"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 41 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, Announces 11th Annual Benefit Auction Results!

Central NC, NC Pottery CenterLeland Little Auction and Estate Sales, NC Pottery Center, Seagrove NC

I received this info at Carolina Arts about the fundraiser which took place at the NC Pottery Center in April. As you read this and start thinking – I should have been there, you can still be there by sending in a nice check to support the NC Pottery Center. They can even take your ... Read More

West Lincoln Middle School in Lincolnton, NC, Calls for Potters for Tradition Turners Pottery Festival

Not About Seagrove PotteryLincolnton NC, Tradition Turners Pottery Festival, West Lincoln Middle School

This press release came to us at Carolina Arts in the middle of the Spoleto/Piccolo Festival scramble and I put it in a place where I could deal with it later. My mistake. I just found it and I already cost early applicants a discount on their fee. My bad. Especially when I’m trying to ... Read More

Charleston County Public Library is Presenting a Summer Book Sale in Charleston, SC – June 18-20, 2010

Our Fading Culture, SC ArtsCharleston County Public Library, Charleston Friends of the Library, Charleston SC, Summer Book Sale

I received this press release at Carolina Arts. I think public libraries are one of the great resources we have in this country and will be willing to pay higher taxes any day – as long as that extra money goes to support our libraries. Go buy some books. Cheap books abound at the upcoming ... Read More

Hodges Taylor Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Partners with American Institute of Architects to Feature Works by Area Architects

Charlotte NC Visual ArtsAmerican Institute of Architects, Art by Architects, Charlotte NC, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Murray Whisnant

I’ve stated this a few times before in this blog – as deadlines go by, something interesting always comes in too late to do anything about. We received a press release about this exhibit – which will be included in our expanded online version of the June 2010 issue of Carolina Arts, and perhaps in ... Read More

First Look At Piccolo Spoleto Visual Art Events for 2010 in Charleston, SC

Charleston SC Visual Arts2010 Piccolo Spoleto Crafts Shows, 2010 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibit, Charleston SC, Charleston Visitor Center, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Wragg Square

Right off the bat we have a few corrections to my preview of the Piccolo Spoleto visual art offerings taking place in Charleston, SC. It seems for some reason on the second day of the festivals two of the rest rooms at the Charleston Visitor Center were under “construction” – whatever that means beyond a ... Read More

Donna Craven Pottery Holds a Kiln Opening & Sale on June 5, 2010, in Asheboro, NC

About Seagrove Pottery, Central NCAsheboro NC, Donna Craven, Donna Craven Pottery Kiln Opening, Seagrove NC

I posted my entry about the 2nd Annual Cousins in Clay event this morning and when I went to go get the mail a postcard about this event was there. I’m sure the folks at Cousins in Clay won’t mind this posting piggybacking it. You’re gonna be there anyway. The kiln opening and sale will ... Read More

2nd Annual Cousins In Clay Takes Place June 5 & 6, 2010 in Seagrove, NC

About Seagrove Pottery, Central NC2nd Annual Cousins In Clay, Allison McGowan, Bruce Gholson, Bulldog Pottery, Carol Gentithes, Cousins In Clay, Fred Johnston, Johnston and Gentithes Art Pottery, Michael Kline, Samantha Henneke, Seagrove NC, Val Cushing

Now is the time to make plans for next weekend. The 2nd Annual, expanded, “Cousins In Clay” event will take place on June 5 & 6, 2010, at two locations – Bulldog Pottery and Johnston and Gentithes Art Pottery in Seagrove, NC. Here’s a link to the official website. This event features works by Bruce ... Read More

6th Annual Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Takes Place at Memorial Waterfront Park in Mt. Pleasant, SC – June 5, 2010

SC Arts6th Annual Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival, Gullah Geechee, Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park, Mount Pleasant SC

Talk about your best kept secrets or events that don’t get much publicity in the shadow of the Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto Festivals – this event takes the cake. I picked up a flyer at one of the local library branches – otherwise we haven’t been sent a lick of info about this event at ... Read More

Sunset River Marketplace To Sponsor Free Summer Concert Series in Ocean Isle Beach, NC

NC Visual ArtsCalabash NC, Concerts On the Coast 2010, Ocean Isle Beach NC, Sunset River Marketplace

This is about a performing arts event, but it is also another example of how the visual art community does a lot to help with the overall cultural community in the Carolinas. Commercial art galleries are often accused of just being interested in making profits – a trick these days at best, but they don’t ... Read More

Visual Art Offerings at Spoleto/Piccolo Spoleto Festivals in Charleston, SC, for 2010

Charleston SC Visual Arts2010 Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit, 26th Annual Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibition, 31st Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Craft Show and Demonstrations, Amelia “Mimi” Whaley, Call and Response: African to America/The Art of Nick Cave and Phyllis Galembo, Charleston SC, City of Charleston SC, Composition & Decomposition, Contemporary Charleston 2010, Ellen Dressler Moryl, JoAnn Verburg: Interruptions, Novelty, Office of Cultural Affairs, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Spoleto Festival USA

Every year I try and give interested readers a heads up on the visual arts offered during the Spoleto/Piccolo Spoleto Festivals . I haven’t seen any of these exhibits as most haven’t started yet and I’m getting ready to deliver our June issue of Carolina Arts. But here’s a bit about what’s being offered and ... Read More