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Stirring Shore, 2021, is by Brian Rutenberg and is part of his exhibition BRIAN RUTENBERG: Point of Pine, on view at the Jerald Melberg Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina, from May 1 - June 12, 2021. See the article on Page 18. ARTICLE INDEX Advertising Directory Gibbes Museum of Art in This index has active links, just click on the Page number and it will take you to that page. Listed in order in which they appear in the paper. Page 1 - Cover - Jerald Melberg Gallery - Brian Rutenberg Page 3 - Deane V. Bowers Art & Wells Gallery Charleston, SC, Celebrates Page 2 - Article Index, Advertising Directory, Contact Info, Links to blogs, and Carolina Arts site Page 4 - Halsey McCallum Studio & Public Works Art Center and Honors Japanese Art Page 3 - Gibbes Museum of Art and Middleton Place & Edmondston-Alston House The Gibbes Museum of Art in Charles- Page 4 - Editorial Commentary by Tom Starland, Editor and Publisher Page 5 - Whimsy Joy by Roz & Pastel Society of South Carolina ton, SC, home to one of the most significant collections of Japanese woodblock prints in Page 5 - Middleton Place & Edmondston-Alston House cont. & City of North Charleston Page 6 - North Charleston Arts Fest the Southeast, will present two new exhibi- Page 8 - Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston Artist Guild, Lowcountry Artists Gallery, tions that reveal the complexity and impor- tance of Japanese art and how its history Page 7 - Emerge SC, Helena Fox Fine Art, Corrigan Gallery, Halsey-McCallum Studio, Public Works Art Center & Art League of Hilton Head collides with Charleston. The exhibitions, Page 9 - Art League of Hilton Head cont., Society of Bluffton Artists & Lasting Impressions: Japanese Prints from Rhett Thurman, Anglin Smith Fine Art, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, the Read-Simms Collection and Japonisme Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage in Charleston: Alice Smith and Her Circle, The Wells Gallery at the Sanctuary & Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery will be on view in galleries eight and nine Page 10 - A Book Review: Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Charleston Renaissance Artist through Oct. 3, 2021. Page 11 - A Book Review: Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Charleston Renaissance Artist cont. Page 9 - Art League of Hilton Head “We are thrilled to present two new spe- cial exhibitions that demonstrate the global Page 12 - Hampton County Arts Council & Artists Collective | Spartanburg x 3 significance of Japanese art,” says Angela Page 14 - Greenwood Area Studio Potters Page 13 - Artists Collective | Spartanburg cont. & Greenville Technical College Mack, executive director at the Gibbes Museum of Art. “Our visitors will have the Page 14 - Greenville Technical College cont. and Art & Light Gallery Page 15 - Metropolitan Arts Council opportunity to see world-class examples of Page 18 - Cherokee Alliance of Visual Artists, Arts Council of York County & Japanese woodblock prints from a collec- “Carolina Paroquet”, 1935, By Anna Heyward Page 16 - Artists Collective | Spartanburg tion that was formed in Charleston in the Taylor (American, 1879 - 1956); Wood-block Jerald Melberg Gallery early decades of the 20th century. These im- print on paper; Gift of Anna Heyward Taylor; ages by luminaries like Sharaku, Hokusai, 1937.003.0005; Image courtesy of the Gibbes Page 19 - Queens University, Sumter County Gallery of Art & Orangeburg County Fine Arts Page 17 - Cherokee County Alliance of Visual Arts / Get Into Gaffney Museum of Art and Hiroshige had a tremendous impact on Page 20 - Sumter County Gallery of Art cont. & Stormwater Studios artists worldwide from Monet, Degas, and beautiful, fully illustrated catalogue featur- Page 20 - Mouse House / Susan Lenz & One Eared Cow Glass Van Gogh to artists working right here in ing entries by Japanese fine art specialist Se- Page 22 - Stormwater Studios cont., Asheville Art Museum x 3 Charleston. Thanks to the keen eyes of the bastian Izzard and an in-depth essay on the Page 23 - Asheville Art Museum cont. Page 21 - City Art Gallery & Noelle Brault Fine Art original collectors the Gibbes is fortunate collectors by Sara C. Arnold and Stephen G. to have in its collection both exceptional Hoffius. Page 24 - Southern Highland Craft Guild x 2, Asheville Gallery of Art & Blue Spiral 1 Page 22 - The Artist Index examples of popular prints like Hokusai’s The second exhibition being presented Page 25 - Western Carolina University & Artworks Gallery (W-S) Red Fuji as well as several rare one-of-a- is, Japonisme in Charleston: Alice Smith kind images.” and Her Circle. Japonisme is a French term Page 23 - Upstairs Artspace Page 26 - Artworks Gallery (W-S) cont., UNC-Greensboro & Village Pottery Marketplace coined to describe the craze for Japanese art and design that first gripped the West in Page 27 - Village Pottery Marketplace cont. & Francis Marion University Page 25 - Crawford Conservation Inc. the late nineteenth century. In a companion Page 28 - Sunset River Marketplace & Cameron Art Museum x 2 exhibition to Lasting Impressions, the wave Page 26 - Village Pottery Marketplace & Discover the Seagrove Potteries of enthusiasm for the Japanese aesthetic Deane V Bowers Art Page 30 - Cameron Art Museum cont., NC State University, NC Museum of Art & Gallery C in Charleston will be explored through the Art that celebrates kindness and love. Page 31 - Gallery C cont., NC State University x 2 & FRANK Gallery Page 27 - STARworks & Melinda Hoffman / A Children’s Book works of native artist Alice Ravenel Huger Smith who was one of many American art- Works are on view at the Public Works Art Center in Summerville, Page 32 - FRANK Gallery, Some Exhibits That Are Still on View and ists to react to the western dissemination of SC, through June 5th, 2021 Page 28 - Wilmington Art Association & Sunset River Marketplace SC Institutional Galleries - Virtual Exhibitions & Allendale Japanese prints. A close friend and neighbor of collector Motte Alston Read, Smith had DeaneVBowersArt.com • Instagram@DeanevBowersArt Page 33 - SC Institutional Galleries - Aiken - Charleston Page 29 - The Gregg Museum of Art & Design unfettered access to Read’s growing library Seabrook Island, SC • 804-874-2929 of Japanese prints and she studied them Page 34 - SC Institutional Galleries - Charleston - Columbia Page 30 - Triangle Artworks intently. A watercolor specialist and one Page 35 - SC Institutional Galleries - Columbia - Greenville of Charleston’s most prolific artists, Smith discovered a shared reverence for nature in Page 36 - SC Institutional Galleries - Greenville - Newberry Don’t forget about our website: www.carolinaarts.com the work of Japanese artists, which greatly Page 37 - SC Institutional Galleries - Newberry - Ridge Spring impacted her artistic trajectory. Japonisme in Charleston: Alice Smith and her Circle Page 38 - SC Institutional Galleries - Rock Hill - Summerville will feature works by Smith and other Page 39 - SC Institutional Galleries - Summerville - Westminster and Charleston artists who embraced the tenets and techniques of Japanese art. SC Commercial Galleries - Aiken / North Augusta - Bluffton TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (active 1794-95) To coincide with the exhibits, Lasting “Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Arakawa Taro Take- Impressions: Japanese Prints from the Page 40 - SC Commercial Galleries - Bluffton - Charleston sada” 11/1794. Color woodblock print, 13 x 9 1/4 Read-Simms Collection and Japonisme in inches. Image courtesy of Gibbes Museum of Art Page 41 - SC Commercial Galleries - Charleston - Columbia Area Charleston: Alice Smith and Her Circle, the Lasting Impressions: Japanese Prints Gibbes will host related programming. For Page 42 - SC Commercial Galleries - Columbia Area - Greenville Area from the Read-Simms Collection will show- more information and a full listing of pro- Page 43 - SC Commercial Galleries - Greenville Area - Mt Pleasant / Isle of Palms / Sullivan’s Is. case 60 exceptional and rare prints amassed gramming, visit (www.gibbesmuseum.org). by Charleston collector Motte Alston Read Home to the Carolina Art Association, Page 44 - SC Commercial Galleries - Mt Pleasant / Isle of Palms / Sullivan’s Is. - Walterboro & You can find past issues all the way back to August 2004! and his sister, Mary Read Hume Simms of established in 1858, the Gibbes Museum NC Institutional Galleries - Virtual Exhibitions New Orleans, during the first decades of the of Art is recognized among the oldest arts You can find past articles all the way back to June 1999 20th century, a period often referred to as organizations in the United States. Housing Page 45 - NC Institutional Galleries - Virtual Exhibitions & Aberdeen - Asheville Area the “Golden Age” of print collecting. The one of the foremost collections of American Also don’t forget about our two blogs: Read-Simms Collection was donated to the Art from the 18th century to the present, Page 46 - NC Institutional Galleries - Asheville Area - Brevard Gibbes in 1947 and reflects the full range the museum’s mission is to enhance lives Page 47 - NC Institutional Galleries - Brevard - Charlotte Area Carolina Arts Unleashed - Carolina Arts News of popular print subjects by master Ukiyo-e through art by engaging people of every artists of the Edo period, from dramatic background and experience with art and Page 48 - NC Institutional Galleries - Charlotte Area Send us your e-mail address to be added to our list to receive Kabuki theater actors, portrayed by Suzuki artists of enduring quality and by providing Page 49 - NC Institutional Galleries - Charlotte Area - Greensboro Area notice of each monthly issue. [email protected] Harunobu and Tōshūsai Sharaku in the 18th opportunities to learn, to discover, to enjoy century, to vibrant landscapes by Utagawa and to be inspired by the creative process. , is published monthly by Shoestring Publishing Company, a subsidiary Page 50 - NC Institutional Galleries - Greenville - Morehead City Carolina Arts Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai in the For further information check our SC of PSMG, Inc. Copyright© 2021 by PSMG Inc. It also publishes the blogs Carolina 19th century. Institutional Gallery listings or visit (www. Page 51 - NC Institutional Galleries - Morganton - Raleigh Arts Unleashed and Carolina Arts News, Copyright© 2021 by PSMG, Inc. All rights The exhibition is accompanied by a gibbesmuseum.org). reserved by PSMG, Inc. or by the authors of articles. Reproduction or use without written Page 52 - NC Institutional Galleries - Raleigh - Wilmington permission is strictly prohibited. Carolina Arts is available online at Page 53 - NC Institutional Galleries - Wilmington - Winston-Salem and (www.CarolinaArts.com). Mailing address: 511 Hildebrand Drive, Bonneau, SC 29431. Telephone: 843/693-1306, e-mail at ([email protected]) and on the web at Middleton Place & Edmondston-Alston NC Commercial Galleries - Aberdeen - Asheville (www.CarolinaArts.com). Page 54 - NC Commercial Galleries - Asheville House in Charleston, SC, Offers Exhibits Editor/Publisher/Calendars/Distribution Page 55 - NC Commercial Galleries - Asheville - Blowing Rock Thomas J. Starland Page 56 - NC Commercial Galleries - Blowing Rock - Charlotte Area of Works by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith Web Master/Advertising/Business Manager Linda Parks Starland Page 57 - NC Commercial Galleries - Charlotte Area - Durham Middleton Place Foundation in Charles- The book and the exhibition provide unique ton, SC, is pleased to announce that Middle- insights into Alice as an author, illustrator, Page 58 - NC Commercial Galleries - Durham - Hillsborough Super Blog Guru & Graphics Emma Ravenel ton Place National Historic Landmark and printmaker, painter, teacher, and historian the Edmondston-Alston House in down- from the perspective of her family and close Page 59 - NC Commercial Galleries - Hillsborough - Old Fort Contributing Writers This Month town Charleston will jointly mount a special friend. Page 60 - NC Commercial Galleries - Oriental - Seagrove Area None This Month exhibition of works by Alice Ravenel Huger Opening on Mar. 1, 2021, and continuing Smith in connection with the Mar. 1, 2021, through Jan. 5, 2022, the special exhibits Page 61 - NC Commercial Galleries - Seagrove Area Advertising Rates Click here for advertising rates. launch of the book Alice: Alice Ravenel correspond with the launch of the book and THE SANCTUARY AT KIAWAH ISLAND GOLF RESORT Page 62 - NC Commercial Galleries - Seagrove Area - Siler City Huger Smith, Charleston Renaissance Art- allow the public the opportunity to see over 1 SANCTUARY BEACH DR | KIAWAH, SC | 29455 | 843.576.1290 The deadline for the June 2021 issue is ist. Alice Smith was a leading artist in the 40 works from private and public collec- Page 63 - NC Commercial Galleries - Siler City - Wilmington May 24, 2021. movement that sparked economic revival tions of Alice Smith’s art featured in the and historic preservation in Charleston in book. WWW WELLSGALLERY COM Page 64 - NC Commercial Galleries - Wilmington - Winston-Salem Area To advertise call 843/693-1306 or e-mail at ([email protected]). . . the decades between the two world wars. continued on Page 5 Page 2 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 3 Editorial by Tom Starland, Editor and Publisher Don’t forget about our website: Middleton Place & Edmondston-Alston House Whimsy Joy© by Roz Therapeutic Expressions for All Ages www.carolinaarts.com continued from Page 3 / back to Page 3 Born in 1876, Alice Smith was descend- COMMENTARY ed from Henry Middleton, who established Middleton Place, and his son Arthur The Art Books Just Keep on Coming outpost in Columbia, but based on how long Middleton, a signer of the Declaration of In- it took SC to do away from mini bottles and dependence. As an artist, the Lowcountry’s It seems that since the first of the year a ban on drinking in public on Sundays, we natural environment was a strong pull for a book has arrived for us to review ev- may never see that in my lifetime. In a state Smith, who on a Sunday stroll once walked ery month. I like to think of it more as a that excels at being at the top of any list of the 17 miles from Charleston to Middleton preview. I don’t really have the time to bad things, we always seem to be the last to Place with her father. Smith referred to complete each monthly issue and read a adopt anything progressive. Middleton Place as “a jewel thrown down in book and do an actual review, but we still And speaking of Tapp’s, I knew they the green woods,” and her vivid depictions call it a review, as that’s what the publishers had to close the original location on Main of the magnificent oaks and gardens, rice and authors want. Street, but no one bothered to tell me they fields and lakes, and Ashley River vistas This month we got a major one with re-opened. And, when your profile is so are among the works that are featured in the Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Charles- low it takes years for someone to send me You can find past issues all the way back to book and will be on display in the exhibits. ton Renaissance Artist, written by Dwight a notice of some activity - I hope it doesn’t Along with the exhibits, Middleton Place We Are Looking at the Starburst McInvaill with Carolina Palmer & Anne take another couple of years to hear from August 2004! Foundation will be hosting dialogues and Images are available on: Tinker. The book is under Copyright © them again, about an exhibit. discussions throughout the year with au- • Prints • Notecards 2021 by the Middleton Place Foundation, Look folks, I don’t have time to look for thors, artists, educators, and historians. “The Check my website for new and was published by Evening Post Books, new galleries or exhibits to add each month. You can find past articles all the way back to publication of Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger • T Shirts • Decals whimsies! Charleston, SC, 2021. If you don’t send us your info, that’s your Smith, Charleston Renaissance Artist and • Aprons • Stickers It’s a beautiful book, what you might call problem. And, if you fall into the category June 1999 its accompanying exhibition provide the a “Table Top” book, but it’s much more than of, “I never heard of Carolina Arts.” That’s Foundation an opportunity to continue its • Calendars • Mousepads that. With over 200 illustrations of artwork, another problem you have altogether. Know mission to educate and engage in conversa- • Children’s Paint Smocks photographs and other materials, it gives the community you want to be part of - no tions about our complicated history,” said you a slice of what Charleston was like at gallery is an island. Tracey Todd, Middleton Place Foundation the turn of the century, through the mid- Also don’t forget about our two blogs: President and CEO. “Alice Smith was once I am gorgeous... century. Not a total look at Charleston - a Art Festivals Are Taking Place Again quoted as saying ‘Open the windows of Can’t you see I’m really cute! view of the upper class and art community, Put me on your personal your mind to let in the fresh air.’ Alice gives mousepad for $12.00 but still, that’s what a lot of Charleston is all Most of the art festivals we missed in Carolina Arts Unleashed us an opportunity to learn more about our- about. History is history, no matter who it’s 2020 are starting to return - even if only in selves and each other through the explora- about and this story is pretty interesting - if some limited capacity. Something is better Carolina Arts News tion of our shared history.” All images are copyrighted you’re into the arts. Having spent more than than nothing. Some folks are a little slow on Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, 34 years involved in Charleston’s visual the PR end of things. That’s what happens Charleston Renaissance Artist, written by Rosalyn Kramer Monat-Haller M.Ed., LLC art community, I found it very interesting. when some people get out of their rhythm. Dwight McInvaill, Caroline Palmer and “Moonlight on the Cooper River”, c. 1919, wood- Counseling for Children, Adolescents, & Adults And, I think you will too. I’m offering just a It’s amazing how in one year people forgot block print on paper, 15 1/8 x 7 inches. Collection Anne Tinker, is published by Evening Post of Dr. & Mrs. Louis D. Wright Licensed Independent Social Worker - CP tiny bit of what this book has to offer in our how to do something they’ve been doing Books in collaboration with Middleton Mother, Grandmother, Daughter, Friend, Psycho therapist preview, but you’ll see that when you get for years. It’s just another side effect of the Send us your email address to be added Place Foundation. Available in hardcover stories of the Africans, African Americans, your own copy. Pandemic. for $60.00 at the Middleton Place store, se- and Europeans who lived and worked on and Artist who uses color and whimsical imagination lected area bookstores, and online at (shop. these historic properties. Middleton Place to create joyful art for children of all ages A Freudian Slip or Just Wishful Thinking? Third Timer to our list to receive notice of each middletonplace.org), net proceeds from the Foundation connects people to the past, in- sale of the book benefit the Foundation. spiring a deeper understanding of ourselves Last month when adding a new listing Unlike Saturday Night Live, we don’t monthly issue. Middleton Place Foundation, a public, and each other through American history. for Tapp’s Outpost in Columbia, SC, I typed have a five timer club for the artists who non-profit educational trust, is responsible Middleton Place is located at 4300 www.whimsyjoy.com in Tapp’s Potpost. That had to be a mental have work featured on our covers, but this for the effective operation and preservation Ashley River Road, west of the Ashley in slip from the late 1960s. Of course I’m sure will be Brian Rutenberg’s third time - more [email protected] of Middleton Place National Historic Land- Charleston, SC, 29414. 843.873.6935 • 843.810.1245 a lot of folks would like to see a marijuana than anyone else. We just love his work. mark and of the Edmondston-Alston House. For further information check our SC The Foundation upholds the highest levels Institutional Gallery listings, call 843/556- of historic preservation, research, education, 6020 or visit (middletonplace.org). Halsey - McCallum Studio and inclusive interpretation by sharing the William Halsey & Corrie McCallum Pastel Society City of North Charleston, SC, Offers of South Carolina Promoting Pastel Works by Christine Bush Roman PSSC as Fine Art Paintings The City of North Charleston, SC, is Graphics presenting Loose Parts, featuring works by Christine Bush Roman, on view at the & Sculpture for City’s Park Circle Gallery, through May 28, www.pastelsocietyofsc.com the discerning 2021. collector The exhibition features new mixed media works by Johns Island based artist Christine Bush Roman, who was the winner of the Welcoming New Members! 2020/21 North Charleston Arts Fest Poster Design Competition and her winning de- The Pastel Society of South Carolina, Inc. sign, Oak Circus, will be featured in the ex- “PSSC” is a not-for-profit organization whose objectives are: hibition, which is presented as a component of the annual North Charleston Arts Fest. • To promote public awareness of the pastel as a fine art medium. In Loose Parts, Bush Roman presents • To provide educational programs for its members and other interested more than a dozen new mixed media pieces created with painting, drawing, and collag- parties and opportunities for them to exhibit their work. Painting by Corrie McCallum ing techniques that express color, joy, and • To unite pastel artists in order to bring about recognition of their work. playfulness. The work is inspired by the phrase “loose parts,” referring to child- hood play materials with no explicit rules or instructions. These loose parts can be combined, restructured, taken apart, and put Work by Christine Bush Roman back together in multiple ways. Similarly, Visit artists are continually tinkering with and we are constantly being changed and shaped Both artists are reorganizing experiences and inspirations to by where we live, people we know, and create interesting works of art. The exhibi- major life events. Carolina Arts recipients tion also references the creative process, The Park Circle Gallery is located on which often involves the designing, de- Jenkins Avenue in North Charleston, in of the structing, and then rebuilding of concepts. what was formerly known as the Olde Vil- on Facebook Bush Roman is an artist and educator. lage Community Building. Admission is Elizabeth O’Neill She earned her Master of Fine Arts Degree free and free street parking is available on Verner Award from the University of Georgia in 2013, and Jenkins Avenue in front of the gallery, as actively exhibits her paintings regionally, well as on the adjacent streets and in park- Go to this link and nationally, and with digital publications. ing lots close by. Staff and all visitors must Her colorful and vibrant mixed media wear a face covering while they are in the “like” us! works are rooted in drawing and painting gallery and practice social distancing. Hand techniques, but also incorporate collaged sanitizer will be provided upon entry. elements from found objects or textiles that For further information check our SC have a history and story. Institutional Gallery listings, call the gallery Bush Roman’s current studio practice at 843/637-3565, e-mail to (culturalarts@ is primarily centered on work in acrylics, northcharleston.org) or visit the Arts & Duo by William Halsey, oil on paper, 11 x 15 inches watercolors, inks, chalk pastels, and collage. Culture section of the City’s website at For information: David Halsey • 843.813.7542 • [email protected] Her pieces explore color, joy, and playful- (northcharleston.org/residents/arts-and-culture/). ness and reflect an artistic response to how Page 4 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 5 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

Charleston Place 40 St. Philip Street Philip St.

SC State Ports Authority George Street George Street Market Street Passenger Terminal

King Street King S. Market Downtown Charleston Galleries US Customs House 1. Rhett Thurman Studio

Princess Alley Lingard Alley 2. Anglin Smith Fine Art

State Street State 3. Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art Concord Street Concord East Bay Street Bay East

Fulton Street Street Meeting RR 4. Helena Fox Fine Art Horlbeck Alley Cumberland Street Clifford Alley 5. Corrigan Gallery

39 Jacob’s Alley Gibbes Museum of Art

Church Street Church RR

Archdale St. Archdale Queen Street Queen Street

Dock 2 Waterfront Street

Theatre Park RR State Street State Prioleau Street Prioleau 41

Chalmers Street N. Atlantic Wharf Institutional Spaces RR Map Legend 37. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Meeting Street Meeting Washington 38. Simons Center for the Arts

Park Street Church

Parking Garage Street King RR RR Street Bay East 39. Gibbes Museum of Art 3 40. Art Institute of Charleston Gallery Surface Parking Lot Broad Street Broad Street 41. City Gallery at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Waterfront Park Public Park 4 5

RR Public Rest Rooms

Helena Fox fine Art

106-A Church Street Charleston, SC 29401 843.723.0073 www.helenafoxfineart.com Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm or by appt. Halsey - McCallum Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery Studio Charleston County Public Library Works by Main floor of the Library Corrie McCallum & William Halsey Featuring monthly exhibitions by local and regional artists paintings • graphics • sculpture Open during regular Library hours. for the discerning collector 843-805-6801 by appointment - 843.813.7542 68 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC Rhett Thurman Studio 241 King Street Charleston, SC 843-577-6066

www.rhettthurmanstudio.com also showing at Horton Hayes Fine Art 12 State St • Charleston, SC • 843-958-0014

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art The Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts College of Charleston School of the Arts 161 Calhoun St., Charleston, SC The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art is administered by the School of the Arts at the College of Charleston and exists to advocate, exhibit and interpret visual art, with an emphasis on contemporary art. https://sc.emergeamerica.org/ Mon.-Sat., 11am-4pm 843/953-4422 or at halsey.cofc.edu

Page 6 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 7 owners are always on staff as well, and can Kerssemakers, Gaston Locklear, Nicole   assist clients with commissions, decorating Robinson, and Sandra Roper. To Bluffton Redux Contemporary Art Center advice and local in-home consultations. For further information, check our SC & I-95 Artist-owners participating in the gallery Commercial Gallery Listings, call the in Charleston, SC, Features include: Norma Cable, Fran Davies, Lynne gallery at 843/577-9295 or visit (lowcoun-  Skull Creek Works by Kirsten Hoving Hardwick, Kellie Jacobs, Rana Jordahl, Ivo tryartists.com). Redux Contemporary Art Center in Public Works Art Center in Charleston, SC, is presenting Working 278 Hilton Head Stone: Photographs by Kirsten Hoving, Windmill 1 Summerville, SC, Offers New Calibogue Sound Harbour Plantation on view in Gallery 1056, through May 22, A 2021. Twenty stunning large-scale photo- William Hilton Parkway Exhibitions & a Book Signing 2 graphs of marble and granite quarries have The Public Works Art Center in Sum- E Main Street been selected from the artist’s decade-long Whooping Crane Way project for exhibition. merville, SC, is presenting three new The Mother Figure Many photographs in Working Stone exhibitions including: , 3 on view in the Center’s West Gallery, Lost explore the active quarries of Vermont, Expressway (Toll) & Found: The Assemblage Exhibition Spanish Cross Island Indigo Run 278 with scale that dwarfs the men and , on view in the Center’s East Gallery, and a Wells 4 machines that remove massive blocks Toll Booth of rock. Other photographs contemplate solo exhibit of works by local artist, Karen inactive sites, whose rock faces still bear Burnish, on view in the South Gallery. All traces of human interaction with the geo- three exhibits are on view through June 5, 2021. A 3rd Thursday event will be held on logic landscape. Work by Kirsten Hoving Marshland Rd. May 20, from 5:30-8:30pm. Hoving is fascinated by the way the images that often border on abstraction, On May 1, from 11am-2pm, the Center stone has been and is still worked – by the her photographs offer views ranging from will present a Book Signing for “Alice: Long ladders, hoses, bolts, and derricks, by the active quarries and underground caverns Sea Pines Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Charleston Re- Plantation Wexford Cove

Palmetto trucks and saws and generators. But most to abandoned sites whose rock faces still Arrow Road Club naissance Artist,” a collaboration between Enjoy local artwork in all media by Whether you’re starting out or been Shelter Cove of all, she is drawn to the stone itself, with bear that traces of human interaction with Work by Deane Bowers Toll C William Hilton Parkway authors Dwight McInvaill, Caroline Palmer Greenwood Dr. Booth 1 more than 180 exhibiting member artists. making art for years, our teaching 7 its textures, colors, lines, and marks read- the geological landscape. 10 278 and Anne Tinker. The authors will also do a are works by Karen Burnish​​. She is inspired 9 8 ing like a map of time. For further information check our SC All artwork on display in our large gallery Academy has a place for you. In-person New Orleans Dr. Hilton Head quick Q and A at 11:30am. by the works of Van Gogh and Pollock, 0QP2TQƂV The artist contemplates the startling Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center 1TICPK\CVKQP Resort Join Public Works Art Center as we and she seeks to express raw emotion to is for sale. We showcase 2D, 3D and jewelry. and online classes and workshops are Avenue Pope 752QUVCIG beauty of Vermont’s geological and histor- at 843/722-0697 or visit (www.reduxstu- Pope Ave. Executive Park Rd. Palmetto showcase an exhibition, The Mother Figure, canvas with a combination of uncut passion Exhibits change every month and Featured taught by professional art educators and D Dunes PAIDResort ical working of marble and granite. With dios.org). Shipyard 2GTOKV0Q including works from artists of varied back- and subtle depths. Her works can also be Artist receptions are free and open to the nationally recognized guest instructors. Cordillo Parkway Plantation grounds, each exploring their relationship discovered in Studio 8 at the Public Works S. Forest Beach Dr. Port Royal Sound to the mother figure. Featuring an interac- Art Center. public. Check our website for exhibit Listings change often and classes range N. Forest Beach Dr. Charleston Artist Guild in Charleston, tive wall of connection, a community photo Besides viewing these three new exhibi- dates, details and special events. from half-day to several weeks, with installation, and more. tions, the Center is also home to Sculpture Gallery Spaces Monday-Saturday from 10 AM-4 PM something sure to match your schedule Public Beach 1 Art League of Hilton Head Gallery Featured artists include: Dorneisha Bat- in the South Studio, the organization which and Sunday from noon-4 PM. and budget. Come be inspired. SC, Offers Works by Judy Walters son, Luz Celeste Figueroa, Diane Franken- purchases sculpture and places it around Atlantic Ocean 2 The Charleston Artist Guild in Charles- berger, Gwylene Gallimard, Karyn Healey, downtown Summerville; the CCAC Studio 3 ton, SC, is pleased to present Longitudes These maps are not to exact Peggy Howe, Kristi Ryba, Alexandria Gallery, the permanent home of the Carnes scale or exact distances. They Other Points of Interest and Latitudes, an exhibition featuring a Searles, and Ingrid Sibley. Crossroads Artist Cooperative; offers were designed to give readers A HHI Visitor’s Center collection of paintings by Judy Walters, on help in locating galleries and The Public Works Art Center welcomes classes in a variety of media; is home to B Hilton Head Island Public Library view from May 1 - 31, 2021. art spaces in the area. artists who specialize in found object as- local artists’ studio spaces; and offers a C Art League of Hilton Head Gallery Walters is a Charleston emerging artist semblage with the exhibit, Lost & Found: boutique gift shop. who discovered her passion for painting The Assemblage Exhibition. Artists from all Public Works Art Center is located on D Art League of HH Art Academy after retiring from business life in 2008. over South Carolina will be showcasing 3-D West Richardson Avenue, intersection of Coastal Discovery Museum @ Honey Horn “Painting has been a passion throughout my E works incorporating found objects in this West Richardson Avenue and Cedar Street, Hilton Head Island, SC 6 mile Marker life”, Walters says. “After school, business impressive display. in downtown Summerville. and raising my family, I started exploring Work by Judy Walters Featured artists include: Larry Alexis, For further information check our SC it.” She recalls the vibrant colors she was Becky Baker, Creighton Barrett, Deane Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center exposed to everyday of sunsets, winding painting trips to France, Italy, Greece, and Bowers, Tina Hirsig, Robin Howard, at 843/900-3225, e-mail to (info@public- Morris Center for Lowcountry country lanes, creeks, tomatoes, even her throughout America, Walters has trav- Morgan Kinne, Hirona Matsuda, and Jen worksartcenter.org) or visit Art League of Hilton Head dad’s smile, white against a face darkened eled the globe honing her eye for color Swearington. (www.publicworksartcenter.org/). with coal dust when he came home from the and composition. Painting outdoors, amid On view in the Center’s South Gallery continued from Page 8 Heritage in Ridgeland, SC, Features mine. colorful landscapes and dramatic water awards at a reception Friday evening, May Great Frame Up, Publix Super Markets “It is difficult to convey to the viewer the views is where she finds her deepest artistic 7, which is open to the public. Hanson Charities, Bishop Eye Associates, PA, blessings I feel while painting each sunset inspiration. Having studied with several Works by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe Art League of Hilton Head on will also lead a discussion on his selection Carolyn’s Landscaping, and Custom Audio or marsh” she says. “ I paint what I love and of Charleston’s most influential artists and process during the Critic’s Coffee event on Video. hope others also will love it. I love the wa- at the Florence Academy of Art, Walters’ Saturday morning, May 8. Attendees to ei- For further information check our SC In- ters of the Carolina coastline. Much of my paintings skillfully express her deep rever- Hilton Head Island, SC, Offers ther event can RSVP by e-mail at (gallery@ stitutional Gallery listings, call the League inspiration comes from traveling on those ence for subjects that evoke timeless beauty artleaguehhi.org). at 843/681-5060 or visit waters.” From Nantucket to the Keys, Wal- and a strong sense of place. The exhibition is sponsored by: The (www.artleaguehhi.org). ters has sketched and painted and brought For further information check our SC 27th Biennale Juried Exhibition those experiences to her studio. Thus, this Institutional Gallery listings or call Steve The Art League of Hilton Head on Hilton show, Longitudes and Latitudes. Jacobs at 843/722-2454. Head Island, SC, will present the 27th Bien- From her Kentucky roots to frequent nale, National Juried Art Exhibition 2021, Society of Bluffton Artists in Bluffton, on view in the Art League Gallery, at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, from May 4 - 26, 2021. An awards ceremony and re- SC, Offers Works by Sandy Rhodes Lowcountry Artists Gallery in ception will be held on May 7, from 5-7pm. Society of Bluffton Artists in Bluffton, RSVP by e-mail to (gallery@artleaguehhi. SC, will present Wildlife Art and More, Charleston, SC, Offers Exhibit org). A Critic’s Coffee will be offered on featuring works by Sandy Rhodes, on view May 8, from 10am-noon, $10 entry fee. from May 4 - 31, 2021. A reception will be RSVP by e-mail to (gallery@artleaguehhi. held on May 8, from 4-6pm. Focused on Farm to Table Theme org). Admirers of Lowcountry wildlife and Lowcountry Artists Gallery, located in imagery will want to schedule time to step the historic French Quarter area of Charles- into the Society of Bluffton Artists Gallery ton, SC, will present Farm to Table, an art during May. South Carolina native Sandy exhibition from May1 - 31, 2021, featuring Rhodes captures those iconic scenes and images of both nature and nurture by gallery brings them to life on canvas. Photo by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, “Jake and His Boat” artists. A reception will be held on May 1, “Painting is not a job, but a form of re- The Morris Center for Lowcountry Heri- which most recently displayed them in a from 11:30am-6pm, during Charleston’s Work by Marisa Cain laxation and enjoying being with yourself,” tage in Ridgeland, SC, will present Seasons 2016 exhibition titled Daufuskie Memories. Work by Sandy Rhodes first Saturday Gallery Stroll. says Rhodes, who taught in public and pri- of Daufuskie, featuring 20 original silver The Morris Center will offer specific The exhibit will include paintings, the most outstanding works, selected by this vate schools for many years after graduating Rhodes paints on canvas mostly, but not gelatin prints by noted photographer Jeanne programming in the summer to complement photography, and mixed media works that year’s Biennale Judge, Marc Hanson. Han- from Winthrop. always. She loves to work on wall murals, Moutoussamy-Ashe, on view from May 1 the photography exhibition. represent diverse visual impressions that son is a nationally known, award-winning The Lowcountry resident has experi- large divider screens and more. through July 31, 2021. Located in the heart of downtown Ridge- range from images of local farmland to the landscape artist currently based on Tybee mented in most mediums, but in recent “I have painted on just about anything On loan from the Columbia Museum of land on US 17, Morris Center for Lowcoun- tables and kitchens of the finest restaurants Work by David Rankin Island. He is a Master Signature Member of years has returned to her favorite oil paints. that will hold still long enough,” says Art, this exhibition features photographs try Heritage is a learning and exhibition in Charleston. Representing 100 artists from 28 states, the Oil Painters of America (O.P.A.), having Her early artwork was extremely detailed Rhodes, who also has painted on furniture, of the island community. The photogra- center dedicated to preserving and cultivat- Lowcountry Artists Gallery is the oldest including South Carolina, the 27th Bien- won awards of excellence over numer- and technical, but Rhodes has come to clothing, reclaimed wood, mailboxes and pher visited Daufuskie in the late 1970s to ing the history, culture and spirit of Ridge- artist-owned gallery in Charleston and has nale promises to be a showcase of exem- ous years at the OPA National Exhibit. He enjoy Impressionism, which allows her to pottery. capture the people and places that reflected land and its surrounding counties. Housed established exhibits for every month of the Work by Rana Jordahl plary artwork. The national call for entries has also placed four times in The Pastel make powerful statements with texture and The Society of Bluffton Artists is the the island’s unique identity. In addition to in a collection of vintage buildings, with the year based on timeless themes and events color, pastel, photography, and sculpture as attracted 735 artworks from 40 states. Top Journal’s Pastel 100 competition. Hanson color. heart of the flourishing art hub in Old Town revealing how the island’s landmarks ap- architecturally distinctive Sinclair Service that define the Lowcountry. The gallery well as in wood, glass, custom jewelry and pieces were selected based on originality of has been featured on the covers of Plein As far as subject matter, just about any- Bluffton’s historic district at the corner of peared almost 50 years ago, the exhibition Station as its focal point, the center features prides itself on its award-winning roster sweetgrass baskets. concept, composition and execution. The Air and Southwest Art Magazine, and in the thing goes — except portraits. “I know my Church and Calhoun streets. As a non-profit will show, in contrast, how the same spots ever-changing exhibitions, interactive and of regional artists and its focus on both The gallery is open seven days a week exhibition, which is the longest-running na- book Oil Painting Secrets With The Masters limit, and God did not give me that ability,” art organization, SoBA offers regular art look today. dynamic learning opportunities, cultural of- traditional and contemporary works of the and also offers an online gallery at (low- tional juried art exhibition in the area, will by Cindy Salaski. His work has been shown Rhodes says. classes, featured artist shows, exhibitions, Although Moutoussamy-Ashe was not ferings, storytelling and other forms of art. landscape, people and places, that make countryartists.com) with added functional- feature work across major media categories in museums and galleries throughout the With 12 hunting dogs, four horses and a scholarships, outreach programs and more. from South Carolina, it was important to For further information check our SC the Lowcountry such a special place in the ity that allows collectors to upload their own including three-dimensional, oil, acrylic, United States and abroad and can be found veterinarian in the family, it’s no surprise For further information check our SC her that the photographs found a home in Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center hearts of art collectors around the world. room photos and place selected artwork photography, pastel, mixed media, water- in both private and public collections. that Rhodes’ preferred subject matter is Institutional Gallery listings, call SoBA at the region. In the early 1980s, she gifted at 843/284-9227 or visit (www.morrisheri- More than 30 artists are represented, work- in the space they are considering. Artist- media and all others. Hanson will be on hand to present the animals — especially dogs. The May River 843/757-6586 or visit (www.sobagallery. the photos to the Columbia Museum of Art tagecenter.org). ing in oils, acrylics, mixed media, water- continued above on next column to the right Over $5,000 in prizes will be awarded to continued on Page 9 also is a great source of inspiration for her. com). Page 8 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 9 around with us a little longer than normal. This is a book well worth the “Table A Book Review Linda and I have been lucky to get to Top” price and you’ll be glad you got a A Book Review - Alice R. H. Smith know some of the “second” generation of copy and be supporting the Middleton Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Charles- Advisory Council. She and her husband continued from Page 6 the Charleston Renaissance who came af- Place Foundation at the same time. You’re ton Renaissance Artist divide their time between South Carolina ter Alice Smith and a few who were lucky going to find lots of interesting issues to by Dwight McInvaill with Carolina Palmer and Massachusetts. more than just flipping through pages, but you don’t often get in other biographies - to know her during that first period. talk about with family and friends. & Anne Tinker even then it’s a joy to view. There’s much filled with personal stories and materials. Copyright © 2021 Middleton Place Foun- Related Exhibitions: to learn here for anyone interested in 20th I have a habit of turning over the books dation century Charleston. we receive for reviews to a Charleston art Published by Evening Post Books, Charles- Through Jan. 10, 2022, the exhibition Unlike some scholarly biographies, this institution for their members and visi- ton, SC, 2021 Alice will be on view at Middleton Place story is told by family and close family tors to share - I think this book will hang 199 + pages and the Edmondston-Alston House, includ- friends with the kind of inside knowledge continued above on next column to the right over 200 illustrations ing almost 40 works of Alice Smith’s art Caper-Huger Smith House: 69 Church Street from ISBN 978-1-929647-52-1 featured in the book. Middleton Place is lo- “The Dwelling Houses of Charleston”, c. 1917. Hardcover cated at 4300 Ashley River Road, Charles- Conté crayon and pencil on paperboard, 16 1/4 x 21 7/8 inches. Gibbes Museum of Art / Carolina 11 1/2 x 11 1/4 ton and the Edmondston-Alston House is Art Association, Charleston, SC. Alice is available in hardcover for $60.00 located at 21 East Battery in downtown at the Middleton Place store, selected area Charleston. more remarkable considering that Atlantic bookstores and online at (shop.middleton- On view through Oct. 3, 2021, at the Gib- Street was only two small blocks long, from place.org). Net proceeds benefit Middleton bes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street, in East Bay to Meeting Street. In the heart of Place Foundation and its mission to inspire, downtown Charleston, will be Japonisme in the old historic district, the artists offered educate, and enact positive change through Charleston: Alice Smith and Her Circle and a unique experience to prospective buyers an understanding of American history. a companion exhibition Lasting Impres- of Charleston art, helping to fuel a cultural sions: Japanese Prints from the Read- renewal called the Charleston Renaissance. Simms Collection. Their images brought national attention to Alice Smith at thirty-four years old, 1910. Collec- the city and increased its growing popular- Testimonials: tion of Dwight McInvaill ity as a tourist destination.” The four of them established art studios in “A promotional booklet of 1930 advised “Renowned Charleston artist Alice Smith close proximity to each other on Atlantic visitors to proceed to Atlantic and Church was a naturalist, photographer, teacher, au- and Church Streets, and this Charleston Re- Streets where one could find the studios thor, and visual master who dedicated years naissance “artist colony” became a popular of Alice Smith (8 Atlantic Street), Eliza- to studying and depicting the Lowcountry, tourist destination. beth O’Neill Verner (3 Atlantic Street), including laborers of West African descent Such collaborations helped women Anna Heyward Taylor (79 Church Street), and their contributions to the history of artists in the South gain recognition and and Leila Waring (2 Atlantic Street). The rice cultivation. This book brings Smith’s advance their careers. However, at the time, booklet encouraged tourists to visit the creative journey to life and shows why these opportunities were only available to Charleston studios where they could buy she remains one of South Carolina’s most those who were white. In 1921 Alice joined artwork of this colorful and historic city to beloved artists.” together with other Southern artists to form take home, and on one Sunday each month, – Jonathan Green, internationally ac- the Southern States Art League, which had be served tea by the artists. Each studio had its own type of tea, and people watching Cover of the book claimed artist and Charleston’s Ambassador 1,000 active members, two-thirds of whom of the Arts; considered one of the most im- were women. The league’s annual exhibi- was a perk, according to a contemporary Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, portant painters of the Southern experience. tions offered women artists a unique oppor- newspaper account, since visitors came Charleston Renaissance Artist is a hardcov- “Writing a book is a labor of love. Alice: tunity to sell their work. Alice participated from all over, even as far away as India and er art book that vividly documents the life Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Charleston Re- actively in the league’s exhibitions through- China. Visitors would go from house to and work of one of the most celebrated (and naissance Artist is a testament to that tried out the South and funded a cash prize for house, where Charleston confections such pioneering) Charleston artists of the early and true statement. Dwight McInvaill, son the best watercolor each year. As another as cheese straws, benne biscuits, and peach 20th century. We hope you delight in Alice’s of Alice Smith’s close friend, Harry McIn- example of her collaborative approach, in leather were served, and sometimes there beautiful artwork and fascinating story as vaill, has had access to family recollections 1923 Alice, with the assistance of artist Al- was music at Alice’s studio.” much as we enjoyed producing this book! as well as a trove of correspondence, photo- fred Hutty, brought a group together to form Today, in that same area of downtown Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876–1958) graphs, and sketches unavailable earlier. He the Charleston Etchers’ Club, which had Charleston, now known as the French Quar- immortalized the beauty and history of the has benefited greatly from his collaboration nine inaugural members, seven of whom ter, you’ll find from 50 to 60 art galleries, Carolina Lowcountry and helped propel with Smith family members Anne Gaud were women. Etching was profitable, since where art walks are held certain months of the region into an important destination for Tinker and Caroline Palmer, who have each etched plate produced multiple prints the year and on some streets, every month. cultural tourism. In a career of sixty years, overseen myriad details and added skill- she defied gender expectations and gained ful polish to his manuscript. The book is a Editor’s Note: The book, Alice: Alice national acclaim. must-have for anyone interested in the art of Ravenel Huger Smith, Charleston Renais- Alice is a personal account of the artist’s the South.” sance Artist gives us more than the story life and work that draws on unpublished – Martha R. Severens, curator, Gibbes of Alice Smith as an artist, it shows us papers, letters, and interviews, told from the Museum of Art, 1976–1987, and Greenville images of Charleston many have never “After the Storm at Folly Beach”, c. 1926-1936. Watercolor on paper, 30 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches. Collection of perspective of Dwight McInvaill, a close County Museum of Art, 1992–2010; author seen, photographs of African Americans Dwight McInvaill family friend, and her family - Anne Tinker of Alice Ravenel Huger Smith: An Artist, used to make drawing and paintings, im- (Alice’s great-niece) and Caroline Palmer a Place, and a Time and The Charleston ages of the rice culture of the Lowcountry, (Alice’s great-great-niece). It is enriched by Renaissance. and info on the early commercial gallery over 200 illustrations of paintings, prints, “Dwight McInvaill presents new and scene in Charleston and at the time, what sketches, and photographs, many shared for illuminating information that provides it was like to be a woman artist in what the first time. This hardcover volume about greater clarity into Alice Smith’s relation- was considered a man’s world. Alice Smith is both an important contribu- ships, techniques, and subject matter during And, you can’t say that any better than tion to Southern art scholarship and a gor- her long and illustrious career. His many Charles Duell, Founder and President geous addition to the bookshelves of art and revelations and observations explain why Emeritus of Middleton Place Foundation history lovers. Smith’s work is so appealing and why it en- and cousin to Alice Smith who wrote the For a list of upcoming events, view a dures. While we must always consider the Foreword for this book: “This book gives calendar at (https://aliceravenelhugersmith. lens through which each of us approaches us all that and more. We meet her artistic com/events/). her work, Smith’s professional discipline, peers, feel her economic challenges, see artistic skill, and undeniable love for the the influences of her mentors, and observe Meet the Authors: Gibbes Museum of Art secure her place as her close relationship with her father in one of the most revered American artists Self Portrait, c. 1908. Watercolor on paper, 28 x 20 the context of what was happening in Dwight McInvaill directs the George- from the South.” inches. Collection of Anne Gaud Tinker. Charleston in the early twentieth century. “Moonlight on the Cooper River”, c. 1919, woodblock print on paper, 15 1/8 x 7 inches. Collection of town County Library. His focus on innova- – Angela D. Mack, executive director, which were popular with tourists. And we cannot help but applaud her Dr. & Mrs. Louis D. Wright tion as a public librarian in South Carolina Gibbes Museum of Art Alice guided and supported other artists contributions to preserving Charleston and has been recognized by The New York throughout her life, such as her student and championing the Lowcountry.” Times and Carnegie Corporation. He was a Alice the Trailblazer mentee Elizabeth O’Neill Verner. Another “The whole story, appropriately il- member of the steering committee to found mentee was Alicia Rhett, who painted a lustrated with some images never seen the Digital Public Library of America and By Anne Tinker portrait of Alice as a tribute to her beloved before, is not a curriculum vitae of Alice served on the board of the Lowcountry Rice teacher. Alicia Rhett was an artist but Smith, but rather offers an intimate view Culture Project. He has a master’s degree in Unlike most women of her time, Alice known best for her role as India Wilkes of the private side of a dynamic and library science from the University of North became a nationally renowned artist and in Gone with the Wind in 1939. Later in accomplished woman. She will long be Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has given many successful businesswoman despite little life, Alice continued to advise and support remembered as a gently fierce champion lectures on Alice Smith, a mentor and friend formal training. At the age of ten, her grand- young artists, including sharing her house of greater Charleston whom the reader can to his parents. mother told her that she should become an and giving watercolor lessons to her good embrace warmly thanks to McInvaill and Caroline Palmer is a communications, artist to earn a living. Since men dominated friend Talulah McInvaill, whose son Dwight his collaborators. It is, indeed, a stunning marketing, and human resources profession- the arts at the time, she sought out men- is the inspiration for this book on Alice. achievement.” al. A great-great-niece of Alice Smith, she tors such as Tonalist artist Birge Harrison, As a former photographer I find it has a BA in art history from Duke Univer- Japanese print collector (and distant cousin) Renaissance Endeavors interesting how Alice Smith shows how sity and an MBA from Columbia Business Motte Alston Read, and author Owen Wis- photography became a useful tool for art- School. She is a trustee of Middleton Place ter. These men contributed to her develop- Here’s one tiny excerpt from the book on ists to capture a moment in time and gave Foundation and lives with her husband and ment as an artist and helped her establish Charleston’s little art community: “Tour- them something they could take back to two daughters in Charleston, SC. connections for the marketing of her work. ism in Charleston began to expand during their studios to recreate in a painting or Anne Gaud Tinker is a retired interna- She went on to be a mentor for others, World War I when affluent visitors could drawing - there’s nothing like a photo to tional public health specialist. A great-niece including many women artists. not travel to Europe and instead looked to help you remember something. Photogra- of Alice Smith, she has graduate degrees As a leader in the cultural movement attractive stateside locals, and it became a phy has kind of replaced sketching a scene from Georgetown and Johns Hopkins of the 1920’s and 1930’s in the Carolina booming local industry in the 1920s and and completing it later. Which in turn has Universities. She is a trustee of Middleton Lowcountry, Alice collaborated closely with 1930s. Tourist guides of the time indicate made some artists good photographers. Place Foundation, on the board of the Gib- her artist friends Elizabeth O’Neill Verner, that an artist colony sprang into being in Although this book is the size of a bes Museum of Art, and a member of the Leila Waring, and Anna Heyward Taylor. the neighborhood around Alice’s studio, typical “Table Top” book, it offers much Historic Charleston Foundation’s National continued above on next column to the right This confluence of creativity was all the continued on Page 11 “Water Lilies”, c. 1937. Watercolor on paper, 20 3/4 x 16 inches. Collection of Caroline Palmer “Marsh and Egret”, c. 1924. Watercolor on paper, 16 x 21 inches. Private collection Page 10 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 11 that happen to be made of clay with increas- Artists Collective | Spartanburg since 2019, ingly less emphasis on traditional utilitar- says that during his lifetime of making and Hampton County Arts Council in ian forms. “While I celebrate the former, I selling pottery, “I’ve been to many differ- regret the loss of the latter,” he says. ent towns and cities that all had some local, Hampton, SC, Features Works by The bowls in the exhibit are “a continu- obvious extension of the artist community Upstate South Carolina ing refinement of the same forms I’ve made within. I’d never seen the like until I first 176 my entire life, with their origin all linked walked in the doors of ACS.” Gina Moore and Emrie Trent by the main qualities - function, form and The Artists Collective | Spartanburg,  Saluda, NC Hampton County Arts Council in Hamp- color. I expect these pots will be some of the located on W. Main Street, provides a forum Upstate SC Area ton, SC, is presenting two new exhibits best work I’ve ever done. I hope so.” and home for the arts and creative popula- This map is not to exact I-26 including: a large collection of mixed His work often has been described as tion of Spartanburg, providing facilities scale or exact distances. media pieces by Columbia, SC, artist Gina “‘pretty’ and ‘so functional,’ and every so and services to artist members for exhibits, It was designed to give Moore, on view in the Stanley Arts Center often ‘well-made.’ Sometimes all of the performances and creation. readers help in locating Tryon, NC and an exhibit of paintings by local artist, above,” he says. “It is always gratifying and For further information check our SC gallery and art spaces in Emrie Trent, on view in the Palmetto Gal- sometimes, even humbling.” Institutional Gallery listings or visit Upstate South Carolina. 25 lery, located in the Palmetto Theater. Both Weber, who has been a member of the (artistscollectivespartanburg.org). Landrum, SC exhibits will be on view through June 5, 2021. A Meet and Greet with the artists will 176 be held on May 1, beginning at 7pm. Light 276 refreshments will be offered and wine will Artists Collective | Spartanburg, SC, 25 be available for a cash donation. Admission Travelers Rest, SC is free. Offers Works by Local Artist Bailie Initially, Gina Moore was formally Pickens, SC I-26 Toward Gastonia, NC  Work by Gina Moore The Artists Collective | Spartanburg, SC, 123 trained as a painter, and always loved the will present In the Midst of a Trauma, which I-85 tactile qualities of paint and canvas. Moore only fine art venues in this part of the state 123 explores mental illness by local artist Bailie, Walhalla, SC 8 176 earned her BFA painting from the Univer- and remain committed to presenting fine on view in the Solomon Gallery, from May 28 sity of South Carolina, followed by an MA art of the highest caliber. We are excited to 25 Taylors, SC 4 - 29, 2021. Easley, SC Gaffney, SC 276 in illustration from Syracuse University, and present this exhibit to the community,” said Well-known Spartanburg artist Bailie’s 29 Greer, SC 29 I-85 a MFA in Painting, again from USC. John Wright, Hampton County Arts Council abusive childhood – one without a father 76 123 123 vice-chair and curator of Hampton’s two Seneca, SC figure – profoundly affected his life, lead- Clemson, SC Spartanburg, SC county owned galleries. They are located ing to his seeking therapy, which in turn I-85 at 109 & 105 Lee Avenue, in the heart of inspired him to put the spotlight on mental 76 Greenville, SC downtown Hampton, SC. illness through his art. 385 Bailie hopes viewers of the 42-piece ex- I-85 hibit will get an insight into several different I-85 mental illnesses as well as his own journey I-26 176 to recovery. Anderson, SC “I hope the show encourages people to come forward with their illnesses and not hide them,” says Bailie, a volunteer at the Artists Collective. “I want the exhibit to let them know it’s ok to have a mental illness Union, SC Work by Gina Moore and it’s not something to be held in the dark Half of the work in the Hampton show- any longer. I hope by people seeing me 385 case is nonobjective and formalistic, inte- come forward, it will convince them to, as 172 grating the juxtaposition of shapes, colors well. I want to help people feel comfortable and textures to create tensions of surfaces Work by Emrie Trent talking about it.” Laurens, SC and other formal elements using a mix of For the project, Bailie interviewed six 2D and 3D elements and materials. Next door, in the adjacent Palmetto Gal- people, all with different mental disorders. Greenwood, SC Clinton, SC 72 These nonobjective works stand in con- lery, an exhibit by local artist Emrie Trent “For each subject there will be an encaustic I-26 trast to works on the other side of the gallery will be on display. Trent is an emerging painting of them as well as a 12-question from Moore’s “Heredity Series.” These artist who is exhibiting her work for the first interview,” he explains. “There also will be works are derived from vintage family time. She favors whimsical elements and sculptural representations of their disorders I have attended a few exhibits there and photos, recapturing nostalgic memories and local scenes painted in acrylic on canvas or along with statistics and information about they have all been well done with a good personal reflections. Group and individual on found objects, like antique records. each. All who were interviewed were pre- Artists Collective | Spartanburg following. From what I have experienced portraits are rendered using mixed media The exhibits will be open by appoint- screened by a professional therapist.” by attending exhibits and from my friend, and/or graphite on various found and re- ment, Tue.-Fri., by calling 803/842-9842 or Work by Bailie Also included will be a display show- continued from Page 12 they represent the local art well.” purposed objects/surfaces, many reclaimed e-mailing to (Hamptoncountyarts@gmail. ing how Bailie’s own trauma evolved and Health and Mental Health American of “We have artists who display a variety of from antique furniture. Most pieces begin com). Additional evening and weekend affected him throughout his life. These will Spartanburg County also are supporting and Once I found my subjects, I had to chal- media in their art,” DeCrane says of the Art- with a gouache under painting, and worked open house dates will be posted on the arts include paintings, drawings and multimedia donating to the exhibit. lenge my art skills to get the depth and ists Collective. “Everyone is friendly and over with graphite and/or colored pencils. council website. pieces. “My hope is that by revealing my The works are a departure from Bailie’s substance.” supportive in many of our endeavors. I am Some works are embellished with stenciled For further information check our SC own experience, others will be inspired to usual works. “Normally my work is dark, This was DeCrane’s first attempt to work grateful to have this opportunity to exhibit patterns, typography, and incorporate col- Institutional Gallery listings or visit (www. get treatment instead of spending a lifetime fun and whimsical, but never expressions on black watercolor paper. “I’m pleased at ACS.” lage. HamptonCountyArts.org). in anguish.” of emotions,” he says “This is the first body with most of the results,” he says, adding Both DeCrane and Roberts will have “We take great pride in being one of the I have ever done from my soul expressing that he hopes his works will give viewers pieces available for purchase, ranging in how I feel inside.” “a better appreciation of watercolors and price from $25 to $300. “If I save one person, I win,” he adds. I hope they will have some satisfaction in The Artists Collective | Spartanburg, Artists Collective | Spartanburg, Bailie, a Georgia native, owns Bailie Stu- discovering something in each painting that located on W. Main Street, provides a forum dios in Spartanburg. He is on the South Car- they didn’t notice before. I hope people will and home for the arts and creative popula- olina Arts Commission roster of approved walk away with a sense of pleasure and ap- tion of Spartanburg, providing facilities SC, Features Works by Jim Weber artists in education, a former resident artist preciation for watercolors.” and services to artist members for exhibits, Artists Collective | Spartanburg, SC, will at the South Carolina School for the Deaf DeCrane, a native of Cleveland, OH, performances and creation. present Bowls: Imagine Life Without Bowls, and the Blind and former assistant director who moved to South Carolina in 2015, be- For further information check our SC Work by Patrick DeCrane featuring works by Jim Weber, on view in of the Colors program at the Spartanburg gan his formal art education in high school. Institutional Gallery listings or visit Gallery III, from May 4 - 29, 2021. Art Museum. He has taught publicly and During his military career, he traveled and (artistscollectivespartanburg.org). Jim Weber can’t imagine a world without privately for 20 years and currently is an studied art at numerous colleges. After retir- bowls, and he’s spent his life creating them adjunct professor at Wofford College. ing from the US Army, he worked for the to make sure they remain. The Artists Collective | Spartanburg, Military Officers Association for 11 years. “Bowls would have been the first of utili- located on W. Main Street, provides a forum He then opened, owned and operated a bed Greenville Technical College in Taylors, tarian vessel forms,” says the artist, a native and home for the arts and creative popula- Work by Gale Roberts and breakfast for 10 years with his life part- of Greenville, SC. “Everybody uses bowls, Work by Bailie tion of Spartanburg, providing facilities view?” ner, Michael Thomas. Ready to retire after from the poorest ‘disposable’ tea-bowl to The local community is supporting the and services to artist members for exhibits, DeCrane, a member of the Artists Collec- three careers, DeCrane continued to expand SC, Offers High School Art Exhibition the most elegantly displayed tureen. Life as project with several public and private performances and creation. tive | Spartanburg since 2016, was inspired his art skill by taking classes in pastels and Greenville Technical College in Taylors, instructor. She earned a BFA from the Acad- we know it would not function without the Works by Jim Weber donations, which Bailie hopes will make For further information check our SC to do the exhibit to “challenge my water- most recently watercolors. He was chair- SC, is presenting the 31st Annual Upstate emy of Fine Arts (Accademia di Belle Arti), simple bowl.” As a young child, Weber watched local it possible for the multimedia works to Institutional Gallery listings or visit color skills. Painting a window is simple. person of the Bowling Green Arts Commis- High School Art Exhibit, on view in the Col- Rome and an MFA from the University of Weber has been a full-time potter most potters demonstrate their skills at a local become a traveling exhibit reaching more (artistscollectivespartanburg.org). Painting a reflection in a window requires sion in Bowling Green, Va., and set up and lege’s Benson Campus Galleries, through Colorado Boulder where she also taught of his life; 2021 is the 50th year of his mak- arts festival. “The community would have people. The Carolina Center for Behavioral more skill. This is also true with painting a managed The Sidney King Art Center and May 7, 2021. Printmaking and Foundations. Her work has ing the vessels from clay. to survive with one less fireman or police- wine glass with reflections.” coordinated three art events a year. The Department of Visual Arts at been featured in numerous solo and group Visitors to the exhibit will see bowls of man or doctor or whatever. I wanted to be a Gale Roberts has been painting only “I have been painting and drawing most Greenville Technical College is pleased to exhibitions across the globe and her work is varying shapes and sizes of decorative and potter. about three years, and the works in the show of my adult life,” says DeCrane, who has announce the 31st Annual Upstate High included in a number of public and private functional purposes. “The tens of thousands “My pots are for the most part ves- Artists Collective | Spartanburg, represent her creations over the past two two grown children and three grandchildren. School Art Exhibit. The exhibition of 96 collections including UNESCO, Italy; Stara I’ve made before these have a major part in sels,” he adds. “The potters of my earliest years. “I enjoy painting, and I hope others He and Thomas live in Greer, SC, with their works showcases the quality of Upstate Zagora Art Gallery, Bulgaria; Zuckerman the making of these that will be on display.” memories made traditional, utilitarian sorts will enjoy what I’ve painted. They will see “loyal” West Highland terrier Mysie. high school art instruction as evidenced by Museum of Art and SGC International Those in the exhibit will be available for of pots. Those influences shaped me into SC, Features Works by Patrick birds, animals and other things that put a “While I enjoy painting with acrylics the success of these students from twelve Archives, United States, plus Centro de Arte purchase, ranging in price from $10 to $200 the potter I am today as surely as I shape smile on my face and make me feel good. and pastels, I find watercolors the most Upstate high schools. Participating instruc- Faro Cabo Mayor, Spain. or more. my own work. Function, form and color are DeCrane and Gale Roberts I hope the viewers will get the same warm enjoyable,” DeCrane says. “I also find great tors selected the entries to represent their With care and consideration Restaino Weber was inspired to do the exhibit my primary considerations when potting. The Artists Collective | Spartanburg, well as a reflection of what’s beyond, the feelings I had while I was painting them.” satisfaction in drawing with pencil and program. The exhibition is comprised of chose the 2021 award winners. She states, because “I’m good at making bowls. I have I rarely embellish or sculpt artistic designs SC, will present Reflections and Substance, Upstate artists say. The exhibition includes DeCrane’s pieces for the exhibit were charcoal.” nine categories including both two-dimen- “It has been a tough year for teaching and spent the most time at my wheel, making as an act of creative composition. I use featuring works by veteran artist Patrick watercolors by DeCrane and acrylic paint- created over the past year and include some Roberts, a native of Pennsylvania, retired sional and three-dimensional works and learning during the pandemic. Teachers had bowls, these past 50 years. Bowls are the clay more as a building material than as a DeCrane and relative newcomer to the art ings by Roberts. subjects that are characteristic of much of to the Greenville area several years ago. video. to adopt another way of teaching and stu- first firings of basically every beginning canvas on which to paint – less artist, more scene Gale Roberts, on view in Gallery II, “There are often reflections in everything his works, such as classic cars and vintage She says she decided to exhibit because her Roberta Restaino was the juror for this dents had to adapt to another way of learn- pottery student. Bowls can connect a lot of engineer.” from May 4 - 29, 2021. A reception will be we see each day, and we don’t notice them,” items, “but the skill and depth in creating good friend DeCrane suggested she join year’s show. Restaino, originally from Italy, ing… As a result, despite the circumstances, visual space, and so, are a very practical Weber says the trend in pottery today held on May 20, from 5-9pm. says DeCrane. “Stop. Look closely. What my work is a departure of what I have done him in the show. “I think the Artists Collec- moved to South Carolina from Colorado students were able to make incredible work. means of decorating large modern rooms in seems to lean heavily toward objects of art The exhibition should provide viewers reflections do you see beyond your initial previously. Once I had the idea, I had to tive | Spartanburg is a good place to exhibit. to join Greenville Tech’s Department of I must also congratulate the Art Instructors home or office.” continued above on next column to the right with a window into the everyday world as continued on Page 13 spend some time searching for the subjects. continued above on next column to the right Visual Arts in the fall of 2020 as a full-time continued on Page 14 Page 12 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 13 MEET SOME OF GREENVILLE’S BIGGEST ARTS SUPPORTERS IN 2020...

At the 2020 Metropolitan Arts Council (MAC) annual meeting on March 22, 2021, the following individuals received recognition for steadfast and generous support of Greenville’s arts scene. Their support has been especially crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brittany Timmons Rosa Eisenstadt ANN C. SHERARD YOUNG MAC LIFELONG SUPPORT OF SUPPORTER OF THE ARTS THE ARTS AWARD AWARD Rosa truly has a passion for Greenville’s As a board member of the Greenville arts community. This is evident in her very Symphony Orchestra, Brittany serves generous level of support of the Greenville on the Executive Committee and is the Jewish Film Festival, Carolina Youth Endowment Campaign Co-Chair. She Symphony and Greenville Symphony has been instrumental in navigating Orchestra. She is a former member of the the Greenville Symphony through the Symphony Guild. She has also supported challenges presented by the COVID-19 the Greenville Center for Creative Arts, pandemic, working tirelessly in the areas WKH 8SFRXQWU\ +LVWRU\ 0XVHXP 7KH of fund raising and management while Warehouse Theatre and the Metropolitan ensuring the stability of the endowment. Arts Council.

Dove Dupree Mary Leslie Anderson CARRIE AND SKIP GORDON CARL R. BLAIR EDUCATOR AWARD EMERGING TEACHING As principal of League Academy of ARTIST AWARD Communication Arts, Mary Leslie Anderson Dove is a SmartARTS Teaching Artist, invests in the education of those who will lyricist, actor and educator as well as a shape how the city grows and prospers Button Poetry feature, a Southern Fried in the future. In a variety of roles, from Finalist and a National Poetry Slam semi- English teacher, to instructional coach ȴQDOLVW +H VSHQW WKH IDOO DQG ZLQWHU to assistant principal, she has served bringing in-person curriculum-based Greenville County Schools for 20 years. arts integration learning to impact the Mrs. Anderson has created a vision for academic achievement of the children of League Academy to include the infusion Art & Light Gallery in essential workers. of arts education, literacy integration and Greenville Technical College multidisciplinary learning in each grade continued from Page 13 Greenville, SC, Features Works level and content area. and acknowledge their skills to enable the abilities of these students.” Restaino has singled out 23 works for cash awards. by Eli Warren & Eric Benjamin Windows by Lanah Kelly from Hillcrest Art & Light Gallery in Greenville, SC, Jeff Holland Cecilia Ho High School is the 31st AUHSAE Best in will present Of Nature and Man, featuring Show. Restaino, found herself immediately works by Eli Warren and Eric Benjamin, THE DR. MARTHA R. THE SEW-EURODRIVE MINORITY drawn to Windows. “The work captured my on view from May 4 - 29, 2021. A recep- WESTROPE TEACHING ARTIST TEACHING ARTIST FELLOW attention for the extremely sensitive use tion will be held on May 7, from 6-8pm. FELLOWSHIP &HFLOLD R΍HUV IHOWLQJ GHPRQVWUDWLRQV DQG of charcoal and graphite. The longer than Local artists, Eric Benjamin and Eli usual portrait format, the angled position of Warren, collaborate using photography -H΍ +ROODQG KDV EHHQ DQ LQWHJUDO SDUW RI workshops at museums, galleries, art & the face, and the implied diagonal line of and oil paint to create a collection exhibit- the local music scene in Greenville for ȴEHUIHVWLYDOVDQGORFDOEXVLQHVVHVDFURVV the eyes activate the gaze that engages the ing the beauty and wildness that connect the past four decades as a drummer and the United States and Canada through viewer. The portrait captures the immediacy nature and man. music teacher. With this fellowship he will her business, FELTasticFashion. As a of the woman’s feelings. You sense her joy, work with Greenville County teachers in SmartARTS Teaching Artist, Cecilia spent contentment, or perhaps relief in this mo- high-poverty schools to integrate the arts the fall and winter bringing in-person ment.” into their South Carolina Standards based arts integration learning to impact the The recording of the Awards Presenta- curriculum at no cost to schools. academic achievement of the children of tion Zoom that includes images of all award essential workers. winners is available at (www.gvltec.edu/ dva). Click on Benson Galleries and find the link there. Images of the award winners can be found on the DVA Facebook page Kelly Davis and Instagram. All participating students and their instructors will receive a printed exhibition catalog that pictures all award CARRIE AND SKIP GORDON TEACHING ARTIST AWARD winners and lists all exhibiting students. A SmartARTS Teaching Artist and a teaching artist with The Warehouse Theatre, Kelly has performed in Upstate SC Thank you to the Metropolitan Arts Work by Eric Benjamin with Mill Town Players, Centre Stage and Greenville Chorale. Kelly spent time this fall and winter bringing in-person Council, Netalytics, APCO Plastics, Reel curriculum-based arts integration learning to impact the academic achievement of the children of essential workers. Video and Stills, and the Greenville Tech relationships. Foundation for generously making the Warren’s collection of photographs AUHSAE awards possible. explore the inherent relationship between Gallery hours are: Mon.-Thur., 8am-7- man and nature. By juxtaposing the hu- Work by Lanah Kelly, Best of Show winner man figure with elements of nature, the MAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARDS pm, and Fri., 9am-5pm. Galleries are open Work by Eli Warren to the public. Masks are required. Fleming Markel, Gallery Director at (flem- contrast of surfaces as well as similarity of 0$& LV YHU\ JUDWHIXO IRU WKH JHQHURXV ȴQDQFLDO VXSSRUW SURYLGHG E\ ERDUG For further information check our SC In- [email protected]) or visit The two artists find themselves fasci- organic forms develop amidst this series PHPEHUV5RJHU$EOHV(GLWK+DUGDZD\&KULV.DYROXVDQG$QQH:RRGV stitutional Gallery listings, call Pat Owens, (www.gvltec.edu/dva). nated by the uniqueness and diversity in of black and white images. These images Gallery Assistant at 864/250-3051, e-mail both trees and people. Benjamin intention- remind the viewer that no matter how far ally places his tree forms in relationships we progress, humans are part and parcel So you’re the Marketing Director of a visual arts organization, art muesum, arts center, in which humans find themselves- em- of nature, rather than a separate entity liv- arts council or artist guild and you’re wondering why you never see the exhibits bracing, dancing, or crowding together on ing alongside it. a busy street corner. In this past year of For further information check our SC presented at your facility included here. Maybe you’re the owner of a commercial art View the full presentation of the 2020 TD gallery and you’ve never seen your exhibits included with others presented in your area. social distancing and quarantine, the long- Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- You might even be an individual artist who is having an exhibit in a non-profit space or ing for interaction and connection have lery at 864/252-5858 or e-mail to (art@ Bank Business & the Arts Partnership Awards commercial space and you don’t see your exhibits included. become more prevalent than ever before artandlightgallery.com). and the 2020 MAC Annual Meeting by visiting My question to you is - How long will you put up with that before you ask someone, leading Benjamin to explore this desire for greenvilleARTS.com. “Why that is the case?” You can contact us by calling 843/693-1306 or by e-mail at - [email protected] If you’re not included - it’s your fault. but do it before the 24th of the month prior to our next issue.

Page 14 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 15 Calling All Visual Artists in the Four State Area South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee RICE, QUEENS & COLLARD GREENS Artists Collective | Spartanburg u u May 10 - June 30 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition Reception: June 30, 2021 5 - 7pm

Artists Collective | Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC invites Awards & Prizes all visual artists, 18 years and older, residing in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee to apply First Place - $2500 for acceptance to the 2021 Annual Juried Exhibition. Second Place - $1000 Entries will be accepted Sun July 4 - Sat July 31, 2021 Third Place - $500 at appliedarts.artistscollectivespartanburg.org

Merit Awards - $500+ This is the third regional, juried exhibition presented by the Collective to showcase the amazing diversity of work within this southern region.

