"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 21 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

Making Plans for a Big Weekend – Next Weekend – May 25-27, 2012

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If you’re like Linda and I, and millions of others – you got stuck working this weekend, but we’re making plans for a big weekend – next weekend. And it is a big Memorial Day weekend. That’s three days for most people – unfortunately for Linda and I – it’s back to work on Monday ... Read More

Thirteen Days in May With Carolina Arts’ May 2012 Issue

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May 2012 issue This sounds like the title of some 1970′s cold war movie where some international incident almost brings the world to the brink of Armageddon, but it’s not. It’s a comparison to last month’s downloads where by the first 13 days in April we had 100,236 downloads. By the end of the month ... Read More

A Trip to Charleston, SC, to see Colin Quashie’s Exhibit at Redux and the French Quarter Art Walk

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Some people say that 60 is the new 40. Maybe, but on this day I was feeling my 60 years in full force. Last week I spent three fast days taking in the arts. I was in Columbia, SC, for a few hours on Thursday doing an emergency gift trip to One Eared Cow Glass. ... Read More

A Trip to the 2012 North Charleston Arts Festival in North Charleston, SC

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I started off my trip to the 2012 North Charleston Arts Festival with a trip to the 7th Annual National Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibitionat the North Charleston River Front Park at the old Navy Base on the Cooper River where I think I gave a pint of blood. No, there wasn’t a Red Cross ... Read More

American College of Building Arts Graduates Seven in Charleston, SC

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Here’s a headline I didn’t find on the Post and Courier website today. I had to see it in The State – 7 graduate from American College of Building Arts. Read more here: (http://www.thestate.com/2012/05/05/2264061/7-graduate-from-american-college.html). I have two questions: How much money did it cost the City of Charleston and the local community to have these ... Read More

April 2012 Brings Showers of Downloads for Carolina Arts – Tracking the Numbers

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Our April 2012 issue of Carolina Arts, at the time, was the largest issue we had produced to date – 79 pages, but that distinction was short lived when our May 2012 issue came in at 82 pages. But the April issue set another record which might be hard to beat when by the end ... Read More

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

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The May 2012 issue of Carolina Arts is up on our website at (www.carolinaarts.com) – all 82 pages of it. Our largest issue ever. We had an amazing month during April with over 112,000 downloads. That’s more than 30,000 more from March. I think Colin Quashie’s images on the cover attracted a lot of new ... Read More

2012 Behind the Scenes Pottery Crawl in Seagrove, NC, is a Fundraiser for the Northern Moore Family Resource Center – May 12, 2012

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On Saturday, May 12, 2012, from 10am to5pm, whether you are a pottery newbie or a seasoned collector, you’ll enjoy the Behind the Scenes Pottery Crawl and help out deserving children and families. Spend a fun-filled Saturday meeting the artists, touring their studios, and admiring their creations. Come check out 14 memorable potteries in a ... Read More

NC Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, is Looking for Some Angels in a Haystack – Could You Be One?

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Don’t you just hate it when you think you have your budget all figured out to make it through the next week, month or year – then out of the blue – the car needs a major repair or the air conditioners gives out on the hottest day of the year? What’s the saying – ... Read More

Scottsdale Art Auction in Scottsdale, AZ, Leads Western Art Sales With Over $16 Million

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What has this got to do with the Carolina visual art community? – you might ask. Well plenty. Jack Morris, organizer of the Charleston Art Auction is also organizer and partner of the Scottsdale Art Auction. What happens in Scottsdale could happen in Charleston, SC, one day. So it’s related. The largest crowd in history ... Read More