Vol. 16, No. 3 March 2012 - Carolina Arts

ABSOLUTELYFREEYou Can’t Buy ItVol. 16, No. 3 March 2012Michael CooperThe images to the left, above and to the right areall part of the exhibition, Torqued & Twisted:Bentwood Today, on view at the Center for Craft,Creativity and Design in Hendersonville, NorthCarolina, and is on view through June 29, 2012Yuri KobayashiMatthias PleissnigNick AgarWarren CarpenterThe image immediately above and the two images on the bottom rightare all part of the exhibit, The American Association of Woodturners:An International Exhibition of Turned or Sculpted Wood, on view atthe Folk Art Center in Asheville, North Carolina through May 13, 2012Douglas Fisher

TABLE OF CONTENTSThis index has active links, just click on the Page number and it will take you to that page.Page 1 - Cover - artwork from the Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design and The Fork Art CenterPage 2 - Table of Contents, Advertising Directory, Contact Info, Links to blogs and Carolina Arts sitePage 4 - Editorial CommentaryPage 5 - Articles about the Mint Museum, Shain Gallery, & Civic & Cultural Arts Center of PinevillePage 6 - Article about Elder GalleryPage 8 - Articles about Jerald Melberg Gallery and Waterworks Visual Arts CenterPage 9 - Articles cont. about Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Gaston College, Stanly Arts Guild,Providence Gallery and Some Exhibits that are Still on ViewPage 11 - Articles about the SC State Museum and Sumter County Gallery of ArtPage 12 - Articles cont. about Sumter County Gallery of Art and Hitchcock Health CenterPage 13 - Articles cont. about Hitchcock Health Center, Columbia Museum of Art, & SC State UniversityPage 14 - Articles cont. about SC State University, Aiken Center of the Arts & Some Exhibits that areStill on View cont.Page 15 - Articles about USC-Beaufort, Walter Greer Gallery & Charles Street GalleryPage 16 - Articles about RIVERWORKS Gallery and Clemson UniversityPage 17 - Articles cont. about Clemson University, Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville, and ClemsonUniversity/Clemson Passport to the ArtsPage 18 - Articles about The Showroom at Hub-Bub, Furman University, & Western Carolina UniversityPage 20 - Articles cont. about Some Exhibits that are Still on View, Black Mountain Center for theArts, and Caldwell Arts CouncilPage 21 - Articles cont. about Caldwell Arts Council and The BascomPage 22 - Articles cont. about The Bascom and MESH GalleryPage 23 - Article about Guilford CollegePage 24 - Articles cont. about Guildford College and Southeaster Center for Contemporary ArtsPage 26 - In The Grove with Rhonda McCanless and article about ArtWorks Gallery in W-SPage 27 - Articles about UNC-Greensboro/Weatherspoon Art MuseumPage 29 - Articles about Coker College, Francis Marion University, and CREATE! ConwayPage 30 - Articles about Coastal Carolina University, Wilson Arts Center, New Bern ArtWorks andCouncil for the Arts in JacksonvillePage 31 - Articles cont. about Council for the Arts in Jacksonville, ACME Arts Studios, & NCWesleyan CollegePage 32 - Articles cont. about NC Wesleyan College, Clinton Junior College, Charleston Artist Guild,and City of North CharlestonPage 34 - Articles cont. about City of North Charleston and Lowcountry Artists LTD.Page 35 - Articles about Corrigan Gallery and Smith Killian Fine ArtPage 36 - Articles about Helena Fox Fine Art and Rick Rhoads Photography & ImagingPage 38 - Articles cont. about Rick Rhoads Photography & Imaging, Bird’s I View Gallery, and ReduxContemporary Art CenterPage 39 - Articles cont. about Redux Contemporary Art Center and Coastal Community FoundationPage 40 - Articles about M Gallery of Fine Art SE, How Art Thou Cafe, Costa & Williams DentalHealth and Hillsborough Gallery of ArtPage 41 - Articles cont. about Hillsborough Gallery of Art, NC Museum of Natural Sciences,ArtSource Fine Art Gallery, Gallery C, and ENO GalleryPage 42 - Articles about Artspace, Adam Cave Fine Art, Progressive Energy Center, & Ackland Art MuseumPage 43 - Articles cont. about Ackland Art Museum, The Mahler, and NC Museum of NaturalSciences, The Rosenzweig Gallery, and ENO Gallery cont.Page 44 - Articles about the Folk Art Center and Asheville Art MuseumPage 45 - Articles cont. about Asheville Art Museum, UNC Asheville, UNC Asheville, Flood GalleryFine Arts Center, FW Front Gallery, and Editorial Commentary cont.Page 46 - NC Institutional Galleries - Aberdeen - BoonePage 47 - NC Institutional Galleries - Boone - CharlottePage 48 - NC Institutional Galleries - Charlotte - DurhamPage 49 - NC Institutional Galleries - Durham - GreensboroPage 50 - NC Institutional Galleries - Greensboro - RaleighPage 51 - NC Institutional Galleries - Raleigh - Siler CityPage 52 - NC Institutional Galleries - Southport - Yadkinville & NC Commercial Galleries - Aberdeen- AsheboroPage 53 - NC Commercial Galleries - Asheboro - Banner ElkPage 54 - NC Commercial Galleries - Banner Elk - CalabashPage 55 - NC Commercial Galleries - Cary - CharlottePage 56 - NC Commercial Galleries - Charlotte - GreensboroPage 57 - NC Commercial Galleries - Greensboro - MorgantonPage 58 - NC Commercial Galleries - Nags Head - RandlemanPage 59 - NC Commercial Galleries - Rutherfordton - SeagrovePage 60 - NC Commercial Galleries - SeagrovePage 61 - NC Commercial Galleries - Seagrove - WilmingtonPage 62 - NC Commercial Galleries - Wilmington - Winston-Salem & SC Institutional Galleries -Allendale - CharlestonPage 63 - SC Institutional Galleries - Charleston - ColumbiaPage 64 - SC Institutional Galleries - Columbia - Hilton Head IslandPage 65 - SC Institutional Galleries - Hilton Head Island - SpartanburgPage 66 - SC Institutional Galleries - Spartanburg - Walterboro & SC Commercial Galleries - Aiken/N. Augusta - BeltonPage 67 - SC Commercial Galleries - Bluffton - CharlestonPage 68 - SC Commercial Galleries - CharlestonPage 69 - SC Commercial Galleries - Charleston - ConwayPage 70 - SC Commercial Galleries - Conway - GreenvillePage 71 - SC Commercial Galleries - Greenville - Pawley’s IslandPage 72 - SC Commercial Galleries - Pawley’s Island - SumterAdvertising DirectoryPage 3 -Page 4 -Page 5 -Page 6 -Page 8 -Page 10 -Page 11 -Page 12 -Page 13 -Page 14 -Page 16 -Page 17 -Page 18 -Page 19 -Page 20 -Page 21 -Page 22 -Page 23 -Page 24 -Page 25 -Page 26 -Page 27 -Page 28 -Page 29 -Page 30 -Page 31 -Page 32 -Page 33 -Page 34 -Page 35 -Page 36 -Page 37 -Page 38 -Page 39 -Page 40 -Page 41 -Listed in order in which they appear in the paper.Morris & Whiteside GalleriesHigh Museum of Art and Smith GalleriesShain GalleryElder Gallery, Hodges Taylor Art Consultancy, Providence Gallery, and Stanly Arts GuildAnnette Ragone Hall and Rail Walk Gallery/Red Cross,701 Center for Contemporary Art’s Columbia Studio TourCity Art Gallery/Art XpressOne Eared Cow Glass and The Gallery at Nonnah’sMouse House/Susan Lenz and Vista StudiosSouth Carolina Watermedia SocietyHampton III GalleryThe Artist’s CoopClemson UniversityBlue Ridge Arts CouncilUpstairs ArtspaceUSC-Upstate and Carol Beth IcardSpartanburg Art Museum and Artist Guild Gallery of GreenvilleClemson University/Clemson Passport and Joan Van OrmanBulldog Pottery and Carolina Clay Resource DirectorySeagrove Area Potters Association/Spring Kiln OpeningsDiscover Seagrove Potteries and Eck McCanless PotteryYadkin Arts Council and Uptown ArtworksCREATE! ConwayFrancis Marion University International Festival and Art Trail GalleryArt in the Park and Sunset River MarketplaceArt on the Neuse/ Pamlico County Arts Council and Carolina CreationsWilliam Jameson Workshops and Karen Burnette GarnerLowcountry Artists LTD.The Sylvan GalleryEva Carter Studio, McCallum-Halsey Studios and Charleston Artist Guild GalleryInkpressions, The Pink House Gallery, The Treasure Nest Art Gallery & The Finishing TouchRhett Thurman, Gibbes Museum of Art, Helena Fox Fine Art, The Sylvan Gallery, The WellsGallery, Corrigan Gallery, Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery, City Gallery at WaterfrontPark, Smith-Killian Fine Art, The Pink House Gallery, Spencer Art Galleries, Dog & HorseFine Art & Portrait, Cone Ten Studios & Gallery, & McCallum-Halsey StudiosPeter Scala and The Wells GalleryWhimsy Joy and Smith Killian Fine ArtENO GalleryHillsborough Gallery of ArtDon’t forget about our website: www.carolinaarts.comYou can find past issues all the way back to August 2004!You can find past articles all the way back to June 1999Also don’t forget about our two blogs:Carolina Arts Unleashed - Carolina Arts NewsSend us your email address to be added to our list to receivenotice of each monthly issue. info@carolinaarts.comCarolina Arts, is published monthly by Shoestring Publishing Company, a subsidiaryof PSMG, Inc. Copyright© 2012 by PSMG Inc. It also publishes the blogs CarolinaArts Unleashed and Carolina Arts News, Copyright© 2012 by PSMG, Inc. All rightsreserved by PSMG, Inc. or by the authors of articles. Reproduction or use without writtenpermission is strictly prohibited. Carolina Arts is available online at (www.CarolinaArts.com). Mailing address: P.O. Drawer 427, Bonneau, SC 29431. Telephone: 843/825-3408,e-mail at (info@carolinaarts.com) and on the web at (www.CarolinaArts.com).Editor/Publisher/Calendars/DistributionThomas J. StarlandWeb Master/Advertising/Business ManagerLinda Parks StarlandBlog Guru & GraphicsZelda RavenelProoferAndrew A. StarlandContributing Writers This MonthNone This MonthAdvertising RatesClick here for advertising rates.The deadline for the March 2012 issue isFebruary, 24, 2012.To advertise call 843/825-3408.Page 2 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Table of Contents

Dan McCawRelation Oil 24 x 16 inchesMorris & Whiteside GalleriesArtist Reception: April 20 th , 2012 6 - 8 pmFor additional information contact the gallery at843•842•4433or to view additional workswww.morris-whiteside.com220 Cordillo Parkway • Hilton Head Island • South Carolina • 29928 • 843.842.4433Table of ContentsCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 3

Editorialby Tom Starland, Editor and PublisherCOMMENTARYWhen You’re Almost In, But PeopleThink You’re Out, But You Still Might BeLast month I talked about getting ourfirst ad from the Triangle area of NC andour hopes that it was just the first of many.Well, it turns out it wasn’t really our first- way back in the late 1990s we had afew ads from that area for a short periodof time. And when I say the Triangle I’mthinking Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill orChapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh - if you likeit that way. We hadn’t had any ads fromany of those cities in over 10 years andnone since we started our new electronicversion of the paper.But it turns out maybe we did. Ireceived an e-mail from one of the artistsat the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts inHillsborough, NC, and they wanted meto know that they think of themselves aspart of the Triangle area. Hillsborough isthe county seat of Orange County, homeof Chapel Hill. Hillsborough is just a shortdrive from Chapel Hill and Durham. I’msure I’d get the same logic from folks inCarrboro, Cary and Wake Forest - thatthey’re part of the Triangle too. All are locatedin Orange, Durham or Wake Counties.But I asked in my return e-mail the$64,000 question - do the folks in Raleigh,Durham and Chapel Hill feel that Hillsboroughis part of the Triangle? That’sthe real question and knowing how somefolks are about staking out their territoryin the art world, my bet was that none ofthe big three would want to share. It’s thesame everywhere. There is never enoughpublicity, funding, or audience to satisfyeveryone so competition is fierce and noone really wants to share - unless made to.And, in some ways I don’t blame them.But, from now on, Carolina Arts willnow consider any art community in thosethree counties to be part of the Trianglearea of NC. Unless they contact us andsay they want no part of it. We’re here todo all we can for our supporters, wheneverwe can.It’s not the first time this has come up.A gallery in Fuquay-Varina, NC, asked tobe listed with galleries in Raleigh in ourgallery listings. Galleries in Davidson,NC, Cornelius, NC, and Pineville, NC,want to be listed with Charlotte, NC, galleries.It goes the other way too. Some bedroomcommunities, which will go nameless,have asked us to take them out of thegallery listings of a larger community andgive them a town or city heading of theirown. The only problem we’ve had is whenall the galleries involved don’t agree onwhere they want to be included. And, I’veyet to have anyone call (knock on wood)complaining that some gallery is includedin one grouping and they don’t belongthere and they want me to move them out.Here’s something we wish peoplewould call us about - galleries that youfind in our gallery listings that are nolonger open. We get those calls occasionally,but not often enough. I guess the lastthing on a gallery owner’s mind whenthey have to close their gallery is to call usto inform us to remove their gallery fromour listings.Of course there was one time when anunhappy artist who was asked to leavea gallery called to tell us that the gallerywas closing. It’s a good thing we check allthose cases out before we remove anyone.We verify all info about closed galleriesbefore we remove them.There was also a case where an advertisercalled to tell us they were closing andwe needed to stop running their ad. Sowe stopped running the ad and removedtheir gallery listing and I stopped goingthere to deliver papers (back in the day).Six months later I turned the wrong wayand ended up going by that gallery andit looked like they were open. I calledto find out what the skinny was and gotsomeone who worked there instead of theowner and when I asked that I thoughtthey were closing - that employee almostfainted and asked me what was up.I told them that six months ago theowner told me they were closing and topull their ad. Turns out the owner justdidn’t feel good about telling me to pullthe ad as they were having to tighten theirbudget. I was amazed that it was easier totell me they were closing instead of tellingme they were cutting back on advertising.Hey, we all have to deal with the bottomline, but don’t tell me you’re closingif you want to stop advertising or have to.Tell me your ads were so successful thatyou just don’t need them anymore. Tellme your ad is working so well that youmight have to hire more staff and you justcan handle managing twenty employeesat a time. Tell me you didn’t like my lastcommentary, but don’t tell me you’reclosing. That can cause a chain reaction ofevents that could eventually lead to yourreal closing.You can even tell me you just don’tthink your ad is working for you. Believeme, we’ve heard that a few time over thelast 25 years - many times after someonejust ran their ad one month.Unlike some military commandersthink - we can handle the truth. And,we’re here to please.So, the lesson of the month is - lookto see where your gallery is listed in ourgallery listings to make sure you’re whereyou want to be and tell us if you’re notwhere you want to be. And, while you’rechecking the listings out, if you see a gallerylisted that is closed - e-mail or call usto let us know - we might need to removesomeone. You could also let us know thatwe’re not listing a gallery that we should.Remember - the more galleries there arein one area the more attractive that areawill be to visitors who are looking to getthe most out of their gas money.I’m not saying cars and art are anythingalike, but car dealers cluster for areason. People like to shop around, theyhave different tastes, and they like convenience.The NumbersOnce again this last month we sawover 81,000 downloads of the Feb. 2012issue of Carolina Arts. That’s now threemonths in a row where we had more than80,000 downloads in a month. There wasno surge in downloads in the bottom halfof the month, but we did set one recordduring that time. On Saturday, Feb. 25,2012, we set an all time record for visitsto our website in one day with over 4,200visitors. The day before and the dayafter saw less than 3,000 visitors. Whatattracted so many to the website on thatSaturday? Your guess is as good as mine.continued on Page 45 Page 4 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Table of Contents

Mint Museum in Charlotte,NC, Features New ExhibitionFocused on Story Re-tellingThe Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC,will present the exhibit, Fairytales,Fantasy, & Fear, on view in the GorelickGalleries, located at the Mint MuseumUptown, from Mar. 3 through July 8,2012.The exhibition brings together thework of several internationally acclaimedartists, including Mattia Biagi, MarkNewport, Kako Ueda, Tom Price, andKate Malone. Known for his work in tar,Italian artist Biagi reinterprets icons oflost innocence, such as Little Red RidingHood and Cinderella’s carriage. Newport,an American fiber artist, creates hand-knitacrylic re-creations of heroes’ costumes,which combine their heroic, protective,and ultra-masculine yet vulnerablepersonas. Ueda, a Japanese paper artist,uses unsettling imagery, such as insectsand skeletons, in her detailed cutouts torepresent the fine line between beauty anddecay. Price, a British furniture designer,is known for his use of polypropylenetubing to create spiky shapes that evokeforms from the natural world. And Malone,a British ceramic artist, is knownfor her sensual, Neo-Baroque forms andmastery of crystalline glazes.This thematic exhibition, generouslysupported by the Mint Museum Auxiliary,also includes selections from the Mint’spermanent collection and loans fromprivate collections. The installation willfeature high-tech use of theatrical pieceson flat-screen televisions and cellphonetour commentary provided by the artists.“This exhibition is a look at contemporaryart that explores the world of magicalstories, imagination, and fear in worksranging from clay sculpture to cut paper,”said Annie Carlano, the Mint’s Directorof Craft + Design. “The sources ofinspiration for these artists also interestedthe Surrealists – the dream world, theoccult, fairytales, oral traditions, esotericreligions, and the world of the unconscious.This exhibition is especially timelybecause of the resonance of fairytales, sciencefiction and fantasy, and horror storiesin current popular culture.”Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson, the President& CEO of the Mint, said the exhibitionfits with the museum’s mission of alwaysseeking ways to be relevant to the largercommunity. “We are pleased to bring yetanother exhibition to the public that explorespopular themes and also reveals innertruths about human nature,” she said.Kako Ueda. Japanese, 1966-, Spinning, 2012, Cutpaper, watercolors. Courtesy of George AdamsGallery, Photograph by Adam Reich.As previously announced, the Mint haspartnered with NC Dance Theatre, whichis exploring its own fairytale theme withperformances of “Sleeping Beauty” thisMarch. Ticket buyers to “Sleeping Beauty,”which runs Mar. 8-18, can receivefree admission to both locations of TheMint Museum on Saturday, Mar. 10 andSaturday, Mar. 17, while Mint memberscan receive a 25 percent discount on thepurchase of “Sleeping Beauty” tickets. Formore information on “Sleeping Beauty,”visit (www.ncdance.org).Mark Newport. American, 1964-, Ribbes, 2009,Hand knit acrylic, buttons. Courtesy of the artist.Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear wasorganized by The Mint Museum and madepossible through support from the MintMuseum Auxiliary. The Mint Museum issupported by the Arts & Science Counciland the North Carolina Arts Council.The Mint Museum is a non-profit,visual arts institution comprised of twodynamic facilities: the newly openedMint Museum Uptown and the historicMint Museum Randolph. As the oldestart museum in North Carolina, The MintMuseum offers its visitors a remarkableopportunity to experience art throughtwo facilities that feature a global collectionspanning over 4,500 years of humancreativity.Located in what was the originalbranch of the United States Mint, theMint Museum Randolph opened in 1936in Charlotte’s Eastover neighborhood asthe first art museum in North Carolina.Today, intimate galleries invite visitors toengage with the art of the ancient Americas,ceramics and decorative arts, historiccostume and fashionable dress, European,African, and Asian art, among other collections.Resources include a reference librarywith over 15,000 volumes, a theaterfeaturing lectures and performances, and aMuseum Shop offering merchandise thatcomplements both the permanent collectionand special exhibitions.The Mint Museum Uptown houses theinternationally renowned Mint Museumof Craft + Design, as well as outstandingcollections of American, contemporary,and European art. Designed by Machadoand Silvetti Associates of Boston, thefive-story, 145,000-square-foot facilitycombines inspiring architecture withgroundbreaking exhibitions to providevisitors with unparalleled educational andcultural experiences. Located in the heartof Charlotte’s burgeoning center city,the Mint Museum Uptown is an integralpart of the Levine Center for the Arts, acultural campus that includes the BechtlerMuseum of Modern Art, the Harvey B.Gantt Center for African-American Artsand Culture, the Knight Theater, and theDuke Energy Center. The Mint MuseumUptown also features a range of visitoramenities, including the 240-seat JamesB. Duke Auditorium, the Lewis FamilyGallery, art studios, a restaurant, and amuseum shop.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call theMuseum at 704/337-2000 or visit (www.mintmuseum.org).Don’t see your article here?You have to send it to us first - it’s easy as pie.The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the monthprior to the next issue. This will be Mar. 24th for the April 2012 issue and Apr. 24 for theMay 2012 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the next month.Table of ContentsShain Gallery in Charlotte,NC, Features Works by Jay ZinnShain Gallery in Charlotte, NC, is presentingan exhibit of unique new paintingsby local Davidson, NC, artist Jay Zinn, onview through Mar. 31, 2012. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 30, from 6-9pm.Work by Jay ZinnThe love of patterns developing fromnatural organic materials is what drewZinn to developing art through the oxidationprocess on black iron steel. Afterspending 20 years in décor and illustrativeart, he tired of the confining details andbegan to explore the free-flowing techniqueof abstract.As Zinn began to experiment with oxidationpatterns of rust on recycled steel,intermingled with colors and design, thepossibilities became endless. He applieslayer upon layer of oxidized patterns withdifferent chemicals, acrylic colors, andglazing, and then finishes it off with fourlayers of polyurethane to prevent furtheroxidation and create a beautifully polishedand stunning piece. No two pieces arealike because each develops in its ownway through Zinn’s creative eye for whatpops. The process requires weeks to allowthe oxidation and layering effect until theright image occurs. Then complementingcolors and layers of glazing are addedto flow with what the evolving imagedemands.Zinn discovered art on oxidized steelThe Civic & Cultural Arts Center ofPineville in Pineville, NC, will present,Beyond the Curve II: Celebrating Women’sVision, an art exhibit featuring the works ofregional female artists, on view in the MainGallery from Mar. 2 - 31, 2012. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 2, from 6:30-9:30pm.“The intent of this particular art showis to elevate awareness and celebrate thecreativity of female artists,” said Lee Baumgarten,CCAC’s executive director. “Weall view the world differently, based on ourindividual experiences, and it’s no secretethat men and women have unique perspectives.This show provides insight into how anumber of local female artists see the world.If you’re a woman or if you have women inyour life, you won’t want to miss this.”Featured artists include: Kathy Oda, (kilnthrough Mike Elsass, a fellow artist forPenny Lane Publishing, Inc., where he hasbeen licensed since the company’s inceptionin 1993. Prior to joining this company,he was a published and licensed artistwith Arts Uniq’, Inc. Zinn has producedmore than 100 images for national andinternational markets.Zinn was born in Dayton, OH, andraised in a small farm community. Hestudied at The Dayton Art Institute, theUniversity of Cincinnati, and the CentralAcademy of Commercial Art in Cincinnati,Ohio. Since then, he’s studied privatelyunder Alaskan watercolorist, Byron Birdsall,in addition to Mike Elsass.Zinn does not dabble in art alone, butis also a published author and writer, chiefeditor of a Christian magazine, and thesenior pastor of a church in Davidson.He’s been happily married to his wife,Roseann, since 1974, and has two adultchildren and a granddaughter.Work by Jay ZinnLocated in beautiful Myers Park, ShainGallery has been on the forefront of theNorth Carolina art scene since 1998. Thegallery represents many leading nationaland regional artists. Shain Gallery is againCharlotte Magazine’s Best of the Best for2011.For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, call the galleryat 704/334-7744 or visit(www.shaingallery.com).Civic & Cultural Arts Center of Pineville,NC, Offers Works by Regional Womenfired glass), Laura Fox Wallis, (silk painting),Denise Torrance, (mosaics), HeatherSpeer, photography, (mixed media), TobiBordihn, (oil painting), Lambeth Marshall,(pottery), Tiffany Capers, (mixed media),Carol Newman, (mosaics, mixed media,fiber), Melody Cassen, (digital art), SarahStabley, (oil paintings), Sara Alexander, (oilpaintings) and Jennifer Kirk Hamilton, (oilpainting).CCAC is an emerging, nonprofit,volunteer-based organization that providesa vibrant cultural arts experience for thepublic.For further information check our NCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the Centerat 704-889-2434 or visit (www.ccacpineville.org).You can contact us by calling 843/825-3408 or by e-mail at - info@carolinaarts.comCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 5

Not by Words AloneRenditions by Ralph Turturro 40” x 69” mixed media on canvasRecent PaintingsbyRalph Turturro2 March - 31 March, 2012Elder Gallery 1427 South Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28203 704-370-6337 www.elderart.comElder Gallery in Charlotte, NC,Offers Works by Ralph TurturroElder Gallery in Charlotte, NC, willpresent the exhibit, Not By Words Alone,featuring paintings by New York artist,Ralph Turturro, on view from Mar. 2 - 31,2012. A reception will be held on Mar. 2,from 5-8pm.Turturro’s love of writing and paintinghas become the basis for this exhibition.“Ralph’s work screams ‘New York’ tome,” says Larry Elder who has chosenthe artwork for Turturro’s debut show inCharlotte. “His paintings are raw, earthy,textured portrayals of elements that comprisehis life as a painter and writer whoseroots run deep into New York.”Work by Ralph TurturroTurturro was born in 1957 to a typicalItalian family with aunts, uncles, andcousins all living close by in Queens,New York. As a teenager he ventured intostand-up comedy with his cousin, actorJohn Turturro.Like his father, who was an impersonatorand performer, Ralph and John Turturropicked up his love for mimicry andjoined their family on an artistic journey.His cousin, Aida Turturro played Janiceon the acclaimed HBO Series The Sopranos.Her father, Dominick, converted anold synagogue into a painting studio withPage 6 - Carolina Arts, March 2012three floors of balconies and filled it withlarge abstract paintings, launching his ownlove for art and becoming Ralph’s artisticmentor.Ralph’s family came from a time, soonafter the war, when Americans were thegood guys and all things were possible.The Turturros played out that Americandream and succeeded in their own specialways. Ralph painted furiously as a childand today is an art teacher and an accomplishedabstract painter.Turturro’s life in New York hasrewarded him with the gift of discovery.While exploring his boyhood neighborhoodin Brooklyn he became acutelyaware of the physical world around himand the colors, textures, and light thatmade up his world. His observations led toa quest to break through the temporal, illusiveflash of the physical world to reach aplace that was more real.The artist’s educational path took himto the University of Wisconsin and thenon to Pratt Institute where he received hisMFA degree. He completed post graduatework at Queens College and BrooklynCollege.“My paintings express my continuallyevolving response to everything I comein contact with - people, conversations,music, film, poetry, literature, street signs,nature, and art” says Turturro.A second exhibition of Turturro’s artwill be held at the Gallery at Carillonlocated in the Carillon Building on TradeStreet in Charlotte’s center city. Thisexhibition is open to the public and willon display from Mar. 5 through June 30,2012.The Elder Gallery at Atherton Mill inCharlotte is also presenting The PlanskyCollection: A Lifetime of Painting by CarlPlansky, on view through Mar. 31, 2012.Historic Atherton Mill is the site for thecontinued above on next column to the rightTable of Contentsfirst showing of selected paintings anddrawings from the Plansky Collection.Visit (www.elderart.com) for hours ofoperation and more details.For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, call the galleryat 704/370-6337 or visit(www.elderart.com).Don’t see what you’re looking for?Your ad for your gallery or art spacecould be on this page.The deadline each month to submit articles,photos and ads is the 24th of the monthprior to the next issue. This will be Mar. 24thfor the April 2012 issue and Apr. 24 for theMay 2012 issue. After that, it’s too late unlessyour exhibit runs into the next month.So act now to make sure your ad gets in thenext issue or make sure you get your pressrelease to us by deadline.Don’t forget to send us images too.We need them to be as least 3” wideby 300ppi or bigger if we ask to use themon our next cover.Virginia Scotchie, Cake, Ceramic, 16 x 11 x 11 inchesFeaturingthe work ofVirginia Scotchiea r t c o n s u l t a n c yProviding expertise tobusinesses and individuals.Connecting the publicwith artists in meaningfulways through projects,programming andcommunity partnerships.401 North Tryon StreetCharlotte, North Carolina 28202704.334.3799www.hodgestaylor.com

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Jerald Melberg Gallery inCharlotte, NC, FeaturesWorks by Susan GrossmanJerald Melberg Gallery in Charlotte,NC, will present the exhibit, Susan Grossman:Bright Light, Big City, featuringnew drawings by New York artist SusanGrossman, on view from Mar. 17 throughMay 19, 2012.Work by Susan GrossmanUsing charcoal and pastel, Grossmancreates luminous, shimmering drawingsof cityscapes. She most often exploresthe streets of New York City, camera inhand, to capture her imagery. A cinematicquality radiates through flashes of colorthat the artist couples with strong compositionaland perspectival effects.The gallery is publishing a full-colorcatalogue with an essay by John O‘Hernto accompany this exhibition. In the essay,O’Hern writes, “Susan Grossman’s lovefor the city and its theatrical effects oflight, dark, wet, and movement inspireslarge-scale charcoal and pastel drawingsthat some liken to film noir movie stills.Black and white movies, especially theclassics from the 40s and 50s, were masterpiecesof lighting. Without the easinessThe Waterworks Visual Arts Centerin Salisbury, NC, is offering new Springexhibitions under the heading, Multiplicity,on view through May 12, 2012. Theexhibitions include: two solo exhibitions,Structure vs. Spontaneity, featuring worksby David M. Kessler (Winston-Salem,NC) and Reaction, featuring works byJuie Rattley III (Kernersville, NC). Agroup show featuring works by twentytwoartists from Artworks Gallery inWinston-Salem, NC, explores multipleconnections through works in multiplemediums. The exhibition also featuresCelebrating Rowan County’s Young Artists,a rotating exhibition showcasingartwork from Salisbury-Rowan County’spublic, independent, and home-schooledstudents.David M. Kessler is an award-winningcontemporary artist working in both watercolorsand acrylic media. His paintingsare marked by bright colors, bold compositions,dynamic movement, and expressivebrushwork.Page 8 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Work by Susan Grossmanof color, the cinematographers brilliantlynuanced light and shadow to great dramaticeffect.”Grossman earned a BA from BenningtonCollege in 1981 and a MFA fromBrooklyn College in 1988. She has taughtat City College of New York and is currentlyteaching drawing at the NationalAcademy School of Fine Arts.Jerald Melberg Gallery is located onSouth Sharon Amity Road near the intersectionwith Providence Road.For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 704/365-3000 or visit (www.jeraldmelberg.com).Waterworks Visual Arts Center inSalisbury, NC, Offers New ExhibitsWork by David M. KesslerKessler states, “To create these livelyabstract compositions, I approach thecontinued above on next column to the rightTable of Contentscanvas with an open mind and no preconceivedideas of what will develop.Armed only with the design elementsof line, shape, color, value, and texture,I apply paint quickly with intuition andspontaneity.”While at Virginia Tech, Kessler studiedunder renowned artist Ray Kass. Aftergraduating magna cum laude from theCollege of Architecture at UNC-Charlotte,he continued designing compositions,studying art, and drawing. Kessler creditshis success to mentoring during workshopsby internationally known artist SterlingEdwards. Seeking another challenge,he studied the work of Jackson Pollack,Willem DeKooning, Hans Hoffman, andFranz Kline, which led him to exploreacrylic paints.In Structure vs Spontaneity Kesslerenjoys the interplay and contrast theyproduce. As an architect, he understandsthat structure forms the framework thatsupports a building. As an artist, he understandsthat a painting needs structurecreated by the design elements to formthe framework that supports the painting.David has exhibited in numerous solo andgroup exhibitions and his award-winningpaintings are found in corporate andprivate collections in North Carolina andthroughout the United States.Juie Rattley III’s creative and expressivebody of work features self portraits,figure paintings, and landscapes. His artprocess involves applying residual washesto the canvas. The painting surfaces arethen scraped, scratched, and sanded backdown to the visibility of raw canvas, andthen rebuilt. The rough and raw treatmentsilluminate through the finished surfaces ofhis work.Rattley’s artwork provides him with awide variety of opportunities to presenthis perception of the way he sees things.Through a series of self-portraits, heshows expressions of anger, resignation,and sadness in response to losing a childhoodfriend to gun violence in a homeinvasion. To preserve the idea of patienceand emotion in his figure paintings, hereveals each person’s gesture correctly tocapture their unique personality.Rattley received his BFA from UNC-Pembroke. While there, he studied withTarleton Blackwell and adopted Blackwell’smethods and style. He receivedhis MFA from the University of NorthCarolina-Greensboro where he wasawarded the prestigious Adelaide FortuneHolderness Fellowship.Work by Juie Rattley lllRattley teaches art at Winston-SalemState University and summer youth artcamps. His work has been exhibited ingalleries across the East Coast and hasbeen featured in numerous publicationslocally and regionally.Twenty-two artists from ArtworksGallery will present their unique artworkin a group show. Artworks Gallery is anartist-run cooperative gallery located inWinston-Salem, NC’s downtown artsdistrict. The Gallery is committed to offeringlocal artists of all media a creativeand responsive environment in which toexhibit and sell their work. They provideincreased exposure for each artist member’swork, networking with other artists,and an opportunity for the members tolearn skills involved in running a gallery.They offer individual and group exhibitionsof member artists’ works every fivecontinued on Page 9

Waterworks Visual Arts Centercontinued from Page 8to six weeks throughout the year.View of works by members of Artworks GalleryExhibiting artists include MaryBlackwell-Chapman, Alan Calhoun, FayeCollins, Nelida Otero Flatow, Chris Flory,Jim Gemma, Don Green, Nancy Hayes,E. O. (Ted) Hill, Alix Hitchcock, NanuLaRosee, Lea Lackey-Zachmann, EmilyDrew Mash, Jeremiah Miller, BeverlyNoyes, Betti Pettinati Longinotti, MitziShewmake, Anne Kesler Shields, LucySpencer, Cindy Taplin, Kim Varnadoe,and Mona Wu.Also on view at Waterworks is theexhibit, Celebrating Rowan County’sYoung Artists. Now in its 29th year, thisdisplay of artwork features the works ofnearly 800 students representing Salisbury-RowanCounty’s public, independent,and home-schooled students. Theseexhibitions celebrate both the outstandingefforts of the art specialists who teach theTraveling Soles Artist Group announcesits debut exhibition at Gaston College’sRauch Art Gallery in Dallas, NC, onview from Mar. 5 through Apr. 4, 2012.A reception will be held on Mar. 22, from6-7:30pm.creative process and the extraordinary talentsof our county’s youth. A reception tohonor the students and their families, theart specialists, and school administratorsare held during each exhibition rotation.Work by a student in the Youth exhibitThe exhibition schedule is: ThroughMar. 8 - Independent and home-schools,reception Mar. 1, 5-6:30pm; Mar. 10 – 29- Rowan-Salisbury Elementary Schools,reception Mar. 22, 5-6:30pm; Mar. 31– Apr. 19 - Rowan-Salisbury MiddleSchools, reception Apr. 5, 5-6:30pm; andApr. 21 – May 12 - Rowan-Salisbury HighSchools, reception May 3, 5-6:30pm.The Presenting Art Partner for Multiplicityis Susan and Edward Norvell.Waterworks Visual Arts Center is accreditedby the American Association ofMuseums.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call theCenter at 704/636-1882 or visit (www.waterworks.org).Gaston College in Dallas, NC, OffersExhibit for Women’s History MonthWork by Penny CarterNotably, this premier show celebratesWomen’s History Month. This is an evolutionarytime in our world for women;in addition to the US and the West, manycountries abroad are pushing the envelope.The divide between gender roles isincreasingly narrowing. As women evolveand move forward, let us not forget thewoman’s journey.Traveling Soles is a group of localwomen artists of varying backgroundsand ages exploring the artistic potential ofsoles, souls, fashion, and femininity.For centuries shoes have played anThe Stanly Arts Guild in Albemarle,NC, will present the exhibit, Nature AtIts Best - The Fourth Annual Ellen CookGaskin Memorial Art Show, on view atthe Falling Rivers Gallery in downtownAlbemarle, from Mar. 6 - 31, 2012.This art show, sponsored by the JohnGaskin Family, features the best in bothimportant role in a woman’s fashion statementand her personal identity. But thesefeminine icons have also held historical,political, and social meanings, andhave had notable functions in literature,music and the visual arts. Traveling Solesinvestigates the rich layers of connectionand meaning brought to mind by our notionsof the shoe. This visual conversationabout shoes includes the symbolic, ironic,personal, comic, historical, and politicalconnotations we transfer to these objectsthrough our individual artistic examinations.Work by Caroline RustWe hope you will join us in this visualconversation. Each artist brings her ownsources of inspiration and methods of artisticpursuit to the exhibition. This artisticinvestigation and exhibit makes a meaningfulcontribution to the way societyviews shoes and their role in our cultures.Artists of the Traveling Soles includes:Penny Carter, Anne Forcinito, Liz Funderburk,Barbara Hooley, Fulvia Luciano,Janice Mueller, Caroline Rust, PaulaSmith, and Pam Winegard.For further information check our NCInstitutional Gallery listings, call GaryFreeman at 704/922-6344 or visit (www.gaston.edu).Stanly Arts Guild in Albemarle,NC, Offers Annual Nature Exhibit2D and 3D art. All mediums of art arepermitted and encouraged - including clay,fiber, glass, metal and wood, as well as oil,pastel, and watercolor paintings and photography.Prizes awarded for first, second,third and honorable mentions amount to$1200. Each piece of art submitted mustcontinued above on next column to the rightTable of Contentsincorporate at least one element from thethemes: Feather, Fish, Fur, Field, Flower,and Forest.The judge for this show is Bob Travers,internationally renowned wildlife andlandscape artist. Travers received his arteducation at the Pratt Institute in NewYork and currently paints on his horseranch in the Blue Ridge Mountains ofNorth Carolina.The Stanly Arts Guild and their FallingRivers Gallery is sponsored in part by theProvidence Gallery in Charlotte, NC,will present an exhibit of works by paintersJames Celano and Natalie George, onview from Mar. 6 - 30, 2012.Albemarle Improvement LLC, the StanlyCounty Arts Council, and receives supportfrom the North Carolina Arts Council,an agency of the Department of CulturalResources, and the National Endowmentfor the Arts, which believes a great nationdeserves great art.For further information check our NCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the galleryat 704/983-4278 or visit(www.fallingriversgallery.com).Providence Gallery in Charlotte,NC, Features Works by JamesCelano and Natalie GeorgeWork by James CelanoCelano and George are both traditionalstill life painters, specializing in floralsand vignettes featuring fruit, china, potteryand glassware.After studying art and art history at theUniversity of Delaware, Celano continuedhis studies at the prestigious PennsylvaniaAcademia of Fine Arts, graduatingin 1983. The painter currently lives andworks in Greensboro, NC.Celano describes himself as a representationalpainter, “drawn to a more painterlyapproach to painting.” According toCelano, his paintings reveal his emotionalresponse as an artist to his subject. It isOur policy at Carolina Arts is to presenta press release about an exhibit only onceand then go on, but many major exhibitsare on view for months. This is our effort toremind you of some of them.City Art Gallery located in the CongareeVista area of Columbia, SC, is presentingthe exhibit, Brian Rego: Recent Oil Paintings,on view through Mar. 17, 2012.this personal expression of the painter,through the abstract language of painting,maintains Celano that is essential to thesuccessful rendering of a “genuine painting.”North Carolina native Natalie Georgegraduated from Guilford College in 1995with a BA in Visual Art. She then pursuedan opportunity to further her studiesin Italy, on the picturesque grounds of amedieval castle in the Alpine Tyrol region.While there, George took full advantageof her proximity to historic cities andtowns of artistic significance, studyingthe rich culture and more specifically, thehistory and beauty of Western Europeanpainting and sculpture.Work by Natalie GeorgeLater, George became aware of theclassical realism art movement, and wasinspired by San Francisco artist WillWilson’s work. In 2000 she continued tohone her skills, choosing to study with D.Jeffrey Mims, renowned classical realismpainter and founder of the Academy ofClassical Design in Southern Pines, NC.For further information, check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, or visit(www.providencegallery.net).Some Exhibits That Are Still On ViewWork by Brian RegoRego is currently an Adjunct Professor ofFigure Drawing and Foundations at the Universityof South Carolina and an AdjunctProfessor of Figure Painting and FigureDrawing at Benedict College in Columbia.A graduate of the University of South Carolinaand the Pennsylvania Academy of FineArt in Philadelphia, PA, Rego is co-founderof the Perceptual Painters Collective.For further information check our SCCommercial Gallery listings, contact WendythWells at 803/252-3613 or visit(www.cityartonline.com).The Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia,SC, is presenting the exhibit, Natureand the Grand American Vision: Masterpiecesof the Hudson River School Painters,on view through Apr. 1, 2012,Forty-five magnificent paintings from therich collection of the New-York HistoricalSociety will be on view at the ColumbiaMuseum of Art in a major traveling exhibitionNature and the Grand American Vision:Masterpieces of the Hudson River SchoolPainters. Though individual works are veryseldom loaned, these iconic works of 19thcenturylandscape painting are travelingon a national tour for the first time and arecirculating to four museums around thecountry as part of the Historical Society’straveling exhibitions program Sharing aNational Treasure. The Columbia Museumof Art is the only stop in the Southeast.For further information check our SC InstitutionalGallery listings, call the Museumat 803/799-2810 or visit (www.columbiamuseum.org).The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC,is presenting the exhibit, Jun Kaneko: Inthe Round, on view at the Mint MuseumUptown through Apr. 28, 2012. The exhibitwas curated by Carla Hanzal, Mint Curatorof Contemporary Art.Kaneko is best known for his Dangosculptures. Each of these monumentalsculptures is hand-built, and combinestraditional ceramics techniques as well asthe ancient Shinto concept of ‘Ma’ whichloosely translates into ‘attachment throughspace.’ On each sculpture, Kaneko createshighly patterned surfaces comprised ofrhythmic graphic elements—squares, lines,and dots—to infer connections: “To me, apattern or color repeated, makes some kindcontinued on Page 14Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 9