The exhibition will take place within our 2000 square-foot Solomon Gallery at Artists Collective | Spartanburg

This Year's Jurors

Mary Erickson Co-founder American Tonalist Society, Founder The Nanatuck Group

Denise C. Woodward-Detrich Director Lee Gallery at Clemson University, Senior Lecturer of Art Natalie Daise creative catalyst, artist and storyteller For more info visit artistscollectivespartanburg.org/2021-juried-exhibition Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery 210 West Frederick Street • Gaffney, SC

578 West Main Street, (864)487-6244•[email protected] Spartanburg, SC

(864) 804 - 6501 www.getintogaffney.com Cherokee County Alliance of Visual Arts

Page 16 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 17 Cherokee Alliance of Visual Artists Jerald Melberg Gallery in Charlotte, Queens University of Charlotte, NC, Orangeburg County Fine Arts in Gaffney, SC, Features Works by NC, Offers Works by Brian Rutenberg Offers Virtual ARTE LATINO NOW 2021 Center in Orangeburg, SC, Please visit the ARTE LATINO NOW 2021 Virtual Exhibition, Performance and Lowcountry Artist Natalie Daise Readings, at (https://artelatinonowquclt. Reopens With Group Exhibition The Cherokee Alliance of Visual Artists dropmark.com/945645 ) the tenth annual The Orangeburg County Fine Arts Cen- (CAVA) in Gaffney, SC, will present Rice, exhibition sponsored by The Center for ter in Orangeburg, SC, will present Paper Queens and Collard Greens, featuring Latino Studies at Queens University of and Steel, featuring works by Una Kim, paintings by Lowcountry artist, Natalie Da- Charlotte, NC, in partnership with Queens’ Janet Kozachek, John Glenn Wright and ise, on view in the Gaffney Visitors Center’s Departments of Art, Design and Music and Glenn Saborosch, on view in the Center’s CAVA Art Gallery, from May 8 through World Languages, and artist Edwin Gil. Lusty Gallery, from May 5 through June June 30, 2021. A closing reception will be The exhibit will be taken down on Sept. 30, 30, 2021. A reception will be held on May held on June 30, from 5-7pm. The public is 2021. 5, from 6-8pm. The Arts Center abides by invited. Masks and social distancing will be ARTE LATINO NOW seeks to highlight CDC guidelines regarding social distancing expected. the exciting cultural and artistic contribu- and masks are required. The show will include 18 paintings, tions of Latinos in the United States. We The theme and focus of this exhibition including several smaller and a few larger invite artists who self-define as Latino and are best described by Janet Kozachek: “In works. Much of her work explores the rich live and work in the United States to submit eastern aesthetic, color was thought to traditions of her African-American heritage an original creative work in their medium appeal to the emotions but black and white and Gullah Geechee communities. Accord- of choice. Categories considered include was considered the art of the intellect.” Ko- ing to CAVA’s exhibit committee her style New Media, Visual Arts, Performing Arts zachek and Kim’s black and white delicate depends on bold images and makes bold (including dance, theater, and music) and pieces, ink on mulberry paper, are subtlety statements. Creative Writing. Queens has been pleased moving and emotive, narrating their titles. For more than 30 years, Daise has de- to support this event since 2012 and is veloped and facilitated interactive learning Work by Natalie Daise Work by Brian Rutenberg excited that entries have increasingly been experiences for educators, students, and submitted from across the United States. audiences in schools, universities, confer- art arise from the oral tradition. I explore the Jerald Melberg Gallery in Charlotte, of time because I had buck teeth and was This exhibition features the works of Work by Gina Esquivel Work by Janet Kozachek ences, and other venues. Her belief in the continuum of storytelling through the use of NC, will present BRIAN RUTENBERG: horrible at sports. Little did I know, the Latino artists selected through a national positive power of stories is demonstrated various mediums, surfaces, and natural and Point of Pine, on view from May 1 directness and simplicity of those stud- competition and will include works by Tina tories that highlight the personal stories of says he accomplishes this “with lines that in her speaking as well as in the perform- found materials, allowing the hand and eye through June 12, 2021. ies would provide me with a lifetime of Alberni, Luis Ardila, Adorable Monique, individual Latino immigrants. We are in the represent muscle and bone against negative ing and visual arts. A self taught, visionary to move a story into a place deeper, perhaps, Jerald Melberg Gallery is pleased to imagery.” Bakalao, George Banda, Noel Caban, process of establishing a method to make space to create tension that suggests move- artist, Daise’s painting and functional art then sound. This exploration reveals what present a solo exhibition of new abstract “I do one thing. All of my paintings Lenny Campello, Lilian Capel, Betty Cole, these oral histories available to research- ment. “ pieces arise from the tradition of storytell- may be hidden behind the words. The landscape paintings by Brian Rutenberg. begin and end with the same image, a tree Carolina Corona, Melissa Coss Aquino, ers. The Center is also developing embed- ing. process of playing with and discovering With these new oil paintings on linen and trunk and its shadow. That immovable Rodrigo Dorfman, Esteban Erausquin, Gina ded research in classes to create a greater She has been married to Ron Daise, what my hands and the materials will do paper, the artist returns once again to his point of contact: a trunk and a shadow Esquivel, Oswaldo Estrada, Yesenia Flores awareness of Latino artists, musicians and her cheerleader, supporter, and committed is my spiritual practice and, as such, rises reflections on the landscapes of the South moving away from it. The sound of the Díaz, Carla Forte, Isabella Gamez, J. Leigh writers in the US by providing increased partner in creativity and life since 1985. from an intensely personal place. My family Carolina Lowcountry. This is Rutenberg’s bell as it leaves the bell. A trunk and its Garcia, Edwin Gil, Catalina Gomez-Beuth, visibility on a national level, and multiple They have two children, Sara and Simeon, of origin as well as the family I have cre- eighth solo exhibition with the gallery. shadow say, ‘This is here.’ By paying Irisol Gonzalez, GusTavo Guerra Vasquez, Queens faculty have increased participation by birth, and one, Sabrina, by heart. Daise ated with my partner are important to this Rutenberg states, “All of the paintings attention and drawing them in detail with Madeline Hernandez, Juan Hinojosa, in Charlotte area initiatives supporting the earned a BA degree from Vermont College practice. Much of my work explores the in this new series called ‘Point of Pine’ pencil on paper, I can respond, “I am Anneliese Horst, Michael Irrizary-Pagan, Latino community. See Student Products in 1992 and a MA in the area of Creativity rich traditions of the African American and are meditations on imaginary trees as seen here.’” Cristy Jadick, Elizabeth Jiménez Monte- here at (https://queenslatinostudies.wixsite. Studies in 2014. Gullah Geechee communities that nurture through veils of South Carolina Low- “Whenever I walk in the woods, I carry longo, Zoe Kiefreider, Kikesa Kimbwala com/queenslatinostudies). Best known as “Ms. Natalie” on Nick my own creativity, as well as the process by country heat. The solitary tree has been a a stick with which to poke and point (a DeRobles, Beatriz Ledesma, Mikey Mar- Dr. Michele Shaul, the Director of the Jr.’s award-winning television program, which creative action shapes the communi- primary image in my work for forty-five practice gleaned from reading about Walt rero, Tina Medina, Kurma Murrain, Carlos Center for Latino Studies, co-founded and “Gullah Gullah Island”, Daise is commit- ties themselves.” years; my first paintings were watercolors Whitman). I pretend that my eyes are Nuñez, Rafael Osuba, Maite Pensado, co-edits in collaboration with Dr. Kathryn Work by Una Kim ted to making presentations that entertain, The Gaffney Visitors Center and the of a loblolly pine near my childhood home on the tip of the stick as it tracks across Gladys Poorte, Juan Ramirez, Rosibel Quinn-Sánchez of Georgian Court Univer- Una Kim’s “Dancers” series, as she states educate, empower and inspire. CAVA Gallery is housed in Gaffney’s classi- in Myrtle Beach…Little did I know, the bumpy surfaces, creating a material corre- Ramirez, Alberto Roblest, Roxana Rojas- sity the literary journal Label Me Latina/o in her artist statement, explore “polarizing Daise has received South Carolina’s cal, turn of the century post office on W. directness and simplicity of those stud- spondence between the thing and its rela- Luzon, Florencia Rusiñol, Patricia Schaefer (www.labelmelatinao.com). Label Me forces while capturing memories, imprints, highest honor, The Order of the Palmetto Frederick Street in Gaffney. The gallery is ies would provide me with a lifetime of tion to me. A tree doesn’t follow the laws Röder, Maria Senkel, Melody Shanahan, Latina/o is an online, refereed international and voices between them. Coming from and the South Carolina’s Jean Laney Harris open Mon.-Thur., from 8:30am-5pm and imagery.” of perspective but is a complex bundle of Carlos Solis, Mano Sotelo, Alexey Taran, e-journal that focuses on Latino Literary another country (South Korea) and living in Folk Heritage Award, given for lifetime Fri., from 8:30am-3:45pm. overlapping and converging lines which Al Torres, Anya Uscocovich-Dager, Héctor Production in the United States in the twen- a foreign land have taught me to appreciate achievement and excellence in folk art. For further information check our SC In- make sense from every viewpoint. Our Vaca Cruz, Paul Valadez, Beatriz Vasquez, tieth and twenty-first centuries. The journal the in-betweens.” Daise offers the following Artist’s State- stitutional Gallery listings, call Shelba Cook eyes can’t view a tree in a single snapshot, Cristina “Trinity” Vélez-Justo, Liliana invites scholarly essays focusing on these “With its quiet economy of form, Paper ment, “A professional storyteller and self- at 864/490-0609 or call the Visitors Center but in hierarchies of information, we no- Wilson, and Carlos Zepeda. writers for its biannual publication. Label and Steel invites the viewer to reflect, rather Work by Glenn Saborosch taught artist, my paintings and multi-media at 864/487-6244. tice one thing, then another, and another.” ARTE LATINO NOW is a project of Me Latina/o also publishes creative literary than react, and elicits the meditative state Kozachek’s summarizes Paper and Steel, “I compose my landscape paintings pieces whose authors self-define as Latina of mind necessary as a precursor to an her vision for the space that is Orangeburg with these hierarchies in mind; one thing or Latino regardless of thematic content. exploration of the role of self in society.” County Fine Arts Center’s Lusty Gallery, Arts Council of York County in Rock may appear more important than another Interviews of Latino or Latina authors will Kozachek’s further interpretation of the “This is an exhibition for the contempla- but, like a tree, the image must work as also be considered. Label Me Latina/o is commonality and complimentary narrative tive, Paper and Steel seeks to engage, rather a cohesive whole, no matter where you indexed by the MLA International Bibliog- of Paper and Steel’s four artists. than enrage, question rather than proclaim, Hill, SC, Offers Works by Glen Miller focus. The Western eye is trained to read raphy, is listed in the MLA Directory of Pe- John Glenn Wright’s exploration, and celebrate rather than condemn. The The Arts Council of York County in from left to right. Therefore I com- riodicals and is a member of Latinoameri- through the media of paper on marker, use of steel, ink and charcoal does this by Rock Hill, SC, is presenting Considering pose with this lateral span in mind. My cana: Asociación de revistas académicas en produced his series “Alternate Facts” as a means of techniques and materials that span the Path, works by Glen Miller, on view in Work by Brian Rutenberg landscape paintings don’t rely on linear Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Our means of investigating a problem, concept, thousands of years, making the exhibition a the Dalton Gallery at the Center for the Arts, perspective to establish pictorial depth, articles are discoverable on EBSCOhost or social issue in depth.” Wright adds, “I living extension of both natural and ancient through June 13, 2021. A reception will be A South Carolina native, Rutenberg but are more akin to Egyptian friezes, in Work by Alberto Roblest research databases. ISSN 2333-4584 interrogate the recently articulated phenom- history.” held on May 6, from 4-7pm. received a BFA from the College of which a wide entablature is decorated with The projects undertaken by the Center enon of ‘alternate facts’; a persistent inten- Paper and Steel opens on May 5, at the Miller’s current body of work incorpo- Charleston and an MFA from the School reliefs rhythmically arranged across shal- Queens’ Center for Latino Studies which for Latino Studies seek to tell the story of tion to evade, avoid, disregard, or reshape extensively renovated Orangeburg County rates several interrelated themes drawn from of Visual Arts in New York City. He was low space. However, rather than a pan- began more than eighteen years ago because the Latino presence in the greater Charlotte “objective”, provable, confirmable ‘truth’.” Fine Arts Center, located at 649 Riverside personal experience. The imagery for this awarded an honorary doctorate from the oramic view from a static vantage point, I of the belief that the “hispanization/lati- area and, in some cases nationally and in- Glenn Saborosch’s welded steel sculp- Drive, Orangeburg, SC, 29115. work is largely from his experiences wan- College of Charleston and delivered the want your gaze to travel across the terrain nization” of the American South and the ternationally, not only recording history and tures, intricate three-dimensional works, For further information check our SC dering the mountain trails and his South- commencement speech in the spring of like a tracking shot in a film, as if you’re southern Piedmont in particular is one of the culture, but also opening dialogue between evoke the “feeling of movement.” The lines Institutional Gallery listings, call Vivian ern Appalachian roots. The work reflects 2018. Among his numerous awards and wandering in the woods, not talking, just South’s and one of the United States’ most people about the future of the community in and spaces in his “Home Grown” series are Glover at 803/606-7770 or visit (https:// Miller’s love for natural design and native achievements, he is a Fulbright Scholar, a walking.” Work by Glen Miller compelling stories. Latino and Latin Ameri- which we live. Such dialogue will encour- expressing the intricate and aspirant har- orangeburgarts.org/). flora, his interest in the human connection to New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow “As I move around to the other side of can migration to the South has dramatically age creative and cooperative solutions to mony of delicacy and strength. Saborosch the natural world, and questioning the often elers Rest, SC, and is represented locally by and an Irish Museum of Modern Art Work the tree, that which was hidden becomes changed the region’s workforce, economy, problems and create a more humane and disconnected inventions of culture that we Hampton III Gallery in Greenville, SC. Programme Recipient. Since 1985 Ruten- visible. Likewise, a painting doesn’t culture, politics and everyday life. generous community. use to give meaning to our lives. Miller’s More information can be found at (york- berg has been honored with over 100 reveal itself all at once, but in flecks of Among other efforts, the Center for La- For questions about the ARTE LATINO goal is not to record actual experience but to countyarts.org/2021consideringthepath). gallery and museum exhibitions across the partial recognition. I love parades and tino Studies at Queens University of Char- NOW FALL 2021 exhibit, please e-mail create images which suggest the moment, Exhibits in the Dalton Gallery at the Cen- United States, including the Hoyt Center processionals for this reason. A proces- lotte has collected more than 100 oral his- Michele Shaul at ([email protected]). the remembered, the residual, the elements ter for the Arts are sponsored by O’Darby’s for the Arts (New Castle, PA), Saginaw sional abandons its starting point. Travel Visit that become story. Often these are quiet Fine Wine & Spirits. Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, and Greenville eliminates its origins. We are where we places far removed from the constructs of While at the Center for the Arts, please County Museum of Art (SC). go. I paint because I can never see enough society. wear a facial covering at all times and Rutenberg offers the following state- places. So, I return to one. My move- Sumter County Gallery of Art in Carolina Arts Miller has a BFA in drawing and painting maintain social distancing. The capacity ment about his exhibition, “Humidity ment becomes a tree, the tree becomes a from East Tennessee State University and of the building is limited to 50 visitors. made me a painter. All of the paintings thought, and the thought returns me to the Sumter, SC, Features Works by an MA in Studio Art and Education from Please schedule an appointment to visit the in this new series called Point of Pine are wealth of humidity.” on Facebook the University of South Florida with further galleries in advance. Please be advised that meditations on imaginary trees as seen Jerald Melberg Gallery is located on graduate study from the University of Ten- the facility may be closed when the capac- through veils of South Carolina Low- South Sharon Amity Road near the inter- Beverly Y. Smith & Darien A-Johnson nessee. A native of East Tennessee, Miller ity reaches the maximum stated limit, for country heat. The solitary tree has been a section with Providence Road. The Sumter County Gallery of Art in in Rock Hill, SC. In addition to being a began his teaching career in South Carolina cleaning, and for private appointments. Find primary image in my work for forty-five For further information check our NC Sumter, SC, is presenting two new exhibi- working artist, Smith was art educator for Go to this link and in 1979. He was a public school art teacher updated COVID-19 Visitation Guidelines at years; my first paintings were watercol- Commercial Gallery listings, call the gal- tions including: Beverly Y. Smith: Ancestral the Charlotte Mecklenburg School District for seventeen years, taught adult classes (https://www.yorkcountyarts.org/visit). ors of a loblolly pine near my childhood lery at 704/365-3000 or visit Threads and Darien A-Johnson: Fractured as a high school Visual Arts teacher for 28 “like” us! and workshops, and taught at the university The Center for the Arts is located on home in Myrtle Beach, where I spent a lot (www.jeraldmelberg.com). Fictions, both on view through June 18, years before retiring in 2012. level for 20 years. Since his first solo exhi- East Main Street, in the Cultural District of 2021. Smith constructs collage-like art quilts. bition at Hampton III Gallery in 2003 the Downtown Rock Hill. The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the month Smith grew up and lives in Charlotte, The surface is layered with machine stitch- artist has had 23 solo exhibitions and has For further information check our SC In- prior to the next issue. This will be May 24th for the June 2021 issue and NC. She received a BS in Psychology from ing, hand embroidery, paint, transferred im- been represented in many group and juried stitutional Gallery listings, call the County June 24 for the July 2021 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD. ages, found objects and graphite drawings. exhibitions and is represented in several at 803/328-2787 or visit (http://www. exhibit runs into the next month. She earned her BA in Art Education from Her figures come from live models and personal and academic collections. The yorkcountyarts.org). But don’t wait for the last minute - send your info now. the University of North Carolina, graduat- photographs based on family members or And where do you send that info? artist currently maintains a studio near Trav- E-mail to ([email protected]). ing magna cum laude, and earned a Master people of personal importance, transform- of Art Education from Winthrop University continued on Page 20 Page 18 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 19

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10 sewn quilts, which took on a rhythmic H pattern similar to Kente cloth with verti- A SC State Museum cal strips, bright colors, and asymmetrical B Wachovia Gallery/Library improvisation. A simple piece of fabric GERVAIS C Columbia Museum of Art can hold family truths from generations D Columbia Convention Center back. My grandmother’s quilts consisted Maps of Columbia, SC’s GADSDEN of leftover scraps from my aunts’ worn Commercial & Institutional Gallery Spaces out dresses, my uncle’s ripped jeans, and MOUSE HOUSE, Inc. calico, faded floral tablecloths from several Thanksgiving dinners. Conversations with 2123 Park Street, Columbia, SC 29201 1 my 98-year-old mother, grandmother, and Assembly Assembly aunts have always inspired me to base my (803) 254-0842 D artworks on the Antebellum South – expres- LINCOLN Lady Taylor Hampton

