Arts and Heritage Center in North Augusta, SC, Features Clay in A Can, on View Sept. 14 – Nov. 13, 2010

This can be considered another in our series of reporting on clay exhibits taking place in the Carolinas, although this notice came from an area we don’t often hear from much – North Augusta, SC. Border towns in South Carolina like to think of themselves as part of bigger cities close to them. North Augusta ... Read More

15th Annual Wake Forest Area Artists’ Studio Tour takes place Sept. 25 & 26 and again on Oct. 2 & 3, 2010

First off, this Wake Forest is not to be confused with Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. This Wake Forest is the town just northeast of Raleigh, NC. There was a Wake Forest College, but that’s another story. So these artists are competing for attention with the art community of the Triangle – Raleigh, Durham ... Read More

The Wells Gallery at The Sanctuary on Kiawah Island, SC, Features Exhibit by the Smith Family Women

Well, by now you know the drill – info that has come to Carolina Arts at the last minute. Here it is: The Wells Gallery at The Sanctuary on Kiawah Island, SC, will present the exhibit, SMITH, a new show of works by the Smith family women: Betty Anglin Smith, Shannon Smith, and Jennifer Smith ... Read More

Joseph Sand Pottery Holds Inaugural Kiln Opening in Randleman, NC – Aug. 21 & 22, 2010

It’s nice to see that Carolina potters are picking up on the fact thatCarolina Arts Unleashed is a good place to plug their events. I received such a request from Joseph Sand, a transplant from southern Minnesota, who has now planted his roots in the good soil of Randleman, NC, after completing a 3 1/2 ... Read More

RedSky Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Offers Group Ceramics Show

Here is yet another pottery exhibit taking place in the Carolinas. Short, but to the point. This is a good one – don’t judge the show by the length of the press release. RedSky Gallery in Charlotte, NC, is proud to present a collaborative ceramics exhibition from a select group of North Carolina ceramic artists. ... Read More

The Deadline to Enter the 2010 Carolina’s Got Art! in Charlotte, NC, is August 15, 2010

It’s less than a month away, and I know some of you artists out there will have to hustle to make the deadline. Almost 500 artists from throughout the Carolinas entered last year. It’s an electronic entry so you won’t have to haul your work to someplace just to find out if the made the ... Read More

Big Arts Organizations Are Falling by the Wayside in the Carolinas

A few years ago it was the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art(SECCA) in Winston-Salem, NC, that needed the state of North Carolina to come its rescue by taking it over and putting it under the umbrella of the North Carolina Museum of Art, a division of the NC Department of Cultural Resources. At the time ... Read More

The Deadline to Enter the 2010 Carolina’s Got Art! in Charlotte, NC, is August 15, 2010

It’s a month away, but I know some of you artists out there will have to hustle to make the deadline. Almost 500 artists from throughout the Carolinas entered last year. It’s an electronic entry process so you won’t have to haul your work to someplace just to find out if you made the cut. ... Read More

HAM Festival on July 24, 2010

Somehow we got the date wrong for the HAM Festival taking place in Seneca, SC. See the posting – two down. It’s not July 14 – it’s July 24, 2010. I’m sorry for this mistake and hope no one misses the event due to that mistake.