Southeast’s Most Generous Art Festival, ArtFields Announces Artist Registration Schedule and Program Rules – Deadline Feb. 1, 2013

ArtFields invites emerging and established artists to compete for $100,000 in cash prizes from April 19 to 28, 2013, in Lake City, SC Three artists who reside in any of a dozen Southeastern states will soon lay claim to career-changing cash prizes that honor their exceptional talents. From April 19 to 28, 2013, this small ... Read More

Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC, Features Works by Doug McAbee

Editor’s Note: I knew back in mid-December that many an exhibit would be falling victim of the Holiday scramble – meaning a lot of folks weren’t going to get all their work done before they left for a holiday break. I’m not going to give a second chance to all that come in as the ... Read More

The January 2013 Issue of Carolina Arts is Now Ready to Download

The January 2013 issue of Carolina Arts is up on our website at (www.carolinaarts.com) – all 59 pages of it. It’s a smaller issue due to people not yet recovered from the holidays. We ask that you help us bring the news about the Carolina visual art community to others by spreading the link for ... Read More

Timing Is Everything In The Life Of An Art Viewer – A Trip To Charleston, SC

A week or so ago, Linda, my better half, asked me at the end of a totally unrelated conversation, “Are we going Friday?”. I asked in return if she wanted to go to some Pearl Harbor memorial, being the smart-aleck that I am – knowing she was talking about Friday Dec. 7th – which would ... Read More

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

The December 2012 issue of Carolina Arts is up on our website at (www.carolinaarts.com) – all 63 pages of it. Our download numbers for the November issue dropped down to 95,000. Elections – who needs them. We ask that you help us bring the news about the Carolina visual art community to others by spreading ... Read More

Center for Craft, Creativity and Design in Hendersonville, NC, Offers Exhibit on the Legacy of Harvey K. Littleton

Editor’s Note: Earlier this year we informed readers that 2012 was the 50th Anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement in America. We did a special feature on many of the glass exhibits that were being offered in celebration of that anniversary – most taking place in Western North Carolina – home to many a glass ... Read More

Some Events I Wish I Were Going to This Week in the Carolinas

Unfortunately travel is not in my plans this week, which means I’m going to miss some of my favorite happenings including: Vista Lights in Columbia, SC; the Celebration of Seagrove Potters in Seagrove, NC; and the opening of the new Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC. I would have racked up some miles, but I ... Read More

View From A Red State

I know my vote Tuesday won’t make much difference as far as the Electoral College goes, but I’m going to cast it for our President anyway – because I’m a free American. The popular vote counts too – really. It’s my privilege as a registered voter and I’m going to cast my ballot – no ... Read More

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

The November 2012 issue of Carolina Arts is up on our website at (www.carolinaarts.com) – all 74 pages of it. Our download numbers for the October issue came in just over 175,000. That’s right – it’s not a typo. We ask that you help us bring the news about the Carolina visual art community to ... Read More

A Trip to the 2012 South Carolina State Fair in Columbia, SC

Linda and I decided to make a quick trip to Columbia, SC, to the SC State Fair to see the display the cowboys at One Eared Cow Glass had created. It’s being called the largest display of blown glass in South Carolina. If you like glass works and we both love the works of One ... Read More