"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 40 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, NC, Invites You to a Porch yART Sale – July 16 & 17, 2010

If you’re looking to do some early shopping, the Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, NC, would like you to think – Christmas in July – by attending their semi-annual Porch yART Sale. Area artists have cleaned out their studios of pottery, greeting cards, paintings, handmade jewelry, sketches, framed & unframed artwork, needlecraft, and unneeded art ... Read More

3rd Annual HAM Festival Takes Place in Seneca, SC – July 24, 2010

Quilt Trail, SC Visual Arts3rd Annual HAM Festival, Arts & Music Festival, Blue Ridge Arts Center, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Duke Energy, Heritage, Lake and Mountain Quilt Guild, Oconee County SC, Oconee Heritage Quilt Trail, Seneca SC, World of Energy

Correction: The date of the Festival is July 24, 2010 – not the 14 as previously stated. The 3rd Annual Heritage, Arts & Music Festival (HAM) will take place on July 24, 2010, from noon to 5pm at Duke Energy’s World of Energy, located at 7812 Rochester Highway in Seneca, SC. The theme of this ... Read More

Upcoming Events in Seagrove, NC, for Those Who Plan Ahead

About Seagrove Pottery, Central NCA Historical and Contemporary Overview, Caldwell-Hohl Artworks, Clay and Blogs: Telling a Story, Luck's Ware - Luck Legacy 12th Annual Kiln, Meredith Heywood, Moore County Arts Council, NC Pottery Center, Pottery from the Coastal Carolina Clay Guild, Seagrove Area Potters Association, Seagrove NC, Seagrove Potters for Peace - Turning Stoneware into Schools, Southern Pines NC, The Campbell House Galleries, The Pottery of Buncombe County, Whynot Pottery

Believe it or not – there are a few folks who don’t know about Seagrove, NC – the center of North Carolina pottery. I mean – most around the world who know anything about clay – know about Seagrove, but some folks still don’t and a few others appreciate a heads up on events taking ... Read More

SC Arts Commission May have Dodged a Bullet – But More Cuts Are Coming for SC’s Non-Profit Arts Groups

Politics and the Arts, SC Arts CommissionColumbia SC, Governor Mark Sanford, Jeffrey Day, Ken May, SC Arts Commission, SC State Legislature

Yes, the SC State Legislature may have stopped Governor Mark Sanford’s veto of the SC Arts Commission’s budget cut, but more cuts will come to the SC Arts Commission’s budget as our state adjust to shortfalls in revenue that legislators just ignored (after Tue. June 29,2010, that is). It’s easy to override a veto, it ... Read More

5th National Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition on View in North Charleston, SC

I went into North Charleston, SC, to turn our July 2010 issue of Carolina Arts into the printer, so I decided to go over to the North Charleston Riverfront Park at The Navy Yard at Noisette (former Charleston Naval Base), even though the temps were in the mid-90’s. It was a little overcast so I ... Read More

Friends of Berlin Committee & Sculpture in the South Unveil Sculpture of Mayor Berlin G. Myers in Summerville, SC

SC Visual Arts, Sculpture in the CarolinasFriends of Berlin Committee, Garland Weeks, Mayor Berlin G. Myers, Sculpture in the South, Summerville SC

We received this short press release at Carolina Arts. The Friends of Berlin Committee & Sculpture in the South would like to invite the citizens of Summerville, SC, to the public unveiling of “Honorable Mayor Berlin G. Myers” Portrait Sculpture by Garland Weeks on Monday, June 28, 2010, at 7pm, at the Summerville Municipal Complex, 200 South ... Read More

Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston, SC, Offers Summer Student Exhibit

Charleston SC Visual Arts2010 Summer Art Institute Exhibit ion, Charleston County School District, Charleston SC, Redux Contemporary Art Center

Well, this is the first – after deadline – press release we received at Carolina Arts for July. And, by all means don’t forget about our offering an Alfred Hutty print for sale at Carolina Galleries in Charleston, SC. Just read the entry below this one to learn all about it. Here’s the press release: Redux ... Read More

Help Carolina Arts – Add to Your Art Collection

Charleston SC Visual ArtsAlfred Hutty, Carolina Arts, Carolina Galleries, Charleston SC

Well, it’s no secret that Carolina Arts has been struggling just like everyone else in the art community during this economic downturn. That’s the pleasant word for what’s been happening. We’ve been cutting back where we can so much so that in our last issue I had only a few inches of space left for ... Read More

Waynesville Gallery Association Celebrates Folkmoot USA on July 2, 2010 in Waynesville, NC, with Arts After Dark

NC Visual ArtsArt After Dark, Folkmoot USA, Haywood County Arts Council, International Festival Day, The Waynesville Gallery Association, Waynesville NC

They call it Art After Dark in Waynesville, most of us would call it an art walk. We received this press release from the Waynesville Gallery Association who have tied their July 2 art walk into a celebration of Folkmoot USA. This gave us the opportunity to inform reader as to just what Folkmoot USA ... Read More

A Look at a Couple More Spoleto/Piccolo Festival Exhibits

Charleston SC Visual ArtsCall and Response: African to America/The Art of Nick Cave and Phyllis Galembo, Charleston SC, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, College of Charleston, Contemporary Charleston 2010, Erin Glaze, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Juilo Cotto, Mark Sloan, Max Miller, Nick Cave, Phyllis Galembo, Samantha Theall, Sarah Haynes, Timothy Pakron

Both the Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto Festivals are over, but as usual with the art community, while most of the performing arts groups have packed up their seasonal offerings – the visual arts are still here and you can still see both of these exhibits I’ll be talking about. While the festivals were still going ... Read More