SC Arts Commission – Page 2 – "Carolina Arts Unleashed"

Kentucky Artisan Center Goes Extra Miles for Kentucky’s Visual Artists

October 23, 2010December 4, 2014 by admin

It’s funny how you can run into something that takes on a life of its own. That’s what happened when I wrote a story about a visit to the Kentucky Artisan Center on my way to Michigan this summer. Ever since I wrote that entry, readers have been e-mailing me about items relating to that ... Read More

The Story of the SC Arts Commission’s Failure to Develop a Major Artisan Center in SC Just Won’t Go Away

September 20, 2010December 3, 2014 by admin

I never intended for this to be a continuing issue, but others just won’t leave it alone. My first blog entry about the Kentucky Artisan Center got a lot of attention and then a regular reader pointed out to me that the State of West Virginia was first to create this artisan center concept on ... Read More

Big Arts Organizations Are Falling by the Wayside in the Carolinas

July 20, 2010December 3, 2014 by admin

A few years ago it was the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art(SECCA) in Winston-Salem, NC, that needed the state of North Carolina to come its rescue by taking it over and putting it under the umbrella of the North Carolina Museum of Art, a division of the NC Department of Cultural Resources. At the time ... Read More

SC Arts Commission May have Dodged a Bullet – But More Cuts Are Coming for SC’s Non-Profit Arts Groups

June 28, 2010December 3, 2014 by admin

Yes, the SC State Legislature may have stopped Governor Mark Sanford’s veto of the SC Arts Commission’s budget cut, but more cuts will come to the SC Arts Commission’s budget as our state adjust to shortfalls in revenue that legislators just ignored (after Tue. June 29,2010, that is). It’s easy to override a veto, it ... Read More

News From the South Carolina Arts Commission

May 24, 2010December 3, 2014 by admin

Today we received two items of news at Carolina Arts from the SC Arts Commission – one right after the other. First, we learned that the SC Arts Commission Board meeting previously planned for May 26, 2010, has been canceled. The next regularly scheduled meeting is June 22 at the Arts Commission’s office in Columbia, ... Read More

SC Arts Commission’s Canvas of the People Grand Tour is Over – Now What?

April 15, 2010December 3, 2014 by admin

OK, the seven public gatherings of the Canvas of the People 2010 have taken place – plus one special, unannounced, gathering at the recent Arts Alliance Board meeting, and the private gatherings held with community and business leaders in several, if not all the original seven locations – before the general public gathered. Why some ... Read More

SC Arts Commission Announces Verner Awards & McNair Award Winner

March 28, 2010December 3, 2014 by admin

I still have no idea as to how the SC Arts Commission or the SC Arts Foundation has come up with money to put on the Verner Awards and their Gala – when they didn’t have any money to do them last year and there is less money out there this year. I guess it’s ... Read More

SC Arts Commission’s 2010 Canvas of the People – Should You Participate?

February 18, 2010December 3, 2014 by admin

This entry is posted in reaction to the notice I posted on Feb. 10, 2010. Yes, you should – whether you’re an artist, an arts administrator, or just a South Carolinian who enjoys the arts – especially if you are not happy with what the SC Arts Commission is doing or not doing. You can ... Read More

Launch of National Quilt Trail in South Carolina – Feb. 16, 2010 in Walhalla, SC

February 15, 2010December 3, 2014 by admin

I guess all things come to South Carolina – eventually. I received an e-mail about this event from the Blue Ridge Arts Council in Seneca, SC, a few days ago and I wish I had gotten to it sooner now that I’ve looked into this Quilt Trail thing. But, with the big snow fall and ... Read More

More Good Words Towards the SC Arts Commission(ers)

January 29, 2010December 3, 2014 by admin

No one should doubt my dislike for the actions of the SC Arts Commission – the SC State Arts Agency. As far as the folks who work there, I don’t harbor any dislike – except for a few individuals who have earned that distinction, but of late I find myself taking a new look at ... Read More