July 2012 – "Carolina Arts Unleashed"

Fine Art Prints by Corrie McCallum Available for Sale

July 31, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

Linda and I are offering some items from our art collection for sale. We’re starting with some prints by Corrie McCallum which we will be offering at prices near what we purchased them, with one exception where one work is framed. Call us at 843/825-4296 if you are interested in purchasing any of these works. ... Read More

SC Arts Commission Saved Again, But Just Barely – the 2012 Version

July 30, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

I think the first paragraph of the article written by Otis R. Taylor, Jr. in The State newspaper after the big rally says it all. “The State House was under an umbrella of creativity Monday evening as hundreds of arts supporters met on the grounds to oppose Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of the South Carolina ... Read More

The North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, Receives Z. Smith Reynolds Grant

July 18, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

The Board of Directors and Staff, on behalf of our Membership, are pleased to announce that the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, has been awarded a grant from the Zachary Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. This special grant for $65,000 will be distributed over a two-year period and will serve as the core support ... Read More

Colorful Prices by Pernille Ægidius Dake, a Guest Commentary

July 16, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

I go for the Hammershøi’s. I have had a strange, stressful day and so want to be soothed by sparse, intimate interiors painted solely in gray scales. I expect to be held by drab tones so varied and delicate, yet powerful they ought to be colors. And so I enter the National Museum in Denmark, ... Read More

A Senior at a York County, SC, High School Wins an Art School Scholarship and Says – No Thanks

July 13, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

Shelby Williams, a 17-year old senior at Northwestern High School in York County, SC, isn’t letting awards and scholarship money go to her head. Williams’ artwork, Going Places, was the top winner of the 2012 Congressional Art Competition (5th Congressional District) in South Carolina. She won a $100 from the York County Art Council and ... Read More

Charleston Fine Art Dealers’ Association Presents 7th Palette and Palate Stroll – July 13, 2012

July 12, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

I understand there are still some tickets available. The Charleston Fine Art Dealers’ Association (CFADA) will give you a chance to find out what special ingredients make Charleston, SC, the #1 travel destination in the United States! On Friday, July 13, 2012, from 5:30 to 7:30pm, take pleasure in the historic city’s finest indulgences on ... Read More

Has Hell Frozen Over or What?

July 9, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

As I post this entry today, the South Carolina Arts Commission has been shut down. Am I celebrating? I wish. Due to a fluke in the legislative calendar our Governor’s token veto to please her Tea Bagger friends has caused a closing of the Arts Commission – just as long as it takes the SC ... Read More

Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail in South Carolina Doesn’t Stop for Summer Heat

July 6, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

Cynthia Leggett with the Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail brings us more news of additions to the Quilt Trail in South Carolina. The Depot, home of the Westminster Chamber of Commerce, has joined the Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail. Denise McCormick originally made the Railroad Crossing quilt and is an active member of the Westminster community. This ... Read More

Here’s a Heads Up on the Best Fundraiser Event of the Summer for the NC Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC – Aug. 23, 2012

July 5, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

If you’re a regular follower of Carolina Arts, you know we love the NC Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC. It’s a fantastic facility, a real asset to NC’s cultural community, and we wish we had something like it in South Carolina, but we don’t. But…the big problem is that under this economy and with a ... Read More

The July 2012 Issue of Carolina Arts is Now Ready to Download

July 1, 2012December 4, 2014 by admin

The July 2012 issue of Carolina Arts is up on our website at (www.carolinaarts.com) – all 60 pages of it. We had over 110,000 downloads of the June issue. That’s pretty good for a Summer issue and the third month in a row with over 100,000 downloads each month. We ask that you help us ... Read More