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February Issue 2007
South Carolina Watermedia Society Offers Regional Gathering Across State of South Carolina
The South Carolina Watermedia Society (SCWS) will host its annual Regional Gatherings with programs at ten locations throughout the state including Beaufort, Chapin, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, Georgetown, Hilton Head, Orangeburg, Rock Hill and Spartanburg. SCWS members, ALL interested artists (non-members), art patrons, and the general public are invited to attend, free of charge. The SCWS Regional Gatherings not only provide an educational program but also offer an opportunity for artists and art patrons to get together on a local level, share expertise, network with fellow artists, exchange ideas, get some artistic feedback ... and just visit with some friends.
The program, Taking the Fear Factor out
of Digital Imaging, will be conducted by five different professional
photographers including Jay Gross, Don Nelson, David Lee, Terry
Rouche and John Wukela. It will help artists (novice through advanced)
to capture digital images of their artwork for exhibition submissions
and professional marketing of their work. The use of slides is
being phased out and the move is to digital images. So, this "how-to"
program will provide information about lighting the work, how
to deal with photographing under Plexiglas or glass without getting
reflections and photographing the subtleties of texture in your
art.
Discussion will also include information about exposures, color,
and perspective plus types of digital cameras, file formats, and
working the image from the camera to the computer and more. Whether
artists photograph their own work or just need to know where to
have it done and what to ask for, they will find this program
very informative.
SCWS Regional Gathering Programs include:
BEAUFORT - Feb. 27, at 6:30pm, at the Beaufort
Art Association Gallery, Elliott House, 1001 Bay St. For info
call 843/838-3205. Co-sponsored by the Beaufort Art
Association. Speaker - Don Nelson
CHAPIN - Feb. 19, at 7pm, at Crooked Creek Park (meeting room), Old Lexington Hwy. Co-sponsored by the Crooked Creek Art League. Speaker - Jay Gross
COLUMBIA - Apr. 9, at 6:45pm, at Forest Lake
Recreation Center, 6829 Wedgefield Rd. For info visit (www.trenholmartistguild.org).
Co-sponsored by the Trenholm Artist Guild.
Speaker - Jay Gross
FLORENCE - Feb. 24, at noon at Lynda English Studio & Gallery, 402 Second Loop. For info call 843/673-9144. Speaker - John Wukela
GREENVILLE - Feb. 22, at 6pm, at the Greenville County Museum of Art, 420 College St. For info call 864/271-7570. Co-sponsored by the Greenville County Museum of Art. Speaker - David Lee, J&D Photography
GEORGETOWN - Mar. 3, at 1pm, at St. Mary's Church - Fellowship Hall, Northwest Corner of Broad & Highmarket St. Sponsored by the Georgetown County Watercolor Society. Speaker - John Wukela
HILTON HEAD - Feb. 22, at 6:30pm, at PSD (Public Service District Building) 21 Oak Park Dr. Co-sponsored by the Hilton Head Art League. Speaker - Don Nelson
ORANGEBURG - Feb. 26, at 7pm, at the Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center, 649 Riverside Dr. For info call 803/536-4074. Co-sponsored by the Orangeburg League of Art. Speaker - Jay Gross
ROCK HILL - Feb. 15, at 6:30pm, at the Rock Hill Center for the Arts, 121 E. Main St. For info call 803/328-2787. Co-sponsored by the Rock Hill Center for the Arts. Speaker - Terry Rouche
SPARTANBURG - Feb. 5, at 6:30pm, at the Spartanburg County Museum of Art, 385 S. Spring St. For info call 864/582-7616. Co-sponsored by the Spartanburg Artists' Guild. Speaker - David Lee, J&D Photography
SCWS membership is open to all South Carolina residents or property owners. Dues are $25 annually. The SCWS 30th Annual Exhibition will open Sept. 29, 2007 at the new Spartanburg Museum of Art. The prospectus will be available in May and entries via digital image will be due by July 23, 2007. Other programs include a workshop, From Abstraction to Realism through Design, by John T. Salminen, AWS-DF, NWS, Sept. 24 -28, 2007, in Spartanburg. Registration is open.
For more information about SCWS, contact: Kim Richards, SCWS Director, 7 Oxford Dr., Cartersville, GA 30120, e-mail at (scws@adelphia.net) or visit (www.fineartsemporium.com).
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