"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 46 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

Some Information about SC’s Verner Awards and its Gala Event

SC Arts, SC Arts Commission, SC Visual ArtsColumbia Museum of Art, Columbia SC, Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Awards, Jonathan Green, Pat Conroy, SC Arts Commission, SC Arts Foundation, South Carolina Arts Gala

After my first posting about the opportunity for SC’s visual artists to participate in an art auction during the Gala for the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Awards – I got some inquiries, comments and it started me thinking. That can’t be good! The Verner Award So here is some info I found on the pages ... Read More

Visiting The Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts in Charleston, SC

Charleston SC Visual Arts, SC Visual ArtsAldwyth, Aldwyth: Work V. / Work N. Collage and Assemblage 1991-, Charleston SC, College of Charleston, College of Charleston's School of the Arts, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, The Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts

The title of this entry could be – Old School Photography at the College of Charleston’s School of the Arts, but I don’t know how to do a subtitle or if you can do a subtitle in WordPress. It was a cold day to drive down to Charleston to attend an open house for a ... Read More

SC Arts Foundation in Columbia, SC, Seeks Artworks for 2010 SC Art Auction

SC Arts Commission, SC Visual ArtsColumbia Museum of Art, Columbia SC, Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Awards, SC Arts Commission, SC Arts Foundation

I received this e-mail from the SC Arts Commission today about a call for artists to submit works for an “art auction” to be held during this year’s gala celebrating the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Awards. In the past, at least to my memory, there has been an art sale of selected works during the ... Read More

End Of The Year 2009 – Looking Back & Forwards

UncategorizedCarolina Arts, Carolina Arts Unleashed

Here’s the start of last year’s comments about how bad a year 2008 turned out to be. End Of The Year – Looking Back & Forwards Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 Well it’s happened again – one year is ending and another will soon begin. Frankly, I’m ready for 2008 to be good and gone and ... Read More

Going Deep Down the Mine Shaft to Extract Info About SC Arts Commission Activities

SC Arts Commission, SC Visual ArtsBelton Center for the Arts, Belton SC, Charles T. "Bud" Ferillo, Harriett Green, Jr., Ken May, Leo Twiggs, Milly Hough, Sam Doyle, SC Arts Commission, State Art Collection, Tarleton Blackwell, The African-American Voice

I guess in South Carolina you can’t be critical of a State Agency like the SC Arts Commission without being cut off from the flow of information as to what they are doing on a regular basis. Yes, I’ve been critical and yes, they have taken Carolina Arts off the list of media they send ... Read More

Happy Holidays to All

UncategorizedCarolina Arts, Christmas, Happy Holidays, New Years

I say Happy Holidays – not to be politically correct, but because although we will be celebrating Christmas and New Years, many others will be celebrating other holidays. Linda and I hope you and yours will be having a good one. We’ll get back to the art world after a few days – after all, ... Read More

Columbia College in Columbia, SC, Offers Works by SC Art Teachers

Columbia SC Visual Arts, SC Visual Arts4th Annual South Carolina Art Teachers Invitational Exh, Columbia College, Columbia SC, Goodall Gallery, MacArthur Goodwin, Michel McNinch, Tarleton Blackwell

Here is another late arriving press releases to Carolina Arts on a subject that does not often get much attention – art teachers – not university art professors. These are the folks who teach young students or beginning artists. This is the 4th annual invitational hosted by Columbia College. I don’t know of any other ... Read More

Another Art Book Selection – Christopher Rico’s The Forest and the Sea

SC Visual ArtsChristopher Rico, Clinton SC, Machinations of a Distracted Mind, The Forest and the Sea

During the holidays some people give books as gifts – table top books – the big books that cover some subject in a special way. Art books are often a choice. Of course art books are good for any time. And, in the last week or two I’ve mentioned the book, Brian Rutenberg: The Sensation ... Read More

Works by Mary Whyte and Jill Hooper are Being Auctioned to Benefit the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC

Charleston SC Visual Arts, Commercial Art Community Helping Out10th Annual Kiawah Island Art and House Tour, Ann Long Fine Art, Charleston SC, Coleman Fine Art, Gibbes etc., Gibbes Museum of Art, Jill Hooper, Mary Whyte

While Linda and I were ending our visit of the exhibit, Brian Rutenberg: Tidesong, (on view in the Gibbes’ Main Gallery through Jan. 10, 2010) last Saturday, just before we left the building I noticed a couple of paintings hanging on the wall across from the recently remodeled Gibbes Museum Store. One painting was by ... Read More

Riverworks Gallery in Greenville, SC, Features Works by Tracie Easler – Jan. 8 – Feb. 28, 2010

Greenville SC Visual ArtsArt Crossing on the Reedy River, Blake Praytor, Carolina Cowboy: Photographs by Tracie Easler, EMRYS Foundation, Greenville SC, Greenville Technical College, Riverworks Gallery, Tracie Easler

As usual we received several press releases about exhibits starting in January – after our deadline. We can’t reward all the stragglers, but occasionally we single out one or two for exposure here. It’s not that they’re all not interesting, but some just stand out more than others and after all – all we receive ... Read More