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South Carolina State Museumin Columbia, SC, FeaturesExhibition of Abstract WorksThe new art exhibit on view at theSouth Carolina State Museum in Columbia,SC, examines a topic not alwaysquickly associated with the traditionsof the Palmetto State – abstract art. Theexhibit, Abstract Art in South Carolina:1949-2012, on view through Aug. 26,2012, in the Lipscomb Art Gallery, is thefirst inclusive look at the evolution and influencesof abstract painting and sculpturein South Carolina.across the state. Local artists beganexploring new ideas and pursued artisticopportunities in and out of the state, andSouth Carolina college and universityart departments began - and continue - tobring in artists from across the UnitedStates, to teach and exhibit their work.”This practice brought in new ideasabout how to approach the making of art.In other instances, South Carolina natives,influenced by other artists and exploringtheir own ideas, pursued artistic opportunitiesoutside of the state. Their influences,such as the Southern landscape,tidal creeks and marshes, plus a variety ofcultural experiences, remained influentialin their work.“Many influences worked togetherto bring South Carolina art to the pointit is today,” Matheny said. “This exhibitionreflects the journeys made by theseindividuals, the art they created, and theirinfluences along the way.”“The exhibit includes many large scaleworks of art on canvas, as well as mixedmedia work that pushed the boundaries,and our perceptions, of how abstract artis perceived,” said the curator. “Museumguests will be surprised and inspired bythe work of these important artists.”www.ArtXpress.comThe Structure, by William Halsey, an oil on masonitework from 1949, courtesy of theGibbes Museum of Art. Photo courtesy SC StateMuseumThe exhibit will include work bypioneering artists such as William Halsey,Corrie McCallum, J. Bardin, Carl Blairand Merton Simpson, and contemporaryartists currently working in communitiesacross South Carolina today, such as BrianRutenberg, James Busby, Shaun Cassidy,Enid Williams, Paul Yanko, Katie Walkerand Tom Stanley, among many others.Cherry Grove 2, a 2004-05 oil on canvas, is anexample of the abstract art of Myrtle Beach, SC’sBrian Rutenberg, a successful, creative forcein the New York art world. Photo courtesy SCState MuseumIn all, work by more than 40 artistswill be included in the exhibition, whichfocuses on one of the most important aspectsof South Carolina’s visual culture.“South Carolina has a rich history invisual art, and abstract painting and sculpturehave played a huge role in this historybeginning in the mid-20th century,” saidCurator of Art Paul Matheny.“Following World War II, the appreciationof art and culture began to expandSumter County Gallery of Art inSumter, SC, is presenting the exhibit,Shimmer: The Contemporary Tapestriesof Jon Eric Riis, on view through Apr. 20,2012.Untitled, by Merton Simpson, oil on canvas in1949. Courtesy of the Gibbes Museum of Art.Photo courtesy SC State MuseumMatheny said the art includes paint mediafrom acrylic and oil on canvas, woodpanel and paper to three-dimensionalworks made of cast aluminum, other metals,and stone.The project is funded in part by theCultural Council of Richland and LexingtonCounties and the South CarolinaArts Commission, which receives supportfrom the National Endowment of the Artsand the John and Susan Bennett MemorialArts Fund of the Coastal CommunityFoundation of SC.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings, contact PaulMatheny at 803/898-4921 or visit (www.southcarolinastatemuseum.org).Sumter County Gallery of Art in Sumter,SC, Features Works by Jon Eric RiisWork by Jon Eric RiisRiis holds a BFA from the School ofthe Art Institute of Chicago, an MFA fromthe Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michiganand was awarded a Fulbright scholarshipfor his studies in India. Riis was alsoan original founder of the Museum ofDesign Atlanta.Executive Director, Karen Watsonstates that the gallery is excited to be presentingsuch a large and varied exhibitionof Riis’ work. She says it began in 2009when Jon Eric Riis’ work was featuredin the exhibition Tradition/Innovation:American Masterpieces of Southern Craftand Traditional Art that was at the SumterCounty Gallery of Art in September of2009. Riis was also a presenter for “TalkingThreads: A Quilt & Fiber Arts Symposium”in conjunction with the Tradition/Innovation exhibition. Watson remembersRiis as being warm and gracious andenthusiastic about The Sumter CountyGallery of Art and how well the exhibitioncontinued above on next column to the rightTable of ContentsMary Whyte’s newest book is available!South Carolina’s premiere online art supplystore specializing in Holbein,Charles Reid & Mary Whyte Art Suppliesand symposium had been organized andpresented. The gallery immediately approachedhim about a possible show andhe was very receptive to the idea.Work by Jon Eric RiisConsidered by many to be the nation’sleading contemporary tapestry artist, Riis,who is from Atlanta, GA, has perhapsmore than any other artist, taken theancient craft of hand-woven tapestry tothe level of important contemporary fineart. Often imbuing his subject matter withhighly critical social and cultural ideas,such as the Iraq war, Riis’ provocative artis as important for its content as it is for itsstunning execution and unmatched technicalprowess. The meticulous works aresupremely crafted, astonishing in visualeffect and profound in concept.Riis’ work is informed by his researchinto the historical textiles of Pre-ColumbianPeru, Imperial China, and Russianecclesiastical vestments. Many of thetapestries in the Sumter exhibition are inthe form of a “universal coat,” or religiousBuddhist vestments. This form offersmany opportunities for reflection on thehuman condition.Riis states, “clothing is our ‘secondskin’. A coat can be interpreted as a containerfor all of Humanity’s positive andnegative attributes, protection, warmthand I play with the hidden aspects of this,contrasting the exterior with the interior.”Watson sees the jacket as a “storyboard”, illustrating a narrative on the outsideof the coat that, when opened revealsa startling conclusion - often addressingcontemporary socio-political contentwithin the hidden, equally detailed interiorof each piece which is often at odds withthe viewer’s expectations.800-535-5908Rebecca A.T. Stevens of The TextileMuseum in Washington, DC, states,“Whether questioning race relations,religious obsession, folk tales, or culturalsymbols, Riis uses myth and historicaltextiles to investigate contemporary issuesof beauty and personal identity and usesthese references to remind the viewer ofthe continuity of humankind’s strugglesand accomplishments. His works are luxuriousand intriguing, yet the subject matteris often unsettling and unexpected. He hascertainly pushed traditional tapestry intothe 21st century one thread at a time.”The art of tapestry weaving waspracticed by ancient peoples from Egyptto Peru. Tapestry weaving emerged inEurope as an important art form in theMiddle Ages, when large tapestries servedpractical and aesthetic functions such asinsulating hangings and moveable interiordecorations. In Asia, tapestries were generallyused for smaller accessories, functionalobjects and fine apparel. Riis’ workhas been influenced by Russian ecclesiasticaltextiles, Russian icons and imperialcourt costumes from the Qing dynasty inChina (1644-1911). In 2006 Riis had theopportunity to spend time in Eastern Tibetand many of the works in this exhibitionreference this experience.Work by Jon Eric RiisRiis states, “I try to link my work tothe ancestral and universal textile tradition,using historical iconography toaddress contemporary themes. Much ofmy work abounds in references to myths,beliefs and the material culture of the past.I want my work to take on an aura of thesacred and ceremonial and above all theluxurious and sensual. I often embellishmy tapestries with precious materialscontinued on Page 12Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 11

ASSEMBLYMAINA USC ColiseumB SC State CapitalC USC HorseshoeD McKissick MuseumE SC State LibraryFGHUSCAreaBLOSSOMABULLHUGERSUMTERCDPENDLETONEHUGERBSENATEGERVAISASSEMBLYMAINSUMTERMARIONBULLMaps of Columbia, SC’sCommercial & Institutional Gallery Spaces1SENATEPULASKIGERVAISCongaree Vista &Downtown AreaGERVAISmap not to scale or proportionAHUGERCONGAREE RIVERLADYGalleries & Museums ofthe Congaree Vista Area1 One Eared Cow Glass2 Vista Studios/Gallery 808083 CITY ART4 The Gallery at Nonnah’s5678910A SC State MuseumB Wachovia Gallery/LibraryC Columbia Museum of ArtD Columbia Convention CenterGADSDENHAMPTONHAMPTONTAYLORTAYLOR2GervaisAssemblyMain StreetLadyMain Street AreaGervais to TaylorWashington121Hampton2Richland Co. Public LibraryColumbia Museum of ArtAssemblyMain StreetTaylorDSENATE4GERVAISLINCOLNPARKWest Columbia Insert3TaylorAssemblyMain Street3BlandingMain Street AreaTaylor to ElmwoodLaurelCalhoun3 Tapp’s Arts CenterAssemblyMain StreetElmwoodS. MARBLE ST.STATE ST.CONGAREE RIVERMEETING ST.GERVAISAASSEMBLYLADYWASHINGTONMAINBHAMPTONCMAINTAYLORSumter County Gallery of Artcontinued from Page 11such as gold and silk thread, freshwaterpearls, crystal, turquoise and coral beads.I attempt to push the tapestry genre, as Iinvestigate issues of identity, life and thehuman condition. I am also interested inthe notions of beauty using myths andhistoric textiles as points of departure.”As a fiber artist, Riis has exhibited hishand-woven tapestries throughout Europeand Asia. His tapestry work can be foundin numerous private and public collectionsincluding the Metropolitan Museum of Artin New York, Art Institute of Chicago, TheMinneapolis Institute of Art, IndianapolisMuseum of Art, The Cleveland Museumof Art, The Museum of Art and Designin New York, the High Museum, Atlantaand The Renwick Gallery of the Smithso-Work by Raymond KentKent is a muti-media artist workingin acrylic, watercolor, and pastels whosepaintings have a nature theme as well aspaintings of local landmark buildings. “IPage 12 - Carolina Arts, March 2012nian American Museum of Art. Riis wasrecently selected as 2011 USA WindgateFellow.This large solo exhibition by such aworld renowned tapestry artist was madepossible by a generous contribution fromJewish Charities of Sumter and the effortsof Robert Moses as well as additionalsupport from Covenant Place, A & PRecycling Company and Susan James atBroadstone Manor and the efforts of theSumter County Gallery of Art Board ofDirectors.For further information check ourSC Institutional Gallery listings, call thegallery at 803/775-0543 or visit (www.sumtergallery.org).Hitchcock Health Center in Aiken,SC, Features Works by Raymond KentThe Hitchcock Health Center in Aiken,SC, will present an exhibit of works byRaymond Kent, sponsored by the AikenArtist Guild, on view from Mar. 2 - 30,2012.feel a special connection with time-wornbuildings that have survived the years. Ithink it may have something to do withmy own aging process and my appreciationfor the beauty of what we all sharehere in Aiken.” remarks Kent.The artist and his wife retired fromNew England in 1999, and moved tocontinued on Page 13TheGALLERYatNonnah’sOffering works by local & regional artistsServing Lunch M-F, 11:30am-2pmEvening hours: M-Th., 5-11pmFri., 5pm-12:30am & Sat., 6pm-12:30am803/779-9599 • www.nonnahs.com928 Gervais Street • Columbia, SCTable of Contents

Hitchcock Health Centercontinued from Page 12Florida. While in Florida, he trained extensivelywith Bertha Kirby, a well knownPort Orange artist. Moving to Aiken in2005, he continued his learning processwith local artists through classes at the AikenCenter for the Arts. “My golf buddiesrefer to me as a quarterback because wemoved a quarter of the way back to NewEngland. We both love it here and plan tomake it our last stop on our great adventure.”says Kent.As an artist, Kent looks at art as a greatThe Columbia Museum of Art inColumbia, SC, honors the late HonorableMatthew Perry with the exhibit, The Lifeand Times of Judge Matthew Perry: Capturedin Photographs by Cecil J. Williams,on view in the Community Gallery fromFeb. 14 through Apr. 1, 2012.opportunity to interpret what interests us.“It forces us to look for the details of whatwe see every day. A tree is not a simpletrunk with branches and leaves. You haveto look between the branches to see thevarying colors, shadows and the effect oflight on the subject,” explains the artist.For further information check ourSC Institutional Gallery listings, call theCenter at 803/648-8344 or visit (www.aikenartistguild.org).Columbia Museum of Art inColumbia, SC, FeaturesPhotographs by Cecil J. WilliamsPhoto of Judge Matthew Perry by Cecil J. WilliamsJudge Matthew Perry, senior USDistrict judge for South Carolina, becamea towering civil rights figure who usedhis intellect, work ethic and courage tohelp end segregation. In Orangeburg,SC, during the 1960s, Perry representedhundreds of students jailed for civil rightsdemonstrations and also led the successfulcourt battle for Harvey Gantt to integrateClemson University in 1963. In 1976,President Gerald Ford appointed Perry, thefirst African-American lawyer from theSouth Carolina State University inOrangeburg, SC, in partnership withSC State’s National Alumni Association(SCSUNAA) will present the exhibit,Andy Warhol: Legends from the CochranCollection, on view at the I.P. StanbackMuseum and Planetarium, from Mar. 2through Apr. 13, 2012. A reception will beheld on Mar. 2, starting at 6pm.The exhibition will offer visitors arare opportunity to view original artworkby Andy Warhol from the private collectionof Wesley and Missy Cochran, inconjunction with photographs from theI.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium’scollections, donated by the Andy WarholFoundation for the Visual Arts. Warholwas a leading figure in the visual artmovement known as Pop Art.In 2008, The I.P. Stanback Museumand Planetarium applied to participate inThe Andy Warhol Photographic LegacyProgram honoring the 20th anniversaryof the Andy Warhol Foundation for theVisual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundationfor the Visual Arts awarded the I.P.Stanback Museum and Planetarium withoriginal black and white gelatin silverprints and Polaroid photographs whichhave since emerged into “Warhol in Pictures,”the first time this group of photoswill be exhibited.Andy Warhol: Legends from the CochranCollection offers a wide samplingof Warhol silkscreens, dating from 1974through his last series completed in 1986,just prior to his death in 1987. From actorJohn Wayne (1962) to rock star MickDeep South, to the United States MilitaryCourt of Appeals.Cecil J. Williams’ photographscaptured the African-American experiencethroughout the second half of the20th century. He is a graduate of ClaflinUniversity in Orangeburg and is the yearbookphotographer for Claflin and SouthCarolina State University. At 14 yearsold, Williams began freelancing for JETMagazine and his photographs have appearedin state and national photographicexhibitions, numerous historical books,motion pictures and national publicationsincluding Time, Newsweek and AssociatedPress.The installation is presented by NelsonMullins. Additional sponsors include:Smith Family Foundation, AmericanBoard of Trial Advocates, Mr. Arthur Primas,Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A., AlphaIota Member Boulé - Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity,Delta Chi Member Boulé - Sigma PiPhi Fraternity, First Citizens Foundation,South Carolina Black Lawyers Association,Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Fant, Sr.,Lynette and Allard Allston, Susan Thorpeand John Baynes, Claflin University andDr. and Mrs. Burnett W. Gallman.For further information check ourSC Institutional Gallery listings, call theMuseum at 803/799-2810 or visit (www.columbiamuseum.org).SC State University in Orangeburg,SC, Features Works by Andy WarholWarhol relocated to New York City wherehe found steady employment as a commercialartist, working as an illustratorfor several magazines including The NewYorker, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, aswell as creating advertising and windowdisplays for retail stores such as BonwitTeller and I. Miller. Warhol was one of themost important and influential artists ofthe 20th century.Launched in England during the 1950s,Pop Art borrowed popular culture imagesfrom movies, comic books and advertising,particularly found on billboards andJagger (1975), the Cochran Collection embodiesWarhol’s cubist-like displacements, Warhol enjoyed a successful career as afood packaging. Throughout the 1950s,doubling outlines and collage-like patterns commercial artist, winning several commendationsfrom the Art Director’s Clubwhich explore the relationship betweenartistic expression and celebrity culture and the American Institute of Graphicand advertisement.Arts. During this era, he shortened hisname to “Warhol.” With the rapid growthof his career as an illustrator, he formedAndy Warhol Enterprises in 1957.In 1960, Warhol painted his first worksbased on comics and advertisements,enlarging and transferring the sourceimages onto his canvases with an opaqueprojector. This marked a turning point inWarhol’s career. Appropriating imagesfrom popular culture, Warhol createdmany paintings and sculptures that remainicons of 20th century art, such as Brillo,DelMonte, Heinz Boxes, Campbell’s Soupcans, Coca-Cola images, Marilyn Monroeand Elvis series. He also developed Cowboysand Indians series which will be seenin its entirety in this exhibition.In addition to painting and creating boxPink by Andy Warholsculptures, Warhol began working in otherAndy Warhol, born Andrew Warhola mediums including producing the record,on August 6, 1928 to Slovak immigrants, “The Velvet Underground,” magazinewas reared in a working class suburb publishing and filmmaking.of Pittsburgh, PA. At a very young age, Warhol also produced several paintingsWarhol showed an interest in photography in collaboration with other artists, includingKeith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiatand drawing, attending free classes atCarnegie Institute, located in Pittsburgh. and Francesco Clemente. In 1963, WarholThe only member of his family to attend established a studio, famous for his parties,on the fifth floor at 231 East 47thcollege, he entered the Carnegie Instituteof Technology (now Carnegie Mellon Street in New York City. The “fifth floor”University) in 1945 where he majored became known as the “Factory” and wasin pictorial design. Upon graduation, wallpapered in aluminum foil, displayingcontinued above on next column to the right continued on Page 14Table of ContentsTime Signatures (back detail), by Susan LenzSusan Lenzis participating in701 CCA Columbia Open StudiosApril 21 - 22, 2012in her new “home” studio atMOUSE HOUSE,FRAMES & ANTIQUARIAN PRINTSI N C O L U M B I A ’ S V I S T AfeaturingEthel BrodyStephen ChesleyHeidi Darr-HopeJeff DonovanPat GilmartinRobert KennedySusan LenzSharon C. LicataLaurie McIntoshMichel McNinchKirkland SmithLaura SpongDavid YaghjianartistsOpen weekdays.Call for hours: 803.252.6134808 Lady St., Columbia SC 29201www.VistaStudios80808.comgalleryavailable for rentalmodest rate | professional exhibition spaceCall 803.771.7008upcomingINC.2123 Park Street • Columbia, SC 29201 • (803) 254-0842mouse_house@prodigy.net • http://mousehouseinc.blogspot.comexhibitionsMarch 1 - 6, 2012Alexander Wilds and Yukiko OkaMarch 8 - 20, 2012Contemporary Abstraction II - Michael Brodeur,Anna Redwine, Tom Stanley, H. Brown Thornton,Enid Williams & Paul YankoMarch 22 - April 3, 2012About Face Member ExhibitionsShadows and Tall Trees & Outside the LinesCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 13

South Carolina Watermedia SocietyWORKSHOPAnne Hightower-PattersonMastering the Art of GlazingMarch 25 - 28, 2012Lutheran Retreat Center, Isle of Palms, SCLimited to the first 20 studentsFor more information, contact Damita Jeter at 803-351-2721.To register, go online at www.scwatermedia.comMiss Sally’s Bonnet, by Anne Hightower-Patterson2012 Annual Juried ExhibitionCity Art, Columbia, SCJuly 7 - September 2, 2012 Digital entries due: May 11, 2012All entries must be online and only members may enter.Membership is $45 for new members. Residents of the statesof Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina may join.An additional entry may be made for $10 or donation to theSC Watermedia Society’s small works show and sale.See details online at www.scwatermedia.com.South Carolina State Universitycontinued from Page 13his favorite color, silver.Following a routine gall bladder surgery,Warhol died of complications duringhis recovery on February 2, 1987. Afterhis burial in Pittsburgh, his friends andassociates organized a memorial mass atSt. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York Cityon April 1.The I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium’sstaff and museum students, whiletraveling to present at the Association ofAfrican-American Museums (AAAM)Conference in Pittsburgh, had the opportunityto visit and explore The Andy WarholMuseum, one of the most comprehensivesingle-artist museums in the world.Renovated and reopened on Feb. 23,2007 after being closed for several years,the I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetariumlocated on the campus of South CarolinaState University in Orangeburg, SC,is an embodiment of SC State University’scommitment to community service enhancingthe appreciation of Civil Rights,Arts, Science and Humanities in a singlefacility. The Stanback is of significantof visual order. Even if I desire to use a line,an endless combination of lines is possible.The spaces between the marks contributea great deal to the tonality of the finishedwork.”For more info check our NC InstitutionalGallery listings, call 704/337-2000 or visit(www.mintmuseum.org).The NC Museum of History in Raleigh,NC, is presenting the exhibit, The Photographyof Lewis Hine: Exposing Child Laborin North Carolina, 1908-1918, on viewthrough Mar. 25, 2012.In the early 1900s, most child workers inNorth Carolina textile mills labored 10 to 12Page 14 - Carolina Arts, March 2012national importance as the only facilityof its kind, an interdisciplinary Museumand Planetarium, at any Historically BlackCollege and University and one of few inthe country.Founded in 1896 as a land grant institutionwith a mission of providing serviceto the citizens of the state, South CarolinaState University has evolved from a smallteachers’ college into a major Universitycenter of learning and research. Locatedin Orangeburg, with a student populationof some 4,500, South Carolina Stateoffers more than 50 different fields ofstudy on the undergraduate and graduatelevels. South Carolina State University isaccredited by the Southern Association ofColleges and Schools and is a member ofthe Council of Graduate Schools.For further information check ourSC Institutional Gallery listings, contactEllen Zisholtz, director, at 803/536-7174or Ingrid Owens, program manager, at803/536-8329 or visit (www.scsuCRASH.blogspot.com).Some Exhibits That Are Still On Viewcontinued from Page 9 / back to Page 9hours, six days a week. They toiled in hot,humid, lint-filled air that triggered respiratorydiseases. They endured the deafeningroar of textile machinery. They risked seriousinjury from dangerous, exposed gearsand belts. They forfeited a childhood.In 1908, the National Child Labor Committeehired photographer Lewis Hine todocument the horrendous working conditionsof young workers across the UnitedStates. That same year, he began visitingNorth Carolina’s textile mills, where abouta quarter of all workers were under age 16.Some were as young as 6.continued on Page 20Table of ContentsAiken Center for the Arts in Aiken,SC, Features Works by Lindy CrandellThe Aiken Center for the Arts in Aiken,SC, will present a solo exhibit of worksby award winning artist, Lindy Crandell,on view in the Aiken Artist Guild Gallery,from Mar. 1- 30, 2012. A reception will beheld on Mar. 17, from 6-8pm.Work by Lindy CrandellCrandell works in oils, colored pencils,and pastels to produce paintings withpainstaking detail. She and her husbandspend the summers in the Western part ofMichigan and the winters in Aiken. Herwork has been featured in many showsand galleries in Michigan.As a child, Crandell was greatly influencedand inspired by her mother whowas an artist. During her college years sherealized that there might be a way to directher talents toward a “real” job. Crandellfocused on interior design and worked asa commercial interior designer for over 20years. “Even though I loved this work, Istill wanted to paint,” states the artist.Crandell spent four years in Tokyoleaving her career and joining her husbandwhose job took them to Japan. While inJapan she went back to art school startingright back with basic drawing and studiedher way to pastels, colored pencils andoils. After returning to the US, Crandellcontinued her education taking classes2011 Best in Show: Izabella by Barbara StittSCWS Contact: Damita Jeter, Executive Director • 803-351-2721 • scwatermediasociety@gmail.com • www.scwatermedia.comat Kendall College Of Art and Design inGrand Rapids, MI. She also attended multipleworkshops with noted artist, LarryBlovits and others.“I love to work in oils, but also usuallyhave a colored pencil or pastel paintinggoing at the same time,” adds Crandell.“I am fascinated by the brilliance ofnature and I try to see the beauty in whatmay seem ordinary things. Detail is mything and, if I can begin to reproduce thebeauty that God has put on this earth, I amthrilled.”Work by Lindy CrandellCrandell works from her own photographsusing her computer to see closeup the details she needs to produce in herdrawings and paintings. “After a career ofdesign and drafting, precision is embeddedin my brain. This is my style and Ilike being authentic as a person and asartist,” says Crandell.Among Crandell’s recent awards are:2012 Aiken Retrospective Best of Show,2011 Carolina’s Got Art! Traveling Exhibition,2011 Aiken Artist Guild MemberShow Best Animal Painting.For further information check ourSC Institutional Gallery listings, call theCenter at 803/641-9094 or visit (www.aikencenterforthearts.org).You can contact us by calling 843/825-3408 or by e-mail at - info@carolinaarts.combut do it before the 24th of the month prior to our next issue.

USC- Beaufort in Beaufort,SC, Features Works by TheArt Beyond Tradition GroupUSC- Beaufort in Beaufort, SC, ispresenting the exhibit, New Vibrations,featuring abstract works by 12 membersof The Art Beyond Tradition group, onview through Apr. 30, 2012.The artists, who reside on Hilton HeadIsland, Bluffton, Beaufort and Columbia,SC, are known throughout the area fortheir unique style and exquisite artwork.They include painters: Deanna Bowdish,Cindy Chiappetta, Marilyn Dizikes, JoDye, Vickie Jourdan, Mary Jane Martin,Mary Sullivan, Joan Templer, Arla CrumlickWible, Caroll Williams and Irene K.Williamson; and sculptor Sharon CollingsLicata.Work by Vickie JourdanVickie Jourdan’s Attitude, where boldreds and blended hues ring true to theirtitle, is a painting that says as much aboutthe artist as the observer. Far from subtle,it asserts itself dramatically.Sharon Licata works in stone. Hersculpture entitled Thunder shows anamazing flexibility of design. The stoneseems to swirl and wrap around itselfforming an open space that defies credibility.Mary Jane Martin has produced apainting titled Java. Colorful patches appearto be escaping from the muted background,whereas in Grounded, a mutedpalette is used, playing to texture and text.Following some of the conceptsof color-mass abstract painting, ArlaCrumlick Wible has produced studies inBrown, Browns and Greens, while IreneK. Williamson brings a collage entitledInterrupted as well as an abstract paintingtitled Out of Control. In this second painting,the vigorous swirls of color and madsplashes and dashes of paint appear to beout of control, yet the total environment isthat of a carefully controlled painting.Caroll Williams describes her artas 2-1/2 D. Her wall mounted artworkuses found objects and “turns them intosomething quite different from theiroriginal use”. Her philosophy is to do aslittle as possible to these objects: “In thatway, the qualities that originally attractedme to them - the weathering, the patinaof age, the quirkiness - continue to shinethrough.” This can easily be seen in herpieces titled Transported and Grids, Boxesand Drawers.Williams says, “In the late 70s, I beganthe study of graphic design which led toa satisfying 30 year career. After my husband’sretirement to Hilton Head Island,and my own semi-retirement, I finally hadthe time to experiment with making artfrom the kinds of materials I’ve alwaysloved and collected: peeling, paintedboards; rusty objects; staircase spindles;ephemera of all varieties.”The Art Beyond Tradition has beentogether and showing its work as a groupsince 2008. It has held two successfulshows at the Arts Center of CoastalCarolina and most recently at the CoastalDiscovery Museum on Hilton HeadIsland, SC.“We are so pleased to be holding ourcurrent show at the University of SouthCarolina Beaufort,” says Irene K. Williamson,manager of the Art BeyondTradition group and one of its artists. “It isimportant to find venues that enhance theboldness of the art and provide the spacefor the 12 members of the group to displaytheir work.”“We welcome Art Beyond Traditionand their current show, New Vibrations,”says Bonnie Hargrove, USC-Beaufort gallerydirector. “The university is pleased topresent this fine body of work.”Located in the heart of the CarolinaSea Islands, the University of South CarolinaBeaufort (USCB) is a senior institutionof the University of South Carolinasystem serving the southeast coast ofGeorgia and South Carolina. USCB hasbeen the fastest growing baccalaureate institutionin the USC system since becominga four year university in 2002. Theuniversity has two campuses which servea diverse student body of more than 1750students. The Historic Beaufort campus,located on Beaufort’s downtown waterfront,houses an innovative baccalaureatestudio arts program in close proximity toBeaufort’s many art galleries. The HiltonHead Gateway campus in Bluffton, S.C.,offers cutting-edge Computational Scienceand Nursing laboratories and is the hometo Sand Shark athletics. USCB offersstudents an exceptional place to learn andlive in an environment focused on growth,preservation and opportunity.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings, call 843/208-8030 or visit (www.uscb.edu).Walter Greer Gallery onHilton Head Island, SC, OffersWorks by Lynda K. PotterThe Art League of Hilton Head is presentingthe exhibit, Celebration of Paintand Water, featuring works by Lynda K.Potter, on view in the Walter Greer Gallery,located in the Arts Center of CoastalCarolina, on view through Mar. 31, 2012.A reception will be held on Mar. 2, from5-7pm.Working in watercolor, acrylic andmixed media, Potter uses loose brushstrokesto evoke the magic of the Lowcountryworld with its charming cottages,live oaks dripping with Spanish moss,sunsets on rivers, marshlands in earlymorning light and beaches alive with colorsof sand and sky. Her florals, lush withsoft edges, as well as her landscapes arepainted in what the Bluffton resident calls“abstract realism.”“ Her [Potter’s] work is an artful balanceof what the viewer knows is thereand what the viewer’s imagination bringsto the painting.... It is the free-flow of imcontinuedabove on next column to the rightGreenwood Dr.Table of ContentsCalibogue SoundSea PinesPlantation12DTollBoothCordillo ParkwayS. Forest Beach Dr.PalmettoPope AvenuePublic BeachAtlantic OceanThese maps are not to exactscale or exact distances. Theywere designed to give readershelp in locating galleries andart spaces in the area.SpanishWellsWexford3TollBooth10New Orleans Dr.Pope Ave. Executive Park Rd.ShipyardPlantationN. Forest Beach Dr.To Bluffton& I-95LongCoveClub278WindmillHarbour1ACross IslandHilton Head Island, SCpression from the realism that delights...Potter’s work always offers somethingnew,” wrote The Island Packet’s NancyWellard.The artist, a signature member of thePennsylvania Watercolor Society, hasbeen featured in more than 21 one-womanexhibitions as well as numerous groupshows. She has also been invited to showher paintings in more than 30 exhibitionsin New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Herwork has been published in six books.Charles Street Gallery in Beaufort,SC, will present the exhibit, New Workby Carol Henry, on view from Mar. 9through Apr. 1, 2012. A reception will be278Skull Creek92Expressway (Toll)CPalmettoDunes ResortEWilliam Hilton ParkwayIndigo RunShelter Cove8Main StreetCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 153William HiltonHilton HeadResortHilton HeadPlantation7278Marshland Rd.ParkwayWhooping Crane WayPort Royal SoundGallery Spaces1 Morris & Whiteside Galleries2 The Red Piano Art Gallery3 Smith GalleriesOther Points of InterestA HHI Visitor’s CenterB Hilton Head Island Public LibraryC Art League of Hilton Head Gallery atthe Walter Greer GalleryD Art League Art AcademyE Coastal Discovery Museum @ Honey Horn6 mile MarkerPotter, who lives in Bluffton, SC, alsoteaches watermedia classes at the Academyof the Art League of Hilton Head.Also on exhibit during March areworks from Art League member artists.The Art League of Hilton Head is anot-for-profit membership organizationdedicated to promoting and supporting thevisual arts.For further information check ourSC Institutional Gallery listings, call theleague at 843/681-5060 or visit (www.artleaguehhi.org).Charles Street Gallery in Beaufort,SC, Offers Works by Carol Henryheld on Mar. 9, from 5:30-9pm.The exhibition offers a show of newwork by Carol Henry, an internationalprintmaker whose vibrant colors on paperreflect a beauty-saturated world. Henrylives in Beaufort a few months of the year,also maintaining a home and studio inIreland, where she is a member of CorkPrintmakers, a jury-selected associationfor artists working in Ireland.Henry’s pencil studies of flora progressinto bold and loose silk-screened blossoms.A series of simplified and brightlandscapes, easily associated with theLowcountry, seem to be made by elongatingthe same blossom petals.The Charles Street Gallery is an establishedsource for Lowcountry and internationalart, presented within a carefullyrenovated house surrounded by a lushgarden in the middle of Beaufort’s historicdistrict.For further information check our SCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 843-521-9054 or visit (www.thecharlesstreetgallery.com).Don’t see your article here?You have to send it to us first - it’s as easy as pie.The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the monthprior to the next issue. This will be Mar. 24th for the April 2012 issue and Apr. 24 for theMay 2012 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the next month.4

Paul Yanko and Enid WilliamsBy=TurnsPaul Yanko Slide Module Fan, 2009-10 acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 inchesEnid Williams Repurposed, 2011 mixed on board 30.5 x 29.5 inchesFebruary 9 - March 17, 2012Reception: Thursday, February 9, 7 - 9pm • Artists’ Talk: 8pmCoffee and Conversation with Enid Williams and Paul Yanko: Saturday, March 3, 11 - Noon3110 Wade Hampton Blvd. Suite #10 • Taylors, SC 29687 • 864-268-2771sandy@hamptoniiigallery.com • www.hamptoniiigallery.com • Hours: Tues. - Fri., 1 - 5 pm; Saturday, 10 am - 5 pmRIVERWORKS Gallery in Greenville,SC, Offers Works by Anderson WrangleRIVERWORKS Gallery in Greenville,SC, will present the exhibit, Interruption,featuring photographs by AndersonWrangle, on view from Mar. 2 throughApr. 15, 2012. A reception will be held onMar. 2, from 6-9pm. The gallery will beclosed Apr. 3 – 9 for Spring Break.Work by Anderson WrangleThe still life has been beloved byartists for hundreds of years to capturethe beauty of nature or to flaunt wealthor to preach moderation. Wrangle’sphotographs continue that tradition butwith the interruption of the present. Hephotographs the fragile magnolia blossom,Double Square/Magnolia Bloom targetedby the strings, measuring devices andmud caked plywood usually found on aconstruction site.Page 16 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Wrangle’s photographs are hauntinglycold and we are achingly aware that theflower or the tree has been cut. His naturalsubjects like the Snow Beet are victimssnatched from the earth now lined upin the snow. Wrangle’s photographs gobeyond the still life moment to suggest atableau or scene, an interruption within anarrative, especially in the photographsof tools suspended in nature, DoubleBarrow Suspension or Frozen Axe #2. Allthe photographs depict human interruption,inversion and control of nature. Allof Wrangle’s “Interruptions” are rich andelegant in the still life tradition.Wrangle has exhibited widely includingFotoFest, Lawndale Art Center andRudolph Projects/Artscan Gallery. Hereceived a 2010 Clemson UniversityResearch Grant for a current project lookingat the Chatooga and Savannah rivers.In 2008 he was nominated for the BaumAward and the ARTHouse Texas Prize. In2005 he was a fellowship resident at theVermont Studio CenterWrangle work is in many privatecollections and also the collection of theMuseum of Fine Arts in Houston. Heis currently Assistant Professor of Photographyand digital Media at ClemsonUniversity.RIVERWORKS Gallery is operated byand for the faculty and students of the Departmentof Visual and Performing Arts atGreenville Technical College. The galleryis located along the scenic Reedy Riverat Art Crossing in downtown Greenville.Look for the red umbrella.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the galleryat 864/271-0679 or visit (www.gvltec.edu/vpa/).Don’t see a press release about your exhibit or you gallery’s exhibit?You have to seen it to us by deadline to get it in.The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the monthprior to the next issue. This will be Mar. 24th for the April 2012 issue and Apr. 24 for theMay 2012 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the next month.Table of ContentsClemson University in Clemson, SC,Offers Works by Regional PhotographersClemson University in Clemson, SC,is presenting the exhibit, Alignments,featuring photographs by Polly Gaillard,Michael Marshall, Adam Jacono, ConstanceThalken, and Nancy Floyd, on viewin the Lee Gallery through Mar. 15, 2012.On Thursday, Mar. 1, there will be a guestartist lecture from participating artistAdam Jacono at 6pm. An artist receptionwill follow from 7-9pm.Work by Nancy FloydA selection of Nancy Floyd’s workfrom her collection, She’s Got a Gun willbe on view in the exhibit. The photographicseries comprises powerful, compellingimages of her research on the topic ofwomen and guns in three specific areas:pleasure, power and profession. Imagesof women in the military, Olympic eventshooters, female police officers, womenwho own for purposes of self-defense andmany others are included in the exhibition.Floyd purchased her first gun in 1991,right after Desert Storm, largely as away to connect with her brother who hadwanted to be a gunsmith. He died in Vietnamwhen she was 12. The exhibition ofphotographs explores fifteen years of herexperience in the gun world.Adam Jacono’s artwork examines therelationship of advertising, consumerismand mass media to American culture. Hisartistic practice combines alternative andtraditional photographic processes to referencehistory, in combination with digitalphotography, video, web, performance,and printmaking.Jacono’s work is technically multidimensionaland utilizes multiple modes ofproduction, allowing concept to shape theend product.Pressure Points is a photographicseries from Polly Gaillard exploringmotherhood, memory and loss. She beganphotographing her daughter after herdivorce, being interested in the awkwardmoments they shared as her child played.Gaillard was interested in how the divorceplayed out in both of their lives in subtleand startling ways. As she contemplatedher daughter from behind windows,curled in a corner, or in the shadow of herhouse, she wondered, “Who is this personthat lives with me?” She was intrigued bythis half-life they shared due to custodyobligations.Work by Polly GaillardConstance Thalken’s work involvesphotography, video, sound, performanceand installation. The overarching concernof her work is the complexities of loss.She often uses animal imagery and referencesto the natural world to address ideasabout death, transformation and the cyclesof life.continued on Page 17

Upstate South Carolina176Upstate SC AreaThis map is not to exactscale or exact distances.It was designed to givereaders help in locatinggallery and art spaces inUpstate South Carolina.25Saluda, NCI-26Tryon, NCLandrum, SC17627625Travelers Rest, SCWalhalla, SC28Seneca, SC12376123Clemson, SC76123I-85Pickens, SC825Easley, SC276123Greenville, SC29Taylors, SCGreer, SC29I-85385176I-26I-85Spartanburg, SCToward Gastonia, NCGaffney, SCI-85I-85Anderson, SCI-26176Union, SC385Laurens, SCClinton, SCI-26Clemson University’s Lee Gallerycontinued from Page 16Michael Marshall is captivated by theage-old schisms of Western thought whichrepresent the collision between faith andempiricism, logic and intuition. Scienceattempts to define that which he does notunderstand, and it is through science thathe first sought an understanding of thephysical world around him. Through thisunderstanding, the world is no less full ofmystery and magic. His perceptions, andhence his images, often function more likefaith pointing a finger at ineffable experienceand mystery.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the galleryat 864/656-3883 or visit(www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery/).Artists Guild Gallery ofGreenville in Greenville, SC,Offers Works by Dale CochranThe Artists Guild Gallery of Greenvillein Greenville, SC, will present, Paintingby Dale Cochran, on view from Mar. 1 -31, 2012. A reception will be held on Mar.2, from 6-9pm.Work by Dale CochranSouth Carolina native Dale Cochranis an artist that has a gift for revealing theuniqueness and beauty in things seeminglyplain, illuminating the stories and spiritsbehind the ordinary – an old barn, a basketof pecans, a child caught in a moment ofimagination, a crayon on pavement.As a high school student, Cochranexperienced his first formal trainingfrom Liz Smith-Cox. “I had no idea whatperspective or contour drawing meant,”Work by Dale CochranCochran says. As a junior, he broke hisdrawing arm playing football just beforethe school year started. When he approachedSmith-Cox about dropping theclass because he wouldn’t be able to usehis arm for a while, her response was,“That’s ok, you can draw with your leftcontinued above on next column to the rightTable of Contentshand.” So that’s what he did.Cochran continued his studies at AndersonUniversity, receiving an Associateof Arts and went on to Winthrop Universityand received his Bachelor of VisualArts. He has been professionally involvedin the arts for more than 30 years as anaward-winning artist, illustrator, instructorand graphic designer. Cochran currently ison the board of the Southern WatercolorSociety and holds the position of seniorcreative director in the department of creativeservices at Clemson University.Cochran’s award winning creativeworks are part of public and private collectionsand have been featured in numerousexhibitions and publications. “Whenwe take time to look and listen to theworld around us, the commonplace andordinary become extraordinary.”For further information check our SCCommercial Gallery listings, call the galleryat 864-239-3882 or visit(www.artistsguildgalleryofgreenville.com).The Passport to the Arts Returnsto Clemson, SC - Mar. 30, 2012The Passport to the Arts returns toClemson, SC, on Friday, Mar. 30, 2012,from 6 to 10pm. The Passport event is amulti-destination event designed to celebratethe art and entertainment found inClemson. Guests will experience art, food,and drinks at five different venues in theClemson area.According to event organizer ToddSteadman, “Passport is a great way to beintroduced to the exciting art communityin both the town and the university atClemson.”Steadman, who is the former directorof the SC Botanical Gardens, helped organizethe original Passport event in 2010along with the Clemson Arts Center andthe Clemson University Lee Gallery. Allof those groups have been involved againwith this year’s planning.According to Steadman, people getexcited about Passport because Clemsonhas, “an active art community and wonderfulvenues, plus you get to see it allvia a totally free mass transit system withon-board entertainment.”Attendees are shuttled from venue tovenue via buses provided by ClemsonArea Transit. Each bus will include anevent guide, art related entertainmentfrom local entertainers, artists, and musicians.Buses will run on a continuous loopto the venues which include ClemsonUniversity’s Lee Gallery, the Arts Center,the CAT terminal, and the Red Minnowrestaurant. Each venue will have an artexhibit on view that is complemented byon-site entertainment, food, and beverages.Tickets are available in advance for$20. Tickets the week of the event are$30. There is a limited capacity so ticketsmay or may not be available the night ofthe event.For information about tickets andavailability call 864/633-5051 or visit(www.clemsonpassport.org).The deadline each month to submit articles, photosand ads is the 24th of the month prior to the nextissue. This will be Mar. 24th for the April 2012issue and Apr. 24 for the May 2012 issue.So get you info to us - soon.The Artist’s Coopon the squareAn Artist’s Cooperative113 East Laurens StreetLaurens, SC • 864-984-935910-5:30pm Tues. - Fri., 10-3pm Sat.www.laurensartistscoop.orgLaurensartistscoop@backroads.netCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 17

Join us for theSATURDAYAPRIL 21, 20126:30 PM2012 Celebration of the Center forVisual Arts at Clemson Universitysupport Clemson student artistsexperience hundreds of works of fine art availablethrough silent and live auctionshors d’oeuvres and live musicFOR TICKETS CALL 864 - 656 - 3883Madren CenterClemson UniversityBusiness/cocktail attirewine and beer includedcash bar availableartmattersThe Showroom at Hub-Bub inSpartanburg, SC, Features Worksfrom the Upstate Book ProjectA free exhibit of the 20 original piecesof art used in The Upstate Book Projectwill be on view from Mar. 19-24, 2012,at The Showroom at Hub-Bub in Spartanburg,SC. A reception will be held onFriday, Mar. 23, from 7-9pm, giving thepublic the opportunity to meet the artistsand to purchase the book, which will sellfor $15.The first page by BailieThe Upstate Book Project is a self-publishedbook spearheaded by Spartanburgartist Bailie who used 20 pieces of original2-D art to tell a story that developedPage 18 - Carolina Arts, March 2012as the participating artists created theirwork. In addition, each artist wrote about100 words of advancing storyline to accompanyhis or her picture. Bailie startedthe project with the first entry about a girlwho lived in a world without color. As thestoryline progressed, each artist advancedthe plot and provided a picture. From startto finish, The Upstate Book Project hastaken nearly two years to complete.Artists from Upstate South Carolinaand the surrounding region were invited toparticipate by a juried process. The artistswho published are Bailie, Andrea Marmalino,Vivianne Carey, Howard Solomon,Annette Giaco, Patty Wright, Bill Sayer,Sue Zoole, Thomas Koenig, Chip Walters,Isabel Forbes, Debbie Noland, MichelleGiles, Teresa Prater, Rich Ponder, PattyAllen, Sierra Damato, Caroline Harrington,Alice Ratterree, and KimberlyChristopher.“This has been a labor of love for somany people,” Bailie said. “Along theway, I grew personally. I thought I wasdoing it to stay busy and creative andinvolved. All those things happened, butI also found out I did it as part of thegrieving process over my parents. This isa story about finding color in life. In manyways, this is a story about me findingmeaning after the passing of my parents.”For further information check ourSC Institutional Gallery listings, call thegallery at 864/582-0056 or visit (www.hub-bub.com).The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the monthprior to the next issue. This will be Mar. 24th for the April 2012 issue and Apr. 24 for theMay 2012 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runsinto the next month. But don’t wait for the last minute - send your info now.And where do you send that info?E-mail to (info@carolinaarts.com) or mail to:Carolina Arts, P.O, Drawer 427, Bonneau, SC 29431Table of ContentsFurman University in Greenville,SC, Features Works by Jen BlazinaWork by Jen BlazineFurman University in Greenville, SC, ispresenting the exhibit, A Collection, featuringmixed media works by Jen Blazina, onview in the Roe Art Building’s ThompsonGallery, through Mar. 23, 2012.Originally inspired by vintage suitcasesWestern Carolina University in Cullowhee,NC, is presenting Surveying ImaginationLand: Ron Laboray, featuringworks by Ron Laboray, assistant professorof painting and drawing in the School ofArt and Design at Western Carolina University,on view through Mar. 30, 2012 atthe WCU Fine Art Museum.The exhibition offers an archeologicalperspective of art, with subjects takenfrom pop culture past and present. Laboray’ssubjects stem from similar types ofmaterial, such as pop culture, junk mailand spectacle, with the artist creatingpaintings and drawings based on data andfollowing appropriated scientific rules.“It’s a great opportunity for studentsand local residents to experience artworkfound in thrift stores, the exhibition investigateswhat is held dear and private to someoneas they travel. From fabricating opaqueceramic cases to translucent glass cases,Blazina says the installation has voyeuristicsense leaving the viewer to wonder what ishidden and revealed about someone’s life.Blazina resides and has a studio inPhiladelphia, PA, where she is a workingartist showing in solo and group exhibitionsnationally and internationally. She receivedher MFA in printmaking from CranbrookAcademy of Art, her BA from SarahLawrence College in New York and herBFA, cum laude, from the State Universityof New York at Purchase College. She is aprofessor of Fine Arts at Drexel University.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings or contact DebiJolly in Furman’s Department of Art at864/294-2074.Western Carolina in Cullowhee,NC, Features Works by Ron LaborayWork by Rom Laboraythat truly brings something new to thetable,” said Denise Drury, interim directorof the WCU Fine Art Museum.For further information check our NCInstitutional Gallery listings, or contactDenise Drury at 828/227-2553 or visit(http://www.wcu.edu/museum/).

