Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail in SC is Always Expanding

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The Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail is always expanding and we’ll always try to keep you up on these developments as best we can. Sometimes we just receive a photo and a little info while other times we receive a photo or two and some details about the quilt, its sponsor and the location where it ... Read More

Tracking the Download Numbers for the April 2012 Issue of Carolina Arts

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At the first of the year I stated that I was finished with giving monthly reports on how the paper was doing as far as downloads go – once as a first ten day report and than again at the end of the month. And it’s been great reporting in my commentary in the paper ... Read More

From the Ashes of Many Kilns, Seagrove, NC, the Center of Pottery in North Carolina, Rises Every Spring

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Now that’s something to think about. When you finish scratching your head – I’ll explain. When you have to write about annual events, unlike the organizers who can just slap a number in front of the event’s name – we in the media – the elite media – have to come up with a clever ... Read More

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

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The April 2012 issue of Carolina Arts is up on our website at (www.carolinaarts.com) – all 79 pages of it. Our largest issue ever and we’re offering a special feature related to our cover on Pages 42 & 43. We had over 82,000 downloads of the March 2011 issue. We ask that you help us ... Read More

Spring Flowers Came Early this Year But You Still Have Time for “Daffie Days” at Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove, NC – Mar. 30 – Apr. 1, 2012

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Don’t be caught “lion” around at the end of March or being an April “fool” by missing Daffie Days at Bulldog Pottery this weekend. “Daffie Days,” Bulldog’s spring kiln opening, will be held March 30 through April 1, 2012, from 10am-5pm each day. Potters Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke created the annual event to welcome ... Read More

My Second “Photofabulous” Exhibit at the Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC

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Linda and I were lucky that we were not under a deadline, and she was off from the second job of taking 911 calls, to be able to attend the opening ofPhotofabulous 2012 at the Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC, Friday, Mar. 16, 2012. The exhibit will be on view through Apr. 27, 2012. ... Read More

Taking a Look at Marketing Techniques in the Carolinas The Press Release

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This year we’re taking a detailed look at how the visual art community in the Carolinas is marketing itself. This is based on a piece I first posted atCarolina Arts Unleashed on Jan. 12, 2012. I borrowed a technique from comedian Jeff Foxworthy who tells his audience – “You might be a redneck if….”. I ... Read More

Finally a Trip to See Aggie Zed’s Exhibit at The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston, SC

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One of the cruelest things in life is that we don’t get to do everything we want and sometimes even when we do get to do something – it’s too late. In this instance, I’m lucky I got a chance to see this exhibit at all, but it was too late to do so and ... Read More

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

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The March 2012 issue of Carolina Arts is up on our website at (www.carolinaarts.com) – all 72 pages of it. We had over 81,000 downloads of the February 2011 issue – 3,000 less than in January. Which is logical since we had a few less days in February. We ask that you help us bring ... Read More

NC Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, Announces Results of The Potter’s Palette Fundraiser

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As I have said before – this is the kind of art auction fundraiser that I can get behind and support and it turns out to have been a very successful idea – one soon to be copied by other non-profits. But, this will be the NC Pottery Center’s for the time being. Here’s the ... Read More