6 - 27, 2011 135 S. Dargan Street Working Artists. The organization is now dents, individuals, and businesses through Florence, SC called the Florence Visual Arts Guild. The a comprehensive program of awards and Pompe’s Protégés www.art-trail-gallery.com Guild pursues a mission that includes both scholarships; by offering community pro- Celebrating the legacy of Kathleen Pompe’s Please check our website for the promotion of the aesthetic and profes- gramming that showcases the performing tenure as a professor of photography at most current event information. sional interests of its members as well arts, the visual arts, and the literary arts; Francis Maion University Opening event: Thursday, May 5th at 6pm Find us on Facebook at: as contribution to the advancement of and by serving on the basic organizational Art Trail Gallery the visual arts in the Pee Dee Region of core value that recognizes the arts are Exhibit runs May 5 - 27, 2011 in the Permanent Gallery South Carolina. The Guild is composed fundamental to quality of life, education, Free Admission of a diverse group of Pee Dee artists who and economic development in today’s Art available for purchase! pursue a broad variety of artistic expres- knowledge-based economy, an economy Call for Participation sion that includes painting, drawing, that will require innovative, imaginative, Visualicious: A feast for the eyes sculpture, photography, jewelry, and pot- and creativity to address the critical issues No fee for participation: Deadline May 29th tery. Members of the Guild have enjoyed of the 21st Century. See website for details. consistent success in professional juried For further information check our SC June 6, 7, 8 - Show comes in competitions at regional, state, national, Institutional Gallery listings, call the Alli- June 17th - Evening Reception and international levels. ance at 843/665-2787 or visit (http://www. July 29 - Show closes Operating at 412 South Dargan Street florencescarts.org/). in the emerging Arts and Cultural Dis- Concerts Sunday, April 17 - 4 p.m. Chamber Music of Charleston Sunday, May 22 - 4 p.m. Florence Museum of Art, Science Eileen Strempel, Soprano Concert Tickets $5 and History in Florence, SC, Available at the door or Home to the sculpture studio through advance purchase. Includes the performance Features Youth Art Exhibition of Alex Palkovich and the reception to follow The Florence Museum of Art, Science Keeping with this educational tradition, and History in Florence, SC, is presenting the Florence Museum continues to provide Hours of operation: Youth Art Exhibit, featuring works by opportunities for our community, focusing Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 11:30 - 2:30 p.m.; Friday 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. students of Florence School Districts 1-5, on our younger generations. The museum A project under the auspices of the Florence Downtown Development Corporation on view through May 22, 2011. The stu- currently offers a wide range of programs Sponsor support from the Florence Convention and Visitors Bureau dent work will be exhibited with selected for children of all ages. The Youth Art works from the museum’s permanent Exhibit is just another way the Florence collection. Museum strives to engage the community The Florence Museum was organized by providing opportunities promoting during the early 20th Century to gener- cultural appreciation and awareness. ate interest in world cultures and to make For further info check our SC Institu- Visiting Florence, SC? connections between these cultures and tional Gallery listings, call 843/662-3351 or Located at the intersection of I-95 and I-20, Florence is a quick, convenient stop for travelers. the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. at (www.florencemuseum.org). Take the time to enjoy some of Florence’s Galleries the next time you are passing by.

Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, Lynda English Studio Gallery Home to the creative partnership of NC, Features Exhibition by Instructors Lynda English and Jackie Wukela. The Kanuga Conference Center in NWS from Creed, CO; Jan Sitts, SLMM, Original art work, handcrafted jewelry, Hendersonville, NC, will present the 26th NSAEP from Sedona, AZ; Richard Ste- classes, framing and art supplies. Annual Kanuga Watermedia Workshops phens from Hot Springs, AK; and Robbie Instructors’ Exhibition, on view from Apr. Laird, NWS, SLMM, WW, Director, from 403 Second Loop Road 3 - 7, 2011. A reception will take place Lake Almanor, CA. Florence, SC 29505 in the Fireside Lounge at the Kanuga 843.673.9144 Conference Center Inn on Sunday, Apr. 3, http://www.lyndaenglishstudio.net 2011 from 2:30-5pm. Paintings by Lynda English

Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series The curated gallery hosts varied shows of two- and three-dimensional works showcasing regional and national artists in addition to exhibits by visual art classes and Work by Richard Stephens graduating seniors. Open to the public 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The annual Kanuga Watermedia Work- Monday - Friday. Free Admission Work by Fred Graff shop welcomes artists from all across the 843.661.1385 country to study with these prestigious The exhibition includes works by: instructors. Each student artist works Located on the Francis Marion University campus. Patricia Brady from Greenville, SC; Betty intensely with their selected instructor for http://departments.fmarion.edu/finearts/gallery.htm Carr from Cottonwood, AZ; Kathleen the entire workshop. Under the direction Conover, NWS, ISEA from Marquette, of Robbie Laird and Will Rasmussen, this MI; Joan Fullerton from Parker, CO; week long workshop is held in the beauti- The Art Trail Gallery Frederick Graff, AWS, NWS, TWSA ful Blue Ridge Mountains just outside of The Gallery primarily features original from Medina, OH; Lynn McLain, AWS Hendersonville. from Valdito, NM; Craig Nelson, CAC, For info check our NC Institutional works by local and regional artists in the ASPA from Santa Rosa, CA; Carla Gallery listings, call Cindy Evans, As- Carolinas. Works are available for sale. O’Connor, AWS-DF, NWS, NWWS from sistant to the Director at 517/655-4929 or The Art Trail Gallery is also home to the Gig Harbor, WA; Stephen Quiller, AWS, e-mail to ([email protected]). studio of well-known sculptor, Alex Palkovich. See our ad in this magazine for complete details The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and copy-ready ads is the 24th of on exhibits. the month prior to the next issue. This would be Apr. 24th for the May 2011 issue and Night shot of the 135 South Dargan Street May 24 for the June 2011 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the Art Trail Gallery by Florence, SC 29501 next month. But don’t wait for the last minute - send your info now. Tristan Hilliard Let’s hear from more commercial galleries in WNC who want to advertise. 843.673.0729 http://www.art-trail-gallery.com

Page 34 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky dark scenarios of desire, emulation, and Mount, NC. social dynamics. In his more recent works Shaun Richards’ works also are created such as Closed Captioned and Crash #2: using a variety of media (acrylic, graph- National Treasure painted texts figure ite, oil, paper and silver leaf). Nine large centrally in the compositions suggesting works on panel present an overview of his the influence of economic and marketing thematic preoccupations. Empire (2008) icons from the tobacco and car industries contains collaged pages from a textbook in often apocalyptic scenarios. The jewel- on the “media of mass communication like backgrounds of the artist’s works radio & television” as well as its title in on mylar are in glowing contrast to the April 9, 2011 � 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. large broadside lettering. These decorative gnarled and burnt black forms of tangled elements jostle with figurative representa- steel that once were cars. www.fmarion.edu/news/artsinternational tions in oil of several young boys who Richards attended Hagerstown Junior look upward where a man and woman College in Maryland before transferring with an extended arm resembling a Gustav to UNC-Wilmington, where he earned a Klimt mural, and the skeleton of a large BA in Art in 1999. In 2003, he enrolled in bird or dinosaur appear to be rising. Hov- SUNY Empire State College as a non- ering in front of the figures are diagrams matriculated graduate student. He moved of molecules, atomic symbols and chemi- to Raleigh in August 2006, and in Janu- cal formulas. ary 2007 he was awarded the Regional Emerging Artist Residency at Artspace. In September 2007, he was featured in Southwest Art's annual emerging artist Arts International Activities issue, 21 Under 31. In spring of 2012 he will hold a solo exhibition at the Flanders Kassab Chapman Blues Stage Theatre International Art Gallery. Recital Hall Auditorium Stage On Apr. 20, 2011, from 5:30-6:30pm, 1BMNFUUP4UBUF 64$%BODF .BSDFMP1PODF ćSFF5BMFT 1SFTFOUBUJPOPG'MBHT André Leon Gray will give an artist talk. #PZDIPJS $PNQBOZ BOE GSPN+BQBO 'PPUIJMMT#BOE On May 11, 2011, from 12:30-1:30pm, Performances 7JWJBOB%BMMBT Edie Carpenter will give a curator’s talk. 4FOPSB5PSUVHB (German Oompah Band) /PSUITJEF:PVOH On May 18, 2011, from 5:30-6:30pm, 4JOHFST %SJOL4NBMM .BUTVSJ[B Performed (Japanese drummers) Shaun Richards will give an artist talk. $PCC'FTUJWBM 8BOEB+PIOTPO by the FMU Work by Shaun Richards For further information check our NC 4JOHFST BOE eatre #VFO"DIF Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center (Afro-Latino dancers) On the 4ISJNQ$JUZ4MJN Department. Though Richards distances himself at 336/333-7460 or at (www.greenhillcen- #SBTTY Grounds $IJFG,BNVT'JSF from any “overt” interpretation of his ter.org). *LFBOE7BM BOE)VMB4IPX work, many of his paintings suggest rather (SBIBN8SJHIU .JOHP#JH 8PPET Baritone #FBS$MBX Beach Music "DDPSEJPO 3JDL4USJDLMBOE #PC #BOE Waterworks Visual Arts Center in International Foods Art Cultural Displays Show Salisbury, NC, Offers New Exhibitions t$BKVOt$BSSJCFBOt$IJOFTFt'JMJQJOPt(FSNBO#FFS $PSQPSBUF8PSME The Waterworks Visual Arts Center either give the viewer further access into (BSEFOt(FSNBO1BTUSZt(SFFLt*OEJBOt*UBMJBO*DF Youth Art (MPCBM7JMMBHF in downtown Salisbury, NC, presents its the psychology of the subject or deny it.” t+BQBOFTFt.FYJDBOt4PVUI"GSJDBOtćBJ Activities *OUFSOBUJPOBM#B[BBS Spring exhibition, Identification. Two Claiborne received her MFA in paint- solo exhibitions and a group show take a ing from UNC-Greensboro and has served broad variety of approaches to the theme as an adjunct instructor in painting, F RANCIS M ARION U NIVERSITY of contemporary identity and personal drawing, and art appreciation at Catawba Florence, SC sovereignty. Identification will be on view College in Salisbury. through May 14, 2011. Columbia, SC, artist, Susan Lenz, presents a collection of emotionally charged paintings with embroidered messages Green Hill Center for NC Art in conveying the importance of decisions as aspects of our individual characters. Her exhibition entitled, Personal Grounds, “is Greensboro, NC, Features Works by a location in life determined by the doors opened, keys turned, and decisions made.” André Leon Gray and Shaun Richards Lenz says of her works: “From rising to dying, people make decisions. Some Green Hill Center for NC Art in As he describes it, the work is “thickened are profound; some are routine; some have Greensboro, NC, will present the exhibit, with a roux of Black culture, marinated significant repercussions; others are cause André Leon Gray & Shaun Richards, on in social commentary and seasoned with for celebration. In each instance, more view from Apr. 8 through May 29, 2011. consciousness.” The culinary metaphor than one option is available and the choice An opening reception will be held on Apr. based on a dish that combines ingredients helps define the person making it. This 8, from 5:30-7:30pm. and cooking practices of several cultures solo exhibition includes portraits selected This exhibition presents an in-depth would also apply to Gray’s use of assem- from the 107 in the ongoing series. Each view of the work of two Triangle artists blage and combinations of various media. examines personal decisions without who both incorporate mixed media in Gray has a penchant for discarded, making a value judgment. The focus is on their respective mediums of sculpture and abandoned and time worn objects “that the faces of real individuals and the deci- painting. Cultural icons and the influence possess their own stories.” Role models, sions they’ve made. The titles and works of advertising, role models and education notions of ethnicity and social status, the are meant to reflect the choice, confront on identity are investigated by both artists. influence of the media and the education and challenge the viewer, and stimulate are a strong theme in the works in the consideration.” current exhibition in which several major Work by Katie Claiborne Lenz received a BA in Medieval and pieces incorporate chalkboards, school desks and chairs and textbooks such as Katie Claiborne from Greensboro, NC, Head Full of Doubt, ctl/alt/del or the is a rapidly emerging young painter whose eloquent Manchild in the Promised Land. subtly expressive paintings pinpoint the In a recent interview in the art: 21 blog delicacy of a human moment, hinting Gray defined the underlying narrative at the vast array of emotion beneath the that informs his work as “(in)visibility, surface of a gesture. She says of her work: a shared history, and the contemporary “For me, painting is an act of empathy. It livelihood of African Americans.” demands something intimate, something Gray was born and raised in Raleigh, specific. It demands that I call on my Work by Andre Leon Gray NC, and is a self-taught artist. He has re- own physicality and psychology in order ceived several honors. In 2000 he was the to find places of connection between the André Leon Grey participated in Sculp- first artist to participate in the six-month person I am painting and myself.” ture Retold at Green Hill Center in 2004 Regional Emerging Artist in Residence In this body of work entitled New and in the 2009 Gallery Nomads exhibi- program at Artspace in Raleigh, and Works, Claiborne works with the same tion. His sculptural relief Black Magic received a Regional Artist Project Grant models for an extended time and compos- (It’s Fantastic) is on view at the new West from the United Arts Council of Raleigh es multiple paintings while creating dense Building of the North Carolina Museum and Wake County. He also participated in spaces that function as extensions of the of Art. Shaun Richards work was first ex- the Raleigh Red Wolf Ramble public art figure, and calling attention to the relative hibited at Green Hill in 2008 at the Winter project, and in 2003 received an Indies distance between the viewer and subject. Show and in Facing South: Portraits by Triangle Arts Award for his contribution “The tension between physical close- Work by Susan Lenz North Carolina Artists. His large scale to the local art community. In addition, ness and accessibility or inaccessibility works on panel and paintings on mylar Gray’s work figures in the public collec- has become crucial in painting these Renaissance Studies from Ohio State Uni- will be presented in the Triad for the first tions, of the Mary Lou Williams Center portraits,” says Claiborne. “The point of versity. She began embroidering in 1986 time. Both artists are represented by the for Black Culture at Duke University, the view I use places the viewer physically and has studied under several international Flanders Art Gallery in Raleigh. North Carolina Museum of Art, and the close to the subject, however, the paint- fiber artists, such as Valerie Campbell- “Eye gumbo” is the term Gray uses Four Sisters Gallery Permanent Collection ings demand an amount of work on the Harding, Jean Littlejohn, Jan Beaney, and to refer to his assemblages, sculptures, of Contemporary Self-Taught Art at North part of the viewer that defies notions of Tilleke Schwarz. installations, tar paintings, and drawings. continued above on next column to the right immediacy. The gaze of the subject can continued on Page 36 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 35 Waterworks Visual Arts Center continued from Page 35 Eleven regional North Carolina artists features the works of nearly 800 students will take on the question of individualism representing Salisbury-Rowan County’s in today’s society in a group show of self- private, independent, and home schools, portraits, entitled You and Me. and public elementary, middle, and high Artists featured in the exhibit include schools. These exhibitions celebrate both Jessica DeHart from Mooresville, John the outstanding efforts of the art special- Kuhenbeaker from Eden, Don Moore, ists who teach the creative process, and Cara Reische, Phyllis Steimel, and James the extraordinary talents our county’s Taylor from Salisbury, Isaac Payne and youth. Jenny Zito-Payne from Charlotte, Juie Waterworks Visual Arts Center is ac- Rattley from Winston-Salem, Mark Ste- credited by the American Association of phenson from Misenheimer, and Nancy Museums. Toothman from Morehead City. For further information check our NC Waterworks will also host in the Young Institutional Gallery listings, call the Cen- People’s Gallery the 28th annual youth ter at 704/636-1882 or visit exhibition, Celebrating Rowan County’s (www.waterworks.org). Young Artists. This display of artwork Stanly Arts Guild in Albemarle, NC, Features Works of Nature The Stanly Arts Guild in Albemarle, arts Design Degree from UNC-G and has NC, is presenting the exhibit Nature At Its studied at the San Francisco Art Academy. Best, an art show, sponsored by the John He taught Commercial arts and Photog- Gaskin Family, features the best in both raphy at Guilford Technical Community 2D and 3D art, on view at Falling Rivers College and Davidson County Community Gallery, through Apr. 16, 2011. College for a combined total of 25 years. All mediums of art presented including: Stafford has been owner and operator of clay, fiber, glass, metal and wood, as well two separate art and photography galleries as oil, pastel, and watercolor paintings and - Studio Earth and Leapfrog Gallery in the photography. Prizes awarded for first, sec- Kernersville, NC, area. ond, third and honorable mentions amount Stafford is affiliated with many pho- to $1200. tographers throughout the eastern United Well known photographer Gene States and is a past president and board Stafford was the juror of the competition member for the Greensboro Society for sponsored by the Gaskin family and the Communicating Arts. His work has been Stanly Arts Guild. This is a memorial featured in shows and galleries throughout show honoring Ellen Cook Gaskin who the Triad region. One of his most recent was a lover of nature and also an artist. In endeavors has been the development of its third year, Nature At Its Best attracts the Colfax Persimmon Festival. This an- art and 3 dimensional work from some of nual event, now in its fourth year, is held Stanly County and the surrounding area’s on his family’s historic farm and home- finest artists. stead and attracts artists and craftsmen Stafford has produced several cov- from throughout the Southeast. ers for Our State: Down Home in North The Stanly Arts guild is sponsored in Carolina magazine in addition to volumes part by the Albemarle Improvement LLC, Participating shops include: Avery Pot- of newspaper and magazine photographic the Stanly County Arts Council and the tery & Tileworks, Ben Owen, Blue Hen, work. He is widely respected for his gifted Grassroots Program of the NC Arts Coun- BlueStone, Bulldog, Cady Clay Works, eye and his 33 years of professional and cil, a state agency. Caldwell-Hohl Artworks, Crystal King, freelance photography focusing on the For further information check our Dean and Martin, Dirt Works, Dixieland, natural beauty of the state. NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Dover, Fireshadow, Freeman, From the Currently Stafford is president of Guild at 704/983-4278 or visit (www. Ground Up, Great White Oak Gallery, Staffordesign/Gene Stafford Photography/ fallingriversgallery.com). Hickory Hill, JLK Jewelry, Johnston Leapfrog., Inc. He has a bachelor of Fine & Gentithes, Jugtown, Kings, Kovack, Lathams, Luck’s Ware, Lufkin, McNeill’s, Michele Hastings & Jeff Brown, Nichols, Old Gap, O’Quinn, Frank Neef, Potts, Seagrove, NC, Potters Offer Spring Ray, Rockhouse, Seagrove Stoneware, Studio Touya, Thomas, Tom Gray, and Whynot. We want to thank the Kiln Opening - Apr. 16 & 17, 2011 The Celebration of Seagrove Potters is a gathering of diverse clay artists joining following potters for their Working together for the good of the great weekend to come out and leisurely forces to showcase the traditional and con- support of the community, Seagrove, NC, area potters browse, shop and experience a 200-year- temporary pottery of the historic Sea- Carolina Clay Resource Directory are again coming together to create an old tradition, see the process, develop and grove community. The goal is to maintain eventful weekend with something for ev- renew relationships with the potters of the authenticity of Seagrove pottery by eryone with the 3rd Annual Celebration of Seagrove. working together in a community effort Seagrove Potters Spring Kiln Openings & to promote the historical, educational and Studio Tours. Over 50 clay artists will be artistic aspects that can be experienced offering special events and kiln openings when visiting Seagrove, and to draw Bulldog Pottery throughout Seagrove the weekend of Apr. customers to the shops to have a firsthand 16-17, 2011. Seagrove experience. Celebration of Seagrove Potters was formed in 2008 and merged that year with the Seagrove Area Potters Association, a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to promote, publicize and market the Seagrove Area Pottery Community and its tradition. For further information e-mail the group at (contact@celebrationofsegrovepotters.com) or visit (www.DiscoverSeagrove.com). Whynot Pottery Work by JLK Jewelry at Jugtown A large variety of events are scheduled throughout the weekend including, but The deadline each month to submit not limited to, loads of beautiful new pots articles, photos and copy-ready ads is fresh from the kilns, door prizes, refresh- the 24th of the month prior to the next ments, turning demonstrations and raku issue. This would be Apr. 24th for the Works by Whynot Pottery firing. Descriptions of events and more May 2011 issue and May 24 for the details can be found at (www.Discov- June 2011 issue. After that, it’s too Spring has always been a time for erSeagrove.com). late unless your exhibit runs into the renewal and awakening in Seagrove and Stop at any participating shop as you next month. So now is the time to get this year an unprecedented number of come into Seagrove to pick up a map of your ads, articles and photos to us. shops are opening their doors together to the area and listing of events. JLK Jewelry at Jugtown celebrate spring with special events. It’s a continued above on next column to the right Page 36 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Mims Art Gallery in Rocky Mount, NC, Offers Works by Gérard Lange The Mims Art Gallery in Rocky vocabulary of adaptive photography Mount, NC, will present the exhibit, methods, including the hand-building of History of Trees: Personal Messages cameras. In his courses one can expect to Revealed in Photographic Mixed Media, be exposed to the historical, contemporary featuring works by Gérard Lange, on view and theoretical issues of photographic im- from Apr. 4 through May 15, 2011. The age making and be encouraged to try any gallery is located in the Dunn Center for and every experiment, of which one could Performing Arts at North Carolina Wes- conceive. leyan College. A reception will be held on Lange offered the following statement: Apr. 1, from 7-9pm. “Regarding photography, I never intended Lange, an Assistant Professor of Art at to become a maker of traditional images, Barton College, in Wilson, NC, uses his but entered the medium to use it as an technical knowledge of photography and interpretive process. To say interpretative, printmaking to achieve unconventional I mean that my approach in photography personal expression. has never been one where I accept the medium’s inherent qualities, but depart from those qualities denying the accepted nature. When beginning a new project I usually define some aspect of the photographic process, then address image making in response or in denial of that definition.” “Having been initially trained as a The Arts Center in Kinston, painter I entered photography for the purpose of making original imagery for use in collage. This anti-traditional treatment NC, Offers Annual Juried has led my down many paths of experimentation. But, I have seldom completed an extensive series of work akin to my Show, Works by Harry initial forays in the medium. History of Trees marks a major aesthetic return to my creative process from over a decade ago.” McDaniel & Student Works “In these images the subject has been The Arts Center in Kinston, NC, is pre- viewer’s eyes to follow its contours and addressed much like a Cubist might have senting several exhibits on view through explore its form in a similar way.” done,” continues Lange. “In each instance Apr. 30, 2011, including: Community “In some pieces I merge curvilinear, I have photographed a tree from multiple Council for the Arts’ 30th Annual Juried organic forms with geometric forms. angles and vantage points contemplating Exhibition, juried by Harry McDaniel, on The combination can seem surprising Work by Gérard Lange and admiring the grandeur of nature. Back view in the Hampton Gallery & Perma- or contradictory. I enjoy an element of in the studio the dozens of drug store nent Collection Gallery; Harry McDaniel: illusion. I also enjoy the sense of playful- Lange, has a diverse background in prints are arranged on the canvas in an Sculptor from Asheville, NC, on view in ness in these distorted geometric forms,” both fine and commercial arts. His initial introspective fashion. However, instead of the Permanent Collection Gallery; CCA adds McDaniel. “While all of my abstract training included a BA in Art and Design simply reassembling the form ad litterae Exhibition Unaccepted Work, on view in works contain aspects of implied mo- that carried a triple emphasis in Draw- I also invest the image with subconscious the Minges Gallery & Rayner Gallery; and tion, the mobiles are literally in motion. ing, Sculpture and Photography. After emotional wanderings. The composi- an exhibit of works by students from The delicate balance and subtle, graceful, receiving his undergraduate degree, Lange tion reflects my impression of the trees’ Rochelle Middle School in Kinston. gliding motions of mobiles have intrigued worked as a professional photographer in presence, while the text is a meditation on March 2011 will mark the Community me since I was a child. As a sculptor I Atlanta, GA. During this time he worked a variety of topics – the individual titles Council for the Arts’ 30th annual competi- appreciate the ever-changing shapes and on extending his education in film and reflecting these ponderings.” tive exhibition featuring artists of all me- intersections of lines.” video. Later he would move to New “Essentially, these images are Roman- diums from across the country. This year’s “Most of my current work is in metal, Orleans and complete the MFA program at tic interpretations of nature in both urban juror is Harry McDaniel, a sculptor from which is adaptable to a wide range of Tulane University. and rural settings and conceptual critiques Asheville, NC. Over $1,700 in prizes, forms and is well suited to large-scale Prior to Barton College, Lange taught of the emotional subjects. The form of the including the coveted CCA Purchase Prize outdoor pieces. When I began sculpt- at Tulane as an Instructor and at North- tree is not a necessity for my investiga- will be awarded to winning artists. ing, I worked primarily with wood. Over ern Michigan University as an assistant tion, but earlier contemplations regarded Harry McDaniel, juror for CCA Juried the years I was drawn to a variety of professor. Professionally, Lange rarely people and the tree is a fitting symbol Exhibition offered the following statement other materials for practical and aesthetic does commercial photography any longer upon which to ascribe thoughts on some about his show: “Those who saw my show reasons, but I return frequently to wood. and instead concentrates on fine art. He is person. Other works are autobiographical at the Community Council for the Arts in There is an irresistible quality to wood: in represented by galleries in New Orleans, and therapeutic in the sense that I use the 1998, featuring my ‘American Artifacts’ its feel, in the beauty of its grain, and in its Athens and New York. His work in a vari- process to work out difficult situations series and life-size figurative sculptures, simple reminder of nature. The process of ety of media has been exhibited across the I may be facing. Being an avid journal may be surprised by the current exhibi- transforming a log or a rough-sawn board United States and internationally. keeper, these images are an extension of tion. Throughout my career, my creative into a polished, flowing, sensuous form Lange regards his highest level of my ruminations and the manifestations of interests have bounced back and forth brings me great satisfaction.” expertise to be in photography. He has a random thought influencing daily observa- between abstraction and social commen- Work from the CCA Competitive Ex- thorough knowledge of traditional chemi- tions.” tary. This exhibition features my abstract hibition that was not juried into the show cal processes, digital imaging, Nineteenth For further information check our NC work.” will be displayed in the Minges & Rayner century processes and time-based media. Institutional Gallery listings, call the gallery “My abstract sculptures tend to have Galleries. This is a rare chance to see Through years of personal experiments, at 252/985-5268 or visit a strong sense of motion. I am intrigued work that was submitted from artists from Lange has also developed an in-depth (www.ncwc.edu/Arts/Mims/). by motion or, more accurately, the paths across the country! taken by objects in motion. I love to let For further information check our NC It’s easy to contact Carolina Arts, you can call us at 843/825-3408 my eyes trace the path of a bird swooping Institutional Gallery listings, call the cen- or by e-mail at - [email protected]. You can even send us something in the mail through the air or a fish gliding through ter at 252/527-2517 or visit at Carolina Arts, P.O. Box 427, Bonneau, SC 29431 water. A successful sculpture invites the (http://www.kinstoncca.com/index.html).

Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 37 Arts Council of Wilson in Wilson, Fine Arts & Crafts of the Carolinas NC, Features Works by Barton Art Classes & Custom College Art Professors, Delina Framing On-Site 10283 Beach Drive SW Calabash, NC 28467 Aberle, and High School Students 910.575.5999 The Arts Council of Wilson in Wilson, Also dealing with details is Barton NC, is presenting several exhibits at the photography professor Gérard Lange. Wilson Arts Center including: Barton These images from his Italia series focus Art: Barton College Professors From the on nuances of Tuscan Italian cities. Rather Department of Art & Design, on view in than photographing the broad-sweeping the Boykin Gallery through Apr. 16, 2011; vistas and overly recognized landscapes, WAAA Featured Artist: Delina Aberle, on Lange chose to concentrate on overlooked view in the Lowe Gallery through Apr. 16, areas. The artist believes that when a 2011; Greenfield Art Exhibitions, on view viewer is accustomed to a preconceived in the Lowe and Cooke Student Galler- idea of a place, that mental picture is Bird Island , Big Blue Sky, Oil, 36” x 36” Nancy Hughes Miller ies through Apr. 16, 2011; and the annual sometimes all they see. Photographing First District Congressional Art Competi- the details offers a fresh perspective in tion, on view from Apr. 19 - 23, 2011. an age oversaturated with images. Work www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com Despite having diverse backgrounds in this series was completed in 1998, but and interests, J. Chris Wilson, Susan has never been displayed before this year. gins Mill, and the Wilson Rose Garden. Fecho, Mark Gordon and Gérard Lange, “I like the idea that a photograph matures Through her paintings, she shares her the four faculty members of Barton Col- with time,” Lange said. “Often I engage in motto “to see beauty in any location” and Ceramic sea life lege’s Department of Art and Design, each the making of negatives and not printing shares that beauty with her viewers and art for the wall display a strong sense of the power of the images until years later. I’m currently collectors. place in their artwork. Whether captur- holding a cache of 30 rolls of film shot Aberle is a current member of the hand ing vistas or the details therein, working before 2005 that I’m not even going to Wilson Active Artists Association and a crafted within the landscape reflecting on nature’s develop until 2015.” previous member of the West Hartford In NC complexity and beauty, or by observing Art League in West Hartford, CT. She life and the remains of human existence, has enjoyed a varied career instructing these artists present a varied interpretation students in watercolor, screen printing and of the landscape. silversmithing. In addition to having her J. Chris Wilson’s works in this exhi- paintings shown at the Arts Council, Ab- bition provide a further glance into his erle’s unique jewelry designs can be found broad sweeping series From Murphy at The Gallery Shop. Hand crafted to Manteo - An Artist’s Scenic Journey, The Arts Council is pleased to exhibit Jewelry •Pottery •Art Furniture •Wood which documents scenes along the US-64 two Greenfield School annual art exhibits; Glass •Paintings •Scarves & Bags corridor across the state of North Caro- The High School Exhibit and the Young Representing over 200 regional lina. In actuality the landscapes Wilson Tar Heel Historians Exhibit. & national artists paints include locales as much as 10 miles The seventh grade participates in a off the highway, but the concept in place judged statewide show entitled the Young 317 Pollock St is that this artery encompasses the total Tar Heel Historians Exhibit. The students CAROLINA Downtown New Bern, NC Work by Mark Gordon 252-633-4369 beauty of state from west to east. “For me, study North Carolina, its history and the Open 7 Days a week this journey is about rediscovering the Ceramics professor Mark Gordon is significant buildings or sites from which CREATIONS riches of North Carolina in a pre-Interstate also an observer of his environment with they either make models, sculptures or Shop online www.carolinacreations.com natural landscape,” Wilson says, “and now work stemming from both physicality of paintings. Joanne Medlin is the history hoping that you might experience the jour- a place and the objects that fill that place. teacher who organizes this historical students’ work will be in both the Cooke ney with me through these paintings.” “Inspiration comes to me by observ- project. The high school level art students Student Gallery and the Lowe Celebration ing plant growth patterns, machinery, learn the elements and principles of art. Gallery on the second floor of the Arts scrap yard treasures, animal skeletons, During the course of the year, they create Council building. and through international travel,” says sculptures, paintings and even whirligigs The Arts Council will also present the Gordon. His work manifests itself through which are judged by three of Wilson’s annual First District Congressional Art ceramic vessels, vessels with sculptural educators and artists. Competition, on view Apr. 19 - 23, 2011, components and sculpture installations. Carole Stoiber, Greenfield’s K-12 art featuring works by high school students Interested in the metaphysical, Gordon’s teacher, instructs these students and pro- from the First Congressional District in mode of working combines the acts of motes art appreciation at the upper school NC. A reception will be held for this ex- thinking and working. This creates art level by sponsoring the annual show, hibit on Apr. 23, starting at 11am. responsive to impulse but also filled with which provides opportunities to build art For further information check our NC the traditions of the medium. In many of portfolios and cite their work on college Institutional Gallery listings, call the center Work by Susan Fecho his works one can observe a “living” sen- applications. Ribbons and recognition at 919/291-4329 or visit sibility as if the work were not crafted, but are given for all exceptional efforts. The (http://www.wilsonarts.com/). For several years in a row, Barton Art grown from the artist’s subconscious. and Design Department chair Susan Fecho has found direct inspiration from nature through her participation in artist residen- Johnston Community College in Smithfield, cies. These immersion programs have allowed the artist the opportunity to spend many successive days exploring and NC, Features Works by Stephen Greer recording the environment. Fecho’s work The Johnston Community College in ceremonial circle, I knew I would record concentrates on details of a place some- Smithfield, NC, is presenting the exhibit, that experience in paint,” Greer said. times accompanied by photographs and Still, featuring paintings which celebrate Candid sketches, photographs, and detritus gleaned from a locale, collaged in rich Native American heritage, regalia, memories of the powwows of the Haliwa- place with drawn lines and painted hues and dance, by Stephen Greer, on view in Saponi, Lumbee, Waccamaw Siouan, and completing the overall view of the scene. the Frank Creech Art Gallery through Apr. Occaneechi-Saponi tribes provide the This mixing of media speaks to the artist’s 15, 2011. visual references in Greer’s creations. work in both traditional printmaking and An alumnus of Campbell University, contemporary graphic design. Regard- Greer has participated in a host of exhibi- ing her work Fecho says, “These details tions across North Carolina including the spawn stories for the viewer’s imagination Onslow Council for the Arts, Beaufort that capture life in its most abandoned County Council for the Arts, and most corners.” recently at his alma mater. His work has also been on display at James Sprunt Community College, Onslow County Work by Delina Aberle Schools, and permanently at the Commu- nity Council for the Arts in Kinston, NC. Delina Aberle has been selected by the Greer’s honors include Best in Show, Wilson Active Artist Association as their Coastal Carolina Community College Featured Artist for an Arts Council show Public Art Show 2005 and 2006; On- in the second floor Lowe Gallery. Aberle’s slow County Artist Award, Onslow Art art features florals and landscapes painted Society’s Images 2007 Show; first place, on location - “en plein air” as well as Coastal Carolina Community College studio still life painting. Travels for both Work by Stephen Greer Public Art Show 2007; first place, Kinston business and pleasure have provided many Plein-Air Paint Out Competition 2008 and opportunities to paint on site in scenic A resident of Jacksonville, NC, Greer numerous others. locations such as North Carolina’s own said the inspiration for the exhibit came JCC’s Frank Creech Art Gallery is Outer Banks. while attending an Indian powwow more located in the Arts Building on campus. When in Wilson, Aberle can often be than a decade ago. “When I saw and heard For further information check our Work by Gérard Lange found painting at Lake Wilson, Wig- North Carolina Native Americans in full NC Institutional Gallery listings or call continued above on next column to the right regalia making their grand entry into the 919/934-3051. Page 38 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Boone 19E 184 321 221 N. Wilkesboro 194 Western North Carolina 194 Banner Elk 421 Bakersville Newland Blowing Rock Wilkesboro 221

226 19E I-40 286 Linville Falls 321 66 I-40 Penland 18 Western NC Area  Spruce Pine Burnsville 16 441 19E 2 Interstate Exit Number Lenoir 226 64 This map is not to exact 19 221 Gatlinburg, TN 18 scale or exact distances. 90 It was designed to give readers help in locating Little Switzerland 321 25 Mars Hill gallery and art spaces in 64 Western North Carolina. 19 23 226 Morganton 221 Marion Hickory I-40 Montreat 321 I-40 103 I-40 Black Mountain 441 Asheville, NC 83 Great Smoky 27 I-40 64 226 Mountains 9 321 19 64 Cherokee Waynesville I-26 25 23 Chimney Rock 221 18 Sylva Dillsboro 64 19 276 64 107 226 Lincolnton 73 18 9 Cullowhee Hendersonville 23 Rutherfordton 321 64 25 28 Forest City 28 23 Flat Rock 74 Shelby 107 Brevard Columbus 74 Saluda 176 221 Franklin 36 Tryon 18 64 Cashiers Cedar Mountain 9 Chesnee, SC 64 Landrum, SC Gastonia 276 25 11 I-85 11 Toward Charlotte 64 I-26  Highlands 178 Spartanburg, SC I-85 64 107 106 28 Marietta, SC 176 Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, NC, Western Carolina University in Offers an Exhibition from its Collection Cullowhee, NC, Features Youth Art The Asheville Art Museum in moves outward to consider interiors Youth Art Month, a celebration of work convey the message that art education Asheville, NC, is presenting the exhibit, within cities and regions. by Jackson County students, will be on develops self-esteem, visual literacy and An Inside View, on view in the Museum’s Often peopled, although not exclusive- exhibit through Apr. 11, 2011, in the Star an ability to produce meaningful material Holden Community Gallery through July ly, these inside views provide a glimpse Lobby of the Fine and Performing Art form,” Tapley said. “Jackson County is 10, 2011. of where, and at times, how people live Center at Western Carolina University, fortunate to have an art teacher in each of their lives or observe the lives of others. in Cullowhee, NC, with a reception and its public schools who educates students Sometimes the view is from the inside award ceremony to be held Apr. 10, from in the history and aesthetics of art-making out, where from the comfort of one’s own 1-3pm. More than 75 awards are given and gives them opportunities to critically spaces a world is viewed that exists just each year, with approximately 500 people analyze the meaning of art in their daily outside, but within view. Although wide attending the reception. The event is free lives.” open spaces are not often thought of as in- and the public is invited. Participating schools and their art terior, indeed that is one of the definitions For more than 35 years, WCU has teachers are Smoky Mountain High of the word and is often interchangeable hosted Youth Art Month, an annual and School (Gayle Woody and Ben Cook); with the words center, heart or core. This national observance that emphasizes the Scotts Creek School (Barbara Wilkes); exhibition looks at examples of works that value of art education for all children and Cullowhee Valley School (Penelope demonstrate this idea. An Inside View also encourages public support for quality Adams); Fairview School (Leah Ayling); looks at Modernism’s sense of the interior school art programs. Each year, more School of Alternatives, or Hub (Kansas with the abstract works of Josef and Anni than 3,000 viewers come to appreciate Heiskell); Smokey Mountain Elemen- Albers among others. work by students in kindergarten through tary School (Jenniffer Dall); Blue Ridge Included in the exhibition are works 12th grade, selected by school art teach- School (John Speier); Summit Charter by regional artists such as Bayard Woot- ers for exhibition, said Erin Tapley, event School (Leslie Rosenberg); and Mountain Sally Gall, Spill, 1999, gelatin silver print, 30 x ten, Anthony Lord, Will Henry Stevens organizer and associate professor of art Discovery School (Corky Ashcroft). 29.75 inches. Gift of the Artist. Asheville Art and Mark Peiser as well as artists external education in WCU’s School of Art and Event sponsors include the Jackson Museum Collection. 2008.17.91. to the region such as Sally Gall, Irving Design, part of the College of Fine and County Arts Council and WCU’s Art An Inside View examines the notion Kriesbert, Raphael Soyer and Margaret Performing Arts. WCU Art Education Education Club, School of Art and De- of interior environments as depicted by Bourke-White. Club students select work for awards, with sign, and College of Education and Allied a number of artists throughout the 20th This exhibition was organized and cu- some winning work included in the per- Professions. and 21st centuries. The word “interior” rated by the Asheville Art Museum. This manent Youth Art Month collection housed For further information check our NC suggests defined spaces whether they be exhibition is sponsored in part by Village in WCU’s Killian Building and lent to the Institutional Gallery listings, call the Mu- the interior of a building or a city or even Antiques and Interiors, Inc. and Ray Grif- Jackson County Board of Education on a seum at 828/227-3591 or at a region. Drawn from the collection of fin and Thom Robinson. rotating basis. (http://www.wcu.edu/museum/). the Asheville Art Museum, this exhibi- For further information check our NC “The focus of Youth Art Month is to tion looks at familiar interiors - in homes, Institutional Gallery listings, 828/253- work spaces and public buildings - and 3227 or visit (www.ashevilleart.org). Crimson Laurel continued from Page 31 / back to Page 31 WestMain Artist Co-op in These two artists have come together to investigate life at sea through illustrative ceramics. In both form and content they Spartanburg, SC, Offers Exhibit have combined their playful sensibility to create decorative and functional ceramic work. of Works by New Members Eleanor Annand is primarily a printmaker and illustrator. She creates prints The WestMain Artist Co-op in Spartan- designer, using precious metal and clay with strong central characters that tell burg, SC, is presenting the exhibit, New because it gives her endless opportuni- tales of exploration, escape, and disguise. Artists, on view through Apr. 28, 2011. ties to shape her creations. Dr. Lois Ann These stories evoke folklore of the past A reception will be held on Apr. 17, from Hesser loves oil painting, jewelry making, and urban legends. 5-9pm, during the Spartanburg Art Walk. pottery and any other mediums which Jason Bige Burnett involves screen- Contributing to the exhibit will be helps her express her creativity. printed and digital printmaking methods Micheal Lamb, a photographer whose Come help us welcome these new into his ceramics. Simultaneously he passion is photographing people. Lauren members into the Co-op and view the incorporates pop influenced imagery that is both personal and universal creating a Poole will offer paintings. She con- works of our other members. sense of deviancy and play to his ceramic centrates on tapping into the layers of For further information check our SC work. people’s reality in her works. Commercial Gallery listings or call the For further information check our NC Nancy Owings is an amazing jewelry Co-op at 864/804-6501. Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 828/688-3599 or visit (www. crimsonlaurelgallery.com). Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 39 Of course, many of the included paintings are actual award winners. The Traveling Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Exhibit represents the best of the best from the National Watercolor Society An- nual Exhibition. Our hosting venues can in Boone, NC, Features Works by be assured that we are offering to them some of the most impressive watercolors J. Alex Poorman, Tom & Kitty Stoner, in the world. The National Watercolor So- ciety Travel Exhibit visits collegiate and public galleries and museums throughout Laura Berman, and April Flanders the United States and Canada. The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts people who have brought communities Watercolor workshops and other spe- at Appalachian State University in Boone, together to create public areas of respite, it cial events will be held during the course NC, will present several new exhibits dramatically demonstrates how nature has of the exhibit. Contact the Council for including: Places for Contemplation in the power to heal and unify in our increas- further details. Public Buildings: Constructing a Model ingly frenetic, 21st century world. The Caldwell Arts Council’s mission Space for Reflection, on view in Gallery A Tom and Kitty Stoner are the founders is to establish and maintain an aware- from Apr., 1 through June 11, 2011; Open of the TKF Foundation which supports the ness and appreciation of cultural arts in Spaces, Sacred Places: Tom Stoner & creation of public green spaces that offer Caldwell County, to encourage participa- the TKF Foundation, on view in Gallery an antidote for the stressful, divisive, and tion in arts events, and to offer various B, from Apr. 1 through June 11, 2011; isolating effects of life in today’s complex educational opportunities and adminis- Chromata: Laura Berman, on view in world. Work by Kate Worm trative services in support of artists, arts the Mayer Gallery, from Apr. 1 through Printmaker Laura Berman allows her agencies, and audiences. Aug. 20, 2011; and Beyond Their Natural work to be guided by structures based on Although the National Watercolor So- Caldwell Arts Council programs are Range: April Flanders, on view in the sequence, multiple and interactive im- ciety is an exhibiting society, it is also an supported by the NC Arts Council, a Catwalk Community Gallery, from Apr. 1 ages. Her work is often non-traditionally educating society. Its traveling exhibit vis- division of the Department of Cultural through June 4, 2011. displayed and orchestrated. Design and its only 5 venues each year. The collaboration are paradigms in Berman’s paintings included are selected work; she often allows her pieces to col- by the juror of awards from the laborate by design with their surround- previous annual exhibit. The ings, becoming an installation made for a 2010 juror of awards was Chris- specific place and audience. Through its topher Schink. He is quoted as inherent reliance on language and commu- saying: “I always feel honored nication, design inspires her work. to be asked to judge the work Berman is an image-maker who of my fellow-artists and I feel works with hand-printed multiples in especially honored to be invited non-traditional formats. She has created to be the judge of awards for site-specific works and exhibited at nu- this year’s National Watercolor merous galleries and museums throughout Society Annual Exhibition.” the world. She received her BFA from “I also feel a responsibility, the New York State College of Ceramics not to choose the best paint- at Alfred University and her MFA from ings in the show (because art Work by Al Beyer Tulane University. She is currently an is subjective, that would be assistant professor of printmaking at the impossible), but to identify and award Resources. The North Carolina Arts Coun- Kansas City Art Institute. the paintings I find most exciting,” adds cil works to make North Carolina The Printmaker April Flanders’ current Schink. “I search for the paintings that I Creative State where a robust arts industry work addresses the uncontrollable nature feel most reveal to me the artists’ imagina- produces a creative economy, vibrant of invasive botanical species in the Appa- tion, passion, sincerity, and involvement. communities, children prepared for the For me, technique is a secondary concern; 21st century and lives filled with discov- Work by April Flanders lachian region, influenced by humankind’s fascination with the exotic, and perhaps the artist’s skill must only be sufficient ery and learning. The Arts Council accom- A research project by J. Alex Poorman, driven by the need for individuality. to carry the intended ideas feelings of his plishes this in partnership with artists and Places for Contemplation in Public Build- Beyond Their Natural Range reveals the painting. I’m more concerned with pas- arts organizations, other organizations that ings: Constructing a Model Space for result of this obsession as an unnatural, sion than with performance. What made use the arts to make their communities Reflection, is offered in conjunction with globalized landscape that means an inexo- my job difficult was that there were so stronger and North Carolinians - young the exhibit, Tom Stoner & TKF Founda- rable death for native species. many paintings that interested and excited and old - who enjoy and participate in the tion Exhibition. Flanders holds an MFA in printmak- me. I congratulate the award winners for arts. The Arts Council is a division of the As employers consider the critical need ing from Arizona State University. She their fine work.” Department of Cultural Resources. of the 21st century workplace to attract has had solo exhibitions at galleries in Out of the 100 paintings accepted into For further information check our NC In- and retain the best and brightest employ- Arizona, Florida, Tennessee, Missouri and the annual exhibition, only 30 paintings stitutional Gallery listings, call the Council ees, our society must also consider a shift Delaware. Her work has been featured in are selected to travel. This is quite an hon- at 828/754-2486 or visit in the functional spaces geared toward group shows at museums and galleries or and artists consider selection into the (www.caldwellarts.com). an environment that supports an overall nationally and internationally. Her work Traveling Exhibit to be akin to an award. “work/life” lifestyle. This project looks is in several public collections, including at how diverse spaces, required by a new the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary generation of employees, are transform- Art and the Tucson Museum of Art. She ing the workplace and explores specific is on faculty at Appalachian’s Department Folk Art Center in Asheville, design aspects for incorporating sacred of Art. spaces into workplace environments. The Turchin Center also is presenting Poorman, IIDA, Assoc. AIA is an the exhibits, Appalachian Alumni in the NC, Features North Georgia assistant professor of Interior Design at Arts, on view in the Main Gallery, through Appalachian, where his course responsi- June 4, 2011. ASU has built a national College & State University bilities include Interior Building Materials reputation for outstanding academics in and Systems, Drafting and CAD, and Inte- all areas of study. Our alumni are success- The Folk Art Center of the Southern from the University of Georgia in ceram- rior Design Studios. He holds a Master of ful in areas from business to education, Highland Craft Guild on the Blue Ridge ics but he was also proficient in drawing Architecture degree from North Carolina politics to healthcare and communication Parkway in Asheville, NC, is presenting and painting. He soon introduced courses State University and a Bachelor of Interior to art. This exhibition is the first large- the exhibit, Changes & Continuity: Past, in each of those areas and interest in the Architecture degree from Kansas State scale, group, alumni exhibition featured at Present, Future, highlighting the relation classes quickly grew. By 1971, Owens University. Poorman is also a partner in the Turchin Center. The 8th Appalachian between North Georgia College & State had persuaded the college administration Triangle Commercial Architecture, PLLC Mountain Photography Competition, is on University and the Southern Highland to approve a department of fine arts that in Raleigh. view in the Mezzanine Gallery, through Craft Guild. The exhibition will be on included both visual art and music. Owens Open Spaces, Sacred Places: Tom June 4, 2011. The Competition (AMPC) is view in the Center’s Main Gallery through became the first head of the Fine Arts Stoner & the TKF Foundation is being a program of Appalachian’s Outdoor Pro- May 15, 2011. Department. exhibited in conjunction with Places for grams in partnership with the Blue Ridge Owens guided the department’s growth Contemplation in Public Buildings: Con- Parkway Foundation and the Turchin until his retirement in 1997. In the begin- structing a Model Space for Reflection. Center for the Visual Arts. ning, facilities for both art and music were Open Spaces, Sacred Places is a book For further information check our NC makeshift - wherever space was avail- written by Tom and Kitty Stoner that Institutional Gallery listings, call the Cen- able across campus. For instance, during introduces nature as a means to heal com- ter at 828/262-3017 or visit several early years art classes were held in munities in need. A series of inspirational (www.turchincenter.org). what was formerly a maintenance garage stories told of passionate and persistent while music was taught in a building that was once a student dorm. Over the course of Owens’ tenure, new facilities for the department were constructed, degree Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, NC, program offerings expanded, new faculty members hired, and student enrollment increased. Offers National Watercolor Society Exhibit Between 2000 and 2011 the department The Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, painting, representing a wide range of has gone through significant changes: NC, is pleased to be one of only five host techniques, bringing some of the biggest Work by Eliot Bern because of increases in student numbers locations for the National Watercolor and most talented artists together into in both programs, visual art and music Society (NWS) 90th Annual Exhibition’s one show. In conjunction with the NWS Visual Art instruction began at North were given individual department status; Traveling Show, which will be on view Show, two local members of NWS, Judy Georgia College, Dahlonega, GA, in 1965 new facilities designed for art studios and from Apr. 1 through May 25, 2011. Rider and Kate Worm, will exhibit several when Bob Owens was hired to teach art art classrooms were made available to The National Watercolor Society of their works as well. appreciation and art education for teacher visual arts; additional faculty were hired; brings the public the best of water media continued above on next column to the right education majors. Owens held an MFA continued on Page 41 Page 40 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 range of sources, including ship figure- to the term body language. “I’m sure we heads, 19th-century storefront wooden can all call to mind the idealized, utopian Folk Art Center in Asheville effigies, and Gothic religious sculptures, version of American life as offered by continued from Page 40 Trotman’s figurative works evolved out of Norman Rockwell in the pages of the his earlier anthropomorphic furniture. His Saturday Evening Post,” Trotman says. days of the department. Owens became a painted, stained, and carved wood sculp- “With my wooden figures, I’m making an juried member of the Southern Highland tures often depict anonymous people who inverted version of that picture, a dysto- Craft Guild in the late 1960s. His ideas appear to be in various states of change or pian America, where ambiguity replaces about the importance of involvement in flux, both physically and emotionally. The certainty.” crafts organizations like the Guild led to figures are simultaneously humorous and Organized by the North Carolina the Fine Arts Department of NGC becom- disquieting. Dressed in suits and ties or Museum of Art. Support is provided by ing an Education Center Member of the ladylike dresses, they are portrayed upside The Windgate Charitable Foundation. Guild in 1977. Tommye Scanlin, who was down with their legs waving in the air, This exhibition is also made possible, in one of the first faculty members Owens poised on the brink of jumping or leaping, part, by the North Carolina Department of hired for the new Fine Arts Department at or sinking into the floor as if it were made Cultural Resources and the North Carolina NGC, was also a Guild member. of quicksand. Museum of Art Foundation, Inc. Owens remained involved in the Guild until his death in 2004. Scanlin continues to work with the Guild through participation in exhibits, demonstrations, and currently serves on the board of trustees. Work by Nathan Skinner Pam Sachant, current head of Depart- ment of Visual Arts at the university is on and degree offerings were expanded. the Collections Committee for the Guild, The department now has 200 majors in maintaining the over thirty-year connec- four degree programs. Studio courses in tion between North Georgia College & both ceramics and fibers continue to be State University and the Southern High- important offerings, in addition to those in land Craft Guild. drawing, painting, printmaking, photogra- For further information check our NC phy, and computer design. Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center Connections between the Southern at 828/298-7928 or visit Highland Craft Guild and North Georgia (www.southernhighlandguild.org). College were in place from the earliest Haywood County Arts Council in Work by Bob Trotman Work by Bob Trotman Waynesville Offers Textile Exhibit Trotman’s portraits of “model citizens” For further information check our are infused with enigmatic narratives that NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the The Haywood County Arts Council feelings, I was aware of nature’s power lie beneath their carved surfaces, and their Museum at 828/327-8576 or visit (www. in Waynesville, NC, is presenting the and beauty.” Carmen begins with a piece startling poses give a whole new meaning hickorymuseumofart.org). exhibit, Ladies in New Textiles (L.I.N.T.), of white cloth and either dyes or prints the on view in Gallery 86, through Apr. 30, cloth before she manipulates it using color 2011. A reception will be held on Apr. 1, alterations to achieve a balance among the from 6-8pm. selected pieces of fabric. One of the pieces The Other Half in Winston Salem, NC, The show features work by LINT Carmen has selected for the show is, First members Norma Bradley, Peggy DeBell, Green Growth, which hints at spring and Diana DeNardis, Sandra Dorn, Vicki pairs beautifully with a poem written in Offers Works by Maurice Hamburger Essig, Suzanne Gernandt, Carmen Grier, 1984 by her friend Louis Bickett: The Other Half in Winston Salem, NC, The exhibit will feature blacksmith- Susan Webb Lee, Kathie Roig, Judy is presenting an exhibit featuring works by ing in the miniature by this Phoenix, AZ, Simmons, Janice Maddox, Mari Stori, Like It Had Always Been Before Maurice Hamburger, on view through July blacksmith. and Jude Stuecker, paired with poems in 31, 2011. continued on Page 42 celebration of National Poetry Month. When the summer LINT was founded in 1996 by Janice was over one more time Maddox and two other fiber artists. The and after all the trees Academy of American Poets started the in the little square I first National Poetry Month in 1996 and called a backyard every April since has been filled with spe- gave up to winter cial events focused on poetry in American spring life. The LINT exhibition at Gallery 86 was then my hope will examine the many faces of fiber art like it has always been before. and pay homage to this special literary art as each artist has selected a favorite poem Louis Zoellar Bickett to show alongside her artwork. Feb.11/1984