Education Events CalendarServing Oconee County for 45 yearsARTSceneJoin us for a Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at Applebee’s.We’re partnering with Blue Ridge Elementary School on March10th, 8 – 10:30am (Saturday) for a $6 per plate breakfast to raisefunds for art supplies. Tickets are being sold in advance at theArt Center and the Elementary School.We very much appreciate your membership, help and taxdeductabledonations. Please encourage your friends to joinor re-join BRAC. We are the only non-profit Art Center inOconee County offering wonderful shows in our Gallery andan extensive list of classes in our studios.Please view our new website for a complete list of activities at:www.blueridgeartscenter.comWe need YOU to become a member !Help support our mission“ Bringing Art to the People”Membership Benefits Include:• 10% class and workshop discount.• “Art Scene” Newsletter – Quarterly (Online or by mail).• “Art Scene Extra” – electronic notification of importantannouncements and opportunities. (Online or by mail).• “Artslink” – A listing of our artists’ portfolios and web sites• Annual Members Exhibit participation.• Qualifying for monthly featured-artist exhibit of your uniqueartwork in our studio and on our website.• Qualifying for “Off-site” exhibit participation, (one-person orgroup exhibits), at various venues throughout each year.• Open Studio (without instructor) – meet, interact with otherartists, share tips, while honing your skills in a studio environment.• “Library – Comprehensive art library containing books, DVDsand CDs.• Equipment access including projector and light box .“SDOC Student Exhibit”March 16 – April 11, 2012:At the Blue Ridge Arts CouncilOpening reception on Fri. March 16th; 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Blue Ridge Arts Council will have our Exciting SummerSmart Camp information available at the student exhibit andwill offer an early registration discount to children registeringbefore May 31. 2012.All exhibits are funded in part byMax & Victoria Dreyfus FoundationOconee County Parks, Recreation & TourismSouth Carolina Arts Commissionwhich receives support from the National Endowment for the arts.Adult ClassesHand Building Clay Class - Five week class starts March 1st,continues through April 5th.Cost: $85. class fee (includes clay & glazes)Ceramic Open Studio - Saturdays, each session is $8. withadvanced registration for current students.Simply Watercolor – This class will be offered each monthwith different lessons in watercolor technique.Tuesdays: March 6, 13, 20 & 27.Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Instructor: Jan SpencerCost: $65.00Figure Drawing - Basic gesture drawing with a study ofanatomy, perspective, movement and posture.Mondays: March 5 & 12.Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m.Instructor: Melody DavisCost: $50.00Kinder Klass –– Ages 4 to 6Tuesdays: March 6, 13, 20, & 27Time: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.Instructor: Julie Casil – Cost: $40.00Many new lessons in all art principals.Children’s ClassesWednesday Drawing with children - Ages 8 to 10 yearsWednesdays: March 7, 14, 21, & 28Time: 4 to 5 p.m.Instructor: Lisa Kiser, Cost $40.00Workshops for All agesPainting with PastelsMarch 17th and again on April 28thTime: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Instructor: Cynthia JonesCost: $60.00 per session - call office for supply list.Experimental Water Media WorkshopInstructor: Jane Todd ButcherFriday & Saturday, March 2nd & 3rd.Time 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Cost: $85.00Supply list is available.Students should bring a bag lunch.Portrait Workshop - in your choice of mediumFriday & Saturday, March 23rd & 24th.Time: 5 - 7:30 p.m.Instructor: Jan SpencerThe Magic of CroquilFridays: April 6, 13, 20 & 27.Time: 6 - 8 p.m.Instructor: Julie CasilCost: $65.All ink and supplies includedDemos and Weekend workshops are beingplanned for the Spring.Let Lisa Kiser know what kind of classes you areinterested in taking by calling her at theoffice or visit our website.Information and registration on all our new and exciting activity can beobtained by phoning the office at 864-882-2722 or emailing:office@blueridgeartscenter.com or edu@blueridgeartscenter.comOr go to our much improved website at: www.blueridgeartscenter.com111 East South Second Street • Seneca, SC 29678(864) 882-2722 • Tuesday - Friday, 1 - 5pmwww.blueridgeartscenter.comTable of ContentsCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 19

LINES AND LIVES OF THE FACEKevin Clinton Mathew Curran James Esber Paul Flint Alli Good Ursula GullowDawn Hunter Taiyo La Paix Francesco Lombardo Brian Mashburn Phillip McGuireDavid Slone Tim Speaker Bob Trotman + THIS IS NOT A PORTRAIT: A Community ProjectTHE FINE ART RAMBLERSPatti Brady Jim Campbell Bob Chance Phil GarrettDavid McCurry Joel WilkinsonTHE INNOVATIVE CAMERAColby Caldwell Diane Hopkins-Hughs Owen Riley Rebecca StockhamJJanuary A N U 27 A R– March Y 2 710, T2012H R O U G H M A R C H 1 0 , 2 0 1 249 S. Trade Street, Tryon, NC 28782 828.859.2828www.upstairsartspace.orgHours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6 p.m., Sunday, 12 – 4 p.m.CLOCKWISE: L TO R, “Seasons of Light: Fall,” Diane Hopkins-Hughs, hand-colored gelatin silver print; “Love,” Owen Riley, black & white photograph; “West End Backside, Bricolage No. 2” (detail), David McCurry, oil on canvas; “Penland TroutVariation IV,” Phil Garrett, monotype chine colle; “Fowl Play,” Bob Chance, Stoneware, Pinewood Knot, Iron, Basswood.Some Exhibits That Are Still On Viewcontinued from Page 14 / back to Page 14Peering from across a century, many ofthe children look much older than their actualyears. Hine captured the harsh realities oftheir mill village lives in Cabarrus, Gaston,Lincoln, Rowan and other Tar Heel counties.His compelling photographs range from girlsrunning warping machines in Gastonia toboys covered in lint in a Hickory mill.For further information check our NC InstitutionalGallery listings, call the Museumat 919/807-7900 or visit (www.ncmuseumofhistory.org).The High Museum of Art in Atlanta,GA, will continue its collaboration withThe Museum of Modern Art, New York(MoMA), with the exclusive presentationof the major exhibition, Picasso to Warhol:Fourteen Modern Masters, on view throughApril 29, 2012.This exhibition will present approximately100 works of art created by 14 of themost iconic artists from the 20th century:Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, ConstantinBrancusi, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso,Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio de Chirico, JoanMiró, Alexander Calder, Romare Bearden,Louise Bourgeois, Jackson Pollock, AndyWarhol and Jasper Johns. Picasso to WarholBlack Mountain Center forthe Arts in Black Mountain, NC,Offers Works by Emerging ArtistsEach March, during Youth Art Month,the Black Mountain Center for the Arts,located in the old City Hall in BlackMountain, NC, hosts a gallery show entitledEmerging Artists Exhibit that featuresthe works of students who take visual artsclasses at the Center. This year’s exhibitwill begin with an opening reception onMar. 11 from 3-4pm, and continue in theCenter’s Upper Gallery through Apr. 5,2012.Page 20 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), Self-Portrait,1966, silkscreen ink on synthetic polymerpaint on nine canvases, each canvas 22 1/2 x 221/2” (57.2 x 57.2 cm), overall 67 5/8 x 67 5/8”(171.7 x 171.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art.Gift of Philip Johnson. © 2011 Andy WarholFoundation for the Visual Arts /Artists RightsSociety (ARS), New Yorkwill be one of the largest concentrations ofmodern art masterpieces to ever be exhibitedin the southeastern United States.For further information call the Museumat 404/733-4400 or visit (www.high.org).Students who participate are not onlyyouths, but also adults through retirementages. They take classes from professionalartists at the Black Mountain Center forthe Arts, who are currently Bob Traversand Cheryl Keefer. Travers teaches paintingand drawing classes on a weekly basis.Keefer teaches plein air classes on locationseasonally.The Council for Art Education, sponcontinuedabove on next column to the rightWork by Bob TraversTable of Contentssors of Youth Art Month, states, “Arteducation develops self-esteem, appreciationof the work of others, self-expression,Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, NC,will present the exhibit, Rural Reflections,featuring works by Darron R. Silva (GraniteFalls, NC), Pete Lupo (Lenoir, NC), NelsonBrookshire (Lenoir, NC), and Walter Stanford(Kannapolis, NC), on view from Mar. 2- 30, 2012. A reception will be held on Mar.2, from 5-7:30pm, hosted by the CaldwellCounty Association of Educational OfficeProfessionals (CCAEOP).cooperation with others, and critical thinkingskills, skills vital to the success of ourfuture leaders - our children.” Having avenue provided where self-expression andtalent can be viewed by the public alsoallows the emerging artist to develop asense of community and pride.The Black Mountain Center for theArts believes strongly that encouraging allartists, beginning to advanced, to exhibittheir work to the public creates a learningenvironment of expectation and growth.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call theCenter at 828/669-0930 or visit (www.BlackMountainArts.org).Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir,NC, Features Group Exhibitionbegan on a summer night in Grand Forks,North Dakota, in 1996. Cowboys, onceprominent in America, are slowly disappearingalong with the small farms thatbred them. Documenting the local cultureof rodeo is my way of helping preserve avanishing piece of Americana.”Wood sculptor Pete Lupo has beensculpting since 1983, and brings an intimateknowledge of wildlife, their habitat andtheir interaction with mankind. He carveswildlife and manmade objects in a realisticstyle. Each component of a composition iscarved entirely out of wood, then copper orbrass sheets are hand cut and shaped intoflowers, leaves or grasses. He completes theprocess by applying multiple thin washes ofacrylic paint to bring the piece to life.Nelson Brookshire says “I considermyself to be a ‘sporadic folk artist’ becauseI only create when inspiration finds me.Although some may find using small tubesof rolled magazine paper to create a workof folk art to be tedious and/or “quirky”, itcan be both challenging and relaxing as thesame time. The pieces exhibited typicallytake at least 100 hours to complete. I do notknow if my use of rolled paper as an art mediumis unique, but I’ve never encounteredWork by Pete LupoPhotographer Darron R. Silva will presenthis “Rodeo” series of photographs, andsays “My love of photographing rodeos continued on Page 21

Virginia Saunders: Visions & DreamsOn display through March 23, 2012VISIONS & DREAMS is a body of workbased on recent travels in Europe andAsia. Although my imagery is based onphotography, I am not – nor do I pretendto be – a photographer. Rather, Iam a forager searching for bits andpieces of the physical world that speakto me. In that context, the camera issimply a tool that enables me to recordvisual material for further contemplationand artistic development. Alone inmy studio I study my collection, selectvarious elements, and weave themtogether to create images that haveextended meaning.-Virginia SaundersThe USC UpstateVisual Arts Programincludes Bachelorof Arts programs in:Art Studio (graphicdesign emphasis)Art EducationArt History (minor)Harley Gallery:The Gallery, located on thefirst floor of the Humanities& Performing Arts Center, isfree and open to the publicfrom 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Mon.-Fri.To learn more:Visit uscupstate.edu(Search the A to Z index for Gallery)Find us on Facebook(Search Curtis R. Harley Gallery)Contact Michael DickinsGallery Manager, at(864) 503-5848 ormdickins@uscupstate.eduwww.uscupstate.edu(864) 503 - 5000Caldwell Arts Councilcontinued from Page 20another artist using this technique as I do.Since I began exhibiting my rolled paperart in 1998, I have won awards in local,regional and national exhibits. If you lookclosely, you may find a ‘hidden’ surprisesomewhere in each piece.”Walter Stanford, will present his “CenturyFarms” series of pastels and acrylic paintings.He is a versatile, award winning pastelpainter. He enjoys landscapes, farm life andThe Bascom in Highlands, NC, willpresent several new exhibits including:From Mud to Art - Highlands HighSchool Ceramics, on view in the LandingGallery, from Mar. 17 through May 20,2012, with a reception on Mar. 17, from5-7pm; Chicks: It’s All Gone to the Birds,on view in the Bunzl Gallery, from Mar.31 through June 17, 2012, with a receptionon Mar. 31, from 5-7pm; and EmergingArtists: Frank Vickery, on view in theAtrium Gallery, from Mar. 24 throughMay 10, 2012, with a reception on Mar.24, from 5-7pm.Explore with the students as they notonly demonstrate their proficiency inpottery but their understanding of the scienceand chemistry that makes it happen.Student work and an explanation of claybodies, firing and glazing will be on view.Now in its third year, the High SchoolCeramic Class is an ongoing partnershipbetween Highlands School and TheBascom.The Bunzl Gallery will be filled witha plethora of art works that portray anfantasy as his subjects and has exhibited innumerous venues across the state.This project was supported by the N.C.Arts Council, a division of the Departmentof Cultural Resources.For further information check our NCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the ArtsCouncil at 828/754-2486 or visit (www.caldwellarts.com).The Bascom in Highlands, NC,Offers Ceramic Works by HighSchool Students, an Exhibit ofBirds & Works by Frank Vickeryavian theme. Despite the focus on a singletheme, the exhibition offers rich variety.Artists pursue the topic through a rangeof approaches and media. This exhibition,devoted to our feathered friends,provides a broad look into the world ofcontemporary and traditional art, lettingdivergent approaches take wing. From thetraditional to the way out and wacky, visitorwill experience a flight of fancy. Thisexhibition is presented in partnership withthe Highlands Biological Station and theHighlands Audobon Society.Every year, we select a graduate studentfrom Western North Carolina Universityto install his or her thesis exhibition atThe Bascom. Frank Vickery, the honoreethis year, is no stranger to us. He has beenwith our institution as an intern and is currentlyThe Bascom’s Ceramics ProgramManager. Vickery has been selected forthe quality of his work, his dedication tothe field of ceramics and his enthusiasticability to share his talent with others.High on a mountain plateau, The Bascontinuedon Page 22Table of ContentsCarol Beth Icard“Paintbox” oil and mixed media on panel 30 x 24 inchesSee this painting at Upstairs Artspace in Tryon, NCThe Artists Among Us: 100 Faces of SpartanburgMarch 16 - April 28, 2012www.carolbethicard.com • www.carolbethicard.blogspot.comCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 21

MAR. 6 - MAY 12, 2012Passion for Lithography:Lithographs from theRolling Stone Print AtelierLeft:Wayne KlineLithograph from the Man in Time SeriesMAR. 13 - JUNE 2, 2012Mike Vatalaro:Emerging Works/Ancient RootsLeft:Mike Vatalaro.Lidded Vessel. Stoneware/soda fired.The Bascom in Highlands, NCcontinued from Page 4com art center provides audiences of allages with stimulating, diverse exhibitions,studio art instruction and other culturalexperiences. Join us now on our new sixbuilding,six-acre campus in Highlands.The Bascom offers you and your familyand friends a community gathering-placeMESH Gallery in Morganton, NC,is presenting the exhibit, The Artists ofConstance Williams Gallery in Asheville,featuring the work of five artists, on viewthrough Apr. 13, 2012. A reception will beheld on Mar. 2, from 6-8pm. Ten percentof proceeds will be benefitting Options, Inc.Our Western North Carolina com-Page 22 - Carolina Arts, March 2012amid art and nature, along with manyprogram offerings.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call thecenter at 828/526-4949 or visit (www.thebascom.org).MESH Gallery in Morganton, NC,Offers Works by Asheville, NC, ArtistsDetail of work by Jenny Mastin200 East St. John St • Spartanburg, SC • (864) 582-7616www.spartanburgARTmuseum.orgSAM is funded in part by The Arts Partnership and its donors,the County and City of Spartanburg, the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from theNational Endowment for the Arts, The George Ernest Burwell, Jr. Fund, The Jean Erwin Fund,The Lucile F. Kohler Fund for the Spartanburg Art Museum, and the Annual Art & Antique Show.munity relationships happen in so manyinteresting ways. Jenny Mastin’s ceramicsculptures inspired by native cultures,folklore and mythology, blend withmodern interpretation via her own lifeexperiences. This connecting skill is alsoreflected in the pulling-together of herstudio mates in her Asheville, NC, studiowith MESH Gallery in Morganton, nearher home in Burke County, for a newgroup show. Mastin’s affiliations withfolks throughout the entire region havedrawn everyone together, including addingin a benefit aspect for Options, Inc.Jenny Mastin, Constance Williams,Cassie Ryalls, Angelique Tassistro andGreg Vineyard have been creating work intheir shared upstairs working studios, andshowing together downstairs at ConstanceWilliams Gallery in Asheville’s River ArtsDistrict for some time. Their events haveincluded larger group and smaller monthlyshows, and they have a harmoniousmethod of displaying work in Constance’sspacious gallery. Visitors experience anenvironment where they flow from displayto display, enjoying the whole space whilestill being able to also appreciate eachartist’s individual style. Visiting gallerydirectors have also appreciated this concept,selecting anywhere from one to allfive artists’ creations for various gallerycontinued above on next column to the rightTable of Contentsshows and sales consignments throughoutthe region and country.So it is a pleasure for the artists to beable to show together at Mesh Gallery,home to yearly shows and events, includingone of Mastin’s favorites, The Art ofChocolate, to which the artists have alsocontributed works for auction in the past.This group show will benefit Options, Inc.with a donation of 10% of their proceedsfrom sales. Options is the domesticviolence, rape and sexual assault shelter,education and advocacy center in Morganton,Burke County, NC.Work by Cassie RyallsThe artists at Constance Williams Galleryare: Constance Williams (expressionistencaustic paintings & clay sculpture),Jenny Mastin (clay sculpture), Cassie Ryalls(clay sculpture), Angelique Tassistro(functional, decorated ceramics) and GregVineyard (meditative ceramics, inspiredillustrations).MESH Gallery is a progressive showcasefor the arts located in downtownMorganton. The gallery features local andregional artists in single and multiple artistexhibitions throughout the year. We arededicated to exhibiting work by accomplishedartists that is on a level that equalsgalleries in large cities. The gallery alsohosts “preview” shows twice a year fornon-profit art auction fundraisers. This allowslocal amateur and professional artistsmore exposure for their contributions andhas allowed the non-profit organizationsto raise more money through longer, morepublic exposure of their events.MESH Gallery is supported andhoused in the same location as MESHDesign Group, a full service advertisingagency providing complete print and webdevelopment services. Through a symbioticrelationship, both businesses aresuccessfully operating.Options, Inc. is a small non-profit advocacycenter that provides empowermentservices and emergency shelter to BurkeCounty families in crisis. We supportvictims of domestic and sexual violenceas they become empowered to make lifedecisions and break the cycles of abuseand economic dependence. Options wasfounded as a volunteer agency and beganassisting battered women and children in1978. Initially, Options provided rape andsexual assault advocacy, hospital accompaniment,and court advocacy for victimsof violent crime. Options opened the CliffhavenShelter for battered women in 1990,and in 2002 expanded to a new facility.Works by Angelique TassistroThe Constance Williams Gallery islocated in Asheville’s River Arts District.Constance Williams has filled her encausticworking studio and light-filled gallerywith additional artworks from selected localartists, several of whom work upstairsabove the gallery. Constance WilliamsGallery also hosts events, workshops andshows in their large, light-filled workingstudio space.For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 828/437-1957 or visit (www.meshgallery.com)You can contact us by calling 843/825-3408 or by e-mail at - info@carolinaarts.com

one nightBoulevard Grillfive venuesinfinite possibilities3discover more at www.clemsonpassport.orgMarketing services for photographersand photographic businesses.Guilford College in Greensboro,NC, Offers Works by David NewtonGuilford College in Greensboro, NC, been gathered from private collections,will present the exhibit, Onward: The CreativeLegacy of David Newton, on view in The design and production of the ac-public institutions and the artist’s estate.the Guilford College Art Gallery in Hege companying catalog has been the capstoneQuaker Leadership Scholars projectLibrary on campus, from Mar. 23 throughMay 4, 2012. An reception will be held on for Von Bodungen, who was Newton’sMar. 23, from 6-8pm.advisee and student in his First YearExperience class, “Art and Inspiration.”Newton’s guidance and their friendshipcontinued through their following yearstogether at Guilford. As a result of a grantVon Bodungen received from the Clarence& Lilly Pickett Endowment for QuakerLeadership, proceeds from catalog saleswill benefit a scholarship in Newton’sname at the Art Students League of NewYork.The opening date, March 23rd, issignificant, as it was David’s favorite andspecial date that he noted every year. Accordingto his wife, Suzanne, it was theday he left home and began to travel andSpend your valuable time on your passion and vision.explore the world. He felt that he becamean adult and free to be himself. SuzanneDiscover the fun, ease and effectiveness of working with aand members of Newton’s family will bemarketing professional!attending the opening reception.Newton was born in 1953 in Oakland,CA. In the 1970’s he moved to NY to~ Marketing Plans & Packagesstudy painting at the Art Students Leagueand printmaking at Pratt Graphics. He~ Seminars & Workshopsserved as exhibition preparator at theWork by David NewtonRhode Island School of Design Museum~ Professional SpeakingNewton, a beloved member of the of Art from 1990 through 1998, and alsocollege’s art department, succumbed to taught art at Moses Brown, a private~ Image Procurementcancer on Apr. 14, 2011. It is the goal of Friends School in Providence, RI. Hethis exhibition, accompanied by a catalogwith reflections on his legacy, to pay sculpture from Bard College, Red Hook,earned his Master of Fine Arts degree intribute to this talented and influential artist NY, in 1997. A widely traveled artist, heand teacher by presenting a selection of exhibited in several galleries on the East828-553-7515his art spanning four decades of his career. Coast, in the South, and in France andbrevard, ncCo-curated by Founding Director & China.Curator Terry Hammond ‘81 and Heather Newton joined the Guilford Collegeart department faculty in 2003 andVon Bodungen ‘12, the exhibition willexamine the range of his art including achieved tenure and an associate professorshipin 2009. During his seven yearswww.joanvanorman.com ~ joan@joanvanorman.com paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures.More than one hundred works of art have continued on Page 24Table of ContentsCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 23

Guilford College, Greensboro, NCcontinued from Page 23at the college he earned two distinguishedawards: the Bruce B. Stewart Award forExcellence in Teaching by an UntenuredFaculty Member (2007) and OutstandingFaculty Adviser Award for the State ofNorth Carolina granted by the NationalAcademic Advising Association in 2010.His work is represented in numerous publicand private collections including theThe Southeastern Center for ContemporaryArt (SECCA) in Winston-Salem,NC, will present the exhibit, Woman onthe Run, featuring an installation by artistTracey Snelling, on view from Mar. 1through May 27, 2012. A reception andgallery talk will be held on Mar. 1, beginningat 7pm.It’s a dark and stormy night, with neonmotel signs providing the only glow. Outof the shadows of dingy back alleys andtired brick storefronts, there is a womantrying to slip away. The only thing sheleaves behind is the hollow sound ofspiked heels clattering on the sidewalk.What has she done? Where is she running?Film noir intrigue comes alive in Trac-Page 24 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Weatherspoon Art Museum and GuilfordCollege Art Gallery, The Rhode IslandSchool of Design Museum of Art, and theMuseum of the City of New York, NY.For further information check our NCInstitutional Gallery listings, call TerryHammond at 336/316-2438 or e-mail to(thammond@guilford.edu).SECCA in Winston-Salem, NC,Offers Works by Tracey SnellingTracey Snelling, Woman on the Run (detail) 2008.Image courtesy of the artist.ey Snelling’s stage set installation Womanon the Run at The Southeastern Center forContemporary Art.SECCA Executive Director MarkLeach says, “Snelling’s work is continuallyevolving as it changes in the eyesof each person who walks through hersculptural maze. While she leaves a constellationof clues as to who the womanis, and what she’s done, Snelling presentsno answers. In a sense, the mystery of thestory becomes the core of an exhibitionthat never reaches a full conclusion.”In Woman on the Run, Snelling evokesa world of black & white Hollywoodcrime thrillers where the lines betweengood and evil becomes tantalizinglyblurred. Within the exhibition space Snellingcreates a world unto itself, whereaudiences will walk through pieces of acity and an abandoned motel room. Thewoman is the protagonist, and the questionremains what did she do and did shereally do it?Snelling builds sets of all scales, fromtoy model to lifesize, that map the seedy,but unmasked sides of cities across America.This exhibition brings cinema to life,and invites the viewer inside to navigate aworld of femme fatales, gritty theatre, andcontinued above on next column to the rightTable of Contentsthe questions of female representation infilm. The viewer lives the mystery and followsa trail of clues through film, video,sculpture and environment.SECCA Curator of Contemporary ArtSteven Matijcio says, “In anticipation ofthe River Run film festival and the filmlovers it brings out, Snelling’s Womanon the Run allows people to experiencecinema in an expanded field. Without abeginning or end, the audience is thrustinto the middle of a retro crime dramawhose meaning accumulates with everyadditional step through the set. One canonly really know this experience by becomingpart of its world.”The exhibition was collaborativelyproduced by The Frist Center for theVisual Arts in Nashville, TN, and SECCA.Woman on the Run recently showed atthe 21C Museum in Louisville, KY, andwill be presented at the newly re-namedVirginia MoCA this Fall.The Southeastern Center for ContemporaryArt is an affiliate of the NorthCarolina Museum of Art, a division of theNC Department of Cultural Resources.SECCA is also a funded partner of TheArts Council of Winston-Salem andForsyth County. Additional funding isprovided by the James G. Hanes MemorialFund.The NC Department of Cultural Resourcesannually serves more than 19 millionpeople through its 27 historic sites,seven history museums, two art museums,the nation’s first state supported symphonyorchestra, the State Library, the NCArts Council and the State Archives.The NC Department of CulturalResources serves as a champion forNorth Carolina’s creative industry, whichemploys nearly 300,000 North Caroliniansand contributes more than $41 billion tothe state’s economy. To learn more visit(www.ncculture.com).For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listing, call theCenter at 336/725-1904 or visit (www.secca.org).Carolina Clay Resource Directoryis our attempt at Carolina Artsnewspaper to create a focal pointfor info about the clay communityin both North and South Carolina.We may not be everything somewant, but we’ll try and bring ourreaders the most news about what’sgoing on, where you can find it,and info about the individuals andorganizations involved in the Carolina community. Whether you callit clay, pottery, ceramics - if you don’t see what should be here - justlet us know about it so we can add it to the mix.For the Carolina Clay Resource Directory go to:www.carolinaarts.com/ccrd/carolinaclay.htmlFor the Carolina Clay Resource Directory Blog go to:http://carolinaclayresourcedirectory.wordpress.com/

Celebrate Spring in SeagroveSeagrove Area Potters Associationpresents the4th AnnualCelebration of SpringApril 21 & 22, 2012You’re invited to Celebrate Springwith a studio tour of Seagrove, NCarea potteries nestled in the countryside.Over 50 local potters will hold springkiln openings, offer studio tours,door prizes, pottery demonstrations,refreshments and more!Preserving the PastFocused on the Futurewww.DiscoverSeagrove.comSeagrove PottersVisitors can tour 36 potteries & workshops with over 65 potters!A. Teague Village: Southern Spirits PotteryAvery Pottery & TileworksBen Owen PotteryBlue Hen PotteryBlueStone PotteryBulldog PotteryCaldwell-Hohl ArtworksChris Luther PotteryCrystal King PotteryDean and Martin PotteryDirt Works PotteryDonna Craven PotteryEck McCanless PotteryFireshadow PotteryFrom the Ground Up PotteryGreat White Oak GalleryHickory Hill PotteryJLK Jewelry at JugtownJohnston & Gentithes Art PotteryJugtown PotteryKings PotteryLathams PotteryLuck’s WareLufkin PotteryMcNeill’s PotteryMichele Hastings & Jeff Brown PotteryNichols PotteryO’Quinn PotteryPottery by Frank NeefRay PotterySeagrove StonewareSmith PotteryStudio TouyaThomas PotteryTom Gray PotteryWhynot PotterySave the Date: 5th Annual Celebration of Seagrove Potters • November 16 - 18, 2012www.CelebrationofSeagrovePotters.comCelebration of Seagrove PottersTable of ContentsCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 25

In the Grove with Rhonda McCanlessPottery country is in full-swing again,not that it ever really rests. Even in theslow months of January and February,Seagrove potters are still making potsevery day even if they’re not holding kilnopenings. March, however, is filled withmany special events and activities.The 19th Annual Kovack PotterySpring Event takes place March 10through March 18, 2012. Craig andMichelle Kovack spend months creatingspecial numbered, limited-edition piecesthat come with signed certificates ofauthenticity. These pieces, as well as theircertificates of authenticity, will only beavailable during the event.This year, the event will feature festivalfavorites, new items and door prizes.Visit Kovack’s website (www.kovackpottery.com)to print a 10% off coupon forthe event. The coupon can also be printedfrom Kovack Pottery’s Facebook page.The shop specializes in decorative functionalwares, wheel-thrown by Craig andhand-painted by Michelle.Work by Bruce GholsonWork by Samantha Henneke“Daffie Days” are here again at BulldogPottery. “Daffie Days,” Bulldog’sspring kiln opening, will be held March30 through April 1, 2012. Potters BruceGholson and Samantha Henneke createdthe annual event to welcome the beginningof spring and celebrate the flowersthat come with it. An array of Gholson andHenneke’s studio art pottery, including avariety of elegant vases will be availableduring the event. The potters will be onhand to discuss their most recent work andoffer tasty treats to those who visit.Bulldog Pottery specializes in flowingglazes, including their molybdenum crystallineglazes that feature diamond-shapediridescent crystals. To find out more aboutGholson and Henneke, visit their blog,“Around and About with Bulldog Pottery”(www.bulldogpottery.blogspot.com).History buffs may be pleased to knowWestmoore Pottery will host the New AmstelMilitia reenactment group for a 17thcentury reenactment on March 31, 2012.The group will be dressed in full periodPage 26 - Carolina Arts, March 2012garb and will portray individuals from theDutch colonies at New Amsterdam andNew Amstel in the 17th century. Theywill use historically accurate replicas of17th century pottery made by Westmoorepotters David and Mary Farrell, who arewell-known for their historical pottery.Photo from the New Amstel MilitiaThe Farrells will be available duringthe event to discuss and answer questionsabout the past uses of available wares,methods of production and other topics ofinterest. More information can be foundon their website (www.westmoorepottery.com).The North Carolina Pottery Center(NCPC) has announced two special eventdays that coincide with the “What’s Upstairs?”exhibit that began last month. OnMarch 10, 2012, the NCPC will release anew catalog of Alamance County historicalstoneware. The text is by potter andcurator Mark Hewitt.Two catalogs will be released on April14, 2012. One highlights pieces from theNCPC’s permanent collection, with textby exhibit curator, Steve Compton. Theother catalog is a rare grouping of 19thand 20th century grave markers, with textby Dr. Charles Zug.Both events are open to the publicand will be held from noon to 2pm. Thecatalogs will be for sale. Curators willsign catalogs and answer questions. Visitorsare encouraged to bring in old NorthCarolina pottery pieces to learn moreabout them from the experts. More informationcan be found on the NCPC website(www.ncpotterycenter.org).Several Seagrove potters will participatein the 15th Annual Catawba ValleyPottery and Antiques Festival on March24, 2012, at the Hickory Metro ConventionCenter in Hickory, NC. This juriedevent will feature more than 115 vendors.Seagrove’s Daniel Johnston will be thespecial guest speaker this year. The lecturewill begin at 11am. More information canbe found on the festival’s website (www.catawbavalleypotteryfestival.org).Last but not least, congratulations arein order for Seagrove potters, Ben OwenIII and David Stuempfle. Owen receivedhonorable mention in the Arts & Culturecategory of Southern Living’s “Heroes ofthe New South,” featured in the March2012 issue of the magazine. Stuempfleis featured in the March issue of MarthaStewart Living. A behind the scenes photoblog about the story can be found on theMartha Stewart website (http://thecraftsdept.marthastewart.com).Rhonda McCanless is editor and publisherof In the Grove, a monthly newsletterabout Seagrove, NC, that focuses onpottery news. Click the link to see the latestissue. Rhonda can often be found at her husband’spottery shop, Eck McCanless Pottery(www.eckmccanless.webs.com/), located at6077 Old US Highway 220 in Seagrove,NC. She can be reached at 336/879-6950or by e-mail at(professional_page@rtmc.net).You can contact us by calling 843/825-3408 or by e-mail at - info@carolinaarts.comTable of ContentsDiscover one of Seagrove’s newest pottery shops...Artworks Gallery in Winston-Salem,NC, is presenting a two-person exhibit ofhandmade paper collages by E. Faye Collinsand oil paintings by Lucy Spencer, onview through Mar. 31, 2012. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 11, from 2-4pm.Eck is a second-generationSeagrove potter who has spentnearly 20 years perfecting hiscraft. He specializes inAgateware, Crystalline andStoneware.6077 Old US Hwy 220Seagrove, NC 27341(336) 873-7412www.EckMcCanless.webs.comArtworks Gallery in Winston-Salem, NC, Offers Works byE. Faye Collins & Lucy SpencerLucy Spencer, Conversation, oil on canvas, 8” x 10”Collins’ collages reflect her interest inthe details of plant, especially the leaves,related shapes, and colors. Spencer’spaintings include birds in trees and fancifullandscapes, ranging in size from verysmall to very large.Collins says that collage is a mediumthat allows the composition to be reformedand refined to the maker’ssatisfaction before the pasting down. Sheis an avid gardener and patron of trees,an admirer of tomatoes and nature, and anovice birder.Collins is a native of the GuilfordCollege area in Greensboro, NC, whereshe resides today. She has a BFA and aMFA in painting and printmaking from theUniversity of NC in Greensboro. She hasstudied at Kent State Blossom Festival,Penland and Arrowmont craft schoolsSpencer earned her BFA from theUniversity of Georgia, and her MFA fromthe University of NC at Greensboro.She taught art for 30 years in Guilford,Alamance, and Forsyth Counties, andoperated the Ark Gallery in her home inGreensboro for 3 years.E. Faye Collins, Circle Ritual, collage and handmadepaper, 26” x 16”For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call thegallery at 336/723-5890 or visit (www.Artworks-Gallery.org).The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the monthprior to the next issue. This will be Mar. 24th for the April 2012 issue and Apr. 24 for theMay 2012 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the next month.

Yadkin Cultural Arts CenterHome of theYadkin Arts CouncilArrowback Rocker by Matthew ComerMarch 9 - April 28, 2012Hand-crafted FurnitureChair-making demonstration, March 9, 5:30pmMay & June - Courage, paintings that Inspire(touring exhibit)July & August - 2nd Annual Juried Arts ShowSept & Oct - To be announcedNov & Dec - Exquisite Miniatures by Wes andRachelle SiegristYadkin Cultural Arts Center at the Gateway to the Wine Countryis less than 30 minutes from Winston-Salem, NC, and less than an hourfrom Charlotte, NC. Take the Downtown Yadkinville Exit off Hwy 421.The Center is a cultural complex housing:• A state of the art exhibition gallery• A full service wi-fi café serving food, beer and wine• A beautiful outdoor plaza, stroll way and fountain• The YARD working artist studios and Gift ShopOpening Fall 2012 - the Performing Arts Theater!226 East Main Street • Yadkinville, NC 27055 • 336-679-2941Open Monday - Saturday • www.yadkinarts.orgUNC-Greensboro in Greensboro, NC,Offers Narrative Works from the 1930sThe University of North Carolina atGreensboro, NC, is presenting the exhibit,Telling Tales: Narratives from the 1930s,on view in The Gregory D. Ivy Galleryand The Weatherspoon Guild Gallery atthe Weatherspoon Art Museum throughMay 13, 2012.Don’t forget about our website:www.carolinaarts.comEdward Laning, Coney Island Beach Scene, 1938,oil on canvas, 35 5/8 x 41 3/4 in. Gift of hisfamily in honor of Mr. Benjamin Cone’s 80thbirthday, 1980.Artists of all periods have used narrativeimagery to teach, enlighten, and/orinspire viewers. Derived in the past fromliterature, Biblical scripture, mythology,or history, narrative art created during the1930s continued to record these themes aswell as the dramatic economic, social, andpolitical changes that were taking placeacross the nation. Artists who advocatedboth representational and abstract stylesattempted to capture the spirit of their age- a time marked by the bleak reality of theGreat Depression as well as the upliftingoptimism linked with the machine age andits promise of progress. While works bySocial Realist and Regionalist artists - theart market’s dominant styles at the timeabound,images by other artists whoseconcerns were more psychologicallypenetrating are also included.Edmund Lewandowski, “Factories”, 1936,watercolor on paper, 18 1/4 x 23 in. Courtesy ofthe Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service,U.S. General Services Administration Commissionedthrough the New Deal art projects.The 1930s saw great changes in Americapolitically, socially, and aesthetically.It was the decade in which PresidentHerbert Hoover made the “Star SpangledBanner” America’s national anthem, the1933 World’s Fair - called “A Centuryof Progress”- was held in Chicago, andHenry Ford established $5.00 per dayas the minimum wage. The 1930s alsosaw the opening of San Francisco Bay’sAlcatraz maximum security prison where,for its first four years, prisoners were notallowed to talk, Babe Ruth hit his 700thhome run, Billboard magazine publishedits first music hit parade, and MargaretMitchell published her only book, GoneWith the Wind.The exhibition was organized by ElaineD. Gustafson, Curator of Collections.On Mar. 31, from 2-3pm, art historianEllen Wiley Todd will give a lectureentitled, The Lusty Modern Matron: Sex+ Commerce in Kenneth Hayes Miller’sPaintings.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call theMuseum at 336/334-5770 or visit (http://weatherspoon.uncg.edu/).You can find past issues all the way back toAugust 2004!You can find past articles all the way back toJune 1999Also don’t forget about our two blogs:Carolina Arts UnleashedCarolina Arts NewsSend us your email address to be addedto our list to receive notice of eachmonthly issue.info@carolinaarts.comTable of Contents Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 27

Brian RoesslerEquinox Art & Music FestMarch 24, 2012 • Noon - 8pmHistoric Downtown Conway, SC217 Laurel Streetin the Farmers’ MarketEvent is Free and Open to the PublicFeaturing all that’sHandcrafted, Handmade & OriginalOn Saturday, March 24th, Conway’s historic downtown FarmersMarket building will come alive as hundreds of works of inspiringart will be for sale by regional artists and artisans.An array of pottery, paintings, drawings, jewelry, handmade soaps,cigar box guitars, pine needle baskets, wildlife photography, mixedmedia, wood, blown glass, & music will fill the market space with creativity.Listen to fresh original tunes “live” while enjoying your favoritebeverage.Be amazed as you watch glass blowers create colorful works ofart from molten glass.Meet talented artists, artisans and musicians and purchaseoriginal handcrafted work directly from the maker!Charles GraceLive Music!12:00 Coman Sproles12:45 Randall Hill1:30 Dan Barnhart2:15 Matt Parris3:00 Jesse Uzzel3:45 Gray Click4:30 Candice Marotta5:15 Charles Grace6:00 Brian Roessler7:00 Wicked GiftFor more information contact Barbara Streeter @ 843.248.4527 or email popsglass@aol.comor visit http://conwayartdistric.blogspot.comThe Equinox Art & Music Fest is presented by CREATE! Conway and made possible by thegenerous support of our sponsors, members, volunteers and the City of Conway.Dan BarnhartRandall HillPage 28 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Table of Contents

