"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 44 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

The Georgia Renaissance Festival – 25 Years of Amazing Days and Crazy Knights!

UncategorizedAtlanta GA, Fairburn GA, Georgia Renaissance Festival

I have been to the Georgia Renaissance Festival twice and enjoyed it both times – I wish I was going this year but I can’t get the clan of fellow Ren Fest folks who do this thing with me organized this year. Bugger! Here’s the scoop: Join us for an entertainment experience that’s closer than ... Read More

Duke University in Durham, NC, Features Works by Mark Hewitt

Not About Seagrove PotteryDuke University, Durham NC, Mark Hewitt, Nasher Museum of Art, Pittsboro NC

We received a press release about this exhibit at Carolina Arts and although we don’t cover the Durham, NC, visual art scene in the printed version of the paper, we will be posting this article on Carolina Arts Online – where we include all areas of the Carolinas – as long as we receive info ... Read More

Martha R. Severens is Retiring From the Greenville County Museum of Art in Greenville, SC

Greenville SC Visual Arts, SC Visual ArtsGreenville County Museum of Art, Greenville SC, Martha R. Severens

We were first sent this news by an old friend in Greenville, SC, and then confirmed it by reading an article in the Greenville News and then making contact with the Greenville County Museum of Art. After 17 years as curator at the Museum, Severens and her husband Kenneth will do some well deserved traveling. ... Read More

First Event of SC Arts Commission’s 2010 Canvas of the People Draws 20 People in Columbia, SC

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I couldn’t be in Columbia, SC, for the first event of the SC Art Commission’s 2010 Canvas of the People on Feb. 22, at 6:45-8pm. It seems many others couldn’t either with only 12 days notice – even those living right there in Columbia. In Jeffrey Day’s blog, Carolina Culture, he reports that only 30 ... Read More

Columbia Design League Launches New Public Art Initiative March 5 – 6, 2010 in Columbia, SC, with Teri Tynes

Columbia SC Visual ArtsColumbia Design League, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia SC, Teri Tynes

We received this press release at Carolina Arts about an interesting event to be held in Columbia, SC – focused around Teri Tynes – an old friend (she’s not old) and one of the bloggers we follow on a regular basis. In fact, after seeing Tynes’ blog I decided to jump into the blogging game. ... Read More

Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, Offers Tour of Exhibition – Feb. 27, 2010

SC Visual ArtsBoyd Saunders, Carl Blair, Carole Tinsley, Dixie Dugan, Ethel Brody, Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Jean McWhorter, John Acorn, Joseph Cave, Laura Spong, Leo Twiggs, Milestones: Celebrating 70 and Beyond, Myrtle Beach SC, Ray Davenport, Sam Wang, Tom Flowers

We received this press release at Carolina Arts about an exhibit tour of fresh works by seasoned artists representing some of the best artists in South Carolina. Here it is: Art Museum Offers Tour of Milestones Exhibit Bobbie Lawson, a retired Art History professor from Coastal Carolina University, will provide a guided tour of the ... Read More

Pros and Cons of Donating Art for Art Auctions to Benefit Non-Profits – Any Non-Profit

Donating ArtArt Auctions, Donations of Art for Auctions

Well here’s a subject I feel I have dealt with many times over my 20 + years of doing commentary for any of the three versions of our paper or on this blog. As much as artists tell me they hate being asked to donate art to these fundraisers, how much they are often sorry ... Read More

Death of a Snowman by Tom “AM” Starland

Blog-O-DramaBonneau SC, Global Warming, Sarah Palin, Snowman

Subtitled: The Incredible Shrinking man – a Blog-O-Drama He started his journey one gray and dreary Friday afternoon, but before his arrival – these are the facts leading up to that point. We were expecting rain and forecasters had called for chances of snow by the end of the day – a story we had ... Read More

SC Arts Commission’s 2010 Canvas of the People – Should You Participate?

SC Arts, SC Arts Commission2010 Canvas of the People, Add new tag, Black Creek Arts Center, Hartsville SC, SC Arts Commission

This entry is posted in reaction to the notice I posted on Feb. 10, 2010. Yes, you should – whether you’re an artist, an arts administrator, or just a South Carolinian who enjoys the arts – especially if you are not happy with what the SC Arts Commission is doing or not doing. You can ... Read More

Attention All Face Jug Potters – Lenoir, NC is Calling

About Seagrove Pottery, Not About Seagrove PotteryCaldwell Arts Council, Face Jugs, Fire in the Valley: Catawba Valley Pottery Then and Now, Jeff Young, Lenoir NC, NC Pottery Center

We just received this call for entry at Carolina Arts to potters who make face jugs. Spread the word. There’s not much time to act. The Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, NC, is calling all face jug artists! Plan now to participate in the April 2010 “Any Face Goes” exhibit at the Caldwell Arts Council. ... Read More