"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 42 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

News From the South Carolina Arts Commission

SC Arts CommissionBud Ferillo, Columbia SC, Ken May, SC Arts Commission

Today we received two items of news at Carolina Arts from the SC Arts Commission – one right after the other. First, we learned that the SC Arts Commission Board meeting previously planned for May 26, 2010, has been canceled. The next regularly scheduled meeting is June 22 at the Arts Commission’s office in Columbia, ... Read More

Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, SC, Offers Art Festival – Saturday, June 5, 2010

SC Visual ArtsArtists Under the Arcade Festival, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet SC

Here’s notice of an opportunity we received at Carolina Arts to look at over 500 sculptures – all in one beautiful place and enjoy an arts festival too. On Saturday, June 5 from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Brookgreen Gardens, in Murrells Inlet, SC, more than 40 painters, potters, jewelry makers, glass blowers, and authors will ... Read More

Carolina Arts Unleashed Makes It Through Its Second Year

BloggingCarolina Arts, Carolina Arts Online, Carolina Arts Unleashed, Tom Starland

Well, like the guys on the Nation Public Radio show Car Talk say, you’ve just wasted two years of your life reading Carolina Arts Unleashed – that’s if you’ve been following us since the beginning. If you’re a new reader – get ready to waste some of your life – I’ve got lots to say. ... Read More

North Charleston Arts Festival Offers Many Visual Art Offerings and More in North Charleston, SC

North Charleston SC Visual ArtsCharleston Area Convention Center, City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, North Charleston Arts Festival, North Charleston City Hall, North Charleston Performing Arts Center, North Charleston Riverfront Park, North Charleston SC

This info is in our May issue of Carolina Arts, but we wanted readers to have a jump – as distribution of the paper does take time and some of these events are time sensitive. The North Charleston Arts Festival in North Charleston, SC, starting on Apr. 30 and continuing through May 8, 2010, is ... Read More

Arthur Rose Museum in Orangeburg, SC, Celebrates 140th Anniversary of Claflin University with Exhibition

SC Visual ArtsArthur Rose Museum, Claflin University, Orangeburg SC

It seems that the folks in the art department at Claflin University in Orangeburg, SC, have discovered Carolina Arts and at the same time discovered they were not being included in it. They soon found out all you have to do to be included is to send us info about exhibitions, but it will take ... Read More

Let’s Hope the Musical Chairs Name Game is Over in Charlotte, NC

Charlotte NC Visual ArtsBechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte NC, Charlotte Observer, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts &, Levine Center for the Arts, Mint Museum Uptown, Wachovia Cultural Campus, Wells Fargo Cultural Campus

We’ve been reporting on the new complex of art facilities in Uptown Charlotte, NC, ever since we started this blog – almost two years ago. The complex which includes the new Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture (formerly the Afro-American Cultural Center); the new Bechtler Museum of Modern Art; and the ... Read More

UNC Asheville Holds Spring Ceramic and Art Sale – Apr. 30 & May 30, 2010, in Asheville, NC

NC Visual ArtsAsheville NC, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC Asheville, UNC Asheville Spring Ceramic and Art Sale

Here’s another event that came across our radar at Carolina Arts: UNC Asheville’s Art Department will hold its annual Spring Ceramic and Art Sale from 4-7 p.m. Friday, April 30, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 1, 2010, in UNC Asheville’s S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, located on the ground floor of Owen Hall. The sale ... Read More

White Oak Pottery Spring Show & Sale Takes Place May 1, 2010, in Durham, NC

About Seagrove Pottery, Not About Seagrove PotteryAddison Paige, Bev Nagy, Bruce Gholson, Bulldog Pottery, Durham NC, Eric Paige, Independent Animal Rescue, Julie Olson, Lisa Brown, Raven Rock Artworks, Samantha Henneke, Terry Gess, White Oak Pottery, White Oak Pottery Spring Show & Sale

Carolina Arts received some more news about Spring pottery events – this time in Durham, NC. On Saturday, May , 2010, from 9am to 4pm, White Oak Pottery located at 3915 Rivermont Road in Durham will host its Spring Show & Sale, featuring works by Julie Olson of White Oak Pottery, pottery by Bruce Gholson ... Read More

Michael Kline’s Spring Kiln Opening Takes Place Saturday, May 8, 2010

Not About Seagrove PotteryPhotos of One Eared Cow Glass Sculpture at Columbia Museum of Art Celebration of Chihuly Chandelier

Yes, Michael Kline’s Spring kiln opening takes place Saturday, May 8, 2010, from 9am – 5pm, at Kline Pottery located at 4062 Snow Creek Road in Bakersville, NC. But, before we get to that… I first met Michael Kline through his blog, Sawdust & Dirt, News from the pottery shop of Michael Kline, during the ... Read More

Photos of One Eared Cow Glass Sculpture at Columbia Museum of Art Celebration of Chihuly Chandelier

Columbia SC Visual ArtsColumbia Museum of Art, Columbia SC, Dale Chihuly, Mark Woodham, One Eared Cow Glass, The Contemporaries of the Columbia Museum of Art, Tommy Lockart

We now have photos of the finished piece by One Eared Cow Glass installed outside the Columbia Museum of Art during the Museum’s Red Hot…Cool! 60 Years of Color gala on the evening of Apr. 17, 2010. Here’s a link to my earlier comments on that. I have to say, it looks pretty spectacular! Like ... Read More