Coker College in Hartsville, SC,Features Works by Bryan RitchieCoker College in Hartsville, SC, is presentingthe exhibit, Bryan Ritchie: Workson Paper, on view in the Cecelia CokerBell Gallery through Mar. 23, 2012.Work Bryan RitchieMarch 31, 201210 a.m. until 5 p.m.www.fmarion.edu/news/artsinternationalXin JiePerforming ArtistsA contemporary artist specializing indrawing and printmaking, Ritchie is anassociate professor of art in the Schoolof Art and Design at the University ofWisconsin-Stout. He earned a Bachelorof Fine Arts at the University of Windsor,Ontario, and a Master of Fine Arts at theUniversity of Colorado.“Bryan Ritchie’s drawings and printsare both whimsical and ominous,” saidAssistant Professor of Art and GalleryDirector Larry Merriman. “I find myselfFrancis Marion University officialsare making preparations now to host itsannual celebration of the arts on Saturday,Mar. 31, 2012.Arts International will take place from10am to 5pm and is free and open to theFlorence County Francis Marion University First Reliance Bank Adams Outdoor Advertising Pepsi City of Florence Nan Ya Plastics Honda of SC ESAB GE Healthcare, Florence Progress Energy News Journal Florence CVB Crown Beverages Qantum Communications WBTW News 13 Lynda English Studio - GalleryExotic Foodsfrom around the WorldArt ShowArtists from SC and NCVisiting Artist -Soul (West Africa)International BazaarGlobal VillageOur Corporate WorldChalk ArtBook SaleEspecially for KidsF RANCIS M ARIONU NIVERSITYsmiling and enjoying the visually richqualities of his images, but also sensethere may be a challenge around the corner.His art is a mysterious and engagingplace where viewers can enjoy the journeyas much as the destination.”“I consider my work to be a collectionof opinions derived from social interactions,media influences, daily rituals andmemories,” explained Ritchie.“The world I present can be cynicaland misguided, but if I am successful,the work is also mischievous and ironic.While it often comes from a serious place,it is my desire for the viewer to find humorin the unlikely juxtaposition of formsand empathize with the characters as theycope with circumstances presented tothem,” he added.The Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery islocated in the Gladys C. Fort Art Buildingon the Coker College campus.Coker College upholds and defendsthe intellectual and artistic freedom ofits faculty and students as they study andcreate art through which they explore thefull spectrum of human experience. Thecollege considers such pursuits central tothe spirit of inquiry and thoughtful discussion,which are at the heart of a liberal artseducation.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the galleryat 843/383-8156 or visit (http://www.wix.com/cokerartgallery/ccgb).Francis Marion University in Florence, SC,Offers Celebration of the Arts - Mar. 31, 2012public. This celebration of the visual andperforming arts is for the whole family,with simultaneous performances at severaldifferent venues on campus.The event, a union of Francis Marioncontinued above on next column to the rightTable of ContentsSpring 2012 ScheduleSoul of the Pee DeeIn honor of Black History MonthFebruary 3 - March 9, 2012March 9 - 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Join Brass 5x5 for a relaxed,informal musical presentationCall for Artist Participation!Check the Art Trail Gallery website forparticipation forms. No charge for participation.Upcoming Calls for ArtistsMarch - AprilPhotofabulous 2012 - PhotographyComes in - Sunday, March 11, Monday, March12, Tuesday, March 13Opening reception - Friday, March 16Final Day - Friday, April 27Exits - Saturday, April 28, Sunday, April 29May - JuneVisualicious 2012All 2-D & 3-D - no photographyShow comes in - Sat., May 5 and Sun., May 6Opening reception - May 11Final day - Friday, June 29Show Exits - Sat., June 30 and Sun., July 1Chamber Music ConcertsThe Art Trail Gallery features the best inChamber Music experienced in a uniqueenvironment with incredible acousticproperties and warm, friendly people!All concerts begin at 5 p.m. and includethe reception to follow for only $10.Send checks to the Art Trail GalleryChamber Music,Attention: Roger Malfatti or purchasetickets at the gallery.2012March 25 - Atlantean Trio, University of NC,WilmingtonApril 22 - Chamber Music CharlestonString QuartetUniversity’s Art’s Alive and the Pee DeeInternational Festival, will take place onthe FMU campus. Musical performancesare scheduled at stages indoors and outdoors.Featured on the international stageare the Chinese Acrobats for the Bureauof Lectures; Ngoma Za Kongo; and steeldrummers, Pans In The Sand.The Bay Street Brassworks, a nationallyand internationally acclaimed touringbrass quintet and the Palmetto Mastersingers,a choral group of more than 60 men,will perform in Kassab Recital Hall in theFine Arts Center.The Blues Buckets of the UK and Virginia;Professor Bottleneck & HarmonicaFrank of Germany; Michael Charles BluesBand of Australia; The Rockin’ Jake Bandof New Orleans; and Continental Divideof Charlotte, NC, will perform on theBlues/Beach Stage.In addition, artists from all over thesoutheast region of the United States willbe showing and selling their work at thefestival. There will be oils, acrylics, pottery,woodwork, stained glass, jewelry,On Saturday, Mar. 24, 2012, from noon-8pm, Conway’s Farmers Market, locatedat 217 Laurel Street in downtown Conway,SC, will come alive with demonstrationsby regional artists as well as livemusic. Visitors to downtown Conway canmeet talented artists and musicians andpurchase original art directly from themakers.Watch as glass blowers create colorfulworks of art from molten glass; see pottersshape clay into functional forms onthe wheel; learn about encaustic paintingtechniques using heated wax and coloredpigment and you will be amazed to seehow baskets are made from pine needles.135 S. Dargan StreetFlorence, SCwww.art-trail-gallery.comFacebook: Art Trail GalleryOpen Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.Friday evenings 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.Exhibit openings and dailyvisits are free to the public.Home to the sculpture studioof Alex PalkovichKeep watch at the Art Trail Gallery websiteor check out the Facebook group page orbusiness page for additional events andconcerts at the Gallery!A project under the auspices of the Florence Downtown Development CorporationSponsor support from the Florence Convention and Visitors Bureaumetalwork, photography, basketry andmore.Food vendors representing countriesall over the world will be on hand and culturalbooths will have displays featuringglobal history, businesses and organizations.Also participate in a sidewalk chalkart competition and a recycled readingbook sale.The annual Art Show and Sale will beheld from 10am to 5pm during the festivalas well. This one-day exhibition and salesevent is designed to promote the qualityof diverse artisans residing in the region.In addition to booths displaying itemsfor sale, several sites will have artisansdemonstrating their skills. The art showwill be juried, with cash awards of $600,$300 and $150 awarded to first, secondand third places, respectively.For more information about the artshow or Arts International, go to(www.fmarion.edu/news/artsinternational)or contact Kathy Johnson at the FMUOffice of Public and Community Affairs at843/661-1225, or e-mail at(kjohnson@fmarion.edu).CREATE! Conway in Conway,SC, Presents the Equinox Art &Music Fest - Mar. 24, 2012Einstein, bronze by Alex PalkovichListen to a variety of great tunes andoriginal music performed by local favorites:Coman Sproles, Randall Hill, DanBarnhart, Matt Parris, Jesse Uzzel, GrayClick, Candice Marotta, Charles Grace,Brian Roessler and Wicked Gift!CREATE! Conway presents the EquinoxArt & Music Fest through the generoussupport of our volunteers, members,sponsors and the City of Conway.For further information check ourSC Institutional Gallery listings, contactBarbara Streeter at 843/248-4527, e-mailto (popsglass@aol.com) or visit(www.conwayartdistrict.blogspot.com).Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 29

Art Classes& CustomFramingOn-SiteFine Arts & Crafts of the CarolinasWaccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild’sArt in the Park40th Yearat two venues in Myrtle Beach, SCOver 60 artists from the East Coast to Tennessee,with about 20 artists from our local area!Coastal Carolina University in Conway,SC, Offers Works by Upstate PrintmakersWork by Kevin ClintonCoastal Carolina University in Conway,The Wilson Arts Center in Wilson,NC, will present the exhibit, Attention toDetail, features the intricate drawings ofAnne Hill and the delicate glass works ofRoger Parramore, on view in the Annie D.Boykin Gallery, from Mar. 1 through Apr.7, 2012. Both of their techniques requiregreat precision and attention to detail. Thisexhibit will open with a reception on Mar.1, from 5:30 - 7:30pm.Anne Frances Hill was an artist livingin North Carolina who developed a stylethat is peculiar to her - cross hatched penand ink drawings that were then stitched(“tucked”) and designed for viewing from180 degrees. Her drawings were donewith nib pens dipped into ink, then drawnone mark at a time. The paper was thenfolded and sewn in a simple techniquecalled a tuck, and when pressed out,caused a three- dimensional effect. Two ofher drawings are in the collection of theNorth Carolina Museum of Art.In the words of Roger Parramore, “Mylove affair with the romance of Italianglass is evident throughout my work.”Page 30 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Reflections through March 31, 201210283 Beach Drive SW • Calabash, NC 28467910.575.5999 • www.sunsetrivermarketplace.comStained glass mirror by Tony CarrSC, will present, Shifting Plates, an exhibitionof fifteen printmakers from the Upstateof South Carolina, on view in the RebeccaRandall Bryan Art Gallery, from Mar. 1 -30, 2012. A reception with the exhibition’sorganizer and printmaker, Steven Chapp,will be held on Mar. 1, from 4:30-6:30pm.Chapp, founder of Black Dog Press says,“It has been my desire for some time nowto connect with printmakers of the Upstateof South Carolina for a collective printportfolio.” Initially conceived as a simpleexchange with fellow artists, Chapp’sidea quickly blossomed into a portfolio oftalented printmakers from the upstate countiesof Anderson, Greenville, Pickens andSpartanburg. Representing some of the mostprominent printmakers in the state, ShiftingPlates showcases the diversity of styles andtechniques in the contemporary print studio.Wells Alewine, Kent Ambler, AndrewBlanchard, Jim Campbell, Steven Chapp,Kevin Clinton, Katya Cohen, Jim Creal,Syd Cross, Daniel Cvammen, Marty Epp-Carter, Phil Garrett, Luis Jaramillo, CatherineLabbé, Mark Mulfinger collaborate toproduce a collection of hand-pulled prints ina variety of different techniques.For further information check our SC InstitutionalGallery listings, call Jim Arendt,Gallery Director at 843/349-6409 or visit(www.coastal.edu/bryanartgallery).Wilson Arts Center in Wilson,NC, Features Works by AnneHill and Roger ParramoreLight, fine, and fragile, it tends to focus onthe inherent strengths and weaknesses ofthe material.Fellow glass artist Robert Mickelsenwrites: “Parramore is extremely adept atforming relatively large blown forms, andhas sometimes been called the ‘humanlathe’. The bodies of some of his vesselsare formed of clear borosilicate glass withcolor being reserved for ornamentation,stems, and handles. The Clarity emphasizedthe sense of fragility, while the formleads to a feeling of strength. Roger’s vesselsare precise and impossibly thin. Theperfect shapes of his paper-walled gobletbowls and bottles are a testimony to hisextremely high skill level. His highlydeveloped technical skills and uncompromisingdesign aesthetics place Parramoresquarely among the very best lamp workersin the world today.”For further information check our NCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the Centerat 919/291-4329 or visit (http://www.wilsonarts.com/).The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the monthprior to the next issue. This will be Mar. 24th for the April 2012 issue and Apr. 24 for theMay 2012 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runsinto the next month. But don’t wait for the last minute - send your info now.Table of ContentsChapin Park1400 N. Kings HwyApril 14 & 15June 9 & 10October 6 & 7November 3 & 4www.artsyparksy.comNew Bern ArtWorks in New Bern,NC, Features Works by Eric McRayNew Bern ArtWorks fine art gallery indowntown New Bern, NC, will present theexhibit, Not Just Pretty Pictures, featuringworks by artist Eric McRay, on view fromMar. 9 through Apr. 19, 2012. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 9, from 5-8pm.Work by Eric McRayMcRay was born and raised in urbanWashington, DC. Occasionally duringlong summer breaks from school, his father,Reedy McRay would travel with hisson back to the quiet rural North Carolinacommunities of his youth. These werethe young McRay’s first exposure to thequalities of southern living. “It was peaceful.It was refreshing. I was bedazzled,”proclaims McRay.As an adult, McRay returned to hisThe Council for the Arts in Jacksonville,NC, will present the 34th AnnualStudent Art Competition, featuring worksby students, grades 6 through 12, onview from Mar. 4 - 23, 2012. An awardsreception will take place on Mar. 4, from2-3pm. The reception will be hosted bythe Onslow Art Society.This is the only county-wide art contestavailable to all middle and high schoolstudents in our county. Art departments of2012 - 40th YearValor ParkMyrtle Beach Market Common1120 Farrow ParkwayApril 21 & 22November 10 & 11Both VenuesSaturdays & Sundays: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.No Admission ChargeChild and Pet Friendly!Art includes Paintings, Woodworking,Photography, Jewelry, Fabric, Glass, Metal,Pottery and StoneContact: JoAnne Utterback at 843-446-7471North Carolinian heritage, where hehas become a major force in the NCart community. Here he looks for newplaces to prodigiously paint, and areas toexplore. McRay focuses on his favoritesubjects such as New Bern, MoreheadCity, Beaufort, Atlantic Beach, the NorthCarolina Beaches, and our coastal saltmarshes. His work uniquely captures thespirit of North Carolina living. McRayre-energizes himself beneath the majesticNorth Carolina sun. “Here everythingshines, everything is colorful, everythingis full of light.McRay has been featured on TV andradio, and in numerous newspapers andmagazines. The Raleigh News & Observernamed him one of the “Artists to Watch”for 2001. He was featured in the June2002 issue of Southern Living Magazine.In 2008, McRay was anointed byMetro Magazine, “Best Local Artist” andfeatured in Living African American Artistspublication.For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 252/634-9002 or visit (www.newbernartworks.com).The Council for the Arts in Jacksonville,NC, Offers Annual Student Competitionevery school: public, private and base areinvited to select and enter eight pieces ofstudent work; home schooled students areeach invited to enter one piece.The show will be judged by KarenBaggott, photographer and teacher fromMorehead City, NC.This annual show is noted for its originality,colorfulness and innovation- an eyeinto the soul of a young artist. For thirtycontinued on Page 31

Council for the Arts in Jacksonville, NCcontinued from Page 30Acme Art Studios in Wilmington, NC,will present the exhibit, Les Trois Amis,featuring works by Wilmington artistsMichelle Connolly, Elizabeth Darrow,and Fritzi Huber, on view from Mar. 23through Apr. 17, 2012. A reception will beheld on Mar. 23, from 6-9pm.All three artist have earned a degree ofnotoriety not only in Wilmington, but wellbeyond as well. All three artists work withre-purposed materials. Connolly enjoysassembling her “characters” with foundobjects - bits of metal, wood, cloth etc. incombination with paint. Darrow createsher collages with layered scraps of paper,many of them recycled from her previouscollages. Huber conjures images inspiredby dreams and personal history throughthe process of hand papermaking.Work by Mollie Pittmanthree years we have been impressed by thecreative and unique talents of the entries.Many of the students have their work selectedeach year, so we are able to followtheir development and, often, our youngartists continue their studies through collegeand go on to successful careers in art.How do we know? They stop in to thankus for providing the early recognition thatencouraged them to pursue their dream.Last year’s winner was Mollie Pittmanfrom KCE Art School.This show received support from theNorth Carolina Arts Council, a division ofthe Department of Cultural Resources.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call theCouncil at 910/455-9840 or visit (http://www.jaxarts.com/).Acme Art Studios in Wilmington, NC,Features Works by Elizabeth Darrow,Michelle Connolly and Fritzi Huberitself, rather than from any preconceivedplan. Her only ‘plan’ is to create an initialchaos, then to impose order on that. Theprocess moves itself along, taking unexpectedturns as various shapes and colorsare added to the equation. Out of a successionof layers an image emerges.metal, wire, rivets, fasteners, reclaimedmaterials, as well as other more traditionalmeans of expression, to draw us to thecore of her personal expression: an affinityfor outsider/visionary art, its bold straightforwardapproach.Work by Fritzi Huber“I go to work with a constant streamof ideas and creative energy. My processis playful and inventive; I enjoy thechallenge of using reclaimed materialsto create an image,” says Connolly. “Thesubject is irrelevant. Whether an animal, abird, a person or a landscape - I bring myinterpretation to the work, the subject beingsimply a point of departure - a startingpoint for the experiment to begin!”Fritzi Huber’s current work, “HomeSweet Home”, addresses not only herpersonal history of a life growing up onthe road as part of a circus family, but asan observer of what circus now has incommon with much of the outside world:the trailer. What once was a romantic lookat these homes on wheels has recentlybecome a viable housing/living option fora segment of our population in a troubledeconomy. All of the works are on and ofpaper.Huber has been a hand papermakerand mixed media artist for over 30 years.To communicate her ideas she uses thisprocess while incorporating remnants offabric, drawings, scraps of paper alongwith other mixed media to express abittersweet nostalgia. “I have a basic dialoguein my head when beginning a work,then it starts to talk back, to communicatewhat should come next. It’s really a collaboration,”says Huber.For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listing, call the studioat 910/763-8010 or visit (http://www.acme-art-studios.com).NC Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount,NC, Features Works by Destry SparksNC Wesleyan College in RockyMount, NC, will present the exhibit, Material-Immaterial:the Assemblage Paintings,featuring works by Greenville, NC,artist Destry Sparks, on view in the DunnCenter’s Mims Art Gallery, from Mar. 30through Apr. 29, 2012. A reception will beheld on Mar. 30, starting at 7pm with livemusic by the Tar River Dulcimers.sion”.Educated at East Carolina University inGreenville, NC, with a BA in Anthropologywith an Art Minor and at the PenlandSchool of Crafts, Penland, NC, Sparkshas synthesized his art by combining hisanthropology and painting experience.His paintings have been exhibited aroundthe country from Atlanta to Ann Arbor,MI. Recent exhibits include the DanvilleMuseum of Fine Arts in VA ; the AmericanArt Gallery, 2011, New York, NY; theSardinas Gallery at St. Thomas University,2011, Miami, FL, and as far away as theStefan Maguran Gallery, 2010, Plympton,South Australia. Sparks is also involvedcontinued on Page 32Work by Elizabeth DarrowIn spite of very different outcomes totheir creative process, these three womenshare a common approach to making art inthat they allow the process to carry themalong, feeding off unexpected developmentsalong the way. Their work movestoward a resolution that is not premeditated,but rather presents itself, almostmagically, to the watchful eye. Humorexists side by side with mystery and angst,offering up a complex and ultimatelysatisfying visual experience.This openness to “what dreams maycome” may just be what these three havein common, and we might assume, whythey are friends.Becoming engaged in, and carriedalong by the process, is what making art isall about for Elizabeth Darrow. Her paintingsand collages emerge from the processWork by Michelle ConnollyDarrow works within the tradition ofAbstract Expressionism where discoverycomes through the process itself. Shestates, “I love playing with scraps of paper,experimenting with various combinations,layering colors, textures and shapes,looking for a balanced, cohesive outcome.When I’m satisfied visually, then I look tothe piece to identify itself; thus the title”.Michelle Connolly responds to findingimages in random marks on the paper,or within the picture’s surface area. Sheoften sees faces in the work as is reflectedin her recent series “Characters”. Hereshe pushes the mixed media elementsof the work in a new direction that has amore sculptural, bas-relief, and sensibility.Faces are assembled from scraps ofcontinued above on next column to the rightWork by Destry SparksSparks makes colorful assemblagepaintings with “stuff”. He attaches allkinds of rusty time-worn found objectsto his burlap canvases. To complete hisworks, acrylic paint is applied carefullyaround the objects to create a particularlyvisceral effect atypical of traditional painting.Sparks says, “I like to push paintinga bit into different directions. I paint onburlap instead of canvas. Burlap fits withmy choice of other meager, often wellwornmaterials. I use discarded items suchas rusted bottle caps and small brokenmechanical parts alongside ‘worthless’natural items like sticks and smashed pinecones.” Found objects both man-made andnatural express humanity and our relationshipwith a divine plan. Using windowsfor frames is a way the artist can say,“look into this different spiritual dimen- 9 t h A n n u a lOutdr Arts FeivalS a t u r d a y , M a y 1 2 , 9 A M t o 4 P M$ 3 0 p e r b o o t h s p a c e . A l l M e d i a . N o C o m m i s s i o n . L i v e M u s i c .Call for Artists!Visit http://www.pamlicoarts.org/opportunities.html for registration form. Deadline: April 27.O r i e n t a l i s j u s t 4 0 m i n u t e s f r o m N e w B e r n , N C .Table of ContentsCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 31

NC Wesleyan Collegecontinued from Page 31with curatorial initiatives and projects,many on the world-wide web.For further information check our NCClinton Junior College in Rock Hill,SC, will present the exhibit, The Technocraticand Urban Realism Series: Paintings& Sculpture by Winston Wingo, onview in the Dalton Gallery, from Mar. 19through May 4, 2012. A reception will beheld on Apr. 17, at 6pm.Wingo is a painter and sculptor whoworks in welded steel, marble and castbronze. He uses the ancient “lost-wax”technique of casting for his bronze sculptures,a process he studied in Pietrasanta,Italy.Spartanburg, SC, resident WinstonWingo has had recent solo exhibitionsat his hometown’s Wofford College; theUniversity of South Carolina in Columbia;the Fayetteville (NC) Museum ofArt; the Florence (SC) Museum; and theBurroughs and Chapin Museum in MyrtleBeach, SC. His work has been shown inNorth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,New York, France Canada and Italy.Wingo earned a BA in art educationfrom Claflin University in Orangeburg,SC, in 1976. In 1980, he received an MFAin sculpture and painting from SouthCarolina’s Clemson University. His postgraduatestudy includes the Instituto StatuleD’Arte’ Lucca in Italy with sculptorRoberto Bertola. Wingo is an art instructorand the chair of fine arts at Spartanburg’sThe City of North Charleston’s CulturalArts Department will present two soloexhibits including: Serene Recollectionsof the Natural World, featuring works byMatt Tomko, and In Carolina Waterways,featuring works by Dan Vaughan, on viewPage 32 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Institutional Gallery listings, call the galleryat 252/985-5268 or visit (www.ncwc.edu/Arts/Mims/).Clinton Junior College in Rock Hill,SC, Features Works by Winston WingoCharleston Artist Guild in Charleston,SC, will present the exhibit, Palette KnifeImpressions - Gardens & Florals, featuringworks by Brenda Orcutt, on view inthe Charleston Artist Guild Gallery, fromMar. 1 -31, 2012. A reception will be heldon Mar. 2, from 5-8pm.Work by Winston WingoCarver Jr. High School.Clinton Junior College will be closedfor spring break from Apr. 2 – 9, 2012.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings, contact MarieCheek, Clinton Junior College AssociateProfessor of Art and Dalton GalleryDirector by calling 803/372-1102 or visit(http://www.clintonjuniorcollege.edu/daltongallery.html).Charleston Artist Guild in Charleston,SC, Features Works by Brenda OrcuttWork by Brenda OrcuttOrcutt works in oil paints applied witha palette knife. She usually spends oneday with one palette knife, lots of oil paintand plenty of movement. “I’ve alwaysloved the drama of the thickly appliedpaint, the texture, and the pureness of thecolors.” She paints quickly, alla prima,allowing texture and bold color to be seenwithout perfecting form. Her goal is notto reproduce a landscape or still life withprecision. Instead, she wants to translatethe creative concepts she has into an artisticimage with a fresh, contemporary feel.Orcutt was born and raised in theCarolinas. Her personal journey as anartist began in her childhood. “My fatherenrolled in art school on the GI Bill afterserving in the Navy. Although he providedfor our family through other means, henever stopped creating,” Orcutt recalls.Fond childhood memories of discussingher father’s works helped spur an earlyinterest in art.As a child, Orcutt began taking classesin ceramics and decoupage, afterwardphotography and painting classes. Shewas later employed as a decorative artistspecializing in hand painted glassware.Orcutt went on to study oil painting underJoyce Hall at The Studio and furtherdeveloped her drawing, painting andcomposition skills. She later advanced herpalette knife techniques with internationalartist James Pratt, and continued thiswork with Susan Sarback, who owns andoperates the School of Light and Color inCalifornia.Orcutt continues to upgrade her goalsas an artist while incorporating a senseof adventure. Visit the Charleston ArtistGuild Gallery during the month of Marchand experience the excitement and anticipationof her palette knife reflections asspring comes early to Charleston.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the galleryat 843/722-2454 or visit(www.charlestonartistguild.com).City of North Charleston, SC, OffersWorks by Matt Tomko & Dan Vaughanin the North Charleston City Gallery,located in the Charleston Area ConventionCenter in North Charleston, SC, on viewfrom Mar. 1 - 31, 2012. A reception forboth exhibits will be held on Mar. 1 fromcontinued on Page 34Table of ContentsLate Summer on the Chattooga River38x50 inchesWilliam Jameson: Upcoming Solo ExhibitionFranklin G Burroughs - Simeon B. Chapin Art MuseumJanuary 15 - April 27, 20123100 South Ocean Boulevard • Myrtle Beach, SC • 843.2378.2510WILLIAM JAMESON WORKSHOPS 2012February 16 - 18 “Working Large” (studio in Saluda, NC)March 22 - 24 “People or Animals in Interiors or Landscapes” (studio in Saluda, NC)April 19 - 21 “The Lowcountry Landscape” (Seabrook, Kiawah, Wadmalaw Islands)September 23 - 30 “A Tuscan Sojourn” (Tuscany, Italy)October 15 - 19 “Fall on the Blue Ridge” (plein air / studio in Saluda, NC)See my new video and blog link on the website: www.williamjameson.com!Custom Workshops are also Offered for YourOrganization, Specifically Designed for Your LocationDetailed info is available on the web atwww.williamjameson.com or by calling 828.749.3101.My workshops are limited in size to 12 participantsand early registration is encouraged. Beginners toadvanced are welcome and materials lists, directionsand schedules will be sent to all registrants.In keeping with today’s economy I have changed therates on some of my workshops.

The Colors of AcidWMAC (Wayne Carrick), Metal / Rust ArtistMarch 2 - 31, 2012Why Everything Rolls to the Corner, 36 x36 inchesWomb with a View, 18 x 18 inchesJapanese Happiness, 9 x 9 inchesGarden of Flames, 18 x 18 inchesOpening Reception: Friday, March 2, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.,in conjunction with the French Quarter Art Walk in Charleston, SC148 East Bay Street • Charleston SC • 843-577-9295 • www.lowcountryartists.comTable of ContentsCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 33

RhettThurmanTHE SYLVAN GALLERY171 King St. • Charleston • SC • 29401For additional information843•722•2172www.thesylvangallery.comWinter Light III Oil 12 x 12 inchesCity of North Charleston, SCcontinued from Page 32 / back to Page 325-7pm.Work by Dan VaughanMatt Tomko is from Durham, NC.This exhibition consists of forty oil paintingsdepicting wildlife and nature scenes.Paying close attention to the fine detailsin feathers, branches, eyes, or leaves,Tomko’s work invites the viewer to recollecton past memories of special placesand experiences often stored away in theirmemories.The inspiration for Tomko’s workbegan in his youth. As a child, he wouldcatch and release birds and small animals.He began drawing as a way to keep asmall part of nature with him. From 2007to 2009, he studied art at Studio Amidthe Pines in Bear Creek, PA, with JudithKeats. Since then, he has been a featuredartist of the Triangle Wildlife RehabilitationClinic, the Durham Arts Council FallClass Catalog, as well as various solo andgroup exhibitions.Also on display at the gallery will betwenty-five large pastel paintings by Carr-Lowcountry Artists in Charleston, SC,will present the exhibit, The Colors ofAcid, featuring works on metal burnedwith chemicals by Wayne Carrick, onPage 34 - Carolina Arts, March 2012boro, NC, artist Dan Vaughan. His exhibitpresents realist depictions of the Carolinacoast and waterways. Whether it is thesun breaking the early morning fog or thelast rays of sunset illuminating the coastalbreakers, the Carolinas’ picturesquecoastal regions are beautifully recreatedand preserved in Vaughan’s works.Work by Matt TomkoBorn and Raised in Michigan, Vaughanreceived degrees in biology and medicinefrom Michigan State Universityand Wayne State University. Though hisscience studies took up most of his time,he remained a serious photographer andpainter. His retirement from the Universityof North Carolina in 2003 hasallowed him to devote more time to hisart. Vaughan’s work is greatly influencedby his biology training and shows a greatappreciation of the outdoors.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the CulturalArts Department at 843/740-5854 orvisit (www.northcharleston.org).Lowcountry Artists in Charleston,SC, Features Works by Wayne Carrickview from Mar. 2 - 31, 2012. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 2, from 5-8pm.Carrick’s pieces are indoor and outdoorcontinued above on next column to the rightTable of Contentsart and is quite different from most workseen in the Charleston area.Work by Wayne CarrickWayne M.A. Carrick was born inQueens, NY. His close-knit Italian-Americanfamily was deeply distressed whenhe left the fold to pursue his education inIowa where he earned an AS, BA and adoctorate focused in the fields of healthand science.Since early childhood, Carrick wouldfind himself entranced by the clouds in thesky, wishing he could create something oflike awe and beauty. It would not be untilmidlife that he could deny his yearning forcreativity no longer and began to pursuehis artistic interests in earnest. Painting indramatic, bold colors with high contrastserved him well.As a natural extension of Carrick’straining and education, using his sensesand feelings to discern how things workedtogether were very important. In a questfor answers, what he would now termTemporal Art, was born.“My work is done with chemicals thatburn on the surface of the steel to in essencecapture a moment in that cycle oflife,” says Carrick. “I have hyper-acceleratedthis process by the use of chemicals,only to halt it, and then preserve it. As youcan imagine, even with the most painstakingcare, the result is never certain.The rough, unfinished edges of the steelshow stress, burn marks and finality tothe process. It speaks of the birth of thesteel itself and the heat that is necessary towork with it!”Painstaking analysis, research and timehave expanded in the fusion of organicand inorganic color elements into thecreative process he has developed. Theblending of “hot”, fiery colors has nowbeen harnessed to add interest and contrastto the “low” of the cool metal.“As always with this work, some processesonly take but a moment, before thewindow closes permanently on the waitingcells of the metal to respond. A cruelmaster indeed to serve,” adds Carrick.“Other processes in each piece arenurtured, almost childlike, as you wouldlovingly, hopefully guide it toward maturationfor a week, and sometimes as longas a month to reach the final result. Whichat times, never comes.”Intricate “highs and lows” in the colorWork by Wayne Carrickof each piece can be observed. They havebeen planned, but cannot be relied upon.“Much like the crashing of waves on theshore, you can participate but certainlycannot control the outcome,” say Carrick.“For some, you may dabble from thesafety of the shore, but for others, if youare to participate fully, it is in the crest ofthe wave, almost crushed; this is wherethe work lives and it is most vulnerable.”For further information check our SCCommercial Gallery listings, call the galleryat 843/577-9295 or visit(www.lowcountryartists.com).

Charleston Artist Guild Gallery*over seventy local artists*all juried guild members*original paintings and fine art*fine art photographyDiscover the valueoffered by ouremerging artists160 East Bay StreetCharleston, SC843-722-2425www.charlestonartistguild.comWilliam HalseyCorrigan Gallery LLC in Charleston,SC, Offers Works by Paul MardikianCorrigan Gallery LLC in Charleston,SC, will present the exhibit Terra Mater,featuring works by local artist/conservatorPaul Mardikian, on view from Mar. 1 - 31,2012. A reception will be held on Mar. 2,from 5-8pm.Work by Paul Mardikian“Terra Mater” is a tribute to Mardikin’smuse, mother earth. Influenced by thephilosophy and reflections of GastonBachelard on the imagination, daydreamsand poetry of what he calls “Earth andReverie,” Mardikian’s poetic vision of theworld is reflected in this exhibition. Hecompares the surfaces of his paintings toimaginary landscapes of his mind creatinghis own “poetic iconography.” Landscapesof the mind also carry scars and tracesof the past through memory, dreams andimagination and the inevitable erosion oftime.“I have a great interest in textures,layers and stratigraphy,” says Mardikian.“My paintings resemble an archaeologicalexcavation because they are multi-layeredand reveal themselves slowly like ajourney that unfolds through time.” TerraHalsey - McCallumStudioWilliam Halsey& Corrie McCallumBoth recipientsof theElizabeth O’NeillVerner Awardpaintings • graphics • sculpturefor the discerning collectorFor information:David Halsey 843.813.7542dhalsey917@comcast.netPaige Halsey Slade 904.223.8418PSlade@alumnae.brynmawr.eduLouise McCallum Halsey 501.650.5090louisemhalsey@gmail.comwww.louisehalsey.comMater connects with themes establishedin his previous solo shows exhibited atthe Corrigan Gallery; Totems and Icons in2008, and Palimpsest in 2010. Mardikian’spaintings are heavily inspired by histravels to places such as Australia, India,and Africa and this artist’s career as a professionalarchaeological conservator.Mardikian was born in France in 1963and spent most of his childhood nearParis. At the age of 25, while studying archaeologyand conservation science at theSchool of the Louvre and the SorbonneUniversity, Mardikian developed his ownpainting techniques and tools that he usesto convey his feelings through abstractpainting. Mardikian’s training in art restorationoffered him a precious understandingof the chemical, physical and opticalproperties of paint.Mardikian’s career in conservingarchaeological artifacts, such as those ofthe Titanic and the Hunley submarine,has fueled his inspiration. Being directlyconnected to the past, discovering andpreserving the fragile remains of ancientcivilizations, has left a mark on hisartwork. “Interpreting abstract traces ofhumanity such as imprints, traces of fire,tracks, trash, brush stokes, graffiti, andscarifications left by a human being onany given substrate are part of this iconography.Those traces, whether intentional orinadvertent, are symbolic of the temporaryphysical presence of a person in the fluxof time,” says Mardikian.In its seventh year, Corrigan Gallery isthe culmination of 23 years of experiencein the Charleston art market. Representingmore than a dozen artists in an intimatespace, the gallery presents a new showalmost every month and invites visitingartists to present exhibitions. Othergallery artists include Manning Williams,Duke Hagerty, Lynne Riding, Sue SimonsWallace, Gordon Nicholson, John Moore,continued above on next column to the rightTable of ContentsIntentionOil on Canvas, 72 x 66 inchesPlan a visit to the new Downtown Studio fora private showing of latest works.New Downtown Studio6 Gillon Street, Suite 8 (second floor)Charleston, SC 29401Just north of the Old Exchange BuildingWilliam Meisburger, Mary Walker, LeseCorrigan, Kristi Ryba, Joe Walters, KevinBruce Parent and John Hull.A gallery of contemporary works exploringthe depth and intellect behind thedrive to create, Corrigan Gallery providesSmith Killian Fine Art in Charleston,SC, will present the exhibit On a Limb,featuring a collection of paintings byBetty Anglin Smith, on view from Mar.2 - 16, 2012. A reception will be held onMar. 2, from 5-8pm.By Appointment OnlyPlease call (843) 478-2522www.EvaCarterGallery.coma depth to the historic city’s traditionalbent.For further information check ourSC Commercial Gallery listings, call843/722-9868 or visit(http://www.corrigangallery.com).Smith Killian Fine Art in Charleston,SC, Offers Works by Betty Anglin SmithWork by Betty Anglin SmithThis shows exhibits fresh perspectives,more paint and an energy that issure to captivate. “Every now and then aseasoned artist needs to reach and stretchand push their work to a new level. It isthe exhilaration of going ‘out on a limb’,”say Smith.Smith is a native of the Carolina’s andhas firmly established herself as an enduringartist in the region. After the birthof her triplets, all now successful artiststhemselves, Smith pursued her training asan artist and has been painting full timeever since. Her paintings adorn the wallsof private collections in the area, aroundthe country, and abroad. Smith’s recognizablestyle and vibrant paintings have madeher a favorite among collectors.Smith Killian Fine Art is Charleston’sgallery for contemporary realismand color. The gallery features works byLowcountry painter Betty Anglin Smithand her triplets, painters Jennifer SmithRogers and Shannon Smith, and photographerTripp Smith. Sculptures in bronzeby Darrell Davis and works in oil by KimEnglish are also available. Subject matterranges from local and European landscapesto architectural works and still life.Work by Betty Anglin SmithFor further information check our SCCommercial Gallery listings, call the galleryat 843/853-0708 or visit(www.smithkillian.com).The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the monthprior to the next issue. This will be Mar. 24th for the April 2012 issue and Apr. 24 for theMay 2012 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runsinto the next month. But don’t wait for the last minute - send your info now.And where do you send that info?E-mail to (info@carolinaarts.com) or mail to:Carolina Arts, P.O, Drawer 427, Bonneau, SC 29431Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 35

Helena Fox Fine Art LLC in Charleston,SC, Features Works by Julyan DavisHelena Fox Fine Art LLC in Charleston,SC, will present the exhibit, A SouthernEdge: Recent Works by Julyan Davis,on view from Mar. 1 - 31, 2012. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 1, from 5-8pm.Work by Julyan DavisThis exhibition explores the artist’spassion for southern landscape and architecture.His ability to capture the fragilebalance between the historical past andurban sprawl of the present has come to Rick Rhodes Photography and Imaging,LLC in Charleston, SC, will presentthe exhibit, Cuba Now, featuring photographsof Havana, Cuba, by Ron Rocz andNancy Santos, on view from Mar. 5 - 30,2012. A reception will be held on Mar. 9,from 5-9pm.Ron Anton Rocz specializes in traveland art photography, producing imagesthat are colorful, carefully composed, andPage 36 - Carolina Arts, March 2012 represent our changing South.Davis is English born, and moved tothe South over 20 years ago, captivatedby the ever-changing southern landscapehe now calls home. He received his arttraining at the Byam Shaw School of Artin London. In 1988, having completedhis BA in painting and printmaking, hetraveled to the South on a painting tripthat was also inspired by an interest in thehistory of Demopolis, Alabama and itssettling by Bonapartist exiles.After years of traditional realismDavis’ work has evolved to incorporateaspects of modernism, resulting in paintingsthat combine traditional techniquessuch as glazing with an emphasis on theabstract qualities of his subject. His workis in many private, public and corporatecollections including the Gibbes Museumof Art in Charleston, the GreenvilleCounty Museum of Art in Greenville, SC,and the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta,GA.For further information check our SCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 843/723-0073 or visit (www.helenafoxfineart.com).Rick Rhodes Photography & Imaging,LLC in Charleston, SC, FeaturesWorks by Ron Rocz and Nancy Santospainterly in design and subject matter.Nancy Santos is a documentary photographerwho excels in street photography andenvironmental portraiture. Together, theirphotographs complement and augmentone another. They hope their photographswill leave the viewer with a lastingimpression of life and landscape in Cubanow.continued above on next column to the rightWork by Ron RoczºTable of Contents The Pink House Gallery“Pineapple Fountain” by Alice Stewart GrimsleyAlways lots of new work byAlice Stewart Grismsley,Nancy W. Rushing, Detta C. Zimmerman &Exclusive Dealer for the Gaillard Plantation Printsin the oldest building inCharleston, SC at 17 Chalmers St(843) 723-3608 • Mon-Sat 10-5http://pinkhousegallery.tripod.com/Rocz has been living in Charlestonsince 1973. His foreign photographic travelsinclude Iceland, Ireland, England, Centraland Eastern Europe, Bermuda, PuertoRico, Peru and Cuba. Special photographicinterests have included the Gypsies ofRomania, the Blues of the MississippiDelta and the architecture of the historicchurches of Charleston. He has exhibitedat all the major art festivals in the USA,and his works have been installed at commercialand governmental settings aroundCharleston and across the nation. Hisbooks include Seeing Charleston: a fieldguide to photographing a world-class city(2007) and The Churches of Charlestonand the Lowcountry (1995). Photographingin Cuba had been a long-standingambition, finally realized in 2011.Santos is a freelance photographerwho has lived in Charleston, SC, since1997. She studied documentary photographyand photojournalism at The ArtInstitute of Boston and specializes in environmentalportraits and theatre photogracontinuedon Page 38THE TREASURE NESTArt GalleryExtensive selection of highquality Classes oil start paintings January and 31, frames 2011Come at truly visit wonderful our new values. studio &gallery in the new year1055 Johnnie Dodds Blvd.1080B Crickentree Morrison Village Drive Shopping • Charleston, Center SC843-853-3345 Mt. Pleasant, SC • • in Mon-Sat, the heart 10am-6pm of NoMo843 www.cone10studios.com 216 -1235 • www.treasurenestartgallery.com• info@cone10studios.comOriginal Art, Fine Prints,Custom Framing, andInterior Design by appointment140-A West Richardson Ave.Summerville, South Carolina 29483843/873-8212Mon. - Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat. 10am - 5pm

Princess AlleyFulton StreetClifford AlleyJacob’s AlleyArchdale St.Downtown Charleston, SC, Map & Gallery Guide39Beaufain Street12King StreetHasell StreetCharlestonPlaceMarket StreetHorlbeck Alley40GibbesMuseumof Art3Meeting Street43Pinckney StreetRR4Queen StreetCumberland StreetDockStreetTheatreRRChurch StreetS. MarketLingard AlleyQueen Street5Hasell StreetPinckney StreetState StreetState Street6East Bay Street41US CustomsHouseRRPrioleau StreetConcord Street42SC State Ports AuthorityUnion PierSC State Ports AuthorityPassenger TerminalWaterfrontParkSt. Philip StreetCollege of Charleston - Map AWarren StreetCalhoun Street37 Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art38 Simons Center of the ArtsGeorge StreetKing StreetJohn Stree tMarion Sq. ParkGeorge StreetDowntown Charleston Galleries1. Rhett Thurman Studio2. The Sylvan Gallery3. Wells Gallery4. Corrigan Gallery5. Smith Killian Fine Art6. Nina Liu and Friends7. Pink House Gallery8. Gaye Sanders Fisher Gallery9. Spencer Art Galleries10. Helena Fox Fine Art11. Dog & Horse12. Cone Ten Studios - Map CMeeting StreetMap LegendParking GarageSurface Parking LotPublic ParkKing StreetRRBroad StreetMeeting StreetWashingtonParkRR910Church StreetChalmers Street78Broad Street11East Bay StreetN. Atlantic WharfRRInstitutional Spaces37. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art38. Simons Center for the Arts39. Halsey-McCallum Studios40. Gibbes Museum of Art41. Art Institute of Charleston Gallery42. City Gallery at Waterfront Park43. New Perspectives GalleryRRPublic Rest RoomsRhett ThurmanFeaturing 20th & 21st Centurytraditional and representationalpaintings and sculpture.843-722-2172www.thesylvangallery.comStudio241 King StreetCharleston, SC843-577-6066showing atThe Sylvan Gallery171 King Street • Charleston, SC • 843-722-2172171 King St. • Charleston • SC • 29401S PENCERArt GalleriesContemporary Fine ArtOVER 35 ARTISTSMasters, Mid-career, & EmergingMon-Sat 10am-5pm55 Broad Street & 57 Broad Street843/722-6854 843/723-4482Charleston, SC 29401www.spencerartgallery.comExperiencehistorythroughart.Charleston’s135 Meeting Street • Charleston, SC843-722-2706 • gibbesmuseum.orgPut Your Gallery HereFor just $10 a month you can advertiseyour gallery space here.Join these other Charleston, SC, galleriesand visual art institutions.Call us at 843/825-3408or check out other advertising options atwww.carolinaarts.com.102 Church Street • Charleston, SC843-577-5500www.dogandhorsefineart.comTable of ContentsHelena Foxfine Art160-A Church StreetCharleston, SC 29401843.723.0073www.helenafoxfineart.comMon.-Sat., 11am-5pm or by appt.ThePink HouseGalleryFine Art in a 1690’s houseAlice Grimsley, Nancy Rushing,& Detta ZimmermanAlso Bruce W. Krucke, Alexandria H. BenningtonExclusive for Ravenel Gaillard17 Chalmers Street • Charleston, SCMon - Sat 10-5 • 843/723-3608http://pinkhousegallery.tripod.com/A studio and gallery of local pottersand sculptors.Offering wheel throwing and clay sculpture classes.Cone 10 Studios, located in the heart of NoMo1080B Morrison Drive • Charleston, SC843-853-3345 - with plenty of free parkingHours: Monday-Saturday, 11am-5pm; Sunday 1-5pmwww.cone10studios.com • info@cone10studios.comNorth Morrison Drive - Map CI-26I-26Meeting StreetBrigade St.Morrison Dr.Williman St.Isabella St.Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 3712toward downtownSaul AlexanderFoundation GalleryCharleston County Public LibraryMain floor of the LibraryFeaturing monthly exhibitionsby local and regional artistsOpen during regular Library hours.843-805-680168 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SCCity Galleryat Waterfront ParkPrioleau Street in front of thePineapple Fountain at Waterfront ParkOpen Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat.-Sun.,noon-5pm during exhibitionsOperated byCity of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs843/958-6459http://citygalleryatwaterfrontpark.comMcCallum - HalseyStudiosWorks byCorrie McCallum & William Halseypaintings • graphics • sculpturefor the discerning collectorby appointment - 843.723.5977www.halseyfoundation.org

