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December Issue 2004
Karpeles
Museum in Charleston, SC, Offers Works by Austin Neal Center
The Karpeles Museum in Charleston, SC, is presenting a special
exhibit entitled, Abstraction, featuring paintings, drawings,
and sculptural works by Austin Neal Center, on view 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, Center 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, he also studied
ceramics including creating a series of raku firings in Tuscany
and working with terra-cotta and Majolica and glazing techniques.
Center 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 working in the Austin Center
Studio and exhibiting at the Big Paintings Gallery at the Spencer
Art Gallery III in Charleston.
For more info check our SC Institutional Gallery listings or
call 843/722-6854.
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