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surface, Beverly Y. Smith and Darien A- GERVAIS Johnson both explore memory, material and mark making in their respective mediums. Sumter County Gallery of Art is committed to continually challenging our audience and institution. Carolina Arts is on It goes without saying that presenting Work by Darien A-Johnson these artists reiterates SCGA commitment Visit A-Johnson’s work addresses thoughts of to presenting culturally diverse contem- Twitter! art supplies • framing • gallery memory, technological integration, mark porary artists and reflects a commitment artist classes • reception hall rental making, and perceptual consciousness. He to changing mindsets while serving all the Carolina Arts has found clay to be a relevant medium citizens of Sumter. As with all that we do Sign up to follow to explore the relationship of illusion and here at the gallery, these exhibitions would form, thought and physicality. A-Johnson not be possible without the generous sup- Tom’s Tweets, click below! on Facebook 1224 Lincoln St. Columbia, SC 29201 recently went from being a studio artist in port of our community sponsors: Rep. J. (803) 252-3613• www.cityartonline.com Copenhagen, Denmark, to join Georgia David Weeks and the Weeks Law Firm, Ben State University, Atlanta, GA as an As- Griffith - State Farm, Tammy Kelly - State sistant Professor. His work represents the Farm, and the Sumter County Cultural Go to this link and current entanglement of human cognition Commission. Your Ad Here and digital processing. For further information check our SC “like” us! The recent proliferation of the camera/ Institutional Gallery listings, call the Gal- phone enables us to record spontaneously. lery at 803/775-0543 or visit (http://www. Reach our readers with this size ad, Experience is interrupted to capture and sumtergallery.com). our smallest starting at $10 store moments. The recordings are used To start in the next issue call 843/693-1306 or Stormwater Studios in Columbia, twitter.com/carolinaarts e-mail to ([email protected]) SC, Features Works by Lucy Bailey and K. Wayne Thornley Stormwater Studios in Columbia, SC, will present Figuratively Speaking – In- terpretations of the Human Form, featur- ing works by Lucy Bailey and K. Wayne Thornley, on view from May 19 - 29, 2021. A reception will be held on May 20, from 6-9pm and an Artists’ Talk will be offered on May 29, from 3-5pm. After concepting the show last year, the two Midlands artists each began working on a new series which explores very different approaches to representing the human form. While elements and images of the human Work by K. Wayne Thornley form have been a part of both artists’ work present whimsical, regal, or stoic personali- for years, this is the first time they have ties. New work for this exhibition diverges worked collaboratively on the theme. in new directions with monochromatic Lucy Bailey’s ceramic sculptures pieces, metallic accents, and masks. incorporate multiple textures and surface “Throughout my work I commonly use treatments in their figurative forms. She uti- textured headpieces, hats, scarves, and col- lizes combinations of underglazes and cold lars as suggestions of each figure’s unique finishes, such as powered mica, ground rust, personality and social status. It is an invita- and graphite to create figures and faces that continued on Page 22 Page 20 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 21 Boone 19E 184 321 221 N. Wilkesboro 194 Stormwater Studios in Columba, SC 421 Western North Carolina 194 Banner Elk continued from Page 20 / back to Page 20 Bakersville Newland Blowing Rock Wilkesboro www com 221 tion to view them all as characters in an theartistindex 226 19E imaginary narrative,” said Bailey. I-40 286 In a different medium and approach, Linville Falls 66 321 acrylic paintings by K. Wayne Thornley de- I-40 Penland 18 pict the human form as somewhat distorted, Western NC Area  Spruce Pine ambiguous vessels wandering through tex- 441 Burnsville 16 tured landscapes. For several years, Thorn- 19E 2 Interstate Exit Number Lenoir ley’s work has been greatly influenced by 226 64 This map is not to exact 19 221 his father’s Alzheimer’s experience. While Gatlinburg, TN 18 the artist says that experience will always be scale or exact distances. 90 It was designed to give a part of his creative process, new work for readers help in locating Little Switzerland 321 Work by Lucy Bailey 25 Mars Hill this show is more influenced by events over gallery and art spaces in 64 the last few years. Thornley is an artist working in mixed Western North Carolina. 19 23 226 “The unavoidable collective human media painting and assemblage and is a Morganton experience we have all been a part of, graduate of the University of South Carolina 221 Marion Hickory I-40 Montreat including the fallout from systemic racism, where he studied art, design, and marketing. 321 I-40 103 I-40 the global pandemic, domestic terrorism His award-winning work has been shown Black Mountain and the widening gap between love and hate in group and solo exhibitions throughout 441 Asheville, NC 83 is finding its way into my creative process, the Southeast including the South Carolina Great Smoky 64 226 especially in paintings for this show,” said Watermedia Society’s Annual Exhibition 27 I-40 Mountains 9 321 Thornley. (Signature Member), Greenville Artists 19 64 A School Psychologist and Licensed Guild Annual Small Works Exhibition and Cherokee Waynesville I-26 25 23 Chimney Rock 221 Professional Counselor by trade, Bailey is ArtFields. His work was also published in 18 Sylva Dillsboro 64 a self-taught artist, having taken advantage “Shelter,” a collection of artists’ responses 19 276 64 of several master classes and the generos- to the Covid-19 Pandemic published by The 107 226 Lincolnton 73 18 9 ity of the clay community. Her work has Jasper Project. Cullowhee Hendersonville 23 Rutherfordton 321 been included in exhibitions including The gallery will be open from 11am 64 25 28 Forest City 74 ArtFields, the annual art competition and to 5pm daily, during the exhibit. City of 28 23 Flat Rock Shelby FREE LISTINGS 107 Brevard 74 survey of Southeastern art held annually Columbia Covid-19 protocols will be in for Saluda Columbus 176 221 in Lake City, SC, the Arts Council of York place mask-wearing and social distancing Franklin 36 Tryon 18 County Annual Juried Competition, and has required for the duration of the show. 64 Cashiers Cedar Mountain 9 Chesnee, SC twice been selected for the 701 Center for For further information check our SC 64 Landrum, SC Gastonia WESTERN NC & 276 25 11 I-85 Contemporary Art’s South Carolina Bien- Institutional Gallery listings or visit of Upstate 11 Toward Charlotte  64 I-26 nial show. Her work was published in Lark (stormwaterstudios.org). Highlands 178 Spartanburg, SC I-85 64 107 Books’ “500 Figures in Clay II.” South Carolina 106 28 Marietta, SC 176 UPSTATE SC & Western beloved wife Sara dead of pneumonia, and collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Asheville Art Museum in Asheville his house lost to foreclosure. But today, 75 Hochberg. North Carolina years after his death, Hine’s photographic For further information check our NC Asheville Art Museum - Lewis Hine achievement lives on; an unblinking com- Institutional Gallery listings, call the Mu- ARTISTS continued from Page 22 Offers Exhibit From Its Collection posite portrait of America the melting pot, seum at 828/253-3227 or visit (ashevil- Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, a country beset by grave injustices, yet leart.org). NC, will present Old World/New Soil “The importance of Lewis Hine is not always a beacon of hope. Foreign-Born American Artists from the singular; it is his ability as a photographer You can contact us by calling 843/693-1306 Our Strength Is Our People was or by e-mail at - Asheville Art Museum Collection, on view combined with his insight on the human organized by art2art Circulating Exhibi- in the Appleby Foundation Exhibition www.theartistindex.com/getting-listed condition as a sociologist that reveals his tions, LLC. All works are from the private Hall, from May 7 through Aug. 2, 2021. compassion,” says Whitney Richardson, Old World/New Soil: Foreign-Born Domain reminds us of the critical role that associate curator. “Our Strength Is Our American Artists from the Asheville Art artists play in environmental activism and People does a beautiful job expressing Museum Collection features ceramics, preservation, affecting change at a range how these two parts of Hine’s personality glass, paintings, sculptures, fiber art, and of levels”. united in his work to offer us, the viewers more. This exhibition coincides with Our Through images capturing the beauty, over 100 years later, a glimpse into the Strength Is Our People: The Humanist changes, and even devastation to the past and what it meant to be a worker and Photographs of Lewis Hine. American landscape, photographers have an immigrant at that time.” René Pinchuk, “Soliloquies”, 1965, oil on can- Inspired by the book Immigrant Gifts played a vital role in advocating for the This moving and memorable exhibi- vas, 24 × 30 inches. Asheville Art Museum. © tion is a concise survey of the life’s work to American Life: Some Experiments in René Pinchuk. preservation of nature via the establish- Appreciation of the Contributions of Our ment and maintenance of state parks, of Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), the Foreign-Born Citizens to American Cul- New York, NY), Christian Burchard national parks and monuments, and other father of American documentary pho- ture written in 1932 by Allen H. Eaton, a (Hamburg, Germany 1955–Present federally protected lands. From George George Masa, “Untitled”, circa 1920, gelatin tography. Trained as a sociologist at the silver print on paper, 4 3/8 × 6 1/2 inches. University of Chicago, NYU, and Colum- contemporary of Lewis Hine, the exhibi- Ashland, Oregon), Hiroshi Sueyoshi Masa and Timothy McCoy’s photographs Asheville Art Museum. tion Old World/New Soil calls attention (Tokyo, Japan 1946–Present Wilm- of Great Smoky Mountains National bia University, Hine became a high school NEW FACES 2021 to the collection of works the Museum ington, NC), Hubert Walters (Jamaica Park to a selection of works from Robert and to providing lifelong opportunities teacher at New York’s Ethical Culture has acquired from artists who came to 1931–2008 Troutman, NC), Isac Fried- Glenn Ketchum’s Overlooked in America: for education and enrichment through the School, a bastion of progressive educa- Lewis Hine, “Powerhouse Mechanic”, 1920–21, Artists We Want To Know the United States either at their own lander (Mitau, Latvia 1890–1968 New The Success and Failure of Federal visual arts. The Museum’s mission is to tion. At the time, the roiling political issue gelatin silver print, 10 × 7 ½ inches. Collection was immigration - much as it is today. of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. Cour- prompting or out of necessity. Just as they York, NY), José Chardiet (Havana, Cuba Land Management series, these artworks engage, enlighten, and inspire individuals tesy art2art Circulating Exhibitions, LLC. adopted America as their new home, we 1955–Present Royal Oak, MI), José provoke contemplation of both nature’s and enrich community through dynamic Conservatives viewed immigration as a POSTAL ARTIFACTS have in turn embraced them, their creative De Creeft (Guadalajara, Spain 1884–1982 beauty and a calling to protect it. This experiences in American art of the 20th source of crime, disease, and the loss of empowering - never more so than when output, and their artwork. New York, NY), Lore Kadden Lindenfeld year marks the 75th anniversary of the and 21st centuries. The Museum is a America’s essential Anglo-Saxon char- minor children are deprived of their child- New Work “This exhibition proudly displays art- (Wuppertal, Germany 1921–Princeton, Bureau of Land Management whose mis- 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization accredit- acter, whereas Progressives saw America hoods and put to work in the factories and work by those that chose the United States NJ 2010; Black Mountain College student sion is to sustain the health, diversity, and ed by the American Alliance of Museums, as a melting pot, a beacon of light for the field. Starting in 1908, Hine worked by Terry Taylor as their home but were not born here, in 1945–1948), René Pinchuk (Zurich, productivity of the public lands for the which receives support for its programs foreigners escaping poverty and tyranny. for the National Child Labor Committee an American art museum,” says Whitney Switzerland 1929–Present Detroit, MI; use and enjoyment of present and future from Museum Members; other generous Armed with an awkward large-format (NCLC), sneaking his camera into cotton Richardson, associate curator. “I hope Old Black Mountain College student 1946), generations. individuals, corporations, businesses, view camera and magnesium flash, Hine mills, canning companies, and glassworks World/New Soil encourages visitors to and more. Photographers include Robert Glenn and foundations; the North Carolina Arts took his students to Ellis Island in 1905 to document the exploitation of children, WHERE ART AND INNOVATION MEET not only see this country through the eyes Old World/New Soil: Foreign-Born Ketchum, George Masa, Timothy McCoy, Council; the Institute of Museum and Li- and put a human face on the “huddled always under false pretenses and often at of these artists, but also to appreciate the American Artists from the Asheville Art Benjamin Porter, Sally Gall, and more. brary Services; the National Endowment masses yearning to breathe free.” great personal risk. Hine’s heart-rending creativity they brought to us and shared. Museum Collection is curated by Associ- This exhibition was organized by the for the Arts; and the National Endowment Hine’s empathetic interest in the im- images of underage labor were the prin- Many artists in this exhibition went on to ate Curator Whitney Richardson. Asheville Art Museum and curated by for the Humanities. migrant experience did not end at Ellis cipal tool used by the NCLC to lobby teach in the US and influenced the next For further information check our NC Hilary Schroeder, assistant curator. For further information check our NC Island. In 1907 he joined the Pittsburgh state-by-state for child labor laws, until OPEN HOUSE generation of Americans.” Institutional Gallery listings, call the Mu- Established by artists and incorpo- Institutional Gallery listings, call the Mu- Survey, a comprehensive socioeconomic Congress finally outlawed the practice at Artists featured include: Betty Waldo seum at 828/253-3227 or visit (ashevil- rated in 1948, the Asheville Art Museum seum at 828/253-3227 or visit (ashevil- analysis of a typical industrial city in the national level in 1938. Saturday, March 27 Parish (Cologne, Germany 1910–1986 leart.org). is committed to being a vital force in leart.org). America’s heartland. As seen through That year, Hine applied for a Guggen- community and individual development Hine’s lens, the steel that supplied the heim fellowship. His proposed proj- 12 to 7 pm backbone of America’s industry was being ect was entitled “Our Strength Is Our Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, forged by immigrants - the Italian and the People,” from which the exhibition title March 27 through Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, Irish, the Serb and the Slovak, now proud is borrowed. His proposal stated: “This Americans. Hine’s focus on the dignity of project should give us light on the kinds May 7, 2021 NC, Offers Photography Exhibition the American worker would last a quarter of strength we have to build upon as a century, culminating in his magnificent nation. Much emphasis is being put upon NC, Features Works by Lewis Hine photographs of the construction of the the dangers inherent in our alien groups, Upstairs Artspace Focuses on Public Lands Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, life’s work documenting the travails and Empire State Building in 1931 and in the our unassimilated or even partly Ameri- 49 S. Trade St, Tryon NC The Asheville Art Museum in Van Winkle Law Firm Gallery, from May NC, will present Our Strength Is Our Peo- triumphs of immigration and labor. It cul- classic book Men at Work. canized citizens - criticism based upon Asheville, NC, will present Public Do- 19 through Aug. 30, 2021. ple: The Humanist Photographs of Lewis minates in his magnificent, oversized pho- His oeuvre is the humanist coun- insufficient knowledge. A corrective for 828.859.2828 main: Photography and the Preservation “The Asheville Art Museum’s grow- Hine, on view in the Appleby Foundation tographs of the construction of the Empire terpoint to the avant-garde art world’s this would be better facilities for seeing, of Public Lands, drawn from the Asheville ing collection of photography features a Exhibition Hall, from May 7 through Aug. State Building in 1931. Our Strength Is fixation on the machine as the emblem of and so understanding, what the facts are.” Art Museum’s Collection by artists look- variety of artworks that consider human- 2, 2021. Our People coincides with the comple- the modern age. To Hine, however, labor Inexplicably, the Guggenheim Foundation upstairsartspace.org ing both regionally and nationally at lands kind’s impact on our environment and Our Strength Is Our People: The mentary exhibition, Old World/New Soil: was a double-edged sword. In the service turned him down. Two years later, Hine Hours: Tues – Sat that are either state or federally managed world,” said Hilary Schroeder, assistant Humanist Photographs of Lewis Hine is Foreign-Born American Artists from the of unchecked laissez-faire capitalism, - the epitome of the “concerned photogra- KATYA COHEN (DETAIL) or have become so. This exhibition will curator. “The imagery featured in Public a moving exhibition of 65 rare vintage Asheville Art Museum Collection. it could be physically and emotionally pher” - died penniless and on welfare, his noon – 5pm be on view in the Asheville Art Museum’s continued above on next column to the right or early prints surveying Lewis Hine’s continued on Page 23 debilitating, dehumanizing rather than continued above on next column to the right Page 22 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 23 colorfully-roofed buildings all nestled to- gether sparked an appreciation that would Southern Highland Craft Guild in guide much of her later work. Surrounded by this muse, along with regular museum Asheville, NC, Offers Exhibition visits to view masterpieces by artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Adams honed her CRAWFORD CONSERVATION INC. unique style and color palette. Focused on Members In Seeing in Color: Life on the Bright Museum Quality Painting Conservation Since 1999 The Southern Highland Craft Guild in Side, Adams’s whimsical spin on archi- Asheville, NC, will present Magic is in tectural paintings is showcased. “Build- the Air, on view at the Folk Art Center’s ings especially intrigue me and create a Focus Gallery, from May 1 through Aug. sense of place, community, and story,” Crawford Conservation Inc. has been 3, 2021. Adams says. “ I become enchanted with a providing museum quality easel and wall Located on the second level of the building, whether an iconic landmark or a Folk Art Center, the exhibit will feature simple barn, then once the dance of paint- painting conservation services the work of five Guild Members: Cindy ing begins I really study the structure and Billingsley, Sharon Gordon, Jane Cole, shapes and the uniqueness of the building Work by Bee Adams throughout the Southeast to institutions Jeanne Rhodes-Moen, and Lisa Besler. and have time to wonder at its purpose.” backdrop of a lucid cerulean sky. Disciplines represented are metalsmithing, Adams’s paintings have been exhibited and private collectors for over 20 years. rag-weaving, quilting, hand-built ceram- in group and solo shows throughout the ics, and leather work. United States and Belgium and included The lively animal sculptures on display in collections worldwide. Recently she are created by Cindy Billingsley, member had the honor of painting a custom We are available by appointment for since 2004. When asked about the magic commission by Auburn University for a Before Treatment in her work, she states, “Art in itself is Work by Jeanne Rhodes-Moen consultation and examination of your treasured donor. Even with her extensive magic - the artist creates an illusion. What you want with two things: your imagina- travels and exhibitions, Adams continues paintings and frames. appears to be a dog, lion, or baby orang- tion and the materials at hand - and that is to approach her work with lighthearted- utan is really just a lump of clay. The magic.” ness. artist’s imagination made it so.” Admission to the Folk Art Center is “I am a serious painter,” she states, free. The Folk Art Center is located on “but I don’t create serious paintings. I At Crawford Conservation Inc, your the Blue Ridge Parkway in east Asheville. give myself permission to have fun, to Headquarters to the Southern Highland paintings will be handled with upmost Work by Bee Adams play.” Her sense of humor is evident in Craft Guild, the Center also houses three My Exotic 2020 Travels, which features a respect and care. galleries, a library, a craft shop and a Blue Asheville locals will recognize some well-loved armchair donned with a cozy Ridge Parkway information desk and familiar downtown landmarks that have throw and open book. bookstore. been infused with energy and personality For further information check our The Southern Highland Craft Guild is a such as those illustrated in “Pack Square NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the non-profit, educational organization estab- Jewels,” which highlights iconic build- gallery at 828/251-5796 or visit (www. lished in 1930 to cultivate the crafts and ings like the new Asheville Art Museum ashevillegallery-of-art.com). makers of the Southern Highlands for the presented in primary colors against the purpose of shared resources, education, After Treatment marketing and conservation. The Southern Highland Craft Guild is an authorized concessioner of the National Park Service, Blue Spiral 1 in Asheville, NC, Work by Cindy Billingsley Department of the Interior. The leather work in the exhibit is by For further information check our NC CRAWFORD CONSERVATION INC. one of the Guild’s newest members, Lisa Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center Features Works by Deborah Squier website: www.crawfordconservationinc.org Besler (2019). She states “My work is an at 828/298-7928 or visit (www.southern- Blue Spiral 1 in Asheville, NC, will pres- email: [email protected] expression of creativity, love, and imagi- highlandguild.org). ent Bearing Witness, featuring a solo show nation. You can create almost anything of works by Deborah Squier, on view in the telephone: (803) 647-9581 gallery’s Small Format Gallery, from May 7 through June 25, 2021. Southern Highland Craft Guild in “Painter Deborah Squier presents a new body of work focusing on landscape as a spiritual connection between the body Western Carolina University Artworks Gallery in Winston-Salem, Asheville, NC, Offers Mini Pop-up and the earth. Each painting symbolizes a gesture of gratitude for what she refers to Fair at Folk Art Center - May 8, 2021 as Nature’s life giving force,” says Candace in Cullowhee, NC, Offers NC, Features Works by Charles Hahn Work by Deborah Squier The Southern Highland Craft Guild in opportunity to find new homes for their Reilly, Assistant Director Blue Spiral 1. Asheville, NC, will present its first-ever pieces.” Squier offers the following about her most important Muse. I am her apprentice. I MFA Thesis Exhibition and Katherine Mahler Mini Pop-up Fair, in the Center’s Lower Visitors are invited to shop for fine work, “What motivates my painting is a try to be present with all my senses.” Western Carolina University in Cullo- Artworks Gallery in Winston-Salem, NC, Level Parking Lot, May 8, 2021. American Craft from 10am-4pm during passionate love and respect for the natural “The painting process itself, then requires whee, NC, is presenting Master of Fine Arts will present two new exhibitions includ- From 10am-4pm twenty booths will the Mini Fair. Admission to this outdoor order of things…the mystery of life in all a lifetime of learning….learning about the Thesis Exhibition, on view in the WCU Fine ing: Complexities, and Nuances of the fill the parking lot featuring a variety of event and the Folk Art Center is free. its manifestations. Growing up in New subject matter, learning about the materials Art Museum, through May 7, 2021. Human Spirit, featuring works by Charles media crafted by members of the Guild. The Folk Art Center is located on the England I was constantly immersed in we use, learning about the light illuminat- The exhibition showcases work in a Hahn, and Wayfinding, featuring works by Disciplines represented include blade- Blue Ridge Parkway in east Asheville. nature. As the youngest of four children, I ing the landscape we stand in and learning variety of media and surveys a range of Katherine Mahler, both on view from May smithing, glassblowing, wheel-thrown Headquarters to the Southern Highland accompanied my father regularly on plein how atmosphere changes day to day. It is conceptual themes and creative approaches 7 - 30, 2021. A Meet the Artists reception and hand-built ceramics, woodturning, Craft Guild, the Center also houses three air painting outings. While he wrestled with this ongoing quest and thirst for the moment within contemporary art practice. The ex- will be held on May 7, from 7-9pm, during metalsmithing, leatherwork, and furniture galleries, a library, a craft shop and a Blue the elements on canvas, I dove headfirst at hand that dazzles and confounds; this is hibition features four MFA candidates from the Winston-Salem Gallery Hop. making. Ridge Parkway information desk and into them. Along the Eastern seaboard I why I paint.” the WCU School of Art and Design: Perry Charles Hahn’s current project, “Com- roamed among the elements, searching tidal Also on view at Blue Spiril 1 are several Houlditch, Mo Kessler, lydia see, and Lex plexities, and Nuances of the Human In an attempt to provide a marketplace bookstore. lydia see, “whitewashing the news”, 2019-2020, for artists recovering from a year of shop The Southern Highland Craft Guild is a caves and climbing the well defined planes more exhibits including: in the Main Gal- Turnbull. newspaper, scrap paper, plaster mold Spirit,” concentrates on characterizing the closures and cancelled fairs, the Fair Com- non-profit, educational organization estab- of granite masses that were deposited by lery, through June 25 is Celebrating 30! The MFA program from the WCU striking aspect of each person’s sensibility mittee prompted the idea of the Mini Fair. lished in 1930 to cultivate the crafts and retreating glaciers. I delighted in savoring In celebration of the Blue Spiral 1’s 30th School of Art & Design is an inter-disciplin- tions about housing access and policies. and inner self. The artist’s goal is to capture, Ruthie Cohen, the Board of Trustees Fair makers of the Southern Highlands for the the natural world and was taught that this Anniversary, they are tipping their hats to ary studio art program and creative research Mo Kessler’s works are deeply tied to in engaging black and white photography, Representative states “Guild members will purpose of shared resources, education, “stuff” was what life filters through and is the many artists who have made the gallery environment where ideas are given form. a working-class identity. Through their the essence of an individual while letting Work by Katherine Mahler have an opportunity to share their cre- marketing and conservation. The Southern the foundation of life regenerating itself.” one of the nation’s most exciting venues for Through close association with faculty, sculpture and installation, they consider the the environment play second fiddle to the ative efforts with the public outdoors in a Highland Craft Guild is an authorized contemporary fine art and studio craft; on visiting artists, scholars, and their peers, problematic relationship between worth and images of vibrant sentient beings. a journalistic essay by photographing Chip- carefully spaced layout. A limited number concessioner of the National Park Service, view in the Showcase Gallery, from May students develop a contextual and historical wealth under capitalism. Lex Turnbull also This body of work celebrates the subjects pewa Street, a seamy street in his hometown of tents will be sprouting up where cars Department of the Interior. 7 - June 25, is Isolating Mass: Zack Noble awareness of their practice focusing on ex- creates forms that question societal assump- as individuals with their distinct souls, a of Buffalo, NY, documenting in photogra- normally park on the lower parking area. For further information check our NC and Frank Hursh. Sculptor, Zack Noble, ploration, creative research, and art-making. tions. Their thesis brings together sculpture, center of being with a human quality to be phy a world that would soon cease to exist. This Mini-Fair will hopefully prove to be Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center joins Black Mountain College painter, In this year’s MFA thesis exhibition, the printmaking, and video to explore notions appreciated. The way time moves on and This first foray into street photography a win-win situation. The public gets to at 828/298-7928 or visit (www.southern- Frank Hursh, in an exhibition exploring four exhibiting artists offer a range of con- of safety, boundaries, and power structures. things disappear; the photographs capture a would be the predecessor of future projects, see beautiful craft work in a fun, casual highlandguild.org). the emotive, nuanced interplay between ceptual approaches and mediums. Learn more about each of the exhibiting moment in the past that one experiences in including work done in Winston-Salem setting while the Guild members have an line and shape; on view in the Conference Perry Houlditch takes inspiration from artists, explore the interactive 360° tour the present. Therefore, every photograph is where he currently resides. Although the Work by Deborah Squier Gallery, from May 7 - June 25, is Judith plants and natural cycles in his watercolor once available, and make a reservation to ultimately about the passing of time, while people and places are different, the story- “Thus began my love affair with the Duff: International Wood Fire Artist, Peer, works. His pieces use non-toxic pigments visit the WCU Fine Art Museum in person, preserving the spirit of the moment. telling is eerily similar telling the stories of earth’s elements and I felt it in a personal Mentor. The exhibit features works by: and plant-based materials that can be safely all at (arts.wcu.edu/mfathesis2021). In people who are usually overlooked. Asheville Gallery of Art in Asheville, and visceral way. I often wondered at the Judith Duff, Jamey Biggs, Josh Copus, John composted and returned to local ecological addition, stay tuned on the WCU Fine Art The work presented in Wayfinding by end of the day, spent from exhilaration, how Dix, Stephen Driver, Nancy Green, Dian systems. lydia see’s practice focuses on re- Museum Facebook page for a series of Katherine Mahler draws upon memories of anybody could ever capture the experience Magie, Shozo Michikawa, Ron Myers, interpreting found, discarded, and archival interviews with each of the artists. time spent on the Great Lakes and Niagara NC, Features Works by Bee Adams of the earth’s offerings. This physical con- Akira Satake, Jason Serres, and Joy Tanner; materials. Her thesis project takes a critical For further information check our NC In- River, serving as a metaphor for navigating The Asheville Gallery of Art in ebrated and nurtured her artistic expres- nection to the landscape was my apprentice- and on view in the Old Showcase Gallery, look at housing and displacement and in- stitutional Gallery listings, call the Museum the pandemic. This series began as a way to Asheville, NC, will present Seeing in sion; her mother, grandmother, and aunt ship and the real ground for the painting from May 7 - June 25, is Finding Nature. cludes the work New Real Estate Available at 828/227-3591 or visit (https://www.wcu. remember places and times from the artist’s Color: Life on the Bright Side, featuring were all artists themselves. Adams calls experience which I would take up later. Clay artists Deighton Abrams, Alice Bal- –, located outdoors, which uses a playhouse edu/bardo-arts-center/fine-art-museum/). childhood in the Buffalo-Niagara region of works by Bee Adams, on view from May Asheville home but spent a significant Somewhere between the direct experience lard, Nina Kawar, Elaine Quave, Michael and other imagery of “home” to raise ques- New York and Ontario, Canada. Memory 1 - 31, 2021. A reception and artist talk period of her adult art career in Colorado, and the unknowable mystery is the source Vatalaro, Megan Wolfe, and Valerie Zimany and maps, along with other wayfinding in- will be held on May 7, from 5-8pm. inspired by the bold graphic mountains of my inspiration.” present works which visually describe the The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the month spiration, speak to how we learn to find our The exhibition features the vibrant against the forever blue sky. While she “I would refer to my style as a ‘post-im- way meaningful interactions with nature prior to the next issue. This will be May 24th for the June 2021 issue way, literally and metaphorically and the acrylic paintings of gallery artist Bee started off creating very organic shapes pressionism’ although the label is not so im- can make us feel whole. and June 24th for the July 2021 issue. Work by Charles Hahn guideposts and markers we need to navigate Adams. Viewers can expect to see the and landscapes in her paintings, a move portant as deepening my direct experience For further information check our NC After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the next month. Since his youth, Hahn spent untold hours successfully from place and time. colorful artwork Adams is known for, to Brussels, Belgium, added another layer or as gaining knowledge of the landscape Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery But don’t wait for the last minute - send your info now. in the darkrooms at school and at his home. The work for this show represents ideas saturated with optimism and bursting with of artistic inspiration as she fell in love and the earth forces that are at play in any at 828/251-0202 or visit (www.bluespiral1. And where do you send that info? It was during these early years that he cut about what becomes essential to know, what sunny hues. with European architecture. The ornate, subject I paint,” adds Squier. “Nature is my com). E-mail to ([email protected]). his teeth on black and white film developing details are important to pay attention to, ob- Adams grew up in a home that cel- continued above on next column to the right and processing. Early on he embarked upon continued on Page 26 Page 24 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 25 Artworks Gallery in Winston-Salem Village Pottery Marketplace continued from Page 25 Village Pottery continued from Page 6 servations about the cultural abandonment in Art Education from Michigan State Uni- band and wife team, Wyndham & Melanie of collective action in favor of individual- versity, and is an MFA candidate at Lesley Dennison; both potters in their own right. ism, and trusting your instincts amid chaos. University. Wyndham wheel-turns mugs, mix & pours, This series of work emerged in the winter of For further information check our NC Mother’s Day spread bowls, dinnerware, and much more. 2021 and is still evolving. Institutional Gallery listings, call the gallery He also formulates all their glazes and con- Mahler is an art educator and holds a BA at 336/723-5890 or visit (www.Artworks- stantly testing, striving for the best impres- in Studio Art from Kenyon College, a BFA Gallery.org). sionist effects possible. Wyndham and Melanie have been potters  for 35 years each. Melanie slab-constructs University of North Carolina - her stoneware pieces; primarily, cheese ball plates, cracker trays, platters and bowls with May sea life and woodland themes. The shapes Greensboro, NC, Offers Exhibition Melanie makes are leaf shaped as well as & 8 squares, ovals, rectangular, etc., all designed Focused on Color 1,2 for enhancing dining and food preparation The University of North Carolina - in your home and as handmade gifts to fam- Greensboro, NC, is presenting Vibrant: ily and dear friends. All of their handmade Work by Wyndham Dennison Artists Engage with Color, on view at the 2021 pottery as well as the other 80 + potters Vil- Weatherspoon Art Museum, in the 2nd lage Pottery represents is fully food safe and Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery Floor: The Gregory D. Ivy Gallery and Sat 10-5 lead free, designed to be used and enjoyed at 336/873-7966 or visit Weatherspoon Guild Galleries, through Aug. for generations. (www.seagrovevillagepottery.com). 14, 2021. For further information check our NC Our associations with colors are profound and diverse. Someone “seeing red” is angry, Sun 12-5 someone “feeling blue” is sad. A “green” product is environmentally friendly, while 336-873-7966 Francis Marion University in a jealous person is “green with envy.” We Betye Saar, “To the Manor Born”, 2011. Mixed me- associate yellow with springtime—sunshine, dia assemblage, 11 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. Weath- Florence, SC, Features Works daffodils, and baby chicks—yet also know it erspoon Art Museum. Purchased with funds from the Jefferson-Pilot Endowment, the Robert C. School House Gallery as an indication of low-level threats in color- Ketner Family Acquisition Endowment, the Carol coded alert systems. We make use of colors  and Seymour Levin Acquisition Endowment, the by Daniel Kariko as forms of expression. Lynn Richardson Prickett Acquisition Endow- Francis Marion University in Florence, at STARworks Likewise for artists, color is a dynamic ment, and the Judy Proctor Acquisition Endow- SC, will present Suburban Symbiosis: tool—one that can capture moods and ment, 2016.18. © Betye Saar, photo courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles Seagrove’s Largest Pottery Gallery Insectum domesticus, featuring works by Open Monday - Saturday, 9am - 5pm suggest meanings. This exhibition presents Daniel Kariko, on view at the University works from the Weatherspoon’s collection in might be more inclined to think about the Place Gallery, from May 11 through June which artists have chosen to feature singular Featuring a selection of works from North Carolina color blue’s other associations - with both 205 East Main St Seagrove NC 27341 18, 2021. colors to dramatic effect. Individually, they tragic sorrow and optimistic hope. Suburban Symbiosis: Insectum domesti- glass, clay and fiber artists. engage a breadth of content; collectively, The layered abstract and figurative ele- they offer a vibrant installation that allows us ments in Annie Lapin’s paintings deny reso- Gallery Open: Mon-Sat 10 - 5 Sun 1-5 cus is an investigation of the relationship to to explore the color spectrum and appreciate lution. Describing this purposeful lack of co- suburban landscape through micro images 100 Russell Drive, its impact. hesion, the artist explains that she’s curious of locally found insects and other arthro- Artists with works on view include: Betye about the “state of waking up from a dream . www.seagrovevillagepottery.com pods. The images utilize the combination of Star, NC 27356 Saar, Alfredo Jaar, Annie Lapin, and Allan . . [when] we realize that the representations Scanning Electron Microscope and optical (910) 428-9001 McCollum. and fragments of meaning that felt so solid Stereo Microscope, in order to achieve a This exhibition was organized by Dr. Em- in sleep are really just our minds’ creation . [email protected] “portrait”-like effect inspired by the tradi- www.STARworksNC.org Work by Daniel Kariko ily Stamey, Curator of Exhibitions. . . that moment of self-awareness when our tion of 17th Century Dutch Masters. Transforming objects culled from flea minds create meaning.” A sense of shifting Kariko says: “insects find way into our home, or at work, and are titled after an un- markets, garage sales, and family collec- between consciousness and unconscious- homes no matter how vigilant we are in our specified location, and a partial date, further tions, Betye Saar weds mysticism, craft, and ness, day and night is underscored in the effort to keep the nature on the outer side of hinting on scientific specimen presentation personal history to create works that explore artist’s dominant yellow color scheme inter- our windowpanes. During my inquiry into device. These images are meant to be por- experiences of being an African American rupted with passages of black—a wavering suburban experience, I started recording the traits of our often-overlooked housemates.” female. This artwork includes many of the that’s also underscored by the painting’s title, indoor wildlife consistent with the environ- “Our planet is a home for estimated artist’s iconic elements - a mammy figurine, Bright Come Bright Go. ment my subdivision occupies.” five, perhaps ten million different kinds of a bird, and female domestic items such as Allan McCollum’s Surrogates might ap- insects. Most scientists agree that there are a fan. Throughout her work, Saar aims to pear at first glance to comprise mechanically more undiscovered than identified insects honor the history and emotions that can be produced objects. However, these sculp- so far. It is estimated that they represent 80 attached to such common artifacts - arrang- tures are in fact made by hand following a percent of all the species in the world. And ing them in ways that reveal their powerful methodical process: create a mold, cast it in yet, in spite of their numbers and variety, associations. In this assemblage, she used the plaster, then paint it with a smooth surface. Insects are vanishing at an alarming rate. color red to unify the various objects. The Hung in groupings, McCollum considers artist describes the hue as that of “anger, dan- the artworks almost theatrically, like props From newsworthy bee colony collapses to ger, violence, heat, passion, blood, and fire.” that can stand in for the larger context and recent noticeable absence of dead insects on Both the sea and the color blue are often tradition of how we “hang rectangles on our windshields, some species fell by 75% described as serene and tranquil, which our walls.” He describes the sculptures as to 90% in the last 20 years. As they are not might be one’s first thoughts when looking stand-ins for “anything in a frame,” such as a charismatic megafauna, theirs is a silent Artist Alfredo Jaar’s illuminated image of painting, a family photograph, or a diploma. extinction. An elimination from the natural rolling waves. Jaar, however, disrupts those Rather than allow us to see the artwork, the record that is invisible to an average person, associations with the pictures on the opposite picture, or the document, however, he offers and caused by habitat loss, pesticides, side of the lightbox - portraits of Vietnamese us only a black rectangle - a void for our Work by Daniel Kariko herbicides, and climate change. Most of refugees who arrived in Hong Kong Bay imagination to fill. “These little (and sometimes not so little) the species of insects are likely to disap- in the 1980s searching for a better life. Re- For further information check our NC In- invaders are natural product of our own pear before they are even discovered and flected back at us by seven mirrors hanging stitutional Gallery listings, call the Museum occupation of their habitat. As we keep described by entomologists. These portraits on the wall, their faces give new meaning to at 336/334-5770 or visit (http://weather- expanding our subdivisions to the outskirts are an attempt to put you face to face with the seascape. With their story in mind, one spoon.uncg.edu/). of towns, we inhabit recently altered envi- some of the most common of your tiny ronments. In general, I study environmental neighbors, and share their beauty, character, and political aspects of landscape, use of otherworldliness, and intricacy.” Village Pottery Marketplace of land, and cultural interpretation of inhabited Daniel Kariko is a North Carolina based space. This anthropomorphic presentation artist, and an Associate Professor of Fine of our closest, often invisible, co-habitants Art Photography in School of Arts and Seagrove, NC, Offers Special Hours Visit in a humorous, quasi-scientific way, is an Design at East Carolina University, in invitation to consider the evidence of the Greenville, NC. human impact on the landscape as we con- For further information check our SC In- in May for Mother’s Day Shopping Carolina Arts stantly redraw boundaries between us and stitutional Gallery listings, contact Colleen Village Pottery Marketplace of Seagrove, the natural environment.” A. Critcher, Gallery Coordinator, University NC, offers the most unique hand-crafted Kariko adds, “Insects I photograph are Place Gallery, by calling 843/661-4637 or gifts for those you love, especially for on Facebook found during my daily routines, either at visit (www.fmarion.edu/universityplace). A Children’s Book by Artist, Melinda Hoffman, Mother’s Day, and for those spring wedding You can contact us by calling 843/693-1306 or by e-mail at - [email protected] gifts too! The gallery will be open special but do it before the 24th of the month prior to our next issue. is available at hours on May 1, 2, & 8, Sat. 10am-5pm and Go to this link and Sun. noon-5pm. The gallery is centrally Amazon located in the heart of historic downtown “like” us! Seagrove, NC, on East Main Street, in Carolina Arts is on & “downtown” Seagrove - the Pottery Capital of the United States. Twitter! Shops at ArtFields® Seagrove is a welcoming artist commu- nity, home of many potters. Village Pottery Sign up to follow Lake City, SC represents the works of over 80 potters and Tom’s Tweets, click below! fine craft artisans in a year ‘round beautiful Work by Melanie Dennison setting; the southern Piedmont region of Additional Work by the Artist can be seen at MelindaHoffman.com North Carolina, with it’s rolling hills and Village Pottery is the creation of hus- twitter.com/carolinaarts breathtaking farmland. continued on Page 27 Page 26 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 27 Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, NC, Takes A Look At Artist’s Studios Wilmington Art Association Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in ON VIEW UNTIL JUNE 27 Calabash, NC, will present a group exhibi- tion, My Studio: Enter At Your Own Risk, on view from May 5 through June 5, 2021. The Premier According to gallery owner Ginny Las- ANIMATE EARTH siter, “Art studios can be chaotic, energetic, emotional places! We’ve invited several Visual Arts of our own artists to share their working Adventures in Mimetolithia studios with us in oil, acrylic, collage and other media. This is going to be a fun and Organization insightful look into the life of an artist! We of the Cape Fear Coast hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we are!” by Andy Nasisse Participating artists include: Ortrud Tyler, acrylics; Sherry Godfrey, pottery and acryl- ics; Vicki Neilon, acrylics; Ruth Cox, oils; Roseann Bellinger, acrylics; Ginny Lassiter, Join the Fun acrylics; Adrienne Watts, watercolor mono- print and acrylics; Diane Larson, oils; Carol Work by Ruth Cox Iglesias, oils; Jenny McKinnon Wright, oils; homes and businesses. Featuring work by Get Involved! Rachel Sunnell, acrylics; and Linda Young, approximately 150 North and South Caroli- mixed media. na artists, the eclectic gallery is well known Want to meet other artists – in the area for its collection of oil paintings, just like you? watermedia, pastels, photography, hand- Attend a monthly meeting blown glass, fused glass, pottery and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique and join. home décor items and artisan jewelry. See Calendar for more info: There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery wilmingtonart.org. students. Art classes and workshops are cur- rently being offered on a limited basis. Call 2021 Spring Art Show & Sale the gallery for details. 5Socials, Field Trips , Paint-Outs Special Covid 19 Notice: To meet North 1st Place Winner Carolina State mandates, Sunset River “Sunlight and Shadows”5 Monthly Member Meetings Marketplace requires that patrons wear face Work by Vicki Neilon coverings and requires the use of hand sani- (Detail in Oil) 5Exhibit Opportunities & Member Discounts Lassiter says, “I’ve always been curious tizer plus six-foot social distancing between Sidney Godwin 5Workshops Led by Award-Winning Instructors about how other artists work, whether it’s gallery visitors and at the cash register. The in a dedicated studio or in a corner of the gallery staff conducts thorough cleaning of 5Lectures and Demonstrations and more! kitchen. Some, like our oil instructor, Ruth surfaces upon opening and closing and dur- Cox, work in a studio overflowing with ing the day and has placed complimentary memories, materials, and inspiration. Oth- hand sanitizer throughout the gallery for Membership is open to artists & art lovers alike ers like Roseann Bellinger prefer a simpler visitor use. atmosphere, with everything in its place. The FrameCenter, located within the Join Today & Support Local Art I’m somewhere in the middle!” gallery, is open Wed.-Fri., noon – 5pm and Throughout the month-long show, Las- by appointment. Call framer Louis Aliotta www.wilmingtonart.org siter says, there will be pop up painting directly at 910/368-7351. demos and short gallery talks by some of For further information check our NC A THOUSAND THROWS the artists. They will be announced on the Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages. at 910/575-5999 or visit Located in coastal Brunswick County, (www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com). Daily Sunset River Marketplace caters to both updates are available on the gallery’s Face- an installation by Daniel Johnston tourists and a growing local community of book and Instagram pages. full time residents seeking fine art for their Cameron Art Museum in On view through July 18 Wilmington, NC, Offers Works From the Louis Belden Collection The Cameron Art Museum in Wilming- ton, NC, is presenting Another Look - The Eye Learns: Modernist Prints from the Enter At Your Own Risk, Acrylic by Ginny Lassiter 12 x 34 inches Louis Belden Collection, a new installa- My Studio: tion of collector Louis Belden’s collection of modernist and postmodernist prints, on Enter At Your Own Risk view through Aug. 1, 2021. This exhibition of work from Belden’s Group Show Sunset River Marketplace collection reads like a who’s who of Calabash , NC 910.575.5999 modernist and postmodernist prints and May 5 - June 5, 2021 SunsetRiverMarketplace.com includes work by: Judy Chicago, Richard Diebenkorn, Sonia Delaunay, Helen Fran- documenting and interpreting a permanent ing thematic exhibitions, loan exhibitions, kenthaler, David Hockney, Howard Hodg- “Flashback,’” 1965 Judy Chicago collection of art. The museum has been a and for educational purposes. Cameron kin, Robert Mangold, Kasimir Malevich, © 2019 Judy Chicago / Artists Rights Society collecting institution since inception, with Art Museum is a non-profit fully reliant Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella, (ARS), New York approximately 3,000 objects in the perma- on the generosity of its donors. among others, curated by Curator of Ex- himself, “Look, if you are going to do nent collection, with a primary and grow- For further information check our NC In- hibitions and Collections Bob Unchester. this, you have to do it with a purpose, not ing focus on modern art. The collection stitutional Gallery listings, call the Museum Unchester will add new works throughout just go around buying anything you see includes work by artists of national and at 910/395-5999 or visit (https://cameronar- the run of the exhibition, refreshing the but to have boundaries, and my boundar- international significance, used in chang- tmuseum.org/). experience for museum goers. ies became prints - American and Europe- San Francisco art collector Louis an, which dated from 1965 on.” His three Belden gave his art collection, the gift criteria - medium, geographic region and Always free and 1903 Hillsborough St. of his lifetime, to our community. This period of time - framed the boundaries Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, collection of prints invites us to share Belden placed on his practice of collect- in his passions for art, for collecting, ing, offering a boundless range of expres- open to the public Raleigh, NC 27607 for learning, and for giving back. These sion, experimentation and expansion of NC, Offers Exhibition Focused on works offer a range of expression, experi- the terrain of postwar modernism. mentation, and expansion of the terrain of Cameron Art Museum provides a COVID-19 Pandemic Tuesday-Friday 10-5 919.515.3503 postwar modernism and post-modernism. cultural gathering place that enriches the The Cameron Art Museum in Wilming- ences of local nurses, children, teachers, His gift to Cameron Art Museum is truly lives of museum visitors and the com- ton, NC, is presenting COVID-19 Story and families are juxtaposed with quilts from unprecedented in our region, giving future munity through high-quality exhibitions, Quilts: Global Perspectives of the Pandem- Nepal, Zimbabwe, and Virginia. With color, Free parking generations access to this treasure for lifelong learning in the arts, dynamic ic, on view through May 30, 2021. fabrics, words, and images, visitors can see years to come. public programs, and stewardship and in- This special exhibition displays the how we come together to process this col- In 1992, Louis Belden (1926-2017) terpretation of the collection. CAM’s four unique perspectives of our Wilmington lective experience - through art. came to the realization if he wanted to core values: commitment to community, community and how we have been impact- This exhibition is a partnership between gregg.arts.ncsu.edu continue collecting art, he would need a to lifelong learning in the arts, to support ed by COVID-19 this year as well as the Cameron Art Museum and the Advocacy stronger focus to become a true collector. of artists, and to collecting, preserving, stories of those impacted by the Pandemic Project, an organization that works with He shared his internal conversation with continued above on next column to the right in other areas of the world. The experi- continued on Page 30 Page 28 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents CarolinaArtsAds.indd 1 Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 20214/16/21 - Page 10:34 AM29 art created by renowned artist and potter trying to place people at a sort of ‘ground Daniel Johnston. 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The restaurant became her canvas Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery countries around the world to work with different perspectives on how the COVID- where she painted colorful murals remi- at 919/828-3165 or visit (www.galleryc. techniques such as large vessel making and them in a 900-cubic foot kiln that reaches working among master potters and long temperatures of 2400 degrees. In 2008, he survivors of gender-based violence, families 19 virus affect different populations. WWW TRIANGLEARTWORKS ORG niscent of old Havana, traditional Spanish net). . . held traditions. As he explored his skills and began numbering his large pots – often 4 of the disappeared, war refugees, people Bobbi Fitzsimmons, quilter, CAM vol- [email protected] seaports, and festive gatherings. Guzman mastery of the craft of pottery, he also began to 5 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet in width - in an living in poverty, victims of Agent Orange, unteer, and Board member of the Advocacy FACEBOOK.COM/TRIANGLEARTWORKS also to develop his appreciation of differ- effort to keep track of the progression of his and others. project says, “It really is so much more than TWITTER: @TRIARTWORKS During the Pandemic, the Advocacy just a quilt. The quilts begin with COVID- ent ways of looking at his work and how he work over his career. The installation at the Project supported some of their partners in 19 stories but have already led to so much NC State University in Raleigh, NC, might realize their conceptual possibilities, Gregg will include his one-thousandth large telling the stories of how COVID-19 has af- more.” by using these vessels to manipulate light, pot, reflected in the title of the exhibition. fected their lives. As a result, they have con- For further information check our NC In- Offers Works by Stephen Althouse scale and space. His first exhibition of the cross-over from structed quilts from Nepal (families of the stitutional Gallery listings, call the Museum “I do not try to control my materials; potter to installation artist was held in 2015 disappeared) and Zimbabwe (young girls at 910/395-5999 or visit (https://cameronar- rather, I try to understand them”, says John- at Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art resisting child marriage). A group of high tmuseum.org/). ston. “When I look at a line of pots, what I in Greensboro. Since then, he has created see is (their) pure potential, (their) purity. installations at Peters Projects art gallery in There is no marked path. Some could last Sante Fe, NM, and has an installation along &211(&7Ť INFORMŤ&5($7(Ť6833257Ť 352027( weeks, some could last hundreds of years.” the Meadow Trail at the NC Museum of Art NC State University in Raleigh, NC, Johnston combines his interest in sculpture park. He also has work featured in architecture, engineering, installation art, museum collections such as The Mint Mu- Features Works by Andy Nasisse visitors when they see how these living and various traditions of making pottery to seum of Art, Charlotte, NC, The Gregg Mu- installations also bring our Museum col- create works that control space and environ- seum of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC, and the lection to life. After more than two years ment. By changing the way people interact North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, since our last Art in Bloom in March 2019, with the pots by altering light, position, and NC. He has lectured and taught several we are more than ready to celebrate the how the pots exist in the spaces he creates, workshops across the Southeast including return of one of our favorite events.” he intends to evoke emotion, and feed the at the Smithsonian’s Folk Life Festival in Each weekend visitors can enjoy more viewer enough information so they might Washington, DC, Penland School of Crafts than 30 stunning floral arrangements take a journey. He speaks of activating in Penland, NC, and St. Ives Ceramics in St the mind in order to create a fuller experi- Ives, Cornwall, England. with reduced capacity attendance in West View from the exhibit, “Objects of Intentions - Photographs by Stephen Althouse” Building. Each week many floral instal- ence, rather than allowing viewers to make The Gregg Museum of Art & Design is a lations and participating designers will NC State University in Raleigh, NC, is world. assumptions or approach the work with free collecting and exhibiting museum with change, creating a unique experience from Art in Bloom 2019, Susan Bain, AIFD, Green- presenting Object of Intentions – Photo- The works featured in Objects of Inten- preconceived notions. His installations more than 35,000 objects in its permanent weekend to weekend. A limited number ville, SC, Inspiration: “Lines That Link Human- graphs by Stephen Althouse, on view in tion, however, primarily reflect his ongo- often use visual metaphors as an emotional collection. From 19th century Japanese of dual-weekend tickets to attend both ses- ity”, El Anatsui, 2008 the Black-Sanderson Gallery, of the Gregg ing fascination with his Amish neighbors, backdrop for the installations. Johnston color woodblock prints and antique quilts to sions are available. we expect many time slots to sell out. Pro- Museum of Art & Design, through May 9, whose farms surround his home. also notes that his response as an artist is to contemporary photography and industrial “The beauty and creativity of Art in ceeds from Art in Bloom support Museum 2021. “My artwork provides a personal way think about what he does and what it means, design, the Gregg’s objects span cultures, Bloom have made this event a perennial programming and exhibitions and benefit Powerful and startling images of age-old for me to express my feelings of mystery and to create something that transcends disciplines and genres. View from the exhibit, “ANIMATE EARTH - Adventures in Mimetolithia by Andy Nasisse.” favorite, and PNC is delighted to help the NCMA Foundation. agricultural implements provide a visual about humankind,” he further states. “It knowledge, which he then communicates to For further information check our NC NC State University in Raleigh, NC, is geometric; ration and intuition; mind and bring it to the NCMA yet again,” said PNC Bank, National Association, is a language used to comment on the human allows me to acknowledge our strengths other people. Institutional Gallery listings or visit presenting ANIMATE EARTH—Adventures body; night and day; between our conscious Jim Hansen, PNC regional president for member of The PNC Financial Services condition. and weaknesses, ponder our contradictions, “I am trying to broaden the view. I am (Gregg.arts.ncsu.edu). in Mimetolithia by Andy Nasisse, on view lives and our subconscious self; between Eastern Carolinas. Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC). PNC is one of Stephen Althouse photographs man- and subtly bestow upon us a small degree of in the Randy and Susan Woodson Gallery, matter and spirit. The notion that our lives In addition to reduced capacity, visitors the largest diversified financial services made objects, cloth, tools, and simple farm nobleness.” of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, are bound by a mythic drama that unfolds will be required to wear cloth face cover- institutions in the United States, organized machinery with large format film cameras Althouse began as a sculptor, often using FRANK Gallery in Chapel Hill, NC, through June 27, 2021. spontaneously, and that there is an underly- ings and adhere to social distancing. A around its customers and communities for and highly specialized printing and devel- found objects to create new artwork. He For years, master photographer and ing geometry, hidden patterns, and layered one-way flow of traffic will guide visitors strong relationships and local delivery of opment processes to record exquisite detail studied at Rollins College, Florida; Temple ceramicist Andy Nasisse has explored the meanings to all we see, is a preoccupa- through the installations, and hand sanitiz- retail and business banking including a and rich tones in prints so large (up to 9 University, Pennsylvania; and Tyler School Offers Exhibition Focused on Trees FRANK Gallery in Chapel Hill, NC, is figure in the landscape of the South and tion that informs much more than just my ing stations will be available. Visitors can full range of lending products; specialized feet wide) that they command a sculptural of Art, Pennsylvania. He holds a BFA (Uni- presenting Seeing Trees, featuring works desert Southwest, engaging with what is work.” see all updates to the Museum’s visitor services for corporations and government presence. versity Miami, FL) and an MFA (Virginia by Keith Allen, Alan Dehmer, Judith probably the most basic impulse of the “For quite some time now I have been experience at (ncartmuseum.org/covid19). entities, including corporate banking, real “Like so many artists across time, I feel Commonwealth University) in Sculpture. Ernst, Jean LeCluyse, Jim Oleson, and human imagination: the tendency to “see using the figure, the vessel, and the land- The ever-popular trash can bouquets estate finance, and asset-based lending; compelled to portray aspects of the human He now uses his skills as a sculptor in ar- Barbara Tyroler, on view through June 5, things in things.” When we see recognizable scape as a primary image (or mythic im- and installations, which in 2020 included wealth management and asset manage- race,” Althouse states. “I utilize old imple- ranging and modifying the tools and other 2021. forms in random shapes like clouds, look age) through which I could express some wrapped floral benches and have appeared ment. ments as depictions of ourselves rather artifacts he chooses as his subjects. He was The exhibition features current works up at the Man in the Moon (or Rabbit in the thoughts about the human condition,” adds around Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, The North Carolina Museum of Art’s than making literal portrayals of people. a professor of Fine Art at Barry Univer- by FRANK member artists; woodworker/ Moon, if one is Asian), collect heart-shaped Nasisse. “I have tried to present a unified will pop up in new locations and iterations permanent collection spans more than The relics and tools that I choose remind sity, has lectured internationally, and is the furniture maker Keith Allen, wood sculp- pebbles, or name cave formations for their theme that ties together work that ranges in the weeks leading up to Art in Bloom. 5,000 years, from antiquity to the present, me of the paradoxes of our species, and recipient of multiple grants for his work, tor Jim Oleson, and photographer Barbara resemblance to famous people, we experi- from small scale utilitarian pots to large Follow along on the Museum’s social me- making the institution one of the premier some imply the valor of individuals facing including a Fulbright Research Fellowship. Tyroler and guest artists (and former ence a heightened sense of pareidolia. It is scale vessels and figures. I work improvisa- dia channels @ncartmuseum and hashtags art museums in the South. The Museum’s lives of relentless uncertainty. Intertwined He currently resides in central Pennsylva- members!) photographer Alan Dehmer, something we all do unconsciously all the tionally, finding figures in the material, and #NCMAbloom and #PNCArtInBloom. collection provides educational, aesthetic, within these are representations of people, nia. ceramicist Judith Ernst, and drawer/illus- time in the process of trying to make sense developing them into an image, or a narra- During Art in Bloom, tickets are re- intellectual, and cultural experiences for thoughts, and experiences of my own life.” The Gregg Museum of Art & Design is a trator/mixed media artist Jean LeCluyse. of the world. tive that seems to have life. I like to think of quired for admission to the Museum’s col- the citizens of North Carolina and beyond. Often contrasting these objects with cloth free collecting and exhibiting museum with Creating works of functional artistic Nasisse plays with this deeply planted these figures as part of a family of images lection in West Building. Please note that The 164-acre Museum Park showcases the wrappings or shrouds, Althouse’s facility as more than 35,000 objects in its permanent furniture, self-taught artist Keith Allen instinct by focusing his lens on naturally that find their way through my hands into West Building will be closed Wednesday, connection between art and nature through a photographer allows him to elevate simple collection. From 19th century Japanese emphasizes the natural nuances of wood eroded rock formations (mimetoliths are the outer world. At their best they present June 2, and Wednesday, June 9, for Art site-specific works of environmental art. objects to an almost spiritual sensibility color woodblock prints and antique quilts to and spotlights the once perceived flaws rocks that mimic something else), while an enigmatic expression, somewhere on the in Bloom installation. East Building and The Museum offers changing special exhi- through a deft use of composition, lighting, contemporary photography and industrial in his chosen material - all with a bit of also working in his clay studio to make edge between whimsy and fear.” the Museum Park will remain open and bitions, classes, lectures, family activities, and printing techniques. The resulting large- design, the Gregg’s objects span cultures, whimsy. His striking pieces often use but- ceramic sculptures that challenge the viewer The Gregg Museum of Art & Design is a free to visitors, with a free timed ticket films, and concerts. scale minimalist images reflect his attach- disciplines and genres. terfly joints inspired by George Nakashi- to discern the intentionality that went into free collecting and exhibiting museum with required to visit East Building. Paid timed For further information check our ment to his upbringing in Bucks County, For further information check our NC ma and he brings out the beautiful grain creating them. The tension between images more than 35,000 objects in its permanent tickets are required for the exhibition NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Pennsylvania, as well as his fascination with Institutional Gallery listings or visit in his wood work by using geometric of rocks that “accidentally” look intentional collection. From 19th century Japanese Golden Mummies of Egypt. We strongly Museum at 919/839-6262 or visit (www. the vast variety of cultures he has encoun- (Gregg.arts.ncsu.edu). and brightly colored features. He draws and ceramic sculptures that intentionally color woodblock prints and antique quilts to encourage visitors to check online ticket ncartmuseum.org). tered on his many travels throughout the Work by Barbara Tyroler inspiration from both his background as look accidental yields a rare opportunity to contemporary photography and industrial availability before arriving on campus as a mathematician and computer scientist series was awarded an artist grant and was see how seeing works. design, the Gregg’s objects span cultures, as well as pioneer of modern furniture juried into “The Fence 2021” during the As noted on his website (www.andyna- disciplines and genres. NC State University in Raleigh, NC, design, Gerrit Rietveld. CLICK! Photo festival with selections sisseart.com): “I am interested in the tension For further information check our NC Gallery C in Raleigh, NC, Features A very accomplished furniture maker exhibited at Through This Lens gallery between opposites; between light and dark; Institutional Gallery listings or visit in his own right, Jim Oleson, has seam- during the FRANK:inFocus annual. After male and female; between expansion and (Gregg.arts.ncsu.edu). Features Works by Daniel Johnston lessly transitioned into the art of sculpture completing the fine art series, Tyroler ex- contraction; good and evil; organic and Works by Ana Guzman making. A common theme with all of Ole- tended the study to photographing social Gallery C in Raleigh, NC, will present son’s work is his exceptional and imagina- distanced portraits of friends, students, New Works by Ana Guzman, on view from tive designs and his incredibly high level colleagues, educators, and some new NC Museum of Art in Raleigh, May 7 through June 2, 2021. A reception of craftsmanship. Playing with shapes, acquaintances who graciously shared their will be held on May 7, from 6-8pm, call to color, kinetics, and precision, Oleson’s knowledge of trees which will also be RSVP. sculptures are his creativity and imagina- displayed in this exhibit. NC, Offers Art in Bloom Gallery C announces Cuban artist, Ana tion come to life. Photographer and master of the process The North Carolina Museum of Art Guzman’s first solo exhibition in the state of The photography project that Barbara of gum bichromate printing, artist Alan (NCMA) in Raleigh, NC, will host Art North Carolina, featuring 12 new paintings. Tyroler is displaying began around the Dehmer takes two related art forms and in Bloom, presented by PNC, across Guzman’s art reflects the colors and energy onset of the Pandemic with a few nature combines them into photographs with two extended weekends, June 3–6 and of her native Havana, Cuba. Her style has walks inspired by three of her nature- an atmospheric sense of time and nature. June 10–13, 2021, with both in-person been compared to that of “a jazz musician’s loving students. Predominately a portrait A complex method of printing begins and virtual programming each weekend. brush strokes on the drums,” equating the photographer, Tyroler took this new cre- with Alan enlarging a negative of one of Tickets for this fundraiser, which pairs rhythm of her brushwork with the rhythm ative inspiration and opportunity to focus his own magnificent images, and trans- inspired floral installations with works of of her subjects. Guzman paints with energy on trees and how to incorporate people forming the photographs through gum art in the Museum collection, are on sale and expression combining line, texture, View from the exhibit, “A Thousand Throws” into the imagery. These fine art images bichromate. Then using mostly mineral at (ncartmuseum.org/bloom) or by calling color and form, giving the eye just enough of composited renditions of portrait/land- pigments and other organic materials like 919/715-5923. information to suggest the desired image. Work by Ana Guzman NC State University in Raleigh, NC, is July 18, 2021. scape photography will be showcased in locally foraged walnut hulls, turmeric, and Art in Bloom 2019, Scot Buck, Emerald City “We can’t wait to welcome visitors Florist, Greenville, NC Arriving in the United States at the age always close at hand as her family moved presenting A Thousand Throws, an installa- NC State’s Gregg Museum of Art & De- FRANK in a series titled, “Seeing-Trees; dyes like sandalwood and indigo, he is back safely to the ever-exciting Art in of five and speaking little English, Guz- from New York to rural Pennsylvania and tion by artist and potter Daniel Johnston, on sign is featuring a special installation in the Memory, Re-planting and Re-gifting,” able to achieve a painterly and evocative Bloom,” says Director Valerie Hillings. “I floral designers and the excitement of our man chose drawing as an important means during summer vacations exploring their view in the Valeria C. Adams Gallery, of the Adams gallery of ceramic and installation featuring Charlotte, a little girl and her final art piece. What emerges through this am always inspired by the creativity of the continued above on next column to the right of communication. Her sketchbook was continued on Page 31 Gregg Museum of Art & Design, through continued above on next column to the right relationship with the natural world. This continued on Page 32 Page 30 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 31 Oct. 17, 2021. North Carolina artist world. May 28 - June 13 - "2021 Piccolo Spoleto William Aiken Walker. The paintings collection Elizabeth Bradford’s masterful paintings Juried Art Exhibition". Part of the Piccolo Spoleto is complemented by examples of neoclassical originate from an intimate observation SC Institutional Galleries Festival. Awards for the Exhibition include $100 sculpture on view in the Campbell Rotunda, and FRANK Gallery in Chapel Hill and profound reverence for the natural each for Best Photography, Best Printmaking, decorative art objects on loan from the Rivers environment. This collection of painting continued from Page 32 Best Sculpture, Best Painting, and Best Drawing; Collection. Gallery 5, Permanent Exhibition - continued from Page 31 Best in Show is $500. The juror for the “2021 "Miniature Portraits". The first American miniature developing/printing process is “a haunting of drawing, illustrating, and mixed media, offers an invitation to share Bradford’s Aiken Camden Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Show” is Dontre Major, portraits were painted in Charleston, and today beauty as well as depth of surface char- Jean LeCluyse’s art are “windows into a journey as she explores the gifts of the originally from Oklahoma, moved to Charles- the Gibbes is home to one of the most prestigious acter that is uncommon in the world of ‘secret’ narrative.” Observing LeCluyse’s natural world. The reverence that she has Aiken Center for the Arts, 122 Laurens St., SW, Bassett Gallery, Arts Center of Kershaw ton in 2015 where he attended and received a portrait miniature collections in the United States. photography.” artwork transports the viewer to a state for the environment, and all of its inhabit- Aiken. Aiken Artist Guild Gallery, May 6 - June County, 810 Lyttleton Street, Camden. Ongo- BA from the College of Charleston’s Studio Art Containing more than six hundred objects, the Always, expertly, testing the limits of of meditation, examining each detailed ants, can inspire a deeper awareness of 11 - "Aiken Artist Guild Annual Member Show". ing - The Arts Center of Kershaw County is a program with a concentration in photography. collection spans nearly two hundred years and her medium, Judith Ernst creates incom- nuance as a viewer, one can get a glimpse our interconnectedness and responsibil- A reception will be held on May 6, from 6-8pm. 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that brings en- While attending CofC he was accepted to show represents the work of over a hundred artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9:30am-5:30pm. Contact: ergy, creativity, and experience of the Arts to all in the juried “Young Contemporaries Exhibitions” Small enough to fit in the palm of the hand, these parable sculptural, and labor intensive into the complex story and skill of the ity for its preservation and survival. This Works by Alice Ballard exhibition is curated by Carla Hanzal, an 803/641-9094 or at (www.aikencenterforthearts. ages. The Arts Center strives to make both the in 2016, 2017, 2018; in the 2018 show he won tiny portraits were treasured remembrances ceramic vessels that are impeccably artist. Her work is directly inspired by her org). Visual, Music and Performing Arts an integral two awards the Norton M. Seltzer Prize and of loved ones in the age before photography. designed and glazed. Directly inspired by professional and artistic background in Central Piedmont Community College, independent curator, Charlotte, NC. For Central Campus, Overcash Performing Arts further information visit part of the life of our community. Admission: The Laura M. Bragg Memorial Award as well as Presented in state-of-the-art display cases, and her life experiences, studies, and traveling classical drawing, scientific illustration, Anderson Free. Hours: closed now due to COVID-19, but receiving the title Best in Show. After graduation, in viewable storage drawers featured miniatures abroad Ernst developed a highly meticu- and a meaningful career as an accom- Center, Elizabeth Avenue and Kings Drive (www.cameronartmuseum.org). varies by exhibit. Contact: 803/425-7676 or at in 2018, Major was also a part of the Charleston include works by Mary Roberts, Jeremiah Theus, lous approach to building her ceramics. plished registered nurse. Keeping with in Charlotte, NC, is presenting My Mother (www.fineartscenter.org). Gaillard Center “Prints in Clay” exhibition which Henry Benbridge, Charles Wilson Peale, Pierre “Using sculptural techniques, she cuts the underlying theme for this exhibit of Took the Ming Rose out of the Cradle, focused on the history of enslaved Africans and Henri, Edward Greene Malbone, George Engle- through the wall of the pot to get more trees, LeCluyse’s series for the upcoming featuring works by Alice Ballard, on view Charleston the fingerprints they left behind. In 2019 he also heart, and Charles Fraser. Gallery 6, Permanent depth and dynamic movement, taking exhibit will give the viewer a look into in the Overcash Art Gallery, through May showed work in the “Enhancing African Descen- Exhibition - "20th Century American Regional- apart thrown vessels and reconfiguring the extreme proficiency of her chosen 27, 2021. Ballard’s new exhibition merges Avery Research Center for African History dant Identity through Community Engagement ism and the Charleston Renaissance". At the turn and Culture, at the College of Charleston, 125 and DNA Analysis,” which was a project in of the twentieth century, American artists looked them in new ways.” The finished vessel is medium. the past with the present while looking toward the future as she combines new Bull St., Charleston. Ongoing - Exhibits on view collaboration between The Gullah Society and to their European counterparts and beyond as an incredibly unique, energetic, textural, For further information check our include: "Since 1920: Zeta Phi Beta Centennial". Redux Contemporary Art Center. Due to the they developed identifiably American artistic and exquisitely colored vessel. NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the and old works into a unique gallery show. “My Mother Took the Ming Rose out of The Gamma Zeta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Soror- ongoing situation related to COVID-19 in South movements. Two particularly strong influences Creating immensely detailed and mag- gallery at 919/636-4135 or visit (www. ity Incorporated presents a centennial exhibit Carolina, City Gallery guests must reserve a during this time period were French Impression- nificent works of art with a combination frankisart.com). the Cradle” is a poetic line of words deeply filled with the rich history of the sorority in print time slot in advance online or by phone for free, ism and Japanese woodblock prints. Another connected to Ballard. The ming rose, in and paraphernalia.Visitors can see in-depth the timed admission, with exhibition viewing offered prevailing theme during this period was the grow- View of the “Kindred Spirits” exhibition Ballard’s life, is a common thread represent- programming, philanthropy and reach of Zeta Phi Thursdays through Sundays from noon until 5pm. ing interest in American subject matter. American ing some of her darkest and most joyful The Florence County Museum in Flor- Beta during their 100 years. "The Water Keeps The last reservation will be offered at 4:40pm. regionalism and social realism played important Some Exhibits That Are Still On View moments. The ceramic works of art Ballard ence, SC, celebrates the 120th anniversary Rising" Hip-hop artist and activist Benny Starr Face masks will be required of all guests and roles in the development of art in Charleston, Our policy at Carolina Arts is to present crafts echo the natural world around her in of William H. Johnson’s birth with a new, has created an interactive exhibit based on data staff. Contact: 843/958-6484 or (www.charleston- which flourished as a destination for artists, par- a press release about an exhibit only once their organic shapes and natural pigments. ongoing, exhibition of his work. The exhi- from the Avery’s State of Racial Disparities Re- sc.gov/citygallery). ticularly during the years of 1915 to 1945 a period and then go on, but many major exhibits Gallery hours are Mon.-Wed., from 10am- bition, titled Kindred Spirit: the Personal port in Charleston County. This exhibit will create now known as the Charleston Renaissance. are on view for months. This is our effort to 2pm (by appointment, gallery director Worlds of William H. Johnson, focuses on an immersive experience for visitors. In the areas Gallery 7, Permanent Exhibition - "Modern remind you of some of them. available), & Thur. and Fri. (by appointment the artist’s relationships with the people of civic engagement, racial disparities, the envi- and Contemporary". Modern and contemporary ronment and performance art/music, this exhibit art in America encompasses a wide range of but no gallery director from 10am-2pm). and places in his life. The twenty-four will aim to connect the dots from historical data styles, subject matter, and media. As a whole, the APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED DUE works on exhibit include paintings from Work by Nia Curry, Best in Show, Anderson Arts and archival information up to the present condi- diversity of modern and contemporary art reflects TO COVID, e-mail Amelia Zytka, Gallery his time in France, Denmark, and New Center’s “46th Annual Juried Show” tions of the Lowcountry. "Resilient". Local artist the rich and varied heritage of our nation and Coordinator at ([email protected]). York. Others explore more personal Chris “Kolpeace” Johnson will highlight the power the lowcountry region. Works in this gallery were She will get back to you with your request- themes, like Johnson’s spiritual and family Anderson Arts Center, located in the Arts of being resilient with this work that recognizes created over the past forty years by artists who ed day and time along with directions to the life, and his hometown of Florence, SC. Warehouse, 110 Federal Street, downtown African Americans who have shown strength are native to the area, who have worked here, or gallery in the Overcash Center as well as “This exhibit brings together all of the Anderson. Warehouse Galleries, Through through adversity including the late local activist who have created objects that reflect the complex easy short term parking in the front drive of significant moments in the story of John- May 20 - "46th Annual Juried Show," juried Muhiyidin D’baha and Cyntoia Brown, who faced story of the region. The works are grouped to reflect several themes including the southern Overcash Complex. son’s art and life,” says museum curator, by Cecelia Lucas Stucker. Hours: Tue.-Fri., life in prison after being convicted of homicide as KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) “Fuji 9:30am-5:30pm. Contact: 864/222-2787 or at a juvenile. These pieces are tributes to memo- landscape, the human figure, abstraction, and Work by Doug Dacey Stephen W. Motte. Of particular interest from Kajikazawa in Kai Province” from the (www.andersonartscenter.org). rialize the impactful strength of an unsung hero the legacy of slavery in America. Museum are a recently conserved tapestry woven series “Thirty-six Views of Fuji”, ca. 1831, Color in the community, engaging the soul and spirit. woodblock print, 10 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches Shop - Now offering the inventory of the Tradd ing, wooden furniture, woodcarving, and by Johnson’s wife, Holcha Krake, and a Bay3 Artisan Gallery, located in the Arts "The African Origins of Mathematics". Charleston Street Press, reproductions of works by Elizabeth woodturning. Tryon Arts & Crafts School portrait bust of Holcha’s sister sculpted by Warehouse, 110 Federal St., Anderson. Ongo- resident and artist Robert “King David” Ross Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street, O'Neill Verner amoung other exhibit related art (TACS) is an Education Center Member 20th century German expressionist, Chris- ing - Featuring works by Marion Carroll, Carol highlights the direct impact Africa has had on Charleston. Gallery 9, Through Oct. 3 - objects. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-5pm & Sun., of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and toph Voll, Johnson’s brother-in-law. Both Cook, Joshua Davis, Lynn Felts, Jane Fried- modern mathematics in this exhibit. Showcasing "Japonisme in Charleston: Alice Smith and Her 1-5pm . Admission: Yes. Contact: 843/722-2706 located in Tryon, approximately 40 miles works, along with others in the exhibit man, Cheryl Gibisch, Ann Heard, Ruth Hopkins, the first math instrument, the Ishango bone, the Circle". Early 20th century Charleston artist Alice or at (www.gibbesmuseum.org). southeast of Asheville in Polk County. were acquired by the museum from John- Diann Simms and Lori Solymosi. The work exhibit allows visitors to see the influence Africa Ravenel Huger Smith was one of many American For further information call the Center at son’s family descendants in Denmark. The presented in the gallery features oils, acrylics, has had on every aspect of life. Admission: Free. artists to react to the western dissemination of Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, The 828/298-7928 or visit museum will continue to provide digital watercolors, photography, pastels, collage, Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm, with guided tours Japanese prints. In a companion exhibition to Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the (www.southernhighlandguild.org). Elizabeth Bradford (American, b. 1950), “New content and print materials throughout the assemblages, sculpture, mosaics, and stained at 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, and Lasting Impressions: Japanese Prints from the Arts, College of Charleston School of the Arts,161 Year, Stone Mountain”, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, glass and jewelry. There is a piece of original 3:30pm. Contact: 843/805-5507 or visit (www. Read-Simms Collection the wave of enthusi- Calhoun St., Charleston. May 14 - July 16 - "Dan 30 x 48 in. Collection of Fan and Skipper Smith duration of the exhibition. For more info art for every home or office in a variety of price cofc.edu/avery). asm for the Japanese aesthetic in Charleston Estabrook: WUNDERKAMMER". The work of call the Museum at 843/676-1200 or visit ranges. Co-sponsored by the Anderson Arts will be explored through the works of Smith Dan Estabrook oscillates between image and The Cameron Art Museum in Wilming- (www.flocomuseum.org). Center. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm, & Sat., Charleston Artist Guild Gallery, 160 East Bay and other artists who embraced the tenets and object and back again. Using antiquated forms ton, NC, is presenting Elizabeth Bradford: 10am- 1pm. Contact: 864/716-3838 or at (www. St., Charleston. May 1 - 31 - "Longitudes and techniques of Japanese art. Gallery 8, Through of photography, such as salt prints and tintypes, A House of One Room, on view through andersonartscenter.org). Latitudes," an exhibition featuring a collection of Oct. 3 - "Lasting Impressions: Japanese Prints Estabrook examines the objecthood of photog- paintings by Judy Walters. Walters is a Charles- from the Read-Simms Collection". The Gib- raphy and its ability to represent the truth. He Beaufort Area ton emerging artist who discovered her passion bes Museum of Art is home to one of the most often combines multiple tintypes or adds metal for painting after retiring from business life in significant collections of Japanese woodblock to his images, further commenting on photogra- Beaufort Art Association Gallery,913 Bay 2008. “Painting has been a passion throughout prints in the Southeast. This exhibition will pres- phy’s connection to reality. His sculptural works Street, across the street from the Clock Tower, my life”, Walters says. “After school, business ent 60 exceptional and rare prints amassed by become recreations of his photos, further blurring Beaufort. Ongoing - New works by more than 90 and raising my family, I started exploring it.” Charleston collector, Motte Alston Read, and his the line between image and object. Interested in SC Institutional Galleries exhibiting members of the Beaufort Art Associa- Ongoing - Featuring an exhibit of works by over sister, Mary Read Hume Simms of New Orleans, the studio as a site for fabrication, Estabrook’s Work by Lisa M. Shimko tion Gallery - exhibits and featured artists change 80 plus members of CAG who display a wealth of during the first decades of the 20th century. The sleight of hand in creating still life tableaus asks Publisher’s Note: Due to the Covid-19 every six weeks. In addition to framed paintings talent in different media including, oils, acrylics, Read-Simms Collection reflects the full range of viewers to reconsider why things appear as they Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC’s legend- Pandemic it is advised that you check with in a variety of media, the gallery offers prints, pastels, watercolors, photography, printmaking popular print subjects by master Ukiyo-e artists of seem. May 14 - July 16 - "Jibade-Khalil Huffman: ary contemporary gallery, is always look- facilities you want to visit before you do so, photographs, unframed matted originals, jewelry, & sculpture. The Gallery is also home for the the Edo period, from famous Kabuki theater ac- YOU ARE HERE". Jibade-Khalil Huffman mines ing for new artists to showcase. With this to find out if they are open and what limita- sculpture, ceramics and greeting cards. Hours: CAG office. Hours: Daily, 11am-6pm. Contact: tors portrayed by Suzuki Harunobu and Tōshūsai images and texts, searching for latent meaning tions they are working under. Don’t just Tue.-Sun.,11am-3pm. Contact: 843/521-4444 or 843/722-2454 or at (www.charlestonartistguild. Sharaku in the 18th century, to vibrant land- and hidden memories. Using a wide array of goal in mind, the current exhibit is New assume they are open or closed and don't Faces 2021: Artists We Want to Know. A at (www.beaufortartassociation.com). com). scapes by Utagawa Hiroshige and Katsushika media including lightboxes, video, performance, forget about these people, there are many Hokusai in the 19th century. Galleries Two & photography, text, and installation, Huffman uses concurrent exhibit is Postal Artifacts: New ways you can support them during these Work by Terry Taylor. Both exhibits are Belton Three, Through June 27 - "Charleston Collects: his work to expose power structures and racial troubling times. Check out their websites. Devotion and Fantasy, Witchcraft and the World’s dynamics in popular imagery. His heavily layered on view through May 7, 2021. New Faces Belton Center for the Arts, 306 North Main End". This selection of paintings and prints from a images beckon viewers to form connections features 10 artists who live and work in Virtual Exhibitions Street, Belton. Through May 14 - "12 x 12," major, private, Charleston collection of Northern between recognizable images and the personal Western North Carolina and the Upstate featuring a tiny works exhibit. Hours: Tue.-Fri., Renaissance art introduces a world of intensely, pentimenti of our own existences. For “You Are of South Carolina. They are: William Now - SC Watermedia Society’s "43rd Annual 10am-5:30pm & 1st Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: and sometimes disturbingly, vivid imagery that Here”, Jibade-Khalil will create a new installa- Asman, Jennifer Bonner, Katya Cohen, Work by Bryce Speed National Virtual Exhibition". Welcome to the 864/338-8556 or at (http://www.beltoncenterforth- speaks to uncertainties of the period and remains tion, building on the materials and themes he’s Joan Lesikin, Shaun McCallum, Lisa Greenville Center for Creative Arts in "43rd Annual National Exhibition"! Due to earts.org/#!exhibits/cfvg). relevant today. This exhibition is a selection of art explored in recent years. Hours: Mon.- Fri., COVID-19 and in the interest of the health and curated by Lawrence Goedde, Ph.D., professor 11am-4pm; untill 7pm on Thur. and by appt. Shimko, Lisa Steffens, Sandy Single- Greenville, SC, is presenting Uncanny Ter- safety of SCWS members and lovers of art, tary, Jena Thomas and Carolyn Wright. rain, featuring works by Bryce Speed and Bluffton of art history at the University of Virginia. The col- Contact: 843/953-4422 or at (http://halsey.cofc. this year’s exhibition is completely online. This lection, which is comprised of objects created in edu/exhibitions/). The second show features the charming, Maja Godlewska, on view in the Center’s year’s show was juried by renowned portrait nostalgic postcard art of Terry Taylor. Main Gallery, through May 26, 2021. In Society of Bluffton Artists Gallery/Learning the Low Countries and Germany between 1440 artist Ted Nuttall. While the show certainly and 1590, showcases a world of contradictions Taylor collects vintage postcards of scenes Center, 8 Church Street, corner of Calhoun and this dynamic exhibition, artists Bryce Speed speaks for itself, you can also read statements Church Street, Bluffton. Through May 1 - Fea- and unease—whether the subject is a troubled in Western North Carolina and the Great (Tuscaloosa, AL) and Maja Godlewska (https://scwatermedia.com/statements/) from Work by Marcia Pyner, 1st Place digital show turing an exhibit of works by Mary Burrell. Burrell, Virgin Mary contemplating her young son, or a Smoky Mountains, which he transforms (Charlotte, NC) paint surreal environments both SCWS President Russell Jewell and Mr. was a first-place finisher in SOBA’s "26th Annual menacing group of malevolent figures inspired by into art “quilts” by stitching together the as a means to investigate our relationship Nuttall about the show. View the exhibtion at juror Mick McAndrews, and more than ninety-five Judged Show" last year. Her artwork — with its Hieronymus Bosch, or Albrecht Dürer’s famous postcards on a vintage sewing machine. with the changing natural world. Using (https://scwatermedia.com/43rd-annual-nation- other powerful pieces of art. View the Complete distinctive textures, shading and detail — has scenes from Revelations. In the turbulent era of For further information call the gallery at abstracted fragments of shape, pattern, and al-exhibition/). Gallery at this link (https://scwatermedia.com/ been exhibited in restaurants, libraries, galler- the Renaissance and beginning of the Refor- sds21/). ies, public offices and boutiques.May 4 - 31 - mation in Northern Europe, patrons found their 828/859-2828 or visit color derived from a heightened sensitiv- Through Apr. 30, 2022 - SC Watermedia (www.upstairsartspace.org). ity to the environment, the artists help us "Wildlife Art and More," showcases the talents of hopes, desires and anxieties mirrored in these Society’s "2021 Spring Digital Show", featuring Allendale Sandy Rhodes. A reception will be held on May artistic images, further inspiring pious beliefs or The Southern Highland Craft Guild to reconsider the world around us and our 100 works by 67 artists. Congratulations to artist at the Folk Art Center, in Asheville, NC, connection to it. Godlewska’s paintings 8, from 4-6pm. Admirers of Lowcountry wildlife Work by Fer Caggiano of Arianne King Comer depicting fantastic visions of good and evil. Gal- Marcia Pyner for her work, "I Lift My Hands to Salkehatchie Arts Center, 939 N. Main St., leries 1, 4, and 5, Permanent Exhibition - "18th is presenting Thermal Belt: Artists of the and imagery will want to schedule time to step and installations address the search for the Heaven", which took first place! Additionally, Jen- Allendale. Ongoing - Featuring a retail store into the Society of Bluffton Artists Gallery during City Gallery at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Waterfront and 19th Century American Paintings and Sculp- Foothills, presented by Tryon Arts & Crafts idyllic landscape. Speed paints dream-like nifer Edwards and Judy Prestridge were honored offering works by artists from the Salkehatchie May. South Carolina native Sandy Rhodes' show Park, 34 Prioleau Street, Charleston. Through ture". American paintings, from colonial portraits School, on view in the Center’s Main Gal- environments to chronicle the changing cli- with second and third place for their works, "Villa region including Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, “Wildlife Art and More” captures those iconic May 2 - "Like A Girl: Dare to Dream," featuring to Civil War-era landscapes, occupy the Gibbes lery, through May 9, 2021. The exhibit fea- mate as a metaphor for the evolving human Capri" and "Waterfall", respectively. Thank you Colleton, and Hampton Counties. Hours: Tue.- scenes and brings them to life on canvas. Ongo- works by Fer Caggiano. Featuring portraits of Main Gallery. Portraits of leading political, social, to every artist who entered the show. We were Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 803/584-6084. tures artists working in the foothills in and self. For further information check our SC ing - Featuring works in a variety of mediums by more than 35 South Carolinian women, Like and military figures include works by Jeremiah Work by Kirsten Hoving around Tryon, NC, who are affiliated with Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center delighted by this year’s collection of works and over 100 area artists, with all work moderately a Girl brings attention to women who have ex- Theus, Henry Benbridge, Benjamin West, Gilbert believe it offers a promising outlook for the "44th the school. Disciplines represented include at 864/735-3948 or visit priced. Changing shows every six weeks. Hours: celled, each with unique and inspiring stories. In Stuart, Thomas Sully and Samuel F.B. Morse. Redux Contemporary Art Center, featuring Annual National Exhibition". The complete Spring Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 11:30am-3pm. them, girls and other women will see on canvas The gallery also features landscape and genre Redux Studios, 1056 King Street, Charleston. bladesmithing, copper textured bronze, (www.artcentergreenville.org). Digital Show Gallery includes two additional hand-built and wheel-thrown ceramics, Contact: 843/757-6586 or at (www.sobagallery. their potential: they can be strong, smart and scenes by Angelica Kaufmann, Louis Mignot, Main Gallery, Through May 22 - "Quiet Edge: honorable mention pieces, commentary from beautiful, and ready to make their mark on the Eastman Johnson, Conrad Wise Chapman, and glass lampwork, jewelry, quilting, weav- continued above on next column to the right continued on Page 33 com). continued on Page 34 Page 32 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 33 The Old Slave Mart Museum, 6 Chalmers by everyone from kids to designers to scientists, 803/548-5666 or at (http://loomcoworking.com). Downtown Greenville - "First Fridays," Street, Charleston. Ongoing - The Museum re- and we’re looking forward to sharing it with all our featuring a gallery crawl presented on the first counts the story of Charleston's role in this inter- visitors.” Through June 6 - "Pressing Voices". Gaffney Fri, of the month from 6-9pm. Visit galleries SC Institutional Galleries state slave trade by focusing on the history of this South Carolina has been home to an impressive SC Institutional Galleries throughout the downtown area. For info: (www. continued from Page 33 particular building and site and the slave sales array of printmakers creating works in a diverse continued from Page 34 fristfridaysonline.com). that occurred here. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. range of styles. "Pressing Voices" brings together Suzanne Dittenber + Benny Fountain". Redux MUSC, at 843/792.5602 or e-mail at (ellisk@ Contact: The Office of Cultural Affairs at 843/958- a group of artists showcasing styles and stories SC State Museum, 301 Gervais St., Columbia. www.elloreemuseum.org). Contemporary Art Center is excited to present musc.edu). 6467 or at (http://www.charlestonarts.sc/). that illustrate how a centuries-old artistic process Ongoing - "Early American Face Vessels from "Quiet Edge", a two-person exhibition highlighting continues to inspire and endure. The exhibit is a the George H. Meyer Collection". This new Florence the work of Asheville, NC, based artist Suzanne Edmondston-Alston House, 21 East Battery companion show to the exhibition "The Imagi- exhibit features collection of more than 100 early Dittenber and Waco, TX, based artist, Benny in downtown Charleston. Through Jan. 10, native Worlds of M.C. Escher". Through July American face vessels, this exhibition offers a Fountain. Redux’s two-person exhibitions pres- 2022 - "Alice". Featuring a special exhibition 11 - "Assembly Required: Collage from the CMA rare opportunity to trace the development of this ent the public with an opportunity to examine and of works by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith in con- Collection". Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque tradition as it unfolded in regions east of the Mis- engage with, the interconnectivity and paral- nection with the book launch of "Alice: Alice famously “invented” collage as a fine art in the sissippi River and Texas, from the 1820s to circa lels between the work of two distinct creative Ravenel Huger Smith, Charleston Renaissance 1910s, and it is a particularly playful art form. Art- 1945, including around 20 early face vessels from practices. "Quiet Edge" brings together the works Artist". The special exhibits include almost 40 ists can arrange and affix paper, fabric, photos, South Carolina. Ongoing - "The Graphic Eye: of two artists who address rectangular forms that works of Alice Smith’s art featured in the book. and other found ephemera to a surface — the South Carolina and the Intersection of Art and ebb and flow between depiction and abstraction: Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11:30am- results ranging from purely abstract form to a Design," showcases a century of graphic design, Suzanne Dittenber with the form of the book 4pm hours subject to change call ahead. collision of deliberate messages. This exhibition from the 19th century to concert posters. From and Benny Fountain with the window and room. Contact: 843-722-7171 or at (https://www. showcases hidden gems by little-known artists mass-produced media of the early 20th century Gallery 1056, Through May 22 - "Working edmondstonalston.org/). Piccolo Spoleto Crafts Fair at Wragg Square and recent acquisitions. Through Jan. 1, 2225 - to posters of today, "The Graphic Eye" explores Stone: Photographs by Kirsten Hoving". Twenty Wragg Square Park, Charlotte and Meeting "The Collection". Come see the newly organized South Carolina’s strong and diverse connection View of William H. Johnson exhibit, “Kindred Spirit” stunning large-scale photographs of marble and Marion Square Park, Calhoun Street between Streets, Charleston. May 28 - 30 & June 4 - 6 - collection. We’ve gathered ancient and modern to the graphic arts. Guests are invited to examine granite quarries have been selected from the Meeting and King Streets, Charleston. May Piccolo Spoleto Craft Show 2021. For 2021 we works of art, together in one space, that explore the difference between art and design and con- Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves artist’s decade-long project for exhibition. Many 28 - June 13 - "2021 Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor are holding the craft show as an invitation only our shared archetypes, myths, and ideals. Gal- sider when art can also be design and vice versa. Street, across the street from the Francis Marion photographs in "Working Stone" explore the Juried Art Exhibition" Marion Square Park is event for the all the accepted artists from the can- leries 5 & 6, Ongoing - "Modern & Contempo- Ongoing - "A Voice of Her Own: South Carolina University Performing Arts Center, Florence. Spe- Work by Natalie Daise active quarries of Vermont, with scale that dwarfs transformed into a beautiful open-air market celled 2020 show. Coordinated by the Charleston rary Art from the Collection". Celebrating some of Women in Politics". This exhibit celebrates the cial Exhibits Gallery, Through June 30 - "Anne the men and machines that remove massive as some of the finest and most creative artists Crafts Cooperative Gallery, the crafts exhibition the CMA’s greatest hits, this exhibition features 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which Lemanski: The Messenger". In the work of North Cherokee Alliance of Visual Artists Gal- blocks of rock. Other photographs contemplate from throughout South Carolina exhibit and features fine crafts artists from Charleston and over 30 paintings, drawings, photographs and guaranteed women the right to vote. This exhibit Carolina artist Anne Lemanski, man represents lery, 210 West Frederick Street, located in the Work by Bryce Speed inactive sites, whose rock faces still bear traces sell their work. Stroll through the park and around the US, who participate in the one or sculptures from the Museum’s collection that features objects, images and stories showing himself in a silent dialog with the animal kingdom. former Old Post Office building one street over of human interaction with the geologic landscape. browse the artists’ tents as you view original both of the weekends of the exhibition. These have not been on view recently. It offers the visi- the ways South Carolina women engaged with Behind the proficiency of their construction and from the Main Street with the City of Gaffney Greenville Center for Creative Arts, 25 Draper Ongoing - In May, 2017, Redux relocated to oils, pastels, watercolors, acrylics, encaustics, fine crafts artists and artisans present and make tor experiences both serious and sensual and is the political history of our state. From tribal seeming simplicity of their surfaces, her sculp- Visitors Center, Gaffney. May 8 - June 30 - Street, Greenville. Main Gallery, Through May 1056 King Street with 38 studios, three galleries, photography, and more. The exhibition offers available for purchase exquisite jewelry, one-of-a- designed to both entertain and enlighten. Notable women leaders, to the first female Governor of tures provoke serious existential themes. Each "Rice, Queens and Collard Greens," featuring 26 - "Uncanny Terrain", featuring works by Bryce a larger print shop, classroom, dark room, and a memorable experience and a great way to kind wearables, unique art objects in clay, glass, works included are by Jasper Johns, Howard the state, this exhibit shows how women worked one has a presence, inviting or imposing. For paintings by Lowcountry artist, Natalie Daise, Speed and Maja Godlewska. An ARTalk will be photo studio. Hours: Mon.,11am-4pm, Wed., enjoy the creativity of our local visual arts com- metal, and wood, and special gift items. Artist Thomas, Sally Mann and Edward Ruscha, whose to gain a voice of their own. The exhibit is free over twenty years, Lemanski has used animal im- presented in conjunction with the Cherokee offered on May 18, from 6-7pm. In “Uncanny 11am-4pm & Fri., 11am-3pm or by appt. Contact: munity whether you’re in the market for a new demonstrations - both scheduled and impromptu famous image of the Hollywood Hills (on view) with museum general admission. The Crescent agery to address social, political and environmen- Alliance of Visual Artists (CAVA). A closing Terrain”, artists Bryce Speed (Tuscaloosa, AL) 843/722-0697 or at (www.reduxstudios.org). acquisition, or simply window shopping. Dem- - are a highlight for exhibition attendees. Hours: has become a staple of the art world. Ray Taylor Café, second floor mezzanine of the Museum. tal issues. Her work has been profiled in major art reception will be held on June 30, from 5-7pm. and Maja Godlewska (Charlotte, NC) paint sur- onstrations will be offered throughout the event Fri. & Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun. 11am-5pm. Contact: Fair Gallery, Ongoing - Featuring a new and The house menu offers a variety of baked goods, publications and can be found in the collections The public is invited. Masks and social distanc- real environments as a means to investigate our The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street, by participating artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur., visit (www.piccolospoleto.com). permanent installation of its ancient art collec- juices, coffee, hot chocolate and tea. Lunchtime of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art ing will be expected. The show will include 18 relationship with the changing natural world. With Charleston. Founded in 1773, is America’s first 10am-5pm & Fri.-Sun., 10am-6pm. Contact: tion. The installation includes approximately 50 offerings include deli sandwiches and alternat- and Mint Museum of Craft + Design. Ongoing paintings, including several smaller and a few abstracted fragments of shape and pattern and museum. Lowcountry Photography Gal- Call the Office of Cultural Affairs at 843/724- Clemson Area objects that introduce the major ancient civiliza- ing daily soups, as well as grilled chicken salads - This exhibit introduces visitors to the history of larger works. Much of her work explores the color derived from a heightened sensitivity to the lery, Exxtended Through June 7 - "Portraits 7305 or visit (www.piccolospoleto.com). tions from the Mediterranean and Near East. and sandwiches. And let’s not forget the house the museum and its formative collections. This rich traditions of her African-American heritage environment, the artists help us to reconsider the of the Lowcountry: Cased Images from the The ARTS Center, 212 Butler St., Clemson. Examples of the earliest form of writing from 12th specialty: spectacular fudge, handmade on-site. gallery also exhibits the histories and diversity of and Gullah Geechee communities. According world around us and our connection to it. Maja Archives". We’re bringing it back! Because the Ongoing - Featuring works by local and region- century B.C. Mesopotamia, are shown next to Hours: Wed.-Sat., from 10am-5pm and Sun., the City of Florence, and the incorporated munici- to CAVA’s exhibit committee her style depends Godlewska combines photography, painting, and Museum had to close its doors in the middle al artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-5pm & Fri., Egyptian scarabs and Greek painted vessels. from noon-5pm. Admission: Yes. Contact: call palities of Florence County. Additionally, the Com- on bold images and makes bold statements. installation to illuminate the surge of insta-tourism of the exhibit earlier this year, we decided to 10am-2pm. Contact: 864/633-5051 or at (www. The world of the ancient Romans is represented 803/898-4921 or at (http://scmuseum.org/). munity Gallery communicates the lives, stories Ongoing - Featuring works in a varierty of and the search for the idyllic landscape. Finding bring it back! In case you missed it, a selection explorearts.org). by 2nd century glass and bronze items and and accomplishments of significant past and media by Cherokee County artists. Hours: where synthetic and natural realities merge, of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes portrait sculpture. Many of these works have Tapp's Outpost Art Space, 713-15 Saluda present citizens of Florence County and mem- Mon.-Thur., from 8:30am-5pm and Fri., from Bryce Speed paints dream-like environments will once again be exhibited featuring individual ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Clemson not been seen since the Museum moved to its Avenue, in the Five Points area, Columbia. bers of it’s communities. This gallery is one of two 8:30am-3:45pm. Contact: call Shelba Cook to chronicle life’s fragility. Community Gallery, and family portraits of the Lowcountry. The Madren Conference Center, Clemson Univer- location on Main Street in 1998. The collection Ongoing - Tapp's Outpost is a business and permanent exhibit spaces designed by award at 864/490-0609 or call the Visitors Center at May 7 - June 23 - "Seven Places," showcases invention of photography made it possible to sity, Clemson. Ongoing - Featuring wood and has grown over the last several years with the production incubator in Columbia, South Caro- winning exhibit design firm, HaleySharpe Design. 864/487-6244. the work of seven students from Greenville’s record an accurate portrait, rather than an steel bird carvings by Grainger McKoy. Hours: donation of 12 fine Roman sculptures in 2002 lina for emerging cultural entrepreneurs. We Education Gallery, New & Ongoing - “Kindred Fine Arts Center as they explore the definition of artist’s notion. For the first time a true por- regular building hours. Contact: Peter Kent at from Pennsylvania collector Dr. Robert Y. Turner. help realize cultural projects and initiatives by Spirit: the Personal Worlds of William H. John- Greenville place. From things like place in society to place trayal of the sitter, who oftentimes wanted their 864/656-0382 or e-mail at (peter.kent@clem- Admission: Yes, but there is no admission charge pooling resources and providing administrative son,” focuses on the artist’s relationships with in evolution, these advanced young artists have image immortalized performing a particular sonews.clemson.edu). on Sun. Hours: Tue.