Meetings & Groups
The Camden Art Association (CAA), an affiliate club of the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) in Camden, SC -- The group will meet in the Bassett Gallery at the FAC. The meeting is free and open to anyone in the public who is interested in the arts. The CAA is a group of local artists, both professional and amateur, who meet each month and present two annual exhibits in the Fine Arts Center's Bassett Gallery. The CAA welcomes anyone interested in the arts to join this affiliate club. Membership will provide opportunities for artists to showcase their work, to hear from speakers and demonstrators who can share their expertise and meet other artists in the community. For more information, contact CAA president Lea McMillan at 843/432-5243 or 843/478-6562, or Ginny Caraco at 843/425-1603. The Fine Arts Center is located at 810 Lyttleton Street in Camden.
The Lake Norman Art League will hold its monthly meeting on the second Monday of the month, at the League's facility at 108 South Main St., Davidson NC, from 7-9pm. Meetings are open to the public. The Lake Norman Art League is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to promoting visual arts awareness in our community. We cultivate all levels of artists through net working with colleagues and other art related professionals, and providing monthly lecture series on various art topics. For more information call 704/237-1042 or go to (www.lknart.org).
The Seven Oaks Art League meets on the third Thur. of each month at Seven Oaks Park, 200 Leisure Lane, in Columbia, SC, at 7pm. Each meeting is an opportunity to meet other artists in the Columbia area and learn from informative presentations given by guest speakers. Membership is only $20 a year. Call 803/772-3336 for more information.
About Face, an artists' group, meets every Wed. evening 7-9pm to draw from live models at Emily Douglas Park at Queen Street entrance in Columbia, SC. Each two-hour portrait or life drawing session is only $5 for About Face members and non-members alike. Those who pay membership dues and regularly attend About Face sessions become eligible to hang their works in About Face Exhibits, and may vote and hold office. Check it out! For more information call 803/345-5373.
Artists' Discussion Group - Creative folk of all types (visual artists, writers, sculptors, architects, musicians, photographers) are invited to gather for insightful discussions every second Wednesday of the month at New Garden Friends meeting (across from Guilford College, Greensboro, NC) from 7-9pm. Everyone's comments are valued at these meetings, regardless of their level of involvement in their art. Call 336/643-0308 for more info, or just show up.
The Art League of Henderson County in Hendersonville, NC, is presenting a series of lecture(s). presented at 1:30pm at the First Congregational Church, 1735 Fifth Ave. in Hendersonville. On Sept. 17, 2008, at 1:30pm at Fifth Avenue and White Pine in Laurel Park the Art League of Henderson County will feature an oil demonstration by Mike Alonzo. Alonzo moved to Hendersonville four years ago from coastal California. He is a highly-regarded teacher and plein air painter noted for his colorful palette. He is represented by the Wickwire Fine Art and Folk Gallery in Hendersonville, NC, and the Morningstar Gallery in Blowing Rock, NC. The public is invited. For further info contact the Art League at 828/-696-3132 or visit (www.artleague.net).
The Charleston Artist Guild in Charleston, SC, will present general meeting of the Guild beginning at 6:30pm at the Charleston Area Senior Center, 259 Meeting Street in Charleston, SC. Lectures and art demonstrations are part of the Charleston Artist Guild's monthly meetings and are open to the public as an ongoing mission to further the appreciation and education of all aspects of the art world. For further information call Robert G. Ingram, Executive Director at 843/722-2454, or the Guild gallery at 843/722-2425.
The Charlotte Art League holds it's monthly meetings on the third Tuesday of every month at it's headquarters located at 1517 Camden Road, in the South End of Charlotte, NC. The meetings begin at 7pm wwith a social and the program starts at 7:30pm. The following programs are planned. For further information call the League at 704/376-2787.
The Crooked Creek Art League meets on the third Monday of each month at Crooked Creek Park, 1098 Old Lexington Hwy, in Chapin, SC, at 7pm. Each meeting is an opportunity to meet other artists in our area and listen to a speaker on an art related topic. Membership is only $15 a year. Call 803/781-6353 for more information.
