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July 2009 EVENTS, GALLERIES & STUDIOS FIRST FRIDAYS monthly gallery tour is July 3.
Through June 11: 30th Annual Juried SC Artists Exhibition, Pickens County Museum of Art & History ---Awards Ceremony at 7pm. This show runs through June 11, 2009. Located at the corner of Highway 178 at 307 Johnson Street in Pickens SC. 864 898-5963 or email picmus@co.pickens.sc.us Through June 15, 2009 Through June 30, 2009
Matt Overend / recent paintings at if ART Gallery, 1223 Lincoln Street, Columbia SC. Matt Overend is a native of Las Vegas who grew up in Atlanta and has lived in Smoaks, S.C., since 1981. In the past two years, he has had solo exhibitions in Hilton Head, Camden, Charleston, all in South Carolina, and in Charlotte, N.C. Overend in 1973 graduated as an aerospace engineer at Georgia Tech before studying art at Santa Barbara City College in California, the Univ of California at Santa Barbara and Yale University. Visit the online blog for a preview. Contact Wim Roefs, if ART Gallery 1223 Lincoln St., Columbia, SC 29201, (803) 238-2351, (803) 255-0068. Gallery 1279 announces "Ladies' Night Out!" A fun night out at the studio! We invite you to bring a beverage of your choice and a sense of adventure as we guide you to create a functional or decorative hand-built project from clay slabs. You may choose to work from a pre-made design or create something totally original! Your project will be bisque fired in our electric kiln and available for pickup the following week. Children's Pottery Day Camps for the month of June & July 09. Basic hand-building techniques, including pinch, coil and slab, and will be able to see a wheel-throwing demonstration on the last day of the session. Small class size ensures your child will have plenty of personal attention in a fun, relaxed environment. Call for more details on all studio programs. INFO: 864 350-9420. www.gallery1279.com
The Anderson Arts Center
Trillium Arts Center, Travelers Rest SC ---Call for current exhibition Visit the Trillium Website. 864-834-2388. (Formerly Travelers Rest Arts Mission) The Second Saturday Art Market is a growing event open the Second Saturday of each month from 9am to 2pm, through September 2009. LOCATION: Pendleton Street Art District. See the Second Saturday website. Catherine Hayes Art + Sculpture Gallery located at 117 and 121 Cleveland Street in Greenville, SC. Contact (864) 271-7723. Update to follow soon. Upstate Visual Arts Announces the West Greenville Arts Festival ---Artists, food vendors and area businesses are invited to participate. Upstate Visual Arts invites artists from Greenville, as well as across the state of South Carolina and beyond to apply for the first ever West Greenville Arts Festival scheduled for September 19th and 20th in Greenville, SC. Presented by Upstate Visual Arts, and in partnersh ARTIST LAURA SPONG ON ETV
Greenville sculptor in exhibition SURFACE at the BAG Gallery in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn. Surface is a collective view of the land we inhabit. The work in this show represents contemporary artists' interpretation of landscape. Exhibition runs March 20 through April 2, 2009. Senior Action is calling on age 55+ artists & crafters interested in placing their work on consignment in Senior Action's Log Cabin HandCrafted Gifts store in downtown Greenville. Aside from the Senior Action membership fee ($24/year that entitles members to participation in all of Senior Action's classes, activities, and trips) there are no fees, and the 25% consignment is due only upon sale, so the artist/crafter has no out of pocket expense to participate. Inviting new artists and crafters -- the store used to be an arts cooperative, and is just now being converted to a consignment store. CONTACT: Kathy Russ, Director of Development, Senior Action 864-335-5027. Caffeinesouth.com The next group exhibition is coming soon, watch for news. Learn more at caffeinesouth.com Fine Arts Center "While the donation of the painting is a valuable addition to our art collection, Mark gave the school and its students something just as valuable, if not more so: the gift of his time and talent. He spent two days with our Photography student demonstrating the acrylic lift technique of black and white photographs. His connection with the students was immediate and the students came away with another tool that will make them more competitive in an increasingly challenging world." ---Roy Fluhrer, Director FAC. Mark E. Flowers earned his BFA in Studio Arts from The University of South Carolina in 1977 and his MFA in Painting from Western Michigan University in1979. Mark's work can be found in 23 public and over 250 private collections. His art teaching career parallels his art making. He has taught art at the secondary and postsecondary levels for more than 27 years. While he has been a teacher of art, he has also chaired two fine arts departments and one painting department. His most recent teaching award is the Allen Zearn Distinguished Teaching Award at Mercersburg Academy where he has been for the last 18 years. While pursuing dual careers, he has served as a town councilman, volunteer firefighter, Little League baseball coach and president of a community recreational board. Along with his artist/wife, Kristy Higby, they have raised two sons, Carson and Morgan, who are now off