-Sun., from 10am-5pm. support to artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6- the people and places in his life. The twenty-four Downtown Greensboro, May 7 - 9, 2021 - banded together to provide a perspective on how task or with specific props, could be captured. Contact: 803/799-2810 or at (www.columbiamu- pm. Contact: 803/988-0013 or at (https://www. works on exhibit include paintings from his time in Artisphere’s 17th Annual Festival, Greenville’s high school students view not only themselves, Ongoing - "Becoming Americans: Charleston The Fran Hanson Discovery Center, South seum.org). outpostartspace.org/). France, Denmark, and New York. Others explore premier arts and culture showcase. Presented but the world around them. Sam Barnhart, Grae in the Revolutionary War". Charleston played Carolina Botanical Garden, Clemson University, more personal themes, like Johnson’s spiritual by TD Bank, Artisphere is one of the consistent- Beckham, Brianna Bruce, Alex Coffey, Thomas a critical role in the Revolutionary War. South Clemson. Featured Artists Gallery, Ongo- McKissick Museum, University of South ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Columbia area and family life, and his hometown of Florence, ly top-ranked art festivals in the country. This Hicks, Dylan Swain and Katherine Wiedemann Carolina was the wealthiest of the thirteen ing - Featuring works by Nancy Basket, Sue Carolina, USC Horseshoe, Columbia. Extended Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, SC. Pee Dee History Gallery, Ongoing - This is year’s festival will be safe, small, and socially are the young artists who will be displaying their rebellious colonies and Charleston was its key Figliola, Sue Grier, Sandy King, Jo Ann Taylor through May 29 - "Piece by Piece: Quilts From 1101 Lincoln St., Columbia. Ongoing - Fea- the largest gallery space in the facility, comprising distanced, and will span four gated blocks of individuality through their places in life. Ongo- port to maintain its trade with the outside world. and Phil Garrett, on a rotating basis. Elizabeth the Permanent Collection". Since the 1980s, turing works by local artists throughout the 3,300 sq. ft. of exhibit space. This permanent col- South Main Street from the intersection of River ing - Home to 16 studio artists. Hours: Wed.-Fri., The British would make three attempts against Belser Fuller Gallery, Ongoing - This collec- McKissick has documented and celebrated convention center, including works by Mike Wil- lections gallery occupies the entire second floor, and Augusta to Markley at Fluor Field. With 1-5pm. Contact: call 864/735-3948 or at (www. the city during the Revolutionary War. Their tion of watercolors, mixed media and pen & ink quilting traditions, produced several publications, liams, Liisa Salosaari Jasinski, Tyrone Geter, east wing of the building. Artifacts are supported over 100 juried visual artists selected from an artcentergreenville.org). defeat at the Battle of Sullivan’s Island on June drawings was generously donated by a dear and developed programs exploring the topic. The Peter Lenzo, Jamie Davis, Tom Lockart & Mark by historical images and narrative interpretation, applicant pool of 999 from all over the US, Arti- 28, 1776 was a crucial patriot victory, which friend of the SC Botanical Garden, Elizabeth quilts in Piece by Piece illustrate the evolution Woodham, Angela Bradburn, Virginia Scotchie, giving a comprehensive introduction to the Pee sphere is committed to providing a safe venue Greenville County Museum of Art, 420 Col- convinced many that independence could be Belser Fuller. This incredible collection ranges of this textile tradition over the past two hundred Denise Dent, Sue Grier, Brian Rego, Heather Dee region from prehistory to the present. This for patrons to enjoy this much anticipated lege Street, Greenville. Closed for renova- achieved. The Siege of Charleston, meanwhile, from 1947 to 1992. New pieces have been added years. McKissick invites you to discover the lives LaHaise, Howard Hunt, Robert Campbell, gallery is one of two permanent exhibit spaces family-friendly festival. Artisphere is excited to tions. Admission: Free. Hours: Wed.-Sat., was the longest siege of the Revolutionary War this year in celebration of Belser's 97th birthday. of Southern quiltmakers and their creations, like Ernest Lee, David J.P. Hooker, Ralph Waldrop, designed by award winning exhibit design firm, keep art at the heart of this year’s event, and 10am-6pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 864/271- and the largest battle in South Carolina. These Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Closed University this Hexagon Quilt made by Ella Steele Stewart Elena Madden, Debbie Martin, Blue Sky, Laura HaleySharpe Design. Admission: Free. Hours: to promote sales for both the artists and for our 7570 or at (www.gcma.org). events and others are chronicled in the new Holidays and Home Football Game Saturdays. when she was just 12 years old! These quilts and Spong, Jean McWhorter, Claire Farrell, Justin Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 2-5pm. Contact: vibrant downtown. As Greenville’s first large exhibit, which will also features artifacts and pe- Contact: 864/656-3405 or at (www.clemson.edu/ their stories will be on display this spring in the Guy, and Jonathan Green. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 843/676-1200 or visit (www.flocomuseum.org). scale outdoor event to take place in 2021, Arti- Lipscomb Gallery, at South Carolina Gover- riod images that have not been exhibited at the scbg/). third and final iteration of this popular exhibition. 9am-5pm; Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., 1-5pm. sphere will be gated in order to manage crowd nor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, 15 Museum before. Ongoing - Featuring the most View the exhibit virtually at (http://mckissick. Contact: 803/545-01181. size. With timed and ticketed entry, patrons are University St., Greenville. Ongoing - We fea- extensive collection of South Carolina cultural Columbia Area uofsccreate.org/exhibitions/quilts/). Ongoing strongly encouraged to pre-register for one, or ture several exhibitions throughout each year and scientific collections in the nation, it also - "Highlights from the Permanent Collections Land Bank Lofts Gallery, Federal Land Bank more, of the ten 2 ½ hour time slots. The online - our own students and faculty, plus many guest owns two National Historic Landmark houses, of McKissick Museum". Permanent - "Baruch Building, 1401 Hampton Street, Columbia. reservation system at (artisphere.org) is open. artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4:30pm. Visi- the Heyward-Washington House (1772) and Silver Collection," a collection of the Baruch Ongoing - Land Bank Lofts Gallery is growing A $5 reservation fee will be assessed and then tors are asked to sign in at the Administration the Joseph Manigault House (1803), as well as family silver. And, "Natural Curiosity: USC and as a large-scale center for exhibiting home- returned to patrons at the gate in the form of Building’s front desk before entering campus. the Dill Sanctuary, a 580-acre wildlife preserve. “Moonlight on the Cooper River”, c. 1919, wood- the Evolution of Scientific Inquiry into the Natural grown original art. In 2016, the South Carolina Artisphere credit to use toward purchasing art Contact: 864/282-3777 or 864/282-3705. Admission: Yes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm block print on paper, 15 1/8 x 7 inches. Collection World". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5pm & Sat., Artists group set out to create a gallery in the at the festival. Masks are required and hand & through the Summer months, Sun., 1-5pm. of Dr. & Mrs. Louis D. Wright 11am-3pm. Contact: 803/777-7251 or at (http:// historic building constructed in 1924. Home to the washing and hand sanitizing stations will be in Metropolitan Arts Council Gallery, 16 Contact: 843/722-2996 or at (www.charleston- artsandsciences.sc.edu/mcks/). famous "Tunnel Vision" & "Haystacks" murals, abundance. Social distancing reminders will be Augusta Street, Greenville. Ongoing - Featur- museum.org). Middleton Place, 4300 Ashley River Road, the as it was originally known has been com- posted throughout the festival site. In addition ing works by Greenville area artists. Hours: Charleston. Through Jan. 10, 2022 - "Alice". pletely transformed into a modern masterpiece to GE Artist Row, a number of signature Arti- Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 864/467-3132, or ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Charleston Featuring a special exhibition of works by Alice for today’s lifestyle. Hours: call for hours. Contact: sphere experiences will be on offer: Clemson at (www.greenvillearts.com). Ashley River Tower, Public area at Medi- Ravenel Huger Smith in connection with the Greater Columbia Area, May 15, 10am-6pm call 803/828-7790 or South Carolina Artists by STEAM Exhibit, Spinx Kidsphere, Legacy Early cal University of South Carolina, Charleston. book launch of "Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger & May 16, noon-6pm - "2021 Columbia Open calling 803/602-4814 or at (http://www.southcaro- Work by Daniel Kariko College Kidsphere Music, Live Art Demonstra- Museum & Gallery, Bob Jones University, Ongoing - "Contemporary Carolina Collection Smith, Charleston Renaissance Artist". The Studios," organized by 701 Center for Contem- linaartists.com). tions, Street Chalk Art and more. Engaging Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greenville. Ongoing @ Ashley River Tower," featuring the larg- special exhibits include almost 40 works of Al- porary Art. Tour artists studios virtually and in University Place Gallery, Francis Marion Uni- at-home experiences such as the Art Lab and - "Likely and Unlikely Pairings," featuring a fasci- est collection of original, contemporary South ice Smith’s art featured in the book. Admission: person. Columbia Open Studios is a self-guided, Elloree versity, 142 North Dargan Street, Florence. May the Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition will nating juxtaposition of art and mundane objects Carolina art on permanent display, including Yes. Hours: daily 9am-5pm. Contact: 843/556- weekend-long, free tour of artists’ studios in 11 - June 18 - "Daniel Kariko / Suburban Sym- also be offered virtually. The full roster of artists revealing a variety of viewpoints. Through this 885 works by 53 talented artists, sculptors 6020 or at (https://www.middletonplace.org/). the Greater Columbia, South Carolina area, Elloree Heritage Museum and Cultural Mu- biosis: Insectum Domesticus". Kariko is a North is now live; further programming details will special comparative display, the unique presenta- and photographers in South Carolina. Artists including all of Richland and Lexington Coun- seum, 2714 Cleveland Street, Elloree. Ongo- Carolina based artist, and an Associate Professor be announced as the festival nears. For more tion serves as an engaging tool for all viewers included are: Lucille Akinjobe, Jack Alterman, The Charleston Night Market, located be- ties. Explore the work + workspaces of local ing - Stroll Cleveland Street as it appeared in of Fine Art Photography in School of Arts and information about festival attractions or how interested in understanding the many facets of Thomas Blagden, Jr., Carl Blair, Patti Brady, tween Church and East Bay streets in the heart artists to learn about their materials, techniques 1900 and delight in the recreated stores, bank Design at East Carolina University, in Greenville, to become an Artisphere VIP, visit (artisphere. art, culture, and thought. Ongoing - Permanent Keith Brown, Julia Cart, Eva Carter, Jocelyn of The Charleston CIty Market, Charleston. and inspiration behind their pieces. Contact: and hotel; Explore the train station, logging and North Carolina. Kariko’s images investigate org). exhibition of the finest collection of religious art in Châteauvert, Lese Corrigan, Townsend David- Fridays & Saturdays, 6:30-10:30pm - "The (columbiaopenstudios,org). butchering areas; Visit Snider Cabin, birthplace environmental and political aspects of landscape, America, including works by Rubens, Botticelli, son, Linda Fantuzzo, Buddy Folk, Squire Fox, Night Market". The largest Art Market in the of William J. Snider, founder of Elloree; Learn use of land and cultural interpretation of inhabited Falls Park and Peace Center campus, and Van Dyck. Offering visitors a 60-minute Mary Edna Fraser, Cassandra Gillens, Anthony Southeast, The Night Market, is an exciting Columbia Museum of Art, Main & Hampton about tenant farming and meet midwife Mary Ella space. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact: Col- Through Oct. 31 - "Wings of the City," featur- audio-guided tour of over 40 favored works for a Green, Jon Holloway, Ann Hubbard, Lisa showcase of more than 100 talented artists Streets, Columbia. Through June 6 - "The Jones who was responsible for delivering many leen Critcher at 843/661-4637, 843/661-4638 or ing sculptures by Mexican artist, Jorge Marin, modest fee. Hours: Tue.-Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: Salosaari Jasinski, Erik Johnson, Kim Keats, and craftspeople that occurs every Friday and Imaginative Worlds of M.C. Escher". A consum- Elloree babies; Take a rest in the two-seater at (https://www.fmarion.edu/universityplace/). presented by Bank of America. Featuring nine 864/242-5100, Ext. 1050 or at (www.bjumg.org). Arianne King Comer, Kit Loney, Paul Mardikian, Saturday evening from March - December. mate boundary-pusher and arguably the most outhouse; Explore a plantation gin house with monumental bronze sculptures, "Wings of the Nancy Marshall, Paul Matheny, John McWil- We have live entertainment and a festive famous printmaker of the modern era, Maurits Work by Jonathan Pellitteri - McMaster its original gin, cotton press, and mechanicals; Fort Mill City" allows art to expand beyond the walls of Visual Arts Institute, on the Greer Campus of liams, Sue Middleton, Marge Moody, Gordon atmosphere. You’ll love being outdoors at Cornelius Escher (1898–1972) used his art to Learn how cotton is grown, picked and ginned museums and galleries and become a part of Greenville Technical College about 4 miles north Nicholson, Jane Nodine, Marcelo Novo, Karin twilight and strolling through our three block- challenge perspectives, deftly exploring the McMaster Gallery, room 119, basement level, today; See the variety of horse-drawn plows, LOOM, Coworking Gallery and Event Space, daily life. The exhibit promotes art as a univer- of Greer on Highway 290, Locust Hill Road, Olah, Matt Overend, Rick Rhodes, Ed Rice, long market. All vendors are 100% local with relationships between art and science, real- McMaster Building, 1615 Senate Street, Colum- planters and cultivators that farmers used to work 118 & 120 Academy Street, Fort Mill. Ongoing sal language and a bond between countries Taylors. Benson Campus Galleries, Through Molly B. Right, Susan Romaine, Kristi Ryba, locally-made items for sale. If you are looking ity and illusion, chaos and order, and logic and bia. Through May 27 - "Canary in the Coalmine," their land; Meet Ruby Doo and learn about the - LOOM is a multi-functional facility in the heart and their people. Created by Jorge Marín, May 7 - "The 31st Annual Upstate High School Virginia Scotchie, Laura Spong, Tom Stanley, for a uniquely Charleston souvenir or piece of absurdity. “Escher has to be one of the most featuring works by Jonathan Pellitteri. Hours: history of mules and the vital role they played in of historic downtown Fort Mill that provides: "Wings of the City" was originally exhibited in Art Exhibit," juried by Roberta Restaino. The Christine Tedesco, Colleen Terrell, Leo Twiggs, artwork, this is the place to be! The Night Mar- recognized artists of the 20th century. His mind- Mon.-Fri., 9am-4:30pm. Contact: Olga Dickey, southern agriculture; and Visit the upstairs gallery Collaborative coworking spaces for at-home, Marín’s home country of Mexico. In 2013, it exhibition of 96 works showcases the quality of Tjelda Vander Meijden, Mary Walker, Sue ket has earned a well-deserved reputation for bending, reality-warping prints include subjects Gallery Director, at 803/422-4289 or e-mail to for the latest show featuring work by local and mobile and remote workers; Learning and began its journey through the United States, Upstate high school art instruction as evidenced Simons Wallace, Joe Walters, Sam Wang, Enid being a fun and relaxing shopping experience. like infinite staircases, tessellating birds changing ([email protected]). regional South Carolina artists, a baseball exhibit, networking opportunities for the greater com- with stops in Texas, Colorado and California. by the success of these students from twelve Williams, Manning Williams, and Paul Yanko. Some even call it magical. (Also Thursday into fish and back again, and two hands drawing a postcard exhibit or any of a variety of chang- munity; and a variety of meeting and special Greenville is the first city on the East Coast Upstate high schools. Participating instructors Hours: daily, 8:30am-5pm. Contact: Kathleen Nights in May, June & July). For info e-mail to each other,” says CMA Executive Director Della ing exhibits. Admission: Yes. Hours: Wed.-Sat., event spaces to benefit your business or group. to host the exhibition. Hours: daylight hours. selected the entries to represent their program. Ellis, Director of National Communications, ([email protected]). Watkins. “His work is known and beloved today 10am-5pm. Contact: 803-897-2225 or at (http:// Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-4pm. Contact: Contact: (wingsofgvl.com). continued on Page 35 continued on Page 36 Page 34 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 35 McCormick Orangeburg list of notables in contemporary animal art include John Seerey-Lester, Bob Kuhn, Heiner Hertling, The MACK, McCormick Arts Council Gallery, 115 Cecil Williams Civil Rights Museum, 1865 Sandy Scott, Walter Matia, and Bart Walter, to SC Institutional Galleries Main Street, located in the historic Keturah Hotel, SC Institutional Galleries Lake Drive, Orangeburg. Ongoing - Estab- name a few. Ongoing - "Lowcountry: Change continued from Page 35 McCormick. Ongoing, The Artisans Gallery continued from Page 36 lished in 2019, the exquisite ultra-modern and Continuity," a major new exhibit, tells the Shop at the MACK - Featuring works of over 30 facility displays 1000 images of the Civil Rights story of human interaction with this land over the The exhibition is comprised of nine categories objects, like antique records. Hours: by appt. artisans including paintings, pottery, jewelry, jack- Carolina Clay Conference, an annual conference tions to create interesting works of art. The Movement, but from the perspective of The centuries. It features wall size photomurals by including both two-dimensional and three- Tue.-Fri. Contact: 803/842-9842 or e-mail to ets, gourds, woodworking, textiles, soaps and for clay enthusiasts held in Newberry each year. exhibition also references the creative process, Epochal South Carolina Events That Changed SC naturalist photographer Tom Blagden, along dimensional works and video. Hours: Mon.-Fri., ([email protected]). or at (www. more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: Hours: Call for hours. Contact: 803/597-1125 or which often involves the designing, destruct- America. The massive archives comprise the with a range of artifacts tracing the history of 8am-5pm. Contact: Laraine Wells, Administrative hamptoncountyarts.org). 864/852-3216 or at (http://mccormickarts.org/). at (www.NewberryArtsCenter.com). ing, and then rebuilding of concepts. Christine largest collection of images of this type among man's occupation of this extraordinary landscape. Assistant at 864/848-2023 or e-mail at (laraine. Bush Roman received a Bachelor of Fine Arts all museums in the United States; including the General Gardens, Ongoing - One of the largest [email protected]). Mount Pleasant North Charleston in Drawing and Painting from the University of Atlanta based High Museum which archives collections of outdoor sculpture in America. This Georgia in 2006 and returned to earn a Master 300 images. The images were created by the preeminent collection of American represen- ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Greenville Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Pavilion, Mount Throughout North Charleston, Through May of Fine Arts in the same concentration in 2013. founder, Cecil Williams, who began photogra- tational sculpture includes - 560 works by 240 Centre Stage Theatre Gallery, 501 River Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park, 99 Harry 2 - "38th annual North Charleston Arts Fest". She actively exhibits her paintings regionally, phy at age 9 and covered almost all histori- artists - representing such well-known artists Street, Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring works M. Hallman, Jr. Blvd., under the bridge, Mount Note that due to healthy/safety concerns with nationally, and with digital publications. Ongo- cally significant events in South Carolina; from as Charles Parks, Daniel Chester French, Carl by visual art members of MAC. Exhibits are of- Pleasant. Ongoing - The pavilion is a tribute large gatherings, principal events such as the ing - In addition to the monthly exhibitions, the 1950 Briggs v. Elliot in Summerton, thru the Milles, August Saint-Gaudens and Anna Hyatt fered in collaboration with the Metropolitan Arts Work by Anne Thiam to the generations of men and women who World Art Expo at Riverfront Park and Children’s “gift shop” at the North Charleston City Gallery, 1969 Charleston Hospital Workers’ Strike...and Huntington. Hours: daily, 9:30am-5pm. Admis- Council. The exhibit can be viewed virtually have carried on this African tradition for more Festival will not take place in 2021. All in-person which features a variety of items by local art- Beyond. From 1955 through 1969, Williams sion: Yes. Admission to Brookgreen is good for at (www.greenvilleARTS.com/virtual-gallery). tape—McKeever does it all. “I experiment. I than three centuries. Kiosks and panels tell the festival events will be presented with COVID-19 ists, will also be moved to PCG. Cultural Arts was a freelance journalist for “JET” magazine. seven days. Contact: 843/235-6000 , 800-849- Hours: Tue.-Thur., 2-5pm & 2 hr. prior to shows. take risks. I am constantly trying new media history of this unique craft, and the open-air safety measures in place (face coverings, social will also continue to host art workshops and His images have appeared in thousands of 1931, or at (www.brookgreen.org). Contact: MAC at 864/467-3132, at and techniques,” she says. “I am still searching facility provides a venue for local basketmak- distancing, etc.). Some virtual programming will recurring meetings for art groups and guilds in magazines, newspapers, historical publications, (www.greenvillearts.com). for ‘Me’.” May 4 - 26 - "27th Biennale National ers to display and sell their wares. Hours: daily, be offered. Complete information on all 2021 the space once gatherings are safe to resume. and motion picture productions. The museum Gallery at Applewood House of Juried Art Exhibit," juried by Marc Hanson. An 9am-5pm. Contact: 800/774-0006 or at (www. North Charleston Arts Fest offerings, including Admission: Free. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm & design itself is part of the founders’ DNA Pancakes,14361 Ocean Highway, Litchfield Greenwood awards ceremony will be held on May 7, from townofmountpleasant.com). event and exhibition details, site maps, and social Sat., noon-4pm. Contact: 843/740-5854, because; upon graduating from high school, Beach. Ongoing - features works of accom- 5-7pm, RSVP by e-mail at (gallery@artleague- media contest rules, are available at or at Williams wanted to attend Clemson University plished local artists and photographers who are hhi.org). A Critic’s Coffee will be offered on May Myrtle Beach / Grand Strand (http://northcharlestonartsfest.com/). (northcharleston.org/residents/arts-and-culture/). to study architecture but denied because of his members of the Seacoast Artists Guild of South 8, from 10am-noon, $10 entry fee. RSVP to race. He then purchased a drafting board and Carolina dedicated to advancing excellence ([email protected]). Representing 100 Valor Memorial Park, 1120 Farrow Parkway, North Charleston Performing Arts Cen- through the years, designed three residences; in the visual arts through teaching, exhibits, artists from 28 states, including South Carolina, The Market Common, Myrtle Beach. Valor ter & Convention Center Complex, 5001 including one featured in “EBONY”, and the workshops, art shows & sales. Hours: daily 6am the "27th Biennale" promises to be a showcase Park, at The Market Common, in Myrtle Beach. Coliseum Drive, North Charleston. Through museum’s design which has evolved into a liv- - 2pm. Contact: at (www.seacoastartistsguild. of exemplary artwork. The national call for Oct. 9 & 10; and Nov. 13 & 14, 2021, from May 2 - "South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine ing history facility. Hours: call ahead for hours. com). entries attracted 735 artworks from 40 states. 10am-4pm - "Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Craft Competition & Exhibition". Artists from Contact: call 803-531-1662 or at (www.cecilwil- Work by Gina Moore Top pieces were selected based on originality Guild's 49th year of Art in the Park". We will across the state will display fine craft objects liams.com). Pickens of concept, composition and execution. The have over 40 artists from the East Coast and in the media of clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood, The Stanley Arts Center, 103 Lee Avenue, exhibition, which is the longest-running national as far away as Tennessee with about 15 of and three-dimensional mixed media in this I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium, Pickens County Art and Historical Museum, Hampton. Through June 5 - Featuring a large juried art exhibition in the area, will feature work those artists from our local area. Typical art 19th annual juried competition and exhibi- SC State University, 287 Geathers Street, Or- 307 Johnston Street, Pickens. May 11- July collection of mixed media pieces by Columbia, across major media categories including Three- will include Paintings, Woodworking, Photog- tion. Following the close of the exhibition, up angeburg. Ongoing - "The Influence of James 23 - "The Big Day," featuring work by Columbia, SC, artist Gina Moore. Moore is the latest in Dimensional, Oil, Acrylic, Photography, Pastel, raphy, Jewelry, Fabric, Glass, Metal, Pottery to 20 works from the show will go on to tour Brown: His Imprint on Music, Dance, Style and SC, artist, Susan Lenz. Hours: call about hours. a string of contemporary artists to display her Mixed Media, Watermedia and All Other. Over and Stone. No admission charge. Child and the state through the South Carolina State Politics". In 2008, the Stanback was selected to Contact: 864/898-5963 or at (www.co.pickens. work at the in rural Hampton County. Initially, $5,000 in prizes will be awarded to the most Pet Friendly. Contact: JoAnne Utterback at Museum’s 2021/2022 Traveling Exhibitions preserve the legacy of James Brown, when mu- sc.us/culturalcommission). Gina Moore was formally trained as a painter, outstanding works, selected by this year’s 843/446-3830 or Program. Selections for the exhibit, as well as seum curators were invited to Brown’s Estate in and always loved the tactile qualities of paint Biennale Judge, Marc Hanson. Ongoing - (wacg.org/art-in-the-park/). the subsequent traveling show, were made by Beech Island, SC, to retrieve items for preser- Richburg Tiles for “Helping Hands” mural and canvas. Moore earned her BFA painting Featuring works by members of the Art League the juror, Karen Watson, Executive Director of Work by Cheryl Hudson vation. The collection boasts an impressive list Arts Center of Greenwood, at the Federal from the University of South Carolina, followed of Hilton Head. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Franklin G. Burroughs • Simeon B. Chapin the Sumter County Gallery of Art in Sumter, SC. of items that capture the life and legacy of the Olde English District Visitors Center & Mar- Building, 120 Main Street, Greenwood. May by an MA in illustration from Syracuse Universi- Contact: 843/681-5060 or at Art Museum, 3100 South Ocean Blvd., beside Through May 2 - "Judged Fine Art & Photogra- ALTERNATE ART SPACES - North Charleston ‘Hardest Working Man in Show Business.’ The ket, 3200 Commerce Drive, Suite A, Richburg. 8, from 9am-5pm - "Earth into Art…A Green- ty, and a MFA in Painting, again from USC. Half (www.artleaguehhi.org). Springmaid Beach, Myrtle Beach. Through May phy Exhibitions". View hundreds of fine art and North Charleston City Hall, 2500 City Hall collection features costumes, clothing, instru- Ongoing - This is your one stop shop for finding wood Clay Community," is an event created of the work in the Hampton showcase is nonob- 22 - "Horry-Georgetown County High Schools photography pieces in a variety of styles and Lane, North Charleston. 1st, 2nd & 3rd floors, ments, unpublished photographs, early cuts of specialty food products, art (pottery, jewelry, etc.) by Greenwood Area Studio Potters (GASP) to jective and formalistic, integrating the juxtaposi- Hilton Head Regional Healthcare Gallery, 21st Annual Juried Exhibition". A diverse array of subjects entered by artists from throughout the Through June 29 - "14th Annual African vinyl recordings, handwritten music, awards, and many other local, unique items from our promote the culture and craft of pottery in the tion of shapes, colors and textures to create Coastal Discovery Museum, at Honey Horn, media as well as artistic styles fills the second- Lowcountry. Award winners for fine art pieces American Fiber Art Exhibition – SANKOFA". trophies and more. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm region. We also carry a variety of South Carolina South Carolina Heritage Corridor. It spotlights tensions of surfaces and other formal elements off Highway 278, across from Gumtree Road, floor galleries with color, life and originality — an in acrylic, oil, drawing, pastel, watercolor, This annual juried exhibition features works in or by appt. Contact: 803/536-7174 or at (http:// souvenirs. Hours: daily, 9am-5pm. Contact: the evolution of ceramics in Greenwood where using a mix of 2D and 3D elements and materi- Hilton Head Island. Ongoing - This beautiful extraordinary opportunity for area high school art printmaking, printed new media, and 2-D mixed fiber created by African American artists from www.scsu.edu/researchoutreach/ipstanback- 803/385-6800 or at (www.oldeenglishmarket. networking and professional development have als. Hours: by appt. Tue.-Fri. Contact: 803/842- 69-acre site will serve as the Museum's base students to gain experience in the actual process media selected by Greg Colleton, Director of throughout the United States. The theme of museumandplanetarium.aspx). com). expanded educational opportunities and stu- 9842 or e-mail to (HamptonCountyArts@gmail. for programs highlighting the cultural heritage of having their artwork exhibited in a profes- Development at Yo Art! Inc. in Charleston, SC. the 14th installment of the exhibit was directly dios locally. This event is a collaborative sale com). or at (www.hamptoncountyarts.org). and natural history of the Lowcountry. And, it sional setting. This year, professional artist and Award winners for photographs in color and inspired by the Twi word, Sankofa, which trans- Ridgeland and educational event between GASP, The Art will provide a signature venue for community educator Yvette L. Cummings will judge the art. monochrome selected by photographer and lates to “go back and get it”. Sankofa also refers Center of Greenwood, and Lander Univer- Hartsville events for people of all ages.The opening Through May 27 - "24th Annual Waccamaw Arts educator Leslie Burns. A number of the pieces to the Asante Adinka symbol that appears as a sity’s Department of Art. Included in the May includes the renovation of a 6,000 sq. foot & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition". The Art Muse- on display are available for purchase. Through stylized heart shape or as a mythical bird with 8th event is an intergenerational project with Black Creek Arts Center, 116 West College former hunting retreat, renamed the "Discovery um was conceived by a small but visionary group May 2 - "Tri-County Youth Art Exhibition". a backwards head carrying an egg. The word family members working together to decorate Ave., Hartsville. Ongoing - Featuring works by House," containing the Museum's new interac- of local art enthusiasts, among them a group Public, private, and home school students in and symbols represent the concept of remem- clay tiles which will be part of a large mural, local and regional artists. Hours: Tue.-Thur., tive exhibits, temporary gallery space and of artists formed in the late 1960s called the Charleston, Dorchester, and Berkeley coun- bering the past to inform the future. Curated by "Helping Hands in the Community", to become 10am-1pm and 2-5pm; Fri., 10am-2pm and 1st community meeting rooms. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild. Beginning in the ties will display two-dimensional artwork in a award-winning and nationally exhibiting textile a permanent exhibit in the Greenwood Soup Sat. of the month 10am-1pm. Contact: 843/332- 9am-4:30pm & Sun., 11am-3pm. Contact: 843- spring of 1969, a pattern of art exhibitions was variety of subjects and media. Award winners artist, Torreah “Cookie” Washington, this unique Kitchen. Community Mural work is scheduled 6234 or at (www.blackcreekarts.org). 689-6767 ext. 224 or at (www.coastaldiscovery. established that continues today. To honor the in- in grades 6-12 selected by local artist and opportunity offers African American fiber artists a from noon to 3 pm on the day of the sale. Other org). tegral role that the Guild played in the Museum’s Adjunct Professor in the Visual Art Department showcase to exhibit their original and innovative event opportunities include wheel throwing Hartsville Museum and Sculpture Courtyard, establishment, the Museum proudly hosts the at Trident Technical College, Setsuko Lawson. designs executed in a variety of traditional and demonstrations and readings for children from 222 North Fifth Street, corner of Fifth Street and Lancaster Guild’s annual spring juried art exhibition, which Award winners in grades 1-5 selected by the non-traditional fiber techniques. Hours: 8am-7pm the book: “Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave.” Home Avenue, Hartsville. Ongoing - Housed in is now in its 22nd year. A diverse array of media, City of North Charleston’s 2019/20 Artist-in- daily. Contact: 843/740-5854, or at Work by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe Children in attendance will have the opportunity a 1930’s Post Office Building, the museum has USC Lancaster Native American Studies including ceramics, collage, drawings, graphics, Residence, Katherine Hester. Through May 2 (northcharleston.org/residents/arts-and-culture/). Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, to win a scholarship for The Art Center’s Sum- kept many of the unique architectural features of Center, 119 South Main Street, Lancaster. D. mixed media works in both two and three-dimen- - "Tri-County High School Sculpture Exhibition". 10782 Jacob Smart Blvd. S., on US 17, in a 1937 mer Clay Camp. For further info visit Green- the building. The skylight, original to the building, Lindsay Pettus Gallery, Ongoing - "The Story sion, paintings, photography, sculpture, textiles Public, private, and home school students in historic Sinclair Service Station, Ridgeland. May wood Area Studio Potters at (https://www. has been retrofitted with stained glass panels de- of Catawba Pottery". This National Endowment and wood carving, all completed by local artists Charleston, Dorchester, and Berkeley coun- 1 - July 31 - "Seasons of Daufuskie". On loan facebook.com/groups/252501231492279/0); picting the flora and fauna significant to the area. for the Arts funded exhibit traces the art, culture within the past two years, will be exhibited. This ties will display three-dimensional artwork in a from the Columbia Museum of Art, this exhibition Earth into Art…a Greenwood Clay Com- The Sculpture Courtyard added in 2000 features and history of Catawba pottery, the oldest Native year’s judge is nationally-recognized artist Dee variety of subjects and media. Award winners features 20 original silver gelatin prints by noted munity on Instagram @earth.into.art or visit many different types of sculpture. The Showcase American pottery tradition in the United States. Beard Dean of Charleston, SC. Hours: Tue.-Sat., in grades 9-12 selected by founder and director photographer Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe. The (https://www.facebook.com/earth.into.art); and Gallery presents special exhibits focusing on Ongoing - The Center is 15,000 square foot 10am-4pm & Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 843/238- of Miller Gallery in downtown Charleston, SC, photographer visited Daufuskie in the late 1970s Lander University at (https://www.lander.edu/ history, the arts or present day events. Hours: facility in historic downtown Lancaster. Guests 2510 or at (www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org). Sarah Miller. Hours: May 1, 10am-6pm; & May Work by John Glenn Wright to capture the people and places that reflected academics/colleges-schools/college-arts-and- Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm (closed from noon-1pm on will have the opportunity to tour the NAS Center’s 2, noon-5pm. Free admission and parking. For the island’s unique identity. In addition to reveal- humanities/art). Ongoing - Featuring works Fri.). Contact: 843/383-3005 or at (www.hartsvil- gallery spaces, archives, classrooms, and Seacoast Artists Gallery, located at The Market further info visit (https://www.northcharleston. Lusty Gallery, Orangeburg County Fine Arts ing how the island’s landmarks appeared almost by local and regional artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., lemuseum.org). archaeology, language, and audio-visual labs. Common, 3032 Nevers Street, Myrtle Beach. On- org/residents/arts-and-culture/) or at Center, Edisto Memorial Gardens, 649 Riverside 50 years ago, the exhibition will show, in contrast, 10am-3pm. Contact: 864/388-7800 or at (www. Home to the world’s largest collection of Catawba going - features the works of over 70 local artists (https://northcharlestonartsfest.com/). Drive, Orangeburg. May 5 - June 30 - "Paper how the same spots look today. Through June emeraldtriangle.us/arts-center). Hilton Head Island Area Indian pottery, the NAS Center will offer exhibits of the Seacoast Artists Guild of South Carolina, and Steel," features the works on paper by Una 19, 2021 - "Soul of the South," takes visitors on of regional Native American Art, classes and a nonprofit visual arts organization dedicated to Kim, Janet Kozachek, John Glenn Wright and a musical journey highlighting the influences Lander University Fine Art Gallery, Cultural Coligny Plaza, 1 N. Forest Beach Road, Hilton programs focused on Native American history, advancing excellence in the visual arts through the welded steel sculptures of Glenn Saboro- that Native Americans, enslaved Africans, and Center Building, 320 Stanley Ave., Greenwood. Head. May 28, 4-7pm - "Fourth Friday Artists culture, archaeology, folklore, and language. teaching, exhibits, workshops and special events. sch. A reception will be held on May 5, from 6 to the European colonizers in the Lowcountry had Ongoing - The Lander University Fine Art Gallery Market at Coligny," a monthly outdoor showcase Hours: Open by appointment only now through Guild membership benefits include monthly 8pm. The Arts Center abides by CDC guidelines on various genres of music: gospel, jazz, blues, features a variety of exhibits throughout the year. of Lowcountry art and artists. Every fourth Friday August. Advance reservations are required and meetings, programs & presentations; and oppor- regarding social distancing and masks are musical theater and rock and roll. The exhibit The gallery features national and regional artist, of the month from 4 to 7pm, local artists will set visitor groups will be limited to six people per tunities to participate in Spring & Fall Art Shows required. Ongoing - Featuring works by local also showcases local musicians and groups as well as student and faculty work showcasing up tables around the lagoon at Coligny Plaza. appointment size. The Center will operate on and Web Gallery. Artwork includes oil, acrylic, artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8:30am-4:30pm & Fri., whose notoriety reached beyond the Lowcountry. painting, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, “It’s such a great opportunity for art to be viewed a modified schedule this spring, open on Tue., watercolor, fiber art, mixed media, clay, metal 8:30am-noon. Contact: Vivian Glover at 803-606- Ongoing - Morris Center for Lowcountry Heri- and photography. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. outside a gallery setting, and for locals and visi- Thur., and Fri., as well as the first Sat. of each engraved jewelry, sculpture, assemblage, and 7770 or at (https://orangeburgarts.org/). tage hosts exhibitions on local history, art, and Contact: call Jon Holloway at 864/388-8810 or tors alike to appreciate the talent we have here month from 10am-5pm. No appointments will be fine art photography. Art classes and workshops culture. We also provide hands-on art workshops at (https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/ in the Lowcountry,” says Kristen McIntosh, Art available from 11am-noon in order to allow for a offered. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., Work by Beau Lyday Pawleys Island, Litchfield & Murrells Inlet throughout the year. Admission: FREE. Hours: Art-Gallery/Lander-University-Fine-Art-Gallery- League General Manager. “Not everyone is com- daily cleaning. To make an appointment for visita- noon-6pm. Contact: 843.232.7009, e-mail at Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm and Sat., 10am-2pm. 166498067092236/). fortable yet viewing art indoors due to COVID, tion, call the Native American Studies Center at ([email protected]) or at (sea- North Charleston Riverfront Park, 1001 Ev- Brookgreen Gardens, 1931 Brookgreen Garden Contact: 843/284-9227 or at (www.MorrisHeri- so this is their chance to see what they’ve been 803/313-7172 or e-mail to (usclnasp@mailbox. coastartistsguild.com). Work by Christine Bush Roman erglades Dr., The Navy Yard at Noisette (former Drive, US 17, south of Murrells Inlet. The Rosen tageCenter.org). Greer missing!” Items for sale include paintings and sc.edu). Contact: 803/313-7172 or visit (http:// Park Circle Gallery, formerly the Olde Village Charleston Naval Base), North Charleston. Galleries, 1, 2, 3 and 4, Through May 23 - "Wild illustrations, mixed media art, sculptures, and usclancaster.sc.edu/NAS/). Newberry Community Building, 4820 Jenkins Avenue, in Through Mar. 20, 2022 - "National Outdoor World: 200 Years of Nature in Art". The inaugural Ridge Spring Edward R. Driggers City of Greer Center more. The weekly markets will continue until Nov. the bustling Park Circle neighborhood of North Sculpture Competition and Exhibition". The exhibit in the new Rosen Galleries - paintings, for the Arts, 804 Trade St., Greer. Ongoing 26, 2021. All vendors will be wearing masks and Marion Newberry Arts Center, 1200 Main Street loca- Charleston. Through May 29 - "Loose Parts," fifteenth annual "National Outdoor Sculpture drawings, prints, and sculpture reflecting the Art Association of Ridge Spring Gallery, - Featuring an exhibit of works by Leisa Artus. social distancing is strongly encouraged. For info tion, Newberry. Ongoing - The Newberry Arts featuring works by Christine Bush Roman, win- Competition and Exhibition" FY21/22 opens April world of wild and domestic animals and native Art Center in Ridge Spring, located behind the Ongoing - Featuring artists studios. Hours: contact Kristen McIntosh, General Manager Marion County Museum, 101 Wilcox Avenue, Center was established in 2014 and is operated ner of the 2020/21 North Charleston Arts Fest 28 at the stunning North Charleston Riverfront plants comprise the inaugural exhibit in the Ridge Spring Civic Center, 108 Maintenance open to the public during events and classes or Art League of Hilton Head by e-mail at (ad- Marion. Ongoing - Changing exhibits are by the City’s Parks, Recreation and Tourism Poster Design Competition, will display her win- Park. The 11-month exhibition features 13 pieces Dick and Brenda Rosen Galleries. The works Shop Circle, Ridge Spring. Ongoing - The by appt. Contact: call Sara Odem at 864/5383 [email protected]) or call 843/681-5060. displayed in two galleries downstairs. These Department. In less than a year a solid arts ning piece, "Oak Circus", along with a series of by established and emerging artists from 10 are drawn from the collection of Brookgreen Center contains works in a variety of media by: or at (http://greerculturalarts.com/). can be local exhibits, or traveling exhibits from program was established that includes programs new work in an exhibition titled "Loose Parts". states displaying imaginative and thought-pro- Gardens and works on loan from renowned artist Ron Buttler, D.S. Owens, Carolyn Boatwright, Art League of Hilton Head Gallery, at the the South Carolina State Museum’s collections. for all ages. The mission of the Newberry Arts This exhibition features new mixed media voking outdoor sculpture. Visitors can enjoy the Sandy Scott. Among the artworks in the exhibit Betsy Connelly, Kedryn Evans, Jessica Good- Hampton Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter The Magnolia Room of the museum is furnished Center (NAC) and Newberry Arts Program is to pieces created with painting, drawing, and col- sculpture displays among ten acres of walking are those by 18th and 19th century luminaries man, Melanie Knight, John Zurlo, Donna Minor, Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. Through with lovely antiques once used in the Aiken-Rhett provide quality arts experiences to all interested laging techniques that express color, joy, and paths, a fishing pier, boardwalk, playground, and William Curtis, John Gould, and Rosa Bonheur. Joanne Crouch, Gloria Grizzle, Linda Lake, Palmetto Gallery, located in the Palmetto May 1 - "Taking a Leap; The Art of Discovery," House in Charleston. These pieces were a gift citizens and increase support for working artists playfulness. The work is inspired by the phrase children’s play fountain. Organized and present- Great illustrators and intaglio printmakers in the Gwen Power, Deborah Reeves, , Marion Webb, Theater, 109 Lee Avenue, Hampton. Through featuring works by Joan Moreau McKeever, a from the Charleston Museum. The upstairs gal- while creating appreciative current and future art “loose parts,” referring to childhood play materi- ed by the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts field of sporting art are included such as A. B. and Barbara Yon. It is also home of the Ridge June 5 - Featuring an exhibit of paintings by well-rounded local artist whose work is sure to leries feature a turn-of-the-century classroom, a patrons by involving the diverse population and als with no explicit rules or instructions. These Department. Visit the (NorthCharlestonArtsFest. Frost, Churchill Ettinger, Richard Bishop, Rein- Quilt Trail. Hours: Fri. & Sat., 10am-2pm or by local artist Emrie Trent. Trent is an emerging appeal to a wide audience. Loose or precise farm room, and a variety of displays concerning fostering local economic growth while enhanc- loose parts can be combined, restructured, com/national-outdoor-sculpture-competition- hold Palenske, William Schaldach, and Hans appt. Contact: 803/685-5577 or e-mail to (artass- artist who is exhibiting her work for the first brushstrokes, vivid or muted colors; serene the people and places of Marion County. Hours: ing the quality of life for all residents. The NAC taken apart, and put back together in multiple exhibition) for images and award info. Hours: Kleiber. Artists who focused on dogs and horses [email protected]). time. She favors whimsical elements and local Lowcountry landscapes in oil, acrylic or pastel Tues.-Fri., 9am-noon & 1-5pm. Contact: 843/423- also established and hosted the first ever South ways. Similarly, artists are continually tinkering daylight hours. Contact: 843/740-5854 or at as subjects – Marguerite Kirmse, Diana Thorne, or brash, whimsical collages made of washi 8299 or at (http://www.marionsc.org/musem). with and reorganizing experiences and inspira- (northcharleston.org/residents/arts-and-culture/). and Marilyn Newmark – are in the exhibit. And, a scenes painted in acrylic on canvas or on found continued on Page 37 continued on Page 38 Page 36 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 37 gallery. The exhibition should provide viewers fiction. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am- 9054 or at (www.thecharlesstreetgallery.com). artists Robert Sefton, Judith Beckler, Jay Ke- with a window into the everyday world as well 5pm. Closed on national holidays. Contact: naga, Linda Schwartz, Rima Bartkiene, as well as a reflection of what’s beyond, the Upstate 864/582-7616 or at (www.spartanburgartmu- I. Pinckney Simons Gallery, LLC, 711 Bay as 18th & 19th century antique art, and many SC Institutional Galleries artists say. The exhibition includes watercolors seum.org). SC Institutional Galleries Street, historic downtown Beaufort. Ongoing more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun., continued from Page 37 by DeCrane and acrylic paintings by Roberts. continued from Page 38 - Featuring fine artists of the South since 1979; noon-3pm. Contact: 843/837-4434 or at (www. Solomon Gallery, May 4 - 29 - "In the Midst of ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Spartanburg paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and mosaic masks. redschoolhouseantiques.com). Rock Hill in Spartanburg, SC. The downtown cultural dis- a Trauma," explores mental illness through the Campus of University of South Carolina Up- - Sculpture in the South Studio, the organiza- in 2012. Darien A-Johnson received his MFA Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-4:30pm, & Sat., 11am-3- trict area is often bustling with events and pe- works of Spartanburg artist, Bailie. Well-known state, 800 University Way, Spartanburg. Ongo- tion which purchases sculpture and places it from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, in pm. Contact: 843/379-4774 or at (www.ipsgallery. Four Corners Art Gallery and Fine Framing, destrians, and the pedestrians rely heavily on artist Bailie’s abusive childhood – one without ing - "USC Upstate Outdoor Sculpture Collec- around downtown Summerville. CCAC Studio 2009 and a BFA from Saint Cloud State Uni- com). 1263 May River Rd.,Historic District, Bluffton. a multitude of crosswalks to safely traverse the a father figure – profoundly affected his life, tion". Available to viewers year-round, these 13 Gallery, Ongoing - Now the permanent home of versity, Saint Cloud, MN, in 2002. A-Johnson Ongoing - Featuring works by 12 artists with downtown Spartanburg area. The problem is leading to his seeking therapy, which in turn in- works can be seen in front of the Campus Life the Carnes Crossroads Artist Cooperative. The is known for incorporating the “glitch” aesthetic Indigo Gallery, 809 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongo- an especially local flavor.The works are in that crosswalks are incredibly easy to overlook, spired him to put the spotlight on mental illness Center, the Humanities and Performing Arts CCAC has handcrafted items for sale and offers into a ceramic medium. The “glitch” aesthetic ing - Featuring a gallery of fine art, including acrylic,oil, mixed media, pen and ink, pottery they are rarely visually appealing, and they can through his art. Bailie hopes viewers of the Center, the Horace C. Smith Science Building, classes in a variety of media. The CCAC also has incorporates digital or analog errors. It is a way a unique selection of paintings by local and and wire sculture.A real treat.We have a fine even be quite dangerous. In an effort to remedy 42-piece exhibit will get an insight into several Tukey Theatre and the Kathryn Hicks Visual an Online Store that features handcrafted items of organizing perception that emphasizes the regional artists. Represented are: Sandra Bag- collection of custom picture frame mouldings these issues, Chapman Cultural Center, the different mental illnesses as well as his own Arts Center. While the majority of the outdoor from many of the artist members. The Online artificiality of representation. A-Johnson’s work gette, Alison Crossman, Gloria Dalvini, Janet and an experienced staff to work with anything City of Spartanburg, and the Spartanburg Area journey to recovery. Ongoing - The Collective sculptures belong to internationally acclaimed Store is at (www.carnescrossroadsartistcoopera- addresses thoughts of memory, technological Mozley, and Polly Swenson. Also: Peter Pette- from the unusual to the museum treated piece. Chamber of Commerce came together to orga- features a twenty thousand square foot facility artist Bob Doster, other artists included are Jim tive.com). New items are added each week and integration, mark making, and perceptual con- grew, Kelley Sanford & Liz Reitz. Fine custom Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 11am- nize the Creative Crosswalk Project. For more offering affordable studio space, retail space, Gallucci, Daingerfiled Ashton, Winston Wingo, FREE SHIPPING is always available in the 48 sciousness. He has found clay to be a relevant framing is also available. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 2pm. Contact: 843/757-8185. info visit (https://www.chapmanculturalcenter. three galleries, a full ceramics studio, printery, Dan Millspaugh, Adam Walls, and Hanna contiguous United States. Ongoing - Offering medium to explore the relationship of illusion 10am-5pm. Contact: Janet Deaton 843/524- org/pages/blog/detail/article/c0/a1555/). and works by 50 local artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., Jubran. Cell phone tour info at (864-607-9224). studio spaces for artists, engaging exhibitions, and form, thought and physicality. A-Johnson 1036. 10am-4pm; with extended hours on the 3rd For more info contact Jane Nodine at 864/503- art classes for adults and children, a boutique gift recently went from being a studio artist in Work by Glenn Miller Thur. of each month until 9pm for Spartan- 5838 or e-mail to ([email protected]). shop, music events, an outdoor market, a special Copenhagen, Denmark to join Georgia State Longo Gallery, 103 Charles Street, Beaufort. burg’s Art Walk. Contact: 864/804-6501 or at event rental space, and so much more. Hours: University, Atlanta, GA as an Assistant Profes- Ongoing - Featuring new works including paint- Center for the Arts, 121 East Main St., Rock (artistscollectivespartanburg.org/). Headquarters Library, Spartanburg County Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/900-3225, sor. Artisan Center Gift Shop - Featuring art ings, collages and constructions by Eric Longo & Hill. Dalton and Perimeter Galleries, Through Public Libraries, 151 South Church Street, e-mail to ([email protected]) or at objects from local and regional artists. Hours: sculptures by Suzanne Longo. Hours: Mon.-Sat., June 13 - "Considering the Path," featuring Curtis R. Harley Art Gallery, Performing Arts Spartanburg. AT&T Exhibition Lobby, Ongo- (https://www.publicworksartcenter.org/). Tues-Sat 11-5pm & Sun., 1:30-5pm. Contact: 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/522-8933. works by Glen Miller. A reception will be held on Center, USC-Upstate, 800 University Way, ing - Displaying exhibitions year round ranging 803//775-0543 or at (www.sumtergallery.org). May 6, from 4-7pm. Miller’s current body of work Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring selections from art exhibits to local history to nationwide ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Summerville Ly Bensons Gallery & Studio, 211 Charles incorporates several interrelated themes drawn from the permanent collection by artists Andy exhibits of varying topics. Hours: Mon.-Fri., Azalea Park, Main Street and West Fifth Street Travelers Rest Street, Beaufort. Ongoing - Featuring the from personal experience. The imagery for this Warhol, Jerry Uelsmann and Beatrice Riese. 9am-9pm; Sat., 9am-6pm; and Sun., 1:30-6- South, Summerville. Ongoing - Featuring 21 exhibits,"The Gullah/African Link" and "Out of work is largely from his experiences wandering Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: Gallery pm. Contact: Miranda Mims Sawyer by e-mail pieces of sculpture in Summerville's permanent White Rabbit Fine Art Gallery, 5 So. Main Africa," featuring rare Shona Verdite sculptures the mountain trails and his Southern Appalachian Director, Jane Nodine at 864/503-5838 or e-mail at ([email protected]) or call 864/285- outdoor collection donated by Sculpture in the Street, Travelers Rest. Ongoing - Featuring by various artists from Zimbabwe, Africa, and roots. The work reflects Miller’s love for natural at ([email protected]). 9091. The Upper Level Gallery (adminis- South and a few others in other locations in original artwork made by local and regional original photographs by Gullah photographer and design and native flora, his interest in the human trative office on the 3rd floor), Ongoing Summerville. One of the sculptures is located in artists on an ongoing basis, with new guests gallery owner Rev. Kennneth F. Hodges. Also, connection to the natural world, and question- Justine V.R. "Nita" Milliken Wing, Milliken - Display local artisans artwork. Hours: Mon. & Hutchinson Park, Summerville’s Town Square. monthly, including works by: Susan Savage, an array of antiques, batiks, and artworks for the ing the often disconnected inventions of culture Fine Arts Building, Converse College, Spar- Wed., 10am-6pm; Tue., Thur., & Fri., 10am-4- Hours: daylight hours. Contact: 843/851-7800 or Kymberlea Easter, Patty Cunningham, Robert discerning collector. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- that we use to give meaning to our lives. Hours: tanburg. Ongoing - Featuring a collection of pm; and Sat., 10am-1pm. Contact: Miranda at (www.sculptureinthesouth.com). “Artsy Bob” Havens, Crystal Knope, Cathyrn 5:30pm. Contact: 843/525-9006 or at (www. Mon.-Thur., 9am-6pm; Fri., 9am-5pm; and on 52 prints, given by Spartanburg resident Frank Mims Sawyer by e-mail at (mirandas@infode- Rice, Steve Wallace, Gayle Latuszek, Amanda lybensons.com). 2nd and 4th weekends, Sat., 10am-2pm; & Sun., Toms which includes works by Joan Miro, Sal- pot.org) or call 864./285-9091. Sumter Franklin, and Nancy Yan, among others. Pieces 2-4pm. Contact: 803/ 328-2787 or at (http://www. vador Dali, Alexander Calder, Helmut Newton include 2D and 3D work, scarves and house- Mystic Osprey Gallery, 23B Market, #1, Haber- yorkcountyarts.org/). and others. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Con- Summerton hold items. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm; Sun., sham Marketplace, Beaufort. Ongoing - Mystic Work by Murray Sease tact: 864/596-9181 or e-mail at (artdesign@ 11am-3pm; closed Mon. Contact: 864/610-2732 Osprey Gallery showcases artists from around La Petite Gallerie, 56 Calhoun Street, located McLaurin Hall, Oakland Ave., Winthrop Univer- converse.edu). Lake Marion Art Gallery, 108 Main Street, Sum- or e-mail to (whiterabbitfineartgallery@gmail. the country who explore Nature, Habitat, and Our in a lovely historic space on Calhoun Street sity, Rock Hill. Lewandowski Student Gallery, merton. Ongoing - Operated by the Lake Marion com). Place Within and the work includes original paint- in old town Bluffton. Ongoing - Featuring six Through May 7 - "2021 BFA Senior Exhibi- Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Artisans (LMA) an organization which is com- ings, sculptures, prints, jewelry, and ceramics. of the area’s favorite painters and a talented tion". Featuring an exhibition of works by senior Arts, Wofford College, Spartanburg. Richardson mitted to enriching the surrounding communities Walterboro The Osprey celebrates nature. We hope these sculptor, this special collection of art is an students completing their BFA program in the De- Family Art Museum, Through May 16 - "Art of of Lake Marion through the arts. As such, we artistic and symbolic representations of nature, ever-changing delight, with many pieces spill- partment of Fine Arts. A reception will be held on Printmaking: Global and Historical Approaches". promote and showcase everything from unique SC Artisans Center, 334 Wichman Street, 2 habitat, and how we as humans fit into this envi- ing out into the adjacent garden. In addition to Apr. 9, from 5-8pm (by appointment). To Register The exhibition examines printmaking meth- crafts to fine arts, much of which are creations of miles off I95, exits 53 or 57, Walterboro. Ongoing ronment might help us become better stewards of the pastel, acrylic, oil and watercolor paint- visit (https://tinyurl.com/BFA-MFAReception). ods throughout history, from early methods of our local artisans. Our website provides news, - Featuring work of over 300 of the SC's leading our planet, its fauna, and flora. Hours: Tue.-Sat., ings you’ll find lovely blown glass, whimsical May 18 - Aug. 31 - "MFA Works in Progress". An woodblock printing to contemporary photome- educational information, and links to selected artists. The Center offers educational and inter- noon-6pm or by appt. Contact: 843/475-6781 or and soulful clay pieces, wonderful outdoor exhibition of works by current MFA candidates in chanical techniques. Variety in printing methods resources of interest to those interested in the pretive displays of Southern folklife. Its mission is at (https://www.mysticosprey.com/). sculpture, fish, turtles, birds and other fun the Department of Fine Arts. Hours: M-F, 9am-5- have allowed artists to experiment with nuanced Arts. Hours: Thur-Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: to enhance the appreciation and understanding garden art. The La Petite Gallerie painters are pm. Contact: 803/323-2493 or at (www.winthrop. techniques for the transmission of their images e-mail to ([email protected]) or of the rich cultural heritage of South Carolina. Rhett Gallery, 901 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongoing - Rose Cofield, Kristin Griffis, Don Nagel, Murray edu/arts). and to display artistic virtuosity, as is evident in visit (https://sites.google.com/site/summertonar- Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 843/549- Featuring prints and paintings of the Lowcountry Sease, Lauren Terrett and Bill Winn; the sculp- Durer’s engravings and Rembrandt’s etchings. In tisans/). 0011 or at (http://www.scartisanscenter.com/). by four generations of artists, wildfowl carvings tor is Wally Palmer. We have several excellent The Rock Hill Pottery Center, Getty’s Art addition, prints played an important role in society by William Means Rhett, antique prints & maps, consigned artists as well, including Kathy Oda Center, 201 East Main Street, in Old Town Rock because they disseminate information, political Summerville Work by Darien A. Johnson Westminster Audubons, and Civil war material. Hours: Mon.- from Lady’s Island with her beautiful glass, and Hill. Ongoing - Featuring works by Bob Hasselle, Work by Bailie commentary, and art to the masses, thus increas- Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter County Sat., 9am-5:30pm; Sun. 11am-2pm. Contact: sweetgrass baskets and jewelry from Daurus Christine White, Katherine Petke, Hope Fregerio, Artists Collective | Spartanburg (formerly ing cross-cultural interactions, as with Cuban Cultural Center, 135 Haynesworth St., Sumter. The Gateway Arts Center of Westminster 843/524-3339 or at (www.rhettgallery.com). Niles from the Charleston area. Hours: Tue.- and Brian Schauer. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm West Main Artists Cooperative), 578 West Main political propaganda posters. This exhibition un- Through June 18 - "Beverly Y. Smith: Ances- South Carolina, 213 E. Windsor Street, West- Sta., 11am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: and Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: call 803/370-8109 St., Spartanburg. Through May 1 - "Twists packs these techniques and their diverse usages tral Threads" and "Darien A-Johnson: Fractured minster. Ongoing - Through active collaboration The Craftseller, 818 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongo- (www.lapetitegallerie.com). or find then on Facebook. and Turns: A Patricia Kilburg Retrospective," throughout history. Illustrated using works from Fictions". Beverly Y. Smith grew up and lives in with the Westminster Music Centre, Mountain ing - Featuring unique works by American includes 40 artworks created over more than different eras, countries, and stylistic periods, it Charlotte, NC. She received a BS in Psychol- Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau, West- artists in pottery, jewelry, metal, glass, textiles, Maye River Gallery, 37 Calhoun St., Bluff- Winthrop University Galleries, Rutledge Build- 25 years. “In exhibiting several bodies of work captures the technical skill and creative ingenuity ogy from Morgan State University, Baltimore, minster Depot and other local non profit arts wood, painting and kaleidoscopes. Hours: ton. Ongoing - Featuring works by painters ing, Winthrop University, Rock Hill. Rutledge created over time and how they relate, the found in the printmaking medium. Curated by MD. She earned her BA in Art Education from organizations; by establishing an active member- Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., noon-4pm. Cindy Chiappetta, Jo Dye, Anne Hakala, Judy Gallery, Through May 7 - "2021 BFA Senior message is about the life work of a passionate Erin Mancini (class of 2021), this exhibition is a the University of North Carolina, graduat- ship; and with a well -rounded schedule of yearly Contact: 843/525-6104 or at Saylor McElynn, Audrey Montgomery, Joyce Exhibition". Featuring an exhibition of works by artist who has spent most of her life studying, culmination of her yearlong art history honors ing magna cum laude, and earned a Master events that complements established venues: it (www.craftseller.com). Nagel, Mary Grayson Segars, Barbara Snow senior students completing their BFA program in honing her craft and expressing through her project and is partially funded by SCICU (the of Art Education from Winthrop University in is our mission to help open the doors of creativity and Kathy Tortorella work in a wide variety of the Department of Fine Arts. Elizabeth Dunlap art the glory and mystery of life as she sees South Carolina Independent Colleges and Uni- Rock Hill, SC. In addition to being a working to everyone. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-5pm Thibault Gallery, 815 Bay Street, Beaufort. On- mediums including Oil, Watermedia, Printmak- Patrick Gallery, Through May 7 - "2020-2021 it,” says the Greenville, SC, artist. Gallery III, versities) summer undergraduate research grant artist, Smith was art educator for the Charlotte (during exhibits) Fri.&Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: going - This gallery is a haven for talented artists ing, Collage and Mixed Media, while expressing MFA Thesis Exhibition II – Renee Holiday and Through May 1 - "Chrono: The Dimensional in 2020. Several prints on view in the galleries Mecklenburg School District as a high school 864/613-2211 or (https://gatewayartscenter.net/). to showcase their art, as well as an attraction for equally divergent points of view. Also part of the Tricia Schmoutz". The 2020-2021 Master of Portal," featuring paintings by Lady Pluuto. have been generously lent to this exhibition by Visual Arts teacher for 28 years before retiring tourists and locals alike. Here you will find original group, Marci Tressel, resident photographer; Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibition I & II will Spartanburg artist Lady Pluuto wants visitors to the Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones University art in a variety of mediums, from oil paintings and Earline Allen, porcelain artist; two jewelers: feature new work by artists completing their MFA the upcoming exhibition of her paintings at the in Greenville, SC and the Georgia Museum of water color paintings, to fine art photography. Susan Knight, silversmith and Paulette Bennett, Work by Deane V. Bowers graduate program in the Department of Fine Arts. Artists Collective | Spartanburg to come away Art in Athens, GA. Through May 16 - "Art of Watch our artists at work. You can commission a lamp work bead artist, as well as Donna Ireton, 2020-2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition II will feature with an understanding that peace is a mindset, Printmaking: Global and Historical Approaches", The Public Works Art Center, 135 West Rich- one-of-a-kind piece or take home something that contemporary basket maker and newest mem- works by Renee Holiday and Tricia Schmoutz. not a destination. “The more we choose peace, examines printmaking methods throughout his- ardson Avenue, intersection of West Richardson fits in your bag. From large wall art and giclee ber, Laura Burcin, fiber artist. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Hours: Mon., Wed. & Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact: the more the rest of the world will follow,” says tory, from early methods of woodblock printing Avenue and Cedar Street, Summerville. May prints to note cards and postcards, we have it all. 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/757-2633 or at (http:// call 803/323-2493, e-mail Karen Derksen, Gal- the Atlanta-born artist who now lives in Spar- to contemporary photomechanical techniques. 1, from 11am-2pm - The Center will present a SC Commercial Galleries You will always find just the right gift for someone www.mayerivergallery.com/). leries director, at ([email protected]) or at tanburg. “Chrono: The Dimensional Portal,” Variety in printing methods have allowed artists Book Signing for “Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger special, or that perfect artwork to make your room (www.winthrop.edu/arts). features 20 of Lady Pluuto’s works. The show to experiment with nuanced techniques for the Smith, Charleston Renaissance Artist,” a col- Publisher’s Note: Due to the Covid-19 Pan- 803/279-7813. complete. We welcome you to stop in often as Pluff Mudd Art, 27 Calhoun St., Bluffton. On- is free and open to the public. The works will transmission of their images and to display artis- laboration between authors Dwight McInvaill, demic it is advised that you check with facili- we will always have new and interesting things. going - Featuring works by Terry Brennan, Bob ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Rock Hill be offered for sale, with pricing starting at $10. tic virtuosity, as is evident in Durer’s engravings Caroline Palmer and Anne Tinker. The authors ties you want to visit before you do so, to find Anderson Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 843/379- Berman, Peggy Carvell, Laura Cody, Diane White Street Gallery, 130 West White Street, Gallery III, Through May 1 - "Welcome Home," and Rembrandt’s etchings. In addition, prints will also do a quick Q and A at 11:30am. West out if they are open and what limitations they 4278 or at (www.ThibaultGallery.com). Dean, Cheryl Eppolito, Ed Funk, David Knowl- Rock Hill. 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The have to have been in combat to understand the and art to the masses, thus increasing cross- artists of varied backgrounds, each exploring people, there are many ways you can support finishes and original artwork featuring the works Smalls, Ellen Blair Rogers, Steve White, Pat Arts Council of York County implemented the feelings of those who have and returned home. cultural interactions, as with Cuban political pro- their relationship to the mother figure. Featuring them during these troubling times. Check out of Pamela Tillinghast Sullivan. Hours: Mon.-Tues. Carlene Shuler Brown Gallery, 3605 Old Wilcox, Caroll Williams and Irene K. William- Alleys as Gallerys program with an exhibition She wants viewers of her latest art exhibition paganda posters. This exhibition unpacks these an interactive wall of connection, a community their websites. or by appt.; Wed.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: Williamston Road, Belton. Ongoing - Original son. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: in Cotton Alley on East Main St. in Rock Hill in to understand that, too. “I hope people feel a techniques and their diverse usages throughout photo installation, and more. Featuring works 864/261-3751. watercolor paintings and prints by Carlene Shuler 843/757-5590. 2018. This new project serves as the second connection when viewing the exhibition,” says history. Illustrated using works from different by: Dorneisha Batson, Luz Celeste Figueroa, Aiken / North Augusta Brown. Also acrylic collages and paper collages Alleys as Gallerys installation. Alleys as Gallerys Frost, a guest artist of the Artists Collective. “I eras, countries, and stylistic periods, it captures Diane Frankenberger, Gwylene Gallimard, Karyn Beaufort Area using stained papers, oriental papers and lace Preston Pottery Studio, 10 Church Street, Bluff- transforms York County, South Carolina’s well- think all human beings can connect with each the technical skill and creative ingenuity found in Healey, Peggy Howe, Kristi Ryba, Alexan- Lee-Johnston Originals and Art, 401 W. papers by Carlene Shuler Brown. Commis- ton. Ongoing - Featuring above average pottery traveled alleys into art galleries that feature works other in some ways. Our stories and experi- the printmaking medium. Ongoing - Featuring dria Searles, and Ingrid Sibley. East Gallery, Martintown Rd., on the courtyard of the North Bay St. Gallery, 719 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongo- sioned paintings Painting and drawing classes since 1973 by Jacob Preston. Hours: Tue.-Sat., by local and regional artists. Works by six York ences are different, but we can still connect. the Cerise and Amber Persian Ceiling sculptures Through June 5 - "Lost & Found: The Assem- Hills Shopping Center, Suite 10, North Augusta. ing - Offering original works focusing on many are offered. Custom framing is offered also. 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/757-3084. County high school students, Bruna Coelho, Luc For example, I have no experience in combat, created by renowned American sculptor Dale blage Exhibition," featuring works by artists who Ongoing - Featuring hand-produced fine and different aspects of what is best about the Low- Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: Mercado, Paige Evans, Heather Lenti, Ashley but I can relate to the feeling of being out of Chihuly. Admission: Free. Hours: Tue, Wed, Fri. specialize in found object assemblage. Artists decorative art, ranging from limited-edition country and celebrating the beautiful fragility of 864/225-3922. The Red Piano Art Gallery, 40 Calhoun St., Walsh, and Hunter Sigmond, were selected for a control of my own body like one veteran told & Sat., 1-5pm; Thur., 1-9pm; and closed Sun.& from all over South Carolina will be showcasing photographic prints to hand-stitched quilts, by this unique wetlands area. A variety of media, Suite 201, next to the Cottage Cafe and above public art installation on the fence between Dust me he felt.” Gallery III, May 4 - 29 - "Bowls: Mon. Contact: call Laura Corbin at 864/597-4180, 3-D works incorporating found objects in this local and regional artists, including: Nancy B. oil, acrylic, pastel, printmaking and sculpture Bluffton Gigi’s, enter at the left side of the building, off OFF Brewing Company and the Lowenstein Imagine Life Without Bowls," featuring works e-mail to ([email protected]) or at (www. impressive display. Featuring works by: Larry Smith, R.R. Frazier, and Joni-Dee Ross. The sensitively interprets and conveys the essence the courtyard, Bluffton. Ongoing - Presenting a Building along the Williams & Fudge fence line by Jim Weber. Weber can’t imagine a world wofford.edu). Alexis, Becky Baker, Creighton Barrett, Deane ga llery also carries books and original greeting of coastal SC. Artists include Jim Draper, Su- Ben Ham Gallery, 210 Bluffton Road, old broad collection of 19th and 20th century repre- that faces White Street. More info visit (https:// without bowls, and he’s spent his life creating Bowers, Tina Hirsig, Robin Howard, Morgan cards. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm or by appt. san Graber, Lana Hefner, Mandy Johnson, Su- Town, Bluffton. Ongoing - Located in the heart sentational American paintings and sculpture. www.yorkcountyarts.org/alleygallerys). them to make sure they remain. “Bowls would Spartanburg Art Museum, Chapman Cultural Kinne, Hirona Matsuda, and Jen Swearington. Contact: 803/8198533. san Mayfield, Marcy Dunn Ramsey, and Taylor of Historic downtown Bluffton, SC in one of the Landscapes, still lifes, genre scenes, figures Contact: 803/ 328-2787 or at (http://www. have been the first of utilitarian vessel forms,” Arts Center, 200 East St. John Street, Spartan- Don’t forget about 3rd Thursday event in May Nicole Turner. South Carolina's finest collection hottest areas in the Lowcountry and a short and historical subjects by many of America's yorkcountyarts.org/). says the artist, a native of Greenville, SC. “Ev- burg. Main Gallery, Through June 30 - "Fiber 20, from 5:30-8:30pm. South Gallery, Through The Artists' Parlor, 126 Laurens Street, N.W., of sweetgrass baskets compliments the other drive from Palmetto Bluff and Hilton Head leading representational artists, impressionists erybody uses bowls, from the poorest ‘dispos- Filled," featuring a collaboration between two June 5 - Featuring a solo exhibition of works by Aiken. Ongoing - Featuring fine American crafts works. Hours: Mon-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: Island. Ben designed and built the interior of and expressionists are available for discriminat- Spartanburg able’ tea-bowl to the most elegantly displayed artists, Liz Miller and Samuelle Green, creat- Karen Burnish. She is inspired by the works of and art objects. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5- 843/522-9210 or at (www.baystgallery.com). the Lowcountry style building. It is the perfect ing private, corporate and institutional collec- tureen. Life as we know it would not function ing site-specific installations from fabric and Van Gogh and Pollock, she seeks to express raw :30pm. Contact: 803/648-4639. space to see his stunning pieces. Hours: Call tors. Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm; Sat., 10am-3pm Throughout downtown Spartanburg's without the simple bowl.” Gallery II, May 4 paper. We’re dividing our exhibition space in emotion to canvas with a combination of uncut Charles Street Gallery, 914 Charles Street, @ for hours. Contact: 843/815-6200 or at (www. or by appt. Contact: 843/785-2318 or at (http:// Cultural District, Ongoing - The Creative - 29 - "Reflections and Substance". Veteran half for two artists to create two large-scale passion and subtle depths. Her works can also Wild Hare Pottery, 1627 Georgia Avenue at the Charles & Greene Street, Beaufort. Ongoing - benhamimages.com). redpianoartgallery.com/). Crosswalk Project is a public art initiative in artist Patrick DeCrane and relative newcomer site-specific installations. Each artist will have be discovered in Studio 8 at the Public Works corner of Alpine Avenue, N. Augusta. Ongoing - Located in a lovingly restored building, we offer which local artists and designers design and to the art scene Gale Roberts have teamed approximately 1500 square feet to build immer- Art Center. Don’t forget about 3rd Thursday Featuring handcrafted pottery in porcelain, earth- custom framing and handcrafted furniture, and Calhoun Street Gallery, 44 Calhoun Street, paint a series of crosswalk murals, transforming up for an exhibition of their artwork. A recep- sive installations that incorporate and magnify event in May 20, from 5:30-8:30pm. Ongoing enware, stoneware, and raku by David Stuart. feature exhibits by local artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., Bluffton. Ongoing - Featuring SC artists Mi- the crosswalks into works of art, on Main Street tion is scheduled for 5 to 9pm, May 20 in the fragments of reality into worlds of fantasy and Hours: M-F, 10am-5pm. (Call ahead.) Contact: 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: 843/521- chael Story and Jane Word, and local Bluffton continued on Page 39 continued on Page 40 Page 38 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 39 Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. noon-5pm. Gordon Wheeler Gallery, 180 East Bay Street, www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJA2XNBPqvA&f Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 843/723-9172 or at Charleston. Ongoing - Original paintings and lim- eature=youtu.be). Hours: by appt. only. Contact: Contact: 843/579-7328 or at (www.georgegal- (www.courtyardartgallery.com). ited edition prints of golf, lowcountry landscapes 843/577-6066 or at leryart.com). SC Commercial Galleries and Charleston scenes by Gordon Wheeler. SC Commercial Galleries (www.rhettthurmanstudio.com). continued from Page 39 Dare Gallery, 31 Broad Street, between Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun. 11am-4pm. continued from Page 40 The John Carroll Doyle Art Gallery, 125 Church & State Sts., Charleston. Ongoing - Contact: 843/722-2546. Robert Lange Studios , 2 Queen St., Charles- Church St., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring Alternative art space - Bluffton ages.com/). Located on historic Broad Street’s GALLERY events. Hours: Wed.-Fri., 11am-6pm; Sat.&Sun., Miller Gallery, 149 1/2 East Bay Street, Charles- ton. Ongoing - Featuring works by Ali Ca- works by the late John Carroll Doyle and Mar- Burnt Church Distillery, courtyard at 120 ROW in the French Quarter of Charleston, SC, Grand Bohemian Gallery, Grand Bohemian 11am-4pm or by appt. Contact: 443/440-1810 or ton. Ongoing - Miller Gallery brings together vanaugh, Megan Aline, Robert Lange, Nathan gret Petterson. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Bluffton Road, Bluffton. Eveny 2nd Sun. of the Bird's I View Gallery, 119-A Church St., Charles- the gallery features an extensive variety of fine Hotel Charleston, 55 Wentworth Street, at (https://www.juliadeckmanstudio.com/). local and international contemporary creators. Durfee, Kerry Brooks, Jessica Dunegan, Fred Contact: 843/577-7344 or at (www.johncdoyle. month, 1-5pm - Lowcountry Made’s Bluffton ton. Ongoing - Featuring originals and prints of art including landscape, figurative, still life & Charleston. Ongoing - The collections at the Fine art painters, sculptors, and artisans are Jamar, Michael Moran, Amy Lind, Adam Hall, com). Artisan Market. Bluffton Artisan Market will bird life by Anne Worsham Richardson, as well marine paintings plus exquisite pottery, photog- Grand Bohemian Gallery are comprised of Lambert Gallery, 749 Willow Lake Road, highlighted in our 1500 square foot Charleston Joshua Flint, Sean Clancy, and JB Boyd. Hours: include the following vendors: Lowcountry as works by Nancy Rushing, Alice Grimsley, and raphy, fine handcrafted jewelry, unique works internationally and locally renowned artists. Charleston. Onging - Featuring the gallery and gallery. Featuring works by Charlotte Filbert, Mon.-Sun., 11am-7pm. Contact: 843/805-8052 The Space, 2143 Heriot Street, Studio F, just Lobster, Bluffton Candles, Handmade Beaufort, Detta Cutting Zimmerman. Hours: Mon.-Sat., in glass & metal plus bronze sculpture – all by Exclusive to the Grand Bohemian Galleries studio space for Hilarie Lambert. Hours: call, Benjamin Rollins Caldwell, Dixie Purvis, Miles or at (www.robertlangestudios.com). past Carter’s Storage, Charleston. Ongoing Sun Dog Pet Products, True South RH, 7th & 10am-5pm. Contact 843/723-1276, 843/766- some of the most sought after artists in the low are internationally-acclaimed artists Stefano by appt. Contact: 843/822-1707 or at (www. Purvis, Naked Eyes, Jo Hay, Amanda Krantz, - The Space is a newly renovated art venue Palm, BP Custom Carbon Furniture, Woods- 2108 or at (www.anneworshamrichardson.com). country and accomplished artists from across Cecchini – famed Italian artist best known for hlambert.com). Suite 33, Hamilton Woodworks, Kate Hooray Stewart Fine Art, 12 State Street, Charleston. with private studio rental, a public gallery and man’s Wife, Cottonwood Soap Co., Preserva- the nation. Many of the artists represented his depictions of wildlife - and French Colorist Osmond, JP Shepard, and more! Hours: Mon.- Ongoing - Featuring works by Sue Stewart, photography studio. The Space hosts Camera tion Tree Art, Tout Sweet Macarons, Cupcakes Carolina Antique Maps and Prints LLC, 91 have a personal connection to Charleston Expressionist artist Jean Claude Roy. Other Laura Liberatore Szweda Studio, Sum- Thur., 10am-5pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am-8pm & Sun. Charles DuPre DeAntonio, Robert Isley, Margaret Works Cafe, art exhibitions, and special events. 2 Cakes, Whip Savannah, Fire and Pine, Finch Church St., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring and the coastal Carolinas and tend to include featured artists include Ali Launer, Amber Hig- merville. Ongoing - Featuring contemporary 11am-5pm. Contact: 843/764-9281 or at (www. Dyer, Fran Moeller Gatins, and James Wellington Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Contact: call Mark Sign and Design, and Palmetto Kettle Corn. For Antique Maps and Prints from the 16th to the pieces that celebrate the colorful tapestry of the gins, Donna Dowless, Elizabeth Nelson, Gart- fine art paintings. Hours: by appointment only. millergallerychas.com). Taylor, Jr. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5:30pm. Con- Stetler at 212/495-9807. more information, visit (www.lcmade.com). 19th century. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm or southern coastal culture. Visit the gallery to see ner & Blade, James Kitchens, Jerry McKellar, Contact: 843/693-5760. tact: 843/853-7100 or at (www.suestewartfineart. by appt. Contact: 843/722-4773 or at (www. crashing waves, lush marshes, still lifes of ca- Kathleen Elliot, Mitch Kolbe, Oris, Susan Gott, Mitchell Hill Gallery, 438 King Street, located com). The Sportsman’s Gallery, 165 King Street, Camden carolinaantiqueprints.com). mellias & oyster shells, coastal wildlife and sen- Peter Keil, Philippe Guillerm, Stefan Horik, next to Hall’s Chop House just down from Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring one of the sitive yet powerful portraits of the south. Hours: Thomas Arvid, and John Duckworth. Hours: the Visitor’s Center, Charleston. Ongoing - Srebnick Gallery, 195 1/2 King Street, largest, most diverse collections of contempo- Artists’ Attic, 930 S Broad St., Camden. Cecil Byrne Gallery, 140 East Bay Street, Mon. - Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 843/853-5002 Mon.-Thur., 10am-7pm, Fri. & Sat., 10am-8pm, What started as a pop-up for art for charity Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring paintings, rary sporting and wildlife art found today and Ongoing - Featuring a new frame shop and Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring fine art from or at (www.edwarddare.com). and Sun., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/724-4130 has evolved into one of Charleston’s premier pastels and drawings by C. Katriel Srebnik and once having viewed it, we are confident you Saturday hours, along with our regular gallery, leading impressionist artists, as well as artisan or at (www.grandbohemiangallery.com). galleries Mitchell Hill features the innovative guest artists. Hours: call for hours. Contact: will concur. Hours: Mon,-Fri., 10:30am-5:30pm, and cooperative open studios shared by 8 made pottery and furnishings. Visit us online artwork of over twenty regional artists. Hours: 843-580-8488 or at (www.sregallery.com). Sat., 11am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 843/727- professional artists working in various medi- or in person to see the work of painters Liz Hagan Fine Art Gallery & Studio, LLC, 177 Mon.-Wed., 10am-6pm; Thur.-Sat., 10am-9pm; 1224 or at (www.sportsmansgallery.com). ums. Including Dot Goodwin, Jane Hannon, Haywood-Sullivan, Jeanne Rosier Smith, Mike King Street, Charleston. Ongoing - This is the & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 843/564-0034 or at Studio 151 Fine Art Gallery, 175 Church St., Ann Starnes, Emily Houde, Kathy Redner, Beeman, Cecilia Murray, Ann Watcher, Sue working studio of Charleston artist Karen Hewitt (www.mitchelhillnc.com). just south of the corner of Market and Church St., Wells Gallery, The Sanctuary at Kiawah Benira Sutphin, Tari Federer, and Deb Maza. Gilkey, and James Nelson Lewis. Museum Hagan and represents over 35 well-known, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring original Island Golf Resort. Located just 30 minutes Commissions are accepted. Hours: Mon.-Fri., quality pottery items from artists Susan Barrett award-winning impressionistic and abstract art- Neema Fine Art Gallery, 3 Broad St., Ste. 100, art in traditional, realism, wildlife, impressionism from Charleston, Wells Gallery is the premiere 10am-4pm; Sat., 10am-3pm and by appt. Con- and Liz Kinder are complemented by amazing ists from the United States, Italy, Ireland, India, Charleston. Ongoing - South Carolina’s newest collage, and abstracts in a variety of mediums, gallery at The Sanctuary Resort dedicated to tact: 803/432-9955 or e-mail at (tarifederer@ blown glass from artist Nicholas Kecic. Tables Spain, France, Russia, Germany, and Ukraine. art gallery featuring original works of art by both including photography and hand crafted jewelry. providing contemporary art works focused on earthlink.net). for your home made right here in Charleston by Established in 2010, HFA brings to Charleston established and standout emerging African- Offering the works of Colleen Wiessmann, Rosie the Lowcountry and Southern experience. May artist Capers Cathuen can be seen throughout a variety of original oil, acrylic and mixed media American artists who are from or who currently Phillips, Shelby Parbel, Bob Graham, Amelia 7 - 24 - "FORE!," works of art featuring golf. In Dovetails, 645 Rutledge Street, Camden. Ongo- the gallery. Capers uses salvaged wood from works. Join us at our First Friday receptions reside in South Carolina. Gallery owner, currator Whaley, Dixie Dugan, Nancy Davidson, Sandra the gallery and online. Kiawah Island is home and gallery director is Meisha Johnson. Hours: ing - Featuring custom bench crafted furniture the farms and coastal areas around Charleston and meet some of the finest local, regional, Work by Rana Jordahl Scott, Jennifer Koach, Michel McNinch, Amelia to the 2021 PGA Finals, May 17th -23rd. We by Jim Rose. Each piece is made by hand to to fashion one of a kind pieces for your home. Work by Beth de Loiselle national, and international artists working today. Tue.-Sat., 10:30am-6:30pm or by appt. Contact: Rose Smith, Lissa Block, Debra Paysinger, are celebrating this proud tradition with a group the client’s specifications. Jim works in a variety Hours: Contact: 843.312-1891 or at (www. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. noon-5- Lowcountry Artists Gallery, 148 E. Bay St., 843/353-8079 or at (www.neemagallery.com). Charles Moore, Roger Tatum, Daryl Knox, Gina show at Wells Gallery. Works from our artists of woods including heart pine, walnut, cypress, cecilbyrnegallery.com). Dog & Horse Fine Art & Portraiture, 102 pm. Contact: 843/901-8124, e-mail to (info@ Charleston. May 1 - 31 - "Farm to Table," an Brown and Madison Latimer. We also participate will feature the game of golf and The Ocean maple, and cherry. Jim also works in exotic Church St. Charleston. Through May 31 - haganfineart.com) or at (www.HaganFineArt. art exhibition featuring images of both nature One of a Kind Art & Fine Craft Gallery, 74 N. in Charleston’s historic French Quarter art walks Course, host of the tournament. Ongoing – woods form South America and Africa. Visitors Charleston Art Brokers, AIM on King, 648 "2021: New Stories When We Need them the com). and nurture by gallery artists. A reception will Market Street, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring every March, May, October and December. Featuring a selection of oil paintings, sculp- can watch individual pieces of furniture being King Street, Charleston. Ongoing - Represent- Most". This exhibit features nineteen of the be held on May 1, from 11:30am-6pm, during unique arts and crafts from over 400 American Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-6pm, Fri. & Sat., 10am- tures, jewelry, and watercolors from renowned built. Every piece has its own personality and ing emerging and established fine art artists gallery’s artists showcasing their talents with Helena Fox Fine Art, 106-A Church Street, Charleston’s first Saturday Gallery Stroll. The artists, including many local artisans. Hours: 8pm; and Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact: 843/579- local and national artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., becomes an instant heirloom. Hours: Mon.-Sat., and photographers from Charleston and the visual communication, speaking directly to the Charleston. 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Ongo- goldsmith and jeweler, Sarah Amos, original farmland to the tables and kitchens of the finest Paul Silva Gallery, 188 Meeting Street, Ongoing - At Tara Vis Gallery, you will discover (www.wellsgallery.com). Northlight Studio, 607 Rutledge Street, ing - Did you know that many of the 30+ artists paintings by Kenn Backhaus, John Cosby, restaurants in Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring Charleston. Ongoing - The art and musings of photographic journeys, what brought each of us Camden. Ongoing - Featuring works by Laurie Charleston Crafts, 84 North Market St., we represent paint people as well as animals? Julyan Davis, Terry DeLapp, Donald Demers, works by Norma Morris Cable, Fran J. Davies, Paul Silva. All mediums from oils and acryllics to this place in the photography field, and why Trager Contemporary, 577 King Street, Charles- McIntosh. Hours: by appt. Contact: 803/319- Charleston. Ongoing - Charleston Crafts is the Portraits make a wonderful and unique gift and Kathleen Dunphy, Mary Erickson, West Fraser, Lynne N. Hardwick, Kellie Jacobs, Rana Jordahl, to mixed media digital art. Hours: Mon.-Sun., their prowess in these endeavors places them ton. Ongoing - is dedicated to presenting distinc- 2223 or at (www.LaurieMcIntoshArt.com). longest operating craft cooperative in Charles- are a great way to commemorate a life event Kaminer Haislip, Betsy Havens, Jeffrey T. Ivo Kerssemakers, Gaston Locklear, Nicole 9:30am-6pm. Contact: 843/849-0031 or at at the top of the list in this field. I want Tara Vis tive local, national, and international emerging ton, operating for over 30 years, featuring only or honor a beloved pet. Visit the gallery in Larson, Joseph McGurl, Billyo O’Donnell, Joe Robinson, Sandra Roper, and Lisa Willits along (www.paulsilvaart.com). Gallery to be a place where you can lose yourself and mid-career artists working in traditional, Rutledge Street Gallery, 508 Rutledge St., items designed and created by SC artists. Gal- person or online and see a variety of styles and Paquet, Jessie Peterson Tarazi, Scott Prior, with 25 additional guest artists. Hours: Mon.- in the images and stories, a respite from the nontraditional, and mixed media, from painting Camden. Ongoing - Featuring original works of lery showcases a blend of contemporary and mediums. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., Seth Tane and bronze sculptures by Kent Ull- Sat., 10:30am-6pm & Sun., 1am-5pm. Contact: Peabody Watercolors Gallery, 102 Church mundane, taking you places that many people and sculpture to installations and works on paper. art from regional and national artists includ- traditional craft media plus photography. Hours: 11am-5pm. Contact: 843/577-5500 or at (www. berg. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm or by appt. 843/577-9295 or at (www.lowcountryartists.com). Street, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring works on this earth will never have the opportunity to Not only are we focused on showcasing and ing Clara Blalock, Elizabeth Barber, Anne Biv- daily from 10am - 6pm. Contact: 843/723-2938 dogandhorsefineart.com). Contact: 843/723-0073, e-mail at (gallery@ by Frank Peabody III (b. 1934) a 1956 graduate experience. Featuring work by Patrick Kelly, Ben cultivating the work and careers of our artists, ens, Yong Chu Chang, Marjorie Greene, Joyce or at (www.CharlestonCrafts.org). helenafoxfineart.com) or at Martin Gallery, 18 Broad Street, ground floor of Princeton University who spent most of his life Reed, Brian Bielmann, Tom Whitfield, and Sorin but we also believe in supporting the practical Hall, Seth Haverkamkp, Carrie Payne, John East Bay Garden Gallery, 114 E. Bay St., in (www.helenafoxfineart.com). of the Peeople’s Building, corner of Broad and as a busy executive in the professional services Onisor. Hours: Thur.-Sun., 10am-6pm. Contact: components of art for creators, enthusiasts, and Pototschnik, Bob Ransley, Dennis Snell, Maci Chuma Gullah Gallery, 188 Meeting Street, Coates Row, near Rainbow Row, Charleston. State Streets, Charleston. Ongoing - Featur- industry in Louisville, KY, and later in New York. 843/577-0253. collectors through gallery talks, workshops and Scheuer, and many more. Chinese Antique Units N1-N3, inside the Charleston City Market Ongoing - Artist and owner, W. Hampton Brand Horton Hayes Fine Art, 30 State Street, ing paintings by Mitch Billis, Kathleen Billis, His talent as an artist did not emerge until after events, and a speaker series. We aim to build a Furniture Pieces. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Great Hall Mall, Charleston. Ongoing - We are provides a unique and more complete "Charles- Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring marshscapes Italian master Imero Gobbato, William Crosby, his retirement. Since then, he has aggressively The Art MECCA of Charleston, 427 King Street, diverse community of people who want to engage Contact: 803/425-0071 or at (www.rutledg- a resource center to learn more about the Gul- ton experience" with his art. His primary subject and Lowcountry images of shrimpers, crabbers, Christopher Schink, Jennifer Spencer, Jared studied and painted locally throughout Vermont, Charleston. Ongoing - The most eclectic art with art, broaden the dialogue about culture and estreetgallery.com). lah Culture through Gullah Art, Gullah Books, is the significant architecture and beautiful his- clammers, and oyster harvesters in oils and acryl- Clackner, and Gilles Charest; sculpture by Leo South Carolina, and in a wide range of locations gallery in Charleston. Displaying a wide array of contemporary art, and provide a gathering space Gullah Crafts, Gullah Storytelling, Gullah Spiri- toric buildings of our city. For those who seek ics by Mark Horton. Also works by Nancy Hoerter, Osborne, Claire McArdle, and James R. Pyne; from Burma to Corsica to Venice, throughout local talent, there is a lot to see and little some- where all are welcome. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am- Charleston tuals, Gullah Tours and Gullah Food. Hours: the ultimate Charleston keepsake - he puts his Shannon Runquist, Rhett Thurman, and Chris and photography by Michael Kahn. Also, offer- Italy, Spain, the South Pacific, and many places thing for everyone!. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm 7pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 843.882.5464 Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-6pm. Contact: 843/722- art on the increasingly rare artifacts of historic Groves. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-5:30pm; ing select jewelry and glass art by America’s in between. Hours: call about hours. Contact: & Sun., 11am-5:30pm. Contact: 843/577-0603 or or at (www.tragercontemporary.com). Anglin-Smith Fine Art, 9 Queen Street, corner 1702 or at (http://gallerychuma.com/). roofing slate and old handmade Charleston 2nd Sun. of each month, 12:30-5pm & by appt. best artisans, featuring custom designs by 843/577-5500 or at (www.peabodywatercolors. at (www.artmeccaofcharleston.com). of Queen & State Streets, Charleston. May 7 brick. In addition to his art, you're invited to Contact: 843/958-0014 or at (www.hortonhayes. acclaimed master goldsmith Glade Sarbach com). ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Charleston - 21 - "New Works by Jennifer Smith Rogers". COCO VIVO interior and fine art for relaxed browse among the eclectic garden finds in com). Davis. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., The Audubon Gallery, 190 King St., Charles- Avondale Therapy, 815 Savannah Highway, Ongoing - Featuring original works by Betty living, Gallery Row, 25 Broad St., Charleston. the courtyard including old gates, statuaries, 1-5pm & by appt. Contact: 843/723-7378 or at Principle Gallery: Charleston, 125 Meeting ton. Ongoing - "Charleston's only gallery for the Suite 101, Charleston. Ongoing - This space Anglin Smith, Jennifer Smith Rogers, Tripp Ongoing - Featuring works by Tony van Has- pottery, unique iron pieces and so much more. Imaging Arts Gallery, 175 King Street, be- (www.martingallerycharleston.com). Street, Charleston. Ongoing - The gallery finds Natural History and sporting art enthusiast!" Lo- is an ideal location for contemporary art with its Smith, Shannon Smith Hughes, Kim English, selt, aws, Mitch Billis, Patricia Roth and Roger Hours: Mon.-Sun., 9am-2pm. Contact: 843/958- tween Clifford and Queen, Charleston. Ongo- joy in sharing museum-quality works from estab- cally owned, the gallery specializes in the golden concrete floors, high white walls, and dramatic Darrell Davis, Colin Page, Carl Plansky, and Milinowski. Also representing jewelry designer 0490 or 843/327-6282. ing - A unique showcase of photography includ- Mary Martin Gallery, 103 Broad Street, lished American and international artists within age of natural history (1700-1900), emphasiz- lighting, one has the sense of an New York City David & Jennifer Clancy. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Betty Holland and photographer Sandy Logan. ing LeCroy’s vastly enlarged leaves, plants, Charleston. Ongoing - Mary Martin Gallery the realm of Contemporary and Classical Real- ing John James Audubon, one of Charleston's gallery verses the hidden gem of West Ashley. 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 843/853- Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5:30 & Fri. till 8pm. Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art, 58 Broad and flowers - a culmination of photography has always specialized in representing top ism. In its inaugural year, the gallery invites you most highly regarded artist. Here, you will find a Hours: M-F by appt. Contact: 843/870-0278. 0708 or at (www.anglinsmith.com). Contact: 843/720-4027. St., Charleston. Ongoing - Founded in 2001, and technology, as they reveal detail and color contemporary artists, and has also identified into its light-filled space for monthly shows featur- tour-de-force of Audubon's "Birds of America" as this internationally acclaimed fine art gal- that is beyond the reach of the unaided eye. and mentored little-known artists to national ing fresh, exciting work from the multi-faceted well as other highly acclaimed natural history art. Chesterfield Artizom Framing & Gallery, 334 E. Bay Street, Corneau Goldsmithing Jewelry Gallery, 92 lery is located in the historic French Quarter The fine art photography contains a selection recognition. MMG is the perfect venue for and diverse Principle Family of Artists, along with A sportman's paradise with a large selection of Suite J, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring the Hasell Street, Charleston. Ongoing - Featur- district in Charleston. Richardson represents of cityscapes, black and whites, international artists who represent a variety of styles and national invitational shows, and curated events. antique wildfowl decoys, collectibles, nostalgic Douglas Gallery, 144 Main St, Chesterfield. contemporary artwork of Jackie and Charles ing custom designed jewelry and select artists. American, Dutch, and Russian-born artists of architecture, and others. Unique framed pieces techniques. Some of the most notable artists of Hours: Mon.-Tue., 10am-3pm; Wed.-Sat., 10am- paintings, prints of days afield and favorite hunt- Ongoing - Featuring the works of Jonathan Ailstock. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm, Sat. 11am- Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm & 2nd Sun. the contemporary Impressionist, Realist, and that combine 19th century daguerreotypes, museum quality are Jean-Claude Gaugy, Mar- 6pm; & Sun., 11am-4pm. Contact: 843/727-4500 ing dogs. We offer museum-quality framing and Douglas. Fine art oil and watercolor paintings 5pm, or by appt. Contact: 843/723-3726 or at noon-5pm. Contact: 843/203-6630 or at (www. Abstract styles. Sculpture by the award-winning ambrotypes, and tintypes with enlarged im- tin Eichinger, Andre Kohn, Vadim Klevenskiy, or at (www.principlegallery.com). conservation services for works of art on paper to primarily focused on local scenery painted plein (www.artizom.com). cgjewelrygallery.com). Marianne Houtkamp and photography by Rich- ages will delight history enthusiasts. LeCroy’s Tatyana Klevenskiy, Richard Johnson, Alvar, protect and present your most treasured pieces. aire and in studio. Hours: open by appt. only. ardson also fill the elegant and inviting space. photographs are additionally on exhibit at the Pujol, Pietro Piccoli, Baques, Mario, Monica Reinert Contemporary Fine Art, 202 King Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: Contact: e-mail at ([email protected]) or at Atelier Gallery Charletson, 153 King Street, Corrigan Gallery, 7 Broad Street, Charleston. In addition, the gallery is available as a scenic New York Hall of Science, New York. Hours: Meuneir, Larry Osso, Mark Yale Harris, Philippe Street, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring 843/853-1100 or at (www.audubonart.com). (www.douglasgallery.org). Charleston. Ongoing - The gallery’s focus is to Ongoing - The Corrigan Gallery llc is celebrat- event venue. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- 5pm. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: Guillerm, Richard Riverin, Judy Fuller, Graciela fine contemporary works and artisan jewelry. support and promote a variety of artists, from ing its 15th Anniversary of representing local Contact: 843/722-3660 or e-mail to (info@el- 843/577-7501 or at (www.imagingarts.com). Rodo Boulanger, Ann Dettmer, Sangita Phadke, Hours: daily from 9am-5pm. Contact: call The Brizard Studio, one King Street, Suite 404, Columbia Area the Southeastern region, while merging the clas- artists creating nontraditional work - Manning larichardson.com). R. John Ichter, John Gregory, and others. 843/694.2445 or at (www.rickreinert.com). Charleston. Ongoing - Original fine oil paintings sics with the moderns. Traditional portraits and Williams, Corrie McCallum, John Hull, Mary Indigo Fine Art Gallery, 102 Church St., Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm and Sun., by Robin Brizard, award-winning impressionist Alicia Leeke Fine Art Studio, 3821 Edinburg landscapes are displayed alongside contempo- Walker, Kristi Ryba, Daphne vom Baur, Nancy Galerie on Broad, 29 Broad Street, Charles- Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring artwork by noon-5pm. Contact: 843-723-0303 or at (www. Reinert Fine Art Gallery, 179 King Street, artist. Hours: by appt. only, call 843/577-0964. Rd., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring original rary canvases and sculptures. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Langston, Max Miller, Karin Olah, John Moore, ton. Ongoing - The gallery is dedicated to Paula Lonneman and Judith Perry, along with marymartinart.com). Charleston. Ongoing - Reinert Fine Art show- acrylic cityscapes, abstracts, monotypes, and 10am-6pm. Contact: 843/722-5668 or at (www. Gordon Nicholson, Paul Mardikian, Susan bringing national and international artists to the handblown glass seashells, raku pots and cases the contemporary impressionist works The Charleston Renaissance Gallery, 103 drawings on canvas and fiber. Giclee’s on theateliergalleries.com). Perkins, Lese Corrigan, Midge Peery, Arthur art scene. Art collectors from all over find their the work of special guest artists throughout Meyer Vogl Gallery, 122 Meeting Street, in oil by Rick Reinert and more than 40 other Church Street, at St. Michael's Alley, Charleston. canvas and paper also available. Hours: by McDonald, Sue Simons Wallace, Bill Bug- way into the cozy and quaint atmosphere of the year. Stop by and see works-in-progress Charleston. Ongoing - Permanently featur- artists offering their unique and diverse styles. Ongoing - Showcasing nineteenth century oil appt. only. Contact: 803/429-5456 or at (www. Atrium Art Gallery, 61 Queen Street, Charles- gel, William Meisburger and Valerie Isaacs. It Historic Gallery Row. Galerie on Broad features as well, since the artist/owners are always ing oil paintings by distinguished artists Laurie Hours: daily from 9am-5pm. Contact: call paintings, works on paper and sculpture of the alicialeeke.com). ton. Ongoing - The gallery’s open beautiful expanded to include the artists of the Charles- impressionistic landscapes and figurative works there & probably painting! Hours: Mon.-Sat., Meyer and Marissa Vogl, we also exhibit works 843/694.2445 or at (www.rickreinert.com). American South. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. space in an historic Charleston building shows ton Renaissance with the estates of Elizabeth by nationally and internationally known artists 10am-5pm. Contact: 843-805-9696 or at (www. by local and nationally recognized guest artists. Contact: 843/723-0025 or at (www.fineartsouth. ArtCan Studio & Gallery, 108 Beaufort Street, the works from over 10 artists offering contem- O’Neill Verner and Alfred Hutty and second such as Calvin Liang, Camille Przewodek, Lori IndigoFineArtGallery.com). These artists are diverse and unique, ranging Revealed Art Gallery, 119-A Church Street, com). Chapin. Ongoing - Featuring original paint- porary, abstract, realism, landscape, lowcountry market works of merit such as Matisse, Wolf Putnam, Dee Beard Dean, Richard Oversmith, from emerging to established contemporary Charleston. Ongoing - Revealed is a contem- ings, handpainted furnishing, and limited and and photography. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Kahn and William Halsey. Located in the heart Kate Mullin, Katie Dobson Cundiff, James Julia Deckman Studio, on James Island in Riv- masters; the unifying element is that they excite porary art gallery in Charleston, SC. Located in The George Gallery, 54 Broad Street, Charles- open edition lithographs by Judy Bolton Jarrett. Contact: 843/973-3300 or at (www.atriumartgal- of the downtown historic district of Charleston’s Richards, Giner Bueno, Marc Esteve, and John erland Terrace, 2008 Wappoo Drive, Charleston. us. By exhibiting artwork for which we feel an the French Quarter, it features a vibrant compi- ton. Ongoing - The George Gallery represents Hours: Thur.& Fri., noon-5:30pm; Sat., noon- lery.com). French Quarter. Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-4pm or Michael Carter. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Ongoing - Featuring works by local artist, Julia emotional connection, we hope to engage the lation of artists that vary in style and medium. contemporary American artists including Frank 4pm or by appt.(call before coming). Contact: by chance & appt. Contact: 843/722-9868 or at Contact: 843/410-6332 or at (www.galerieon- Deckman. This space is where she is creating senses of art lovers and introduce collectors Revealed’s collection offers a range of creative Phillips, Salter Scharstein, Tom Stanley, Allison 803/345-6588 or at (www.judyjarrettgallery. Ben Ham Images, 416 King Street, Charleston. (www.corrigangallery.com). broad.com). art, teaching workshops, and hosting collabora- to exhilarating new works. Hours: Mon.- gems for both locals and visitors to discover. Gildersleeve, Alan Jackson, Heather Jones, com). Ongoing - Ben Ham Images recently expanded tive events. The retail shop serves as a resource Sat., 11am-6pm & Sun., noon-4pm. Contact: All are welcome and encouraged to explore Catherine Booker Jones, Paul Yanko, Justin to its new 2200 square feet of elegant gallery Courtyard Art Gallery, 149 1/2 East Bay Street, Gaye Sanders Fisher Gallery, 124 Church St., for local creatives. Customers can expect to find 843/452-2670 or at (www.meyervogl.com). this new and unique space. Hours: Mon.- Giunta, Lori Glavin, Catherine Erb, Betsy Brackin, Artsy Fartsy Art Gallery and Coffee Bar, 906 space in Charleston. Located downtown in the Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring works by Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring original oil and fine art, home décor and unique gifts all sourced Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun. noon-4pm. Contact: Vicki Sher, Amanda Norman and Alan Taylor Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce. Ongoing - Featur- “Upper” King Street design district amidst world Veronique Aniel, Melissa Breeland, Mary Ann watercolor paintings by Gaye Sanders Fisher. through local and small business. Shoppers can Michael Parks Gallery, 35 Broad Street, 843.872.5606 or at (www.revealedgallery.com). Jeffries. A selection from the estates of William ing art by local artists and cafe and wine bar. class shopping and restaurants, the Charles- Bridgman, Renee Bruce, Beverly Brunswig, Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm. be sure to always find something special and Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring fine art pho- Halsey and Otto Neumann are also available We also have MIND GRAVY which is our po- ton gallery is truly an unique experience that Wilma Cantey, Carole Carberry, Linda Churchill, Contact: 843/958-0010 or at (www.gayesanders- trust that every purchase supports small busi- tography by Michael Parks and a variety of fine Rhett Thurman Studio, 241 King St., Charles- through the gallery. In addition to sales, we etry night every wed 8-10pm. Hours: Wed.-Sat., transports you on a spectacular journey. Hours: Christine Crosby, Judy Jacobs, Alix Kassing, Jen- fisher.com). ness. The venue is available to rent for private artworks by selected artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., ton. Ongoing - Featuring works by Rhett Thur- offer consultation services for commercial and 7pm-2am. Contact: 803/7084731 or e-mail at Sun.-Mon., noon-5pm and Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm. nifer Koach, Tug Mathisen, Yvonne Rousseau, events, workshops, photo shoots, and pop-up 10am-5pm. Contact: 803/348-3202 or e-mail to man. View the video “Celebrating Rhett Thurman: residential projects. We are here to make your ([email protected]). Contact: 843/410-1495 or at (http://benhamim- Suzy Shealy, Coleen Stoioff, and Tom Tremaine. continued on Page 41 ([email protected]). Painting in Charleston for 50 Years!,” at (https:// art collecting experience simple and enjoyable. continued on Page 42