The Greenwood Artists Guild meets the second Saturday of every month at the Arts Council in the Federal Building in Greenwood, SC, beginning at 10am. Membership is open to people in all of the visual and performing arts, as well as those interested in furthering the arts in our community. Visit us at our website (www.greenwoodartistsguild.com) or by contacting the guild secretary, Dot Hershey at 864/229-5195.
Artists are beginning to organize the Pineville Art Guild in Pineville, NC. They meet on the 1st Thursday of each month at 7 pm. On Oct. 2, 2008, fiber artisans will share their love of color and texture. The meetings are held at The Hut, 413 Johnston Drive, Pineville, NC. For directions call the Pineville Park & Rec. dept. at 704-889-2400 or call Judy Phillips at 704/889-7388.
The Mooresville Artist Guild will hold monthly meetings at the Depot Fine Arts Gallery at 103 W. Center Ave. in Mooresville NC. Each meeting takes place on the 4th Tuesday of the month, starting at 7pm and is free and open to the public. For further information call 704/663-6661 or at (www.mooresvilleartistguild).
The first meeting of the Fort Mill Art Guild will take place on Sept. 30, 2008, at 7pm, at the Spratt Building, 215 Main Street, Fort Mill, SC, (parking lot behind building). For further info contact Marcia Kort Buike by calling 803/548-3159, e-mail at (info@fortmillartguild.com) or visit (www.fortmillartguild.com). Membership open to all residents of North and South Carolina.
Red Bank Arts Guild is currently taking membership applications. Red Bank Arts Guild is designed to encourage exhibition and communication for artists and crafters in the Red Bank, White Knoll, Pelion rural communities of Lexington County, SC. For more information contact a member at 803/808-5328 or visit (www.RedBankArtsGuild.com).
For info on Seacoast Artist Guild of SC, Pawleys Island, SC, call Edna Fenske at 843-357-2626 or e-mail to (fensk@aol.com).
The Southern Arts Society in Kings Mountain, NC, meets the 1st Tue. of the month for a meeting where business is discussed and a presentation on some aspect of the arts is made. The event begins at 6:30pm (social) and the meeting starts at 7pm at the Kings Mountain Arts Center at 301 North Piedmont Ave. (Hwy 216) in Kings Mountain. The meetings are free and open to the public. For further info call 704/739-2056.
Trenholm Artists Guild meets the second Monday of each month at the Richland County Recreation Commission's Forest Lakes Park recreation center at 6820 Wedgefield Road just off Decker Blvd. in Columbia, SC. On Oct. 13, 2008, at 7pm, the Trenholm Artists Guild will present nationally reknowned artist, Randall McKissick as guest speaker. The meeting will be held at 7pm. Professional, amateur and student artists over 18 are invited to attend. For information, call Nancy Hill at 803/865-1431.
The Community of I'ON Artists in Mt Pleasant, SC, meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 9am-4pm, at the Creek Club in I'ON, on Saturday Road. After refreshments and a short business meeting there will be a program followed by time to create in your chosen field and exchange ideas and techniques. Throughout the year, there are educational opportunities with special speakers and demonstrations on various aspects of the artistic experience. The group started as a few artists who were interested in painting together twice a month. From that core interest of communing with other artists we have expanded to participating in local events. Our first art shows have been attended by hundreds of people who came to buy our art and we are excited by the enthusiasm of our guests and the number of paintings that were purchased . We now have over 100 members from beginners to professionals from I'On and the Greater Charleston Area. We have come from all walks of life to share a mutual joy in self-expression. Through social gatherings, exposure and exhibitions thr group provides learning experiences at all levels; promotes artistic activities and an exchange of ideas; builds a reputation as a thriving art community; exploits opportunities for exposure with I'ON and the community at large. To join, contact Robert by e-mail at (Rbyronart@yahoo.com). For further info contact Diane Balister at 843/971-6317, e-mail at (diane@balister.org) or Pam Schussel e-mail at (devoncroft@comcast.net) and visit (www.ionartist.com).
The Log Cabin Art Guild serving Columbia & the Midlands of SC, meet at 10am on the 2nd Sat. of each month in the Log Cabin at Sesqui-centennial State Park, 9564 Two Notch Road, Columbia, SC. For info call 803/788-4605.
