"Carolina Arts Unleashed" – Page 33 – A Blog by Tom Starland, Editor/Publisher of Carolina Arts

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

Artisans of the South Carolina Tobacco Trail Accepting Applications for Membership

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A guild for the artisans that live and create throughout the counties that lie along the South Carolina Tobacco Trail has formed the Artisans of the South Carolina Tobacco Trail. The Tobacco Trail runs through the counties of Horry, Darlington, Dillon, Marion, Williamsburg, Georgetown, and Florence. ASCTT is now accepting applications for membership. If you ... Read More

Charleston Fine Art Dealers’ Association in Charleston, SC, Makes Major Donation to High School Art Programs in 2011

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I had to learn this info on Linda’s (my better half) Facebook page. The info came all the way from California by Facebook connections back in Charleston. My press release is probably still in the mail, but we won’t make you wait for this news and a little commentary. It’s kind of timely news. Our ... Read More

Jamie Blackburn Lives in a Window at the Tapp’s Art Center Project in Columbia, SC

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I got a call the other day from Jamie Blackburn who is living in the window of the Tapp’s Art Center Project in Columbia, SC, at the corner of Main and Blanding. Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity and their ReStore have collaborated with local artist, Jamie Blackburn, the City of Columbia, and the Tapp’s ... Read More

Florence, SC, Sculptor Alex Palkovich Keeps Legend of The Swamp Fox Alive

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One of my encounters last Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, during the opening reception of the exhibit, A Celebration of Many Talents: Artisans of the Cotton Trail & the Tobacco Trail, on view through Mar. 4, 2011, at the Art Trail Gallery in Florence, SC, was with Alex Palkovich. He is a sculptor who has a ... Read More

News About the Seagrove, NC, Pottery Area

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From the NC Pottery Center Dr. Everette James has once again donated an important collection of North Carolina pottery to the NC Pottery Center (http://www.ncpotterycenter.com/) in Seagrove, NC. Several years ago he gave several hundred pots that served as the core of a highly successful fund-raising auction held by Leland Little Auctions in Hillsborough, NC. ... Read More