"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 32 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

Daffie Days Will be Popping Up at Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove, NC – Mar. 25 – 27, 2011

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Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke of Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove, NC, are working hard to make sure that more than the daffodils are adding to the color of Spring in Seagrove. The end result is Daffie Days – with fresh colorful pots at Bulldog Pottery – Mar. 25 – 27, 2011. And, you can be ... Read More

Tracking the Number of Downloads of the PDF of the March 2011 Issue of Carolina Arts

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Last month’s excitement over the downloads of the PDF of Carolina Arts has turned to concern. The kind of concern every publisher should have, but I guess I’m a little different. I won’t keep you hanging any longer if this is of interest to you. As of ten days in March – the PDF of the ... Read More

Highlights for the March 12, 2011, Second Saturday Art Walk in Salisbury and Spencer, NC

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With spring just around the corner, take time out this Saturday afternoon from 1-5pm to stroll around downtown Salisbury and Spencer, NC, to check out the new exhibits and deals offered by participating galleries during this month’s Second Saturday Art Walk. In Spencer, the Green Goat Gallery is offering a 10% discount on all of ... Read More

Observations on the Figurative Ceramic Symposium at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC, Held on Mar. 5, 2011

Florence SC Visual Arts, Pee Dee SC Area Visual Arts, SC Visual ArtsCristina Córdova, Doug Gray, Dr. Howard Frye, Figure It Out Figurative Ceramic Symposium, Florence SC, Francis Marion University, Janis Mars Wunderlich, Patz Fowle, Sergei Isupov, Visiting Florence SC, Visiting South Carolina

I made it to the Figure It Out, Figurative Ceramic Symposium at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC, held on Mar. 5, 2011. The symposium started at 6:30pm and was scheduled to run to 8:30pm, which was already a challenge for me, being two hours away and rain in the forecast. I knew I’d be ... Read More

Adding Kelly Thiel Studio Blog to Our Blog List

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It’s been a while since we added a new blog to our list, but this one seemed to have a lot in common with what Carolina Arts is going through – sort of a rebirth. Kelly Thiel, a Charleston, SC, area artist has just started a re-branding of her business. Kelly Thiel Pottery & Sculpture ... Read More

Transylvania Community Arts Council in Brevard, NC, Extends Deadline for Picasso Raffle – With Good Reason

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I received the following e-mail from Tammy Hopkins, executive director of the Transylvania Community Arts Council in Brevard, NC, at Carolina Arts, that they were extending the deadline of the raffle to win a Pablo Picasso print. And I don’t blame them. I once had a raffle for an Ansel Adams photograph that I ended ... Read More

Nina Liu and Friends Gallery in Charleston, SC, Receives Verner Award from SC Arts Commission/Foundation

Charleston SC Visual Arts, Commercial Art Community Helping Out, SC Arts Commission, SC Visual Arts2011 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Awards for the Arts, Charleston SC, Nina Liu, Nina Liu and Friends Gallery, SC Arts Commission, SC Arts Commission/Foundation, Visiting Charleston SC, Visiting South Carolina

Nina Liu outside her gallery and friend Aggie Zed (r) OK, this is meant to be a congratulation to Nina Liu – make no mistake about that, but it is also about the SC Arts Commission and SC Arts Foundation. I think everyone would agree that in these days of cutbacks in funding for the ... Read More

Carolina Arts Has Facebook Envy

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I don’t know what it is but Facebook and I don’t get along. Maybe it’s because I ignored it for so long, but when we converted to an online paper, people told us – we need to get on Facebook. Unfortunately after setting up the page, I did something (don’t let me near your computer) ... Read More

Skyuka Fine Art in Tryon, NC, Features Works by Richard Christian Nelson

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Here’s an exhibit by one of our supporters which arrived after deadline for our Feb. 2011 issue. If you haven’t picked up on it yet – we’ll always take care of our supporters. We do pretty good when it comes to others, but our supporters make Carolina Arts possible and this blog possible. Here’s the ... Read More

Seagrove, NC, Potters Raise Money for Elementary School Art Departments

The Seagrove Area Potters Association (SAPA) raised $800 for local schools at the 3rd annual Celebration of Seagrove Potters held in Seagrove, NC, last November. Seagrove and Westmoore elementary schools each received $400 from the organization to be used specifically in the schools’ art departments. Ben Owen presents a check to Westmoore Elementary art teacher ... Read More