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November Issue 2004
Karpeles Museum in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Austin Neal Center
The Karpeles Museum in Charleston, SC, will present a special exhibit entitled Abstraction featuring paintings, drawings, and sculptural works by Austin Neal Center, on view Nov. 20 through Jan. 20, 2005.
Center is a multi-talented artist who expresses himself very creatively in a broad range of media. His formal training is extensive. Early training included painting lessons in oils, acrylics, and pastels as well as instruction in ceramics and woodworking. Alter graduating from the College of Charleston with a Bachelors degree in Studio Arts, Austin then proceeded to Florence, Italy, with SACI (Studio Art Center International) where he studied painting and art history under the tutelage of Jules Maldoft. While in Italy, Center also studied ceramics including creating a series of raku firings in Tuscany and working with terra-cotta and Majolica and glazing techniques. He has also studied wood carving with George Gabb in Belize.
Subsequently Center lived for six years in New York City, creating works in his Soho studio and exhibiting his works in galleries in New York, Massachusetts, Tennessee, and New Jersey. He developed and taught a program of classes in painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics for the Children's Museum Of The Arts in New York City. At the Children's Museum and at the Thompson Street Playgroup he also wrote and developed an early childhood arts curriculum.
"The Karpeles Museum is very pleased to present this exciting exhibit." says Jerry Spencer, Museum Director. "Austin Center is a committed artist. Prominent collectors own pieces of his work. He is creative and versatile, yet somewhat traditional and classical using methods and media such as handmade egg tempera and creating his own pigments for painting."
Center currently lives in Charleston, SC, working in the Austin Center Studio and exhibiting at the Big Paintings Gallery at the Spencer Art Gallery III in Charleston SC.
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Gallery listings or call the museum at 843/722-6854.
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