Visiting Charleston SC – Page 3 – "Carolina Arts Unleashed"

6th Charleston Art Auction Sets New Sales Record in Charleston, SC

November 17, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

The 6th Charleston Art Auction set a new sales record on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, in Charleston, SC, when enthusiastic bidders, including recognized collectors from the Lowcountry as well as telephone and absentee buyers throughout the United States pushed the total above $700,000. Phone lines were filled for several lots of contemporary masterworks including Clark ... Read More

6th Charleston Art Auction Takes Place in Charleston, SC – Nov. 5th, 2011

October 20, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

The 6th Charleston Art Auction will present over one hundred important paintings, sculpture and vintage prints by living and deceased artists who are generally associated with the South at the Double Tree Guest Suites in Historic Charleston at 181 Church Street in Charleston, SC, on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at 7:15pm. Jonathan Green, Daughters of ... Read More

Greenway Studio in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Peter Scala – Sept. 17 – Oct. 15, 2011

September 13, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Greenway Studio in Charleston, SC, will present the exhibit, Ramblings, featuring the fantastical surrealism of Peter Scala, on view from Sept. 17 through Oct. 15, 2011. A reception will be held on Sept. 17, from 7-10pm. Scala was born in Greenwich Village, NY. He was greatly influenced as a child living at a Hudson Street ... Read More

Shoestring Publishing Company Has Been Publishing an Arts Newspaper for 24 Years

July 8, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

In early 1987, I got a real crazy idea. For some reason I thought what Charleston, SC, needed was an arts newspaper to tell its story and inform the good people of Charleston what was going on, from month to month, in its art community. I waited until after the Spoleto Festival was over to ... Read More

Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Jennifer Ervin – July 1 – 31, 2011

July 6, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

We didn’t receive any info about this exhibit at Carolina Arts, but on July 3, 2011, I went to the Charleston County Public Library’s Main Branch in Charleston, SC, to pick up our goddaughter, Zelda, for a 4th of July visit here at the headquarters of Shoestring Publishing Company on the shores of Lake Moultrie ... Read More

Another Look at Piccolo Spoleto Visual Arts in Charleston SC – June 4, 2011

June 6, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Linda, my better half, had to work the whole weekend so I decided it was a good time to run down to Charleston, SC, again to catch a few more visual art exhibits taking place during the Spoleto/Piccolo Festivals. I knew it was going to be hot on Saturday so I had planned to get ... Read More

Truth Be Told About Spoleto Festival USA – Straight from the Horse’s Mouth

May 31, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

I found these two quotes from Nigel Redden in an interview from the Reuters News Service about funding cuts to the arts on the internet. They are the first quotes I’ve seen with some truth told about the festival mixed in with a little wishful thinking. The first quote is the wishful thinking on the ... Read More

Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit Begins This Friday in Marion Square in Charleston, SC – May 27, 2011

May 24, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

That’s right – it all begins again Friday – the Iron Man/Iron Woman competition of the arts. Seventeen days of whatever Mother Nature can dish out; the daily set up and take down; a marathon of questions from visitors; the overheard comments meant to be heard about your art; and the endless wait for some ... Read More

A Visit to Downtown Charleston, SC’s Art Walks – May 6, 2011

May 12, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Even though I haven’t been to many art walks in Charleston lately, it’s still our backyard as far as art communities go. I don’t know everyone there now and many don’t know me, but for a lot of the folks who have been there more than a few years, it’s hard for Linda and I ... Read More

Could the Charleston Art Auction One Day Top $15 Million in Sales?

April 13, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Work by Elizabeth O’Neill Verner A few weeks ago I posted an entry here about our day on April 1, April Fool’s day and I mentioned that one of the professionals at Morris & Whiteside Galleries on Hilton Head Island, SC, had called to remind me it was April Fools day – while in the ... Read More