Well, the sagging economy has finally caught up with us. Well, it caught up with us a few years ago, but we just kept hoping things would get better by now and still hope they will in the near future, but for now, we are no longer printing the paper. We didn’t want to say ... Read More
Month: December 2010
The Death of the Fruitcake
What ever happened to the Christmas fruitcake? If you’re a certain age – like me – born in the 40’s, 50’s or even early 60’s, you remember the Christmas fruitcake. You either liked it or hated it, but it was always there – sometimes well into Easter. I kind of liked it in moderation – ... Read More
A Trip to the Gibbes, Nina Liu and Friends, and Cone 10 Studios in Charleston, SC
On another bone chilling, rainy Saturday, I headed south toward Charleston, SC, this time bypassing North Charleston to head to one of the Gibbes Museum of Art’s free Community Days. Thank you, Junior League of Charleston. You ask – don’t I have a membership at the Gibbes, or for that matter a membership at every ... Read More
Carolina Arts Enters the World of Facebook
Well, like all things it had to happen eventually – we now have a page on Facebook. And, we invite all our readers out there to Like us. I always hoped you did anyway, but now this is a way of showing it – just like we all want you to feel the same about ... Read More
Families are Focus of Mint Museum’s New Educational Programming in Charlotte, NC
Here’s some news for families looking for more artistic activities for their children next year. If you want to find this news later – just remember you can now search this blog. Just type in the word Families. New programs and amenities geared towards younger visitors are making the Mint Museums in Charlotte, NC, a ... Read More
A Trip to the First Park Circle Studio and House Tour in North Charleston, SC
Sometime before Thanksgiving I received an e-mail from Madeline Dukes about the Park Circle Studio and House Tour in North Charleston, SC, sponsored by the North Charleston Artist Guild. My first question was – since when has there been a North Charleston Artist Guild? I was glad to find out that the group was newly ... Read More
Some Info for Artists at Carolina Arts News
We just posted some info for artists from several different sources atCarolina Arts News. Info you may want to know about like: If you’re a visual artist or a group of visual artists (no geographic requirements) and you would like an exhibit at one of the gallery spaces controlled by the Caldwell Arts Council in ... Read More
A Day Without Art in Salisbury, NC
Delivering our Dec. 2010 issue of Carolina Arts was a little strange, including delivering one night when the overnight low temp was 70 degrees and then the low the next evening was 27 degrees. But when I reached Salisbury, NC, and started my route of deliveries to galleries and other stops, I really saw something ... Read More
Adding To The Carolina Clay Resource Directory
Although the Thanksgiving – Black Friday weekend is probably not the best time to launch a new venture, I’m happy to report that at least a few potters made it through the lists and sent us additions of individual potters and galleries showing pottery. Since then we’ve been adding them as soon as we received ... Read More