learning to be artists themselves. Examples of Mark and Kristy’s work can be found on their website at mountainteastudios.com He and Kristy, his wife, recently purchased a hand-made log cabin just north of Asheville, NC in the community of Alexander. They are now “commuting” between their teaching jobs in Pennsylvania and their new home. Soon they hope to be full time residents of the creative community of Western North Carolina. Thursdays 6:30 at the Greenville County Museum of Art Thursday evening programs are free. The Art Museum is open Thursday evenings 6:30 until 8:00 pm to give convenient access to programs and exhibitions. . Parking is free after 5:00 pm and all day Saturdays and Sundays. Road Trips for Greenville artists & collectors The Spartanburg Art Museum's new Chapman Cultural Center Contact the Spartanburg Museum at (864) 582-7616. OTHER ART NEWS / NOTES Vantage World Travel will donate 3% of the total cost of all travel (excluding air fare, taxes, and fees like fuel surcharges) that is booked by any Metropolitan Arts Council Member, even their friends and family. For details call (864) 233-7703, Greenville. - - - Main menu sections of this website Greenville area info | Area photos Email Privacy Policy: Your e-mail is encouraged and welcomed and your privacy is important. This Web site is maintained by one person and your e-mail goes to that individual only. Your e-mail address is not traded, sold, or offered in any way to anyone. You will not receive junk e-mail from this Web site. So fire away. © 2009 greenvillesouth.com --gs |
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Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery Greenville County Museum of Art JASPER JOHNS. The Greenville County Museum of Art inaugurates a series of programs relating to Jasper Johns: Look Homeward, an exhibition featuring the museum’s collection and proposed acquisitions. The Museum is offering free guided tours of Jasper Johns: Look Homeward on Sundays and Tuesdays at 2:00pm. For full info about free programs on Japser Johns, visit the website www.greenvillemuseum.org.
Membership in the Greenville County Museum of Art's Art Association is required in order to attend preview receptions. Friend (basic) membership dues are $50 annually and includes benefits for two people. However, at all other times, admission to the Museum is absolutely free. Call the Museum for info at 864 271-7570. Join the Greenville County Museum of Art. www.greenvillemuseum.org. Pickens County Museum of Art & History In addition to exhibitions, Third Thursday Evening Forums and Saturday Sessions are a part of the Pickens County Museum’s on-going effort to present educational programming for the community. A different program featuring local artists, story tellers, authors and craftsmen will be scheduled the third Thursday evening of each month as well as on occasional Saturdays. MORE AREA ART INFO Trillium Arts Center has opened an expansive new arts centre located at 319 S. Main Street, Travelers Rest, about 9 miles from downtown Greenville. The new arts centre will offer classes for adults and children in the visual arts, dance, music, and creative writing, as well as a book discussion group for adults. LONG-TERM ART INFO LISTINGS Workshops in ceramics, fiber, and woodworking are being offered by artists. See the "Art Events" page of this site for details. Artisphere Festival May 8- 10, 2009 Artisphere. Keep up with Greenville's art scene year-round through Greenville Art News, click here for details. Upstate Visual Arts / Art In The Park Festival Visit artintheparkgreenville.com to follow news about the next event. Greenville wood sculptor Henry Mitchell is featured in an article written by Ted McIrvine of The Hendersonville News (NC). Read the article here. ART NEWS CHANGES Visit the Tri State Sculptors Website. Promoting sculpture in the Virginia, North Carolina, and Special Feature: “The Changing Face of Greenville,” by local photographer Polly Gaillard Donohue. Click here to see images and text from the exhibit. The photographic series documents people of Greenville from diverse backgrounds. The photographer is available for prints. Flat Out Under Pressure An "outdoor gallery" of RECYCLING BINS will be installed in ten locations on Main Street. Flat Out Under Pressure, an art competition sponsored by Vantage Travel and presented by the Metropolitan Arts Council, was held in April 2009. More info on Metropolitan Arts Council website. --gs |
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ip with the Pendleton Street Arts District, the West Greenville Arts Festival is an exciting new fall event devoted to the visual arts. The festival expects thousands of visitors to enjoy the work of outstanding artists in a full range of 2D and 3D media. The West Greenville Arts Festival 2009 will be open from 10am - 7 pm on Saturday and 11am - 5 pm on Sunday. 
creativity and energy that it takes to make art. I donated to the Fine Arts Center as a token of my appreciation of having a show of my work, but also to say thanks to the Greenville County School system that gave me my start in life. If it wasn't for the many dedicated teachers that helped me along the way, I wouldn't be where I am today," Flowers says. 
Trillium Arts also offers services to area artists as well as produces a number of community art and poetry events for the public. Visit 
