June 2011 – "Carolina Arts Unleashed"

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

Tracking the Number of Downloads of the PDF of the June 2011 Issue of Carolina Arts

June 13, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

The roller coaster ride continues, for now – on the downside of the hill. As of the first ten days of June, there were 38,328 downloads of the June 2011 issue of Carolina Arts. Compared to the first ten days of May, when there were 41,731 downloads – June is 3,403 off the mark. But ... Read More

Another Look at Piccolo Spoleto Visual Arts in Charleston SC – June 4, 2011

June 6, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

Linda, my better half, had to work the whole weekend so I decided it was a good time to run down to Charleston, SC, again to catch a few more visual art exhibits taking place during the Spoleto/Piccolo Festivals. I knew it was going to be hot on Saturday so I had planned to get ... Read More

A First Look at the Two Big 2011 Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibits at Marion Square Park and Wragg Square in Charleston, SC

June 2, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

By late Saturday, May 28, 2011, we had the June 2011 issue of Carolina Arts almost in the can, so Sunday morning – after we found out that Linda, my better half wasn’t going to have to go in to work on one of her days off, we decided to go down to Charleston and ... Read More

Susan Lenz Dies in Her First Performance Art Piece at Tapp’s Art Center During First Thursday on Main in Columbia, SC – June 2, 2011

June 1, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

This is NOT a critical review! I can just see the Internet alive with chatter about Susan Lenz’s death after a few people see this headline. In reality, Lenz will just die for two and a half hours in one of the window displays at Tapp’s. In collaboration with “radical evolutionary” artist Michael Krajewski and ... Read More

The June 2011 Issue of Carolina Arts is Now Ready

June 1, 2011December 4, 2014 by admin

The June 2011 issue of Carolina Arts is up on our website at (www.carolinaarts.com) – all 61 pages of it. We had over 61,000 downloads of the May 2011 issue – almost twice as many as the April issue and 16,000 more than the March issue. Can the June issue come close to that or ... Read More