LINT members challenge one another to expand the concept of fiber art and to not only look at quilt making in non-traditional ways to include other fiber arts. The group now includes thirteen members who EIGHT FESTIVE meet once a month for support, sugges- tions, and to have a bit of “show and tell.” WEEKENDS! LINT also assists the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC, with its Fiber Weekend each May on Mother’s Day weekend. APRIL 16 Work by Carmen Grier The mission of the Haywood County Arts Council is to build partnerships that For instance, LINT member Carmen promote art and artists, explore new cul- Grier grew up on a farm in Iowa where tural opportunities, and preserve mountain THRU she recalls evening drives with her par- artistic heritage. This project was support- ents, taking in views of purple-red skies ed by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of and inhaling the distinct smell of com- the Department of Cultural Resources. JUNE 5 ing rains. She reflects, “For as long as I For further information check our NC can remember, I have been captivated by Institutional Gallery listings, call 828/452- the mysteries of the organic world. As a 0593 or visit (www.haywoodarts.org). child, even without words to describe my PURCHASE DISCOUNT Hickory Museum of Art in Hickory, TICKETS NC, Offers Works by Bob Trotman ONLINE Saturdays & The Hickory Museum of Art in Rockwell, among other artists. Accompa- Hickory, NC, will present the exhibit, Bob nied by an illustrated catalogue, Inverted TODAY! Sundays Trotman: Inverted Utopias, on view in the Utopias includes loans from the artist, Coe Gallery, from Apr. 23 through June private collections, and museums, along including Memorial Day 26, 2011. with an existing work in the NCMA’s The exhibit, first presented at the NC permanent collection. 10:30am – 6pm • OPEN RAIN OR SHINE! Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC, features A native of North Carolina, Trotman key works from the past decade by Trot- began his artistic career as a furniture Located on I-85 at Exit 61 - Fairburn • FREE PARKING! man, a significant and widely known maker, gradually moving away from craft- North Carolina artist who describes his ing functional objects to creating sculpture FOLLOW US ON figurative sculptures as an “off-balance with a human presence. Inspired by a wide hybrid” of influences that include Norman continued above on next column to the right Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 41 The Other Half in Winston-Salem Gallery C in Raleigh, NC, Offers Exhibit continued from Page 41 of Works by North Carolina Artists Hamburger offered to following state- layed off,” adds Hamburger. “Jobs were Gallery C in Raleigh, NC, is presenting Anne Hill, Emil Holzhauer, Rudolf Inger- ment: “I grew up a farm kid in western few at the time, so I worked for several the exhibit, The Best of North Carolina le, Mary Anne K. Jenkins, Holger Jensen, Oklahoma. We would take the plow shear local blacksmiths for approximately a Art 2011, on view through May 4, 2011. Boyce Kendrick, Margaret Law, Robert to the blacksmith shop to be sharpened. I year. I rented some space from one of This exhibition features an important Lawrence, Clare Leighton, Lawrence thought to myself, something is going on these smiths and started my own business. collection of historic fine art from North Mazzanovich, James Augustus McLean, here.” Some of the smiths I worked with had Carolina during the 20th century. Susan Moore, Philip Moose, Louis Orr, a very strong influence on how I do my Henry Pearson, Hobson Pittman, Mabel work. It is very good, nice, maybe even a Pugh, Charles Quest, Francis Speight, blessing to work around and with people John Spelman, Eugene Thomason, Amelia who do very good, excellent work.” Watson, Bayard Wootten, and others. “I like clean simple designs, using the All artists are North Carolina natives joinery as the decorative element in the or residents who worked in a variety of piece. Mechanical fasteners, screws, bolts, mediums. Art works in the show reflect rivets, tenons, staples are used whenever the many creative influences from institu- possible. I try not to weld any more than tions such as Black Mountain, Tryon, I have to. All the work has a water based the North Carolina State Fair, The North Work by Maurice Hamburger wax as finish. The pieces are for interior Carolina Professional Artist’s League, use only.” Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), Night Firing, WPA Art Centers, Penland, and the North “Over the years, I collected a few tools, “So, I have been a full time smith since stone lithograph, 9 x 13 inches Carolina Art Society. While some were and was always interested, but never re- 1991 to present. Being self employed can The exhibition features highly collect- self taught, numerous colleges and univer- ally did anything.” be tough, mentally, financially and some- ible paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, sities throughout the state also educated “In 1997, I moved to Arizona. I was at times just hard work. Hopefully my work photography, watercolors, and signature and inspired these artists. Curator for the the Early American village, the blacksmith has brought some enjoyment, pleasure to pieces by Thomas Hart Benton, George exhibition is Charlene Ferrell Newsom. told me about the Blacksmith Club. I took people who have seen it and purchased it.” Bireline, Sarah Blakeslee, Warren Brandt, For further information check our NC some beginner classes, set up a small shop For further information check our Robert Broderson, Harrison Cady, Eliot Commercial Gallery listings, call the at my house.” NC Commercial Gallery listings, call Clark, Howard Cook, Tucker Cooke, Joe gallery at 919/828-3165 or visit “I worked for Honeywell, large the gallery at 336/407-5494 or e-mail at Cox, Maud Gatewood, Robert Gwathmey, (www.galleryc.net). computer system until 1990, when I was ([email protected]). North Carolina Museum of Adam Cave Fine Art in Raleigh, NC, Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC, Features Works by Wayne Trapp Adam Cave Fine Art in Raleigh, NC, keys on a keyboard while dots and dashes will present the exhibit, Wayne Trapp: create a staccato rhythm. In another work Features Works by Micah Mullen Recent Paintings, on view from Apr. 1 - titled Anasazi Marks, Trapp has captured The North Carolina Museum of Natu- A relative newcomer to the local arts 31, 2011. A reception will be held on Apr. the essence of ancient cave paintings ral Sciences in Raleigh, NC, will present scene, Mullen quickly established himself 1, from 6-9pm. without the specifics of human or animal the exhibit, Carolina Mosaics: A Painter’s by gaining entry to local juried exhibitions forms allowing the viewer to read a more View, featuring works by Raleigh artist, and winning awards. He started with a emotional story of their own choosing. Micah Mullen, on view in the Nature Art couple of group shows in 2008 and then Mexican Street Dance reflects the art- Gallery from Apr. 1 through May 1, 2011. rapidly increased his presence, participat- ist’s memory of a dusky evening full of A reception will be held on Apr. 1, from ing in 14 shows in nine different venues fireworks and flags, all fluttering around a 6:30-8:30pm. in 2009. His work has been shown at the figural shape caught up in the excitement The term “mosaics” in the show title Durham Art Guild and Artspace, as well and volume of the scene. describes the appearance of Mullen’s as annual shows sponsored by the Cary Trapp lives in the North Carolina canvases, which reflect his perspective of Fine Arts League and the Raleigh Fine Mountains where he works as both a the landscapes he paints. These detailed Arts Society. painter and sculptor. He has been so busy landscapes are achieved by creating a In 2010, he had solo shows at the Capi- in recent years, with large-scale public complicated background of hundreds of tal Bank Plaza and Visual Art Exchange sculpture commissions, that it took heavy grids of varying colors that loosely estab- in Raleigh; Horace Williams House in snowstorms this winter to keep him inside lish the composition. He then adds details Chapel Hill, NC; and Page Walker Arts and in front of the easel. to different segments of the painting over Center in Cary, NC, among others. He a period of time. was awarded First Place in a show at the Rocky Mount Arts Center and the Visual Work by Wayne Trapp Art Exchange’s 3rd Annual SCOPE NC Landscape Show. Mullen also exhibited Warm yellows and cool gray blues in the Mid-Atlantic Art Exhibition in combine in thick, waxy strokes, conjuring Norfolk, VA, and the National Society a thousand interpretations in our minds for of Painters in Casein and Acrylic in New each of the oil paintings on view in a new York in 2010. exhibit by veteran painter/sculptor Wayne Mullen’s art career began in his Dad’s Trapp. Trapp returns to Raleigh, where art studio where he had a daily immersion he has a large following for his abstract in art. His education continued with visits canvases but has not shown in a number to art museums during summer vacations. of years. Despite the seemingly endless Currently, Mullen is a Marketing Direc- possible stories in each painting, Trapp tor for Jerry’s Artarama and also does begins each one with a specific reference live painting demonstrations and creates point pulled from his current interests; instructional videos for them. This experi- jazz music, Native American lore, litera- Work by Wayne Trapp ence has vastly increased his knowledge ture, travel and his other artistic endeavor, of art techniques as they relate to tools sculpture. For further information check our NC and materials. “Applying this knowledge In Juggling Jazz the artist translates a Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- to my art gives me hundreds of ideas that 50’s jazz piano line by Dave Brubeck into lery at 919/838-6692 or visit would probably not be taught through a crescendo of color. A segmented shape (www.adamcavefineart.com). traditional art courses.” crawls across the canvas, hinting at the The Nature Art Gallery is located on the top floor of the Museum Store. All exhibited art is for sale. NC Museum of History in Raleigh, NC, Work by Micah Mullen The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, documents and inter- “For example, a typical landscape prets natural history of the state of North composition might have 20 different Carolina through exhibits, research, Features Photographs by Lewis Hine trees,” Mullen says. “Painting all the trees collections, publications and educational The NC Museum of History in Ra- Hine to document the horrendous working during the same session will tend to create programming. The Museum is an agency leigh, NC, is presenting the exhibit, The conditions of young workers across the too many similarities and thus a boring of the NC Department of Environment Photography of Lewis Hine: Exposing United States. That same year, he began composition. Patience and time allows my and Natural Resources, Dee Freeman, Child Labor in North Carolina, 1908- visiting North Carolina’s textile mills, paintings to reflect my varying emotions Secretary. 1918, on view through Mar. 25, 2012. where about a quarter of all workers were and moods and in a strange way creates a For further information check our NC In the early 1900s, most child workers under age 16. Some were as young as 6. sense of balance and harmony in what are Institutional Gallery listings, contact the in North Carolina textile mills labored 10 Peering from across a century, many sometimes very detailed and confusing store at 919/733-7450, ext. 369 or visit to 12 hours, six days a week. They toiled of the children look much older than compositions.” (www.naturalsciences.org). in hot, humid, lint-filled air that triggered their actual years. Hine captured the respiratory diseases. They endured the harsh realities of their mill village lives The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and copy-ready ads is the 24th of deafening roar of textile machinery. They in Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Rowan and the month prior to the next issue. This would be Apr. 24th for the May 2011 issue and risked serious injury from dangerous, other Tar Heel counties. His compelling May 24 for the June 2011 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the exposed gears and belts. They forfeited a photographs range from girls running next month. But don’t wait for the last minute - send your info now. childhood. warping machines in Gastonia to boys Be part of the May issue which could have even more pages of ads and articles. In 1908, the National Child Labor covered in lint after long hours as doffers Committee hired photographer Lewis continued on Page 43 Page 42 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 poraries, with additional support provided Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.; and the by Paul E. Coggins, Dr. W. Kent Davis, William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment for Dr. Carlos Garcia-Velez, R. Glen Med- Educational Exhibitions. NC Museum of History ders, Allen G. Thomas Jr., Hedy Fischer, For further information check our NC continued from Page 42 and Randy Shull. Institutional Gallery listings, call the Mu- This exhibition is also made possible, seum at 919/839-6262 or visit and sweepers in a Hickory mill. smallest workers, a barefoot boy who is in part, by the North Carolina Department (www.ncartmuseum.org). “The National Child Labor Committee a doffer. Why the bare feet? They made of Cultural Resources; the North Carolina advocated for drastic changes to protect it easier for young doffers to climb onto minors, and when Hine’s photographs the moving spinning machines to replace began appearing in newspapers, they drew bobbins. attention to the exploitation of children,” To help museum visitors better un- says B.J. Davis, Education Section Chief derstand the textile industry, the exhibit Artspace in Raleigh, NC, Features and the exhibit’s project manager. “His features tools from the state’s mills. These images were so hauntingly memorable items include a shuttle, bobbin, quill (a Works by Addison Paige, Wendy that they helped build support for stronger type of bobbin) and a doffer’s cart (used child labor laws.” The effect of photogra- to collect bobbins from the spinning phy, then a new medium for newspapers, machines). Other artifacts and computer Savage, Morgan Craig, Tim Kiernan, proved more powerful than words to interactives provide opportunities to learn convey such conditions. more about the state’s textile story. Hine took a personal interest in the Greg Lindquist, Jason Mitcham, campaign against child labor. The exhibit highlights his tireless efforts to expose people to the truth about what he had Julie Davidow, and Nava Lubelski witnessed around the country. The pho- Artspace in Raleigh, NC, is presenting tographer traveled nationwide to present several exhibits including: Haystack fea- lectures illustrated with his images. turing works by Addison Paige, on view in The Photography of Lewis Hine con- the Lobby Gallery from Apr. 1 - 30, 2011; cludes with a look at child labor today. It Palimpsest: Navigating Terra Incognita, remains an issue in North Carolina and featuring works by Wendy Savage, on around the world. Whether it is migrant view in the Upfront Gallery from Apr. farmworkers in our state or millions of 1 - 30, 2011; Rising Into Ruin, featuring Lewis Hine, Doffer in Mellville Mfg. Co., Cher- children laboring in cotton fields in Asia ryville, N.C. Said he had been working for two works by Morgan Craig, Tim Kiernan, years. Many of them below age. Cherryville, or tobacco and cocoa plantations in Af- Greg Lindquist, and Jason Mitcham, on Gaston County, November 1908. Photographs rica, the struggle continues. view in Gallery Two from Apr. 1 through courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Come discover how Hine used his Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. May 7, 2011; and Dis/Order, featuring Work by Wendy Savage boxy Graflex camera to spark social works by Julie Davidow and Nava Lubel- change in the 20th century. “He helped ski, on view in Gallery One through Apr. pieces maps emotional traits and sensa- North Carolina’s labor laws that were influence public policy by showing the 30, 2011. Receptions will be held on Apr. tions regarding her recovery from a brain meant to protect younger children were American public, and more importantly, 1, from 6-10pm. injury following a serious cycling acci- rarely enforced. Hine’s photographs elected officials, the extent and con- dent. Memory loss, painful injuries, and proved that many mill owners often sequences of child labor,” emphasizes sensory overload were recurring struggles. ignored these laws. There were no state Davis. In time, an emerging cognition reworked inspectors or consistent federal labor laws itself as Savage’s brain and body healed covering each state. and became restored. The artist’s experi- When mill officials denied Hine entry, ences motivated her to create this body of he simply snapped photos of youngsters work, enabling her to express a variety of coming to and from work. On a notepad perspectives as she navigated through the he kept hidden in his jacket, he carefully healing process. documented each image with his subjects’ Savage is a photographer and digital age and how long they had worked in the artist. Her interest in photography has mill. spanned nearly twenty-five years and continues to be the foundation from which she builds her images. She has always Lewis Hine, Daniel Mfg. Co., Lincolnton N.C. been interested in alternative photographic Girl beginning to spin. Many of these there. processes as well as integrating photogra- Lincolnton, Lincoln County, November 1908. phy with other mediums. Savages’s for- Photographs courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, Work by Addison Paige mative years in photography were spent D.C. utilizing traditional darkroom techniques, Addison Paige was awarded a scholar- combining liquid emulsions, paints, The exhibition is made possible in ship to study at the internationally known pastels, watercolor papers, canvases, part by a grant from the North Carolina Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in silks, and alternative chemical processes Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit Deer Isle, ME, during the summer of to create her final pieces. It is her love for and affiliate of the National Endowment 2010. While at Haystack, Paige served texture and the tactile qualities often seen Lewis Hine, Ivey Mill Company, Hickory, N.C. for the Humanities. Most exhibit photo- Some doffers and sweepers. Plenty of them. as the teaching assistant to well-known in paintings, sculpture and nature that lead graphs are courtesy of the Lewis Hine Hickory, Catawba County, November 1908. quilter Jan Meyers Newbury during her her to experiment with photography in the Photographs courtesy of Library of Congress, Collection at the Library of Congress. Shibori Dyeing class. way that she did. Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, The NC Museum of History, within D.C. This exhibition visualizes Paige’s expe- It is from this foundation that Savage the Division of State History Museums, riences not only during class time and the developed her ideas regarding post- These revealing notes accompany each is part of the NC Department of Cultural knowledge gained therein, but also about process surface manipulation and image image in The Photography of Lewis Hine. Resources, the state agency with the mis- the people she met from around the world enhancement while integrating them with For example, a 1908 description includes sion to enrich lives and communities, and while at Haystack, her brief glimpse into digital technology. Using Adobe Photo- quotes from an impoverished boy: “Been the vision to harness the state’s cultural the way of life on the coast of Maine, the shop to bring all her imagery together was in mill 6 or 7 years. 12 years old. Haint resources to build North Carolina’s social, amazing beauty of the school’s grounds the perfect way to blend imagery from grown none for 5 years.” Hine added to cultural and economic future. and the bay surrounding it, and most im- many different sources. Savages’s work the description: “His sister (14 years old) For further information check our NC portantly the atmosphere of learning and is a natural fit within the context of her has been spinning for 6 years. Makes 50 Institutional Gallery listings, call the Mu- sharing that takes place at the center. Palimpsest project. cents a day.” seum at 919/807-7900 or visit Paige has worked in several different Rising Into Ruin features the works of Referring to a 1908 photo in a Cher- (www.ncmuseumofhistory.org). media over her 20 year career as an artist. four artists, each exploring the changing ryville mill, Hine points out one of the Trained as a printmaker at the University urban landscape in a unique way. Mor- of Texas (BFA) and Tyler School of Art in gan Craig’s large scale paintings explore Philadelphia (MFA) she has also worked identity transformation as influenced by as a painter, fine craftsman (which had her architectural edifices present within a NC Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC, traveling around the country doing shows given landscape. Presenting more than and selling to craft galleries worldwide), simple documentation, Craig hopes his Offers Works by Anthony Goicolea and most recently in the area of fiber and works compel the viewer to analyze the art quilts. Over the last year and a half impact (emotionally, historically, environ- The NC Museum of Art in Raleigh, media, such as painting and drawing, to she has taken on the dyeing of the fabrics mentally, etc.) of construction, abandon- NC, will present the exhibit, Alter Ego: A video and digitally manipulated pho- which are used for her art quilts using MX ment, and destruction on the landscape. Decade of Work by Anthony Goicolea, on tography has put him at the forefront of and acid dyes on both silk and cotton. Craig earned his BFA from Tyler view from Apr. 17 through July 24, 2011. contemporary art. A palimpsest is a manuscript or piece School of Art, Temple University, and his Goicolea’s multimedia works depict Alter Ego will be the artist’s first of writing material on which the original MFA from University of the Arts, both a fantastic world completely fabricated monographic exhibition to include both writing has been effaced to make room for in Philadelphia, PA. He has exhibited by the artist. His early color photographs early and recent works of art that represent later writing but traces remain. It can also throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. and videos focus on multiple self-portraits the vast scope of his career to date. The be thought of as something reused or al- Craig has received numerous prestigious that explore issues of identity. A later exhibition features about 30 works of art, tered but still bearing visible marks of its awards including the Pollock Krasner series examines environmental destruc- ranging from photography and painting to earlier form. In short, it is an object that Foundation Grant, the Elizabeth Green- tion and globalization in black-and-white video and mixed-media installations. embodies it’s own histories. Terra Incog- shields Foundation Grant, and the Penn- landscape photographs that are simultane- Organized by the North Carolina nita is an unexplored region or unknown sylvania Council on the Arts Individual ously visually seductive and unsettling. In Museum of Art, Raleigh, and the Telfair territory. It is a term used in cartography Grant (2006 and 2008). He has participat- his most recent work, Goicolea explores Museums, Savannah, GA, in collabora- for regions that have not been mapped or ed in several residencies including Atelje issues of displacement, dislocation, and tion with 21c Museum, Louisville, KY. In documented. Stundars, Finland, the Macdowell Colony, identity with portraits and installations Raleigh the exhibition is presented by the Wendy Savage introduces her palimp- Bemis Center for the Contemporary Arts, that feature his extended family. His North Carolina Museum of Art Contem- sest work reflecting personal memories and upcoming at the Djerassi Resident ability to move with ease from traditional continued above on next column to the right that are both real and imaged. Each of her continued on Page 44 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 43 Artspace in Raleigh, NC Black Mountain College Museum + Arts continued from Page 43 Center Offers Works by Irwin Kremen Artists Program. In both artists’ works, there is an attempt The Black Mountain College Museum C. Richards, he befriended John Cage, Tim Kiernan’s urban landscape- fo- to provide structure and order, but the + Arts Center in Asheville, NC, is present- Merce Cunningham and David Tudor, all cused video installation, like much of underlying sense of chaos remains, evi- ing the exhibit, In Site: Late Works by of whom spent some time at BMC during his works, conveys the artist’s interest in dent in Lubelski’s intentionally unfinished Irwin Kremen, on view through June 4, the late 1940s and early 1950s. He met the transformative aspect of video – the repairs and Davidow’s installations that 2011. his wife Barbara at a Cage performance notion that reality viewed through the spill off the canvas, spreading across the The exhibition will primarily focus in 1952, and Cage dedicated his famous camera lens alters one’s perspective and gallery wall. on recent collages by this master collag- composition 4’33” to Kremen. understanding. Lubelski was born and raised in New ist but will also include a selection of his Eventually Kremen went back to York City and currently lives in Asheville, sculptures. A 48-page color catalogue will school and earned his Ph.D in clinical NC. Her work has been included in sev- accompany the exhibition with an essay psychology from Harvard and moved to eral exhibitions at the Museum of Arts & by the artist. This exhibition is organized Durham, NC, to teach at Duke in 1963. It Design in Manhattan and has been shown by the Black Mountain College Museum was a few years later that M.C. Richards recently at the Weatherspoon Art Mu- + Arts Center. introduced him to collage making. What, seum in Greensboro, NC, and the Queens Irwin Kremen was born in Chicago, at the time, seemed to be only a playful Museum of Art in Queens, NY. She has IL, in 1925. He attended Northwestern activity for the family, instigated a major had solo shows with LMAKprojects in University from 1942-45. Working as a shift in Kremen’s life as he began to make New York, OH&T Gallery in Boston reporter and columnist for a local daily collages with a feverish obsession. The and P|M Gallery in Toronto. Additional newspaper in New York City, five months papers he uses are carefully collected from recent exhibitions have included venues after he had quit studying journalism at walls and other surfaces encountered dur- Work by Tim Kiernan in Stockholm, L.A. and Berlin. Lubelski’s Northwestern University, Kremen came ing travels to Europe. He says about the work has been reviewed in The New York across an article featuring Black Mountain work, “I hunt out papers that have been in Kiernan earned his BA in Art & Design Times, ArtNews and The Village Voice, College. Without hesitation, he boarded sun, in rain, covered with the dirt of the and a BA in Mass Communication with among other publications, and she was a a train and joined this small, avant- city. Yet as I look at them, I realize their a minor in film studies from NC State featured artist in the book Contemporary garde community flourishing in the Blue exquisite potential.” University in 2002. He currently works Textiles: The Fabric of Fine Art, published Ridge Mountains. Kremen recalls that he Significantly, Kremen has developed a as a freelance video and dynamic media in 2008. “sought fresh experience, different ideas, complex technique of hinging the ele- designer. His video works and installa- expanded feeling, in short, another way to ments of his collages, so each scrap of tions have been exhibited in Raleigh and be in the world.” paper is allowed to exist independently Brooklyn, NY. Although Kremen enrolled in Black within the composition. This allows for an Greg Lindquist creates “memorial” Mountain College in 1946 to pursue his edge integrity and subtle depth that are not paintings, documenting both the past and aspirations as a young writer, the pro- possible when the usual method of gluing present of various industrial landscapes. gressive and collective environment he is used. This series began as a way of exploring encountered there permanently re-defined Kremen has had solo exhibitions at Lindquist’s own surroundings, specifically his ideas about education. Black Mountain the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Williamsburg and Redhook water- College exposed Kremen to such various Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University fronts in Brooklyn, NY, and more recently, and influential artists as poet and potter and Southeastern Center for Contempo- has expanded to include an investigation M. C. Richards who remained a lifelong rary Art, as well as at a long list of other of architectural disuse and decay globally. friend, artist and teacher Josef Albers, and galleries and museums in the US and Lindquist earned his dual masters painter and Asheville native Kenneth No- abroad. He won the Sam Ragan Award for degree in Fine Arts (Painting) and Art land. It was M. C. Richards who prompted Outstanding Contributions to the Fine Arts History from Pratt Institute in 2007. He is his first collage experiment nearly twenty of North Carolina in 1998. the 2009-2010 Pollock Krasner Founda- years after he left BMC. For further information check our tion Grantee and the Sally & Milton Avery Work by Nava Lubelski After Black Mountain College, Kremen NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Arts Foundation Grantee for the 2009 Art lived in New York’s Greenwich Village Center at 828/350-8484 or visit (www. Omi International Artist Residency. His Lubelski has received grants from The where, through his friendship with M. blackmountaincollege.org). work has been written about in various Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the New publications including Art in America, York Foundation for the Arts, and the You can contact us by calling 843/825-3408 or by e-mail at - [email protected] ARTnews, Bomb Magazine, Frieze, The North Carolina Arts Council. Lubelski New York Sun, and The New York Ob- received a degree in Russian Literature server. Lindquist recently participated & History from Wesleyan University and in Frozen Moments: Architecture Speaks spent a year as a student in Moscow, Rus- Back, organized by the Laura Palmer sia. Foundation (based in Warsaw), in the Julie Davidow attended New World Ministry of Transportation building, School of the Arts in Miami from 1996- What’s this about? Well for Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. He writes 1999 on scholarship. She has exhibited the last six pages near the end about art for artcritical.com, The Brooklyn at the Miami Art Museum; The National of the articles part of this issue, Rail, Hyperallergic, and ARTnews. Museum of Women in the Arts in Wash- we’ve offered articles from the Through subtle animations, Jason Mit- ington, DC; The Ft. Lauderdale Museum Triad & Triangle areas of NC, cham investigates why and how we use of Art; The Tampa Museum of Art; SEC- and some from East of there and the space around us. Each of Mitcham’s CA in Winston-Salem, NC; and numerous earlier we had a good number of animations presented in Rising Into Ruin galleries nationwide. She is the recipient articles from WNC - with very few depicts the evolving use of the land as rep- of ARTslant’s 2009 First Prize Golden ads in support of those articles. resented through the video documentation Frame award, the Leo & Raye Chestler We hope that’s not going to be of one of the artist’s paintings. Visual Arts Award, a Florida Enhancement the situation for very long. We Mitcham was born in Greensboro, Grant, and the New American Paintings hope after reading this and other NC. He received his BFA at East Carolina juror’s pick Vo. 76. Her work is included items you’ll find in this edition of University in 2002 and his MFA from in the permanent collection of the Miami Carolina Arts you’ll be contacting the University of Florida in 2005. He is Art Museum, the Girl’s Club Collection us about advertising in the next a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Epic Miami Hotel, issue. Foundation Grant. He has had solo exhibi- and many private collections. In addition, Be the first to advertise from tions in 2006 and 2008 at the Wynn Bone Julie is the coauthor of the book MIAMI your area - be a leader. Show Gallery in Annapolis, MD. Recent group Contemporary Artists. support for us, coverage of what’s exhibitions include Visual Politics: Art Artspace, a thriving visual art center taking place in your area, and and the American Experience, Santa Cruz, located in downtown Raleigh, brings the what you’re offering. CA, Watch This! Emerging Filmmakers, creative process to life through inspiring There’s no cheaper way to Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY, and engaging education and commu- expose your exhibit, gallery, Absence at the Queens Museum of Art, nity outreach programming, a dynamic institution, or artwork to 40,000 + and The Constructed Landscape at NUR- environment of over 30 professional readers - people interested in the TUREart, Brooklyn, NY. He currently artists studios, and nationally acclaimed visual arts. And, there is no where lives and works in New York City. exhibitions. Approximately 95 artists hold else that you can find this much Nava Lubelski and Julie Davidow, professional memberships in the Artspace info about the visual art commu- though using different techniques and Artists Association. Thirty-five of these nity in the Carolinas. media, both make art from a similar desire artists have studios located at Artspace. This space is the size of a 1/4 – to create structure. While Davidow’s Artspace is located in Historic City Mar- page ad which is only $35. That paintings visually depict her influences – ket in Raleigh at the corner of Blount and would buy you about 70 - 80 first biology, botany, geology, cartography, and Davie Streets. class stamps to mail to people architecture – her process is focused on Artspace is supported by the North you already know - not including organizing, controlling, and making sense Carolina Arts Council, the United Arts the cost of printing up a card. of the dichotomy between the natural and Council of Raleigh and Wake County, the Expand your market. The built environments. Raleigh Arts Commission, individuals, people most interested in our Lubelski’s works begin as acciden- corporations, and private foundations. paper are those right here in the tal or spontaneous spills, cuts, tears, or For further information check our NC Carolinas - it’s about their art punctures in canvas or fabric – wounds. Institutional Gallery listings, call the cen- community. Full info about adver- Using embroidery thread Lubelski repairs, ter at 919/821-2787 or visit tising can be found at this link. mends, controls, and contains the damage. (www.artspacenc.org).

Page 44 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 The works represent aspects of the South’s Dunes and the Texas Hillcountry. Hours: Mon.- legacy as it relates to these events and how they Thur., 9am-8pm; Fri. & Sat., 9am-6pm; and Sun. have impacted Southern society, both in a histori- 2-5pm. Contact: Frances Richardson at 843/805- cal sense and as it relates today. A reception will 6803 or at (www.ccpl.org). be held on Apr. 8, from 6-8pm. Hours: Tue.-Fri., SC Institutional Galleries 10am-6pm and Sat. & Sun., noon-5pm during The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street, exhibits. Contact: Erin Glaze at 843/958-6484 or Charleston. Founded in 1773, is America’s Allendale in a variety of mediums by over 80 area artists, (http://citygalleryatwaterfrontpark.com/). first museum. Ongoing - Featuring the most with all work moderately priced. Changing shows extensive collection of South Carolina cultural Salkehatchie Arts Center, 939 N. Main St., every six weeks. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street, and scientific collections in the nation, it also Allendale. Ongoing - Featuring a retail store Contact: 843/757-6586 or at (http://www.sobagal- Charleston. Main Gallery, Apr. 8 - July 10 - owns two National Historic Landmark houses, offering works by artists from the Salkehatchie leries.com/). "Stephen Marc: Passage on the Underground the Heyward-Washington House (1772) and region including Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Railroad, organized by the University at Buffalo the Joseph Manigault House (1803), as well as Colleton, and Hampton Counties. Hours: Tue.- Camden Art Galleries, Buffalo, New York, features Marc’s the Dill Sanctuary, a 580-acre wildlife preserve. Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 803/584-6084 or at fascinating photographs and digital montages Admission: Yes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm (www.salkehatchie-arts.com). Bassett Gallery, Fine Arts Center of Kershaw that explore the history of freedom-seekers on & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 843/722-2996 or at County, 810 Lyttleton St., Camden. Through the Underground Railroad. Offered to coincide (www.charlestonmuseum.org). Aiken Apr. 1 - "Youth Art Month Exhibit". Apr. 7 - May 2 with the 150th anniversary observance of the - Featuring an exhibit by Kershaw County School start of the Civil War. Rotunda Galleries, Apr. 8 - ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Charleston Aiken Center for the Arts, 122 Laurens St., District Art Teachers. Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-6- July 10 - "A Soldiers View of Civil War Charles- Ashley River Tower, Public area at Medi- SW, Aiken. Founders Gallery, Apr. 5 - May 13 pm. Contact: Kristin Cobb at 803/425-7676, ext. ton," organized by the Gibbes, features paintings cal University of South Carolina, Charleston. - Featuring an exhibit of works by Amy Dobbs. 306 or at (www.fineartscenter.org). by artist and Confederate soldier Conrad Wise Ongoing - "Contemporary Carolina Collection Westinghouse Gallery, Apr. 5 - May 13 - Fea- Chapman depicting Charleston during the war. @ Ashley River Tower," featuring the larg- turing an exhibit of works by Leslie Hutto. Wyatt Chapin Offered to coincide with the 150th anniversary est collection of original, contemporary South Gallery, Apr. 5 - May 13 - Featuring an exhibit of observance of the start of the Civil War. “The Civil Carolina art on permanent display, including works by Ruthanne Baurele. Founders & West- The Artist Place Gallery, Crooked Creek Park, War is certainly an important part of Charleston’s 885 works by 53 talented artists, sculptors inghouse Galleries, Through Apr. 4 - "WPA 1098 Old Lexington Hwy., Chapin. Through Apr. history, and our featured exhibitions offer two and photographers in South Carolina. Artists Ellis Island Mural". Aiken Artist Guild Gallery, 18 - "Winning Entries of the 16th Annual Juried different perspectives of this time period. Conrad included are: Lucille Akinjobe, Jack Alterman, Apr. 1 - 30 - Featuring an exhibit of works by Art Exhibit". Hours: reg. park hours. Contact: Wise Chapman’s paintings provide the first-hand Thomas Blagden, Jr., Carl Blair, Patti Brady, Marcia Bergtholdt. Trained in California as a plein (www.crookedcreekart.org). view of a solder on the front lines, while Stephen Keith Brown, Julia Cart, Eva Carter, Jocelyn aire colorist, Bergtholdt is fascinated by the effect Marc’s digital montages offer a contemporary Châteauvert, Lese Corrigan, Townsend David- of light and color on simple objects and nature. Charleston take on slavery, the Underground Railroad, son, Linda Fantuzzo, Buddy Folk, Squire Fox, The artist’s exhibit will feature oil paintings of still and the vestiges of the Civil War,” stated Pam Mary Edna Fraser, Cassandra Gillens, Anthony life and landscapes. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9:30am-5- Avery Research Center for African History Wall, Gibbes Curator of Exhibitions. Gallery G, Green, Jon Holloway, Ann Hubbard, Lisa :30pm. Contact: 803/641-9094 or at and Culture, at the College of Charleston, 125 Through July 17 - "Anna Heyward Taylor: World Salosaari Jasinski, Erik Johnson, Kim Keats, (www.aikencenterforthearts.org). Bull St., Charleston. Denmark Vesey Confer- Traveler". Taylor is best known as one of the Arianne King Comer, Kit Loney, Paul Mardikian, ence Room, Onging - "KABOH: A Legacy of principal artists of the Charleston Renaissance, Nancy Marshall, Paul Matheny, John McWil- Anderson Twelve." Charleston Quilter Dorothy Montgomery a period of cultural rebirth in the city from roughly liams, Sue Middleton, Marge Moody, Gordon made "KABOH" in honor of the "Priscilla" story. 1915 to 1940. Prior to settling in Charleston in Nicholson, Jane Nodine, Marcelo Novo, Karin Anderson Arts Center, located in the Arts The quilt was in the possession of Dr. Joseph 1929, Taylor traveled widely including excur- Olah, Matt Overend, Rick Rhodes, Ed Rice, Warehouse, 110 Federal Street, downtown Opala who donated it to the Avery Research Cen- sions to Europe, the Far East, the Caribbean, Molly B. Right, Susan Romaine, Kristi Ryba, Anderson. Apr. 8 - May 27 - "Anderson Arts ter in July, 2008. Corridor (2nd Floor), Ongoing and South America. This exhibition focuses on Virginia Scotchie, Laura Spong, Tom Stanley, Center’s 36th Annual Juried Show". Hours: - "Esau Jenkins: A Retrospective View of the Man Taylor’s extended visits to British Guiana (on the Christine Tedesco, Colleen Terrell, Leo Twiggs, Tue.-Fri., 9:30am-5:30pm. Contact: 864/222- and His Times" This exhibition was developed northern coast of South America) and Mexico, Tjelda Vander Meijden, Mary Walker, Sue 2787 or at (www.andersonartscenter.org). in 1991 by the Avery Institute. After its display in and features the exquisite watercolors and wood- Simons Wallace, Joe Walters, Sam Wang, Enid Charleston it traveled throughout the state of SC block prints she created based on her experi- Williams, Manning Williams, and Paul Yanko. Bay3 Artisan Gallery, located in the Arts under the auspices of the State Museum Travel- ences. First, Second and Third Floor Galler- Hours: daily, 8:30am-5pm. Contact: Kathleen Warehouse, 110 Federal St., Anderson. Ongo- ing Exhibition Program. Consisting of (15) panels ies, Ongoing - "The Charleston Story". Drawn Ellis, Director of National Communications, ing - Featuring fine art paintings, jewelery, measuring 24" x 36", the exhibit chronicles the from the museum’s permanent collection, this MUSC, at 843/792.5602 or e-mail at (ellisk@ pottery and photography by Jos Acaba, Lynne myriad of activities Mr. Jenkins was intimately exhibition highlights significant people, places, musc.edu). Burke, Marion Carroll, Nathan & Amy M. Kuhl involved in. Additionally, it highlights his leader- and periods from Charleston’s beginning as a Cox, Liz Smith-Cox, John Davis, Jamie Davis, ship skills as a conscious and compassionate British colony, through the American Revolution, Charleston City Market, Building B, Charles- Ann Heard, Ruth Hopkins, Kate Krause, Brian community activist, organizer, entrepreneur and the later ravages of the Civil War, and culminat- ton. Fri. & Sat., 7-10:30pm - " Art in the Eve- MacCormack, Rosemary Moore, Johnny Nutt, Civil Rights leader. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm ing today as a culturally diverse and dynamic ning," presented by the Charleston City Market Nancy Perry, Mary Lynn Pond, Diann Simms, & Sat., noon-5pm. Admission: by donation. Con- community. Ongoing - "Hands On!" This exhibit Preservation Trust LLC. A week-end art show Chris Troy, and Armi Tuorila. Co-sponsored tact: 843/953-7609 or visit (www.cofc.edu/avery). features works of art selected from the Gibbes featuring everything from folk art to fine art by by the Anderson Arts Center. Hours: Tue.- Museum of Art’s touch collection. Museum local residents. To add to the charm, a concert Fri., noon-5pm, & Sat., 10am- 1pm. Contact: Charleston Artist Guild Gallery, 160 East Bay Shop - Now offering the inventory of the Tradd of lovely classical guitar music and other fea- 864/716-3838 or at (www.andersonartscenter. St., Charleston. Apr. 1 - 30 - "Spring Fooleries," Street Press, reproductions of works by Elizabeth tured musicians appear at the market. Building org). featuring works by Sarah Allums Kuhnell from O'Neill Verner amoung other exhibit related art B of the Charleston city market. Admission is Summerville, SC. Refresh your spirits with this objects. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., FREE. Contact: call 843/327-5976. Beaufort Area colorful series that captures seasonal plea- 1-5pm; closed Mon. Admission: Yes. Contact: sures, treasures, and surprises in varied media 843/722-2706 or at (www.gibbesmuseum.org). Charleston Visitor Center, 375 Meeting Street Gallery @ ARTworks, home of the Arts painted en plein aire and in studio. Longer @ John & Mary Streets, Charleston. Apr. 25 - Council of Beaufort County, 2127 Boundary St., days, tender new leaves, and successions of Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, The 28 - "Charleston Artist Guild's 2011 Signature near K-Mart, in Beaufort Town Center, Beaufort. fresh blossoms bring lighter hearts to our busy Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for Exhibition," featuring a juried exhibit open to all Through Apr. 9 - "River of Words - In celebra- lives despite the occasional shower. It is no the Arts, College of Charleston School of the SC artists. Hours: Daily, 8:30am-5pm. Contact: tion of Youth Art Month". The show will recog- surprise then that the mind turns to idling in Arts,161 Calhoun St., Charleston. Through Apr. CAG at 843/722-2454 or at (www.charlestonar- nize Beaufort County School District students the sun, to wandering to gardens, beach, river, 26 - "Young Contemporaries 2011 - 26th Annual tistguild.com) or or the Office of Cultural Affairs at (K-12 from 15 schools) who participated in lake, to renewal and, for an artist, to portraying Juried Student Exhibition". Each spring, current 843/724-7305 or at (www.Charleston-SC.gov). River of Words 2010-2011 Project. A reception the heady beauty of Spring in the lowcountry. College of Charleston students are eligible to will be held on Mar. 11, from 5-7pm. Ongoing Ongoing - Featuring an exhibit of works by submit their recent work to the "Young Contem- John's Island Regional Library, 3531 Maybank - Featuring the work and creative processes over 73 plus members of CAG who display a poraries" annual, giving them an opportunity to Hwy., John’s Island. Apr. 1 - 30 - Featuring an of new and emerging artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., wealth of talent in different media including, have their work chosen by a nationally prominent exhibit of photos by Susan Budnick, a self-taught 10am-5pm. Contact: 843-379-2787 or at oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolors, photography, juror and exhibit in a professional gallery setting. and award-winning photographer who began (www.beaufortcountyarts.com). printmaking & sculpture. The Gallery is also Hill Gallery, Through Apr. 26 - "Salon des her career in 1999 after moving to the Lowcoun- home for the CAG office. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Refusés," featuring works selected by members try. Shooting in both color and black and white, all Beaufort Art Association Gallery,1001 Bay 11am-6pm. Contact: 843/722-2454 or at of the Studio Art Department faculty from works her images are produced with a vintage 35mm Street, in the historic Elliott House, Bay and (www.charlestonartistguild.com). not choosen for “Young Contemporaries”. Hours: camera and without the benefit of artificial light, Charles Sts., Beaufort. Through Apr. 30 - Mon.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: Mark Sloan at filters or computer manipulation of the content. Featuring an exhibit of works by Arlene Peck. 843/953-4422 or at (www.halsey.cofc.edu). On Apr. 30 a sale her works will take place from Ongoing - New works by more than 90 exhibiting 10am-6pm. Part of the sale proceeds will go to members of the Beaufort Art Association Gallery Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 68 Spring the Charleston Friends of the Library. Hours: - exhibits and featured artists change every six Street, corner of Spring & Coming Streets, Mon.-Thur., 10am-8pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am-6pm; & weeks. In addition to framed paintings in a variety Charleston, in the former St. James Methodist Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 843/559-1945 or at (www. of media, the gallery offers prints, photographs, Church, founded in 1797. Ongoing - Featur- ccpl.org). unframed matted originals, jewelry, sculpture, ce- ing historically important documents from our ramics and greeting cards. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10 permanent Charleston collection. Recently added Sidewalk @ BB&T Bank (151 Meeting St.) and am-5pm. Contact: 843/379-2222 or at (www. to the Permanent Collection - a special and SCE&G (141 Meeting St.) in downtown Charles- beaufortartassociation.com). unique exhibit of Egyptian Stone Carvings dating ton. Weekends from Apr. 30 - June 5 - "2011 from 1492 BC. Free parking and free admission. Spring Sidewalk Show," featuring works by CAG ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Beaufort Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Closed on holidays. members. Hours: 10am-5pm. Contact: call the Celadon, Sams Point Road, Hwy. 802, Lady’s Contact: 843/853-4651. Guild at 843/722-2425 or at (www.charlestonar- Island. May 20 - 22 - "Celadon Fine Arts Fes- tistguild.com). tival". This 3-day National Juried Fine Arts & Redux Contemporary Art Center, featuring Craft Festival will be held on the beautiful prop- Redux Studios, 136 St. Philip Street, Charleston. Chesnee erty at Celadon. Artists from around the country Through Apr. 16 - "drift," featuring new works by will be competing for $3,000 worth of cash visiting artist David Bowen. Bowen is internation- Carolina Foothills Artisan Center, 124 W. prizes and all work will be available for sale. ally acclaimed for his kinetic sculptures and has Cherokee Street, intersection of Hwy. 11 & Hwy. There will also be musicians an food vendors. Work by Leo Twiggs exhibited his work extensively. He completed his 221, Chesnee. Ongoing - Featuring original Hours: May 20, 4-9pm; May 21, 10am-7pm; MFA at the University of Minnesota in 2004 and works by over 60 North & South Carolina artists, and May 22, noon-5pm. Contact: 866/525-9995 City Gallery at Waterfront Park, 34 Prioleau currently lives and works in Duluth, MN. The artist including pottery, decorative and functional; paint- or at (www.CeladonFineArtsFestival.org). Street, Charleston. Lower Level Gallery, Apr. is influenced by the work of Jean Tinguely and Cy ings in oil, watercolor, acrylic and mixed media; 8 - May 8 - "Post Civil War Charleston – 1865: A Twombly, as well as more contemporary figures, textiles and fiber art; carved wood; jewelry; dolls; Bluffton Photographic Retrospective," features photo- Edwardo Kac and Stelarc. A reception will be brooms; monotypes; pewter sculpture; mosaics; graphs from the archives of The Library of Con- held on Mar. 10, from 6-9pm. Hours: Tue.-Sat., glass, stained, torched and fused; photography; Society of Bluffton Artists Gallery/Learning gress that were taken in Charleston in 1865 and noon-5pm. Contact: 843/722-0697 or at (www. baskets; fine wood furniture; books and cards. Center, 48 Boundary Street, in former Bluffton accurately reflect a war-torn Charleston in the im- reduxstudios.org). Also - Offering educational programming for all Library building, Bluffton. Through Apr. 8 - "A mediate aftermath of the five-year conflict of the ages, from art classes to cultural events. Hours: View Thru the Lens of Bluffton, Low Country and War Between the States. Images were restored Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery, Charles- Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: 864/461-3050 More," featuring a photography exhibit, juried by by Rick Rhoads Photography. Upper Level ton County Public Library, 68 Calhoun St., or at (www.cfac.us). Jean-Marie Cote and Donna Varner. Apr. 11 - Gallery, Apr. 8 - May 8 - "Civil/Uncivil: The Art of Charleston. Apr. 1 - 30 - "The True Landscape," May 23 - "Surrounded by Water," featuring works Leo Twiggs," features works by Orangeburg, SC, featuring photographs by Joanna Biondolillo. This by Sandra Wenig. A reception will be held on native Dr. Leo Twiggs, and documents the path exhibit is an unaltered look at the majesty of the Apr. 17, from 3-5pm. Ongoing - Featuring works from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement. west, including Antelope Canyon, the Great Sand continued on Page 46 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 45 with decisions about the combinations of skirts encaustics. Apr. 14 - 22 - "Portfolios I: Grampics and scarves as well as with the creation of their Designers". Apr. 28 - May 6 - "Portfolios II: Studio mola blouses. This attention to detail along with Artists". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: SC Institutional Galleries their expert stitchery has earned this craft recog- 843/349-2711 or at (www.coastal.edu/bryanart- continued from Page 45 nition around the world. Today, the sale of these gallery/). textile arts is the second most important income Carolina State Museum, One Eared Cow Glass, source to the Kuna and examples are collected Due West Wink Gallery, Watermark Hypnosis and Serenity by museums around the world. The exhibition Gallery, and Columbia Music Festival Associa- contains dozens of examples of both complete Bowie Arts Center, Bonner St., Erskine College, tion. For further info contact the Congaree Vista Mola blouses and individual panels. Drawn from Due West. Ongoing - Permanent Collections, Guild at (www.vistacolumbia.com) or at the extensive collection of Jean E. Kanes, most 19th c. furniture, cut-glass, clocks and decorative (www.artistavista.com). have never been exhibited before. Ongoing arts. Also, 19th & early 20th c. music boxes & - "Highlights from the Permanent Collections mechanical musical instruments. Hours: M-Th, Columbia Museum of Art, Main & Hampton of McKissick Museum". Permanent - "Baruch 1-4:30pm or by appt. Contact: 864/379-8867. Streets, Columbia. Lipscomb Family Galleries, Silver Collection," a collection of the Baruch Through May 22 - "Who Shot Rock and Roll: A family silver. And, "Natural Curiosity: USC and Photographic History, 1955 to the Present". This the Evolution of Scientific Inquiry into the Natural is the first major rock and roll exhibition to put World". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5pm & Sat., photographers in the foreground, acknowledging 11am-3pm. Contact: 803/777-7251 or at (www. their creative and collaborative role in the history cas.sc.edu/MCKS/). Work by Ke Francis of rock music. The exhibition includes 175 works Clemson by more than 100 photographers, and covers the McMaster Gallery, room 119, basement level, rock and roll era from the 1950s to the present, McMaster Building, 1615 Senate Street, Univer- Rudolph E. Lee Gallery, Center for the Visual including some of the world’s most iconic im- sity of South Carolina, corner of Pickens & Sen- Arts at Clemson University, Lee Hall, Clemson ages of Tina Turner, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, ate Streets, Columbia. Through month of May - University, Clemson. Through Apr. 8 - "2011 Eminem and Amy Winehouse. Wachovia "MFA Exhibitions". Weeklong exhibitions of works Clemson National Print & Drawing Exhibition Education Gallery, Through May 22 - "Lis- by graduating MFA candidates. Individual dates - Place". Juried by Lynn Allen, this exhibition ten with Your Eyes," featuring an exhibition of TBA. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-4:30pm. Contact: explores issues surrounding the idea of “Place” nearly 30 photographs and video by high school Mana Hewitt, Gallery Director at 803/777-7480 or and what it means in political, geographical. students from Palmetto Center for the Arts, an e-mail at ([email protected]). virtual, emotional and physical contexts. Hours: arts magnet program at Richland Northeast High Mon.-Fri., 9am-4:30pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: School. Based on the current exhibition "Who Richland County Public Library, Main Library's 864/656-3883 or at Shot Rock & Roll," students incorporated their Wachovia Gallery,1431 Assembly St., Columbia. (www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery/). ideas and visions of a rock and roll life into videos Ongoing - Featuring 20 pieces of public art on and photographs. David Wallace Robinson, Jr. permanent display. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-9pm; Sikes Hall, Ground floor, Through Apr. 2012 Community Gallery, Through Apr. 1 - "Skate Sat, 9am-6pm; Sun, 2-6pm. Contact: 803/988- - "Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Revolution Artistica". and Create," displays artwork and skateboards 0886 or at (www.richland.lib.sc.us). Featuring an exhibion of nine photographs altered with unique and original art created by a by the Mexican artist Manuel Alvarez Bravo variety of local artists, skate enthusiasts and skat- SC State Museum, 301 Gervais St., Colum- (1902-2002) curated by Department of Art ers. In partnership with Pour It Now and Bluetile bia. Through 2015 - "The Coming of the Civil undergraduate intern Nathan Smith as part of Skateboards, this installation brings awareness War," will look at the origins of the disagreement the Center for Visual Arts internship program. to Columbia about skateboarding and the need between South Carolina and the federal govern- Work by Jeff Smith All aspects of the exhibition including research, for a local skate park. Mamie and William ment, beginning with the nullification crisis of image selection, budget, matting, framing, Andrew Treadway, Jr., Gallery 15, Through 1832-33. The exhibit will be augmented by five Florence layout, exhibit design and pamphlet design May 1 - "The Presence of Absence". The exhibit more single-topic exhibits through the sesquicen- were generated by Nathan Smith as part of his celebrates photographers who challenge the tennial war years (2011-2015) until the expansion FDDC Art Trail Gallery, 135 S. Dargan St., three semester internship with the Lee Gallery. audience’s perception of the ‘reality’ depicted in space is filled.Lipscomb Gallery, Through Florence. Through Apr. 29 - "Photofabulous! - Works included in the exhibition were selected a photograph by capturing what is both present Oct. 31 - "Uncommon Folk: Folk Art from the 2011 Pee Dee Regional Photography Exhibit". Of from a photographic portfolio gifted to the and absent-what is seen and what is not seen. Collection of the South Carolina State Museum," special interest will be an exhibit within "Photo- Clemson Advancement Foundation by Willam This exhibition of 31 photographs, drawn from features art made by everyday, untrained-but- fabulous" by well-known photographer, Dr. Eric H. Hall, III. Hours: reg school hours. Contact: a private collection, is shown in connection with talented people whose works served to fill a need Heiden, capturing the excitement of marlin fishing 864/656-3883 or at (www.clemson.edu/caah/ the upcoming major photography exhibition, before they became recognized as a distinct art off the coast of Costa Rica, and Jeff Smith’s "To- leegallery/). "Who Shot Rock & Roll". BB&T Focus Gallery, form. Quilts, stoneware or Catawba Indian pots, bacco Tales," celebrating the life of the tobacco Ongoing - "Southern Traditions," will showcase sweetgrass or split oak baskets are representa- farmer, will be an additional focal point within The ARTS Center, 212 Butler St., Clemson. the richness and diversity of the Museum’s tive of the many utilitarian objects included in the the exhibit. Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11:30am-2:30pm Through Apr. 30 - "Works of The Energy X collection of furniture, ceramics, silver, basketry, exhibition, but there are many more that can be & Fri., 5:30-8pm. Contact: call Jane Madden at Change: A Renewable Energy Center". A clos- sculpture and paintings by artists native to, or ac- appreciated solely for their aesthetic qualities. 843/673-0729 or at (www.art-trail-gallery.com). ing reception will be held on Apr. 28, from 6:30- tive in, South Carolina and its surrounding states. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm ; Sun.,1-5pm. 9pm. The Energy X Change craft incubator Among the works on view will be fine silver made Admission: Yes. Contact: Tut Underwood at Florence Museum of Art, Science and History, program was established in starting, managing, by Charleston and Columbia silversmiths; a 803/898-4921 or at (www.southcarolinastatemu- 558 Spruce St., Florence. Through May 22 - and operating their own small businesses in sweet grass basket by Mary Jackson (SC, born seum.org). "Youth Art Exhibit," featuring works by students glass blowing and pottery. This exhibit features 1945); wood carvings by Edgar Alexander McKil- of Florence School Districts 1-5. The student past and present members; Will Baker, John lop (NC, 1879-1950); and paintings by Charles ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Columbia work will be exhibited with selected works from Geci, Lisa Gluckin, Michael Hatch, Theresa Fraser (SC, 1782-1860), Xanthus Russell Smith Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, the museum’s permanent collection. Admission: Pietsch, Emily Reason, and Joy Tanner. Ongo- (SC, 1839-1929), William Harrison Scarborough 1101 Lincoln St., Columbia. Ongoing - Fea- Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 2-5pm. ing - Featuring works by local and regional (SC, 1812-1871), William Aiken Walker (SC, turing works by local artists throughout the Contact: 843/662-3351 or at (www.florencemu- artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-5pm & Fri., 1838-1921), among others. Ray Taylor Fair convention center, including works by Mike Wil- seum.org). 10am-2pm. Contact: 864/633-5051 or at (www. Gallery, Ongoing - Featuring a new and perma- liams, Liisa Salosaari Jasinski, Tyrone Geter, explorearts.org). nent installation of its ancient art collection. The Peter Lenzo, Jamie Davis, Tom Lockart & Mark Gallery 412, Florence Regional Arts Alliance, installation includes approximately 50 objects Woodham, Angela Bradburn, Virginia Scotchie, 412 So. Dargan St., Florence. Apr. 7 - 28 - ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Clemson that introduce the major ancient civilizations from Denise Dent, Sue Grier, Brian Rego, Heather "Florence Visual Arts Guild Third Annual Exhibi- Clemson City Hall, 1250 Tiger Blvd., Clemson. the Mediterranean and Near East. Examples of LaHaise, Howard Hunt, Robert Campbell, tion". A reception will be held on Apr. 7, from Apr. 28 - July 1 - "The Arts Center at Clemson the earliest form of writing from 12th century B.C. Ernest Lee, David J.P. Hooker, Ralph Waldrop, 6-8pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 1:30-4:30pm. Contact: City Hall," presenting the exhibit - “Art Hap- Mesopotamia, are shown next to Egyptian scar- Elena Madden, Debbie Martin, Blue Sky, Laura 843/665-2787 or at (http://www.florencescarts. pens In Clemson”. A reception will be held on abs and Greek painted vessels. The world of the Spong, Jean McWhorter, Claire Farrell, Justin org/). Apr. 28, from 5:30-7:30pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri., ancient Romans is represented by 2nd century Guy, and Jonathan Green. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact: City Hall at 864/653-2030 glass and bronze items and portrait sculpture. 9am-5pm; Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Hyman Fine Arts Center, Francis Marion Uni- or The Arts Center at 864/633-5051 or at (www. Many of these works have not been seen since Contact: 803/545-0001 or at (www.columbia- versity, Florence. Apr. 5 - May 7 - Senior Shows explorearts.org). the Museum moved to its location on Main Street conventioncenter.com/phototour/phototour/). by Graduating FMU Visual Arts Majors. Each in 1998. The collection has grown over the last Visual Arts major is required to exhibit work and Madren Conference Center, Clemson Univer- several years with the donation of 12 fine Roman write an artist’s statement as part of a senior ex- sity, Clemson. Ongoing - Featuring wood and sculptures in 2002 from Pennsylvania collector hibit. The senior exhibitions are presented on the steel bird carvings by Grainger McKoy. Hours: Dr. Robert Y. Turner. Admission: Yes, but there FMU campus as small groups shows during the regular building hours. Contact: Peter Kent at is no admission charge on Sun. Hours: Tue.-Fri., final year of enrollment. Each student’s portion of 864/656-0382 or e-mail at (peter.kent@clem- 11am-5pm; first Fri., till 8pm; Sat., 10am-5pm & the group exhibit is comprised of works from the sonews.clemson.edu). Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 803/799-2810 or at student’s specialty area and is prepared under (www.columbiamuseum.org). the direction of the student’s specialty area pro- The Fran Hanson Discovery Center, South fessor and serves as partial fulfillment of Art 499: Carolina Botanical Garden, Clemson University, Goodall Gallery, Spears Music/Art Center, Senior Seminar. Apr. 25 - May 7 - 3-Dimensional Clemson. Featured Artists Gallery, Ongo- Columbia College, 1301 Columbia College Work by FMU Ceramics and 3-D Design Classes. ing - Featuring works by Nancy Basket, Sue Drive, Columbia. Apr. 1 - May 1 - "Annual Senior Visual Arts studio courses typically culminate in a Figliola, Sue Grier, Sandy King, Jo Ann Taylor Show". Hours: Mon.-Wed.,10 am-5pm,Thur.- public exhibition so that students may have their and Phil Garrett, on a rotating basis. Elizabeth Fri.,10am-7pm, and Sat.&Sun.,1-5pm. Contact: work adjudicated by their peers, faculty, and the Belser Fuller Gallery, Ongoing - This collec- call Rebecca B. Munnerlyn at 803/786.3649 or FMU community. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm. tion of watercolors, mixed media and pen & ink e-mail at ([email protected]). Contact: 843/661-1385 or at drawings was generously donated by a dear (http://departments.fmarion.edu/finearts/gallery.htm). friend of the SC Botanical Garden, Elizabeth McKissick Museum, University of South Caro- Belser Fuller. This incredible collection ranges lina, USC Horseshoe, Columbia. Through May ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Florence from 1947 to 1992. New pieces have been 7 - "Everything I See Is New and Strange," featur- FMU Campus, Francis Marion University, added this year in celebration of Belser's 97th ing works of Ocean Springs, MS, artist Walter Florence. Apr. 9, 2011, 10am-5pm - "Arts Inter- birthday. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Closed Inglis Anderson, a creative genius who suffered national, A Celebration of Arts and Culture," is University Holidays and Home Football Game mental illness and lived in seclusion many years Work by Jane Nodine for the whole family, with simultaneous perfor- Saturdays. Contact: 864/656-3405 or at (www. before his death in 1965. The exhibit features mances at several different venues on campus. clemson.edu/scbg/). works that capture the essence of the natural Conway The festival features music, international world, literature and mythology. Apr. 9 - June groups, theatre, dance, blues and beach, an art Columbia Area 25 - "Artful Lives: Molas of the Kuna". A recep- The Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, show, cultural displays, youth art activities, and tion will be held on Apr. 15, from 5:30-7pm. The located in the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards international food. Also participate in a sidewalk Congaree Vista area of Columbia. Apr. 28 - exhibit explores the history and contemporary College of Humanities and Fine Arts Building, chalk art competition and a recycled reading 30, 2011 - "Artista Vista," featuring numerous textile creations of the Kuna women of coastal Coastal Carolina University, Conway. Through book sale. For information, go to exhibitions of art by area galleries and art spaces. Panama. In the mid 19th century, Kuna women Apr. 8 - "Fire and Earth: The Works of Warner (www.fmarion.edu/news/artsinternational) or Hours: Apr. 28, 4-9pm; Apr. 29, 10am-6pm & Apr. started experimenting with ways to transfer body Hyde and Jane Nodine". NC artist Warner Hyde call 843/661-1225. 30, 11am-3pm. Participating locations include: painting designs onto cloth. These women have presents sculptural works made of natural clay, City Art Gallery, Vista Studios/Gallery 80808, The developed a distinctive style unlike that of any while SC artist Jane Nodine, professor of art Gallery at DuPRE, Carol Saunders Gallery, if Art, other folk culture. They use their clothing as a and director of the Curtis R. Harley Gallery at Lewis+Clark, Gallery at Nonnah’s, The South mode of personal expression, taking great care USC Upstate, presents her unique iron-oxidation continued on Page 47 Page 46 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Greenville Hours: Tue., 9am-5pm; Wed., & Fri., noon-5- Museum's base for programs highlighting the Pleasant. Ongoing - The pavilion is a tribute pm and Thur. & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: call cultural heritage and natural history of the Low- to the generations of men and women who Downtown Greenville - "First Fridays," 864/271-0679 or e-mail to (fleming.markel@ country. And, it will provide a signature venue have carried on this African tradition for more featuring a gallery crawl presented on the first gvltec.edu). for community events for people of all ages. than three centuries. Kiosks and panels tell the Fri, of the month from 6-9pm. Visit galleries The opening includes the renovation of a 6,000 history of this unique craft, and the open-air throughout the downtown area. For info: (www. Upstate Visual Arts Gallery/School, 4 Smith sq. foot former hunting retreat, renamed the facility provides a venue for local basketmak- fristfridaysonline.com). St., in the Pendleton Street Arts District, Green- "Discovery House," containing the Museum's ers to display and sell their wares. Hours: daily, ville. Ongoing - Featuring works by local artists new interactive exhibits, temporary gallery 9am-5pm. Contact: 800/774-0006 or at (www. Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery, in a variety of mediums. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am- space and community meeting rooms. Hours: townofmountpleasant.com). Bob Jones University, Wade Hampton Boulevard, 5pm; Sat. noon-4pm and 1st fridays from 6-9pm. Mon.-Sat., 9am-4:30pm & Sun., 11am-3pm. Greenville. Ongoing - Permanent exhibition of Contact: 864/269-8282 or at (www.upstatevisu- Contact: 843-689-3033 ext. 224 or at (www. Myrtle Beach / Grand Strand the finest collection of religious art in America, alarts.org). coastaldiscovery.org). including works by Rubens, Botticelli, and Van Chapin Park, 1400 Kings Hwy and 16th Ave. N., Dyck. Offering visitors a 60-minute audio-guided ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Greenville Walter Greer Gallery, at the Arts Center of Myrtle Beach. Apr. 16 & 17; June 18 & 19; Oct. tour of over 40 favored works for a modest fee. Centre Stage Theatre, 501 River Street, Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton 8 & 9; Nov. 5 & 6, 2011, from 10am-4pm - "39th Hours: Tue.-Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 864/242- Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring works by Head Island. Through Apr. 2 - "Marry Sul- Annual Art in the Park - Show & Sale," sponsored 5100, Ext. 1050 or at (www.bjumg.org). visual art members of MAC. Exhibits are of- livan - Paintings & Kevin Eichner - Sculptures". by Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild. We will fered in collaboration with the Metropolitan Arts Apr. 5 - 30 - "Les Bonnes Artistes," featuring have over 60 artists from the East Coast, as far Exhibition Corridor, Art Wing, Fine Arts Council. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 2-6pm & 2 hr. prior works by Joanna Chalson, Annie Coughlin, Jo away as TN, with about 20 of those artists from Center, Bob Jones University, Wade Hampton to shows. Contact: MAC at 864/467-3132 or at Dye, Evelyn Kowtko, Joyce Nagel, Doris W our local area. Typical art will include Paintings, Boulevard, Greenville. Through Apr. 11 - "BJU (www.greenvillearts.com). Shay, Bobsy Simes, Barbara Spencer, Dorothy Woodworking, Photography, Jewelry, Fabric, Graphic Design Students Exhibition". Apr. 12 - Steelman, Irene K. Williamson, and Faye Glass, Metal, Pottery, Leather and Stone. Free 14 - "American Association of Christian Schools Whole Foods Market, café area, 1140 Wood- Willis. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: admission and Kid friendly. For info call JoAnne Competition". Apr. 18 - May 6 - "Annual Art & ruff Rd., Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring rotat- 843/681-5060 or at (www.artleaguehhi.org). Utterback, 843/446-7471 or at Photography Contest". Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am- ing exhibits of works by members of Upstate (www.artsyparksy.com). 10pm and Sun.,1-2:30pm. Contact: 864/242- Visual Arts (changing every 60 days). Hours: ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Hilton Head Is. 5100, ext. 2720 or at (www.bjumg.org). Mon.-Thur., 8am-9pm; Fri. & Sat., 8am-10pm Coastal Discovery Museum, at Honey Horn, Valor Park, 1120 Farrow Parkway, Market & Sun., 9am-9pm. Contact: 864/232-4433 or at off Highway 278, across from Gumtree Road, common, Myrtle Beach. Apr. 23 & 24; Nov. 12 (www.upstatevisualarts.org). Hilton Head Island. Apr. 30 & May 1, 2011 & 13, 2011, from 10am-4pm - "Waccamaw - "The Art Market at Historic Honey Horn," a Arts and Crafts Guild's 39th Annual Art in the Greenwood juried fine art and craft outdoor festival. The Park". We will have over 60 artists from the Coastal Discovery Museum is pleased to an- East Coast and as far away as Tennessee with CountyBank Art Gallery, The Arts Center @ nounce that artwork in media including: clay, about 20 of those artists from our local area. The Federal Building, 120 Main St., Green- wood, fibers, metals, glass, jewelry, watercol- Typical art will include paintings, woodwork- wood. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and ors, oil, mixed media and photography will be ing, photography, jewelry, fabric, glass, metal, regional artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm. on display and for sale. The event will host pottery and stone. No admission charge. Child Contact: 864/388-7800, e-mail at (artscouncil@ 90 artists from as far way as Connecticut and and Pet Friendly! Contact: JoAnne Utterback at greenwood.net) or at (www.greenwoodart- Wisconsin and well-known local artists will 843/446-7471 or (www.artsyparksy.com). scouncil.org). share the spotlight during this weekend-long event. Each artist will compete for prizes total- Monsanto Gallery, in the Cultural Center, ing $5,000. The Judge for this year’s show Lander University, Greenwood. Through Apr. 22 is Ben Thompson, Curator at the Museum of - "21st Annual Lander University Juried Student Contemporary Art Jacksonville. Admission: Exhibition". Hours: Mon., Wed., & Thur., 10am-8- There is a $6 per car parking donation, while pm; Tue., 10am-1pm and 3-8pm; and Fri., 10am- admission to the show is free. Hours: Sat. Apr. 5pm. Contact: Lander College Public Affairs at 30, 10am-5pm & Sun., May 1, 11am-4pm. 864/388-8810 or at (www.lander.edu/gallery). Contact: 843/689-3033 ext 224 or at (www. coastaldiscovery.org).

