"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 58 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

A Slice of the Arts Commission’s Ten Year Plan

SC Visual ArtsArts Daily, LINC Program, SC Arts Commission, SC Arts Commission Canvas of the People, SC Arts Commission Ten Year Plan, SC State Art Collection, Suzette Surkamer, Verner Awards

Back on Aug. 20, 2008, I posted my opinion on the future of the SC Arts Commission’s Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) program. I wasn’t too optimistic – based on my experience. In that posting I mentioned the Canvas of the People process. Some readers didn’t know what I was talking about. Surprise! Here’s a ... Read More

The Skinny on Saving the NC Pottery Center

NC Pottery Center, NC Visual ArtsDenny Mecham, Dr. Everette James, Leland Little Auction and Estate States LTD, Mark Hewitt, Meredith Heywood, NC Pottery Center, Saving the NC Pottery Center, Seagrove NC, Whynot Pottery

I last posted info about the effort to save the NC Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, on Aug. 18, 2008. So it’s time to update you readers on what has happened since then. The last time I gave an update on money raised it was on Aug. 11, 2008, and at that time $30,000 had ... Read More

Paying for Awards

Charleston SC Visual Arts

About a month and a half ago I received a press release from an art gallery in Charleston who had just received the 2008 Best of Charleston Award in the Art Galleries & Dealers category by the US Local Business Association (USLBA). We receive a lot of press release about all kinds of things, but ... Read More

Gas Prices Uneven in South Carolina

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When asking someone once about why gas prices are so much lower in the Upstate of South Carolina compared to the Lowcountry – the answer was pipeline. I was told there is a gasoline pipeline going through the Upstate. At first that made sense, but when I thought about it more – something doesn’t add ... Read More

Another View on SC Arts Commission’s LINC

PoliticsChristopher Rico, SC Arts Commission, SC Arts Commission LINC Program

On Aug. 20, 2008, I posted a blog entry about the South Carolina Art Commission’s $100,000 grant to implement the Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) program in South Carolina. I’ll admit my comments were jaded and pessimistic, but they are based on my 20 plus years of experience in our art community and dealing or ... Read More

What Joe Riley Wants – Joe Gets

PoliticsAmerican College of the Building Arts, Mayor Joe Riley, Pierre Manigault

In an Aug. 19, 2008, Post and Courier article David Slade explains that the Charleston, SC City Council is considering a $734,500 loan to the American College of the Building Arts – requested by Charleston’s Mayor, Joe Riley. The article doesn’t really tell us why the college needs the money. It doesn’t tell us the ... Read More

SC Arts Commission Talks the Talk for Grant

PoliticsFord Foundation, leveraging Investments in Creativity, SC Arts Commission, SC Arts Commission Canvas of the People, SC Arts Commission LINC Program, Suzette Surkamer

We’ve seen it before – many times. The SC Arts Commission snags a grant by talking the talk, but never delivers results. This time it’s a $100,000 grant from the Ford Foundation for a program called – Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), a national initiative to improve conditions for artists. Here’s the first two paragraphs ... Read More

More News on NC Pottery Center

NC Pottery Center, NC Visual ArtsAKAR Gallery, Bruce Gholson, Bulldog Pottery, Meredith Heywood, Michael Kline, Michael Kline Pottery, NC Pottery Center, Samantha Henneke, Seagrove NC, Whynot Pottery

Well, you just never know where something like this will go. I’m referring to the effort to raise $100,000 to save the North Carolina Pottery Center from having to close its doors after ten years of operation in Seagrove, NC. You can see other postings here under the heading NC Visual Arts (listed to the ... Read More

NC Pottery Center Update

NC Pottery Center, NC Visual ArtsDr. Everette James, Meredith Heywood, Nancy Farmer, NC Pottery Center, Seagrove NC, Whynot Pottery

I’ve got some updated news about the effort to save the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC. Meredith Heywood of Whynot Pottery in Seagrove has written to tell me that the Center has almost taken in $30,000 in donations toward their $100,000 goal. Every contribution adds up. She also told me that a NC ... Read More

The Carolina Art Blog Community

Blogs

Since starting this blog I’ve learned that I’m part of an informal community of other art bloggers – many are artists, some are people in the gallery business, some are promoting the arts, and some others just like to talk about their experiences with the visual arts and arts in general. Much like with the ... Read More