February 2011 – "Carolina Arts Unleashed"

Transylvania Community Arts Council in Brevard, NC, Extends Deadline for Picasso Raffle – With Good Reason

February 21, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

I received the following e-mail from Tammy Hopkins, executive director of the Transylvania Community Arts Council in Brevard, NC, at Carolina Arts, that they were extending the deadline of the raffle to win a Pablo Picasso print. And I don’t blame them. I once had a raffle for an Ansel Adams photograph that I ended ... Read More

Nina Liu and Friends Gallery in Charleston, SC, Receives Verner Award from SC Arts Commission/Foundation

February 18, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Nina Liu outside her gallery and friend Aggie Zed (r) OK, this is meant to be a congratulation to Nina Liu – make no mistake about that, but it is also about the SC Arts Commission and SC Arts Foundation. I think everyone would agree that in these days of cutbacks in funding for the ... Read More

Carolina Arts Has Facebook Envy

February 16, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

I don’t know what it is but Facebook and I don’t get along. Maybe it’s because I ignored it for so long, but when we converted to an online paper, people told us – we need to get on Facebook. Unfortunately after setting up the page, I did something (don’t let me near your computer) ... Read More

Skyuka Fine Art in Tryon, NC, Features Works by Richard Christian Nelson

February 16, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Here’s an exhibit by one of our supporters which arrived after deadline for our Feb. 2011 issue. If you haven’t picked up on it yet – we’ll always take care of our supporters. We do pretty good when it comes to others, but our supporters make Carolina Arts possible and this blog possible. Here’s the ... Read More

Seagrove, NC, Potters Raise Money for Elementary School Art Departments

February 13, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

The Seagrove Area Potters Association (SAPA) raised $800 for local schools at the 3rd annual Celebration of Seagrove Potters held in Seagrove, NC, last November. Seagrove and Westmoore elementary schools each received $400 from the organization to be used specifically in the schools’ art departments. Ben Owen presents a check to Westmoore Elementary art teacher ... Read More

So You Ask – How Are the Website Numbers Doing for Carolina Arts in February Compared to January?

February 11, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Last month on Jan. 14, 2011, I posted an entry here about how well our new electronic version of Carolina Arts was doing – which at the time I thought was doing well. On that day we had 3,880 visitors to our website who had downloaded the entire 49 page PDF of our Jan. 2011 ... Read More

Some Articles About Exhibits Taking Place in the Carolinas Which Came In After Our February Deadline

February 7, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Some of these came in late – after our Jan. 24 deadline and a few came from folks just discovering us. Some think we should just add them to the paper – after all it’s not printed – it’s electronic, but I say no. That’s what deadlines are for and I don’t want several editions ... Read More

A Trip to Columbia, SC’s First Thursday on Main – Feb. 3, 2011

February 5, 2011December 3, 2014 by admin

On a cold Thursday afternoon when the weather people were calling for 80% rain, Linda and I headed to Columbia, SC, to visit One Eared Cow Glass and the First Thursday on Main event. One Eared Cow Glass was having one of their 20th Anniversary celebration events introducing a new line of glass jewelry – ... Read More

Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail in South Carolina is Growing

February 4, 2011December 3, 2014 by admin

It was about a year ago when we first brought you the story of South Carolina’s first entry into the National Quilt Trail program. It started out as the Oconee Heritage Quilt Trail when the first quilt square was mounted on the Oconee Heritage Center in Walhalla, SC, in Oconee County. Since that time the ... Read More

The Feb. 2011 Issue of Carolina Arts is Available Now

February 1, 2011December 3, 2014 by admin

We have just uploaded the Feb. 2011 issue of Carolina Arts(www.carolinaarts.com). Downloading the entire PDF file is the best way to view the paper – then you can enlarge the pages to any size you like. That’s what 9,000 people did last month. This month the paper is 51 pages or 50 and 1/8. Our ... Read More