Visiting Florence SC – "Carolina Arts Unleashed"

Pandemics Are Rough on Exhibitions – A Trip to Florence, SC (8/7/20)

August 9, 2020 by admin

We first reported on Adrian Rhodes’ installation, “Blood and Honey” in our March 2020 issue of Carolina Arts. The installation was going to take place at Francis Marion University’s University Place Gallery in downtown Florence, SC, from Mar. 9 through Apr. 17, 2020, but I understand the doors were only open for a week before ... Read More

Like Gen. Douglas MacArthur – I Returned to Check Out Some Exhibits in Florence, SC

December 7, 2019 by admin

I posted a report of my first trip to Florence, SC, to see some exhibits back on Jan. 14, 2011. You can read that post on our blog “Carolina Arts Unleashed” at this link (http://carolinaarts.com/wordpress/?p=1156). Well, it wasn’t my first trip to Florence, I’ve been there many times before to Francis Marion University’s gallery and ... Read More

Once More I Ventured Into the Pee Dee Area of South Carolina to Get My Fine Art Fix

April 10, 2016 by admin

For at least five years, the Pee Dee area of South Carolina has been a source of frustration and hope in looking at the future of SC’s overall visual art community. Mostly concentrating on Florence and Lake City, SC, Florence represents the frustration and Lake City the hope. I’ve given both cities an unusual amount ... Read More

A Disappointing Trip to the Pee Dee Area of SC Turns Out OK with a Backup Plan

July 20, 2015 by admin

Editor’s Note: I meant to finish this post and post it a few days after June 19, 2015, but I was angry and it’s not good to sit down and write something when you’re angry. So, I put it off and as usual things got in the way. This trip started with a desire to ... Read More

Traveling in the Pathways of Francis Marion Checking Out the Visual Arts in the Pee Dee Region of SC – Part II

February 14, 2015 by admin

I left off in Part I talking about the Hotel Florence on West Evans Street in Florence, SC. If you want to read what I wrote in Part I visit this link. On the other side of the street across from the Hotel Florence, a half a block toward Irby Street, you’ll find the Art ... Read More

Traveling in the Pathways of Francis Marion Checking Out the Visual Arts in the Pee Dee Region of SC – Part I

February 11, 2015February 12, 2015 by admin

On my most recent trip to the Pee Dee area in South Carolina, my list of exhibits and galleries to visit was larger than usual – so much was happening there in February. After I got back home I posted on Facebook that, “I pulled a Francis Marion today. I was in so many different ... Read More

A Trip to See Several Exhibits in the Pee Dee Area of South Carolina in July 2014 – Part II

July 23, 2014December 4, 2014 by admin

On a day when it was thundering and lightening around the lake here in Bonneau, SC, I decided to head over to the Pee Dee area of South Carolina, to see a few exhibits on view in Florence, SC, and Lake City, SC, just an hour’s drive north on Hwy. 52. If the computer had ... Read More

Yes, Yes, Yet Another Trip Into the Heart of the Pee Dee in South Carolina to the Art Trail Gallery in Florence

August 13, 2013December 4, 2014 by admin

There was a time when it seemed like I was going to an opening reception for exhibits at the Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC – every other month. It didn’t actually happen that often, but it seemed like it as I wasn’t getting to much of anywhere else. Travel like I used to do ... Read More

Some Events I Wish I Were Going to This Week in the Carolinas

November 14, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

Unfortunately travel is not in my plans this week, which means I’m going to miss some of my favorite happenings including: Vista Lights in Columbia, SC; the Celebration of Seagrove Potters in Seagrove, NC; and the opening of the new Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC. I would have racked up some miles, but I ... Read More

My Second “Photofabulous” Exhibit at the Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC

March 23, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

Linda and I were lucky that we were not under a deadline, and she was off from the second job of taking 911 calls, to be able to attend the opening ofPhotofabulous 2012 at the Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC, Friday, Mar. 16, 2012. The exhibit will be on view through Apr. 27, 2012. ... Read More