"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 51 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

When You Can’t Be Everywhere – Look For Help From Others

NC Visual Arts, SC Visual ArtsDoug McAbee, Sailsbury NC, The Winston-Salem Journal, Tom Patterson, Tryon NC, Upstairs Artspace, Waterworks Visual Arts Center

This month during my normal deliveries of Carolina Arts I had hoped to make a visit to the Waterworks Visual Arts Center in Sailsbury, NC, to see an exhibit of sculptures by Spartanburg, SC, artist, Doug McAbee – a friend of Carolina Arts. I had downloaded maps of Sailsbury (the Waterworks had changed location since ... Read More

A Carolina Potter Needs Your Help!

Blogging, Not About Seagrove PotteryEtsy.com, Lindsay Rogers, Liz Zlot Summerfield, Michael Kline, Penland NC, Penland School of Crafts

I was going through my normal blog list this morning and there was a lot of news there today about all kinds of subjects and I ran across a notice of a benefit to help a potter, Liz Zlot Summerfield, on Michael Kline’s blog. Kline was passing along info he had received from Lindsay Rogers ... Read More

Starving Visual Artists and Galleries in SC Offered Opportunity

SC Visual ArtsAmerican Institute of Architects South Atlantic Regiona, Carolina First Center, Greenville SC, SC Arts Commission

Just when visual artists and art galleries in South Carolina thought it couldn’t get any worst – along comes the SC Arts Commission with a great opportunity – an opportunity to help whom? In my recent travels I was handed a letter which someone received from the SC Arts Commission about an opportunity to rent ... Read More

Charleston, SC’s Mayor Joe Riley Is A Big Supporter Of The Visual Arts

Charleston SC Visual Arts, Politics and the Arts, Unbelievable but TrueAmerican College of the Building Arts, Charleston SC, Mayor Joe Riley, Pierre Manigault, The Post and Courier

Let me make a correction to that headline. Mayor Joe Riley of Charleston, SC, is a big supporter of the American School of the Building Arts – period. In a The Post and Courier article offered on the front page of the July 25, 2009, issue it states that the Mayor would like the City ... Read More

I’ve Been Taking a Survey of Charleston, SC, for 35 Years

Carolina Arts, Charleston SC Visual Arts, SC Arts, State of the Arts, Unbelievable but True, Wishful ThinkingCharleston Arts Coalition, Charleston Culture, Charleston SC, City of Charleston's Office of Cultural Affairs, Coastal Community Foundation

I came to the Charleston, SC, area from Michigan in November of 1974. I liked what I found here and have found no reason to leave since – although I eventually moved 45 miles away to Berkeley County – a place where I could afford to do an arts newspaper and own a home. And, ... Read More

Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC, Reinstalls Collection

Columbia SC Visual ArtsCleve Gray, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia SC, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Samuel H. Kress Collection, SC Arts Commission

I went to the Déjà View Day at the Columbia Museum of Art on July 18, 2009, for several reasons – it was free admission all day, for once you could take pictures in the museum, to do some research, and to see how different things would look – it’s been awhile since I’ve been ... Read More

The Day Man Stepped on the Moon

Unbelievable but True, What Ever Happened To...Apollo 11, John F. Kennedy, Montreal Canada, Neil Armstrong

All day today members of the media will be posing the question – do you remember where you were when man first stepped on the moon – July 20, 1969? And, I do – I’m really lucky I have any memory of those times – really lucky to have a few brain cells left from ... Read More

Those Seagrove Potters Are At It Again!

About Seagrove PotteryBeth Gore, Cady Clay Works, Central Asia Institute, Greg Mortenson, Meredith Heywood, Seagrove NC, Three Cups of Tea, Whynot Pottery

I bet some of you thought this was going to be about a drive-by shooting on the streets of Seagrove, NC – one pottery gang taking out a few of their rivals from another pottery gang or about the authorities finding bones at the bottom of someone’s kiln. No such luck. It’s just another boring ... Read More

Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, NC, Presents 5th Annual Potters Market Invitational – Sept. 12, 2009

About Seagrove Pottery, NC Visual Arts, Not About Seagrove PotteryBen Owen III, Carol Gentithes, Charlotte NC, Donna Craven, Michael Rutkowsky, Mint Museum of Art, Penland, Potters Market Invitational, Seagrove

This may seem to be an early announcement, but you want to plan ahead for this event. Craft enthusiasts will have the opportunity to meet and purchase works by some of North Carolina’s top potters at the 5th Annual Potters Market Invitational. Widely regarded as one of the most popular pottery sales in the region, ... Read More

Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC, Invites You to Déjà View Day – July 18, 2009

Columbia SC Visual ArtsCarolina Arts Online, Cleve Gray, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia SC, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, Karen Brosius

The Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC, Invites You to Déjà View Day – July 18, 2009. Wait! That sounds familiar. Actually, it’s “Déjà View Day: Rediscover The Museum Collection”. On July 18, 2009, from 10am-2pm, the Columbia Museum of Art will proudly unveils its art collection in newly re-installed galleries for the first ... Read More