The Mall at Shelter Cove, by Sak’s/Off 5th, off William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. Apr. 9 - 16 - "Promising Picassos Student Art Exhibition," presented by the Island School Work by Mary Whyte Council for the Arts. The gallery-style exhibit showcases art from the students of southern Greenville County Museum of Art, 420 Beaufort County public, private and home College Street, Greenville. Through Sept. schools. Hours: noon-5pm daily. Contact: 18 - "Mary Whyte: Working South". Poignant 843/681-5381 or at (www.PromisingArtists.org). and personal paintings of working people are featured in the exhibition. Whyte has spent Lancaster nearly 4 years preparing for the exhibition, which features images of jobs that are fad- The Springs House Gallery, Lancaster County ing away. Among the paintings are several Council of Arts, 201 West Gay Street, former Work by Reynier Llanes depicting the textile industry, painted in South City Hall, Lancaster. Apr. 4 - 29 - "Mooykens and Carolina. Through Sept. 18 - "Our Town". Mitchell," featuring works by Cindy Mooykens Bringing Greenville to the attention of nation- and Maria Mitchell. A reception will be held on Franklin G. Burroughs • Simeon B. Chapin ally and regionally-known artists, the Museum Apr. 8, from 5:30-7pm. Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm. Art Museum, 3100 South Ocean Blvd., beside brings together portraits of “Our Town” by such Contact: 803/285-7451 & e-mail (arts@infoave. Springmaid Beach, Myrtle Beach. Through painters as Andrew Lenaghan, John Moore, net). Apr. 23 - "Preserving a Cultural Heritage: The Bill McCullough, and Ed Rice, among others. Work by Martin Pate Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes". Llanes’ Through Sept. 18 - "Sidney Dickinson". Known Laurens first exhibit for this Cuban artist in Myrtle Beach primarily as a portrait painter, Dickinson studied Hartsville will feature 33 pieces. These coffee paintings and taught at the Arts Student League in New The Artist’s Coop, 113 E.Laurens St., on the on archival paper promise to leave guests with York. The Museum has assembled a collection Black Creek Arts Council Gallery, Black Creek Historic Downtown Square., Laurens. Ongo- a savory experience. Through Apr. 23 - "10th of landscapes and figurative paintings that the Arts Center, 116 West College Ave., Hartsville. ing - Featuring works by over 50 cooperatiave Annual Horry/Georgetown High Schools Juried artist completed during a year he spent central Jean & James Fort Gallery, Through Apr. 29 - members, including paintings, jewlery, pottery Exhibition," sponsored by First Federal Bank. The Alabama, while working for his aunt, Charlotte "The Pate Family Art Exhibit," featuring works by and weavings. Also art classes for children and exhibit offers 79 pieces of student artwork chosen Rogers Thorn, at a school for African-Ameri- 14 members of this family spanning four genera- adults. Hours: Tue.-Fri.,10am-5:30pm & Sat., for display from 359 entries. Through Apr. 28 cans in Calhoun, Alabama. Apr. 6 - Sept. 18 tions which began with Wilhelmina Stucky Pate. 10am-3pm. Contact: 864/984-9359 or at - "Robert Courtright: Collages, Collage Construc- - "Andrew Wyeth: The Greenville Collection". A reception will be held on Mar. 3, from 5:30-7pm. (www.laurensartistscoop.org). tion, and Masks, 1953-2008". One of the largest Greenville’s prestigious in-depth collection of Ongoing - Featuring works by local and regional most comprehensive exhibitions of his work ever works by “America’s Painter,” Andrew Wyeth, artists. Hours: Tue.-Thur., 10am-1pm then 3-6pm McClellanville mounted, the exhibit features over 70 works, spans seventy years of the artist’s masterful and Fri., 10am-2pm. Contact: 843/332-6234 or at from early collages and masks to new collage watercolors. Admission: Free. Hours: Tue.-Sat., (www.blackcreekarts.org). The Village Museum, next to Town Hall, 401 constructions made specifically for this exhibit. 11am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 864/271- Pinckney Street, McClellanville. Ongoing - Ex- Courtright is rarely exhibited in his home state of 7570 or at (www.greenvillemuseum.org). Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker College, hibits demonstrate a time line of history begin- South Carolina. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Gladys Coker Fort Art Building, near Third Street ning with villages of the Seewee Indians and the Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 843/238-2510 or at (www. Lipscomb Gallery, South Carolina Governor’s (on the Home Avenue side), Hartsville. Apr. settlement at Jamestown, SC, by the French myrtlebeachartmuseum.org). School for the Arts and Humanities, 15 Uni- 4 - 8 - Featuring the Senior Exhibit of works by Huguenots, through the rice planting on the versity St., Greenville. Ongoing - We feature Danielle Glidden. A reception will be held on great Santee plantations and the establishment North Augusta several exhibitions throughout each year - our Apr. 4, from7-8pm. Apr. 11 - 15 - Featuring the of the town of McClellanville as a coastal resort. own students and faculty, plus many guest art- Senior Exhibit of works by Amanda McPhail. Displays also tell of the simple lifestyle of the ALTERNATE ART SPACES - North Augusta ists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Visitors are A reception will be held on Apr. 11, from7-8pm. the postwar farmer, the rise of timber harvesting Living History Park, 299 W. Spring Grove Av- asked to sign in at the Administration Building’s Apr. 18 - 22 - Featuring the Senior Exhibit of in the 20th Century and the growth of the local enue, North Augusta. Apr. 15-17, 2011 - "Eight front desk before entering campus. Contact: works by John Shearer. A reception will be held seafood industry. The museum attempts to both Annual Olde Towne Artisans’ Fair," presented 864/282-3777 or at (www.scgsah.state.sc.us). on Apr. 18, from7-8pm. Apr. 25 - 29 - Featuring educate its visitors as well as entertain them. by the Olde Towne Preservation Association. the Senior Exhibit of works by Norah Wofford. Admission: Yes. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 10am-5pm Special events of the arts festival will begin Metropolitan Arts Council Gallery, 16 A reception will be held on Apr. 25, from7-8pm. (closed noon-1pm for lunch). Contact: 843/887- with a preview gala hosted by the Olde Towne Augusta Street, Greenville. Ongoing - Featur- May 2 - 6 - Featuring the Senior Exhibit of works 3030 or at (www.villagemuseum.com). Preservation Association, the North Augusta ing works by Greenville area artists. Hours: by Sarah Folsom. A reception will be held on Chamber of Commerce and Wine World. Visi- Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact: 864/467-3132, or May 2, from 7-8pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm McCormick tors who attend this free event on Friday eve- at (www.greenvillearts.com). when classes are in session, or by appt. Contact: ning, Apr. 15, from 5-7pm will be able to meet 843/383-8156 or at (www.coker.edu). The Artisans Gallery Shop at the MACK, 115 the artists, partake of music, wine, cheese, RIVERWORKS Gallery, Suite 202, Art Cross- South Main St., located in the historic Keturah and hors d’oeuvres, and be the first to see and ing on the Reedy River in downtown Green- Hilton Head Island Area Hotel, McCormick. Ongoing - Featuring works purchase the fine arts and crafts. In addition ville. Through Apr. 15 - "Textiles in a Tube," of over 30 artisans including paintings, pottery, to booths displaying fine arts and craft items features 15 works of art created by 10 artists Hilton Head Regional Healthcare Gallery, jewelry, jackets, gourds, woodworking, textiles, for sale, several sites throughout the park will from New York to California and as far away as Coastal Discovery Museum, at Honey Horn, soaps and more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4- have craftsmen demonstrating their skills. We Budapest, Hungary. The exhibition is the result off Highway 278, across from Gumtree Road, pm. Contact: 864/852-3216. will also have live music all weekend. Hours: of a juried competition after an international call Hilton Head Island. Through May 31 - "Low- Apr. 16, 10am-4pm and Apr. 17, 11am-4pm. for entries. Artists were invited to reinvent and/ country Through The Lens," featuring works Mount Pleasant Contact: call Lynn Thompson at 803/279-7560; or expand the definition of textiles and then to by members of the Camera Club of Hilton the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce at squeeze their reinvention into 3” x 36” mailing Head Island. The exhibit will feature over 100 Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Pavilion, Mount 803279-2323; or visit (www.colonialtimes.us). tube. An opening reception and adwards pre- photographs, both digital and film. Ongoing Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park, 99 Harry sentation will be held on Mar. 4, from 6-9pm. - This beautiful 69-acre site will serve as the M. Hallman, Jr. Blvd., under the bridge, Mount continued on Page 48 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 47 ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Seneca Dan Millspaugh, Adam Walls, and Hanna Duke's World of Energy, Lobby, located six Jubran. Cell phone tour info at (864-607-9224). miles north of Seneca, SC, on highway 130. For more info contact Jane Nodine at 864/503- SC Institutional Galleries Apr. 14 - May 6 - "4th Annual POP - Pickens, 5838 or e-mail to ([email protected]). continued from Page 47 Oconee, Pendleton Open Studio Tour Preview Exhibit," featuring works by participating tour Campus of University of South Carolina North Charleston Pickens artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: Upstate, 800 University Way, Spartanburg. Call the Blue Ridge Arts Council at 864/882- Through May 30 - "Mayo Mac Boggs: A City of North Charleston Art Gallery, North Pickens County Art and Historical Museum, 2722 or at (www.blueridgeartscenter.com). Retrospective Exhibition," including a selec- Charleston Performing Arts Center & Conven- 307 Johnston Street, Pickens. Apr. 30 - June tion of monumental outdoor sculptures. Hours: tion Center Complex, common walkways, 9 - "32nd Annual Juried South Carolina Artists Ex- Spartanburg reg. campus hours. For more info contact Jane 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston. Apr. hibition". Juried by Frank E. Thompson, Curator Nodine at 864/503-5838 or e-mail to (jnodine@ 1 - 29 - "The Lonely Shadow: Silhouette for the Asheville Art Museum. Hours: Mon.-Fri., Curtis R. Harley Art Gallery, Performing Arts uscupstate.edu). Art by Clay Rice," features original illustra- 9am-5pm; Thur. till 7:30pm & Sat., 9am-4:30pm. Center, USC-Upstate, 800 University Way, Spar- tions from "The Lonely Shadow", a new Contact: 864/898-5963 or at (www.co.pickens. tanburg. Apr. 4 - 29 - "USC Upstate Student Ex- Summerville children’s book created by the nationally sc.us/culturalcommission). hibition". A reception will be held on Apr. 5, from known silhouette artist. This exhibit blends 5-7pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Summerville the elegant black and white silhouette Rock Hill Gallery Director, Jane Nodine at 864/503-5838 or Azalea Park, Main Street and West Fifth Street tradition with a colorful world in the story of e-mail at ([email protected]). South, Summerville. Ongoing - Featuring19 friendship between a lonely shadow and a Center for the Arts, 121 East Main St., Rock Hill. pieces of sculpture in Summerville's perma- little boy. The exhibition is on loan from the Through Apr. 28 - "Historic and Contemporary Focus Educational Gallery, second floor, Per- nent outdoor collection donated by Sculpture South Carolina State Museum’s Travel- Quilts of York County". Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am- forming Arts Center, USC-Upstate, 800 University in the South. One of the sculptures is located in ing Exhibitions Program. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 6pm; Fri., 9am-5pm; and on 2nd and 4th week- Way, Spartanburg. Apr.1 - May 5 - "McCracken Hutchinson Park, Summerville’s Town Square. 10am-4:30pm. Contact: 843/740-5854 or at ends, Sat., 10am-2pm; & Sun., 2-4pm. Contact: Jr. High School Exhibit". Hours: Mon. - Thur., Hours: daylight hours. Contact: 843/851-7800 or (www.northcharleston.org). 803/ 328-2787 or at (http://www.yorkcountyarts. 9am-5pm & Fri., 9am-1pm. Contact: Gallery Di- at (www.sculptureinthesouth.com). org/). rector, Dr. Mary Lou Hightower at 864/503-5817 10 Storehouse Row, Noisette Blvd., The Navy or e-mail to ([email protected]). Summerville Town Hall, 200 S. Main Street, Yard at Noisette (on the former Charleston Na- Edmund D. Lewandowski Student Gallery, Summerville. Through Apr. 29 - "A Juried Pho- val Base) North Charleston. Ongoing - Exhibits McLaurin Hall, Oakland Ave., Winthrop Univer- Guild Gallery, Artists' Guild of Spartanburg, tography Exhibit and Sale," sponsored by The include works from many of the artists/ten- sity, Rock Hill. Apr. 4 - 14 - "Conceptual Art Exhi- Chapman Cultural Center, 200 East St. John Cultural Arts Alliance of Greater Summerville. ants of 10 Storehouse Row. Hours: Mon.-Fri., bition". Apr. 25 - May 6 - "Interior Design Student St. Spartanburg. Apr. 1 - 28 - "SE7EN," The exhibit includes color, black and white, 8am-6pm. Contact: 843/740-5854 or at (www. Exhibition". Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm. Contact: Tom featuring a collaborative portrait series traditional film and digital format photography. northcharleston.org). Stanley at 803/323-2493 or at (www.winthrop. by Aaron Troski and Bailie. Hours: Mon.- Hours: reg. Town Hall hours. Contact: call the edu/arts). Fri.,10am-5pm & Sat.-Sun.,1-5pm. Contact Cultural Arts Alliance at 843/871-7824. Laura Pinkley at 864/764-9568. The Rock Hill Pottery Center, Getty’s Art Center, 201 East Main Street, in Old Town Justine V.R. "Nita" Milliken Wing, Milliken Fine Rock Hill. Apr. 7 - 17, 2011 - "Rock Hill Pottery Arts Building, Converse College, Spartanburg. Center Spring Sale," featuring decorative and Ongoing - Featuring a collection of 52 prints, functional pottery to spruce up your home and given by Spartanburg resident Frank Toms which garden. All prices are 20 - 50% off. While you includes works by Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Alex- are there, visit the studio to see the potters at ander Calder, Helmut Newton and others. Hours: work. Ongoing - Featuring works by Bob Has- Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 864/596-9181 or Work by Keller Lee selle, Christine White, Katherine Petke, Hope e-mail at ([email protected]). Fregerio, and Brian Schauer. Hours: during The Meeting Place, Olde North Charleston the Come See Me Festival, 10am-4pm daily. Martha Cloud Chapman Gallery, Raines Business District, 1077 E. Montague Ave., Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm and Sat., 10am-2- Center, Wofford College, 429 North Church St., North Charleston. Apr. 1 - May 28 - "Spring pm. Contact: call 803/370-8109 or find then on Spartanburg. Apr. 4 - May 17 - "Recent Addi- Art & Fine Craft CoOp Gallery & Sale," Facebook. tions to Wafford's Fine Arts Collection," including featuring works by area artists. A recep- paintings, lithographs, ceramic works, and native tion will be held May 4, from 5-8pm, part Winthrop University Galleries, Rutledge sculptures. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-9pm; Sat., of the 2011 North Charleston Arts Festi- Building, Winthrop University, Rock Hill. noon-6pm & Sun., noon-9pm. Contact: 864/597- val. Hours: Fri. & Sat., 11am-7pm. Hours: Rutledge Gallery, Apr.11 - May 6 - "BFA Senior 4300. Fri.&Sat., 11am-7pm. Contact: 843/740-5854 or Undergraduate Exhibition". To enrich the fine at (www.northcharleston.org). arts student experience at a senior level, this Sandor Teszler Library Gallery, Wofford Col- exhibition provides an opportunity for BFA majors lege, 429 North Church St., Spartanburg. Apr. 8 Orangeburg to gain exhibition experience in a larger gallery - June 10 - "Philip Juras: Exploring with Bartram". setting. Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery, Apr. Juras' paintings in oil recreate the landscapes Work by Joe Walters Lusty Gallery, Orangeburg County Fine Arts 11 - May 6 - "MFA Thesis Exhibition". Hours: of the South during the time of Willian Bartram's Center, Edisto Memorial Gardens, 649 Riverside Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: Tom Stanley at travels in the 1770s. Hours: Mon.,-Th. 8am-12- Sumter Drive, Orangeburg. Apr. 4 - May 2 - Featur- 803/323-2493 or at (www.winthrop.edu/arts). am; Fri.,8am-7pm; Sat.,10am-5pm; Sun.,1pm ing an exhibit of watercolor paintings by Elsie -12am. Contact: 864/597-4300 or at (www.wof- Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter County Lewis Foggle. Her work is in more than a dozen Seneca Area ford.edu/library/gallery/index.htm). Cultural Center, 135 Haynesworth St., Sumter. corporate collections, and she has illustrated Through Apr. 22 - "Joe Walters: A Mid-career 4 books and 2 commemorative plates. Ongo- Pickens, Oconee & Pendleton Counties, Spartanburg Art Museum, Chapman Cultural Retrospective," featuring a major exhibition of ing - Featuring a permanent display of works by Apr. 30 and May 1 - "2011 POP OPEN STU- Arts Center, 200 East St. John Street, Spar- sculpture and works on paper by Charleston- Coan Culler, Pernille Dake, Betty Edmonds, Elsie DIO TOUR". The event provides an opportunity tanburg. Through May 7 - "West Fraser - A based artist Joe Walters; his first major showing Fogle, Michiko Johnston, Zita Mellon, Barbara for the public to visit local artists in their working Southern Perspective". One of the leading in South Carolina in 14 years. Through Apr. 22 Townsend, Isaiah Zagar, and local schoolchil- studios. The visitors will have the opportunity American artists in the representational/plein - "Anne Lemanski: Touch and Go," featuring a dren. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8:30am-4:30pm & Fri., to interact with the artists as they demonstrate air tradition, West Fraser has built his career selection of her highly crafted sculptural works 8:30am-noon. Contact: Elizabeth Thomas at their skills and educate the visitors about the on richly painted, atmospheric vistas of cities, that utilize familiar forms to explore the incon- 803/536-4074 or at (http://www.ocfac.net/). process of creating art. The event also allows coasts, and the landscape throughout the Unit- sistencies and contradictions she sees in the you to purchase incredible artwork directly from ed States and internationally—from the pristine world, from our culture’s treatment of women to Pawleys Island, Litchfield & Murrells Inlet the artist with no commission markups. Hours: Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia, to its exploitation of both domesticated and wild Apr. 30, 10am-6pm and May 1, noon-5pm. the hill towns of Tuscany. An inveterate traveler, animals. Artisan Center Gift Shop - Featur- Brookgreen Gardens, US 17, south of Murrells Contact: 864/882-2722 or at he has painted throughout the Caribbean, ing art objects from local and regional artists. Inlet. Through Apr. 24 - "Cold-Blooded Art: Rep- (www.blueridgeartscenter.com). Central America, Europe and Scandinavia. Hours: Tues-Sat 11-5pm & Sun., 1:30-5pm. tiles, Amphibians, Fish, and Insects". Depending Yet his passion always draws him back to the Contact: 803//775-0543 or at (www.sumtergal- on individual taste, the world of creepy, crawly, marshes and landscape of the Georgia and lery.org). slithery, and slimy creatures may repel or intrigue South Carolina Coast. This exhibition explores you. From frogs and snakes to rays and luna the paintings of his South, from the rolling hills The Über Gallery, foyer of the Nettles Building, moths, this sampling of cold-blooded animals of the North Carolina Mountains to the maritime USC Sumter, 200 Miller Rd., Sumter. Ongoing depicted by American sculptors, past and pres- forests on the southern sea islands. Through - The gallery houses USC Sumter’s permanent ent, either will capture your interest or send you May 7 - "Will Henry Stevens (1881-1949)". collection of John James Audubon wildlife out of the room. Through Apr. 24 - "Out of the Will Henry Stevens was born in Vevay, IN, in lithographs. Audubon is known for his dynamic Wild: Animals in Sculpture". The exhibit focuses 1881. As a young painter he studied at the artistry of American birds and wildlife. He cre- on the wildlife of Africa and North America and Cincinnati Art Academy and the Art Students’ ated a rich and timeless legacy and set the presents an overview of important artworks by League in New York City. While living briefly in bar for all wildlife art. Jeremiah Miller murals prominent American sculptors from the early New York he had several one man shows at hang at both ends of the gallery; they are 6ft Twentieth Century to the present. Some artists the New Gallery. In 1921, Stevens moved to x 20ft in size and fifteen feet in the air. Hours: from the collection, such as Edward Kemeys, New Orleans to become a professor of art at Mon.-Thur., 8:30am-8pm & Fri., 8:30am-5pm. Louis Paul Jonas, and Anna Hyatt Huntington, Sophie Newcombe College, now part of Tulane Contact: Cara-lin Getty, Director, 803/938-3727 are icons among American animal sculptors. University. During his summer and winter vaca- or e-mail at ([email protected]) or Laurel Contemporary sculptors in the exhibit have car- tions Stevens would take numerous trips into Jordan, Gallery Assistant, 803/938.3801 or ried on the legacy of their predecessors. Among the landscape. These trips fostered his prolific e-mail at ([email protected]). them are sculptors whose works are winning career. Stevens died in 1949 after retiring and awards and being acquired by important museum moving back to Vevay. Admission: Yes. Hours: University Gallery, Anderson Library, USC- and private collections. Ongoing -"Lowcountry: Wed.-Fri, 10am-5pm; Sat.,10am-5pm; and till Sumter, Sumter. Through Apr. 12 - "doni jordan: Change and Continuity," a major new exhibit, tells 9pm on 3rd Thur. of each month. Closed on tomes". Trained as a graphic designer, Jordan the story of human interaction with this land over national holidays. Contact: 864/582-7616 or at has long had a passion for symbols, punctuation the centuries. It features wall size photomurals by (www.spartanburgartmuseum.org). and typography. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8:30am-8- SC naturalist photographer Tom Blagden, along pm; Fri., 8:30am-1pm; & Sun., 2-6pm. Contact: with a range of artifacts tracing the history of Work by Jack Rookard ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Spartanburg Cara-lin Getty, Director, 803/938-3727 or e-mail man's occupation of this extraordinary landscape. Campus of University of South Carolina Up- at ([email protected]) or Laurel Jordan, General Gardens, Ongoing - One of the largest Blue Ridge Arts Council Gallery, 111 E. state, 800 University Way, Spartanburg. Ongo- Gallery Assistant, 803/938.3801 or e-mail at collections of outdoor sculpture in America. This South 2nd & Townville Streets, Seneca. ing - "USC Upstate Outdoor Sculpture Collec- ([email protected]). preeminent collection of American represen- Through Apr. 15 - "SDOC Student Exhibit," tion". Available to viewers year-round, these 13 tational sculpture includes - 560 works by 240 featuring the annual exhibit of artwork produced works can be seen in front of the Campus Life artists - representing such well-known artists by our Oconee County School students in Center, the Humanities and Performing Arts Umpteenth Gallery, Arts and Letters Building, as Charles Parks, Daniel Chester French, Carl grades K-12. Apr. 22 - May 13 - "Postcard Center, the Horace C. Smith Science Building, University of South Carolina Sumter, 200 Miller Milles, August Saint-Gaudens and Anna Hyatt Art Exhibit". Hours: Tue.-Fri., 1-5pm. Con- Tukey Theatre and the Kathryn Hicks Visual Road, Sumter. Through Apr. 30 - "Re-Mix: Huntington. Hours: daily, 9:30am-5pm Admis- tact: 864/882-2722 or at Arts Center. While the majority of the outdoor El Ciclo Oscuro," featuring works by Cara-lin sion: Yes. Admission to Brookgreen is good for (www.blueridgeartscenter.com). sculptures belong to internationally acclaimed Getty. Getty states: "This is the first time this seven days. Contact: 843/235-6000 , 800-849- artist Bob Doster, other artists included are Jim series has been shown together as an exhibit. 1931, or at (www.brookgreen.org). Gallucci, Daingerfiled Ashton, Winston Wingo, continued on Page 49

Page 48 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 The series content is influenced by my travels Allen. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5pm. Contact: exhibits,"The Gullah/African Link" and "Out of - Featuring a cooperative open studio and gal- in California and Mexico. The images were Cara-lin Getty, Director, 803/938-3727 or e-mail Africa," featuring rare Shona Verdite sculptures lery shared by nine professional artists working originally, small collages that were manipulated at ([email protected]) or Laurel Jordan, by various artists from Zimbabwe, Africa, and in various mediums, including Lynn Wilson, Dot digitally and printed on a plotter. These works Gallery Assistant, 803/938.3801 or e-mail at original photographs by Gullah photographer and Goodwin, Ginny Caraco, Margaret Bass, Libby are definitely Post Modern in style, with the use ([email protected]). gallery owner Rev. Kennneth F. Hodges. Also, Bussinah, Ann Starnes, Karen White, Midge of appropriation to create works that are eclec- an array of antiques, batiks, and artworks for the Bremer, and Lea McMillan. Commissions are tic in sensibility." Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5- William J. Reynolds Gallery, USC-Sumter, discerning collector. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5- accepted, and art classes are offered after pm. Contact: Cara-lin Getty, Director, 803/938- Administration Building, 200 Miller Road, :30pm. Contact: 843/525-9006 or at school & privately. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm 3727 or e-mail at ([email protected]) or Sumter. Ongoing - Featuring paintings of (www.lybensons.com). & most Sat., 10am-2pm or by appt. Contact: Laurel Jordan, Gallery Assistant, 803/938.3801 William J. Reynolds, an ex-military pilot who’s 803/432-9955 or e-mail at (LibbyB@bellsouth. or e-mail at ([email protected]). paintings reflect his career. Hours: M-F, Rhett Gallery, 901 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongoing - net). 8:30am-5pm. Contact: Cara-lin Getty, Director, Featuring prints and paintings of the Lowcountry 803/938-3727 or e-mail at (cgetty@uscsumter. by four generations of artists, wildfowl carvings Charleston edu) or Laurel Jordan, Gallery Assistant, by William Means Rhett, antique prints & maps, 803/938.3801 or e-mail at (jordalau@usc- Audubons, and Civil war material. Hours: Mon.- Broad Street, Charleston. Apr. 1, 5-7pm - sumter.edu). Sat., 9am-5:30pm; Sun. 11am-2pm. Contact: "First Fridays on Broad," featuring an artwalk 843/524-3339 or at (www.rhettgallery.com). with the following galleries: Atmah Ja’s Gallery, Travelers Rest Bernie Horton Gallery, Ellis-Nicholson Gallery, The Craftseller, 818 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongo- Hamlet Fine Art, Edward Dare Gallery, COCO Trillium Arts Center, 319 South Main St., Trav- ing - Featuring unique works by American VIVO, Mary Martin Fine Art, Spencer Galleries, elers Rest. Ongoing - Featuring a new exhibit artists in pottery, jewelry, metal, glass, textiles, Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art, and Martin every 6-8 weeks, a retail area for display and wood, painting and kaleidoscopes. Hours: Gallery. Contact: Stephanie Hamlet at 843/722- sale of member artists’ work, and an artists’ Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., noon-4pm. 1944 or Jeannette Nicholson at 843/722-5353. co-op. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: Contact: 843/525-6104 or at 864/834-2388 or at (www.trilliumartscentre.org). (www.craftseller.com). French Quarter area downtown Charleston, May 6, 5-8pm - The French Quarter Gallery Walterboro The Gallery, 802 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongo- Association's ART WALK. The over 30 member ing - Original contemporary creations includ- galleries of the association will welcome visitors SC Artisans Center, 334 Wichman Street, 2 ing oil on canvas, bronze, stone, and ceramic with light refreshments and the opportunity miles off I95, exits 53 or 57, Walterboro. Ongo- sculpture, acrylic & ink on paper, and works in of meeting many of the represented artists. ing - Featuring work of nearly 450 of the SC's glass, wood and photography. Hours: Mon.- “Walkers” may begin at any of the association leading artists. The Center offers educational Sat.,11am-5pm, or by appt. Contact: 843/470- galleries and pick up an Art Walk rack card with and interpretive displays of Southern folklife. Its 9994 or at (www.thegallery-beaufort.com). a map. The ART WALKs take place in Mar., mission is to enhance the appreciation and un- May, Oct. & Dec. For info check out derstanding of the rich cultural heritage of South Belton (www.FrenchQuarterArts.com). Carolina. Also - "Handmade: A Celebration of the Elements of Craft". Artists and craftsmen from all Carlene Shuler Brown Gallery, 3605 Old Ann Long Fine Art, 54 Broad Street, Charleston. Work by Jennifer Van Allen over the state will sit on the porch of the center Williamston Road, Belton. Ongoing - Original Ongoing - Classical Realism – still life, figura- creating their artwork. This event takes place watercolor paintings and prints by Carlene Shuler tive work, landscapes and sculpture. The work Upstairs Gallery, USC - Sumter, second-floor every 3rd Sat. of each month 11am-3pm. Hours: Brown. Also acrylic collages and paper collages represented by the gallery spans two genera- lobby area of the Administration Building, 200 Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: using stained papers, oriental papers and lace tions of contemporary artists trained, in the most Miller Road, Sumter. Apr. 8 - June 15 - "RUST," 843/549-0011 or at (www.southcarolinaartisan- papers by Carlene Shuler Brown. Commis- prestigious ateliers in Florence, Italy, to use the featuring a photographic series by Jennifer Van scenter.org). sioned paintings Painting and drawing classes classical, realist techniques of European Old are offered. Custom framing is offered also. Master artists: oil paintings and drawings by Ben Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: Long, as well as his studies for fresco; including 864/225-3922. Charleston artist Jill Hooper’s still lifes and recent figure work; and many works by teachers of the Bluffton Florence Academy, including its founder Daniel Graves. Also, represented are the figurative SC Commercial Galleries Four Corners Art Gallery and Fine Framing, monotypes from the estate of deceased German 1263 May River Rd.,Historic District, Bluffton. Modernist Otto Neumann (1895 – 1975). Hours: Aiken / North Augusta Bay St. Gallery, 719 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongo- Ongoing - Featuring works by 12 artists with Tue.-Sat., 11-5pm and by appt. Contact: 843/577- ing - Offering original works focusing on many an especially local flavor.The works are in 0447 or at (www.annlongfineart.com). Lee-Johnston Originals and Art, 401 W. different aspects of what is best about the Low- acrylic,oil, mixed media, pen and ink, pottery Martintown Rd., on the courtyard of the North country and celebrating the beautiful fragility of and wire sculture.A real treat.We have a fine Artizom Framing & Gallery, 334 E. Bay Street, Hills Shopping Center, Suite 10, North Augusta. this unique wetlands area. A variety of media, collection of custom picture frame mouldings Suite J, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring the Ongoing - Featuring hand-produced fine and oil, acrylic, pastel, printmaking and sculpture and an experienced staff to work with anything contemporary artwork of Jackie and Charles decorative art, ranging from limited-edition sensitively interprets and conveys the essence from the unusual to the museum treated piece. Ailstock. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm or by appt. photographic prints to hand-stitched quilts, by of coastal SC. Artists include Jim Draper, Su- Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 11am- Contact: 843/723-3726 or at (www.artizom.com). local and regional artists, including: Nancy B. san Graber, Lana Hefner, Mandy Johnson, Su- 2pm. Contact: 843/757-8185. Smith, R.R. Frazier, and Joni-Dee Ross. The san Mayfield, Marcy Dunn Ramsey, and Taylor Atmah Ja’s Gallery, The Art of Core Con- gallery also carries books and original greeting Nicole Turner. South Carolina's finest collection Maye River Gallery, 37 Calhoun St., Bluffton. sciousness, 29 Broad St., Charleston. Ongoing cards. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm or by appt. of sweetgrass baskets compliments the other Ongoing - Featuring works by: Anne Hakala, - We welcome you to the gallery to witness the Contact: 803/8198533. works. Hours: Mon-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: Barb Snow, Bobsy Simes, Carrol Kay, Diane exclusive mastery of Iamikan. His pieces are 843/522-9210 or at (www.baystgallery.com). Dean, Kelly Davidson, Donna Ireton, Jo dye, crafted by harnessing elemental forces which Southern Moon Pottery, LLC, 239 Woodward Joyce Nagel, Cora Rupp, Laura Silberman, he designs and directs n animatation on me- Drive., Aiken. Ongoing - Working studio, fea- Charles Street Gallery, 914 Charles Street, @ Kathy Tortorella, Judy Saylor McElynn, Marci diums such as wood, steel, glass, canvas and turing handcrafted pottery in porcelain, earth- Charles & Greene Street, Beaufort. Ongoing - Tressel, Susan Knight, Vickie Ebbers, Julie steel. Atmah Ja’s is the first in Charleston to be enware, stoneware and raku by local, regional Located in a lovingly restored building, we offer Yeager. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: artistically designed to shapeshift from a yoga/ & national ceramic artists as well as works by custom framing and handcrafted furniture, and 843/757-2633 or at massage studio to an art gallery. Hours: Tue.- Mary Grant and Donna Proctor, potters and feature exhibits by local artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., (http://www.mayerivergallery.com/). Sun., 12:30-6pm. Contact: 843-577-3111 or at owners. Evening classes available. Hours: by 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: 843/521- (www.atmahjas.com). appt. Contact: 803/646-8170 or 9054 or at (www.thecharlesstreetgallery.com). Pluff Mudd Art, 27 Calhoun St., Bluffton. On- (www.southernmoonpottery.com). going - Featuring works by Diane Dean, Steve Bernie Horton Gallery, 43 Broad St., Charles- Four Winds Gallery & Market, 709 Bay Street, White, Cheryl Eppolito, Vickie Jourdan, Lynda ton. Ongoing - Featuring original oil paintings The Artists' Parlor, 126 Laurens Street, N.W., Beaufort. Ongoing - Featuring a collection of Potter, Marilyn McDonald, David Knowlton, by Bernie Horton. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5- Aiken. Ongoing - Featuring fine American crafts sacred art brought directly from the studios of Laura Cody, Ed Funk, Emily Wilson, Jim Re- :30pm or by appt. Contact: 843/727-4343 or at and art objects. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5- artists from around the world. Genres include, nauer, Joan Salob, Caroll Williams, and Betty (www.berniehortongallery.com). :30pm. Contact: 803/648-4639. iconography, weavings, paintings, carvings, Hintz. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: folk art, ceramics and jewelry. Also featuring a 843/757-5590. Bird's I View Gallery, 119-A Church St., Charles- Wild Hare Pottery, 1627 Georgia Avenue at the selection of exceptionally well-designed handi- ton. Ongoing - Featuring originals and prints of corner of Alpine Avenue, N. Augusta. Ongoing - crafts from global cooperatives. Browse the Preston Pottery Studio, 10 Church Street, Bluff- bird life by Anne Worsham Richardson. Hours: Featuring handcrafted pottery in porcelain, earth- Gallery and relax in the connecting Four Winds ton. Ongoing - Featuring above average pottery Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact 843/723-1276, enware, stoneware, and raku by David Stuart. Cafe and Bakery. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. since 1973 by Jacob Preston. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 843/766-2108 or at Hours: M-F, 10am-5pm. (Call ahead.) Contact: Contact: 843/379-5660 or at 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/757-3084. (www.anneworshamrichardson.com). 803/279-7813. (www.fourwindstraders.com). Camden Blue Heron Glass, 1714 Old Towne Rd., Anderson I. Pinckney Simons Galleries, 711 Bay St., Northbridge Shopping Center near T-Bonz Beaufort. Ongoing - Featuring a collection of Dovetails, 645 Rutledge Street, Camden. Ongo- Steak House, Charleston. Ongoing - Whether Brushstrokes, 1029 S. McDuffie St., Ander- 30 artists presenting original sculpture, painting - Featuring custom bench crafted furniture by commissioning an exquisite stained glass son. Ongoing - Uniquely painted furniture, faux ings, photography, and jewelry. Also exhibiting by Jim Rose. Each piece is made by hand to panel for home or office, stocking up on hard- finishes and original artwork featuring the works fine lowcountry basketry, and stainless steel the client’s specifications. Jim works in a variety to-find supplies for the glass artist, or select- of Pamela Tillinghast Sullivan. Hours: Mon.-Tues. wildlife sculpture. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5- of woods including heart pine, walnut, cypress, ing the perfect gift, Blue Heron Glass is truly or by appt.; Wed.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: pm; Sat., 11am-3pm, and by appt. Contact: maple, and cherry. Jim also works in exotic a place where light and color blend through 864/261-3751. 843/379-4774 or at (www.ipsgallery.com). woods form South America and Africa. Visitors imagination. We offer a wide variety of classes. can watch individual pieces of furniture being Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm, & Sat., 10am-3- Hughes Twins Art Gallery, 147 Powell Road, Indigo Gallery, 809 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongo- built. Every piece has its own personality and pm.Contact: 843/769/7299, or at Anderson. Ongoing - Featuring works by ing - Featuring a gallery of fine art, including becomes an instant heirloom. Hours: Mon.-Sat., (www.blue-heron-glass.com). Donnie, Ronnie, & Amanda Hughes. Hours: by a unique selection of paintings by local and 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 770/330-5000 or appt. only. Contact: 864/225-7533 or at regional artists. Represented are: Sandra Bag- 803/446-3124. Carolina Clay Gallery, Freshfields Village, (www.HughesTwins.com). gette, Alison Crossman, Gloria Dalvini, Janet 565 Freshfields Dr., located at the intersec- Mozley, and Polly Swenson. Also: Peter Pette- Rutledge Street Gallery, 508 Rutledge St., tion of Seabrook and Kiawah Islands, 15 miles Beaufort Area grew, Kelley Sanford & Liz Reitz. Fine custom Camden. Ongoing - Featuring original works of south of Charleston, Johns Island. Ongoing framing is also available. Hours: Mon.-Sat., art from regional and national artists includ- - Carolina Clay Gallery features the work of Art & Soul, 917-B Bay St., Old Bay Market- 10am-5pm. Contact: Janet Deaton 843/524- ing Clara Blalock, Elizabeth Barber, Anne Biv- over 100 North and South Carolina potters and place, Beaufort. Ongoing - Featuring works 1036. ens, Yong Chu Chang, Marjorie Greene, Joyce glass artists. Also available are the wonderful, by local and regional artists including paint- Hall, Seth Haverkamkp, Carrie Payne, John whimsical life size copper frogs of Charles and ings, jewelry, pottery, photography, wood and Longo Gallery, 103 Charles Street, Beaufort. Pototschnik, Bob Ransley, Dennis Snell, Maci Zan Smith. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10am-8pm, & more. Artists represented include: Marlies Wil- Ongoing - Featuring new works including paint- Scheuer, and many more. Chinese Antique Sun., 11am-6pm. Contact: 843/243-0043 or at liams, Mary Grayson Segars, Bill Mead, Mary ings, collages and constructions by Eric Longo & Furniture Pieces. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. (www.carolinaclaygallery.com). Ann Riley, Mary Jane Martin, Kelly Davidson, sculptures by Suzanne Longo. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Contact: 803/425-0071 or at Eric Horan, Charles DeLoach and Ronnie 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/522-8933. (www.rutledgestreetgallery.com). Carolina Galleries, 106-A Church St., Riddle. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm or Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring 19th and 20th by appt. Contact: 843/379-9710 and e-mail at Ly Bensons Gallery & Studio, 211 Charles The Artists’ Attic, 930 S. Broad St., look for Century Southern work and art of the Charles- ([email protected]). Street, Beaufort. Ongoing - Featuring the the maroon striped awning, Camden. Ongoing continued on Page 50 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 49 Fire & Earth: Fine Pottery, 1417 Ashley River Indigo Fine Art Gallery, 102 Church St., Rd., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring original Charleston. Apr. 30 - May 31 - "The Es- work by gallery owner Kris Neal, and the sence of Vapor," featuring a new collection of SC Commercial Galleries Charleston area's most comprehensive pottery watercolors by Helen K. Beacham. A reception continued from Page 49 classes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: will be held on Apr. 30, from 5-8pm. Ongo- 843/766-2776 or at ing - Featuring artwork by Helen K. Beacham, ton Renaissance, including Alfred Hutty, Alice (www.dobbinartgallery.com). (www.fireandearthpottery.com). Paula Lonneman and Judith Perry, along with Ravenel Huger Smith, Anna Heyward Taylor handblown glass seashells, raku pots and the and Elizabeth O’Neill Verner, as well as work Dog & Horse, Fine Art and Portraiture, & Gallery Chuma,, 43 John Street, across from work of special guest artists throughout the by contemporary artists Stephen Chesley, Sculpture Garden, 102 Church St. Charles- the Visitor's Center, Charleston. Ongoing - year. Stop by and see works-in-progress as Craig Crawford, Julyan Davis, Gary Grier, ton. Ongoing - The gallery represents artists "African American Works on Paper," featuring well, since the artist/owners are always there & Johnson Hagood, Chestee Harrington, Philip nationally and internationally recognized as master artists Jacob Lawrence and Romare probably painting! Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5- Juras, Tom McNickle, Margaret M. Peery, Philip leading talent in both equine and canine art. Bearden, as well as renowned artist Jonathan pm. Contact: 843-805-9696 or at Smallwood, Mickey Williams, Evan Wilson and Along with exquisite fine art, the gallery also Green. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm.; Sun., (www.IndigoFineArtGallery.com). Stephen Scott Young. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- offers individualized assistance to ensure the 1-6pm. Contact: 843/722-8224. 5pm, or by appt. Contact: 843/720-8622 or at most suitable artist for a custom portrait. Hours: Julia Santen Gallery, 188 King Street, Charles- (www.carolinagalleries.com). Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 11am-5pm. Con- Gallery Cornelia, 90 Cannon Street, Charles- ton. Ongoing - Offering original vintage poster art, tact: 843/577-5500 or at ton. Ongoing - a new fine arts gallery on the encompassing the Belle Epoque, Art Nouveau, Carolina Antique Maps and Prints LLC, 91 (www.dogandhorsefineart.com). Charleston art scene, specializes in nation- Art Deco and Contemporary eras. Hours: open Church St., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring ally recognized African American artists and mostly, closed sometimes and by appt. Contact: Antique Maps and Prints from the 16th to the East Bay Garden Gallery, 114 E. Bay St., in contemporary women artists. Yvonne Pickering 843/534-0758 or at 19th century. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm or by Coates Row, near Rainbow Row, Charleston. Carter, gallery curator and artist, is Profes- (www.juliasantengallery.com). appt. Contact: 843/722-4773 or at Ongoing - Artist and owner, W. Hampton sor Emerita and returned to her hometown, (www.carolinaantiqueprints.com). Brand provides a unique and more complete Charleston after a career as Art Professor and Lime Blue, 62-B Queen Street, in Blink!'s old "Charleston experience" with his art. His pri- Department Chairperson at the University of space, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring works Charleston Crafts, 161 Church Street, across mary subject is the significant architecture and the District of Columbia She is devoted to bring by Susan Avent, Mary Edna Fraser, Matt Over- from Tommy Condon's, one block south of beautiful historic buildings of our city. For those quality art to the low country. Hours: by appt. end, Lynn Riding, Mary Walker, and Jeff Kopish. Market St., Charleston. Ongoing - Charleston who seek the ultimate Charleston keepsake - Contact: 843/805-8444. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/722- Crafts is the longest operating craft cooperative he puts his art on the increasingly rare artifacts 1983 or at (www.shoplimeblue.com). in Charleston, featuring only items designed of historic roofing slate and old handmade Gaye Sanders Fisher Gallery, 124 Church St., and created by SC artists. Gallery showcases a Charleston brick. In addition to his art, you're Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring original oil and Lowcountry Artists Ltd, 148 E. Bay St., blend of contemporary and traditional craft me- invited to browse among the eclectic garden watercolor paintings by Gaye Sanders Fisher. Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring works by dia plus photography. Hours: Sun.-Thur., 10am- finds in the courtyard including old gates, statu- Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm. Con- Denise Athanas, Carolyn Dubuque, Lynda Eng- 6pm & Fri.-Sat., 10am-8pm. Contact: 843/723- aries, pottery, unique iron pieces and so much tact: 843/958-0010 or at lish, Carolyn Epperly, Lynne N. Hardwick, Rana 2938 or at (www.CharlestonCrafts.org). more. Hours: Mon.-Sun., 9am-2pm. Contact: (www.gayesandersfisher.com). Jordhal, and Jackie Wukela. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 843/958-0490 or 843/327-6282. 11am-5pm & Sun., 1-5. Contact: 843/577-9295 COCO VIVO interior and fine art for relaxed Gordon Wheeler Gallery, 180 East Bay Street, or at (www.lowcountryartists.com). living, Gallery Row, 25 Broad St., Charleston. Edward Dare Gallery, 31 Broad Street, Charleston. Ongoing - Original paintings and lim- Ongoing - Featuring works by Tony van Has- between Church & State Sts., Charleston. ited edition prints of golf, lowcountry landscapes M Gallery of Fine Art, 11 Broad St., Charles- selt, aws, Mitch Billis, Patricia Roth and Roger Ongoing - Featuring a variety of original works and Charleston scenes by Gordon Wheeler. ton. Apr. 1 - 30 - "An American Collection: Milinowski. Also representing jewelry designer by established artists who have studied with Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun. 11am-4pm. Works by Gene Costanza from West to East," Betty Holland and photographer Sandy Logan. masters of their fields. Painting styles include Contact: 843/722-2546. featuring an exhibit of the latest works by Gene Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5:30 & Fri. till 8pm. abstracts, figurative works, landscapes and Costanza. A reception will be held on Apr. 1, Contact: 843/720-4027 or at architectural pieces. In addition to the broad from 5-8pm.Ongoing - Representing artists (www.coastandcottage.com). range of paintings, this gallery also offers an whose work reflects the major cultural shift exquisite collection of photography, select occurring in the art world today, with painters Coleman Fine Art, 79 Church St., Charleston. jewelry, unique works in wood, contemporary following the mandate of Fred Ross, (Chairman Ongoing - Both a fine art gallery, and a gold porcelain and figurative sculpture. Featuring of the Art Renewal Center) to a "dedication to leaf studio, Coleman Fine Art has been repre- paintings by Jim Darlington, Beth McLean, standards of excellence both in training and in senting regional and national artists for over Leslie Pratt-Thomas, Ann lee Merrill, Roberta artistic execution, and a dedication to teaching 30 years. The Coleman studio produces the Remy, Rich Nelson, Anita Louise West, Kathy and learning with great discipline and devotion, finest handcrafted gilt frames, and offers gilding Sullivan, Michael Patterson, Madeline Dukes, to the methods, developments and break- restoration. The gallery specializes in Contem- Douglas Grier, Sally Cade, Roberta Remy, throughs of prior generations". Hours: Mon.- porary American paintings of both the American Holly Reynolds, and Patricia Madison Lusk. Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 11am-4pm. Contact: Impressionist and Realist schools. We proudly Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-5pm, & Sun. by appt. 843/727-4500 or at represent watercolor painter Mary Whyte, Contact: 843/853-5002 or at (www.mgalleryoffineart.com). whose paintings focus on the life and culture (www.edwarddare.com). of the indigenous people of the South Carolina Mary Martin Gallery of Fine Art, 39 Broad St., Lowcountry. Currently we represent some of Elizabeth Carlton Studio, 85 Wentworth Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring original art the country’s leading plein-air painters, John Street, corner of St. Philip and Wentworth St., in a variety of media by: Fletcher Crossman, Cosby, Gil Dellinger, Marc R. Hanson, Kevin Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring the whimsi- Jean Claude Gaugy, Richard Pankratz, Barbara Macpherson, Gregory Packard, George Strick- cal, vibrant and playfully designed pottery of McCann, Cary Henrie, Philippe Guillerm, Gilles land, and Mary Whyte. Hours: Mon., 10am-4- Elizabeth Carlton. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5- Payette, Douglass Freed, Kathleen Earthrowl, pm; Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm or by appt. Contact: pm. Contact: 843/853-2421 or at Randall LaGro, Gwen Fox, Cindy Drozda, 843/853-7000 or at (www.colemanfineart.com). (www.elizabethcarlton.com). David Nittmann, Martin Eichinger, Gregory Work by Karen Hewitt Hagan Beck, Chad Awalt, Alessandro Casson, Cone 10 Studios, 1080-B Morrison Drive, in Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art Gallery, 58 Barbara Westwood, Michael Sugarman, Jim the heart of NoMo, Charleston. Ongoing - A Broad St., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring oil Hagan Fine Art Gallery & Studio, 27 1/2 State Pittman, Gloria Coker, Corey Scott Fisher, Bob studio and gallery of local potters and sculptors. paintings by Simon Balyon, Roger Dale Brown, St., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring works by Ichter, Norman Cable, Barbara Dave, Mariya We also offer classes in beginning to intermedi- Evgeny & Lydia Baranov, Johannes Eerdmans, Karen Hewitt Hagan. Hours: Tue.-Sun., 11am-5- Zvonkovich, Arleta Pech,Ed Klink, Art Valero, ate wheel throwing and clay sculpture. Hours: Gerard Ernens, Hennie de Korte, Lynn Gerten- pm. Contact: 843/754-0494 or at David Datwyler, Robin Daniels, Don Quade, Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: bach, Lindsay Goodwin, Frits Goosen, Willem (www.HaganFineArt.com). John Sherman, Densaburou Oku, Cheryl 843/853-3345 or at (www.cone10studios.com). Heytman, Rene Jansen, Stapleton Kearns, Abbe Lorance, Andi Wolfe, Ron Artman, Jerry Zin Lim, Janny Meijer, Joan Miro, Scott Moore, Hamlet Fine Art Gallery, 7 Broad St., close to Rhodes, Pat Kramer, Jason Antol, William Brian Corrigan Gallery, 62 Queen Street, Charles- Craig Nelson, J. Christian Snedeker, George the Old Exchange building, Charleston. Ongo- Hibbard, Benoit Averly, Jan Jacque, Michael ton. Ongoing - Contemporary fine art including Speck, Aleksander Titovets, Lyuba Titovets, ing - For the savvy collector, we feature original Downs, and others. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5- paintings, photography, prints and sculpture. Niek van der Plas, Frans van der Wal, Gert-Jan artwork by exclusive award-winning artists‚ Kellie pm & Sun. noon-5. Contact: 843/723-0303 or at Now showing works by Manning Williams, Veenstra, HyeSeong Yoon. Bronze sculpture Jacobs (pastels); Tim Greaves, Melinda Lewin, (www.MaryMartinART.com). Mary Walker, Lynne Riding, Duke Hagerty, by world-renowned Dutch artist Marianne and Jennifer Black (0ils); Caroline Street Trickey Gordon Nicholson, Tim Fensch, Max Miller, Houtkamp, jewelry by Chicago-based designer (watercolors); Stephanie Shuler Hamlet (mixed Martin Gallery, 18 Broad Street, ground floor John Moore, Kristi Ryba, Lolly Koon, Kevin Amy Lenzi and photography by Ella Richard- media abstracts); Bill Campbell and Ken Folliet of the Peeople’s Building, corner of Broad and Bruce Parent, Lese Corrigan and Sue Simons son. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: (flambeaux art pottery) and Mark Woodward and State Streets, Charleston. Ongoing - Featur- Wallace. Located in the heart of the downtown 843/722-3660 or at (www.ellarichardson.com). Charles Smith (whimsical and realistic sculp- ing paintings by Mitch Billis, Kathleen Billis, historic district of Charleston’s French Quarter. tures). Hours: Mon.-Thur., 11am-5 pm; Fri.-Sat., Italian master Imero Gobbato, William Crosby, Artist at work on location - work in progress to Ellis-Nicholson Gallery, 1.5 Broad St., 11am-6pm or by appt. Contact: 843/722-1944 or Christopher Schink, Jennifer Spencer, Jared be viewed. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm or by Charleston. Ongoing - Paintings by Victo- at (www.Hamletgallery.com). Clackner, and Gilles Charest; sculpture by Leo chance & appt. Contact: 843/722-9868 or at ria Platt Ellis, Jeannette Cooper Nicholson, Osborne, Claire McArdle, and James R. Pyne; (www.corrigangallery.com). Brian Scanlon and Robert M. Sweeny. Also Horton Hayes Fine Art, 30 State St., Charles- and photography by Michael Kahn. Also, offer- representing sculptors Alex Palkovich and ton. Ongoing - Featuring marshscapes and ing select jewelry and glass art by America’s Courtyard Art Gallery, 149 1/2 East Bay Street, John Douglas Donehue, Jr.; jewelry designers Lowcountry images of shrimpers, crabbers, clam- best artisans, featuring custom designs by Charleston. T - ". Ongoing - Featuring works Rebecca Johnston and Carole McDougal; pot- mers, and oyster harvesters in oils and acrylics acclaimed master goldsmith Glade Sarbach by Veronique Aniel, Mary Ann Bridgman, Renee ter Mary Nicholson and glass blower Michael by Mark Horton. Also works by Nancy Hoerter, Davis. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., Bruce, Beverly Brunswig, Wilma Cantey, Carole Barnett. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 11am-6pm or by Shannon Runquist, Bjorn Runquist and Chris 1-5pm & by appt. Contact: 843/723-7378 or at Carberry, Linda Churchill, Christine Crosby, appt. Contact 843/722.5353 or at Groves. Hours: M.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm & Sun., (www.martingallerycharleston.com). Christopher Crosby, Judy Jacobs, Steve Jacobs, (www.ellis-nicholsongallery.com). 12:30-5pm. Contact: 843/958-0014 or at Alexandra Kassing, Tug Mathisen, Yvonne (www.hortonhayes.com). McCallum - Halsey Gallery and Studios, 20 Rousseau, Suzy Shealy, Coleen Stoioff, and Tom Eva Carter's Studio, 6 Gillon Street, Charles- Fulton St., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring a Tremaine. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. ton. Ongoing - Offering the bold abstract Imaging Arts Gallery, 175 King Street, be- changing mix of work by two of the southeast's noon-5pm. Contact: 843/723-9172 or at (www. expressionist oil paintings of Eva Carter. Hours: tween Clifford and Queen, Charleston. Ongo- foremost artists, Corrie McCallum and William courtyardartgallery.com). by appt. only. Contact 843/478-2522 or at ing - A unique showcase of photography includ- Halsey. Including paintings, graphics, and sculp- (www.evacartergallery.com). ing LeCroy’s vastly enlarged leaves, plants, tures for the discerning collector. Hours: by appt. Dobbin Gallery, in Freshfield’s Village, situated and flowers - a culmination of photography only. Contact: 843/723-5977 or at between Kiawah and Seabrook Islands, Johns Eye Level Art, 103 Spring St., Charleston. and technology, as they reveal detail and color (www.halseyfoundation.org). Island. Ongoing - The gallery offers a wide Apr. 29 - May 22 - "(Outsider) Art: Show". Mike that is beyond the reach of the unaided eye. range of artistic styles and subjects by local Elder, owner of EyeLevel Art, and Julie and The fine art photography contains a selection Mickey Williams Studio-Gallery, 132 E. Bay and nationally recognized artists including the Marty Klaper from Artistic Spirit Gallery are of cityscapes, black and whites, international St., corner of East Bay and Broad Charleston. late Josie Van Gent Edell, Mary Garrish, Karen collaborating on a show featuring five nationally architecture, and others. Unique framed pieces Ongoing - Featuring landscape oil paintings by Hewitt Hagan, Henrietta Milan, Susan Colwell recognized Visionary artists including: Jan Boy- that combine 19th century daguerreotypes, Mickey Williams of Lowcountry scenes. Hours: by and Lori Putnam. Wildlife enthusiasts will enjoy er, Alfred Eaker, Casey McGlynn, Mark Miller, ambrotypes, and tintypes with enlarged im- chance. Contact: 843/724-3209 or at one of the areas largest selections of original and Tom Sassano. The exhibit offers visitors a ages will delight history enthusiasts. LeCroy’s (www.mickeywilliams.com). bird paintings by featured artist Alice Dobbin. In chance to collect Outsider Art from nationally photographs are additionally on exhibit at the addition to original oils, the gallery offers world- known artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. New York Hall of Science, New York. Hours: Nina Liu and Friends, 24 State St., Charleston. class Franz porcelain, bronze sculpture and Contact: 843/278-2374 or at Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: "Celebrating its 25th Anniversary". Apr. 1 - 30 - one-of-a-kind jewelry. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- (http://eyelevelart.com/). 843/577-7501 or at (www.imagingarts.com). "Icons for Meditation," featuring an exhibition of 6pm. Contact: 843/768-0450 or at continued on Page 51 Page 50 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 work by papermaker Arthur McDonald. Ongoing artists that each have their own unique process media. Every show is different and unique - Group show by gallery artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., and compositions throughout the gallery. Most and displays work from abstract painting to 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 843/722- of the artists are local, but there are a few from mixed media assemblages. Currently we are 2724. the region and New York. Hours: Tue.-Sat., displaying sculpture by Robin Jones and mixed 10am-5pm or by chance. Contact: 843/577- media assemblage/painting by Andrew Norton One of a Kind Art & Fine Craft Gallery, 74 N. 3292 or at (www.scoopcontemporary.com). Webber. One can expect to visit the gallery Market Street, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring during the week and experience a calm atmo- unique arts and crafts from over 400 American Shelby Lee Gallery, 175 Church St., Charleston. sphere with engaging pieces. Hours: Mon.- artists, including many local artisans. Hours: Ongoing - Showcasing original works by over Thur., 1-4pm; Sat., 1-4pm & by appt. Contact: Sun.-Thur., 10am-10pm & Fri.&Sat, 10-11pm. 20 award winning artists including oil painters 803/765-0838. Contact: 843/534-1774. Matt Constantine, J. Michael Kennedy, Deborah Pellock, Craig Reynolds, Gina Brown, Glenda Bella Vista Art & Framing, 705 Gervais St., People, Places, & Quilts, 1 Henrietta Street, Cason, glass by Internationally renowned master downstairs of City Market Antiques, Columbia. Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring fabric, books, glass artist Kyle Carni and hand forged custom Ongoing - Featuring original works of art of patterns, notions, quilts and Folk Art. Hours: jewelry by owner Shelby Parbel. We also feature varied national artists, regional artists ,vintage Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/937-9333 or fused glass, Franz porcelain and unique gifts. art, antiquarian engravings and etchings, origi- at (www.ppquilts.com). Hours: Gallery: Mon.-Tue., 10am-6pm and Thur.- nal photography. Also a Mort Kunstler dealer Sat., 10am-8pm. Contact: 843/579-9725 or at and large selection of SC artists ,giclees, and Photographics - Portrait Photography & Art (www.shelbyleegallery.com). limited edition prints. And, offering a full service Gallery, 458 Freshfields Dr., in the Freshfields custom framing shop featuring professional, Village, Johns Island. Ongoing - Represent- Smith-Killian Fine Art, 9 Queen Street, corner quality framing at below industry prices. Hours: ing painters and photographers who exemplify of Queen & State Streets, Charleston. Apr. 1 - Tue.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: 803/765- the greatest ability to evoke a mood or sensory 30 - "Intersections: Figurative Works by Shannon Work by Shirley Novak 0808 or e-mail at ([email protected]). impression of a chosen subject matter. This Smith," featuring a solo exhibition by gallery artist subject matter varies and includes landscapes Shannon Smith. This is the first time in the artist’s The Sylvan Gallery, 171 King Street, Charles- Blue Sky Gallery, Five Points, 733 Saluda and still-life depictions of Lowcountry scenes career that she has presented an entire collection ton. Apr. 22 - May 31 - “Spring Fever, featuring Ave., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring the fine as well as themes and experiences from the of oil paintings exploring the figure. A reception works by Shirley Novak. Ongoing - Featuring art paintings and sketches of internationally travels of its artists. The gallery features origi- will be held on Apr. 1, from 5:30-8:30pm. Ongo- 20th & 21st Century traditional and representa- acclaimed artist and muralist, Blue Sky. Also nal works in oil, watercolor, gouache, mixed- ing - Featuring original works by Betty Anglin tional paintings and sculpture. Featuring works featuring art objects from around the world media and fine-art photography. Representing Smith, Jennifer Smith Rogers, Tripp Smith, Shan- by: Cyrus Afsary, Carolyn Anderson, William "Bill" and representing many jewelry artists includ- national artists: Billie Sumner, Fred Jamar, non Smith, Kim English, Susan Romaine, Don Berra, Scott Burdick, Nancy Bush, Frank DiVita, ing Lynn Sky, Kelly Wenner, Moira Carr, Elaine Tammy Papa, Pam Cohen, Vickie Ellis, Aija Stone, NA and Darrell Davis, sculptor. Hours: Glenna Goodacre, John Austin Hanna, Doug Coyne, Sean Hill, Yossi Steinberg, and Ayala Sterns, Elizabeth Drozeski, Sharlyne Duffy, and Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: Higgins, William Kalwick, Ramon Kelley, Linda Bar. Hours: Sat., noon-5pm or by appt. Contact Michael Cyra. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm or 843/853-0708 or at (www.smithkillian.com). Kyser-Smith, Kent Lemon, Huihan Liu, Sue Lyon, 803/779-4242 or at (www.blueskyart.com). by appt. Contact: 843/768-3030 or at Karol Mack, Eric Michaels, Anthony Palliser, Kate (www.kiawahislandphoto.com). Spencer Art Gallery I, 55 Broad St., in historic Palmer, Joan Potter, W. Stanley "Sandy" Proctor, Carol Saunders Gallery, 922 Gervais St., French Quarter District, Charleston. Ongoing Paul Strisik, Sonya Terpening, Barry Thomas, Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring fine art objects - Offering the works of over 35 award winning Rhett Thurman, Curt Walters, and Wayne E. and works by local artists, including Mana Hewitt, artists in a delightfully eclectic mix of subject Wolfe. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm; Sat., 10am- Stephen Chesley, Carol Pittman, Mike Williams, matter, styles, and media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 5pm; & Sun., 11am-4pm. Contact: 843/722-2172 Laura Spong, Heidi Darr-Hope, Judy Hubbard, 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/722-6854 or at or at (www.thesylvangallery.com). Jeri Burdick, Clay Burnett, and Eddie Bryan. (www.spencerartgallery.com). Hours: M-F, 10am-5:30pm; Sat., 11am-5pm. Wells Gallery, 125 Meeting St., Charleston. Contact: 803/256-3046. Spencer Art Gallery II, 57 Broad St., in historic Apr. 1 - 16 - "Nostalgia," featuring new works by French Quarter District, Charleston. Ongoing painter Sally Tharp and all new glass sculpture City Art, 1224 Lincoln Street, Columbia. - Offering the works of over 35 award winning by David Goldhagen and John Geci. A recep- Through Apr. 9 - "Industrial Strength Abstracted artists in a delightfully eclectic mix of subject tion will be held on Apr. 1, from 5-8pm, and a Realism," featuring an exhibit of paintings by matter, styles, and media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., lampwork demonstration from Felice Designs will Joe Byrne. Apr. 28 - May 30 - "Layers and Work by Alice Grimsley 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/723-4482 or at be offered. Ongoing - Featuring original works Passages: A Tribute to Seven Women of (www.spencerartgallery.com). by regular gallery artists: Marty Whaley Adams, Courage and Compassion," featuring works Pink House Gallery, 17 Chalmers Street, David Ballew, Joseph Cave, Dan Cooper, Claire by Stephen Nevitt. A reception will be held Charleston. Through Apr. 30 - "Tiny Tour’ of Studio 151 Fine Art Gallery, next to Mc- Farrell, Bill Gallen, Gary Gowans, Gary Grier, on Apr. 28, from 5-9pm during the "Artista Charleston," featuring a large group of new Crady Restaurant -on the alley,151 E. Bay St., David Goldhagen, Russell Gordon, Glenn Har- Vista" 20th Year celebration. Ongoing - Charleston miniatures by the Pink House Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring works by rington, E.B. Lewis, Whitney Kreb, Kate Long, Featuring works by Jane Aldridge, Jim Arendt, artists. The Pink House, said to be the oldest Bette Lu Bentley-Layne, Carole Carberry, Dixie Brad Lorbach, George Pate, Sue Stewart, Karen Randolph New Armstong, Penny Baskin, Jo extant structure in Charleston, circa 1690, will Dugan, Katherine DuTrumble, Vicki Gates, Bob Larson Turner, Alex Zapata. Hours - Mon.-Sat., Dean Bauknight, Robbie Bell, Kimberly Betch- be included in the Historic Charleston Founda- Graham, Daryl Knox, Madison Latimer, Dianne 10am-6pm. Contact: 843/853-3233 or at man, Tarleton Blackwell, Angela Bradburn, Betty tion’s 2011 Festival of Houses and Gardens. It MunKittrick, Dan Pickett, Colleen Wiessmann, (www.wellsgallery.com). Bramlett, Kathy Casey, Yvette Cummings, Anne will be specially featured on the April 1st and and Detta Cutting Zimmerman. Hours: Mon.- Cunningham, Ray Davenport, Bob Doster, Claire 4th tours. The small paintings by all four artists Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: call Vicki Gates at Wells Gallery at The Sanctuary, at The Sanc- Farrell, Amy Fichter, Tim Floyd, Michael Fowler, are of houses, gates, etc., in the same area as 843/763-5177. tuary on Kiawah Island, about 30 minutes from Harriet Goode, Vanessa Grubbs, Amy Goldstein- the Festival of Houses, principally the French Charleston, in Kiawah's newest and most luxu- Rice, Randy Hanna, Shelley Hehenberger, Bill Quarter, to go along with being included for The Audubon Gallery, 190 King St., Charles- rious resort. Ongoing - Featuring a selection Jackson, Jan Kransberger,Robert Lyon, Esther the first time by Historic Charleston. Ongoing ton. Ongoing - "Charleston's only gallery for the of paintings, jewelry and sculptures of some Melton, Doug McAbee, Fred McElveen, Dale - Florals, landscapes, wildlife and a full line of Natural History and sporting art enthusiast!" Lo- of the Lowcountry's finest artists, Betty Anglin McEntire, Randall McKissick, Max Miller, Tariq Charleston scenes, featuring works by Alice S. cally owned, the gallery specializes in the golden Smith, Shannon Smith, Jennifer Smith Rogers, Mix, Marge Loudon Moody, Blake Morgan, Bruce Grimsley, Nancy W. Rushing, Audrey D. Price, age of natural history (1700-1900), emphasiz- George Pate, Glenn Harrington, Gary Gowans, Nellsmith, Heather Noe, Nicholas Oleszczuk, Ann Bruce W. Krucke, and Alexandria H. Benning- ing John James Audubon, one of Charleston's Karen Larson Turner, Kim English, Felice Kil- Hightower-Patterson, Leslie Pierce, Scotty Peek, ton. Also featuring works by Ravenel Gail- most highly regarded artist. Here, you will find a lian, Grainger McKoy and Darrell Davis. Hours: Carol Pittman, Sylvia Ady-Potts, Alex Powers, Bri- lard. