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September Issue 2003
Palm Key in Ridgeland, SC, Features Group Exhibit of Works by Lowcountry Artists
From Oct. 5 through Nov. 2, 2003, African American artists from the Lowcountry will exhibit jointly at Palm Key in Ridgeland, SC, in the exhibition Rural and Urban Life: From Our Eyes. The African American artists, who are from diverse artistic and geographic backgrounds, practice various art forms.
The exhibit is a creative commentary that denotes the experiences of the two distinctive cultures of rural and urban life.
According to Susan Madison, "Molada", ". this theme is of particular importance to the artists in our area because the African American community has historically dealt with the merging of two cultures and two communities - the south and the north. With migration from the south to the north after slavery, the two communities merged in some ways but at the same time remained separate."
Rural and Urban Life will express in artistic terms life in the south and north culturally, spiritually and emotionally.
The artists themselves reflect the theme of the art. The exhibit includes local watercolorists, Brenda Singleton from Lady's Island, SC, and James St. Clair "Saint" from Walterboro, SC. Arianne King-Comer, a batik and indigo artist, is from VA, has traveled extensively and lived and worked in Africa practicing batik. Diane Dunham Griffin is a painter whose emphasis is on the African American woman. Her family is from LA and like many other children of southern offspring she spent summers in the south. Susan Madison (Molada) was born and raised in Chicago but says her culture and art reflect her grandparents southern heritage. Hank Herring is a native North Carolinian settling in the Lowcountry after military service. He is a carver, naturalist and sculptor working with found objects.
For more information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings, call Palm key at 843/726-6524 or on the web at (www.Key.com).
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