Page 40 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 41 to representing the human form. While elements Contact: 843/673-9144 or at (www.lyndaenglish- Wilkinson ART, 39 Blair Street, Greenville. Latta and images of the human form have been a part studio.net). Ongoing - Featuring works by Marty Epp- of both artists’ work for years, this is the first time Carter, Steven Chapp, Donald Collins, Terry RJK Frames and Things, 112 E. Main Street, SC Commercial Galleries they have worked collaboratively on the theme. Running Horse Gallery (Feather Pottery & SC Commercial Galleries Jarrard-Dimond, Tom Dimond, Phil Garrett, Latta. Ongoing - Featuring Imperial Russian continued from Page 41 The gallery will be open from 11am-5pm daily Interiors, LLC) 928 Old Wallace Gregg Road, continued from Page 42 Luis Jarramillo, Nancy Jaramillo, Dana Jones, bone china, exceptional gold trimmed lacquer during this exhibit. City of Columbia Covid-19 pro- Florence. Ongoing - Featuring ceramic works Catherine Labbé, Caren Stansell, Freda Sue. boxes, Soviet propaganda posters, rare Rus- Bella Vista Art & Framing, 705 Gervais St., Kees Salentijn, Laura Spong, Tom Stanley, tocols will be in place mask-wearing and social by Sasha and Tari Federer. Their artwork is one- using photography and oil paint to create a shows by artist from all geographic regions. We Accepting additional artists by invitation only at sian Orthodox Icons and Avant Garde draw- downstairs of City Market Antiques, Columbia. Leo Twiggs, Katie Walker, David Yaghjian and distancing required for the duration of the show. of-a-kind, hand crafted, using an array of firing collection exhibiting the beauty and wildness represent a diverse group of artistic styles of this time. Gallery of art on paper based in deal- ings. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 8am-6pm. Contact: Ongoing - Featuring original works of art of Aggie Zed. The Print Room @ if ART, presents Ongoing - Resident artists include: Eileen Blyth, techniques and surface decoration. Hours; 10am- that connect nature and man. The two artists painting, sculptures and preeminent glass collec- er’s residence: printmaking, drawing, collage, 843/752-9319 or (http://www.rjkframesandth- varied national artists, regional artists ,vintage limited-edition or unique prints by artists known Stephen Chesley, Gerard Erley, Heidi Darr-Hope, 6pm daily, but call first. Contact: 843/992-2178 or find themselves fascinated by the uniqueness tion. Hours: Tue. & Thur., 10am-4pm or by appt. painting, mixed media. Open house receptions ings.com/). art, antiquarian engravings and etchings, origi- around the corner, the state, the country and Pat Gilmartin, Robert Kennedy, Sharon Licata, e-mail at ([email protected]). and diversity in both trees and people. Ongo- Contact: at (www.ricstandridge.com). are announced by e-mail and social media, and nal photography. Also a Mort Kunstler dealer the world. The Print Room earns its name for Michel McNinch, Kirkland Smith, and David ing - The gallery brings together visual arts and usually occur on Sunday afternoons. Link to Lexington and large selection of SC artists ,giclees, and another reason, too, as more than 800 books Yaghjian. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun. Fort Mill/ Tega Cay home accessories to provide a boutique that is Sea Island Gallery, 115 Pelham Road, Pelham social media and subscribe to e-mail at (http:// limited edition prints. And, offering a full service and catalogues about art & artists are available 1-4pm or by appt. Contact: at (www.Stormwater- at once unique and incredibly usable. This is Court Shopping Center, Greenville. Ongoing - lineandcolor.net). Hours: I’m in downtown Mary Elliott Williams’ Studio, 1044 Hope Fer- custom framing shop featuring professional, for consultation. Take a book, take a seat and Studios.org). Olive’s, 229 Main Street, Fort Mill. Ongoing - the first fusion gallery in the area to offer varied Original SC & southwest paintings by Douglas Greenville and often step out for short errands, ry Rd., Lexington. Ongoing - Precious Faces, quality framing at below industry prices. Hours: take a look. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-7pm and Olive’s exhibits local artist in the Carolina’s. It and affordable original art along with wonder- Grier, raku pottery by Tim Tyler, oils on paper by but always glad to hear from you. Tues-Fri, artworks mainly in pastel and oil, commissions Tue.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: 803/765- Sat., 11am- 5pm. Contact: 803/238-2351 or The TRAC Gallery & Studio, 140 State Street, also has a handmade by local artisan, gift shop, fully original home furnishings and accessories. Betsy Bayne and a wide selection of prints by 11am-6pm, and irregular Saturday hours, accepted. Hours: by appt. Contact: 803/356- 0808 or e-mail at (bellavistaart@bellsouth.net). e-mail at ([email protected]). West Columbia. Ongoing - Founded in 2016, as well as a working ceramic studio. Olive’s Hours: Wed.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., 11am-3pm. many artists. Hours: Tues. - Fri., 10am - 5:30pm; please call ahead. Closed Mondays and Sun- 0381 or at (www.artistsofthesouth.com). Twin Rabbit Artist Collective came together in offers workshops and regular classes as well as Contact: 864/363-8172 or at (www.artandlight- Sat., 10am - 4pm. Contact: 864/271-2007. days. Contact: Joel Wilkinson at 864/235-4483 Carol Saunders Gallery, 922 Gervais St., Lewis & Clark Gallery, 1001 Huger Street, response to a need for something better for ceramic parties and events. Presently works by gallery.com). or e-mail at ([email protected]). Sandlapper Art & Frame, 711 E. Main St., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring fine art objects behind One Eared Cow Glass, Columbia. On- artists and art lovers in Columbia, SC. The Dottie Leatherwood, Todd Baxter, Rachel Ohls Suite M, downstairs in Lexington’s Historic Old and works by local artists, including Mana going - Featuring work by Clark Ellefson and competition for outstanding artwork and teach- and proprietor Debbie Whitsett among others are Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville, 200 N. Greenwood Mill, Lexington. Ongoing - Offering custom pic- Hewitt, Stephen Chesley, Carol Pittman, Mike other contemporary artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., ing positions is fierce, and theTRAC is all about being exhibited. Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-6pm or Main St. Greenville. Ongoing - The eclectic ture framing and fine art sales. Also handmade Williams, Laura Spong, Heidi Darr-Hope, Judy 9am-6pm; Sat., 9am-3pm & by appt. Contact: giving working artists a landing pad, a launch- studio open until 8:30pm as reserved. Contact: mix of works by the Aritsts members is always Main & Maxwell, 210 Main Street, at the gifts such as pottery, jewelry, metal art, etc. The Hubbard, Jeri Burdick, Clay Burnett, and Eddie 803/765-2405 or at (www.lewisandclarklamps. ing site to help further their professional careers 704/301-2619 or at (www.olivesmudpuddle.com). on display. Come in and enjoy the works of; intersection of Main Street and Maxwell Avenue store has a very “coastal” flair but all mediums Bryan. Hours: M-F, 10am-5:30pm; Sat., 11am- com). as both artists and educators. We knew the Dottie Blair, Laura Buxo, Gerda Bowman, Pat Greenwood. Ongoing - A gallery and retail shop and subjects are exhibited. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 5pm. Contact: 803/256-3046. best way to help local artists and our commu- Georgetown Cato, Dale Cochran, Robert Decker, Kathy specializing in local South Carolina artists offering 10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-3pm; & by appt. Con- Michael Story Studio/Gallery, 116 Brook nity was to create a place just for that purpose. DuBose, Pat Grills, Mel Hammonds, Edith Mc- handcrafted art, pottery, jewelry, fiber and gifts tact: 803/785-4278 or at (www.sandlapperart. Trout Ct., Lexington. Ongoing - Featuring We are local with a network of galleries across Art Harbor Gallery, 912 Front Street, George- Bee Hardaway, Chris Hartwick, Megan Heuse, for all occasions. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. com). traditional landscapes in oil & pastel by Michael the United States, working to make a differ- town. May 1 - 16 - "Resilient. A Legacy of Gullah Russell Jewell, Diarmuid Kelly, John Pendarvis, Contact: 864/223-6229 or at (www.mainandmax- Story. Giclee & reproduction prints. Hours by ence for artists, art lovers, and our community. Art". This curated exhibition is being held in Miranda Sawyer, David Waldrop and Erin well.com). Mt. Pleasant - Isle of Palms - Sullivan's Is. appt. only. Contact: 803/356-4268 or at (www. Hours: Wed.-Fri., noon-7pm; Sat., noon-5pm & conjunction with The International Gullah Film Webb. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., michaelstory.com). Sun., noon-4pm. Contact: 803/381-0498 or at Festival with the purpose of spotlighting artists of 1-5pm. Contact: 864/239-3882 or at Hilton Head Island A Simple Tree, 1304 Erckmann Drive, Suite (www.thetracgalleries.com). the Gullah tradition. Ongoing - a gallery of con- (www.artistsguildgalleryofgreenville.com). D, Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Framing for artists Mouse House, Inc/Susan Lenz Studio., 2123 temporary fine art! We feature original artwork by Camellia Art, 8 Pope Avenue, Hilton Head and art galleries. Ready made frames in stock. Park St. (historic Elmwood Park), Colum- Village Artists, Village at Sandhill, 631-8 local and regional artists in a variety of media and Hampton III Gallery, 3100 Wade Hampton Blvd., Island. Ongoing - Featuring custon framing and Hours: call for hours. Contact: 843/606-0017 or bia. Ongoing - Featuring the working studio, Promenade Place, next door to Panera, off Two styles. It is our goal to highlight these talented 10 Gallery Center, Taylors. Ongoing - works by art gallery with works by Marge Agin, Evelyn B. at (www.asimpletree.com). original fibers, and mixed-media artwork by Notch and Clemson Rds., near I-20, Columbia. artists and help bring attention to Georgetown, Sigmund Abeles, John Acorn, Dave Appleman, Work by Jose Snook Ballentine, Vickie Ebbers, Cassandra M. Gillens, Susan Lenz. After 14 years at Vista Studios, Ongoing - The gallery features the works of 28 SC, as a community and arts destination. Hours: Jane Armstrong, Alice Ballard , J. Bardin, Carl Southeast Center for Photography, 116 E. Kelly Graham, Ben Ham, Brucie Holler, Bill Little, Accent Framing & Gallery, 1303 Ben Sawyer Susan will now be working at Mouse House. local artists offering: workshops, monthly shows Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm and Sun., 10am-3pm. Blair, Emery Bopp, Bette Lee Coburn, Jeanet Broad Street, Greenville. May 7 - 29 - "Flora," Louanne Laroache, Lynn Parrott, Laurie McIn- Blvd., Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Original art by Also offering custom picture framing as well as and exhibits. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-9pm & Contact 843/608-9269 or at (artharbor.org). Dreskin, Tom Flowers, William Halsey, Lee juried by Wendi Schneider. Our juror, Wendi tosh, Brian Vaughn, and Martha Worthy. Hours: many of the Lowcountry’s best artists featur- a wide selection of antiquarian prints and bev- Sun., noon-6pm. Contact: 803/699-8886. Hall, James Kirby, Darell Koons, Paul Matheny, Schneider has made her selections and the Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5:30pm & Sat., 9am-1pm. ing Martin Ahrens, Fletcher Crossman, Lynn eled mirrors. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-5pm & Calk Havens, Front Street, next to the Rice Mu- Corrie McCallum, Glen Miller, Daniel Marinelli, following photographers have been invited to Contact: 843/785-3535 or at (http://camelliaart. Salkeld, Charles Parnell and Shea Fowler. most Sat., 10am-2 pm. Contact: 803/254-0842; Vista Art & Frame, 1752 Airport Blvd., Cayce. seum, Georgetown. Ongoing - Featuring works Mark Mulfinger, Charles Quest, Ed Rice, Merton participate in the exhibition: Geoffrey Agrons, com). Hundreds of prints and photographs in stock. at (www.susanlenz.com); or Ongoing - Featuring paintings of the South by by Betsy Havens and James Calk. The atelier of Simpson, Laura Spong, Carl Sublett, Leo Twiggs, Patricia Beary, Catherine Caddigan, Donna We also offer painting lessons by master art- Work by Patton Blackwell (www.mousehouseinc.blogspot.com). Stephen O. Gunter. Hours: M.-Thur., 10am-6pm; James and Betsy is located in a historic building, Art Werger, Harrell Whittington, Enid Williams, Dangott, Mitch Eckert, George S Gati, Aubrey Fastframe, 95 Matthews Dr., unit A-6, Hilton ists. Hours: M.-F., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4- City Art, 1224 Lincoln Street, Columbia. Main Fri., 10am-4pm; & Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: circa 1842, in the beautiful historic district of Mickey Williams, Paul Yanko, and Jas Zaduro- Guthrie II, Tanya Johnson, Daniel Kencke, Karen Head Island. Ongoing - Featuring original pm. Contact: 843/884-5828. Gallery, Ongoing - "Four Decades of Patton Noelle Brault Fine Art, 2305 Park Street, 803/794-7252 or at (www.vistaart.com). Georgetown, SC. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: wicz. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 1-5pm; Sat., 10am-5pm. Klinedinst, Arie Knoops, Michelle Kott, Stephen work in oils, acrylics, pastels, water colors, and Blackwell," featuring works by Patton Blackwell. (historic Elmwood Park) Columbia. Ongoing 803-351-7668 or at (www.calkhavensgallery. Contact: 864/268-2771 or at Lease, George Lee, Jay Levy, Barbara Lewin, gouache, by David Randall and a variety of local Adele’s Pottery Studio & Gallery, 1659 Mid- Ongoing - Featuring works by Jane Aldridge, - Noelle Brault is an impressionist artist who ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Columbia com). (www.hamptoniiigallery.com). Cary Loving, Calli McCaw, Jim McKinniss, Larry artists. Also a broad mix of limited editions, prints dle St., Sullivan’s Island. Ongoing - Featuring Jim Arendt, Randolph New Armstrong, Penny utilizes a unique blending of vibrant colors to Grapes and Gallery, 1113 Taylor Street, Mendenhall, Nancy Miiller, Julie Moore, Shelly and posters also available. Hours: Mon.-Fri., wheel thrown & hand-built clay works by Adele Baskin, Jo Dean Bauknight, Robbie Bell, Kim- capture the beautiful light and shadow found across the street from Oliver’s mission, Colum- Prince George Framing Co., 805 Front St., Little House Art Studios, 602 Strange Rd., Moore, Xuan-Hui Ng, William Nieberding, Dale 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/342- Deas Tobin. Also offering classes for children berly Betchman, Tarleton Blackwell, Angela in South Carolina’s Lowcountry and her native bia. Ongoing - Serving craft beer, wine bar and Georgetown. Ongoing - Featuring superior Taylors. Ongoing - Featuring exhibits of fiber art, Niles, David Perelman-Hall, Anna Rolinska, 7696 or at (www.fastframe.com). and teens. Pottery on the wheel Sept.-May. Bradburn, Betty Bramlett, Joe Byrne, Carolita home of Columbia. Hours: by appt. only. Con- painting studio. Hours: Wed.-Fri., 4-9:30pm & custom framing, a broad selection of quality mixed media collages and painting by Susan R. Robert Schultz, Tricia Seabold, Curtis Shannon, Hours: daily, 11am-5pm & by appt. Contact: Cantrell, Kathy Casey, Anne Cunningham, Bob tact: 803/254-3284 or at Sat., noon-9:30pm. Contact: 803/728-1278 or prints and posters and great customer service. Sorrell and Anne K. Taylor’s photography, paint- Leslie Sheryll, Jose Snook, Lev Spiro, Douglas jcostello gallery, 8 Archer Rd., red fish res- 843/883-9545. Doster, Gerard Erley, Claire Farrell, Amy Fichter, (http://www.noellebrault.com). visit (www.grapesandgallery.com). Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. ings and collages. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: Stockdale, Maja Strgar Kurecic, Jim Turner, taurant building, Hilton Head Island. Ongoing Tim Floyd, Michael Fowler, Teri Goddard, Harriet Contact: 843/527-8413 or at (http://www.prince- 864/517-4023 or at (www.littlehouseartstudios. Susan Weiss, and Maggie Yates. Ongoing - An - Representing an international landscape in Artwerx Framing & Galleria, The Plaza @ Goode, Vanessa Grubbs, Randy Hanna, Shelley One Eared Cow Glass Gallery & Studio, 1001 Conway georgeframing.com/). com). exhibition and education venue promoting the compositions of oil, photography and print- Park West, Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Featuring Hehenberger, Mana Hewitt, David Kessler, Jan Huger St., Columbia. Ongoing - Handblown art and enjoyment of fine photography. Through making, from the Lowcountry to Morocco, a unique, one-of-a-kind collection of original Kransberger, Robert Lyon, Rena MacQueen, glass by Tom Lockart and crew, including per- Conway Glass Center, 708 12th Ave., historic The Georgetown Art Gallery, 705 Front Street, Liz Daly Designs, 1801 Rutherford Road, monthly juried exhibitions, local, national and Budapest, Kyoto, Latin America, and Provence. artwork, prints, giclees, hand painted gifts, Doug McAbee, Fred McElveen, Esther Melton, fume bottles, ornaments, vases, sculpture, bowls, Creel Oil building Conway. Ongoing - Featur- Georgetown. Ongoing - Original works and Greenville. Ongoing - The gallery continues to international photographers of all skill levels have Hours: Mon.-Sat., 1-9pm & Sun., 5-9pm or by custom mirrors, hand blown glass lamps, and Max Miller, Lee A. Monts, Marge Loudon Moody, and paperweights, in all price ranges. Hours: ing an open-air gallery and glass educational prints by 20 artists, including: Mimi Beaver, show many local artisits who work in various the opportunity to have their work presented appt. Contact: 843/686-6550 or at (www.jcostel- hand made jewelry by local artists such as Blake Morgan, Bruce Nellsmith, Heather Noe, Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: studio dedicated to raising the awareness of Ann Boone, Mike Bowers, Agnes Boyle, Nancy mediums, and has expanded to include art from and enjoyed by collectors, curators, enthusiasts, logallery.com). Greg Drexler, Susan Hauser, Will Helger, Steve Susan Nuttall, Patrick Parise, Ann Hightower- 803/254-2444 or at the visual arts in Conway and Horry County, Bracken, Barbara Bush, Dottie Dixon, Susan other areas. Liz Daly-Korybski creates jewelry interior designers, and colleagues. In addition, Neff, Richard Rose, Michael Story, and photog- Patterson, Leslie Pierce, Carol Pittman, Sylvia (www.oneearedcow.com). SC. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: Duke, Phyllis Graham, Dian Hammett, Mark from glass in her on site studio, and other art- exceptional photographers will be invited to Smith Galleries, Gallery of Fine Craft, Art, rapher Lea Dales. Also - Professional, on-site Ady-Potts, Alex Powers, Brian Rego, May Reisz, 843/248-3558, or at (www.conwayglass.com). Hilliard, Gail Joley, Audrey McLeod, Myrna ists can be seen creating in the gallery as well. participate in solo or group shows. Our workshop & Framing, in the Village at Wexford, upstairs custom framing, as well as a space for gifts. Tom Risser, Peggy Rivers, Cindy Saad, Sara Over the Mantel Gallery, 3142 Carlisle Street, McMahon, Hal Moore, Drummond Murdoch, Sue Hours: call for hours. Contact: 864/325-4445 or and class schedule cover all aspects of photog- in Ste. J-11, 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Schneckloth, Ed Shmunes, Wanda Steppe, Columbia. Ongoing - OTM Gallery opened Denmark Rutherford, Roy & Carol Smith, Susan Tiller and at (www.dalydesigns.com). raphy and challenges, encourages and inspires Hilton Head Island. Ongoing - Hilton Head’s Contact: 843/971-4643. Nancy Thompson, Teri Tynes, Yisha Wang, in Columbia, South Carolina in 2013 and has Nancy van Buren. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm the photographer in all of us. Hours: Wed.-Sat., complete gallery representing more than 300 Wendyth Wells, Sam Wilkins, Rod Wimer, and since earned awards for “Best Columbia Metro- Jim Harrison Gallery, One South Main Street, & Sun. 1:30-4pm. Contact: 843/527-7711 or at llyn strong, 119 North Main Street, Greenville. 10am-5pm and First Fridays until 9pm. Contact: of the country’s finest craftsmen offering the Katarina Zaric. This represents a rare opportunity politan Art Gallery“ (2018) and “Best Columbia intersection of Main Street and Highway 78, (https://www.georgetownartists.com). Ongoing - featuring the works of over 60 na- 864/605-7400 or at (www.sec4p.com). finest in the area of jewelry, kaleidoscopes, to view a very wide range of acclaimed SC artists Metropolitan Gallery for Local Art” (2019). OTM Denmark. Ongoing - Featuring works by the tional custom jewelry designers and glass blow- wooden jewelry boxes, Sticks furniture, art at one time. City Art features three distinct gallery is owned by Julia Moore and operated by Julie late Jim Harrison including original paintings, Greenville Area ers. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am - 5:30pm. Contact: 10 Central Avenue Studios, 10 Central Ave., glass, kitchen utensils, metal and pottery. The spaces. A complete fine artists supply store is Coffey. Its purpose is to offer original artwork limited edition prints and a variety of unlimited 864/233-5900 or at (www.llynstrong.com). is centrally located in the Heritage Historic gallery carries original art as well as fine prints located on the lower level. Fine custom designer to the community at affordable prices. OTM edition reproductions, bronzes, etchings and Art Crossing at River Place, 300 River Street, District of Greenville. Ongoing - The studios is and reproductions and offers complete framing framing is available at City Art. In addition the brokers approximately 50 extremely talented other collectible items from Harrison in his @ S. Main, along the Reedy River, Greenville, Mary Praytor Gallery, 26 So. Main Street, a unique gallery and working space for profes- services. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Con- Gallery is often host to a variety of events hosted artists most of whom maintain residences in more than thirty-year career as an artist. Hours: SC, or at (www.artcrossing.org). Ongoing - Greenville. Ongoing - Exhibit of gallery artists sional and emerging artists that invites the pub- tact: 843/842-2280 or at (https://smith-galleries. by rental clients. City Art is a wonderful space the southern states of the US. Hours: Tue.- Tue., Thur., & Fri., 11am-5pm and Wed. & Sat., This site includes a number of artists' studios include; Scott Belville, Judy Jones, Kent Ambler, lic inside the artistic process through shows, myshopify.com/). to enjoy and purchase original art, art supplies, Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 803/719-1713 or at 11am-3pm. Contact: 803/793-5796 or at (www. which chanfe to often to list them. Hours: Tues- Stephen Dell, Spela Brencic, Jack Burgess, events, education and conversations with work- fine framing, take art classes and have wedding (https://overthemantel.com/). jimharrison.com). day thru Saturday, 11am to 5pm and on 1st Fri., Margaret Dyer, Ashley Norwood Cooper, Jona- ing artists. We also offer services for Giclée Lake City receptions, etc. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 11am-4pm; from 6-9pm. Contact: at (www.artcrossing.org). than Fenske, Dobee Snowber, Jim Heiser, Mary reproductions and framing. Featuring works by Fri., 11am-3pm; and Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: Rob Shaw Gallery and Framing, 324 State Edgefield Walker, Ken Page, Mark Mulfinger, and Mark Laura K. Aiken, Joseph Ambuhl, Jeanne Blink- Olio Studio, 104 West Main Street, Lake City. 803/252-3613 or at (www.cityartonline.com). Street, West Columbia. Ongoing - The gallery Anderson. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm; Thur.& off, Larry Coble, Deborah Feiste, Kay Larch, Ongoing - Olio Studio is an art studio that of- features palette knife paintings by Rob Shaw as Jane Bess Pottery LLC, 206 Lynch St., Fri. evenings & Sun. afternoons by appt. Contact: J.J. Ohlinger, Julia Peters, Georgia Pistolis, fers classes, workshops, arty parties, paint your Havens Framemakers and Gallery, 1616 well as rotating shows from local and national just off of Main St., around the corner from 864/235-1800. Jill Patterson Schmidt and Judith Woodward. own pottery, local art and other art events & Gervais St., Columbia. Ongoing - Exhibiting artists. I have included a calendar for upcom- Glass Images, Edgefield. Ongoing - Func- Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm or by activities. Hours: Mon., 1-6pm; Tue.-Fri., 10am- Work by Susan Trott paintings by local artists: Jamie Blackburn, ing artists and events on my website Hours: tional stoneware pottery by artist/owner, Jane Olde Towne Galleries, 1300 Laurens Road, appt. Contact: Julia Peters at 864/370-0301 or 6pm; and Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/374- Diane Gilbert, Betsy Havens, Rob Shaw, Steven Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: Bess. Working pottery studio and retail shop Greenville. Ongoing - A fine art gallery featur- at (www.10CentralAve.com). 6546 or at (www.olio-studio.com). Charleston Artist Collective, 414 Whilden Whetstone, James E. Calk and others. Featuring 803/369-3159 or at (www.robshawgallery.com). featuring many one-of-a-kind items....wonderful ing works by local, regional and international Street, Mount Pleasant. Ongoing - Our mission an extensive collection of handcarved museum entertaining pieces.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am- artists, including watercolor landscapes and The Artistry Gallery, 12 Andrews Street, across Lancaster of the Charleston Artist Collective is to provide quality frames. Art and frame restoration. Hours: 5pm; Sat., 10am-2pm; or by appt. Contact: florals by Judy Sahm, Celtic landscapes by from St. Francis Hospital, Greenville. Ongo- an platform for local artists to grow their potential Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-6pm; Sat., 10am-5pm. Con- 803/637-2434 or at (www.janebesspottery. Donna Nyzio, pottery by Veronica Inman, pho- ing - This beautifully refurbished factory located Bob Doster’s Backstreet Studio, Gallery, & and to provide collectors, young or experienced, tact: 803/256-1616 or at (www.havensframemak- com). tography and hand-woven linens and garments at 12 Andrews Street in Greenville, SC houses Garden, 217 E. Gay St., at the intersection of access to original affordable art while giving back ersandgallery.com). by Gail Gray and Russian Gzhel ceramics and the Artistry Gallery as well as the workshops of 6 White St. & Gay St., one and one half blocks to Charleston area non-profits and organizations. Edisto Island handpainted boxes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5- artists and craftsmen. We collaborate on projects, east of Main St., Lancaster. Ongoing - Fea- Hours: Mon.- Fri.,10am-5:30pm & Sat.,10am-3- HoFP, 2828 Devine Street, Columbia. Ongo- pm. Contact: 864/235-5592. as well as work on commissioned and individual turing works by award winning sculptor Bob pm or Sun. by appt. Contact: 843/936-2022 or at ing - Featuring original works of art from around With These Hands Gallery, 547 Highway 174, pieces. Whether we are beating a hot-molten Doster, along with changing exhibits of local, (https://charleston.artistcollectives.org/). the world and around the corner. Hours: Mon.- Edisto Island. Ongoing - The gallery offers a Oyé Studios, 37 East Hillcrest Drive, (yes it’s piece of iron, dying, marbling, or sewing fabric, regional, and national artists working in all me- Fri.,9am-5:30pm; Sat.,10am-5pm, & by appt.. collection of unique handmade, one-of-a-kind, in a church building) Greenville. Ongoing - The rasping and planing a wooden element, twisting diums. Hours: by appt only. Contact: 803/285- Complements Gallery, 630 Johnny Dodds Contact: 803/799-7405 or at (www.hofpgallery. American craft. Representing over 150 artists, Oyé Studios mission is to be home to a cadre of fabric for tie dying, painting an elaborate canvas, 9190 or at (www.bobdoster.com). Road, Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Featuring pottery com). you will find: kaleidoscopes, wind chimes, jew- artists who value dedication to practice, artistic jewelry-smithing, or manipulating an ethereal by Mary Jeffries. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. elry, hand blown glass, stained glass, pottery, fellowship and cross-pollination, and a construc- installation, we draw inspiration from each other. Chastain's Studio Lofts, 107 South Main Contact: 843/881-4035. if ART Gallery, 1221 - 1223 Lincoln St., Work by K. Wayne Thornly oil lamps, wooden toys, wooden sculptures & tive affect in the Greenville community. Featuring Hours: by appt. Contact: 864/982-2087 or at Street, Lancaster. Ongoing - Chastain’s Studio Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring works by decoys, metal sculpture, fiber to wear, photog- works by Taylor Adams, Rey Alfonso, Patricia (www.theartistrygallery.com). Lofts is a place for artists, wanna-be artists Karen's Korner, Gateway to the Beach Roland Albert, Carl Blair, Michael Brodeur, Stormwater Studios, 413 Pendleton Street, raphy, original paintings, giclee’s, prints, and DeLeon, Jessica Fields, Michelle Jardines, Signe and those who appreciate visual arts or want center,1405 Ben Sawyer Blvd., near CVS, Michaela Pilar Brown, Beverly Buchanan, Ash- behind One Eared Cow Glass Gallery & Studio more! Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: &Genna Grushovenko, Jeffrey Leder, Glory Day The Bank Building Studios, 1279 Pendleton to learn more about it. It’s a place of color and Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Offering high quality lynn Browning, James Busby, Michael Cassidy, and Lewis + Clark Gallery, Columbia. May 19 - 29 843/869-3509 or at (www.WithTheseHandsGal- Loflin, Shannon McGee, James McSharry, and Street, in the heart of The Village of West Green- shapes, of imagination and beauty, of heart and custon framing, originals and prints by Charlynn Steven Chapp, Stephen Chesley, Diane Kilgore - Figuratively Speaking, featuring works by Lucy lery.com). Christopher Rico. Hours: open by appt. only. ville, Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring working soul. Most of the pieces were done by artists Knight, Carol McGill, Sabine Avacalade, Kevin Condon, Jeff Donovan, Mark Flowers, Mary Bailey and K. Wayne Thornley. A reception will Work by Eric Benjamin Contact: e-mail to ([email protected]) or studios of Janina Tukarski Ellis, Patricia Kilburg, from Lancaster County and the surrounding Curran, and Carol Ann Curran. Photography Gilkerson, Klaus Hartmann, Leslie Hinton, be held on May 20, from 6-9pm and an Artists' Florence Art & Light, 16 Aiken Street, Greenville. May at (https://www.oyestudiosgvl.com/). Traci Wright Martin, and Barbara Castaneda. communities, and most pieces are for sale at by Scott Henderson, Marc Epstein, as well as Sjaak Korsten, Peter Lenzo, Reiner Mahrlein, Talk will be offered on May 29, from 3-5pm. The 4 - 29 - "Of Nature and Man," featuring works Hours: call ahead for hours or by chance during reasonable prices. Classes are also offered at pottery, stained glass and other fine art objects. Sam Middleton, Jaime Misenheimer, Philip exhibit offers interpretations of the human form. Lynda English Gallery-Studio, 403 Second by Eli Warren and Eric Benjamin. A reception Ric Standridge Gallery, 1021 S. Main St., weekdays. Contact: 864/630-1652 or at (www. the gallery. Hours: Tue. and Thur., 1-5pm and Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Morsberger, Dorothy Netherland, Marcelo After concepting the show last year, the two Loop Rd., Florence. Ongoing - Featuring will be held on May 7, from 6-8pm. Local art- Greenville. Ongoing - We feature a continuing patriciakilburg.com). by appt. Contact: 803/804-3659 or at (www. Contact: 843/971-4110 or at (www.karenskorner- Novo, Jay Owens, Hannes Postma, Anna Red- Midlands artists each began working on a new works by local and regional artists in a variety of ists, Eric Benjamin and Eli Warren, collaborate series of Standridge paintings and individual chastainsstudiolofts,com). frameandart.com). wine, Paul Reed, Edward Rice, Silvia Rudolf, series which explores very different approaches artist exhibitions as well as theme and invitational media. Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-5pm and by appt. continued on Page 43 continued on Page 44 Page 42 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 43 the opening of our office in downtown Rock Hill. framing, and more. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am- Hilary Schroeder, assistant curator. “The imagery Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Rinehart’s Broker/Owner stated “We are excited 5pm & Fri., 10am-4pm or by appt. Contact: featured in "Public Domain" reminds us of the Center, 120 College Street, Asheville. Ongo- about the opportunities being in downtown offers 864/804-6566 or at (www.artlounge1.com). critical role that artists play in environmental activ- ing - "Leap Then Look Digital Exhibition, a SC Commercial Galleries and are excited about offering more than com- NC Institutional Galleries ism and preservation, affecting change at a range virtual exhibit at (https://bit.ly/2Iwoyku). This mercial and residential real estate in our new Summerville of levels”. Appleby Foundation Exhibition Hall, digital exhibition brings together images and continued from Page 43 continued from Page 44 office. Partnering with longtime art advocate, May 7 - Aug. 2 - "Our Strength Is Our People: texts from Leap Then Look’s BMCM+AC Active Perspective Gallery, in Crickentree Shopping able for purchase. A gallery and working studio Harriet Goode, we are establishing an art gallery Art on the Square - Summerville, 420 Nexton stories of America’s Greatest Generation. Sisters The Humanist Photographs of Lewis Hine". This Archive Digital Residency. "Leap Then Look" Center on Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Mount Pleasant. featuring works by Steve Hazard including 2-D in the new Rinehart Realty location at on the cor- Square Drive, Summerville. Ongoing - ART on Galleries, Through May 8 - "The 63rd Annual Vi- is a moving exhibition of 65 rare vintage or early is a collaboration between British artists Lucy Ongoing - The Mount Pleasant Artists Guild has & 3-D wall art, welded metal furniture, sculp- ner of Hampton and Main. Hours: regular office the Square is a fine art gallery now opened at sual Arts Competition for Young People". May 17 prints surveying Lewis Hine’s life’s work docu- Cran and Bill Leslie. Together the duo creates opened their first art gallery The Guild has been ture, functional objects, and jewelry in fused hours. Contact: call Nicole Duer at 803/329-3333 the Nexton community in Summerville, SC. The - June 26 - Featuring an exhibit of works by Julia menting the travails and triumphs of immigra- artworks, participatory projects, workshops, and considering for some time the possibility of open- glass and etched clear glass. Art commis- or e-mail to ([email protected]). gallery represents over 30 local award-winning Chandler Lawing. SunTrust Gallery, Through tion and labor. It culminates in his magnificent, events for people of all ages and abilities. Over ing a gallery to showcase the work of the many sions & unique design projects accepted. Find artists offering painting, photography, sculpture, May 8 - "The 63rd Annual Visual Arts Competition oversized photographs of the construction of the the 10 days of the Active Archive residency, talented artists who create original artwork in an art beyond the ordinary, off the beaten path. Gallery 5, 131 E Main Street, #500, Rock Hill. pottery, jewelry, stained glass and mosaics. Our for Young People". Ongoing - We are commit- Empire State Building in 1931. "Our Strength Is Leap Then Look responded to the history of assortment of media. Perspective Gallery is in the Contemporary abstracts, nonrepresentational Every Thur. afternoon, 1-6pm - "Goode Col- location at Nexton Square is easily accessible ted to shaping the cultural identity of Alamance Our People" coincides with the complementary BMC—the images, stories, happenings, and former location of the Treasure Nest Art Gallery. & figurative works created by local, national & lection Divesting Event". Limited to 3 visitors at a with free parking and is located next to premier County by making art a tangible presence in the exhibition, "Old World/New Soil: Foreign-Born people. They used Instagram (@bmcmuseum / A steering committee was brought together to for- international artists including sculpture, objects, time, mask required. Call for an appointment at shopping and dining! Hours: daily 11am-8pm. lives of its citizens. We strive to enhance the qual- American Artists" from the Asheville Art Museum @leap_then_look) to post archival images and mulate a plan and oversee the work required to original paintings & reproductions. Free admis- 803/327-4746. Ongoing - Featuring works by Contact: 843/871-0297 or at (https://artonthe ity of life by engaging people in a diverse array Collection. Judith S. Moore Gallery, Through quotes, and to create new work in response to create the gallery environment the guild had been sion and free parking. Hours: by appt only. Harriet Goode. Hours: by appt. Contact: 803/327- square.gallery/). of art through the delivery of programming and Sept. 13 - "Huffman Gifts of Contemporary the college’s diverse history. Their focus was on seeking. Over 40 artists are currently exhibiting Contact: 843/864 4638 or e-mail to (afgraffiti@ 4746 or e-mail to ([email protected]). education, and through the provision of facilities, Southern Folk Art," features gifts of contemporary process, experience, and material exploration. their lively, colorful work, in oils, watercolors, pho- aol.com). Four Green Fields Gallery & Gifts, 117-A advocacy, promotion, and funding. Ongoing - southern folk art including paintings, ceramics, It was an invitation to the public to join in active- tography, mixed media and more. A wide range The Frame Shop and Gallery, 570 N. Ander- Central Ave., Summerville. Ongoing - Featur- Picasso’s Gift Shop, located in the Captain White and more from the collection of Allen and Barry ly engaging with the archival material, opening of styles is represented. It is the goal of the Mount Pawleys Island, Litchfield & Murrells Inlet son Rd., Rock Hill. Ongoing - Offering original ing the new home of Silver Pail Pottery by House, promises unique finds of local, regional, Huffman. Allen and Barry Huffman have been up the historical archive and practices of Black Pleasant Artists Guild and the staff of Perspective fine art, limited edition prints and posters as potters Jillian and Robin Carway. The gallery and international art. The beautiful arts and craft collecting contemporary southern folk art for the Mountain College, making them relevant and to bring to the East Cooper area a truly high qual- Art Works in the Litchfield Exchange, 14363 well as custom framing services. Hours: Mon.- showcases the work of 45+ American fine craft items sold in the store help support the artist in past 40 years. Both collectors are originally from accessible for the twenty-first century. Ongo- ity, diverse collection of artwork that will appeal to Ocean Highway, 2 miles south of Brookgreen Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 803-328-8744. artists with an emphasis on local and South the community. Featuring a wide variety of art, the South, and their journey together has led ing - An exhibition space dedicated to exploring residents and visitors alike in a pleasant, inviting Gardens, Pawleys Island. Ongoing - Featuring Carolina artisans. Offering a wide range of pottery and glass. Admission: free. Hours: Mon.- them around the southeastern United States, the history and legacy of the world’s most ac- gallery setting. We are looking forward to working original fine, functional and folk art by a score The Hickory Post, 202 East Main Street, Rock talent from the master potter to the emerging Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 336/226-4495 or at from Florida to Alabama to their hometown of claimed experimental educational community, with individual art collectors and designers to of local artists in regularly changing displays. Hill. Ongoing - Home to The Rock Hill Artist silversmith. Other media represented include (www.alamancearts.org). Hickory, NC. In each place, they formed bonds Black Mountain College. Hours: Wed.-Sat., find something truly unique and beautiful. Hours: Paintings by Nancy Bracken, Barnie Slice, M. Collective. This 6,000sq.ft. building also houses fiber, wood, photography, baskets, paper, glass, with regional artists and learned first-hand the noon-4pm or by appt. Contact: 828/350-8484 Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: call Becky Taylor P. “Squeaky” Swenson and Jane Woodward, 13 studio spaces to: Lindsay Conlan, Ashley metal, leather and handmade artisan products. Mebane Arts and Community Center, 622 narratives of each artwork. Within their collection or at (www.blackmountaincollege.org). at 843-800-5025 or at (www.mpagperspectiveg- as well as works in mixed media by Terry Flynn, Kim Bryan, Harriet Marshall Goode, Craft artists interested in exhibiting with Four Corregidor Street, Mebane. Through May are subsets of folk art, including self-taught artists allery.com). Belanger, Kathi Bixler, Roger Cleveland, Gwen Ashley Barron, Sarah Simpson, Stefan Duncan, Green Fields can find an “Artist Info Packet” 16 - Featuring an exhibit of works by Karen driven to share their messages, crafts for the Center for Craft, 67 Broadway, Asheville. John Coley, Millie Doud, Zenobia Harper, Barbara Kristen Gurri, Kat Hoover, Robin Stallings, on the website. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Work by Luis Ardila Chin. May 20 - July 11 - Featuring and exhibit tourist market, and southern pottery. The guiding Cram Partner Gallery, Through May 14 - "FAB- Sandpiper Gallery, 2201 Middle Street, across Linderman, Mary Helen Lowrimore and Cindy Michael James, Louise Hane, and The Gypsy Contact: 843/261-7680 or at (www.fourgreen- Through Sept. 30, 2021 - "ARTE LATINO NOW of works by Laurell Murray. Hours: Mon.-Fri., principle evident throughout their collection and RICated," presents an intergenerational look at the street from Poe’s Restaurant and beside Valentine, and stained and fused glass by Sha- Debutant (a women’s clothing boutique). Hours: fieldsgallery.com). 2021 Virtual Exhibition, Performance and Read- 9am-4pm. Contact: call the Center at 919/563- the generous donation of contemporary southern new boundaries in art and craft through works Station 22 Restaurant, Sullivan's Island. Ong- ron Knost, Suz Mole and Kathy Welde. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 803/417-6502 ings". Please visit this exhibition at (https://arte- 3629, ext. 2 or 919/304-3378 or contact the folk art that they have gifted to the Asheville Art that merge fiber-based processes with other me- ing - Minutes from Charleston on charming Mon.-Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: 843/235-9600 or e-mail to ([email protected]). Imperial Framing & Specialities, 960 Bacons latinonowquclt.dropmark.com/945645) the tenth Alamance County Arts Council at 336-226-4495 Museum is the story told by each of these art- dia, like painting, sculpture, and blacksmithing. Sullivan’s Island, the gallery features a fresh or at (www.ClassAtPawleys.com). Bridge Road, Palmetto Plaza, Summerville. On- annual exhibition sponsored by The Center for or at (www.alamancearts.org). ists through their artworks. McClinton Gallery, Each of the seven artists explores ideas of the mix of breath-taking paintings, pottery, exquisite Seneca going - Featuring works by Lowcountry artists. Latino Studies at Queens University of Charlotte Through July 26 - "Meeting the Moon," an body, identity, and their unique, personal stories jewelry and unique works in wood, glass and Gray Man Gallery, 10729 Ocean Highway, Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. in partnership with Queens’ Departments of Art, Albemarle exhibition featuring prints, photographs, ceram- by using a medium with a rich history of craft. metal. The eclectic collection of works in this Pawleys Island. Ongoing - We are the oldest Loblolly Arts, 124 Ram Cat Alley, Seneca. On- Contact: 843/871-9712. Design and Music and World Languages, and ics, sculptures, and more from the Museum’s Stitching, in and of itself, is slow and methodi- gallery is sure to bring a smile and will interest art gallery and custom framer’s in the area and going - A contemporary art gallery carrying fine artist Edwin Gil. This exhibition features the works Falling Rivers Gallery, 330-N Second Street, Collection. 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of cal and invites the audience to slow down and both the seasoned fine art collector as well as owned by local artist, Vida Miller. Hours: Tue.- art, high-quality handmade items located in the People, Places, & Quilts, 129 W. Richardson of Latino artists selected through a national com- Albemarle. Through May 8 - "Stanly Arts the beginning of the Apollo space program at look carefully at the physicality of the thread, the the fine craft enthusiast; from stunning paint- Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat. 10am-2pm. Contact: heart of downtown Seneca on historic Ram Cat Avenue, Summerville. Ongoing - Featuring petition and will include works by: Tina Alberni, Guild's 2021 Annual Photography Exhibition NASA, but its inception was hardly the begin- textures of the fabric, and the paint and the found ings to special gifts from the lowcountry. Hours: 843/237-2578 or at (https://www.thegrayman- Alley. Loblolly Arts houses a vibrant selection of fabric, books, patterns, notions, quilts and Folk Luis Ardila, Adorable Monique, Bakalao, George & Competition," juried by David Whitesides. ning of humankind’s fascination with Earth’s only objects that are introduced into the mix. The Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: 843/883-0200 gallery.com/). art in an array of mediums. At Loblolly Arts we are Art. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm and Sat., Banda, Noel Caban, Lenny Campello, Lilian Ca- Ongoing - The gallery is a cooperative venue moon. Before space travel existed, the moon— result is an exhibition that questions the nature of or at (www.sandpipergallery.net). committed to promoting art and will work with you 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/937-9333 or at (www. pel, Betty Cole, Carolina Corona, Melissa Coss of the Stanly Arts Guild. Member staffed, this its shape, its mystery, and the face we see in what constitutes women’s work, the relationship Island Art Gallery, a Fine Art Gallery, Villages offering personal service in finding the perfect ppquilts.com). Aquino, Rodrigo Dorfman, Esteban Erausquin, gallery offers the very best in local art and it—inspired countless artists. Once astronauts of fine art and craft, and how these elements can Myrtle Beach / Grand Strand Shops, 10744m Ocean Highway, Pawleys Island. piece for you. We welcome all art lovers from Gina Esquivel, Oswaldo Estrada, Yesenia Flores crafts including oil and watercolor, photogra- landed on the moon and we saw our world come together to form a new kind of community May 7 - 31 - "The Color of Light". Our shows are first time collectors and gift buyers to seasoned Sumter Díaz, Carla Forte, Isabella Gamez, J. Leigh phy, pottery and ceramic art, jewelry, native from a new perspective, a surge of creativity conversation. FABRICated presents the work Valor Memorial Park, 1120 Farrow Parkway, meant to encourage awareness of the arts in our collectors. Our goal is to make an art lover out of Garcia, Edwin Gil, Catalina Gomez-Beuth, Irisol American art, gourd sculpture and much more. flooded the American art scene, in paintings, of two established artists, Virginia Derryberry The Market Common, Myrtle Beach. Valor community and provide an opportunity for artists everyone. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: Elephant Ear Gallery Fine Arts and Creations, Gonzalez, GusTavo Guerra Vasquez, Madeline Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 6:30pm & prints, sculpture, music, crafts, film, and poetry. (Asheville, NC) and Marcia Goldenstein (Knox- Park, at The Market Common, in Myrtle Beach. to not only show their work but to challenge 864/882-7697 or at (www.loblollyarts.com). 672 Bultman Dr., Sumter. Ongoing - Featuring Hernandez, Juan Hinojosa, Anneliese Horst, Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 704/983-4278 or at Explore Asheville Exhibition Hall, Through ville, TN), along with five emerging artists who Oct. 9 & 10; and Nov. 13 & 14, 2021, from themselves. Ongoing - Island Art Gallery is an works by 23 artists offering every medium from Michael Irrizary-Pagan, Cristy Jadick, Elizabeth (www.fallingriversgallery.com). June 21 - "Beauford Delaney’s Metamorphosis are exploring new boundaries in art and craft and, 10am-4pm - "Waccamaw Arts and Crafts artist-owned gallery with eight owner artists and Spartanburg watercolor to angora grown rabbits producing Jiménez Montelongo, Zoe Kiefreider, Kikesa into Freedom," examines the career evolution of by so doing, open up an exploration between Guild's 49th year of Art in the Park". We will twenty-seven exhibiting artists. We represent fur for spinning. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Kimbwala DeRobles, Beatriz Ledesma, Mikey Asheville Area modern painter Beauford Delaney (Knoxville, TN an older and a younger generation including: have over 30 artists from the East Coast and artists from North and South Carolina in a variety Art & Frame Gallery, 880 East Main, Contact: 803/773-2268. Marrero, Tina Medina, Kurma Murrain, Carlos 1901–1979 Paris, France) within the context of Hannah Allen, Liam Greer, Gillian Maurer, Darcy as far away as Tennessee with about 15 of of mediums including oil, pastel, acrylic and Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring works by local Nuñez, Rafael Osuba, Maite Pensado, Gladys his 38-year friendship with writer James Baldwin Ward, and Celeste Winebarger. Bresler Family those artists from our local area. Typical art watercolor. We offer ongoing studio art classes artists, custom framing and art supplies. Hours: Travelers Rest Poorte, Juan Ramirez, Rosibel Ramirez, Alberto (New York 1924-1987 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Gallery, Through May 28 - "Desire Paths". The will include Paintings, Woodworking, Photog- and workshops from established local and visiting Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 864/585-3700. Roblest, Roxana Rojas-Luzon, Florencia Rusiñol, France). The exhibition will include more than 40 exhibit looks at makers within the discourse raphy, Jewelry, Fabric, Glass, Metal, Pottery artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: White Rabbit Fine Art Gallery, 5 So. Main Patricia Schaefer Röder, Maria Senkel, Melody paintings and works on paper. Ongoing - The of craft and those existing on the periphery of and Stone. No admission charge. Child and call 843-314-0298 or at (www.pawleysislandart. Creals Studio and Gallery, Suite 950, Street, Travelers Rest. Ongoing - Our ongoing Shanahan, Carlos Solis, Mano Sotelo, Alexey Asheville Art Museum, the hub for 20th- and 21st- the craftscape who focus on the movement of Pet Friendly. Contact: JoAnne Utterback at com). Montgomery Building, 187 N. Church St. , exhibit is ever-changing and features the work of Taran, Al Torres, Anya Uscocovich-Dager, Héc- century American art in Western North Carolina, the body towards something desirable. These 843/446-3830 or Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring works by Jim the founding members of the Gallery; all are local tor Vaca Cruz, Paul Valadez, Beatriz Vasquez, has re-opened to the public. The $24+ million, desires of the body are in relationship to nature, (wacg.org/art-in-the-park/). Creal. Hours: by appt. only or chance. Contact: artists from the Upstate area. Hours: Tue.-Sun., Cristina “Trinity” Vélez-Justo, Liliana Wilson, and state-of-the-art facility encompasses 54,000 technology, self, and society. Using architectural 864/597-0879 or e-mail at (jimcreal@mindspring. 11am-5pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am-6pm and lter on Carlos Zepeda. For questions about the "ARTE square feet and adds 70 percent more Collection theory and queer curatorial strategies, Desire ARTSPACE 506, 506 37th Ave. South, North com). First Fri. Contact: Patty Cunningham at 610/659- LATINO NOW FALL 2021" exhibit, please e-mail gallery space. For the first time in the Museum’s Paths examines the possibilities and futures Myrtle Beach. Ongoing - An alternative art 4669; or Susan Savage at 864/903-3371; or at Michele Shaul at ([email protected]). history, it has the capacity to host major traveling of bodies, revealing connections between the gallery that provides exhibition opportunities for H + K Gallery, 151 W. Main Street, Spartanburg. (http://www.artintr.com/white-rabbit-gallery.html). exhibitions from nationally recognized museums. corporeal and craft. Ongoing - Encompassing an established and emerging artists. Hours: by appt. Ongoing - The gallery is c ommitted to restoring, Aberdeen The expansion increases its physical space and additional 7,000 square feet of program space, only. Contact: at (www.artspace506.com). preserving and promoting the visual heritage of Wild Hare Gallery & Studios, 212 N. Poinsett dramatically increases its role as a community including expanded galleries, event and meet- the region, we offer clients a broad spectrum of Hwy., Travelers Rest. Ongoing - Wild Hare Gal- The Exchange Street Gallery of Fine Art, 129 center, educational resource, economic engine ing spaces, and coworking space serving the Brawner Art Gallery, 649 Main Street, Shops collectible fine art. The depth and quality of our lery is Travelers Rest’s newest art gallery, owned Exchange Street, in the old Aberdeen Rockfish for WNC, and cultural concierge for the region’s creative sector, this one-of-a-kind National Craft on Main, North Myrtle Beach. Ongoing - Fine art inventory is supported by a carefully curatorial by local artists Kym Easter and Joann Benzinger. Railroad storage terminal, Aberdeen. Ongoing residents and visitors. Opening exhibitions Innovation Hub will engage both the national craft gallery featuring local world class artists. From protocol. We ensure that every painting is The focus of the WH Gallery is on modern, local - The Artist’s League of the Sandhills currently include: "Appalachia Now! An Interdisciplin- community and western North Carolina residents, oil painting, watercolor, sculpting and jewlery, original, has been appropriately restored and arts and fine crafts. Guest artists are exhibited for houses 35 artists-in-residence studios and ary Survey of Contemporary Art in Southern further establishing the Center for Craft as a we offer original items to fit any budget. Hours: properly framed, and will present well. Hours: three to six months; this allows for new and inter- offers classes by local professional artists and Appalachia," is the inaugural special exhibition thought-leader in what craft means today, as well Work by Mike Williams Tue.-Sat., 11am-7pm & Sun., 2-7pm. Contact: Tue.-Fri., 11am-4pm or by appt. Contact: esting art at all times. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-4pm workshops by nationally known artists. Hours: of the newly renovated Museum. Curated by as how to support emerging voices and makers. 843/467-5231 or at (https://www.brawnerartgal- The Cheryl Newby Gallery, 11096 Ocean 864/345-2262 or at (www.handkgallery.com). or by appt. Contact: call 864/630-1423. 864/444- Mon.-Sat., noon -3pm. Contact: 910/944- Jason Andrew, the juried exhibition features 50 Hours: Mon.-Sun., 10am-6pm. Contact: call lery.com/). Hwy 17., in The Shops at Oak Lea, Pawleys 1152 or at (www.wildharegallery.com). 3979, or at (www.artistleague.org). Lewis Hine, “Powerhouse Mechanic”, 1920–21, artists of diverse backgrounds from the Southern 828/785-1357 or at (www.centerforcraft.org). gelatin silver print, 10 × 7 ½ inches. Collection Island. May 22 - June 19 - Paintings by Mike The Art Lounge, 500 E. Main Street, Spar- of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. Cour- Appalachian states of North Carolina, Georgia, Collectors Cafe & Gallery, 7726 North Kings Williams. Ongoing - Representing Sigmund tanburg. Ongoing - Local art and artists come Walterboro Alamance County tesy art2art Circulating Exhibitions, LLC. South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virgina. The Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center, 109 Roberts Highway, Hwy. 17 and 78th Avenue, Myrtle Abeles, Ellen Buselli, Ray Ellis, Joseph Cave, “hang” at The Art Lounge. Monthly art events, exhibit provides a regional snapshot of the art of St., Asheville. Ongoing - Dedicated to advanc- Beach. Ongoing - 5,000 square foot gallery fea- Laura Edwards, Claire K. Farrell, Kathy Metts, painting workshops, and weekend “art markets” Artists’ Hub of the Ace Basin, 255 East Wash- BAL Gallery, Holly Hill Mall and Business Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Square our time—a collective survey of contemporary ing the careers of emerging and mid career turing local and regional artists. Hours: Regular Mike Williams, and Charles Williams; also are just part of what The Art Lounge has to ington Street, Walterboro. Ongoing - Featuring Center, 309 Huffman Mill Rd., Exit 141 off of at Pack Place, Asheville. Van Winkle Law Firm Southern Appalachian culture. "Intersections in artists, as well as educating the public and fur- cafe hours. Contact: 843/449-9370. sculptors Gwen Marcus and Catherine Ferrell. offer. Custom frame shop and gallery with the a co-op of local artists and crafters from the Ace I85/I40, Burlington. Ongoing - Since the begin- Gallery, Through May 17 - "Connecting Lega- American Art," is the largest presentation ever thering the understanding of contemporary art A large inventory of original antique natural newest frame samples and designs. Custom Basin area. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-9pm. Con- ning of Burlington Artists League in 1972, we cies: A First Look at the Dreier Black Mountain drawn from the Museum’s Collection of 5,000+ and its importance within the community and The William H. Miller Gallery, 714 Main history prints and engravings by Mark Catesby, mirrors, shadowboxes, canvas stretching and tact: 843/635-2682. have grown to represent many local artists in College Archive," features archival objects from works and 4,000+ architectural drawings. It cel- beyond. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun. Street, Myrtle Beach. Ongoing - Featuring John J. Audubon, John Gould, and others. Also our immediate area. BAL’s express purpose the Theodore Dreier Sr. Document Collection ebrates the unique qualities of art from Western 1-5pm. Contact: 828/273-3332 or at (https:// works by William H. Miller. Hours: daily from original antique maps and charts from the 16th is to promote and elevate the area artists and presented alongside artworks from the Asheville North Carolina, placed within the context of art floodgallery.org/). 1-5pm. Contact: 843/410-9535. through the 19th centuries. Hours: Tue-Sat., their fine art spirit in Burlington, NC, and sur- Art Museum’s Black Mountain College (BMC) from across the United States. The intersec- 10am-5:30pm. Contact: 843/979-0149 or (www. rounding areas, thereby creating outlets for the Collection to explore the connections between tions of regional and national art are highlighted NC Glass Center, 140 Roberts Street, Suite C, Newberry cherylnewbygallery.com). artists and encourging their continuing efforts to artworks and ephemera. Displayed in this exhibi- throughout the galleries, as are three specific Asheville. Ongoing - The North Carolina Glass improve and create more art work. Along with tion are archival objects shown alongside works ways of understanding the works here: Time & Center is a non-profit, public access glass studio The Carpenter Gallery, 1220 Main Street, Pendleton NC Institutional Galleries wall art and bin reproductions, the BAL Artists from the Museum’s Black Mountain College Place; Experiments in Materials & Form; and providing daily educational offerings & demon- corner of Main and College Streets, Newberry. Gallery also includes 3-D art such as sculp- Collection, which is comprised of over 1,000 Collaboration & Interdisciplinary Dialogue. Admis- strations. We are proud to represent the work Ongoing - We are a fine art gallery in down- Art Gallery on Pendleton Square, 150 Ex- Publisher’s Note: Due to the Covid-19 Miguel has been challenging the expectations tures and pottery. Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-8pm; artworks and ephemera. These objects create sion: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Fri. till of our artists and instructors in the NCGC glass town Newberry, SC, representing international change Street, Pendleton. Ongoing - The gallery Pandemic it is advised that you check with of who gets memorialized and celebrated in Sat., 10am-9pm, & Sun. for special events. connections, each one a thread contributing to 8pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/253-3227 or at gallery. Hours: Mon.-Sun., 10am-6pm. Contact: and regional artists. We offer original oil and is operated by the Gallery of the Pendleton facilities you want to visit before you do so, our art spaces. His portrait "Mama (Beauti- Contact: 336-584-3005 or at (http://balartists. a nuanced tapestry of the people, materials, ge- (www.ashevilleart.org). 828/505-3552 or at (www.ncglasscenter.org). watercolor paintings, pottery and handmade Square Artist Coop. Media include: paint in oils, to find out if they are open and what limita- ful Skin)" has been one of the most impactful com/joomla/). ographies, and ideas of Black Mountain College jewelry and textiles. Our goal is to support our acrylics and watercolor; mixed media; jewelry; tions they are working under. Don’t just photographs in the Mint galleries in recent and its ongoing legacy.Featured BMC faculty Asheville Gallery of Art, Ltd., 82 Patton Avenue, Odyssey Co-Op Gallery, 238 Clingman wonderful artists’ talents while offering a re- pottery and ceramics; sculpture in modern assume they are open or closed and don't years. The woman—arms crossed, shoulders 1873 Capt. James & Emma Holt White House, and student artists in this exhibition include Lorna across from Pritchard Park opposite the old Avenue, Asheville. Ongoing - Our Gallery freshing gallery experience in a charming small materials; fabric art; photography. Second Friday forget about these people, there are many back—stares at us, the viewer, with confronta- 213 South Main Street, 2 1/2 blocks off I85/40, Blaine Halper, Ruth Asawa, Hazel Larsen Archer, location, Asheville. May 1 - 31 - "Seeing in Color: features works by 25 local clay artists, working town. Hours: N/A. Contact: (https://carpenter- receptions (6-8pm) present works of a featured ways you can support them during these tion that may outshine her own confidence. The exit#147, Graham. Home of the Alamance Elaine Schmitt Urbain, Warren “Pete” Jenner- Life on the Bright Side," featuring works by Bee in a variety of styles to create functional and gallery.com/). (non-member) artist or selected (member) artist, troubling times. Check out their websites. bold red backdrop—a van, with slight reflec- County Arts Council. Installed on the front lawn jahn, John Urbain, Joseph Fiore, Ray Johnson, Adams. A reception will be held on May 7, from non-functional pottery and works of figurative with refreshments. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5- tions in the refulgent surface—highlights not of Alamance Arts, Through Spring 2021 - "Em- Barbara Morgan, Anni Albers, and more. May 19 5-8pm. The exhibit features the vibrant acrylic and abstract sculpture. Hours: daily, 11am-5- North Charleston :30pm & Sun., 10am-2pm. Contact: 864/221- Virtual Exhibitions only her stalwart posture, but also, her skin, bracing Peace, Seward Johnson". The six-month - Aug. 30 - "Public Domain: Photography and the paintings of gallery artist Bee Adams. Viewers pm. Contact: 828/505-8707 or at (https://www. 0129 or at (http://www.artgalleryps.org). an effect of vitiligo. The details—her skin, her installation is a collaboration between Alamance Preservation of Public Lands," presents works can expect to see the colorful artwork Adams is odysseycoopgallery.com/about/). Steve Hazard Studio & Art Gallery, 4790 Through June 20 - "Expanding the Pantheon: cornrows, the white Tshirt, even the red van— Arts and the Seward Johnson Atelier, a not- drawn from the Asheville Art Museum’s Collection known for, saturated with optimism and bursting Trade Street, located in the business park Rock Hill Women R Beautiful". We are pleased to pres- are not elements often seen in an art gallery or for-profit entity that encourages the placement by artists looking both regionally and nationally at with sunny hues. Ongoing - Featuring original Southern Highland Craft Guild, Biltmore across from the Festival Center, off Patriot ent The Mint Museum’s first online exhibition. museum. This is Natal-San Miguel’s mission: to and sharing of public art. “Embracing Peace” lands that are either state or federally managed works of art by 31 local artists in oils, acryl- Village, 26 Lodge Street, former Biltmore Oteen Blvd. between Dorchester Road & Ashley Art on the Corner @ Rinehart Realty, 154 This exhibition features 26 photographs from introduce a new range of venerated beauty for captures the jubilance of Americans on V-J Day, or have become so. “The Asheville Art Museum’s ics, watercolor, pastel, encaustic, and prints. Bank Building in Biltmore Village, Asheville. Phosphate Road, Suite H, North Charleston. East Main Street, Rock Hill. Ongoing - Rinehart Ruben Natal-San Miguel’s Spring 2020 exhibi- our consideration. August 14, 1945. It honors the memory of the growing collection of photography features a Hours: Mon., 11am-6pm & Fri.-Sat., noon-5pm Ongoing - Featuring a wide range of work by Ongoing - A new venue for on-going art shows Realty, deeply rooted in the community it has tion at Postmasters Gallery, New York City. past, reminding us of the sacrifice of a nation, variety of artworks that consider humankind’s or by appt. Contact: 828/251-5796 or at (www. members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. of Contemporary Fine Craft and Fine Art avail- been serving since 1976, is pleased to announce For the last two decades, Ruben Natal-San and awakening younger generations to the heroic impact on our environment and world,” said ashevillegallery-of-art.com). continued on Page 45 continued on Page 46 Page 44 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 45 Boone Howland Island in the remote Pacific. 83 years Featuring over 100 art works by 22 artists, Bill and Patty Gorelick Gallery at Central after Earhart’s disappearance her legend sur- this exhibition explores a century of artistic Piedmont Community College’s Harper Appalachian Cultural Museum, University Hall vives in the many individuals still searching for production and the ways that women fit into, Campus, Harper IV, 315 W. Hebron St., NC Institutional Galleries Drive, off Hwy. 321 (Blowing Rock Road), Boone. evidence of what happened to her on that fate- NC Institutional Galleries challenge and redefine the narrative of modern Charlotte. Through June 30 - "Almost Home," art. Alongside paintings, sculptures, drawings, featuring works by Tom Delaney. This exhibit continued from Page 45 Ongoing - The permanent exhibit area includes, ful day in 1937. With this photographic project, continued from Page 46 TIME AND CHANGE, featuring thousands of Matthew Arnold documents the environs that collages, prints, and artists’ books, biographical explores the home as a visual metaphor and including: pottery, glass, wood, jewelry, fiber, began as an individual documentary photography objects ranging from fossils to Winston Cup play host to the many theories which attempt to vania County's finest artists and craftspeople. there. From there, the process twists and turns. information and material from the museum’s includes his three-dimensional bird sculp- metal, paper, mixed media and natural materials. project has turned into a unique collaboration race cars to the Yellow Brick Road, a section of resolve the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disap- New works on display daily. Hours: Mon.-Sat., This spring, art history students use the works on library and archive are featured. These materi- tures. Hours: open while campus is open, but Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 828-277- between the Arboretum, an environmental artist, the now closed theme park, "The Land of Oz". pearance. The work presented here is from 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/883-2294 or at (www. view to explore diverse expressions of American als illuminate the incredible lives of the women reservation help help us alert our security team 6222 or at (www.craftguild.org). and members of the local community that encour- Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & the first stage of Arnold’s project—a five-week number7arts.com). identities. Students learning about modern- featured in this exhibition and celebrate their to visitors, provide directions to the galleries, ages meaningful dialogue, and most importantly, Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/262-3117. expedition to the outer reaches of the Northern ism in Europe examine the innovative styles contributions to twentieth-century modern- and COVID-19 security protocol instructions to inspires an increased commitment to caring for Mariana and Marshall Islands, photographing Burlington and subjects that emerged in uncertain times. ism and its legacies. Second-Floor Gallery, the visitors. Contact: 704/330-6869 or e-mail our planet. Ongoing - The Asheville Quilt Guild the seascapes and landscapes specific to the First year students learn to analyze those same Through July 4 - "Josef Albers: The Interac- to ([email protected]) to schedule an ap- features a permanent, rotating quilt exhibit at “Japanese Capture” theory. It is a theory that Point of View Gallery, 717 Chapel Hill Road, artworks and consider them in dialogue with war tion of Color". The exhibition is inspired by the pointment. For directions to Central Piedmont’s Arboretum’s Education Center. Visitors can also involves a forced landing in fortified Japanese Burlington. Ongoing - Featuring works by and conflict in Europe and America throughout Bechtler Museum’s rare German edition of The campuses, visit (cpcc.edu/locations). enjoy the Arboretum’s Quilt Garden year-round, territory followed by capture, imprisonment, member artists: Kathy Alderman, Frances the twentieth century. Students learning about Interaction of Color, featuring 81 silkscreen with plantings and patterns that change with and possible execution at the hands of their Baker, India Cain, John Dodson, Steven Dur- ancient Rome analyze the material culture of color studies that serve as a record of Alber’s the seasons. Admission: Yes. Hours: Education Imperial Navy. Hours: 10am-6pm, Tue., Wed., land, Debra Farmer, Bill Ferree, Brenda Garner, everyday life and consider how it sheds light on experiential way of studying and teaching Center hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: Thur., & Sat. and Fri.,noon -8pm. Contact: Wendy Gellert, Michael Kennedy, Cheryl Knox, people’s beliefs and behaviors. Folklore students color. Born in Germany in 1888, Josef Albers 828/665.2492 or at (www.ncarboretum.org). Hank T. Foreman at 828/262-3017 or at (www. Peggy McCormick, Jacqueline Mehring, Chris- consider the creation of traditions through North was one of the most influential artist-educators turchincenter.org). tine Seiler, Lane Watson, and Rose Wenkel. Carolina pottery. Held over until July 4 - "Instru- of the 20th century. Best known for his iconic Beaufort Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm and Sat. & Sun., ments of Divination in Africa: Works from the Col- color square paintings, his exploration and Work by Chery Prisco 1-5pm. Contact: 336/270-4998 or at (www. lection of Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, Ph.D.", a expansion of complex color theory principles Mattie King Davis Art Gallery, Beaufort Historic Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appala- PointOfViewGallery.com). special installation featuring sculptures and other and dedication to experiential education based Site, 130 Turner Street, Beaufort. Ongoing - The chian State University, 423 West King Street, objects used by diviners in Central and West Afri- on observation and experimentation, radi- Mattie King Davis Art Gallery, Carteret County’s Boone. Mezzanine Gallery, Through June 5 Burnsville can cultures, has also been extended. Through cally altered the trajectory of arts education Work by Diana Ramsey Oldest Gallery, is housed in one of the Historic - "18th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photogra- July 4 - "holding space for nobility: a memorial in the United States. Ongoing - The Bechtler Southern Highland Craft Guild at the Folk Site’s oldest buildings and features over 100 local phy Competition". Appalachian State Univer- Burnsville Gallery, Toe River Arts Council, 102 for Breonna Taylor". Breonna Taylor was fatally Museum of Modern Art is named after the Art Center, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 382, and regional artists. An extensive collection of sity Outdoor Programs, Turchin Center for the W. Main St., Burnsville. Community 2D Gallery, shot by officers of the Louisville Metro Police family of Andreas Bechtler, a Charlotte resident Work by Marvin Espy Asheville. Lower Level Parking Lot, May 8, fine art, pottery, crafts, and gifts can be found at Visual Arts, and Virtual Blue Ridge present the Through May 1 - "H2O and Other Interpreta- Department after they forced entry into her home and native of Switzerland who assembled and 10am-4pm - "Mini Pop-up Fair at the Folk Art this special gallery. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5- Appalachian Mountain Photography Competi- tions," featuring works by Jean McLaughlin. May on March 13, 2020. She was twenty-six years inherited a collection of more than 1,400 art- Bill and Patty Gorelick Gallery at Central Center". The Southern Highland Craft Guild will pm. Contact: 252/728-5225. tion and Exhibition. This competition is spon- 15 - June 19 - Featuring an exhibit of works old. In the months since her death, her story works created by major figures of 20th-century Piedmont Community College’s Harris host its first-ever Mini Pop-up Fair in the lower sored by the Mast General Store. This competi- by Kristan Five. Ongoing - Featuring works has become a part of national conversations modernism and donated it to the public trust. Campus, Harris II, 3210 CPCC Harris Campus level parking lot of the Folk Art Center Saturday ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Beaufort tion provides both amateur and professional by artists from Mitchell and Yancey Counties about racial violence and an impetus for activism The Bechtler collection comprises artworks by Drive, Charlotte. Through Dec. 31 - Featur- May 8. From 10am-4pm twenty booths will fill the Beaufort Historical Grounds, 100 Turner photographers the opportunity to showcase sponsored by the Toe River Arts Council. Hours: against systemic injustices. In this immersive seminal figures such as Alberto Giacometti, ing works by Marvin Espy. Espy’s paintings parking lot featuring a variety of media crafted by Street, Beaufort. May 29 & 30, from 10am-4pm their interpretation of the unique character, Tue.-Sat., 10:30am-5pm. Contact: 828/682-7215 commission, artist Shanequa Gay (American, Joan Miro, Jean Tinguely, Max Ernst, Andy express his love for color by incorporating his members of the Guild. Disciplines represented - The Carteret County Arts and Crafts Coalition people, places, and pursuits that distinguish the or at (www.toeriverarts.org). born 1977) transforms the museum’s mixed-use Warhol, Alexander Calder, Le Corbusier, Sol passion for the city and representing the spirit include bladesmithing, glassblowing, wheel- Spring Show. Items such as pottery, drawings, Southern Appalachians. Community Gallery, ART& room into an area that can “hold space” LeWitt, Edgar Degas, Nicolas de Stael, Barbara of its people. Through Dec. 31 - Featuring thrown and hand-built ceramics, woodturning, woodworking, quilting, jewelry, paintings, photog- Through Aug. 7 - "Ruminations: Cheryl Pris- Cary for Taylor’s memory. Through acrylics and oils, Hepworth and Picasso. Only a handful of the works by Judith Ernst. Ernst creates concep- metalsmithing, leatherwork, and furniture making. raphy, and other mixed media will be on display co". Rumination (noun) 1. a deep and consid- Gay renders publicly shared images of Taylor’s artworks in the Bechtler collection have been tual and even contemplative ceramic ves- Main Gallery, Through May 9 - "Thermal Belt: and for sale. Contact: call 252/247-6366. ered thought about something. “I am addicted Cary Gallery of Artists, 200 S Academy St, Ste face from happy times in her life as a reminder of on public view in the United States. Admission: sels, including new pieces which incorporate Artists of the Foothills," presented by Tryon Arts to color and pattern, drawn to irreverence and 120, Ashworth Square, Cary. Ongoing - The her roles as daughter, niece, friend, and, as Gay Yes. Hours: Mon., Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun. words. Hours: open while campus is open, but & Crafts School. The exhibit features artists work- Blowing Rock visual dissonance. In place of paint and brush I gallery offers high quality art in a variety of styles. writes, “someone who was loved and is worthy of noon-5pm; and open until 9pm the 1st. and 3rd. reservation help help us alert our security team ing in the foothills in and around Tryon who are cut, color, and shape wood elements, creating Paintings, pencil and colored pencil artwork justice and being seen.” Through Feb. 13, 2022 Fri. of each month. Contact: 704/353-9200 or at to visitors, provide directions to the galleries, affiliated with the school. Disciplines represented Blowing Rock Art and History Museum, corner abstract low relief assemblages. The process varies from traditional still lifes and landscapes - "Clouding: Shape and Sign in Asian Art". This (www.bechtler.org). and COVID-19 security protocol instructions to include bladesmithing, copper textured bronze, of Chestnut and Main streets, downtown Blowing of my work, the shaping and fitting, the painting to abstracts. Portraits of people or animals are year-long installation explores the diverse forms the visitors. Contact: 704/330-6869 or e-mail hand-built and wheel-thrown ceramics, glass Rock. Fort Gallery, Through Aug. 21 - "TRANS- and placement of multiple pieces, is the physi- available. Photographic work captures mag- and functions of clouds in the arts of Asia, juxta- to ([email protected]) to schedule an ap- lampwork, jewelry, quilting, weaving, wooden FORMATION". Guest Curated by Larry Wheeler, cal manifestation of rumination. My feelings, Work by Gretchen Lotz, photo by Marie Freeman nificent landscapes, small moments in life, posing works of art in different media and from pointment. For directions to Central Piedmont’s furniture, woodcarving, and woodturning. Tryon Carlos Garcia-Velez, and Allen Thomas. The attitudes and concerns are visually recorded in portraits, and far away places. The pottery and different time periods spanning the Bronze Age campuses, visit (cpcc.edu/locations). Arts & Crafts School (TACS) is an Education photographer is an artist who applies a lens to color and composition. Each assemblage is a ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Boone clay art includes edgy handbuilt pieces, thought- to the present. Museum Store Gallery (Franklin Center Member of the Southern Highland Craft the world and the contemporary social order. rumination, a story, one in the making and one Throughout Appalachian State University provoking sculpted masks, and decorative and and Columbia Street), Store hours: Mon.-Sat., Bill and Patty Gorelick Gallery at Central Guild and located in Tryon, NC, approximately 40 “TRANSFORMATION” is a gathering of powerful in the viewing. My technical approach is radi- campus, Boone. Through May 31, 2022 - functional pottery that captures images of nature. 10am-5:30pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Museum Piedmont Community College’s Levine miles southeast of Asheville in Polk County. Per- and intriguing images that open stories of our cally free-wielding by traditional woodworking "34th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition Our jewelry artists provide a wide range of hand- Hours: Wed.-Sat., 1-5pm. Contact: 919/966-5736 Campus, Levine II, 2800 Campus Ridge Road, manent Collection Gallery, Ongoing - "Craft times and portray a world undergoing trans- standards. My desired effect is not symmetry & Exhibition". Made possible by the continued crafted necklaces, earrings, bracelets and other or at (www.ackland.org). Matthews. Through June 30 - "Icefields," fea- Traditions: The Southern Highland Craft Guild formation. The exhibition will also explore the or exacting ornamentation as in inlay but rather generosity of the Rosen Family: The Martin ornaments from metals, stones, beads and fused turing works by Elijah Kell. Kell, a young glass- Collection". The Guild’s Permanent Collection is transformation of the photographic process. a more expressive and painterly approach & Doris Rosen Giving Fund/Debbie Rosen glass. Our glass artist creates stained glass work artist, works with glass to reflect a striking comprised of approximately 2400 craft objects Photography as an artistic medium has been characterized by qualities of color and texture.” Davidson and David Rosen/Charles & Nancy hangings, custom stained glass windows and contrast between icy terrain and blooming and dates from the late 19th century to present. the beneficiary of changing technologies and Mayer Gallery, Through Aug. 7 - "Rowhouse Rosenblatt Foundation. The “Rosen Sculp- fused glass art. You can also find unusual hand- Work by Randy Dean plant life. Through June 30 - Featuring works Beginning with a donation from Frances Goo- new materials in the last quarter century. The Workshop". “Rowhouse Workshop” is an inter- ture Competition and Exhibition” is an annual made books and hand-painted porcelain both Bill and Patty Gorelick Gallery at Central by Molly Partyka. Partyka’s abstract paint- drich in 1931, the Permanent Collection serves artist now has dramatic latitude in terms of scale active exhibition showcasing the unique per- national juried competition presented by An antique and new. Hours: Wed.&Thur., 11am-3pm Piedmont Community College’s Cato ings use color play in which the colors move the Guild’s mission of craft conservation and and visual media. Photography is no longer just sonalities of rowhouse blocks in North, South, Appalachian Summer Festival and the Turchin and Fri.&Sat., 11am-5:30pm. Contact: 919/462- Campus, Cato III, 8120 Grier Road, Charlotte. across the canvas, interacting with shapes and education. This new installation will feature over a pretty picture or a document. It can be many and West Philadelphia. Dinner workshops held Center for the Visual Arts. Since its establish- 2035 or at (www.carygalleryofartists.org). Through June 30 - "Life Lived in Layers," fea- textures. She works to convey the beauty of 200 works that highlight our holdings in traditional things at once, integrating many materials and in 2019 invited local residents to share, discuss ment by Martin and Doris Rosen in 1987, the turing works by Randy Dean. Featuring seven human interaction and nature in the simplest of art: woodcarving, pottery, dolls, basketry, weav- media. Rankin West Gallery, Through Aug. and document the neighborhoods and histories Rosen competition continues a tradition of Chapel Hill - Carrboro art wood sculptures which represent an ever forms. Hours: open while campus is open, but ings and furniture. The subject of this ongoing 1 - "The Alexander Collection," guest curated by of Philadelphia’s urban fabric. The exhibition showcasing contemporary American sculp- evolving, very physical, and deeply medita- reservation help help us alert our security team exhibition is craft history – that of the Southern BRAHM’s docents. Atwell Gallery, Through leads visitors through a series of rowhouse ture in outdoor settings across the campus of tive process that Dean goes through with her to visitors, provide directions to the galleries, Highland Craft Guild and the Studio Craft Move- Sept. 19 - "Drawn to Detail: Metalsmiths of North block installations, sharing collectively curated Appalachian State University. This year, ten artistic process. Through June 30 - "When and COVID-19 security protocol instructions to ment. Focus Gallery, May 1 - Aug. 3 - "Magic is Carolina," guest curated by Adam Whitney. The songs, recipes, images and videos. Drawings, sculptures have been selected by juror Rachel Nature Takes Back," featuring works by Malu the visitors. Contact: 704/330-6869 or e-mail in the Air". The exhibit will feature the work of five exhibition explores a wide range of metal art and photographs, and objects offered by partici- Stevens. Cash prizes are awarded to three Tan. Tan’s paintings show an expression of to ([email protected]) to schedule an ap- Guild members: Cindy Billingsley, Sharon Gor- design, from jewelry to functional housewares pants are displayed in totems fabricated by artists whose work is chosen by the juror and an intimate relationship with the environment pointment. For directions to Central Piedmont’s don, Jane Cole, Jeanne Rhodes-Moen, and Lisa and sculpture, both static and kinetic. The metals local fabrication partner, Tiny WPA, and its will be announced at the annual sculpture walk which include bodily colored and textured ab- campuses, visit (cpcc.edu/locations). Besler. Disciplines represented are metalsmith- used to create these pieces are as diverse as community building program. In the fall of 2019, - a highlight of every summer festival season. stract expressions of nature. Hours: open while ing, rag-weaving, quilting, hand-built ceramics, the works themselves and include precious gold project participants attended an exhibition Participating artists include: Wayne Vaughn campus is open, but reservation help help us and leather work. Hours: daily from 9am-5pm. and silver, ductile pewter and copper, as well as opening event at Philadelphia’s Cherry Street (Graham, NC); Matt Amante (Winterville, NC); alert our security team to visitors, provide direc- Contact: call 828/298-7928 or at (www.southern- steel and aluminum. Artists implement distinct Pier as guest artists, and visitors contributed to Charles Pilkey (Mint Hill, NC); Glenn Zweygardt tions to the galleries, and COVID-19 security highlandguild.org). working properties and techniques depending on the project through their own self-directed par- (Alfred Station, NY); Rudy Rudisill (Gastonia, protocol instructions to the visitors. Contact: the types of metals that are used, and the works ticipation in the exhibition’s large- scale sticker NC); Hanna Jubran (Grimesland, NC); Joan 704/330-6869 or e-mail to (foundation@cpcc. Southern Highland Craft Guild on Tunnel selected for this exhibition exemplify a variety wall and workbooks. Original support for Row- Benefiel (Brooklyn, NY); Tom Scicluna (Miami, edu) to schedule an appointment. For direc- Road, 930 Tunnel Road, Asheville. Ongoing of designs through a multitude of construction house Workshop was provided by The Pew FL); David Boyajian (New Fairfield, CT); and tions to Central Piedmont’s campuses, visit - Work by members of the Southern Highland methods. These metal works portray an array of Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia.The Gretchen Lotz (Orlando, FL). Hours: daylight Minoo Emami, Iranian, born 1963, “Andaruni”, (cpcc.edu/locations). Craft Guild in various media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., color through different metals and patinas, along exhibition was conceived and curated by Brian hours. Contact: Hank T. Foreman at 828/262- 2021, acrylic on canvas, projected video, fabric, Work by Barbara Tyroler 9:30am-5pm. Contact: 828/298-7903. with paint, enamel, and stone settings. The di- Phillips and his firm, ISA, based in Philadel- 3017 or at (www.turchincenter.org). fluorescent light, and wood support, 84 x 120 x 10 inches. Lent by the artist. versity of work exhibited strains the nomenclature phia. Main Gallery, Through June 5 - "Fictive FRANK, University Place, Chapel Hill. YMI Gallery, YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market “Metalsmith” to encompass all of the participat- Strategies: Suzanne Sbarge & Holly Roberts". Brasstown Ackland Art Museum, UNC - Chapel Hill, Co- Through June 5 - "Seeing Trees". The exhibi- Work by Tom Stanley Street @ Eagle Street, Asheville. Ongoing - "In ing artists. Specific titles--Designer, Fabricator, Sbarge and Roberts share a similar sensibility; lumbia & Franklin Streets, Chapel Hill. Through tion features current works by FRANK member Bill and Patty Gorelick Gallery at Central the Spirit of Africa". Featuring traditional and con- Enamelist, Jeweler, Blacksmith, Bladesmith, they both use collage, weaving textures and Folk School Craft Shop, John C. Campbell Folk May 22 - "Micro/Macro: Selected Works by the artists; woodworker/furniture maker Keith Allen, Piedmont Community College’s Merancas temporary African masks, figurative woodcarv- Pewtersmith, Silversmith, and Goldsmith--pro- images into surrealistically enigmatic artworks School, Olive D. Campbell Building, Brasstown. MFA Class of 2021," with guest curator Fred Join- wood sculptor Jim Oleson, and photographer Campus, Merancas IV, 1930 Verhoeff Dr., ings, beadwork, jewelry, and textiles. Discover vide better insight into the individual Metalsmiths that open subconscious doorways into the Ongoing - The shop represents more than 300 er. Drawing from thinkers like Audre Lorde (1934 Barbara Tyroler and guest artists (and former Huntersville. Through June 30 - "Face Jugs," the purpose of mask and sculptures, which reflect themselves and illustrate the diversity of work be- ambiguous space of the night: haunting dreams juried craftspeople and features an impressive – 1992) and other Black Feminists/Womanists, members!) photographer Alan Dehmer, cerami- from the Gorelick family private collection African ancestral heritage and learn to appreci- ing created in this field by artists living and work- brim with narrative probability remaining stub- collection of traditional and contemporary Appala- Micro/Macro suggests to its viewers that “the cist Judith Ernst, and drawer/illustrator/mixed featuring works by potters from the Carolinas, ate symbolism and abstraction in African art. YMI ing in North Carolina. Schaefer Gallery, Rotated bornly resistant to a literal interpretation. Both chian craft, including jewelry, pottery, wood, fiber, personal is political” or that a micro perspective media artist Jean LeCluyse. Ongoing - Featur- Georgia, and Texas. Representing a small Conference Room, Ongoing - "Forebears & Annually - "The Carol and Shelton Gorelick artists live in and are intimately familiar with the ironwork, basketry and other disciplines. You’ll and a macro impact are inextricably linked. Poets ing work from over 70 artists, Frank offers more sample of the Gorelick family art collection, Trailblazers: Asheville’s African American Lead- Collection". The late Carol and Shelton Gorelick New Mexico landscape where a deep stillness find marquetry earrings, clay serving platters, and writers of all stripes, in content and in form than you’d expect from an art gallery. Frank is From the collection of Dr. Larry Brady some of the Face Jugs depict scenes of every- ers, 1800s –1900s". The permanent exhibit offers were prominent art collectors. Together, they is part of the character of both the land and the turned-wood bowls, functional fireplace poker and structure, suggest to readers that a piece of a collective, founded by the area’s finest artists Bill and Patty Gorelick Gallery at Central day or working life, though most were made in a pictorial history of African-Americans from amassed a collection of work from many of North people who inhabit it. - Excerpt from Mary Anne sets and many more unique items. The shop is writing can move from the specific to broad (and working together to open the door for creative Piedmont Community College’s Central the traditional fashion and intended to look as throughout Western North Carolina. Photographs Carolina’s most prominent ceramicists, including Redding. Gallery A, Through May 1 - "Refu- also proud to be the home of the world-renowned back), that personal narratives can make larger innovation in the arts. Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-5- Campus, North Classroom, 1320 Sam Ryburn scary as possible so as to ward off evil spirits. of both influential and everyday people create Mark Hewitt, Donna Craven, Cristina Cordova, gium: Christina Laurel". Laurel is a paper artist Brasstown Carvers. A book room houses hun- arguments beyond the personal; the works by pm or by appt. Contact: Contact: 919/636-4135 Walk, Charlotte. Through June 30 - "Private The more ferocious the stronger the good luck a panorama of the variety of life among blacks Herb Cohen, Stacy Lambert, Alex Matisse, and creating installations and two-dimensional art, dreds of instructional and celebratory books on these visual artists are no different. Participating or at (www.frankisart.com). Collection of Dr. Larry Brady". The 18 pieces charm! Through June 30 - "Frieze," by Tom in the mountain region. Here are the young and many others. Ongoing - the BRAHM will host all with a Japanese aesthetic. Her mission is to everything from basketry to writing. Buy a few art artists are the five UNC-Chapel Hill Class of 2021 exhibited represent a broad and diverse range Stanley. Stanley’s series are often hung as a old, the prominent and the unknown, the men exhibits, educational programs and classes that create an “exhale” moment, an oasis that offers supplies or a CD from our collection of tradi- Master of Fine Arts in in Studio Art candidates: The ArtsCenter, 300-G East Main Street, Carr- from Brady’s eclectic selection of paintings, frieze even as he works on groups of paintings. and women who helped create our city's life. YMI promote the visual arts, history and heritage of a respite and refuge from our daily sensory tional Appalachian music. You can take home Sheyda Arabyazdi, Minoo Emami, Alena Mehić, boro. Ongoing - Nurturing the arts in the trian- engravings, photographs, furniture and sculp- Size, imagery, color, and format for each series Drugstore Gallery, Ongoing - "Mirrors of Hope the mountains of western North Carolina. Admis- overload. Suspended lace panels support a mi- a Folk School t-shirt, hat or bag as a souvenir. Vonnie Quest, and Krysta Sa. Through May gle since 1974 through performance, education tures. Brady enjoys living with each piece of art is distinct and helps to create a visual theme and Dignity". A moving and powerful collection of sion: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., grating pattern of butterflies that cast shadows Find the perfect scenic postcard to tell everyone 14 - "Object Lessons". Each year, the Ackland and exhibition. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-9pm and in his collection and sharing them with as many within the group of related works. Hours: open drawings by the renowned African-American art- noon-4pm. Contact: 828/295-9099 or at (www. and respond to air movement. Perambulating back home about your visit to the Folk School. teaches thousands of university students, in Sat. 10am-5pm. Contact: 919/929-2787 or at people as possible. Hours: open while campus while campus is open, but reservation help help ist Charles W. White. Entry, Ongoing - "George blowingrockmuseum.org). – whether with shoes, walker or wheelchair – Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am-5pm; Thur. til 6pm and hundreds of classes, across dozens of disci- (http://artscenterlive.org). is open, but reservation help help us alert our us alert our security team to visitors, provide Vanderbilt's Young Men's Institute, 1892-Pres- through the suspended cocoons and grounded Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 800/365-5724 or at (www. plines. The artwork they study spans geographic, security team to visitors, provide directions to directions to the galleries, and COVID-19 secu- ent". Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5- Southern Highland Craft Guild at Moses totems of “Refugium,” the viewer will become a folkschool.org). temporal, and material designations and their Charlotte Area the galleries, and COVID-19 security protocol rity protocol instructions to the visitors. Contact: pm. Contact: 828/252-4614. Cone Manor, Milepost 294, Blue Ridge Parkway, part of the installation and a part of the art. Gal- learning objectives vary. Yet nearly all of these instructions to the visitors. Contact: 704/330- 704/330-6869 or e-mail to (foundation@cpcc. Blowing Rock. Ongoing - Featuring the work of lery B, Through May 1 - "Longing for Amelia Brevard encounters begin with the same question: what Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Levine 6869 or e-mail to ([email protected]) to edu) to schedule an appointment. For direc- ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Asheville members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild – The Historical and Mythological Landscape: do you see? It is a simple, yet surprisingly chal- Center for the Arts, 420 South Tryon St., Char- schedule an appointment. For directions to tions to Central Piedmont’s campuses, visit The North Carolina Arboretum, Milepost 393, members in various media. Demonstrations Matthew Arnold". On May 20, 1937, Amelia Number 7 Fine Arts and Crafts Gallery, 2 West lenging question for many. It does not ask “what lotte. Fourth-Floor Gallery, Through Sept. Central Piedmont’s campuses, visit (cpcc.edu/ (cpcc.edu/locations). Blue Ridge Parkway, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted offered each month. Hours: daily 9am - 5pm. Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan took off Main Street, historic McMinn building, Brevard. do you know,” or even “what do you think this is 26 - "Twentieth Century Women," an exhibi- locations). Way, Asheville. Baker Exhibit Center Gallery, Contact: 828/295-7938 or e-mail at (parkway- from Oakland, California on the first leg of their Ongoing - A Fine Arts and Fine Crafts coopera- about?” It demands that students — and all of us tion that focuses exclusively on the artistic Through May 2 - "The Enveloping Landscape: [email protected]). historic round-the-world flight. They disap- tive featuring the juried works of 22 of Transyl- — slow down and actually look at what’s before achievements of women in the collections A Contemplative Photographic Journey". What peared 43 days later while trying to locate tiny us, suspending judgment and assessing what is of the Bechtler museum and Bechtler family. continued on Page 47 continued on Page 48 Page 46 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 47 ics collection in the museum’s Decorative Arts Fuquay-Varina and Roy Nydorf." Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-6pm, holdings. Ongoing - "Arts of Africa". The African select evening + weekend hours. Contact: (www. continent is remarkable in its geographic, social, Fuquay-Varina Arts Center, 123 E. Vance janlukens.com). NC Institutional Galleries political, and cultural diversity. This impressive NC Institutional Galleries Street, Fuquay-Varina. Ongoing - The Art diversity is reflected in the visual arts through a Center contains a theater, art gallery, classrooms The Center for Visual Artists Greensboro, continued from Page 47 continued from Page 48 variety of media and forms including ceramics, and dance studio. Gallery exhibits generally second floor of the Cultural Arts Center, 200 Bliss Gallery, established by Holy Angels, 25 Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E. masks, textiles, sculptures, prestige staffs, and ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Charlotte North Carolina Central University Museum will change every six to seven weeks. Hours: North Davie St., Greensboro. Now - View N. Main Street, Belmont. Ongoing - Holy Angels Seventh St., corner of College St & Seventh shrines. With exceptional loans from private col- Novant Health SouthPark Family Physicians, of Art, 1801 Fayetteville Street, across from the Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: the online gallery at this link (https://www. established Bliss Gallery to offer persons who are St., Charlotte. Ongoing - "Cotton Fields to lectors and The Mint Museum’s own collection of 6324 Fairview Road #201, Charlotte. Through Farrison-Newton Communications Building on 919/567-3920 or at (fvarts.org). greensboroart.org/online-gallery-new). Ongo- differently able the opportunity to share creative Skyscrapers," featuring a permanent exhibition African Art, the museum is pleased to announce Sept. 3 - "2021 Novant Health Student Art Show," the campus of NCCU, Durham. Ongoing - Per- ing - Featuring works by member artists from abilities and showcase their art alongside the featuring interactive environments that trace the expansion of its presentation of Arts of Africa, featuring works by Central Piedmont Community manent collection focuses on African American Gastonia throughout the greater Greensboro area. works of guest artists during special exhibitions. the history of the New South from the end of thereby providing visitors a more in-depth, College art students. Call 704/384-0588 for hours art of the 19th & 20th century, including works by Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Weds. till 7pm; Hours: Hours: Wed.-Sat., noon-4pm. Contact: the Civil War until today. Admission: Yes. Free meaningful, and exciting overview of African art. and restrictions in viewing this exhibit. Edward Mitchell Bannister, Henry Ossawa Tan- Arts on Main Art Center, 212 W Main Avenue, & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 336/333-7485 or at Harmony Heslop at 704/280-9475, e-mail at on Sat. Parking: next door in Seventh Street Heritage Gallery, Ongoing - Feature works of ner, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Eliza- at the intersection of Main and South, formerly (www.greensboroart.org). ([email protected]) or visit (www. Station. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., art, archival documents, and photographs docu- Cherokee beth Catlett, and Norman Lewis. As well as more the historic Citizens National Bank, Gastonia. holyangelsnc.org). noon-5pm. Contact: 704/333-1887 or at (www. menting the growth and evolution of the museum, contemporary works by Sam Gilliam, Richard Ongoing - Home of Gaston County Art Guild museumofthenewsouth.org). from its beginnings as the original branch of the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, 645 Tsali Hunt, William Artis, and Kerry James Marshall. and we offer a fine arts gallery, gift shop, 18 Charlotte Art League Gallery & Studios, 4100 US Mint to its founding as an art museum to the Blvd., across from the Museum of the Chero- The museum’s annual schedule of activities working studio spaces and classroom areas. Raleigh Street, Charlotte. Ongoing - CAL houses McColl Center for Art + Innovation, 721 North present and beyond. Ongoing - "Art for the Mil- kee Indian, Cherokee. Ongoing - Featuring includes temporary exhibits of works from other Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11:30am-5:30pm and Fri.- one of the area’s largest collections of local pro- Tryon Street, Charlotte. First-floor Gallery, lions: WPA Prints" and "Carolina Clay," featuring basket weaving, pottery, wood carving, finger museums, various retrospectives, and faculty Sat., 11am-7pm. Contact: 704/865-4224 or at fessional and emerging artists, offering affordable Through May 1 - "Spaces Between". Over the a display of colorful wares made between 1920 weaving, beadwork, stone carving and fine and student art shows. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9am-4- (www.gastoncountyartguild.com). fine art in a variety of styles and media: acrylics, past year, the steadfast belief in two choices— and 1950 as potters from NC adapted their works painting by members of the Eastern Band of :30pm & Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 919/560-6211. oil, pastel, watercolor, mixed media, photography right or wrong, yes or no, black or white—has to a market economy. "Art of the United States," Cherokee Indians. Artisans must go through Goldsboro and sculpture, and fiber art. Tour studios of work- shaken American society to the core. Alterna- featuring contemporary works from the Mint's Works by Alice Ballard a juried process to become affiliated with the Power Plant Gallery at ATC, 318 Blackwell St ing artists. Admission: Free. Hours: Thur.-Fri., tive ideas and ideals have been forced into the permanent collection, including works by Romare organization and current membership stands at Durham. Ongoing - The Power Plant Gallery is Arts Council of Wayne County, 2406 E. Ash 11am-3pm & Sat.-Sun., noon-4pm. Contact: tension and discomforts of the gray areas to Bearden, Maud Gatewood, John Biggers Juan toward the future as she combines new and old about 300. Hours: open daily, year round, with an off-site extension of the arts at Duke, promot- Street, Goldsboro. Ongoing - The Art Market is 704/376-2787 or at (www.charlotteartleague.org). reveal powerful beauty in intersection. Spaces Logan, Tarlton Blackwell, Radcliffe Bailey, Kojo works into a unique gallery show. “My Mother seasonal hours. Contact: 828/497-3103 or at ing visual arts engagement with students, faculty located on the second floor of the Arts Council Betye Saar, “To the Manor Born”, 2011. Mixed me- Between explores this dimension where Griffin, and others. "Art in the Americas," featur- Took the Ming Rose out of the Cradle” is a poetic (www.cherokee-nc.com). and visitors from Durham and beyond. With of Wayne County building. We represent ap- dia assemblage, 11 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. Weath- Davidson College, Belk Visual Arts Center, 315 contrasting concepts meet through the work of ing paintings, precious metalwork, sculpture, fur- line of words deeply connected to Ballard. The 1,500 square feet of exhibition space, the gallery proximatley 50 NC based artists including pot- erspoon Art Museum. Purchased with funds from North Main and Griffith Streets, Davidson.Van winter/spring 2021 artists-in-residence Anna niture and decorative arts from the 17th through ming rose, in Ballard’s life, is a common thread Columbia is equipped to exhibit a range of media, from pho- ters, jewelry designers, wood turners, painters the Jefferson-Pilot Endowment, the Robert C. the 19th centuries illustrate the unique culture tography and painting to video and installation. and writers. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-7pm & Sat., Ketner Family Acquisition Endowment, the Carol Every/ Smith Galleries, Through May 5 - "2021 G. Dean, Rehab El Sadek, Lorena Mal, and representing some of her darkest and most joyful and Seymour Levin Acquisition Endowment, the Graduating Seniors - Studio Art Majors," including Sharon Norwood. Through visual collisions of that emerged from the Spanish colonization of moments. The ceramic works of art Ballard crafts Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft and Con- Featuring a rotating program of work by Duke 11am-2pm. Contact: 919/736-3300 or at (www. Lynn Richardson Prickett Acquisition Endow- works by Rebecca Cobo, Adelle Patten, Chloe light and shadow, sound and movement, Anna the Americas. Crosland Gallery - Featuring a echo the natural world around her in their organic temporary Craft Gallery, 201 Main Street, Co- students, faculty, and visiting scholars, as well as artsinwayne.org). ment, and the Judy Proctor Acquisition Endow- Pitkoff, and Isaac Scharbach, with progressing G. Dean, artist-in-residence in partnership with presentation of portraits with many fascinating shapes and natural pigments. Hours: Mon.-Wed., lumbia. Ongoing - Arts School of Fine Craft is locally, nationally and internationally recognized ment, 2016.18. © Betye Saar, photo courtesy of the exhibits. Ongoing - While on campus, be sure Atrium Health, explores chance and order. images presented. Rankin Gallery - Featuring a from 10am-2pm (by appointment, gallery director eastern North Carolina’ premier hand-craft edu- artists, the gallery is a new and exciting addition Greensboro Area artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles to take a tour of our Campus Sculpture. Hours: Her layered, multi-dimensional paintings join presentation of the Romare Bearden Collection, available), & Thur. and Fri. ( by appointment but cation center offering workshops, community to the growing, vibrant Durham art scene. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm and Sat. & Sun., noon-4- linear mapping with the chaotic and organic including two “new” Beardens. Delhom Gallery, no gallery director from 10am-2pm). APPOINT- programs, artist residences and gallery space. Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat., noon-5pm. Contact: Open Air Market, corner of South Elm & MLK Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North pm. Contact: 704/894-2519 or at (www.davidson- forms of natural and human-made worlds. Ongoing - The European Collection of ceramic MENTS ARE REQUIRED DUE TO COVID, The Pocosin Gallery exhibits and sells work by call 919/660-3695 or e-mail at (mfaeda@duke. in downtown Greensboro. First Fri. of every Carolina - Greensboro, Cone Building, Tate and collegeartgalleries.org). Born in Egypt, Rehab El Sadek builds bridges works. Admission: Yes. Hours: Wed., 11am-9pm e-mail Amelia Zytka, Gallery Coordinator at (ame- current and former Pocosin resident artists, and edu). month, 4-9pm - "Indie Market," a place where Spring Garden Streets, Greensboro. Through between ancient history and recent memory to (free admission 5-9pm); Thur.-Sat., 11am-6pm; & [email protected]). She will get back to you students from around the country. Knowledge- local artists and crafts people can come together May 29 - "Xaviera Simmons: Falk Visiting Artist". Elizabeth Ross Gallery, Central Piedmont create structural forms using a combination of Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 704/337-2000 or at (www. with your requested day and time along with di- able staff provides information about Pocosin Room 100 Gallery, Golden Belt complex, Build- to offer handmade and vintage goods. Images and objects, bodies and geography, the Community College, Central Campus, Over- contemporary media and Egyptian architecture. mintmuseum.org). rections to the gallery in the Overcash Center as Arts’ programs, artists, studios and community ing 2, room 100, 807 East Main Street, Durham. personal and the social: artist Xaviera Simmons cash Performing Arts Center, Elizabeth Avenue Following a move to the United States, her well as easy short term parking in the front drive involvement. The Pocosin Gallery in addition Ongoing - The gallery is committed to promoting African American Atelier & Bennett College binds these themes together in artworks that and Kings Dr., Charlotte. Through Aug. 5 investigation expands to the immigrant experi- Mint Museum Uptown, Levine Center for the of Overcash Complex. Due to COVID all visitors to Pocosin Art’ studios, lodge, and exceptional the work of emerging local, regional and national for Women Gallery, Greensboro Cultural Cen- respond to the gaps and distortions in our under- - "2021 Annual Juried Student Art Show’ Exhibi- ence and what it means to belong. With a simi- Arts, 500 South Tryon St., Charlotte. Level 4 to the college are required to fill out a Health programming provides a unique destination for contemporary artists. Exhibitions of varying ter, 200 N. Davie Street, Greensboro. Ongoing standing of histories—be they artistic, political, tion". Each year, Central Piedmont Community lar interest in the past, Lorena Mal recontextu- Brand Gallery, Through July 25 - "W/ALLS: Acknowledgement Form at (https://docs.google. visitors. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: size and theme will be on view throughout the - Featuring works by local, regional and national or economic. Working extensively from archival College’s Visual Arts Department hosts the alizes objects and sound to question how we Defend, Divide, and the Divine". On Nov. 9, 2019, com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_VOi_lAuYAe3qX- 252-796-2787 or at (https://pocosinarts.org/). year with openings coinciding with Third Friday African American artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am- sources and thinking deeply about art history, she Annual Juried Student Art Show, recognizing keep time, claim space, and connect identity to the world celebrated the 30th anniversary of the pGq0C8KhRrnynm9vQtvCD9Kyu3lBMVrLA/ Durham. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm and Sun., 5pm; Wed., till 7pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: focuses on documents and artifacts that shed student works in ceramics, 2D and 3D design, place. Using cultural artifacts and manufactured Berlin Wall coming down. Most can easily call up viewform) prior to arrival. Contact: 704/330-6211. Cullowhee noon-6pm. Contact: 919/967-7700 or at (www. 336/333-6885. light on “the experiences of White, Indigenous, drawing, jewelry, painting, photography, print- goods, her performance and installation pieces images from that exhilarating evening in 1989: goldenbeltarts.com). and Black Americans who descend from slavery, making and sculpture. The juror for this year’s raise questions of history, politics, and power. young Germans in T-shirts and jeans destroy- The Civic & Cultural Arts Center of Pineville, Fine Art Museum, Fine & Performing Arts Bauman Galleries, 2nd floor, Founders Hall, stories shaped in relationship to the overarching Student Show is Sensoria artist Alice Ballard, Like Mal, the implications of manufactured ing the concrete dividers with sledgehammers, 316 Main Street, right next door to “old” Pin- Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee. Edenton Guilford College, 5800 W. Friendly Ave., Greens- theme of White threat and terror.” Through June a South-Carolina-based clay artist whose work goods continue in Sharon Norwood’s work. Her armed soldiers looking on with stoic reserve, eville Police Station, Pineville. Ongoing - The Through May 7 - "The Master of Fine Arts Thesis boro. Through May 8 - "WEATHER: 2021 Guil- 19 - "Slow Looking/Deep Seeing". Research has is deeply inspired by the natural world around porcelain tea sets, covered with vinyl prints of people rushing through holes and rubble to CCAC is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization Exhibition," showcases work in a variety of media Chowan Arts Council/Your Community Arts ford College Senior Thesis Art Exhibition". Due to shown that visitors to art venues spend only a her. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-2pm. Contact: 4c hair, confront our penchant for singularly embrace their counterparts on the other side. The offering a place where artist of every discipline and surveys a range of conceptual themes and Center, 504 S. Broad, Edenton. Ongoing - The ongoing safety concerns regarding the spread of few seconds looking at each work on display. The 704/330-6211. constructed definitions of race and femininity. world saw the joy of people uniting, and as the have an opportunity to network and enhance creative approaches within contemporary art Gallery features art from North East NC artists COVID-19, attendance policies for the exhibi- Weatherspoon’s curatorial and education staff Her paintings adopt the visual language of the end of the 20th century approached, the toppled their gifts. The CCAC is a gathering place for practice. The exhibition features four MFA can- as well as some from within a 5 hour driving tion are updated frequently. Please contact Katy has organized an exhibition drawn from the mu- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-Amer- coil to build environments that challenge the wall felt like the dawn of a new age of reason. As emerging and established artists of all ages to didates from the WCU School of Art and Design: radius. You will find our beautiful waterfront lo- Collier, by e-mail at ([email protected]), for seum’s collection that will offer visitors a chance ican Arts & Culture, Levine Center for the legitimacy or definition of space. Hours: Call the violence of World War II receded into history, present, create and collaborate in giving life to Perry Houlditch, Mo Kessler, lydia see, and Lex cation a pleasant destination as well as the fine current information. "WEATHER" represents em- to slow down, make discoveries, and effectively Arts, 551 S. Tryon St., Charlotte. Through about visiting. Contact: 704/332-5535 or at it appeared that so, too, was the ancient, simple their art, with a goal of embracing and promot- Turnbull. Ongoing - The WCU Fine Art Museum art that hangs within our walls. Stained glass, bracing adaptation and change, phenomena that connect with works of art. "Slow Looking/Deep July 31 - "Vision & Spirit | African American Art (www.mccollcenter.org). brutality of dividing people with walls. Now - The ing the artistic, creative and entrepreneurial is currently offering an interactive 360° virtual pottery, photography, fiber arts, and painting in recur throughout our lives, and were especially Seeing" features a variety of works, both modern Works From The Bank Of America Collec- Mint Museum’s new four-story installation "Forag- possibilities available in our community through tour of the exhibition, "Cultivating Collections: various media. We have metal art by Jonathan apparent in the past year. Weather is a noun and contemporary, and is divided into three tion," curated by Dexter Wimberly. "Vision & Mint Museum Randolph, 2730 Randolph Road, ers" offers a transcendent experience while classes, workshops and on-going events and Paintings, Ceramics, and Works by Latinx and Bowling and Woodrow Slade, various forms of but also a verb; the artists in this exhibition have sections to facilitate immersive viewing: Reading Spirit" is an exhibition composed of more than Charlotte. Visit the Mint Museum at Home at celebrating the tradition of women as makers and programs. Hours: Sat. 9am-1pm and most Latin American Artists". This multi-year series of art by Christine Henninger, oils by Jane Perry, weathered many storms together through their the Narrative/Image, Noticing as Contemplative 100 paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, (https://mintmuseum.org/museum-from-home/). providers. Unlike anything ever seen at The Mint week nights from 6:30-9pm. Contact: call Lee exhibitions highlight specific areas of the WCU wood art by several local artist. You will find year-long shared thesis experience. They have Practice, and Interpreting Movement. Figurative and mixed media works by 48 artists born in Bridges and Levine Galleries, Ongoing - "Con- Museum before, Brooklyn-based artist Summer Baumgarten at 704/889-2434, or visit (www. Fine Art Museum’s Collection, which includes your visit to Edenton enjoyable and the Gallery collaborated as individuals and as a creative paintings with complex narratives will prompt the 19th and 20th centuries. Highlighting key temporary British Studio Ceramics: The Grainer Wheat’s "Foragers" is a monumental piece of ccacpineville.org). over 1,800 works of art in a wide range of media a delight to your artist senses. Hours: Mon.-Fri., unit despite being physically scattered. Weather viewers to take some time to decipher their aspects of their lives, as well as the important Collection". Focused on the collection of Diane public work of art spanning 96 windows, four by artists of the Americas. As the Museum’s hold- 11am-4pm & Sat.-Sun., 10am-2pm. Contact: changes, so does art. Participating artists and meaning, while both representational and ab- objects they created, the exhibition focuses and Marc Grainer, this installation is a survey of stories, and 3,720 square feet at Mint Museum ings increase, either through donations or pur- 252/482-8005 or at (www.chowanarts.com). their areas of specialization are: Julia de Wit, stract artworks will allow for in-depth examination on these artists’ strength and resilience as contemporary British studio ceramics. Com- Uptown’s Robert Haywood Morrison Atrium. The chases, it is essential for the Museum to evaluate John Ellis, Alana Harrelson, Tim McElroy, Emma and peaceful contemplation. Slow Looking/Deep creative forces whose work continues to shape prising functional and sculptural objects made myriad of vibrant panels that give the illusion of strengths, identify key acquisition areas, and also Fayetteville Sarver, Willow Stevenson, Hazel Wechsler, Lily Seeing will be used by UNCG courses this spring our understanding of the world. In selecting between the 1980s and today, the show features stained glass and celebrates the tradition of wom- pinpoint where significant change is needed. Wieleba, and Carolyn Worley. Hours: daily from as part of the museum’s Art of Seeing program. work for the exhibition, guest curator Dexter work by artists either born or residing in Great en as makers and providers. "Foragers" is part of Throughout the fall more virtual events will be Cape Fear Studios, Inc., 148-1 Maxwell 9am-9pm. Contact: 336/316-2301. Now in its eleventh year, the program is designed Wimberly sought images and concepts that Britain, including established “contemporary clas- a larger exhibition "In Vivid Color," which brings available, learn more at arts.wcu.edu/cultivating- Street, Fayetteville. Ongoing – New Gallery to help students in health and human science embody the exhibition’s central theme of resil- sics” like Gordon Baldwin and Rupert Spira, and together four innovative contemporary artists— collections. Hours: Tue.- Fri.,10am-4pm & Sat., exhibit every 4th Friday of the month. We are a GreenHill, a space for NC art, 200 North Davie fields hone their visual, diagnostic, interpreta- ience. Throughout this process he continually cutting-edge ceramicists such as Julian Stair and Wheat, Gisela Colon, Spencer Finch, and Jen- 1-4pm. Contact: 828/227-3591 or at (https://www. nonprofit cooperative of 30 local artist (always Street, Greensboro Cultural Center, Greensboro. tive, and communication skills. 2nd Floor: The reflected on the social and political times in Kate Malone. Several recently-gifted works from nifer Steinkamp—who create works celebrating wcu.edu/bardo-arts-center/fine-art-museum/). looking for new members) creating 2D & 3D Through June 26 - "SHIFT HAPPENS". Green- Gregory D. Ivy and the Weatherspoon Guild which the works of art were created. Ongoing the Grainers are included. Alexander, Spangler, the power of color and its ability to permeate the art. Our Gallery displays exhibits of visiting Hill presents a compelling series of site-specific Galleries, Through Aug. 14 - "Vibrant: Artists - Featuring selections from the John & Vivian and Harris Galleries, Ongoing - "Portals to the space around us. Their work is juxtaposed with a Dillsboro artist’s work as well as our own exhibits with installations in tape and video, luminous abstract Engage with Color". Our associations with colors Hewitt Collection of African-American Art, one Past: British Ceramics 1675 - 1825". The Mint selection of paintings and works on paper, drawn Work by Joshua Galloway individual studios where member artists create paintings, drawings, as well as participatory proj- are profound and diverse. Someone “seeing red” of the nation's most important and comprehen- Museum’s collection of eighteenth-century British primarily from The Mint Museum’s permanent The Light Factory, 1817 Central Avenue, Jackson County Green Energy Park, 100 fantastic works of art onsite. The Gallery show ects by Knightdale artist Heather Gordon. Visitor is angry, someone “feeling blue” is sad. A “green” sive collections of African-American art. Hours: pottery and porcelain is widely respected for its collection, which showcase artists’ more tradi- Charlotte. Through May 21 - "Dead Reckon- Green Energy Park Rd., Dillsboro. Ongoing is free of charge and the public is welcome to responses and collaboration will inform the cre- product is environmentally friendly, while a jeal- Thur. - Sat., noon-6pm & Sun., noon-6pm. scope and quality. The collection numbers over tional exploration of color. Ongoing - "El Tajín: ing: Bryce Lankard". "Dead Reckoning" is a - Featuring art created with renewable energy watch the artists at work. Group and individual ation of dynamic new works inside and outside ous person is “green with envy.” We associate Extended hours from noon-8pm on Fridays, 2,000 objects and includes important examples Photographs and Drawings by Michael Kampen". thirty-five-year retrospective exhibition culled featuring blown glass, forge-hammered metals, classes in a variety of media are ongoing. Reg. the Gallery. “SHIFT HAPPENS” expands Green- yellow with springtime—sunshine, daffodils, and Oct. 2, Nov. 6 & Dec. 4. Contact: 704/547-3700 of both salt-glazed and dry-bodied stoneware El Tajín is a UNESCO World Heritage archeologi- from images “that often did not end up living in ceramics. The Jackson County Green Energy Hours: Mon.–Fri., 11am–5pm & Sat., 10am–4- Hill’s public art initiative “One Love Response”, baby chicks—yet also know it as an indication or at (www.ganttcenter.org). from Staffordshire; tin-glazed earthenware from cal site located in northern Veracruz, Mexico, one some defined project.” Through May 21 - "In Park (JCGEP) utilizes clean, renewable energy pm. Contact: 910/433-2986, e-mail to (cape- that was created by Gordon and inspired by the of low-level threats in color-coded alert systems. Bristol, Liverpool, and London; and cream- of the largest and most important cities of classi- the Line of Sight: Joshua Galloway". "In the resources to encourage economic develop- [email protected]) or at (www. “One Love” street mural on Greensboro’s North We make use of colors as forms of expression. Lake Norman Art League Gallery, 442 colored earthenware from Derbyshire, Stafford- cal era Mesoamerica. It is home to hundreds of Line of Sight" is an exhibition that explores the ment, provide environmental protection, and capefearstudios.com). Davie Street. At a time of global unrest and isola- Likewise for artists, color is a dynamic tool—one S. Main St., located across the street from shire, and Yorkshire. Notable eighteenth-century carved sculptures which have deteriorated over intersection of humanity and activism on the offer educational opportunities that together will tion, the exhibition creates space for conversa- that can capture moods and suggest mean- Wooden Stone, next to Masterworks; enter at porcelain factories represented include Chelsea, time due to acid rain and wind erosion. Drawings front lines. To be in someone’s line of sight help lead towards a more sustainable future Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery, 113 tion. Immersive, evolving installations encourage ings. This exhibition presents works from the the rear of the building, and turn right into the Bow, and Vauxhall in London, Longton Hall in created by Dr. Michael Kampen, now a retired means you are visible. So many times in life I for Western North Carolina. Hours: Tue.-Thur., Gillespie Street, Fayetteville. May 1 - June 30 - viewers to come together and consider: “Where Weatherspoon’s collection in which artists have lobby, Davidson. Ongoing - Featuring works Staffordshire, Worcester, Bristol, and others. professor emeritus of art history, are the best feel like black people aren’t visible. Folks think 1-4pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/631- "Art For the People, By the People," featuring our are the truths we yearn to reveal?” In “SHIFT chosen to feature singular colors to dramatic by Lake Norman Art League members. Hours: Individual works in the collection are exceptional representations in existence of the site sculptures that racism and power projection from law 0271 or at (www.jcgep.org). second national juried exhibition that explores HAPPENS,” Gordon examines language phrases effect. Individually, they engage a breadth of Mon.-Fri., 8am-7pm. Contact: 704/620-4450 or because of their rarity, craftsmanship, prov- at El Tajín. Ongoing - The Mint Museum Uptown enforcement don’t exist if you don’t see it or ex- social justice issues. Curated by artist Rose-Ann surrounding COVID-19 reporting. The titles of content; collectively, they offer a vibrant installa- at (www.LKNart.org). enance, or as representative examples of particu- houses the world renowned collections of the perience it. I decided to document the George Durham Bryda. Ongoing - A visual arts venue for emerg- many of Gordon’s works are the basis for their tion that allows us to explore the color spectrum lar types or methods of production or decoration. Mint Museum of Craft + Design, as well as the Floyd protest in Charlotte, NC, to show that ing and professional artists with exhibitions of design. Phrases like “essential worker” are trans- and appreciate its impact. This exhibition is Latin American Contemporary Art Projects Ongoing - "American Glass". The nineteenth American Art and Contemporary Art collections this can happen right in your own backyard. Liberty Arts Gallery, 918 Pearl Street in the original art and events that reflect and respond lated by the artist into numbers and then origami organized by Dr. Emily Stamey, Curator of Exhibi- (LaCa), 1429 Bryant Street, in the heart of the and early twentieth centuries represented a time and selected works from the European Art collec- Hours: by appt only. Contact: 704/333-9755 or Cleveland-Holloway neighborhood of East to cultural arts diversity. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am- shapes to make “maps” that in turn become tions. Atrium and Lobbies - Featuring works revitalized FreeMoreWest neighborhood, Char- of extraordinary growth for the American glass tion. The building also includes a café, a Family at (www.lightfactory.org). Durham. Ongoing - Liberty Arts is a nonprofit 4pm. Contact: 910/483-1388 or at (http://www. paintings or tape installations. Now a compre- of art complementing current gallery exhibitions lotte. Ongoing - LaCa Projects is a platform industry. Such companies as Boston & Sandwich Gallery, painting and ceramics studios, class- arts community whose collaborative practice ellington-white.com). hensive digital catalog makes the full exhibition which are rotated in the atrium and public areas dedicated to the presentation, development, Glass Company in Sandwich, MA; Steuben rooms, a 240-seat auditorium, a Special Events The Sonia and Isaac Luski Gallery, at the reflects the dynamic personality of Durham. accessible wherever you may be. Be among throughout both floors of the gallery. Tom Otter- and promotion of Latin American art and culture Glass Works in Corning, NY; and Libbey Glass Pavilion with outdoor terrace, and an expanded Foundation for the Carolinas building, 220 N. Our mission is to expand access to three- Union-Zukowski Lobby and Gallery, in the the first to see the publication at (https://www. ness' site-specific work, "The Frieze" is perma- within the United States. The gallery encour- Company in Toledo, OH, began operation and Museum Shop specializing in crafts of the Caro- Tryon Street, (old Montaldo’s/Mint Museum dimensional art and share the skills required to Reeves Fine Arts Building, at Methodist Univer- greenhillnc.org/shift-happens). Hours: Thur,-Sat., nently installed in the atrium. Sculpture Courtyard ages cross-cultural dialogue by representing a soon developed notable reputations for produc- linas. Admission: Yes. Hours: Wed., 11am-9pm of Craft + Design site), Charlotte. Ongoing - make it. All are welcome to take part through sity, Fayetteville. Through June 30 - "Monarch noon-5pm. Contact: 336/333-7460 or at (www. - Featuring selections of American sculpture small group of influential and thought-provoking ing fashionable wares that were coveted by many (free admission 5-9pm); Thur.-Sat., 11am-6pm; & Featuring work on loan from Sonia and Isaac hands-on classes, public events, mentorships, Expressions II," featuring the works of student greenhillnc.org). from 1900 to the present from the Weatherspoon contemporary, emerging and mid-career artists, middle- and upper-class consumers. "American Sun., 1-5pm. Now Fri. till 9pm. Contact: 704/337- Luski including works by: Chuck Close, Lewis and commissions. Liberty Arts believes in artists Karen Britton, Tom Gore, Nicholas Heller, Collection and on loan works from contemporary as well as exhibiting a broader range of work by Glass" showcases objects by these and other 2000 or at (www.mintmuseum.org). Jones, Herb Jackson, Mark Peiser, Richard community outreach and encourages visionary Wesley Hurley, Josiah Johnson, Sierra Romero, Guilford Native American Art Gallery, Greens- artists. Admission: Free. Hours: Tue., Wed. & established and Master Latin American artists. American glass companies, illustrating the variety Ritter, Richard Jolley, Harvey Littleton, Lino thinking. Founded in 2001, Liberty Arts serves Noemi Saenz, Hannah Santeanaz, Cheyenne boro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., Greens- Fri.,10am-5pm, Thur., 10am to 9pm and Sat. & The gallery, which has expertise in a number of forms and styles that prevailed during this Overcash Art Gallery, Central Piedmont Com- Tagliapietra and many more. Hours: Mon.-Fri., an an incubator in which artists work together Sarinana, and Jordan Saunders. Hours: call boro. Ongoing - Featuring works by Carolina's Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 336/334-5770 or at (http:// of different art media with a significant focus on period. Glass-manufacturing techniques will be munity College, Central Campus, Overcash Per- 10am-5:30pm. Contact: 704/973-4500 or at to teach, learn, and inspire. All artists also take about hours. Contact: Brenda Jernigan, Direc- Native Americans. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5- weatherspoon.uncg.edu/). paintings, will also be part of a larger planned another focus of the exhibition, with representa- forming Arts Center, Elizabeth Avenue and Kings (www.fftc.org). on public and private commissions, in addition tor of Southern Writers Symposium by calling :30pm. Contact: 336/273-6605. expansion that includes open artist studios tive examples of pressed, cut, blown, and molded Dr., Charlotte. Through May 27 - "My Mother to exhibiting and selling their work at the Liberty 910/630-7454 or e-mail to (bjernigan@methodist. and a dining concept. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 1-5pm glass. Nearly all of the works on view are from Took the Ming Rose out of the Cradle," featuring Arts Gallery. Hours: call for hours. Contact: edu). Revolution Mill, 1250 Revolution Mill Drive, or by appt. Contact: Neely Verano at (neely@ The Mint Museum’s permanent collection of works by Alice Ballard. Ballard’s new exhibition 919-260-2931, e-mail at (info@libertyartsnc. Greensboro. Gallery 1250, Ongoing - "Triple lacaprojects.com) or call 704/609-8487. glass, which is second in size only to the ceram- merges the past with the present while looking org) or at (www.libertyartsnc.org). Visions: works by Jan Lukens, MIchael Northuis continued on Page 49 continued on Page 50