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: tour-de-force of Audubon's "Birds of America" as Mon.-Sat., 10am-8pm & Sun., 10am-6pm. an Rego, May Reisz, Tom Risser, Peggy Rivers, 843/723-3608 or at well as other highly acclaimed natural history art. Contact: 843/576-1290 or at Cindy Saad, Sara Schneckloth, Ed Shmunes, (http://pinkhousegallery.tripod.com/). A sportman's paradise with a large selection of (www.wellsgallery.com). Sherry Silvers, J. Michael Simpson, Robin Smith, antique wildfowl decoys, collectibles, nostalgic Wanda Steppe, Tom Supensky, Nancy Thomp- Raymond Clark Gallery, 307 King Street, paintings, prints of days afield and favorite hunt- Columbia Area son, Tom Thompson, K. Wayne Thornley, Teri Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring the works of ing dogs. We offer museum-quality framing and Tynes, Wendyth Wells, Sam Wilkins, Rod Wimer, over 100 regional & national artists working in conservation services for works of art on paper to Main Street, downtown Columbia. Apr. 7, 6-9pm Susan Nuttall, Rena MacQueen, and Katarina every medium. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. protect and present your most treasured pieces. - "First Thursday on Main". This monthly event Zaric. This represents a rare opportunity to view Contact: 843/723-7555. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: held on the 1st Thursday of the month features a very wide range of acclaimed SC artists at one 843/853-1100 or at (www.audubonart.com). art presentation - up and down Main Street. time. City Art features three distinct gallery spac- Rebekah Jacobs Gallery, 169-B King St., Some of the participants include: S&S Art Supply, es. A complete fine artists supply store is located Charleston. Ongoing - Focusing on Southern The Brizard Studio, one King Street, Suite 404, Tapp’s Center Art Project, Columbia Museum on the lower level. Fine custom designer framing artists and photographers who have powerful Charleston. Ongoing - Original fine oil paintings of Art, Frame of Mind, Artists in the Arcade, is available at City Art. In addition the Gallery is visions of the land of their birth supported by an by Robin Brizard, award-winning impressionist and more. For further information contact Mark often host to a variety of events hosted by rental advanced mastery of their media. The gallery artist. Hours: by appt. only, call 843/577-0964. Plessinger of Frame of Mind at 803/988-1065, clients. City Art is a wonderful space to enjoy and maintains an accelerated exhibition schedule, e-mail at ([email protected]) or Lorri-Ann purchase original art, art supplies, fine framing, non-media specific, which features one-person The Charleston Renaissance Gallery, 103 Carter of CarterTodd & Associates at 803/779- take art classes and have wedding receptions, and group shows throughout the year. Hours: Church Street, at St. Michael's Alley, Charleston. 4005, e-mail at ([email protected]). etc. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-6pm; Fri., 10am-5- Tue.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm or by appt. Contact: Ongoing - Showcasing nineteenth century oil pm; & Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: 803/252-3613 or 843/937-9222 or at paintings, works on paper and sculpture of the Congaree Vista area of Columbia. Apr. 28 - at (www.cityartonline.com). (www.rebekahjacobgallery.com). American South. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. 30, 2011 - "Artista Vista," featuring numerous Contact: 843/723-0025 or at exhibitions of art by area galleries and art spaces. Finleaf Gallery, 2323 Devine Street, Columbia. Rhett Thurman Studio, 241 King St., Charles- (www.fineartsouth.com). Hours: Apr. 28, 4-9pm; Apr. 29, 10am-6pm & Apr. Ongoing - Featuring original artwork by local ton. Ongoing - Featuring original works by Rhett 30, 11am-3pm. Participating locations include: and regional artists, whose work has been Thurman in conjunction with The Sylvan Gallery. The John Carroll Doyle Art Gallery, 125 City Art Gallery, Vista Studios/Gallery 80808, The hand-selected for display in our gallery. Hours: Hours: by appt. only. See works at The Sylvan Church St., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring Gallery at DuPRE, Carol Saunders Gallery, if Art, Tue.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 11am-3pm. Gallery at 171 King Street. Contact: 843/577- works by John Carroll Doyle and Margret Pet- Lewis+Clark, Gallery at Nonnah’s, The South Contact: 803/254-8327 or at (www.finleaf.com). 6066 or at (www.thesylvangallery.com). terson. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: Carolina State Museum, One Eared Cow Glass, 843/577-7344 or at (www.johncdoyle.com). Wink Gallery, Watermark Hypnosis and Serenity Fontenay Fine Art, Antiques and Oriental Robert Lange Studios , 2 Queen St., Charles- Gallery, and Columbia Music Festival Associa- Rugs, 2716 Devine St., Columbia. Ongoing ton. Ongoing - Featuring works by Ali Ca- The John M. Dunnan Gallery, 121 Church tion. For further info contact the Congaree Vista - Featuring antique and contemporary fine art vanaugh, Megan Aline, Robert Lange, Nathan Street, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring works Guild at (www.vistacolumbia.com) or at in our gallery of fine rugs and antiques. We Durfee, Kerry Brooks, Jessica Dunegan, Fred by John M. Dunnan. Including stylistic gesture (www.artistavista.com). now offer full-service framing. Hours: Tue.- Jamar, Michael Moran, Amy Lind, Adam Hall, drawings, paintings and sculpture. Hours: Mon.- Fri., noon-5pm & Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: Joshua Flint, Sean Clancy, and JB Boyd. Hours: Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/720-7425 or at Alicia Leeke Fine Art Studio, 3821 Edinburg 803/254-1352 or at Mon.-Sun., 11am-7pm. Contact: 843/805-8052 (www.johndunnan.com). Rd., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring original (www.fontenayondevine.blogspot.com). or at (www.robertlangestudio.com). acrylic cityscapes, abstracts, monotypes, and The Silver Puffin, 329 King Street, across drawings on canvas and fiber. Giclee’s on Frameland, 619 Harden St., (Five Points, next SCOOP studios, 57 1/2 Broad St., Charles- from Bob Ellis Shoes, Charleston. Ongoing - canvas and paper also available. Hours: by to Grouchos Deli), Columbia. Ongoing - Fea- ton. Apr. 1 - 30 - "From the Ashes," featuring Featuring unique American and International appt. only. Contact: 803/429-5456 or at (www. turing local art in Five Points, close to down- a collection of paintings about destruction and arts and crafts with emphasis on the work of alicialeeke.com). town. USC and college art, diploma frames, renewal by Christopher Murphy. Ongoing - local artisans. Hours: daily, 10am-6pm. Con- Columbia and vintage SC prints. Hours: Featuring a contemporary art gallery that fea- tact: 843/723-7900 or at ART + CAYCE Gallery, 1329 State St., op- Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-3:30pm. tures a new artist each month. In between the (www.silverpuffin.com). posite Brookland Cayce High School, Cayce. Contact: 803/771-4451. shows, the artists are rotated on to the walls Ongoing - Our gallery hosts local artists from of the 10’x40' space. One sees up and coming South Carolina showing works in various continued on Page 52 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 51 Stephen O. Gunter. Hours: M.-Thur., 10am-6pm; just off of Main St., around the corner from Fri., 10am-4pm; & Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: Glass Images, Edgefield. Ongoing - Func- 803/794-7252 or at (www.vistaart.com). tional stoneware pottery by artist/owner, Jane SC Commercial Galleries Bess. Working pottery studio and retail shop continued from Page 51 featuring many one-of-a-kind items....wonderful entertaining pieces.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am- One Eared Cow Glass Gallery & Studio, 1001 5pm; Sat., 10am-2pm; or by appt. Contact: Huger St., (just up the street from the old loca- 803/637-2434 or at tion) Columbia. Ongoing - Handblown glass by (www.janebesspottery.com). Tommy Lockart & Mark Woodham, including per- fume bottles, ornaments, vases, sculpture, bowls, Edisto Island and paperweights, in all price ranges. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: With These Hands Gallery, 1444 Hwy. 174, 803/254-2444 or at (www.oneearedcow.com). next to the Old Post Office Restaurant, Edisto Island. Ongoing - The gallery offers a col- Portfolio Art Gallery, Five Points area, 2007 lection of unique handmade, one-of-a-kind, Devine St., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring the American craft. Representing over 150 artists, work of local, regional & national artists. Hours: you will find: kaleidoscopes, wind chimes, jew- Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 803/256-2434 or elry, hand blown glass, stained glass, pottery, Work by Rob Shaw at (www.portfolioartgal.com). oil lamps, wooden toys, wooden sculptures & decoys, metal sculpture, fiber to wear, photog- Havens Framemakers and Gallery, 1616 Prompt Designs Art Gallery, 3041 N. Main Work by Ethel Brody raphy, original paintings, giclee’s, prints, and Gervais St., Columbia. Apr. 7 - May 1 - Featur- St., near where the train trussel crosses Main more! Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: ing an exhibit of works by Columbia artist Rob St., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring original Vista Studios - Gallery 80808, 808 Lady Street, 843/869-3509 or at Shaw. Principally working in oil, Shaw’s paintings oils and giclees by Porter O'Brien Dodd. Hours: Columbia. Apr. 1 - 12 - "Matt Overend: Free (www.WithTheseHandsGallery.com). include low-country themes as well as Colum- Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 803/252-2927 or Range". Apr. 1 - 12 - "Ashlynn Browning: Geom- bia landmarks. The show is of recent paintings e-mail at ([email protected]). etry Personified". A reception will be held for both Florence created during the last year. The collection will exhibits on Apr. 1, from 5-9pm. Apr. 26 - May 10 consist of 35 to 40 images ranging from small Reinert LePrince Fine Art,179 King Street, - "Prima Vista: Fresh Art at Vista Studios," featur- Lynda English Gallery-Studio, 403 Second to large. A reception will be held on Apr. 7, from Charleston. Ongoing - This gallery functions ing works by the 13 resident artists. A reception Loop Rd., Florence. Ongoing - Featuring works 5-9pm. Ongoing - Exhibiting paintings by local as both a fine art gallery and working studio of will be held on Apr. 28, from 5-9pm, during the by local and regional artists in a variety of media. artists: Jamie Blackburn, Diane Gilbert, Betsy Rick Reinert and Kevin LePrince. Hours: Mon.- "Artista Vista" celebration. Ongoing - Featur- Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-5pm and by appt. Contact: Havens, Rob Shaw, Steven Whetstone, James Wed., 10am-5pm and Thur.-Sun., 10am-6pm ing exhibits by artists of the Vista Studios and 843/673-9144 or at (www.lyndaenglishstudio.net) E. Calk and others. Featuring an extensive col- Contact: 843/442-1664 or at occasional guest exhibitions. Vista Studio artists: lection of handcarved museum quality frames. Art (www.reinertleprince.com). Ethel Brody, Stephen Chesley, Jeff Donovan, Running Horse Gallery (Feather Pottery & and frame restoration. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am- Heidi Darr-Hope, Pat Gilmartin, Robert Kennedy, Interiors, LLC) 928 Old Wallace Gregg Road, 6pm; Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 803/256-1616 or Rita Smith Gallery, at Midtown At Forest Acres Susan Lenz, Sharon C. Licata, Laurie McIntosh, Florence. Ongoing - Featuring ceramic works at (www.havensframemakersandgallery.com). (formally Richland Mall) across from Barnes Michel McNinch, Kirkland Smith, Laura Spong, by Sasha and Tari Federer. Their artwork is one- & Noble, corner of Forest Drive and Beltline and David Yaghjian. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-3pm, of-a-kind, hand crafted, using an array of firing HoFP, 2828 Devine Street, Columbia. Apr. Blvd., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring original Sat.&Sun., 1-4pm or by appt. Contact: 803/252- techniques and surface decoration. Hours; 10am- 15 - May 6 - "Log Cabin Art Guild Annual Juried watercolors, acrylics and oil paintings and col- 6134 or at (www.vistastudios80808.com). 6pm daily, but call first. Contact: 843/992-2178 or Competition & Show". A reception will be held lector prints by Rita Smith as well as paintings e-mail at ([email protected]). on Apr. 15, from 6-8pm. Ongoing - Featuring and photography by 7 other SC artists. Also a Webb Rawls Galleries, 5210 N. Trenholm original works of art from around the world and selection of pottery, stained glass, wood turn- Rd., (Forest Acres, behind First Citizens Bank) Georgetown around the corner. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,9am-5:30pm; ings, jewelry and other original crafts. Hours: Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring fine art and Sat.,10am-5pm, & by appt.. Contact: 803/799- Mon.-Sat. 10am-6pm & Sun. 12:30-6pm. Con- picture framing since 1904. South Carolina’s Prince George Framing Co., 805 Front St., 7405 or at (www.hofpgallery.com). tact: 803/790- 0328. oldest family owned art and frame gallery. Local Georgetown. Ongoing - Featuring superior art, museum framing of fine art at lowest prices. custom framing, a broad selection of quality if ART Gallery, 1223 Lincoln St., Columbia. Southern Pottery, 3105 Devine St., Columbia. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am- prints and posters and great customer service. Ongoing - Featuring works by Don Zurlo, Paul Ongoing - Featuring pottery works by Ken 3:30pm. Contact: 803/787-2787 or at Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. Yanko, Edmund Yaghjian, David Yaghjian, Mike Baskin, Donna Craven, Jeremy Davis, Kim (www.webbrawlsgalleries.com). Contact: 843/527-8413 or at (http://www.prince- Williams, Katie Walker, Bram van Velde, Leo Ellington, Bruce Gholson, Samantha Henneke, georgeframing.com/). Twiggs, H. Brown Thornton, Christine Tedesco, David Hooker, Rocky Lewycky, Peter Lenzo, Wink Gallery, 911-A Lady St., Columbia. Tom Stanley, Laura Spong, Kees Salentijn, Karen Newgard, Mark Peters, Ron Philbeck, Vir- Ongoing - Featuring a wide range of contem- The Georgetown Art Gallery, 705 Front Street, Silvia Rudolf, Edward Rice, Paul Reed, Anna ginia Scotchie, Gay Smith, David Stempfle, Ben porary art by Midlands artists, including Terri Georgetown. Ongoing - Original works and Redwine, Herb Parker, Matt Overend, Janet Truesdale and Mike Vatalaro. Hours: Tue.-Fri., Hutto, Laurie McIntosh, Page Morris, Heather prints by 20 artists, including: Mimi Beaver, Ann Orselli, Marcelo Novo, Dorothy Netherland, 11am-6pm & Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact 803/251- LaHaise, Debbie Martin and Melony Stuckey. Boone, Mike Bowers, Agnes Boyle, Nancy Brack- Philip Morsberger, Joan Mitchell, Eric Miller, 3001 or at (http://southern-pottery.com/). Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat., 10am-3pm en, Barbara Bush, Dottie Dixon, Susan Duke, Sam Middleton, Reiner Mahrlein, Peter Lenzo, and by appt. Contact: 803/238-3855. Phyllis Graham, Dian Hammett, Mark Hilliard, Deanna Leamon, Ger Lataster, Sjaak Kor- The Gallery at DuPRE, 807 Gervais St., Du- Gail Joley, Audrey McLeod, Myrna McMahon, Hal sten, Bill Jackson, Alvin Hollingsworth, Klaus PRE Building, in the Vista, Columbia. Ongoing ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Columbia Moore, Drummond Murdoch, Sue Rutherford, Hartmann, Tonya Gregg, Mary Gilkerson, Ralph - Featuring works by artists who are impacting Frame of Mind, 1520 Main St., across from the Roy & Carol Smith, Susan Tiller and Nancy van Gelbert, Phil Garrett, Jacques Doucet, Jeff the state and beyondartists who are impacting Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia. Ongoing Buren. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: Donovan, Stephen Chesley, Steven Chapp, the state and beyond, in a variety of media. - The FOM Series is a monthly art exhibition 843/527-7711 or at (http://www.georgetownart- Ashlynn Browning, Carl Blair, Aaron Baldwin, Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm or by appt. Contact: dedicated to supporting and featuring both gallery-sc.com/index.html). Karel Appel, Roland Albert and Benny Andrews. Gallery Curator, Byers Greer at 803/546-1143 up-and- coming and established local South Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-7pm & Sat., 11am-5pm. or at (www.dupregallery.com). Carolina artists. Hours: Mon., 10am-2pm & Greenville Area Contact: 803/238-2351 or e-mail at (wroefs@ Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm. Contact: 803/988-1065 or sc.rr.com). The Gallery at Nonnah's, 928 Gervais Street, e-mail at ([email protected]). Downtown Greenville - "First Fridays," featur- Columbia.Ongoing - Featuring works by Edie ing a gallery crawl presented on the first Fri, of John Miranda's South Carolina Artists Gal- Biddle, Ingrid Carson, Gail Cunningham, Jan Conway the month from 6-9pm. Visit galleries through- lery, Dutch Square Mall, next to Belk, 421 Bush Fleetwood, Bonnie Goldberg, Alicia Leek, Betsy out the downtown area. For info: River Rd., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring pastel Mandell, Donna Rozier, and Betsy Stevenson, in Throughout Historic Downtown Conway, 1st (www.fristfridaysonline.com). portraits, pastel paintings and prints by John various media. Hours: Lunch: M.-F., 11:30am-2- Sat. of each month - Featuring an Art Walk Miranda, as well as other works by SC artists. pm; Evenings: M.-Th., 5-11pm; F., 5pm-12:30am; where the many galleries have special exhibits, Art Crossing at River Place, 300 River Street, Also - Featuring a large selection of works by Sat., 6pm-12:30am. Contact: 803/779-9599 or at live music, wine and light refreshments. Hours: @ S. Main, along the Reedy River, Greenville. Erica Hoyt, including Charleston prints, colleges (www.nonnahs.com). 10am-5pm. Contact: call any of the galleries Ongoing - This site includes 18 artists studios of South Carolina and numbered reproduction listed below. including: Studio 101, Guy and Cate Stevens prints. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am -9pm & Sun. The Great Frame Up, 252-M Harbison Blvd., Art Studio, 864/915-8918 or (www.GuySte- 12:30pm-6pm. Contact: 803/750-6750. Columbia. Ongoing - Original works by Edie Pop's Glass Station and Conway Glass vensArt.com). Studio 103, Larry Seymour Biddle and Suzanne Amodio. Variety of work by Gallery, 2416 Main St., (just 500 yards from Wildlife Art, 864/430-8863 or (www.larrysey- Lewis & Clark Gallery, 1221 Lincoln Street, local and regional artists. Giclee and serigraph Conway Feed and Grain and .2 miles from the mourwildlifeart.com). Studio 104, ak DESIGN, Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring work by Clark reproductions on paper and canvas from some Post Office) Conway. Ongoing - Pop’s is an LLC., 864/313-1587 or (www.alkeiser.com). Ellefson and other contemporary artists. Hours: of the world’s most collectible artists. Dealer open-air gallery and glass educational studio Studio 105, Skylark Studio, Cheryl Combs, Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm; Sat., 9am-3pm & by appt. for Somerset House Publishing, Gregory Edi- dedicated to raising the awareness of the visual 864/240-9272 or (www.cherylcombs.com). Contact: 803/765-2405 or at tions / Washington Green Fine Art, Historical arts in Conway and Horry County, SC. Hours: Studio 106, Patrick Collard Studios, 864/430- (www.lewisandclarklamps.com). Art Prints and others. Specialists in custom Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 843/248-4527, 8924, or (www.collardphoto.com). Studio 107, framing. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm. Contact: 843/248-3558, or at (www.popsglass.com). The Jared Collection, 864/304-5124 or (www. Michael Story Studio/Gallery, 116 Brook 803/407-2156 or at thejaredcollection.com). Studio 109, Marie Trout Ct., Lexington. Ongoing - Featuring (www.columbiasc.thegreatframeup.com). Darlington Gruber Photography & Mixed Media, 864/918- traditional landscapes in oil & pastel by Michael 2619 or (www.MarieGruber.com). Studio 110, Story. Giclee & reproduction prints. Hours by The Hive Studio and Gallery, 3310 Harrison The Chameleon Art Gallery, 26 Public Christina Nicole Studios, 864/609-7057, (www. appt. only. Contact: 803/356-4268 or at Rd., across from Zesto just off Forest Dr., near Square, Darlington. Ongoing - Featuring some christina-nicole.com). Studio 111, Emily Clarke (www.michaelstory.com). Richland Fashion Mall, Columbia. Ongoing of the finest artwork in the southeast. Hours: Studio, 864/704-9988 or (www.EmilyClarkeStu- - Featuring exuberant watercolors by Betty Riv- Tue.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 1-4pm. Contact: dio.com). Studio 112, Susanne Vernon Mosaic Mouse House, Inc., 2123 Park St. (historic ers; soft and emotional mixed media by Martha 843/393-6611 or at Artist, 412/953-5652 or (www.susannevernon. Elmwood Park), Columbia. Ongoing - Featur- M. T. Herman; spirited equestrian photography (www.chameleon-gallery.com). com) and August Vernon Artist, 412/953-3036 ing original fibers and mixed-media artwork by by Tina W. Brown; sculpture by Jessica Barnes or (www.augustvernon.com). Studio 201-1, Ron Susan Lenz. Also offering a wide selection of Smith, Elizabeth M. Barnes and Darlene Denmark Gillen, 864/918-3341 or (www.rongillenfinearts. antiquarian prints and beveled mirrors. Hours: Doerr; ceramics by Sonya Wilkins and Janice com). Studio 201-2, Patti Rishforth, 864/350- Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-5pm & most Sat., 10am-2 Sczescy. Also, offering classes ages 5-adult in Jim Harrison Gallery, One South Main Street, 5123 or (www.pattirishforth.com). Studio pm. Contact: 803/254-0842 or at a variety of mediums. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 1pm-6- intersection of Main Street and Highway 78, 201-3, Erin Cramer, 304/906-8813 or (http:// (www.mousehouseinc.blogspot.com). pm and by appt. Contact: 803/467-4112 or at Denmark. Ongoing - Featuring works by Jim erincramer.com). Studio 201-7, Suzanne Day, (home.sc.rr.com/hivestudio/). Harrison including original paintings, limited 864/569-7810 or (www.suzannedaymfa.com). Noble's Fine Art Gallery, 3300 Forest Drive, edition prints and a variety of unlimited edition Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm or at Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring African- Village Artists, Village at Sandhill, 631-8 reproductions, bronzes, etchings and other (www.artcrossing.org). American art, originals, giclees, serigraphs, Promenade Place, next door to Panera, off Two collectible items from Harrison in his more than and lithographs. Portrait artist available. Artists Notch and Clemson Rds., near I-20, Columbia. thirty-year career as an artist. Hours: Tue., Art & Light, a fusion gallery, located in the featured include: Jim Wider, Tyrone Geter, Ongoing - The gallery features the works of 28 Thur., & Fri., 11am-5pm and Wed. & Sat., Flatiron Studios of the Pendleton Street Art John W. Jones, Alice Simmons Bing, Keith local artists offering: workshops, monthly shows 11am-3pm. Contact: 803/793-5796 or at District, 1211 Pendleton St., Greenville. Ongo- Tolen, Lori Starnes, and Carl Crawford. Also and exhibits. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-9pm & (www.jimharrison.com). ing - The gallery brings together visual arts and high quality African sculptures and handmade Sun., noon-6pm. Contact: 803/699-8886. home accessories to provide a boutique that is baskets. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-6pm; & Sat., Edgefield at once unique and incredibly usable. This is 10:30am-5pm. Contact: 803-790-5892 or e-mail Vista Art & Frame, 1752 Airport Blvd., Cayce. the first fusion gallery in the area to offer varied at ([email protected]). Ongoing - Featuring paintings of the South by Jane Bess Pottery LLC, 206 Lynch St., continued on Page 53 Page 52 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 and affordable original art along with wonder- Davis, Jeanet Dreskin, Tom Flowers, William The Clay People Gallery, 1211 Pendleton St., institutional collectors. Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm; fully original home furnishings and accessories. Halsey, Wolf Kahn, James Kirby, Darell Koons, The Flatiron Building, Greenville. Ongoing - Sat., 10am-3pm or by appt. Contact: 843/842- First-time visitors to the gallery are wowed by Paul Matheny, Corrie McCallum, Glen Miller, Featuring contemporary figurative Raku clay 4433 and at (www.morris-whiteside.com). the open, welcoming, and glassy - yet warm Mark Mulfinger, Charles Quest, Ed Rice, Merton sculpture by Angelique Brickner and Rhonda - studios, which afford a view of the burgeon- Simpson, Laura Spong, Carl Sublett, Leo Twiggs, Gushee. Each month the gallery will present Picture This Gallery, 124 Arrow Rd., Suite 5, ing arts district that is West Greenville. Hours: Art Werger, Phillip Whitley, Harrell Whittington, changing works beginning on Greenville's "First at the intersection of Arrow and Target Rd, just Thur.-Sat., 10am-5pm and1st Fri., 6-9pm of Mickey Williams, Paul Yanko, and Jas Zaduro- Fridays" gallery hop. Clay sculpture demonstra- off Sea Pines Circle, Hilton Head Island. Apr. each month. Contact: 864/363-8172 or at wicz Hours: Tue.-Fri., 1-5pm; Sat., 10am-5pm. tions given for small groups and individuals by 1 - May 15 - "A.R.T. Art Recycled from Trash". (www.artandlightgallery.com). Contact: 864/268-2771 or at appointment or special announcement. Hours: This annual juried exhibit showcases creativity (www.HamptonlllGallery.com). Fri. & Sat., 10am-5pm; First fridays, 6-9pm; and and provides focus on the environment we live Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville, 200 N. by appt. Contact: Rhonda Gushee at 513/ 315- in. All original artwork is at least 75% recycled, Main St., Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring an Little House Art Studios, 602 Strange Rd., 1872 or at (www.TheClayPeople.net). re-used and repurposed from elements that artist-owned gallery including works in a variety Taylors. Ongoing - Featuring exhibits of fiber were originally manufactured. Ongoing of media by: Arthur Adams, Nancy Barry, Dottie art, mixed media collages and painting by Village Studios and Gallery, The Village of - Featuring works by proprietor and artist-in- Blair, Laura Buxo, Gerda Bowman, Renee Ca- Susan R. Sorrell and Anne K. Taylor’s photog- West Greenville, 1278 Pendleton St., two story residence Mira Scott, as well as, works by Mary rolla, Pat Cato, Kathy Debose, Robert Decker, raphy, paintings and collages. Hours: by appt. yellow brick building on corner of Pendleton St. Heuer, Barbara Bothwell, Wally Palmer & Mark Edith McBee Hardaway, Chris Hardwick, only. Contact: 864/517-4023 or at and Lois Ave., Greenville. Ongoing - We have Reid, Jim Schulz, Rose Edin, Roy Rupy, Rhon- Jennifer Henderson, Kevin Henderson, Randi (www.littlehouseartstudios.com). 10 studios and the Gallery exhibits the art of da Fantozzi, James Herrmann, Guido Petruzzi, Johns, Cynda LuClaire, Pegi Newton, John these artists plus that of the other artists in the Sheri Farbstein, Sissy, Lisa Shimko, Mark S. Pendarvis, David Waldrop. Other activities llyn strong, 119 North Main Street, Greenville. Village of West Greenville (Pendleton Street Tierney, Don Baker, Catherine West Olivetti, include art demos, classes and workshops. All Ongoing - featuring the works of over 60 na- Arts District) The exhibit is ever changing and Alexis Kostuk, Butch Hirsch, Steven A. Chapp, the members work in the gallery. Hours: Mon.- tional custom jewelry designers and glass blow- at any time there may be pottery, sculpture, J. K. Crum, Archie McRee, Laura Mostaghel, Sat., 10am-6pm, 1st Fri. of every month till ers. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am - 5:30pm. Contact: paintings (oil and acrylic), realistic, abstract, Ellen Moriarty, Mary Sullivan, L. Robert Stan- 9pm., & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact 864/239-3882 or 864/233-5900 or at (www.llynstrong.com). expressionistic, batik, portraits, and framed field & Arla Crumlick Wible, and Clyde Williams. at (www.artistsguildgalleryofgreenville.com). assemblage. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: Also, many other services including design, art Mary Praytor Gallery, 26 So. Main Street, 864/295-9278 or at classes, framing, and Giclee printing. Hours: Catherine Hayes Art + Sculpture - Gallery Greenville. Ongoing - Exhibit of gallery artists (www.villageartstudios.com). Mon-Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat., 9:30am-12:30pm or at Laurel Creek, 121 Cleveland St., Green- include; Scott Belville, Judy Jones, Kent Ambler, by appt. Contact: 843/842-5299 or at ville. Ongoing - Specializing in European Fine Stephen Dell, Spela Brencic, Jack Burgess, Greenwood (www.picturethishiltonhead.com). Art, representing an array of accomplished Margaret Dyer, Ashley Norwood Cooper, Jona- European and American artists. The gallery than Fenske, Dobee Snowber, Jim Heiser, Mary Frame-Up!, 114 Overbrook Drive, Greenwood, Pink House Gallery, 1503 Main Street Village,, promotes the original artworks of current art- Walker, Ken Page, Mark Mulfinger, and Mark SC. Ongoing - Featuring prints and framing by Hilton Head Island. Ongoing - Featuring original ists, to make unique works of art accessible to Anderson. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm; Thur.& Carl Brock and others. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am- art work of regional and nationally known artists; private and commercial clients, and to foster Fri. evenings & Sun. afternoons by appt. Contact: 9pm. Contact: 864/980-4441 or 864/223-6420. plus unique handcrafted gift items. Also, the cultural and artistic exchange through a mix of 864/235-1800. best selection of prints and posters in the area. styles and medium from traditional to contem- Hilton Head Island Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am - 6pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. porary. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., Michael McDunn Art Gallery, 741 Rutherford Contact: 843/681-5169. 10am-4pm. Contact: 864/271-7723 or at Rd., at the intersection of N. Main St., Green- (www.catherinehayesart.com). ville. Ongoing - Showcasing custom studio Smith Galleries, in the Village at Wexford, up- furniture crafted on-location, blacksmithing, ce- stairs in Ste. J-11, 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Charlie Pate Gallery, 11 Lois Ave., Greenville. ramics, painting, printmaking, sculpture, wood- Hilton Head Island. Ongoing - Hilton Head’s Ongoing - Featuring original oil and pastel turning by artists of SC, NC, GA, and national, complete gallery representing more than 300 of paintings by Charlie Pate, as well as drawings, including Kim Blatt, Jim Campbell, Sharon the country’s finest craftsmen offering the finest prints and bronze sculpture. Pate's art is all Campbell, Bob Chance, Don Clarke, Denise in the area of jewelry, kaleidoscopes, wooden representational. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Detrich, Bob Doster, Buddy Folk, Lila Gilmer, jewelry boxes, Sticks furniture, art glass, Contact: 864/430-5967. Griz Hockwalt, Alan Hollar, HSU Studios, Luis kitchen utensils, metal and pottery. The gallery Jaramillo, Lynn Jenkins, Michael McDunn, Re- carries original art as well as fine prints and Christopher Park Gallery, 608-A South Main nato Moncini, Charles Stephan, Tom Zumbach, reproductions and offers complete framing ser- Street, Greenville. Ongoing - Offering hand- and more. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat., vices. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: made and humorous art by North and South 11am-4pm. Contact: 864/242-0311 or at 843/842-2280 or at (www.smithgalleries.com). Carolina artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm & (www.mcdunnstudio.com). Sat., noon-6pm. Contact: 864/232-6744 or at Lancaster (www.christopherparkgallery.com). Midtown Artery, 718-A S. Main St., West End, just one block below the Army/Navy Store and Bob Doster’s Backstreet Studio, Gallery, & Daly Designs Gallery, 421 S. Main St., one block above The American Grocery Res- Work by Lynn Parrott Garden, 217 E. Gay St., at the intersection of Greenville. Ongoing - The gallery continues to taurant, Greenville. Ongoing – Featuring con- White St. & Gay St., one and one half blocks show many local artisits who work in various temporary paintings by world renowned Andre Camellia Art, 8 Pope Avenue, Hilton Head east of Main St., Lancaster. Ongoing - Fea- mediums, and has expanded to include art from Desjardins, Fidel Garcia and Anita Lewis. Also Island. Apr. 1 - 22 - Featuring an exhibit of works turing works by award winning sculptor Bob other areas. Liz Daly-Korybski creates jewelry featuring original works by international artists by Laurie McIntosh and Lynn Parrott. A recep- Doster, along with changing exhibits of local, from glass in her on site studio, and other art- Hengki Pudjianto, Eugenia Mangra, Yogendra tion will be held on Apr. 1, from 5-9pm. Ongo- regional, and national artists working in all me- ists can be seen creating in the gallery as well. Sethi and Victoria Stewart. Bronze sculpture ing - Featuring custon framing and art gallery diums. Hours: by appt only. Contact: 803/285- Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11am-6pm; Fri., 11am-9- by South Vietnamese artist Tuan and glass with works by Marge Agin, Evelyn B. Ballentine, 9190 or at (www.bobdoster.com). pm; Sat., 11am-9pm; & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: sculpture by Barry Entner can also be seen. Vickie Ebbers, Cassandra M. Gillens, Kelly Gra- 864/325-4445 or at (www.dalydesigns.com). Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-7pm, Sun., noon-5pm. ham, Ben Ham, Brucie Holler, Bill Little, Louanne Latta Contact: 864/232-0018 or at Laroache, Lynn Parrott, Laurie McIntosh, Brian Doug Young Studio and Gallery, 12-A Lois (www.midtownartery.com). Vaughn, and Martha Worthy. Hours: Mon.-Fri., Frames and Things, 112 E. Main Street, Latta. Ave., Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring repre- 8:30am-5:30pm & Sat., 9am-1pm. Contact: Ongoing - Featuring Imperial Russian bone sentational sculptures by Doug Young. Hours: Olde Towne Galleries, 1300 Laurens Road, 843/785-3535. china, exceptional gold trimmed lacquer boxes, Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact: 864/430-3130 Greenville. Ongoing - A fine art gallery featur- Soviet propaganda posters, rare Russian or at (www.dougyoungstudios.com). ing works by local, regional and international Fastframe, 95 Matthews Dr., unit A-6, Hilton Orthodox Icons and Avant Garde drawings. artists, including watercolor landscapes and Head Island. Ongoing - Featuring original Hours: Tue.-Sat., 8am-6pm. Contact: 843/752- Gallery at Grove, 1312 Augusta St., Green- florals by Judy Sahm, Celtic landscapes by work in oils, acrylics, pastels, water colors, and 9319 or e-mail at ([email protected]). ville. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and Donna Nyzio, pottery by Veronica Inman, pho- gouache, by David Randall and a variety of local regional artists, including originals by local artist tography and hand-woven linens and garments artists. Also a broad mix of limited editions, prints Lexington Joseph Bradley, Katie Walker, Kate Wofford by Gail Gray and Russian Gzhel ceramics and and posters also available. Hours: Mon.-Fri., Ambrose, and Ron Greenlee. Specializing in handpainted boxes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5- 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/342- Mary Elliott Williams’ Studio, 1044 Hope Fer- fine art and unique custom framing designs. pm. Contact: 864/235-5592. 7696 or at (www.fastframe.com). ry Rd., Lexington. Ongoing - Precious Faces, Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-3- artworks mainly in pastel and oil, commissions pm. Contact: 864/235-4935 or at Ric Standridge Gallery, 1021 S. Main St., Island Ideas Gallery, The Fresh Market accepted. Hours: by appt. Contact: 803/356- (www.galleryatgrove.com). Greenville. Ongoing - We feature a continuing Shoppes, Wm. Hilton Pkw., Hilton Head Island. 0381 or at (www.artistsofthesouth.com). series of Standridge paintings and individual Ongoing - Serving the Lowcountry since 1986. Guy Stevens, Gallery/Studio,1263 Pendleton artist exhibitions as well as theme and invi- Representing local, regional and national artists Sandlapper Art & Frame, 711 E. Main St., St., Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring original tational shows by artist from all geographic in a wide variety of media. Extensive selection Suite M, downstairs in Lexington’s Historic Old works in oil and watercolor by Guy Stevens. regions. We represent a diverse group of of prints, posters, photography, and giclee re- Mill, Lexington. Ongoing - Offering custom pic- We also offer a collection of limited edition artistic styles of painting, sculptures and pre- productions. Vast selection of framing matreials. ture framing and fine art sales. Also handmade giclée and offset lithograph on paper and eminent glass collection. Hours: Tue. & Thur., Offering fine art giclee reproduction services with gifts such as pottery, jewelry, metal art, etc. The stretched canvas as well as hand textured and 10am-4pm or by appt. Contact: or at (www. state-of-the-art equipment. Hours: Mon.-Fri., store has a very “coastal” flair but all mediums painted frames. Hours: Mon.-Fri. hours vary call ricstandridge.com). 8am-6pm & Sat., 8am-4pm. Contact: 843/842- and subjects are exhibited. Hours: Tue.-Fri., ahead. Contact: 864/235-6748, 864/915-8918 6261 or e-mail at ([email protected]). 10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-3pm; & by appt. Con- or at (www.TheArtistsBalcony.com). Sea Island Gallery, 115 Pelham Road, Pelham tact: 803/785-4278 or at Court Shopping Center, Greenville. Ongoing - jcostello gallery, 8 Archer Rd., red fish res- (www.sandlapperart.com). Original SC & southwest paintings by Douglas taurant building, Hilton Head Island. Ongoing Grier, raku pottery by Tim Tyler, oils on paper by - Representing an international landscape in Lyman Betsy Bayne and a wide selection of prints by compositions of oil, photography and print- many artists. Hours: Tues. - Fri., 10am - 5:30pm; making, from the Lowcountry to Morocco, Creative Hands Artisan Center, 107 Highway Sat., 10am - 4pm. Contact: 864/271-2007. Budapest, Kyoto, Latin America, and Provence. 29, 2 miles east of Greer or I-85 exit 66, 3miles Hours: Mon.-Sat., 1-9pm & Sun., 5-9pm or by west, Lyman. Ongoing - Featuring the works of 10 Central Avenue Studios, 10 Central appt. Contact: 843/686-6550 or at over 90 artisans in an 8,000 sq. ft. space. Hours: Ave., centrally located in the Heritage Historic (www.jcostellogallery.com). Mon.-Sat., 8:30am-8pm. Contact: 864/949-9144 District, Greenville. Ongoing - 10 Central or at (www.CreativeHandsArt.com). Avenue Studios is a unique gallery and working Morris & Whiteside Galleries, 220 Cordillo space for professional and emerging art- Parkway, Hilton Head Is. Opening Apr. 21, Marietta ists that invites the public inside the artistic 6-8pm - Featuring a one woman show by Karin process through shows, events, education Jurick. Jurick is a self-taught artist whose work Duff Mountain Furniture Company, 190 Duff and conversations with 14 working artists. We is held in private collections all over the country. Mt. Road, Marietta. Ongoing - Featuring hand- Work by Carl Blair also offer services for Giclee‘ reproductions She attributes her talent and exposure to different crafted furniture by Robert Garrett, member of and framing. Featuring works by Julia Peters, mediums to her mother, Lee, an artist who sold The Furniture Society and The Southern High- Hampton III Gallery, 3100 Wade Hampton Laura K. Aiken, Joseph Ambuhl, Salley Batson, her works at traveling art shows in the Northeast. land Craft Guild. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: Blvd., 10 Gallery Center, Taylors. Through Apr. Jeanne Blinkoff, Susan Bridges-Smith, Rose Ongoing - Presenting a broad collection of 19th 864/836-3816 or at (www.robertgarrett.net). 2 - "Guy Lipscomb - Exhibition to Benefit the SC Cooke, Reta Cooper, Mack McCloud, Ann V. and 20th century representational American State Museum". Apr. 7 - May 21 - “Text/Subtext,” Peak, Georgia Pistolis, Patricia Thomas, Bob paintings and sculpture. Landscapes, still lifes, McClellanville featuring works by Philip Morsberger. Ongoing Santanello, Jill Patterson Schmidt, and Judith genre scenes, figures and historical subjects - works by Sigmund Abeles, John Acorn, Dave Woodward. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-1pm & by many of America's leading representational Sassafras, 816 Pinckney Street, McClellan- Appleman, Jane Armstrong, J. Bardin, Carl Blair, 2-5pm or by appt. Contact: 864/370-0301 or at artists, impressionists and expressionists are ville. Ongoing - Celebrating our fifth year in Emery Bopp, Bette Lee Coburn, Jim Craft, Jamie (www.10centralave.com). available for discriminating private, corporate and continued on Page 54 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 53 mott, Hal Moore, Martha Radcliff, Nancy Van ([email protected]) or visit Buren, Nancy Wickstrom, Jane Woodward and (www.artpartysc.com). others, as well as works in mixed media by SC Commercial Galleries Gwen Coley, Millie Doud, Sue Schirtzinger and Spartanburg continued from Page 53 Savana Whalen, clay by Rhoda Galvani, Scott Henderson, Elizabeth Keller, Jan Rhine, Oscar Downtown Spartanburg, Apr. 21, 5-9pm - the beautiful, historic village of McClellanville, tini, Giovanna Picasso, Sarain Gomez, Cheryl Shoenfelt and Caryn Tirsch, wood by John King "Art Walk Spartanburg". Held on the 3rd Thur, featuring fine craft made in the Carolinas and Reynolds-Castle, Damien Castle, Tadd Rubin, and Johnny Tanner, bronze by Leez Garlock of every month art galleries and art spaces in beyond. Spectacular pieces in clay, stone and Marcie Macie-Hill, Claudio Olevido, Frank and Gayle Cox Mohatt, stained glass by Royal downtown Spartanburg will open their doors. metal. And there’s always new "art to wear" in Ceruzzi, nostalgic photographer, Carlo Artga Elmendorf, painted glassware by Nancy Grum- Participating are: Spartanburg Art Museum, the clothing room. We have specialized for over sculpture. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-7pm; Sat. man, and gullah fabric art by Zenobia. Hours: HUB-BUB showroom, Carolina Gallery, Crescent three decades in promoting the work of new/ noon-4pm & by appt. Contact: 843-448-3303 or Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 843/235-9600 Gallery, West Main Artists Cooperative and young talent. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. at (www.southernportraitsandaccents.com). or at (www.classatpawleys.com). MYST. For more information call 864/585-3335 or Contact: 843-887-4460. visit (www.carolinagalleryart.com). The Howard Gallery, 532 West Broadway St., Ebb & Flow Art Co-op, 4763 Hwy. 17, across Mt. Pleasant - Isle of Palms - Sullivan's Is. Myrtle Beach. Ongoing - Featuring a frame from Thomas Supply, right before the Wache- Art & Frame Gallery, 108 Garner Road, Shop and gallery of local award winning artists saw Rd. intersection, Murrells Inlet. Ongoing Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring works by local Accent Framing & Gallery, 1303 Ben Sawyer with cards and small gifts as well. Hours: Mon.- - a new art gallery in Murrells Inlet that boasts a artists, custom framing and art supplies. Hours: Blvd., Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Original art by Fri., 9:30am-5:30pm & 3rd Thur. of the month hefty array of local talent. The gallery features Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 864/585-3700. many of the Lowcountry’s best artists featur- from 5-7:30pm. Contact: 843/626-3118 or at many different mediums from established ing Martin Ahrens, Fletcher Crossman, Lynn (www.thehowardgallery.com). artisans who have been working in the area Carolina Gallery, 145 W. Main Street, Salkeld, Charles Parnell and Shea Fowler. for years as well as fresh new talent, including Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring fine art Hundreds of prints and photographs in stock. The Loft at The Howard Gallery, 532 West works by: Lee Arthur, Adrian Dorman, Gaston originals and reproductions by local, national We also offer painting lessons by master art- Broadway St., Myrtle Beach. Ongoing - Featur- Locklear, Chuck May, Keels Culberson Swin- and international artist including Linda Cancel, ists. Hours: M.-F., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4- ing a gallery of award winning artists, featuring nie, Ted Watts, Sara McLean, Larry Bell, Jason Jim Creal, Daniel Cromer, Scott Cunningham, pm. Contact: 843/884-5828. paintings by Carol Belcher, Elaine Bigelow, Moore, Amy Cox, Amy Locklear, Graham Law- Trey Finney, Isabel Forbes, Bonnie Goldberg, Sue Coley, Judy O’Brien and Jan Wurst, with ing, Glen Grant, Susan Williams, Wes Gordon, Robert LoGrippo, Virginia Scribner Mallard, Alan Adele’s Pottery Studio & Gallery, 1659 Mid- collage, origami and ceramics by Millie Doud, Mary Manz, Allison Creagh, Kristen Montsinger, McCarter, Joan Murphy, Keith Spencer, and dle St., Sullivan’s Island. Ongoing - Featuring ceramics by John Bolicki, photos by Suzanne Bobbie Holt, Rich Kuhn, Jolyn Kuhn, Danny many others. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10:30am-5pm & wheel thrown & hand-built clay works by Adele Gaff, and photos and jewelry by Kelly Mez- Foley, Dot Hannah, Tom Hora and many more! Sat., 11am-4pm and by appt. Contact: 864/585- Deas Tobin. Also offering classes for children zapelle. Also a fine selection of framing by The Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/446- 3335 or at (www.carolinagalleryart.com). and teens. Pottery on the wheel Sept.-May. Howard Gallery. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-5- 7076 or e-mail at ([email protected]). Hours: daily, 11am-5pm & by appt. Contact: :30pm & 3rd Thur. of the month from 5-7:30pm. Creals Studio and Gallery, Suite 950, 843/883-9545. Contact: 843/626-3118 or at Montgomery Building, 187 N. Church St. , (www.thehowardgallery.com). Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring works by Jim Artwerx Framing & Galleria, The Plaza @ Creal. Hours: by appt. only or chance. Contact: Park West, Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Featuring ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Myrtle Beach 864/597-0879 or e-mail at (jimcreal@mindspring. a unique, one-of-a-kind collection of original Chapin Park, 1400 Kings Hwy and 16th Ave. N., com). artwork, prints, giclees, hand painted gifts, Myrtle Beach. Apr. 16 & 17; June 18 & 19; Oct. custom mirrors, hand blown glass lamps, and 8 & 9; Nov. 5 & 6, 2011, from 10am-4pm - "39th Mayo Mac Boggs Studio, 1040 Seven Springs hand made jewelry by local artists such as Annual Art in the Park - Show & Sale," sponsored Road, Spartanburg. Ongoing - Limited edition Greg Drexler, Susan Hauser, Will Helger, Steve by Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild. We will bronze tablets, steel sculpture and computer Neff, Richard Rose, Michael Story, and photog- have over 60 artists from the East Coast, as far graphics. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 864/579- rapher Lea Dales. Also - Professional, on-site away as TN, with about 20 of those artists from 2938 or at (www.myartweb.com). custom framing, as well as a space for gifts. our local area. Typical art will include Paintings, Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Woodworking, Photography, Jewelry, Fabric, Work by Ray Ellis MYST Gallery, 154 W. Main St., on Morgan Contact: 843/971-4643. Glass, Metal, Pottery, Leather and Stone. Free Square, Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring admission and Kid friendly. For info call JoAnne The Cheryl Newby Gallery, 11096 Ocean Hwy art with an edge of innovation, focusing on Billie Sumner Studio, Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing Utterback, 843/446-7471 or at 17., in The Shops at Oak Lea, Pawleys Island. abstract, surreal and expressive works. Repre- - Featuring original contemporary paintings and (www.artsyparksy.com). Apr. 9 - 30 - "Welcome Spring!" Botanical senting Jamie Blackburn, Andrew Blanchard, monotypes by Billie Sumner. Hours: by appt. still-life and garden paintings by Ellen Buselli, Betty Bramlett, Jane Doyle, Jack Farmer, only. Contact: 843/884-8746. Valor Park, 1120 Farrow Parkway, Market Joseph Cave, and Ray Ellis; along with antique Patricia Cole-Ferullo, Bonnie Goldberg, Amy common, Myrtle Beach. Apr. 23 & 24; Nov. 12 botanicals from the 17th - 19th centuries. Goldstein-Rice, Heidi Hayes, Carol Beth Icard, Complements Gallery, 630 Johnny Dodds & 13, 2011, from 10am-4pm - "Waccamaw Ongoing - Representing Sigmund Abeles, El- Gary Poole, Jim Rabby, and Howard Solomon. Road, Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Featuring pottery Arts and Crafts Guild's 39th Annual Art in the len Buselli, Ray Ellis, Joseph Cave, Laura Ed- Hours: Tue.-Wed., 11am-2pm; Thur.-Fri., 11am- by Mary Jeffries. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Park". We will have over 60 artists from the wards, Claire K. Farrell, Kathy Metts, and Mike 5pm, & Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: 864/585- Contact: 843/881-4035. East Coast and as far away as Tennessee with Williams; also sculptors Gwen Marcus and 3335. about 20 of those artists from our local area. Catherine Ferrell. A large inventory of original Karen's Korner, Gateway to the Beach Typical art will include paintings, woodwork- antique natural history prints and engravings by West Main Artists Cooperative, 578 West center,1405 Ben Sawyer Blvd., near CVS, Mt. ing, photography, jewelry, fabric, glass, metal, Mark Catesby, John J. Audubon, John Gould, Main St., Spartanburg. Through Apr, 28 - Pleasant. Ongoing - Offering high quality custon pottery and stone. No admission charge. Child and others. Also original antique maps and "New Artists," featuring works by the Co-op's framing, originals and prints by Charlynn Knight, and Pet Friendly! Contact: JoAnne Utterback at charts from the 16th through the 19th centu- newest members including: Micheal Lamb, Carol McGill, Sabine Avacalade, Kevin Curran, 843/446-7471 or (www.artsyparksy.com). ries. Hours: Tue-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: Lauren Poole, Nancy Owings, and Dr. Lois and Carol Ann Curran. Photography by Scott 843/979-0149 or Ann Hesser. A reception will be held on Apr. Henderson, Marc Epstein, as well as pottery, North Charleston/Goose Creek (www.cherylnewbygallery.com). 17, from 5-9pm. Ongoing - Featuring a twenty stained glass and other fine art objects. Hours: thousand square foot facility featuring works by Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 843/971-4110 or Artistic Spirit Gallery, 10 Storehouse Row, Waccamaw Nature Photography Centre, 38 local artists. Come to see works from local at ([email protected]). The Navy Yard at Noisette, North Charleston. 13089 Ocean Hwy., Building D-1, behind the artists, attend workshops, shop in the retail Ongoing - Featuring original visionary artwork Mayor’s House Restaurant, Pawleys Island. store, or meet any of the artists in their studios. Sandpiper Gallery, 2019C Middle Street, by people who are driven to produce as a form Ongoing - Featuring the photographic works Hours: Thur., 3-6pm; Sat., 10am-4pm; with beside Sullivan's Restaurant & US Post Of- of self-expression or release.In addition to by Mark Hilliard and Sean Thompson. Hours: extended hours on the 3rd Thur. of each month fice, Sullivan's Island. Ongoing - Featuring a pieces by long departed anonymous artisans, Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Con- until 9pm for Spartanburg's Art Walk. Contact: distinctive selection of fine art, including oils, work by Southern folk artists and contemporary tact: 843/467-0774 or at at (www.Westmainartists.webs.com). watercolors, acrylics and linocuts by local and visionaries such as William LaMirande, Casey (www.WaccamawNaturePhotography.com). regional artists. Functional pottery and art pot- McGlynn, Davy Marshall, Ed Larson, Alfred Wet Paint Syndrome, LLC, Hillcrest Spe- tery, raku, original designed jewelry, sculpture, Eaker and Jerome Neal are featured. Hours: by Rock Hill cialty Row (on the flip side), 1040 Fernwood- glass, mobiles, photography & unique one of a appt. only. Contact: 843/579-0149 or at Glendale Rd., Suite 34, Spartanburg. First kind home furnishings, all created by estab- (www.artisticspiritgallery.com). Gallery 5, a contemporary artspace, 131 East Thur. of each month, 6:30-9pm - "Pop-Up lished and emerging local and regional artists Main Street, Suite 506 on fifth floor, downtown Gallery Nights." This is an open wall night to including Ann lee Merrill, Roberta Remy, Rich Steve Hazard Studio Gallery, 3180 Industry Rock Hill. Ongoing - Representing award- show and sell newer works. The Pop-Up event Nelson, Anita Louise West, Douglas Grier, Dr., Suite A, Pepperdam Industrial Park, enter winning American artists, over 40 from 18 states, is intended to serve both the established and Kathy Sullivan, Michael Patterson, Madeline business park at Pepperdam from Ashley including paintings, sculpture, glass, ceramics emerging artists in the region, as well as col- Dukes. Custom framing available. Hours: Mon.- Phosphate Rd., North Charleston. Ongoing and functional art. Hours: by appt., call 803/985- lectors who are looking for more affordable and Fri., noon-7pm & Sat., noon-5pm. Contact: - Show & sale of contemporary fine craft and 5000 and e-mail at ([email protected]). the current edge of newer works. It is different 843/883-0200 or at (www.sandpipergallery.net). fine art. A gallery and working studio featuring every month, and we never know what will pop- works by Steve Hazard including 2-D & 3-D The Frame Shop and Gallery, 570 N. Ander- up next! Contact: 864/579-9604 or at The Treasure Nest, 1055 Johnnie Dodds wall art, sculpture, vessels, accessories and son Rd., Rock Hill. Ongoing - Offering original (www.wetpaintsyndrome.com). Blvd., Hwy. 17 frontage road., Crickentree Vil- jewelry in fused glass and etched clear glass; fine art, limited edition prints and posters as lage, Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Featuring over welded metal tables. Commissions accepted well as custom framing services. Hours: Mon.- Summerville 700 hand-painted oils and 1,000 frames at for gates and custom projects. Works in various Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 803-328-8744. wonderful quality and truly superb value. Works media by local & guest artists include origi- Throughout Summerville, Apr. 16, 2011, by highly accomplished artists from the South- nal paintings, sculpture and reproductions. Seneca from 11am-6pm - "3rd Annual Open Studio east, US National, and International locales. Of- Thursday - Saturday, 2 - 6 PM and by appoint Tour". Tickets: $15 in advance or $20 at the fering a great variety of subjects including: Low- Hours: Thur.-Sat., 2-6pm (call ahead). Contact: Patina on the Alley, 114 Ram Cat Alley, door. Art Central artist open their personal country marschscapes, beachscapes, wildlife, 843/552-0001 or e-mail at ([email protected]). Seneca. Ongoing - Featuring limited edition studios and donate proceeds from ticket sales boats, bridges and architecture; other US and prints, giclees, originals, pottery and sculp- and a portion of art slaes to Meals on Wheels. European landscapes, cityscapes, and harbors; Wild Goose Gallery, 119-H North Goose tures by local and regional artists such as Beti For info call 843/871-0297. as well as still lifes, abstracts and much more. Creek Blvd., Goose Creek. Ongoing - The Strobeck, Wanda Heffelfinger, Gale McKinley, Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm. gallery carries original art by primarily local Diana Pursch, Fran Humphries, Paul Frederick, Art Central, Ltd. Gallery, 130 Central Ave., Sum- Contact: 843/216-1235. or at and regional artists, pottery, and some unique Connie Lippert, Kate Krause, Karen Dittman, merville. Ongoing - Featuring fine art originals, (www.treasurenestartgallery.com). hand-crafted gift items, as well as some limited Sue Grier, Bob Doster, and Brandy Weiner. We reproductions, one-of-a-kind jewelry and photog- edition prints. We also create etched glass and also have baskets by Pati English and Nancy raphy by local award winning artists. Represent- Myrtle Beach / Grand Strand mirror designs, and do custom framing. Hours: Basket. Photography by Jack Kates, Carl ing Helen K. Beacham, Bette Lu Bentley-Layne, Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 843/553-6722. Ackerman, Dede Norungolo, and Witt Lang- Mary Ann Bridgman, Renee Bruce, Christine Collectors Cafe & Gallery, 7726 North Kings staff. Also the working studio of Michael Brown. Crosby, Judy Jacobs, Alexandra Kassing, Sarah Highway, Hwy. 17 and 78th Avenue, Myrtle Pawleys Island, Litchfield & Murrells Inlet Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: 864/888- Allums Kuhnell, Yvonne L. Rousseau, June Sul- Beach. Ongoing - 5,000 square foot gallery fea- 1110 or at (www.patinaalley.com). livan, Delaine Walters, Kathleen Wiley and Detta turing local and regional artists. Hours: Regular Art Works, Litchfield Exchange, 2 miles south C. Zimmerman. Featuring consignment artists cafe hours. Contact: 843/449-9370. of Brookgreen Gardens, behind Applewood’s The Artist’s Loft, 121-B Townville St., (up- Wilma Cantey/pottery, Gary Nunn/woodworking, House of Pancakes, Pawleys Island. Ongo- stairs) Seneca. Ongoing - Gallery and studio Guenter Weber/walking sticks and sweetgrass Southern Portrait and Accents, Village ing - Featuring original work by 60 local artists space for local artists/members including Edie baskets and gourds by Sharon Perkins. Hours: Square Shopping Center, Hwy. 17 & 40th Ave., in regularly changing displays. Paintings by Hamblin (winner of the "Blue Ridge Arts Coun- Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/871-0297 or 3901 N. Kings Hwy., Myrtle Beach. Ongoing - Judy Antosca, Elaine Bigelow, Nancy Bracken, cil 19th Annual Juried Exhibition)" and the new at (www.artcgalleryltd.com). Featuring works by local artists including: Ruth Ruth Cox, Mary Dezzutti, Dottie Dixon, Ernest pARTy, Social Art Classes. Hours: Wed.-Sat. Cox, Bill Strydesky, Susan Duke, Vittorio San- Gerhardt, Susan Goodman, Kathleen McDer- ,10am-5pm. Contact: 864/882-2711, e-mail at continued on Page 55 Page 54 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Four Green Fields Gallery & Gifts, 117-A 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/937-9333 or at 10am-5:30pm and first Fri. of the month till 8pm. light our holdings in traditional art: woodcarving, Central Ave., Summerville. Ongoing - Featur- (www.ppquilts.com). Contact: 828/251-5796 or at pottery, dolls, basketry, weavings and furniture. ing the new home of Silver Pail Pottery by (www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com). The subject of this ongoing exhibition is craft his- potters Jillian and Robin Carway. The gallery Tea Farm Cottage, 808 N. Cedar St., Summer- tory – that of the Southern Highland Craft Guild showcases the work of 45+ American fine craft ville. Ongoing - Featuring works by the largest Black Mountain College Museum + Arts and the Studio Craft Movement. Focus Gallery, artists with an emphasis on local and South group of artisans and crafters in the tri-county Center, 56 Broadway, Asheville. Through Through May 3 - Featuring works in paper by Carolina artisans. Offering a wide range of area with 90 sellers under one roof, plus locally- June 4 - "In Site: Late Works by Irwin Kremen". Jay Pfeil and clay works by Laurey-Faye Long. talent from the master potter to the emerging made foods and antiques. Monthly arts and crafts The exhibition primarily focuses on recent Hours: daily from 9am-5pm. Contact: 828/298- silversmith. Other media represented include shows on our 1/2 acre property. Hours: Mon.- collages by this master collagist and Durham, 7928 or at (www.southernhighlandguild.org). fiber, wood, photography, baskets, paper, glass, Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 843/871-1113. NC resident, but also includes a selection of his metal, leather and handmade artisan products. sculptures. A 48-page color catalogue accom- The Odyssey Gallery, 238 Clingman Ave., Craft artists interested in exhibiting with Four The Finishing Touch, 140-A West Richardson panies the exhibition with an essay by the art- Asheville. Through Apr. 17 - "Spirited Vessels," Green Fields can find an “Artist Info Packet” Ave., Summerville. Ongoing - Featuring original ist. Ongoing - An exhibition space dedicated to featuring works by Nathan Neufeld, Nick Lafone, on the website. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. art, fine crafts, framing and interior design by exploring the history and legacy of the world’s and Susan Musi. A reception will be held Mar. Contact: 843/261-7680 or at appt. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am- most acclaimed experimental educational com- 11, from 5-7pm. Ongoing - Works in ceramics (www.fourgreenfieldsgallery.com). 5pm. Contact: 843/873-8212. munity, Black Mountain College. Hours: Wed.- by regional and national artists. Hours: Mon.- Sat., noon-4pm or by appt. Contact: 828/350- Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: Imperial Framing & Specialities, 960 Bacons Treasure the View - Sand Carved Glass, 129 8484 or at (www.blackmountaincollege.org). 828/285-9700 or at (www.highwaterclays.com). Bridge Road, Palmetto Plaza, Summerville. On- 1/2 W. Richardson Ave., Summerville. Ongoing - going - Featuring works by Lowcountry artists. Unique sand carved glass sculptures created by Blowers Gallery, main floor of UNCA's Ramsey YMI Gallery, YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. renowned artist Lex Melfi. Each piece is a one-of- Library, Asheville. Through Apr. 2 - "Intimacy Street @ Eagle Street, Asheville. Ongoing - "In Contact: 843/871-9712. a-kind masterpiece produced by cutting images and Contemplation," featuring a new exhibit of the Spirit of Africa". Featuring traditional and con- into glass using high-pressured sand. Hours: by fiber art by Norma Bradley and Vicki Essig,using temporary African masks, figurative woodcarv- Miles Gallery, 208 S. Magnolia St., Summerville. appt. only. Contact: 843/875-7822 or at unique approaches that invite the viewer to share ings, beadwork, jewelry, and textiles. Discover Ongoing - Whimsicalities for eclectic personali- (www.lexmelfi.com). the artists’ quiet contemplative space. Hours: the purpose of mask and sculptures, which reflect ties. Fun art from local, regional, and international regular library hours. Contact: 828/251-6546. African ancestral heritage and learn to appreci- artists. Handmade jewelry, paintings, folk art, Sumter ate symbolism and abstraction in African art. YMI pottery and much more. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am- Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center, 109 Roberts Conference Room, Ongoing - "Forebears & 3pm. Contact: 843/851-1182 or at Elephant Ear Gallery Fine Arts and Creations, St., Asheville. Ongoing - Dedicated to advanc- Trailblazers: Asheville’s African American Lead- (www.milesgallery.us). 672 Bultman Dr., Sumter. Ongoing - Featuring ing the careers of emerging and mid career ers, 1800s –1900s". The permanent exhibit offers works by 23 artists offering every medium from artists, as well as educating the public and fur- a pictorial history of African-Americans from People, Places, & Quilts, 129 W. Richardson watercolor to angora grown rabbits producing thering the understanding of contemporary art throughout Western North Carolina. Photographs Avenue, Summerville. Ongoing - Featuring fur for spinning. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. and its importance within the community and of both influential and everyday people create fabric, books, patterns, notions, quilts and Folk Contact: 803/773-2268. beyond. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: a panorama of the variety of life among blacks Art. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm and Sat., 828/255-0066 or at in the mountain region. Here are the young and (www.philmechanicstudios.com). old, the prominent and the unknown, the men and women who helped create our city's life. YMI Grove Arcade Art & Heritage Gallery, One Drugstore Gallery, Ongoing - "Mirrors of Hope Page Ave., Suite 115, on O. Henry Ave., and Dignity". A moving and powerful collection of Asheville. Ongoing - The gallery is a project drawings by the renowned African-American art- of the Grove Arcade Public Market Foundation ist Charles W. White. Entry, Ongoing - "George NC Institutional Galleries and features the crafts, music and stories of the Vanderbilt's Young Men's Institute, 1892-Pres- Blue Ridge. The gallery features a state-of- ent". Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5- Albemarle Asheville Area the-art, interactive exhibition that uses a solid pm. Contact: 828/252-4614 or at terrain model animated with regional voices, (www.ymicc.org). Falling Rivers Gallery, 119 West Main St., video, music and lasers to bring the culture next to Starnes jewelers, Albemarle. Through and history of Western North Carolina to life. ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Asheville Apr. 16 - "Nature At Its Best".This art show, Rotating exhibitions of regional crafts will bring The North Carolina Arboretum, Milepost 393, sponsored by the John Gaskin Family, features emerging artists and new stories to gallery Blue Ridge Parkway, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted the best in both 2D and 3D art. All mediums visitors. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., Way, Asheville. Baker Exhibit Center, Through of art are permitted and encouraged - includ- noon-5pm. Contact: 828/255-0775 or at May 15 - "Emissaries of Peace: the 1762 ing clay, fiber, glass, metal and wood, as well (www.grovearcade.com). Cherokee and British Delegations," present- as oil, pastel, and watercolor paintings and ing an exhibit by the Museum of the Cherokee photography. Prizes awarded for first, second, Guild Crafts of Southern Highland Craft Guild, Indian, which is a We The People Exhibit. The third and honorable mentions amount to $1200. 930 Tunnel Road, Asheville. Ongoing - Work by exhibit brings Henry Timberlake’s memoirs to Ongoing - The gallery is a cooperative venue members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild in life through artifacts, archaeological treasures, of the Stanly Arts Guild. Member staffed, this various media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm. period artwork, music, video, and life size figures. gallery offers the very best in local art and Contact: 828/298-7903. Ongoing - The Asheville Quilt Guild features a crafts including oil and watercolor, photogra- permanent, rotating quilt exhibit at Arboretum’s phy, pottery and ceramic art, jewelry, native S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC-Asheville, Education Center. Visitors can also enjoy the American art, gourd sculpture and much more. 1st floor, Owen Hall, Asheville. Through Apr. Arboretum’s Quilt Garden year-round, with plant- Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 6:30pm & 5 - "MacGuffins," featuring a collection of oil ings and patterns that change with the seasons. Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 704/983-4278 or at paintings, drawings, sculpture and animation Admission: Yes. Hours: Education Center hours: (www.fallingriversgallery.com). Work by Sally Gall by senior Sara Bernardi. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am- Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 828/665.2492 or Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Square 6pm. Contact: call UNCA's Art Department at at (www.ncarboretum.org). Aberdeen at Pack Place, Asheville. Second Floor Galler- 828/251-6559. ies, Ongoing - "Looking Back: Celebrating 60 Black Mountain - Swannanoa The Exchange Street Gallery, 129 Exchange Years of Collecting at the Asheville Art Museum The Fine Arts League Gallery, 25 Rankin Ave., St., Aberdeen. Ongoing - The Artist’s League will explore the Museum’s collection of Ameri- Asheville. Ongoing - Located within the Fine Arts Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Old City of the Sandhills currently houses 35 artists-in- can art of the 20th and 21st centuries with an League of Asheville, the Gallery is devoted to the Hall, 225 West State St., Black Mountain. Upper residence studios and offers classes by local interest in the art of the Southeast and WNC. development of realist artists and features figure Level Gallery, Through Apr. 30 - "Emerging Art- professional artists and workshops by nation- Appleby Foundation Gallery, Through June drawings, portraits, landscapes and still lifes. ists," featuring an exhibit of works by Bob Travers ally known artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., noon 26 - "A Chosen Path: The Ceramic Art of Karen Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: and Paul Harcharik. Hours: Mon-Fri., 10am-5pm -3pm. Contact: Melodie McRae at 910/944- Karnes". The Asheville Art Museum is pleased 828/252-5050 or at (www.fineartsleague.org). & Sat., 9am-1pm. Contact: 828/669-0930. 3979, or at (www.artistleague.org). to be one of five museums nationwide to host the first major retrospective of ceramic artist Blowing Rock Alamance County Karen Karnes. For more than 60 years Karen Karnes (1925 – ) has been at the forefront of Parkway Craft Center, of the Southern Highland BAL Gallery, Holly Hill Mall and Business the studio pottery movement. Over her long ca- Craft Guild, at the Moses Cone Manor, Mile- Center, 309 Huffman Mill Rd., Exit 141 off of reer, she has created some of the most iconic post 294, Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock. I85/I40, Burlington. Ongoing - Since the begin- pottery of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Ongoing - Featuring the work of members of the ning of Burlington Artists League in 1972, we She has worked in some of the most significant Southern Highland Craft Guild members in vari- have grown to represent many local artists in cultural settings of her generation including ous media. Demonstrations offered each month. our immediate area. BAL’s express purpose North Carolina’s avant-garde Black Mountain Hours: daily 9am - 5pm. Contact: 828/295-7938 is to promote and elevate the area artists and College in the 1950s. Gallery 6, Through Apr. or e-mail at ([email protected]). their fine art spirit in Burlington, NC, and sur- 24 - "The Olmsted Project: Photographs by Lee rounding areas, thereby creating outlets for the Friedlander". Lee Friedlander (1934- ) is one Boone artists and encourging their continuing efforts to of this country’s preeminent photographers. improve and create more art work. Along with Among his projects, Friedlander photographed Downtown Boone, Apr. 1, 5-8pm - "Downtown wall art and bin reproductions, the BAL Artists the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, designer Boone First Friday Art Crawl". Each month the Gallery also includes 3-D art such as sculptures of the Niagara Reservation (North America’s Downtown Boone Development Association and pottery. Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-8pm; Sat., oldest state park), Washington Park, the US (DBDA) hosts the Art Crawl which happens 10am-9pm, & Sun. for special events. Contact: Capitol Building landscape, parkway systems every First Friday. Come visit the art galleries, art 336-584-3005 or at in Buffalo and Louisville, New York City’s studios and other fine shops in downtown Boone. (http://balartists.com/joomla/). Central Park and the grounds of Biltmore Contact: 828/262-3017 or e-mail to (turchincen- Estate in Asheville, NC. Holden Community Work by Nathan Skinner [email protected]). Sisters Gallery, 1873 Capt. James & Emma Gallery, Through July 10 - "An Inside View". Holt White House, 213 South Main Street, 2 1/2 The exhibit examines the notion of interior The Folk Art Center of the Southern Highland Appalachian Cultural Museum, University Hall blocks off I85/40, exit#147, Graham. Through environments as depicted by a number of Craft Guild, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 382, Drive, off Hwy. 321 (Blowing Rock Road), Boone. Apr. 16 - "Visual Arts Youth Competition". Apr. artists throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Asheville. Main Gallery, Through May 15 - " Ongoing - The permanent exhibit area includes, 21 - June 4 - "Weavers". Home of the Alamance The word “interior” suggests defined spaces Changes & Continuity: Past, Present, Future TIME AND CHANGE, featuring thousands of County Arts Council. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5- whether they be the interior of a building or a - North Georgia College & State University". objects ranging from fossils to Winston Cup pm. Contact: 336/226-4495 or at city or even a region. Drawn from the collec- This exhibition focuses on the Department of race cars to the Yellow Brick Road, a section of (www.artsalamance.com). tion of the Asheville Art Museum, this exhibition Visual Arts at NGCSU in Dahlonega, GA. The the now closed theme park, "The Land of Oz". looks at familiar interiors - in homes, work spac- university is an educational center member of Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Asheboro es and public buildings - and moves outward the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Permanent Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/262-3117. to consider interiors within cities and regions. Collection Gallery, Ongoing - "Craft Traditions: Sara Smith Self Gallery, W.H. Moring, Jr. Arts Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; The Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection". Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Farthing Audi- Center,123 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro. Apr. Fri. till 8pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/253- The Guild’s Permanent Collection is comprised of torium, Appalachian State University, Boone. 5 - 28 - Featuring an exhibit of works by Phil 3227 or at (www.ashevilleart.org). approximately 2400 craft objects and dates from Through Apr. 13 - "Art Expo 2011: Annual Stu- Morgan, with a reception on Apr. 5, from 5:30- the late 19th century to present. Beginning with dent Juried Exhibition". Apr. 26 - May 6 - " BFA 7:30pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., Asheville Gallery of Art, Ltd., 16 College Street, a donation from Frances Goodrich in 1931, the Spring 2011 Senior Studio Exhibition," juried by 10am-2pm. Contact: 336/629-0399 or at Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring original works of Permanent Collection serves the Guild’s mission Noah Saterstrom, Brian Kirk, and David Poteet. (www.randolphartsguild.com). art by 30 local artists in oils, watercolors, litho- of craft conservation and education. This new Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact: Jody Ser- graphs, etchings and woodcuts. Hours: M.-Sat., installation will feature over 200 works that high- continued on Page 56 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 55 Chapel Hill Museum, 523 East Franklin Street, South End Art Gallery Crawl - From 6-9pm on Chapel Hill. Ongoing - "Farmer/James Pottery - the 1st Friday of each month. North Carolina Art Pottery Collection 1900-1960". NC Institutional Galleries Pottery by North Carolinian and southern potters, continued from Page 55 from a significant survey collection of southern art pottery. A portion of the 280-piece collection von, Gallery Director at 828/262-7338 or at over 300 regional artists offering a wide range of will be on display permanently, demonstrating (www.art.appstate.edu/cjs). items including woodcarvings, ironwork, jewelry, the movement of art pottery displacing utilitar- weaving, pottery, craft instruction books, histori- ian pottery made here in NC and throughout the The Looking Glass Gallery, first floor of the cal works, tapes, CDs, craft supplies and much South. Noted author and folklore expert, Dr. A. Plemmons Student Union Building, Appala- more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am-5pm and Sun., Everrette James, and his wife, Dr. Nancy Farmer, chian State University, Boone. Through Apr. 1-5pm. Contact: 800/365-5724 or at have generously gifted the Chapel Hill Museum 5 - "Stories in the Sky," featuring works by (www.grove.net/~jccfs). with this significant survey collection of southern Heather Divoky. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-10pm; art pottery. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun. Sat., 9am-10pm; and Sun., noon-10pm. Con- Brevard 1-4pm. Contact: 919/967-1400 or at tact: e-mail Dianna Loughlin at (lookingglass- (www.chapelhillmuseum.com). [email protected]) or call 828/262-3032. Downtown Brevard, Apr. 22, 5-9pm - "Brevard 4th Friday Gallery Walk". Enjoy an evening stroll FRANK, 109 East Franklin Street, Chapel in downtown Brevard as you enjoy visiting the art Hill. Through Apr. 24 - "The StoryMakers," galleries, art stores, retail stores and restaurants an exhibit of narrative art. Featured FRANK* that are staying open late. Be sure to look for the artists and invited artists include: Nancy Work by Niki de Saint Phalle 16 sculptures and five murals located in down- Baker, Carmen Elliott *, Henryk Fantazos, town as well. Galleries participating include: TC Jane Filer *, Patrick Fitzgerald, Charlotte Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Wells Fargo Arts Council, Number 7 Arts and Crafts Coopera- Foust, Jean LeCluyse *, B Michele Maynard Cultural Campus, 420 South Tryon St., Char- tive, Red Wolf Gallery, Bluewood Gallery, Drew *, Sudie Rakusin *, Luna Lee Ray *, Kirsten lotte. Inside the Museum and on The Green, Deane Gallery, Gallery on Main, Hollingsworth Stingle, Quentin Warshauer, and Aggie Zed *. A a park across the street, Through Oct. Gallery, Art & Soul Marketplace and Gallery, reception will be held on Mar. 11, from 7-9pm. 3 - "Niki de Saint Phalle: Creation of a New Hunters & Gatherers, Gravy, Local Color and Ongoing - Featuring work from over 70 artists, Mythology". The exhibit includes elegant and Continental Divide. Be sure to stop by and have Frank offers more than you’d expect from an subtle etchings as well as remarkably powerful dinner in one of our downtown restaurants. A bro- art gallery. Frank is a collective, founded by the and disconcerting sculptures. The exhibition chure for the gallery walks can be found at any area’s finest artists working together to open celebrates the artist’s extraordinary appetite of the participating galleries or at the Chamber of the door for creative innovation in the arts. for myths and legends as interpreted through Commerce. For more information call TC Arts at Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm; Thur. till 8pm dynamic and often provocative sculpture, paint- 828-884-2787 or go to (www.artsofbrevard.org) and Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 919/636-4135 or at ings and prints. The Bechtler presents 55 works and click on Art Tours. (www.frankisart.com). inside the museum and five large-scale outdoor works across the street, at The Green, in addi- Transylvania Community Arts Center Gallery, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill Preserva- tion to the "Firebird" sculpture that graces the 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Apr. 4 - 22 - "Tran- tion Society, 610 East Rosemary Street, Chapel museum’s plaza. Through July 5 - "Four Art- sylvania County Student Art Show K-12". Part of Hill. Apr. 3 - May 2 - Featuring an exhibit of oil ists in Ascona: Benazzi, Bissier, Nicholson and the Transylvania County Sesquicentennial 150th paintings by Lisa Bartell. Opening Sunday, Apr. Valenti". The Bechtlers had a summer home Celebration. Featuring this annual exhibit of 3, 2-4pm. Hours: Tue-Fri 10 am-4 pm, & Sun 1-4 in Ascona, near the studios of Englishman Work by April Flanders artwork by local Transylvania County Students in pm. Contact: 919/942-7818 or at Ben Nicholson, Julius Bissier of Germany, and grades K- 12. Apr. 29 - May 27 - "Land of Water- (www.chapelhillpreservation.com). Italo Valenti, an Italian painter and collagist. Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appala- falls Camera Club," featuring works by the Club's These three friends eventually got to know the chian State University, 423 West King Street, members. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Contact: Bechtler family. The fourth member of this show Boone. Main Gallery, Through June 4 - "Ap- 828/884-2787 or at (www.artsofbrevard.org). is a sculptor, Raffael Benazzi, who is still living. palachian Alumni in the Arts". ASU has built a Ongoing - The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art national reputation for outstanding academics Broadway is named after the family of Andreas Bechtler, in all areas of study. Our alumni are successful a Charlotte resident and native of Switzerland in areas from business to education, politics Gallery One Pottery, 104 South Main Street, who assembled and inherited a collection of to healthcare and communication to art. This located across from the Post Office, Broadway. more than 1,400 artworks created by major exhibition is the first large-scale, group, alumni Ongoing - Featuring some of the finest pottery figures of 20th-century modernism and donated exhibition featured at the Turchin Center. from NC and across the US, including works it to the public trust. The Bechtler collection This exhibition highlights alumni working in by 40 plus artists display their works in pottery, comprises artworks by seminal figures such as the field of visual arts and is a part of Ap- glass and wood. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miro, Jean Tinguely, palachian’s Spring Alumni Weekend. Gallery Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 919/258-3921 or at Max Ernst, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Le A, Apr. 1 - June 11 - "Places for Contempla- (www.galleryonepottery.com). Corbusier, Sol LeWitt, Edgar Degas, Nicolas tion in Public Buildings: Constructing a Model de Stael, Barbara Hepworth and Picasso. Only Space for Reflection". A Research Project by Burnsville a handful of the artworks in the Bechtler col- J. Alex Poorman, exhibited in conjunction with lection have been on public view in the United "Tom Stoner & TKF Foundation Exhibition". As Burnsville Gallery, Toe River Arts Council, 102 States. Admission: Yes. Hours: Mon., Wed.- employers consider the critical need of the 21st W. Main St., Burnsville. Apr. 22 - May 14 - "Arts Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun. noon-5pm; and open century workplace to attract and retain the best Council of Henderson County Member Show". A until 9pm the 1st. and 3rd. Fri. of each month. and brightest employees, our society must also reception will be held on Apr. 22, from 5-7:30pm. Contact: 704/353-9200 or at consider a shift in the functional spaces geared Ongoing - Featuring works by artists from Mitch- (www.bechtler.org). ell and Yancey Counties sponsored by the Toe toward an environment that supports an overall Work by Amy Sherald “work/life” lifestyle. Gallery B, Apr. 1 - June 11 River Arts Council. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Charlotte Art League Gallery, Classes & - "Open Spaces, Sacred Places: Tom Stoner & Contact: 828/682-7215 or at The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Studios,1517 Camden Rd., South End, Char- the TKF Foundation". Exhibited in conjunction (www.toeriverarts.org). Culture and History, UNC-Chapel Hill, 150 lotte. Apr. 1 - 29 - "Earth Friendly," featuring an with "Places for Contemplation in Public Build- South Road, Chapel Hill. Robert and Sallie exhibit of works which are ecologically green, ings: Constructing a Model Space for Reflec- Chapel Hill - Carrboro - Hillsborough Brown Gallery, Through Apr. 22 - "Rec- including use of recycled goods and earth tion". Art featured is from a book written by ommended - The Magical Real-ism of Amy friendly products - as well as compositions re- Tom and Kitty Stoner that introduces nature as Throughout Chapel Hill, Through Sept. 2011 Sherald," featuring a series of paintings that lated to the environment. The works will make a means to heal communities in need. Mayer - "Sculpture Visions 2010 - 2011 Exhibition," blur preconceived notions of how “blackness” a statement or transform trash into treasure, Gallery, Apr. 1 - Aug. 20 - "Chromata: Laura featuring 14 artworks. Sculpture Visions is an is defined within the context of American racial or just show the artist's love for mother earth. Berman". Printmaker Laura Berman allows outdoor art exhibit featuring a variety of styles, dogma. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-9pm. Contact: A reception will be held on Apr. 1, from 6-9pm. her work to be guided by structures based on themes and media. These artworks create a 919/962-9001 or at Ongoing - CAL offers fine art for all tastes sequence, multiple and interactive images. Her sense of beauty, place and uniqueness that are (www.unc.edu/depts/stonecenter). and budgets in a variety of media: acrylics, oil, work is often non-traditionally displayed and a part of the shared experience for Chapel Hill’s pastel, watercolor, mixed media, photography orchestrated. Catwalk Community Gallery, residents and visitors. The participating artists ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Chapel Hill and sculpture. Tour studios of working artists. Apr. 1 - June 4 - "Beyond Their Natural Range: include: Samuel Burns, Lawrence Feir, Jim Gal- Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11am-3pm; Fri., 11am-3pm April Flanders". Printmaker April Flanders’ cur- lucci, Mark Gordon, Peter Krsko, Michael Layne, Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill. Through Apr. 29 - Featur- & 5-8pm; Sat., 11am-5pm; & Sun.. 1-5pm. Con- rent work addresses the uncontrollable nature Susan Moffatt, Sean Pace, Carl Regutti, Mike ing sculpture and paintings by Kim Marches- tact: 704/376/2787 or at of invasive botanical species in the Appalachian Roig, Karl Saliter, Marvin Tadlock, Adam Walls, seault and David Molesky. Hours: Mon.-Fri., (www.charlotteartleague.org). region, influenced by humankind’s fascination and Davis Whitfield IV. For further info contact 8:30am-5pm. Contact: 919/968-2749 or e-mail at with the exotic, and perhaps driven by the need The Town of Chapel Hill Public Arts Office at ([email protected]). Creative Art Exchange, (formerly the Icehouse for individuality. The exhibit reveals the result 919/968-2749, e-mail at ([email protected]) Center for Creativity, Craft & Design) 19725 of this obsession as an unnatural, globalized or visit (http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index. Friends Gallery at Carrboro Public Library, Oak St., Unit 1, Oak Street Mill Village, behind landscape that means an inexorable death for aspx?page=1624). McDougle Middle School Media Center, 900 Old the police station, Cornelius. Ongoing - Featur- native species. Mezzanine Gallery, Through Fayetteville Road, Carrboro. Through May 29 - ing works by local and regional artists and of- June 4 - "8th Appalachian Mountain Photogra- Ackland Art Museum, UNC - Chapel Hill, "Out There: Images of Earth & Space," featuring fering art classes. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm phy Competition". The Competition (AMPC) is Columbia & Franklin Streets, Chapel Hill. Apr. works by Linda Carmel, Joey Howell, Shirley & Sat., noon-4pm. Contact: 704/892-7323 or at a program of Appalachian’s Outdoor Programs 8 - July 10 - "De-Natured: German Art from B Little and Pat Merriman. Hours: Mon.-Thur., (www.icehousecenter.org). in partnership with the Blue Ridge Parkway Joseph Beuys to Martin Kippenberger," featuring 3:30-6pm, Mon.&Tue., till 9pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Foundation and the Turchin Center for the selections from the James Keith Brown and Eric Contact: 919/969-3006. Elizabeth Ross Gallery, Central Piedmont Visual Arts. The AMPC has become a promi- Diefenbach Collection. Apr. 8 - July 10 - "Ro- Community College, Central Campus, Over- nent regional competition, attracting the work mantic Dreams | Rude Awakenings: Northern University Mall, 201 S Estes Dr., Chapel Hill. cash Performing Arts Center, Elizabeth Avenue of amateur and professional photographers European Prints and Drawings, 1840-1940". Apr. Apr. 22 - June 18, 2011 - "3rd Annual Scrapel and Kings Dr., Charlotte. Ross I and II Galler- from across the country and allowing them the 15 - May 8 - "New Currents in Contemporary Art: Hill Competition and Exhibition," featuring ies, Apr. 4 - May 20 - "The Art of Music: Selec- opportunity to celebrate the unique people, MFA 2011". Renaissance and Baroque Gallery, works created from discarded materials spon- tions from the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art’s places and pursuits that distinguish the South- Ongoing - "Art and the Natural World in Early sored by University Mall and The Chapel Hill School of Paris Exhibit". A reception will be held ern Appalachian mountains. Categories for Modern Europe," features masterpieces by artists Public Arts Office. The competition was juried on Apr. 11, from 4:30-6pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri., photographic submissions include: Adventure, including Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Weenix, Salo- by Peter Nisbet, Chief Curator, Ackland Art 11am-3pm. Contact: 704-330-6668 or at Blue Ridge Parkway Vista, Share the Journey, mon van Ruysdael, and a seventeenth-century Museum. Hours: reg Mall hours. Contact: call (www.cpcc.edu/art_gallery). Culture, Environment, Flora/Fauna and Land- landscape by Claude Lorrain on long term loan to 919/968-2749 or e-mail to (info@chapelhillarts. scape. Hours: 10am-6pm, Tue., Wed., Thur., the Ackland from the Tryon Palace Historic Sites org). Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American & Sat. and Fri.,noon -8pm. Contact: Hank T. and Gardens in New Bern, NC. This exhibit now Arts & Culture (formerly the Afro-American Foreman at 828/262-3017 or at combines with its neighboring gallery, Art and Charlotte Area Cultural Center), 551 S. Tryon St., Charlotte. (www.turchincenter.org). Religious Life in Early Modern Europe, to show- Through June 19 - "What My Mother Told Me: case a wide range of Renaissance and Baroque North Davidson Arts District Gallery Crawl - The Art of Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons," Brasstown subject matter. Hours: Wed., Fri., & Sat., 10am-5- From 6-9 or 10pm on the 1st & 3rd Fridays of featuring works by this Internationally cel- pm; Thur., 10am-8pm; Sun., 1-5pm; and 2nd Fri, each month. For info check (www.noda.org). ebrated Afro-Cuban artist. Born in Mantanzas, Folk School Craft Shop, John C. Campbell Folk each month till 9pm. Contact: 919/966-5736 or at Cuba, Campos-Pons’ work echoes the lives School, Olive D. Campbell Building, Brasstown. (www.ackland.org). Uptown Gallery Crawl - From 6-8pm on the of African descendants rooted in Cuba and Ongoing - Featuring the juried craftworks of 1st Friday of each month. continued on Page 57 Page 56 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 of legions of fellow travelers from around the industry, and it remained immensely popular Widely regarded as one of the world’s finest Gina Strumpf. The art show will also feature the world. It has emerged from an early 1980s for the rest of the century. Through Dec. 31, corporate art collections, the Bank of America work of homeless artists from Urban Ministry focus on painting and the discussion of Cuban 2011 - "Threads of Identity: Contemporary Maya Collection is noted for its high quality, stylistic Center’s ArtWorks 945 program. Forty percent mixed cultural heritage to incisive questioning, Textiles". Maya peoples of Guatemala and south- diversity, historical depth and attention to regional of art sales will be donated to GBS/CIDP re- critique and insertion of the body in contempo- eastern Mexico are renowned for their time-hon- identity, featuring works by Milton Avery, Jen- search, education and advocacy. Hours: May 5, rary narratives of the present. The work in this ored tradition of magnificent attire. Throughout nifer Bartlett, Roger Brown, John Chamberlain, 5:30-9:30pm (reception- a suggested donation exhibition builds upon a dialogue of culture, the world, clothing transforms the biological body Janet Fish, Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, of $20 per couple will be accepted at the door); history, art and identity and define the core of into a socio-cultural being, integrating the person John Marin, Elizabeth Murray, Louise Nevelson, May 6, 11am-3pm; and May 7, 10am-noon. who Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is as a into the community. Among the Maya, dress is an Jules Olitski, Edward Ruscha, Miriam Schapiro Contact: Hannah Blanton at 704-365-2422 or at woman, an expatriate and a Cuban. Through outward expression of cultural pride. Dress also and Frank Stella, among others. Through May (http://carolinaartsoiree.squarespace.com). June 19 - "John & Vivian Hewitt Collection of conveys one’s place in the world, signaling social 29 - "VantagePoint IX – Janet Biggs: Going to African-American Art". This is the first time the identity and geographic origin or current com- Extremes". From a kayaker navigating threaten- Cherokee collection will have been shown in its entirety munity. Through Dec. 31, 2011 - "The Golden ing Arctic waters to a NASCAR pit crew racing in Charlotte. The Hewitt Collection of African- Age of English Art". The 18th century witnessed against the clock, Biggs’ video subjects tend to Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, 645 Tsali American Art consists of works by renowned the “Golden Age of English Art” in which artists lead her to extremes. Biggs has been creating Blvd., across from the Museum of the Chero- artists including Romare Bearden, regarded explored the variety and abundance of the times. and exhibiting videos and video installations for kee Indian, Cherokee. Ongoing - Featuring as one of the greatest American artists of his Portraiture ranked high as ordinary individuals, nearly 20 years. Examining themes of speed, basket weaving, pottery, wood carving, finger generation; Henry Ossawa Tanner, one of the like those in the upper ranks, sought to have their precision, personal discipline, gender roles, spec- weaving, beadwork, stone carving and fine first African-American artists to achieve ac- likenesses and achievements documented by tatorship, and calculated risk, her videos capture painting by members of the Eastern Band of claim in both America and Europe; Elizabeth artists of note. Satire came into vogue in which the athleticism of performance juxtaposed with Cherokee Indians. Artisans must go through Catlett; Jonathan Green; Jacob Lawrence; Ann art was used to lampoon individuals and situa- danger. A common thread within her subjects a juried process to become affiliated with the Tanksley; and Hale Woodruff. Bank of America tions from those royal to everyday mundane. No is their willingness to undertake extraordinary organization and current membership stands at acquired the Hewitt Collection in 1998 from aspect of English life was exempt from the artist’s risks - even brushes with death - in pursuit of the about 300. Hours: open daily, year round, with John and Vivian Hewitt, and pledged it as a eye, which recorded the triumphs, achievements sublime. Ongoing - The Mint Museum Uptown seasonal hours. Contact: 828/497-3103 or at cornerstone of the Gantt Center's permanent and changes that occurred in society. Through will house the world renowned collections of the (www.cherokee-nc.com). collection. Through June 19 - "Black Music Dec. 31, 2011 - "Chinese Court Robes: The Mint Mint Museum of Craft + Design, as well as the After 1968: The Photography of Jim Alexander," Museum Collection". In 1644, the Manchu-Qing American Art and Contemporary Art collec- Concord features highlights of Alexander’s career. He is nomads took control over China. To further exert tions and selected works from the European Art a master at capturing the expressive relation- their power over the defeated Han population, collection. The building also includes a café, a Cabarrus Arts Council Galleries, His- ship between performer and audience and has the Manchu imposed dress codes for their ruling Family Gallery, painting and ceramics studios, toric Courthouse, 65 Union Street, Concord. spent almost 50 years photographing black imperial family to distinguish these individuals classrooms, a 240-seat auditorium, a Special Through May 19 - "Imprints - Impressions musicians as far flung as jazz greats Duke from the general citizenry. Court robes of this era Events Pavilion with outdoor terrace, and an - Improvisations". Artworks in the exhibit will Ellington and Miles Davis to popular musicians display a rich ornamentation of symbolism and expanded Museum Shop specializing in crafts be featuring impressed designs, traditional Michael Jackson and James Brown. Hours: decorative representations of the Manchu cos- of the Carolinas. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue., impressionistic approaches and the marvel of Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: mos. Through Dec. 31, 2011 - "The Transformed 10am-9pm (free every Tue. from 5-9pm); Wed.- improvisation. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm and 704/547-3700 or at (www.ganttcenter.org). Self: Performance Masks of Mexico". Public Sat., 10am-6pm; and Sun., 1-5pm. Closed Mon. the 2nd Sat. of each month. Contact: 704/920- performances of epic tales, historical events and and major holidays. Contact: 704/337-2000 or at 2787 or at (www.cabarrusartscouncil.org). Lake Norman Art League Gallery, 442 religious narratives are a key part of modern life (www.mintmuseum.org). S. Main St., located across the street from in Mexico. The performer’s mask is a vehicle of Cullowhee Wooden Stone, next to Masterworks; enter at transformation that physically and psychologically Pease Auditorium Gallery, Central Piedmont the rear of the building, and turn right into the converts the wearer into the character portrayed Community College, Central Campus, Pease Fine Art Museum, Fine & Performing Arts lobby, Davidson. Ongoing - Featuring works by the dancer. Through Dec. 31, 2011 - "North- Lane & Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. Through May Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee. by Lake Norman Art League members. Hours: ern European Art from The Mint Museum Collec- 6 - "CPCC’s Annual Juried Student Art Show". Through Apr. 11 - "2011 Jackson County Youth Mon.-Fri., 8am-7pm. Contact: 704/620-4450 or tion". As Renaissance Art styles of the 15th cen- A reception will be held on Apr. 27, from 4-6pm. Art Month Exhibit," featuring artwork of regional at (www.LKNart.org). tury spread from Italy to the northern European Hours: Mon., Wed., & Fri., 9am-4pm and Tue. & school children. A reception and awards presen- countries, they adapted and changed to accom- Thur., 1-4pm. Contact: 704-330-6668 or at tation will take place on Apr. 10, from 1-3pm. Apr. Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E. modate local artistic preferences and cultural ide- (www.cpcc.edu/art_gallery). 7 - May 6 - "School of Art & Design 43rd Annual Seventh St., corner of College St & Seventh St als. In addition to portraits and historical scenes, Art Student Juried Exhibition". An independently , Charlotte. Through Jan. 22, 2012 - "COUR- there appeared popular scenes of peasant life, Rowe Arts Galleries, Rowe Arts Building, juried exhibition featuring the best of new and in- AGE: The Carolina Story That Changed townscapes, pastoral landscapes, still lifes and UNC-Charlotte, Charlotte. Upper Rowe Gallery, novative creative expression in a variety of media America". In celebration of our 20th anniver- maritime paintings, among others. Ongoing - Through Apr. 1 - "The Happy Crowd," featuring by undergraduates of the School of Art & Design. sary, the Museum is bringing back "COURAGE: "Art for the Millions: WPA Prints" and "Carolina color photography by Katie Shannon and Psy- This year’s jurors include Jolene Mechanic, cura- The Carolina Story That Changed America," Clay," featuring a display of colorful wares made chometry or THat Old Black and White Magic by tor of Flood Gallery Fine Art Center and Cameron appearing in Charlotte for the first time since between 1920 and 1950 as potters from NC Carol Golemboski. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Campbell-Wilkens, Design Strategist. Through 2004. The exhibit tells the powerful grassroots adapted their works to a market economy. "Art of Contact: 704/547-3315. Apr. 29 - "Susan Harbage Page". School of Art story of the Rev. J.A. De Laine and the other the United States," featuring contemporary works & Design Spring 2011 Artist in Residence, Page, brave citizens of Clarendon County, S.C., who from the Mint's permanent collection, including The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of creates large-scale photographs, altered textiles, brought the first lawsuit in America challenging works by Romare Bearden, Maud Gatewood, Photography and Film, @ Spirit Square Gal- videos and installations that address such racial segregation in public schools. Combined John Biggers Juan Logan, Tarlton Blackwell, leries, 345 N. College St., Charlotte. Middleton concerns as race and gender, identity, politics with four other national lawsuits, the result Radcliffe Bailey, Kojo Griffin, and others. "Art in McMillan Gallery, Through May 15 - "Body and immigration. Through May 27 - "Boundless: was the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown the Americas," featuring paintings, precious met- & Soul". Over the years, photographers have Selections from the Book Arts Collection". The v. Board of Education, which ruled that racial alwork, sculpture, furniture and decorative arts experimented with figurative subject matter in a exhibit explores a wide variety of formats and segregation of schools was unconstitutional, from the 17th through the 19th centuries illustrate variety of creative ways and continue to explore structures of the Artist Book, a synthesis of form subsequently initiating massive change in race the unique culture that emerged from the Spanish the abstract potential of the human form today. and content which provides a bridge between relations in the US. Ongoing - "Cotton Fields to colonization of the Americas. Crosland Gallery Body & Soul will feature the work of renowned the traditional book and contemporary art. This Skyscrapers," featuring a permanent exhibition - Featuring a presentation of portraits with many photographers Joyce Tenneson, Jock Sturges, exhibit will include a variety of artists including featuring interactive environments that trace fascinating images presented. Rankin Gallery - and Mona Kuhn. A reception will be held on noted Book Artists like Joni Mabe and Dieter Roth the history of the New South from the end of Featuring a presentation of the Romare Bearden Feb. 17, from 6-9pm. Knight Gallery, Through as well unique books by photographers, sculptors the Civil War until today. Admission: Yes. Free Collection, including two “new” Beardens. Harris May 22 - "Lydia Panas, Tatiana Bring the Fam- and painters like Ed Ruscha. Ongoing - "World- on Sat. Parking: next door in Seventh Street and Crist Galleries - Featuring some contem- ily". As we work through our hectic and busy views," featuring selections from the Perma- Station. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., porary works that are new to the collection or schedules, we often realize at the end of the nent Collection and new acquisitions featuring noon-5pm. Contact:704/333-1887 or at have not been seen for a while. Delhom Gallery, day what is truly important. In Bring the Fam- regional, national and international artists' works (www.museumofthenewsouth.org). Ongoing - The European Collection of ceramic ily, photographers Tina Barney, Lydia Panas, in all media. Hours: Tue.- Fri.,10am-4pm & Sat., works. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue., 10am-9pm Catalina Kulczar-Marin, and Natalie Young 1-4pm. Contact: 828/227-3591 or at McColl Center for Visual Art, 721 North (free every Tue. from 5-9pm); Wed.-Sat., 10am- explore the need for family, friends, and home (http://www.wcu.edu/museum/). Tryon Street, Charlotte. Apr. 15 - Aug. 19 - 6pm; and Sun., 1-5pm. Closed Mon. and major in its various forms and their understanding of "The Green Shadow," featuring an exhibit of holidays. Contact: 704/337-2000 or at the theme as it touches all aspects of life. A Mountain Heritage Center, ground floor of works by Jeff Schmuki and Heather Lewis. An (www.mintmuseum.org). reception will be held on Feb. 17, from 6-9pm. Robinson Admin. Building, Western Carolina Uni- opening reception will be held on Apr. 15, from Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm; Sat., noon-5pm & versity, Cullowhee. Gallery A, Ongoing - "Migra- 6-9pm. A closing recpetion will be held on Aug. Sun.,1-5pm. Contact:704/333-9755 or at tion of the Scotch-Irish People". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 18, from 6-9pm. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-4pm. (www.lightfactory.org). 8am-5pm Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 828/227-7129 Contact: 704/332-5535 or at or (www.wcu.edu/mhc). (www.mccollcenter.org). ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Charlotte At the Barn, McAlpine Business Park, 8300 Durham Mint Museum Randolph, 2730 Randolph Road, Monroe Road, Charlotte. May 14, 2011, 10am- Charlotte. Through Apr. 3 - "Mary Cassatt’s 4pm - " Carolina Claymatters Pottery Guild Central Carolina Bank Gallery, The Durham Madame X: A Masterpiece from the Charlotte 2011 Spring Pottery Sale". More than 45 skilled Art Guild, Royall Center for the Arts, 120 Morris and Philip Hanes Collection". The exhibition clay artists will present their work ranging from Street, Durham. Through Apr. 17 - "In These will give visitors an intimate look at "Madame X functional work to whimsical items for the home Woods," featuring photographs by Jesse Che- Dressed for the Matinée" (1878), which comes and garden. All colors, shapes, sizes and styles hak. Through Apr. 17 - "People of the Forest," from the collection of Charlotte and Philip Hanes Work by Gary Lee Noffke will be on hand. Pots for any and every occa- featuring photographs by Jason Houston and of Winston-Salem, NC, who have generously sion! Items for the more serious collector will stories by William deBuys. Hours: Mon.-Sat., placed it on long-term loan at the Mint. The Mint Museum Uptown, Levine Center for the be on display, and for sale, as well. Carolina 9am-9pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 919/560- exhibit examines the painting’s place in Cassatt’s Arts, 500 South Tryon St., Charlotte. Apr. 2 - Claymatters is a nonprofit organization of 2713 or at (www.durhamartguild.org). oeuvre, discuss the sitter’s identity, and present Sept. 11 - " Attitude and Alchemy: The Metalwork regional clay artists which provides a forum for period fashions and decorative objects from the of Gary Noffke". Gary Lee Noffke has been the exchange of creative ideas and information Fredric Jameson Gallery, Friedl Building, artist’s era. After the exhibition closes, the paint- described as “a pacesetter” and the “ultimate between artisans as well as the local commu- 1600 Campus Dr., Duke University East Cam- ing will be integrated into the American art galler- maverick.” For nearly 50 years, he has con- nity. Contact: Valerie Hawkins at 704/563-7766 pus, Durham. Through May 1 - "al margen: ies at the new Mint Museum Uptown. Through sistently and simultaneously created jewelry, or visit (www.carolinaclaymatters.org). Photographs of Latin America and the Carib- Dec. 31, 2011 - "Of Hounds and Men: Rocking- hollowware, and flatware, passionately explor- bean by Petra Barth," featuring a retrospective ham Pottery from the Lewis Collection". The term ing surface, form, and function. Beginning in the Southpark’s Morrison Development, 720 of 40 gelatin silver prints by this award-winning “Rockingham” refers to a rich brown glaze that 1970s, Noffke’s work gained national attention. A Governor Morrison Street, Charlotte. May 5 photographer. Hours: daily 8am-6pm, while received its characteristic color through the addi- metalsmith’s metalsmith known for his graffiti-like - 7, 2011 - " 2nd Annual Carolina Art Soirée," school is in session. Contact: 919/660-5968 or tion of manganese. It was first made in England surface treatment, Noffke challenged metalwork- featuring an art show to benefit The GBS/CIDP at (www.library.duke.edu/exhibits). in the late eighteenth century, but a few decades ing traditions with his expressive spontaneous Foundation International. Participating artists later the technique spread to the United States, approach and sense of humor. Over the course of include Pam Anderson, Wendy Bilas, Laura Center for Documentary Studies at Duke where it became a standard of many potters— his career, he has received numerous accolades Bowers, Dianne Britton, Stuart Coleman Budd, University,1317 West Pettigrew Street, Durham. especially those in the Northeast, Maryland, and particularly for his technical prowess, hot forging Curt Butler, Zan Byrd, Allison Chambers, The- Kreps Gallery, Through July 10 - "Jazz in New Ohio. American potters initially followed the Eng- research, the development of numerous alloys, resa Clark, Shalimar Crosby, Christina Dowdy, York: A Community of Visions, Photographs by lish example of dipping their wares in the glaze and his ability to embrace and challenge tradition. Jenny Fuller, Eloise Gamble, Lita Gatlin, Grace Lourdes Delgado". This exhibit looks at con- to achieve a solid brown surface, but they soon Through Apr. 17 - "New Visions: Contemporary Howell, Christine Keogh, Robert Langford, temporary musicians such as David Sanborn, switched to dripping, sponging, or splattering the Masterworks from the Bank of America Collec- Esther Melton, Anne Neilson, Angela Nesbit, Christian McBride and others. Hours: Mon.-Thur, glaze on the ceramic body in order to achieve tion". The Mint Museum and Bank of America will Windy O’Connor, Liz Orvos, Allison Pell, Dil- 9am-7pm; Fri., 9am-5pm; Sat., 11am-4pm; & a pleasing, mottled effect. By 1845, Rocking- collaborate to present an exhibition comprising liard Richardson, Laurie Richardson, Margaret Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 919/660-3663 or at ham pottery dominated the American ceramics over 60 works from the bank’s Art Collection. Salisbury, Caroline Simas, Libby Smart, and continued on Page 58 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 57 Dougherty will give a talk. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am- variety of media by students, faculty, alumni (East 5pm, & Sun. 2-5pm. Contact: 336/316-2438 or at Carolina University) and local artists.. Hours: (www.guilford.edu/artgallery). Tue.-Sat., 11am-9pm & Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: NC Institutional Galleries 252/551-6947 or at (www.emergegallery.com). continued from Page 57 Guilford Native American Art Gallery, Greens- boro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., Greens- Greenville Museum of Art, 802 South Evans (cds.aas.duke.edu). Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 919/684-5135 or at boro. Ongoing - Featuring works by Carolina's Street, Greenville. West Wing & Commons Gal- (www.nasher.duke.edu). Native Americans. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5- leries, Apr. 10 - May 20 - "34th Annual Southern North Carolina Central University Museum of :30pm. Contact: 336/273-6605. Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition". The exhibit Art, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham. Through Fayetteville will present selected works from the over 500 Apr. 15 - "Richmond Barthé: His Life and Times". Irene Cullis Gallery, Greensboro College, 815 members from: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Barthe (1901-1989) was born in Bay St. Louis, Cape Fear Studios, 148-1 Maxwell Street, W. Market Street, Greensboro. Ongoing - Fea- District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, MS. He studied painting at the Art institute of Fayetteville. Ongoing - Featuring original works turing works by studen, faculty and others. Hours: Kentucky, Lousiana, Maryland,Mississippi, Chicago after being refused admission to a New by 40 artists in a variety of media, inc2luding oils, Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: Missouri,North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Caro- Orleans academy on the grounds of race. Bar- pastels, watercolors, pottery, basketry, jewelry, 336/272-7102, ext. 301. lina, Tennessee, Texas,Virginia, and West Virgin- thé’s bust of Booker T. Washington was installed photography, slumped glass, stained glass, ia. This year’s juror, Eric Wiegardt, AWS, NWS, at the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1946. and fabric art. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-5pm & NC A&T State University Galleries, 1601 E. is a nationally renowned juror and award winning His other works include portrait busts of Sir John Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 910/433-2986, e-mail Market Street, Dudley Building, NC A&T State artist. South Gallery, Ongoing - Featuring works Gielgud, Katherine Connell, Maurice Evans, at ([email protected]) and at University, Greensboro. Ongoing - The Mat- by NC artists and American landscape artists Rose McClendon, and Gypsy Rose Lee. This (www.capefearstudios.com). tye Reed African Heritage Collection seeks to including: Nena Allen, Charles Bashum, Charles exhibit will take a look back at the artist’s career educate people about the culture, history and ac- Burchfield, Jasper Cropsey, Arthur Dove, Daniel by examining 30 of his most important sculptures. The Arts Center, Arts Council of Fayetteville/ complishments of African societies and peoples Garber, David Johnson and David Kapp. Francis Ongoing - Permanent collection focuses on Cumberland County, 301 Hay Street, Fayetteville. of African descent. It achieves this through the Speight & Sarah Blakeslee Gallery, Ongoing African American art of the 19th & 20th century, Through Apr. 17 - "We Are the Ship: The Story development of exhibits drawn from its extensive - Featuring works by Francis Speight and Sarah including works by Edward Mitchell Bannister, of Negro League Baseball," featuring a national collection of African artifacts, which represent a Blakeslee, two of Greenville's and NC's important Henry Ossawa Tanner, Romare Bearden, Jacob touring exhibit, presented by the Arts Council and cross-section of African cultures from over thirty- artists. Student's Gallery, Through May 28 Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, and Norman Lewis. Friends of African & African-American Art. Hours: five countries. The collection is made up of fine - "ECU Student Exhibits". Ongoing - Featur- As well as more contemporary works by Sam Mon.-Thur., 8:30am-5pm; Fri., 8:30-noon; and examples of African material culture including ing changing exhibitions of work produced by Gilliam, Richard Hunt, William Artis, and Kerry Sat., noon-4pm. Contact: 910/323-1776. sculptures, masks, figures, household imple- students, including students from East Carolina James Marshall. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9am-5pm & ments, musical instruments, and textiles. The University. Look & Learn Gallery, Ongoing - On Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 919/560-6211. Goldsboro modern collection includes works from Nigeria, display are two and three-dimensional art from Ghana, Ethiopia, Haiti and elsewhere in the Afri- the Museum's Education Collection. Young visi- Royall Center for the Arts, 120 Morris Street, Arts Council of Wayne County, 2406 E. Ash can Diaspora. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & sat., tors are invited to browse through the gallery and Durham. Allenton & Semans Galleries, Street, Goldsboro. Ongoing - The Art Market is 1-5pm. Contact: 336/334-3209 or at engage in the project sheets found in the Activity Through May 15 - "Beyond the Deadlines: located on the second floor of the Arts Council (www.ncat.edu/~museum). Corner. Admission: Free. Hours: Tue., - Fri., Independent Weekly Photography by D.L. of Wayne County building. We represent ap- 10am - 4:30pm and Sat.&Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: Anderson and Jeremy M. Lange". Anderson and proximatley 50 NC based artists including pot- The Center for Visual Artists Greensboro, 252/758-1946 or at (www.gmoa.org). Lange, staff photographers for the "Independent ters, jewelry designers, wood turners, painters second floor of the Cultural Arts Center, 200 Weekly", present photographs that go beyond the and writers. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-7pm & Sat., North Davie St., Greensboro. Apr. 8 - 29 - "Ju- Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Jenkins Fine Arts assignment to offer a deeper view of the region. 11am-2pm. Contact: 919/736-3300 or at ried Student Art & Design Exhibition," featuring Center, East Carolina University, East 5th St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-9pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Con- (www.artsinwayne.org). works by any art or design students enrolled at and Jarvis Street, Greenville. Through Apr. 2 tact: 919/560-2719 or at (www.durhamarts.org). any NC College or University. Ongoing - Fea- - "School of Art & Design Undergraduate Exhibi- Greensboro Area turing works by member artists from throughout tion," with a reception on Mar. 3, at 5pm. Apr. 15 Special Collections Gallery, William R. Per- the greater Greensboro area. Hours: Tue.-Sat., - May 20 - "Annual MFA Thesis Exhibition," with kins Library, Duke University, West Campus, Throughout Greensboro, first Fri. of the 10am-5pm; Weds. till 7pm; & Sun., 2-5pm. a reception on Apr. 15, at 5pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri., Durham. Through May 1 - "al margen: Pho- month, till 9pm - "First Friday," featuring a gal- Contact: 336/333-7485 or at 10am-5pm; Thur., till 8pm; & Sat., 10am-3pm. tographs of Latin America and the Caribbean lery crawl of several gallery spaces in Greens- (www.greensboroart.org). Contact: 252/328-6336 or at (www.ecu.edu/art). by Petra Barth," featuring a retrospective of boro. For further info (www.uacarts.org). 30 gelatin silver prints by this award-winning Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Hendersonville photographer. Hours: daily 8am-7pm, while African American Atelier & Bennett College Carolina - Greensboro, Cone Building, Tate and school is in session. Contact: 919/660-5968 or for Women Gallery, Greensboro Cultural Cen- Spring Garden Streets, Greensboro. Through The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, at (www.library.duke.edu/exhibits). ter, 200 N. Davie Street, Greensboro. Ongoing Apr. 17 - "Judy Pfaff: Falk Visiting Artist". UNC-Asheville Kellogg Conference Center, at - Featuring works by local, regional and national Internationally renowned artist Judy Pfaff is one 11 Broyles Road between HWY 64 and South African American artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am- of the pioneers of installation art. She combines Rugby, Hendersonville. Through Apr. 22 - "WNC 5pm; Wed., till 7pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: aspects of sculpture, painting, and architecture Models of Sustainability in Craft Making," will fea- 336/333-6885. to form dynamic works that transcend aesthetic ture eight studio craft artists working in residence boundaries. Her recent paper-based works, at EnergyXchange (EE), located in Burnsville, Elliott University Center Art Gallery, 221 Elliott which incorporate motifs derived from the natural NC, and Jackson County Green Energy Park University Center, UNC-G, Greensboro. Ongo- world, are unique in both process and form, (JCGEP), located in Sylva, NC, including works ing - Featuring works by student and alumni combining traditional and non-traditional tech- by Clayton Hufford (glass), Hayden Wilson (glass artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-9pm. Contact: niques and materials. Through Apr. 17 - "Stacy & metal), Julie Boisseau (mixed media), Laurey 336/408-3659 or at Lynn Waddell: The Evidence of Things Unseen". Masterton (glass), Lisa Gluckin (clay), Joy Tan- (www.euc.uncg.edu/services/gallery/). The exhibit showcases recent work by Chapel ner (clay), Michael Hatch (glass), and William Hill artist Stacy Lynn Waddell in her first solo Baker (clay). Hours: Mon.-Fri., 1-5pm. Contact: Gatewood Studio Art Center Gallery, UNCG museum exhibition. Integrating real and imagined 828/890-2050 or at Work by W. Eugene Smith Art Department studio arts building, University American histories, Waddell’s work explores (www.craftcreativitydesign.org). of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro. a fascinating terrain that combines drawing, The Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University THrough Apr. 17 - "Gene Triplette Photogra- collage, sculpture, and installation. The featured ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Hendersonville Central Campus, 2001 Campus Drive, Durham. phy: Faces of Faith". Apr. 29 - May 23 - "Senior work continues Waddell’s investigations of the First Citizens Bank Lobby, 539 N. Main St., Through July 10 - "The Jazz Loft Project: W. Show". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: inner conflict experienced in negotiating cultural Hendersonville. Through Apr. 22 - "Mentors and Eugene Smith in New York City, 1957-1965," 336/334-5248 or at (www.uncg.edu/art/). history and family heritage with personal identity, Students," which consists of three exhibitions: documents the years W. Eugene Smith spent in and considers the ways individual consciousness "The Art of Our Children: Elementary School the building on Sixth Avenue. Smith moved into is formed through the generations. Through May Exhibit" (Through Mar. 11), "Art Teachers Create" the fourth floor. The building at the time had 8 - "The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: (Mar. 18 – Apr. 1), and "Artists of Tomorrow: Sec- become a place where many great jazz musi- Fifty Works for Fifty States". In the middle of ondary Student Exhibition" (Apr. 8 – 22). Hours: cians came to work out ideas and rehearse. In the last century, the Kress Foundation placed Mon.-Thur., 9am-5pm & Fri., 9am-6pm. Contact: addition to photographing the scenes around Old Master paintings in museums across the Contact: 828/693-8504 or at (www.acofhc.com). the building, Smith wired several floors of the country. In 2009, the Vogels decided to share building and taped the conversations and their enormous holdings of contemporary art in proceedings. Among those conversations were similar fashion. Beginning in 1991, the National rehearsals between Hall Overton and Theloni- Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, acquired more ous Monk while they worked out arrangements than 1,000 pieces from the Vogels’ collection for Monk’s legendary 1959 Town Hall Concert, through a combination of gift and purchase. The and other concerts. Some of Smith’s photos Gallery then worked closely with the Vogels, from the time, along with samples of the thou- with support from both the National Endowment sands of hours of reel-to-reel recordings, will Work by Andre Leon Gray for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and be on view during the Nasher show. Through Library Services, to distribute 2,500 artworks Aug. 14 - "Building The Contemporary Collec- Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 200 to fifty selected institutions—one in each state. tion: Five Years Of Acquisitions". The exhibit in North Davie Street, Greensboro Cultural Center, The Weatherspoon was the very fortunate North celebration of the museum’s fifth anniversary, Greensboro. Apr. 8 - May 29 - "André Leon Gray Carolina recipient of their generosity with a gift Work by Fred Graff presents the most important contemporary & Shaun Richards". This exhibition presents two that includes drawings, collages, and paintings by works acquired since its founding in 2005. The one-person exhibitions by Triangle artists who 24 individual artists. Atrium and Lobbies - Fea- Kanuga Conference Center, Inn Fireside exhibition features work by 42 artists, includ- both incorporate mixed media in their respective turing works of art complementing current gallery Lounge, Hendersonville. Apr. 3 - 7 - "26th Annual ing Christian Boltanski, William Cordova, Noah mediums of sculpture and painting. Southern exhibitions which are rotated in the atrium and Kanuga Watermedia Workshops Instructors’ Davis, Rineke Dijkstra, Marlene Dumas, David themes, reflections on esthetics and the influence public areas throughout both floors of the gallery. Exhibition," including works by Patricia Brady Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Glenn Ligon, of social constructs on identity are investigated Tom Otterness' site-specific work, "The Frieze" (Greenville, SC), Betty Carr (Cottonwood, AZ), Christian Marclay, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Odili by both artists. André Leon Grey participated in is permanently installed in the atrium. Sculpture Kathleen Conover, NWS, ISEA (Marquette, MI), Donald Odita, Dan Perjovschi, Dario Robleto, "Sculpture Retold" at Green Hill in 2004 and in Courtyard - Featuring selections of American Joan Fullerton (Parker, CO), Frederick Graff, David Salle, Carolee Schneemann, Gary Sim- the 2009 "Gallery Nomads" exhibition. Shaun sculpture from 1900 to the present from the AWS,NWS,TWSA (Medina, OH), Lynn McLain, mons, Xaviera Simmons, Jeff Sonhouse, Eve Richards work was first exhibited at Green Hill in Weatherspoon Collection and on loan works from AWS (Valdito, NM), Craig Nelson, CAC, ASPA Sussman, Alma Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, 2008 at the "Winter Show" and in "Facing South: contemporary artists. Admission: Free. Hours: (Santa Rosa, CA), Carla O’Connor, AWS-DF, Mickalene Thomas, Bob Thompson, Kara Portraits by North Carolina Artists". His large Tue., Wed. & Fri.,10am-5pm, Thur., 10am to 9pm NWS, NWWS (Gig Harbor, WA), Stephen Quiller, Walker, Jeff Whetstone, Kehinde Wiley, Fred canvases and works on panel will by on view for and weekends, 1-5pm. Contact: 336/334-5770 or AWS,NWS (Creed, CO), Jan Sitts, SLMM, Wilson and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, among the first time. Both artists are represented by the at (http://weatherspoon.uncg.edu/). NSAEP (Sedona, AZ), Richard Stephens (Hot others. The exhibition reflects the museum’s Flanders Art Gallery in Raleigh, NC. Hours: Tue.- Springs, AK), and Robbie Laird, NWS, SLMM, interest in the art and culture of the African Sat., 10am-5pm; Wed. till 7pm; and Sun., 2-5 pm. ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Greensboro WW, Director (Lake Almanor, CA). A reception diaspora, and includes works in a variety Contact: 336/333-7460 or at Guilford College Quadrangle, Guilford College, will be held in the Fireside Lounge on Apr. 3, from of media - painting, drawing, photography, (www.greenhillcenter.org). Greensboro. Ongoing - Sculpture by Patrick 2:30-5pm. Hours: Mon.-Wed., 10am-5pm and sculpture, video and installation. It is curated by Dougherty. Contact: 336/316-2438 or at Thur., 10am-noon. Contact: call Cindy Evans at Trevor Schoonmaker, Patsy R. and Raymond Guilford College Art Gallery, Hege Library, (www.guilford.edu/artgallery). 517/655-4929. D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art. Also 5800 W. Friendly Avenue, Greensboro. Through - Nasher Museum Café and Museum Shop. Apr. 15 - "Patrick Dougherty: Past Projects & Greenville Hickory Admission: Yes, but free to Durham residents, Stickworks," featuring an exhibit of photographs, courtesy of “The Herald-Sun” newspaper. drawings, and models, spanning from 1987- Emerge Gallery & Art Center, 404 S. Evans Full Circle Arts, 327 Second Avenue NW, Hours: Tue.- Sat., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 9pm; & 2009. On Feb. 20, at 2pm in Bryan Jr. Auditorium, St., Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring works in a continued on Page 59 Page 58 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Hickory. Ongoing - Featuring works by member discipline. These ongoing displays expose Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact: Call Teenie Bingham at Pittsboro artists in a variety of mediums. Full Circle Arts is the viewer to the analysis, invention, explora- 336/249-8186, ext. 239. a not-for-profit educational organization whose tion and decision making processes used by Pittsboro, Apr. 3, 2011 - "Pittsboro First Sun- mission is to encourage public appreciation and students during the development of ideas into Manteo days". Opening art exhibits at Chatham Arts education for the arts. Hours: Wed.-Sat., noon-6- a work of art. Bascom Campus, Ongoing - Gallery, Fusions Glass Gallery, New Horizons pm. Contact: 828/322-7545 or at "Stick Works: Patrick Dougherty Environmental DCAC Gallery, Dare County Arts Council, 104 Trading Company & Side Street Gallery featur- (www.fullcirclearts.org). Sculpture". Internationally recognized sculptor Sir Walter Raleigh Street, Manteo. Apr. 1 - 30 ing local craftspeople & artists displaying their Patrick Dougherty has constructed a monu- - "Michael Lay - New Works in Printmaking and work on the sidewalks in historic downtown, Hickory Museum of Art, Arts and Science mental site-specific work using saplings as his Painting". Apr. 1 - 30 - "Phil Cameron - Recent plus antique stores, specialty shops, restau- Center, 243 Third Avenue NE, Hickory. En- construction material. Dougherty combines Paintings". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., rants & other businesses. Sponsored by the trance Gallery, Through Apr. 10 - "Lost Hicko- primitive construction techniques with his love noon-4pm. Contact: 252/473-5558 or at Pittsboro Merchants Assn. First Sun. of every ry: A Compendium of Vanished Landmarks." An of nature to build a one-of-a-kind sculpture on (www.darearts.org). month, noon-4pm. Contact: 919/260-9725 or at exhibition based on the new publication by the The Bascom campus. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am- (www.pittsboroshops.com). Hickory Landmarks Society, Inc. of the same 5pm. Contact: 828/526-4949 or at The Art Gallery, Roanoke Island Festival Park, title, that serves as a compilation of architectur- (www.thebascom.org). a 27-acre island across from the Manteo water- ChathamArts Gallery, 115 Hillsboro St., ally and historically significant buildings that front, Manteo. Apr. 2 - 21 - "Dare County High Pittsboro, Ongoing - Featuring a wide range of are no longer standing. Coe Gallery, Through Jacksonville Schools Art Show". Local high school students original work produced by local artists. Hours: Apr. 15 - "Scene Unseen: Fanjoy Labrenz." An display two-and three dimensional work. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun. noon-4pm. Con- installation by Hickory artists Sally Fanjoy and The Bradford Baysden Gallery, Council for the Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm and Sat., 10am-4pm. Con- tact: 919/542-0394 or at (www.chathamarts.org). James Labrenz that layers photography and Arts, 826 New Bridge Street, Jacksonville. Apr. tact: 252/475-1500, ext. 251 or at videography with poetry, dance and the spoken 3 - 22 - "Onslow Art Society’s 49th Spring Art (www.roanokeisland.com). Raleigh word. Gifford & Regal Galleries, Through Show". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-4:30pm & by Apr. 23 - "Oh Nine Oh Nine Oh Nine: Paint- appt. Contact: 910/455-9840 or at Mars Hill ings by Moni Hill based on Beethoven’s Ninth (http://www.jaxarts.com/). Symphony." Coe Gallery, Apr. 23 - June 26 Bentley Fellowship Hall, Mars Hill College. - "Bob Trotman: Inverted Utopias." A collection Kings Mountain Hwy. 213, Mars Hill. Apr. 9, 2011, from 9am-5- of 18 carved and painted figures from the past pm - "1st Annual Show of Fine Pottery by the decade by one of the state’s most important Southern Arts Society (at the Depot),301 Potters of Madison County". The show will artists. The exhibition is organized by the North N. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain. Ongo- feature works by Becca Floyd, Mary Mikkelsen, Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh. Support is ing - Southern Arts Society (SASi) Gift Shop Rob Pulleyn, Emily Reason, Jim Parmentier, Shirl provided by The Windgate Charitable Founda- featuring 25 regional artists working in a variety Parmentier, Alex Matisse, Henry Pope and Jane tion. This exhibition is also made possible, of media including: acrylic, oil and pastel Renfroe, with guest potters Kyle Carpenter and in part, by the North Carolina Department of paintings, mixed media, ceramics, jewelry, John Ransmeier. FREE admission and demon- Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Mu- photography, sculpture and wearable art. Offer- strations by Jim Parmentier (carving) and Mary Work by Jason Mitcham seum of Art Foundation, Inc. Shuford Gallery, ing art & pottery classes to the public. Hours: Mikkelsen (hand building). For directions and Apr. 9 - May 8 - "Paul Whitener Student Art Tue.-Fri., 10am–4pm, Sat. 11am-3pm. Con- more information visit Artspace, 201 E. Davie Street, Moore Square Show: Middle School & High School Division." tact: 704/739/5585 or at (http://pottersofmadisoncounty.com). Art District, behind City Market, Raleigh. Gallery Open Storage Gallery, Ongoing - "Southern (www.southernartssociety.org). One, Through Apr. 30 - "Dis/Order," featuring Contemporary Folk Art." From the Museum’s Montreat works by Julie Davidow and Nava Lubelski. Permanent Collection, the works are displayed Kinston Lubelski and Davidow, though using different in an open storage format. The pieces are not Montreat College Chapel, Montreat College, techniques and media, both make art from a simi- part of a traditional exhibition, but are on view The Arts Center, Community Council for the Montreat. Ongoing - Featuring Ben Long's lar desire – to create structure. Gallery Two, Apr. for research, study, comparison and enjoyment. Arts, 400 N. Queen Street, Kinston. Hampton fresco, "Return of the Prodigal". Docents will 1 - May 7 - "Rising Into Ruin," featuring works by Objects Gallery, Ongoing - "American Art Pot- Gallery & Permanent Collection Gallery, conduct tours Tue.-Sun., from 2-4pm. Hours: Morgan Craig, Tim Kiernan, Greg Lindquist, and tery: From the Museum’s Moody Collection." Through Apr. 30 - " Community Council for Tue. - Fri., 9am-4pm. Contact: Docent tours call Jason Mitcham. The exhibit features the works Objects Gallery, Ongoing - "Born of Fire: the Arts’ 30th Annual Juried Exhibition," juried 828/669-8012, ext. 3820. For info call Mindy of four artists, each exploring the changing urban Glass from the Museum’s Luski Collection." by Harry McDaniel. The exhibit features works Clinard at 828/669-8011 or e-mail at (mclinard@ landscape in a unique way. A reception will be Admission: Free. