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February Issue
2010
Gallery Row
on Historic Broad Street in Charleston, SC, Features Blues on
Broad with Artwalk
Gallery Row on Historic Broad Street in Charleston, SC, will present Blues on Broad in conjunction with its monthly artwalk held the first Friday of each month and the annual Lowcountry Blues Bash, on Feb. 5, 2010, from 5 - 8pm.
Gallery Row on Historic Broad Street is thrilled to become an official venue of the 20th Annual Lowcountry Blues Bash, during the First Friday on Broad artwalk. Four Galleries on Gallery Row will be official hosts for the festival, featuring 3 blues performers and numerous "Soulful Artists" exhibiting their work throughout the galleries.
"We are delighted to
become a part of Charleston's tradition of preserving and perpetuation
of the blues as a true American art form", says Stephanie
Hamlet, owner of Hamlet Fine Art Gallery.
The Edward Dare Gallery will feature Blues inspired works by two
artists; painter/ musician Jim Darlington and fine art photographer,
Ron Anton Rocz.
Jim Darlington
Local photographer, Rocz,
began his "Delta Blues Collection" series of photos
in 2000. These photos give glimpses into the life and time of
the early 1900's, when names like Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson,
Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters and B.B. King had their start
in the Delta. With their mutual zeal for the blues, Darlington
and Rocz have planned for years to collaborate in a joint show
of their work. Darlington's latest series of figurative works,
"Muses and Musicians" work in harmony with Rocz's Delta
Blues photos. Together they provide the perfect backdrop
for the soul shaking, foot tapping blues that will be provided
by the harmonica and guitar duo, Freddie Vanderford and Brandon
Turner.
Rodney Huckaby
COCO VIVO Fine Art and
Design will feature new works by Angela Trotta Thomas. Her
works for this show, evoke the strong southern character of the
blues, but with an underlying, reflective quality. Her show
is titled, Midnight Hour Blues. Gallery Director and artist
Danny Laran will display a new collection that reflects his life
as a young boy growing up on a Carolina tobacco farm. Laran says,
"Music is just a part of my soulmy artwork is a direct result
of the experiences with my friends that I worked with each summer
of my youththose were days of fun, laughter, and, most of all,
music" The show title is, I Still Sing. Wine
portrait artist, Rodney Huckaby, will unveil his new work 57
Strat, a wonderful still life piece. Entertainment will
be provided by Juke Joint Johhny, "the harmonica beast of
the southeast" and veteran guitarist Drew Baldwin with
his 1915-vintage harp-guitar in his arsenal.
Floyd Gordon
Hamlet Fine Art Gallery
is delighted to present a new exhibition, titled, Everbody
Have the Blues, of jazz and blues singers by Floyd Gordon,
a critically acclaimed artist and a South Carolina treasure. Floyd
is widely recognized for his vivid, potent acrylics celebrating
the daily humanity in life. With brilliant color and layered textures,
his canvases are said to dance with captivating vibrant colors
of the blues singers. Hamlet Gallery and the Ellis-Nicholson
Gallery will have entertainment by bluesman Davis Coen who is
currently enjoying heavy airplay on satellite radio.
Mary Martin Gallery and Spencer Fine Art will also have entertainment
and a wonderful variety of soulful art for art lovers and collectors.
Participating merchants include: Ellis-Nicholson Gallery, Hamlet
Fine Art Gallery, Edward Dare Gallery, COCO VIVO, Mary Martin
Fine Art, UTOPIA, Atmah Ja's, Spencer Galleries, Ella Walton Richardson
Fine Art, Martin Gallery, SCOOP Studios, Jake's, Blind Tiger and
the Oak Steak House.
For further information
check our SC Commercial Gallery listings, call Stephanie Hamlet
at 843/722-1944 or visit (www.charlestongalleryrow.com).
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