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May Issue 2006

North Charleston, SC, Presents the 2006 North Charleston Arts Festival on May 5 - 13, 2006

The City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department proudly presents the 2006 North Charleston Arts Festival from May 5 - 13, 2006, throughout North Charleston, SC.

This fabulous nine day celebration of the arts draws over 30,000 visitors each year. Exciting entertainment is provided by over forty national, regional, and local professional performers, ethnic and cultural groups, and community groups. The Main Event weekend, Sat., May 6 through Sun., May 7, takes place at the North Charleston Performing Arts and Charleston Area Convention Center. Other inspiring Arts Festival events take place throughout various locations in North Charleston during the Festival. The Festival Grand Finale will be May 13, 2006 at Riverfront Park in North Charleston at 7pm, immediately following the Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition opening. Music, a picnic, and two outdoor movies will make the 2006 Grand Finale unique and incredibly entertaining. Visit the City of North Charleston's website, (www.northcharleston.org), for a listing of free and ticketed events planned for the Arts Festival.

Besides all the performing arts offering the Festival includes many visual art offerings.

The North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, with assistance from the South Carolina Artisan Center, present the 2006 South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Exhibition. As the state's only fine craft competition and exhibition with awards in six categories, objects juried into the exhibition compete for cash prizes totaling $4000. This unique exhibition offered fine craft artists the opportunity to exhibit their inspiring objects in the media of clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and three-dimensional mixed media. The exhibition will be hosted at the North Charleston Performing Arts and Charleston Area Convention Center from May 5 - 13, 2006.

Artists entering the competition had the optional opportunity for the works to be included in the South Carolina State Museum's 2006/2007 Traveling Exhibitions Program. The exhibition will be on tour throughout South Carolina for one year. Scott Shanklin-Peterson was the 2006 Palmetto Hands juror. She is the Director of the Arts Management Program at the College of Charleston and for the past four years was on the Board of Trustees for the American Craft Council. Additionally, she is the former Senior Deputy Chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts and the former Executive Director of the South Carolina Arts Commission.

Sculpture students from the College of Charleston will be installing original works on North Charleston City Hall grounds from May 8 - 23, 2006. Eleven sculptures were initially funded by the I'On Trust for an exhibition in Mt. Pleasant, SC. They will be re-installed in North Charleston for this second showing. The selected artists include: Amanda Downey, Courtney Guider, Jodi Herring, Hirona Matsuda, Michael Newman, Bethany Pope, Michelle Repici, Alexa Stephens, Alison Watkins, and Takeya White. This exhibition was sponsored by the I'On Trust.

The City of North Charleston proudly presents the first annual, national North Charleston Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition, which will take place at Riverfront Park in North Charleston.

Set along the Cooper River, visitors enjoy ten acres of walking paths, a fishing pier, an oversized sandbox and children's play fountain. A magnificent contemporary Performance Pavilion and expansive lawn provide a wonderful outdoor setting for small and large scale events. Future park additions include the Naval Base Memorial, boardwalks and a pedestrian bridge across Noisette Creek to the future Hunley Submarine Museum. The historic site is centered in the Noisette District, the largest urban redevelopment project ever undertaken in the United States.

Carla Hanzal, a Curator for the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, NC, was the juror for this first exhibition and competition. The exhibition dates are May 13, 2006 through Mar. 30, 2007.

Fine artists are invited to participate in the annual Judged Art Exhibition, on view from May 5 - 13, 2006, at the North Charleston Performing Arts and Charleston Area Convention Center. This is an incredible exhibition and competition with cash awards in the five categories of Acrylic, Oil, Drawing/Pastels, Watercolor, and 2-D Mixed Media, totaling $3100.

Professional and amateur photographers are invited to participate in the annual Photography Exhibition, on view from May 5 - 13, 2006, at the North Charleston Performing Arts and Charleston Area Convention Center. Cash awards in two categories totaling $1165 will be available.

For further info check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the North Charleston Cultural Arts Department directly at 843/745-1087 or at (www.northcharleston.org).

 

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