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm by artists of all visual mediums from across montreat.edu). held on Apr. 1, from 6-10pm. Upfront Gallery, & Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 828/327-8576 or at the country. Permanent Collection Gallery, Apr. 1 - 30 - "Palimpsest: Navigating Terra Incog- (www.hickorymuseumofart.org). Through Apr. 30 - "Harry McDaniel: Sculp- Mooresville nita," featuring photography by Wendy Savage. tor from Asheville, NC," featuring an exhibit of A palimpsest is a manuscript or piece of writing Highlands works by the juror for the CCA Juried Exhi- material on which the original writing has been bition. Minges Gallery & Rayner Gallery, effaced to make room for later writing but traces The Bascom, a center for the visual arts, 323 Through Apr. 30 - " CCA Exhibition Unaccept- remain. It can also be thought of as something Franklin Rd., covered bridge entrance at the ed Work". Also, Through Apr. 30 - Featuring reused or altered but still bearing visible marks end of Main Street, Highlands. Through Apr. an exhibit of works by students from Rochelle of its earlier form. In short, it is an object that 9 - "Regional Art Leagues, Selected Works". Middle School in Kinston. Hours: Tue.-Fri., embodies it’s own histories. Terra Incognita is an This initiative is to show our support for the 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: unexplored region or unknown territory. A recep- work of individual artists and arts organizations 252/527-2517 or at tion will be held on Apr. 1, from 6-10pm. Lobby, in the region surrounding our mountain plateau. (http://www.kinstoncca.com/index.html). Apr. 1 - 30 - "Haystack," featuring works in fiber Plan to join us as we celebrate this inspiring by Addison Paige. Paige was awarded a scholar- endeavor and the art and artists who enrich Lenoir ship to study at the internationally known Hay- our community. Apr. 1 - June 12 - "Artist and stack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, ME, Instructor". The gift of creating works of art, during the summer of 2010. While at Haystack, sharing and mentoring are the common threads Work by Marcia Pinyan she served as the teaching assistant to well- amongst these artists. Get a preview of works known quilter Jan Meyers Newbury during her by these nationally acclaimed artists who will Depot Visual Arts Center, 103 West Center Shibori Dyeing class. A reception will be held on be teaching at The Bascom this summer. Apr. Ave., Mooresville. Gallery 1, Apr. 1 - 28 - Apr. 1, from 6-10pm. Studio 108, Through July 9 - July 4 - "The American Still Life: Yesterday Featuring an exhibit of works by Marcia Pinyan. 30 - "Regional Emerging Artist-in-Residence," and Today". A competition which will include Gallery 2, Apr. 1 - 28 - Featuring an exhibit of featuring works by Janelle Howington. Hours: a combination of works by contemporary Ameri- works by Carleen Davis. Gallery 3, Apr. 1 - 28 Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 919/821-2787 or can artists selected by our juror and historical - Featuring works done during the recent Paint at (www.artspacenc.org). still life examples borrowed from museums. Out event in Mooresville. Ongoing - MAGical Still life derives from the Dutch word stilleven, Gallery shop, a great source for unique gifts. Collective Arts Gallery & Ceramic Supply, coined in the 17th century when paintings of Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: 704/663- 8801 Leadmine Road, Suite 103, Raleigh. Ongo- objects enjoyed immense popularity through- 6661 or at (www.MAGart.org). ing - Featuring works by local and nationally out Europe. This exhibit explores the historical Work by Judy Rider renowned artists on permanent exhibit. Hours: precedent and the evolution of the practice in New Bern Tue.-Fri. 11am-7pm & Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: the work of portraying inanimate objects and Caldwell Arts Council Gallery, 601 College 919/844-0765. presents some of the innovative ways artists Avenue, SW, Lenoir. Apr. 1 - May 25 - "National Bank of the Arts, Craven Arts Council, 317 Mid- today are exploring this traditional genre. May Watercolor Society (NWS) 90th Annual Exhibi- dle Street, New Bern. Apr. 5 - 30 - "Twin Rivers Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Univ. Student 20 - June 26 - "Richard Ritter: Glass". Each tion’s Traveling Show". The National Water- Artists Association Members Exhibit," featuring Center, NC State University, Cates Avenue, piece of glass in this presentation captures a color Society brings the public the best of water works by members of the Twin Rivers Artists As- Raleigh. Through May 14 - "Traces: Mapping A moment in Ritter’s eventful career. As a young media painting, representing a wide range of sociation. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Contact: Journey in Textiles". Internationally-known fiber man, Ritter was involved in the growth of the techniques, bringing some of the biggest and 252/638-2577 or at (www.cravenarts.org). artist Barbara Lee Smith is guest curator of this American studio glass movement and studied most talented artists together into one show. In exhibit featuring twelve artists from the United with many of the early artists leading the way. conjunction with the NWS Show, two local mem- Old Fort States, Canada and the Netherlands, the show Today, he continues to inspire and influence as bers of NWS, Judy Rider and Kate Worm, will reveals a range of approaches, techniques, an artist and teacher. This exhibition, traveling exhibit several of their works as well. Satie’s Gift The Appalachian Artisan Society Gallery, and media as each artist explores the concept to Highlands, will include current and retrospec- Shop, Ongoing - featuring gift items made by 48 East Main St., off Interstate 40 Exit-73, Old of “place” and geographical narrative, often tive works by Ritter beginning in the 1960s. local artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: Fort. Ongoing - Featuring a showcase gallery through revolutionary technology and advanced Ritter’s work can be found in the Permanent 828/754-2486 or at (www.caldwellarts.com). of area artisans and craftspeople offering: fine materials. Artists in the exhibit include: Marian Collection of the Bice President’s Residence art, contemporary art, sculpture, pottery, glass, Bijlenga, Rachel Brumer, Lou Cabeen, Carol in Washington, DC, and his work was also ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Lenoir metal art, fiber art, jewelry, crafts, wood work- Ann Carter, Dorothy Caldwell, Kyoung Ae Cho, included in the first permanent White House Art in Healing Gallery, Caldwell Memorial ing, paintings, photography, handmade candles Marc Dombrowsky, Nancy Erickson, Susan Crafts Collection. He has been a recipient Hospital, Lenoir. Apr. 1 - June 30 - Featuring and soaps, handmade quits, and sewn crafts.. Lordi Marker, Gail Rieke, Devorah Sperber and of a National Endowment for the Arts fellow- an exhibit of watercolors by Martha Mauney. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-8pm. Clare Verstegen. Through May 14 - "The Pull of ship grant and his work has been included in Hours: regular hospital visiting hours. Contact: Contact: 828/668-1070 or at (www.taasg.com). the Moon: Recent Work by Barbara Lee Smith". multiple exhibitions of prestigious art centers Caldwell Arts Council at 704/754-2486 or at Curated by Lynn Jones Ennis, this exhibition and museums. Children’s Gallery, Ongoing - (www.caldwellarts.com). Penland includes nonwoven textile pieces by Barbara The vivid imagination of a child is the recurring Lee Smith, the artist who curated Traces. Her theme for this gallery space and masterpieces Lexington Penland Gallery, first building on right as you work is included in the permanent collections by young artists from art classes at The Bas- enter the campus, Penland School of Crafts, of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Renwick com, local non-profits and schools are on view. Davidson County Community College, Men- Penland Road, Penland. Through May 8 - "Many Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution and the We believe in teaching the importance of think- denhall Building, 279 DCCC Road, intersection Paths: A Legacy of Karen Karnes," featuring work Racine (Wisconsin) Art Museum, among many ing, creating, exploring and designing and in of I-85 Business Loop & Old Greensboro Road, by ceramic artist Karen Karnes and fourteen other museums. Smith lives on an island near an effort to support these budding artists their Lexington. Through May 13 - "Expressions of artists whose lives and work have been touched Tacoma, WA. Ongoing - "Common Ground". works of art are displayed in changing exhibi- Style," featuring works by Jewel Baldwin (water- by her. A reception will be held on Apr. 8, from The Gallery of Art & Design maintains a collections throughout the year. Drop in anytime and color), Anne Croom, (oils), Karen Dixon (fussed 7-8:30pm. Ongoing - Featuring works by Pen- tion that includes examples of art and craft from be inspired. Education Gallery, Ongoing - glass), Andrew Goliszek (photography), Jack land Instructors and affiliated artists. Hours: Tue.- virtually every part of the globe. We explored this The Bascom offers our students and instructors Hermon (acrylics), Glenn Mace (woodturning), Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: call vast diversity for common threads and universal an opportunity to display their creative works Trena McNabb (acrylics), Erin Oliver (colored Kathryn Gremley, at 828/765-6211 or at (www. themes to curate this exhibition and came up with from workshops and classes. The perspec- pencil), Laura Poss (watercolor), Richard Siegel penland.org). many examples. This exhibition will compare and tives of these talented individuals reveal self- (watercolor), Ginny Wagner (watercolor), and contrast ceramics from Africa, Turkey, Korea and expression, cultural awareness and technical Edna Wolf (oils). Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8am-9pm & continued on Page 60 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 59 ants, the Plastiquarium creatures evolved in the exhibition entitled, "Personal Grounds", a location image of their packaging forbearers. Through in life determined by the doors opened, keys May 8 - Dion Burroughs: Colorful Heritage. Folk turned, and decisions made. Eleven regional NC Institutional Galleries art is often celebrated for the directness between North Carolina artists will take on the question of continued from Page 59 the artist and the subject of their work. Burroughs individualism in today’s society in a group show of Williamston, NC, has drawn and painted since of self-portraits, entitled "You and Me". Featured Native American cultures alongside contempo- the exhibition include Robert Colescott, David he was a child, but has no formal art education. artists include Jessica DeHart from Mooresville, rary and historical pottery from North Carolina; Hammons, Barkley Hendricks, Jean-Michel Through May 15 - New Aesthetic: Nash-Edge- John Kuhenbeaker from Eden, Don Moore, Cara various types of textiles from Bolivia, India, Scot- Basquiat, Kerry James Marshall, Lorna Simpson, combe High Schools Juried Art Competition. Reische, Phyllis Steimel, and James Taylor from land, Kashmir, and Navajo culture as well as 19th Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Nick Cave, This competitive exhibition showcases art from Salisbury, Isaac Payne and Jenny Zito-Payne century garments from the US; and portraits by Glenn Ligon, Kehinde Wiley, Mark Bradford, students enrolled in 9th-12th grades in public, from Charlotte, Juie Rattley from Winston-Salem, Durham, NC's Caroline Vaughan with early 20th iona rozeal brown, Wangechi Mutu, and many private, and home schools in Nash and Edge- Mark Stephenson from Misenheimer, and Nancy century daguerrotypes and "cartes de visite." others. Ongoing - The North Carolina Museum combe counties. Through May 22 - 20 Potters Toothman from Morehead City. Young People’s These examples and more will both discover of Art has an outstanding permanent collection 20 Teachers: John C. Campbell Craft School. Gallery, Through May 14 - "28th Annual Youth commonalities between cultures of the world and of more than 5,000 objects spanning antiquity to John C. Campbell Folk School boasts honors Exhibition, Celebrating Rowan County’s Young celebrate what makes them unique. Hours: Mon.- the present day. On the occasion of the expan- including the American Craft Council’s Award of Artists". Admission: Free, donations appreci- Fri., noon-8pm and Sat.-Sun., 2-8pm. Contact: sion, the Museum has acquired more than 100 Distinction, the Governor’s Business Award in ated. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 7pm 919/515-3503 or at (www.ncsu.edu/arts). new works of art. Representing commissions, the Arts and Humanities, NC Folklore Society’s & Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: 704/636-1882 or at gifts, and purchases, the new works encompass Community Traditions Award, listing on the Na- (www.waterworks.org). Miriam Preston Block Gallery, Raleigh Mu- important and diverse examples of historic and tional Register of Historic Places and many many nicipal Building, lobby of the Avery C. Upchurch contemporary art from around the world, and will others. The creative and supportive environment Seagrove Government Complex, presented by the City be installed in the Museum’s new building and has attracted artists from all over the globe. This of Raleigh Arts Commission, 222 West Hargett the surrounding landscape. Highlights include exhibit brings together 20 respected potters who Museum of North Carolina Traditional Pot- Street, Raleigh. Apr. 7 - May 23 - "(UN)VEILED," a gift of 28 sculptures by Auguste Rodin, and have shared their knowledge with other Campbell tery, 122 E. Main St., Seagrove. Ongoing - featuring mixed media works by Ann Marie work by such internationally acclaimed artists as students. Through May 22 - The Rule of Five: The Museum organization was founded twenty- Kennedy; fiber works by Ann Roth; and mixed Roxy Paine, Ursula von Rydingsvard, El Anatsui, Carl Billingsley, Christian Benefiel, Matt Sigmon, five years ago in Seagrove, and is dedicated media paintings by Aditya Shringarpure. Display Jaume Plensa, Jackie Ferrara, Ellsworth Kelly, Etienne Jackson, and Stuart Kent, features five to preserving and perpetuating the pottery tradi- Cases, Apr. 7 - May 23 - Featuring ceramics and David Park, among others. Hours: Tue.-Sat., objects; five different materials; five different ap- tion. We strive to impart to new generations the by Marina Bosetti. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5- 9am-5pm; Sun., 10am-5pm; & open until 9pm on proaches to the concept of the vessel. The vessel history of traditional pottery and an appreciation :15pm. Contact: 919/996-3610 or at Fri. Contact: 919/839-6262 or at can be conceptualized in many ways: as an for its simple and elegant beauty. A display of (www.raleigh-nc.org/arts). (www.ncartmuseum.org). actual vessel with utility and specific purpose, as area pottery is now offered in the old Seagrove a metaphor for containment, as an object strictly grocery building. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-3- North Carolina Museum of History, 5 East for contemplation or even as a mental construct :30pm. Contact: 336/873-7887 or at Edenton Street, (between Salisbury and without predetermined form. Through May 22 - (www.seagrovepotteryheritage.com). Wilmington Streets), Raleigh. Through Mar. Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fi- 25, 2012 - " The Photography of Lewis Hine: ber, Glass, Metal, Wood, is a national juried craft The North Carolina Pottery Center, 233 East Exposing Child Labor in North Carolina, 1908- exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, Avenue, Seagrove. Through Apr. 30 - "Tea 1918". In the early 1900s, most child workers and new craft media from across the United Time: Series I (Teapots and Tea cups)". The in North Carolina textile mills labored 10 to States. A different unbiased juror is contracted NC Pottery Center, partnering with The Imperial 12 hours, six days a week. They toiled in hot, each year to make selections. Hours: Tue.-Sat., Centre for the Arts and Sciences; Rocky Mount, humid, lint-filled air that triggered respiratory 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 252/972- NC; Greenhill Center for NC Arts, Greensboro, diseases. They endured the deafening roar of 1163 or at (http://arts.imperialcentre.org/). NC; Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC; Cedar textile machinery. They risked serious injury Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC; NC Crafts from dangerous, exposed gears and belts. The Mims Gallery, Dunn Center for the Perform- Gallery, Carrboro, NC; and Penland School They forfeited a childhood. In 1908 the National ing Arts, NC Wesleyan College Campus, 3400 N. of Crafts, Penland, NC, in the selection of NC Child Labor Committee hired photographer Wesleyan Blvd., Rocky Mount. Apr. 4 - May 15 - Teapots. This exhibit features functional teapots Lewis Hine to document the horrendous work- "History of Trees - Personal Messages Revealed and tea cups, handmade by over 70 potters ing conditions of young workers across the in Photographic Mixed Media," featuring works by from across NC, including works by: Stanley United States. That same year, he began visit- Gerard Lange. This Assistant Professor of Art at Mace Anderson, Jen Birline, Cynthia Bringle, ing North Carolina’s textile mills, where about a Barton College uses his technical knowledge of John Britt, Chad Brown, Benjamin Burns, quarter of all workers were under age 16. Some photography and printmaking to achieve uncon- Bonnie Burns, Patti Connor-Greene, Adrienne were as young as 6. This exhibit presents forty ventional personal expression. Hours: Mon.-Fri., Dellinger, Claudia Dunaway, Debbie Englund, of his images. Hine captured the harsh realities 9am-5pm & one hour before performances. Susan Farrar Parrish, Susan Feagin, Dottie of their mill village lives in Cabarrus, Gaston, Contact: call 252/985-5268 or at Fennell, Susan Filley, Becca Floyd, John Gar- Lincoln, Rowan and other Tar Heel counties. (www.ncwc.edu/Arts/Mims/). land, Amy Gelber, Matt Gibson, Deborah Har- Ongoing - Featuring exhibits dealing with ris, Samantha Henneke, Bruce Gholson, Mark North Carolina's history as a theme. Admis- Rutherfordton Hewitt, Mark Heywood, Meredith Heywood, sion: Free. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., Matt Jones, Robin Bryant Kirby, Michael Kline, Work by Micah Mullen noon-5pm. Contact: 919/807-7900 or at Rutherford County Visual Artists Gallery, Ru- Bruce Latham, Janice Latham, Suze Lindsay, (http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/). therford County Visual Arts Center, 160 N. Main Andrew Linton, Molly Lithgo, Laurey-Faye Nature Art Gallery, inside the Museum Store, St., Rutherfordton. Ongoing - Featuring works by Long, Chris Luther, Debb McDaniel, John Mel- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Rotunda Gallery, Johnson Hall, Merideth Col- members of the Rutherford County Visual Artists lage, Alexa Modderno, Richard Montgomery, 11 W. Jones Street, downtown Raleigh. Apr. 1 lege, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh. Apr. 10 Guild in a wide variety of media. Hours: Tue.-Sat., Margie Nancy, Kelly O’Briant, Lara O’Keefe, - May 1 - "Carolina Mosaics: A Painter’s View". - Aug. 30 - "Annual Juried Student Art Exhibi- 10am-3pm and Fri. till 6:30pm. Contact: 828/288- Julie Olson, Sandra O’Quinn, Glenn O’Quinn, A reception will be held on Apr. 1, from 6:30-8- tion," juried by Sarah Powers of the Visual Art 5009 , e-mail at ([email protected]) or at Ben Owen, Marsha Owen, Pam Owens, :30pm. The work of Raleigh artist Micah Mullen Exchange in Raleigh. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm (www.rcvag.com). Marilyn Palsha, Mary Paul, Doris Petersham, will be featured. The exhibit highlights Mullen’s & Sat.-Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 919/829-8465. Ronan Kyle Peterson, Jeff Potts, Linda Potts, unique Carolina landscapes. The term “mosa- Salisbury/Spencer Hal Pugh, Eleanor Pugh, Emily Reason, Sarah ics” in the show title describes the appear- The Crafts Center at NC State University, Wells Rolland, Michael Rutkowsky, Ken Sed- ance of Mullen’s canvases, which reflect his first floor of Thompson Hall, Jensen Drive, NC Throughout Salisbury & Spencer, Apr. 9, berry, Jenny Lou Sherburne, Hitomi Shibata, perspective of the landscapes he paints. These State University, Raleigh. R,A. Bryan Foun- from 1-5pm - "Second Saturday Art Crawl," Gay Smith, Jennifer Stas, Hiroshi Sueyoshi, detailed landscapes are achieved by creat- dation Gallery, Apr. 4 - 29 - "A Very Special where more than 20 professional artists, stu- Charles Tefft, Charles Tostoe, Kathy Triplett, ing a complicated background of hundreds of Challenge and Exhibition in Honor of John dios and galleries offer visitors new art, special Brad Tucker, Tim Turner, Conrad Weiser, Betsy grids of varying colors that loosely establish the McElroy" Longtime Crafts Center woodshop events, and activities. Spend the day and see Vaden, Jared Zehmer. Ongoing - Featuring composition. Admission: Free. Gallery Hours: user McElroy recently donated over 3,000 great art, talk to artists, hear live music, and permanent and changing exhibits on the history Mon.-Sat., 9am-4:45pm & Sun., noon-4:45pm. board feet of cherry and walnut cut from his dine at local restaurants. Free admission to all of North Carolina pottery, "The North Carolina Store Contact: 919/733-7450, ext. 360 or at family farm located in southern Indiana. This events and activities. Maps are available at the Pottery Tradition" and "Seagrove Area Pottery". (www.naturalsciences.org/store/nature_gallery.html). exhibition showcases the many pieces made Visitor Center in Salisbury and at all participat- The Center also offers information on activi- from this wood. And, especially for NC State ing venues. Free parking available in all loca- ties, maps and information about the potteries North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue students, three of the best student-made proj- tions. For more info call 704/638-9887 or visit located in the Seagrove area and across the Ridge Road, Raleigh. Apr. 17 - July 24 - "Alter ects will be chosen to win pieces of donated (www.rowanartcrawl.com). state. A display of representative works from Ego: A Decade of Work by Anthony Goicolea". wood. Hours: Mon., Wed., & Fri., 2-10pm; Tue. more than 90 area potteries is also offered. Goicolea’s multimedia works depict a fantastic & Thur., 10am-10pm; and Sat. & Sun., 12:30-5- Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact 336/873- world completely fabricated by the artist. His early pm. Contact: 919/515-2457 or at 8430 or at (www.ncpotterycenter.org). color photographs and videos focus on multiple (http://www.ncsu.edu/crafts/index.html). self-portraits that explore issues of identity. A Shelby later series examines environmental destruction Visual Art Exchange Association Gallery, 325 and globalization in black-and-white landscape Blake Street, Moore Square Art District, Raleigh. Cleveland County Arts Center, 111 So. photographs that are simultaneously visually Apr. 1 - 28 - " Unfettered". Anything goes - there Washington Street, Shelby. Through Apr. 20 seductive and unsettling. In his most recent are no theme or media restrictions in this exhibit. - "Cleveland County Student Art Competition," work, Goicolea explores issues of displace- Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: 919/828- featuring artwork by students in grades 3 – 12. ment, dislocation, and identity with portraits and 7834. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5:30pm & 1st Sat. each installations that feature his extended family. His month, 10am-2pm. Contact: 704/484-2787 or at ability to move with ease from traditional media, ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Raleigh (www.ccartscouncil.org). such as painting and drawing, to video and Progress Energy Center for the Performing digitally manipulated photography has put him Arts, 2 East South Street, Raleigh. Betty Ray Siler City at the forefront of contemporary art. Ongoing - McCain Gallery, Through May 2 - " 33rd North Work by Susan Lenz "John James Audubon's The Birds of America". Carolina Artists Exhibition," hosted by the Ra- Throughout Siler City, Apr. 15, 6-9pm - "Siler The state has owned this treasured volume leigh Fine Arts Society. This juried exhibition for Waterworks Visual Arts Center, 123 E. Liberty City Art Walk," featuring exhibits at many of since 1848, but it has never been exhibited. multimedia visual art features established and St.,Salisbury. Through May 14 - "Identifica- the city's exhibit spaces, along with music and Meymandi Exhibition Gallery, Through Sept. emerging artists from more than 60 counties tion," includes two solo exhibitions and a group the good food offered in town on the 3rd Fri. of 4 - "30 Americans". The exhibit highlights the across North Carolina. The exhibit opening will show which take a broad variety of approaches the month. Hosted by the North Carolina Arts work of 31 contemporary African American artists begin on Mar. 6 at 2pm with a Juror’s Lecture & to the theme of contemporary identity and Incubator. Contact: 919/663-1335 or at in an exhibition organized by and drawn from Awards Ceremony and a reception from #:30- personal sovereignty. The exhibits include: "New (www.ncartsincubator.org). the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, FL. The 5:30pm. Contact: call 919/831-6060 for hours Works," featuring works by Katie Claiborne exhibition consists of 70 works of art and includes and directions. from Greensboro, NC. Claiborne works with the CCCC Student Gallery, 138 N. Chatham painting, drawing, photography, video, sculpture, same models for an extended time and com- Ave., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring works by and mixed-media installations. The exhibition Rocky Mount poses multiple paintings while creating dense Central Carolina Community College Pottery features both established and emerging artists spaces that function as extensions of the figure, and Sculpture students and faculty. Hours: 3rd and illustrates how a previous generation of Afri- Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Imperial Centre and calling attention to the relative distance Fri. 6-9pm. Contact: 919/742-4156 or e-mail at can American artists has influenced the current for the Arts and Sciences, 270 Gay Street, between the viewer and subjects. Columbia, ([email protected]) and ([email protected]). generation. The exhibition focuses on artists who Rocky Mount. Through May 8 - David Edgar: SC, artist, Susan Lenz, presents a collection of explore similar themes and subject matter in their Plastiquarium. The Plastiquarium is immersed in emotionally charged paintings with embroidered North Carolina Arts Incubator Gallery, 223 N work, primarily issues of race, gender, identity, mystery...As recyclable HDPE plastic containers messages conveying the importance of decisions Chatham Ave., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring history, and popular culture. Artists featured in spread concentrates of consumer product pollut- as aspects of our individual characters in her continued on Page 61 Page 60 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 the handcrafted work of over 30 Incubator and Chapp, Kevin Clinton, Ann DerGara, Michael Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, (for- Artworks Gallery, 564 N. Trade Street, Winston- regional artists in a variety of mediums includ- Hatch, Mitchell Lonas, Dabney Mahanes, Laura merly St. John's Museum of Art), @ intersection Salem. Through Apr. 30 - Featuring an exhibit of ing painting, pottery, stained and fused glass, Norris, and B. J. Precourt. Apr. 15 - May 28 - of Independence Blvd. & South 17th Street, works by Nanu La Rosee and Cindy Taplin, with a fabric art, cards, photography, wood, jewelry, "New Waves: Western Carolina University MFA Wilmington. Through Apr. 30 - "Remembering reception on Apr. 1, 7-10pm. Ongoing - featur- metal, baskets and more. There is a broad Graduates," begins a series of exhibits featur- BIG". Experience the inexhaustible creativity, ing the work of Mary Beth Blackwell-Chapman, range of items and prices. Hours: Mon.-Thur., ing recent graduates from North and South expressive color and power of art created by E.Faye Collins, Chris Flory, Carl Gericke, Don 9am-4pm; Fri.-Sat., 9am-5pm; & 3rd Fri., 9am- Carolina schools with MFA programs. Artists this larger-than-life artist, affectionately known Green, Nancy Hayes, Ted Hill, Alix Hitchcock, 9pm. Contact: 919/663-1335 or at are Dawn Behling, Britney Carroll, Courtney as “Big”. Allen D. Carter, a.k.a. Big Al or Big Virginia Ingram, Steven Hull Jones, Lea Lackey- (www.ncartsincubator.org). Chappell, Richard Conn, Phyllis Jarvinen, Jan (1947 – 2008) was distinguished as celebrated Zachmann, Nanu LaRosee, Kate Magruder, Parker, and Mike Polomik. A silent art auction artist, teacher and mentor to at-risk youth in Beverly Noyes, Nelida Otero, Dave Riedel, Ben PAF Gallery, 223 N Chatham Ave., Siler City. with live component is Saturday, Apr. 9, to raise the Arlington County Public Schools. This Rouzie, Inez Ruchte, Virginia Shepley, Ed Shew- Ongoing - A gallery featuring works by local funds for the organization. Hours: Tue.-Sat., exhibition proudly honors the life and work of make, Mitzi Shewmake, Anne Kesler Shields, and regional artists. Hours: 3rd Fri. 6-9pm. 11am-4pm. Contact: 828/859-2828 or at Big Al with a journey through decades of his Kimberly Varnadoe, Jody Walker, and Mona Wu. Contact: 919/663-1335 or at (www.upstairsartspace.org). prodigious art production including drawings Hours: Tue.- Sat. 11am-5pm. Contact: 336/723- (www.ncartsincubator.org). and paintings on paper, canvas, household 5890 or at (www.Artworks-Gallery.com). Valdese objects, prints, sculpture and constructions on Smithfield loan from the Artist’s Estate. Audiences may Associated Artists of Winston-Salem Gal- Valdese Heritage Arts Center, arts and crafts recall Big Al’s energetic, large scale paintings lery, corner of Fourth and Cherry Sts, 301 cooperative, 146 Main Street, W, Valdese. in CAM’s 2006 exhibition "Five American Art- West Fourth Street, Winston-Salem. Through Ongoing - Featuring works in a variety of media ists". Through Apr. 10 - "From Heart to Hand Apr. 1 - "Exposures," an all-member juried by local artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm; - African-American Quilts from the Montgomery exhibition that features artwork that incorpo- Wed., 10am-5pm; and Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: Museum of Fine Arts". In 2004, the Montgom- rates elements of photography. Apr. 7 - May 828/874-1849. ery Museum of Fine Arts (Montgomery, ALA) 20 - "Dimensions 2011," a national juried fine inaugurated its collection of African-American art competition and exhibition, juried by Jerald Washington quilts with an acquisition of 48 quilts created Melberg, owner of Jerald Melberg Gallery in primarily by African-American women from Charlotte, NC. Hours: Mon., 9am-1pm; Tue.- Turnage Theater, 150 W. Main Street, Wash- West Alabama between 1945 and 2001. In late Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-1pm. Contact: ington. Apr. 1 - 29 - "Gift of Spring: WSNC 2008, the Museum added ten more quilts to 336/722-0340 or at Eastern Region Exhibition," featuring works the collection. This exhibition includes select (www.associatedartists.org). by members of the Eastern Region of the quilts from both groups, and features the work Watercolor Society of North Carolina. Hours: of Yvonne Wells and Nora Ezell, whose quilts Charlotte & Philip Hanes Gallery, Reynolda Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm and evening during pre- showcase the variety of styles in the MMFA’s Road, Scales Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest Uni- formances. Contact: theater at 252/975-1711; permanent collection. The exhibition is ac- versity, Winston-Salem. Upstairs, Apr. 14 - May e-mail Holly Cook at ([email protected]) companied by a 2006 publication, "Just How 16 - "Individual Honors Exhibitions". Downstairs, or Carol Mann at ([email protected]). I Picture It in My Mind: Contemporary African- Apr. 14 - May 16 - " 2011 WFU Student Exhibi- Work by Stephen Greer American Quilts from the Montgomery Museum tion". A reception will be held on Apr. 14, from Waynesville of Fine Arts" by Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff. 5-7pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am-5pm amd Sat. & Frank Creech Art Gallery, in the Arts Building Published 2006, 109 pages with color illustra- Sun., 1-5pm, except university holidays. Contact: on the main campus of Johnston Community Little Gallery on Church Street, 37 Church tions. Copies will be available for purchase in 336/758-5585 or e-mail at ([email protected]). College, 245 College Road, Smithfield.Through Street, Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring montly the Cameron Art Museum Shop.Admission: Apr. 15 - "Still," featuring paintings which cel- exhibits by regional arts. Sponsored by the Yes. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-2pm and Sat. & 4th Dimension Gallery, Commerce Plaza, 411 ebrate Native American heritage, regalia, and Haywood County Arts Council. Hours: Mon.-Fri., Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact: 910/395-5999 or at W. Fourth St., downstairs from Cat's Corner, dance, by Stephen Greer. Hours: Mon. & Wed., 9am-5pm. Contact: 828/452-0593, e-mail at (www.cameronartmuseum.com). Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring works 11am-2pm; Tue. & Thur., 10am-1pm; and Fri., ([email protected]) or at by art students from Winston-Salem's colleges 10am-noon. Contact: call 919/934-3051. (www.haywoodarts.org). The Wilmington Gallery at Newcastle, 616 B and universities - the NC School of the Arts, Castle St., Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuring a Salem College, Wake Forest University and Southern Pines The Haywood County Arts Council's Gallery co-operative gallery of 50 + artists sponsored Winston-Salem State University. Hours: Fri., 86, 86 N. Main Street, Waynesville. Through by the Wilmington Art Association. The gallery 5-8pm & Sat., 5-8pm. Contact: 336/249-0418. Campbell House Galleries, Arts Council Apr. 30 - "Ladies In New Textiles (LINT)". The features a wide range of paintings in all media of Moore County, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., show features work by LINT members Norma as well as pottery, stained glass, fiber art and Gateway Gallery, 1006 S. Marshall St. (corner Southern Pines. Through Apr. 29 - "Influences Bradley, Peggy DeBell, Diana DeNardis, San- jewelry. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: of S. Marshall and Salem Ave., Winston-Salem. from Nature," featuring a Palustris Festival art dra Dorn, Vicki Essig, Suzanne Gernandt, Car- 910/343-4370 or at (www.wilmington-art.org). Ongoing - Featuring original paintings, painted exhibit featuring artwork by Ben Owen III of Ben men Grier, Susan Webb Lee, Kathie Roig, Judy furniture, decorative and functional ceramic Owen Pottery and North Carolina artist William Simmons, Janice Maddox, Mari Stori, and Jude Wilson pieces, and other gift items created by artists Mangum. A reception will be held on Apr. 1, from Stuecker, paired with poems in celebration of with disabilities. The artists work in the tradition 6-8pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: National Poetry Month. Ongoing - The gallery of Outsider and Visionary Artists. Individual 910/692-4356 or at (www.mooreart.org). lends itself to showcase high quality fine art styles, however, range from traditional to ab- by local and regional artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., stract. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm or by appt. Southport 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/452-0593 or at Contact: 336/777-0076 x209 or at (www.haywoodarts.org). (www.enrichmentcenter.org). Franklin Square Gallery, 130 E. West St., Southport. Ongoing - Works by members of the The Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, 601 North Trade Associated Artists of Southport. Hours: Mon.- 307 Shelton Street, corner of US 276 So. and Street, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/457-5450 or at Shelton Street, Waynesville. Ongoing - Fea- fine art crafts by over 350 of the best artisans of (www.franklinsquaregallery.com). turing the handicrafts of North Carolina in the the Southeast. Hours: Tue.-Fri.., 10:30am-5pm historic Sheldon House. Hours: Museum hours & Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: 336/725-1516 or at Sylva change seasonally, call 828/452-1551. (www.piedmontcraftsmen.org). Work by J. Chris Wilson Gallery One, Main Street, Sylva. Ongoing - Wentworth Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Home of the Jackson County Visual Arts Asso- Barton Art Galleries, Case Art Building, Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. Mary and ciation. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-3pm. Contact: Dan River Art Market & Gallery, 1122 NC Hwy. Barton College Campus, near the intersection Charlie Babcock Wing Gallery, Through call Ray Menzie at 828/293-2239. 65, Wentworth. Apr. 21 - June 6 - "Member’s of Whitehead and Gold Streets, Wilson. Apr. June 19 - "Trains that Passed in the Night: The Only!," featuring an exhibit of artwork by mem- 9 - May 5 - " Barton Senior Art Exhibition 2011". Photographs of O. Winston Link". Link’s haunting Tarboro bers of the Rockingham County Arts Council. A reception will be held on Apr. 9, from 7-9pm. black-and-white photographs from the 1950s de- A reception will be held on Apr. 21, from 6-8pm, Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-3pm (during academic pict the end of the era of steam railroading in the Hobson Pittman Memorial Gallery, The catered by “The Front Porch” of Eden, NC. The year, mid-Aug. - mid-May). Contact: 252/399- United States and the rural landscapes of Virginia Blount-Bridgers House, 130 Bridgers Street, exhibit includes photography, painting, drawing, 6477 or e-mail Gerard Lange, Director of and North Carolina that these last trains passed Tarboro. Through Apr. 22 - " Two Friends, One sculpture, textile art, jewelry and more. Ongoing Exhibitions at ([email protected]) or at through. Link’s evocative nocturnal images are World," featuring recent paintings by Wilson, - The gallery offers art and craft by local artists (http://www.barton.edu/galleries/). at once highly staged technical feats, nostalgic NC, artists, Oona Lewis and Pegi Barnes- and 6 gallery exhibits throughout the year, work- representations of a disappearing way of life, and Sharp. These two painters who have been shops and lectures.Hours: Thur., 10am-4pm; Fri., Wilson Arts Center, Arts Council of Wilson, 124 beautifully strange works of art produced during creating side-by-side for several years at Studio 11am-2pm; and by appt. Contact: 336/349-4039 Nash Street, Wilson. Through Apr. 16 - "Barton the era of film noir.Through Aug. 28 - "Figuring One, an artists’ coop in Wilson. Apr. 29 - June or at (www.artsinrockingham.org). Art," featuring works by Barton College profes- Abstraction," featuring works by artists includ- 30 - Popular Wilson, NC, artist, Pat Montgom- sors from the Department of Art & Design at Bar- ing Lee Krasner, Stuart Davis, David Smith, and ery will pair her pots, paintings and batik with West Jefferson ton College. Despite having diverse backgrounds Alexander Calder. Ongoing - Collection of 18th recent works by Dan Finch, well-known for and interests, J. Chris Wilson, Susan Fecho, through 20th century art, sculpture, American art, his pottery and for his unusual birdhouses. A The Gallery, Ashe Arts Center, 303 School Ave, Mark Gordon and Gérard Lange, each display and pottery. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., reception will be held on May 5, from 5:30-7pm. historic WPA Building @ Main Street and School a strong sense of the power of place in their art- 9:30am-4:30pm & Sun., 1:30-4:30pm. Contact: Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., 2-4pm. Ave., West Jefferson. Through May 7 - "Young work. Through Apr. 16 - "WAAA Featured Artist: 336/725-5325 or at (www.reynoldahouse.org). Contact: 252/823-4159 or at at Art," featuring an annual exhibit by Ashe Delina Aberle". Aberle has been selected by the (www.edgecombearts.org). County Students. A reception will be held on Mar. Wilson Active Artist Association as their Featured SEED Collective Gallery, 205 W. Sixth Street, 31, from 5-7pm. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-4pm. Artist for an Arts Council show in the second floor entrance is on "Soho Alley" , Winston-Salem. Tryon Contact: 336/246-2787 or at Lowe Gallery. The exhibit features florals and Ongoing - Featuring works by a cooperative (www.ashecountyarts.org). landscapes painted on location - “en plein air” group of artists in various mediums. Hours: Sat. Tryon Arts and Crafts, 373 Harmon Field Rd., as well as studio still life painting. Through Apr. from 11am-5pm & by appt. Contact: 336/722- in the old Tryon Middle School, Tryon. Gallery Wilmington 16 - "Greenfield Art Exhibitions". These exhib- 2345. & Gift Shop, Ongoing - Gift Shop features its include: "The High School Exhibit" and the juried works by regional artisans to selected Ann Flack Boseman Gallery, Fisher Uni- "Young Tar Heel Historians Exhibit". Apr. 19 - 23 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, work produced by our instructors and students. versity Union, 2nd Floor, UNC - Wilmington, - "First District Congressional Art Competition". A 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem. Through Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat. 10am Wilmington. Through Apr. 20 - "Moving reception will be held on Apr. 23, at 11am. Hours: June 5 - "Oscar Muñoz: Imprints for a Fleeting -1pm. Contact: 828/859-8323 or at Pictures". Curated by the students of "Atlantis," Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: Memorial," organized & Toured by Prefix ICA; (www.tryonartsandcrafts.org). UNCW’s student run literary and art magazine, 919/291-4329 or at (http://www.wilsonarts.com/). and curated by José Roca. Outside the spec- this video installation exhibits student work. It tacle, satisfaction and durability we expect from Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., took decades from its inception for this medium Winston-Salem typical art objects, the work of Columbian artist Tryon. Gallery One, Apr. 3 - May 7 - Featuring to be recognized for its influence on the art Oscar Muñoz lingers – in both visual and political sculptures and paintings by Jim Greene. Hours: world, though practiced by the likes of Andy Downtown Arts District, Sixth and Trade terms – at the vanishing point. Drawing upon his Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat. 10am-1pm. Contact: Warhol and Damien Hirst. Apr. 28 - July 28 - streets, Winston-Salem. Apr. 1, 7-10pm - experiences of a South American society where 828/859-8322 x 212 or at "Function Form Ceramic". This show features "DADA First Friday Gallery Hop," with special fellow citizens and soldiers “disappear” with little (www.tryonpaintersandsculptors.com). a selection of some of the best work created by artist demonstrations, art exhibits, and shops public outcry, Muñoz creates work that attempts UNC-W ceramics students under the instruction and studios open evening hours. Events are to memorialize the ephemeral. In the poignant Upstairs Artspace, 49 South Trade St., Tryon. of professor Aaron Wilcox. Hours: Mon.-Sat., free and open to the public. Gallery Hops are five-channel video installation Project for a Apr. 15 - May 28 - "Something To Crow About," 10am-8pm. Contact: 910/962-7972 or e-mail at funded and sponsored by the Downtown Art Memorial (2005), we see a hand rapidly painting demonstrates the popularity of the crow as ([email protected]). District Association, a non profit organization, portraits with water on a hot stone surface – only artists’ subject in this mixed media exhibit. Art- and their supporting memberhship. Contact: to then see these faces slowly evaporate. In ists are Bonnie Bardos, Dona Barnett, Steven 336/722-2345. continued on Page 62 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 61 Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 828/251-0202 or or at (www.jewelsthatdance.com). at (www.bluespiral1.com). Jonas Gerard Fine Art, 240 Clingman Ave., NC Institutional Galleries Castell Photography, 2C Wilson Alley off Asheville. Ongoing - "Explosions of Color on continued from Page 61 Eagle St., Asheville. Ongoing - The gallery Canvas". Nationally known artist Jonas Gerard is owned by internationally recognized artist displays his most recent collection of abstract combination with ten other works that create nous, seedy world plays out in the wood veneers Brie Castell, is a unique photographic Salon & acrylics. His 5,000 square feet studio / gallery fragile portraits in/with everything from dripped of Taylor, who breathes new life into the vener- Gallery dedicated solely to photo based media. is filled with years of passion and dedication. ink and burned sugar cubes to steel domes that able inlay technique known as marquetry. Rather The gallery features the work of Brie Castell, He uses bold, passionate, sweeping gestures only reveal themselves with human breath, Im- than using the practice as it has been used in the and also hosts several rotating exhibitions each of saturated color that form unexpected images prints for a Fleeting Memorial surveys the poetics past (to glorify patrons and ornament homes), year of other talented photographers. Hours: of poetic stature. Gerard paints in house to of a profoundly important, but still unheralded she crafts ambiguous vignettes of characters Wed.-Fri., noon-6pm, Sat., noon-7pm or by upbeat inspiring music, come unannounced or artist. Through May 8 - "American Gothic: Aaron living on the fringes of society. Hours: Tue.-Sat., appt. Contact: 828.255.1188 or at by appointment. Hours: Mon.-Sun., 10am-6pm Spangler & Alison Elizabeth Taylor," organized 10am-5pm, Thur. till 8pm; Sun., 1-5 pm, and (www.castellphotography.com). & by appt. Contact: 828/350-7711 or at by SECCA and curated by Steven Matijcio. closed Mon. & state holidays . Admission is free. (www.jonasgerard.com). SECCA explores quasi-historical uses of wood as Contact: 336/725-1904 or at (www.secca.org). Chatsworth Art and Antiques, 54 N. Lexing- a contemporary artistic medium in the dialogue ton Ave., Asheville. Ongoing - Specializing in K2 Studio, 59 College St., Asheville. Ongoing between Minnesota-based Aaron Spangler The Gallery of the Arts, Commerce Plaza, 19th and early 20th century oils, watercolors - Featuring a unique collection of fine furniture and Alabama-born, Las Vegas-based Alison 411 West Fourth Street, just next door to the and prints. Also jewelry, silver, china, small fur- by local artists and pieces from around the Elizabeth Taylor. Marrying historical traditions, Stevens Center, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - the niture and fine accessories. Hours: Tue.-Sat., world, home accessories and changing fine craft techniques, and subject matter spanning the facility includes The Community Arts Cafe’s 11am-5pm. Contact: 828.252.6004. art exhibitions. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm & unflinching to the apocalyptic, these young artists Gallery of the Arts, Underground Theare Gal- Sun. noon-5pm. Contact: 828/250-0500 or at propose a renovated portrait of the American lery, and Arts Alley featuring works from artists Clayspace Co-op, River Arts District, 119A (www.homeredefined.com). heartland. With large, intricate bas-reliefs carved of the Triad region of North Carolina including Roberts St., Asheville. Ongoing - The Clay- out of three-inch slabs of basswood, Spangler fine art, fine craft, literature, recorded music, space Co-op is a cooperative ceramics studio Kress Emporium, 19 Patton Ave., Patton & creates darkly comic visions of post-apocalyptic videos and any other products available exclu- and showroom located in the historic river arts Lexington Aves., downtown Asheville. Ongo- ruin. In scenes that appear to be set in a remote, sively through CAC. Hours: Mon.-Sat., noon-6- district of Asheville, North Carolina. The main ing - Featuring works by over 100 artists and Appalachian region where crumbling buildings pm & during First Friday Gallery Hop. Contact: aim of the Clayspace Cooperative is to provide craftsmen. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm & Sun., and wrecked cars meet dense forest and tower- 336/793-8000 or at an environment that promotes the artistic noon-6pm. Contact: 828/281-2252 or at (www. ing trees, he imagines a post-industrial future (www.communityartscafe.com). growth and success of its members through thekressemporium.com). through a medieval lens. A slightly more monoto- cooperation and education. Hours: Sale - Dec. 6, 10am-6pm & Dec. 7, 11am-5pm; reg. hours Montford Arts Center, 235 Montford Avenue, by chance. Contact: 828/279-3811 or at Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring works in a (www.clayspace.org). variety of media by over twenty-five area artists. Watch artists at work. Hours: Tue.-Fri., Cold River Gallery, 32-A Biltmore Ave., 11:30am-6pm & Sat., 11:30am-5pm. Contact: Asheville. Ongoing - Welcome to the artis- 828/777-1014. NC Commercial Galleries tic expression of messages found in ancient wisdom, philosophies and our Earth’s gifts, Mountain Made, Grove Arcade Public Market, Aberdeen Ariel Gallery, 19 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Ongo- presented as the fine art of Karen Pierre. Work- 1 Page Ave., Suite 123, Asheville. Ongoing - ing - Presenting the best in clay, fiber, paper, ing studio, jewelry, pottery. Hours: Tue.-Sat., Featuring the work of over 80 artisans including Artistic Impressions, 103 North Poplar Street, books, jewelry, metal, sculpture, furniture and noon-5pm. Contact: 828/350-0955. beautiful pottery, hand painted silks, jewelry, Aberdeen. Ongoing - Featuring custom stained glass by members of the Ariel Contemporary furniture, original oils-pastels-watercolors, glass, glass etching, repairs, restoration and Craft Cooperative. A gallery owned and operated CURVE studios & garden, 6, 9 & 12 River- stained glass, textile art, blown and fused church windows, plus a full supply for the hobby- by artists. Hours: Tue.-Thur., 10am-6pm; Fri. side Dr., River Arts District, Asheville. Ongo- glass, iron work, gourds, hand made books, ist. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2- & Sat., 10am-7pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: ing - Working studios of Constance Williams, and more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & pm. Contact: 910/944-1930. 828/236-2660 or at (www.arielcraftgallery.com). Sutherland Handweaving, Pattiy Torno, Maria Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 828/350-0307 or at Troya, Kyle Carpenter, Akira Satake, Cynthia (www.mtnmade.com). Andrews Bellagio, 5 Biltmore Plaza, Historic Biltmore Wynn, Fran Welch, Jenny Mastin, Cassie Ry- Village, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring exqui- alls & more. Hours: 11am-4pm daily. Contact: Mudhunter Pottery, 66 Broadway St., Andrews Valley Artist’s Gallery, 1158 Main sitely handcrafted jewelry and clothing. Hours: 828/388-3526 or at Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring a rustic gallery St. #C, corner of Main St. & Oak St. across Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 828/277-8100 or (www.CURVEstudiosNC.com). shop showcasing functional and sculptural work from the Town Hall & Police Station, Andrews. at (www.bellagioarttowear.com). from over 20 local potters. Our artists’ diverse Ongoing - A fine art gallery featuring works styles ad affordable prices set them apart. by regional artists including works by Kath- Bella Vista Art Gallery, 14 Lodge St., Historic Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11am-5:30pm & Fri.& Sat., leen Hall, Penny Johnson, Diane Sims, Dot Biltmore Village, Asheville. Ongoing - Featur- 11am-6pm. Contact: 828/225-5869. Rex, Cherie Lowe, Mary Judernatz, and more. ing works by regional and national artists in a Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-3pm and by appt. variety of mediums. Offering contemporary oil New Morning Gallery, 7 Boston Way, Historic Contact: 828/321-9553, e-mail at (khallavag@ paintings, blown glass, pottery, black & white Biltmore Village, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring verizon.net) or at (www.avartistsgallery.com). photography, stoneware sculptures, and fine art and crafts by some of America's finest jewelry. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-6pm; Fri. & Sat., Asheboro 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/768-0246 or at Work by Jennifer Barrineau 10am-7pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 828/274- (www.BellaVistaArt.com). 2831 or at (www.newmorninggallerync.com). Circa Gallery, 150 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro. FW Gallery at Woolworth Walk, 25 Haywood Ongoing - Featuring works by local, regional, BlackBird Frame & Art, 365 Merrimon Ave- St., Asheville. Apr. 1 - 29 - "An Artist’s Garden," Overström Studio, 35 Wall St., Asheville. On- and established artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am- nue, just 3/4 mile north of downtown, Asheville. featuring paintings by Jennifer Barrineau. going - This architecturally significant gallery 6pm. Contact: 336/736-8015 or at Ongoing - Currently, about 25 painters, Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm, closed Tue., & exclusively represents work by internationally- (www.circagallerync.com). photographers and crafters show their work at Sun. 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/254-9234 or at recognized designer Michael Overström, who BlackBird. We also offer expert custom framing. (www.woolworthwalk.com). with his wife Susan, present their original, Little River Art Works, 6417 Abner Rd., Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-3- handformed jewelry designs that embrace the Asheboro. Ongoing - Featuring stoneware pm. Contact: 828/252-6036 or at Gallery Minerva Fine Art, 8 Biltmore Ave., designer’s Scandinavian heritage and define luminaries and hand carved folk art scenes on (www.BlackBirdFrame.com). Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring painting, sculp- Asheville’s elegant style. Hours: Tue.-Sat., our pottery by Nora & Barry Walbourn. Hours: ture, photography, ceramics and glass by local 10am-8pm. Contact: 828/258-1761 or at by appt. only. Contact: 336/381-4708 or e-mail Blue Ridge Frame & Gallery, 545 Merrimon and regional artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 11am-6- (www.overstrom.com). at ([email protected]). Ave., Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring works by lo- pm;Fri. & Sat., 11am-8pm; & Sun., noon-5pm. cal artist Linda Cheek, Ann Vasilik, Carol Bomer, Contact: 828/255-8850 or at Pura Vida, 39-B Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Asheville Kelly Wilkinson, and many more. Plus a large (www.galleryminerva.com). Ongoing - Featuring a space for the senses, selection of prints, posters, and quality custom offering the finest in artwork appealing to all Downtown Asheville, Apr. 1, 5-8pm - "2011 framing. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-6pm & Sat., Gallery of the Mountains, Inside the Grove Park five senses. Hours: daily noon-10pm. Contact: Downtown Art Walks," presented by the Asheville 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/253-3559. Inn, 290 Macon Ave., Asheville. Ongoing - Now 828/271-6997 or at Downtown Gallery Association. Pick up a Down- part of the Grovewood Gallery family, featuring (www.pura-vida-asheville.com). town Gallery Guide with a map to help you along Blue Spiral 1, 38 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. handcrafted wearables, jewelry, pottery and the way at any downtown gallery, the Chamber of Gallery 1, Apr. 1 - June 25 - "Ink and Imagery: many one-of-a-kind objects. Hours: Mon.-Tue., 16 Patton Fine Art Gallery, 16 Patton Avenue, Commerce, or Pack Place. For more information Southern Printmaking Invitation". Eight printmak- 9am-6pm; Wed.-Sat., 9am-9pm & Sun., 9am-5- Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring works by William visit (www.ashevilledowntowngalleries.org). ers articulate contemporary imagery through pm. Contact: 828/254-2068. McCullough, Deborah Squier, John MacKah, traditional techniques, including works by: Connie Greg Osterhaus, Jerry La Point, Richard Over- Aesthetic Gallery, 6 College St., across from Bostic, Teresa Cole, Ke Francis, Fleming Jef- Grovewood Gallery, at the Homespun Shops, smith, Scott Lowery, Dawn Rentz, Laura Young, Pritchard Park, Asheville. Ongoing - Offer- fries, Beauvais Lyons, Tom Nakashima, Hannah Grove Park Inn, 111 Grovewood Road, Asheville. Margaret Dyer, Suzy Schultz and Stuart Roper. ing a variety of international works, including Skoonberg, and Tanja Softic. Gallery 2, Apr. 1 Through Apr. 10 - "DNA of a Handcrafted Studio glass by Herman Leonhardt. Hours: Mon.- terracotta ceramics from Viet Nam and stone - June 25 - "Ward H. Nichols: Painting". A sense Heirloom," featuring an exhibition that explores Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 828/236-2889 or at sculpture from Zimbabwe. In addition, there is of wit and wonder defines paintings of vehicles, the building blocks of handmade furniture and (www.16patton.com). an assortment of intricately detailed hand- tools, structures, and the rural landscape ren- accessories created today - destined to be the crafted pictorial textiles from Australia and dered in remarkable detail by one of the region’s heirlooms of tomorrow. Each handcrafted piece Studio B Custom Framing & Fine Art, 171 Lesotho, many of which depict local Asheville foremost realists. Gallery 2, Apr. 1 - June 25 is the unique product of the maker’s creativity, Weaverville Hwy., 2.1 miles north of our old scenes. Also available are Australian Aboriginal - "Kenneth Baskin + Rudy Rudisell". Metaphoric skills, inspiration and materials chosen. Discover location, Asheville. Ongoing - Browse our new oil paintings, Bruni Sablan oil paintings from the sculptures in clay & steel reference industry, artists who find fulfillment in being able to offer gallery featuring works by national and interna- "Jazz Masters Series," and ceramic tiles from machinery, and architecture. Small Format something that people use, live with, cherish and tional artists, including paintings. prints & post- the Southwest (US). Hours: Tue-Sat, noon-6- Gallery, Apr. 1 - June 25 - "Will Henry Stevens want to hand down to their children. Ongoing - ers, jewelry, ceramics, wood and textiles. Also pm. Contact: 828/301-0391 or at (1881-1941): An Intimate Look at Nature". Ste- Featuring contemporary craft works by Richard offering custon framing. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am- (www.aestheticgallery.com). vens often drew inspiration from woodland details Eckerd, Randy Shull, Dan Miller, Michael Cos- 5:30pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: 828/225- - tree trunks, lichen-covered rocks, mushrooms, tello, Thomas Reardon & Kathleen Doyle, Chris 5200 or at (www.galleryatstudiob.com). American Folk Art & Antiques, 64 Biltmore or a leaf. Showcase Gallery, Apr. 1 - June 25 Abell, Mark Taylor, Kirk Schully, Reed Todd, III, Ave., Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring antique - "Will Henry Stevens (1881-1941): A Southern Kurt Nielson and others. Also - 2nd floor furniture sutherland, 6 Riverside Dr., inside Curve Stu- folk art, functional and contemporary folk pottery, Modernist". Pioneering non-objective work in the gallery, featuring works by Kevin Kopil, Lorna dios in River Arts District, Asheville. Ongoing furniture and paintings. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- American South, Stevens created poetic and Secrest, Michael McClatchy, Anthony Buzak, - This handweaving studio, gallery and learning 6pm. Contact: 828/281-2134 or at expressive compositions of pure form and color. Marilyn MacEwen, Lisa Jacobs, Chris Horney, center features fine, one-of-a-kind and limited- (www.amerifolk.com). Showcase Gallery, Apr. 1 - June 25 - "Rick and many others. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. edition handwoven fashion accessories and Beck". Structural forms challenge gravity, creat- Contact: 828/253-7651 or at household textiles, including scarves, shawls, Appalachian Craft Center, 10 North Spruce ing spatial tension and implying movement in (www.grovewood.com). garments, handbags, towels, table linens, St., Asheville. Ongoing - Folk pottery, face jugs, Winkler’s contemporary sculpture. Display Case, blankets and wall art. sutherland also offers a traditional crafts, and other collectables. Hours: Apr. 1 - June 25 - "Marlene Jack". Elegant, curvi- Jewels That Dance: Jewelry Design, 63 Hay- series of classes and workshops for begin- Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/253-8499 or linear porcelain with understated design accents wood St., next door to the Library, Asheville. On- ning weavers, weavers needing a refresher at (www.appalachiancraftcenter.com). to enrich the domestic experience. Ongoing going - Featuring hand-crafted jewelry by some course or experienced weavers. Face-to-face - Featuring works in a variety of mediums by of America's foremost jewelry artists. Hours: social networking events held twice a month regional, national and international artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-6pm. Contact: 828/254-5088 continued on Page 63 Page 62 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 invite weavers to get together and discuss - "Submerging the Bathysphere: Illustrative and art gallery featuring many local as well glass, functional art for the home, pottery, light- design challenges, share successes and work Ceramics by Eleanor Annand and Jason Bige as some nationally know artists. Owner and ing, furniture, and garden art. New for 2006 are through problems in a casual, small group Burnett". These two artists have come together operated by award winning potters Austin and huge art glass bowls and platters from Dennis format. Hours: daily from 11am-4pm. Contact: to investigate life at sea through illustrative Maud Boleman. Hours: 11am-6pm seven days Mullen, raku mirrors and wall pieces by Bon- Barb Butler, 828-513-1814, or Karen Donde, ceramics. Ongoing - Featuring the largest a week. Contact: 828/686-1011. nie J. Smith, and Sasaki crystal. New jewelry 854-261-4324, e-mail at (sutherlandstudios@ selection of studio ceramics in Western North lines for 2006 include Tashi, Chenille, Messina gmail.com). Carolina, including some of the finest art and Cherry Street Gallery, 132 Cherry Street, Black Designs, and Jeannine and Charles MacK- craft to be found anywhere in Appalachia. We Mountain. Ongoing - Featuring arts and crafts by enzie. Reappearing at Iago this year are wall 310 ARTGallery, 191 Lyman St, #310, also respresent select artists from around the regional artisans. Hours: Mon.- Sat., 10am-5pm sculptures by David Bowman, tall iron vases Asheville. Through Apr. 11 - "Duet," featuring country and their unique artwork. Represent- & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/669-0450. from David Coddaire, Blowing Rock scenes new works By Betty Carlson and Bob Martin. ing more than 90 artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., in watercolors by local artist, Tom Gruber, Apr. 15 - May 15 - "River of Art, From NYC to 10am-6pm and open daily Oct. - Dec. Contact: Garrou Pottery, 100 State St., Black Mountain. mountain and piedmont landscapes in acrylics Asheville - A Women in the Arts Foundation 828/688-3599 or at (www.crimsonlaurelgallery. Ongoing - Featuring a wide variety of handmade from Ginny Chenet, art glass from Ioan Nemtoi, Exhibition" A reception will be held on Apr. 16, com). pottery by father and son, John and Derrick the finest in glass pumpkins and hummingbird from 5:30-6pm. Ongoing - Featuring original, Garrou, and the works of other area craftsmen. feeders from Jack Pine, and pottery from Jan contemporary fine art by 21 regional artists. Banner Elk Area Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/669- Phelan, and Ed and Julie Rizak. Hours: daily, Winter Hours: Fri.-Sun., 11am-4pm and most 0222`. 10am-6pm. Contact: 828/295-0033 or e-mail at weekdays or by appt. Contact: 828-776-2716 Alta Vista Gallery, 2839 Broadstone Road, ([email protected]). or at (http://www.310art.com/main/). (between Banner Elk and Boone) Valle Crucis. Seven Sisters Gallery, 117 Cherry Street, Black Ongoing - Featuring fine art gallery in historic Mountain. Through June 19 - Featuring acrylic Main Street Gallery, 960-5 Main St., Blow- The Bender Gallery, 57 Haywood St., farmhouse, located near the Original Mast landscapes by Colleen Meechan. Ongoing - ing Rock. Ongoing - Featuring a co-op of Asheville. Ongoing - The region’s largest General Store. In its 20th year and representing Featuring a large selection of arts and crafts area artists that has been opened since 1982. and most diverse studio glass gallery on two over 100 artists, the gallery specializes in oils by local, regional and national artists. Hours: The gallery offers baskets, pottery, weaving, sun-filled levels features artists from around and watercolors depicting mountain land- Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., noon-5. Contact: photography, jewelry, woodworking, glass art, the country as well as around the world. Hours: scapes. Artists include: B. Jean Baird, Alan Mc- 828/669-5107 or at fibers and much more. Hours: daily, 10am-6pm. Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-6pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Carter, Louise Pinto, Jean Pollock, Ray Byram, (www.sevensistersgallery.com). Contact: 828/295-7839. Contact: 828/505-8341 or at Joan Sporn, Elizabeth Ellison, Dotti Shelton. (www.thebendergallery.com). Also shown are original lithographs and original Song of the Wood, 203 West State St., Morning Star Gallery, 915 Main Street, across serigraphs from internationally-acclaimed Black Mountain. Ongoing - Home of rare, one the street form the Speckled Trout Cafe, Blowing artists such as ALVAR, Boulanger, and folk of a kind, handcrafted musical instruments Rock. Ongoing - Featuring oil and acrylic paint- artist Will Moses, great-grandson of "Grandma and enchanting recordings. Come enjoy our ings by Ann Thompson featured with ceramic bas Moses." Also: kaleidoscopes, stained-glass, intimate approach to the senses. Hours: Mon.- reliefs and sculptures from the studios of John pottery, jewelry, sculpture, and custom framing. Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 828/669-7675. Martin and Maryanne Bona Dayman and wildlife Designer Bed-and-Breakfast rooms on-site. carvings by H. Gray Turner. Rod Shaw's terra Open all year; hours vary according to season. Sourwood Gallery, 110 Broadway, Black cotta sculptures. Also, multiplate ecthings, water- Summer/Fall Hours: 11 am-5pm daily, except Mountain. Ongoing - Featuring a co-op gallery colors, jewelry, pottery, garden accessories, glass for Sun., which are by appt. Contact: 828/963- of local artists offering original art for sale, and wooden treasures. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- 5247 or at (www.altavistagallery.com). including: paintings, pottery, jewelry, photog- 5pm and Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 828/295-6991. raphy, stained glass and other fine art. Artists Antonaccio Fine Art, 10360 NC Hwy. 105 are: Kent A. Barnes, Katrina Bass, Judith The Bob Timberlake Gallery at Blowing South, Banner Elk. Ongoing - Featuring Bush, Sarah Campbell, Charley, Ruth Connar, Rock, 946 Main Street Blowing Rock. Ongo- romantic oils of mountain landscapes & florals Denise Geiger, Jean Hope, Elizabeth Kirk, Ida ing - Featuring original artwork and reproduc- by Egidio Antonaccio, still lifes by Betty Mitchell O’Connell, Billy Ogle, Eileen Ross, Marilyn tions by Bob Timberlake. Also furniture, gifts, and Victorian sculpture by Maggie Moody. Hours: Sobanski, Jenean Stone, Susan Taylor, Sum- apparel and collectibles. Hours: they vary - call Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., noon-6pm. mer G. Ventis, Ann Whisenant, and Katherine ahead. Contact: 828/295-4855 or at Contact: 828/963-5611. Youtz. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: (www.bobtimberlake.com). 