"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 50 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

Hurricane Hugo the Art Critic

UncategorizedBonneau SC, Charleston Arts newspaper, Charleston SC, Hurricane Hugo, IF Labs

It was 20 years ago today – no this is not the opening to The Beatles song,Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, but it was 20 years ago today that Hurricane Hugo struck just north of Charleston, SC, in the middle of the night and then proceeded to rip a path through South Carolina – ... Read More

NC Potters to be Featured in a Nationwide TV Broadcast

About Seagrove Pottery, NC Pottery CenterCraft in America, Jugtown Pottery, Mark Hewitt, NC Pottery Center, North Carolina Pottery Center, Pam Owens, PBS TV, Seagrove NC, Vernon Owens

After our elation over the University of Michigan football victory over the Irish (don’t even mention that Carolina Panthers’ game) and frustrations over messed up Beatles’ CDs – it’s back to the business of bringing you news about the visual art community in the Carolinas. It seems that the pottery community in Seagrove, NC, including ... Read More

The Murder of a Beatles Album

Unbelievable but TrueApple Corps, Capital Records, Help, Revolver, Rock Band, Rubber Soul, The Beatles, Yesterday and Today

If you’re an American babyboomer, you grew up with The Beatles. In junior high I went to sock hops where The Beatles music was first played – the first time I danced with a girl was to the Beatles. Later in high school I joined a rock and roll band and we played a lot ... Read More

Going To The Creative Town Hall Meeting In Charleston, SC – Aug. 25, 2009

Charleston SC Visual ArtsCharleston Arts Coalition, Charleston SC, Tate Center for Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, was an interesting day. It started out like every other day with scanning and sometimes reading of The Post and Couriernewspaper, the Charleston, SC, area’s only daily newspaper. The item of the day which caught my attention was an ad for the new WLCN HD TV 18 station operating out of ... Read More

Post Script to: A Major Arts Program That Seems Kind of Minor

SC Visual ArtsHarriett Green, SC Arts Commission, Southern Arts Federation, Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter SC, Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern

Well, it seems that things just get more revealing every step of the way. I received an e-mail from someone at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, MS (it seems our blog is far reaching) and I was informed that their facility, damaged during Hurricane Katrina (Aug. 2005), has still not re-opened and isn’t ... Read More

Adding New Blog Links

BloggingDan Cook, Freetimes Alternative Newspaper, Jeff Donovan, Joy Tanner, Joy Tanner Pottery, Three Corners Clay

During my usual process of keeping up with what’s going on in the Carolinas and in the world of blogging I found an entry on the Arts Beat Blog at Freetimes, Columbia, SC’s alternative newspaper – where Dan Cook, the paper’s editor had talked about some of the blogs in the Columbia area and low ... Read More

A Major Arts Program That Seems Kind of Minor

SC Visual ArtsHarriett Green, SC Arts Commission, Southern Arts Federation, Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter SC, Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern

We recently – after deadline – received a press release about a major exhibition taking place in South Carolina. The exhibit, Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft and Traditional Art, organized by the Southern Arts Federation is coming to the Sumter County Gallery of Art in Sumter, SC. It will be on view from Sept. ... Read More

Woodstock – 40 Years Ago This Weekend

Memory LaneHealth Care Reform, Joni Mitchell, Woodstock Festival

On July 20, I went down memory lane about man’s first steps on the moon. In order to do something as exciting – on our own scale – some high school friends of mine from back in Michigan decided to make a trip to Montreal, Canada. It was a big adventure for us. I also ... Read More

SC Arts Commission Board Meets in Columbia, SC – Aug. 18, 2009 – Sort Of

SC ArtsColumbia SC, SC Arts Commission, SC Arts Commission Board

A notice was posted on the State of South Carolina’s official press release site on Aug. 4, 2009 of an upcoming Board meeting at the SC Arts Commission in Columbia, SC. Well, it’s sort of a meeting – a one hour meeting via conference call. The notice stated that: “Interested parties can attend the meeting ... Read More

Juried Show Opportunity For NC and SC Visual Artists

Blogging, Carolina Arts, Charlotte NC Visual Arts, NC Visual Arts, SC Visual ArtsAtherton Mill, Brice Brown, Carolina's Got Art!, Charlotte NC, Elder Gallery

During the month of October historic Atherton Mill, located in Charlotte, NC’s SouthEnd District, will host a month-long art event named Carolina’s Got Art!. Larry Elder, owner of Elder Gallery in Charlotte, has fashioned the exhibition after a long running annual art exhibit which was at one time sponsored by Springs Mills in SC. The ... Read More