Page 48 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 49 sculptors to install their work throughout our 6 at 2701 Brunswick Forest Parkway, Leland. May in conjunction with the first — as in, someone Art in Bloom, tickets are required for admission acre campus. Education Gallery, Ongoing - 1, from 9am-4pm & May 2, from 10am-3pm - who’s gloating about something that they’ve to the Museum’s collection in West Building. The Bascom offers our students and instructors "It’s ALL Art," the annual art exhibition and sale, really got no right to gloat about, lying about Please note that West Building will be closed NC Institutional Galleries an opportunity to display their creative works sponsored by the Art League of Leland. The NC Institutional Galleries an accomplishment, or exaggerating the truth. June 2, and June 9, for Art in Bloom installation. from workshops and classes. The perspec- exhibition and sale will include original artwork by Mezzanine Wall, Through Aug. 8 - "Alun Be: West Building, Through Feb. 6, 2022 - "To Be continued from Page 49 continued from Page 50 tives of these talented individuals reveal self- 2-D and 3-D artists from the Cape Fear region. Madame Badiane". From Alun Be’s Empowering Young: Coming of Age in the Contemporary". Greenville expression, cultural awareness and technical Artwork on display will consist of oil, watercolor, Morganton communities all over the Americas, our primary Women Series. Admission: Yes. Hours: Mon., Where does childhood end and adulthood begin? discipline. These ongoing displays expose acrylic and pastel paintings, photography, mixed- focus is on tribes from the American South- 11am-6:30pm; Wed.-Fri., 11am-6:30pm; Sat. & Using both figurative and abstract images from Emerge Gallery & Art Center, 404 S. Evans the viewer to the analysis, invention, explora- media art, hand-thrown ceramics, as well as fiber, KATZ Arts Collective, 116 W. Union Street, east. Many items come from North Carolina Sun., noon-5pm; and 1st & 3rd Fri., open till 9pm. the Museum collection, "To Be Young: Coming of St., Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring works in a tion and decision making processes used by glass, and wood artwork. Three People’s Choice Morganton. Ongoing - It is a collective of art- Native communities, with special emphasis on Contact: 919/513-0946 or at (http://camraleigh. Age in the Contemporary" offers an introspective variety of media by students, faculty, alumni (East students during the development of ideas into a Awards will be voted on by visitors to the event. ists, both online and in-house. It operates as a Robeson County Indian people. Specific focus org/). overview of coming of age across various com- Carolina University) and local artists. Hours: Tue.- work of art. Hours: Tue. - Sat., 10am-5pm. Con- For more information about ALL, please visit non-profit; any money left over after expenses is placed on the largest North Carolina tribe, munities throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Fri., 10am-9pm; Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., 1-4pm. tact: 828/526-4949 or at (www.thebascom.org). (www.artleagueofleland.org). goes back into the cooperative. Many different the Lumbee, but our outreach activities have Collective Arts Gallery & Ceramic Supply, The exhibition explores how youths process Contact: 252/551-6947 or at (www.emergegal- specialties including weaving, painting, photogra- extended into Virginia and South Carolina with 8801 Leadmine Road, Suite 103, Raleigh. Ongo- development through concepts such as identity, lery.com). High Point Lenoir phy, pottery, sculpture, and more are represented plans for further outreach throughout the South- ing - Featuring works by local and nationally community, and kinship to form new perspectives at the KATZ. Included in its amenities are a free east. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. We typically renowned artists on permanent exhibit. Hours: on the world. East Building, Level B, Gallery Greenville Museum of Art, 802 South Evans Theatre Art Galleries, High Point Theatre, 220 Caldwell Arts Council Gallery, 601 College children’s area, display galleries and shelves, close for lunch from noon-1pm. Contact: call Tue.-Fri. 11am-7pm & Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 3 & 4, Through July 25 - Moataz Nasr: Delicate Street, Greenville. The Francis Speight and East Commerce Avenue, High Point. Main Gal- Avenue, SW, Lenoir. Through May 20 - "Middle rental studios, and an event space. Hours: N/A. 910/521-6282 or e-mail to (nativemuseum@ 919/844-0765. Balance. Acclaimed pan-Arab artist and activist Sarah Blakeslee Gallery, Ongoing - Is dedi- lery, through May 31 - "Mannequin Musings". and High School Show". Satie’s Gift Shop, On- Contact: visit us on Facebook (https://www. uncp.edu). Moataz Nasr (born 1961, Alexandria, Egypt; lives cated to the work of these two artists. Speight Building on last year’s exceptionally well received going - featuring gift items made by local artists. facebook.com/thekatzartcollective) or e-mail us and works in Cairo) creates works of art that offer was born in Bertie County, North Carolina, and exhibit of Paul Tazewell’s award winning cos- Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. at ([email protected]). ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Pembroke a contemporary look at Egyptian society and moved back to Greenville to teach at East Caro- tumes (Hamilton, The Wiz), a Call to Artists was Contact: 828/754-2486 or at (www.caldwellarts. Artist Market Pembroke, at the UNCP explores often-exoticized and romanticized per- lina University after spending a majority of his issued to have the mannequins from that exhibit com). New Bern Enterpreneurship Incubator, 202 Main Street, ceptions of the country. Via paintings, sculptures, career at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Work by Andy Warhol, “Moonwalk + (pink), 1987 reimagined to reflect on 2020, look ahead to Pembroke. 2nd Sat. every month - Featur- videos, and installations, Nasr addresses current Blakeslee was born in Illinois and met Speight 2021, or just to find new life at the whim of the art- My Happy Place Gallery, 210 Main Street NW, Community Artists Gallery & Studios, Inc., ing handmade art and jewelry by local artists. sociopolitical norms, and problems, in Northern at the Academy as a student. The couple lived Hickory Museum of Art, Arts and Science ist. The result is an exhibition featuring the work Lenoir. Ongoing - Featuring works by local art- 504 South Front Street, New Bern. Ongoing - Hours: 10am-4pm. Contact: 910/775-4065. Africa. East Building, Level B, Meymandi Exhi- outside of Philadelphia until moving to Greenville Center, 243 Third Avenue NE, Hickory. Through of 15 North Carolina artists finding new means of ists working in all forms of art in our cooperative We serve Craven, Pamlico, and Jones counties. bition Gallery, Through July 11 - "Golden Mum- in 1961. The Kenneth Noland Gallery, Ongoing June 6 - "Works by Warhol," brings 36 iconic expressing turbulent times in original and creative gallery. We are members of the Caldwell Cham- Operated by member artists themselves on an Penland View of the “A Thousand Throws” exhibit mies of Egypt," from the Manchester Museum in - Celebrates the art and legacy of Black Mountain masterworks by one of America’s most prominent ways. The broad range of themes includes hope, ber of Commerce with its advantages. Being a exclusively volunteer basis, it’s a great place to Gregg Museum of Art & Design, The Historic England, the exhibition’s first appearance at an College, an innovative liberal arts college that artists to Hickory Museum of Art. The exhibition strength, renewal and humor. TAG will follow all member also entitles your work to be shown and discover distinctive, affordable art for your home Penland Gallery & Visitors Center, Penland Chancellor’s Residence, NC State University, American art museum. On view through July 11, operated between 1933 and 1957. Kenneth will raise the museum’s profile while affording op- CDC protocols and masks are required. Hours: sold in our satellite partnership locations at The or office--or to find a truly unique gift. Visit our School of Crafts, 3135 Conley Ridge Rd, Pen- located at 1903 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh. 2021, it features eight extraordinary gilded mum- Noland, born in Asheville in 1924, attended Black portunities to connect with audiences of all ages. Tue.-Fri., noon-5pm. Contact: 336/887-2137 or at Local Bean in Hudson and the Blue Ridge Room, Gallery and Studios pages to see what’s currently land. Robyn & John Horn Gallery, Through Black-Sanderson Gallery, Through May mies and more than 100 related objects including Mountain College on the G. I. Bill from 1946 to The museum’s staff is pleased to partner with (www.tagart.org). the large conference room at Bo’s which accom- on exhibit--and on our easels! Community Artists June 20 - "Different Land | Different Sea," 9 - "Objects of Intention," featuring works by papyri, jewelry, ceramics, and deities that connect 1948. He studied under Josef Albers and Ilya Imagine One Hospitality as the presenting spon- modates 40 pieces of hanging work that changes Gallery & Studios supports working studio space featuring works by Susie Ganch. Ganch is a Stephen Althouse. Beginning as sculptures, the domestic, daily sphere of these Greco- Bolotowsky, who introduced him to the work of sor for this important project, which will be ac- Hillsborough every quarter. We also partnered with the City of for fifteen artists and exhibits nearly a dozen first-generation American artist of Hungarian these powerful and startling images of age-old Roman Egyptians to the religious world of the artists interested in geometry and color. The Ra- companied by a Studio54 themed gala. This spe- Hudson in helping The Hudson Art Festival which additional artists at any given time. Our members heritage. She is a sculptor, jeweler, and educa- agricultural implements provide a visual language gods. NCMA Park - The North Carolina Museum chel Maxwell Moore Art Foundation Gallery, cial event will occur at a time when it is safe for The HAC Gallery, Hillsborough Arts Council, will become and annual event established just are engaged in creating jewelry, photography, tor living in Richmond, VA where she is an used to comment on the human condition. The of Art (NCMA) announces new works of art to be Ongoing - Features rotating works purchased our community to come together and celebrate 102 North Churton Street, across the street last year. We are a busy, proactive group working weaving, found object art, sculpture, ceramics, associate professor and metal arts lead for the photographic prints are extremely large scale, 9 installed in the 164-acre NCMA Park. The works for the Museum by the foundation. Rachel Max- Andy Warhol’s pioneering creative spirit. Imagine from the Wooden Nickel, Hillsborough. Ongo- together to help promote the arts and encourag- digital art, watercolor, oil, baskets, stained glass, Department of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia feet wide in some cases, and feature sculptures include a bronze tree by Italian artist Giuseppe well Moore was a leading civic figure and arts One Hospitality’s restaurant, Café Rule & Wine ing - Offers a venue for emerging and mid-ca- ing each other to keep creating and growing. and acrylic paintings. Hours: Tue., Thur., Fri., & Commonwealth University. Ganch received her created by sculptor-photographer Althouse us- Penone, a playful pair of benches designed by advocate in Greenville. and was central to the Bar will also host programs and events that will reer artists to show and sell their work. Hours: Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-7pm and Sat., 11am-3pm. Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 252/571-8566 or visit MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison. ing manmade objects, cloth, tools, and simple Hank Willis Thomas, and a 10-day installation of founding of the Museum’s predecessor in 1939. activate the exhibition. Featuring a broad cross- Wed.-Sat., noon-4pm. Contact: 919/643-2500 Contact: call 828/572-2688 or e-mail ti (myhap- (www.communityartistsgallery.org). Part of her practice is directing Radical Jewelry farm machinery. Randy and Susan Woodson 23-foot-tall illuminated rabbits by Australian artist She established the Rachel Maxwell Moore Art section of examples from Warhol’s storied career, or at (www.hillsboroughartscouncil.org). [email protected]). Makeover, an international jewelry mining and Gallery, Through June 27 - "Animate Earth - Amanda Parer. The sculptures will be featured Foundation in 1963, and before she passed away the galleries will be activated by the appearance Old Fort recycling project that continues to travel across Adventures in Mimetolithia by Andy Nasisse". at the NCMA’s Park Celebration on Nov. 6, when in 1964, bequeathed funds to the foundation for of pop culture staples such as “Mick Jagger,” Hudson Lumberton the country and abroad. Issues of waste and For the past several years, Andy Nasisse has the public is invited to experience the newly the sole purpose of purchasing works of art for “Santa Claus,” and “Mickey Mouse.” The show Arrowhead Artists and Artisans League cultural habits of consumption are imbued explored the figure in the landscape, engaging expanded Park with a variety of outdoor activities. the Museum’s permanent collection. Ongoing - will also explore Warhol’s responses to major The Red Awning Gallery, 145 Cedar Valley Inner Peace Center for the Arts, 700 N. Rob- Inc., 78 Catawba Avenue, Suite C-D, next to through her work. Her work has been included with what is probably the most basic impulse of Ongoing - Featuring 10 additional sculptures by GMoA has a strong collection of North Carolina moments in U.S. history, including the assassina- Road, inside the HUB, Hudson. Ongoing - Ev- erts Avenue, Lumberton. Ongoing - We are the parker hosiery building, 2 minutes from nationally and internationally in museum exhibi- the human imagination: the tendency to “see the celebrated French artist Rodin on loan from pottery, and especially from Jugtown Pottery in tion of John F. Kennedy, Neil Armstrong’s moon erything is displayed for sale in our local artisan an art gallery designed to educate, enlighten, Exit 73 on Interstate I-40, Old Fort. Ongo- tions including: Smithsonian National Museum things in things.” Nasisse plays with this deeply Iris Cantor’s private collection. Ongoing - "John Seagrove, North Carolina. Jugtown Pottery was landing, and the perception of Native Americans owned and operated gallery. The prices for our enrich and entertain patrons of all ages while ing - The main Gallery space is about 1800 for Women in the Arts (DC), MFA Boston (MA), planted instinct by focusing his lens on naturally James Audubon's The Birds of America". The opened by Jacques and Juliana Busbee in 1921. in the aftermath of the bicentennial of the United quality work, we have been told by visitors, are providing leadership and support to advance square feet, with an open, industrial feel. Art, the Design Museum (London), the National eroded rock formations in the Southwest and state has owned this treasured volume since They were influential at Jugtown and elsewhere States. The exhibition will include the entire se- very affordable and eclectic in media and subject. the visual and performing arts in our com- ranging from traditional to abstract and mixed Gallery of Victoria (Australia), Ueno Royal South, while making clay pieces that challenge 1848, but it has never been exhibited. Ongo- in Seagrove by introducing local North Carolina ries of “Myths”. This body of work was completed Many of our Artisans are available for commis- munity. Hours: Wed.-Fri., 11am-5pm. Contact: media, hangs on the walls. On the main floor Museum (Japan), Kohler Art Center (WI), and the viewer to discern the intentionality that went ing - The North Carolina Museum of Art has an potters to international ceramic styles and glazes. in 1981 and showcases Warhol’s lifetime fascina- sions and we are offering art classes on location. 910/733-1046 or at (www.ipcarts.com).. are displays of various types of fine crafts, the Milwaukee Art Museum (WI). Focus Gal- into creating them. Valeria C. Adams Gallery, outstanding permanent collection of more than Much of our pottery collection was given to the tion with Hollywood imagery. Shuford Gallery, When you visit us you can be assured you will be such as jewelry, pottery, fiber art, hand crafted lery, Through June 6 - "RAMEN + RICE | the Through July 18 - "A Thousand Thrown," an in- 5,000 objects spanning antiquity to the present Museum by Mrs. Lindsay Savage in 1948 and Dr. May 8 - Sept. 19 - juniorHMA. An exhibition cre- greeted by our very talented and knowledgeable Marshville baskets, and hand turned wooden bowls. You idiosyncratic bowl." The bowl is a humble form, stallation by artist and potter Daniel Johnston. An day. On the occasion of the expansion, the Muse- James H. Stewart in the 1980s. Admission: Free. ated especially for children and their families that all volunteer staff who are all Artisans including might even see a welded “junk yard” critter yet it plays an essential role in our daily life. Art- immersive experience of controlled pace, interac- um has acquired more than 100 new works of art. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10-4:30pm. Contact: 252/758- encourages engagement with Hickory Museum our gallery curator/manager. We are located in a Marshville Museum and Cultural Center, 201 or two. After viewing all of the various arts ists who have chosen to be a maker of bowls, tion, and a compelling mix of traditional pottery Representing commissions, gifts, and purchases, 1946 or at (www.gmoa.org). of Art’s Collection. Every artwork in the show will refurbished historic school that is now part of the North Elm Street, Marshville. Ongoing - Fea- and crafts, visitors can walk through a wide know it is far more idiosyncratic than you and I and contemporary art. After studying under such the new works encompass important and diverse have a corresponding hands-on interactive that new Arts and Business Center, The HUB Station, turing paintings by local artist Mary Erickson. archway on the right to view more fine art and might imagine. A bowl has innumerable uses, masters as J.B. Cole and Mark Hewitt, Daniel examples of historic and contemporary art from Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Jenkins Fine Arts highlights a different element of art. Whether located in the center of the Caldwell County, in Other well known artists from Marshville include craft work and talk to the artists and students and with each comes a multitude of creative Johnston traveled from his home in Randolph around the world, and will be installed in the Mu- Center, East Carolina University, East 5th St. exploring with Legos, designing with a giant Lite Hudson, NC. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., Hooper Turner, Sally Griffin, Richard Smith, in several studios and the AGS classroom. If a interpretations. For this exhibition, the artists County, NC to England and Thailand, studying seum’s new building and the surrounding land- and Jarvis Street, Greenville. Through May Brite, or trying their hand at weaving, kids will 10am-3pm. Contact: 828/610-6300 or at (https:// Frank Faulkner, Louise Napier, and Stewart Al- studio door is open, visitors are being invited to have been asked to imagine a bowl for ramen techniques such as large vessel making and scape. Highlights include a gift of 28 sculptures 7 - "Spring 2021 BFA Senior Exhibition Group have a tactile experience of the creative process. the-red-awning-gallery.business.site/). len. Hours: Mon.-Thur., by appt. only; Fri.-Sat., step inside and enjoy the work. Currently, our or rice – for which there are notable traditional working among master potters and long held tra- by Auguste Rodin, and work by such internation- Show," featuring works by: Marshall Hansen, The paintings and sculpture chosen from HMA’s 10am-4pm; & Sun. 1-4pm. Contact: 704-624- Gallery and studio artists and artisans include: parameters defined by the use, the hand that ditions. As he explored his skills and mastery of ally acclaimed artists as Roxy Paine, Ursula von Lupita Olivares, Aaron Klitsch, and David Fer- Collection will also be installed in a fun way. Kings Mountain 6214 or at (http://mmcc1893.com/index.html). Lorelle Bacon, Ann Whisenaut, Karen Piquette, holds it, and cultural traditions. The bowl is, not the craft of pottery, he also began also to develop Rydingsvard, El Anatsui, Jaume Plensa, Jackie nandez. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact: Working with the Autistic Education Foundation, David Kaylor, Dawn Driebus, Len Eskew, surprisingly, a subject for scholars and poets. his appreciation of different ways of looking at his Ferrara, Ellsworth Kelly, and David Park, among 252/328-6665 or at (https://art.ecu.edu/exhibi- the museum will introduce additional sensory Southern Arts Society Gift Shop & Gallery, Mooresville Wayne Stroud, Susan Taylor, Cathy Green, Ongoing - On display outside the Penland Gal- work and how he might realize their conceptual others. Admission: Yes for some exhibits. Hours: tions/gray-gallery/). components, wayfinding, and a picture exchange 301 N. Piedmont Ave. (NC 216), located in Anne Bevan, John Sullivan, Evelyn Chrisawn, lery are sculptures by ceramic artist Catherine possibilities, by using these vessels to manipu- Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm; Sun., 10am-5pm; & open communication system. “juniorHMA” will also be the old Southern Railway Depot at the corner Depot Visual Arts Center, 103 West Center Tim Muench, Chuck Aldridge, Charles Davis, White, large steel sculptures by Daniel T. Beck, late light, scale and space. Ongoing - One of NC until 9pm on Fri. Contact: 919/839-6262 or at Hendersonville/ Flat Rock used to introduce a new campaign designed for of Battleground Ave and N. Piedmont Ave in Ave., Mooresville. Ongoing - MAGical Gallery Fredreen Bernatovicz, Anne Allison, Darlene and works by Hoss Haley. There is also an in- State University’s most historic buildings is now (www.ncartmuseum.org). all children, reflecting HMA’s core belief of Com- the Kings Mountain Art Center, Kings Moun- shop, a great source for unique gifts. Hours: Matzer, Billie Haney, Marguerite Welty, Jean teractive, outdoor installation by Jeff Goodman the permanent home of the Gregg Museum of Art The Center for Art and Entertainment, 125 S. plete Inclusivity. Creativity is my Super Power will tain. Through June 4 - "The Mountain Calls: Tue.-Fri., noon-4pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. Con- Ryan, Kasha Baxter, Linda Magnus, Kim titled, “The Kindness for Imaginary Things.. & Design. The Historic Chancellor’s Residence, North Carolina Museum of History, 5 East Main Street, Hendersonville, NC. Through May have engagement opportunities throughout the Echoes of Appalachia," featuring works by tact: 704/663-6661 or at (www.MAGart.org). Hostetter, Bunnie Burgin, Sonya Russell, Helen Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. noon-5pm. located at 1903 Hillsborough Street, along with a Edenton Street, (between Salisbury and Wilm- 22 - "Fabulous Fakes," is an exhibit and sale of Museum for children to “power up” their creativity. Stacy Pilkington Smith, Jenna Webb, Robert Sullivan, Janet Bennett, and Sabrina Miller. Contact: 828/765-6211 or at (http://penland.org/ 15,000 sq. ft. addition, increases the museum’s ington Streets), Raleigh. Through Jan. 2, 2022 copies of Old Masters painted by members of the Each child will receive a power pack to fuel their Webb, and Crystal Whitesides. The artist’s Morehead City Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-4pm. gallery/). visibility while significantly adding to its exhibition - "Are We There Yet? North Carolina’s Variety Art League of Henderson County, usually with creativity in the Museum and at home. Ongoing results immerse viewers in an echo of life n the Contact: 828/668-1100 or at (http://arrowhead- and programming space. Hours: The Gregg Mu- Vacationland, 1930s–1970s". This photography a ‘twist’ to distinguish the new from the original. - "Discover Folk Art: Unique Visions by Southern mountain hollers, root them to our now, and Carolina Artist Gallery, 9th and Arendell art.org/). Raleigh seum is suspending the need for timed entry res- exhibit will invite visitors to take a look back, at Hours: Thur.-Sat., noon-4pm. Contact: 828/692- Self-taught Artists". Explore re-creations of artist give slight glimpses into the future. Ongoing - Street, Morehead City, between the First Meth- ervations. Current museum hours are Tuesday an era when tourism boomed thanks largely to 2078 or at (www.artleague.net). work environments, including a school bus and Exhibits, gift shop & classes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., odist Church and the Salvation Army Morehead Pembroke - Friday, 10am to 5pm. The Gregg does ask that a state-run marketing effort called “Variety Va- a barn, family activity stations, more than 250 10am-2pm and by appt. Contact: 704/739- City. Through May 8 - "Spring Show". Come larger groups (15+) call ahead at (919) 515-3503, cationland.” The Variety Vacationland campaign ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Hendersonville folk art objects, interactive touch screens and 5585, e-mail at (southernartssociety@gmail. check out the beautiful art celebrating the A.D. Gallery, University of NC at Pembroke, to avoid crowding in the galleries. Contact: Zoe was successful in creating a unified tourism Blue Ridge Community College, Indus- more. Free family guides available at check-in. com) or at (www.southernartssociety.org) and dawning of a new day. Art with an optimistic Locklear Hall, 1 University Dr, Pembroke. Starling, Curator of Education at 919/513-7244 or industry in North Carolina from the 1930s to the trial Skills Building, 180 W Campus Drive, Little Hands, Big Hands Gallery, Ongoing - Facebook. theme brings rejuvenation to the soul. Please Ongoing - The A.D. Gallery is sponsored by at (https://gregg.arts.ncsu.edu/). 1970s by depicting our state as both modern Flat Rock, NC. May 8, 10am-4pm & May 9, "Little Hands, Big Hands". Younger visitors can wear your masks, and follow appropriate the Art Department of the University of North and progressive, but with strong ties to its past. noon-4pm - "Mentors and Students". The Arts be imaginative through creative exploration and Kinston guidelines. (Masks made by our artistic gallery Carolina at Pembroke. Serving the university North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue True to the Jim Crow era, however, most sites Council of Henderson County will present a play. Includes a puppet theater, mini art gallery, members are available to purchase.) Ongo- and local community, the gallery provides a Ridge Road, Raleigh. June 3 - 6 and 10 - 13 - promoted were marketed (and accessible) series of exhibitions as a thematic unit entitled giant reading throne and more. Objects Gallery, Community Council for the Arts, 400 N. ing - The co-op continues to nurture emerging venue for student and faculty work, as well as "Art in Bloom", with both in-person and virtual only to White tourists; people of color were "Mentors & Students" at Blue Ridge Com- Ongoing - "American Art Pottery": From the Queen Street, Kinston. Ongoing - The Com- artists, gives them an opportunity to show and that of local, regional, national and international programming each weekend. Tickets for this fund neglected and even exploited at times, an at- munity College. Celebrating the importance of Museum’s Moody Collection and "Born of Fire: munity Council for the Arts is the regional center sell their work. The Gallery enjoys a steady artists. The gallery helps fulfill the department’s raiser, which pairs inspired floral installations with titude this exhibit attempts to point out where art in a child’s life, the three exhibitions will be Glass from the Museum’s Luski Collection". unifying community ties through exposure to the stream of visitors. Vacationers and local goal of providing outstanding educational op- works of art in the Museum collection, are on possible. Ongoing - Featuring exhibits dealing combined into one weekend to feature the work Admission: Free. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm & arts and providing rich cultural experiences while residents purchase art and gifts. Nonmember portunities for its students by bringing quality sale now. Tickets available at (ncartmuseum.org/ with North Carolina's history as a theme. Sweet of Henderson County elementary students, Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 828/327-8576 or at (http:// promoting tourism, economic development, and artists frequently stop in for inspiration. Hours: visual arts to the university and the community bloom) or by call 919/715-5923. Visit both weeks Tea & Cornbread Grill and Eatery, located secondary students, and their art mentors. The hickoryart.org/). educational opportunities for all. Hours: Tue.-Fri., Thur.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 252/726-7550 at large. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm. Contact: with a two-week bundled ticket of $27 Members, on the R Level, open Mon.-Sat., from 11am "Art of Our Children" will feature our elementary 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: 252/527- or at (www.carolinaartistgallery.com). e-mail to ([email protected]) or visit $30 Nonmembers, free for children 6 and under. to 3pm. Download the full menu at (https:// students; "Art Teachers Create" will feature the Highlands 2517 or at (www.kinstoncca.com). (www.uncp.edu/departments/art/ad-gallery). Limited capacity; may not be used for two visits in files.nc.gov/dncr-moh/Sweet%20Tea%20 artwork of Henderson County’s art teachers. ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Morehead City Work by Kristen Hodsdon one week. Related events are ticketed sepa- and%20Cornbread_MENU%202019.pdf). Call All artwork will be for sale during the Mentors The Bascom, a center for the visual arts, 323 SmART Gallery, 210 N Queen Street, Kinston. 1700 Arendell Street, former Salvation Army The Museum of the Southeast American Block Gallery, 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh. rately. Additional fees are charged for workshops, 919/814-6980 or visit (ncmuseumofhistory.org/ exhibition' and "Artists of Tomorrow" will feature Franklin Rd., covered bridge entrance at the Ongoing - As an art gallery in Kinston, SmART building, Morehead City. May 13-16 & 19-22, Indian, Old Main (first floor) at the University of Through May 14 - "Art Unblocked 2021". Arts presentations, and other events. “We can’t wait to sweet-tea-and-cornbread) for more information. our secondary students. More information can end of Main Street, Highlands. Joel Gallery, Gallery promotes and showcases the work of the noon-6pm - "Art From The Heart: Adult Art North Carolina Pembroke, 1 University Drive, Access, in partnership with the City of Raleigh’s welcome visitors back safely to the ever-exciting Admission: Free. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & be found on the Arts Council’s website at (www. Through May 29 - "Photo Resident Solo “smARTist” – artists-in-residence participating in Show & Sale" and "High School Student Art Pembroke. Ongoing - As part of the Southeast Block Gallery, is excited to host an exhibition Art in Bloom,” says Director Valerie Hillings. “I Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 919/807-7900 or at acofhc.org), or by e-mailing ([email protected]) Exhibition by Deborah Shannan". In its 5th the SmART Kinston City Project Foundation. Our Show". Arts Council of Carteret County is American Indian Studies Program at UNC titled "Art Unblocked 2021", featuring works of art am always inspired by the creativity of the floral (http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/). or calling 828/693-8504. year, The Bascom’s photography residency has gallery provides an inviting and welcoming space thrilled to present the 31st Annual Art From The Pembroke, The Museum of the Southeast created by emerging and established artists with designers and the excitement of our visitors when grown as an essential component of the orga- for the public to buy and admire these artists’ Heart this year! And, we are looking forward American Indian maximizes the capacity of disabilities. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5:15pm. they see how these living installations also bring ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Raleigh Hickory nization’s mission. Attracting photographers works. By providing a space in which to display to the many artists who will be registering their the University to address the complex histori- Contact: 919/996-3610. our Museum collection to life. After more than two Progress Energy Center for the Perform- from across the country, this unique residency their latest pieces, artists appreciate their role in work. We’re excited to see what new pieces cal, cultural and contemporary issues facing years since our last Art in Bloom in March 2019, ing Arts, 2 East South Street, Raleigh. Full Circle Arts, 42-B Third Street NW, Hickory. opportunity not only benefits the resident artist sharing their creative aspirations with a wider au- have been created and to perhaps show what American Indian communities in North Carolina CAM Raleigh, 409 W. Martin Street, between we are more than ready to celebrate the return Ongoing - The Betty Ray McCain Gallery is Ongoing - Featuring works by member artists in through a variety of professional development dience. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 2-6pm & Sun. 1-4pm. you’ve been doing while in quarantine the past and the American Southeast. The Museum’s Harrington and West streets, Raleigh. Indepen- of one of our favorite events.” Each weekend nestled within the Duke Energy Center for the a variety of mediums. Full Circle Arts is a not-for- opportunities, but also serves the community Contact: 252/933-9072 or e-mail at (smartgal- year! Hours: call ahead. Contact: 252/726-9156 cross-disciplinary collaborations greatly en- dent Weekly Gallery, Through Aug. 8 - "Ken- visitors can enjoy more than 30 stunning floral Performing Arts, and is the proud home of the profit educational organization whose mission is through important education programs for local [email protected]). or visit (www.artscouncilcarteret.org). hance the University’s programs of research, nedi Carter: Flexing / New Realm". The verb “to arrangements with reduced capacity attendance North Carolina Artists Exhibition, a collection to encourage public appreciation and education students and adults. Horst Winkler Sculpture service, outreach and instruction. The Museum flex” essentially has one of two meanings. It can in West Building. Each week many floral instal- of work by state artists, selected each year by for the arts. Hours: Wed.Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., Trail, Through Apr. 30, 2022 - "Outdoor Sculp- Leland is a multi-faceted museum and resource for mean to show off, to gloat, or to boast, which is lations and participating designers will change, respected local museum and gallery directors 10am-2pm. Contact: 828/322-7545 or at (www. ture". 2021 marks the beginning of an annual scholarly research and community outreach. the most popular definition of the word; however, creating a unique experience from weekend to from hundreds of submissions. For info contact fullcirclearts.org). outdoor sculpture switch out on The Bascom ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Leland While the Museum contains exhibits of authen- it can also mean to put on a fake front, to fake it, weekend. A limited number of dual-weekend tick- Susan Garrity by e-mail at (artistsexhibition@ Campus. Every year, we will select a handful of Brunswick Forest Fitness & Wellness Center, tic Indian artifacts, arts and crafts from Indian or force it. The second definition is usually used ets to attend both sessions are available. During continued on Page 51 continued on Page 52 Page 50 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 51 Contact: 919/663-2072 or at (www.ncartsincu- arangements greeting cards, quilts and home encourage the development of new and emerg- group of artists in various mediums. Hours: Sat. bator.org). made soap. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., ing artists throughout the community. Hours: from 11am-5pm & by appt. Contact: 336/722- 11am-3pm. Contact: 828/874-1849 or at (http:// Tue.-Fri., noon-6pm & Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: 2345. NC Institutional Galleries Southport vhac.webs.com). NC Institutional Galleries 336/723-4444 or at (www.theafasgroup.com). Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, continued from Page 51 continued from Page 52 Franklin Square Gallery, 130 E. West St., Washington 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem. Now - gmail.com). Hours: during performances or Benjamin Burns, Terry Childress, Garry Childs, Southport. Ongoing - Works by members of the he shares, “Recording the mood of a land- Meet the Artist reception will be held on May 7, The final week of Liminal Projects also coincides call. Contact: call 919/831-6060 for hours and Becky Lloyd, Chris Luther, Dian Magie, Michael Associated Artists of Southport. Hours: Mon.- River Walk Gallery and Arts Center, 139 W. scape is just as important as recording what I from 7-9pm, during the Winston-Salem Gallery with SECCA’s spring fundraising drive. As Liminal directions. & Ruth Fisher Rutkowsky, Brad Tucker, and Jim Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/457-5450 or at Main Street, Washington. Ongoing - All work is see.” Among the works on display in “Carolina Hop. Hahn’s current project, “Complexities, and Projects overtake over the Main Gallery, Jenny Whalen. Through June 19 - "Raku: Spontane- (www.franklinsquaregallery.com). done by local artists and has to be juried into the Beach,” Johnson’s painting of Carolina Beach Nuances of the Human Spirit,” concentrates Fine’s "Synchronized Swimmers" will remain on Rocky Mount ity in the Flames". Raku pottery incorporates gallery. The gallery includes watercolor, oil, and State Park. Through Oct. 17 - "Elizabeth Brad- on characterizing the striking aspect of each view in SECCA’s Potter Gallery through May elements of knowledge, experience, excite- Spruce Pine acrylic paintings, photography, pottery, mixed me- ford: A House of One Room". North Carolina person’s sensibility and inner self. The artist’s 30. SECCA looks forward to reopening the Main Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Imperial Centre ment, unpredictability, and spontaneity, and is dia, fiber arts, jewelry, wood work, stained glass, artist Elizabeth Bradford’s masterful paintings goal is to capture, in engaging black and white Gallery on June 9 with "Hanging Tree Guitars", for the Arts and Sciences, 270 Gay Street, Rocky somewhat akin to a semi-controlled conver- TRAC Arts Center, Toe River Arts Council, and books written by local authors. Hours: Mon.- originate from an intimate observation and pro- photography, the essence of an individual while the powerful exhibition of sculptures by NC– Mount. Around Rocky Mount and the Imperial gence of science, craft, art, and magic with a 269 Oak Avenue, Spruce Pine. May 8 - June Sat., 10:30am-5pm. Contact: 252/974-0400. found reverence for the natural environment. letting the environment play second fiddle to based artist and guitar maker Freeman Vines Centre, Through Sept. 30 - "SALMAGUNDI bit of chaos thrown in for good measure. Come 5 - "Pressing Forward". Owen Gallery, May 8 - This collection of painting offers an invitation the images of vibrant sentient beings. May 7 - Potter Gallery, Through May 30 - "Jenny Fine: XXIV Outdoor Juried Sculpture Show," juried see a colorful variety of Western-style work June 5 - "What a Relief!," featuring a collection of Waynesville to share Bradford’s journey as she explores 30 - "Wayfinding," featuring works by Katherine Synchronized Swimmers". SECCA is proud to by Lisa F. Pearce, who has been teaching art in by a number of North Carolina’s Raku potters relief woodblock prints by local artists. Ongoing the gifts of the natural world. The reverence Mahler. A Meet the Artist reception will be held Martin Johnson Heade (1819–1904), Tropical present an immersive photographic and sculp- Little Gallery on Church Street, 37 Church Orchids, 1870–1874, Oil on canvas. 21 1/8 x 17 art centers, museums, and at the college level from across the state and learn more about the - Toe River Arts will feature artist demonstra- that she has for the environment, and all of its on May 7, from 7-9pm, during the Winston- 1/8 in. Olana State Historic Site, New York State tural installation exploring the aquatic childhood since 1993. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., making of Raku. Featured artists include: Andy tions and continue to sell artist’s work in the gift Street, Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring montly inhabitants, can inspire a deeper awareness Salem Gallery Hop. The work presented in Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preser- memories of artist Jenny Fine. “My grandmother 1-5pm. Contact: 252/972-1163 or at (www.imperi- Smith, Charlotte Munning, Steven Forbes-deS- shop. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10:30am-5pm. Contact: exhibits by regional arts. Sponsored by the of our interconnectedness and responsibility “Wayfinding” by Katherine Mahler draws upon vation; OL.1981.39.A - Reynolda House was in her mid-sixties when she learned to alcentre.org/arts). oule, David & Deborah Garner, Colleen Black 828/682-7215 or at (www.toeriverarts.org). Haywood County Arts Council. Hours: Mon.-Fri., for its preservation and survival. Pancoe Art memories of time spent on the Great Lakes swim,” said Jenny Fine. “Her lessons began the Semelka, Harry Hearne, Courtney Tomchik, 9am-5pm. Contact: 828/452-0593 or at (www. Education Center, Exhibition Cases, Ongo- and Niagara River, serving as a metaphor for Reynolda House Museum of American Art, day she had an in-ground pool installed in her Mims Art Gallery, Dunn Center for the Perform- Delores Hayes, Edge Barnes, and Dan Triece. Sylva haywoodarts.org). ing - View some of the Seagrove and contem- navigating the pandemic. This series began as Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. Mary and back yard. It was then that my grandmother, my ing Arts, NC Wesleyan College Campus, 3400 N. Ongoing - Featuring permanent and chang- porary pottery from the museum’s permanent a way to remember places and times from the Charlie Babcock Wing Gallery, Through May sisters, and I began our love affair with water. Wesleyan Blvd., Rocky Mount. Through Sept. ing exhibits on the history of North Carolina Gallery One, Home of the Jackson County The Haywood County Arts Council's Gallery collection in the cases. These include the works artist’s childhood in the Buffalo-Niagara region 23 - "Cross Pollination: Heade, Cole, Church, Her pool became our most frequented place of 3 - Featuring sports photographs by Wesleyan pottery, "The North Carolina Pottery Tradition" Visual Arts Association, 604 West Main Street, 86, 86 N. Main Street, Waynesville. Through of resident artist Hiroshi Sueyoshi, Ben Owen of New York and Ontario, Canada. Memory and and Our Contemporary Moment". This exhibition play. Holding our breath, stepping into the water, College Professor Carl Lewis. Hours: Mon.-Fri., and "Seagrove Area Pottery". The Center Sylva. Ongoing - The gallery is home to over May 1 - "2021 Juried Artist Exhibit". Each of III and Jugtown Pottery among other works. maps, along with other wayfinding inspiration, takes flight from the influential series of paint- we slipped into our imaginations.” "Synchronized 9am-5pm. Contact: call 252/985-5268 or at also offers information on activities, maps and 20 artists local to the area. Gallery 1 is a not our exhibiting artists went through an extensive Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sun., 10am-5pm speak to how we learn to find our way, literally ings "The Gems of Brazil" (1863-64) by Martin Swimmers" is a multimedia, photographic stage (www.ncwc.edu/Arts/Mims/). information about the potteries located in the for profit gallery operated as a club to provide jury process and we are delighted to have their and Thur. till 9pm. Contact: 910/395-5999 or at and metaphorically and the guideposts and Johnson Heade but expands outward to explore that juxtaposes the still against the moving, 2D Seagrove area and across the state. A display a space for professional and emerging artists work in the gallery. May 7 - 31 - "May Flowers (www.cameronartmuseum.org). markers we need to navigate successfully from pollination in nature and ecology, cultural and with 3D, in an attempt to create a phantasma- Rutherfordton of representative works from more than 90 to share their artistic endeavors, display works Exhibit". Hours: call. Contact: 828/452-0593 or place and time. Ongoing - The gallery is the artistic influence and exchange, and the intercon- goric stage for a highly costumed, multimedia area potteries is also offered. Hours: Tue.-Sat., sold to help support their vocation. Hours: at (www.haywoodarts.org). ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Wilmington longest running cooperative gallery established nection between art and science. In addition to performance to unfold. Community Gallery, Rutherford County Visual Arts Center & Gal- 10am-4pm. Contact 336/873-8430 or at (www. Thur.-Fri., 11am-3pm and Sat., noon-4pm. Con- Airlie Gardens, 300 Airlie Road, Wilmington. by artists for artist members, showing 12 ex- nineteenth-century American artists Martin John- Through June 13 - "/200," a new exhibition of lery, 160 N. Main Street, at the intersection of W. ncpotterycenter.org). tact: Tim Lewis 828/337-3468 or James Smythe The Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts, Ongoing - Located two miles west of Wrights- hibits per year in the heart of Winston-Salem’s son Heade, Thomas Cole, and Frederic Church, work by Tennessee-based artist Ali Waller. The Court St., Rutherfordton. Ongoing - Offering a 828/507-4248. 307 Shelton Street, corner of US 276 So. and ville Beach in Wilmington, North Carolina, Airlie Art District. Approx. 21 artists show their work the exhibition also features contemporary artists artist makes sculpture installations using plaster changing exhibit of 2D and 3D art including oils, STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise, Shelton Street, Waynesville. Ongoing - Fea- Gardens encompasses 67 acres of walking in mediums such as painting, watercolor, such as Paula Hayes, Maya Lin, Richard Estes, casts of feminine bodies to tell the stories of sur- watercolor, scratchboard, calligraphy, fiber, wood, 100 Russell Drive, just seven miles south of Tryon turing the handicrafts of North Carolina in the paths, a freshwater lake, and formal gardens that drawing, photography, sculpture, encaustic Juan Fontanive, Roxy Paine, Rachel Sussman, vivors of sexual assault. Ongoing - Founded in glass, pottery and fine craft by local artists/fine Seagrove in Star. STARworks is a project of historic Sheldon House. Hours: Museum hours showcase seasonal blooms, mighty live oaks, wax, and digital art. The gallery features the and Vik Muniz. Master Bedroom Gallery, 1956, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary crafters. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: Central Park NC, a 501-(c)(3) not for profit Tryon Arts and Crafts School, 373 Harmon change seasonally, call 828/452-1551. historic structures, and contemporary sculpture. work of Marion Adams, Wiley Akers, Woodie Through July 25 - "A Self in the Remaking: Art offers a front-row seat to the art of our time. 828/288-5009 or at (http://www.rcvag.com/). organization based in rural central North Caro- Field Rd., in the old Tryon Middle School, Try- Airlie is a member of the North Carolina Birding Anderson, Mary Beth Blackwell-Chapman, Katharine Smith Reynolds Johnston." Katharine’s Through visual art exhibitions, education, music, lina. The mission of CPNC is to grow a new on. May 14 & 15 - "TACS Pottery Studio Sale". Wentworth Trail, and it’s diverse ecosystems provide unique Owens Daniels, Chris Flory, Jim Gemma, Don achievements as a businesswoman and social film, dance and theater, SECCA starts conver- Salisbury/Spencer rural economy based on the sustainable use of TACS Clay Studio is holding the first-ever habitats for a variety of colorful wildlife. Discover Green, Alix Hitchcock, Karen Moran Kopf, Lea reformer often overshadow who she was as a sations that engage diverse communities and the natural and cultural resources of the region. exclusive sale of student and instructor pottery. Dan River Art Market & Gallery, 1122 NC Hwy. what makes Airlie Gardens a premiere garden of Lackey-Zachmann, Nanu LaRosee, Barbara woman. Her accomplishments at Reynolda make perspectives. SECCA is an affiliate of the North Waterworks Visual Arts Center, 123 E. Liberty STARworks Businesses: STARworks Glass Sales go to the artists and the Ceramics Studio 65, Wentworth. Ongoing - The gallery offers art the South and a prime destination spot for garden Rizza Mellin, Seth Moskowitz, Wendell Myers, it all too easy to forget that she had her own Carolina Museum of Art and a division of the NC St., in the East Square Arts District, Salisbury. is a public access glass studio that offers rental improvement initiative. Gallery & Gift Shop, and craft by local artists and 6 gallery exhibits and nature lovers from around the world. Come Diane Nations, Betti Pettinati-Longinotti, Susan complex needs, yearnings, and vulnerabilities. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Ongoing – Waterworks is proud to feature works space for glass artists, classes and workshops Ongoing - Gift Shop features juried works by throughout the year, workshops and lectures. discover the beauty. Admission: Yes. Hours: Smoot, Jessica Tefft, Kimberly Varnadoe, and After the death of R.J. Reynolds in 1918, Katha- SECCA receives operational funding from The by professional North Carolina visual artists for the general public, a resident artist and regional artisans to selected work produced by Hours: Thur., 10am-4pm; Fri., 11am-2pm; and by Tue.-Sun., 9am-5pm Contact: 910/798-7700 or at Mona Wu, as well as Associate Members: rine entered the 1920s ready to embrace an era Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth who create in a myriad of media. Exhibitions internship program, and high school and col- our instructors and students. Hours: Mon.-Fri., appt. Contact: 336/349-4039 or at (www.artsin- (www.airliegardens.org). Kate Magruder and Beverly Noyes. COVID-19 shaped by new ideas, new technologies, and County. Additional funding is provided by the rotate three times a year, revealing new artistic lege glass curriculum. In addition to fundraisers 9am-5pm & Sat. 9am -1pm. Contact: 828/859- rockingham.org). Hours: Fri.-Sat., noon-3pm & Sun. 1-4pm or new fashions. Despite the privilege bestowed James G. Hanes Memorial Fund. Hours: Tue.- viewpoints to returning gallery viewers. For over like our Pumpkin Patch and Holiday Ornament 8323 or at (www.tryonartsandcrafts.org). Burgwin Wright House & Gardens, 224 by appt. Contact: 336/723-5890 or at (www. by her wealth and status, Katharine could not Sat., 10am-5pm, Thur. till 8pm; Sun., 1-5 pm, and 60 years, Waterworks has served Salisbury, Sale, STARworks Glass also holds free dem- Wilmington Market St. Wilmington. Through May 22 - artworks-gallery.org). escape the stress of her many familial and social closed Mon. & state holidays . Admission is free. Rowan County and the greater Piedmont Region onstrations on the second Thursday of each "Drawn to Metal," featuring works by Sarah responsibilities, but in the 1920s, she looked to Contact: 336/725-1904 or at (www.secca.org). with its unique blend of education, inspiration, month at Hot Glass Cold Beer. STARworks Sheffield. Sheffield started her professional life Associated Artists, The Milton Rhodes Center cultural pursuits and more stylish pleasures. This creativity, and fun. The Art Center is the anchor Ceramics uses native NC wild clays to produce in social services but soon switched to arts and for the Arts, 251 North Spruce Street, Winston- exhibition examines the modern sensibilities and Unleashed Arts Center, 630 North Liberty organization for Salisbury’s East Square Cultural clay bodies that are manufactured with a filter arts administration. Having grown up around Salem. Ongoing - AAWS is located in the new relationships that defined Katharine in her Street, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - The Center Arts District, is the only teaching museum within a press on site. We also sell pottery supplies and design (an architect grandfather, an art teacher Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts centered final years before her death at age forty-three. is a special initiative by The AFAS Group to forty-mile radius of Salisbury, and is accredited by equipment. In addition to our STARworks clays, mother and industrial designer father), she de- in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem and Ongoing - Collection of 18th through 20th cen- foster an appreciation of art and to encourage the American Alliance of Museums. Visit (www. we offer both Highwater and Standard clays, velop an art portfolio and opened a free-lance features a variety of exhibits each year. Our tury art, sculpture, American art, and pottery. Ad- the development of emerging artists. The center waterworks.org) for current hours, programs, and tools and equipment from Shimpo, Cone graphic arts business and taught art in public primary gallery is the Womble Carlyle Gallery mission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9:30am-4:30pm provides a venue for art shows, seminars, artist classes, and events. Art Kilns, Mudtools, AMACO, Kemper Tools and facilities. She was soon hired as a permanent which boasts approximately 1800 square feet & Sun., 1:30-4:30pm. Contact: 336/725-5325 or demonstrations and includes working artists Orton. STARworks Clay Studio offers a resi- arts instructor in the Raleigh (NC) municipal of flexible exhibition space so our artists can at (www.reynoldahouse.org). studios. Hours: Tue.- Fri., noon-6pm and Sat., Seagrove Area dency program for ceramic artists. Our facilities system. Her career shifted into full time arts exhibit anything they create; from small intimate 11am-4pm. Contact: 336/413-6667 or at (www. allow for large workshop spaces placed side by Elizabeth Bradford (American, b. 1950), “New administration and she eventually became the paintings to large instillation works we have the SEED Collective Gallery, 205 W. Sixth Street, theafasgroup.com). Carolina Bronze Sculpture Garden, Carolina side, supporting a collaborative and energetic Year, Stone Mountain”, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, Cultural Arts Supervisor for the Town of Cary space to show it. All new members are Associ- entrance is on "Soho Alley" , Winston-Salem. Bronze, 6108 Maple Springs Road, Seagrove. educational environment. In addition to the resi- 30 x 48 in. Collection of Fan and Skipper Smith (NC), where she designed and coordinated arts ate Members and may participate in Associate Ongoing - Featuring works by a cooperative Ongoing - The Carolina Bronze Sculpture dency program, STARworks Clay studio offers staff and programs, concerts and exhibits for Member shows, All-Member shows, and our Garden is a natural and landscaped area over- classes and workshops for adults. STARworks Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, @ two public arts centers. Following retirement extensive Community Exhibits program that looking a beautiful 1.25 acre pond. A walking is also home to Wet Dog Glass, the most intersection of Independence Blvd. & South from that position, she returned to oil paint- gets our artists work into businesses all around trail loops around the pond with benches and a trusted and dependable equipment maker and 17th Street, Wilmington. Through May 30 - ing. Following an invitation to participate in the Winston-Salem. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-9pm picnic area along the trail. The Sculpture Gar- consultant for glass artists and craftspeople "COVID-19 Story Quilts: Global Perspectives of Cameron Art Museum Art of Illumination lantern and Sat., 9am-4pm. Contact: 336/747-1463 or den collection consists of donated and loaned worldwide. School House Gallery, Ongoing the Pandemic," a new exhibition that displays exhibit where she was challenged to bring to- at (www.AssociatedArtists.org). sculptures from emerging and established - The gallery is filled with a selection of works the unique perspectives of our Wilmington gether her experience in several mediums, she NC Commercial Galleries artists working in all 3D media suitable for the from artists and artisans alike, bringing hand community and how we have been impacted moved away from solely oil painting to more Delta Arts Center, 2611 New Walkertown Rd., outdoors. There are currently 19 sculptures crafted wares into a new light. From one of a by COVID this year as well as the stories of multimedia work in metal. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Delta Fine Arts, Inc. Publisher’s Note: Due to the Covid-19 Pan- Asheboro installed around the pond. The landscaped kind tableware crafted from locally mined clay those impacted by the pandemic in other areas 10am-4pm. Contact: 910/762-0507. was established in 1972 as an independent, demic it is advised that you check with facili- and natural areas have a focus on NC native paired with handwoven placemats, to simple of the world. The experiences of local nurses, non-profit by the W-S graduate chapter of Delta ties you want to visit before you do so, to find Circa Gallery, 150 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro. plants and trees. As an extension of this park, yet elegant glass goods designed with our children, teachers, and families are juxtaposed The Bellamy Mansion Museum, 503 Market Sigma Theta Sorority, a national organization out if they are open and what limitations they Ongoing - Featuring works by local, regional, a sculpture is installed in the downtown area utilitarian ideals in mind, our functional collec- with quilts from Nepal, Zimbabwe, and Virginia. Street, Wilmington. Through May 15 - "Time- of African American college women founded in are working under. Don’t just assume they are and established artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am- of Seagrove. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-4pm. tions are a must have for any home. Our gallery With color, fabrics, words, and images, visitors lines: A Portfolio of New Works," featuring an 1913 whose principal purposes and aims are open or closed and don't forget about these 6pm. Contact: 336/736-8015. Contact: 336/873-8291 or at (www.cbsculpture- also features a selection of sculptures that gray can see how we come together to process this exhibit by James Horton. Hours: Tue.-Sat., to engage in cultural, educational and public people, there are many ways you can support garden.com). the lines between want and need. Whether collective experience – through art. This exhibi- 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 910/251- service activities. Since its beginning, Delta them during these troubling times. Check out Colorshow Gallery, 151 N. Fayetteville Street, your desire is to capture an experience with tion is a partnership between Cameron Art Mu- 3700 or at (www.bellamymansion.org). Fine Arts has provided unique cultural and their websites. located on the second floor of Bell & Browne Seagrove Area Pottery Center (Not the NC one of our artists or our team, decorate your seum and the Advocacy Project, an organiza- educational programming through a year-round Law Offices, Asheboro. Ongoing - The gallery Pottery Center), 122 E. Main St., Seagrove. home with memories of your travels, or to treat tion that works with marginalized populations of Winston-Salem program of exhibitions, classes, workshops, offers an assortment of artworks by NC artists, Ongoing - The former museum organiza- yourself and others to a unique handmade the global south to bring attention to the issues lectures, films, performances, and special Aberdeen from pottery and blown glass, to fiber arts, jew- tion was founded twenty-five years ago in gift, we have something for everyone to make Work by Lisa M. Shimko they face. Through Aug. 1 - "Another Look projects for youth, adults, and the elderly in the elry and paintings. We also have an assortment Seagrove, and is dedicated to preserving and your time here unforgettable. Gallery Hours: Upstairs Artspace, (Celebrating 40 Years) 49 - The Eye Learns: Modernist Prints from the areas of visual arts, music, literature, history Artistic Impressions, 103 North Poplar Street, of hand-poured candles and handmade soap. perpetuating the pottery tradition. We strive to Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. STARworks Café & South Trade Street, Tryon. Through May 7 - Louis Belden Collection", featuring a new in- and folk arts. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-3pm, Aberdeen. Ongoing - Featuring custom stained Hours: Mon.-Thur., 11am-6pm; Fri., 11am-4pm impart to new generations the history of tradi- Taproom - Featuring Espresso, Iced & Frozen "New Faces 2021: Artists We Want to Know." stallation of works from collector Louis Belden’s closed every 3rd Sat. Contact: 336/722-2625 or glass, glass etching, repairs, restoration and and every 3rd. Fri., is our Open House from tional pottery and an appreciation for its simple Coffee, Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Smoothies, Beer & “New Faces” features 10 artists who live and collection of modernist and postmodernist at (http://deltaartscenter.org/). church windows, plus a full supply for the hobby- 5:30-8:30pm, where you can meet the artists and elegant beauty. A display of area pottery Wine, Soda, Bottled Water, Snapple, Snacks, work in Western North Carolina and the Upstate prints. This exhibition of work from Belden’s ist. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2- and enjoy some refreshments. Contact: Betsy is now offered in the old Seagrove grocery and Pastries. And, live music some nights - visit of South Carolina. They are: William Asman, Jen- collection reads like a who’s who of modern- 4th Dimension Gallery, Commerce Plaza, 411 pm. Contact: 910/944-1930. Browne at 336/465-2387 or at (http://www. building. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-3:30pm. (https://www.starworksnc.org/caf-taproom) for nifer Bonner, Katya Cohen, Joan Lesikin, Shaun ist and postmodernist prints and includes W. Fourth St., downstairs from Cat's Corner, colorshowgallery.com). Contact: 336/873-7887. the schedule. Hours: Mon.-Wed., 8am-9pm & McCallum, Lisa Shimko, Lisa Steffens, Sandy work by Judy Chicago, Richard Diebenkorn, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring works Seagrove Pottery of the Sandhills, 1680 NC Thur.-Sat., 8am-10pm. STARworks General Singletary, Jena Thomas and Carolyn Wright. Sonia Delaunay, Helen Frankenthaler, David by art students from Winston-Salem's colleges Highway 5, less than 2 miles from the Village of Little River Art Works, 6417 Abner Rd., North Carolina Pottery Center, 233 East Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: call Through May 7 - "Postal Artifacts: New Work by Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Robert Mangold, and universities - the NC School of the Arts, Pinehurst in the Food Lion/Bowling Alley Plaza, Asheboro. Ongoing - Featuring stoneware Avenue, Seagrove. May 22, from 2-4pm - 910/428-9001 or at (www.starworksnc.org). Terry Taylor." This exhibit features the charm- Kasimir Malevich, Robert Rauschenberg, and Work by Charles Hahn Salem College, Wake Forest University and Aberdeen. Ongoing - Featuring only NC pot- luminaries and hand carved folk art scenes on Join us for a reception to showcase our two ing, nostalgic postcard art of Terry Taylor. Taylor Frank Stella, among others, curated by Curator Artworks Gallery, 564 N. Trade Street, Winston-Salem State University. Hours: Fri., ters and primarily those of Seagrove, NC. We our pottery by Nora & Barry Walbourn. Hours: current shows -- "Raku: Spontaneity in the Siler City collects vintage postcards of scenes in Western of Exhibitions and Collections Bob Unchester. Winston-Salem. Through May 2 - "All Fall 5-8pm & Sat., 5-8pm. Contact: 336/249-0418. typically have over 1000 pieces from 25 pottery by appt. only. Contact: 336/381-4708 or e-mail Flames" and "North Carolina Ceramics Gems". North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains, Unchester will add new works throughout the Down," featuring works by Chris Flory. Flory artist’s on display. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. at ([email protected]). This event will be done in accordance with North Carolina Arts Incubator Gallery, 223 N which he transforms into art “quilts” by stitch- run of the exhibition, refreshing the experience was born in Philadelphia. She has a BFA in Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, 601 North Trade Contact: 910/420-8056 or at (www.pinehurstpot- our state’s mandates and recommendations Chatham Ave., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring ing together the postcards on a vintage sewing for museum goers. Through Aug. 1 - "Safe Printmaking from Philadelphia College of Art, Street, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring tery.com). Susan Harrell Studio Gallery, 375 S. Fayette- regarding covid-19 as they exist at that time. the handcrafted work of over 30 Incubator and machine. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 1-5pm. Contact: 828- Places," an exhibition of work by North Carolina now University of the Arts (1972) and an MFA fine art crafts by over 350 of the best artisans of ville Street, Asheboro. Ongoing - Featuring a fine Proper mask-wearing and social distanc- regional artists in a variety of mediums includ- 859-2828 or at (www.upstairsartspace.org). artist Robert Johnson. It is as if artist Robert in Painting from UNC-Greensboro (1992). She the Southeast. Hours: Tue.-Fri.., 10:30am-5pm Apex art gallery showcasing the work of contemporary ing are required. Through June 19 - "North ing painting, pottery, stained and fused glass, Johnson was experiencing the longing for safe- has been a member of Artworks Gallery since & Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: 336/725-1516 or at photorealism painter Susan Harrell and other se- Carolina Ceramic Gems". Every day potters fabric art, cards, photography, wood, jewelry, Valdese ty amidst the current pandemic when titling his 1993. Through May 2 - "Roadside Composi- (www.piedmontcraftsmen.org). Cocoon Gallery, 221 N. Salem Street, Apex. lect artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: across North Carolina take clay and other metal, baskets and more. There is a broad major body of work, Safe Places. In truth, John- tions," featuring works by Susan Smoot. From Ongoing - Featuring functional creations by 70+ 336/267-8286 or at (www.susanharrell.com). natural resources, combine them using their range of items and prices. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Valdese Heritage Arts Center, 146 Main son started this ambitious project three years the heart of North Carolina, Smoot studied fine Red Dog Gallery/Art for Arts Sake (AFAS), 630 North Carolina master artisans working in ceram- knowledge, shape them into both simple and 10am-5pm; & 3rd Fri., 10am-9pm. Contact: Street West, Valdese. Ongoing - The center of- ago, with the objective to reside and work on art at Appalachian State University, earning N. Liberty Street, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - We ics, wood, textiles, metal, glass, jewelry, books & Asheville wonderous things using their artisan skills, and 919/663-2072 or at (www.ncartsincubator.org). fers a great selection of unique gifts on exhibit site in all 41 North Carolina State Parks. This a BA in Painting. After years in the corporate initiate and/or support a wide variety of special music. Classes, demonstrations, & book signings forge them using extreme heat (and sometimes and for sale, including, but not limited to original exhibition premieres more than 80 artworks world of advertising, she has returned to events and programs - all free to the public - that throughout the year. Hours: call for hours. Con- River Arts District, Asheville. May 8, 2021 - flames) into a kaleidoscopic array of ceramic PAF Gallery, 223 N Chatham Ave., Siler City. paintings, pottery, needlework, wood-carvings, realized through the artist’s vulnerable investi- making art as her primary focus. May 7 - 30 are designed to further the creation and enjoy- tact: 919/267-4321 or at (cocoongallerync.com). "Second Saturdays in the River Arts District". gems. Featured artists include: Stanley Mace Ongoing - A gallery featuring works by local hand crafted furniture, ceramic sculptures, gations. Opening himself to the environment, - "Complexities, and Nuances of the Human ment of art at the local level. In addition, through The River Arts District will be holding gallery Andersen, Alan Bennett, Marina Bosetti, and regional artists. Hours: 3rd Fri. 6-9pm. stained glass, photography, jewelry, floral Spirit," featuring works by Charles Hahn. A student scholarships and artist mentoring, we continued on Page 53 continued on Page 54 Page 52 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 53 Gallery dedicated solely to photo based media. of Bluebird Designs, and Nora McMullen, Carlton Gallery, 10360 Hwy. 105 south in Seven Sisters Gallery, 117 Cherry Street, Black The gallery features the work of Brie Castell, owner of Nora Julia. Ignite Jewelry Studios has the Foscoe/Grandfather Mountain community, Mountain. Ongoing - Featuring a large selection and also hosts several rotating exhibitions each a fully-stocked shared space for experienced located 10 miles south of Boone and 7 miles of arts and crafts by local, regional and national NC Commercial Galleries year of other talented photographers. Hours: jewelers to use the equipment, create together NC Commercial Galleries north of Linville or Banner Elk. Ongoing - Tra- artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., continued from Page 53 Wed.-Fri., noon-6pm, Sat., noon-7pm or by and grow their skills. Weekly jewelry work- continued from Page 54 ditional and abstract paintings in landscapes, noon-5. Contact: 828/669-5107 or at (www. appt. Contact: 828.255.1188 or at (www.castell- shops are taught covering a variety of jewelry still life, figurative, non-objective abstracts, sevensistersgallery.com). walks with live demonstrations, live music, wine not be an opening reception. However, there photography.com). techniques for all skill levels. Gallery Hours: Pura Vida, 39-B Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Trackside Studios, 375 Depot Street, cityscapes and animals abound at Carlton tastings / spreads of food, and more! Meander will be a virtual tour of the exhibition available Tue.-Sat., 11-4pm. Contact: 828/552-4805 or at Ongoing - Featuring a space for the senses, River Arts District, Asheville. Atrium Gallery, Gallery by artists Andrew Braitman, Connie Song of the Wood, 203 West State St., Black the mile-long district while the artists keep their at Bender Gallery’s website. Ongoing - The Chatsworth Art and Antiques, 54 N. Lexing- (www.ignitejewelrystudios.com). offering the finest in artwork appealing to all located in the entry foyer at 375 Depot Winters, Egidio Antonaccio, Kate Worm, Vae Mountain. Ongoing - Home of rare, one doors open late. There are more than 200 artists region’s largest and most diverse studio glass ton Ave., Asheville. Ongoing - Specializing in five senses. Hours: daily noon-10pm. Contact: Street, Through May 22 - "What on Earth?!" Hamilton, Laura Hughes, Lisa Boardwine, Deb- of a kind, handcrafted musical instruments in the 23 buildings throughout the district. Most gallery on two sun-filled levels features artists 19th and early 20th century oils, watercolors Jewels That Dance: Jewelry Design, 63 Hay- 828/271-6997 or at (www.pura-vida-asheville. Trackside Studio Artists will be in the studio the bie Arnold, Kevin Beck, Warren Dennis, Amy and enchanting recordings. Come enjoy our of them will be on hand to describe or show from around the country as well as around the and prints. Also jewelry, silver, china, small fur- wood St., next door to the Library, Asheville. On- com). Second Saturday in May (May 8, 11am-5pm) Sullivan. Freeman Beard, Helen Farson, Dottie intimate approach to the senses. Hours: Mon.- you their techniques as well as share with you world. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-5pm & Sun., niture and fine accessories. Hours: Tue.-Sat., going - Featuring hand-crafted jewelry by some demonstrating and discussing their processes. Leatherwood, Linda Apriletti, Mary Dobbin, Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 828/669-7675. what inspires them. Free Parking is available at noon-5pm. Contact: 828/505-8341 or at (www. 11am-5pm. Contact: 828.252.6004. of America's foremost jewelry artists. Hours: 16 Patton Fine Art Gallery, 16 Patton Avenue, Safety protocol-appropriate sips and snacks Sharon Rusch Shaver, Holly Glasscock, Gina Riverview Station, Wedge Studios, and Depot bendergallery.com). Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-6pm. Contact: 828/254-5088 Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring works by will be offered throughout the day. Artworks in Strumpf, Trena McNabb and Toni Carlton. New Sourwood Gallery, 110 Broadway, Black Street. Including: Trackside Studios, Studio Clayspace Co-op, River Arts District, 119A or at (www.jewelsthatdance.com). William McCullough, Deborah Squier, John this exhibit offers new ways of seeing the Earth to the gallery, Mary-Ann Prack, Marty Allran Mountain. Ongoing - Featuring a co-op gallery A - Pink Dog Creative, Odyssey Co-Op Gallery BlackBird Frame & Art, 365 Merrimon Roberts St., Asheville. Ongoing - The Clay- MacKah, Greg Osterhaus, Jerry La Point, - capturing unique moments, reinterpreting the and Ralph Mello add 3 dimensional clay works of local artists offering original art for sale, for Ceramic Arts, Mark Bettis Studio & Gallery, Avenue, just 3/4 mile north of downtown, space Co-op is a cooperative ceramics studio Jonas Gerard Fine Art, 240 Clingman Ave., Richard Oversmith, Scott Lowery, Dawn Rentz, every-day, and awakening the imagination to and longstanding glass artists, John Littleton including: paintings, pottery, jewelry, photog- Riverview Station/Studio 256/Bluebird Designs Asheville. Ongoing - Currently, about 25 paint- and showroom located in the historic river arts Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring works by Laura Young, Margaret Dyer, Suzy Schultz and go beyond the visible. The exhibit opened on and Kate Vogel along with Greg Fidler, John raphy, stained glass and other fine art. Artists & Nora Julia Jewelry, Jonas Gerard Fine Art, ers, photographers and crafters show their district of Asheville, North Carolina. The main nationally known artist Jonas Gerard (1941- Stuart Roper. Studio glass by Herman Leon- April 10 in anticipation of Earth Day 2021. On- Almaguer, David Wilson and Loretta Forde are: Kent A. Barnes, Katrina Bass, Judith Wedge Studios and more. For more info contact: work at BlackBird. We also offer expert custom aim of the Clayspace Cooperative is to provide 2020). The 5,000 square feet studio / gallery is hardt. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: going - Featuring works by 20 artists with 14 have exceptional glass works. Winter Hours: Bush, Sarah Campbell, Charley, Ruth Connar, Andrea Kulish by e-mail at (radartistmarketing@ framing. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., an environment that promotes the artistic filled with years of passion and dedication. He 828/236-2889. working studios. Hours: Thur.-Mon., 11am-4pm. Wed.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/963-4288 Denise Geiger, Jean Hope, Elizabeth Kirk, Ida gmail.com) or call 828/423-6459. 10am-3pm. Contact: 828/252-6036 or at (www. growth and success of its members through used bold, passionate, sweeping gestures of Contact: 828/545-2904 or at (www.trackside- or at (www carltongallery.com). O’Connell, Billy Ogle, Eileen Ross, Marilyn BlackBirdFrame.com). cooperation and education. Hours: hours by saturated color that form unexpected images Sky + Ground Contemporary Art, Riverview studios375.com). Sobanski, Jenean Stone, Susan Taylor, Sum- Aesthetic Gallery, 6 College St., across from chance. Contact: 828/279-3811. of poetic stature. Hours: Mon.-Sun., 10am-6pm Station, #256, 191 Lyman Street, Asheville. On- Sally Nooney, Artists Studio Gallery, located mer G. Ventis, Ann Whisenant, and Katherine Pritchard Park, Asheville. Ongoing - Offer- Blue Ridge Frame & Gallery, 545 Merrimon & by appt. Contact: 828/350-7711 or at (www. going - Featuring works by Peter Roux, Deanna 22 London, 22 London Road, Asheville. midway between Banner Elk & Valle Crucis Youtz. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: ing a variety of international works, including Ave., Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring works by lo- Cold River Gallery, 32-A Biltmore Ave., jonasgerard.com). Chilian, Christopher Peterson, Colleen Lineberry, Ongoing - a 10,000 square foot artist-driven on Hwy 194 So. Ongoing - Featuring the rich, 828/669-4975. terracotta ceramics from Viet Nam and stone cal artist Linda Cheek, Ann Vasilik, Carol Bomer, Asheville. Ongoing - Welcome to the artis- and Karen Philippi. Hours: call ahead for hours. studio / warehouse /exhibition space. Hours: by vibrant works of Sally Nooney in oil, acrylic, sculpture from Zimbabwe. In addition, there is Kelly Wilkinson, and many more. Plus a large tic expression of messages found in ancient K2 Studio, 59 College Street, inside The Kress Contact: 617/947-4869 or at (http://skygroundart. appt only. Contact: Randy Shull, at 828/216- and watercolor. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Studio 103 Fine Art Gallery, 103 West an assortment of intricately detailed hand- selection of prints, posters, and quality custom wisdom, philosophies and our Earth’s gifts, Building, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring a net). 1337, or e-mail at ([email protected]) or Contact: 828/963-7347 or at (www.sallynooney. St, Black Mountain. Ongoing - Owned and crafted pictorial textiles from Australia and framing. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-6pm & Sat., presented as the fine art of Karen Pierre. Work- unique collection of fine furniture by local artists Hedy Fischer at 828/216-1331. com). curated by photographer Rebecca D’Angelo, Lesotho, many of which depict local Asheville 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/253-3559. ing studio, jewelry, pottery. Hours: Tue.-Sat., and pieces from around the world, home acces- Studio B Custom Framing & Fine Art, Reyn- the gallery will feature monthly shows by local scenes. Also available are Australian Aboriginal noon-5pm. Contact: 828/350-0955. sories and changing fine art exhibitions. Hours: olds Village (near the Woodfin YMCA) 61 N. Woolworth Walk, 25 Haywood Street, Beaufort and national artists. It will also offer local art oil paintings, Bruni Sablan oil paintings from Mon.-Thur .,11am-6pm: Fri .& Sat., 11am-7pm; Merrimon Ave., Suite 109, Asheville. Ongo- Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring artwork and and crafts for sale in its retail section. Hours: the "Jazz Masters Series," and ceramic tiles Corey C. McNabb Studio, River Arts District, and Sun., noon-5pm.. Contact: 828/250-0500 ing - Browse our new gallery featuring works crafts by over 170 artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Craving Art Studio, 121 Craven Street, Beau- Wed.-Sat., noon-6pm or by appt. Contact: call from the Southwest (US). Hours: Tue-Sat, 1 Roberts Street, Suite 201, above White Duck or at (www.k2furniture.com). by national and international artists, including 11am-6pm, closed Tue. (until Mar.), & Sun. fort. Ongoing - Featuring the working space of Rebecca D’Angelo at 828/357-8327 or at (www. noon-6pm. Contact: 828/301-0391 or at (www. Taco Shop, Asheville. Ongoing - An Asheville paintings. prints & posters, jewelry, ceramics, 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/254-9234 or at (www. artist Heather Sink. This space is shared with studio103fineartgallery.com). aestheticgallery.com). native, McNabb paints only with a palette knife, Kress Emporium, 19 Patton Ave., Patton & wood and textiles. Also offering custon fram- woolworthwalk.com). community through classes, events and work- applying oils or acrylics to canvas, creating bold Lexington Aves., downtown Asheville. Ongo- ing. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., shops and exhibits of other artists. Hours: daily, Ten Thousand Villages, 303 Lookout Rd., American Folk Art & Antiques, 64 Biltmore bright images with an impressionistic impasto ing - Featuring works by over 100 artists and 10am-3pm. Contact: 828/225-5200 or at (www. Bakersville 10am-5pm. Contact: 252-728-0243 or at (www. Montreat. Ongoing - Fair trade source for Ave., Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring antique style. Hours: Thur.-Tue., 11am-5pm. Contact: at craftsmen. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm & Sun., galleryatstudiob.com). cravingartstudio.com). handmade items from more than 30 countries folk art, functional and contemporary folk pottery, (www.mcnabbfineart.com). noon-6pm. Contact: 828/281-2252 or at (www. In Tandem Gallery, 20 North Mitchell Ave., Bak- in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Hours: Mon.- furniture and paintings. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- Work by Deborah Squier thekressemporium.com). Sutherland Handweaving Studio, 122 River- ersville. Ongoing - Featuring a gallery in down- Handscapes Gallery Fine Arts and Crafts, 410 Sat. 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/669-1406. 6pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 828/281-2134 CURVE studios & garden, 6, 9 & 12 River- side Dr., inside Cotton Mill Studios in River Arts town Bakersville to attract, display, and promote Front Street, Beaufort. Ongoing - The Gallery or at (www.amerifolk.com). Blue Spiral 1, 38 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Main side Dr., River Arts District, Asheville. Ongo- Mark Bettis Studio & Gallery, 123 Roberts District, Asheville. Ongoing - This handweaving artists from coast to coast, offering one of the promotes American traditions in pottery, jewelry The Gingko Tree Photo Gallery & Frame Gallery, Through June 25 - "Celebrating 30!" In ing - Working studios of Constance Williams, Street, in the Wedge Building, Asheville. Ongo- studio, gallery and learning center features fine, best selections of ceramic, jewelry and art from and glasswork with an emphasis on North Caro- Shop, 128 Broadway, Black Mountain. Ongoing Appalachian Craft Center, 10 North Spruce celebration of the Blue Spiral 1’s 30th Anniversa- Sutherland Handweaving, Pattiy Torno, Maria ing - Featuring works by Mark Bettis Hours: one-of-a-kind and limited edition handwoven all over America and beyond. Hours: Tue.-Sat., lina artists. Over 200 artists are represented in a - Gifts, cards, prints, photography and framing. St., Asheville. Ongoing - Folk pottery, face jugs, ry, we are tipping our hats to the many artists who Troya, Kyle Carpenter, Akira Satake, Cynthia Mon.-Thur., 10am-4pm & Fri.-Sat., 10am-5pm. fashion accessories and household textiles, 10am-5pm, or by appt. Contact: 828/688-6428 or full range of work from the traditional to the con- Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. traditional crafts, and other collectables. Hours: have made the gallery one of the nation’s most Wynn, Fran Welch, Jenny Mastin, Cassie Ry- Contact: Mark Bettis at 941/587-9502 or e-mail to including scarves, shawls, garments, hand- at (www.intandemgallery.com). temporary in pottery, glass, jewelry, metal, wood Contact: 828/669-7721. Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/253-8499 or exciting venues for contemporary fine art and alls & more. Hours: 11am-4pm daily. Contact: ([email protected]). bags, towels, table linens, blankets and wall and other media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm at (www.appalachiancraftcenter.com). studio craft. Forfeiting our usual exhibition sched- 828/388-3526 or at (www.CURVEstudiosNC. art. Sutherland also offers a series of classes Michael Kline Pottery, 4062 Snow Creek Road, & Sun., 10am-5pm. Contact: 252-728-6805 or at The Old Depot Arts & Crafts Gallery, inter- ule and artist invitationals, our gallery family will com). Momentum Gallery, 24 N. Lexington Ave., and workshops for beginning weavers, weavers Bakersville. Ongoing - Featuring pottery by Mi- (http://www.handscapesgallery.com/). section of Sutton and Cherry Streets, Black ArtEtude Gallery, 89 Patton Avenue, Asheville. be on full display on all three levels from January Asheville. Ongoing - located in downtown needing a refresher course or experienced weav- chael Kline and jewelry by Stacey Lane. Contact: Mountain. Ongoing - A non-profit arts/crafts Ongoing - Featuring compelling contemporary through June! These artists - whether painters, Desert Moon Designs Studios & Gallery, Asheville, offers a contemporary and modern ers. A monthly Sutherland Weavers’ Study Group call 828/675-4097 or visit (http://michaelklinepot- The Artestry Hideaway, 129 Middle Lane, (in gallery representing local artists. Proceeds sup- art, by talented artists, for discerning collectors. sculptors, glass blowers, ceramicists, weavers 372 Depot Street, Suite 44, River Arts District, program with an emphasis on emerging and brings area weavers together to discuss design tery.blogspot.com/). the alley behind Clawson’s Resturant) Beaufort. port arts in the schools program. Pottery, folk art Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-6pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am- or photographers - define the heart of the gallery Asheville. Ongoing - The gallery is a progres- mid-career artists. Occupying approximately challenges, share successes and work through Ongoing - The Artestry Hideaway features over and more. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 7pm; & Sun. noon-5pm. Contact: 828/252-1466 and its mission to celebrate the arts. The gallery sive contemporary gallery that includes working 4000 square feet in an easily accessible, street- problems in a casual, small group format. Hours: Banner Elk Area 60 North Carolina Artists. We offer fine art, whim- 1-5pm. Contact: 828/669-6583. or at (http://artetudegallery.sqsp.com/). will be rotating works out regularly, creating new studios. The focus of the gallery is to showcase level space, the gallery’s mission is to provide Tue.-Sat., from 10am-4pm. Contact: Barb Butler, sical and funky jewelry, pottery, glass, fiber, wood, vignettes and pairings allowing the opportunity both emerging/established local and visiting re- compelling, museum-quality art to our clients. 828/513-1814, or Karen Donde, 854/261-4324, Alta Vista Gallery, 2839 Broadstone Road, metal, fun chimes and other ‘stuff’. We also offer Visions of Creation Gallery, 114 Cherry State Ariel Gallery, 19 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Ongo- to discover something new with each visit. In gional artists. Several times a year special exhi- Curated exhibitions featuring exceptional paint- or at (www.sutherlandhandweaving.com). (between Banner Elk and Boone) Valle Crucis. classes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., Street, Black Mountain. Ongoing - Featur- ing - Presenting the best in clay, fiber, paper, honor of founder John Cram (1948-2020), we will bitions are scheduled to introduce new talent or ings, original prints, and innovative sculpture Ongoing - Featuring fine art gallery in historic 10am-6pm. Contact: 919/244-7354 or at (www. ing unique, contemporary fine gold jewelry of books, jewelry, metal, sculpture, furniture and be placing extra focus on our past, our present, to bring focus to a certain art medium. Hours: refresh regularly in the main spaces and smaller 310 ARTGallery, 191 Lyman St, #310, farmhouse, located near the Original Mast artestryhideaway.com). incomparable beauty and quality handcrafted by glass by members of the Ariel Contemporary and our exciting future. As part of our celebration Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/575-2227 adjoining galleries. Momentum Gallery also Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring original, General Store. In its 20th year and representing Robert Vengoechea. Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-6pm Craft Cooperative. A gallery owned and operated programming, we invite you to visit the gallery or at (http://www.desertmoondesigns-studios. participates in major art fairs exhibiting work by contemporary fine art by 21 regional artists. over 100 artists, the gallery specializes in oils Belmont & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/669-0065. by artists. Hours: Tue.-Thur., 10am-6pm; Fri. and our website to learn more about the amazing com). represented artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm Hours: Sat., 11am-4pm or by appt., e-mail to and watercolors depicting mountain land- & Sat., 10am-7pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: impact John had on our local arts community and & Sun. noon-5pm. Contact: 828/505-8550 or at ([email protected]) to make an appt. Con- scapes. Artists include: B. Jean Baird, Alan Mc- JS Pottery Antiques and Collectibles, 27 Blowing Rock 828/236-2660 or at (www.arielcraftgallery.com). beyond. Showcase Gallery, May 7 - June 25 - FW Gallery at Woolworth Walk, 25 Haywood (momentumgallery.com). tact: 828-776-2716 or at (http://www.310art. Carter, Louise Pinto, Jean Pollock, Ray Byram, North Main Street, Belmont. Ongoing - Offering "Isolating Mass: Zack Noble and Frank Hursh". St., Asheville. Ongoing - Woolworth Walk is a com/main/). Joan Sporn, Elizabeth Ellison, Dotti Shelton. pieces ranging from face jugs, vases, pitchers Blowing Rock Frameworks & Gallery, LTD, Bellagio, 5 Biltmore Plaza, Historic Biltmore Vil- Sculptor, Zack Noble, joins Black Mountain uniquely Asheville experience; a privately and Montford Arts Center, 235 Montford Avenue, Also shown are original lithographs and original and planters with hand-painted iris, dogwood, 7539 Valley Blvd. (Next to Food Lion), Blowing lage, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring exquisitely College painter, Frank Hursh, in an exhibition ex- locally owned gallery in the heart of downtown, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring works in a 352 Depot St. Fine Art Studio, 352 Depot serigraphs from internationally-acclaimed and magnolia designs to beautiful hand-carved Rock. Ongoing - Blowing Rock Frameworks handcrafted jewelry and clothing. Hours: Mon.- ploring the emotive, nuanced interplay between located in a historic building and representing variety of media by over twenty-five area art- Street, Suite 110, next to The Junction Res- artists such as ALVAR, Boulanger, and folk North Carolina lighthouses. Hours: Mon.-Sat., and Gallery is celebrating their 23rd year in the Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: line and shape. Noble works with forged iron to local artists exclusively, it is without a doubt ists. Watch artists at work. Hours: Tue.-Fri., taurant, River Arts District, Ashevile. Ongoing artist Will Moses, great-grandson of "Grandma 9am-6pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 704/829- business of custom framing and fine art sales. 828/277-8100 or at (www.bellagioarttowear.com). manipulate and essentially isolate the metal into "Worth the Walk". Hours: Mon.-Thur., 11am-6- 11:30am-6pm & Sat., 11:30am-5pm. Contact: - Working artists studio of Richard C. Nelson, Moses." Also: kaleidoscopes, stained-glass, 0360 or at (www.jspottery.com). They represent some of the High Country’s expressive, often playful, design. His monumen- pm; Fri., 11am-7pm; Sat., 10am-7pm; & Sun., 828/777-1014. Jeff Pittman, Karen Weihs and Constance Vla- pottery, jewelry, sculpture, and custom framing. most prolific and profound artists, displaying Bella Vista Art Gallery, 14 Lodge St., Historic tal sculptures reference architecture, highway 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/254-9234 or at (www. houlis. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: Designer Bed-and-Breakfast rooms on-site. Black Mountain/Montreat/Swannanoa an array of subject matter from landscapes to Biltmore Village, Asheville. Ongoing - Featur- systems and industrial landscapes and invite woolworthwalk.com). Mountain Made, Grove Arcade Public Market, 828/329-2918 or at (http://www.riverartsdistrict. Open all year; hours vary according to season. historical paintings. A few artist’s on display ing works by regional and national artists in a viewers to explore from all angles. While Hursh’s 1 Page Ave., Suite 123, Asheville. Ongoing - com/352-depot-street-studio.html). Summer/Fall Hours: 11 am-5pm daily, except Acoustic Corner, 105 F Montreat Rd, Black at the gallery include best seller, Lita Gatlin, variety of mediums. Offering contemporary oil works are often colorful and expansive, they too Gallery Minerva Fine Art, 8 Biltmore Ave., Featuring the work of over a 150 WNC artisans, for Sun., which are by appt. Contact: 828/963- Mountain. Ongoing - Acoustic instruments Jason Drake, watercolorist Wes Waugh, Robin paintings, blown glass, pottery, black & white are characterized by consolidated gestural marks Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring painting, in both contemporary and traditional mountain The Haen Gallery, 52 Biltmore Ave., a few 5247 or at (www.altavistagallery.com). hand-made or manufactured by hand in Wellner, folk artist Wiili, and even oils from the photography, stoneware sculptures, and and monumental forms that are rhythmically sub- sculpture, photography, ceramics and glass by handcrafts. This one-of-a-kind, gallery and steps south of the movie theatre, Asheville. small factories. Guitars, mandolins, bou- famous Elliott Daingerfield. Hours: Mon.-Sat., jewelry. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., divided by expressive line. He relies on shadow local and regional artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur., gift shop caters to those shoppers who wish Ongoing - Committed to providing access to zoukis, banjos, violins, lap dulcimers, and 9am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/295.0041 or 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/768-0246 or at (www. and depth to create cosmic landscapes that 11am-6pm;Fri. & Sat., 11am-8pm; & Sun., to take a “piece of the mountains” home with stunning and unique artwork for discerning other instruments popular in Celtic, Old-Time, at (www.blowingrockgalleries.com). BellaVistaArt.com). seem to expand infinitely.Small Format Gallery, noon-5pm. Contact: 828/255-8850 or at (www. them. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., collectors and our community in general. Our Bluegrass, and other folk genres. Plus all ac- May 7 - June 25 - "Bearing Witness". Painter galleryminerva.com). noon-5pm. Contact: 828/350-0307 or at (www. offerings will reflect the character and sensibili- cessories. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-7pm & Sat., Bolick and Traditions Pottery, 1155 Main Deborah Squier presents a new body of work mtnmade.com). ties of this wonderful region. Including works 10-5pm. Contact: 828/669-5162. Street, Blowing Rock. Ongoing - The shop focusing on landscape as a spiritual connection Gallery of the Mountains, Inside The Omni by Lynn Boggess, GC Myers, Jerry Bowman, incorporates Bolick, Traditions, and Original between the body and the earth. Each painting Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave., Asheville. On- Mudhunter Pottery, 66 Broadway St., Alvena McCormick, Volkmar Wentzel, and Black Mountain Iron Works, 120 Broadway, Owens Pottery into one great location. Known for symbolizes a gesture of gratitude for what she going - Showcasing American handmade crafts Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring a rustic gallery MM Pipkin. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat., Black Mountain. Ongoing - Featuring works our cobalt blues, greens, and earthtone glazes refers to as nature’s life giving force. Conference by more than 100 artists and craftspeople from shop showcasing functional and sculptural work 11am-6pm; and Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: handcrafted in iron & other metals by Tekla and we also carry the much desired Owens Red Gallery, May 7 - June 25 - "Judith Duff: Interna- the Southern Appalachian region. Wed.-Sun., from over 20 local potters. Our artists’ diverse 828/254-8577 or at (www.thehaengallery.com). Dan Howachyn. Hours: Mon. -Sat., 10am-5pm. glaze. Teapots, mugs, bowls, serving pieces, tional Wood Fire Artist, Peer, Mentor". The exhibit 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/254-2068. styles ad affordable prices set them apart. Contact: 1/888/689-9021 or at (www.BlackMoun- many other forms are ready for a home. Not only features works by: Judith Duff, Jamey Biggs, Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11am-5:30pm & Fri.& Sat., The Satellite Gallery, 55 Broadway, Asheville. tainiron.com). do we have handmade pottery, we make your Josh Copus, John Dix, Stephen Driver, Nancy Grovewood Gallery, adjacent to The Omni 11am-6pm. Contact: 828/225-5869. Ongoing - Featuring works by the next wave shopping experience exciting with unique fashion Green, Dian Magie, Shozo Michikawa, Ron My- Grove Park Inn, 111 Grovewood Road, of innovative and creative artists that are rising Black Mountain Quilts, 121 Cherry St., Black items such as clothing, jewelry, leather goods, ers, Akira Satake, Jason Serres, and Joy Tanner. Asheville. Ongoing - Established in 1992, New Morning Gallery, 7 Boston Way, Historic from the underground of contemporary street Mountain. Ongoing - Heirloom quality quilts, and handbags,. Locally made lotions, soaps, This special tribute exhibition honors the impact Grovewood Gallery is nationally recognized Biltmore Village, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring and pop culture. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm & accessories, handbags, tabletop, and baby candles, and honey. Christian based gifts such as for its dedication to fine American-made art quilts. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-6pm & Sun. 12- of Judith Duff’s 25+ year career in woodfired pot- fine art and crafts by some of America's finest Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/505-2225 or at Work by Richard Oversmith jewelry, books, and wall decor can also be found. tery, and the influence she had on the field, her and craft. Located in historic Grovewood Vil- artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm & Sun., (www.thesatellitegallery.com/). 5pm. Contact: 828/669-0730. We know you will find our store unique and will peers, and her mentees. Old Showcase Gallery, lage, this site once housed the weaving and noon-5pm. Contact: 828/274-2831 or at (www. Art Cellar Gallery, 920 Shawneehaw Ave., become one of your favorite spots while visiting May 7 - June 25 - "Finding Nature". Clay artists woodworking operations of Biltmore Industries, newmorninggallerync.com). The Updraft Fine Art Gallery, 84 Walnut Hwy 184, Banner Elk. May 17 - 22 - Featuring Black Mountain Studios Inc., 626 Lytle Cove the Village of Blowing Rock. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Deighton Abrams, Alice Ballard, Nina Kawar, an Arts and Crafts enterprise that played a Street, directly across from Zambras and right works by Richard Oversmith. An open house Rd., just 3 miles from downtown Black Moun- 10am-6pm & Sun. noon-6pm. Contact: 828/295- Work by Angela Johal Elaine Quave, Michael Vatalaro, Megan Wolfe, significant role in the Appalachian Craft Revival Overström Studio, 35 Wall St., Asheville. On- around the corner from Malaprops, Asheville. will be held on May 22, from 4-6pm. May 31 - tain, Swannanoa. Ongoing - A fine pottery craft 6128 or at (www.traditionspottery.com). Bender Gallery, 29 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville. and Valerie Zimany present works which visually during the early 20th century. Today, Grove- going - This architecturally significant gallery Ongoing - The gallery is owned and operated June 12 - Featuring works by Zoey Brookshire. and art gallery featuring many local as well Through May 31 - "Chromesthetic Geomet- describe the way meaningful interactions with na- wood Gallery offers two expansive floors of exclusively represents work by internationally- by four local artists including: Andrew Montrie, An open house will be held on June 5, from as some nationally know artists. Owner and IAGO, 1165 Main St., Blowing Rock. Ongo- rics," a solo exhibition featuring the stunning ture can make us feel whole. This exhibition was finely crafted furniture, ceramics, jewelry and recognized designer Michael Overström, who Matt Christie, Minne Kane and William Hunter. 4-6pm. Ongoing - Three floors of exhibition operated by award winning potters Austin and ing - Featuring inspired, contemporary, fine art colorful geometric paintings of San Francisco organized by Elaine Quave. Ongoing - Featuring more, contributed by over 400 artists and with his wife Susan, present their original, It is run by artists for artists and features exhi- space featuring painting and sculpture from re- Maud Boleman. Hours: 11am-6pm seven days and handcrafts from a variety of artists working Bay artist Angela Johal. Johal’s work is full of works in a variety of mediums by regional, na- craftspeople from across the United States. handformed jewelry designs that embrace the bitionary glass blowing and pottery throwing. gionally and nationally known artists. Featured a week. Contact: 828/686-1011. in the fields of jewelry, fashion accessories, optimism and energy influenced, no doubt, tional and international artists. Hours: Sun.-Tue., Hours: Mon. – Sat., 10am-5:30pm & Sun. 11am designer’s Scandinavian heritage and define Additional works of art offered are functional artists include: William Dunlap, Herb Jackson, art glass, functional art for the home, pottery, by her growing up in the Bay area during the 11am-5pm & Wed.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: to 5pm. Contact: 828/253-7651 or at (www. Asheville’s elegant style. Hours: Tue.-Sat., fine woodwork, jewelry, encaustic, mixed media Gregory Smith, Norma Murphy, Tim Turner, Garrou Pottery, 100 State St., Black Mountain. lighting, furniture, and garden art. Hours: daily, 1960s and 70s with the hard-edge, op art, 828/251-0202 or at (www.bluespiral1.com). grovewood.com). 10am-8pm. Contact: 828/258-1761 or at (www. and oil painting, photography, metal and leather Deborah Jacobs Purves, Bill Brown, Scott Ongoing - Featuring a wide variety of handmade 10am-6pm. Contact: 828/295-0033 or at (www. psychedelic art and music from that era. She overstrom.com). work. All exclusively from local area artists. Boyle, Margaret Salisbury, and others. Hours: pottery by father and son, John and Derrick iagoblowingrock.com). describes her work as “Neo Psychedelia” and Castell Photography, 2C Wilson Alley off Ignite Jewelry Studios, second story of Riv- Hours: Sun., Mon.-Thur., 11am-7pm and Fri.- Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact 828/898-5175 Garrou, and the works of other area craftsmen. “Chromesthetic”, as her intuitive approach to Eagle St., Asheville. Ongoing - The gallery erview Station, 191 Lyman St, #262, Asheville. Sat., 11am-9pm. Contact: 828-582-2112. or at (www.artcellaronline.com). Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/669- color theory is generated by the music she is owned by internationally recognized artist Ongoing - Ignite Jewelry Studios, a project co- 0222`. founded by local jewelers Jessica Hall, owner paints to. Due to COVID restrictions, there will Brie Castell, is a unique photographic Salon & continued on Page 55 continued on Page 56 Page 54 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 55 accents and gifts. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Street. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 11am-4pm. For the Ada Offerdahl, Sean Parnell, Ann B. Rhodes, US and Canadian artists and craftsmen, includ- Contact: 828/678-9869. safety of our community, masks will be required Sheryl Stalnaker, Tres Taylor, Diane Virkler, An- ing many from North Carolina. These artists for entry and a maximum of patrons will be dres Vivo, Dru Warmath & Rod Wimer. Hours: represent a variety of media, from hand-carved NC Commercial Galleries Calabash - Ocean Isle Beach limited to four people at a time. Contact: (www. NC Commercial Galleries Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. woodwork, to blown glass, pottery, metalwork continued from Page 55 villageartcircle.com). continued from Page 56 Contact: 704/333-4535 or at (www.providence- and fiber. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Jewelry by Wendy-Beach House Fine Arts gallery.net). Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 704/892-1449 or at Main Street Gallery, 960-5 Main St., Blow- Gravy, 17 W. Main St., Brevard. Ongoing - An Gallery, 10152 Beach Drive, Unit 6, Cala- Chapel Hill - Carrboro at (http://www.anneneilsonfineart.com/ourgal- House of Africa Gallery, 1215 Thomas Avenue, (www.woodenstonegallery.com). ing Rock. Ongoing - Featuring a co-op of artisan and retail market, benefiting the Boys bash. Ongoing - Wendy specializes in unique lery). Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring the area's largest Pura Vida Worldly Art, 3202-B N. Davidson, area artists that has been opened since 1982. and Girls Club of Transylvania County. Gravy’s designs of handcrafted jewelry of sterling silver, Animation and Fine Art Galleries, University selection of African art, including: masks, statues, Charlotte. Ongoing - Freaturing wordly art Clemmons The gallery offers baskets, pottery, weaving, 71 dealers donate at least 15% of their profits genuine beach glass and fine gems at afford- Mall, 201 S Estes Dr., Chapel Hill. Ongo- Art House Studios, 3103 Cullman Ave., off carved artwork, handmade jewelry, paintings, - folk art, jewelry, paintings, spiritual art and photography, jewelry, woodworking, glass art, to our local club. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. able prices. Among forty five regional artists on ing - Featuring contemporary works of art and 36th Street in the NoDa District, Charlotte. On- plus traditional African musical instruments. home accents. Including artworks by local art- Warm Glass Gallery and Studio, 2575 Old fibers and much more. Hours: daily, 10am-6pm. Contact: 828/862-4900 or at (www.gravyon- display at the gallery are watercolorists Julia animation art. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. going - Featuring a complex of working studios Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-8pm. Contact: 704/376- ists: Brenda Civiletto, Marisela Moncada, Tim Glory Road, Suite 700, Clemmons. Through Jan. Contact: 828/295-7839. main.blogspot.com). Frost of Jacksonville, NC, and Marilyn Pounds Contact: 919/968-8008 or at (www.animatio- by area artists. Hours: during Gallery Crawls 6160. McMahon, Lita, Gustavo Luis, Alejandra Dans, 30, 2016 - "Ice Age: The White Series," by Jody of Ocean Isle Beach, photographer Marko An- nandfineart.com). and by appt. Contact: 704/577-4587 or e-mail Luis Fernando Ramirez, along with unique art Danner Walker. A solo exhibition of the artist’s Morning Star Gallery, 915 Main Street, across Hollingsworth Gallery, 147 E. Main Street, gelo of Calabash, NC, and now introducing the at ([email protected]). Hughes Gallery, 2015 Ayrsley Town Blvd. @ N from Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Morocco, Tur- unique and original Pate de Verre Sucré artwork, the street form the Speckled Trout Cafe, Blowing between Main Street Ltd. and Quotations Cof- pottery of Tristan Mardall, Carolina Shores, NC. Black Mountain Gallery, 1800 #9 E. Franklin Kings Parade, Ste. 107-c, Charlotte. Ongo- key, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Costa Rica, Thai- in which glass appears as sugary crystalline Rock. Ongoing - Featuring oil and acrylic paint- fee Cafe, Brevard. Ongoing - Showcasing local Hours Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 910/575- Street, Eastgate Shopping Center, Chapel Hill. Artists' Atelier Carolina, located in the Pentes ing - The gallery is a modern art gallery with a land, Brazil, and many other countries. Hours: shapes. Ongoing - The gallery specializes in ings by Ann Thompson featured with ceramic bas and emerging artists. Hours: call for hours. 0024 or at (www.jewelrybyWendy.com). Ongoing - Featuring handwrough designer Artworks Gallery & Studios bldg., 1346 Hill focus on sculpture, installation, works on paper, Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 704/335-8587 contemporary kiln-formed fine art glass, featuring reliefs and sculptures from the studios of John Contact: 828/884-4974. jewelry by artisans from throughout the United Rd., Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring works by photography and painting. Hours: Mon.-Sat., or at (www.puravidaart.com). works by national and international artists. Warm Martin and Maryanne Bona Dayman and wildlife Phthalo Blue Gallery, 7199 Beach Drive, States. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: Jim Fales, Fay M. Miller, Jack Pentes, Betty G. 10am-6pm. Contact: 704/492-9934 or at (www. Glass also serves as a working artist studio and carvings by H. Gray Turner. Rod Shaw's terra Jordan Street Arts, 25 W. Jordan Street, Ocean Isle Beach. Ongoing - The gallery is 919/967-8101. Robinson, Gregory Weston, and Peggy Hutson hughesgallery.artlogsites.com). Queen's Gallery & Art Center, 1212 The offers kilnformed glass classes on a regular cotta sculptures. Also, multiplate ecthings, water- Brevard. Ongoing - Jordan Street Arts is a an artist owned, art gallery featuring local and Weston. Hours: by appt. Contact: 704/552- Plaza, Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring works by basis. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4:30pm. Contact: colors, jewelry, pottery, garden accessories, glass new cooperative art gallery featuring fine art national artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Blackwood Station Gallery, 6113 Hwy. 86N., 6200. Rebecca Briley, Warren Burgess, Laura Buxton, 336/712-8003 or at (www.warmglass.org). and wooden treasures. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- and skilled craftsmanship of area artists. “The Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: 910/209-6025 or at Chapel Hill. Ongoing - Featuring functional Bob Crum, James Daniel, Drew Gatlin, Meredith 5pm and Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 828/295-6991. goal of Jordan Street Arts is to create a vibrant, (http://www.phthaolbulegallery.com). & fine art, sculpture and fine art prints. Hours: Charlotte Fine Art Gallery, 7510 Pineville-Mat- Green, Tony Griffin, Vicki Kaseorg, Danny Mal- Columbia interactive, family-friendly environment for Tue.-Fri., 11am-7pm; Sat., 10am-6pm, & Sun., thews Road, located in South Charlotte’s Carmel boeuf, Cathy Melesh, and Mark Spangenberg. Reinert Fine Art, 1153 Main Street, Blowing both artists and patrons” says co-owners Keith Sea Gallery, 6885 Beach Dr., SW Route 199, noon-6pm. Contact: 919/968-1360. Village at the corner of Pineville-Matthews and Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. Columbia Art Space, 112 S. Broad Street, Rock. Ongoing - Reinert Fine Art showcases the and Amy Braman. “We encourage our artists Ocean Isle Beach. Ongoing - Featuring fine art Carmel Road, Charlotte. Ongoing - Original Contact: 704/372-2993 or at (www.thequeensgal- Columbia. Ongoing - The gallery exhibits both contemporary impressionist works in oil by Rick to be present and active in the gallery, so that by local, regional and nationally acclaimed artists. Cameron's, University Mall, Chapel Hill. Ongo- works of art from award-winning artists across lery.com). functional and fine art in a variety of mediums Reinert and other artists offering their unique patrons can meet and interact with the artist(s) Tasteful and inviting original oils, Gicleés on can- ing - Featuring contemporary American crafts the United States, as well as the Carolinas. and price points. One of the gallery’s mis- and diverse styles. Hours: Mon.-Sun., 9am-5pm. as they fall in love with the pieces they create.” vas, watercolors, and charcoals are presented in and pottery, folk art and functional art objects. Nationally and internationally-recognized artists Shain Gallery, Selwyn Corners, 2823 Selwyn sions is to give young artists a chance to sell Contact: 828/414-9580 or at (www.rickreinert. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 828/384- our 7,000 square-foot gallery. Sculpture and pot- Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-9pm & Sun., 1-6pm. in 2-and 3-dimensional fine art. Specializing in a Ave., Charlotte. Ongoing - Specializing in and exhibit work in a professional setting. The com). 3816 or follow the Jordan Street Arts’ page on tery are also offered. Artists we exhibit are: Phyllis Contact: 919/942-5554. wide array of media and styles represented: Rep- original art paintings by Carolina, National and studio consists of a metals studio for Maura Facebook. Arnold, Ken Buckner, Terry Buckner, Karen resentational, Impressionism, Expressionism, Ab- European artists, including works by Perry Cartwright and Maia Leppo and fibers studio The Bob Timberlake Gallery at Blowing Edgar, Gary Halberstadt, V. Ryan Lauzon, Nancy Chapellier Fine Art, 105 Arlen Park Drive, Cha- straction / Paintings, Sculpture, Prints. Consulting Austin, Henry Barnes, Roger Dale Brown, Jim for Lynsey Gwilliam, the three founders of the Rock, 946 Main Street Blowing Rock. Ongo- Mountain Forest Pottery, 2395 Greenville Hughes Miller, Miller Pope, Tom Wooldridge, and pel Hill. Ongoing - Fine, investment quality 19th Services for individual and corporate clients, as Chapman, Veronica Clark, Terry DeLapp, Amy gallery. Hours: closed Tue.; Mon., Wed., Sat. & ing - Featuring original artwork and reproduc- Hwy., Brevard. Ongoing - Offering functional Mary M. Wright. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. & 20th century American art. Hours: Mon. - Fri. by well as, private event opportunities. Hours: Tues Dobbs, Laura Duis, Chas Fagan, Brent Fun- Sun., 10am-4; Thur.-Fri., 10am-6pm. Contact: tions by Bob Timberlake. Also furniture, gifts, and whimsical pottery made on site by artist Contact: 910/575-8222. appointment. Contact: 919/967-9960 or at (www. 10am-4pm; Wed., 10am-9pm; Thur.-Sat., 10am- derburk, Nicora Gangi, Cassandra Gillens, Ted 252/766-0121 or at (www.columbiaartspace. apparel and collectibles. Hours: they vary - call Mary Murray. “Handmade comes to life” in the citysearch.com/rdu/chapellier/). 6pm or by appt. Contact: call 704/541-0741 or at Goershner, Tony Griffin, Paul Hunter, William com). ahead. Contact: 828/295-4855 or at (www. homey gallery, offering the work of many re- (www.CharlotteFineArt.com). Jameson, Curtis Jaunsen, Geoffrey Johnson, bobtimberlake.com). gional artists – handmade teddy bears, jewelry, Dirt Road Gallery, 8218 Bright's Way, Chapel Christy Kinard, Angela Nesbit, Kevin Sand- Concord quilts, folk art, sculpture, drawings, and paint- Hill. Ongoing - Featuring handcrafted items - Coffey and Thompson Gallery, 109 W. More- ers, Jane Schmidt, Kim Schuessler, Marilyn Winterfire Craft Gallery, 1087 Main Street, ings. Recipes accompany many pottery pieces including paintings, carvings, molas, textiles & head @ S. Tryon St., Charlotte. Ongoing - Oils Simandle, Kathy Sosa, Alice Williams, Connie Boyd Afficher Gallery, 21 Union Street South Blowing Rock. Ongoing - Featuring pottery by that are designed for baking apples, pies, and fabrics, ceramics, beads and jewelry from West by Richard Plasschaert, etchings by Gordon Al- Winters, and Darren Young. Hours: Tue.-Sat., (2nd Floor Suit 200), Concord. Ongoing - Bill Campbell as well as hand-crafted jewelry, other dishes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm Africa, the Middle East, Central America, and len, prints by Ralph McDonald, Bev Doolittle, G. 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 704/334-7744 Featuring works by Boyd Smith and artists from metal sculpture, hand-thrown pottery, art glass, & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/885-2149 or at the US collected over years of traveling. Hours: Harvey, Mort Kunstler, Don Troiani and Charles or at (www.shaingallery.com). the tri-county area. Hours: Sat.-Sun., 1-7pm. and calligraphy prints. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6- (www.scenic276.com). Sat. & Sun., 11am-6pm & by appt. Contact: Frace. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5:30pm & Sat., Contact: 704/699-5032, 704/956-8934 or at pm & Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/295-4880. Work by Ginny Lassiter 919/933-6999 or at (www.dirtroadgallery.net). 10am-2pm. Contact: 704/375-7232 or at (www. Work by Brian Rutenberg SOCO Gallery, Southern Comfort Gallery, (www.boydzworkz.com). Mud Dabber's Pottery and Crafts, 3623 coffeyandthompson.com). 421 Providence Road, Charlotte. Ongoing Boone Greenville Hwy., Brevard. Ongoing - Featuring Sunset River Marketplace, 10283 Beach Drive, N.C. Crafts Gallery, 212 W. Main St., corner of Jerald Melberg Gallery, 625 South Sharon - Founded by Chandra Johnson in 2014, the Mud Slingers Pottery, 9 Union St. North, Suite the work of six family members including: John SW, Calabash. Through May 1 - "Contemporary Weaver and West Main Sts., Carrboro. Ongoing Dilworth Artisan Station, 118 E. Kingston Amity Road, near corner of Providence Road, gallery represents emerging and established 150, Concord. Ongoing - We feature a variety Miters Touch Woodworking, 6858 Hwy. O., Sybil, John E., Carol and Brandon (Brad), Modernist," featuring works by Raleigh artist, Eric - Offering a wide assortment of items handcrafted Avenue. Charlotte. Ongoing - Dilworth Artistan next to restaurant Hotel Charlotte, Charlotte. May artists working in all mediums with a special- of arts from the area to include traditional and 105 S., Foscoe, near Hound Ears. Ongo- and Becky Dodson and friends Phillip Johnston, McRay. May 5 - June 5 - "My Studio: Enter At by North Carolina artisans. You'll find contempo- Station houses more than two dozen fine art- 1 - June 12 - "BRIAN RUTENBERG: Point of ization in photography. SOCO is housed in a contemporary pottery, most of which is made ing - Featuring fine furniture by Denise Grohs Carolyn Becker, Susan Peterson, and Matthew Your Own Risk," group show. According to gallery rary and traditional pottery, blown glass, wood, ists that maintain active studios at the Dilworth Pine". Jerald Melberg Gallery is pleased to pres- newly renovated 1920’s bungalow centrally lo- in our Studio. In addition to pottery, we feature and Miters Touch, pottery by Eric Reichard, art Nevenschwander, Elizabeth Galloway, Jonlyn owner Ginny Lassiter, “Art studios can be chaotic, jewelry, metalwork, toys, folk art, garden sculp- Artisan Station, a center for arts for more than the ent a solo exhibition of new abstract landscape cated in Myers Park and features 1,200 square fused and slumped glass as well as fused glass quilts by Linda Smith, stained glass by Dianne Parker, Charlie Parker, Mary Ey, and Sue Jones. energetic, emotional places! We’ve invited ture, kaleidoscopes, baskets, fiber art and more. last two decades. Contact: (www.dilworthartisan. paintings by Brian Rutenberg. With these new feet of exhibition space, as well as a bookshop jewelry. We also display paintings and fiber Radford, and wood turnings by Todd Davidson. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm. several of our own artists to share their working The Gallery currently carries the work of more com). oil paintings on linen and paper, the artist returns and garden. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. art created by the local Cabarrus Art Guild. Also cabinetwork and kitchen design services Contact: 828/884-5131 or at (www.muddabbers. studios with us in oil, acrylic, collage and other than 500 North Carolinians, from the mountains once again to his reflections on the landscapes of & Sun. by appt. Contact: 980/498-2881 or at Hours: Tue.-Fri., noon-5pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. available. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm, Sat. com). media. This is going to be a fun and insightful to the shore. The gallery also hosts two shows a Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, 1520 the South Carolina Low Country. This is Ruten- (www.soco-gallery.com). Contact: 704/796-1600 or at (www.mudslinger- 10am-2pm or by appt. Contact: 828/963-4445 look into the life of an artist! We hope you’ll enjoy month. Shows begin the first of each month and South Tryon Street, Charlotte. Ongoing - We berg’s eighth solo exhibition with the gallery. spotterync.com). or at (www.miterstouchinc.com). Red Wolf Gallery, 8 E. Main St., Brevard. it as much as we are!” Participating artists in- give the featured artist the opportunity to show- are thrilled to be the first gallery in North Carolina Ongoing - The gallery represents artists from Sozo Gallery, 214 North Tryon Street, (located Ongoing - Featuring original works of art by over clude: Ortrud Tyler, acrylics; Sherry Godfrey, pot- case an entire body of work. Hours: Mon.-Sat., to offer fine glass art by nationally recognized all regions of the United States, Argentina and at Hearst Tower tucked in between Luce Res- Creedmoor Brevard - Cedar Mountain Area twenty regional artists in a historic downtown tery and acrylics; Vicki Neilon, acrylics; Ruth Cox, 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 919/942- artists Jon Kuhn, David Patchen and Marlene Spain, exhibiting paintings, prints, and sculpture. taurant and Foundation of the Carolinas) Char- building. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., oils; Roseann Bellinger, acrylics; Ginny Lassiter, 4048 or at (http://nccraftsgallery.com/). Rose. The gallery is also excited to introduce new The gallery features solo and group exhibitions lotte. Ongoing - Tucked in a small storefront on Cedar Creek Gallery, 1150 Fleming Rd., Andrea Brewer Art Studio, 22 West Main 1-5pm and by appt. Contact: 828/862-8620. acrylics; Adrienne Watts, watercolor monoprint contemporary two-dimensional artists, including as well as consulting services for individual col- the plaza of the beautiful Hearst Tower in Char- outside the small town of Creedmoor. Ongo- Street, upstairs, next to The Proper Pot, Brevard. and acrylics; Diane Larson, oils; Carol Iglesias, Charlotte Area Charles Williams and Grant Drumheller. Hours: lectors, corporations and museums. Hours: Mon. lotte’s Center City, Sozo Gallery brings fresh, ing - Showcasing a permanent collection of Ongoing - Natural fiber landscapes and wildlife The Haen Gallery, 200 King Street, Brevard oils; Jenny McKinnon Wright, oils; Rachel Sun- Tue.-Fri., 11am-6pm & Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: - Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 704/365-3000 or at original artwork from local and national artists American Pottery. Featuring works by on site scenes. Hours: by appt. only and fall art walks Lumberyard Arts District, Brevard. Ongoing nell, acrylics; and Linda Young, mixed media. Allison Sprock Fine Art, 600 Queens Rd., 704/370-6337 or at (www.eldergalleryclt.com). (www.jeraldmelberg.com). to Charlotte collectors. The gallery’s focus is glassblower, Lisa Oakley, and potters, Brad from 5-8pm. Contact: 828/577-1968 or at (http:// - Committed to providing access to stunning Ongoing - A unique eclectic gallery showcasing the gallery shares space with The Nichols to support and promote a variety of artists and Tucker and John Martin. Joining them are over www.andreabrewerfiber.com). and unique artwork for discerning collectors over 200 local artists in virtually every medium. Company in one of Myers Park’s oldest Foster’s Frame & Art Gallery, 403-A Old Lark & Key, online only, Charlotte. Ongoing works - blending classic with modern, emerg- 250 other local, regional & national craftsper- and our community in general. Our offerings Enjoy gourmet coffee, tea and treats as you houses, Charlotte. Ongoing - The gallery Statesville Rd. N, Huntersville. Ongoing - Fea- - Lark & Key offers a variety of artwork - online ing with established, and displaying traditional sons offering a selection of functional stone- BernWell Pottery Studio and Gallery, 324 King will reflect the character and sensibilities of this stroll through the 10,000 square-foot space. Art represents many well-known artists from all turing original paintings by local artists: Nellie - pottery, jewelry from local and national artist. landscapes alongside contemporary canvases. ware, ceramics, blown glass, jewelry, furniture, Road, Pisgah Forest. Ongoing - Featuring works wonderful region. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm; classes and custom framing are offered on-site. over the world. Some of the featured artists are Ashford - folk art, Edna Barker - landscape, Contact: (https://larkandkey.com/). We cater to both experienced art buyers and candles, wind chimes, toys baskets, and by Wendy Elwell and Dennis Bern. Hours: Mon.- Sat., 11am-6pm; and Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: FrameCenter hours are Wed. - Fri., noon- 5pm very famous; others are emerging including: Andrea Cook - Abstract/Fabric, Evelyn Kadir, those starting their collections. We look forward even handmade musical instruments. Hours: Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/883- 828/883-3268 or at (www.haengallery.com). and by appt. Call Lou Aliotta directly at 910/368- Andre Bludov, Constantin Chatov, Marc Chatov, Abstract/Musical, Carolyn Saine, landscape. Maddi's Gallery, 1530 East Boulevard, Char- introducing our Uptown visitors to high quality, daily,10am-6pm. Contact: 919/528-1041 or at 8300 or at (www.bernwellpottery.com). 7351. Hours: Mon.-Sat., noon-5pm. Contact: Roman Chatov, Gee Gee Collins, Larry Davis, Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm, Sat. 10am-4pm. lotte. Named “Top Retailer of American Craft affordable, and collectible pieces of fine art. We (www.cedarcreekgallery.com). The Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio, 51 West 910/575-5999 or at Noah Desmond, Margaret Dyer, Sabre Esler, Contact: 704-948-1750. in the United States for 2009” by The "Niche will exhibit the work of one featured artist every Blue Moon Gallery, 24 E. Main Street, Bre- Main Street in downtown Brevard. Ongoing - (www.SunsetRiverMarketplace.com). Stephen Fry, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Linda Magazine”. Ongoing - Featuring fine contem- 6-8 weeks, as well as a regular display of other Dillsboro vard. Ongoing - Blue Moon Gallery special- An active working arts studio, featuring works James, Dimitri Kourouniotis, Stan Mullins, Anne Harris Holt Gallery, 1717 Kenilworth Avenue, porary craft by more than 160 national artists; gallery artists. Hours: they vary so call ahead izes in photography and offers paintings and by Lucy Clark, as well as talented artists from ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Ocean Isle Beach Neilson, Becky Ollinger, Spencer Reid, Felice Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring watercolors, specializing in Southern folk art with paintings, or by appt. Contact: 704/578-8457 or at (www. The Golden Carp Gift Shop & Gallery, Webster three-dimensional art and jewelry. Hours: the local area as well as the Eastern Seaboard. Silver Coast Winery, 6680 Barbeque Rd., Sharp, Tracy Sharp, Louis St. Lewis, Elizabeth oil paintings and limited edition prints by Harris pottery and carvings by many of the South's sozogallery.net). Street, Dillsboro. Ongoing - Featuring works by Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., noon-4pm or by We hope that while shopping online with us, Ocean Isle Beach. Ongoing - Art gallery featur- Stehling, Harry Stewart, Cate Wagoner, Karen Holt. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-5:30pm. Contact: most notable folk artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., local and select American watercolorist, including appt. Contact: 828/290-5492 or at (https://www. you will feel a pull toward the mountains of ing local artists, David McCune, Steven Schu- Weihs, Alice Williams, Sean Williams, and 704/373-9090 or at (www.fostersframeandartgal- 10am-7pm; Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun. noon-5pm. The Garden Shoppe and Gallery, at McGill works by artist-in-residence, John P. Miele. Also, bluemoongalleryandframe.com/). Western North Carolina and visit our sweet man, and Suzanne C. Hunady, as well as daily Kathy Wochele. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. lery.com). Contact: 704/332-0007. Rose Garden, 940 N. Davidson St., Charlotte. baskets, pottery, fiber arts, and more. Hours: . town and our lovely gallery to envelop all that tours, tastings and the art of wine making. Hours Contact: 404/274-5829 or visit (www.allison- Ongoing - Featuring a permanent exhibit of Contact: 828/586-5477 or at (www.thegolden- Drew Deane Gallery,114 W. Main St., across the gallery has to offer. Hours: Mon., Wed-Sat., Mon.-Sat., 11-6pm & Sun. 12-5pm. Contact: sprockfineart.com). Hodges Taylor Contemporary Gallery + Nancy Couick Studios and Gallery, 10100 paintings by Stefan Duncan. There are over 20 carp.com). from City Hall and Brevard Fire Station, Bre- 11am-5pm & Sun., noon-3pm or by chance. 910/287-2800 or at Consulting Firm, 1414 S. Tryon Street (RailYard Park Cedar Dr., Suite 188, Charlotte. Ongo- paintings of flowers plus a large oil painting of vard. Ongoing - Featuring a premier emerging Contact: (https://lucyclarkgallery.com/). (www.silvercoastwinery.com). Building) in South End, Ste. 130, Charlotte. On- ing - Gallery features works by New Orleans Henry McGill in the rose garden named after Village Studio Gallery, 130 Front Street, Weav- contemporary fine arts gallerys in Western going - Celebrating our 40th Anniversary, the gal- artist: Michael Smiraldo, regional artists: Nancy him. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat., 10am- erville. Ongoing - Featuring works from regional North Carolina. Including works by: Devin Bur- Twin Willows Studio, 15 Crestview Dr., Brevard. Cary lery represents contemporary artists of the south- Smith Couick, Sharron Burns, Susan Hinrichs, 5pm. Contact: 704/333-6497. artists including D. Morgan and Paula Vaughn gess, Jerry Cutler, Drew Deane, Greg Fidler, Ongoing - Featuring the works of Ann DerGara. east, including paintings, prints, photographs and Charlotte Fairman, Mary Ellen Wilkerson, Vivian and other national artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., John Geci, Richard Lane, Courtney Erin Martin Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 828/877-5275. Stonehaven Jewelry Gallery, 101 Ledge sculpture. The gallery offers a public venue in Carroll and others. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm The New Gallery of Modern Art, 435 South 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/586-4060. and Mark Mulfinger. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am- Stone Way, Stonecreek Village Shopping uptown Charlotte for viewing artwork and serves (except Tues. 1-9pm) and Sat. & Sun. by appt. Tryon Street, Ste 110, across from Bechtler 5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/877-5272 or at Burnsville Center, corner of Davis Drive and High House as art consultants for collectors and businesses. Contact: 704/541-6944 or at (www.nancycouick. Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte. Ongoing - Durham (www.drewdeanegallery.com). Rd., Cary. Ongoing - Featuring custom design, Hours: Tue.-Sat., by appt. only. Contact: 704/608- com). The gallery brings together the most significant OOAK, One of a Kind Gallery, 573 Micaville jewelry repair, original oil paintings, limited 2016 or at (www.hodgestaylor.com). privately-held collection of works by artists Bull City Art & Frame Company, 905 W Main Duckpond Pottery, 2398 Greenville Hwy., Bre- Loop. Burnsville. Ongoing - The selection of edition prints, and fine art glass. Hours: Mon.- Picture House Gallery, 1520 E. 4th Street, such as Picasso, Chagall, Dali, Miro, Matisse Street, Brightleaf District, Durham. Ongoing - vard. Ongoing - Duckpond Pottery specializes artwork at OOAK includes pottery, jewelry, Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: Hot Glass Alley, LLC., 438 Atando Avenue, Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring Frederick Hart and Warhol, an elite selection of contemporary This 2000-sq.-ft. gallery features works by local in custom, handcrafted sinks and tiles. The pot- lamps, paintings, prints, photography, glass, 919/462-8888 or at (www.stonehavenjewelry. Charlotte. Ongoing - Hot Glass Alley is a hot sculpture, works by Jamali; paintings, original artists, as well as some of the best regional artists. Offers green framing, photo restoration, tery also features handcrafted kitchenware and woodworking, and more. Artwork is uniquely com). glass, art business, owned by artist, Jacob art, sculpture, art glass, and fine custom framing. artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-7pm; Sun. canvas transfer, needlework, and shadowboxes. accent pieces for both indoors and out. Torches displayed in the vintage 1922 Miceaville “Jake” M. Pfeifer. Pfeifer is a young, aspiring, Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. noon-6pm and by appt. Contact: 704/373-1464 Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. topped with custom faces are potter Nick Fried- Country Store, which retains muchof its original The Nature of Art Gallery, 106-D Colonades American artist; among the next generation of Contact: 704/333-8235 or at (www.PictureHouse- or at (www.newgalleryofmodernart.com). Contact: 919/680-4278. man’s signature pieces. The deck plays host to architeccture still in place., right down to the Way, Waverly Place Shopping Center, Cary. craftsmen working with their hands; carrying Gallery.com). Ongoing - Featuring whimsical and eclectic forward glass making traditions that are thou- Wentworth Gallery, South Park Mall, 4400 Craven Allen Gallery, 1106 1/2 Broad St., Dur- weekly concerts and a new coffeeshop. Hours: orginal hardwood floor and windows. Gallery Work by Trudi Norris Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm or by appt. Contact: owner Kari Weaver, welcomes you to visit artworks for interiors and gardens with a native sands of years old. We offer a variety of glass Providence Gallery, 601-A Providence Rd., Sharon Road, Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring an ham. Ongoing - Featuring local artists in various 828/883-4512 or at (www.duckpondpotter.etsy. Micaville and enjoy the fine, folk, and funky lo- flair. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm, except Wed. Anne Neilson Fine Art, to Shops of Morrison vessels, small sculptures, functional pieces, in the Manor Theatre Shops, in Myers Park, extensive selection of original paintings, limited mediums. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., com). cal art. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: till 9pm. Contact: 919/859-6004. in SouthPark Charlotte. Ongoing - The gallery seasonal gifts, and art glass objects in several Charlotte. Ongoing - Representing over 30 edition prints, and sculpture from over 100 artists, 10am-4pm. Contact: 919/286-4837 or at (www. 828/675-0690 or at (www.00alartgallery.com). represents over 30 esteemed national and unique series and forms; as well as one-of-a- regional and national fine art painters working such as Peter Max, Alexandra Nechita, Charles cravenallengallery.com). Gallery on Main, 36 East Main Street, Brevard. Village Art Circle, 200 South Academy Street, international artists, as well as works by noted kinds & corporate gifts. Hot Glass Alley offers a in a variety of mediums and styles ranging from Fazzino, Grace Slick, Ronnie Wood, and Paul Ongoing - Featuring original art, limited editon The Design Gallery, 7 South Main St., Cary. Ongoing - Our gallery is located in Ash- painter and author Anne H. Neilson. The gallery broad color palette and price range. THey also traditional compositions to representational and Stanley. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-9pm and Sun., Golden Belt Artist Studios, Golden Belt Arts, prints, collectibles and gifts. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Burnsville. Ongoing - Feature fine arts and worth Village in historic downtown Cary, behind is an outgrowth of Neilson’s ever-growing popu- offer “Make Your Own”, “Date Night Make Yor non-representational abstractions. Gallery art- 12:30-6pm. Contact: 704/365-2733. 807 E. Main Street, Durham. Ongoing - Show- 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/885-7299 or at (www. crafts consisting of original paintings, etchings, Ashworth Drug in the plaza, corner of Academy larity sparked by her Angels Series paintings Own’, and “Open Demonstration Night”. Hours: ists include Luz Aveleyra, Todd Baxter, Travis cases exhibitions of emerging local and national galleryonmain.com). prints, art glass, pottery, wood work, furniture, and Chatham Streets. Parking is available in and book. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat., Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 11am-4pm. Bruce Black, Kathy Caudill, Jim Celano, Kathy Wooden Stone, 445 South Main Street, contemporary artists, as well as studios of paint- textiles, sculpture, metals, book art and jewelry. the plaza in front of the gallery as well as on 11am-3pm & by appt. Contact: 980/253-9566 or Contact: 980/209-9284 or at (www.hotglassal- Collins, Steve Dininno, Lita Gatlin, Anne Hark- Davidson. Ongoing - Featuring a breathtaking ers, jewelry-makers, photographers, mixed- Chatham and Academy Streets, and on Waldo ley.com). ness, Janine Medlin, P. Basille Nikitchenko, collection of functional fine art handmade by In addition we have furniture, lighting, home continued on Page 57 continued on Page 58 Page 56 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 57 & Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 336/373-0299 or only, from primarily regional artists. And, now handmade soaps and lotions, fragrances and 252/633-4369 or at (www.carolinacreations. the Stroms at 336/691-8036 or e-mail to (char- Home Furnishings. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am- candles, wildlife & floral photography, home ac- com). [email protected]). 6pm; Fri.,10am-7pm; Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., cessories, lamps, handmade tables, chairs and NC Commercial Galleries noon-5pm. Contact: 828/698-0601 or at (www. NC Commercial Galleries home accents, silk floral creations and fresh Living Color Ceramics, 602 Pollock Street continued from Page 57 Just Be, 352 S. Elm Street, Greensboro. silverfoxonline.com). continued from Page 58 floral arrangements, textile pieces, handmade (entrance on Metcalf Street), New Bern. Ongo- Ongoing - Just Be is a specialty boutique filled baskets and local crafts from the western North ing - Suzanne W. Richey aspires to carry out media artists, and more in a creatively restored ArtWorks Collective Gallery, 205 Lyndon with handmade and unique items like jewelry, The Art House Gallery and Studio, 5 High- botanical paintings by Chris Graebner and ab- Lexington Carolina region. Also a complete garden center the North Carolina pottery traditions of making seven-acre historic mill campus. Visit every third Street, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works handbags, apparel, home décor and much more. land Park Road, East Flat Rock. Ongoing stract metal sculpture by Jason Smith. May 28 with blooming plants, hanging baskets, dish stoneware pots for food service, decor and Friday to shop in the studios and meet the artists. by members of Lyndon Street ArtWorks center. Shop in the store or online at. Hours: Mon.-Thur, - Fine art gallery and private party venue featur- - June 20 - “Resurface,” featuring mixed metal The Bob Timberlake Gallery, 1714 E. Center and herb gardens is located on property includ- entertaining. Pots are intended for everyday Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm & Sun., noon-6pm. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & by appt. Contact: 10am-6pm; Fri.&Sat., 10am-8pm; and Sun., ing works by Susan Johnston-Olivari and other jewelry by Nell Chandler, hand-made functional Street Extension, Lexington. Ongoing - Featur- ing landscape art, hardscape and fountains. use and to be as durable as they are enjoyable. Contact: 919/967-7700. 336/370-0025 or at (www.artworkscollective. 1-5pm. Contact: 336/274-2212 or at (www. local artists. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: pottery by Evelyn Ward and expressive con- ing original artwork and reproductions by Bob Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/675- Richey makes most pots on the wheel, but oc- com). onlyjustbe.com). 828/808-3594 or at (www.arthousegalleryand- temporary paintings by Michele Yellin. Ongoing Timberlake. Also furniture, gifts, apparel and 0612 or at (www.crabtreecreekgallery.com). casionally they are hand built. After passing a Horizon Gallery, 905 W. Main Street, Brightleaf studio.com). - HGA is owned by 21 local artists featuring collectibles. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. greenware inspection for quality and appear- Square, Durham. Ongoing - Featuring contem- Elements Gallery, 526 South Elm Street, Greenville painting, sculpture, photography, glass art, jew- Contact: 800-244-0095 or at (www.bobtimber- Crimson Laurel Gallery, inside Appalachian ance, they are then bisqued, decorated and porary crafts including pottery, art glass, wood Greensboro. Ongoing - The gallery is a co-op elry, wood, pottery, textiles & fiber art. Hours: lake.com). Terroir, 621 Micaville Loop, Micaville. Ongo- atmospheric fired to cone 10. After passing a works, jewelry, garden art, kaleidoscopes and of over 30 local artists exhibiting a wide range of City Art Gallery, 511 Red Banks Road, Tue.-Sun., noon-4pm and Fri. & Sat., 10am-6- ing - Appalachian Terroir is comprised of three final inspection for quality, the pots earn place- much more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-8pm & art in different mediums. Paintings, sculpture, pot- Greenville. Ongoing - The gallery features pm. Mask required. Contact: 919-732-5001 or Linville/Linville Falls Area divisions: Crimson Laurel Gallery, a studio ment in the gallery. Hours: open by appt. only. Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 919/688-0313. tery, glass art, wood turning, fiber art and mixed the works of established regional and national at (www.HillsboroughGallery.com). ceramics retailer; Smoky Mountain Pottery Contact: 252/675-2011 or at (https://livingcolor- media is for sale. Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11am-6pm; artists and craftspeople. The gallery offers an Anvil Arts Studio Sculpture Garden & Gallery, Studio, a ceramics manufacturer; and Appala- ceramics.com/). Horse & Buggy Press, 1116 Broad Street, Ste. Fri., 11am-9pm; Sat., 11am-6pm; & Sun., 1-5pm. extensive collection of paintings, sculpture, Margaret Lane Gallery, 121 W Margaret (formerly Anvil Arts Studio) 9600 Linville Falls chian Terroir, designer and producer of original 101, Ninth Street District, Durham. Ongoing Contact: 336/790-8703 or at http://elementsgal- ceramics, glass, drawings and photography. Lane, 1/2 block off Churton, in between the Hwy., Hwy. 221 Linville Falls. Ongoing - Honored dinnerware and housewares. Hours: Mon.-Fri., Stardust Gallery, 244 1/2 Middle Street, Suite - Award winning graphic design, letterpress print- lery.wordpress.com). Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4pm Hot Tin Roof and public library, in downtown to be representing these outstanding sculptors: 8am-5pm & Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: call Ben D, New Bern. Ongoing - Featuring works by ing shop, and book production studio. Featuring a or by appt. Contact: 252/353-7000 or at (www. Hillsborough. Green Gallery, Through May Rick Beck - cast glass - abstract compositions to Philips at 904/716-3116 or e-mail to (contact@ over 25 NC artists including works in acrylic, oil new gallery and showroom filled with great work JMR Sculptures, Gateway Center, 620 S. Elm CityArtGreenville.com). The Gallery at Flat Rock, 2702A Greenville 9 - "Transformation: The Renewing of My tools and figurative work for interiors, freestand- crimsonlaurelgallery.com). & watercolor; photography; pen & ink; digital pop by over 20 artists and craftspeople from across Street, Suite 240, Greensboro. Ongoing - Fea- Highway, Flat Rock. Ongoing - a premier des- Mind," featuring inspirational work from Debi ing and wall pieces; Bill Brown - steel - abstrac- art; pottery; weaving; handmade wood and iron the Southeast. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-3pm. turing sculpture by Jay M Rotberg. Hours: Mon.- Strickland Art Gallery, 817 Dickinson Ave., tination for finely curated art and craft. Hours: L. Drew. May 12 - June 13 - "Land of Imagina- tions and interpretations from large scale, exterior Morehead City creations; lampwork glass jewelry & handblown Contact: 919/949-4847. Fri., 10am-4:30pm or by appt. Contact: 336/389- Greenville. Ongoing - The gallery specializes Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm or by appt. tion," featuring digital artwork from Kevin Flynn pieces to engaging freestanding and small works glass; fine handmade silver jewelry; stained 0333 or at (www.jmrsculptures.com). in art by North Carolina artists including Francis Contact: 828/698-7000, e-mail at (info@gal- Bell and Michi Doan. Gold Gallery, Through for interiors; Tinka Jordy - clay - figurative works, BluSail Gallery, Artists’ School & Pottery glass; and handwoven baskets. Hours: Tue.- LabourLove Gallery, Golden Belt complex, Speight, Sarah Blakeslee, Hobson Pittman and leryflatrock.com) or at (galleryflatrock.com). May 23 - "Bluegrass," featuring work themed expressive color and texture for garden and Studio, 903 Arendell Street, downtown art Thur., 11am-5pm & Fri.-Sat., 11am-7pm. Contact: Suite 2-130, 807 E. Main Street, Durham. Ongo- Lost & Found Gallery, 517 South Elm Street, Claude Howell. Contemporary NC artists are also on favorite bluegrass songs, from local artists. interiors; Carl Peverall - stone - natural stone district, Morehead City. Ongoing - The gallery 252/617-0209 or at (http://www.stardustart. ing - Featuring works by a collective of North Greensboro. Ongoing - Folk art, tribal art, shown. Hours: Mon.-Tue., 10am-6pm and by Hickory Ongoing - We continue to require masks constructions of sculptural and architectural ex- represents and exhibits work by over 30 local gallery/). Carolina fine artists, designers, and musicians. textiles, and beads of the world. Hours: noon appt. Contact: Barbour Strickland 252/561-7980 covering mouth and nose in the Gallery, on the plorations for gardens and courtyards; Mike Roig artists. The Artists’ School and Pottery Studio Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-7pm. Contact: 919/373- - 5:30pm, closed Wed. & Sun. Call ahead. Con- or at (www.StricklandArtGallery.com). Trade Alley Art Gallery, 25 2ND ST.NW, porch and in the yard, regardless of vaccination - stainless steel - capturing movement and reflec- are working studios designed to educate and The Art Gallery @ Le Bistro & Fine Dining, 4451 or at (http://labourlove.com/). tact: 336/271-6954. Hickory. Ongoing - Trade Alley Art Gallery is a status. We provide free masks in both adult tions, large scale kinetic works for the landscape. enhance local talent for children and adults of 3402-B Trent Road, New Bern. Ongoing - Fea- Uptown Art Supply & Gallery, a division of contemporary art gallery located in the heart of and child sizes, as well as hand sanitizer and Hours: call about hours to make an appt. Contact: all ages and all levels of experience. Hours: turing works by local artists who explore a wide Nancy Tuttle May Studio, 806 Ninth St, The Art Shop, 3900 W. Market St., Greensboro. UBE, 529 S Evans Street, Greenville. Ongoing - historic downtown Hickory. The gallery repre- a hand washing station on the front porch. We 828/765-6226 or at (www.studiosculpture.com). Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30 or by chance. Contact: range of media including Gayle George, Nell Durham. Ongoing - Featuring works by Nancy Ongoing - Featuring works by Pino, Arvid, Park, Featuring works in a variety of media by localand sents up to 25 artists of all geners In addition continue to run air purifiers in the four main 252/723-9516 or at (www.blu-sail.com). Maha, John Dreas, Nada Behr, Doris Walker, Tuttle May. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-1pm or by Garmash, Sabzi, Hessam and others. We feature regional artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm and there are artists on consignment representing gallery rooms. Ongoing - We show a wide 87 Ruffin Street Gallery, located next to the Old Barbara Cornish, B. Chris Munyan, Douglas appt. Contact: 919/688-8852. America’s most collected artists. We also carry Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 252/752-0688 or at wildlife wood carvings, fine furnishings and fine variety of mediums and styles, from classic oils, Hampton General Store and Barbeque, Hwy. Budding Artists, Ltd., 3000 Arendell Street, Rowe, Tess Luper, James King, William K. sculpture by Frogman (Tim Cotterill), Leon Bron- (www.uptownart.net). jewelry. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm, Contact: acrylics, photography, and water colors to pop 221 in Linville. Ongoing - The gallery features Unit 9, Morehead City. Ongoing - The gallery Henson, John Mitchell, Joan Russell, Betty Supergraphic, 601 Ramseur Street, Dur- stein & Paige Bradley and fine art glass by Randy 828/578-1706 or at (www.tradealleyart.com). and digital art. Sculpture, wood carving, jewelry, the work of local and regional folk artists, potters, provides custom framing and artist liaisons for Brown, Blain Kruger and Dan Wilson. Come in ham. Ongoing - Supergraphic is a creative Strong, John McDonald & Scott Bayless. Thomas Hendersonville - Flat Rock metal embossing, and mosaics from local art- figural wood carvers, glass artists and painters. commissioned pieces. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- for lunch or dinner, have a glass of wine and art studio dedicated to providing work space, Kinkade; original oil paintings, limited edition High Point ists help round out the mix. We are continuing This unique gallery also carries beautiful furniture 6pm. Contact: 252/247-5111. peruse the work of these fine artists. Hours: equipment and instruction for the production of prints and posters. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Art MoB Studios & Marketplace, 124 4th to offer monthly shows, changing out as of handcrafted by local artists from local woods. Tue.-Wed., 10am-5pm; Thur.-Sat., 10am-8pm; fine art prints and print media. Hours: open by Tue. & Wed till 7pm & Sat. 10am-5pm. Contact: Avenue East, Downtown Hendersonville just off J.Gallery at JH Adams Inn, 1108 North Main Last Fridays, as well as offering rotating exhib- The gallery has its own framing shop for all your Carteret Contemporary Art, 1106 Arendell St., and Sun., 9am-2pm. Contact: 252/637-7331 or appointment and during Third Friday art walks. 336/855-8500 or at (www.artshopnc.com). of Main Street, Hendersonville. Ongoing - Art Street, High Point. Ongoing - Featuring works its from over 30 different local artists. Hours: picture framing needs. Whether you are looking Morehead City. Ongoing - Featuring original at (http://www.lebistrofinediningandtheartgal- Contact: 919/360-4077 or at (http://durhamsu- MoB now represents over 80 local artists and by artists from across the country with an Wed.&Thur., 11am-6pm; Fri.. 11am-8pm; for original artwork for you home or for a gift paintings and sculpture from regional and lery.com). pergraphic.com/). The Artery Gallery, 1711 Spring Garden has been proudly open for three years, and emphasis on North Carolina artists. Hours: Sat., 11am-6pm; & Sun., noon-4pm. Contact: Ruffin Street gallery is the perfect destination. national artists, and shows with gallery artists Street, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring counting. Art MoB also features 5,000 square Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm, but it is suggested you 919/296-8938 or at (https://margaretlanegallery. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 11am-5pm. during spring and summer. Hours: Mon.-Fri., The Dirty Bird, 244½ Middle Street, New Bern. Through This Lens Photo Gallery, 303 East works by David Thomas, Roy Nydorf, Bruce feet of space including fours studios with make an appointment. Contact: Julie Delgaudio com/). Contact: 828/737-0420 or at (www.ruffinstreetart- 10am- 5pm and Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact Ongoing - Featuring an eclectic mix of paintings, Chapel Hill St, Durham. Ongoing - Currently Shores, Matthew Micca, Lisa Woods, Bill wonderful resident artists. These artists can be at 336/8478672 or by e-mail at (phonefrnzy@ gallery.com). 252/726-4071 or at (www.twogalleries.net). ceramic items, jewelry and repaired and painted only open by appt. for printing and framing ser- Clubb, Jack Stratton, Erin Stesch, Vito Ciccone, found fast at work in their studios most days aol.com). furniture. Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11am-6pm & Fri.- vices. Hours: Only by appt. Contact: 919/687- Alex Forsyth, Martin Dunn, and more. Hours: of the week. We invite you to come and join Mars Hill Morehead City Photography Gallery, 1300 Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 252/626-1983. 0250 or at (www.throughthislens.com). Mon.-Thur., 10am-6pm; Fri., 10am-5pm; & Sat., us... see our work, meet our artists, and take JK Gallery, 342 North Wrenn Street, High E Arendell Street, Morehead City. Ongoing - 10am-4pm. Contact: 336/274-9814 or at (www. classes with us. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm Point. Ongoing - Featuring fine art photog- Tom Turner Porcelain, 381 Turner Lane, Mars The gallery showcases the personal work of The Santuary Gallery, 2601-A Trent Rd., ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Durham arterygallery.com). & Sun., 1-4:30pm. Contact: 828/693-4545 or at raphy by Jim Koch. Exhibiting black & white Hill. Ongoing - Featuring wheel thrown and Mike Basher with a collection of limited edition New Bern. Ongoing - The Sanctuary Gallery Koi Gallery, 605 Jackson Street, Durham. On- (www.artmobstudios.com). original silver gelatin prints and interpretations high fired porcelain art pottery by Tom Turner black and white silver prints–images gath- is New Bern’s newest art gallery and is artist going - A gallery featuring unique and eclectic The O’Brien Art Gallery, 307 State Street, of color, architectural images, landscapes and with classical glazes like copper red oxblood, ered alongside his fifteen-year career as an owned and operated representing regional and art from local artists. The gallery features a new beside Cafe Pasta at the intersection of Golden Carolina Mountain Artists, 444 N. Main Street, portraits. Hours: M.-F., 9am-5pm. Contact: oilspot, celadons, and ash glazes. Hours: by advertising and editorial photographer. A recent national artists. The fine art and fine craft gallery theme every two months, including collections Gate & State Streets, Greensboro. Ongoing Hendersonville. Ongoing - Featuring works by 336/883-2370 or at (http://www.jk-gallery.com/). appt. Contact: 828/689-9430 or at (www.tom- transplant to the Beaufort/Morehead City area, has a diverse collection of paintings, drawings, on themes ranging from Native American art to - The gallery offers residential and corporate regional and local artists in every media. Hours: turnerporcelain.com). his collection consists of serene photographs sculpture and hand-craft2ed jewelry. Represent- folk art. The gallery is on the garden level of the fine art consulting services. We will outline a Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: Kelly Brooke Pottery & Gallery, 709 W. of beautiful local coastal scenes, and diverse ing both regional and national artists. The fine art Distinctive Properties Real Estate office. Hours: personalized budget plan for your specific needs. 828/696-0707. Lexington Ave., inside of DeBeen Espresso, Marshall landscapes from around the country. Hours: and fine craft gallery has a diverse collection of by appointment or during special showings. We also offer art research, presentation and High Point. Ongoing - All of my work is wheel Thur.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., noon-4pm and paintings, drawings, sculpture and hand crafted Contact: 919/682-4403. installation services. Whether you are an avid art Custom Built Quilts, 411 N. Wall Street, Hen- thrown and/or hand built from a porcelain clay East Fork Pottery, 268 Ras Grooms Road, by appt. Contact: 661/305-7026 or at (www. metal jewelry to complement any taste. Hours: collector or a first time purchaser,Tyler White Gal- dersonville. Ongoing - Custom built quilts from body made right here in North Carolina. I use a Marshall. Ongoing - East Fork Pottery was bashergallery.com). Tue.-Thur., 10am-5pm & Fri.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Fayetteville lery will guide you every step of the way. Hours: aprons to wall hangings. Hours: open on week- centuries old style of surface decoration known founder in 2010 by Alexander Matisse. We Contact: 252/571-8562 or at (www.theSanctuary- Mon.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: ends - call ahead to be sure. Contact: 828/808- as sprigging where I individually apply hand make a full range of functional and sculptural Morganton Gallery.com). ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Fayetteville call Kathy O’Brien (owner) at 336/279-1124 or at 1567 or at (www.custombuiltquilts.com). carved dragonflies or flowers to the leather ceramics, fired in a large wood bruning kiln, City Center Gallery & Books, 112 Hay Street, (www.tylerwhitegallery.com). hardened pots. Choose from mugs, bowls, Striving to understand our place in the tapestry Hamilton Williams Gallery, 403 East Union Ocracoke Island Fayetteville. Ongoing - A downtown book store East End Gallery on 7th Avenue, 518 7th vases, honey pots, teapots, plates, platters, etc. of American ceramics, we hold the past, pres- St., downtown Morganton. Ongoing – A gallery featuring works by local artists. Hours: Mon.- Uptown Artworks, 1007 Arnold Street, located Avenue East, Hendersonville. Ongoing - All of the pottery is food safe, microwave, and ent, and future on equal ground, for the three in of fine craft featuring the pottery, jewelry, metal, Village Craftsmen, 170 Howard Street, Oc- Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 910/678-8899 or at between E. Wendover Ave. and E. Bessemer Featuring a unique collection of fine art and dishwasher safe and very durable. Hours: daily concert make the most beautifu chord. Hours: fiber, and art of artists from Western North racoke Island. Ongoing - We feature pottery, (http://www.citycentergallery.com). Ave., Greensboro. Ongoing - Primarily a “work- craft. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 8am-8pm. Contact: 336/889-2107 or at (www. by appointment. Contact: 828/689-4109 or at Carolina and the Appalachian region, adjoin- glass, jewelry, kitchen items, musical instru- ing artist studio,” our 5,400 square foot facility 828/551-3278 or at (www.eastendgallery7. kellybrookepottery.com). (www.eastforkpottery.com). ing the production studio of resident potter, ments, wrought iron, baskets, bells, boxes, The Sweet Palette, 101 Person Street, has a large front gallery and currently houses 10 com). Hamilton Williams. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm soaps, accessories, clothes, games, kaleido- Fayetteville. Ongoing - Featuring creative studios with room to build 7 more. Hours: Mon., Hillsborough Work by Tinka Jordy Firewalker Gallery, Main St., across from the & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact 828/438-1595 or at scopes, lawn sprinklers, lamps & lampshades, cupcakes and art. Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-6- 10am-4pm; Sat., 10am-2pm; Sun., 1-4pm or by Firefly Craft Gallery, 2689-D Greenville Madison County courthouse, Marshall. Ongo- (www.hamiltonwilliams.com). prints, tin ware, pewter items, tiles and much pm. Contact: 910/489-7342 or at (https://www. appt. Contact: Joseph A. Wilkerson at 336/255- Highway, Flat Rock. Ongoing - Featuring fine Hillsborough Artists Cooperative and The ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Hillsborough ing - The gallery features artists from Madison more - all made by American artists. Hours: thesweetpalette.com/). 6345. craft and art - all the little things that make Skylight Gallery, 102 West King Street, up- Garden Art Gallery, 1902 Borland Rd, Hillsbor- County and east Tenn. who work in a variety Nags Head Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., 10am-2pm. living beautiful. