ABSOLUTELY FREE Vol. 24, No. 9 September 2020 You Can’t Buy It Water is Wide is by Susan Irish and is part of the exhibit Earth to Sky by the SC Chapter of National Association of Women Artists. The exhibit is on view at the Art League Gallery on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, from September 1 - 26, 2020. See the article on Page 9. 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 - Art League Gallery of Hilton Head - Susan Irish Page 3 - Art Support: NC Arts Council, SC Arts Council, CERF & Page 2 - Article Index, Advertising Directory, Contact Info, Links to blogs, and Carolina Arts site National Endowment for the Arts Page 4 - Editorial Commentary & Redux Contemporary Art Center Page 4 - Deane V. Bowers Page 5 - Redux Contemporary Art Center cont., Redux Contemporary Art Center (2) & Meyer Vogl Gallery Page 5 - Wells Gallery & Whimsy Joy by Roz Page 6 - Meyer Vogl Gallery cont. & Wells Gallery at the Santuary Resort Page 6 - Kathryn Whitaker Page 8 - Wells Gallery at the Santuary Resort cont. & City of North Charleston Page 9 - Art League of Hilton Head & Society of Bluffton Artists Page 7 - Emerge SC, Helena Fox Fine Art, Corrigan Gallery, Halsey-McCallum Studio, Page 11 - The Johnson Collection Gallery & Wofford College Rhett Thurman, Anglin Smith Fine Art, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Page 12 - Wofford College cont., Chapman Cultural Center, Artists Collective | Spartanburg The Wells Gallery at the Sanctuary & Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery & Greenville Technical College Page 14 - Greenville Technical College, Arts Council of York County x 2, Page 8 - Halsey McCallum Studio York County Yard Art Day & Larry Elder Art Consultancy / Carillon Tower Page 10 - Greer Center for the Arts / Greer Arts Fair Page 15 - Larry Elder Art Consultancy / Carillon Tower & Hickory Museum of Art Page 13 - Metropolitan Arts Council / Centre Stage Page 16 - if ART Gallery Page 17 - if ART Gallery cont. 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Page 2 - Carolina Arts, September 2020 Table of Contents The Arts in North Carolina and COVID-19 Even though participation in the arts has been greatly disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, and artists and arts organizations severely impacted, our network across North Carolina is responding in a myriad of creative ways that demonstrate the power of the arts to connect, cope, and heal. We at the North Carolina Arts Council want to do our part to call attention to important action items and resources that will benefit the state’s arts industry. For further information visit (https://www.ncarts.org/arts-north-carolina-and-covid-19). North Carolina Artist Relief Fund Location: North Carolina This fund has been created to support creative individuals who have been financially impacted by gig cancellations due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Artists and arts presenters in North Carolina can apply for emergency funding. Apply at this link (https://vaeraleigh.org/artist-relief-fund). 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Table of Contents Carolina Arts, September 2020 - Page 3 Editorial by Tom Starland, Editor and Publisher Don’t forget about our website: COMMENTARY www.carolinaarts.com Are We Having Fun Yet? issue), I keep thinking that I’m going to open my e-mail and the flood gates will This Pandemic is starting to act like have opened and the press releases will the Aunt and Uncle who won’t leave after spill all over me. That hasn’t happened Thanksgiving dinner. You’re waiting to yet. see the big ball game (what ball game?) I thought for sure September would and they’re still talking about the new be the month, with colleges and universi- wallpaper they put up in their living room. ties opening and artist guilds coming off You know the one, where they have clear