ABSOLUTELY FREE Vol. 21, No. 1 January 2017 You Can’t Buy It Happy New Year! She Wants To Do Right by Yvette L. Cummings, of Conway, SC. She won the 701 CCA Prize 2016 for South Carolina artists 40 years and younger. Cummings was announced as the winner during the December 1, 2016, 701 CCA Prize Celebration at Columbia’s 701 Center for Contemporary Art. ARTICLE INDEX Advertising Directory 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 - Yvette L. Cummings Page 3 - The Sylvan Gallery, Peter Scala & Whimsy Joy by Roz Page 2 - Article Index, Advertising Directory, Contact Info, Links to blogs, and Carolina Arts site Page 5 - Karen Burnette Garner, The Wells Gallery at the Sanctuary, Halsey-McCallum Page 4 - Editorial Commentary, City of Charleston’s Gallery at Waterfront Park & Studios, Laura Liberatore Szweda &The Treasure Nest Art Gallery College of Charleston Page 6 - Fabulon Art & Call for Lowcountry Ceramic Artists Page 5 - College of Charleston cont. Page 7 - Rhett Thurman, Anglin Smith Fine Art, Helena Fox Fine Art, The Sylvan Gallery, Page 6 - College of Charleston cont. & Charleston Artist Guild The Wells Gallery at the Sanctuary, Spencer Art Galleries, McCallum-Halsey Page 8 - Art League of Hilton Head, Society of Bluffton Artists & Maye River Gallery Studios, Corrigan Gallery, Surface Craft Gallery, Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery, Page 9 - Maye River Gallery cont. & A Few Words From Down Under by Judith McGrath Gibbes Museum of Art, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, City of North Charleston Page 11 - Main & Maxwell, Greenwood Celebrates 50 Years of a Blooming Good Time in Art Gallery, Redux Contemporary Art Center & Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art 2017, & Clemson University Page 8 - Art League of Hilton Head Page 13 - Clemson University cont., Furman University & Greenville County Museum of Art Page 10 - Greenwood / Emerald Triangle Page 16 - Greenville County Museum of Art cont., USC-Upstate x2 & Arts Council of York County Page 12 - Main & Maxwell ~ Art by Hand Page 17 - Arts Council of York County cont., City of Rock Hill / City Hall & Page 13 - The Anderson Arts Center / William “Bill” Jameson Workshop Clear Water Artist Studios Page 14 - Metropolitan Arts Council / MAC Gallery / Centre Stage Page 18 - Clear Water Artist Studios cont. & Queens University Page 15 - USC-Upstate / Curtis R Harley Gallery / UPSTATE Gallery on Main Page 19 - Gallery 27 & Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County Page 17 - CERF + The Artists’ Safety Net Page 20 - Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County cont., Columbia Museum of Art & Page 19 - One Eared Cow Glass Gallery University of South Carolina Page 20 - Mouse House / Susan Lenz & Noelle Brault Page 22 - University of South Carolina cont., Center for Craft, Creativity and Design & Page 21 - Vista Studios / Gallery 80808 Rental, City Art Gallery, The Gallery at Nonnah’s, Blowing Rock Art and History Museum Michael Story & Vista Studios / Gallery 80808 Page 23 - Blowing Rock Art and History Museum cont. 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I was turned on to McGrath’s writings by Scottie Hodge, In July 1987, I picked up several thou- owner of the now closed Tempo Gal- sand copies of the first issue of Charleston lery in Greenville, SC. She e-mailed me Arts, a publication Linda and I started to McGrath’s article, Visual Art vs. Enter- cover the arts in Charleston, SC, There tainment, which was being featured on a was a lot going on that never saw any site called “Art Thought Journal”. press coverage in the local newspaper. I’d After