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. stairs over Antonia’s Restaurant, Hillsborough. ough. May 1, 10am-6pm; May 2, noon-5pm & of mediums. Hours: Thur., Fri. & Sat., 10am-6- Contact: 252-928-5541 or at (www.villagecrafts- Fairview William Mangum Watercolors/Carey-Mangum Contact: 828/231-0764 or at (www.fireflycraft- Ongoing - Founded in 1992, featuring works May 8, 10am-6pm - "26th Annual Art in the Gar- pm and by appt. Contact: 828/649-0134 or at Seaside Art Gallery, 2716 Virginia Dare Trail men.com). Gallery, 2182 Lawndale Dr., Greensboro. Ongo- gallery.com). by Jayne Bomberg and Tom Guthrie (The den Sculpture Exhibition," an exhibition and sale (www.firewalkergallery.com). South, Nags Head. Ongoing - Featuring works Willow Wisp Farm Studios Gallery, 1615 ing - Original paintings, limited edition prints, Studio of Collective Effervescence); Jennifer of outdoor sculpture for the home and garden by of local and contemporary artists, as well as a Old Fort Charlotte Hwy, Fairview. Ongoing - Featuring miniature prints, posters and notecards by Wil- Framing Arts, 119 3rd Avenue West, Hender- E. Miller, Andrea DeGette, Jacquelin Liggins, 9 local and nationally recognized artists. The gar- Flow Gallery, handmade adornment Body + wonderful selection of art by such masters as works by the instructors and students who have liam Mangum. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm sonville. Ongoing - Framing Arts will elegantly and Tiffney Marley. Hours: last Fri. of the month dens include acres of intimate garden settings, Home, 14 Main Street, Marshall. Through June Picasso, Chagall, Whistler, Icart, Renoir and attended Willow Wisp Farm Studios. Hours: & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: 336/379-9200 or frame all your artwork to fit your decor and from 6-9pm or by appt. Contact: 919/929-2691 winding paths open spaces. Smaller sculptures 5 - "Upcycled: Alterations & Adaptations". Ongo- many others. Sculpture, porcelain and art glass Fri.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 800/887-5380. budget. Using preservation techniques and or 919/644-8637. and garden art are uniquely situated in intimate ing - An artist-owned gallery featuring a com- by Hummel, Staffordshire, Tiffany and others 888/590-4ART, 828/628-0401, or e-mail at archival materials, your art will be protected settings and larger sculptures are placed in the munity of skilled Western North Carolina makers, are represented. As well as a fine selection of ([email protected]). Winter Light Gallery & Art Studios, 410 for a lifetime of enjoyment. Hours: Mon.-Fri., more open spaces. All of the artists will be in at- is committed to selling distinctive handmade arts estate jewelry. Since the early 1980's, a major Blandwood Ave., corner of Blandwood Ave. 9:30am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: tendance. Additionally there will be music by Alex and crafts in a welcoming venue in an historic feature of Seaside Art Gallery has been our Gastonia and Spring Garden St., Greensboro. Ongo- 828/696-3818 or at (www.framingarts.net). Gordez May 1 and May 2. Artists exhibiting this mountain town. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm or large collection of original animation art by such ing - Featuring works by Kim Holleman, Vicki year: Todd Frahm (Metal and Stone Sculpture), by appt. Contact: 828/649-1686 or at (https:// studios as Disney, Warner Bros., Hanna-Bar- Butler Studio Fine Art Gallery, 171 W. Main Johnson, Judy Meyler, Carol Meetze-Moates, McCarter Gallery, 451 N. Main St., Hender- Tinka Jordy (Stoneware Sculpture), Mike Roig www.flowmarshall.com/). bera, United Features Ltd., and other animation St., located on the 2nd floor of the brick building Kathy Phillips, Steve Robinson, Carol Sams, Al- sonville. Ongoing - Featuring the working (Metal Sculpture), Sam Spiczka (Wood and Metal studios. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: next to the Park on Main, Gastonia. Ongoing - lie Scott, Phyllis Sharpe, Jane Smith, Stephanie studio-gallery of landscape artist Alan McCa- Sculpture), William Moore (Marble and Clay Mebane 252/441-5418, 1-800/828-2444 or at (http:// The gallery will continue to rotate in new works Thomas, Steve Thomas and Jeanne Twilley. rter, specializing in his acrylic paintings of the Sculpture), Susan Moffatt (Marble Sculpture), www.seasideart.com/). by Curt Butler. Hours: M, T, Th, F, 9am-5pm or Hours: Mon., Tue., Thur., & Sat., 11am-2pm. beauty of Nature in the Blue Ridge and Great Mike Waller (Mixed Media Sculpture), Wayne Fine Art Carolina Gallery, 116 West Clay by appt. Contact: 704/460-2386 or at (www. Contact: 336/274-7372 or at (www.winterlight- Smoky Mountains. Also, featuring a display Vaughn (Metal Sculpture), and Roberta Wood St., Mebane. Ongoing - The gallery offers New Bern butlerstudio.org). artists.com). of new works monthly. And, watercolors and (Ceramic Sculpture). The event is free. For timed traditional and contemporary art in various me- acrylics of Robbin McCarter and art glass by attendance, reservations required at ( https:// diums. The gallery will also feature guest artists Downtown New Bern, May 8, 5-8pm - Greensboro Area Yew Tree Gallery, 604 S. Elm St., Greens- Czech glass master Igor Muller and Canadian garden-art-gallery.com/). Contact: Tinka Jordy and offer art workshops. Hours: Mon.-Sat., "ArtWalk". Come and enjoy special events at Work from Turtle Island Pottery boro. Ongoing - The gallery is a subsidiary of Robert Held. Hours Mon.-Sat.,10:30am-5:30pm by calling 919/757-2181, e-mai at (tinka.jordy@ 11am-5pm. Contact: 919/455-5965 or at (http:// downtown business in New Bern featuring art Ambleside Gallery, 528 South Elm Street, Ambleside Gallery, and is home to 16 painters & by appt. Contact: 828/698-7117 or at (www. gmail.com) or visit (https:www.garden-art-gallery. FineArtCarolina.com). and a festive evening. Contact: for info call Turtle Island Pottery, 2782 Bat Cave Road, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works by who work in a varienty of media and styles, in- mccarter-gallery.com). com). Carolina Creations at 252/633-4369 or visit Old Fort. Ongoing - Featuring handmade artists from around the world. Among them are cluding oils, acrylic, pastel, pen and ink, and Micaville (www.carolinacreations.com). pottery by Maggie and Freeman Jones, who English artists Phil Hobbs, Kenneth Denton, watercolor. The gallery also features pottery. Narnia Studios, 315 N. Main St., Henderson- Lenoir create one of a kind, functional, decorative and Matthew Hillier. American painters Bill Hours: Wed.- Sat., 11am-5pm or by appt. Con- ville. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and Crabtree Creek Art and Floral Gallery, 4161 Carolina Creations Fine Art and Contempo- stoneware items. From cups to umbrella Hosner, Tracy Reid, Richard Sedlack and Rich tact: 336/790-8703. regional artists in a variety of media. Hours: Morning Song Gallery, at old Victorian house, E. Hwy 19-E, between Burnsville & Spruce rary Craft Gallery, 317-A Pollock Street, New stands, mirror frames and clocks. Sculptural Work by Evelyn Ward Nelson, and internationally recognized Chinese Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-6pm. Contact: 828/697- 512 West Avenue, NW, across from the Lenoir Pine, in Micaville. Ongoing - A 2,400 sq. ft. Bern. NC. May 8, 5-8pm - Artwalk featured and inspired by nature, many forms are remi- watercolorist Guan Weixing, plus many other ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Greensboro 6393 or at (www.narniastudios.com). Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, 121 N. Churton Post Office and to the right of Baker Realty, gallery offering pottery, blown glass, paint- artist is Judith Cutler. Ongoing - Featuring fine niscent of antique pottery from the arts and noteworthy artists are included in the gallery Bliss & Co. Salon, 238 S. Elm Street, Greens- St., Suite 1-D, Hillsborough. Through May 23 Lenoir. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and ings, stained glass, wood carvings and bowls, art and contemporary crafts including pottery, crafts movement. Hours: Showroom open most collections. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm or boro. Ongoing - Featuring an ever-changing Silver Fox Gallery, 508 N. Main Street, Hen- - "In the Making". Contemporary mixed-media regional artists. Hours: Call ahead. Contact: jewelry, handmade handbags, sweaters & paintings, glass, sculpture, and wood by over Sats., call ahead to be sure. Contact: 828/669- by appt. Contact: 336/275-9844 or at (www. exhibit of works by Charlotte and Erik Strom. dersonville. Ongoing - Featuring contemporary paintings by Stacy Crabill, architectural and Margaret Carter Martine at 828/754-5693. hats, Christmas trees, ornaments and holiday 300 of the countries top artists. Hours: Mon.- 2713 or at (www.Turtleislandpottery.com). amblesidearts.com). Hours: Mon., 10am-6pm; Tue.-Fri., 10am-8pm; fine art, hand-crafted artworks from the US decorations, metal sculptures and ironwork, Sat., 10am-6pm, & Sun., 11am-3pm. Contact: continued on Page 59 continued on Page 60 Page 58 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 59 Table of Contents Table of Contents New Salem Pottery, 789 New Salem Road, Fiber and Fire Gallery, 253 E Main Street, King’s Pottery, 4905 Reeder Rd., Seagrove. Randleman. Ongoing - Established in 1972, Seagrove. Ongoing - A gallery of wearable fi- Ongoing - Hand-turned traditional stoneware. New Salem Pottery is owned and operated by ber art by Kathy Fernandez. “Sewing has been Wood-fired salt glaze. Folk pottery. face jugs, NC Commercial Galleries Hal Pugh and Eleanor Minnock-Pugh. Hal and NC Commercial Galleries a part of my life since I was a child. Successful and more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Con- continued from Page 59 Eleanor produce a variety of original redware and continued from Page 60 sewing includes the ability to “see” how fabric tact: 336/381-3090 or at (www.kingspottery. stoneware pottery. Years of work at the wheel and design complement one another.” Hours: com). Oriental stone, wood & bronze sculpture), Lara O’Keefe and the subtle evolutionary convergence of Ben Owen Pottery, 2199 S. Hwy. 705, Sea- pottery family. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. call for hours. Contact: 336/872-4007 or at (functional pottery), and Nathalie Worthington originality with past traditions make their pottery grove. Ongoing - Wood-fired, traditional and Contact: 336/301-3254 or at (www.chrisluther- (www.fiberandfire.net). Kovack Pottery, 1298 Fork Creek Mill Rd., Village Gallery, 300 Hodges Street, Oriental. (acrylic painting). Contact: (www.123artstudios. recognizable by its own style. The slip decorated contemporary works using local clay by Ben pottery.com). Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring hand-turned, Ongoing - The Village Gallery features the com). redware pitcher shown above is illustrative of Owen III. Colors ranging from Chinese red to Fireshadow Pottery, 244 Falls Dr., Eagle hand-painted, lead-free functional stoneware works of more than 40 member and consigned their art. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: Chinese blue. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm Chrisco Pottery, 1360 Hwy. 705, Seagrove. Springs. Ongoing - Featuring one-of-a-kind and wood-fired, salt-glazed pottery by Craig artists. The Gallery is staffed by its resident Pittsboro Gallery of Art, 44-A Hillsboro Street, 336/498-2178 or at (www.newsalempottery.com). (closed in Jan.). Contact: 910/464-2261 or at Ongoing - Featuring functional pottery includ- "primitive elegant" ceramic art. Hours: Tue.- Kovack and Michelle Kovack. Hours: Mon.-Sat., artists. As a cooperative gallery we offer great Pittsboro. Ongoing - This gallery is owned and (www.benowenpottery.com). ing tableware, vases, and large platters. Hours: Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/673-8317 or at 9am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873- values. You buy directly from the juried art- operated by local and regional artists, whose Rutherfordton Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm (Sept.-Dec.) & Tue.-Sat., (www.fireshadow.com). 8727 or at (www.geocities.com/kovackpottery/). ists. Hours: Wed.-Sun., 10am-5pm. Contact: purpose is to exhibit and offer an opportunity Blue Hen Pottery, 247 West Main Street, 10am-5pm (Jan.-Aug.). Contact: 336/879-5272. 252/249-0300 or at (www.villagegallerync.com). for art lovers and patrons to see, purchase and Ornamentals and Finer Welding, Inc., Seagrove. Ongoing - Narrative pots for daily Frank Neef Pottery, 258 East Main Street, Lantern Hill Pottery, 110 East Avenue, collect fine art and fine crafts. The gallery is 142 West Court St., Rutherfordton. Ongo- use. Wood-salt stoneware and colorful earthen- Cross Creek Pottery, 481 King. Rd., Sea- Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring decorative Seagrove. Ongoing - We focus on making our ing - Featuring works by master artisan Tom pottery that is not only hand-crafted and an Outer Banks Area spacious, allowing for over 30 artists to show Work by Ana Guzman ware. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pmor by appt. grove. Ongoing - Featuring decorative and and functional porcelain, elaborate cut out their creations in many media, as well as offer Elfers. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm and Sat., Contact: 336/653-9551 or at (wwwbluehenpot- functional pottery by Terry and Vivian Hunt. designs, with crystaline and celadon glazes. enjoyment to use, but also beautiful in their own Pea Island Art Gallery, 27766 NC Hwy. 12, classes. Additionally, the artists wish to raise reception will be held on May 7, from 6-8pm, 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/288-3001 or at (www. tery.com). Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. noon-5pm. form of art to be seen and held by all. Hours: Salvo. Ongoing - Featuring handmade works awareness and appreciation for the visual arts RSVP. Gallery C announces Cuban artist, ornametals1.com). Contact: 336/873-8425 or at (www.crosscreek- Contact: 336/872-4013 or at (www.potteryby- Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 11am-5pm. by over 100 Outer Banks artists. Hours: call and artistic crafts; promote artistic excellence Ana Guzman’s first solo exhibition in the state Blue Stone Pottery, 2215 Fork Creek Mill Rd., pottery.com). frankneef.com). Contact: 336-873-8222 or at (www.lanternhill- ahead. Contact: 252/987-2879 or at (www. and contribute to the cultural and economic of North Carolina. On display for the month Salisbury/Spencer Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional, pottery.com). peaislandartgallery.com). welfare of the community. Hours: Tue.-Sat., of May, will be Ana’s 12 new paintings. Ana functional stoneware pottery. Hours: Tue.-Fri., Crystal King Pottery, 2475 Hwy. 705, Sea- Freeman Pottery, 1147 McDuffie Rd., Eagle 10:30am-5:30pm and Sun., 11am-5pm. Con- Guzman’s art reflects the colors and energy of Green Goat Gallery, 516 S. Salisbury Ave., 10am-4pm & Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 336/879- grove. Ongoing - Featuring functional and Springs. Ongoing - Featuring hand-turned min- Latham's Pottery, 7297 US Hwy 220 S., Pinehurst - Southern Pines Area tact: 919/704-8552 or at (https://www.pittsboro- her native Havana, Cuba. Ana’s style has been just off I-85, across from the North Carolina 2615 or e-mail at (audreyvalone@bellsouth. decorative stoneware by Seagrove native and iatures 1/2 to 2 inches, functional ware decorat- Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring funtional and arts.org/). compared to that of “a jazz musician’s brush Transportation Museum, Spencer. Ongoing net). family-taught potter Crystal King. Face jugs, ed with farm scenes and vessel puzzles. Hours: tradional stoneware by Bruce and Janice strokes on the drums,” equating the rhythm of - Housed in the historic 20th century Sands salt glazes, and folk art. Hours: Tue.-Sat., Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 910/673-2044 or Latham. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: Raleigh Area her brushwork with the rhythm of her subjects. Building, the gallery features fine and folk art, 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-6990 or at (www. e-mail at ([email protected]). 336/873-7303 or e-mail at (lathamspottery@ Ana Guzman paints with energy and expres- photography, exquisite handcrafted functional CrystalKingPottery.net). embarqmail.com). ArtSource Fine Art & Framing, 4421-123 Six sion combining line, texture, color and form, crafts and jewelry, and eclectic recycled and From The Ground Up Pottery, 172 Crest- Forks Road (behind Bonefish Grill, across from giving the eye just enough information to sug- found art by local, regional, and national Daniel Johnston Pottery, 6265 Sugg Drive, wood Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring Levi Mahan Pottery, 1423 NC Hwy. 705, Brother’s Cleaners at North Hills...look for the gest the desired image. Ongoing - Gallery C artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10:30am -5:30pm. Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring pottery by handmade pottery by Michael Mahan and his Seagrove. Ongoing - Wood-fired pottery made red door), Raleigh. Ongoing - ArtSource is a brings talented artists and fine art to the atten- Contact: 704/639-0606 or at (www.greengoat- Daniel Johnston. Hours: special events or by two children, Chelsea and Levi. Tree platters, from local materials. SEasonal kiln openings. fine art gallery housing over 1,600 works of art tion of serious private collectors and museums. gallery.com). appt. Contact: 336/963-4845 or e-mail to (dan- meditation bells, dinnerware, and southwestern Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 336/480-7808 or by 65+ artists. This award-winning gallery has Since 1985, Gallery C has established itself as [email protected]). glaze. Contemporary and traditional forms. at (www.LeviMahan.com). assisted collectors and businesses in the selec- one of the Southeast’s leading fine art galleries Pottery 101, 101 S. Main St., from I-85, take Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm (call ahead). Con- tion of fine art, custom art pieces and framing in Raleigh, NC. Open by appt. only. Hours: exit #76 (Innes St.) toward downtown - we are Dean and Martin Pottery, 7739 Nathan tact: 910/464-6228 or at Lovin hillss pottery, 564 Loving Hill Rd., for over 20 years. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm Tue.-Fri., noon-6pm; Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun., on the corner of Innes and Main, Salisbury. Lane, Seagrove. Ongoing - Jeff Dean and (www.fromthegrounduppots.com). Candor. Ongoing - Featuring hand-thrown Work by Rachel Clearfield and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 919/787-9533, or at 1-5pm. Contact: 919/828-3165 or at (www. Ongoing - The destination for beautiful hand- Stephanie Martin make contemporary, vibrantly functional and decorative pieces. Known for Broadhurst Gallery, 2212 Midland Rd., (www.artsource-raleigh.com). galleryc.net). crafted pottery. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm & glazed stoneware vessels, sculpture, and wall Graham Chriscoe Pottery, 2719 220 N., hand carved pottery. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5- Pinehurst. Ongoing - Featuring works by re- Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 704/209-1632. pieces. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Mon. Seagrove. Ongoing - Functional hand-thrown pm (closed Jan.-Mar.). Contact: 910/974-7787 gional, national and international artists. Hours: Ashley’s Art Gallery,701 N. Main St, located Glenwood Gallery Art & Antiques, 610 W. by chance. Contact: 336/879-0683 or at (www. pottery using glazes of white, brown, burgundy, or e-mail at ([email protected]). Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., 1-4pm. Contact: 12 miles south of Raleigh, Fuquay-Varina. Johnson St., Raleigh. Ongoing - Featuring Rail Walk Studios & Gallery, 409 – 413 N Works from Bulldog Pottery deanandmartinpottery.com). cobalt blue, teal blue, red and Christmas green. 910/295-4817 or at (www.broadhurstgallery. Ongoing - Featuring fine art originals by works by Edwin D. Alexander, Barbara Evans, Lee St., in the Rail Walk Arts District, Salisbury. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 910/428- Luck's Ware, 1606 Adams Rd., Seagrove. com). national and local artist including Terry Isaac, Michael Manas, Nancee Clark, Michael Van Ongoing - Featuring works on display by Mari- Bulldog Pottery, 3306 Alt. 220, Seagrove. Dirt Works Pottery, 1226 Hwy. 705, Seagrove. 4536. Ongoing - Traditional, utilitarian pottery forms Braldt Bralds and John Weiss and reproduc- Horn, Rob Cox, Jim Green, Stan Strikland, etta F. Smith, Sharon Forthofer, Karen Frazer, Ongoing - Bruce Gholson and Samantha Ongoing - Featuring contemporary, sculptural in a wide range of colors including Sid Luck's Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Rd., one tions by Pino, Robert Bateman, Carl Brenders, Mark Tomczyk. Hours: Call. Contact: 919/829- Kenneth Koskela, Elizabeth H. McAdams, Julie Henneke collaborate to make graceful forms, and functional pottery; Raku, stoneware, wood- Great White Oak Gallery, 437 N. Broad St., “CRAWDAD” slip. Salt-glazed stoneware from mile from Pinehurst next to Elliott’s restaurant, Bev Doolittle and William Mangum. Hours: 7202. Pontell and Keyth Kahrs. Each of the artists and develop their own unique glazes. Expect fired and salt glazed by Dan Triece. Hours: Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring functional wood-fired groundhog kiln. Pottery turned by Pinehurst. Ongoing - Featuring original work Mon.-Thur., 11am-6pm & Fri.-Sat. 10:30am-5- has a unique style and body of work. Visitors distinctively unusual work at Bulldog Pottery. Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm. Contact: 336/873- thrown forms and hand-built pottery by Ben- son Matt, a 6th generation potter, also avail- by award winning local artists Jane Casnel- pm. Contact: 919/552-7533 ext.3 or at (www. Litmus Gallery & Studios, 312 W. Cabarrus will find original art in oil, acrylic, watercolor, Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm; Sun. or Mon. by 8979 or at (www.dirtworkspottery.com). jamin Burns and Bonnie Burns. Exquisitely able. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: lie, Diane Kraudelt, Irene McFarland, Paula ashleyart.com). Street, (across the tracks from Amtrak Train pastel, and other mediums, as well as sculp- chance or call. Contact: 910/428-9728 or at glazed and hand decorated with rare unusual 336/879-3261 or e-mail at (lucksware@rtmc. Montgomery, and Robert Gera. Offering a wide Station) Raleigh. Ongoing - Regional emerg- ture, hand-made jewelry, pottery, and digital (www.bulldogpottery.com). Dixieland Pottery, 1162 Cagle Loop Rd., glazes and hand-painted motifs. Hours: daily net). range of work from contemporary to traditional, ing and/or established artists are featured photography, making Rail Walk a great place Seagrove. Ongoing - Hand-turned functional 9am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-8066 or at (www. the gallery includes portraiture, vibrant Tuscan every month with a reception from 6-9pm the to purchase a wide variety of original art in all Cady Clay Works, 3883 Busbee Rd., Sea- stoneware, colorful glazes to plain earth tones. greatwhiteoakgallery.com). Lufkin Pottery, 7437 Hwy 220 S., Asheboro. scenes, palpable pet portraits, beautiful florals first Friday of each month. Studios of resident price ranges. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 11am-4pm. grove. Ongoing - Johannes "John" Mellage Specialize in dinnerware, face jugs, etc. Hours: Ongoing - Featuring jewel tone glazes and and more, in a wide variety of mediums includ- artists are open for touring, viewing, and selling Contact: 704/431-8964 or at (www.railwalkgal- and Beth Gore work with a variety of clays and Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm. Contact: 336/873- Hatfield Pottery, 187 Atkinson Farm Rd., specialize in kitchenware and functional pieces ing oils, acrylics, pastels and unusual black and of art (paintings, sketches, sculptures, pottery, lery.com). glazes to create functional and decorative ware 8463. Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring functional and by Sally Lufkin Saylor. Hours: Mon.-Sat., white washes. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-9:30pm. mixed media, photography, etc.). Hours: Thur., with richly layered surfaces. Hours: Tue.-Sat., whimsical art deco, as well as folk styles of 9:30am-5pm (closed Wed.). Contact: 336/873- Contact: 910/255-0665 or at (www.Hollyhock- 10am-2pm or by appt. Contact: 919/571-3605 Saluda Area 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 910/464-5661 Donna Craven Pottery, 2616 Old Cox Rd., hand turned pottery by Morgan Hatfield. Hours: 8764 or e-mail at ([email protected]). sArtGallery.com). or at (www.litmusgallery.com). or at (www.cadyclayworks.com). Asheboro. Ongoing - Featuring wood-fired Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-8458. Heartwood Contemporary Crafts Gallery, 21 salt-glazed, mostly traditional with some Maness Pottery, 10995 Hwy. 24/27, Carthage. One of a Kind Gallery, LLC, 128 W. Pennsyl- Local Color Gallery, Carter Building, 22 South East Main Street, Saluda. Ongoing - Featuring Cagle Road Pottery, 603 Cagle Rd., Sea- decorative and contemporary forms by Donna Hickory Hill Pottery, 4539 Busbee Rd., Sea- Ongoing - Featuring functional and decora- vania Ave., (Belvedere Plaza) Southern Pines. Glenwood Ave., Raleigh. Ongoing - The gallery contemporary works of handmade wearables, grove. Ongoing - Featuring dinnerware and a Craven. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 336/629- grove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional shapes tive pieces in all colors except red by Clyde Ongoing - The Gallery is located in what was has now grown into a women’s artist coopera- jewelry, paper, paintings, fine porcelain, stone- wide variety of glazes. Electric, gas and wood- 8173. of the area, stoneware that is functional and Maness. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am-6pm & Sun., once an old hotel building (built in 1905). One tive 13 members strong. Hours: Thur., Fri., & ware, glass, metal and wood. Hours: Mon.- fired salt and ash glazes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., beautiful. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 1-5pm. Contact: 910/948-4897. of a Kind Gallery occupies three “hotel rooms” Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: 919/754-3887 or at Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 8am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-2802 or e-mail at Donna’s Pottery Haven, 3432 Brower Mill 910/464-3166. plus two alcoves, making it ideal for displaying (www.localcoloraleigh.com). 828/749-9365 or at (www.heartwoodsaluda. ([email protected]). Road, Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring work by MasterWorks, 246 East Ave., Seagrove. fine art. The works of 25 artists are featured in com). Donna Hertzog. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. His Hands Pottery, 7029 New Center Church Ongoing - Featuring antique, traditional, and the Gallery, with a wide range of media repre- The Mahler Fine Art, Mahler Building, 228 Caldwell-Hohl Artworks, 155 Cabin Trail, Contact: 336-879-4776 or e-mail to (hert- Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring functional, contemporary pottery. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am- sented: photography, painting, pottery, sculpture, Fayetteville St., Raleigh. Ongoing - Featuring Seagrove Area Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring contempo- [email protected]). decorative, folk art, and Biblical pieces by Jea- 5pm. Contact: 336/873-7779. notecards, painted silk scarves, basketry, jewelry, a dynamic venue dedicated to significant art rary stoneware, sculptures, large garden urns nette Lowdermilk. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm scented candles, clocks, and fiber arts. All of the of our time, committed to offering the best in A. Teague Pottery/EJ King Pottery, 2132 and contemporary fiber art. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Dover Pottery, 634 NC Hwy. 705, Seagrove. (closed Jan.-Mar.). Contact: 336/879-5866 or art is for sale. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm Work by King Nobuyoshi Godwin regional and national fine art by emerging and Hwy. 705, Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring 10am-5pm (call first). Contact: 336/879-9090 or Ongoing - Featuring a variety of colored crys- e-mail at ([email protected]). and open until 7pm on Fri. Contact: 910/725- established artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm works by several potters form the "village" with at (www.caldwellhohl.com). talline ware, freehand-decorated majolica, and 0465 or at (www.oneofakindgalleryllc.com). Charlotte Russell Contemporary Fine or by appt. Contact: 919/896-7503 or at (www. their traditional shapes of the Seagrove area. raku by Milly, Fiva, and Zeke McCanless, but Humble Mill Pottery, 121 N Broad St., Art Gallery, 419B Daniels Street, Raleigh. themahlerfineart.com). Contemporary, electric fired stoneware. Tradi- Callicutt Pottery, 5137 Seagrove Plank Rd., we also carry ceramic work by Allen McCanless Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring classical and Pittsboro Through May 26 - "Art Ritual," featuring works tional glazes and melted glass glaze. Hours: Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring a good selec- and Stephen Baxter and quilts by Scott Murkin. traditional stoneware influenced by 2 years of by King Nobuyoshi Godwin, Rebecca Kauf- 311 - Martin St Gallery and Studios, 311 Mar- Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-5400. tion of functional stoneware in many colors Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 336/879- work in Japan by Charlotte Wooten. Hours: All In One Pottery, 115 Hobbs Road, Pittsboro. man, Kelly Sheppard Murray, Ethel Revita, tin Street, Warehouse District, Raleigh. Ongo- including brown, black and white, green and 3610 or at (Doverpotteryseagrove.com). Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7145 Ongoing - The pottery houses an eclectic mix Evelyn Reyes and Joy Tirade. Through May ing - Featuring three exhibit galleries, studios A.R. Britt Pottery, 5650 Hwy, 220 S., Sea- burgundy, green and gold, black and burgundy or at (www.humblemillpottery.com). of hand-painted mailolica dinnerware, pitfired & 26 - "Colorful Conversation," featuring works by by tenant artists, The Print Studio, and the grove. Ongoing - Hand-turned/handmade and yellow by Gary Callicutt. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Down To Earth Pottery, 11792 Hwy. 24/27, raku vases, and hand-crafted musical instru- Jen Mathews and Hannah Surace. Ongoing meeting place for The North Carolina Printmak- traditional Seagrove style pottery, original 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7898 or e-mail at Carthage. Ongoing - Featuring utilitarian JLK Jewelry at Jugtown, 330 Jugtown Rd., ments by Allen McCanless; as well as pitfired - Featuring underrepresented, emerging, and ers. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm and 6-9pm on formulated glazes, and functional stoneware in ([email protected]). and decorative pieces by Jim, Nick & Mary Seagrove. Ongoing - Jennie Lorette Keatts sculptural ceramic artwork by Louise Hobbs mid-career artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-5pm 1st Friday of the month. Contact: 919/821-2262 the tradition of Nell Cole Graves style by Aaron Havner. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: takes clay to a different level! She hand makes McCanless. Hours: by appointment only. Con- & Sun. and Mon., by appt. Contact: 984/200- or at (http://311gallery.com/). R. Britt. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., Carolina Crockery Gallery, 326 Adams Road, 910/948-2619. pottery cabochons and sets them in sterling tact: 919/542-6162 5835 or at (https://charlotterussellcontempo- noon-6pm. Contact: 336/873-7736 or at (www. (Just off of Hwy 705 between Whynot and silver or 14K and 18K gold, copper, brass rary.com/). The Centerpiece Gallery, 719 N. Person seagrovepottery.net). Westmoore, or take Steeds Road exit from Hwy Eck McCanless Pottery, 6077 Old US Hwy. and semi-precious stones. Hours: Tue.-Sat., Liquidambar Gallery & Gifts, 80 Hillsboro Street, Raleigh. Ongoing - Featuring fine art, 73/74 or Hwy 220 and head towards Seagrove, 220, Seagrove. Ongoing - The pottery will sell 8:30am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-2653 or at Street, Pittsboro. Through May 29 - "Minimal- Flanders Gallery, 505 S. Blount Street, Ra- custom framing and workshops. Hours: Tue.- Albright Pottery, 6597 New Center Church just down the road from Sid Lucks!) Seagrove. crystalline works made by this second-genera- (www.jlkjewelry.com). istic B&W Photography – Less is More," by leigh. Ongoing - Flanders Gallery is committed Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat., 11am-6pm or by appt. Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional, Ongoing - The gallery is a multi-media gal- tion Seagrove potter but, the main focus will be John Mecham. Ongoing - Featuring the works to cultivating the careers of emerging artists. Contact: 919/838-8580 or at (www.thecenter- salt glaze and red functional pottery by Arlie G. lery, offering handmade pottery from Morgan on agateware, which is made by turning several Johnston and Gentithes Art Pottery, 741 of gallery owners Kitty and John Mecham. The Through its rigorous exhibition program, the piece.com). Albright. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: Hatfield of Hatfield Pottery, Levi Mahan, and different colors of clay at one time. Hours: Tue.- Fork Creek Mill Road, Whynot. Ongoing - Fea- gallery has also been a showcase for over 85 gallery continues to explore new concepts in 336/879-4209. assorted potters from the area. We also carry Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. and open all Mon. turing traditional and contemporary museum- artists, featuring a wide variety of both 2-D and contemporary art using various media. Flan- Triangle Cultural Art Gallery, 8320 Litchford wood art pieces including cutting boards and Holidays. Contact: 336/964-4206 or at quality pottery and sculpture by Fred Johnston 3-D arts and crafts during the past 10 years. ders Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting provoca- Road, Suite 138 Raleigh. Through May 2 - "I Anita's Pottery & Dogwood Gallery, 2513 custom furniture from Joel Tucker of Southern (www.EckMcCanless.webs.com). and Carol Gentithes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10:30am-5:30pm. Contact: tive and innovative contemporary art, producing AM," featuring works by Jason Franklin. Ongo- Hwy. 705, Seagrove. Ongoing - Turning since Wood Creations. We have hand-blown glass 5pm (call first). Contact: 336/873-9176 or at 919/542-1773, e-mail at (liquidambargallery@ 14-18 exhibits each year both in the gallery and ing - The Triangle Cultural Art Gallery cultivates 1987, Anita Morgan is best known for her from Nicuzzie Glass Designs (Nick Fruin and The English Potter, 825 Hwy. 705 S., Sea- (www.johnstonandgentithes.com). Works from Matthew Kelly Pottery gmail.com) or at (http://www.liquidambarstudio. in alternative exhibit spaces. Hours: Wed.-Sat., and exhibits art that reflects the triangle’s diverse miniature pottery, but also has many functional Suzanne Ririe), jewelry and fiber pieces from grove. Ongoing - Featuring hand thrown por- com/). 11am-6pm. Contact: 919/757-9533 or at (http:// cultural heritage and artistic expression. Through and decorative items. Glazes include cobalt The Fuchsia Flamingo. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 2-5pm; celain and stoneware pottery by Robert Saxby. Jugtown Pottery, 330 Jugtown Rd., Seagrove. Matthew Kelly Pottery, 4818 Seagrove Plank flandersartgallery.com). the engagement of cultural art awareness and blue, burgundy, hunter green, shiny black, Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., noon to 5pm. Contact: Fine stoneware glazes range from copper red Ongoing - Celebrating 100 years of opera- Road, Asheboro. Ongoing - Decorative and 123 Art Studios, 123 Beech Forest Way, events, we help build our local community. Hours: yellow, rose pink, earthy brown, lime green and 336/879-2426 or at (www.carolinacrockery. to tenmoku. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10a-5pm & Sun., tion. Featuring handmade wood and gas-fired functional handmade stoneware by Matthew & Pittsboro. Ongoing - Featuring the original Gallery C, 540 North Blount Street, Raleigh. Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: purple. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: com). noon-4pm. Contact: 336/879-1352 or at (www. dinnerware, vases and jars by Vernon Owens, Danielle Kelly. Wood-fired salt glazes, meticu- works of collaborative duo Luna Lee Ray and Through May 4 - "Best of North Carolina". call 919/900-8055 or at (www.triangleculturalart. 336/879-3040 or at (www.anitaspottery.com). english-potter.com). Pam Owens and Travis Owens. Hours: Tue.- lous slip work, on dinnerware, ornaments, and Shelly Hehenberger, along with nine participat- Gallery owner, art historian, and North Carolina com). Chad Brown Pottery, 2719 US 220 N., Sat., 8:30am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-3266 or at jewelry. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 919/244- ing artists of 123 Art Studios, this event will native Charlene Newsom employs her broad Avery Pottery and Tileworks, 636 Potters Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring high fired Fat Beagle Pottery, 719 Potter’s Way Rd., (www.jugtownware.com). 7445 or e-mail at (matthewkellypottery@gmail. boast an incredibly diverse selection of all new knowledge of NC art to curate an extensive Randleman Way, Seagrove. Ongoing - Finely crafted stoneware, decorative and functional with ash Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring wheel-turned, com). works in a variety of medium. Artists from 123 collection celebrating the best and brightest NC ceramic forms by Blaine Avery. Extrordinary and alkaline glazes, by Chad Brown. Hours: gas-fired, functional and contemporary stone- Keith Martindale Pottery, Boyd Dr., Seagrove. Art Studios who will have brand new creations artists of past and present. The show includes Joseph Sand Pottery, 2555 George York vessels, unique hand-painted titles. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/571-1691 ware. Also features uniquely stunning, pit-fired Ongoing - Featuring functional and decora- McCanless Pottery, 634 NC Hwy 705, on display include: Colleen Black Semelka landmark pieces by influential North Carolina Road, Randleman. Ongoing - Featuring wood- Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7923 or e-mail at ([email protected]). vases. Hours: Tue., Thur. Fri., Sat., 9:30am-5- tive pottery with a new red glaze and an ocean Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring Zinc Silicate (raku), Jean Cerasani (fiber & ceramics), RJ artists. Some of the biggest names and most fired, salt and ash glazed pottery by Joseph or at (www.averypotteryandtileworks.com). pm. Contact: 336/953-0608 or e-mail at (fatbea- glaze by Keith Martindale. Hours: Mon.-Sat., crystalline glazes by Will McCanless. Also Dobs (stone sculpture), Sarah Graham (acrylic important North Carolina art, including Claude Sand at kiln openings held three times each Chris Luther Pottery, 4823 Busbee Rd., [email protected]). 10am-3pm & Sun. 1-5pm (closed Jan.-Mar.). featuring wood-fired pottery by David Stuempfle painting), Kelly Hudson (wood & other media), Howell, Warren Brandt, Mary Anne Keel Jen- year. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 612/518- Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring contempo- Contact: 336/302-3571 or at (www.keithmartin- and Daniel Johnston. Hours: daily 10am-5pm. Cat Manolis (contemporary design reliquaries & kins, Horace Farlowe, and many more. May 4051 or 336/460-0259 and at (http://www. rary and functional pottery by Chris Luther, a dalepottery.com). Contact: 336/879-3610 or at (www.mccanless- mixed media), William Moore (marble, ceramic, 7 - June 2 - "New Works by Ana Guzman". A jsspottery.com/). pottery.com). continued on Page 61 4th generation potter of Seagrove’s Chriscoe continued on Page 62 Page 60 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 61 Smith Pottery, 743 South Hwy 705, Seagrove. 9am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7381 or at (www. Pennington, including originals, prints and gift New Elements Gallery artists: Kristen Dill, Fritzi Ongoing - Spirited - imaginative - unique “art turnandburnpottery.com). items. Also framing is available. Hours: Mon.- Huber, & Sheila Keefe Ortiz, and Art In Bloom pottery” handcrafted by the Smith family. Hours: sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/452.9284 or at Gallery artists: Debra Bucci, Bradley Carter, NC Commercial Galleries Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-1174 Uwharrie Crystalline Pottery, 112 East Ave., NC Commercial Galleries (www.tpennington.com). Mark Gansor, Jeri Greenberg, Joan McLoughlin continued from Page 61 or at (www.smithpotterync.com). Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring crystalline pot- continued from Page 62 & Kirah Van Sickle. Through May 2 - "Beauty tery (the art of growing crystals on vases), raku, The Jeweler’s Workbench, 80 N. Main St., in Everyday Life: Photography by Nydheri McKay Pottery, 2596 Pottery Rd., Seagrove. Pottery Junction, 413 E. Main St., Seagrove. Snowhill Pottery & Tileworks, 402 East and functional stoneware by William & Pamela and the 3rd Fri. from 6-9pm. Contact: (www. monthly art exhibits. Hours: by appt. only. Con- Waynesville. Ongoing - Specializing in fine Brown". Both exhibits are also online at (aib- Ongoing - Featuring traditional shape including Ongoing - Featuring srong forms drawing Main Street, Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring Kennedy. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., chathamcameraclub.org). tact: 864/598-9880 or at (https://carribass.com/). hand-crafted jewelry, custom design and repair, gallery.com). Ongoing - The gallery focuses face jugs and Aladdin teapots. Hours: Tue.- inspiration from all cultures, history, and tradi- handmade tile, stoneware sculpture, porce- noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7532 or e-mail at limited edition watches and jewelry boxes. upon international and national artists including Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-4255. tion. Thoughtful designs and some of my own lain jewelry, and slip-trailed pottery by Laura ([email protected]). Hotel Hadley Studios, 130 N. Chatham Ave., Valdese Featuring award-winning artists of the Great many artists from the Bloom family and local "whimsy" pieces as well as useful art collec- Weant-Johnson. Also also custom tile installa- Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring works by Kristy Smoky Mountains and from across the country. favorites such as Elizabeth Darrow (paintings) McNeills Pottery, 1208 Upper Rd., Seagrove. tion by Regina Voncannon. Hours: Mon.-Sat., tions. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. Vernon Pottery, 1066 Chriscoe Rd., Seagrove. Church, Sarah Kuhn and Drucilla Pettibone. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: and Matthew Leavell (sculpture). Guests artists Ongoing - Featuring hand-built one-of-a-kind 10am-5pm (closed Thur.). Contact: 336/873- Contact: 336/301-6681. Ongoing - Featuring a wide line of wares, We consist of 6 studios and an exhibition 828/456-2260. are featured every 3-4 months. Visitors will designs in porcelain and stoneware by Judy 9266. from 10 oz. coffee mugs to 12 gal. planters. space. We will have monthly rotating shows in find a mixture of traditional and contemporary McNeill. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: Stuempfle Pottery, 1224 Dover Church Rd., Their surface treatments include slip-trailing, the gallery space. Hours: 3rd Fri. 6-9pm and by Twigs & Leaves, 98 N. Main Street, Waynes- paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, 336 879-3002. Pottery Road Studio and Gallery, 1387 NC Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring pottery with ex- carving, multiple glazes, and overglaze brush- chance and appt. Contact: 919/663-0241 or at ville. Ongoing - Featuring the nature-related jewelry, ceramics, fabric, and objects found dur- S Hwy. 705, 6 miles south of Seagrove town pressive shapes and natural surfaces by David work. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: (www.hotelhadleystudios.com). porcelain works with leaves by Kaaren Stoner, ing the renovation of the building: horse shoes, Michele Hastings & Jeff Brown Pottery, 505 limits. Ongoing - Named after the scenic Stuempfle. Hours: during kiln openings and 336/879-2788. as well as other works by regional artists and bottles, papers, wagon parts, utensils, glass, E Main Street, Seagrove. Ongoing - Featur- byway which runs through the Seagrove pot- by appt. Contact: 910/464-2689 or at (www. Lakewood Pottery, 11330 Hwy. 64 W., Siler craftsmen. Hours: Mon.-Sat, 10am-5:30pm. and ceramics (c. 1910-1920). Hours: Tue.- ing works by Michele Hastings and Jeff Brown. tery community, the gallery represents over stuempflepottery.com). Village Pottery and Marketplace, 205 E. Main City. Ongoing - Featuring crystalline, high-fired Contact: 828/456-1940 or at (www.twig- Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun. noon-5pm. Contact: Hours: Mon.,Tues., Thur., Fri., Sat., 10am-5pm 100 exclusive artists from NC as well as other St., Seagrove. May 1, 2, & 8, Sat., 10an-5pm porcelain and gold lusters by Ed Weinthraub. sandleaves.com). 484/885-3037 or at (https://aibgallery.com/). and Sun. noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-1001 or areas of the country. Potters, Don and Susan and Sun., noon-5pm - Village Pottery Mar- Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., noon-4- Weaverville at (www.gypsypotters.com). Walton work in a studio attached to the front ketplace of Seagrove, offers the most unique pm. Contact: 919/663-3743. Work by Rose Tripoli Mueller Beck Fine Art, 545 Castle Street, Wilmington. gallery with a window so that visitors can see hand-crafted gifts for those you love, especially Ongoing - features some of the best in national Moore Pots Pottery, 333 Jugtown Rd., Sea- the day to day tasks of pottery production. A for Mother’s Day, and for those spring wedding Person to Person Art Studio/Gallery, 210 N Play It Again Records Building, 150 West Mangum Gallery, 16 North Main Street, Weav- talent for representational and abstract art. Being grove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional and folk large selection of art stamps by Rubber Stamp gifts too! Ongoing - Downtown Seagrove’s Chatham Ave., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring Main Street, Valdese. Window Gallery, erville. Ongoing - Featuring functional and the main gallery and home of award-winning art pottery; candlesticks, Rebekah pitchers, and Tapestry is also located in the gallery. Come oldest and largest gallery, featuring fine pot- unique art for interesting people, all created Through May 4 - Featuring acrylic paintings decorative pottery dinnerware. Hours: Mon.- artist, Dan Beck, the gallery not only represents chickens; wood fired salt glazed. Hours: Mon.- see both functional and contemporary pottery tery and crafts by over 100 artisans. Hours: by artist Roger Person. Hours: by appt and on and watercolors by Jennifer Cline. Cline is a Fri., 9am-5pm and Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: some of Dan’s best work but other artists with Sat. 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-1453. along with other fine crafts at Pottery Road. Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: the 3rd Fri., 6-9pm. Contact: 919/663-0982 or local artist based in the Hickory, NC area. She 828/645-4929 or (www.mangumpottery.com). exceptional talent and accomplished art careers. Hours: Tue. - Sat., 10am-5pm, & closed major 336/873-7966 or at e-mail at ([email protected]). works primarily in watercolors and has added Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 910/264- holidays. Contact: 336-879-2600 or (info@pot- (www.seagrovevillagepottery.com). acrylics to her portfolio over the last year. Jen- Miya Gallery, 31 N. Main St., Weaverville. 2392 or at (www.beckfineart.com). teryroad.com). Raleigh Street Gallery, 120 W. Raleigh St., nifer enjoys painting a variety of subjects, in- Ongoing - The gallery is a new and refresh- Walton's Pottery, 1387 S. NC Hwy. 705, Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring a consortium of cluding urban sketch paintings of the local area ing addition to the WNC art scene. We exhibit Bottega Art & Wine Gallery, 208 N. Front St., Potts Pottery, 630 East Main St., Seagrove. Seagrove. Ongoing - Innovative, contempory many artists from the area painters, sculptors, as well as portraits. She has recently started a work of over 50 artists: fine jewelry, clay, wood, Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuring works by Ongoing - Featuring many colors of functional pottery by Don and Susan Walton located metal workers, jewelsmiths, basket weavers, series of expressive portrait paintings to convey glass, metal, fiber, photogrphy and two dimen- regional and international artists in a variety of tableware, wood-fired salt-glaze and wood ash inside Pottery Road Gallery. Hours: Tue.-Sat., soap makers, slate artist, wood workers, - emotions through her artwork. May 7 - 31 - "A sional art. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat., media. Hours: Tue.-Wed., 1-10pm and Thur- glazes by Jeff Potts. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5- 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-2600 or at (www. whose works are all on display in a spacious Retrospective Exhibit by Rose Tripoli Mueller". 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-4pm. Contact: 828- Sat., 1pm-midnight. Contact: 910/763-3737 or pm. Contact: 336/873-9660. potteryroad.com). and welcoming atmosphere. Hours: Wed.-Fri., Mueller has an art degree from State University 658-9655 or at (www.miyagallery.com). at (www.bottegagallery.com). 10am-6pm, by chance or appt. and on 3rd Fri., of New York (SUNY), and created works in clay Ray Pottery, 460 Cagle Rd., Seagrove. Ongo- Work by Takuro Shibata Westmoore Pottery, 4622 Busbee Rd., 6-9pm. Contact: 919/663-6278 or at (www. for several years. In addition to her clay work, West Jefferson/Jefferson Checker Cab Gallery, 130 N. Front Street, ing - Featuring high-quality, gas-fired stonware Studio Touya, 4911 Busbee Road, Seagrove. Seagrove. Ongoing - Historical redware, salt- raleighstreetgallery.com). Mueller will exhibit several drawings, in char- Suite 102, Wilmington. Ongoing - The gallery by Paul and Sheila Ray. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Ongoing - Studio Touya is a handmade pot- glazed stoneware, and green-glazed pottery, coal or pencil, of animals whose portraits she Acorn Gallery, 103 Long St., West Jefferson. is a full-service gallery featuring abstract and Works from Nicholas Haver Pottery 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-6707 or at (www. tery studio located in Seagrove, where Hitomi especially styles from central NC before 1850 Sparta created from photos sent to her, of pets or wild Ongoing - Featuring original works by award representational artwork serving collectors of paulandsheilaray.com). and Takuro Shibata set up studio and built a by David and Mary Farrell. Hours: Mon.-Sat., animals brought to life in her drawings. Several winning and nationally exhibited artist Raney all levels. It is downtown Wilmington’s most Nicholas Havner Pottery, 1576 Leaman Japanese style wood kiln. Our focus is to make 9am-5pm (closed Dec. 24- Jan. 17). Contact: Blue Ridge Gallery of Fine Art, 103 Gal- of the clay pieces call attention to the current Rogers, including wildlife and landscape paint- dynamic gallery featuring original artwork by Road, Robbins. Ongoing - Featuring works Red Hare Pottery and Gifts, 191 Barken simple and functional pottery by using local wild 910/464-3700 or at (www.westmoorepottery. lery Lane, 15 minutes from downtown Sparta. state of our country, as well as that of the world. ings and prints. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm & regional emerging and established artists, of- by Nick Havner. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: Haller Lane, Seagrove. Ongoing - Nature is my clay and wood firing technique. We named our com). Ongoing - Featuring a variety of artworks by Hours: 24/7. Contact: David Mench by e-mail at Sat., 11am-2pm. Contact: 336/246-3388 or at fering the public the opportunity to get to know 864-205-9790 or e-mail at (NicholasHavnerPot- favorite muse for my hand decorated pottery. pottery as "Touya" when we started our small local and regional artists. Hours: Thur.-Sat., ([email protected]). (www.acorngallery.com). and understand the artists directly. Hours: Tue.- [email protected]). People fine it hard to believe it is microwave- pottery studio in Shigaraki, Japan, and it literary White Hill Gallery, 407 Highway (15-501), 11am-6pm & Sun., 1-6pm, when open - call Thur., noon-7pm; Fri.-Sat., noon-9pm; & Sun., able and dish washer safe but function is means "pottery house" in Japanese which we Carthage. Ongoing - Featuring works of beautiful ahead. Contact: 336/372-1711 (http://www. Wadesboro Ashe Custom Framing & Gallery, 105 S. noon-7pm. Contact: 919/270-1711 or at (www. Nichols Pottery, 1400 Hwy. 705 S., Seagrove. important to me. Hours: call for hours. Contact: really like. Contact: (336)510-7385 or at (www. pottery, including Southwest, ceramic, hand- blueridgefineart.com). Jefferson Ave., West Jefferson. Ongoing - Fea- checkercabproductions.com). Ongoing - Country yet classic, functional 336/879-9855. studiotouya.com). painted glassware, wood turining, and paintings Olde Mill Gallery & Studios, Lockhart-Taylor turing a varied selection of originals and prints and decorative. Hand-thrown stoneware with in watercolor, oil and pencil. Hours: Tue.-Fri., Cater Pots Studio, 209 Antioch Church Road, Center, 514 N. Washington St., Wadesboro. by local and regional artists. Also, a wide array ERA 20th Century Furniture and Art Gallery, timeless appeal, including an ongoing Biblical Richardson Pottery, 5466 Joel Jessup Rd., Sunset Pottery, 123 Sunset Dr., Robbins. 10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-5pm; & Sun., 1-5pm. 4 miles from the town of Sparta. Ongoing - Ongoing - At the gallery visitors will see art- of pottery and handcrafted wooden vases. 523 South 3rd St., Wilmington. Ongoing - appeal. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & (Oct.- Seagrove. Ongoing - Functional & decorative Ongoing - Featuring all lead free pottery by Contact: 910/947-6100. Husband-&-Wife team, Daniel & Robin Cater work by regional artists which includes: original Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. Inviting emerging artists of all sorts, to fill the Dec.) Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 910/948-4392 or stoneware, microwave, oven and dishwasher Harold B. & Gloria B. Stutts. Have traditional create beautiful stoneware pottery in their Blue paintings in oil, acrylic & watercolor, that range Contact: 336/246-2218. quiet space with cutting edge art that not only at (www.nicholspotteryshop.com). safe by Susan & Danny Richardson. Hours: pottery, piggy banks, lamps, vases, and special Whynot Pottery, 1013 Fork Creek Mill Rd., Ridge mountain studio. Cater Pots are fired from landscapes to abstracts; photography; is pleasant to view, but also thought-provoking. Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-5672. order pieces. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring interesting to cone 6 oxidation, so all functional pottery is works in copper and copper repousse; ceramic Broomfields Gallery, 414 E. 2nd St, (across Unique modern furnishings from the mid-20- O'Quinn Pottery, 4456 Busbee Rd., Seagrove. Contact: 910/948-3009 or e-mail at (gstutts@ shapes and intriguing glazes. Custom sizes on food, dishwasher, microwave, and oven safe. creations, custom sculptured and functional; from the post office), West Jefferson. Ongoing th century complement the contemporary Ongoing - Featuring multi-colored gas fired Rockhouse Pottery, 1792 Hwy. 705 S., maniscustombuilders.com). lamps, vases and bottles by Mark and Meredith Cater Pots mixes their own glazes and applies art glass jewelry, jewelry made from beads - Featuring an exhibition of works by NC and art. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-5pm or by appt. functional and decorative pottery by Sandra O Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring Salt glaze Heywood. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Con- them to the bisqueware in attractive combi- of Swarvoski crystal; hand-stitched quilts of SC artists in various mediums in a setting of Contact: 910/612-0542. Quinn. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: and hand carved grapes, dogwood, pines, Teague's Frogtown Pottery, 179 Frogtown tact: 336/873-9276 or at nations by various means including dipping, exquisite designs; hand painted goblets, pitch- quality antiques. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. 910/464-5125. tulips, oak leaves and chili peppers on pots Rd., Eagle Springs. Ongoing - Featuring tradi- (www.whynotpottery.com). brushing and spraying. Hours: Mostly Wed.- ers and vases; wood sculptures and turnings, Contact: 336/846-4141 or at (www.broomfield- Gallery Citrine, 17 S 2nd Street, Wilmington. by Carolyn Poole. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5- tional, hand-thrown pottery that is all lead-free Sat., 10am-4pm - call ahead. Contact: 336/372- and more. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-5pm; Fri., sgallery.com). Through May 31 - "2nd Annual Small Works Old Gap Pottery, 944 NC Hwy. 705, Seagrove. pm. Contact: 336/879-2053 or at (www.rtmc. by Jean Teague. We specialize in dinnerware, Williams Pottery, 2170 Dan Road, Robbins. 4604 or at (http://www.caterpots.com). 10am-3pm or by appt. Contact: 704/272-5464 Juried Exhibition". Through May 31 - Featur- Ongoing - Contemporary in design; oriental in net/~rockhouse). cookware, lamps, vases, and Christmas orna- Ongoing - Functional pottery in multi-colored or at (www.oldemillgallery.org). CatchLight Gallery, 118 N Jefferson Avenue, ing works by Katherine Wolf Webb. Ongoing nature. One-of-a-kind stoneware, Raku, and ments. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: as well as decorative glazes, Hours: Tue.-Sat., Mangum Pottery of Turkey knob, 280 Turkey West Jefferson. Ongoing - The CatchLight - Featuring works by BJ Grimmer, PD Chish- porcelain by Phillip Pollet. Hours: Mon.-Sat., Scott's Pottery, 143 Jugtown Rd., Seagrove. 910/948-3540. 10am-5pm. Hollow Lane, Sparta. Ongoing - Featuring Waxhaw gallery is dedicated solely to the art of pho- olm, Kathy Schrum Peck, Nancy Lang Miller, 10am-4 (call ahead). Contact: 336-873-7664. Ongoing - Featuring functional hand-made pot- pottery and ceramic art by Robin Mangum in a tography. In the Spring of 2012, photographer Brooke Eagle, Deb Williams, Meroe Wheatley, tery by Tina Scott. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10:30am- The Gingerbread House Pottery, 246 Old Windsong Pottery, 6109 Brantley Gordon wide variety of function and form. Hours: hours Stewart’s Village Gallery, 116 McDonald St., Nicole Robinson decided to create a space Sue Cunningham, Chris Pfund, Donna Launey, Old Hard Times Pottery, 7672 Union Grove 5pm. Contact: 910/464-2306 or e-mail at Plank Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring Rd., Denton. Ongoing - Featuring handmade vary so call ahead. Contact: 336/372-5291 or Waxhaw. Ongoing - Featuring pottery by Bill where talented photographers would have an and Robin Jones. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 11am-6pm Church Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring ([email protected]). decorative and functional cone 6 electric fired functional stoneware in glazes of floating blue (http://www.mangumpottery.com). Stewart, as well as works by over 300 other opportunity to display and sell their work. A or by appt. Contact: e-mail to (gallerycitrine@ traditional, as well as utilitarian and decorative pieces by Suzanne Bettis. Hours: Mon.-Sat., and rainbow by Margie Nance, Matthew Nance, artists including both decorative and functional beautiful gallery space grew from a dream into gmail.com) or at (https://gallerycitrine.com/). pottery. Salt glaze, red glaze, and a variety Seagrove Creations Pottery Gallery, 354 Lit- 10am-5pm (closed Jan. & Feb.). Contact: Lydia Nance and other family members. Hours: Statesville handmade pieces. The gallery is filled with a wonderful reality, evolving into a haven which of colors. Dinnerware, face jugs, angels and tle River Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Showcas- 336/873-7762 or e-mail at (suzanbett9@yahoo. Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 336/857-2485 or pottery, jewelry, wrought iron, garden accents, became available to both the photographers luminaries by Janey McNeill. Hours: Mon.- ing over 60+ potters and arts from craftsmen com). e-mail at ([email protected]). Village Pot Shop Fine Arts and Crafts Gal- decorative whimsy and so much more. Hours: and the viewing public in the arts district of Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., 10am-5pm. Contact: within the Seagrove area. Hours: (Apr.-Dec.) lery, 248 N. Center St., 2 Blocks North of the Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: downtown West Jefferson, NC. Hours: Mon., 336/879-2481 or e-mail at (oldhardtimes@rtmc. Mon.-Sat., 9am-6pm & Sun., 1-6pm (Jan.-Mar.) The Triangle Studio, 1140 NC-705, Seagrove. Wyndham & Brooke Haven Pottery Gallery, Center of town on the right, Statesville. Ongo- 704/843-5638 or at (www.stewartsvillagegal- Thur., Fri., & Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun., 11am-4- net). Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: Ongoing - Located near downtown Seagrove, 209 East Main St., Seagrove. Ongoing - Fea- ing - Our mission is to provide a showcase for lery.com). pm. Contact: 336/846-1551 or at (www.Catch- 336/873-7204 or at (www.potteryofseagrove. this studio and gallery space is a collabora- turing fine functional high-fired stoneware with local and regional artists and artisans, providing LightGallery.net). Old House Pottery, 236 Beane Lane, Sea- com). tion between ceramic artists Kate Waltman rich contemporary glazes by Wyndham and high-quality decorative and functional arts and Waynesville grove. Ongoing - Featuring functional stone- (formerly Kate Johnston) and Erin Younge, as Melanie Dennison. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm crafts to patrons with an eye for the finer things. Prack Studio / Sculpture Garden, 431 Sunny- ware by Fred Beane. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5- Seagrove Pottery, 106 N Broad St., Seagrove. well as guest ceramic artists Bill Jones, Andrew & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7254. Our arts and crafts galleries feature handmade Balsam Ridge Gallery, 44 North Main Street, side Park Road, Jefferson. Ongoing - Featur- pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 336/879-2052. Ongoing - Featuring works by 50 local potters Dutcher, and Margaret Larson. Hours: Fri. & jewelry, blown glass, woodwork, regional Waynesville. Ongoing - Fine art gallery featuring ing sculptures by Mary-Ann Prack. Hours: open functional and decorative pieces. Hours: Mon.- Sat., 10am to 4pm. Contact: 336/872-1027 or Shelby pottery, metalwork, mosaics, hand-woven paintings of Western NC mountain vistas and by appt only. Contact: 828/406-7046 or at Original Owens Pottery, 3728 Busbee Rd., Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact: at (https://thetrianglestudio.com/). fibers, paintings and more. So, whether you beyond. Hours: daily 11am-6pm, but call ahead. (www.prackart.com). Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring gray ware with 336/873-7280. Buffalo Creek Gallery, 104 E. Warren Street, are interested in: vases, bowls, paper weights, Contact: 828/234-1616. flower designs and other painting, blues, and Thomas Pottery, 1295 S. Hwy. 705, Seagrove. Shelby. Ongoing - The gallery features paint- fanciful ornaments, stained glass, sun-catchers, Stephen Shoemaker Studio, 113 S. Jeffer- lots of red ware by Boyd Owens. Hours: Mon.- Seagrove Stoneware, 136 West Main St., Ongoing - Featuring functional and decora- ings, drawings, note cards, polymer clay art, decorative boxes, exquisite bowls turned from Cedar Hill Gallery, 196 N. Main Street, Waynes- son Ave., West Jefferson. Ongoing - Featur- Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., nnon-5pm. Contact: Seagrove. Ongoing - Functional and decora- tive stoneware pottery by Scott and Bobbie pottery, woodturnings, woodcarvings, jewelry, found pieces of wood, each one of a kind, wa- ville. Ongoing - Featuring the art of Gretchen ing original works by watercolorist Stephen 910/464-3553. tive stoneware vases, bowls, lamps, dinner- Thomas. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: stained glass, pressed flowers, quilting, weav- tercolors, baskets, ceramics, fine photography, Clasby and 83 incredible artisans. Hours: Mon.- Shoemaker. Specializing in historic landscapes ware, fountains, and floor pieces. All wheel 336/879-4145 or at (www.thomaspottery.com). ing and much more! Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5- prints, collages or oil paintings. We also offer Sat., 10:30am-5:30pm. Contact: 828/421-6688 or and paintings of places and events in/of Ashe Pebbles Pottery, 7127 Hwy. 705, Eagle turned and unique glazes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., :30pm and Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 704/487- classes and workshops by local and regional at (https://www.cedarhillstudio.com/). County and the area. The “Virginia Creeper” Springs. Ongoing - Hand-turned functional & 10am-5pm & Sun., 11am-4pm. Contact: Tom Gray Pottery, 1480 Fork Creek Mill Rd., 0256 ot at (www.buffalocreekgallery.com). artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10:30am-5pm & Sat., train series is particularly popular. Hours: decorative stoneware with lead-free glazes by 336/873-8283 or at (www.seagrovestoneware. Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring wheel thrown 10am-4pm. Contact: 704/380-4689 or at (www. Jo Ridge Kelly Fine Art, a gallery and teach- Mon-Fri., 10am-5pm or by chance. Contact: Pebbles Bryson. Hand-carved folk art scenes com). and hand built utilitarian wares fired in a gas- Siler City villagepotshop.com). ing studio, 136 N. Main Street, Waynesville. 336/246-3401. & dogwoods. North Carolina vases are my fired car kiln to cone 10 utilizing local clay in Ongoing - Featuring the painting of Jo Ridge special items. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm Semper Fi Pottery, 481 King Road, off of Busi- slip decoration and glazes by Tom Gray. Glazes Against His Will Gallery and Studio, 117 E. Sylva Kelly. Hours: Thur.-Sat., noon-6pm and Sun.- Wilmington (closed Jan.). Contact: 910/948-4120 or e-mail ness 220 S. before you get to Blackankle Rd., are primarily mattes. Shapes of serving pieces Second St., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring Wed., by chance or appt. Contact: 828/226- at ([email protected]). Seagrove. Ongoing - A family owned and oper- and dinner ware include square and oval as handknitted rugs, quality yarn, stunning alpaca Karcher Stone Carving Studio & Gallery, 260 0549 or at (www.JoKelley.com). Acme Art Studios, 711 N. 5th Ave., downtown ated business. We are not the traditional pot- well as round. Hours: Mn.-Sat., 10am-5pm. fiber in a variety of colors, handmade knitting North Beta Road, off US 74, Sylva. Ongoing Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuring works by Al- Work by Janet B. Sessoms Phil Morgan Pottery, 966 Hwy. 705, Sea- ters that you would more than likely see around Contact: 336/873-8270 or at (www.n2clay.com). needles, Fricke spinning wheels as well as very - Featuring a working studio and gallery with Moose Crossing’s Burl Wood Gallery, 101 N. lan Nance, Angela Rowe, Angie Sinclair, Anna Janet B. Sessoms Studio@ the ArtWorks, grove. Ongoing - Featuring 100% hand-thrown Seagrove. We like to make each and every cool mobiles, hand poured environment-friendly stone carvings by Collene Karcher, executed Main Street, Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring Kennedy, Chaz Manacsa, Dick Roberts, Dumay 200 Willard Street, Wilmington. Ongoing - pottery, crystalline glazed porcelain, wood fired piece that we create unique. Hours: Mon.-Sun., Triple C Pottery, 3267 Big Oak Church Rd., candles, and more! Hours: Wed.-Fri., 1-5pm & in marble, alabaster, and limestone with steel rustic Burl furniture with an elegant finish. Two Gorham, Fritzi Huber, Gary Breece, Grey Pas- Featuring works by Janet B. Sessoms. Hours: salt-glaze, stoneware, and copper red glazes 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/975-1215. Eagle Springs. Ongoing - Featuring hand- Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 919/742-1122 or at and aluminum introduced at times. Hours: by generations of Metzgers, source, design and craft cal, Karen Crouch, Kristen Crouch, Marshall call for hours. Contact: 910/840-0208, e-mail at by Phil Morgan. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. thrown functional and decorative pieces, with (www.AgainstHisWillStudio.com). appt only. Contact: 828/586-4813 or at (www. burl. We are fortunate to have talented craftsmen Milton, MJ Cunningham,Nicolle Nicolle, Pam ([email protected]) or at (www.janetb- Contact: 336/873-7304. Shelton's Pottery, 391 Cagle Rd., Seagrove. a variety of lead-free glazes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., collenekarcher.com). working with us. It is our pleasure to coordinate Toll.Mark Weber, Arrow Ross, and Mike John- sessoms.com). Ongoing - Featuring salt glaze and purple, 9am-5pm. Contact: 910/948-3635 or at (www. Chatham Camera Club Gallery, 229 N. efforts as a team. The focus is on the end product son. Hours: are by appt. only. Contact: Dick Piney Woods Pottery, 1430 Ether Rd., Star. red, yellow, yellow w/blue, green, blue, dark triplecpottery.com). Chatham Ave., Siler City, NC. Ongoing - Fea- Tryon as an art piece. Hours: Mon.-Sat., noon-5pm or Roberts at 910/232-0027, e-mail (dickdow64@ New Elements Gallery, 271 North Front Ongoing - Sculpted pottery figures - snow- blue, light blue, specks, sponge colors, blue w/ turing works by a diverse group of amateur and by appt. Contact: 828/452-2550 or at (https://burl- gmail.com) or Angela Rowe at ([email protected]. Street, Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuring works men, clowns and angels; hand appliqués and brown, brown, and beige glazes by Mitchell & Turn and Burn Pottery, 124 East Ave., professional photographers networked together Carri Bass Studio & Gallery, 94 N. Trade gallery.com/products/burl-wood-sculpture). com) or at (www.acme-art-studios.com). by regional and nationally recognized artists. functional pottery. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Sherri Shelton. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional around the idea of sharing our knowledge and Street, Tryon. Ongoing - Carri Bass Art studio is We offer a wide variety of contemporary fine art Contact: 910/572-3554. Sun., 9am-5pm (Oct.-Mar.). Contact: 336/963- Seagrove salt-glazed and wood-fired stone- experience with each other, while enjoying located in the heart of Tryon. It is in a wonderful T. Pennington Art Gallery, 15 N. Main Street, Art In Bloom, 210 Princess Street, Wilmington. and craft, including paintings, sculpture, ceram- 2444 or e-mail at ([email protected]). ware. Contemporary Raku and horsehair by our interest in photography. Hours: by chance old building with great lighting and a dedicated Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring pencil draw- Through May 2 - "Springtime Celebration," ics, glass, fiber, jewelry and wood. Hours: Tue- David and Deborah Garner. Hours: Mon.-Sat., studio section, in addition to gallery space for ings of local scenery, and landmarks by Teresa with New Elements Gallery. Featuring works by continued on Page 63 continued on Page 64 Page 62 - Carolina Arts, May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents Carolina Arts, May 2021 - Page 63 NC Commercial Galleries Don’t forget about our website: continued from Page 63 www.carolinaarts.com Sat., 11am-6pm or by appt. Contact: 910/343- and to increase the livelihood of local artists 8997 or at (www.newelementsgallery.com). and provide a place to create and display all types of art. Hours: 2nd & 4th Saturdays, Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts, at The Cotton 10am-3 or by appt. Contact: 910/352-7077 or Exchange, 307 North Front Street, Wilmington. at (http://www.theartworks.co/). Ongoing - Celebrating ten years in business, Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts, in the historic The Golden Gallery, @ The Cotton Exchange, Cotton Exchange in downtown Wilmington, is the 307 N. frint St., Wilmington. Ongoing - Featur- first gallery in Wilmington dedicated exclusively ing works by John W. Golden and Mary Ellen to local, handmade, one-of-a-kind, three-dimen- Golden. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm & sional art and craft by jury-selected coastal North Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 910/762-4651 or at Carolina artisans. We present decorative and (www.thegoldengallery.com). functional works in clay, fiber/textiles, gourds, baskets, jewelry, mixed media, glass and wood Three Hounds Gallery, 29 S. Front St., Wilm- in a beautiful setting in this early 20th century his- ington. Ongoing - Featuring works by Wayne toric building. Handmade objects, whether held, McDowell, Jeff Chase, Dick Roberts, Shawn You can find past issues all the way back to worn, or displayed, enrich our lives by connecting Best, Kristin Gibson, Fritzi Huber, Joanne Gei- us with our humanity, creativity, and our history. sel, Christa Sylvester, Brian Evans, Mark Gor- August 2004! It is evident when you enter Port City Pottery & don, Rex Miller, and jewelry by Emily Parker. Fine Crafts that all of the Gallery members are Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11:30am-5:30pm; Fri. and pursuing not only art but their passion. Hours: Sat., 11:30am-7:30pm & Sun., noon-3pm. Mon-Sat., 10am-5:30pm & Sun. noon-4pm. Contact: 910/815-3330 or at (www.threehound- You can find past articles all the way back to Contact: 910/763-7111 or at (www.portcitypottery. sgallery.com). com). June 1999 Alternative Art Spaces - Wilmington SALT Studio & The Gallery at SALT Studio, First Floor of 216 N. Front Street, (the former 805 N. 4th Street, inside the historic Modern Expo 216 building), Wilmington. Through Nov. Baking Building in the heart of the Brooklyn Arts 29 - “It’s About Time,” a POP-UP art show featur- District - enter through glass door under the ing works by Elizabeth Darrow, Virgina Wright- building overhang, the gallery is at the end of Frierson, and Friends, a project of Art in Bloom Also don’t forget about our two blogs: the hallway Wilmington. Ongoing - The Gallery Gallery. Hours: Tue.-Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: at SALT Studio is Wilmington NC’s only fine art 910/763-8341, 484/885-3037 or at (www.aibgal- photography gallery. The gallery exhibits fine lery.com). Carolina Arts Unleashed art photography by national, international, and local artists. The gallery strives to bring thought Winston-Salem Area Carolina Arts News provoking, aesthetic, photo-based works of art to Wilmington. All of our exhibition openings are on the Fourth Friday Gallery Nights each month as administered by The Arts Council of Wilmington. SALT Studio is a photography studio that offers high caliber, personalized photographic services with a unique edge to Send us your email address to be added Wilmington. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm and Sat., noon-5pm. Call prior to coming to make sure we are open and not on location shooting to our list to receive notice of each a job. Contact: 910/367-5720 or at (http://Salt- StudioNC.com). monthly issue. Sheffield Art Studio and Gallery, 802-A N. 4th Street, Brooklyn Arts District, Wilmington. [email protected] Ongoing - Featuring original oil and watercolor Work by Shawna Arnold paintings by Sarah Sheffield. Exhibits changing monthly. We stock my full line of mini gift bou- Delurk Gallery, 207 W 6th Street, Winston-Sa- tique paintings as well. The shop will soon carry lem. Ongoing - An artist run gallery, dedicated prints and note cards in 2017. Hours: Fourth to the exposure and sale of current artists’ Friday for the Wilmington Art Walk from 6-9pm work. Hours: Fri.-Sat., noon-6pm & Sun., Carolina Arts is on or by appt. Contact: 919/815-2097 or e-mail at noon-4pm. Contact: 336/486-3444 or at (www. ([email protected]). delurkgallery.com). Twitter! 621N4Th Gallery, 621 North 4Th Street, Earthbound Arts, 610 N. Trade St., Winston- Wilmington. Ongoing - The gallery is an artist- Salem. Ongoing - Featuring an unique gallery run gallery, studio and office space located in showcasing the nature-related works of Gordon Sign up to follow the heart of downtown Wilmington’s Brooklyn Jones and Lucy Duncan. Original designs neighborhood. The gallery location provides es- in clay, copper, and stained glass as well as tablished and emerging artists the opportunity handcrafted herbal soaps, sterling and copper Tom’s Tweets, click below! to exhibit and sell their work in a professional jewelry, block print cards, masks, wind chimes, manner Hours: Mon.-Thur., 1-5pm & 4th Friday, garden art, clay beads, herbal teas, natural 6-9pm or by appt. Contact: 910/763-2012 or at incense, beeswax candles and much more. (http://621n4th.com/index.php). Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: 336/773- 1043 or e-mail at ([email protected]). Spectrum Art & Jewelry, @ The Fourm, 1125-H Military Cutoff Rd., Wilmington. Ongo- Fiber Company, 600 N. Trade Street, Winston ing - Featuring works by over 100 regionally Salem. Ongoing - Fiber Company is a working and nationally renowned artists in a variety of studio and partnership of five women creating media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: wearable art, home accessories and textile art 910/256-2323 or at (www.spectrumartgallery. located in the heart of the Downtown Art District. com). With over 60 consignment artists, most local artists, Fiber Company offers a wide range of The Art Factory, 21 Surry Street, Wilmington. gift items. Hours: Tue., 11am-3pm; Wed.-Fri., Ongoing - We are located in the warehouse 11am-5pm; Sat., 11am-3pm & by appt. Contact: twitter.com/carolinaarts district on the edge of beautiful Historic Down- 336/725-5277 or e-mail at (fibercompany@gmail. town Wilmington, North Carolina. In addition com). to our retail galleries, the Art Factory Gallery houses a number of studios for working artists Island Arts On Trade, 521 N. Liberty St., Ste. and a Wine Bar featuring distinctive Yadkin Val- 100, in the Artists On Liberty Building, across ley North Carolina wines, available by the glass from the DADA Community Center, Winston- Visit while you enjoy the galleries. Hours: call about Salem. Ongoing - Featuring visual and func- hours. Contact: 910/399-3793 or visit (https:// tional artwork by gallery artist, Gary Campbell. www.facebook.com/ArtFactoryGallery/). Also, featuring other multicultural artists and mixed media artwork throughout the year. Carolina Arts The ArtWorks, 200 Willard Street, Wilmington. Hours: Fri.-Sat., 1-5pm or by appt. Contact: During the COVID-19 outbreak - Even though 336/722-0510. we’re still temporarily closed to the public for all on Facebook visitors and events, our Village Artists are still doing what they do best. We encourage you to check out their websites and social media to see what they’ve been doing. If you find some- Go to this link and thing you like, sharing, commenting and, if you are able, purchasing their art online is a great Your Ad Here “like” us! way to show your support for the artist and for the art community. Ongoing - The ArtWorks is an art village providing art studios, gallery Reach our readers with this size ad, space, and an event venue; fostering a creative our smallest starting at $10 environment for artists, educational opportuni- ties, and enhancement of the Wilmington com- munity, through art. Our Mission is to enhance To start in the next issue the community, assist the artist, contribute to call 843/693-1306 or the revitalization of downtown Wilmington, to e-mail to ([email protected]) preserve Wilmington’s commercial landmarks,

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