"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 37 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

Center for the Arts in Rock Hill, SC, Features Annual SC Watermedia Society Show

SC Visual ArtsBarbara Nechis, Barbara Stitt, Center for the Arts, Denise Greer, Kathy Caudill, Rock Hill SC, South Carolina Watermedia Society, South Carolina Watermedia Society's 33rd Annual Exhibition, Steve Garner, Steve Jordan

The Center for the Arts in Rock Hill, SC, is presenting the, South Carolina Watermedia Society’s 33rd Annual Exhibition, on view through Nov. 21, 2010. The exhibition includes 75 works selected from the Society’s membership, SC’s largest statewide visual arts group, by this year’s juror, Barbara Nechis. The Top 30 Award winning entries will travel ... Read More

Annual Carolina Renaissance Festival Takes Place in Huntersville, NC – Weekends Through Nov. 21, 2010

Memory Lane, Unbelievable but True, Wishful ThinkingCarolina Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace, Fairhaven, Huntersville NC

I don’t think it’s really fall until I’ve tasted some of the King’s nuts. Once I have, I know I’m back at the Carolina Renaissance Festival, usually in costume, where most people think I’m part of the festival. I love those roasted almonds. The King only accepts the best. I’ve been going back in time ... Read More

3rd Annual Celebration of Seagrove Potters Takes Place in Seagrove, NC – Nov. 19 – 21, 2010

About Seagrove Pottery, Central NC, NC Pottery, NC Visual Arts3rd Annual Celebration of Seagrove Potters, Gala Preview Party, Luck’s Cannery, Seagrove NC

It’s not too early to plan to attend this event. This is probably just the first of info we will bring you about the Celebration of Seagrove Potters. But this will give you the basics so you can plan to be there. They’re planning so you can plan. And this is a big event – ... Read More

10th Annual Carolina Pottery Festival Takes Place in Shelby, NC – Nov. 13, 2010

NC Pottery, Not About Seagrove Pottery, WNC Visual Arts10th Carolina Pottery Festival, Carolina Pottery Festival, Cleveland County Fairgrounds, Shelby NC

Here’s another pottery festival taking place in Western North Carolina this fall. There’s a lot of events going on this fall in the Carolina pottery community. The 10th Annual Carolina Pottery Festival will take place at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds on Hwy. 74 Business, in Shelby, NC, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, from 10 am ... Read More

The Big Clay and Blog Exhibit to be Shown at the Campbell House Galleries in Southern Pines, NC, is Almost Here

About Seagrove Pottery, Blogging, Central NC, NC Pottery, NC Visual Arts, Not About Seagrove Pottery, Seagrove PotteryArts Council of Moore County, Campbell House Galleries, Clay and Blogs: Telling a Story, Meredith Heywood, Seagrove NC, Southern Pines NC, Whynot Pottery

I’m sure some of you can’t wait until this exhibit has come and gone and I know one of those people is Meredith Heywood of Whynot Pottery in Seagrove, NC. This was all her idea, and I’m sure she’ll be more careful about expressing those ideas out loud in the future. It’s been a lot ... Read More

Avery Pottery and Tileworks in Seagrove, NC, Offers Fall Kiln Opening – Oct. 16 & 17, 2010

About Seagrove Pottery, Central NC, NC PotteryAvery Pottery and Tileworks, Avery Pottery and Tileworks Fall Kiln Opening, Blaine Avery, Seagrove NC

The Avery Pottery and Tileworks Fall Kiln Opening – Tea Pots Big and Small & Tiles Shiny and Bright – will take place on Saturday, Oct. 16, from 10am-5pm and Sunday, Oct. 17, from 11am-4pm, at 636 Potters Way Road in Seagrove, NC. Blaine M. Avery, resident potter says, “With the cooler weather coming on ... Read More

A trip to Salisbury, NC, for a 2nd Saturday Art Gallery & Studio Crawl on Sept. 11, 2010

NC Visual Arts, Salisbury NC Visual Arts2010 Salisbury Sculpture Show, 2nd Saturday Art Gallery & Studio Crawl in Salisbury & Spencer NC, Lin Barnhardt, Looking Glass Artist Collective, Off Main Gallery, Pottery 101, Rail Walk Studios & Gallery, Robert Crum Fine Art, Rowan Arts Council, Salisbury NC, Waterworks Visual Arts Center

It was hard to imagine how many major art events were scheduled for such a historic day in America’s recent history, but you can’t control the calendar and I chose to visit Salisbury, NC – in the daylight for once. Salisbury is the latest area to come on board to the Carolina Arts family, so ... Read More

The Story of the SC Arts Commission’s Failure to Develop a Major Artisan Center in SC Just Won’t Go Away

SC Arts CommissionBeckley WV, Cela Burge, Gaston Caperton, Kentucky Artisan Center, SC Arts Commission, TAMARACK: The Best of West Virginia, The Greenbrier

I never intended for this to be a continuing issue, but others just won’t leave it alone. My first blog entry about the Kentucky Artisan Center got a lot of attention and then a regular reader pointed out to me that the State of West Virginia was first to create this artisan center concept on ... Read More

Bad Night in Michigan

Dreams That Can Come TrueFake Field Goal, Michigan State, Notre Dame

Notre Dame 31 – Michigan State 34 Spartans Rule!

7th Annual Hilton Pottery Festival Takes Place in Newton, NC – Oct. 9, 2010

Uncategorized7th Annual Hilton Pottery Festival, B. R. (Bob) Hilton, John Hilton, John Wesley Helton, Melany Dawn Crouse, Newton NC, Sybil Scronce Hedspeth

Here’s another item we received about a pottery event at Carolina Arts. The 7th Annual Hilton Pottery Festival will be held on Saturday, Oct, 9, 2010, from 9am to 5pm, at the old Hilton home place in the community of Blackburn, outside of Newton, NC. Work by B. R. (Bob) Hilton Work by B. R. ... Read More