SCALASurrealist PainterThe Letterwww.peterscala.comStudio:843-225-3313Rick Rhoads Photographycontinued from Page 36 / back to Page 36phy. She has worked for Charleston CityPaper and The College of Charleston. Shewas one of the inaugural photographerscommissioned for The Palmetto PortraitsProject and has photographed sweetgrassbasket makers for The Avery ResearchCenter for African American History andCulture. Santos has won national awardsBirds I View Gallery in Charleston,SC, is presenting the exhibit Birds of theCoastal Carolinas, featuring works byCharleston’s well-known artist, AnneWorsham Richardson, highlighting birdsof the varied coastal habitats through Mar.17, 2012. A reception will be held on Mar.2, from 5-8pm.Work by Anne Worsham RichardsonBorn near Turbeville, SC, AnneRichardson became a painter of birds andreceived attention from collectors includingPresidents Jimmy Carter and RonaldReagan. Her paintings Carolina Wren andYellow Jessamine hang in the South CarolinaState House in Columbia, SC. Herpiece Pine Grosbecks was on the cover ofNational Wildlife Magazine. She was thefirst woman painter to receive the “ArtPage 38 - Carolina Arts, March 2012for her photography of The Gullah people,Charleston artists, boxing, and The EastSide.For further information check our SCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 843/766-7425 or visit (www.rickrhodesphotography.com).Birds I View Gallery in Charleston, SC,Offers Works by Anne Worsham RichardsonPrint of the Year” award.The artist and bird rehabilitator saysthe paintings in this exhibit are some ofthe birds, “that I really loved caring forand painting them.” Richardson has afascinating story for every painting in thisexhibit. She is privileged to know each ofthese subjects personally. As the birds arehealing they are lovingly captured in herdetailed watercolor paintings.Richardson’s love of nature and all livingcreatures is evident in her watercolorpaintings of wildlife and birds exhibitedin her gallery in the historic district ofCharleston. Her ability to recreate naturein her art began when she would entertainherself with drawing as a child in a highchair.As a teenager, she was painting theneighbors’ pets and farm animals.“I would come home from school andthere would be a horse or something tiedto the fence. I would ask Mother if theywanted the head or the whole animal. Ofcourse, the commission for the whole animalportrait was more,” said Richardson.Later after moving to Charleston, Richardsonbegan studying nature, especiallybirds, through the libraries, the museums,and field trips all over the US. The careerof South Carolina’s most famous birdpainter was launched. Now the artist hascontinued above on next column to the rightTable of Contentsbeen granted a special Federal permitfor the scientific study of birds as theyrecover in her sanctuary in Charleston. Inher detailed watercolors, you will also observemany species of plant life the artisthas studied for her works. The paintingsdepict wildlife and their habitats.Richardson’s works can be found in thecollections of many institutions including:Kennedy Galleries, New York City, BostonAudubon Society, National WildlifeHeadquarters, Congressional Club, Wash-Redux Contemporary Art Center inCharleston, SC, will present the exhibit,The Plantation (Plan-ta-shun), featuringworks by local artist, Colin Quashie, onview from Mar. 30 through May 6, 2012.A reception will be held on Mar. 30, from6-9pm.ington, DC, The California State Museum,Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston,SC, Columbia Art Museum, Columbia,SC, Greenville County Museum of Art,Greenville, SC, Pittsfield Art Museum,Pittsfield, MA, and Pocono Lake Preserve,Pocono, PA.For further information check our SCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 843-723-1276 or visit (www.anneworshamrichardson.com).Redux Contemporary Art Centerin Charleston, South Carolina,Offers Works by Colin QuashieWork by Colin QuashieQuashie is an artist of this time. Thecontroversy that surrounded the BattleFlag of the Confederacy which flew defiantlyabove South Carolina’s State Capitolbuilding engenders precisely the form ofpolemic exchange in which he feels mostat ease. Quashie’s wry, ironic, and irreverentart works are especially timely, forcinghis audience to consider difficult culturalproblems which they may often prefer toavoid. In this Post-modern era, Quashie’shighly political art may be categorized as“conceptual” and “journalistic”. Artisticallyand aesthetically, much of his work isclosely allied to the ideals of the Pop-ArtMovement of the 1960s & 70s. However,the subject matter he presents is radicallydifferent from the topics explored in theearlier Pop-Art genre. What is singularabout a “Quashie” point of view? Whatdoes this Charleston iconoclast have thatdemands our notice?In this post-modern era, Quashie’shighly charged political art may be called“conceptual”. Artistically and aesthetically,much of his art is closely allied tothe ideals of the pop-art movement of the1960’s and 70’s, but the subject matteris radically different from that exploredin the earlier genre. By exploring thereservoir of possibilities offered by theresources of popular cultural imagery andusing the mechanisms of representation,media based communication and satire,artist Quashie investigates serious cultural,social, and political ideas and issues,with sometimes raucous, sometime genial,tongue-in-cheek humor.On occasion, Quashie addresses culturalissues using witty, scathing sarcasmintended to spark popular debate and discontinuedon Page 39

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His works oftenplay upon various popular stereotypesand ridicule irrational cultural assumptionsin order to trigger an awareness ofour personal limits in understanding eachother’s daily life experiences. Functioningthrough the use of positive “social” anger,fed by his frustration with the vision ofthe masses, a vision which he hopes tohelp re-shape and determine, Quashie useshis artwork to raise questions that involvescrutinizing the power bases of our socialsystem, causing us to examine our collectivepolitical perceptions. Quashie’sworks challenge us to be more thoughtful,expressive, and aware.Quashie’s artworks face off againsthard to handle issues of culture, politics,and race with a self-conscious awarenessthat often offends (or at least disturbs)blacks, whites and “others”; he discriminateswith equality and equanimity.Quashie is equal to the hard questions thathe raises, but often the issues are camouflagedin pop-culture imagery and a formof Warholesque flashiness which confoundsas it derides the spectator. Operatingin the tradition of the French avantgardeartists, Quashie challenges thestatus quo mentality. His works often playupon various popular stereotypes, andridicule irrational cultural assumptions totrigger an awareness of our personal limitsin understanding each other’s daily lifeexperiences.Functioning through the use of positive“social” anger, fed by his frustration withthe vision of the masses, a vision whichhe hopes to help re-shape and determine,Quashie uses his artwork to raise questionsthat involve scrutinizing the powerbases of our social system, causing us toexamine our collective political perceptions.The Quashie point of view makesits mark by challenging us to be morethoughtful, more expressive, and moreaware.Quashie was born in London, England(1963) and raised in the West Indies.At age six, his parents emigrated to theStates and settled in Daytona Beach, FL.The artist briefly attended the Universityof Florida on a full academic scholarship,but felt ill at ease in academia andleft, eventually joining the Navy as asubmarine sonarman. It was there that hislifelong love for art re-emerged. After hisdischarge in 1987, he made the decisionto pursue an art career. Showing steadygrowth, his art career ended abruptly in1995 after an exhibition was censored.Frustrated with the art world, he abandonedart, moved West and landed a job asa comedy sketch writer on Mad-TV. Hislove for art re-emerged two years later andcontinued above on next column to the rightTable of Contentssince then, in between writing gigs (hehas written for five other comedy seriesand in 2001 received an Emmy awardfor documentary writing), he continuesto produce his unique brand of art. Helives in Charleston, where he paints whileThe Coastal Community Foundationin Charleston, SC, working with ReduxContemporary Art Center is presentingan exhibit of paintings and drawings byTina Christophillis, on view through Apr.1, 2012.continuing to write.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the Centerat 843/722-0697 or visit (www.reduxstudios.org).Coastal Community Foundationin Charleston, SC, FeaturesWorks by Tina ChristophillisWork by Tina ChristophillisChristophillis’ subjects are ideas thatreflect her journey through this life, thestreet scenes of Charleston and pasttravels, the relationships of people andmemories, the distant glimpses into whatwas and might be and the pure form ofwhat is and what runs through all things.It is about the truth and essence of whatwe always seek to come home to, whatalways has been and is always within you.Christophillis invites you to enter intothese ideas and to take from them whatyou see unique about your own life, yourown self, your own experience. That is allshe asks. And from that, she hopes youfeel safe.The mission of the Coastal CommunityFoundation is to foster philanthropyfor the lasting good of the community.They are committed to taking the broadestperspective of community, as seenthrough their extensive nonprofit involvementand initiatives. Ranging from arts orhealth-related organizations to educationprogramming, conserving the environment,strengthening neighborhoods andsatisfying human needs, they are connectedto the full spectrum of charitableand nonprofit organizations.Redux Contemporary Art Center isproud to partner with the Coastal CommunityFoundation by curating various artiststo showcase their work in the organization’soffice space. It is a wonderful opportunityto share local artists’ talents in aless traditional gallery setting.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings, call Redux at843/722-0697 or visit (www.reduxstudios.org).You can contact us by calling 843/825-3408 or by e-mail at - info@carolinaarts.comCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 39

M Gallery of Fine Art SE in Charleston,SC, Offers Works by Roger Dale BrownM Gallery of Fine Art SE in Charleston,SC, will present the exhibit, SouthernDreams, featuring landscapes by RogerDale Brown, on view from Mar. 1 - 31,2012. A reception will be held on Mar. 2,from 5-8pm.Brown is known nationally for hisworks depicting the beautiful sceneryacross the United States. Originally fromNashville, TN, he has traveled and studiedin many places across the United States.These experiences as well as history,nature, and architecture inspire his oilpaintings.Brown is an avid “plein air” painterand has traveled coast-to-coast paintingthe beautiful scenery across our country.He also paints selected figurative and stilllifes. He has studied with accomplishedartists Dawn Whitelaw, Scott Christensen,and Everett Raymond Kinstler, as well asthrough the writings and works of EdgarPayne, John F. Carlson, and Andrew Wyeth.Currently he actively participates withprofessional art organizations includingthe National Arts Club, Plein Air Paintersof the Southeast, the Cumberland Societyof Painters, and is a Signature member ofthe Oil Painters of America.Brown’s oil paintings have been displayedin galleries throughout the UnitedStates and have won many awards. Honorsinclude the Oil Painters of America,National Juried Exhibition where he is aSignature Member, Salon International,Central South Juried Show, and publishedby International Artist Magazine. He hasdonated paintings for select charity fundraisersand his works are owned by privatecollectors across the country and includemany well-known celebrities and majorcorporations.For further information check our SCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 843/727-4500 or visit (www.mgalleryoffineart.com).How Art Thou Café in Charleston,SC, Features Works by Lillian TrettinWork by Lillian TrettinCosta and Williams Dental HealthCare on James Island in SC, workingwith Redux Contemporary Art Center,is presenting an exhibit of works by TeilDuncan, on view through Apr. 3, 2012.How Art Thou Café, located in theTerrace Plaza on James Island in Charleston,SC, will present the exhibit FlanneryO’Connor’s South: New Work, featuringcut-paper collages by Lillian Trettin whichinterpret this Southern novelist’s eccentriccharacters and sharp commentary, on viewfrom Mar. 8 - 31, 2012. Singer-songwritersHazel Ketchum and Bob Culver, “TheHarrows,” will perform music related tothe exhibit on Mar. 8 from 7-9pm. JoshuaMiller, owner-artisan, and co-owner DavidBerger will also host a wine tasting eventthat night. Additional art by Sophie Nemethy,Rich Schmiedt, Hunter Gilbert andJoshua Miller will be on view.Lillian Trettin’s exhibit of cut-papercollages entitled Flannery O’Connor’sSouth: New Work, interprets Southernnovelist Flannery O’Connor’s dark humor,eccentric characters, and sharp social andmoral commentary.Trettin, a resident of Mount Pleasant,SC, previously exhibited collagesrelated to Flannery O’Connor’s fiction inCharleston in August 2011. One observercalled the work “wild, wacky and thoughtprovoking.” Another wrote: “You havecaptured the essence of Flannery - both ofyou jolt my senses and raise my discomfortlevel.” The exhibit will also showApr. 9 - 14, 2012, at Converse Collegein Spartanburg during a conference onsouthern culture, “From Okra to Opera.”The conference, featuring live music andart exhibits as well as scholarly research,is open to the public.For further information check our SCCommercial Gallery listings or call theCafé at 843/793-2231.Costa and Williams Dental HealthCare on James Island in SC,Features Works by Teil DuncanWork by Teil DuncanDuncan is displaying twenty of her vivaciousfigurative, still life, and landscapeoil paintings.Duncan is an oil painter, originallyfrom Columbus, GA, with a degree inFine Art from Auburn University. Herdirect influences and inspirations are thepeople and places in which she is surrounded.The vibrant lighting, color andenergy Charleston exudes is translatedonto the canvas, portraying her ownunique language through paint. Teil hasexhibited in various shows throughoutthe southeast and continues to paint in herstudio at Redux Contemporary Art Center.For further info check our SC InstitutionalGallery listings, call Redux at 843/722-0697 or visit (www.reduxstudios.org).Hillsborough Gallery of Arts inHillsborough, NC, Offers New ExhibitsThe Hillsborough Gallery of Artsin Hillsborough, NC, will present twoexhibits in March, including: Ebb & Flow,featuring works by the gallery’s artistsinspired by the ebb and flow of natureand the creative process, and Primaeval,featuring works by Ellie Reinhold, EricSaunders, and Lynn Wartski, on view fromMar. 26 through Apr. 22, 2012. A recep-Page 40 - Carolina Arts, March 2012tion will be held for Primaeval on Mar. 30,from 6-9pm.For her contributions to Ebb & Flow,Michelle Yellin painted a series of smallwatercolors based on time spent on TybeeIsland, GA, last fall. “I took a series ofphotographs as the tide was going out,”Yellin explains. “Each painting is basedcontinued above on next column to the rightTable of Contentson a singular moment as the light fadedfrom the sky, and the water ebbed awayfrom the shore. The water, ebbing andflowing, felt like a breath moving in andout, both unique and infinite.”Work by Chris GraebnerGlass artist Susan Hope has beenexperimenting with multiple layers ofglass, building an image one layer at atime. Her piece for Ebb & Flow, she says,“is a multi-layered piece of glass with thesimple image of a little sailboat on a rollingsea.” But the image is not as simpleas it might appear. For Hope, it representsboth creative inspiration and experimentation.“Inspiration is elusive,” Hope says.“The ebb and flow of ideas is muchlike the movement of the sea. It is bothhere and there - a delicate balance,” sheexplains, adding “experimentation is thepractical application of inspiration, andit too seems to ebb and flow with thesuccess or failure of the process. Sometimesthe ideas are too big for the currentmoment and are just below the surface, asare the fish swimming below the tiny boat,symbols of ideas eager to be born.”Lynn Wartski, who works with copperand found objects, has stretched herimagination and use of materials with amobile that represents a school of jellyfishmade of recycled soft drink bottles. SaysWartski, “finding inspiration for Ebb &Flow came easily, as I often turn to naturefor inspiration, and sea life has figuredinto that inspiration from time to time.”For Kim Wheaton, the theme of thegroup show inspired her to work on an abstractpiece, something new for her. “Mypiece for this show is a triptych of creams,aquas, and blues that evoke a shorelineor waves,” she says. “Rather than thinkingliterally about waves, I concentratedon the process and the idea of movement.I used fluid acrylics on top of texturedpaper and let the paints actually ebb, flow,drip and merge across the canvas. So the“ebb and flow” is the natural process ofthe paints, rather than trying to make apreconceived image,” Wheaton explains,adding, “I like this process so much that Iam going to continue experimenting withfluid acrylics.”Painter Ellie Reinhold, photographerEric Saunders, and metal sculptor LynnWartski each interpret their relationship tothe timeless and elemental at a new showtitled Primaeval, which opens Mar. 26,2012, at the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts.Work by Ellie ReinholdReinhold says the show’s themeclicked with her immediately, becauseher images are metaphors for what isprimaeval in the psyche. “Each piece inthis show is a visual riff on a number ofconcerns,” Reinhold explains, “includingthe brevity of our lives, our lives in thecontext of our human ancestry, how wedeal with the losses we all face in life, theburden that our emotions can be - especiallywhen they are new to us - and manyother things that I can’t put into words.”Reinhold works both figuratively andcontinued on Page 41

Hillsborough Gallery of Artscontinued from Page 40with landscape. Those who admire herwork often refer to it as “soul work,” “artyou can feel in your gut,” and “dreamscapes.”Reinhold says she takes her inspirationfrom her own emotions and paraphrasesa quote from writer Alice Walker: “If youdelve deeply enough into yourself, you arebound to rise up in other people.”“The creative process is like meditationfor me,” Reinhold says. “If I stay awayfrom it too long, I lose my center. Paintinggives me a place to work through the emotionalexperiences in my life.”“When I’m photographing the landscape,I look for scenes that are primaevaland spiritual,” says Eric Saunders. “Abstractnature scenes or scenes combininghuman artifact and nature always interestme.”A pianist, Saunders says he’s inspiredby classical music and the visual arts. Arecurring theme in his photography is lightbeing reflected on water, the source of life.“Taking pride in what I do and the desireto create something unique continuallymotivates me,” Saunders adds.In thinking about the primaeval theme,Lynn Wartski reflected on the origins ofher own art. “I have always been intriguedby human faces and forms,” she says.“Two- and three- dimensional representationswere among my earliest artisticexpressions and are something I returnto, and challenge myself with, time andagain.”Wartski says she loves to experimentThe NC Museum of Natural Sciencesin Raleigh, NC, will present exhibit, NorthAmerican Endangered Turtle Series, featuringchildren’s book illustrations by BobPalmatier on view in the Museum’s NatureArt Gallery, from Mar. 2 through Apr.7, 2012. A reception and book signing willbe held on Mar. 2, from 6:30-8:30pm.Looking for a way to get children interestedin reading? North Carolina authorand illustrator Bob Palmatier believes thatsitting with young children and reading tothem at a young age has “everything to dowith them developing a lifelong love forreading.” He uses this belief to inspire theillustrations in his children’s books aboutNorth American endangered turtle species.The North Carolina Museum of NaturalSciences will sell copies of Stormy’sReturn and The Tiny Turtle of the Marshin the Museum store, and the Nature ArtGallery will showcase some of Palmatier’soriginal drawings. All exhibited art willalso be for sale.A retired schoolteacher and fieldresearcher, Palmatier has two decades ofexperience observing native species ofturtles. This experience is obvious in thescientifically accurate and engaging storieshe tells in a straightforward manner.The drawings are scientifically accurate,yet will grab children’s attention with theirbright colors and playful nature. Childrenfrom kindergarten to fifth grade will enjoythese books, layered with themes anddetails that provide new insight upon eachread. “The road to a life-long interest inWork by Lynn Wartskiwith different media. “Copper has beenmy primary medium, but I have incorporatedglass, other metals, concrete, andfound objects into my work,” she explains.“Stylistically my work has becomemore Steampunk in flavor.”Wartski says she may follow a themeor idea for a period of time and let it runits course. “This may yield one piece, aseries, or an entire year’s worth of exploration,”she adds.Owned and operated by 22 local artists,the Hillsborough Gallery of Artsrepresents established artists exhibitingcontemporary fine art and fine craft. Thegallery’s offerings include painting, sculpture,ceramics, photography, fiber, jewelry,glass, metal, mosaics, encaustic, enamel,watercolor and wood.For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, call the galleryat 919/732-5001 or visit(www.hillsboroughgallery.com).North Carolina Museum ofNatural Sciences in Raleigh, NC,Features Works by Bob Palmatiernatural history and conservation advocacysometimes begins with a children’s bookabout the lives of wild animals,” Palmatiersaid.Palmatier’s books follow this model,especially the second in the series, TheTiny Turtle of the Marsh. This book introducesyoung readers to plants and animalsof a tidal salt marsh, and explains the dangersthat they face. Palmatier’s first book,Stormy’s Return, opens students’ eyes tothe connections between man and nature.Students are drawn into the story of theplucky little turtle and his determination.Each book also contains an extensive illustratedglossary which details more than50 native plants and animals. Palmatiercontinues to work on his next book, LittleTess the Turtle and the Mystery of theMangrove Keys, coming out in December2012.The Nature Art Gallery is located onthe mezzanine of the Museum Store.The North Carolina Museum ofNatural Sciences documents and interpretsnatural history of the state of NorthCarolina through exhibits, research,collections, publications and educationalprogramming. The Museum is an agencyof the NC Department of Environmentand Natural Resources, Dee Freeman,Secretary.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call thegallery at 919/733-7450, ext. 360 or visit(www.naturalsciences.org/store/nature_gallery.html).ArtSource Fine Art Gallery inRaleigh, NC, Features Works byBrian Hibbard and Scott HarrisArtSource Fine Art Gallery in Raleigh,NC, will present the exhibit, Resonance,featuring works by Brian Hibbard andScott Harris, on view from Mar. 9 throughApr. 7, 2012. A reception will be held onMar. 9, from 7-9pm.Resonance brings together two modernartists who love experimenting with painting,surface and sculpture. Both Hibbardand Harris step away from the traditionalcanvas and paint on a large scale to helpthe viewer “step into” an intriguing experience.continued above on next column to the rightGallery C in Raleigh, NC, OffersWorks by Diane Patton & Dave WertzGallery C in Raleigh, NC, is presentingthe exhibit, Two from Virginia: DianePatton and Dave Wertz, featuring abstractpaintings and metal sculpture, on viewthrough Mar. 21, 2012. A reception will beheld on Mar. 2, from 6-9pm.A view of paintings by Diane Patton andsculptures by Dave WertzDiane Patton is an Abstract Expressionistpainter. A seasoned professional, Patton’swork is informed by years of experienceTable of ContentsHarris’s unique paintings on aluminumgive the audience a warm inviting sceneon a cold, industrial surface; whereas Hibbard’sportrayal of ancient and traditionalimages on wood give his work a moreharmonious style. Both artists’ expressionisticapproaches establish a balance ofreality and creative freedom.For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 919/787-9533 or visit (www.artsource-raleigh.com).painting in a variety of mediums. She buildsher paintings using layer over layer ofopaque and transparent paint. The paintingswander freely, inviting organic formsand shapes. Patton presents 16 new works,ranging in size from 12 x 12 inches to 40 x60 inches.Dave Wertz is a sculptor working in threedimensional fine art and functional pieces.All his work is hand fabricated using variouscombinations of forging and welding.Wertz enjoys an international reputationand has received many private and publiccommissions. Wertz presents 12 new piecesincluding small pedestal sculptures, functionaltables, and large sculptures of horses.Patton and Wertz are friends, neighbors, andcollaborative enthusiasts of each other’swork.For further info check our NC CommercialGallery listings, call the gallery at919/828-3165 or visit (www.galleryc.net).ENO Gallery in Hillsborough, NC,Features Works by Donna PolsenoENO Gallery in Hillsborough, NC, ispresenting the exhibit, Metaphors of Containment,featuring a solo exhibition ofceramic vessels by Virginia artist, DonnaPolseno on view in the lower gallerythrough Apr. 22, 2012.Polseno was born in Connecticut,where she grew up fascinated by herfather’s work as a painter and illustrator.When she went off to The Kansas City ArtInstitute it was to become a painter likehim, until the chance exposure to ceramicslead her into the pottery shop where KenFerguson and Victor Babu were teaching.The great creativity, passion and energy ofthat place and time lead to a lifetime commitmentto clay.Polseno went on the receive herM.A.T. from the Rhode Island Schoolcontinued on Page 43Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 41

Artspace in Raleigh, NC, Offers Worksby Amy Gross and Barry SparkmanArtspace in Raleigh, NC, is presentingthe exhibit, Microcosms/Macrocosms,featuring works by Amy Gross and BarrySparkman, on view in Gallery 2 throughMar. 31, 2012.Microcosms/Macrocosms presentsthe work of two artists exploring similarconcepts, though utilizing vastly differentmedia and techniques. Amy Gross’ twoandthree-dimensional works are stitched,sculptural fiber works, while Barry Sparkman’smixed media works incorporateprintmaking and painting techniques.Work by Amy GrossGross’ works are an attempt to mergethe natural observable world with her owninner life. Gross notes that she is “tryingto remake nature sieved through myexperiences. I’ve always been attractedand frightened by things that are in theirfullest bloom but on the verge of spoiling.There’s beauty and sadness in them,heightened by the undeniable inevitabilityof their ending in death. This fascinationand fear describes my own psychologymore than I would like to admit.”The process forces Gross to considerthat which she would rather not – theheedlessness of time, of aging, and of thestealthy undermining of illness. Workssimilar to those exhibited at Artspacebegan when some people closest to Grosswere diagnosed with illnesses that at thetime were mostly unknown. With fewsymptoms or signs, Gross began a processthat made the microscopic – essentiallythe invisible – real. Her current stitchedworks mimic both the microscopic andlife forms in our human eye scale. Theseforms grow, take over, and climb. Thoughthey diagram stages of decay and change,the different is that these forms are notcorporeal – they cannot evolve or die.Gross recognizes that making these objectsdoesn’t alter reality, but for the artist,it freezes time, if just for a little while.Gross was born and raised on LongIsland, NY, and received her BFA fromThe Cooper Union for the Advancementof Science and Art in NYC. After attendingThe Skowhegan School of Paintingand Sculpture in ME, she returned to NYand established Color Box Studio, Inc.,a design company specializing in textileand surface design, and Amy Designs,Inc., concentrating on children’s productdevelopment. Following a move to SouthFlorida in 1999 Gross began working infiber. Her pieces evolved from beaded,painted, and embroidered works on canvasto three-dimensional embellished objects.Gross’ works has been widely exhibitedincluding in Florida at the BocaRaton Museum of Art, The Donna TribbyGallery, The Armory Art Center, and18 Rabbit Gallery, as well as nationallyincluding at Three Graces Gallery and thePortsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth,NH, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, LoudonHouse Gallery, Lexington, KY, andKenise Barnes Fine Art, NY. Her work isrepresented by Watson MacRae Gallery.Gross’ work has appeared in the summer2009 issue of Fiber Arts and the winter2009 issue of Visual Overtures magazine.In 2012, her work will be included in thebotany-themed issue of HESA Inprint.Barry Sparkman uses abstraction tosuggest the sense of a subconscious universe.Lines and shapes twist and streamthrough multicolored environments tocreate the sense of a fourth-dimensionalspace accessible through the artist’simagination. The spiraling tendrils andPage 42 - Carolina Arts, March 2012wave-like forms often seem to allude toliving organisms; the ambiguous spacethey inhabit simultaneously suggests amicrocosm and a macrocosm. While hisimagery typically arises spontaneously,based upon formal or emotional impulses,more recently he has been inspired byimages from biology, particularly microbiology.Sparkman often works subtractivelywhen creating his oil paintings, layingdown paint and then scraping off linesand layers to create complex, texturedsurfaces and subtle color effects. Hisrecent monoprints have provided anothermeans for layering colors and texturesthrough the use of photo-silkscreen. Theswirling, colorful, other-worldly environmentsthat he creates are simultaneouslybeautiful and alien, even while the organicand spatial elements refer distantly to ourmore familiar, mundane world.A native of Tennessee, Sparkman wasan artist from an early age. After completinghis BFA at Middle Tennessee StateUniversity, he earned a MFA in paintingat Louisiana State University in 1989, andrecently earned a second MFA in printmakingfrom the University of Miami. Hehas held a variety of jobs while pursuinghis art career, including working on aranch in Montana and running a conveniencestore. Sparkman also has workedas a museum preparator and galleriesmanager at the Art Museum of FloridaInternational University and the LoweArt Museum at the University of Miami.He has taught at Florida InternationalUniversity, Miami and Clarion University,Pennsylvania, among others.Work by Barry SparkmanSparkman has shown his work extensively,including solo shows in Miami,Nashville, Atlanta, and Chapel Hill, aswell as group shows across the countryfrom Provincetown, MA, to Alamosa, CO.He currently works out of his studio inPhoenix, AZ.Artspace, a thriving visual art centerlocated in downtown Raleigh, brings thecreative process to life through inspiringand engaging education and communityoutreach programming, a dynamicenvironment of over 30 professionalartists studios, and nationally acclaimedexhibitions. Approximately 95 artists holdprofessional memberships in the ArtspaceArtists Association. Thirty-five of theseartists have studios located at Artspace.Artspace is located in Historic City Marketin Raleigh at the corner of Blount andDavie Streets.Artspace is supported by the NorthCarolina Arts Council, the United ArtsCouncil of Raleigh and Wake County, theRaleigh Arts Commission, individuals,corporations, and private foundations.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call thecenter at 919/821-2787 or visit (www.artspacenc.org).The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the monthprior to the next issue. This will be Mar. 24th for the April 2012 issue and Apr. 24 for theMay 2012 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runsinto the next month. But don’t wait for the last minute - send your info now.And where do you send that info?E-mail to (info@carolinaarts.com).Table of ContentsAdam Cave Fine Art in Raleigh,NC, Offers Works by Joseph CaveWhat happens when a renownedSouthern landscape painter turns his fullattention to floral still-lifes and interiors?When the artist is Joseph Cave, a wholenew genre is born. Adam Cave Fine Artin Raleigh, NC, will present The FloralReimagined, an exhibit of twelve new oilson canvas, on view from Mar. 1 throughApr. 14, 2012.Work by Joseph CaveCave reimagines the traditional stilllife in paintings full of bold color, playfulpattern, and rich, abstract brushwork.There is nothing still about these still-The Raleigh Fine Arts Society is proudto host its 34th North Carolina ArtistsExhibition, on view from Mar. 4 throughMay 2, 2012. This juried exhibition formultimedia visual art features establishedand emerging artists from more than60 counties across North Carolina. Theexhibit will be on view in the Betty RayMcCain Gallery at the Progress EnergyCenter for the Performing Arts in Raleigh,NC. An awards reception will begin at2pm on Mar. 4, with a juror’s lecture offeredin Meymandi Hall at the ProgressEnergy Center for the Performing Arts.This year’s juror is Mark Sloan, Directorand Senior Curator of the Halsey Instituteof Contemporary Art at the College ofCharleston, School of the Arts in Charleston,SC. In his twenty-seven year careerhe has organized hundreds of exhibitions,ranging from contemporary Japaneseinstallation art to 19th Century Baluchitribal weavings. Several of his exhibitionshave traveled to institutions such as theHigh Museum in Atlanta, Yerba BuenaCenter for the Arts in San Francisco, theNew Orleans Museum of Art, and others.Sloan will be viewing 584 works submittedby 309 artists. He will select approximately65 for the show.Event sponsors are John William PopeFoundation, Smith, Anderson, Blount,Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP andMary Duke Biddle Foundation.In 1978-79, the Raleigh Fine ArtsSociety sponsored its first juried show formultimedia art created by Wake Countyartists. This exhibition expanded overlifes. The artist starts with the simplest ofideas, placing a bouquet of flowers in a jaror vase, and painting what he sees. But ineach work we see amazing flights of fancyas patterns of tablecloths and shadowson the wall all compete with the flowersthemselves for the viewer’s attention. Thiscontrolled chaos moves the viewer’s eyearound the canvas of which there is notone square inch lacking in visual interest.Gone is the traditional subject andbackground we are used to. The resultingpaintings seem more alive than the flowersthat they depict.Cave has been painting professionallyfor almost fifty years. Born in Columbia,SC, the artist attended the University ofGeorgia followed by the San FranciscoArt Institute and San Francisco State University.Following his MFA he spent yearsin Northern California, as well as Europe,returning to the South in the late 80’s.Cave settled in Durham, NC, and now residesin the mountains near Asheville, NC.Adam Cave Fine Art is located on thesecond floor of a 120-year-old historicbuilding in the heart of downtown Raleigh.For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 919/838-6692 or visit (www.adamcavefineart.com).Progress Energy Center for thePerforming Arts in Raleigh, NC, OffersAnnual Exhibit Featuring NC Artiststhe years and now attracts artists from allover the state. Thousands of spectatorswho come to the Progress Energy Centerfor the Performing Arts enjoy having thisopportunity to view and purchase artworkcreated by North Carolina artists.The Raleigh Fine Arts Society had itsbeginning in 1964 when a small numberof volunteers staged an exhibition of localart at the Olivia Raney Library in Raleigh.The following year the Raleigh Fine ArtsSociety, Inc. was formed. The role todayof The Raleigh Fine Arts Society remainsas it was in 1965: To encourage the pursuitof art, music and the written word.That means identifying, supporting andrecognizing creative people and helpingassure their work is seen, heard and appreciated.This organization has establishedand nurtured the essential links amongthose who support these pursuits, thosewho enjoy them and those whose hands,hearts and minds create them.Since the 1970’s, The Raleigh FineArts Society has been actively involved ina variety of projects that support the arts.In addition to the art exhibition, otherprojects include an annual Choral Celebrationfor elementary schools in WakeCounty and an annual Literary Contest,open to short story writers from everyhigh school in Wake County, public orprivate.For further information check our NCInstitutional Gallery listings, call 919/787-7480, ext. 1064 or visit (www.raleighfinearts.org).Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill,NC, Features Works by Thomas HartBenton, Thornton Dial, and QuiltsThe Ackland Art Museum in ChapelHill, NC, will present several new exhibitsincluding: Chords of Memory: Lithographsby Thomas Hart Benton, on view from Mar.9 through May 13, 2012; Thornton Dial:Thoughts on Paper, on view from Mar. 30through July 1, 2012 and Piece by Piece:Quilts, Collages, and Constructions, onview from Mar. 30 through July 1, 2012..Associated with the Regionalist movement,Thomas Hart Benton wanted to createa “living art” that presented American subjectsin a way that was easily accessible toeveryday people. He traveled on sketchingtrips around America’s heartland during theDepression, often playing his harmonica inexchange for room and board. His lithographsrecord his travels, paying homage tothe people and places that he encountered.continued on Page 43

Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hillcontinued from Page 42Some of the prints deal with Benton’smemories of his own childhood in Missouri,of his family and neighbors and howthey lived. Others deal with music - withthe singing, foot stamping, and folk songsthat shaped the character of rural life in theSouth and Midwest. However, by the 1940s,these songs were beginning to disappear.Chords of Memory examines Benton’s attemptto record these songs and the way oflife that they represented.Work by Thomas Hart BentonTwo abstract oil paintings by Benton willbe shown along with the exhibition. Theyrepresent the artist’s early experiments insynchronism, a movement interested in creatingharmonies with color just as musicianscomposed with sound.While most recognized for his largescale, multi-media assemblages, ThorntonDial’s drawings are his most prolific bodyof work, spanning from the early 1990s intoWork by Pete SackThe Mahler in Raleigh, NC, will presentthe exhibit, New Works by Pete Sack,on view from Mar. 2 - 31, 2012. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 2, from 6-9pm.the present. Organized by the Ackland ArtMuseum, Thornton Dial: Thoughts on Paperwill feature 50 of Dial’s earliest drawingsfrom 1990-1991, a pivotal moment inhis artistic career.The Ackland Art Museum is well knownfor its extensive collection of works on paperand in particular, its outstanding collectionof drawings, making it a natural venuein which to explore this less-known buthighly significant portion of Dial’s oeuvre.The works in the exhibition - characterizedby flowing lines, color washes, and imagesof women, fish, and tigers - provide a touchstoneof Dial’s creative process.A fully-illustrated book, Thornton Dial:Thoughts on Paper, co-published by theAckland Art Museum and The Universityof North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will beavailable. The book is edited by Bernard L.Herman, with contributions by Bernard L.Herman, Juan Logan, Glenn Hinson, ColinRhodes, and Cara Zimmerman.Piece by Piece: Quilts, Collages, andConstructions is centered on a quilt fromthe legendary Gee’s Bend, Alabama, quiltingcommunity, this exhibition celebratesboth the act of “piecing together” works ofart from disparate elements and the influenceof traditional women’s fabric arts onmodern and contemporary art.For further information check our NCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the Museumat 919/966-5736 or visit (http://www.ackland.org/index.htm).The Mahler in Raleigh, NC,Features Works by Pete SackThe NC Museum of Natural Sciencesin Raleigh, NC, is presenting the 2011Wildlife in North Carolina Photo Competition,on view through Mar. 31, 2012.In his new series of paintings, Sackcontinues to express his own human conditionthrough the combination of watercolorand paint. The images that he usesare taken from a variety of places, bothpersonal and public, and by removing theimages from their context Sack is able tocreate a new personal narrative throughhis art.The Mahler is a dynamic fine artgallery located in downtown Raleigh inthe historic and newly renovated MahlerBuilding on Fayetteville Street. TheMahler is dedicated to significant art ofour time, committed to offering the best inregional and national fine art by emergingand established artists.For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, call MeggRader at 919/896-7503 or visit (www.themahlerfineart.com).NC Museum of Natural Sciences inRaleigh, NC, Offers Wildlife PhotographyWork by Gene Furr the Grand Prize winnerNow in its seventh year, the Wildlifein North Carolina Photo Competitionseeks to encourage high-quality naturephotography and to identify talentedwildlife photographers working in NorthCarolina. This year’s field totaled 3,689photographs from approximately 1,000photographers. Judges were: WINC art directorMarsha Tillett, WINC photographerMelissa McGaw, Museum senior managerof outreach Mike Dunn, and Wildlife ResourcesCommission public informationofficer Jodie Owen.“Sometimes you have to break therules to get results,” says Gene Furr, the2011 Wildlife in North Carolina PhotoCompetition Grand Prize winner, who didjust that for his winning shot of the greategret. His photo, along with 30 other winningshots, are on display.“Most of the time, you do not want tophotograph birds from the rear, but breakingthis rule gave me a special image,”said Furr. “I am so honored to win theGrand Prize.”Furr is no newcomer to photography.During his 30 years at The News &Observer of Raleigh, he won more than300 awards while serving as staff photographer,chief photographer and photographycoach. He retired in 2002 and startedphotographing wildlife.The Photo Competition is held in collaborationwith the NC Wildlife Resourcescontinued above on next column to the rightCommission, the NC Museum of NaturalSciences and the NC Division of Parksand Recreation, with support from JWPhoto of Raleigh (Exhibition Sponsor).Table of ContentsThe Rosenzweig Gallery, part of theJudea Reform Congregation in Durham,NC, is presenting the exhibit, A Journey,featuring a print series exploringthe meaning of each of the twenty-twoFor further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call theMuseum at 919/733-7450 or visit (http://www.naturalsciences.org/).The Rosenzweig Gallery in Durham,NC, Offers Works by Julie KlaperWork by Julie KlaperHebrew letters by Charleston, SC, artist,Julie Klaper. A reception will be held onMar. 4, from 2-4pm.Klaper was inspired to do the workwhile studying for her Bat Mitzvah. Eachprint includes symbols which give thehistorical reference, numerical value andsymbolism of the letters. In addition,as appropriate for this coming of ageceremony, the artist selected an attributebeginning with each letter, traits she isfocusing on achieving as she grows older.Klaper celebrated her Bat Mitzvah theday before her sixtieth birthday at a serviceat KKBE Synagogue in Charleston,SC. She describes the process of creatingthe work, “Each piece is a monoprint, anedition of one, requiring at least six toeight passes through the press. I paint theimage, in reverse, on plexiglass and thentransfer it to paper. I used some form ofmetallic ink on each one, a reference tothe ancient manuscripts which gave mecreative inspiration.”The framed prints are available forpurchase.For further information check our NCInstitutional Gallery listings or call thegallery at 919/489-7062.ENO Gallery in Hillsborough, NCcontinued from Page 41 / back to Page 41Work by Donna Polsenoof Design. She is the recipient of twoNational Endowment of the Arts grants forindividual artists. Polseno teaches ceramicsat Hollins University, in Roanoke, VA.Wayne Higby, Chair of Ceramic Art,Alfred University, said the followingabout Polseno, “Artists contextualize andcreate a point of view that informs theviewer. They tell us what to think, to feel,to understand. They reveal. We knowabout the sunset because artists have revealedit to us. Likewise, we know aboututility in this case because Donna Polsenoreveals it so poetically.”Also on view at ENO Gallery throughApr. 22, 2012, is the exhibit, Totemsand Talismans, a sculpture invitational,by eleven artists offering contemporaryinterpretations of Totems and Talismans.Participating artists include: Alice Ballard(Greenville, SC); Lisa Creed (Durham,NC); Daniel Essig (Asheville, NC); JohnGeldersma (Santa Fe, NM); Virginia Gibbons(Wilmington, NC); Kelly Guidry(Breaux Bridge, LA); Tinka Jordy (Hillsborough,NC); William Moore (Pittsboro,NC); Hope Swann (Charlotte, NC); KathyTriplett (Weaverville, NC); and SusanWells (Hillsborough, NC).ENO Gallery represent exceptionalcontemporary artists for both first timebuyers and discerning collectors. Thegallery is a unique and intimate exhibitionspace in the heart of the Hillsboroughhistoric district, offering work from artistsof exceptional quality and dedication. Weare honored to represent some of the mostcreative individuals from both the regionaland national communities. Our name is inspiredby the Eno River that runs throughdowntown Hillsborough, which was laidout in 1754 by William Churton on 400acres where the Occaneechi Indian TradingPath crossed the Eno River.For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, call the galleryat 919/833-1415 or visit(http://www.enogallery.net/).Carolina Artsis now onFacebookGo to this link and“like” us!Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 43

