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July Issue 2005
Arts Council of Beaufort County Offers Exhibit
at MARS, the Real Estate Store, on Hilton Head Island, SC
The Arts Council of Beaufort County will present the exhibition,
Collectively Eclectic, featuring works by Dawn Duff, Stephen
Kishel, John Nichols Jr., and Sue McFarland at MARS,
the Real Estate Store, on Hilton Head Island, SC. The exhibit
will be on view from July 3 - 30, 2005.
Dawn
Duff
Dawn Duff has found her niche on Calhoun Street in Bluffton, also known as Artist's Row. This imaginative artist designs one-of-a-kind pieces, ranging from jewelry and scarves to hanging 3-D and outdoor pieces. Duff creates with polymer clay, mosaic, silk and velvet, and also a medium she calls "Bluffton Dirt". Many of her pieces have an ancient or historical feel. Inspiration comes from the very earliest artists as well as the Masters, such as Van Gogh and Gaudi. "Prayer Bowls" are Duff's signature pieces, with writing etched into the bowl's interior. She is in love with the written word, inscribing many of her pieces with snippets of Walt Whitman, the Bible, or her own poetry. Duff's collections are intriguingly named: Medicine Men Vessels, Two-faced Earrings, and Bluffton Ties. She will be showing her new line, Rock Amulets, at this show.
Duff is a member of A Guild of Bluffton Artists, an art cooperative located in Bluffton, SC. She is also a member of the Hilton Head Art League, the Society of Bluffton Artists, and the National Polymer Clay Guild. She teaches art at the Heritage Academy, Cross Episcopal School, the Hilton Head Art League Academy, the SOBA Learning Center, and the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, and is available for workshops in various mediums. Check out her website at (www.artisticfreedom.us).
Stephen
L. Kishel
The tallest sculptor in the Lowcountry, Stephen
L. Kishel is an abstract metal sculptor. He has created several
hundred pieces ranging in size from tabletop to corporate and
public works. Kishel does commissions and offers his work in galleries
and upscale restaurants. He devotes more than thirty
hours a week to welding metal pieces.
Kishel was born in Muncie, IN. His parents were teachers, with
long summer breaks, and so could indulge a taste for roughing
it nearly every summer on a remote island in Western Ontario.
The contrast between a mid-western university city and a log cabin
without electricity was a rich one. His father, a high-school
art teacher, taught him to appreciate the postcard-like sunset
and sunrises the wilderness offered - and the industrious life
of constant repairs and restoration it takes to care for a cabin
after nature has had an entire winter to reclaim it.
As Kishel learned to love nature and solitude in Ontario, he also learned
to appreciate knowledge and learning in Indiana. His father took
care that Kishel learned several ways to express himself in art,
but early on, he came to love sculpture, especially welded
metal sculpture.
You can reach Kishel by e-mail at (TheSculptor@stephenkishel.com).
Sue McFarland is a local fiber artist. Her work represents all forms of fiber, including basketry, gourd embellishment, sewing, quilting, knitting, and one-of-a-kind hand bags. You can contact McFarland by e-mail at (bmcfarland@hargray.com).
John Nichols is a stained glass artist. He has been working with glass since 1975. Nichols managed a working studio in Long Island, and has taught many adult education classes, most recently at the Hilton Head Art League Art Academy. He was in the Mid-West, then Albuquerque and Santa Fe for thirteen years before moving here to the Lowcountry.
Nichols primarily works in the Tiffany style of using copper foil with stained glass. His work ranges from belt buckles and jewelry boxes up to doors and entrance ways. Nichols' work has been published, most notably with a piece on the cover of Stained Glass Magazine. You can reach Nichols by e-mail at (harleyglassman@hotmail.com).
Art lectures and demonstrations, also free
and open to the public, will be given by the artists during
the month at MARS; schedules will posted on (www.marshhi.com)
under the calendar. Currently, the demonstration and lecture
dates are July 13, 6-8pm, and July 23, 1-3pm. The demonstrations
are a great chance to meet the artists involved and to ask
questions about their styles and techniques.
For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery
listings or contact Arthur "Art" Segal, Arts Council
board member at 843/9363 or by e-mail at (DrArthurSegal@aol.com).
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