Piedmont Artists meet on the 1st Tuesday of each month at the Rock Hill Arts Council's classrooms at 121 E. Main Street, Rock Hill, SC, for business meetings. The group will now meet weekly for an Open Studio session every Tue., from 7-9:30pm. Rock Hill artist, Harriet Goode will moderate the sessions which will include models and still life setups. For complete details call the Arts Council at 803/328-ARTS.
The Northwest Artists' League in North Wilkesboro, NC, meets at the Wilkes Art Gallery, at 800 Elizabeth Street, North Wilkesboro every third Tue. of the month for a general meeting where there is 30min, of business and one hour of fun such as making monotypes. For further information, call the gallery at 336/667-2841.
The monthly meeting(s) of the Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild will take place 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:30pm at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 3000 N. Kings Hwy, (Bus. 17) in Myrtle Beach, SC. For info call Betty Stritzel at 843/497-3897.
Women's Caucus for Art, Charleston, SC, Chapter - A national, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the opportunities for women in the visual arts. The Charleston Chapter of the WCA meets to discuss exhibition opportunities, to critique art and to build a network of women in the local art community. Meetings are informal, and held at a variety of sites throughout the Charleston area, often at openings and art events. For more information e-mail (WCAcharleston@yahoo.com) or visit (www.WCAcharleston.blogspot.com).
Fundraisers
Editor's Note: We will not list fundraisers which feature Art Auctions which do not list all the artists' names who have donated art to the fundraiser. The phrases: including works by local artists; including works by the area;s best artists; or featuring works by the regions top artists - just won't cut it. Many organizations promise these artists publicity for their donations of art, but their names never seem to make it into the press releases. Not here. If you sent a press release and didn't know about this policy - shame on you for not reading our paper, but wanting to use us to spread you info.
The French Quarter Gallery Association's Twentieth Anniversary, being celebrated Oct. 2-5, 2008, in Charleston, SC, has given Waterfront Gallery the opportunity to help the local community by having a raffle drawing to help Pet Helpers. Tickets are now on sale. Each of the eighteen artists that the gallery represents have donated an original painting for a raffle drawing to conclude on Saturday evening, Oct. 4, 2008, from 5-8pm. All proceeds will be donated to Pet Helpers. The paintings are executed in a variety of mediums, oil, watercolor, pastel and photography to name a few. The works also cover a wide spectrum of subject matter from landscapes, still life, animals and others. The paintings can be viewed at Waterfront Gallery, 215 E. Bay Street during regular business hours.( 11-6 M-Sat., 12-5 Sun.) Each raffle ticket is five dollars and can be purchased at the gallery or by phone at 843/722-1155. You do not need to be present to win.
The University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum in Columbia, SC, will hold its annual fall fundraiser, "Fall in the Garden," from 4:30 - 7:30pm on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, in the Spring Valley gardens of interior designer Steven Ford and Alonso Cuellar. Tickets are $50 per person and are available at the museum office. At 5 and 6:30pm, university naturalist Dr. Rudy Mancke will give a talk about the gardens, which feature a variety of native and exotic plants, as well as a French gazebo and sculptures along with numerous containers filled with mixes of annuals and perennials. Food and wine will be served, and original artwork by university artist Virginia Scotchie will be on sale. Ford and Cuellar recently purchased the home from Donald and Yvonne Russell. Mrs. Russell began the gardens 40 years ago with cryptomeria japonica (Japanese cedar) from seedlings that have grown into trees as tall as 50 feet. The fall fundraiser, coordinated by McKissick's Advisory Council, is one of two fundraisers held each year to support museum acquisitions and public programs. For more information about "Fall in the Garden" or McKissick Museum call 803/777-7251 or visit (www.cas.sc.edu/MCKS).
The Arts Council of Henderson County in Hendersonville, NC, announces a benefit outdoor afternoon, "Chili-ing Out On the Lake" on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, from 4-7pm at the Highland Lake Resort. Activities will feature boating, live music, a variety of chili dishes, a cornbread competition with cash prize, a cash bar, hot cider, dessert and fun! Reservations can be made by calling 828/693-8504. Tickets are $30 per person. For information call Patricia James at 828/693-8504.