I-406466Western NC Area4412 Interstate Exit NumberThis map is not to exactGatlinburg,scale or exactTNdistances.It was designed to givereaders help in locatinggallery and art spaces inWestern North Carolina.FranklinGreat SmokyMountains281964HighlandsI-40I-40Twenty-six renowned artists fromCanada, England, France, Germany, NewZealand, and the US have been selectedto participate and represent the best woodart available. From traditional wood turningsto contemporary sculpture the exhibitionfocuses on a diverse range of woodart materials and techniques includingcarving and surface design and embellishment.Participating exhibitors include:Nick Agar, Devon, England; JerryBennett, Huntsville, TX; ChristianBurchard, Ashland, OR; Marilyn Campbell,Kincardine, Ontario, Canada; WarrenCarpenter, Seneca, SC; Darrell Copeland,Weaverville, NC; Donald Derry, Ellensburg,WA; Doug Fisher, Parksville,British Colombia, Canada; Clay Foster,Indianapolis, IN; Mark Gardner, Saluda,NC; Tucker Garrison, Brevard, NC;John Goodyear, Torbay, Newfoundland,Canada; Robyn Horn, Little Rock, AR;John Jordan, Cane Ridge, TN; Stoney Lamar,Saluda, NC; Alain Mailland, Chamborigaud,France; Roland Munro, Levin,New Zealand; Christophe Nancey, Entrainssur Nohain, France; David Nittman,Boulder, CO; Binh Po, MaplePark, IN; Betty Scarpino, Indianapolis,IN; Leon Thomas, Cumming, GA; HansPage 44 - Carolina Arts, March 2012441231062864Western North Carolina19Cherokee23DillsboroSylva107Cashiers107107CullowheeWaynesville6417827276Brevard25I-2619232519Mars HillAsheville, NCHendersonville64Cedar Mountain276Marietta, SCI-401825Flat RockBurnsville25Black Mountain642319E96428Saluda176TryonFolk Art Center in Asheville, NC,Features International Exhibitionon Turned or Sculpted WoodThe Southern Highland Craft Guild inAsheville, NC, is presenting, The AmericanAssociation of Woodturners: An InternationalExhibition of Turned or SculptedWood, on view in the Folk Art Center’sMain Gallery through May 13, 2012.Work by Douglas FisherPenlandSpruce PineLittle SwitzerlandMontreatChimney RockLandrum, SCWeissflog, Hildsheim, Germany; and MalcolmZander, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada.Woodturning artist Nick Agar’slarge-scale, multi-textured turned woodsculptures, created at his riverside studioand gallery in Devon, have earned hima reputation for producing highly individual,beautifully crafted art. Agar hasinspired many woodturners with his workand has travelled across the world to demonstratehis skills.With more than 23 years experiencehe has a great understanding of his medium.Choosing burrs and intriguing windblown or dead timber for the majority ofhis work, he exposes nature’s treasures beneaththe bark. Inspired by organic forms,pottery, and his natural surroundings, hespecializes in hollow forms, large diameterwork, and surface enhancement.Agar is renowned for his wall sculpturesin particular. His award-winningwork often incorporates carving, weavingand metalwork. In addition to exhibitingwidely and appearing at internationalconferences both as a demonstrator anda judge, Agar is in constant demand forcommissions from collectors. His widerange of clients include HRH Prince ofWales, Dukes, Duchesses and the Royaljewellers, Aspreys. He and his work havealso featured on BBC and ITV lifestyletelevision programmes.Work by Warren Carppenter“Woodworking has always been apart of my life, but what else would youexpect from a Carpenter?,” says WarrenCarpenter. “I have been a homebuildersince the mid 70’s and built furniture andsculpted in wood in my spare time. Since1999, my passion has been turning wood.continued above on next column to the right11I-26Table of Contents9226226Bakersville22622164I-40Rutherfordton Forest City7436 Columbus 2211117683919E221MarionLinville Falls22119ENewland194194 Banner Elk226Chesnee, SC221Spartanburg, SC18464321Boone 221Blowing Rock226103I-85With a creative eye and an ever-expandingknowledge of wood, I am always watchingfor those special trees or parts of treesthat may someday become a unique turning.There are few things better than findinga burl and figuring out the best way toturn it into one or more pieces of artwork.Beyond creating ‘normal or natural’bowls, I enjoy experimenting with newshapes and forms to help me release thenatural beauty of a piece of wood whilecreating pieces that I find very intriguingto my sight and touch.”Work by Nick AgarDouglas J Fisher is a full-time artistliving on Vancouver Island, Canada.Since 1992 he has been involved almostexclusively in creating some form of art,including painting, stained glass, photography,pen and ink drawing, and woodturning.Wood sculptures, primarily madeusing a lathe, have been the focus of hiswork since 1997. When not in his studio,Fisher can often be seen performing intheatre productions.Prior to becoming a full-time artist,Fisher taught skiing and sailing, was anThe Asheville Art Museum inAsheville, NC, will present the exhibit,Ancient Forms, Modern Minds: ContemporaryCherokee Ceramics, on view inGallery 6, from Mar. 17 through Aug. 12,2012. A reception will be held on Mar. 18,from 2-4pm. The Museum will also presentthe exhibit, The Essential Idea: RobertMotherwell’s Graphic Works, on view inthe Appleby Foundation Gallery, fromMar. 31 through Aug. 26, 2012.The Cherokee have been making potteryin Western North Carolina for almost3,000 years. Though nearly disappearingin the 19th century, the tradition survived,emerging as a contemporary art form321Lenoir64MorgantonShelby18181864321421I-402861874N. Wilkesboro90I-85Wilkesboro16Hickory321Lincolnton321321GastoniaToward Charlotteironworker, a driller and blaster in severalunderground gold mines, and deliveredsailboats in the Pacific Northwest, theCaribbean, and across the Atlantic Ocean.Some sculptures involve the use ofindigenous iconography from the areawhere Fisher lives. “I have long beenfascinated with the art of indigenouscultures from around the world. Upon firstinspection it seems so simple and yet atthe same time is very powerful. I hope tounderstand these cultures in my quest toexplore a personal aesthetic.”Creating thought provoking and inspiringworks of art by combining artisticvision with superb craftsmanship issomething Fisher has been doing for sometime. He exhibits his unique style of woodturned sculptures internationally, is soughtafter as a demonstrator and teacher and hisworks are in private collections around theworld.The American Association of Woodturners(AAW) is an international,nonprofit organization dedicated to theadvancement of woodturning. AAW’smission is to provide education, information,and organization to those interestedin turning wood. To learn more about theorganization visit (www.woodturner.org).The Southern Highland Craft Guild isan authorized concessioner of the NationalPark Service, Department of the Interior.For further information check our NCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the Centerat 828/298-7928 or visit (www.southernhighlandguild.org).Asheville Art Museum in Asheville,NC, Features Cherokee Ceramicsand Works by Robert Motherwellenriched by the Cherokee artists who havecarefully preserved and passed on theirpractice from one generation to the next.For the first 2,000 years of the tradition,Cherokee potters created large, thinwalled,waterproof pots that were stampedwith geometric designs. But early in the20th century this style was almost entirelyreplaced by the production of heavier pottery,termed blackware, which was incisedrather than stamped, a style common tothe Catawba, Pueblo and Navajo tribes atthat time. 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Asheville Art Museumcontinued from Page 44developed their own techniques. Commonlyreferred to as the traditional style,this work persisted as the dominant formfor the duration of the 20th century.Joel Queen, Corn Bowl, 2010, unglazed potterywith turquoise inlay, 6.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches. Photocourtesy of the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc.It was not until the beginning of the21st century that Cherokee potters revivedthe historic, thin-walled pottery style. Alsoduring the present century, a third categoryof artists working in a contemporarystyle emerged producing highly decoratedand glazed ceramic works. Many of theseartists utilize the Cherokee syllabary orother Cherokee symbols in their work.Prints rarely receive the same attentionas paintings. Yet printmaking is a demandingmedium, one that requires extensivetechnical knowledge and collaboration.Robert Motherwell was unusual amonghis Abstract Expressionist contemporariesbecause of his interest in and mastery ofprintmaking.Motherwell produced his first prints in1943 and returned to printmaking in theearly 1960s at the invitation of the UniversalLimited Art Editions (ULAE) print studio.His later work with Tyler Graphics,Gemini Graphics Edition Limited (G.E.L.)and others evolved into an impressivebody of almost 500 prints. Throughout hiscareer, Motherwell developed a networkof relationships with workshops andpresses, eventually purchasing his ownetching press and hiring a Master Printerto work in his studio.A key figure in postwar art, Motherwellwas the youngest of the first-generationAbstract Expressionists. Born in Ab-UNC Asheville in Asheville, NC, willpresent the exhibit, Artistic Diversity inFiber, on view in the Blowers Gallery inUNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library, fromMar. 1 - 30, 2012. A reception will be heldon Mar. 1, from 6-8pm.The exhibition features the work ofmembers of the Fiber Arts Alliance, whicherdeen, WA, in 1915, Motherwell initiallyplanned to be a philosopher, earning aBachelor’s degree in the discipline fromStanford University and later enrolling ina Doctoral program at Harvard University.He left academia and devoted himselfto painting following a trip to Europe in1938. In addition to his groundbreakingwork as a painter, Motherwell was anaccomplished author and critic, as well asa prolific printmaker. His graphic workdistinguished him as an innovator andproducer of stunning imagery. By the timeof his death in 1991, his career had beenwidely celebrated with countless exhibitionsat institutions including the Museumof Modern Art, NY and the National Galleryof Art, Washington, DC.Robert Motherwell, Mexican Elegy, 1987, lithograph,27.5 x 33 inches. Extended loan from thecollection of Scott D. Horowitz. Asheville ArtMuseum Collection. EL 1993.01.05.61. Art workcopyright: Dedalus Foundation, Inc./ Licensedby VAGA, New York, NY.The Asheville Art Museum is pleasedto present an exhibition examining RobertMotherwell’s accomplishments as agraphic artist while also examining theseworks in the larger context of his artisticproduction.This exhibition was organized andcurated by the Asheville Art Museum withsupport from the Dedalus Foundation.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call theMuseum at 828/253-3227 or visit (www.ashevilleart.org).UNC Asheville in Asheville,NC, Features Fiber Art ExhibitionUNC Asheville in Asheville, NC, willpresent, Our Voices, Our Stories, NuestrasVoces, Nuestras Historias, a multi-mediaexhibit conveying immigrant experiences,on view in the Highsmith UniversityUnion Gallery, from Mar. 1 - 31, 2012.A reception will be held on Mar. 1, from7-9pm. That evening will include creationof an interactive multi-media pieceinvolving the artists and gallery-goers.This new traveling exhibition documentingthe lives of immigrants and theirjourneys to and within Western NorthCarolina. The exhibit includes art in differentand mixed media, and the voices ofimmigrants interviewed about their livesand experiences.“As artists, we hope to create dialogue,and include the voices of those living inthe shadows,” said Victor Palomino, curatorof the exhibition. “We want to conveythe moments of resilience and celebration,as well as episodes of discrimination andfear experienced in a diverse range ofways.”The exhibition grew out of a community-basedhuman rights initiative calledRaising Our Voices: The 100 Storiesis affiliated with the Asheville Quilt Guild.These artists work in many types of fibersand their creations take many forms, rangingfrom the traditional to the innovative,flat and three-dimensional.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings or call828/251-6436.UNC Asheville in Asheville, NC, OffersExhibition Telling Immigrant StoriesWork by Victor PalominoProject, which began shortly after the2009 raid on the Mills Manufacturingplant where 59 immigrant employees weredetained. “Collecting the stories of thepeople affected by that raid, by the recentraid at Shogun restaurant, and so manyother incidents in between, brings to lifethe fear and isolation of immigrants in ourcommunities,” said Carolina McCready ofthe Latino Advocacy Coalition, one of thecontinued above on next column to the rightTable of Contentsproject organizers.“This exhibit will make those interviewscome alive through art and experience,”said Miriam Arias, organizer forthe WNC Workers Center. “We believe wewill reach more hearts by helping visitorsvisually understand the realities of immigrantshere in the mountains.”Our Voices, Our Stories, includesworks by artists from many backgrounds.Among those featured are Columbianvisual artist Sandra Garcia; Romanianpainter Adrianna Vasiut; local visualartist and teacher Kenna Sommer; Texasnative Chris Corral, a painter of Mexicandescent; and Martha Skinner, a ColumbianThe Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center inAsheville, NC, will present the exhibit,One Billion Seconds, featuring the bestworks of German-born artist, Heinz Kossler,from the past 32 years. The exhibitionwill open in the Flood Gallery as wellas the Pump Gallery in the Phil MechanicStudios Building on Mar. 3 and continuethrough Mar. 31, 2012. A reception will beheld on Mar. 3, from 6-9pm.educator and designer of performanceinstallations involving collective participation.The exhibition is supported by a grantfrom the North Carolina Arts Council andis co-sponsored by COLA (Coalition ofLatin American Organizations), LatinoAdvocacy Coalition, Center for ParticipatoryChange, WNC Workers Center,Nuestro Centro, UNC Asheville and itsCenter for Diversity Education.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, contactTracie Pouliot at 828/251-6559 or visit(http://cesap.unca.edu/calendar).Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center in Asheville,NC, Features Works by Heinz KosslerWork by Heinz KosslerKossler arrived from Witten Germanyin 1980 and in 1990 rented studio space inwhat years later would become known asthe River Arts District. “The area was primarilyvacant industrial buildings when Iarrived”, says Kossler. “The space I rentedhad most-recently been a small after-hourstavern for local workers. It smelled likebeer, cigarettes and hard work.”Kossler rapidly became well known forhis architectural ceramics, which are usedas decorative surrounds for fireplaces andupscale kitchens. Today these masterfulFW Front Gallery at Woolworth Walkin Asheville, NC, will present the exhibit,Creation, featuring works in fiber byBarbara Sokolowski and ceramic worksby Teri Friday, on view from Mar. 1 - 30,2012. A reception will be held on Mar. 2,from 4-6pm.Barbara Sokolowski creates one of akind fabric art designs. Many are displayedin custom frames made by herhusband Jim while others hang alone.She also enjoys making hand towels withfabric embellishments as well as large intricatequilts. The pieces are all- Americanfabric art creations that will complementany home.Potter Teri Friday enjoys carving onthe surface of her pots, a procedure knowas sgraffito, to create design and textureon the pot’s surface. She was influencedarchitectural installations grace some ofAsheville’s finest homes. Because of thestriking beauty as well as the durabilityof Kossler’s ceramics as architectural elements,he went on to accept commissionsto create massive outdoor installations,used primarily as gateway signs for bothhousing developments as well as entryfeatures to cities, such as Gatlinburg.Less well-known are Kossler’s elaboratelycrafted and often humorous worksof ceramic fine art, which will be the focusof the upcoming exhibition. “Obviously, Icannot ask someone to give up their fireplacefor a month”, muses the artist.Kossler often uses word-play in hisfine art pieces. An example of Kossler’splayful works is five enormous ceramicletters, each letter weighing close to 90pounds and standing 20 inches tall, whichspell the word THINK.“The exhibition will give everyoneplenty to think about”, says JoleneMechanic, the Executive Director of thegallery. She points to a Kossler that is partof her private collection, which reads AN-OTHER NANOSECOND OF BLISS andsays “Now we have One billion secondsof bliss, all under one roof”.The Flood Gallery and its sister, thePump Gallery are both located in theRiver Arts District of Asheville.For further information check ourNC Institutional Gallery listings, call thecenter at 828/255-0066 or visit (www.philmechanicstudios.com).FW Front Gallery in Asheville,NC, Features Works by BarbaraSokolowski and Teri FridayEditorial Commentarycontinued from Page 4 / back to Page 4Word about our paper must be gettingaround as we are hearing from folks wehave never heard from before and hearingfrom some we haven’t heard from in along, long time.But, I can also tell you this - a numberof folks let this short month get the bestof them and they missed our deadline alltogether. Plus, some people tried to getincluded by sending us an “invite” to anexhibit or event on Facebook. But I’veinitially by the carved pottery of theNavajo. Since then her surface design hasevolved to include floral and geometricpatterns painted on the surface and enhancedby the contrast of the carved surface.All of the pots are functional and canbe put in the dishwasher, microwave, andeven in the oven if the pots are allowed toheat slowly with the oven.Friday says “Some of the most intimatemoments we spend with each other aredone while sharing food and drink. I striveto make beautiful functional pieces that Ihope enrich the lives of the user and bringa bit of celebration to each occasion oftheir use.”For further information check our NCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 828/254-9234 or visit (www.woolworthwalk.com).told people several times before and willdo now once again. We will use no infoposted on Facebook as official notice ofexhibits or events. I don’t always get achance to see all the postings everyday onFacebook. So I will not start at any timeusing Facebook as official notice. I mightremind people to send us a press releasewhen I see something there, but I’m notgoing to take info from those postings or“invites”. You can count on that.Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 45

NC Institutional GalleriesAberdeenThe Exchange Street Gallery, 129 ExchangeStreet, in the old Aberdeen Rockfish Railroadstorage terminal, Aberdeen. Through Mar. 17- "Something for Everyone," featuring works byartists Debby Kline and Janet Garber. Ongoing- The Artist’s League of the Sandhills currentlyhouses 35 artists-in-residence studios andoffers classes by local professional artists andworkshops by nationally known artists. Hours:Mon.-Sat., noon -3pm. Contact: 910/944-3979, or at (www.artistleague.org).AlbemarleFalling Rivers Gallery, 119 West Main St.,next to Starnes jewelers, Albemarle. Mar.6 - 31 - "Nature At Its Best," featuring theFourth Annual Ellen Cook Gaskin MemorialArt Show, juried by Bob Travers, internationallyrenowned wildlife and landscape artist. Anawards reception will be held on Mar. 31, from6-8pm. Ongoing - The gallery is a cooperativevenue of the Stanly Arts Guild. Member staffed,this gallery offers the very best in local art andcrafts including oil and watercolor, photography,pottery and ceramic art, jewelry, nativeAmerican art, gourd sculpture and much more.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 6:30pm &Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 704/983-4278 or at(www.fallingriversgallery.com).Alamance CountyBAL Gallery, Holly Hill Mall and BusinessCenter, 309 Huffman Mill Rd., Exit 141 off ofI85/I40, Burlington. Ongoing - Since the beginningof Burlington Artists League in 1972, wehave grown to represent many local artists inour immediate area. BAL’s express purposeis to promote and elevate the area artists andtheir fine art spirit in Burlington, NC, and surroundingareas, thereby creating outlets for theartists and encourging their continuing efforts toimprove and create more art work. Along withwall art and bin reproductions, the BAL ArtistsGallery also includes 3-D art such as sculpturesand pottery. Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-8pm;Sat., 10am-9pm, & Sun. for special events.Contact: 336-584-3005 or at (http://balartists.com/joomla/).AsheboroSara Smith Self Gallery, W.H. Moring, Jr. ArtsCenter,123 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro. Mar. 7 -27 - "Youth Art Month," with a reception on Mar.7, from 4-6pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm &Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: 336/629-0399 or at(www.randolphartsguild.com).Asheville AreaRobert Motherwell, Mexican Elegy, 1987, lithograph,27.5 x 33 inches. Extended loan from thecollection of Scott D. Horowitz. Asheville ArtMuseum Collection. EL 1993.01.05.61. Art workcopyright: Dedalus Foundation, Inc./ Licensedby VAGA, New York, NY.Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Squareat Pack Place, Asheville. Second Floor Galleries,Ongoing - "Looking Back: Celebrating60 Years of Collecting at the Asheville ArtMuseum will explore the Museum’s collectionof American art of the 20th and 21st centurieswith an interest in the art of the Southeast andWNC. Appleby Foundation Gallery, ThroughMar. 18 - "The New Materiality". The exhibitionexpands beyond the boundaries that currentlyexist between technology, art and craft. Theartists in this exhibition use new technologies intandem with traditional craft materials such asclay, glass, wood, metal and fiber, to forge newartistic directions. According to Fo Wilson, thecurator of the exhibition, “The New Materiality”looks at a growing development in the UnitedStates towards the use of digital technologiesas a new material and means of expressionin the practice of craft. Artists featured in theexhibition include: Brian Boldon, Shaun Bullens,E.G. Crichton, Sonya Clark, Lia Cook,Maaike Evers, Donald Fortescue, LawrenceLa-Bianca, Wendy Maruyama, Christy Matson,Page 46 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Cat Mazza,Nathalie Miebach, Mike Simonian,Tim Tate, Susan Working and Mark Zirkel. Mar.31 - Aug. 26 - "The Essential Idea: RobertMotherwell’s Graphic Works". Prints rarelyreceive the same attention as paintings. Yetprintmaking is a demanding medium, one thatrequires extensive technical knowledge andcollaboration. Robert Motherwell was unusualamong his Abstract Expressionist contemporariesbecause of his interest in and masteryof printmaking. Motherwell produced his firstprints in 1943 and returned to printmaking inthe early 1960s at the invitation of the UniversalLimited Art Editions (ULAE) print studio. Hislater work with Tyler Graphics, Gemini GraphicsEdition Limited (G.E.L.) and others evolved intoan impressive body of almost 500 prints. EastWing Gallery, Through May 27 - "Fire on theMountain: Studio Glass in Western North Carolina".The exhibit examines the first 30 yearsof the Studio Glass movement and its ties toWNC, providing an overview of the aestheticand technical developments of the movementand focusing upon early Studio Glass pioneerswho have lived and worked in WNC since the1960s. Gallery 6, Through Mar. 4 - "Homage2(squared)". American artist Josef Albers, bestknown for his series “Homage to the Square,”influenced art-making of the 20th century byusing the series to explore and manipulateviewers’ color and spatial perception. Historicallymost two-dimensional work has beenrectangular in format, but with Albers’s series,art-making in the 20th century was dramaticallychanged. Albers’s theories and influence extendedto his many students from Black MountainCollege and Yale University, and ultimatelygave rise to Op (“optical”) art and Minimalism.Mar. 17 - Aug. 12 - "Ancient Forms, ModernMinds: Contemporary Cherokee Ceramics". Areception will be held on Mar. 18, from 2-4pm.The Cherokee have been making pottery inWestern North Carolina for almost 3,000 years.Though nearly disappearing in the 19th century,the tradition survived, emerging as a contemporaryart form enriched by the Cherokee artistswho have carefully preserved and passed ontheir practice from one generation to the next.Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm;Fri. till 8pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/253-3227 or at (www.ashevilleart.org).Asheville Gallery of Art, Ltd., 16 College Street,Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring original works ofart by 30 local artists in oils, watercolors, lithographs,etchings and woodcuts. Hours: M.-Sat.,10am-5:30pm and first Fri. of the month till 8pm.Contact: 828/251-5796 or at (www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com).Black Mountain College Museum + ArtsCenter, 56 Broadway, Asheville. Through May27 - "Pat Passlof: Selections 1948 - 2011". Theexhibition focuses on the work of painter PatPasslof, an accomplished Black Mountain Collegealumna, member of the New York Schooland under-recognized figure in the developmentof Abstract Expressionism. Ongoing - Anexhibition space dedicated to exploring the historyand legacy of the world’s most acclaimedexperimental educational community, BlackMountain College. Hours: Wed.-Sat., noon-4pmor by appt. Contact: 828/350-8484 or at (www.blackmountaincollege.org).Blowers Gallery, main floor of UNCA's RamseyLibrary, Asheville. Mar. 1 - 30 - "Artistic Diversityin Fiber," featuring a new exhibition showcasingquilting, knitting, doll-making, and other fiber arts.A reception will be held on Mar. 1, from 6-8pm.The exhibition features the work of members ofthe Fiber Arts Alliance, which is affiliated with theAsheville Quilt Guild. Hours: regular library hours.Contact: 828/251-6546.Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center, 109 RobertsSt., Asheville. Flood Gallery & Pump Gallery,Mar. 3 - 31 - "One Billion Seconds," will displaythe best of German-born artist, Heinz Kossler,including works from the past 32 years. Areception will be held on Mar. 3, from 6-9pm.Ongoing - Dedicated to advancing the careersof emerging and mid career artists, as well aseducating the public and furthering the understandingof contemporary art and its importancewithin the community and beyond. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/255-0066or at (www.philmechanicstudios.com).Grove Arcade Art & Heritage Gallery, OnePage Ave., Suite 115, on O. Henry Ave.,Asheville. Ongoing - The gallery is a projectof the Grove Arcade Public Market Foundationand features the crafts, music and stories of theBlue Ridge. The gallery features a state-ofthe-art,interactive exhibition that uses a solidterrain model animated with regional voices,video, music and lasers to bring the cultureTable of Contentsand history of Western North Carolina to life.Rotating exhibitions of regional crafts will bringemerging artists and new stories to galleryvisitors. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun.,noon-5pm. Contact: 828/255-0775 or at (www.grovearcade.com).Guild Crafts of Southern Highland Craft Guild,930 Tunnel Road, Asheville. Ongoing - Work bymembers of the Southern Highland Craft Guild invarious media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm.Contact: 828/298-7903.Highsmith University Union Gallery, locatedon the ground floor of UNC Asheville’s HighsmithUniversity Union, Asheville. Mar. 1 - 31 - "OurVoices, Our Stories, Nuestras Voces, NuestrasHistorias," featuring a new traveling exhibitiondocumenting the lives of immigrants and theirjourneys to and within Western North Carolina.The exhibit includes art in different and mixedmedia, and the voices of immigrants interviewedabout their lives and experiences. A reception willbe held on Mar. 1, from 7-9pm. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,9am-6pm & Sun., noon-6pm. Contact: 828/251-6559 or at (http://art.unca.edu/).The Fine Arts League Gallery, 25 Rankin Ave.,Asheville. Ongoing - Located within the Fine ArtsLeague of Asheville, the Gallery is devoted to thedevelopment of realist artists and features figuredrawings, portraits, landscapes and still lifes.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact:828/252-5050 or at (www.fineartsleague.org).Work by Nick AgarThe Folk Art Center of the Southern HighlandCraft Guild, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 382,Asheville. Main Gallery, Through May 13 - "TheAmerican Association of Wood Turners: An InternationalInvitational of Turned or Sculpted Wood".Twenty-six renowned artists from Canada, England,France, Germany, New Zealand, and theUS have been selected to participate and representthe best wood art available. From traditionalwood turnings to contemporary sculpture theexhibition focuses on a diverse range of wood artmaterials and techniques including carving andsurface design and embellishment. PermanentCollection Gallery, Ongoing - "Craft Traditions:The Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection".The Guild’s Permanent Collection is comprisedof approximately 2400 craft objects and datesfrom the late 19th century to present. Beginningwith a donation from Frances Goodrich in 1931,the Permanent Collection serves the Guild’smission of craft conservation and education. Thisnew installation will feature over 200 works thathighlight our holdings in traditional art: woodcarving,pottery, dolls, basketry, weavings andfurniture. The subject of this ongoing exhibition iscraft history – that of the Southern Highland CraftGuild and the Studio Craft Movement. FocusGallery, Through Apr. 17 - Featuring works inglass by Cheryl Hevrdeys and works in fiber andmixed media by Martine House. Hours: daily from9am-6pm. Contact: 828/298-7928 or at (www.southernhighlandguild.org).The Odyssey Gallery, 238 Clingman Ave.,Asheville. Through Mar. 2 - "Odyssey Exposed- Members Show Their Stuff!," featuring worksby Anja Bartels, MaryJane Findley, JoannaFireman, Stephen Foehner, Ginger Graziano,Anna Koloseike, Nick LaFone, Shelia Lambert,Kat McIver, Jennifer Moore, Dyann Myers, andMichael Parry. Ongoing - Works in ceramicsby regional and national artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Contact:828/285-9700 or at (www.highwaterclays.com).YMI Gallery, YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. MarketStreet @ Eagle Street, Asheville. Ongoing - "Inthe Spirit of Africa". Featuring traditional and contemporaryAfrican masks, figurative woodcarvings,beadwork, jewelry, and textiles. Discoverthe purpose of mask and sculptures, which reflectAfrican ancestral heritage and learn to appreciatesymbolism and abstraction in African art. YMIConference Room, Ongoing - "Forebears &Trailblazers: Asheville’s African American Leaders,1800s –1900s". The permanent exhibit offersa pictorial history of African-Americans fromthroughout Western North Carolina. Photographsof both influential and everyday people createa panorama of the variety of life among blacksin the mountain region. Here are the young andold, the prominent and the unknown, the menand women who helped create our city's life. YMIDrugstore Gallery, Ongoing - "Mirrors of Hopeand Dignity". A moving and powerful collectionof drawings by the renowned African-Americanartist Charles W. White. Entry, Ongoing -"George Vanderbilt's Young Men's Institute,1892-Present". Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Fri.,10am-5pm. Contact: 828/252-4614 or at (www.ymicc.org).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - AshevilleThe North Carolina Arboretum, Milepost 393,Blue Ridge Parkway, 100 Frederick Law OlmstedWay, Asheville. Education Center, ThroughApr. 8 - "In and Around the Ancients," featuringnew works by Susan Lingg, an artist based inCullowhee, NC. Her works will depict the uniquemountain landscapes of the Southern Appalachians.Ongoing - The Asheville Quilt Guildfeatures a permanent, rotating quilt exhibit atArboretum’s Education Center. Visitors can alsoenjoy the Arboretum’s Quilt Garden year-round,with plantings and patterns that change withthe seasons. Admission: Yes. Hours: EducationCenter hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact:828/665.2492 or at (www.ncarboretum.org).Black Mountain - SwannanoaThroughout Black Mountain, Through Winterof 2012 - "3rd Annual Sculpture Stroll". Organizedby the Town of Black Mountain Recreationand Parks Department, the BeautificationCommittee and the Black Mountain Center forthe Arts. Featuring sculptures by Giuilia, DanHowachyn, Tekla, Julia Burr, and Dave Taylor.For more information contact the Black MountainCenter for the Arts at 828/669-0930 or at (www.blackmountainarts.org).Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Old CityHall, 225 West State St., Black Mountain. UpperLevel Gallery, Mar. 11 – Apr. 5 - "Annual EmergingArtists Show," featuring works of studentswho take classes at the Center. Current teachersare Bob Travers and Cheryl Keefer. Hours:Mon.-Wed., 10am-5pm; Thur. 11am-3pm; Fri.,10am-5pm. Contact: 828/669-0930 or at (www.blackmountainarts.org).Blowing RockBlowing Rock Art and History Museum, cornerof Chestnut and Main streets, downtown BlowingRock. Through Mar. 31 - Grand Opening,"What Drew You Here?," which reflects on thevarious forces that have been drawing peopleto the mountains of western North Carolina forhundreds of years, including beauty, recreation,adventure, good health and the temperate mountainclimate. Three exhibit are being presentedincluding: "Elliott Daingerfield: His Art and Lifein Blowing Rock". This main exhibit is devotedto turn-of-the-century American painter ElliottDaingerfield, who spent 46 summers in BlowingRock; "The Blowing Rock: A Natural Draw,"highlights western North Carolina’s most famousrock outcropping, which gets its name because ofthe fierce winds that blow up the cliffs; and "TheHistoric Hotels of Blowing Rock," explores thegrand resorts that emerged as tourism expanded.Ongoing - the BRAHM will host exhibits, educationalprograms and classes that promote thevisual arts, history and heritage of the mountainsof western North Carolina. Admission: Yes. TheMuseum will be free on Thursdays from 4-7pm.Hours: Tue., Wed., Fri., & Sat., 10am-5pm; Thur.,10am-7pm; and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/295-9099 or at (www.blowingrockmuseum.org).Parkway Craft Center, of the Southern HighlandCraft Guild, at the Moses Cone Manor, Milepost294, Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock. OpeningMar. 15. Ongoing - Featuring the work ofmembers of the Southern Highland Craft Guildmembers in various media. Demonstrationsoffered each month. Hours: daily 9am - 5pm.Contact: 828/295-7938 or e-mail at (parkwaycraft@bellsouth.net).BooneAppalachian Cultural Museum, University HallDrive, off Hwy. 321 (Blowing Rock Road), Boone.Ongoing - The permanent exhibit area includes,TIME AND CHANGE, featuring thousands ofobjects ranging from fossils to Winston Cuprace cars to the Yellow Brick Road, a section ofthe now closed theme park, "The Land of Oz".Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm &Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/262-3117.Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Farthing Auditorium,Appalachian State University, Boone.Through Mar. 2 - "2012 Department of Art BiennialExhibition". The exhibit provides a great opportunityfor students to view and discuss artworkproduced by their teachers. They also give otherfaculty at Appalachian State and the Boone communitya chance to engage with the many ideasand practices being explored and taught withinthe Department of Art. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact: Jody Servon, Gallery Director at828/262-7338 or at(www.art.appstate.edu/cjs).Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, AppalachianState University, 423 West KingStreet, Boone. Main Gallery, Through June2 - "Robert Goodnough: Abstract Expression-continued on Page 47

ism & Beyond". Goodnough (1917-2010) wasan American Abstract Expressionist painter. Hemoved among the second-generation membersof the New York School but at the sametime stood apart. This exhibition continues theTurchin Center’s tradition of featuring historicallyimportant artists and their works. The worksfeatured in this exhibition are from private collectionsand is made possible by the David IlyaBrandt and Daria Brandt Collection. MezzanineGallery, Through June 2 - "9th AppalachianMountain Photography Competition". Thecompetition (AMPC) is a program of Appalachian’sOutdoor Programs in partnership withthe Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation and theTurchin Center for the Visual Arts. The AMPChas become a prominent regional competition,attracting the work of amateur and professionalphotographers from across the countryand allowing them the opportunity to celebratethe unique people, places and pursuits thatdistinguish the Southern Appalachian mountains.Mayer Gallery, Through Mar. 24 - Padree Figlio: Father and Son Works by Mario Priscoand Richard Prisco. Fine artist and painterMario Prisco has been painting professionallyfor more than six decades. Some of his recentpaintings recall his early years growing up inBrooklyn in the 1930’s and 40’s. Mario’s work isinfluenced by his large, extended family of firstgenerationAmericans and the Italian-Jewishneighborhood in which he was raised. His earliestexposure to art-making came from his family:his grandfather was a sculptor and his unclewas a painter. Gallery A, Through Mar. 24- "2012 Department of Art Biennial Exhibition".The exhibit provides a great opportunity forstudents to view and discuss artwork producedby their teachers. They also give other facultyat Appalachian State and the Boone communitya chance to engage with the many ideas andpractices being explored and taught within theDepartment of Art. Gallery B, Through Mar.24 - "The Artine & Teddy Artinian Self-PortraitCollection: Selections from the PermanentCollection". This exhibition features a selectionof work from one of the newest acquisitions tothe collection. The Artine & Teddy Artinian Self-Portrait Collection is a major collection of wellover two hundred and fifty paintings, drawings,and mixed media work, which was originallygifted to the Appalachian Cultural Museum.The Turchin Center holds the Music In ArtCollection, a major gift from Artine & TeddyArtinian in 2000, with over 155 works on paper.Catwalk Community Gallery, Through Mar.31 - "Senegal: A Window into FrancophoneWest Africa". This exhibit explores the art andculture of Senegal, a country in FrancophoneWest Africa. It is a culminating project of amonth-long, French-speaking study and immersionexperience of twelve graduate students ofFrench, who traveled to rural and urban regionsof Senegal in July 2011. Hours: 10am-6pm,Tue., Wed., Thur., & Sat. and Fri.,noon -8pm.Contact: Hank T. Foreman at 828/262-3017 orat (www.turchincenter.org).BrasstownFolk School Craft Shop, John C. Campbell FolkSchool, Olive D. Campbell Building, Brasstown.Ongoing - Featuring the juried craftworks ofover 300 regional artists offering a wide rangeof items including woodcarvings, ironwork,jewelry, weaving, pottery, craft instruction books,historical works, tapes, CDs, craft supplies andmuch more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am-5pm andSun., 1-5pm. Contact: 800/365-5724 or at (www.folkschool.org).BrevardTransylvania Community Arts Center Gallery,349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Mar. 1 - 28- "Outdoor Photography Contest," sponsored byDavidson River Outfitters. Photographers fromthroughout the South have entered this photographycontest with a theme “Outdoor Photography”including scenery, animals, outdoor adventure,etc. A reception will be held on Mar. 16, from4-6pm. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact:828/884-2787 or at (http://www.tcarts.org/).BurnsvilleBurnsville Gallery, Toe River Arts Council, 102W. Main St., Burnsville. Ongoing - Featuringworks by artists from Mitchell and Yancey Countiessponsored by the Toe River Arts Council.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/682-7215 or at(www.toeriverarts.org).CaryThroughout Cary, Mar. 30, from 6-9pm - "CaryArt Loop," featuring an evening tour of art spacesin Cary held on the final Friday of the month. Takethe C-Tran to the Cary Art Loop! The free bus willmake stops at Coffee and Crepes, Studio 180Salon, Ashworth Village, Cary Arts Center andPage-Walker Arts & History Center/Cary TownHall. Contact: (www.caryartloop.org).Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Avenue, Cary.Through Mar. 18 - "Cary Photographic ArtistsMember's Show". Mar. 20 - May 6 - "LilyKarmatz: Australia Artist Residency Project". Areception will be held on Mar. 30, from 6-8pm.Internationally recognized Ikebana artist LilyKarmatz will be the spring Artist in Residence creatinga gallery installation. Japanese “born” artistLily Karmatz is recognized for her stunning useof traditional Ikebana on both the traditional smallscale and large scale outdoor installations usingnatural and found materials. During her two-weekartist residency in Cary from her adopted homelandin Australia, she will teach Ikebana classes,workshops for adults and conduct a workshopspecifically designed for teachers. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-10pm; Fri.-Sat., 9am-11pm; andSun. 1-6pm. Contact: 919/469-4069 or at (www.townofcary.org).Cary Gallery of Artists, 200 S Academy St, Ste120, Ashworth Square, Cary. Through Mar. 28- "Small Treasures Juried Show," juried by MaryRoundtree Moore. Ongoing - The gallery offershigh quality art in a variety of styles. Paintings,pencil and colored pencil artwork varies fromtraditional still lifes and landscapes to abstracts.Portraits of people or animals are available. Photographicwork captures magnificent landscapes,small moments in life, portraits, and far awayplaces. The pottery and clay art includes edgyhandbuilt pieces, thought-provoking sculptedmasks, and decorative and functional pottery thatcaptures images of nature. Our jewelry artistsprovide a wide range of hand-crafted necklaces,earrings, bracelets and other ornaments frommetals, stones, beads and fused glass. Ourglass artist creates stained glass hangings,custom stained glass windows and fused glassart. You can also find unusual hand-made booksand hand-painted porcelain both antique andnew. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5:30pm. Contact:919/462-2035 or at (www.carygalleryofartists.org).Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 119 AmbassadorLoop, Cary. Through Mar. 26 - "TheChromaZones: Off the Tracks". Mar. 30 - Apr. 23- "Sarah Sheffield & Nanci Tanton: Wanderings".A reception will be held on Mar. 30, from 6-8pm.Sheffield and Tanton, share their global and localwanderings of the ordinary and extraordinary.The exhibit, which includes both paintings andphotography, takes the viewer to the architecture,scenes and characteristic moments of theirtravels - places they have explored separatelyand together. Mar. 30 - Apr. 23 - "Kathy King:Hand-woven Beaded Jewelry". A reception will beheld on Mar. 30, from 6-8pm. King weaves glassbeads together using off-loom bead weavingtechniques to create unique jewelry. The signaturecomponent of her designs is bead quilling, atechnique she developed where the holes of thebeads are exposed. This allows the thread colorto become an integral part of the design. Herinspiration comes primarily from the beads themselves,seeing how far she can push the limits ofbead weaving. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-9:30pm;Fri., 10am-5pm; & Sat., 10am-1pm. Contact:919/460-4963.Town Hall Gallery, City of Cary Town Hall, 316North Academy Street, Cary. Through Mar.23 - "ART55: 55 Works of Art by Artists Over 55".Through Apr. 23 - "J.J. Raia & Nancy HughesMiller: Landscapes Interpreted". FALC ShowcaseArtists, Through Mar. 31 - "Linda Koffenberger".Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact:919/469-4061.Chapel Hill - CarrboroWork by Thomas Hart BentonAckland Art Museum, UNC - Chapel Hill, Columbia& Franklin Streets, Chapel Hill. ThroughMar. 18 - "The Spectacular of Vernacular". Inspiredby artist Mike Kelley’s observation that “themass art of today is the folk art of tomorrow,” TheSpectacular of Vernacular embraces the rustic,the folkloric, and the humbly homemade as wellas the crass clash of street spectacle and commercialculture. It explores the role of vernacularforms in some 40 works by more than two dozencontemporary artists, which run the aestheticgamut: the hand-crafted work of Aaron Spanglerjuxtaposes with Lari Pittman’s carnivalesque dayglopaintings; Marc Swanson’s glittering trophyheads with Rachel Harrison’s urban relics. Alsoon view are photographs from William Egglestonand Shannon Ebner, who both revel in thesignage and other elements of roadside culture.Through Mar. 4 - "North Carolina Pottery". TheTable of ContentsAckland’s collection of North Carolina potteryspans over two centuries. The collection includestraditional wares once used for storing andserving food and twentieth-century wares thatdemonstrate a response to contemporary needsand tastes. This exhibition features a select groupof jars, jugs, pitchers, and vases made by suchprominent potters as Nicholas Fox, BenjaminOwen, and Burlon Craig. Mar. 9 - May 13 -"Chords of Memory: Lithographs by Thomas HartBenton". Associated with the Regionalist movement,Benton wanted to create a “living art” thatpresented American subjects in a way that waseasily accessible to everyday people. He traveledon sketching trips around America’s heartlandduring the Depression, often playing hisharmonica in exchange for room and board. Hislithographs record his travels, paying homage tothe people and places that he encountered. Mar.30 - July 1 - "Thornton Dial: Thoughts on Paper".While most recognized for his large scale,multi-media assemblages, Dial’s drawings arehis most prolific body of work, spanning from theearly 1990s into the present. Organized by theAckland Art Museum, the exhibit will feature 50 ofDial’s earliest drawings from 1990-1991, a pivotalmoment in his artistic career. Mar. 30 - July 1- "Piece by Piece: Quilts, Collages, and Constructions".Centered on a quilt from the legendaryGee’s Bend, Alabama, quilting community, thisexhibition celebrates both the act of “piecing together”works of art from disparate elements andthe influence of traditional women’s fabric artson modern and contemporary art. Renaissanceand Baroque Gallery, Ongoing - "Art and theNatural World in Early Modern Europe," featuresmasterpieces by artists including Peter PaulRubens, Jan Weenix, Salomon van Ruysdael,and a seventeenth-century landscape by ClaudeLorrain on long term loan to the Ackland from theTryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens in NewBern, NC. This exhibit now combines with itsneighboring gallery, Art and Religious Life in EarlyModern Europe, to showcase a wide range ofRenaissance and Baroque subject matter. Hours:Wed., Fri., & Sat., 10am-5pm; Thur., 10am-8pm;Sun., 1-5pm; and 2nd Fri, each month till 9pm.Contact: 919/966-5736 or at (http://www.ackland.org/index.htm).Chapel Hill Museum, 523 East Franklin Street,Chapel Hill. Ongoing - "Farmer/James Pottery -North Carolina Art Pottery Collection 1900-1960".Pottery by North Carolinian and southern potters,from a significant survey collection of southernart pottery. A portion of the 280-piece collectionwill be on display permanently, demonstratingthe movement of art pottery displacing utilitarianpottery made here in NC and throughout theSouth. Noted author and folklore expert, Dr. A.Everrette James, and his wife, Dr. Nancy Farmer,have generously gifted the Chapel Hill Museumwith this significant survey collection of southernart pottery. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm &Sun. 1-4pm. Contact: 919/967-1400 or at (www.chapelhillmuseum.com).Work by Gordon JamesonFRANK, 109 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill.Through Mar. 4 - "BODY & SOUL: Birth –Death – Religion – Myth," featuring an exhibitbased on the interpretation and exploration ofhuman relationships to birth, death, religionand/or myth. Artists have explored the meaningof life and death, emotion and the humancondition, mythology and religion and what itmeans to each individual and to Mankind sincethe beginning of time. These subjects continueto be a source of interest for artists. FRANKgallery artists will put together an exhibit basedon these universal themes. Ongoing - Featuringwork from over 70 artists, Frank offers morethan you’d expect from an art gallery. Frank isa collective, founded by the area’s finest artistsworking together to open the door for creativeinnovation in the arts. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm; Thur. till 8pm and Sun. 1-5pm. Contact:919/636-4135 or at (www.frankisart.com).Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill PreservationSociety, 610 East Rosemary Street, ChapelHill. Mar. 4 - 25 - Featuring an exhibit of paintingsby Vieni Pawloski. A reception will be held onMar. 4, from 2-4pm. Hours: Tue-Fri 10 am-4pm, & Sun 1-4 pm. Contact: 919/942-7818 or at(www.chapelhillpreservation.com).The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for BlackCulture and History, UNC-Chapel Hill, 150South Road, Chapel Hill. Robert and SallieBrown Gallery, Through Apr. 30 - "Dry Run:Defining Determination, Testing Reconstruction,an exhibit featuring works by visual mythologistLynn Marshall-Linnemeier. Inspired by MoundBayou, MS, the nation’s largest predominantlyblack town, Marshall-Linnemeier’s exhibit spinsoff images of experimental plantations set upduring the Civil War by the Union governmentat Davis Bend and Port Royal. Davis Bend iswhere Mound Bayou’s founders were enslaved.Marshall-Linnemeier reimagines the experimentalplantation by manipulating archivalphotographs. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-8pm.Contact: 919/962-9001 or at (http://sonjahaynesstonectr.unc.edu/).Charlotte AreaNorth Davidson Arts District Gallery Crawl -From 6-9 or 10pm on the 1st & 3rd Fridays ofeach month. For info check (www.noda.org).Uptown Gallery Crawl - From 6-8pm on the1st Friday of each month.South End Art Gallery Crawl - From 6-9pm onthe 1st Friday of each month.Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, WellsFargo Cultural Campus, 420 South Tryon St.,Charlotte. Mar. 2 - Aug. 27 - "Mid-centuryModernism: 1957 and the Bechtler Collection."Ongoing - The Bechtler Museum of Modern Artis named after the family of Andreas Bechtler,a Charlotte resident and native of Switzerlandwho assembled and inherited a collection ofmore than 1,400 artworks created by majorfigures of 20th-century modernism and donatedit to the public trust. The Bechtler collectioncomprises artworks by seminal figures such asAlberto Giacometti, Joan Miro, Jean Tinguely,Max Ernst, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, LeCorbusier, Sol LeWitt, Edgar Degas, Nicolasde Stael, Barbara Hepworth and Picasso. Onlya handful of the artworks in the Bechtler collectionhave been on public view in the UnitedStates. Admission: Yes. Hours: Mon., Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun. noon-5pm; and openuntil 9pm the 1st. and 3rd. Fri. of each month.Contact: 704/353-9200 or at (www.bechtler.org).Charlotte Art League Gallery, Classes &Studios,1517 Camden Rd., South End, Charlotte.Mar. 2 - 30 - "Color My Dreams," the 5thannual Goodwill show. A reception will be heldon Mar. 2, from 6-9pm. Ongoing - CAL offersfine art for all tastes and budgets in a variety ofmedia: acrylics, oil, pastel, watercolor, mixedmedia, photography and sculpture. Tour studiosof working artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5-pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 704/376/2787 or at(www.charlotteartleague.org).Elizabeth Ross Gallery, Central PiedmontCommunity College, Central Campus,Overcash Performing Arts Center, ElizabethAvenue and Kings Dr., Charlotte. Ross I & IIGalleries, Through Mar. 15 - "Gwen Bigham:Becoming". Melissa Post, while curator at theMint Museum, wrote of Bigham’s work, “[Her]artistic repertoire is as eclectic as it is vast...Dualities, between external appearances andinternal realities, serve as the thematic threadthat unifies her work. She juxtaposes utilitarianmaterials in unlikely ways to create uncommonlybeautiful sculpture... For Bigham, artserves as a medium to test theories, a conduitfor self-expression...Bigham’s diverse oeuvrereflects her dynamism and her innate ability tocreate moments of wonder.” A reception will beheld on Feb. 17, from 7-9pm. Hours: Thur.-Sat.,9am-5pm. Contact: 704-330-6668 or at (www.cpcc.edu/art_gallery).Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-AmericanArts & Culture, 551 S. Tryon St., Charlotte.Through June 30 - "Cash Crop," featuringan installation by Stephen Hayes; "Rhythma-ning:James Phillips, Charles Searles andFrank Smith," features art that visually reflectsthe qualities and characteristics of jazz; and"Contemporary African Photography: MalickSidibé & Zwelethu Mthetwa," featuring worksby two African photographers. "Cash Crop," iscomprised of fifteen life-size relief sculpturesof former slaves that serve as a symbolicrepresentation of the fifteen million Africansimported to the New World from 1540 to 1850.A native of Durham, NC, Hayes has beenworking at some form of artistic expression hisentire life. Photography in Africa has grown inthe past four decades and certain photographershave become synonymous with the field.One of these is Malick Sidibé from Mali. SouthAfrican photographer, Zwelethu Mthetwa, hasdeveloped a powerful reputation in recent yearsbecause of his large color images documentingworking people and working conditions in hisnative country. James Phillips, Charles Searlesand Frank Smith have produced art that visuallyreflects the qualities and characteristics ofjazz. Each artist - in his own way - has improvisedwith color, rhythm, patterns, and forms toabstractly produce work which can soar andcontinued on Page 48Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 47

