More News About The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte and Their Growing Art Collection

We brought you news about the new Ben Owen Pottery Gallery, which opened in The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte (NC) hotel featuring works  from renowned Seagrove, NC, artist Ben Owen III, but almost before we published that news item we received another bit of news concerning another Carolina artist. The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte has added to its acclaimed ... Read More

A Trip to Florence, SC, to See Several Exhibits on Jan. 14, 2011

As I hope you have been reading, I have been involved in a flurry of information flowing to us from the visual art community in and around Florence, SC, including a couple of blog entries which you can visit later – click here for the entry about the exhibit, A Celebration of Many Talents: Artisans ... Read More

Find Your Perfect Valentine’s Day Gift on Busbee Road, Seagrove, NC – Feb. 11-12, 2011

Valentine’s Day is about celebrating those you love. What better gift than something handmade by an artist. The Seagrove Potters of Historic Busbee Road are planning a weekend shopping experience designed to fit your Valentine’s Day shopping needs,  on Friday, Feb. 11 and Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. Ten shops, including three museums, a jeweler, a blacksmith ... Read More

Tracking Internet Numbers on the New Online Version of Carolina Arts

From the minute we first talked with some of our longtime advertisers about taking Carolina Arts totally online, the question asked was – “How will I know how many people see my ad?” An important question for all advertisers, but one hard to answer for any media outlets. A few days ago I went to ... Read More
Well, the sagging economy has finally caught up with us. Well, it caught up with us a few years ago, but we just kept hoping things would get better by now and still hope they will in the near future, but for now, we are no longer printing the paper. We didn’t want to say ... Read More

The Death of the Fruitcake

What ever happened to the Christmas fruitcake? If you’re a certain age – like me – born in the 40’s, 50’s or even early 60’s, you remember the Christmas fruitcake. You either liked it or hated it, but it was always there – sometimes well into Easter. I kind of liked it in moderation – ... Read More

Carolina Arts Enters the World of Facebook

Well, like all things it had to happen eventually – we now have a page on Facebook. And, we invite all our readers out there to Like us. I always hoped you did anyway, but now this is a way of showing it – just like we all want you to feel the same about ... Read More