828/669-4975. Art Cellar Gallery, 920 Shawneehaw Ave., Winterfire Craft Gallery, 1087 Main Street, Work by Lynn Boggess Hwy 184, Banner Elk. Ongoing - Three floors Studio 103 Fine Art Gallery, 103 West St, Blowing Rock. Ongoing - Featuring pottery by of exhibition space featuring painting and Black Mountain. Ongoing - Owned and curated Bill Campbell as well as hand-crafted jewelry, The Haen Gallery, 52 Biltmore Ave., a few sculpture from regionally and nationally known by photographer Rebecca D’Angelo, the gallery metal sculpture, hand-thrown pottery, art glass, steps south of the movie theatre, Asheville. artists. Featured artists include: William Dunlap, will feature monthly shows by local and national and calligraphy prints. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6- Ongoing - Committed to providing access to Herb Jackson, Gregory Smith, Norma Murphy, artists. It will also offer local art and crafts for pm. Contact: 828/295-4880. stunning and unique artwork for discerning Tim Turner, Deborah Jacobs Purves, Bill sale in its retail section. Hours: Wed.-Sat., collectors and our community in general. Our Brown, Scott Boyle, Margaret Salisbury, and noon-6pm or by appt. Contact: call Rebecca Boone offerings will reflect the character and sensibili- others. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact D’Angelo at 828/357-8327 or at ties of this wonderful region. Including works 828/898-5175 or at (www.artcellaronline.com). (www.studio103fineartgallery.com). Downtown Boone, Apr. 1, 5-8pm - "Downtown by Lynn Boggess, GC Myers, Jerry Bowman, Boone First Friday Art Crawl". Each month the Alvena McCormick, Volkmar Wentzel, and Carlton Gallery, 10360 Hwy 105 South, Ten Thousand Villages, 303 Lookout Rd., Downtown Boone Development Association MM Pipkin. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat., Grandfather Community, Banner Elk. Ongoing Montreat. Ongoing - Fair trade source for (DBDA) hosts the Art Crawl which happens 11am-6pm; and Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: - Featuring the work of over 200 local, regional & handmade items from more than 30 countries every First Friday. Come visit the art galleries, art 828/254-8577 or at (www.thehaengallery.com). national artists presenting fine art, woven works, in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Hours: Mon.- studios and other fine shops in downtown Boone. sculpture, jewelry, pottery and contemporary Sat. 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/669-1406. Contact: 828/262-3017 or e-mail to (turchincen- The Satellite Gallery, 55 Broadway, Asheville. crafts. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- 5pm & Sun., [email protected]). Ongoing - Featuring works by the next wave 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/963-4288 or at (www. The Gingko Tree Photo Gallery & Frame of innovative and creative artists that are rising carltonartgallery.com). Shop, 128 Broadway, Black Mountain. Ongoing Hands Gallery Crafts Co-op, 543 W. King from the underground of contemporary street - Gifts, cards, prints, photography and framing. Street, Boone. Ongoing - Featuring works by and pop culture. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm & Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. the member artists and consignment artists in Sun., noon-6pm. Contact: 828/505-2225 or at Sally Nooney, Artists Studio Gallery, located Contact: 828/669-7721. various media. Each day a member is working (http://www.thesatellitegallery.com/). midway between Banner Elk & Valle Crucis in the gallery. Frequently, you will enter the gal- on Hwy 194 So. Ongoing - Featuring the rich, The Old Depot Arts & Crafts Gallery, inter- lery to see someone weaving a basket, binding Vadim Bora Gallery, 30 1/2 Battery Park Ave., vibrant works of Sally Nooney in oil, acrylic, section of Sutton and Cherry Streets, Black a book or designing a new vase as they sit at Asheville. Ongoing - Showcasing the works of and watercolor. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Mountain. Ongoing - A non-profit arts/crafts the counter. Hours: daily, 10am-6pm. Contact: international master sculptor and painter Vadim Contact: 828/963-7347 or at gallery representing local artists. Proceeds sup- 828/262-1970 or at Bora. The gallery features classical and con- (www.sallynooney.com). port arts in the schools program. Pottery, folk art (www.handsgalleryboonenc.com). temporary sculpture, oil paintings, and works and more. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., on paper, highlighting Bora's figurative, portrait, Belmont 1-5pm. Contact: 828/669-6583. Miters Touch Woodworking, 6858 Hwy. landscape, and conceptual art. In addition to 105 S., Foscoe, near Hound Ears. Ongo- showcasing Bora's work, the gallery will intro- JS Pottery Antiques and Collectibles, 27 Visions of Creation Gallery, 114 Cherry State ing - Featuring fine furniture by Denise Grohs duce original talent to the region, inlcuding the North Main Street, Belmont. Ongoing - Offering Street, Black Mountain. Ongoing - Featur- and Miters Touch, pottery by Eric Reichard, art works of artists from Bora's native Caucases pieces ranging from face jugs, vases, pitchers ing unique, contemporary fine gold jewelry of quilts by Linda Smith, stained glass by Dianne Mountains of southern Russia. Hours: Tue.-Fri., and planters with hand-painted iris, dogwood, incomparable beauty and quality handcrafted by Radford, and wood turnings by Todd Davidson. 1-5pm; Sat., noon-5pm & by appt.Contact: and magnolia designs to beautiful hand-carved Robert Vengoechea. Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-6pm Also cabinetwork and kitchen design services 828/254-7959 or at North Carolina lighthouses. Hours: Mon.-Sat., & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/669-0065. available. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm, Sat. (www.vadimborastudio.com). 9am-6pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 704/829- 10am-2pm or by appt. Contact: 828/963-4445 0360 or at (www.jspottery.com). Blowing Rock or at (www.miterstouchinc.com). Woolworth Walk, 25 Haywood Street, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring artwork and crafts by over Black Mountain/Montreat/Swannanoa Blowing Rock Frameworks & Gallery, Ltd., Bostic 170 artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm, closed 7539 Valley Blvd., next to Foodlion, Blowing Tue. (until Mar.), & Sun. 11am-5pm. Contact: Acoustic Corner, 105 F Montreat Rd, Black Rock. Ongoing - Featuring works by: Nancy Rose Tripoli Mueller Gallery, 149 Old Sun- 828/254-9234 or at (www.woolworthwalk.com). Mountain. Ongoing - Acoustic instruments Brittelle, Robert Broderson, Lene Alston Casey, shine Rd, Bostic, NC. Ongoing - Featuring the hand-made or manufactured by hand in Raymond Chorneau, Paul deMarrais, Harriet works of Rose Tripoli Mueller, ceramic artist, a ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Asheville small factories. Guitars, mandolins, bou- Marshall Goode, Nancy Tuttle May, William member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. The Captain’s Bookshelf, 31 Page Ave., zoukis, banjos, violins, lap dulcimers, and McCullough, Pat Pilkington, Karen Crandell The gallery is in the great room of a Craftsman Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring original art, other instruments popular in Celtic, Old-Time, Simpson, Ed Szmyd, Wesley Waugh, and Joana Style home built in 1922 (now on the study list prints and poetry broadsides are displayed Bluegrass, and other folk genres. Plus all ac- Wardell. Hours: Call. Contact: 828/295-0041 or at for the National Register). Hours: Mon.-Fri., along with a quality selection of secondhand cessories. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-7pm & Sat., (www.brframegallery.com). 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/248-1566 and rare books. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm. 10-5pm. Contact: 828/669-5162. or at (www.sparklenet.com/rosetripolimueller). Contact: 828/253-6631 or at Capehart Beck, the Upstairs Gallery, 1098 (http://www.captainsbookshelf.com/). Black Mountain Iron Works, 120 Broadway, Main St., 2nd floor of the historic Martin House, Brevard - Cedar Mountain Area Black Mountain. Ongoing - Featuring works Blowing Rock. Ongoing - Featuring artwork by Atlantic Beach handcrafted in iron & other metals by Tekla and full-time artists that spans the terrain from real- Downtown Brevard, Apr. 22, 5-9pm - "Brevard Dan Howachyn. Hours: Mon. -Sat., 10am-5pm. ism to abstraction; including works by owner- 4th Friday Gallery Walk". Enjoy an evening stroll Vision Gallery, 407 Atlantic Beach Causeway, Contact: 1/888/689-9021 or at artist Kevin Beck as well as Wayne Trapp, in downtown Brevard as you enjoy visiting the art Atlantic Beach. Ongoing - Featuring original (www.BlackMountainiron.com). Sterling Edwards, Dawn Emerson, Frederica galleries, art stores, retail stores and restaurants paintings and three-dimensional work from Georgia, Tim Ford, Bob Rankin, John Mac Kah, that are staying open late. Be sure to look for the regional and national artists, and one and Black Mountain Quilts, 121 Cherry St., Black Giselle Weisman, Laura Fly and more. Hours: 16 sculptures and five murals located in down- two-person shows in summer months. Hours: Mountain. Ongoing - Heirloom quality quilts, Mon.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., 10am-6pm. Con- town as well. Galleries participating include: TC 10:30am-5pm, closed Wed, Sun. Contact accessories, handbags, tabletop, and baby tact: 828/295-6367 or at Arts Council, Number 7 Arts and Crafts Coopera- 252/247-5550 or at (www.twogalleries.net). quilts. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-6pm & Sun. 12- (www.capehartbeckgallery.com). tive, Red Wolf Gallery, Bluewood Gallery, Drew 5pm. Contact: 828/669-0730. Deane Gallery, Gallery on Main, Hollingsworth Bakersville IAGO, 1165 Main St., Blowing Rock. Ongo- Gallery, Art & Soul Marketplace and Gallery, Black Mountain Studios Inc., 626 Lytle Cove ing - Featuring inspired, contemporary, fine art Hunters & Gatherers, Gravy, Local Color and Crimson Laurel Gallery, Blevins Building, 23 Rd., just 3 miles from downtown Black Moun- and handcrafts from a variety of artists working Continental Divide. Be sure to stop by and have Crimson Laurel Way, Bakersville. Apr. 2 - 30 tain, Swannanoa. Ongoing - A fine pottery craft in the fields of jewelry, fashion accessories, art continued on Page 64 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 63 Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 910-575-5889. Studio 91 Fine Art Gallery, Meadowmont Village, Chapel Hill. Ongoing - Featuring ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Ocean Isle Beach works by Jean Abadie, Thomas Arvid, Dimitri NC Commercial Galleries Silver Coast Winery, 6680 Barbeque Rd., Danish, Michael Flohr, Edward Lewis, and continued from Page 63 Ocean Isle Beach. Ongoing - Art gallery featur- Fabian Perez. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-6pm; ing local artists as well as daily tours, tastings and Fri., 10am-8pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: dinner in one of our downtown restaurants. A bro- Nevenschwander, Elizabeth Galloway, Jonlyn the art of wine making. Hours Mon.-Sat., 11-6pm 919/933-3700. chure for the gallery walks can be found at any Parker, Charlie Parker, Mary Ey, and Sue Jones. & Sun. 12-5pm. Contact: 910/287-2800 or at of the participating galleries or at the Chamber of Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm. (www.silvercoastwinery.com). Womancraft Gallery, 54 Meadowmont, Chapel Commerce. For more information call TC Arts at Contact: 828/884-5131 or at Hill. Ongoing - A showcase of local artisans 828-884-2787 or go to (www.artsofbrevard.org) (www.muddabbers.com). Cary featuring fine handcrafted gift items. Hours: and click on Art Tours. Mon.-Fri., 10am-8pm, Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., Number 7 Fine Arts and Crafts Gallery, 12 Michael Lecher Gallery, 115A W. Chatham noon-6pm. Contact: 919/929-8362 or at Art & Soul Marketplace and Gallery, 120 W. East Main St., Brevard. Ongoing - A Fine Arts St., Cary. Ongoing - Featuring works by lo- (www.womancraft.com). Main St., Brevard. Ongoing - Featuring an up- and Fine Crafts cooperative featuring the juried cal artists, including paintings, photography, scaled, eclectic gallery and artisan marketplace works of 22 of Transylvania County's finest artists jewelry, sculpture and more. Hours: Tue.-Thur., Charlotte Area with the largest collection of fine art photogra- and craftspeople. New works on display daily. 10am-6pm; Fri. till 8pm; & Sat., 10am-6pm. phy by Susan Stanton in the public marketplace Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/883- Contact: 919/481-2939. North Davidson Street Arts District Gallery and the works of 36 local, regional and nation- 2294 or at (www.number7arts.com). Crawl - From 6-9pm on the 1st & 3rd Fridays ally recognized artists. Works include photog- Stonehaven Jewelry Gallery, 101 Ledge of each month. raphy, sculpture, jewelry craftsmen, paintings, Red Wolf Gallery, 8 E. Main St., Brevard. Stone Way, Stonecreek Village Shopping ceramic sculpture, gourd art, fiber arts, home Ongoing - Featuring original works of art by over Center, corner of Davis Drive and High House Uptown Gallery Crawl - From 6-8pm on the and garden designs etc. Hours: Mon.-Sat. twenty regional artists in a historic downtown Rd., Cary. Ongoing - Featuring custom design, 1st Friday of each month. 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/883-2787 building. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., jewelry repair, original oil paintings, limited or at (www.artandsoulmarketplace.com). 1-5pm and by appt. Contact: 828/862-8620. edition prints, and fine art glass. Hours: Mon.- SouthEnd Gallery Crawl - From 6-9pm on Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: the 1st & 3rd Fridays of each month. BernWell Pottery Studio and Gallery, 324 King Twin Willows Studio, 15 Crestview Dr., Brevard. 919/462-8888 or at Road, Pisgah Forest. Ongoing - Featuring works Ongoing - Featuring the works of Ann DerGara. (www.stonehavenjewelry.com). Allison Sprock Fine Art, 600 Queens Rd., by Wendy Elwell and Dennis Bern. Hours: Mon.- Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 828/877-5275. the gallery shares space with The Nichols Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/883- The Nature of Art Gallery, 106-D Colonades Company in one of Myers Park’s oldest 8300 or at (www.bernwellpottery.com). Two Friends Gallery and Gifts, 4140 Green- Way, Waverly Place Shopping Center, Cary. houses, Charlotte. Ongoing - The gallery ville Hwy., Brevard. Ongoing - Offering a tran- Ongoing - Featuring whimsical and eclectic represents many well-known artists from all Bluewood Gallery, 36 W. Jordan St., Brevard. quil break from a busy highway, with fine art, artworks for interiors and gardens with a native over the world. Some of the featured artists are Ongoing - Specializing in fine art photogra- photography, handmade jewelry, woodturnings, flair. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm, except Wed. very famous; others are emerging including: phy with a large selection of photography on gourd art, and pine-needle weavings, made by till 9pm. Contact: 919/859-6004. Andre Bludov, Constantin Chatov, Marc Chatov, canvas. Custom framing. Local and regional local artisans. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Roman Chatov, Gee Gee Collins, Larry Davis, artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat. 10:30am-5:30pm. Contact: 828/877-6577 or at Chapel Hill - Carrboro Noah Desmond, Margaret Dyer, Sabre Esler, Contact: 828/883-4142 or at (www.scenic276.com). Stephen Fry, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Linda (www.bluewoodgallery.com). Chapel Hill/Carrboro Art Walks - second James, Dimitri Kourouniotis, Stan Mullins, Anne Bryson City Friday of each month from 6-9pm. Info at Neilson, Becky Ollinger, Spencer Reid, Felice Drew Deane Gallery,114 W. Main St., across (www.2ndfridayartwalk.com). Sharp, Tracy Sharp, Louis St. Lewis, Elizabeth from City Hall and Brevard Fire Station, Bre- The Artists’ House Too, 32 Everett St., Bryson Stehling, Harry Stewart, Cate Wagoner, Karen vard. Ongoing - Featuring a premier emerging City. Ongoing - Featuring original works in all Animation and Fine Art Galleries, University Weihs, Alice Williams, Sean Williams, and contemporary fine arts gallerys in Western media. Limited edition prints, etchings and fine Mall, 201 S Estes Dr., Chapel Hill. Ongo- Kathy Wochele. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. North Carolina. Including works by: Devin Bur- art photography. Handcrafted pottery, turned ing - Featuring contemporary works of art and Contact: 404/274-5829 or visit gess, Jerry Cutler, Drew Deane, Greg Fidler, wood, baskets, paper mache, fine hand- animation art. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. (www.allisonsprockfineart.com). John Geci, Richard Lane, Courtney Erin Martin wovens, carved avian sculpture, one of a kind Contact: 919/968-8008 or at and Mark Mulfinger. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am- jewelry. Including works by Peggy Duncan, (www.animationandfineart.com). Applewood Gallery, 3920 Park Road, 5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/877-5272 or at Joyce and Don Nagel, Laura Adams, Lance Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring original art (www.drewdeanegallery.com). Lichtensteiger, Marcia Brennan, Joe Bruneau, Black Mountain Gallery, 1800 #9 E. Franklin from local Charlotte artists: Natalie Bork, Brian and Kathy Tsonas. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6- Street, Eastgate Shopping Center, Chapel Hill. Osborne, Dave Long, Judith Cutler, Ada Of- Duckpond Pottery, 2398 Greenville Hwy., Bre- pm. Contact: 828-488-1317. Ongoing - Featuring handwrough designer ferdahl, and George Thompson. Hours: Mon.- vard. Ongoing - Duckpond Pottery specializes jewelry by artisans from throughout the United Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat.,10am-4pm. Contact: in custom, handcrafted sinks and tiles. The pot- Burnsville States. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 704/525-6162 or at (applewoodgalleryNC.com). tery also features handcrafted kitchenware and 919/967-8101. accent pieces for both indoors and out. Torches The Design Gallery, 7 South Main St., Art House Studios, 3103 Cullman Ave., off topped with custom faces are potter Nick Fried- Burnsville. Ongoing - Feature fine arts and Blackwood Station Gallery, 6113 Hwy. 86N., 36th Street in the NoDa District, Charlotte. On- man’s signature pieces. The deck plays host to crafts consisting of original paintings, etchings, Chapel Hill. Ongoing - Featuring functional going - Featuring a complex of working studios weekly concerts and a new coffeeshop. Hours: prints, art glass, pottery, wood work, furniture, & fine art, sculpture and fine art prints. Hours: by area artists. Hours: during Gallery Crawls Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm or by appt. Contact: textiles, sculpture, metals, book art and jewelry. Tue.-Fri., 11am-7pm; Sat., 10am-6pm, & Sun., and by appt. Contact: 704/577-4587 or e-mail 828/883-4512 or at In addition we have furniture, lighting, home noon-6pm. Contact: 919/968-1360. at ([email protected]). (www.duckpondpotter.etsy.com). accents and gifts. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 828/678-9869 or at Cameron's, University Mall, Chapel Hill. Ongo- Artists' Atelier Carolina, located in the Pentes Gallery on Main, 36 East Main Street, Brevard. (www.the-design-gallery.com). ing - Featuring contemporary American crafts Artworks Gallery & Studios bldg., 1346 Hill Ongoing - Featuring original art, limited editon and pottery, folk art and functional art objects. Rd., Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring works by prints, collectibles and gifts. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Calabash - Ocean Isle Beach Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-9pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Jim Fales, Fay M. Miller, Jack Pentes, Betty G. 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/885-7299 or at Contact: 919/942-5554. Robinson, Gregory Weston, and Peggy Hutson (www.galleryonmain.com). Sea Gallery, 6885 Beach Dr., SW Route 199, Weston. Hours: by appt. Contact: 704/552- Ocean Isle Beach. Ongoing - Featuring fine art Chapellier Fine Art, 105 Arlen Park Drive, Cha- 6200. Glass Feather Studio and Gardens, 200 by local, regional and nationally acclaimed artists. pel Hill. Ongoing - Fine, investment quality 19th Glass Feather Dr., south of Brevard off Rea- Tasteful and inviting original oils, Gicleés on can- & 20th century American art. Hours: Mon. - Fri. by Ben Owen Pottery Gallery, inside The Ritz- sonover Rd., Cedar Mountain. Ongoing - This vas, watercolors, and charcoals are presented in appointment. Contact: 919/967-9960 or at Carlton, Charlotte, 201 East Trade Street, unforgettable mountaintop shopping destina- our 7,000 square-foot gallery. Sculpture and pot- (www.citysearch.com/rdu/chapellier/). Charlotte. Ongoing - The gallery offers 75-100 tion offers glorious views, flower gardens, and tery are also offered. Artists we exhibit are: Phyllis one-of-a-kind pieces of Ben Owen III pottery, original fused-glass creations for tabletop, Arnold, Ken Buckner, Terry Buckner, Karen Dirt Road Gallery, 8218 Bright's Way, Chapel with prices beginning at $45. Works will range home and garden – all by the Travis family of Edgar, Gary Halberstadt, V. Ryan Lauzon, Nancy Hill. Ongoing - Featuring handcrafted items - from pots, vases, jars, bowls and platters to artists since 1982. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-5- Hughes Miller, Miller Pope, Tom Wooldridge, and including paintings, carvings, molas, textiles & major showpieces and spectacular larger works pm. Contact: 828/885-8457or at Mary M. Wright. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. fabrics, ceramics, beads and jewelry from West of art. All items are hand-created by Ben Owen, (www.glassfeather.com). Contact: 910/575-8222. Africa, the Middle East, Central America, and who also will make special appearances at The the US collected over years of traveling. Hours: Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte for 2011 art weekends Gravy, 17 W. Main St., Brevard. Ongoing - An Sat. & Sun., 11am-6pm & by appt. Contact: and art demonstrations. Hours: open daily from artisan and retail market, benefiting the Boys 919/933-6999 or at (www.dirtroadgallery.net). 9am-6pm. Contact: 704/547-2244) or at (http:// and Girls Club of Transylvania County. Gravy’s www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/Charlotte/ 71 dealers donate at least 15% of their profits Fat Black Cat-Art Lounge, 103 W. Weaver Default.htm). to our local club. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Street, kitty corner from Carr Mill Mall, Carr- Contact: 828/862-4900 or at boro. Ongoing - Mostly Representational Christa Faut Gallery, Jetton Village at Lake (www.gravyonmain.blogspot.com). works by local, regional and national artists. Norman, 19818 North Cove Road, Suite E3, Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9am-4:30pm & sat., 10am-5- Cornelius. Through Apr. 30 - "Augury: Laminar Mountain Forest Pottery, 2395 Greenville pm. Contact: 919/260-7420 or at Flow, Drawings and Paintings," featuring works Hwy., Brevard. Ongoing - Offering functional (www.FatBlackCat-ArtLounge.com). by Scott Duce. Ongoing - Paintings, drawings, and whimsical pottery made on site by artist etchings, and lithographs by John Borden Evans, Mary Murray. “Handmade comes to life” in the N.C. Crafts Gallery, 212 W. Main St., corner of Debra Fischer, Laura Grosch, Ardyth Hearon, homey gallery, offering the work of many re- Weaver and West Main Sts., Carrboro. Ongoing Jim Henry, Herb Jackson, Elizabeth Bradford gional artists – handmade teddy bears, jewelry, - Offering a wide assortment of items handcrafted Millsaps, Elsie D. Popkin, Joana Wardell, Russ quilts, folk art, sculpture, drawings, and paint- by North Carolina artisans. You'll find contempo- Warren and Cynthia Wilson; glass by Richard ings. Recipes accompany many pottery pieces rary and traditional pottery, blown glass, wood, Eckerd; and sculpture by Paul Kritzer and Mike that are designed for baking apples, pies, and jewelry, metalwork, toys, folk art, garden sculp- Callaghan. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., other dishes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm Work by Nancy Huges Miller ture, kaleidoscopes, baskets, fiber art and more. 10am-3pm. Contact: 704/892-5312 or at & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/885-2149 or at The Gallery currently carries the work of more (www.christafautgallery.com). (www.scenic276.com). Sunset River Marketplace, 10283 Beach Drive, than 500 North Carolinians, from the mountains SW, Calabash. Ongoing - A unique eclectic gal- to the shore. The gallery also hosts two shows a Ciel Gallery and Mosaic Studio, 1519 Mountain Heart Photography Gallery, 10771 lery showcasing over 200 local artists in virtually month. Shows begin the first of each month and Camden Rd., Historic Southend, Charlotte. Greenville Hwy. Cedar Mountain Business every medium. Enjoy gourmet coffee, tea and give the featured artist the opportunity to show- Through May 20 - "Fire, Water, Earth, Air". On- Park, Cedar Mountain. Ongoing - Featuring treats as you stroll through the 10,000 square- case an entire body of work. Hours: Mon.-Sat., going - The gallery hosts international exhibi- nature and wildlife photography by 7 well- foot space. Art classes and custom framing are 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 919/942- tions on themes that change every 4-8 weeks, known photographers. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am- offered on-site. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. 4048 or at (http://nccraftsgallery.com/). with a focus on mosaic art, as well as offering a 5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/883-2498 or at Contact: 910/575-5999 or at wide variety of classes, and workshops. Hours: (www.hallooney.com). (www.SunsetRiverMarketplace.com). Sizl Gallery, Southern Village’s Lobby at 410 Tue.-Fri., 1-5pm; Sat., 11am-5pm & during gal- Market St., and Suite 312, Chapel Hill. Ongo- lery crawls. Contact: 704/577-1254 or at Mud Dabber's Pottery and Crafts, 3623 Sunset River Studio, 271 Calabash Rd., a ing - Featuring works by Anna Podris, Leo (www.cielcharlotte.com). Greenville Hwy., Brevard. Ongoing - Featuring mile from Sunset River Marketplace Calabash. Gaev’, and Karen Shelton. Summer Hours: the work of six family members including: John Ongoing - offering a wide range of workshops Wed.-Sat., 11am-6pm or by appt. Contact: Coffey and Thompson Gallery, 109 W. More- O., Sybil, John E., Carol and Brandon (Brad), as well as a 2,700 square-foot rental space for 919/593-1303 or at (www.sizlgallery.com). head @ S. Tryon St., Charlotte. Ongoing - Oils and Becky Dodson and friends Phillip Johnston, meetings, luncheons, business functions and by Richard Plasschaert, etchings by Gordon Al- Carolyn Becker, Susan Peterson, and Matthew other events. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & continued on Page 65 Page 64 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 len, prints by Ralph McDonald, Bev Doolittle, G. lery, Through Apr. 9 - "Flora Dreams," featuring - the gallery represents over 25 local, regional oils on canvas by local, regional and national Harvey, Mort Kunstler, Don Troiani and Charles an exhibition of paintings and works on paper and national artists working in all mediums, artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., Frace. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5:30pm & Sat., by Robert Kushner, an artist known for his richly offering traditional and contemporary composi- 11am-3pm. Contact: 704/332-3443. 10am-2pm. Contact: 704/375-7232 or at textured and opulent paintings of flowers and tions. Represented artists include, Travis Bruce (www.coffeyandthompson.com). plant forms. Apr. 16 - June 4 - "Dos Artistas de Black, Robert Brown, Kathy Buist, Curt Butler, The Garden Shoppe and Gallery, at McGill Cordoba," featuring an exhibition of paintings and Jim Calk, Jean Cauthen, Kathy Caudill, Kathy Rose Garden, 940 N. Davidson St., Charlotte. DOMA Gallery Fine Art Photography,1310 sculpture by two of Argentina’s most prominent Collins, Cher Cosper, James Emerson Cromp- Ongoing - Featuring a permanent exhibit of South Tryon St., No. 106, Charlotte. Ongoing and established artists, Ernesto Berra and Raul ton, Jim Fales, Isabel Forbes, Lita Gatlin, Cin- paintings by Stefan Duncan. There are over 20 - Featuring the first art gallery in charlotte to fo- Diaz. Ongoing - The gallery represents artists thia Griffin, Louise Farley, Betsy Havens, Paula paintings of flowers plus a large oil painting of cus exclusively on fine art photography. Future from all regions of the United States, Argentina B. Holtzclaw, Andrew Leventis, Ada Offerdahl, Henry McGill in the rose garden named after exhibitions will include video and installation and Spain, exhibiting paintings, prints, and sculp- Lesley Powell, Ann Bloodworth Rhodes, Kelley him. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat., 10am- art as well as photography. Hours: Tue.-Sat. by ture. The gallery features solo and group exhibi- Sanford, Paul Simon, SOPHIA, Fred Sprock, 5pm. Contact: 704/333-6497. appt. Contact: 704/333-3420 or at tions as well as consulting services for individual Angela Smith, Akira Tanaka, Diane Virkler, Ann (www.domaart.com). collectors, corporations and museums. Hours: Watcher, Dru Warmath, Martha Whitfield, Rod The Inspired Home, 11523 Carolina Place Mon. - Sat., 10 am - 6 pm. Contact: 704/365- Wimer, and Jan Yearwood. Hours: Mon.-Fri., Parkway, Ste. F&G, Furniture Row, behind Fac- 3000 or at (www.jeraldmelberg.com). 9am-5pm; Sat., 10am-2pm, and by appt. Con- tory Mattress, Pineville. Ongoing - The gallery tact: 704/333-4535 or at also includes work by Rhea Gary, a Louisiana Joie Lassiter Gallery, 312 N. Myers St., Suite (www.providencegallery.net). based artist. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-8pm; #104, Charlotte. Ongoing - Bringing together Fri.-Sat. 10am-6pm; & Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: regional, national and international artists, Pura Vida Worldly Art, 3202-B N. Davidson, 704/837-7492 or at along with emerging and 20th century masters Charlotte. Ongoing - Freaturing wordly art (www.MyInspiredHome.com). Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm; Sat., 11am-4- - folk art, jewelry, paintings, spiritual art and pm or by appt. Contact: 704/373-1464 or at home accents. Including artworks by local art- Wentworth Gallery, South Park Mall, 4400 (www.lassitergallery.com). ists: Brenda Civiletto, Marisela Moncada, Tim Sharon Road, Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring an McMahon, Lita, Gustavo Luis, Alejandra Dans, extensive selection of original paintings, limited Lark & Key Gallery and Boutique, (Southend) Luis Fernando Ramirez, along with unique art edition prints, and sculpture from over 100 artists, 128 E. Park Ave, Ste B, Charlotte. Apr. 1 - May from Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Morocco, Tur- such as Peter Max, Alexandra Nechita, Charles 28 - "Inhabitants & Happenstance," featuring key, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Costa Rica, Thai- Fazzino, Grace Slick, Ronnie Wood, and Paul paintings by Duy Huynh, with featured potter land, Brazil, and many other countries. Hours: Stanley. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-9pm and Sun., Amy Sanders. Ongoing - Lark & Key show- Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 704/335-8587 12:30-6pm. Contact: 704/365-2733. cases a variety of artwork, pottery, jewelry and or at (www.puravidaart.com). more from local and national artists including Wooden Stone, 445 South Main Street, Charlotte Foust, Angie Renfro, Alison Golder, Queen's Gallery & Art Center, 1212 The Davidson. Ongoing - Featuring a breathtaking Julie Wiggins, Ronan Peterson and Suze Lind- Plaza, Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring works by collection of functional fine art handmade by say. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: Rebecca Briley, Warren Burgess, Laura Buxton, US and Canadian artists and craftsmen, includ- 704/334-4616 or at (www.larkandkey.com). Bob Crum, James Daniel, Drew Gatlin, Meredith ing many from North Carolina. These artists Green, Tony Griffin, Vicki Kaseorg, Danny Mal- represent a variety of media, from hand-carved Maddi's Gallery, 1530 East Boulevard, Char- boeuf, Cathy Melesh, and Mark Spangenberg. woodwork, to blown glass, pottery, metalwork lotte. Named “Top Retailer of American Craft Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. and fiber. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and in the United States for 2009” by The "Niche Contact: 704/372-2993 or at Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 704/892-1449 or at Work by Carl Plansky Magazine”. Ongoing - Featuring fine contem- (www.thequeensgallery.com). (www.woodenstonegallery.com). porary craft by more than 160 national artists; Elder Gallery, 1427 South Blvd., suite 101, specializing in Southern folk art with paintings, RedSky Gallery - Elizabeth Ave., 1523 Eliza- ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Charlotte Charlotte. Apr. 1 - 30 - "Carl Plansky, Spring pottery and carvings by many of the South's beth Avenue, Suite 120, Charlotte. Through FABO Café, 2820 Selwyn Ave., Suite 180, Arrival". A reception will be held on Apr. 1, from most notable folk artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., May 10 - Featuring an exhibition of ceramics by Charlotte. Ongoing - Owner Amy Auss- 6-8pm. The exhibition features the textural and 10am-7pm; Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun. noon-5pm. Andrew Linton and Alice DeLisle, and paintings ieker offers a forum to showcase affordable, vibrantly colored paintings by the late Abstract Contact: 704/332-0007 or at by Lisa Creed. Ongoing - The gallery features original, artwork by 55 local artists and strives Expressionist, Carl Plansky. Ongoing - Featur- (www.maddisgallery.com). original works on paper and canvas, sculpture, to promote regional artists who help to make ing a selection of landscape paintings by Leon ceramic, glass, studio furniture, art-to-wear, Charlotte unique. In addition to visual art, FABO A. Makielski (1885 – 1974) which were executed McColl Fine Art, 208 East Boulevard, at South jewelry, and more. Over 500 regional and offers food art, from vendors including Tizzerts in France and in the United States over his long and East Boulevard, Charlotte. Ongoing - One national artists are represented at two gallery and Edible Arts, a full premium coffee bar with career of painting. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm; of the premiere galleries in the Southeast, deal- locations, on Elizabeth Avenue and uptown in regular coffees as well as specialty lattes, and Sat., 10am-2pm; or by appt. Contact: 704/370- ing in fine American and European paintings. The EpiCentre. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm. free WiFi. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 7am-6pm. Con- 6337 or at (www.elderart.com). Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: 704/377-6400 or at tact: 704-900-2430 or at (www.faboparty.com). Contact: 704/333-5983 or at (www.redskygallery.com). Foster’s Frame & Art Gallery, 403 Old States- (www.mccollfineart.com). The Gallery at Carillon, 227 West Trade Street, ville Rd. N, Huntersville. Ongoing - Featuring RedSky Gallery - EpiCentre, 210 East Trade Charlotte. Ongoing - Permanent onsite works of original paintings by local artists: Nellie Ashford Merrill-Jennings Galleries, 463 S. Main St., in St., Suite B-134, EpiCentre, Charlotte. Ongo- art including: "Cascade," a 40' x 25' construction - folk art, Edna Barker - landscape, Andrea the historic yellow bungalow in Davidson’s Art ing - Offering a collection of contemporary of machinery parts and metal by Jean Tinguely; Cook - Abstract/Fabric, Evelyn Kadir, Abstract/ District, Davidson. Ongoing - The gallery offers paintings, including pastels, oils, watercolors, "The Garden," a site-specific sculpture by Jerry Musical, Carolyn Saine, landscape. Hours: investment-quality original art by internationally mixed media, exceptional works in glass, metal, Peart; and "Wall Drawing #683," by So LeWitt. Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm, Sat. 10am-4pm. Contact: recognized painters, top local artists, and talented ceramics, and wood. RedSky also has a wide The exhibition is sponsored by Hines Charlotte 704-948-1750. newcomers. Specialties range from Surrealism to selection of home accessories, jewelry, and art- Carillon LP. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-8pm; Sat., African American Folk Art, with special emphasis to-wear. Currently RedSky represents over 500 8am-7pm & Sun., noon-8pm. Contact: Larry Green Rice Gallery, 36th Street at North Da- on women, and minority painters. Artists include artists and hosts exhibitions regularly featuring Elder at 704/370-6337 or at (www.elderart.com). vidson Street, in the heart of NoDa, Charlotte's Susan Jennings, Addie James, Loren DiBenedet- both emerging and national recognized artists. Historic Arts District, Charlotte. Ongoing - to, Jodi John, Paul R. Keysar, Tyler Strouth, Vir- Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11am-7pm; Fri., 11am-8pm; Concord Featuring fine art by local and regional artists. ginia Quillen, Betsey Hampton, Michael Parkes, & Sat., 11am-7pm. Contact: 704/971-7552 or at Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-6pm; Sat., noon-6pm and many others. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- 5pm. (www.redskygallery.com). & Sun., noon-4pm. Contact: Carla Garrison at Contact: 704/895-1213 or at 704/344-0300 or at (www.green-rice.com). (www.merrilljennings.com). Renee George Gallery, 2839 Selwyn Ave., Suite Z, Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring contemporary Harris Holt Gallery, 1717 Kenilworth Avenue, Nancy Couick Studios and Gallery, 10100 abstract and realistic works of fine art and sculp- Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring watercolors, Park Cedar Dr., Suite 188, Charlotte. Ongo- ture by nationally and internationally recognized oil paintings and limited edition prints by Harris ing - Gallery features works by Blue Ridge/ artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri. 10am-3pm, Sat. 10am-4- Holt. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-5:30pm. Contact: Smokey Mountain artists: Ray Byram and Terry pm or by appt. Contact: Renee George McColl, 704/373-9090. Chandler; South Carolina artists: Virginia Dauth 704-332-3278 or at and Cama Tadlock; New Orleans artist: Michael (www.ReneeGeorgeGallery.com). Hodges Taylor Art Consultancy (formerly Smiraldo, regional artists: Nancy Smith Couick, Hodges Taylor Gallery), Transamerica Square, Gina Strumpf, Kevin E. Brown, Katie Blackwell, Sanctuary of Davidson, 108 S. Main St., Da- 401 North Tryon Street, Charlotte. Through Apr. Sharron Burns, Susan Hinrichs, Charlotte Fair- vidson. Ongoing - Featuring works by locally 29 - "Surroundings: Photography X 4," featuring man, Mary Ellen Wilkerson and others. Hours: and nationally recognized artists & artisans, works by Linda Foard Roberts, Alice Sebrell, Mon.-Fri., Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm (except Tue., photographers & sculptors. Each month the Sonia Handelman Meyer, and Ida Wyman. The 1-9pm) and Sat. & Sun., by appt. Contact: gallery features an artist whose work is inspired exhibit presents a rare opportunity to see how 704/541-6944 or at (www.nancycouick.com). by mission work. A portion of the Gallery's retail four photographers view their surroundings in sales benefits a philanthropic cause. Hours: Work by Julie Benda both urban and natural landscapes. Ongoing Picture House Gallery, 1520 E. 4th Street, Mon.-Fri., 10:30am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. - The gallery represents contemporary artists Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring Frederick Hart Contact: 704/892-0044. Adam Ramsey Miller Gallery, 21 Union of the southeast, including paintings, prints, sculpture, works by Jamali; paintings, original St., (2nd Floor) Concord. Apr. 15 - May 13 - photographs and sculpture. The gallery offers a art, sculpture, art glass, and fine custom framing. Shain Gallery, Selwyn Corners, 2823 Selwyn Featuring an exhibit of works by members of public venue in uptown Charlotte for viewing art- Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. Ave., Charlotte. Opening Apr. 8, from 6-9pm the Charlotte ARTery, including: Julie Benda, work and serves as art consultants for collectors Contact: 704/333-8235 or at - "New Paintings from Encaustic Artist Mel Sharon Dowell, Teresa Hollmeyer, Paul Keysar, and businesses. Hours: Tue.-Sat., by appt. only. (www.PictureHouseGallery.com). Rea". After 17 years of working with clay, much Janet Lasher, Ashley Lathe, Bev Nagy, and Contact: 704/334-3799 or at in need of a change, and discovering the last Jon Tarleton. A reception will be held on Apr. (www.hodgestaylor.com). batch of beeswax from her grandfathers’ api- 15, from 6-9pm. Ongoing - Offering kids art ary, Mel Rea embraced the art of encaustic lessons available weekly and BYOB adult House of Africa Gallery, 1215 Thomas Avenue, painting (painting with hot beeswax). Ongo- painting session available monthly, detaills on Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring the area's largest ing - Specializing in original art paintings website. Group and solo Exhibitions available selection of African art, including: masks, statues, by Carolina, National and European artists, for Emerging and established artist from North carved artwork, handmade jewelry, paintings, including works by Perry Austin, Henry Barnes, and South Carolina. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 3-8pm plus traditional African musical instruments. Roger Dale Brown, Jim Chapman, Veronica & Fri.-Sat., noon-4pm. Contact: 704/788-2326 Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-8pm. Contact: 704/376- Clark, Terry DeLapp, Amy Dobbs, Laura Duis, or at (www.thearmgalery.com). 6160. Chas Fagan, Brent Funderburk, Nicora Gangi, Cassandra Gillens, Ted Goershner, Tony Mud Slingers Pottery, 9 Union St. North, Suite Hughes Gallery, 2015 Ayrsley Town Blvd. @ N Griffin, Paul Hunter, William Jameson, Curtis 150, Concord. Ongoing - We feature a variety Kings Parade, Ste. 107-c, Charlotte. Ongo- Jaunsen, Geoffrey Johnson, Christy Kinard, of arts from the area to include traditional and ing - The gallery is a modern art gallery with a Angela Nesbit, Kevin Sanders, Jane Schmidt, contemporary pottery, most of which is made focus on sculpture, installation, works on paper, Work by Paul Simon Kim Schuessler, Marilyn Simandle, Kathy Sosa, in our Studio. In addition to pottery, we feature photography and painting. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Providence Gallery, 601-A Providence Rd., Alice Williams, Connie Winters, and Darren fused and slumped glass as well as fused glass 10am-6pm. Contact: 704/492-9934 or at @ The Manor Theatre Shops in Myers Park, Young. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. jewelry. We also display paintings and fiber art (www.hughesgallery.artlogsites.com). Charlotte. Apr. 1 - 30 - "Paul Simon: Anthology Contact: 704/334-7744 or at created by the local Cabarrus Art Guild. Hours: 2001—2011". The exhibit celebrates the tenth (www.shaingallery.com). Tue.-Fri., noon-5pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Con- Jerald Melberg Gallery, 625 South Sharon Am- anniversary of well-known Charlotte clothier, tact: 704/796-1600 or at ity Road, near corner of Providence Road, next to Paul Simon’s painting career, featuring land- Sophia's An Art Gallery, 1528 East Boule- (www.mudslingerspotterync.com). restaurant Hotel Charlotte, Charlotte. Main Gal- scape, figurative and still life works. Ongoing vard, Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring original continued on Page 66 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 65 Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: Danielle art and fine craft gallery featuring works by Vroman at 336/373-1713. over 150 artists from the Southern Appalachian area in all mediums of original artwork. Owned NC Commercial Galleries South Elm Pottery and Gallery, 500 S. Elm St., by potter David Voorhees and jeweler Molly continued from Page 65 intersection of Barnhardt Street, Greensboro. Sharp, the gallery features the Voorhees Ongoing - Featuring functional pottery by local Family of artists on an ongoing basis. Hours: Creedmoor appt. Contact: 704/869-0441 or at artists including: Jim Gutsell, Deik Pierce, and Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: (www.art-hutchins.com). L.T. Hoisington; sculpture by Kathy Reese; and 828/697-7719 or at Cedar Creek Gallery, 1150 Fleming Rd., jewelry by Lynne Leonard. Hours: Tue.-Sat., (www.handinhandgallery.com). outside the small town of Creedmoor. Ongo- Greensboro Area noon-5pm. Contact: 336/279-8333. ing - Showcasing a permanent collection of McCarter Gallery, 451 N. Main St., Hender- American Pottery. Featuring works by on site Throughout Greensboro, first Fri. of the Spencer's Art Gallery & Sculpture Studio, 232 sonville. Ongoing - Featuring the working glassblower, Lisa Oakley, and potters, Brad month, till 9pm - "First Friday," featuring a gal- S.W. Market St., Reidsville. Ongoing - Featuring studio-gallery of landscape artist Alan McCa- Tucker and John Martin. Joining them are over lery crawl of several gallery spaces in Greens- works by UNCG alumni Brad Spencer, Tom Se- rter, specializing in his acrylic paintings of the 250 other local, regional & national craftsper- boro. For further info (www.uacarts.org). vera & Andy Weddington. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am beauty of Nature in the Blue Ridge and Great sons offering a selection of functional stone- -6pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 336/349-3113. Smoky Mountains. Also, featuring a display of ware, ceramics, blown glass, jewelry, furniture, African American Art, Four Seasons Town new works monthly. And, watercolors and acryl- candles, wind chimes, toys baskets, and Center, Greensboro. Ongoing - Specializing in The Art Shop, 3900 W. Market St., Greensboro. ics of Robbin McCarter and art glass by Czech even handmade musical instruments. Hours: African American art. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-9- Ongoing - Featuring works by Pino, Arvid, Park, glass master Igor Muller and Canadian Robert daily,10am-6pm. Contact: 919/528-1041 or at pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 336/292-3209. Garmash, Sabzi, Hessam and others. We feature Held. Hours Mon.-Sat.,10:30am-5:30pm & by (www.cedarcreekgallery.com). America’s most collected artists. We also carry appt. Contact: 828/698-7117 or at Ambleside Gallery, 528 South Elm Street, sculpture by Frogman (Tim Cotterill), Leon Bron- (www.mccarter-gallery.com). Dillsboro Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works by stein & Paige Bradley and fine art glass by Randy artists from around the world. Among them are Strong, John McDonald & Scott Bayless. Thomas Narnia Studios, 315 N. Main St., Henderson- The Golden Carp Gift Shop & Gallery, Webster English artists Phil Hobbs, Kenneth Denton, Kinkade; original oil paintings, limited edition ville. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and Street, Dillsboro. Ongoing - Featuring works by and Matthew Hillier. American painters Bill prints and posters. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm; regional artists in a variety of media. Hours: local and select American watercolorist, including Hosner, Tracy Reid, Richard Sedlack and Rich Tue. & Wed till 7pm & Sat. 10am-5pm. Contact: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-6pm. Contact: 828/697- works by artist-in-residence, John P. Miele. Also, Nelson, and internationally recognized Chinese 336/855-8500 or at (www.artshopnc.com). 6393 or at (www.narniastudios.com). baskets, pottery, fiber arts, and more. Hours: . watercolorist Guan Weixing, plus many other Contact: 828/586-5477 or at noteworthy artists are included in the gallery The Artery Gallery, 1711 Spring Garden Oliver's Southern Folk Art, Brookdale (www.thegoldencarp.com). collections. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm or by Street, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring Square, 1034-D Greenville Hwy., Henderson- appt. Contact: 336/275-9844 or at works by David Thomas, Roy Nydorf, Bruce ville. Ongoing - Featuring works by selt-taught Village Studio Gallery, 130 Front Street, Weav- (www.amblesidearts.com). Shores, Matthew Micca, Lisa Woods, Bill artists including: Minnie Adkins, Alpha Andrews, erville. Ongoing - Featuring works from regional Clubb, Jack Stratton, Erin Stesch, Vito Ciccone, Chris Clark, Alyne Harris, R.A. Miller, Bernice artists including D. Morgan and Paula Vaughn Artistic Impressions Gallery, Adam's Farm Alex Forsyth, Martin Dunn, and more. Hours: Sims, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, and and other national artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., Shopping Center, High Point Road, Greensboro. Mon.-Thur., 10am-6pm; Fri., 10am-5pm; & Sat., Myrtice West. Also folk pottery. Hours: Tue.- 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/586-4060. Ongoing - A premier gallery of original fine art by 10am-4pm. Contact: 336/274-9814 or at Sat., 10:30am-5pm & Sun., 1:30-5pm. Contact: regional artists; art, pottery, floor screens, glass (www.arterygallery.com). 828/698-7877 or at (www.oliversfolk.com). Durham and sculpture. Hours: Tue.- Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 336/297-0565. The Upstairs Gallery, above Carpets By Silver Fox Gallery, 508 N. Main Street, Hen- Claymakers, Gallery of Fine Handmade Pot- Direct, 2837 Battleground Avenue Greensboro. dersonville. Ongoing - Featuring contemporary tery, 705 Foster St., Durham. Through May ArtWorks Collective Gallery, 205 Lyndon Ongoing - Featuring works by local artists in fine art, hand-crafted artworks from the US 14 - "Flame, Flash & Peel," featuring soda Street, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works all forms of art. Also Nyghtfalcon Photograhy is only, from primarily regional artists. And, now fired pottery by Doug Dotson, Jo Lovvorn and by members of Lyndon Street ArtWorks center. now in-house with us, and we will permanently Home Furnishings. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am- Gertrude Graham Smith. Ongoing - Featuring Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & by appt. Contact: display the fish sculptures by Frank Russell, 6pm; Fri.,10am-7pm; Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., functional and sculptural works in clay. Pieces 336/370-0025 or at (www.artworkscollective. and jewelry and collectibles from Sleepin’ Dog noon-5pm. Contact: 828/698-0601 or at sold at reasonable prices. Represented artists com). Studios. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: (www.silverfoxonline.com). include: Gillian Parke, Marsha Owen, Tim Turn- Jim Dowell at 336/288-9369 or e-mail at (theup- er, Deb Harris, Susan Filley, Ronan Peterson, Ashberg-Wyatt Gallery, 5587-A Garden [email protected]). The Portrait Source, Hwy. 225 S., along "Little Doug Dotson, Barbara McKenzie, plus many Village Way, in the Outdoor Living Center @ Rainbow Row", Flat Rock. Ongoing - Repre- others. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm & 3rd fri. of New Garden Village off Bryan Blvd. / Old Oak tyler white Gallery, 507 State St., Greensboro. senting the nation's finest portrait artists and we the month from 6-9pm. Contact: 919/530-8355 Ridge Rd, Greensboro. Ongoing - We're an Ongoing - Featuring original works of art in vari- help clients find the perfect artist for both fami- or at (www.claymakers.com). authorized dealer for P. Buckley Moss and ous media by local and regional artists. Hours: lies and the corporate world. We have expert The Greenwich Workshop; also art from John Mon.-Fri., 11am-5:30 pm & Sat., 11am-4pm. sales consultants throughout the country. Visit Craven Allen Gallery, 1106 1/2 Broad St., Furches, handmade furniture, pottery, candles Contact: 336/279-1124. our unique gallery where we have a continuing Durham. Through Apr. 2 - "Find Myself a City to and dolls; custom picture framing. Hours: Tue.- display of sample paintings. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Live In," featuring works on paper by Jeremy Ker- Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat. 9am-3pm and by appt. William Mangum Watercolors/Carey-Mangum 10am-4pm or by appt. Contact 800/586-6575 man. Ongoing - Featuring local artists in various Contact: 336/931-1426. Gallery, 2182 Lawndale Dr., Greensboro. Ongo- or at (www.theportraitsource.com). mediums. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., ing - Original paintings, limited edition prints, 10am-4pm. Contact: 919/286-4837 or at Carolena Campanella Fine Art Gallery, 5588 miniature prints, posters and notecards by Wil- WICKWIRE fine art/folk art ". . .where the (www.cravenallengallery.com). Garden Village Way, Greensboro. Ongoing - liam Mangum. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm heart finds art", 330 North Main St., Hender- Featuring fine art, antiques and architectural & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: 336/379-9200 or sonville. Ongoing - Original, new works of ERUUF Art Gallery, 4907 Garrett Rd., Dur- items. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat., 800/887-5380. traditional and transitional art and contem- ham. Through May 5 - "Outside Spaces," 10am-3pm & by appt. Contact: 336/668-9800. porary folk art of the highest quality - paint- featuring landscape and figurative oil paintings Winter Light Gallery & Art Studios, 410 ings, American handmade craft, handcrafted by Ellie Edwards-Smith. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am- Collector's Art Gallery, 906 Summit Ave., Blandwood Ave., corner of Blandwood Ave. furniture, photography, jewelry & more. Hours: 5pm & Sat. 9am-1pm. Contact: 919/489-2575 Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works by Er- and Spring Garden St., Greensboro. Ongo- Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 828/692-6222 or at (www.eruuf.org). nest Watson and specializing in African American ing - Featuring works by Kim Holleman, Vicki or at (www.wickwireartgallery.com). art. Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Johnson, Judy Meyler, Carol Meetze-Moates, Horizon Gallery, 905 W. Main Street, Brightleaf Contact: 336/389-0016. Kathy Phillips, Steve Robinson, Carol Sams, Al- Highlands Square, Durham. Ongoing - Featuring contem- lie Scott, Phyllis Sharpe, Jane Smith, Stephanie porary crafts including pottery, art glass, wood Davis Art Design, 343 South Elm Street, Thomas, Steve Thomas and Jeanne Twilley. Summit One Gallery, 4152 Cashiers Road works, jewelry, garden art, kaleidoscopes and Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works of Hours: Mon., Tue., Thur., & Sat., 11am-2pm. (Hwy. 64), Highlands. Ongoing - Featuring much more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-8pm & local artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-8pm & Fri. Contact: 336/274-7372 or at works by emerging and established artists Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 919/688-0313. & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/273-1052 or at (www.winterlightartists.com). and studio craftsmen from across the country (www.davisdesignart.com). and abroad, including Edward Rice and Carl Nancy Tuttle May Studio, 806 Ninth St, Yew Tree Gallery, 604 S. Elm St., Greens- Blair. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: Durham. Ongoing - Featuring works by Nancy Ellenburg & Shaffer Glass Art Studio, 344 S. boro. Ongoing - The gallery is a subsidiary of 828/526-2673 or at Tuttle May. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-1pm or by Elm Street, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring Ambleside Gallery, and is home to 16 painters (www.summitonegallery.com). appt. Contact: 919/688-8852. custon glass art. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. who work in a varienty of media and styles, in- Contact: 336/271-2811 or at cluding oils, acrylic, pastel, pen and ink, and High Point Through This Lens Photo Gallery, 303 East (www.ellenburgandshaffer.com). watercolor. The gallery also features pottery. Chapel Hill St, Durham. Ongoing - Featur- Hours: Wed.- Sat., 11am-5pm or by appt. Con- JK Gallery, 342 North Wrenn Street, High ing work of national and local artists. Books Gallery 115, 115 Pomona Dr., between Spring tact: 336/790-8703. Point. Ongoing - Featuring fine art photog- and postcards also for sale. Framing services. Garden & West Market St., Greensboro. raphy by Jim Koch. Exhibiting black & white Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10:30am-5:30pm & Sat., Ongoing - Gallery artists include Setsuya Greenville original silver gelatin prints and interpretations 10:30am-2:30pm or by appt. Contact: 919/687- Kotani, Tom Suómalainen, Esteban Chavez, of color, architectural images, landscapes and 0250, e-mail at ([email protected]). Janet Oliver, Larry Earley, Will South, Margaret City Art Gallery, 511 Red Banks Road, Green- portraits. Hours: M.-F., 9am-5pm. Contact: Cogswell, Katie Davis, and Jeff and Adele Way- ville. Ongoing - The gallery features the works 336/883-2370. Fairview man. shop@115 - a unique and growing retail of established regional and national artists and space that is a continuation of the Gallery 115 craftspeople. The gallery offers an extensive Hillsborough Willow Wisp Farm Studios Gallery, 1615 experience features finely crafted, passion- collection of paintings, sculpture, ceramics, Charlotte Hwy, Fairview. Ongoing - Featuring ately realized art jewelry exclusive to this area, glass, drawings and photography. Hours: Mon.- works by the instructors and students who have and imaginatively designed home accoutre- Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4pm or by appt. attended Willow Wisp Farm Studios. Hours: ments from nationally recognized artists and Contact: 252/353-7000 or at Fri.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: designers. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat. (www.CityArtGreenville.com). 888/590-4ART, 828/628-0401, or e-mail at by appt. Contact: 336/856-0815 or e-mail at ([email protected]). ([email protected]). Hendersonville - Flat Rock