NC Institutional Galleriescontinued from Page 47challenge in the way listening to TheloniousMonk might do. Ongoing - Featuring selectionsfrom the John & Vivian Hewitt Collection ofAfrican-American Art, one of the nation's mostimportant and comprehensive collections ofAfrican-American art. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 704/547-3700 orat (www.ganttcenter.org).Lake Norman Art League Gallery, 442S. Main St., located across the street fromWooden Stone, next to Masterworks; enter atthe rear of the building, and turn right into thelobby, Davidson. Ongoing - Featuring worksby Lake Norman Art League members. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 8am-7pm. Contact: 704/620-4450 orat (www.LKNart.org).Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E.Seventh St., corner of College St & Seventh St, Charlotte. Through Sept. 9 - "Down Home:Jewish Life in North Carolina," featuring anexhibit that chronicles Jewish life in the TarHeel state from colonial times to the present.This traveling exhibit is part of the first majoreffort to document and present more than 400years of Jewish life in North Carolina. Producedand organized by the Jewish Heritage Foundationof North Carolina (JHFNC), Down Homeshows how Jews have integrated into TarHeel life by blending their own traditions intoSouthern culture, while preserving their ethnicand religious traditions. Through Sept. 9 - "AllThat Remains". This new panel exhibit wasinspired by an article that originally appearedin Charlotte magazine. Writer Ken Garfieldinterviewed ten people living in the Charlottearea who survived the Holocaust and understoodthe importance of telling their storiesbefore it’s too late. Ongoing - "Cotton Fields toSkyscrapers," featuring a permanent exhibitionfeaturing interactive environments that tracethe history of the New South from the end ofthe Civil War until today. Admission: Yes. Freeon Sat. Parking: next door in Seventh StreetStation. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun.,noon-5pm. Contact:704/333-1887 or at (www.museumofthenewsouth.org).McColl Center for Visual Art, 721 North TryonStreet, Charlotte. Through Mar. 24 - "CON-VERGE," featuring mixed media works bySonya Clark and Quisqueya Henriquez. Clarkinvestigates simple objects as cultural interfaces.Through these, she navigates accord anddiscord, and is instinctively drawn to things thatconnect to her personal narrative as a point ofdeparture. Henríquez explores racial, ethnic,gender, and cultural stereotypes through sculpture,collage, prints, video, installations, andsound. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact:704/332-5535 or at (www.mccollcenter.org).Page 48 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Mint Museum Randolph, 2730 Randolph Road,Charlotte. Through Jan. 5, 2013 - "A ThrivingTradition: 75 Years of Collecting North CarolinaPottery," featuring more than 100 examples of theMint’s pottery collection, which has now grown tomore than 2,100 examples that includes objectsthat range from the last quarter of the eighteenthcentury to the first decades of the twenty-first.The exhibition features work by 75 potters andis offered as a part of the museum’s celebrationof its 75th anniversary as a public art institution,the oldest one in North Carolina. AlexanderGallery, Through Oct. 28 - "Celebrating QueenCharlotte's Coronation". Two-hundred andfifty years ago, seventeen-year old PrincessCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a small duchyin northern Germany, left her family and traveledfor nine days across the rough North Sea to theeastern coast of England. She eventually arrivedin London, where she met her future husband,King George III, on the eve of their wedding.They were married on Sept. 8, 1761, and twoweeks later, on Sept. 22, 1761, Charlotte wascrowned Queen of Great Britain and Ireland.This exhibition combines works of art from themuseum’s permanent collection, including paintings,works on paper, and decorative arts, withloans from private collections to highlight theQueen’s accomplishments as a devoted mother,a notable patron of the arts, and a loyal consortto the King. Royal portraits by Allan Ramsay, SirJoshua Reynolds, and Sir William Beechey arefeatured in the exhibition, as are representativeexamples of works from the English manufactories- Wedgwood, Chelsea, Worcester, andothers - patronized by the Queen. Ongoing -"Art for the Millions: WPA Prints" and "CarolinaClay," featuring a display of colorful wares madebetween 1920 and 1950 as potters from NCadapted their works to a market economy. "Art ofthe United States," featuring contemporary worksfrom the Mint's permanent collection, includingworks by Romare Bearden, Maud Gatewood,John Biggers Juan Logan, Tarlton Blackwell,Radcliffe Bailey, Kojo Griffin, and others. "Art inthe Americas," featuring paintings, precious metalwork,sculpture, furniture and decorative artsfrom the 17th through the 19th centuries illustratethe unique culture that emerged from the Spanishcolonization of the Americas. Crosland Gallery- Featuring a presentation of portraits with manyfascinating images presented. Rankin Gallery -Featuring a presentation of the Romare BeardenCollection, including two “new” Beardens. Harrisand Crist Galleries - Featuring some contemporaryworks that are new to the collection orhave not been seen for a while. Delhom Gallery,Ongoing - The European Collection of ceramicworks. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue., 10am-9pm(free every Tue. from 5-9pm); Wed.-Sat., 10am-6pm; and Sun., 1-5pm. Closed Mon. and majorholidays. Contact: 704/337-2000 or at (www.mintmuseum.org).Kako Ueda. Japanese, 1966-, Spinning, 2012, Cutpaper, watercolors. Courtesy of George AdamsGallery, Photograph by Adam Reich.Mint Museum Uptown, Levine Center for theArts, 500 South Tryon St., Charlotte. ThroughApr. 28 - "Jun Kaneko: In the Round," curatedby Carla Hanzal. Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1942,Kaneko came to the United States in 1963 tostudy painting at the Chouinard Institute of Art inLos Angeles, now the California Institute for theArts, where he became interested in sculpturalceramics. Studying in California with PeterVoulkos, Paul Soldner, and Jerry Rothman, hebecame immersed in what is now known as thecontemporary ceramics movement. Kaneko hastaught at some of the nation’s leading art schools,including Scripps College, Cranbrook Academyof Art, and the Rhode Island School of Design.Brand Galleries, Through May 13 - "Surrealismand Beyond, curated by Jon Stuhlman. This is aproject that brings together three groundbreakingexhibitions which comprises the largest andmost significant examination Surrealism andSurrealist-inspired art ever presented in theSoutheast. The exhibitions are: "Double Solitaire:The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy,"The exhibit explores the exchange of ideasthat informed the work of the important Surrealistartists Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy during theirfifteen-year relationship. It is the first exhibitionof Surrealist art for The Mint Museum; the firstmajor exhibition of Surrealism in the region;and the first anywhere to examine Sage andTanguy’s work from this perspective. ThroughApr. 29 - "Seeing the World Within: CharlesSeliger in the 1940s". The exhibit focuses on theastonishing paintings and drawings created bythe American artist Charles Seliger during thefirst decade of his career. Born in 1926, Seligerquickly acquired a strong working knowledge ofearly twentieth century modernism. But it wasthe fantastic imagery, inventive processes, andcreative freedom of Surrealism that truly capturedhis attention, fired his imagination, and inspiredhim to develop his own mature aesthetic between1942 and 1950. Through May 13 - "GordonOnslow Ford: Voyager and Visionary". Organizedby The Mint Museum and supported by the MintMuseum Auxiliary. This is the first retrospectiveof the British-American Surrealist painter’s workorganized by an American museum in more thanthirty years. Featuring over two dozen paintingsby the artist, it is drawn entirely from his family’scollection. Gorelick Galleries, Mar. 3 - July8 - "Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear". The exhibitexplores the art of “story re-telling” through thework of several acclaimed artists, including MattiaBiagi, Mark Newport, and Kako Ueda. Comprisedof approximately sixty-two works, this thematicexhibition also includes selections from the Mint’spermanent collection, loans from private collections,and works by artists inspired by traditionalfairytales, supernatural fantasies, and childhoodfears. Ongoing - The Mint Museum Uptown willhouse the world renowned collections of the MintMuseum of Craft + Design, as well as the Ameri-Table of Contentscan Art and Contemporary Art collections andselected works from the European Art collection.The building also includes a café, a Family Gallery,painting and ceramics studios, classrooms,a 240-seat auditorium, a Special Events Pavilionwith outdoor terrace, and an expanded MuseumShop specializing in crafts of the Carolinas. Admission:Yes. Hours: Tue., 10am-9pm (free everyTue. from 5-9pm); Wed.-Sat., 10am-6pm; andSun., 1-5pm. Closed Mon. and major holidays.Contact: 704/337-2000 or at (www.mintmuseum.org).Projective Eye Gallery, UNC-CharlotteCenter City Building, 320 E. 9th Street, UptownCharlotte. Through Mar. 15 - "Betwixt andBetween," featuring an installation by Anna vonGwinner, an artist and architect long known forher abilities to create a visual and spatial unionbetween architecture and the moving image,who has been commissioned by the Collegeof Arts + Architecture to create an installationin the new UNC Charlotte Center City Building.This site-specific incendiary installationwill command viewing from urban onlookersas it rear projects out into 9th street and fromthe gallery into our lobby. Hours: Mon.-Sun.,9am-9pm. Contact: Crista Cammaroto, Directorof Galleries at 704/687-0833, 704/687-2397 orat (http://coaa.uncc.edu/Performances-exhibitions/Center-city-gallery).The Civic & Cultural Arts Center of Pineville,316 Main Street, right next door to “old” PinevillePolice Station, Pineville. Mar. 2 - 31 - "Beyond theCurve II: Celebrating Women’s Vision," featuringan art show which will feature the works of selectregional female artists. A reception wil be heldon Mar. 2, from 6:30-9:30pm. The intent of thisparticular art show is to elevate awareness andcelebrate the creativity of female artists including:Kathy Oda, Laura Fox Wallis, Denise Torrance,Heather Speer, Tobi Bordihn, Lambeth Marshall,Tiffany Capers, Carol Newman, Melody Cassen,Sarah Stabley, Sara Alexander, and Jennifer KirkHamilton. Ongoing - The CCAC is a 501(C)(3)non-profit organization offering a place whereartist of every discipline have an opportunity tonetwork and enhance their gifts. The CCAC is agathering place for emerging and established artistsof all ages to present, create and collaboratein giving life to their art, with a goal of embracingand promoting the artistic, creative and entrepreneurialpossibilities available in our communitythrough classes, workshops and on-going eventsand programs. Hours: Sat. 9am-1pm and mostweek nights from 6:30-9pm. Contact: call LeeBaumgarten at 704/889-2434, or visit (www.ccacpineville.org).The Light Factory Contemporary Museum ofPhotography and Film, @ Spirit Square Galleries,345 N. College St., Charlotte.Middleton-McMillan Gallery, Through May 13 - "EarthExchange," presented by Piedmont NaturalGas, connecting students on the environmentthrough photography and poetry. A receptionwill be held on Feb. 9, from 6-8pm. The LightFactory empowered students from Garinger,Olympic and Hough High Schools to createpowerful photographic art and poetry about theenvironment. We took them on a journey wherethey tested water quality, saw a landfill, andworked together. Be inspired by their collaboration.Knight Gallery, Through May 13 - "TheCalm Before the Storm: Human Interactionwith the Natural Landscape". This exhibitioncontinues the examination of man and his relationshipwith the environment, a photographictheme that began with the influential 1975exhibition “New Topographics: Photographs ofa Man-Altered Landscape”. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,9am-6pm; Sat., noon-5pm & Sun.,1-5pm. Contact:704/333-9755 or at (www.lightfactory.org).The Sonia and Isaac Luski Gallery, at theFoundation for the Carolinas building, 220 N.Tryon Street, (old Montaldo’s/Mint Museumof Craft + Design site), Charlotte. Ongoing -Featuring work on loan from Sonia and IsaacLuski including works by: Chuck Close, LewisJones, Herb Jackson, Mark Peiser, RichardRitter, Richard Jolley, Harvey Littleton, LinoTagliapietra and many more. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am-5:30pm. Contact: 704/973-4500 or at(www.fftc.org).CherokeeQualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, 645 TsaliBlvd., across from the Museum of the CherokeeIndian, Cherokee. Ongoing - Featuringbasket weaving, pottery, wood carving, fingerweaving, beadwork, stone carving and finepainting by members of the Eastern Band ofCherokee Indians. Artisans must go througha juried process to become affiliated with theorganization and current membership stands atabout 300. Hours: open daily, year round, withseasonal hours. Contact: 828/497-3103 or at(www.cherokee-nc.com).ConcordCabarrus Arts Council Galleries, HistoricCourthouse, 65 Union Street, Concord.Through Mar. 8 - "In and Out," featuring amulti-media exhibition based on opposites,including interiors and exteriors, inner thoughtsand outward expressions and the artistschoices of methods and media. The showincludes paintings, photographs, quilts, glassart, baskets and sculptures. Nineteen artistsare included in the exhibition: Heather Allen-Swarttouw, Luke Allsbrook, Marina Konovalova-Bare, David and Veronica Bennett, ArlessDay, Sharon Dowell, Anita Francis, Greg andCarla Filippelli, Martine House, Hanna Jubran,Gayle Stott Lowry, Virginia McKinney, DottieMoore, David Simonton, Deborah Squier, MarkStephenson, and Ginger J. Williamson. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm and the 2nd Sat. of eachmonth. Contact: 704/920-2787 or at (www.cabarrusartscouncil.org).CrossmoreThe Crossnore Fine Arts Gallery, a NorthCarolina Fine Art Gallery, is located at The HistoricWeaving Room on the Campus of CrossnoreSchool, 205 Johnson Lane, Crossnore.Ongoing - The gallery represents regionalpainters, sculptors and fine craft persons whowant to take part in benefiting the children ofThe Crossnore School. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 828/733-3144 and 828/387-1695or at (http://www.crossnoregallery.org/).CullowheeFine Art Museum, Fine & Performing ArtsCenter, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee.Through May 25 - "Pat Passlof: Selections 1948– 2011". A reception will be held on Jan. 26, from4-6:30pm. In partnership with the Black MountainCollege Museum + Arts Center, the Fine ArtMuseum presents this exhibit honoring the workof painter and accomplished Black Mountain Collegealumna Pat Passlof. The show will featurea selection of paintings by Passlof, representingover 60 years of her career, from her time atBlack Mountain College to her most contemporarywork as a central, though under-recognized,figure in the development of Abstract Expressionism.Through Mar. 30 - Featuring an exhibitof works by Ron Laboray, assistant professorof painting and drawing in the School of Art andDesign at Western Carolina University. Ongoing- "Worldviews," featuring selections from the PermanentCollection and new acquisitions featuringregional, national and international artists' worksin all media. Hours: Tue.- Fri.,10am-4pm & Sat.,1-4pm. Contact: 828/227-3591 or at (http://www.wcu.edu/museum/).DallasWork by Fulvia LucianoRauch Gallery, at Gaston College, 201 Highway321 S., Dallas. Mar. 5 - Apr. 4 - "TravelingSoles Art Exhibition," featuring worksby a group of local women artists of varyingbackgrounds and ages exploring the artisticpotential of soles, souls, fashion, and femininity,including: Penny Carter, Anne Forcinito, LizFunderburk , Barbara Hooley, Fulvia Luciano,Janice Mueller, Caroline Rust, Paula Smith,and Pam Winegard. A reception will be heldon Mar. 22, from 6-7:30pm. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-5pm and Fri., 9am-2pm. Contact:704/922-6344.DurhamBull City Arts Collaborative, 401-B1 FosterStreet, Durham. Upfront Gallery, ThroughMar. 29 - "Tapestries by Silvia Heyden," featuringan exhibit of new works which coincideswith release of the documentary DVD, “AWeavelry Path”. A reception will be held onFeb. 17, from 6-9pm. Hours: Wed. 4-7pm;Sat., 10am-1pm; & 3rd Fri., 6-9pm. Contact:919/949-4847 or at (www.bullcityarts.org).Center for Documentary Studies at DukeUniversity,1317 West Pettigrew Street,continued on Page 49

Durham. Through Apr. 21 - "When JaneyComes Marching Home: Portraits of WomenCombat Veterans". A series of forty large-scalecolor photographic portraits and accompanyingoral histories of women who served incombat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, theexhibit is a collaboration between photographerSascha Pflaeging and author LauraBrowder. The portraits, and accompanyingtext, convey stories that are by turns moving,comic, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking.Kreps Gallery, Through July 23 - " Full ColorDepression: First Kodachromes from America'sHeartland". A reception will be held on Apr.19, from 6-9pm. Organized by Bruce Jackson(SUNY Distinguished Professor and UB JamesAgee Professor of American Culture), withAlbright-Knox Curator for the Collection HollyE. Hughes, this exhibition will feature a selectionof rarely seen color photographs from theLibrary of Congress’ Farm Security Administration(FSA) photography collection. The exhibitwill include works by Walker Evans, DorotheaLange, Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and others,under the leadership of Roy Emerson Stryker -include some of the most recognizable imagesof rural and small-town America during theGreat Depression. Hours: Mon.-Thur, 9am-7-pm; Fri., 9am-5pm; Sat., 11am-4pm; & Sun.,1-5pm. Contact: 919/660-3663 or at (cds.aas.duke.edu).Central Carolina Bank Gallery, The DurhamArt Guild, Royall Center for the Arts, 120 MorrisStreet, Durham. Through Apr. 8 - "The DurhamArt Guild Annual Members’ Show," featuringworks by DAG member. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,9am-9pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 919/560-2713 or at (www.durhamartguild.org).Durham Arts Council Building, 120 MorrisStreet, Durham. Allenton and SemansGalleries, Through Mar. 31 - "Beyond the BullCity," featuring NC landscapes by Gerry O’Neill.Through Apr. 15 - "Screened: New Work by thePrintmakers of North Carolina," featuring a collectionof screen prints organized by Judy Jones.Exhibited artists include Aaron Wallace, BrandonSanderson, Cary Brief, Cherish Gregory, DeliaWare Keefe, Denee Black, Shane Hall, MauryBeckman, Vidabeth Bensen, Matthew Egan,Heather Muise, Jovian Turnbull, Judy Jones,Kristen Lineberger, Kristianne Ripple, MarthaSisk, Soni Martin, and Jason Leighton. EllaFountain Pratt Legacy Gallery, Mar. 16 - July15 - "Looking Closely: Art Quilts by ChristineHager-Braun," featuring abstract art quilts andfabric compositions often explore emotions,their effect on individuals and their influence onrelationships. In addition, she finds artistic inspirationin nature. A reception will be held on Apr.20, from 5-7pm. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-9pm &Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 919/560-2719 or at (www.durhamarts.org).Golden Belt Arts Gallery, Golden Beltcomplex, Building 2, room 100, 807 East MainStreet, Durham. Ongoing - The gallery is committedto promoting the work of emerging local,regional and national contemporary artists.Exhibitions of varying size and theme will be onview throughout the year with openings coincidingwith Third Friday Durham. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm and Sun., noon-6pm. Contact:919/967-7700 or at (http://www.goldenbeltarts.com).North Carolina Central University Museumof Art, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham.Ongoing - Permanent collection focuses onAfrican American art of the 19th & 20th century,including works by Edward Mitchell Bannister,Henry Ossawa Tanner, Romare Bearden, JacobLawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, and Norman Lewis.As well as more contemporary works by SamGilliam, Richard Hunt, William Artis, and KerryJames Marshall. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9am-5pm &Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 919/560-6211.Perkins Library, William R. Perkins Library,Duke University, West Campus, Durham. PerkinsLibrary Gallery, Through Apr. 8 - "I Recallthe Experience Sweet and Sad: Memories of theCivil War". To mark the sesquicentennial of theCivil War, this exhibit will showcase the memoirsof men and women who lived through it-Unionand Confederate nurses, a former slave turnedcamp nurse and laundress, a southern womanmarried to a Union soldier, and a poet whosework as an army hospital nurse inspired someof his greatest works. The curators will highlightparticular items of interest from the holdings ofthe David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & ManuscriptLibrary to supplement the showcasedmemoirs, including song sheets, photographs,manuscripts, sheet music, artifacts, and maps.Rubenstein Library Gallery, Through Apr.22 - "Nation on the Move: The Puerto RicanDiaspora," featuring photographs by FrankEspada from 1963-90 documenting the harshliving and working conditions Puerto Rican migrantsendured in the 1970s-80s as well as theirsuccesses in building strong social, cultural &political organizations to improve their situation &quality of life. Hours: daily 8am-7pm, while schoolis in session.. Contact: 919/660-5968 or at (www.library.duke.edu/exhibits).The Nasher Museum of Art, Duke UniversityCentral Campus, 2001 Campus Drive, Durham.Through July 8 - "Angels, Devils and theElectric Slide: Outsider Art from the PermanentCollection". The Nasher Museum presents aninstallation of works from the permanent collectionby Outsider artists, including Minnie Black,the Rev. Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth,Mose Tolliver and Purvis Young. Also - NasherMuseum Café and Museum Shop. Admission:Yes, but free to Durham residents, courtesyof “The Herald-Sun” newspaper. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 9pm; & Sun., noon-5-pm. Contact: 919/684-5135 or at (www.nasher.duke.edu).Work by Julie KlaperThe Rosenzweig Gallery, part of the JudeaReform Congregation, 1933 West CornwallisRoad, Durham. Through May 31 - "A Journey,"featuring a print series exploring the meaningof each of the twenty-two Hebrew letters byCharleston, SC, artist, Julie Klaper. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 4, from 2-4pm. Hours:Mon.-Thur., 9am-5pm; Fri., 9am-3pm; & Sun.9am-1pm. Contact: 919-489-7062.Elizabeth CityMuseum of the Albemarle, 501 S. Water Street,Elizabeth City. Through May 12 - "Formed, Firedand Finished: North Carolina Art Pottery". NorthCarolina’s rich art pottery tradition takes a turn inthe spotlight with this exhibition which features acollection of more than 90 pottery pieces on loanfrom Dr. Everett James and Dr. Nancy Farmer, ofChapel Hill, NC. Showcasing unusual works bytalented potters, it represents the first and largestshowing of North Carolina pottery in EasternNorth Carolina. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm.Contact: 252/335-0637 or visit (www.museumofthealbemarle.com).The Center, Arts of the Albemarle, 516 EastMain Street, Elizabeth City. Special ExhibitGallery, Jaquelin Jenkins Gallery, The 516Gallery, Ongoing - A new featured artist sectionwhich will rotate every month. Receptionswill be held each month on the 1st Friday. TheJenkins Gallery carries works by area artists forpurchase. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:252/338-6455 or at (http://www.artsaoa.com/).FayettevilleCape Fear Studios, 148-1 Maxwell Street,Fayetteville. Ongoing - Featuring original worksby 40 artists in a variety of media, inc2luding oils,pastels, watercolors, pottery, basketry, jewelry,photography, slumped glass, stained glass,and fabric art. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-5pm &Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 910/433-2986, e-mailat (capefearstudios@mindspring.com) and at(www.capefearstudios.com).Gallery ONE13, 113 Gillespie Street, (acrossthe Street from McDuff’s Tea Room) Fayetteville.Ongoing - The gallery serves as a platform forlocal artists. It is used for juried and non-juriedexhibition and is also available for rent for independentartist exhibitions and group exhibitions.Hours: Fri. & Sat., 10am-5pm and till 9pm on 4thFridays. Contact: 910-223-2787.GoldsboroArts Council of Wayne County, 2406 E. AshStreet, Goldsboro. Ongoing - The Art Market islocated on the second floor of the Arts Councilof Wayne County building. We represent approximatley50 NC based artists including potters,jewelry designers, wood turners, paintersand writers. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-7pm & Sat.,11am-2pm. Contact: 919/736-3300 or at (www.artsinwayne.org).Greensboro AreaThroughout Greensboro, first Fri. of themonth, till 9pm - "First Friday," featuring a gallerycrawl of several gallery spaces in Greensboro.For further info (www.uacarts.org).African American Atelier & Bennett Collegefor Women Gallery, Greensboro Cultural Center,200 N. Davie Street, Greensboro. Ongoing- Featuring works by local, regional and nationalAfrican American artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Wed., till 7pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact:336/333-6885.Elliott University Center Art Gallery, 221 ElliottUniversity Center, UNC-G, Greensboro. Ongoing- Featuring works by student and alumniartists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-9pm. Contact:336/408-3659.Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art,200 North Davie Street, Greensboro CulturalCenter, Greensboro. Through Apr. 1 - "VickiEssig, Heather Gordon, Paul Rousso, and MerrillShatzman: Word Maps". The exhibit presentsfour artists whose work investigates relationshipsbetween printed texts and our contemporaryvisual environment. Through a variety ofmediums including collage, weaving, printingand drawing, these artists create a system ofsymbols, icons, and readable and undecipherablewritten forms that may be read as a map tobe decoded through imaginative interpretation.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Wed. till 7pm; andSun., 2-5 pm. Contact: 336/333-7460 or at (www.greenhillcenter.org).Work by David NewtonGuilford College Art Gallery, Hege Library,5800 W. Friendly Avenue, Greensboro. Mar. 23 -May 4 - "Onward: The Creative Legacy of DavidNewton." A reception will be held on Mar. 23,from 6-8pm. Newton, a beloved member of thecollege’s art department, succumbed to canceron April 14, 2011. It is the goal of this exhibition,accompanied by a catalog with reflections on hislegacy, to pay tribute to this talented and influentialartist and teacher by presenting a selectionof his art spanning four decades of his career.Co-curated by Founding Director & CuratorTerry Hammond ‘81 and Heather Von Bodungen‘12, the exhibition will examine the rangeof his art including paintings, drawings, prints,and sculptures. Ongoing - Additional galleriesfeature rotating selections from the College’swide-ranging permanent collection of fine art andcraft. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sun., 2-5pm.Contact: 336/316-2438.Guilford Native American Art Gallery, GreensboroCultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro.Ongoing - Featuring works by Carolina'sNative Americans. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5-:30pm. Contact: 336/273-6605.Irene Cullis Gallery, Greensboro College, 815W. Market Street, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuringworks by studen, faculty and others. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact:336/272-7102, ext. 301.NC A&T State University Galleries, 1601 E.Market Street, Dudley Building, NC A&T StateUniversity, Greensboro. Ongoing - The MattyeReed African Heritage Collection seeks toeducate people about the culture, history and accomplishmentsof African societies and peoplesof African descent. It achieves this through thedevelopment of exhibits drawn from its extensivecollection of African artifacts, which represent across-section of African cultures from over thirtyfivecountries. The collection is made up of fineexamples of African material culture includingsculptures, masks, figures, household implements,musical instruments, and textiles. Themodern collection includes works from Nigeria,Ghana, Ethiopia, Haiti and elsewhere in theAfrican Diaspora. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm &sat., 1-5pm. Contact: 336/334-3209 or at (www.ncat.edu/~museum).The Center for Visual Artists Greensboro,second floor of the Cultural Arts Center, 200North Davie St., Greensboro. Through Mar.2 - "Spectacle 2012 Juried Photo Exhibition".Ongoing - Featuring works by member artistsfrom throughout the greater Greensboro area.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Weds. till 7pm;& Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 336/333-7485 or at(www.greensboroart.org).Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of NorthCarolina - Greensboro, Cone Building, Tate andSpring Garden Streets, Greensboro. The LeahLouise B. Tannenbaum Gallery, The LouiseD. and Herbert S. Falk, Sr. Gallery, ThroughApr. 15 - "Richard Mosse: Falk Visiting Artist".Photographer Richard Mosse has spent the lasttwo years shooting a new series of work titledInfra in the eastern Congo. The artist is knownfor his restrained and highly aestheticized viewsof sites associated with violence and fear, suchas his 2008 depictions of the war in Iraq, and hislarge-scale photographs of airplane crash sitesand emergency drills. For his work in the Congo,Mosse used Kodak Aerochrome, an infrared filmdesigned in connection with the United Statesmilitary to detect camouflage in the 1940s. Gallery6, Through Apr. 8 - "To What Purpose?Photography as Art and Document". The recognitionof photography as an art form has beenamong the medium’s dominant philosophicaldebates ever since its inception, due in part to itsmechanical and chemical nature. Photographsconsidered documentary have further causedmany to question the purpose and artistic meritof such efforts: are documentary photographsart forms or simply straight-forward recordings ofthe subjects at hand? Gregory D. Ivy Gallery &Weatherspoon Guild Gallery, Through May 13- "Telling Tales: Narratives from the 1930s". Artistsof all periods have used narrative imagery toteach, enlighten, and/or inspire viewers. Derivedin the past from literature, Biblical scripture, mythology,or history, narrative art created during the1930s continued to record these themes as wellas the dramatic economic, social, and politicalchanges that were taking place across the nation.Artists who advocated both representational andabstract styles attempted to capture the spiritof their age—a time marked by the bleak realityof the Great Depression as well as the upliftingoptimism linked with the machine age and itspromise of progress. While works by Social Realistand Regionalist artists—the art market’s dominantstyles at the time—abound, images by otherartists whose concerns were more psychologicallypenetrating are also included. The exhibitionis organized by Elaine D. Gustafson, Curatorof Collections. Bob & Lissa Shelley McDowellGallery, Through May 6 - "Trenton DoyleHancock: WE DONE ALL WE COULD ANDNONE OF IT’S GOOD". Internationally acclaimedTexas-based artist Trenton Doyle Hancock isbest known for his ongoing narrative and theatricalinstallations that thrust the viewer literally andfiguratively into his personal, idiosyncratic, and,at times, heretical weave of words and images.This exhibition features new and selected worksexecuted across a wide variety of media, includingdrawing, painting, collage, and sculpture.The exhibition will also highlight a commissionedwall drawing. Atrium and Lobbies - Featuringworks of art complementing current galleryexhibitions which are rotated in the atrium andpublic areas throughout both floors of the gallery.Tom Otterness' site-specific work, "The Frieze"is permanently installed in the atrium. SculptureCourtyard - Featuring selections of Americansculpture from 1900 to the present from theWeatherspoon Collection and on loan works fromcontemporary artists. Admission: Free. Hours:Tue., Wed. & Fri.,10am-5pm, Thur., 10am to 9pmand weekends, 1-5pm. Contact: 336/334-5770 orat (http://weatherspoon.uncg.edu/).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - GreensboroCenter For Creative Leadership, 1 LeadershipPlace, off Hwy. 220, Greensboro. Through Mar.29 - "Quilts: The Art of Fiber," featuring quilts of allsizes and designs by members of the PiedmontQuilters Guild. Hours: by Appt. only. Contact: callLaura Gibson at 336/510-0975.Greensboro Coliseum Complex SpecialEvents Center, 1921 W. Lee Street, Greensboro.Mar. 30 - Apr. 1, from Fri., 10am-8pm;Sat., 10am-6pm; & Sun., 11am-5pm - "30thAnniversary Craftsmen’s Spring Classic Art& Craft Festival". This juried art & craft showfeatures original designs and work from hundredsof talented artists and craftsmen from across theCarolinas and the nation. Visit with the actualartisans as you discover what goes into thecreation of these one-of-a-kind treasures. Thereis something for every style, taste & budget withitems from traditional to contemporary, functionalto whimsical and decorative to funky. Returningartisans as well as new. Admission: $7/Adults, $1/Child (6-12). Admission good all 3 days with freereturn pass from show desk. Discount couponsavailable online as well as completecontinued on Page 50Table of Contents Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 49

NC Commercial Galleriescontinued from Page 49details. Contact: 336/282-5550 or at (http://www.gilmoreshows.com/craftsmens_classics_greensboro_spring.shtml).Guilford College Quadrangle, Guilford College,Greensboro. Ongoing - Sculpture by PatrickDougherty. Contact: 336/316-2438 or at (www.guilford.edu/artgallery).GreenvilleEmerge Gallery & Art Center, 404 S. EvansSt., Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring works in avariety of media by students, faculty, alumni (EastCarolina University) and local artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-9pm; Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., 1-4pm.Contact: 252/551-6947 or at (www.emergegallery.com).Greenville Museum of Art, 802 South EvansStreet, Greenville. West Wing & CommonsGalleries, Through Apr. 22 - "Works from theRachel Maxwell Moore Art Collection Exhibition".The Rachel Maxwell Moore Gallery, Ongoing- Featuring works by NC artists and Americanlandscape artists including: Nena Allen, CharlesBashum, Charles Burchfield, Jasper Cropsey,Arthur Dove, Daniel Garber, David Johnsonand David Kapp. Francis Speight & SarahBlakeslee Gallery, Ongoing - Featuring worksby Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee, two ofGreenville's and NC's important artists. Look &Learn Gallery, Ongoing - On display are twoand three-dimensional art from the Museum'sEducation Collection. Young visitors are invitedto browse through the gallery and engage in theproject sheets found in the Activity Corner. Admission:Free. Hours: Tue., - Fri., 10am - 4:30pm andSat.&Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 252/758-1946 or at(www.gmoa.org).Hendersonville/ Flat RockWork by Michael CooperThe Center for Craft, Creativity and Design,UNC-Asheville Kellogg Conference Center, at11 Broyles Road between HWY 64 and SouthRugby, Hendersonville. Through June 29 -"Torqued & Twisted: Bentwood Today". Co-curatedby Katie Lee and Tom Loeser, this exhibitionexplores the work of nine furniture makers andsculptors who use the technique of bending woodin innovative, unusual and eloquent ways. Woodbending is typically accomplished through oneof three approaches - steaming, laminating orgreenwood bending. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 1-5pm.Contact: 828/890-2050 or at (www.craftcreativitydesign.org).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - HendersonvilleFirst Citizens Bank Main Street, 539 NorthMain Street, Hendersonville. Through Apr.13 - "Mentors & Students," sponsored by theArts Council of Henderson County, is a trilogy ofexhibitions celebrating the importance of art ina child’s life including: "The Art of Our Children–Elementary Student Exhibition"; "Art TeachersCreate–3rd Annual Exhibition"; and "Artistsof Tomorrow–Secondary Student Exhibition".Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-5pm & Fri., 9am-5pm.Contact: 828/693-8504 or at (http://www.acofhc.org/).HickoryFull Circle Arts, 266 First Avenue NW, Hickory.Ongoing - Featuring works by member artists ina variety of mediums. Full Circle Arts is a not-forprofiteducational organization whose mission isto encourage public appreciation and educationfor the arts. Hours: Tue., Thur., Fri., & Sat.,11am-5pm. Contact: 828/322-7545 or at (www.fullcirclearts.org).Hickory Museum of Art, Arts and ScienceCenter, 243 Third Avenue NE, Hickory.Entrance Gallery, Through Mar. 31- "IMAGE*INATION: Catawba Valley CameraClub 5th Annual Photo Competition." Coe Gallery,Through Mar. 24 - "Featured Collections+ Recent Acquisitions from the PermanentCollection". Mezzanine Gallery, Ongoing -"Discover Folk Art: Unique Visions by SouthernSelf-Taught Artists from the Hickory Museumof Art Collection". Objects Gallery, Ongoing- "American Art Pottery: From the Museum’sMoody Collection". Objects Gallery, OngoingPage 50 - Carolina Arts, March 2012- "Born of Fire: Glass from the Museum’s LuskiCollection". Admission: Free. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-4pm & Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 828/327-8576 or at (www.hickorymuseumofart.org).HighlandsThe Bascom, a center for the visual arts, 323Franklin Rd., covered bridge entrance at theend of Main Street, Highlands. Bunzl Gallery,Through Mar. 25 - "Regional Art". Welive amongst nationally and internationallyacclaimed artists and we are proud to be theirneighbor. In honor of these artists and thenon-profit organizations that support them, weare proud to offer our visitors a glimpse of thetalent that lies in our own backyard! Mar. 31 -June 17 - "Chicks: It’s All Gone to the Birds". Areception will be held on Mar. 31, from 5-7pm.The gallery will be filled with a plethora of artworks that portray an avian theme. Despite thefocus on a single theme, the exhibition offersrich variety. Landing Gallery, Mar. 17 - May20 - "From Mud to Art - Highlands High SchoolCeramics". A reception will be held on Mar.17, from 5-7pm. Explore with the students asthey not only demonstrate their proficiency inpottery but their understanding of the scienceand chemistry that makes it happen. AtriumGallery, Mar. 24 - May 10 - "Emerging Artists:Frank Vickery". A reception will be held onMar. 24, from 5-7pm. Every year, we select agraduate student from Western North CarolinaUniversity to install his or her thesis exhibitionat The Bascom. Frank Vickery, the honoreethis year, is no stranger to us. He has beenwith our institution as an intern and is currentlyThe Bascom’s Ceramics Program Manager.Ongoing - The vivid imagination of a childis the recurring theme for this gallery spaceand masterpieces by young artists from artclasses at The Bascom, local non-profits andschools are on view. We believe in teaching theimportance of thinking, creating, exploring anddesigning and in an effort to support these buddingartists their works of art are displayed inchanging exhibitions throughout the year. Dropin anytime and be inspired. Education Gallery,Ongoing - The Bascom offers our studentsand instructors an opportunity to display theircreative works from workshops and classes.The perspectives of these talented individualsreveal self-expression, cultural awareness andtechnical discipline. These ongoing displays exposethe viewer to the analysis, invention, explorationand decision making processes usedby students during the development of ideasinto a work of art. Bascom Campus, Ongoing- "Stick Works: Patrick Dougherty EnvironmentalSculpture". Internationally recognizedsculptor Patrick Dougherty has constructed amonumental site-specific work using saplingsas his construction material. Dougherty combinesprimitive construction techniques with hislove of nature to build a one-of-a-kind sculptureon The Bascom campus. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 828/526-4949 or at (www.thebascom.org).HillsboroughDowntown Hillsborough, Mar. 30, 6-9pm -"Last Fridays Art Walk." The Hillsborough ArtsCouncil invites everyone to visit local galleriesand artist studios in historic downtown Hillsboroughincluding: The Gallery at the HillsboroughArts Council, Melissa Designer Jewelry, ENOGallery, Hillsborough Artists Cooperative andThe Skylight Gallery, Coldwell Banker HowardPerry and Walston, Cup A Joe, CallawayJewelry & Spiral Studios, Sovero Art Gallery &Studio, Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, and TheDepot at Hillsborough Station. For further infovisit (www.lastfridaysartwalk.org).The HAC Gallery, Hillsborough Arts Council,220-B South Churton Street, between the firehouse and Weaver Street Market, Hillsborough.Through Mar. 10 - "Personally Yours: Portraitsand Cottagescapes," featuring works byDorothy Whitmore. Her work can be characterizedas contemporary realism with a tendencytoward optimism. Ongoing - Offers a venuefor emerging and mid-career artists to showand sell their work. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 1-4pm.Contact: 919/643-2500 or at (http://www.hillsboroughartscouncil.org/index.html).JacksonvilleThe Bradford Baysden Gallery, Council for theArts, 826 New Bridge Street, Jacksonville. Mar. 4- 23 - "34th Annual Student Art Show & Competition".An awards reception will be held on Mar.4, from 2-4pm. Each Middle and High School artteacher submits 8 pieces of work to the competition.This show is always colorful, intriguing andimaginative.Over 100 paintings will be on display.This year's Judge is Karen Baggott. Hours:Table of ContentsMon.-Fri., 8:30am-4:30pm & by appt. Contact:910/455-9840 or at (http://www.jaxarts.com/).Kings MountainSouthern Arts Society (at the Depot),301N. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain. Ongoing- Southern Arts Society (SASi) Gift Shopfeaturing 25 regional artists working in a varietyof media including: acrylic, oil and pastelpaintings, mixed media, ceramics, jewelry,photography, sculpture and wearable art. Offeringart & pottery classes to the public. Hours:Tue.-Fri., 10am–4pm, Thurs. till 9pm & Sat.11am-3pm. Contact: 704/739/5585 or at (www.southernartssociety.org).LenoirWork by Walter StanfordCaldwell Arts Council Gallery, 601 CollegeAvenue, SW, Lenoir. Mar. 2 - 30 - "Rural Reflections,"featuring works by Darron Silva (photography);Walter Stanford (Century Farms seriespaintings); J. Nelson Brookshire (rolled paperart), and Pete Lupo (realistic wood carving). Areception will be held on Mar. 2, from 5-7:30pm.Satie’s Gift Shop, Ongoing - featuring gift itemsmade by local artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9am-5pm.Contact: 828/754-2486 or at (www.caldwellarts.com).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - LenoirArt in Healing Gallery, Caldwell MemorialHospital, Lenoir. Through Mar. 31 - "StevensScholarship Exhibit," featuring works by JoMoore, Shirley Story, Pamela Smith, and KarenYost. The Stevens Scholarship was establishedin 2009 by the Stevens family in honor of theirmother, Allene Broyhill Stevens. These scholarshipsfund fine art workshops at Cheap Joe’sArt Stuff in Boone NC. Hours: regular hospitalvisiting hours. Contact: Caldwell Arts Council at704/754-2486 or at (www.caldwellarts.com).LexingtonDavidson County Community College, MendenhallBuilding, 279 DCCC Road, intersectionof I-85 Business Loop & Old Greensboro Road,Lexington. Through . Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8am-9-pm & Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact: Call Kathy Kepleyat 336-249-8186, ext. 6383.MooresvilleDepot Visual Arts Center, 103 West CenterAve., Mooresville. Ongoing - MAGical Galleryshop, a great source for unique gifts. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: 704/663-6661or at(www.MAGart.org).PenlandPenland Gallery, first building on right as youenter the campus, Penland School of Crafts,Penland Road, Penland. Mar. 20 - May 6 - "ArtistPlate," featuring a collection of artist-made dinnerplates and related insights about food. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 30, from 7-8:30pm. Ongoing- Featuring works by Penland Instructorsand affiliated artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm& Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: call Kathryn Gremley,at 828/765-6211 or at (www.penland.org).PittsboroChathamArts Gallery, 115 Hillsboro St.,Pittsboro. Inside and Outside, Mar. 2 - 31 -"DownEast Juried Sculpture Exhibition". A receptionwill be held on Mar. 2, from 6-9pm. Mar. 2- 31 - "On the Wall Juried Exhibition". Ongoing -Featuring a wide range of original work producedby local artists. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-5pm &Sun. noon-4pm. Contact: 919/542-0394 or at(www.chathamarts.org).RaleighRaleigh City Plaza, Raleigh. Through Sept.2012 - Featuring the work of three sculptors:Adam Walls of Laurinburg, NC, designed“Balancing Act,” a brightly painted steel sculp-ture more than 12 feet tall; Robert Coon of VeroBeach, FL, will show “My Big Red,” a 15-footsculpture of fabricated and painted aluminum;and Deborah Marucci of Venice, FL, will present“Spiral Orb,” a 10-foot-tall sculpture of powdercoatedsteel and aluminum. Contact: Kim Curry-Evans at Raleigh Arts Commission by e-mail at(kim.curry-evans@raleighnc.gov).Artspace, 201 E. Davie Street, Moore SquareArt District, behind City Market, Raleigh. GalleryOne, Through Mar. 3 - "What Land WillTake," featuring works by Jarod Charzewski. Areception will be held on Feb. 3, from 6-10pm.Charzewski’s site-specific installations examinelandscapes and people, man-made structuresamong nature, and the sometimes static, oftenfluid designs that rise from dual environments.Gallery Two, Through Mar. 31 - "Microcosms/Macrocosms," featuring works by Amy Gross andBarry Sparkman. The exhibit presents the workof two artists exploring similar concepts, thoughutilizing vastly different media and techniques.Amy Gross’ two- and three-dimensional worksare stitched, sculptural fiber works, while Sparkman’smixed media works incorporate printmakingand painting techniques. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,9am-5pm. Contact: 919/821-2787 or at (www.artspacenc.org).CAM Raleigh, 409 W. Martin Street, betweenHarrington and West streets, Raleigh. MainGallery, Through Apr. 30 - "Born Digital".Showcasing a growing body of contemporaryart that is visitor dependent without theuse of specific interfaces like keyboards ortouch screens—aspects of this exhibition aremovement-driven art empowers visitors toexercise their creativity and act on their curiosity.Born Digital features the work of internationalpioneers of digital and new media artistsand thinkers. Independent Weekly Gallery,Through May 28 - "Close One," featuringworks by Chris Bradley. Predicated on commondesires, like maximum leisure time andthe thirst for travel, the exhibition Close Onecelebrates idiosyncrasies found in our averagedaily monotony. Included in the exhibition arespoofs and spin-offs of ordinary, blue-collarsubjects that hint at potential fictional historiesbehind the work. What you encounter is aduality of play of reproductions where materialspecificity and trompe l’oeil painting putauthenticity to question; and the byproduct ofinebriated reverie and wishful thinking are frontand center. Hours: Mon., 11am-6:30pm; Wed.-Fri., 11am-6:30pm; Sat. & Sun., noon-5pm; and1st & 3rd Fri., open till 9pm. Contact: 919/513-0946 or at (http://camraleigh.org/).Collective Arts Gallery & Ceramic Supply,8801 Leadmine Road, Suite 103, Raleigh. Ongoing- Featuring works by local and nationallyrenowned artists on permanent exhibit. Hours:Tue.-Fri. 11am-7pm & Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact:919/844-0765.Frankie G. Weems Gallery, Gaddy-HamrickArt Center, Meredith College, 3800 HillsboroughStreet, Raleigh. Through Mar. 18 - "StandingThere: Videos and Mixed Media by ChrisCassidy". A number of projects whose intent is toenvision place while also envisioning the compromiseddevices of seeing place are presented inthis show. They range from single-channel videowork to more complicated works employingcustom software and hardware. One piece willinvolve students in creating an experiential map.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat.-Sun., 2-5pm.Contact: Ann Roth at 919/760-8239 or at (http://www.meredith.edu/art/gallery.htm).Gregg Museum of Art & Design, located in theTalley Student Center in the middle of the NCSUcampus, Raleigh. Through May 12 - "Barkcloth,Bras, and Bulletproof Cotton: The Powers ofCostume". A reception will be held on Jan. 19,from 6-8pm. According to the Biblical story ofGenesis, the moment that Adam and Eve atethe forbidden fruit and became self-aware, thevery first thing they did was make themselvessomething to wear. Through May 12 - "Textilesof Exile," featuring fiber arts made by immigrants,refugees, and displaced persons, co-curated byMolly Johnson Martinez and the Gregg Museumstaff. A reception will be held on Jan. 19, from6-8pm. All around the world, individuals haveresponded to displacement by making textilesthat reflect their difficult new lives in unfamiliarenvironments. Ongoing - The Gregg’s collectingfocus reflects the mission of North Carolina StateUniversity and supports its academic programsby providing research opportunities for NCSUstudents and the citizens of North Carolina andbeyond. The collection includes, but is not limitedto, textiles, ceramics, outsider/folk art, photography,architectural drawings & modern furniture.The Gregg Museum of Art & Design also putson six to eight exhibitions per year in its twogalleries, in addition to exhibiting work at variousplaces in the Talley Student Center and aroundcampus. Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-8pm and Sat.-Sun., 2-8pm. Contact: 919/515-3503 or at (www.ncsu.edu/arts).continued on Page 51

