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May Issue 2008
Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit
2008 Features Works by 100 Artists in Marion Square Park in Charleston,
SC
Photo by Ron Rocz
The Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit 2008 will take place once again in Marion Square Park in historic downtown Charleston, SC, from 10am-5pm on May 23 through June 7, 2008. The event is an official program of The City of Charleston's Office of Cultural Affairs, under the direction of Ellen Dressler Moryl. The show is coordinated by Billie Sumner and Victoria Platt Ellis. Over 100 of South Carolina's best visual artists will set up tents filled with art in a variety of media in the park which can be found between King and Meeting Streets at the intersection of Calhoun Street.
This annual outdoor art exhibition is one of the most popular free events taking place during Piccolo Spoleto Festival and Spoleto Festival USA, visited by thousands of art lovers and art collectors. The exhibit offers something for everyone's artistic flavor, along with the opportunity to meet and talk with the artists.
The event begins at 10am on the morning of May 23, 2008, but the artists will be in anticipation of the 4pm Awards Presentation, under the Big Tent at Marion Square, where Charleston's Mayor Joe Riley and Ellen Dressler Moryl will announce the winners selected by this year's juror, Jonathan Greene.
Daily art demonstrations will take place at 11am and 2:30pm from May 25 through June 6, except for the first demonstration which takes place at 1pm given by Steven Jordan on watercolors and the last demonstration offered by Amelia Whaley at 11am, also on watercolors. (See schedule of demos below.)
Dennis Clevenger
Participating artists for 2008 include: Martin & Joyce Ahrens/Hall, Kent Ambler, Sabine Avcalade, Sandra Baggette, Betty Beach, Bette Lu Bentley-Layne, Elaine Berlin, Margaret Biernbaum, Jennifer Black, Tyler Ann Blanton, Anita Blewer, Robin Brizard, Sherry Browne, Roberta Byron, Carole Carberry, Tami Cardnella, Kathy Clark, Dennis Clevenger, Danita Cole, Katheryn Lynn Collins, Susan Colwell, Betty Condon, Colleen Critchner, Christy Crosby, Kathy Crowther, Ray Davenport, Sudie-Payne Daves, Nancy Davidson, William Davies, Rick Dean, Helen Duckworth, Dixie Dugan, Nicusor Dumitru, Katherine DuTremble, Linda Elksnin, Carolyn Epperly, Joanne Evans, Pat Forsberg, Sharon Fowler, Carol Gardner, Vicki Gates, Alvin Glen, Floyd Gordon, Bob Graham, Tim Greaves, Alice Stewart Grimsley, Karen Hewit Hagan, Stephamie Shuler-Hamlet, Lynn Hardwick, Will Hegler, Scott Henderson, Chris Hill, Peggy Howe, Jane Jackson, Kellis Jacobs, Fred Jamar, Richard Johnson, Monnie Johnson, John Jones, Steven Jordon, Renee Kahn, J. Michael Kennedy, Charlynn Knight, Daryl Knox, Hilarie Lambert, Madison Patti Latimer, Julie Lawrence, Kevin LePrince, Melinda Lewin, Honor Marks, Tiffany Maser, Kip McCollough, Michel McNinch, Deborah G. Meyer, Laurie Meyer, John Michiels, Tate Nation, Steve Neff, Jeannette-Cooper Nicholson, Danny O'Driscoll, Diane O'dachonski, Tammy Papa, Anne Hightower Patterson, Kay Penegar, Scott Penegar, Sandy Phillips, Connie Poulnot, Taw Raisenen, Rick Reinert, Chris Ritsch, Ron Anton Rocz, Nancy Rushing, Christie Rutigliano, Joanna Sasser, Amelia Rose Smith, Caryn Smith, Zernie Smith, Nance Lee Sneddon, Catherine Brandt Spencer, Jerry Spencer, Bonnie Stabler, Aija Sterns, Guy Stevens, Jack Thames, Karen Vournakis, Janice Waring, Amelia Whaley, Coleen Wiesmann, Detta Zimmerman, and Billie Sumner & Victoria Platt Ellis, the event coordinators.
If you find that we have left an artist or two off this list - that's a surprise bonus.
The demonstration schedule includes: May 25, at 1pm - Steven Jordan (watercolors); May 26, at 11am - J. Carol Gardner (collage/mixed media) and at 2:30pm - Detta Cutting Zimmerman; May 27, at 11am - Bonnie Stabler ((oils) and at 2:30pm - Bette Lu Bentley-Layne (acrylics); May 28, at 11am - Laurie Meyer (Oils) and at 2:30pm - Michel McNinch (pastels); May 29, at 11am - Carolyn Epperly (watermedia/line) and at 2:30pm - Rick Reinert (plein air oils); May 30, at 11am - Joyce Hall (oils) and at 2:30pm - Scott Henderson (digital photo hand coloring); May 31, at 11am - Tim Greaves (oils) and at 2:30pm - Alice Stewart Grimsley (watercolors); June 1, at 11am - John Jones (acrylics) and at 2:30pm - Robin Brizard (impressionistic oils); June 2, at 11am - Jennifer Black (oils) and at 2:30pm - Scott Penegar (acrylics); June 3, at 11am - Charlynn Knight (watercolors) and at 2:30pm - Rick Dean (photography); June 4, at 11am - Monnie Johnson (oils) and at 2:30pm - Lynne Hardwick (mixed media); June 5, at 11am - Ron Rocz (photography) and at 2:30pm - Bob Graham (drawing); and June 6, at 11am - Amelia Whaley (watercolors).
For further information check our SC Institutional
Gallery listings, call Francina Smalls-Joyner at the Office of
Cultural Affairs at 843/958-6459 or e-mail at (joynerf@ci.charleston.sc.us).
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