November Issue 2000
The Pickens County MuseumThe Pickens County Museum Host 23rd Annual Juried Artists Exhibition
The Pickens County Cultural Commission is pleased to announce that the Pickens County Museum in Pickens, SC, will feature the 23nd Annual Juried Artists Exhibition from Nov. 4th through Dec. 23, 2000.
The Juror for this year's competition is Dr. William U. Eiland, Director of the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, GA. A native of Alabama, William Underwood Eiland holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Virginia. He has written extensively on American and European art, including monographic studies of the painter Lamar Dodd and the sculptor Ann Norton.
Eiland spent the day of Oct. 15 looking at, and contemplating 324 works of art representing 123 South Carolina artists. The vast array of paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, ceramics, fiber and other mediums made for the difficult task of selecting works for, and eliminating works from, the final show. The final selection of 103 works of art represents 81 of this state's finest and most thought provoking artists.
Thanks to the kind sponsorships of Pickens County, Peoples National Bank, Cornerstone National Bank, Hiott Printing Company, The Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative as well as Jennings & Oleta Farr, Philip & Gilda Hendricks, Dr. J. H. & Sue Jameson, the Palmetto Cleaners, Rozelle Stone Company, Ralph & Shirley Sarlin, H. Dean & Brenda Watson, Eddie & Mable Wynn, Robinson's Funeral Home, Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe, the Liberty Family Pharmacy, Nancy Johnson, Mary Ellen Crowthers, those wishing to remain unnamed and a grant from the Max &Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., cash and purchase awards of over $4,000.00 will be presented at the November 4th Opening Reception.
No matter where your individual taste in art
may lead, you will find satisfaction in this exhibition. The variety
of work represented is an honest reflection of the varied types
of art being created today.
For more information you can call the museum at (864) 898-5963,
or by e-mail at (picmus@innova.net).
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