Thinking of Judith McGrath Down in Western Australia

Yesterday, after another sweltering trip to Charleston, SC, I returned home to check my e-mail. While sorting through the days’ list of junk, outlandish offers, jokes about our Governor (no name offered) and even a few directed for Carolina Arts – I found myself gazing at a few e-mails I leave on my incoming list ... Read More

New Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, NC, Launches Website

Over the next two years, Center City Charlotte will be transformed by the development of the Wells Fargo Cultural Campus (formerly the Wachovia Cultural Campus), which will include an expanded Mint Museum of Art, an expanded Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture (formerly the Afro-American Cultural Center) and the new Bechtler Museum ... Read More

Piccolo Spoleto Festival Exhibitions Slip Away Again

Even with the best of intentions on my part, once again many of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival visual art offerings have slipped away before I could get by to see them. Even some of the exhibits I did get to see are over before I could post a blog about them. I have always said ... Read More

NC Pottery Center Offers Summer Fundraiser – June 20 2009

The doors of the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, were kept open due to the efforts of many last year, but – and I hate to be the one to tell you this – the Center is not yet saved, and the cavalry in the form of the NC Arts Council, a.k.a. the ... Read More

Artistic Encounters in Waynesville, NC – June 19 2009

I received this press release from the Waynesville Gallery Association in Waynesville, NC, about a new event they are presenting called Artistic Encounters. The press release stated: There’s a new event in town, Artistic Encounters, a kaleidoscope of imaginative expression to be enjoyed in gift shops, galleries, restaurants, and bed and breakfasts in and around ... Read More