The Penn Center on St. Helena Island, SC, is hosting a Jonathan Green Poster Sale & Wine and Cheese reception offering 37 different Jonathan Green posters, some signed and framed, on Oct. 11, 2008, from 4-6:30pm at Darrah Hall, Penn Center, Martin L. King, Jr. Drive, St. Helena Island, SC. For further info call 843/838-2432. The event is free and open to the public.
More than 50 Triangle area artists have signed on to "recycle" used wooden chairs into one-of-a-kind works of art that will be sold during a gala auction in the fall to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Wake County. The fundraiser is sponsored by Porto, a fine home furnishings store with locations in Raleigh, NC, and Chapel Hill, NC. Porto sponsored a similar event in 2006 that had artists recycle old doors into art, which raised $14,000 for Habitat/Wake. Calling the 2008 event a "CHAIRity," Porto has asked the artists to translate the store's slogan "Going Green Just Got Elegant" any way they want. How the artists use the chairs is also completely up to them: functional or non-functional, construction or deconstruction. They may even "reinvent" the chairs into something entirely different. The results will be displayed around the city during the month of September and part of October, leading up to the Oct. 18, 2008, gala auction (both "silent" and "live"), which will take place in Porto's North Hills showroom. Artists participating include: Jason Craighead, Louis St. Lewis, Nancy Tuttle May, Clark Hipolito, Jonathan Peedin, Paul Friedrich, Suzy Andron, Erin Sterling, Meredith Steele, Luana Luconi Winner, Mark Crummett, Sean McKinney, Joanie Kennedy, Crash Gregg, Tracy Spencer, Shannon Gray, Betsy Tate, Cindy Block, Lea Peace, Ana Myers, Charron Andrews, Jacqueline Rimmler, Carol Lancaster, Denise Sherman, Kristin D. Strickland, Constance Pappalardo, Cristine Candora-Hickey, Nancy Hawk, Maria Falbo, Fabriella Corter, Candace Thomas, Michelle Davis Petelinz, Lee Ball, Virginia Owen, Sue Scoggins, Sauda Azahra, Nell Steelman Whitlock, Renee Baker, Carol Marden, David Matthew Parker, Susan Clark, Claire Healey, Martha Thorn, Mary Storms, Marla Brautman, Lucinda Thompson, Tarrah Goforth, Jan Kimosh, Marcelle Kick, Michael Gilchrist, Jodi Bock, Maddie Langley, and Suzanne Langley. Artists from Artspace and the Visual Art Exchange, both in downtown Raleigh, are also bringing their artistry to bear on the chairs, which have been provided by Habitat/Wake County's ReStore. Porto is now looking for restaurants, shops, businesses and other public spaces in which to display the chairs-turned-art before the gala auction. Restaurants who would like to donate food and/or wine for the Oct. 18 event will be considered sponsors and included in all promotional material. Anyone interested should contact Kim Weiss at blueplate pr: 919/272-8615 or e-mail to (kjw27612@yahoo.com). For more information on Porto, visit (www.portohome.com). For more information on Habitat/Wake County, visit (www.habitatwake.org).
Tour beautiful homes in Transylvania County, NC, selected for their location, beauty, architecture or decor. This is an Annual fundraiser for the TC Arts Council's Arts-in-Schools program. The self guided tour last from 9:30am - 5pm on Dec. 13, 2008. Tickets are limited and cost $30. Call TC Arts at 828-884-2787 to reserve your tickets! The night before the home tour there will be a Kick-Off party at a private home, with food, wine and entertainment. Tickets to this party are $50. To learn more about the arts in Transylvania County go to (www.artsofbrevard.org).
Tours
Tour beautiful homes in Transylvania County,
NC, selected for their location, beauty, architecture or decor.
This is an Annual fundraiser for the TC Arts Council's
Arts-in-Schools program. The self guided tour last from 9:30am
- 5pm on Dec. 13, 2008. Tickets are limited and cost
$30. Call TC Arts at 828-884-2787 to reserve your tickets! The
night before the home tour there will be a Kick-Off party at a
private home, with food, wine and entertainment. Tickets to this
party are $50. To learn more about the arts in Transylvania County
go to (www.artsofbrevard.org).
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