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April Issue 2008
Guild of Beaufort Galleries Offer Annual
Art Walk in Beaufort, SC
The Guild of Beaufort Galleries is pleased to present its 11th annual Spring Art Walk. The event will be held Fri. evening, Apr. 4, 2008, from 4-7:30pm in historic downtown Beaufort, SC. In addition to visiting with the featured artists and viewing the wide range of artwork displayed, musicians will be performing during the evening along Bay and Charles Streets. The event is free and open to the public.
Come spend the day in Beaufort and have the benefit of an array of ways to enjoy the South Carolina Lowcountry. Come enjoy a slow, meandering buggy tour or a nice stroll with Jon Sharpe of the historic district. Let your mind imagine what it was like in the days when hoop skirts, wide verandas and porch sitting were every day occurrences. For the more eco-friendly inclined take a kayak tour of the local estuaries or a boat tour to see the local flora and fauna. There are many choices of restaurants that exhibit delicious Lowcountry cuisine to excite the taste buds. If you are interested in making Beaufort a weekend getaway, make sure to visit the Penn Center located on St. Helena Island, Hunting Island State Park and Port Royal.
If art is what you desire, look no further, for as John Villani, author of The 100 Best Art Towns in America stated, "In Beaufort, what you have is a very accessible, easily walkable, small-scale downtown that's loaded with great art and a range of diversely programmed art galleries - for the size of the town, the concentration of galleries here is phenomenal. It's block for block, one of the densest concentrations of galleries I've ever seen."
Some of the featured artists include: Anna Raczkowska of Krakow, Poland at Four Winds Gallery; impressionist artist Michael Gray will be at I. Pinckney Simons Gallery; "up close Palmetto Portraits" by Susan Graber will be at Bay St. Gallery; "The Gaga Girls," Anita Prentice and Ginny Piech Street will have works on view at The Gallery; Indigo Gallery will celebrate its grand reopening at 809 Bay Street with works by Sandra Baggette, Gloria Dalvini, Janet Mozley, and Polly Swenson; and The Craftseller will feature the work of local jewelry designer Randy Michelson.
The Rhett Gallery features five generations of Rhett family artists specializing in scenes of the Lowcountry and Beaufort area; local artist, Kelly Collins Davidson, will be featured at Art & Soul; the Beaufort Art Association will present works by Juliana Kim; LyBensons Gallery features rare Shona verdite sculptures by artists from Zimbabwe, Africa; and new work by artist Peggy Duncan will be featured at The Charles Street Gallery.
Works by over 700 artists are also featured at these galleries, so there should be something for everyone's artistic taste.
In addition to visiting with the featured artists and viewing the wide range of artwork displayed, musicians will be performing during the evening along Bay and Charles Streets. The event is free and open to the public. You can start your tour at any of the galleries. All will have on hand a map of the Art Walk.
For further information check our SC Commercial
and Institutional Gallery listings or visit (www.guildofbeaufortgalleries.com).
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