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Shoestring Publishing Company Has Been Publishing an Arts Newspaper for 24 Years

July 8, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

In early 1987, I got a real crazy idea. For some reason I thought what Charleston, SC, needed was an arts newspaper to tell its story and inform the good people of Charleston what was going on, from month to month, in its art community. I waited until after the Spoleto Festival was over to ... Read More

Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Jennifer Ervin – July 1 – 31, 2011

July 6, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

We didn’t receive any info about this exhibit at Carolina Arts, but on July 3, 2011, I went to the Charleston County Public Library’s Main Branch in Charleston, SC, to pick up our goddaughter, Zelda, for a 4th of July visit here at the headquarters of Shoestring Publishing Company on the shores of Lake Moultrie ... Read More

Tracking the Numbers of the June 2011 Issue of Carolina Arts

July 6, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Well, the numbers for the month of June turned out to surprise me in a good way. We did very well. The final total of downloads for June came in at 50,041. Compared to the 61,199 we saw in May, it might seem down, but it’s the second highest month in the last six months. ... Read More

A Bike Ride on the South End of the Dike Around Lake Moultrie Near Bonneau, SC

July 5, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Here’s something to show that I’m not working all the time. In the last month, as Charleston, SC, artist, Bob Graham would say – I’ve gotten back on my horse. That’s an inside Facebook joke. Here at Bonneau Beach, SC, the headquarters of Shoestring Publishing Company, we live in what some people might think of ... Read More

The July 2011 Issue of Carolina Arts is Now Ready

July 1, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

The July 2011 issue of Carolina Arts is up on our website at (www.carolinaarts.com) – all 57 pages of it. We had over 50,000 downloads of the June 2011 issue. Not bad for a Summer issue. Can the July issue come close to that or surpass it? Spreading the link around to your e-mail lists ... Read More

Why Did the SC Legislature Pass a Law Making the SC Arts Commission Spend 70% of Its Funding on Grants to SC’s Art Community?

June 30, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

So, why exactly did the SC Legislature have to pass a law demanding that the SC Arts Commission spend 70% of its state funding on grants? Why did they have to write that stipulation into law? Could it be that the Arts Commission was spending more on themselves than they were giving out in grants ... Read More

SC Art Commission Dangles Carrot in Front of SC Legislators and Funding Recipients

June 28, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

The SC Arts Commission posted pending FY 2012 grants numbers, “early”, to show SC Legislators how much money their districts would loose in arts funding before they decide if they will override an expected veto of arts funding by our Governor, who has promised her Tea Party friends to veto any funding for the arts. ... Read More

A Third Trip to See an Exhibit at the Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC

June 22, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

My first trip to the Art Trail Gallery in the heart of Florence, SC’s growing arts district, was earlier this year to see the exhibit, A Celebration of Many Talents: Artisans of the Cotton Trail & the Tobacco Trail, which was an eye opener for me of what this area had to offer, but was ... Read More

Visualicious, an Exhibit of 2-D Art from the Pee Dee Area of SC Opens at Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC, – June 17, 2011

June 17, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

The show will be an exciting survey of 2-D works created by professionals and amateurs alike with over 100 artists expected to be participating. With categories for children, novices, and professionals, the gallery is reaching out to those who create those intriguing marks on surfaces that engage the mind. Some do it through paintings on ... Read More

Jonathan Brilliant Tries for Biggest People’s Choice Award Ever in Grand Rapids, MI, During Sept./Oct., 2011

June 14, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Later this Summer, Jonathan Brilliant, of Columbia, SC, will travel to theKendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, MI, to do an artist residency, from Sept. 8 – 21, 2011, building one of his coffee stir installations, when that work is finished it will become part of ArtPrize® 2011, one of the largest ... Read More