"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 61 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

Sunday Mornings Will Never Be The Same

I’m sort of a political/news junkie. When I’m working on the paper I’m most likely listening to our local public radio station – the one with the talk shows, not the classical music. Some days I’ll have a small TV tuned in to CNN or MSNBC – never FOX. When I’m delivering papers on the ... Read More

A Layman’s View

SC Visual ArtsAldwyth, Bill Buggel, Brian Rutenberg, Columbia SC, Doug McAbee, Gene Speer, Lee Sipe, Lia Newman, Lipscomb Gallery, Lynn Riding, Mana Hewitt, Peter Lenzo, SC State Museum, SC State Museum 20th Anniversary Juried Art Exhibition, Triennial Exhibition, Tyrone Geter, William Thompson

OK, here we go – my review of the SC State Museum’s 20th Anniversary Juried Art Exhibition, on view in Columbia, SC, through Sept. 7, 2008. This should not be taken as a “professional” review, done by someone who has a degree in art history, art criticism or was educated in writing art reviews. It ... Read More

The Complete Story

Art News, NC Visual ArtsAmerican Style Magazine, Asheville NC, Beaufort SC, Chapel Hill NC, Charleston SC, Charlotte NC, NC Arts Council, Raleigh NC, Top 25 Art Destinations

On a recent visit to the North Carolina Arts Council’s (this is NC’s state arts agency) website (www.ncarts.org) under the Headlines heading I found a piece titled “Asheville in American Style Magazine” dated May 6, 2008. The short article informed me that in the June 2008 issue of American Style Magazine, Asheville, NC, was ranked ... Read More

Good Bye “Triennial” – Good Riddance

SC Visual ArtsColumbia SC, Jane Allen Nodine, Jeffrey Day, SC Arts Commission, SC State Museum, SC State Museum's 20th Anniversary Juried Art Exhibitio, The State newspaper, Triennial Exhibition

Good Bye Triennial – Good Riddance (parts printed in the Editorial Commentary from the June ’08 issue of Carolina Arts) Let me warn you this is going to be a long piece – there is a lot of material and a lot of years to cover. On Apr. 14, 2008, Jeffrey Day in The State ... Read More

Newspaper Spin

SC AquariumCharleston SC, Georgia Aquarium, Mayor Joe Riley, Post & Courier newspaper, SC Aquarium, SC Aquarium Debt, SCETV Endowment, Turtles on the Town

I think you used to be able to count on newspapers for objective reporting on events taking place, but then maybe that was just big city newspapers that had competition or just when they were dealing with important national issues. I’m not sure if that was just a myth and the idea of a newspaper ... Read More

Bury My Heart in Downtown Charleston

Charleston SC Visual Arts

Downtown Charleston, SC, is where you’ll find a trail of broken promises and shattered hopes of generations of artists looking for a glimmer of hope and respect. How many times do I have to go listen to a group of artists voicing their frustrations about the lack of a decent space for artists to create ... Read More

First Blog

UncategorizedCarolina Arts Newspaper, Carolina Arts Unleashed, First Blog, Tom Starland

I am constantly amazed at technology – especially the Internet. We started posting parts of our paper (Carolina Arts) and extra articles which we didn’t have room for on a companion website in June 1999. Not long after we were posting pictures of each page of our paper – every month so everyone who visits ... Read More