Gastonia J. Harold Smith Framing and Art, 1738 Battle- A Show of Hands, Arts of the Appalachians, ground Ave., Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring 305 N. Main Street, Hendersonville. Ongo- Butler Studio Fine Art Gallery, 171 W. Main works by Phil Philbeck and David Doss; and the ing - Featuring works by Appalachian artists St., located on the 2nd floor of the brick building oldest & largest dealer of Bob Timberlake work. including, blown glass, wood carving, jewelry, next to the Park on Main, Gastonia. Ongoing - Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-5- wooden spoons, boxes, etc., and works by The gallery will continue to rotate in new works pm. Contact: 336/272-8183. over 60 potters. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & by Curt Butler. Hours: M, T, Th, F, 9am-5pm or Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/698-7673. by appt. Contact: 704/460-2386 or at Lyndon Street Artworks, 205 Lyndon Street, (www.butlerstudio.org). Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works by Carolina Mountain Artists, 444 N. Main Street, resident artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Hendersonville. Ongoing - Featuring works by Lynn B. Hutchins Studio & Gallery, 195 West Contact: 336/370-0025 or at regional and local artists in every media. Hours: Work by Ellie Reinhold Main Avenue, in the historic Commercial Build- (www.lyndonstreet.com). Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: ing on the corner of South & Main, Gastonia. 828/696-0707. The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, 121 N. Ongoing - Representational, figurative oil Metamorphosis, 524 S. Elm St., Greensboro. Churton St., Suite 1-D, Hillsborough. Through paintings and drawings exhibited in the ground- Ongoing - Featuring original art by Agnes Hand in Hand Gallery, 2720 Greenville Hwy., Apr. 24 - "Walkable Hillsborough," featuring a level display windows. Hours: 24 hr./day or by Preston-Brame, artist and interior designer. Flat Rock. Ongoing - The gallery is a regional continued on Page 67 Page 66 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 show of locally themed work by the gallery’s - Featuring an exhibit of works by three award glass, sculpture, and wood by over 300 of the 9am-5pm; Fri., 9am-1pm & 1st Fri., 6pm-mid- member artists; including painting, metal sculp- winning artists from Savannah, GA, including countries top artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6- night. Contact: 919/832-5058 or at ture, photography, blown glass, stained and watercolorists Dennis Roth, Bess Ramsey, and pm & Sun., 11am-3pm. Contact: 252/633-4369 (www.artcraftsignco.com). fused glass, jewelry, turned wood, furniture, Dottie Farrell. Also clay sculptures from Caro- or at (www.carolinacreations.com). pottery, quilts and fiber arts. Apr. 29 - May 22 - line Graham of Savannah, and new outside ArtSource Fine Art & Framing, 4351 The "Elemental: Metal, Woods and Water," featuring sculptures created by Dana Gingras will be Newton Circle at North Hills Street, Suite 101, Raleigh. paintings by Kim Wheaton and Ellie Reinhold, on display in the garden. Ongoing - Present- Through Apr. 10 - "New Beginnings," featuring and jewelry by Mirinda Kossoff. A reception ing original fine art and sculpture by emerging R & K Originals Furniture & Art Gallery, 112 works by Sharon Bass, Carl Krabill, Connie will be held on Apr. 29, from 6-9pm. Ongoing artists and established artists that will be ever N. Main Ave., Newton, NC. Ongoing - Fea- Logan, Elena Madden, William Ward Mose- - Featuring fine arts and crafts by the gallery’s changing in the gallery’s showroom and on the turing the works of over 20 local artists and ley, Norma Murphy, Sandy Nelson, and Gina member artists - including paintings, sculpture, one+ acre sculpture garden, including works craftsmen in a variety of media, as well as our Strumpf. Ongoing - Featuring fine art paint- photography, pottery, metal work, turned wood, by: Dana Gingras, Aakofii, Michael Alfano, John glass studio. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm & ings, prints, and sculpture by NC, Southeastern fused glass, blown glass, fiber arts and jewelry. Benton, Craig Dubois, Bruce Lacy, Theresa Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/465-0976 or and national artists. Select from over 3,00 origi- Hours: Mon.-Thur., 11am-6pm; Fri. & Sat., Leatherwood, Nancy Marshburn, Debra Mc- 1-800/210-5708. nal works of art. Also, offering art consulting 11am-8pm; and Sun. 1-4pm. Contact: 919/732- Donald, Catherine Murphy, Eric Soller, Wes services, corporate installations, and custom 5001 or at (www.hillsboroughgallery.com). Stearns, Gina Strumpf, Michael Ziegler, and Pinehurst - Southern Pines Area framing. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm or by Roni Ziegler. Hours: Tue.-Sat., from 10am-5pm appt. Contact: 919/787-9533 or at Lenoir and Sun., from noon-4pm. Contact: 704/664- Artist Alley, 167 E. New Hampshire Ave., (www.artsource-raleigh.com). 1164 or visit (www.AndreChristineGallery.com). Southern Pines. Ongoing - Featuring a Morning Song Gallery, at old Victorian house, wide variety of affordable artwork and fine Ashley’s Art Gallery,701 N. Main St, located 512 West Avenue, NW, across from the Lenoir ArtWorks On Main, 165 N Main St., Moores- crafts made exclusively here in North Caro- 12 miles south of Raleigh, Fuquay-Varina. On- Post Office and to the right of Baker Realty, ville. Ongoing - Featuring works by: Will lina. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: going - Featuring fine art originals by national Lenoir. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and Bosbyshell, Maura Bosbyshell, Pierre Fraser, 910/692-6077. and local artist including Terry Isaac, Braldt regional artists. Hours: Call ahead. Contact: Cortney Case Frasier, Roger Hicks, Holly Bralds and John Weiss and reproductions by Margaret Carter Martine at 828/754-5693. Spruck, Joe Thompson, Gordon C. James, Broadhurst Gallery, 2212 Midland Rd., Pino, Robert Bateman, Carl Brenders, Bev Jane Ellithorpe, Rhona Gross, Gerry McElroy, Pinehurst. Ongoing - Featuring works by re- Doolittle and William Mangum. Hours: Mon.- Lexington Mark Doepker, Chris Beeston, T. Sargent, gional, national and international artists. Hours: Thur., 11am-6pm & Fri.-Sat. 10:30am-5pm. Joyce Wynes, Louise Stewart Farley, Betsy Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., 1-4pm. Contact: Contact: 919/552-7533 ext.3 or at The Bob Timberlake Gallery, 1714 E. Center Birkner, Marlise Newman, and Sandra Siepert. 910/295-4817 or at (www.ashleyart.com). Street Extension, Lexington. Ongoing - Featur- Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 9am-2pm. (www.broadhurstgallery.com). ing original artwork and reproductions by Bob Contact: 704/664-2414 or at Clark Art, 300 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh. Timberlake. Also furniture, gifts, apparel and (www.artworksonmain.com). Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Rd., one Ongoing - Featuring antique,traditional art,oil collectibles. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. mile from Pinehurst next to Elliott’s restaurant, paintings, watercolors,and antique prints. Contact: 800-244-0095 or at Morehead City Pinehurst. Ongoing - Featuring original work Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5:30pm. Contact: (www.bobtimberlake.com). by award winning local artists Jane Casnel- 919/832-8319. Budding Artists, Ltd., 3000 Arendell Street, lie, Diane Kraudelt, Irene McFarland, Paula Lincolnton Unit 9, Morehead City. Ongoing - The gallery Montgomery, and Robert Gera. Offering a wide Flanders Art Gallery, 302 S. West Street, Ra- provides custom framing and artist liaisons for range of work from contemporary to traditional, leigh. Gallery One, Apr. 1 - May 2 - "Polaroid: Gallery 317, located within Red Rabbit 27, commissioned pieces. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- the gallery includes portraiture, vibrant Tuscan Max Rada Dada and Jennifer Traush". Gallery 3265 E. Hwy. 27, half a mile from the intersec- 6pm. Contact: 252/247-5111. scenes, palpable pet portraits, beautiful florals Two, Apr. 1 - May 2 - "Alejandro Cartagena," tion of Hwy. 73 & Hwy. 27 and just 2-1/2 miles and more, in a wide variety of mediums includ- curated by Taj Forer & Michael Itkoff, editors east of Hwy 321, Lincolnton. Ongoing - The Carteret Contemporary Art, 1106 Arendell St., ing oils, acrylics, pastels and unusual black and of “Daylight Magazine”. Ongoing - Featuring gallery currently represents national and Morehead City. Ongoing - Featuring original white washes. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-9:30pm. a fine art gallery dedicated to the promotion regional contemporary artists including paint- paintings and sculpture from regional and Contact: 910/255-0665 or at of national and international artists, providing ers Karen Banker, Scott Boyle, and Sharon national artists, and shows with gallery artists (www.HollyhocksArtGallery.com). fine art to established and new collectors, and Dowell, ceramic artists Kimbrell Frazier, Erin during spring and summer. Hours: Mon.-Fri., catering to special events in support of fine art. Janow, and Raine Middleton, wood turner 10am- 5pm and Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact Midland Crafters, 2220 Midland Rd., Pine- We offer sculpture, painting, photography, illus- Paul Stafford, glass artist Jennifer Nauck, and 252/726-4071 or at (www.twogalleries.net). hurst. Ongoing - Featuring the finest in Ameri- trations, engravings, and other works on paper fine art photographer Mary Whisonant. Works can traditionl and contemporary hand crafts. by emerging and established artists in a range include oil, mixed media, and acrylic paintings, Morganton The gallery carries something for everyone. of styles. Also offering art appraisal by an ISA ceramics, exotic wood, photography, glass, and Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5:30pm & Sun., educated appraiser and art consultation. Hours: bronze. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., MESH Gallery, 114-B W. Union St.,Morganton. 2-5pm. Contact: 910/295-6156. Wed.-Sat.,11am-6pm. Contact: 919/834-5044 10am-2pm or by appt. Contact: 1-888-558- Through Apr. 8 - "Ironology," features an or at (www.flandersartgallery.com). 2891 or at (www.gallery317.com). exhibition showcasing the work of Oak Hill Iron Vineland Fine Art Gallery L.L.C., 290 SW that includes both fine art and utilitarian wares. Broad St., Southern Pines. Ongoing - Fea- Gallery A, 1637 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh. Linville Falls Ongoing - We feature local and regional art- turing original local art including: equine art, Through Apr. 30 - "Urban Spaces," featur- ists, host poetry readings, wine tastings and landscapes, still lifes, and figurative. Our ing photography, printmaking, and drawing by Anvil Arts Studio & Sculpture Gardens, Hwy. other events. We strive to offer something for style selection is diverse – from abstracts, to Aditya Shringarpure. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am- 221, Linville Falls. Ongoing - While in Linville everyone, from the progressive & urban to the classical realism, to bronze sculpture. Artists 4pm or by appt. Contact: 919/546-9011. Falls, be sure to come by and stroll through the traditional, folk and rural. Hours: Mon.-Fri., regularly featured include: Harry Neely, Marie gallery, studio, and sculpture gardens of artist 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/437- Travisano, Ulli Misegades, Linda Bruening, Bill Brown. His works include contemporary 1957 or at (www.meshgallery.com). Jean Frost, Robert Way, Dedi McHam, Paul sculpture, sculptural lighting, and paintings. DeLorenzo, Beth Roy, Betsey MacDonald, Kim Youíll be drawn into each piece of art as it ap- Nags Head Sobat and more. This fall we will begin to carry peals to your understanding from a myriad of custom furniture and quality artisan jewelry. materials including steel, copper, bronze, and Seaside Art Gallery, 2716 Virginia Dare Trail Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/692- various patinas. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm South, Nags Head. Apr. 30 - June 4 - “20th 9994 or at (www.vinelandfineartgallery.com). should call ahead at 828-765-6226 or at International Miniature Art Show!” Come and (www.studiosculpture.com). enjoy one of the top five national miniature Pittsboro shows. Each year, this nationally acclaimed Mars Hill miniature show exhibits approximately 600 Davenport and Winkleperry, 18 E. Salisbury works of art by artists from all around the globe. St., Suite A, Pittsboro. Ongoing - Imagine a Tom Turner Porcelain, 381 Turner Lane, Mars An awards reception, with many participating space filled with art, designer toys, books, and Work by Thomas Hart Benton Hill. Ongoing - Featuring wheel thrown and artists in attendance, is scheduled for May an in-house seamstress. Impossible? Take a high fired porcelain art pottery by Tom Turner 28, from 7-9pm. Ongoing - Featuring works turn about downtown Pittsboro and you will Gallery C, Ridgewood Shopping Center, with classical glazes like copper red oxblood, of local and contemporary artists, as well as a stumble upon Davenport & Winkleperry, a 3532 Wade Avenue, Raleigh. Main Gallery, oilspot, celadons, and ash glazes. Hours: by wonderful selection of art by such masters as gallery and retail space that offers all those Through May 4 - "The Best of North Carolina appt. Contact: 828/689-9430 or at Picasso, Chagall, Whistler, Icart, Renoir and extraordinary things along with other amusing Art 2011." This exhibition features an important (www.tomturnerporcelain.com). many others. Sculpture, porcelain and art glass oddities for your purchase, most with a hint of collection of historic fine art from North Carolina by Hummel, Staffordshire, Tiffany and others the Victorian aesthetic. Tucked on shelves you during the 20th century. Hours: Mon.-Fri., Marshall are represented. As well as a fine selection of will find action figures of Oscar Wilde, tomes of 10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-5pm, Sun., 1-5pm & estate jewelry. Since the early 1980's, a major Jules Verne, vintage gasmasks, one-of-a-kind Wed., until 8pm. Contact: 919/828-3165 or at Firewalker Gallery, Main St., across from the feature of Seaside Art Gallery has been our jewelry, fantastical sweets and more. Even the (www.galleryc.net). Madison County courthouse, Marshall. Ongo- large collection of original animation art by such mannequins are a treat to look at, dressed fine- ing - The gallery features artists from Madison studios as Disney, Warner Bros., Hanna-Bar- ly in the waistcoats and bustles skirts made by Glenwood Gallery Art & Antiques, 610 W. County and east Tenn. who work in a variety bera, United Features Ltd., and other animation the in-house seamstress. The art on the walls Johnson St., Raleigh. Ongoing - Featuring of mediums. Hours: Thur., Fri. & Sat., 10am-6- studios. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: changes every month showcasing the works of works by Edwin D. Alexander, Barbara Evans, pm and by appt. Contact: 828/649-0134 or at 252/441-5418, 1-800/828-2444 or at (http:// creative people from around the globe. Hours: Michael Manas, Nancee Clark, Michael Van (www.firewalkergallery.com). www.seasideart.com/). Tue.-Sat., 11am-7pm. Contact: 919/533-6178 Horn, Rob Cox, Jim Green, Stan Strikland, or at (www.davenportandwinkleperry.com). Mark Tomczyk. Hours: Call. Contact: 919/829- Micaville New Bern 7202. Raleigh - Fuquay-Varina Crabtree Creek Art and Floral Gallery, 4161 Grace Li Wang Art Gallery, Millbrook Lake E. Hwy 19-E, between Burnsville & Spruce Adam Cave Fine Art, 115 1/2 East Hargett St., Center, 2411 - 112 E. Millbrook Rd., Raleigh. Pine, in Micaville. Ongoing - A 2,400 sq. ft. half a block from Moore Square, Raleigh. Apr. Ongoing - Featuring landscapes, figures, gallery offering pottery, blown glass, paint- 1 - 30 - Featuring an exhibit of works by Wayne abstracts, Chinese art, still lifes, and nature ings, stained glass, wood carvings and bowls, Trapp. Despite the seemingly endless possible scenes by Grace Li Wang and other artists. jewelry, handmade handbags, sweaters & stories in each painting, Trapp begins each one Hours: by appt. Contact: 919/8721-5800 or at hats, Christmas trees, ornaments and holiday with a specific reference point pulled from his (www.graceliwang.com). decorations, metal sculptures and ironwork, current interests; jazz music, Native American handmade soaps and lotions, fragrances and lore, literature, travel and his other artistic Lee Hansley Gallery, 225 Glenwood Ave., candles, wildlife & floral photography, home ac- endeavor, sculpture. Ongoing - Representing Raleigh. Through Apr. 30 - "Black & White, cessories, lamps, handmade tables, chairs and a select group of regional and nationally known Color & Light," featuring photographic por- home accents, silk floral creations and fresh artists, including Joseph Cave, David Hewson, traits by Allen Weiss and works of art by his floral arrangements, textile pieces, handmade Stephen Aubuchon, Wayne Taylor, and Donald subjects. Through Apr. 30 - "Billy Lee: Marble baskets and local crafts from the western North Furst. The gallery will also be introducing some Sculpture". Ongoing - There are 35 artists in Carolina region. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. new, young talent to the area, including Mas- the gallery’s stable whose works are shown Contact: 828/675-0612 or at (www.crab- sachusetts painter Jennifer O’Connell. Hours: on a rotating basis. The gallery also mounts treecreekgallery.com). Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm & by appt. Contact: invitational exhibitions in which non-gallery Work by Jude Lobe 919/272-5958 or at (www.adamcavefineart. artists show alongside stable artists. The gal- Mooresville com). lery organizes at least one historical exhibition Carolina Creations Fine Art and Contempo- annually exploring the work of a single artist or Andre Christine Gallery & Sculpture Garden, rary Craft Gallery, 317-A Pollock Street, New Artcraft Gallery, 406 W Hillsborough Street, group of stylistically related artists. Hours: Tue.- 148 Ervin Road, (on the right above Lone Star Bern. Ongoing - Featuring fine art and con- Raleigh. Ongoing - Funky, functional and fine Sat., 11am-6pm & 1st Fri. till 10pm. Contact: Steak House), Mooresville. Apr. 9 - June 30 temporary crafts including pottery, paintings, art by several co-op artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur., continued on Page 68 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 67 828/749-9365 or at Blue Moon Gallery, 1387 Hwy. 705 S., Sea- (www.heartwoodsaluda.com). grove. Ongoing - Seagrove’s premier gallery featuring pottery and art by over 85 artisans. NC Commercial Galleries Saluda Fine Arts, 46 E. Main St., Saluda. On- Home to Ole Fish House Pottery. Hours: Tue.- continued from Page 67 going - Offering an eclectic collection of high Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-3270 or at quality paintings, prints, sculpture and photog- (www.blue-moon-gallery.com). 919/828-7557 or at events and activities. Maps are available at the raphy by regional artists. Artists represented in (www.leehansleygallery.com). Visitor Center in Salisbury and at all participat- the gallery include Beverly Buchanan, Margue- Blue Stone Pottery, 2215 Fork Creek Mill Rd., ing venues. Free parking available in all loca- rite Hankins, Jean Hough, Bill Jameson, Paul Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional, Local Color Gallery, Carter Building, 22 South tions. For more info call 704/638-9887 or visit Koenan, Jim Littell, Dale McEntire, Cynthia functional stoneware pottery. Hours: Tue.-Fri., Glenwood Ave., Raleigh. Ongoing - The gallery (www.rowanartcrawl.com). Moser, Verlie Murphy, Ray Pague, Beverly and 10am-4pm & Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 336/879- has now grown into a women’s artist coopera- Carey Pickard, David Prudhomme, Bill Robert- 2615 or e-mail at (audreyvalone@bellsouth. tive 13 members strong. Hours: Thur., Fri., & Green Goat Gallery, 516 S. Salisbury Ave., son, Gloria Ross, Bob Rouse, Bill Ryan, Jac- net). Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: 919/754-3887 or at just off I-85, across from the North Carolina quelyn Schechter, David Vandre, John Waddill (www.localcoloraleigh.com). Transportation Museum, Spencer. Ongoing and Ken Weitzen. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm Bulldog Pottery, 3306 Alt. 220, Seagrove. - Housed in the historic 20th century Sands & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 828/749-3920 or at Ongoing - Bruce Gholson and Samantha Nicole's Studio & Art Gallery, 715 N. Person Building, the gallery features fine and folk art, (www.saludafinearts.com). Henneke collaborate to make graceful forms, St., Raleigh. Apr. 1 - 30 - Distinctly Different photography, exquisite handcrafted functional and develop their own unique glazes. Expect Reaslism, featuring works by Dan Nelson, crafts and jewelry, and eclectic recycled and Saluda Mountain Crafts Gallery, 1487 Ozone distinctively unusual work at Bulldog Pottery. Shannon Bueker, and Cecilia Guitarte. A recep- found art by local, regional, and national Drive, Saluda. Ongoing - Featuring the craft Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm; Sun. or Mon. tion will be held on Apr. 1, 6-8pm. Ongoing - artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10:30am -5:30pm. works of 320 artists, including: clay, enamel, by chance or call. Contact: 910/428-9728 or at Offering contemporary styles depicting imagery Contact: 704/639-0606 or at fiber, glass, jewelry, metal, natural material - (www.bulldogpottery.com). from Italy to North Carolina, including some (www.greengoatgallery.com). mineral, paper, man-made material, wood, and abstracts. Award winning local artists; Nicole mixed media. Items range in price from $25- Cady Clay Works, 3883 Busbee Rd., Sea- White Kennedy, Eric McRay, Bob Rankin, EastSquare ArtWorks, 122 East Innes St., $300. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-5pm; Fri.&Sat., grove. Ongoing - Johannes "John" Mellage Rocky Alexander, Cathy Martin, John Gaitenby, Salisbury. Ongoing - Featuring a contempo- 10am-6pm & Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact: 828- and Beth Gore work with a variety of clays and Toni Cappel, Dianne T. Rodwell, John Sweemer rary fine art collaborative and design hub. The 749-4341 or (www.saludamtncrafts.com). glazes to create functional and decorative ware and more exhibit in all media from oil to water- two galleries will feature the works of its four with richly layered surfaces. Hours: Tue.-Sat., color. Also on exhibit is sculpture, pottery, hand founding members: Syed Ahmad's fused-glass The Gallery at Bear Creek, 5008 Hwy. 176, 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 910/464-5661 designed glasswares, furniture and jewelry. The paintings, Whitney Peckman's painted vessel- between Saluda and Tryon, close to Pearson or at (www.cadyclayworks.com). 2300 sq ft gallery is situated in a charming little sculptures, Connie Baker's contemporary and Falls Rd., Saluda. Ongoing - Featuring fine art shopping center in Raleigh's Mordecai neigh- traditional paintings, and Michael Baker's large- and folk art items made solely by over one hun- Cagle Road Pottery, 603 Cagle Rd., Sea- borhood. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: scale abstract stainless-steel welded sculp- dred Regional Artisans from Alabama to West grove. Ongoing - Featuring dinnerware and a 919/838-8580 or at (www.nicolestudio.com). tures. “Friends of ESA” will also have their work Virginia and everywhere in between, including wide variety of glazes. Electric, gas and wood- on display, but that will be constantly changing. paintings in a variety of media, photography, fired salt and ash glazes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., The Collectors Gallery, The Pavilions at City Hours: daily 10am-6pm. Contact: 704/798-0047 jewelry, furniture, carved and turned wood, 8am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-2802 or e-mail at Plaza, 443 Fayetteville St., Raleigh. Ongoing or at (www.eastsquareartworks.com). metals, and more. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4- ([email protected]). - Featuring a full service fine art and fine craft pm & Sun. 1-4pm. Contact: 828/749-4400 or at gallery, providing residential and commercial Pottery 101, 101 S. Main St., from I-85, take (www.mawbear.com). Caldwell Hohl Artworks, 155 Cabin Trail, consulting and custom conservation fram- exit #76 (Innes St.) toward downtown - we are Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring contempo- ing. Representing over 60 national, regional on the corner of Innes and Main, Salisbury. Seagrove Area rary stoneware, sculptures, large garden urns and North Carolina artists, the gallery offers Ongoing - The destination for beautiful hand- and contemporary fiber art. Hours: Mon.-Sat., paintings, etchings, photography, sculpture, crafted pottery. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Throughout the Seagrove area, Apr. 16-17, 10am-5pm (call first). Contact: 336/879-9090 or pottery and glass. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 704/209-1632 or visit 2011 - "3rd Annual Celebration of Spring at (www.caldwellhohl.com). Sun., noon-4pm; & 1st. Fri, until 9pm. Contact: (http://pottery101.vpweb.com/). Kiln Openings & Studio Tours in Seagrove". 919/828-6500 or at Seagrove potters are again coming together to Callicutt Pottery, 5137 Seagrove Plank Rd., (www.thecollectorsgallery.com). create an eventful weekend with something for Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring a good selec- everyone. Over 50 clay artists will be offering tion of functional stoneware in many colors The Mahler, Mahler Building, 228 Fayetteville special events and kiln openings. Contact: e- including brown, black and white, green and St., Raleigh. Through Apr. 2 - Marvin Saltz- mail to (contact@celebrationofsegrovepotters. burgundy, green and gold, black and burgundy man & Former Students, featuring a group com) or visit (www.DiscoverSeagrove.com). and yellow by Gary Callicutt. Hours: Mon.-Sat., show of work by Marvin Saltzman and some of 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7898 or e-mail at the students whose art he influenced. Ongo- A. Teague Pottery/EJ King Pottery, 2132 ([email protected]). ing - Featuring a dynamic venue dedicated to Hwy. 705, Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring significant art of our time, committed to offering works by several potters form the "village" with Chad Brown Pottery, 2719 US 220 N., the best in regional and national fine art by their traditional shapes of the Seagrove area. Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring high fired emerging and established artists. Hours: Tue.- Contemporary, electric fired stoneware. Tradi- stoneware, decorative and functional with ash Fri., 11am-5pm; Sat., noon-4pm; 1st Fri. 6-9pm tional glazes and melted glass glaze. Hours: and alkaline glazes, by Chad Brown. Hours: or by appt. Contact: 919/828-6500 or at Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-5400. Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/571-1691 (www.themahlerfineart.com). or e-mail at ([email protected]). A.R. Britt Pottery, 5650 Hwy, 220 S., Sea- 311 - Martin St Gallery and Studios, 311 grove. Ongoing - Hand-turned/handmade Chris Luther Pottery, 4823 Busbee Rd., Sea- Martin Street, Warehouse District, Raleigh. traditional Seagrove style pottery, original grove. Ongoing - Featuring contemporary and Through Apr. 30 - "Detour," featuring an ECU Work by Sharon Forthofer formulated glazes, and functional stoneware in functional pottery by Chris Luther, a 4th gen- School of Art & Design graduate exhibition. On- the tradition of Nell Cole Graves style by Aaron eration potter of Seagrove’s Chriscoe pottery going - Featuring three exhibit galleries, stu- Rail Walk Studios & Gallery, 409 - 413 N. Lee R. Britt. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., family. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: dios by tenant artists, The Print Studio, and the St., in the Rail Walk Arts District, Salisbury. Apr. noon-6pm. Contact: 336/873-7736 or at 336/301-3254 or at meeting place for The North Carolina Printmak- 2 - May 28 - "It’s Hip to be Square". The show’s (www.seagrovepottery.net). (www.chrislutherpottery.com). ers. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm and 6-9pm on focus is paintings on square canvases and oth- 1st Friday of the month. Contact: 919/821-2262 er works created in a square format or with a Albright Pottery, 6597 New Center Church Chrisco Pottery, 1360 Hwy. 705, Seagrove. or at (www.311galleriesandstudios.org). “square” theme. A reception will be held on Apr. Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional, Ongoing - Featuring functional pottery includ- 2, from 5-7pm. Ongoing - Works on display salt glaze and red functional pottery by Arlie G. ing tableware, vases, and large platters. Hours: ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Raleigh by Sharon Forthofer, Karen Frazer, Annette Albright. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm (Sept.-Dec.) & Tue.-Sat., Bloomsbury Bistro, 509 W. Whitaker Mill Ragone Hall, James Haymaker, Patt Legg, and 336/879-4209. 10am-5pm (Jan.-Aug.). Contact: 336/879-5272. Rd., Suite 101, Raleigh. Ongoing - Featuring Marietta Foster Smith. Each of the artists has an exhibition of works from ArtSource Fine Art a unique style and body of work. Visitors will Anita's Pottery & Dogwood Gallery, 2513 Cross Creek Pottery, 481 King. Rd., Sea- Gallery, featuring works by Ted Jaslow, Cher find original art in watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel, Hwy. 705, Seagrove. Ongoing - Turning since grove. Ongoing - Featuring decorative and Cosper, James Kerr, Jim Chapman, Mary Page and other mediums, as well as sculpture, 1987, Anita Morgan is best known for her functional pottery by Terry and Vivian Hunt. Whitley, and more. All works are available hand-made jewelry, and pottery, making Rail miniature pottery, but also has many functional Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. for purchase. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 5:30-10pm. Walk a great place to purchase a wide variety and decorative items. Glazes include cobalt Contact: 336/873-8425 or at Contact: call ArtSource at 919/787-9533 or at of original art. Hours: Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: blue, burgundy, hunter green, shiny black, (www.crosscreekpottery.com). (www.artsource-raleigh.com).The Bistro at: 704/431-8964 or at (www.railwalkgallery.com). yellow, rose pink, earthy brown, lime green and 919834-9011 or e-mail at (bloomsburybistro@ purple. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: Crystal King Pottery, 2475 Hwy. 705, Sea- nc.rr.com). Robert Crum Fine Art, 116 East Council St,, 336/879-3040 or at (www.anitaspottery.com). grove. Ongoing - Featuring functional and Salisbury. Ongoing - Offering oil paintings in decorative stoneware by Seagrove native and Restaurant Savannah, 4351 The Circle at the classical realist tradition of landscapes, still Avery Pottery and Tileworks, 636 Potters family-taught potter Crystal King. Face jugs, North Hills Street, Suite 119, Raleigh. Ongo- lifes, portraits and figurative work by Robert A. Way, Seagrove. Ongoing - Finely crafted salt glazes, and folk art. Hours: Tue.-Sat., ing - Featuring works by artists from ArtSource Crum. Mosaics and drawings are also avail- ceramic forms by Blaine Avery. Extrordinary 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-6990 or at Fine Art Gallery, including works by Ted Jaslow, able. The artist’s studio is in the back, so some vessels, unique hand-painted titles. Hours: (www.CrystalKingPottery.net). Mandy Johnson, James Kerr, Charlotte Foust, one is at this location daily. Hours: by chance or Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7923 Margo Balcerek, Brian Hibbard, Caroline appt. Contact: 704/797-0364 or at or at (www.averypotteryandtileworks.com). David Stuempfle Pottery, 1224 Dover Church Jasper, and more. All works are available for (www.robertcrumfineart.com). Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring pottery purchase. Hours: Mon.-Fri., open at 11am; with expressive shapes and natural surfaces Sat., open at 5;30pm & Sun., open at 10pm. Southern Spirit Gallery, 102 South Main St., by David Stuempfle. Hours: during kiln open- Contact: 919/787-9533 or at Salisbury. Ongoing - The shop offers a wide ings and by appt. Contact: 910/464-2689 or at (www.artsource-raleigh.com). array of art and crafts from over 60 artists, most (www.stuempflepottery.com). from North Carolina. There is jewelry, paintings, Rutherfordton glass and pottery. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5- Dean and Martin Pottery, 7739 Nathan pm. Contact: 704/633-0761. Lane, Seagrove. Ongoing - Jeff Dean and Ornamentals and Finer Welding, Inc., 142 Stephanie Martin make contemporary, vibrantly West Court St., Rutherfordton. Ongoing - The Looking Glass Collective, Rail Walk Arts glazed stoneware vessels, sculpture, and wall Featuring works by master artisan Tom Elfers. District, 405 N. Lee St., Salisbury. Ongoing pieces. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Mon. by Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm and Sat., 10am-5- - Featuring works by local artists in a variety chance. Contact: 336/879-0683 or at pm. Contact: 828/288-3001 or at of mediums. Hours: Thur.-Sat., noon-4pm. (www.deanandmartinpottery.com). (www.ornametals1.com). Contact: 704-633-2787 or at (www.salisburyartists.com). Dirt Works Pottery, 1226 Hwy. 705, Seagrove. Salisbury/Spencer Works by Ben Owen III Ongoing - Featuring contemporary, sculptural Saluda Area and functional pottery; Raku, stoneware, wood- Throughout Salisbury & Spencer, Apr. 9, Ben Owen Pottery, 2199 S. Hwy. 705, Sea- fired and salt glazed by Dan Triece. Hours: from 1-5pm - "Second Saturday Art Crawl," Heartwood Contemporary Crafts Gallery, 21 grove. Ongoing - Wood-fired, traditional and Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm. Contact: 336/873- where more than 20 professional artists, stu- East Main Street, Saluda. Ongoing - Featuring contemporary works using local clay by Ben 8979 or at (www.dirtworkspottery.com). dios and galleries offer visitors new art, special contemporary works of handmade wearables, Owen III. Colors ranging from Chinese red to events, and activities. Spend the day and see jewelry, paper, paintings, fine porcelain, stone- Chinese blue. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm Dixieland Pottery, 1162 Cagle Loop Rd., great art, talk to artists, hear live music, and ware, glass, metal and wood. Hours: Mon.- (closed in Jan.). Contact: 910/464-2261 or at Seagrove. Ongoing - Hand-turned functional dine at local restaurants. Free admission to all Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: (www.benowenpottery.com). continued on Page 69 Page 68 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 stoneware, colorful glazes to plain earth tones. takes clay to a different level! She hand makes Michele Hastings & Jeff Brown Pottery, potters and quilts by Dr. Scott Murkin. Hours: Specialize in dinnerware, face jugs, etc. Hours: pottery cabochons and sets them in sterling 1423 Hwy. 705, right next to the Whynot town Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7036 Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm. Contact: 336/873- silver or 14K and 18K gold, copper, brass sign, Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring works or at (http://revolvegallery.net/). 8463. and semi-precious stones. Hours: Tue.-Sat., by Michele Hastings and Jeff Brown. Hours: 8:30am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-2653 or at Mon.,Tues., Thur., Fri., Sat., 10am-6pm and Richardson Pottery, 5466 Joel Jessup Rd., Donna Craven Pottery, 2616 Old Cox Rd., (www.jlkjewelry.com). Sun. noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-1001 or at Seagrove. Ongoing - Functional & decorative Asheboro. Ongoing - Featuring wood-fired (www.jeffbrownpottery.com). stoneware, microwave, oven and dishwasher salt-glazed, mostly traditional with some Johnston and Gentithes Art Pottery, 249 safe by Susan & Danny Richardson. Hours: decorative and contemporary forms by Donna East Main St., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring Moore Pots Pottery, 333 Jugtown Rd., Sea- Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-5672. Craven. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 336/629- traditional and contemporary museum-quality grove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional and folk 8173. pottery and sculpture by Fred Johnston and art pottery; candlesticks, Rebekah pitchers, and Rockhouse Pottery, 1792 Hwy. 705 S., Carol Gentithes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm chickens; wood fired salt glazed. Hours: Mon.- Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring Salt glaze Dover Pottery, 321 Dover Pottery Dr., Sea- & Sun., 1-5pm (call first). Contact: 336/873- Sat. 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-1453. and hand carved grapes, dogwood, pines, grove. Ongoing - Featuring a variety of colored 9176 or at (www.johnstonandgentithes.com). tulips, oak leaves and chili peppers on pots by crystalline ware, freehand-decorated majolica Nichols Pottery, 1400 Hwy. 705 S., Seagrove. Carolyn Poole. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. and wood-fired salt functional forms. Hours: Jugtown Pottery, 330 Jugtown Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Country yet classic, functional Contact: 336/879-2053 or at Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-3586 Ongoing - Featuring handmade wood and and decorative. Hand-thrown stoneware with (www.rtmc.net/~rockhouse). or at (www.doverpots.com). gas-fired dinnerware, vases and jars by Vernon timeless appeal, including an ongoing Biblical Owens, Pam Owens and Travis Owens. Hours: appeal. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & (Oct.- Scott's Pottery, 143 Jugtown Rd., Seagrove. Down To Earth Pottery, 11792 Hwy. 24/27, Tue.-Sat., 8:30am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-3266 Dec.) Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 910/948-4392 or Ongoing - Featuring functional hand-made pot- Carthage. Ongoing - Featuring utilitarian or at (www.jugtownware.com). at (www.nicholspotteryshop.com). tery by Tina Scott. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10:30am- and decorative pieces by Jim, Nick & Mary 5pm. Contact: 910/464-2306 or e-mail at Havner. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: Keith Martindale Pottery, Boyd Dr., Seagrove. O'Quinn Pottery, 4456 Busbee Rd., Seagrove. ([email protected]). 910/948-2619. Ongoing - Featuring functional and decora- Ongoing - Featuring multi-colored gas fired tive pottery with a new red glaze and an ocean functional and decorative pottery by Sandra O Seagrove Creations Pottery Gallery, 354 Lit- The English Potter, 825 Hwy. 705 S., Sea- glaze by Keith Martindale. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Quinn. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: tle River Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Showcas- grove. Ongoing - Featuring hand thrown por- 10am-3pm & Sun. 1-5pm (closed Jan.-Mar.). 910/464-5125. ing over 60+ potters and arts from craftsmen celain and stoneware pottery by Robert Saxby. Contact: 336/302-3571. within the Seagrove area. Hours: (Apr.-Dec.) Fine stoneware glazes range from copper red Old Gap Pottery, 944 NC Hwy. 705, Seagrove. Mon.-Sat., 9am-6pm & Sun., 1-6pm (Jan.-Mar.) to tenmoku. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10a-5pm & Sun., King’s Pottery, 4905 Reeder Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Contemporary in design; oriental in Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: noon-4pm. Contact: 336/879-1352 or at Ongoing - Hand-turned traditional stoneware. nature. One-of-a-kind stoneware, Raku, and 336/873-7204 or at (www.english-potter.com). Wood-fired salt glaze. Folk pottery. face jugs, porcelain by Phillip Pollet. Hours: Mon.-Sat., (www.potteryofseagrove.com). and more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Con- 10am-4 (call ahead). Contact: 336-873-7664. Fat Beagle Pottery, 719 Potter’s Way Rd., tact: 336/381-3090 or at Seagrove Pottery, 106 N Broad St., Seagrove. Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring wheel-turned, (www.kingspottery.com). Old Hard Times Pottery, 7672 Union Grove Ongoing - Featuring works by 50 local potters gas-fired, functional and contemporary stone- Church Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring functional and decorative pieces. Hours: Mon.- ware. Also features uniquely stunning, pit-fired Kovack Pottery, 1298 Fork Creek Mill Rd., traditional, as well as utilitarian and decorative Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact: vases. Hours: Tue., Thur. Fri., Sat., 9:30am-5- Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring hand-turned, pottery. Salt glaze, red glaze, and a variety 336/873-7280. pm. Contact: 336/953-0608 or e-mail at (fatbea- hand-painted, lead-free functional stoneware of colors. Dinnerware, face jugs, angels and [email protected]). and wood-fired, salt-glazed pottery by Craig luminaries by Janey McNeill. Hours: Mon.- Seagrove Stoneware, 136 West Main St., Kovack and Michelle Kovack. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., 10am-5pm. Contact: Seagrove. Ongoing - Functional and decora- Fireshadow Pottery, 244 Falls Dr., Eagle 9am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873- 336/879-2481 or e-mail at (oldhardtimes@rtmc. tive stoneware vases, bowls, lamps, dinner- Springs. Ongoing - Featuring one-of-a-kind 8727 or at (www.geocities.com/kovackpottery/). net). ware, fountains, and floor pieces. All wheel "primitive elegant" ceramic art. Hours: Tue.- turned and unique glazes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/673-8317 or at Lantern Hill Pottery, 216 Brewer Rd., Old House Pottery, 236 Beane Lane, Sea- 10am-5pm & Sun., 11am-4pm. Contact: (www.fireshadow.com). Seagrove. Ongoing - Handmade, all lead grove. Ongoing - Featuring functional stone- 336/873-8283 or at free glazes, functional and decorative pieces ware by Fred Beane. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5- (www.seagrovestoneware.com). Freeman Pottery, 1147 McDuffie Rd., Eagle ranging in size from very small to quite large. pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 336/879-2052. Springs. Ongoing - Featuring hand-turned min- Red glazes and red and yellow glazes, face Shelton's Pottery, 391 Cagle Rd., Seagrove. iatures 1/2 to 2 inches, functional ware decorat- jugs, Rebecca pitchers, dinnerware and sinks. Original Owens Pottery, 3728 Busbee Rd., Ongoing - Featuring salt glaze and purple, ed with farm scenes and vessel puzzles. Hours: Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun. by appt. Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring gray ware with red, yellow, yellow w/blue, green, blue, dark Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 910/673-2044 or Contact: 910/428-2199 or at flower designs and other painting, blues, and blue, light blue, specks, sponge colors, blue w/ e-mail at ([email protected]). (www.lanternhillpottery.com). lots of red ware by Boyd Owens. Hours: Mon.- brown, brown, and beige glazes by Mitchell & Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., nnon-5pm. Contact: Sherri Shelton. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & From The Ground Up Pottery, 172 Crestwood Latham's Pottery, 7297 US Hwy 220 S., 910/464-3553. Sun., 9am-5pm (Oct.-Mar.). Contact: 336/963- Rd., Robbins. Ongoing - Featuring handmade Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring funtional and 2444 or e-mail at ([email protected]). pottery by Michael Mahan. Tree platters, tradional stoneware by Bruce and Janice Pebbles Pottery, 7127 Hwy. 705, Eagle meditation bells, dinnerware, and southwestern Latham. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: Springs. Ongoing - Hand-turned functional & Smith Pottery, 743 South Hwy 705, Seagrove. glaze. Contemporary and traditional forms. 336/873-7303 or e-mail at (lathamspottery@ decorative stoneware with lead-free glazes by Ongoing - Spirited - imaginative - unique “art Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm (call ahead). Con- embarqmail.com). Pebbles Bryson. Hand-carved folk art scenes pottery” handcrafted by the Smith family. Hours: tact: 910/464-6228 or at & dogwoods. North Carolina vases are my Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-1174 (www.fromthegrounduppots.com). Lovin hillss pottery, 564 Loving Hill Rd., special items. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm or e-mail at ([email protected]). Candor. Ongoing - Featuring hand-thrown (closed Jan.). Contact: 910/948-4120 or e-mail The Gingerbread House Pottery, 246 Old functional and decorative pieces. Known for at ([email protected]). Sunset Pottery, 123 Sunset Dr., Robbins. Plank Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring hand carved pottery. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5- Ongoing - Featuring all lead free pottery by decorative and functional cone 6 electric fired pm (closed Jan.-Mar.). Contact: 910/974-7787 Phil Morgan Pottery, 966 Hwy. 705, Sea- Harold B. & Gloria B. Stutts. Have traditional pieces by Suzanne Bettis. Hours: Mon.-Sat., or e-mail at ([email protected]). grove. Ongoing - Featuring 100% hand-thrown pottery, piggy banks, lamps, vases, and special 10am-5pm (closed Jan. & Feb.). Contact: pottery, crystalline glazed porcelain, wood fired order pieces. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. 336/873-7762 or e-mail at (suzanbett9@yahoo. Luck's Ware, 1606 Adams Rd., Seagrove. salt-glaze, stoneware, and copper red glazes Contact: 910/948-3009 or e-mail at (gstutts@ com). Ongoing - Traditional, utilitarian pottery forms by Phil Morgan. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. maniscustombuilders.com). in a wide range of colors including Sid Luck's Contact: 336/873-7304 or at Graham Chriscoe Pottery, 2719 220 N., “CRAWDAD” slip. Salt-glazed stoneware from (www.SeagrovePotteries.com). Teague's Frogtown Pottery, 179 Frogtown Seagrove. Ongoing - Functional hand-thrown wood-fired groundhog kiln. Pottery turned by Rd., Eagle Springs. Ongoing - Featuring tradi- pottery using glazes of white, brown, burgundy, son Matt, a 6th generation potter, also avail- Piney Woods Pottery, 1430 Ether Rd., Star. tional, hand-thrown pottery that is all lead-free cobalt blue, teal blue, red and Christmas green. able. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: Ongoing - Sculpted pottery figures - snow- by Jean Teague. We specialize in dinnerware, Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 910/428- 336/879-3261 or e-mail at (lucksware@rtmc. men, clowns and angels; hand appliqués and cookware, lamps, vases, and Christmas orna- 4536. net). functional pottery. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. ments. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: Contact: 910/572-3554. 910/948-3540. Great White Oak Gallery, 437 N. Broad St., Lufkin Pottery, 7437 Hwy 220 S., Asheboro. Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring functional Ongoing - Featuring jewel tone glazes and Pottery by Frank Neef, 258 E. Main St., Thomas Pottery, 1295 S. Hwy. 705, Seagrove. thrown forms and hand-built pottery by Ben- specialize in kitchenware and functional pieces Seagrove. Ongoing - I strive to make pretty Ongoing -- Featuring functional and decora- jamin Burns and Bonnie Burns. Exquisitely by Sally Lufkin Saylor. Hours: Mon.-Sat., pots that people want to have in their home and tive stoneware pottery by Scott and Bobbie glazed and hand decorated with rare unusual 9:30am-5pm (closed Wed.). Contact: 336/873- never cease to enjoy. My influences are clas- Thomas. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: glazes and hand-painted motifs. Hours: daily 8764 or e-mail at ([email protected]). sic shapes of the Song Dynasty in China and 336/879-4145 or at (www.thomaspottery.com). 9am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-8066 or at Koryo Dynasty in Korea. Also I’ve always loved (www.greatwhiteoakgallery.com). Maness Pottery, 10995 Hwy. 24/27, Carthage. the pottery of the Art Nouveau era, especially Tom Gray Pottery, 1480 Fork Creek Mill Rd., Ongoing - Featuring functional and decora- that of Adelaide Robineau. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring wheel thrown Hatfield Pottery, 187 Atkinson Farm Rd., tive pieces in all colors except red by Clyde 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/872-4013 or at and hand built utilitarian wares fired in a gas- Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring functional and Maness. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am-6pm & Sun., (www.potterybyfrank.com). fired car kiln to cone 10 utilizing local clay in whimsical art deco, as well as folk styles of 1-5pm. Contact: 910/948-4897. slip decoration and glazes by Tom Gray. Glazes hand turned pottery by Morgan Hatfield. Hours: Pottery Junction, 413 E. Main St., Seagrove. are primarily mattes. Shapes of serving pieces Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-8458. MasterWorks, 246 East Ave., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring srong forms drawing and dinner ware include square and oval as Ongoing - Featuring antique, traditional, and inspiration from all cultures, history, and tradi- well as round. Hours: Mn.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Hickory Hill Pottery, 4539 Busbee Rd., Sea- contemporary pottery. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am- tion. Thoughtful designs and some of my own Contact: 336/873-8270 or at (www.n2clay.com). grove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional shapes 5pm. Contact: 336/873-7779. "whimsy" pieces as well as useful art collec- of the area, stoneware that is functional and tion by Regina Voncannon. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Triple C Pottery, 3267 Big Oak Church Rd., beautiful. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: McCanless Pottery, 634 NC Hwy 705, 10am-5pm (closed Thur.). Contact: 336/873- Eagle Springs. Ongoing - Featuring hand- 910/464-3166. Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring Zinc Silicate 9266. thrown functional and decorative pieces, with crystalline glazes by Will McCanless. Also a variety of lead-free glazes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., His Hands Pottery, 7029 New Center Church featuring wood-fired pottery by David Stuempfle Potts Pottery, 630 East Main St., Seagrove. 9am-5pm. Contact: 910/948-3635 or at Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring functional, and Daniel Johnston. Hours: daily 10am-5pm. Ongoing - Featuring many colors of functional (www.triplecpottery.com). decorative, folk art, and Biblical pieces by Jea- Contact: 336/879-3610 or at tableware, wood-fired salt-glaze and wood ash nette Lowdermilk. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm (www.mccanlesspottery.com). glazes by Jeff Potts. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5- Turn and Burn Pottery, 124 East Ave., (closed Jan.-Mar.). Contact: 336/879-5866 or pm. Contact: 336/873-9660 or at Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional Sea- e-mail at ([email protected]). McKay Pottery, 2596 Pottery Rd., Seagrove. (www.PottsPotteryinSeagrove.com). grove salt-glazed and wood-fired stoneware. Ongoing - Featuring traditional shape including Contemporary Raku and horsehair by David Humble Mill Pottery, 121 N Broad St., face jugs and Aladdin teapots. Hours: Tue.- Ray Pottery, 460 Cagle Rd., Seagrove. Ongo- and Deborah Garner. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5- Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring classical and Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-4255. ing - Featuring high-quality, gas-fired stonware pm. Contact: 336/873-7381 or at traditional stoneware influenced by 2 years of by Paul and Sheila Ray. Hours: Mon.-Sat., (www.turnandburnpottery.com). work in Japan by Charlotte Wooten. Hours: McNeills Pottery, 1208 Upper Rd., Seagrove. 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-6707 or at Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7145 Ongoing - Featuring hand-built one-of-a-kind (www.paulandsheilaray.com). Uwharrie Crystalline Pottery, 112 East Ave., or at (www.humblemillpottery.com). designs in porcelain and stoneware by Judy Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring crystalline pot- McNeill. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: Revolve Gallery, 213 E. Main St., Seagrove. tery (the art of growing crystals on vases), raku, JLK Jewelry at Jugtown, 330 Jugtown Rd., 336 879-3002. Ongoing - Featuring a new gallery owned by and functional stoneware by William & Pamela Seagrove. Ongoing - Jennie Lorette Keatts Will McCanless showcasing Seagrove-area continued on Page 70 Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 69 5-8, during Tryon's community-wide art walk. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: Ongoing - Featuring works by Richard Chris- 828/456-2260. tian Nelson, Richard Oversmith, Linda Cheek, NC Commercial Galleries Kelly Welch, and Anne and William Jameson. Twigs & Leaves, 98 N. Main Street, Waynes- continued from Page 69 Also works by notable artists of the past from ville. Ongoing - Featuring the nature-related the collection of Tryon art dealer Nowell Guffey porcelain works with leaves by Kaaren Stoner, Kennedy. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., handknitted rugs, quality yarn, stunning alpaca will be on display. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm as well as other works by regional artists and noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7532 or e-mail at fiber in a variety of colors, handmade knitting or by appt. Contact: 828/817-3783 or at craftsmen. Hours: Mon.-Sat, 10am-5:30pm. ([email protected]). needles, Fricke spinning wheels as well as very (www.SkyukaFineArt.com). Contact: 828/456-1940 or at cool mobiles, hand poured environment-friendly (www.twigsandleaves.com). Vernon Pottery, 1066 Chriscoe Rd., Seagrove. candles, and more! Hours: Wed.-Fri., 1-5pm & Wadesboro Ongoing - Featuring a wide line of wares, Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 919/742-1122 or at Weaverville from 10 oz. coffee mugs to 12 gal. planters. (www.AgainstHisWillStudio.com). Olde Mill Gallery & Studios, Lockhart-Taylor Their surface treatments include slip-trailing, Center, 514 N. Washington St., Wadesboro. Mangum Gallery, 16 North Main Street, Weav- carving, multiple glazes, and overglaze brush- Chatham Camera Club Gallery, 229 N. Ongoing - At the gallery visitors will see art- erville. Ongoing - Featuring functional and work. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: Chatham Ave., Siler City, NC. Ongoing - Fea- work by regional artists which includes: original decorative pottery dinnerware. Hours: Mon.- 336/879-2788. turing works by a diverse group of amateur and paintings in oil, acrylic & watercolor, that range Fri., 9am-5pm and Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: professional photographers networked together from landscapes to abstracts; photography; 828/645-4929 or (www.mangumpottery.com). Village Pottery, 205 E. Main St., Seagrove. around the idea of sharing our knowledge and works in copper and copper repousse; ceramic Ongoing - Downtown Seagrove’s oldest and experience with each other, while enjoying our creations, custom sculptured and functional; Miya Gallery, 31 N. Main St., Weaverville. largest gallery, featuring fine pottery and crafts interest in photography. Hours: by chance and art glass jewelry, jewelry made from beads Ongoing - The gallery is a new and refresh- by over 100 artisans. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5- the 3rd Fri. from 6-9pm. Contact: of Swarvoski crystal; hand-stitched quilts of ing addition to the WNC art scene. We exhibit pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7966 (www.chathamcameraclub.org). exquisite designs; hand painted goblets, pitch- work of over 50 artists: fine jewelry, clay, wood, or at (www.villagepotteryseagrove.com). ers and vases; wood sculptures and turnings, glass, metal, fiber, photogrphy and two dimen- Hotel Hadley Studios, 130 N. Chatham Ave., and more. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-5pm; Fri., sional art. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat., Westmoore Pottery, 4622 Busbee Rd., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring works by Kristy 10am-3pm or by appt. Contact: 704/272-5464 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-4pm. Contact: 828- Seagrove. Ongoing - Historical redware, salt- Church, Sarah Kuhn and Drucilla Pettibone. or at (www.oldemillgallery.org). 658-9655 or at (www.miyagallery.com). glazed stoneware, and green-glazed pottery, We consist of 6 studios and an exhibition especially styles from central NC before 1850 space. We will have monthly rotating shows in Waxhaw West Jefferson by David and Mary Farrell. Hours: Mon.-Sat., the gallery space. Hours: 3rd Fri. 6-9pm and by 9am-5pm (closed Dec. 24- Jan. 17). Contact: chance and appt. Contact: 919/663-0241 or at Stewart’s Village Gallery, 116 McDonald St., Acorn Gallery, 103 Long St., West Jefferson. 910/464-3700 or at (www.westmoorepottery. (www.hotelhadleystudios.com). Waxhaw. Ongoing - Featuring pottery by Bill Ongoing - Featuring original works by award com). Stewart, as well as works by over 300 other winning and nationally exhibited artist Raney Lakewood Pottery, 11330 Hwy. 64 W., Siler artists including both decorative and functional Rogers, including wildlife and landscape paint- White Hill Gallery, 407 Highway (15-501), City. Ongoing - Featuring crystalline, high-fired handmade pieces. The gallery is filled with ings and prints. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Carthage. Ongoing - Featuring works of beautiful porcelain and gold lusters by Ed Weinthraub. pottery, jewelry, wrought iron, garden accents, Sat., 11am-2pm. Contact: 336/246-3388 or at pottery, including Southwest, ceramic, hand- Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., noon-4- decorative whimsy and so much more. Hours: (www.acorngallery.com). painted glassware, wood turining, and paintings pm. Contact: 919/663-3743. Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: in watercolor, oil and pencil. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 704/843-5638 or at Ashe Custom Framing & Gallery, 105 S. 10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-5pm; & Sun., 1-5pm. Person to Person Art Studio/Gallery, 210 N (www.stewartsvillagegallery.com). Jefferson Ave., West Jefferson. Ongoing - Fea- Contact: 910/947-6100. Chatham Ave., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring turing a varied selection of originals and prints unique art for interesting people, all created Waynesville by local and regional artists. Also, a wide array by artist Roger Person. Hours: by appt and on of pottery and handcrafted wooden vases. the 3rd Fri., 6-9pm. Contact: 919/663-0982 or Blue Owl Studio & Gallery, 11 N. Main Street, Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. e-mail at ([email protected]). Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring art and Contact: 336/246-2218. pottery by local and regional artists, plus our Raleigh Street Gallery, 120 W. Raleigh St., own unique and exclusive collection of vintage Broomfields Gallery, 414 E. 2nd St, (across Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring a consortium of handcolored art advertising, quotes and moun- from the post office), West Jefferson. Ongoing many artists from the area painters, sculptors, tain scenes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm & - Featuring an exhibition of works by NC and metal workers, jewelsmiths, basket weavers, (in season) Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 828/456- SC artists in various mediums in a setting of soap makers, slate artist, wood workers, - 9596 or at (www.blueowlnc.com). quality antiques. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Works by Meredith Heywood whose works are all on display in a spacious Contact: 336/846-4141 or at and welcoming atmosphere. Hours: Wed.-Fri., Burr Studio & Gallery, 136 N. Main Street, (www.broomfieldsgallery.com). Whynot Pottery, 1013 Fork Creek Mill Rd., 10am-6pm, by chance or appt. and on 3rd Fri., Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring lyrical Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring interesting 6-9pm. Contact: 919/663-6278 or at sculpture by Dane Burr, functional pottery by Stephen Shoemaker Studio, 113 S. Jeffer- shapes and intriguing glazes. Custom sizes on (www.raleighstreetgallery.com). MaryEtta Burr, and works by other artisans son Ave., West Jefferson. Ongoing - Featur- lamps, vases and bottles by Mark and Meredith in various media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5- ing original works by watercolorist Stephen Heywood. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Con- Statesville :30pm. Contact: 828/456-7400. Shoemaker. Specializing in historic landscapes tact: 336/873-9276 or at and paintings of places and events in/of Ashe (www.whynotpottery.com). Village Pot Shop Fine Arts and Crafts Gal- Earthworks Gallery, 21 N. Main Street, County and the area. The “Virginia Creeper” lery, 248 N. Center St., 2 Blocks North of the Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring art in all me- train series is particularly popular. Hours: Windsong Pottery, 6109 Brantley Gordon Center of town on the right, Statesville. Ongo- diums celebrating native peoples and our earth. Mon-Fri., 10am-5pm or by chance. Contact: Rd., Denton. Ongoing - Featuring handmade ing - Our mission is to provide a showcase for Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., noon-1- 336/246-3401. functional stoneware in glazes of floating blue local and regional artists and artisans, providing pm. Contact: 828/452-9500 or at and rainbow by Margie Nance, Matthew Nance, high-quality decorative and functional arts and (www.earthworkssgallery.com). Wilmington - Wrightsville Beach Lydia Nance and other family members. Hours: crafts to patrons with an eye for the finer things. Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 336/857-2485 or Our arts and crafts galleries feature handmade Grace Cathey Metal Gallery & Sculpture Downtown Wilmington. Apr. 22, 6-9pm - e-mail at ([email protected]). jewelry, blown glass, woodwork, regional pot- Garden, 136 Depot Street, inside and behind Fourth Friday Gallery Nights, featuring a free tery, metalwork, mosaics, hand-woven fibers, Walker Service Station, Waynesville. Ongo- monthly event where downtown galleries and Wyndham & Brooke Haven Pottery Gallery, paintings and more. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10:30am- ing - Featuring works in metal by Grace Cathey studios open their doors to the public in an 209 East Main St., Seagrove. Ongoing - Fea- 5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 704/380-4689 including mirrors, lanps, and garden art. after-hours celebration of art and culture. The turing fine functional high-fired stoneware with or at (www.villagepotshop.com). Demonstrations on some weekends. Hours: art walk is a self-guided tour featuring exhibi- rich contemporary glazes by Wyndham and Mon.-Thur., 7am-6pm & Fri.-Sat., 11am-4pm. tions of various artistic genres including oils, Melanie Dennison. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm Tryon Contact: 828/456-8843 or at acrylics, watercolors, pastels, metals, ceramics, & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7254 or at (www.gracecathey.com). mixed media and more. Maps are available at (www.brookehavenpottery.com). Green River Gallery, 145 N. Trade Street, all participating locations as well as the Visitors Tryon. Ongoing - Featuring fine art and fram- Ridge Runner Naturals, 33 N. Main Street, and Convention Center. For more info visit Shelby ing, with works in various media by regional Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring watercolor (www.wilmingtonfourthfridays.com). and national artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5- scenes of the mountains, quiet meadows and Buffalo Creek Gallery, 104 East Warren pm & Sat., 10am-1pm. Contact: 828/859-2255. whispering forest of Western North Carolina by Bottega Art & Wine Gallery, 208 N. Front St., Street, just across from the courthouse square, Jo Ridge Kelley. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-5- Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuring works by Shelby. Ongoing - Featuring an artist’s co-op, Simply Irresistible!, 66 Ola Mae Way, located :30pm. Contact: 828/456-3003 or at regional and international artists in a variety of including works by 24 local artists and 8-10 re- on the hill above Century 21, Tryon. Ongo- (www.JoKelley.com). media. Hours: Tue.-Wed., 1-10pm and Thur- gional artists producing pottery, woodturnings, ing - Featuring art and craft of the Carolinas, Sat., 1pm-midnight. Contact: 910/763-3737 or paintings, jewelry, quilting, weaving, stained including works by Lucinda Pittman (pottery), Studio Thirty-Three, 33 Pigeon St., Waynes- at (www.bottegagallery.com). glass, boxes and other art items. Hours: Mon.- Yummy Mud Puddle (lamps), and the tile and ville. Ongoing - A unique jewelry studio and Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: iron furniture of Bill Crowell and Kathleen gallery, featuring the works of national award ERA 20th Century Furniture and Art Gallery, 704/487.0256 or at Carson. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: winning regional jewelers and full service studio 523 South 3rd St., Wilmington. Ongoing - (www.buffalocreekgallery.com). 828/859-8316 or at offering fine handcrafted jewelry, custom design Inviting emerging artists of all sorts, to fill the (www.SimplyIrresistibleGallery.com). and restoration. Specializing in custom wedding quiet space with cutting edge art that not only Synergy Studios and Gallery, 212B West bands and one-of-a-kind designs as well as is pleasant to view, but also thought-provoking. Warren St. in Historic Uptown Shelby. Ongo- rare and exotic gemstones. Hours: Tue.-Sat., Unique modern furnishings from the mid-20- ing - Featuring a contemporary gallery showing 10am-6pm or by appt. Contact: 828/456-3443. th century complement the contemporary original work by established and emerging art- art. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-5pm or by appt. ists and working studio space for 5 artists, craft- T. Pennington Art Gallery, 15 N. Main Street, Contact: 910/612-0542 ers and designers producing a diverse range Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring pencil draw- of original work: conceptual art, ceramics, fiber ings of local scenery, and landmarks by Teresa Fountainside Gallery, 1900 Eastwood Road, art/weaving, basketry, custom stained glass, Pennington, including originals, prints and gift suite 44, Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuring interior architecture and custom design service. items. Also framing is available. Hours: Mon.- the finest in local, regional and national art of Hours: Wed.-Fri., 11am-3pm, or by appt. Con- sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/452.9284 or at the Southeast. The light filled interior of the tact: 704/487-0144 or at (www.tpennington.com). gallery's 3200 square feet showcases original (www.synergystudiosandgallery.com). oil paintings, watercolors, acrylics, pastel on Textures, 142 N. Main St., Waynesville. Ongo- paper and bronze sculptures. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Siler City ing - Featuring hand-crafter furniture by John 10am-6pm & Sun., 11-3pm. Contact: 910/256- Work by Richard Christian Nelson Gernandt, textile art by Suzanne Gernandt, 9956 or at (www.fountainsidegallery.com). Throughout Siler City, Apr. 15, 6-9pm - "Siler and other items of home decore. Hours: Mon.- City Art Walk," featuring exhibits at many of Skyuka Fine Art, 133 North Trade St., Tryon. Sat., 10am-6pm & most Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: New Elements Gallery, 216 North Front the city's exhibit spaces, along with music and Through Apr. 6 - "Richard Oversmith: Recent 828/452-0058 or at (www.texturesonmain.com). Street, Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuring works the good food offered in town on the 3rd Fri, of Paintings". Apr. 16 - May 31 - "1st Annual by regional and nationally recognized artists. the month. Hosted by the North Carolina Arts Equestrian Show," in honor of Tryon’s own 65th The Jeweler’s Workbench, 80 N. Main St., We offer a wide variety of contemporary fine art Incubator. Contact: 919/663-1335 or at Blockhouse Steeplechase race, featuring works Waynesville. Ongoing - Specializing in fine and craft, including paintings, sculpture, ceram- (www.ncartsincubator.org). by Joan MacIntryre, Jill Silver, Charles Harpt, hand-crafted jewelry, custom design and repair, ics, glass, fiber, jewelry and wood. Hours: Mon- Rick Conn, Sarah Holmberg, Richard Christian limited edition watches and jewelry boxes. Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: 910/343-8997 or Against His Will Gallery and Studio, 117 E. Nelson, Jan Lukens, Tucker Bailey, and Valerie Featuring award-winning artists of the Great at (www.newelementsgallery.com). Second St., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring Hinz. A reception will be held on Apr. 16, from Smoky Mountains and from across the country. continued on Page 71 Page 70 - Carolina Arts, April 2011 Spectrum Art & Jewelry, @ The Fourm, work in acrylic by Carmine Trombetta, metal 1125-H Military Cutoff Rd., Wilmington. Ongo- sculpture by Jaymie Kiggins, a large variety ing - Featuring works by over 100 regionally of beautiful photography in all price ranges, and nationally renowned artists in a variety of pottery by Marty Jackson, among many other media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 7:30am-7pm & Sat. 910/256-2323 or at 10am-5pm. Admission: free (though you could (www.spectrumartgallery.com). buy a cup of coffee). Contact: 336/722-0660 or at (www.ladyhurricanes.com). The Golden Gallery, @ The Cotton Exchange, 307 N. frint St., Wilmington. Ongoing - Featur- Patina, 217 W. 6th St., Winston-Salem.Ongo- ing works by John W. Golden and Mary Ellen ing - Featuring a unique shop with art by local Golden. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm & potters, craftspeople, and painters. Patina also Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 910/762-4651 or at carries unique clothing, gifts, home accessories (www.thegoldengallery.com). and gift baskets. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 336/725-6395 or e-mail at (patinas- Three Hounds Gallery, 29 S. Front St., [email protected]). Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuring works by Wayne McDowell, Jeff Chase, Dick Roberts, Southern Home Gallery, The Art of David E. Shawn Best, Kristin Gibson, Fritzi Huber, Doss, 2715 Reynolda Road, 1/2 mile west of Joanne Geisel, Christa Sylvester, Brian Evans, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem. Ongo- Mark Gordon, Rex Miller, and jewelry by Emily ing - Featuring works by nationally recognized Parker. Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11:30am-5:30pm; artist, David E. Doss, including originals, limited Fri. and Sat., 11:30am-7:30pm & Sun., noon-3- editions, posters, and accessories. Also - pm. Contact: 910/815-3330 or at Works by other national and regional artists. (www.threehoundsgallery.com). Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-5- pm. Contact: 336/761-8822 or at Walls Fine Art Gallery, 2173 Wrightsville Ave., (www.davidedoss.com). Wilmington. Ongoing - The gallery is recognized for its exhibits of original works by living Textures Art Gallery, 545 N. Trade St., Suite artists on the verge of becoming well known 1A, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - In the tradition - including plein air artists Perry Austin, John of New York's SoHo, step into and experience Poon and J. Russell Case as well as Russian a world of contemporary art and fine craft. impressionists Nikolai Dubavik and Alexandar You will find an interesting selection of framed Kosnichev. Owner David Leadman and Director art, sculpture, jewelry, wearable art, pottery, Nancy Marshall, painters themselves, strive art glass, home accessories and much, much to exhibit art of quality, promote art educa- more. From serious fine art to whimsical craft tion through lectures and research, and aid in items. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-6pm & Sat., developing art collections. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 336/722-3877 or at 10am-6pm & by appt. Contact: 910/343-1703 (www.texturesinc.com). or at (www.wallsgallery.com).

Winston-Salem Area

Downtown Arts District, Sixth and Trade streets, Winston-Salem. Apr. 1, 7-10pm - "DADA First Friday Gallery Hop," with special artist demonstrations, art exhibits, and shops and studios open evening hours. Events are free and open to the public. Gallery Hops are funded and sponsored by the Downtown Art District Association, a non profit organization, and their supporting memberhship. Contact: Work by Maurice Hamburger 336/722-2345. The Other Half, 560 North Trade St., Winston Blessings, 823 Reynolda Road, Winston- Salem. Through July 31 - "Maurice Ham- Salem. Ongoing - Featuring works by Marsha burger," featuring blacksmithing in the miniature Thrift, Christine McCormick and Sharon - mechanical fasteners, screws, bolts, rivets, Grubbs. Their work encompasses original tenons and staples, by this Phoenix, AZ, black- landscapes, figurative works and still life in a smith. Ongoing - Featuring works by Mary contemporary style of realism. Also offering Ann Zotto, Chris Teague, Nic Bernard, Dodie an exhibit of 19th Century Chinese Ancestor Campbell, Jack Dent, Celeste Chapman-Dent, Portraits. The show is enhanced by a display Ron Propst, Jason Probstein, Kathy Townsend of Chinese silk opera gowns. Hours: Fri.&Sat., and Mike Cowan. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm 11am-5pm and Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 336/922- or by appt. Contact: 336/407-5494 or e-mail at 6909. ([email protected]).

Earthbound Arts, 610 N. Trade St., Winston- Urban Artware, 207 W. 6th St., Winston- Salem. Ongoing - Featuring an unique gallery Salem. Ongoing - Featuring an art gallery/retail showcasing the nature-related works of Gordon shop providing an eclectic ensemble of one- Jones and Lucy Duncan. Original designs of-a-kind art, trinkets, and treasures. Featuring in clay, copper, and stained glass as well as works by local and regional artists sharing their handcrafted herbal soaps, sterling and copper unique visions through paintings, metalwork, jewelry, block print cards, masks, wind chimes, glass, woodwork, wearable art, and just about garden art, clay beads, herbal teas, natural anything else imaginable! Hours: Tue.-Sat., incense, beeswax candles and much more. 11am-6pm or by appt. Contact: 336/722-2345 Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: 336/773- or at (www.urbanartware.com). 1043 or e-mail at ([email protected]). Village Smith Galleries/VSG Fine Arts, 119 Fiber Company, 600 N. Trade St., Winston- Reynolda Village, near Reynolda House Mu- Salem. Ongoing - A working weaving studio seum of Art, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Ameri- where fiber artists create hand-woven clothing can and European watercolors, oils, antique and accessories and carry local artist works engravings and contemporary works by Gorg, on consignment from jewelers, potters, McKnight, Boulanger, Alvar, Nicole Monteran, woodworkers, and photographers. Hours: Stephen White and other gallery artists. Na- Wed.-Fri.,10am-5pm; Tues. & Sat.,11am-3pm. tional and regional crafts are represented in the Contact: 336/725-5277. fields of ceramic and glass. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/723-3653. Hawthorne Gallery, 1281 West Fourth St., Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring works by Warm Glass Elements Gallery and Studio, more than 20 regional artists. The spacious gal- 2575 Old Glory Rd., Suite 700, Interstate 40 leries feature contemporary interior design with Exit 184, Clemmons. Ongoing - Our gallery fine furnishings and accessories by Idlewild features kiln-formed glass and paintings from House. The gallery also sells gifts, cards, glass, internationally known artists, including: Ellen wood, and jewelry. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5- Abbott/Marc Leva, Brian and Jenny Blanthorn, pm. Contact: 336/724-1022 or at Carol Carson, Martin Kremer, Jane Raissle, (www.hawthorneart.com). Johnathon Schmuck, Delores Taylor, Milon Townsend, Els VandenEnde, Jody Danner Jankela Stained Glass, 621 N. Trade St., Walker, and Bill Zweifel. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Artist/owner Janis 10am-5pm and by appt. Contact: call Brad or Gorlick-Asmus, specializes in commissioned Jody Walker at 336/712 8003 or at work and custom designs and can bring the (www.warmglasselements.com). beauty and elegance of stained glass into your home or office. Whether designing and building Winterfire Craft Gallery, 145 Stratford Road, privacy windows, sidelights, transoms, cup- Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring pottery by board doors, lamp shades or picture frames. Hank Goodman as well as hand-crafted jew- Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. elry, metal sculpture, hand-thrown pottery, art Contact: 336/917-0009 or at glass, and calligraphy prints. Hours: Mon.-Fri., (www.JankelaStainedGlass.com). 10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 11am-5- pm. Contact: 336/748-0145 or at Lady Hurricane's Fancy General Store, 835 (www.winterfiregallery.com). Burke Street, two blocks left of Broad Street between Fourth Street and Brookestown, Win- ston Salem. Ongoing - Featuring continuous cycling exhibits, with special events and mini exhibitions offered later in the year. Presenting Carolina Arts, April 2011 - Page 71