Want to Get Away from it All and Ham it up at the Same Time – the Carolina Renaissance Festival is Looking for You

This will be one of my goals – when I retire. Here’s a photo of one of my costumes for this festival. Here’s their press release: Renaissance Festival Auditions Underway – Your Chance To Act and Play! The Carolina Renaissance Festival, a combination of outdoor theater, circus, arts and crafts fair, jousting tournament and feast, ... Read More

We Also Have Pictures of Tidewater Gallery in Swansboro, NC

It just so happens we have some photos of Tidewater Gallery in Swansboro, NC. A lot of folks will be heading to that part of North Carolina this Summer to see the Atlantic Ocean. Here’s what you’d see if you visited this gallery. Tidewater Gallery is located at 107 N. Front Street in Swansboro, NC. ... Read More

Elder Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Moved into New Diggs – We Have Pictures

Earlier this Spring, Elder Gallery moved to 1520 South Tryon Street, in Charlotte, NC’s SouthEnd. The new building has approximately 6500 square feet of space. We don’t have anything else to say, so we’ll let the pictures do the talking. The gallery is open Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-2pm; or by appt. For further info call ... Read More

An Art Show in My Own Back Yard – Berkeley Artist’s Guild’s Annual Juried Exhibition at the Berkeley County Library in Moncks Corner, SC

I was doing another post office/bank run into Moncks Corner, SC, and I also had to return some materials to the Berkeley County Library, which is now my main library since I’m not delivering papers anymore. It’s not the Charleston County Library, but it’s pretty good. On the way out, I noticed that there was ... Read More

Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail in South Carolina Expands Again

Cynthia Leggett of the Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail in South Carolina brings us news about the latest expansion of the Quilt Trail. Heirlooms & Comforts has updated the face of their home on 104 Madden Bridge Rd. in Central, SC. The Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail has crafted a replica of one section of a Double ... Read More

Tracking the Numbers for the May 2012 issue of Carolina Arts

This report will be short and sweet. We did set a new record for downloads in May, which was a surprise, with 121,745 downloads of the May 2012 issue of Carolina Arts. That’s almost a 10,000 jump from April 2012. It’s a little hard to get my head around this growth, thinking that it will ... Read More

Some Things You Never Plan On – Another Trip to Seagrove, NC

One of the many plans we had for the big Memorial Day weekend was to make a trip to Seagrove, NC, to attend the Cousins in Clay event at Bulldog Pottery and a spring kiln opening at Whynot Pottery – both taking place on Saturday, May 26, 2012. For a couple of weeks before that ... Read More

The June 2012 Issue of Carolina Arts is Now Ready to Download

The June 2012 issue of Carolina Arts is up on our website at (www.carolinaarts.com) – all 67 pages of it. We had an amazing month during May with over 121,734 downloads. That’s more than 9,000 more from April. It proves that size matters for the moment – our largest issue brings in the largest amount ... Read More