Miriam Preston Block Gallery, Raleigh MunicipalBuilding, lobby of the Avery C. UpchurchGovernment Complex, presented by the Cityof Raleigh Arts Commission, 222 West HargettStreet, Raleigh. Through Mar. 26 - "Wild Life".Engaging viewers through interactive elements,humor, anthropomorphic animals and the scienceof the natural world. Block Gallery: Paintings byKeith Norval, mixed media works by Ian Sands,and glass work by Teddy Devereux. Block2:"Sermon to the Birds" by Jeff Whetstone. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5:15pm. Contact: 919/996-3610 or at (www.raleigh-nc.org/arts).Nature Art Gallery, inside the Museum Store,North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences,11 W. Jones Street, downtown Raleigh. Mar.2 - Apr. 7 - "Children’s Book Illustrations: NorthAmerican Endangered Turtle Series by BobPalmatier". Admission: Free. Gallery Hours:Mon.-Sat., 9am-4:45pm & Sun., noon-4:45pm.Store Contact: 919/733-7450, ext. 360 or at(www.naturalsciences.org/store/nature_gallery.html).North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 BlueRidge Road, Raleigh. Through May 27 - "Presence/Absence".The photographs in this exhibition,all from the North Carolina Museum of Art’spermanent collection, reveal the constant mutualexchange between an environment and its inhabitants.Each image in Presence/Absence stronglyimplies human presence, even though we donot see any figures. The absence of peopleleaves an empty loneliness in some of the works;abandoned buildings, forgotten landscapes, anddiscarded possessions hint at the histories offormer residents. In other works absence is justthe moment before presence, a hopeful promiseof a human connection soon to come. A coldglass of milk temptingly awaits its consumer, or awelcoming light beckons in the distance, allowingus to imagine the next piece of the story. EastBuilding’s North Carolina Gallery, ThroughJune 24 - "Reflections: Portraits by BeverlyMcIver". The exhibition celebrates McIver’s prodigiouswork from the past decade, highlighting herrenowned, emotive self-portraits and portraits ofher family. “Beverly McIver’s work is remarkablein its own right, but the timing of 'Reflections' with'Rembrandt in America' is particularly illuminating,as both exhibitions examine self-portraiturein some way,” said Jennifer Dasal, curator of theexhibition. “McIver’s portraits of herself and herfamily offer an opportunity for visitors to experienceher world view as an African American,a caretaker, a daughter, and a woman.” WestBuilding, Ongoing - Featuring 10 additionalsculptures by the celebrated French artist Rodinon loan from Iris Cantor’s private collection.Ongoing - "John James Audubon's The Birdsof America". The state has owned this treasuredvolume since 1848, but it has never been exhibited.Ongoing - The North Carolina Museum ofArt has an outstanding permanent collection ofmore than 5,000 objects spanning antiquity tothe present day. On the occasion of the expansion,the Museum has acquired more than 100new works of art. Representing commissions,gifts, and purchases, the new works encompassimportant and diverse examples of historic andcontemporary art from around the world, and willbe installed in the Museum’s new building andthe surrounding landscape. Highlights includea gift of 28 sculptures by Auguste Rodin, andwork by such internationally acclaimed artists asRoxy Paine, Ursula von Rydingsvard, El Anatsui,Jaume Plensa, Jackie Ferrara, Ellsworth Kelly,and David Park, among others. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,9am-5pm; Sun., 10am-5pm; & open until 9pm onFri. Contact: 919/839-6262 or at (www.ncartmuseum.org).North Carolina Museum of History, 5 EastEdenton Street, (between Salisbury andWilmington Streets), Raleigh. Through Mar.25 - "The Photography of Lewis Hine: ExposingChild Labor in North Carolina, 1908-1918".In the early 1900s, most child workers in NorthCarolina textile mills labored 10 to 12 hours,six days a week. They toiled in hot, humid,lint-filled air that triggered respiratory diseases.They endured the deafening roar of textilemachinery. They risked serious injury fromdangerous, exposed gears and belts. Theyforfeited a childhood. In 1908 the National ChildLabor Committee hired photographer LewisHine to document the horrendous workingconditions of young workers across the UnitedStates. That same year, he began visiting NorthCarolina’s textile mills, where about a quarterof all workers were under age 16. Some wereas young as 6. This exhibit presents forty ofhis images. Hine captured the harsh realitiesof their mill village lives in Cabarrus, Gaston,Lincoln, Rowan and other Tar Heel counties.Ongoing - Featuring exhibits dealing withNorth Carolina's history as a theme. Admission:Free. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun.,noon-5pm. Contact: 919/807-7900 or at (http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/).North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences,11 W. Jones Street, downtown Raleigh.Through Mar. 31 - "2011 Wildlife in NorthCarolina Photo Competition". Now in its seventhyear, the competition seeks to encouragehigh-quality nature photography and to identifytalented wildlife photographers working in NorthCarolina. This year’s field totaled 3,689 photographsfrom approximately 1,000 photographers.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm; Sun., noon-5pm; & 1st Fri. till 9pm. Contact: 919/733-7450or at (http://www.naturalsciences.org/).Rotunda Gallery, Johnson Hall, MeridethCollege, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh.Through Mar. 18 - "Visual Voice: The Languageof Typography". This group exhibition exploresthe power of typography as discourse, as ameans of communicating visual and verbal messagesthat speak to the imagination and beautyof typographic form, and, when combined intowords, can instantly convey context and clarifyintent. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat.-Sun.,2-5pm. Contact: 919/829-8465 or at (http://www.meredith.edu/art/gallery.htm).The Crafts Center at NC State University,first floor of Thompson Hall, Jensen Drive, NCState University, Raleigh. R,A. Bryan FoundationGallery, Through Mar. 2 - "PoeticPortraits of a Revolution". The Poetic Portraitsof a Revolution project (PPR) sent nationallyrenownedspoken-word poets and youth educatorsKane Smego and Will McInerney, alongwith project translator and interpreter MohammadMoussa and professional photographerand videographer Sameer Abdel-khalek to thestreets and communities of Egypt and Tunisiafrom June 15 – August 9, 2011. The teamcaptured images and emotions of the revolutionthrough poetic reflections, oral interviews, stillphotography, and video. Hours: Mon., Wed.,& Fri., 2-10pm; Tue. & Thur., 10am-10pm; andSat. & Sun., 12:30-5pm. Contact: 919/515-2457or at (http://www.ncsu.edu/crafts/index.html).Visual Art Exchange Association Gallery,325 Blake Street, Moore Square Art District,Raleigh. Mar. 2 - 29 - Found:. All artwork shouldincorporate found objects and materials. 2D and3D artwork accepted. A reception will be held onMar. 2, from 6-9pm. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-4-pm. Contact: 919/828-7834 or at (http://www.visualartexchange.org/).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - RaleighCity Plaza, 400 Block of Fayetteville St., downtownRaleigh. Through Aug. 31 - "Art on CityPlaza," featuring 10-15-ft sculptures by RobertCoon, Deborah Marucci and Adam Walls.Sponsored by City of Raleigh Arts Commission,Visual Art Exchange & Artspace. Contact:(www.raleighnc.gov/arts).Progress Energy Center for the PerformingArts, 2 East South Street, Raleigh. Betty RayMcCain Gallery, Mar. 4 - May 2 - "34th NorthCarolina Artists Exhibition". This juried exhibitionfor multimedia visual art features establishedand emerging artists from more than 60counties across North Carolina. Contact: call919/831-6060 for hours and directions or theRaleigh Fine Arts Society call 919/787-7480,ext. 1064 or visit (www.raleighfinearts.org).Rocky MountFour Sisters Gallery, Dunn Center for the PerformingArts, NC Wesleyan College, 3400 N.Wesleyan Blvd., Rocky Mount. Through Mar.17 - "Celebrating the Art of the Coastal Plain,"fulfilling the intention of our gallery motto NorthCarolina Wesleyan College’s Four Sisters ArtGallery is privileged to join Raleigh, NC’s GalleryC to present the famous Louis Orr CarolinaSuite: 51 etchings of our state’s significantarchitectural landmarks. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 9am-noon. Contact: 252/985-5268.Work by Work by Susan LenzMaria V. Howard Arts Center, Imperial Centrefor the Arts and Sciences, 270 Gay Street, RockyMount. Through May 13 - "Last Words," featuringan installation by Susan Lenz. Lenz fromColumbia, SC came to the Arts Center’s attentionTable of Contentsthrough numerous consecutive inclusions in ourHandcrafted and Juried Art Shows. She has a BAin Medieval and Renaissance Studies from OhioState University, but has been exhibiting her fiberworks nationally since 2003. This solo exhibitentitled “Last Words” incorporates grave rubbingswith hand stitching and other fiber techniques topay tribute to those who have left memories andmysteries behind. Through Apr. 29 - "AnoesisNeil Clark". Clark works as a tattoo artist inGreenville, NC, but his interest in book arts ledto a workshop at Penland School of Crafts underthe instruction of renowned maker Daniel Essig.Clark has been juried into the Arts Center’s Handcraftedand Juried Arts Show exhibits severaltimes over recent years and has work in the ArtsCenter Gallery Shop. He is a 2011 recipient of aRegional Artist Project Grant. Through May 6 -New Aesthetic: Nash-Edgecombe High SchoolsJuried Art Competition". This competitive exhibitionshowcases art from students enrolled in 9th-12th grades in public, private, and home schoolsin Nash and Edgecombe counties. Through May20 - "Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics,Fiber, Glass, Metal, & Wood". The exhibit isa national juried craft exhibition in its 12th yearattracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and newcraft media from across the United States. Adifferent unbiased juror is contracted each year tomake selections for exhibition. The 2012 juror isBrent Skidmore, an established wood artist andDirector of Craft Studies at the University of NorthCarolina at Asheville. Through May 20 - "CabinFever Quenched". Each spring Pocosin Arts FolkSchool offers a unique workshop series at the4H Center in Columbia, NC called “Cabin FeverReliever”. A professional lineup of instructorsin clay, metals, wood, photography, painting,bookmaking, fiber arts, and mixed media leadstudents of all skill levels in the creation of artobjects and break the tension of long cold winters.As a co-sponsor of Cabin Fever Reliever,the Arts Center has invited past instructors ofCabin Fever to exhibit and increase awarenessof this opportunity for learning and expression inour area. Through Aug. 15 - "Salmagundi XV,"a national juried outdoor sculpture competition.And three exhibits from the Embroiderers’ Guildof America. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun.,1-5pm. Contact: 252/972-1163 or at (http://arts.imperialcentre.org/).Mims Gallery, Dunn Center for the PerformingArts, NC Wesleyan College Campus, 3400 N.Wesleyan Blvd., Rocky Mount. Through Mar.25 - "Antarctica," featuring photographs by icebreakerskipper John Higdon. Mar. 30 - Apr. 29- "Material-Immaterial," featuring he assemblagepaintings of Greenville, NC, artist Destry Sparks.A reception will be held on Mar. 30 sstarting at7pm. Sparks makes colorful assemblage paintingswith, stuff. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & onehour before performances. Contact: call 252/985-5268 or at (www.ncwc.edu/Arts/Mims/).North Civic Gallery, Dunn Center for thePerforming Arts, NC Wesleyan College Campus,3400 N. Wesleyan Blvd., Rocky Mount. ThroughMar. 23 - "Children are the Greatest," featuringworks by students in Jane Gardner’s classesat Jones Elementary in Wilson and by WendyFerguson-Whitehead’s classes at Swift CreekElementary in the Nash-Rocky Mount SchoolSystem. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & one hourbefore performances. Contact: call 252/985-5268or at (www.ncwc.edu/Arts/Mims/).RutherfordtonRutherford County Visual Artists Gallery, RutherfordCounty Visual Arts Center, 160 N. MainSt., Rutherfordton. Ongoing - Featuring works bymembers of the Rutherford County Visual ArtistsGuild in a wide variety of media. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-3pm and Fri. till 6:30pm. Contact: 828/288-5009 , e-mail at (rcvartg@gmail.com) or at (www.rcvag.com).Salisbury/SpencerThroughout Salisbury & Spencer, Mar. 10,from 1-5pm - "Second Saturday Art Crawl,"where more than 20 professional artists, studiosand galleries offer visitors new art, specialevents, and activities. Spend the day and seegreat art, talk to artists, hear live music, anddine at local restaurants. Free admission to allevents and activities. Maps are available at theVisitor Center in Salisbury and at all participatingvenues. Free parking available in all locations.For more info call 704/638-9887 or visit(www.rowanartcrawl.com).Waterworks Visual Arts Center, 123 E. LibertySt.,Salisbury. Delhaize Conference Room,Through Mar. 17 - "This Has Been My Life All MyLife," featuring a special collaborative exhibitionby photojournalist Sean Meyers and poet JaniceFuller. The display will feature works which pairphotographs and poems based on interviewingand photographing residents at the LutheranHome in Winston-Salem, NC. Through May12 - "Multiplicity," featuring Spring exhibits whichinclude: "Structure vs Spontaneity," by David M.Kessler (Winston-Salem, NC); "Reaction," byJuie Rattley III (Kernersville, NC); a group showfeaturing twenty-two artists from Artworks Gallery(Winston-Salem); and "Celebrating Rowan County’sYoung Artists,” a rotating exhibition showcasingartwork from Salisbury-Rowan County’s public,independent, and home-schooled students,including, Through Mar. 8 - Independent andhome-schools (reception Mar. 1, 5-6:30pm); Mar.10 – 29 - Rowan-Salisbury Elementary Schools(reception Mar. 22, 5-6:30pm); Mar. 31 – Apr.19 - Rowan-Salisbury Middle Schools (receptionApr. 5, 5-6:30pm); and Apr. 21 – May 12 -Rowan-Salisbury High Schools (reception May 3,5-6:30pm). Admission: Free, donations appreciated.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 7pm& Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: 704/636-1882 or at(www.waterworks.org).SeagroveMuseum of North Carolina Traditional Pottery,122 E. Main St., Seagrove. Ongoing -The Museum organization was founded twentyfiveyears ago in Seagrove, and is dedicatedto preserving and perpetuating the pottery tradition.We strive to impart to new generations thehistory of traditional pottery and an appreciationfor its simple and elegant beauty. A display ofarea pottery is now offered in the old Seagrovegrocery building. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-3:30pm. Contact: 336/873-7887 or at (www.seagrovepotteryheritage.com).Work from Brown PotteryThe North Carolina Pottery Center, 233 EastAvenue, Seagrove. Through Apr. 28 - "What’sUpstairs?". The exhibit showcases the permanentcollection of the NC Pottery Center and ispart of our campaign to represent the state’sdiverse past, present and ongoing pottery as animportant state treasure. Ongoing - Featuringpermanent and changing exhibits on the historyof North Carolina pottery, "The North CarolinaPottery Tradition" and "Seagrove Area Pottery".The Center also offers information on activities,maps and information about the potterieslocated in the Seagrove area and across thestate. A display of representative works frommore than 90 area potteries is also offered.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact 336/873-8430 or at (www.ncpotterycenter.org).Siler CityThroughout Siler City, Mar. 16, 6-9pm - "SilerCity Art Walk," featuring exhibits at many ofthe city's exhibit spaces, along with music andthe good food offered in town on the 3rd Fri. ofthe month. Hosted by the North Carolina ArtsIncubator. Contact: 919/663-1335 or at (www.ncartsincubator.org).CCCC Student Gallery, 138 N. Chatham Ave.,Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring works by CentralCarolina Community College Pottery andSculpture students and faculty. Hours: Mon.,Tue., & Thur., 9:30am-4pm and on the 3rd Fri.each month from 6-9pm. Contact: 919/742-4156 or at (http://www.cccc.edu/sculpture/).North Carolina Arts Incubator Gallery, 223N Chatham Ave., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuringthe handcrafted work of over 30 Incubatorand regional artists in a variety of mediumsincluding painting, pottery, stained and fusedglass, fabric art, cards, photography, wood,jewelry, metal, baskets and more. There is abroad range of items and prices. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-4pm; Fri.-Sat., 9am-5pm; & 3rd Fri.,9am-9pm. Contact: 919/663-1335 or at (www.ncartsincubator.org).PAF Gallery, 223 N Chatham Ave., Siler City.Mar. 16- Apr.13 - "Bulldog Pottery Solo Show,"featuring works by Bruce Gholson and SamanthaHenneke, two of Seagrove’s most inspiringpotters. A reception will be held on Mar. 16,from 6-9pm. Ongoing - A gallery featuringcontinued on Page 52Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 51

Colorshow Gallery, 151 N. Fayetteville Street,located on the second floor of Bell & BrowneLaw Offices, Asheboro. Ongoing - The galleryoffers an assortment of artworks by NC artists,from pottery and blown glass, to fiber arts, jewelryand paintings. We also have an assortmentof hand-poured candles and handmade soap.Hours: Mon.-Thur., 11am-6pm; Fri., 11am-4pmand every 3rd. Fri., is our Open House from5:30-8:30pm, where you can meet the artistsand enjoy some refreshments. Contact: BetsyBrowne at 336/465-2387 or at (http://www.colorshowgallery.com).Little River Art Works, 6417 Abner Rd.,Asheboro. Ongoing - Featuring stonewareluminaries and hand carved folk art scenes onour pottery by Nora & Barry Walbourn. Hours:by appt. only. Contact: 336/381-4708 or e-mailat (littleriver@rtmc.net).AshevilleAesthetic Gallery, 6 College St., across fromPritchard Park, Asheville. Ongoing - Offeringa variety of international works, includingterracotta ceramics from Viet Nam and stonesculpture from Zimbabwe. In addition, there isan assortment of intricately detailed handcraftedpictorial textiles from Australia andLesotho, many of which depict local Ashevillescenes. Also available are Australian Aboriginaloil paintings, Bruni Sablan oil paintings fromthe "Jazz Masters Series," and ceramic tilesfrom the Southwest (US). Hours: Tue-Sat,noon-6pm. Contact: 828/301-0391 or at (www.aestheticgallery.com).American Folk Art & Antiques, 64 BiltmoreAve., Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring antiquefolk art, functional and contemporary folk pottery,furniture and paintings. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-6pm. Contact: 828/281-2134 or at (www.amerifolk.com).Appalachian Craft Center, 10 North SpruceSt., Asheville. Ongoing - Folk pottery, face jugs,traditional crafts, and other collectables. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/253-8499 orat (www.appalachiancraftcenter.com).Ariel Gallery, 19 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Ongoing- Presenting the best in clay, fiber, paper,books, jewelry, metal, sculpture, furniture andglass by members of the Ariel ContemporaryCraft Cooperative. A gallery owned and operatedby artists. Hours: Tue.-Thur., 10am-6pm; Fri.& Sat., 10am-7pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact:828/236-2660 or at (www.arielcraftgallery.com).Bellagio, 5 Biltmore Plaza, Historic BiltmoreVillage, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring exquisitelyhandcrafted jewelry and clothing. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 828/277-8100 orat (www.bellagioarttowear.com).Bella Vista Art Gallery, 14 Lodge St., HistoricBiltmore Village, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuringworks by regional and national artists in avariety of mediums. Offering contemporary oilpaintings, blown glass, pottery, black & whitephotography, stoneware sculptures, andjewelry. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun.,10am-4pm. Contact: 828/768-0246 or at (www.BellaVistaArt.com).BlackBird Frame & Art, 365 MerrimonAvenue, just 3/4 mile north of downtown,Asheville. Ongoing - Currently, about 25 painters,photographers and crafters show theirwork at BlackBird. We also offer expert customframing. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat.,10am-3pm. Contact: 828/252-6036 or at (www.BlackBirdFrame.com).Blue Ridge Frame & Gallery, 545 MerrimonAve., Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring works by localartist Linda Cheek, Ann Vasilik, Carol Bomer,Kelly Wilkinson, and many more. Plus a largeselection of prints, posters, and quality customframing. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-6pm & Sat.,10am-4pm. Contact: 828/253-3559.Blue Spiral 1, 38 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Ongoing- Featuring works in a variety of mediums byregional, national and international artists. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 828/251-0202 orat (www.bluespiral1.com).Castell Photography, 2C Wilson Alley offEagle St., Asheville. Ongoing - The galleryis owned by internationally recognized artistBrie Castell, is a unique photographic Salon &Gallery dedicated solely to photo based media.The gallery features the work of Brie Castell,and also hosts several rotating exhibitions eachyear of other talented photographers. Hours:Wed.-Fri., noon-6pm, Sat., noon-7pm or byappt. Contact: 828.255.1188 or at (www.castellphotography.com).Chatsworth Art and Antiques, 54 N. LexingtonAve., Asheville. Ongoing - Specializing in19th and early 20th century oils, watercolorsand prints. Also jewelry, silver, china, small furnitureand fine accessories. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,11am-5pm. Contact: 828.252.6004.Clayspace Co-op, River Arts District, 119ARoberts St., Asheville. Ongoing - The ClayspaceCo-op is a cooperative ceramics studioand showroom located in the historic river artsdistrict of Asheville, North Carolina. The mainaim of the Clayspace Cooperative is to providean environment that promotes the artisticgrowth and success of its members throughcooperation and education. Hours: Sale - Dec.6, 10am-6pm & Dec. 7, 11am-5pm; reg. hoursby chance. Contact: 828/279-3811 or at (www.clayspace.org).Cold River Gallery, 32-A Biltmore Ave.,Asheville. Ongoing - Welcome to the artisticexpression of messages found in ancientwisdom, philosophies and our Earth’s gifts,presented as the fine art of Karen Pierre. Workingstudio, jewelry, pottery. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,noon-5pm. Contact: 828/350-0955.CURVE studios & garden, 6, 9 & 12 RiversideDr., River Arts District, Asheville. Ongoing- Working studios of Constance Williams,Sutherland Handweaving, Pattiy Torno, MariaTroya, Kyle Carpenter, Akira Satake, CynthiaWynn, Fran Welch, Jenny Mastin, Cassie Ryalls& more. Hours: 11am-4pm daily. Contact:828/388-3526 or at (www.CURVEstudiosNC.com).FW Gallery at Woolworth Walk, 25 HaywoodSt., Asheville. Mar. 1 - 30 - "Creation," featuringworks in fiber by Barbara Sokolowski andceramic works byTeri Friday. A reception will beheld on Mar. 2, from 4-6pm. Sokolowski createsone of a kind fabric art designs. Friday enjoyscarving on the surface of her pots, a procedureknow as sgraffito, to create design and textureon the pot’s surface. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm, closed Tue., & Sun. 11am-5pm. Contact:828/254-9234 or at (www.woolworthwalk.com).Gallery Minerva Fine Art, 8 Biltmore Ave.,Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring painting, sculpture,photography, ceramics and glass by localand regional artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 11am-6-pm;Fri. & Sat., 11am-8pm; & Sun., noon-5pm.Contact: 828/255-8850 or at (www.galleryminerva.com).Gallery of the Mountains, Inside the Grove ParkInn, 290 Macon Ave., Asheville. Ongoing - Nowpart of the Grovewood Gallery family, featuringhandcrafted wearables, jewelry, pottery andmany one-of-a-kind objects. Hours: Mon.-Tue.,9am-6pm; Wed.-Sat., 9am-9pm & Sun., 9am-5-pm. Contact: 828/254-2068.Grovewood Gallery, at the Homespun Shops,Grove Park Inn, 111 Grovewood Road, Asheville.Ongoing - Featuring contemporary craft worksby Richard Eckerd, Randy Shull, Dan Miller,Michael Costello, Thomas Reardon & KathleenDoyle, Chris Abell, Mark Taylor, Kirk Schully,Reed Todd, III, Kurt Nielson and others. Also- 2nd floor furniture gallery, featuring works byKevin Kopil, Lorna Secrest, Michael McClatchy,Anthony Buzak, Marilyn MacEwen, Lisa Jacobs,Chris Horney, and many others. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/253-7651 or at(www.grovewood.com).Jewels That Dance: Jewelry Design, 63 HaywoodSt., next door to the Library, Asheville. Ongoing- Featuring hand-crafted jewelry by someof America's foremost jewelry artists. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-6pm. Contact: 828/254-5088or at (www.jewelsthatdance.com).Work by Jonas GerardJonas Gerard Fine Art, 240 Clingman Ave.,Asheville. Ongoing - "Explosions of Color onCanvas". Nationally known artist Jonas Gerarddisplays his most recent collection of abstractacrylics. His 5,000 square feet studio / galleryis filled with years of passion and dedication.He uses bold, passionate, sweeping gesturesof saturated color that form unexpected imagesof poetic stature. Gerard paints in house toupbeat inspiring music, come unannounced orby appointment. Hours: Mon.-Sun., 10am-6pm& by appt. Contact: 828/350-7711 or at (www.jonasgerard.com).Table of ContentsK2 Studio, 59 College St., Asheville. Ongoing- Featuring a unique collection of fine furnitureby local artists and pieces from around theworld, home accessories and changing fineart exhibitions. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm &Sun. noon-5pm. Contact: 828/250-0500 or at(www.homeredefined.com).Kress Emporium, 19 Patton Ave., Patton &Lexington Aves., downtown Asheville. Ongoing- Featuring works by over 100 artists andcraftsmen. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm & Sun.,noon-6pm. Contact: 828/281-2252 or at (www.thekressemporium.com).Montford Arts Center, 235 Montford Avenue,Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring works in avariety of media by over twenty-five area artists.Watch artists at work. Hours: Tue.-Fri.,11:30am-6pm & Sat., 11:30am-5pm. Contact:828/777-1014.Mountain Made, Grove Arcade Public Market,1 Page Ave., Suite 123, Asheville. Ongoing -Featuring the work of over a 150 WNC artisans,in both contemporary and traditional mountainhandcrafts. This one-of-a-kind, gallery andgift shop caters to those shoppers who wishto take a “piece of the mountains” home withthem. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun.,noon-5pm. Contact: 828/350-0307 or at (www.mtnmade.com).Mudhunter Pottery, 66 Broadway St.,Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring a rustic galleryshop showcasing functional and sculptural workfrom over 20 local potters. Our artists’ diversestyles ad affordable prices set them apart.Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11am-5:30pm & Fri.& Sat.,11am-6pm. Contact: 828/225-5869.New Morning Gallery, 7 Boston Way, HistoricBiltmore Village, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuringfine art and crafts by some of America's finestartists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm. Contact:828/274-2831 or at (www.newmorninggallerync.com).Overström Studio, 35 Wall St., Asheville. Ongoing- This architecturally significant galleryexclusively represents work by internationallyrecognizeddesigner Michael Overström, whowith his wife Susan, present their original,handformed jewelry designs that embrace thedesigner’s Scandinavian heritage and defineAsheville’s elegant style. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-8pm. Contact: 828/258-1761 or at (www.overstrom.com).Pura Vida, 39-B Biltmore Ave., Asheville.Ongoing - Featuring a space for the senses,offering the finest in artwork appealing to allfive senses. Hours: daily noon-10pm. Contact:828/271-6997 or at (www.pura-vida-asheville.com).16 Patton Fine Art Gallery, 16 Patton Avenue,Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring works by WilliamMcCullough, Deborah Squier, John MacKah,Greg Osterhaus, Jerry La Point, Richard Oversmith,Scott Lowery, Dawn Rentz, Laura Young,Margaret Dyer, Suzy Schultz and Stuart Roper.Studio glass by Herman Leonhardt. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 828/236-2889 or at(www.16patton.com).Studio B Custom Framing & Fine Art, 171Weaverville Hwy., 2.1 miles north of our oldlocation, Asheville. Ongoing - Browse our newgallery featuring works by national and internationalartists, including paintings. prints & posters,jewelry, ceramics, wood and textiles. Alsooffering custon framing. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: 828/225-5200 or at (www.galleryatstudiob.com).Sutherland Handweaving Studio, 122 RiversideDr., inside Cotton Mill Studios in River ArtsDistrict, Asheville. Ongoing - This handweavingstudio, gallery and learning center features fine,one-of-a-kind and limited edition handwovenfashion accessories and household textiles,including scarves, shawls, garments, handbags,towels, table linens, blankets and wallart. Sutherland also offers a series of classesand workshops for beginning weavers, weaversneeding a refresher course or experienced weavers.A monthly Sutherland Weavers’ Study Groupbrings area weavers together to discuss designchallenges, share successes and work throughproblems in a casual, small group format. Hours:Tue.-Sat., from 10am-4pm. Contact: Barb Butler,828/513-1814, or Karen Donde, 854/261-4324,or at (www.sutherlandhandweaving.com).310 ARTGallery, 191 Lyman St, #310,Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring original, contemporaryfine art by 21 regional artists. Hours:Fri.-Sun., 9:30am-3:30pm and most weekdaysor by appt. Contact: 828-776-2716 or at (http://www.310art.com/main/).The Bender Gallery, 57 Haywood St.,Asheville. Ongoing - The region’s largestand most diverse studio glass gallery on twosun-filled levels features artists from aroundthe country as well as around the world. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-6pm & Sun., noon-5pm.Contact: 828/505-8341 or at (www.thebendergallery.com).The Haen Gallery, 52 Biltmore Ave., a fewsteps south of the movie theatre, Asheville.Ongoing - Committed to providing access tostunning and unique artwork for discerningcollectors and our community in general. Ourofferings will reflect the character and sensibilitiesof this wonderful region. Including worksby Lynn Boggess, GC Myers, Jerry Bowman,Alvena McCormick, Volkmar Wentzel, andMM Pipkin. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat.,11am-6pm; and Sun., noon-5pm. Contact:828/254-8577 or at (www.thehaengallery.com).The Satellite Gallery, 55 Broadway, Asheville.Ongoing - Featuring works by the next waveof innovative and creative artists that are risingfrom the underground of contemporary streetand pop culture. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm &Sun., noon-6pm. Contact: 828/505-2225 or at(http://www.thesatellitegallery.com/).Woolworth Walk, 25 Haywood Street, Asheville.Ongoing - Featuring artwork and crafts by over170 artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm, closedTue. (until Mar.), & Sun. 11am-5pm. Contact:828/254-9234 or at (www.woolworthwalk.com).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - AshevilleHilton Asheville Biltmore Park, 42 TownSquare Blvd, just off Long Shoals Road (I-26,Exit 37), lobby level of the hotel, adjacent tothe Pisgah Ballroom, Asheville. Through Apr.9 - Featuring a colorful series of contemporarymonoprints by Asheville artist Stephen Ham. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 31, from 5-7pm. TheWNC Artist Showcase is sponsored by the Hiltonin partnership with WHO KNOWS ART. Hours:regular Hotel hours. Contact: call 828/231-5355.Nourish and Flourish, 347 Depot Street, Suite201, Asheville. Through Apr. 15 - Featuring newworks by Fleta Wells Monaghan. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-2pm & Tue. and Thur. till 6pm. Contact:828/255-2770 or at (http://nourishflourishnow.com/).The Captain’s Bookshelf, 31 Page Ave.,Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring original art,prints and poetry broadsides are displayedalong with a quality selection of secondhandand rare books. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6-pm. Contact: 828/253-6631 or at (http://www.captainsbookshelf.com/).Atlantic BeachVision Gallery, 407 Atlantic Beach Causeway,Atlantic Beach. Ongoing - Featuring originalpaintings and three-dimensional work fromregional and national artists, and one andtwo-person shows in summer months. Hours:10:30am-5pm, closed Wed, Sun. Contact252/247-5550 or at(www.twogalleries.net).BakersvilleCrimson Laurel Gallery, Blevins Building,23 Crimson Laurel Way, Bakersville. Ongoing- Featuring the largest selection of studioceramics in Western North Carolina, includingsome of the finest art and craft to be foundanywhere in Appalachia. We also respresentselect artists from around the country and theirunique artwork. Representing more than 90artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm and opendaily Oct. - Dec. Contact: 828/688-3599 or at(www.crimsonlaurelgallery.com).Michael Kline Pottery, 4062 Snow CreekRoad, Bakersville. Ongoing - Featuring potteryby Michael Kline and jewelry by Stacey Lane.Contact: call 828/675-4097 or visit (http://michaelklinepottery.blogspot.com/).Banner Elk AreaAlta Vista Gallery, 2839 Broadstone Road,(between Banner Elk and Boone) Valle Crucis.Ongoing - Featuring fine art gallery in historicfarmhouse, located near the Original MastGeneral Store. In its 20th year and representingover 100 artists, the gallery specializes in oilsand watercolors depicting mountain landscapes.Artists include: B. Jean Baird, Alan Mc-Carter, Louise Pinto, Jean Pollock, Ray Byram,Joan Sporn, Elizabeth Ellison, Dotti Shelton.Also shown are original lithographs and originalserigraphs from internationally-acclaimedartists such as ALVAR, Boulanger, and folkartist Will Moses, great-grandson of "GrandmaMoses." Also: kaleidoscopes, stained-glass,pottery, jewelry, sculpture, and custom framing.Designer Bed-and-Breakfast rooms on-site.Open all year; hours vary according to season.Summer/Fall Hours: 11 am-5pm daily, exceptfor Sun., which are by appt. Contact: 828/963-5247 or at (www.altavistagallery.com).continued on Page 54Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 53

NC Commercial Galleriescontinued from Page 53Antonaccio Fine Art, 10360 NC Hwy. 105South, Banner Elk. Ongoing - Featuringromantic oils of mountain landscapes & floralsby Egidio Antonaccio, still lifes by Betty Mitchelland Victorian sculpture by Maggie Moody. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., noon-6pm.Contact: 828/963-5611.Art Cellar Gallery, 920 Shawneehaw Ave.,Hwy 184, Banner Elk. Through Sept. 10 -"Photographic Views," featuring works by DotGriffith and Kim Penney. Ongoing - Threefloors of exhibition space featuring painting andsculpture from regionally and nationally knownartists. Featured artists include: William Dunlap,Herb Jackson, Gregory Smith, Norma Murphy,Tim Turner, Deborah Jacobs Purves, BillBrown, Scott Boyle, Margaret Salisbury, andothers. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact828/898-5175 or at (www.artcellaronline.com).Carlton Gallery, 10360 Hwy 105 South,Grandfather Community, Banner Elk. Ongoing- Featuring the work of over 200 local, regional &national artists presenting fine art, woven works,sculpture, jewelry, pottery and contemporarycrafts. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am- 5pm & Sun.,11am-5pm. Contact: 828/963-4288 or at (www.carltonartgallery.com).Sally Nooney, Artists Studio Gallery, locatedmidway between Banner Elk & Valle Crucison Hwy 194 So. Ongoing - Featuring the rich,vibrant works of Sally Nooney in oil, acrylic,and watercolor. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 828/963-7347 or at (www.sallynooney.com).BeaufortHandscapes Gallery Fine Arts and Crafts, 410Front Street, Beaufort. Ongoing - The Gallerypromotes American traditions in pottery, jewelryand glasswork with an emphasis on North Carolinaartists. Over 200 artists are represented in afull range of work from the traditional to the contemporaryin pottery, glass, jewelry, metal, woodand other media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm& Sun., 10am-5pm. Contact: 252-728-6805 or at(http://www.handscapesgallery.com/).Black Mountain/Montreat/SwannanoaAcoustic Corner, 105 F Montreat Rd, BlackMountain. Ongoing - Acoustic instrumentshand-made or manufactured by hand insmall factories. Guitars, mandolins, bouzoukis,banjos, violins, lap dulcimers, andother instruments popular in Celtic, Old-Time,Bluegrass, and other folk genres. Plus all accessories.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-7pm & Sat.,10-5pm. Contact: 828/669-5162.Black Mountain Iron Works, 120 Broadway,Black Mountain. Ongoing - Featuring workshandcrafted in iron & other metals by Tekla andDan Howachyn. Hours: Mon. -Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 1/888/689-9021 or at (www.BlackMountainiron.com).Black Mountain Quilts, 121 Cherry St., BlackMountain. Ongoing - Heirloom quality quilts,accessories, handbags, tabletop, and babyquilts. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-6pm & Sun. 12-5pm. Contact: 828/669-0730.Black Mountain Studios Inc., 626 Lytle CoveRd., just 3 miles from downtown Black Mountain,Swannanoa. Ongoing - A fine pottery craftand art gallery featuring many local as wellas some nationally know artists. Owner andoperated by award winning potters Austin andMaud Boleman. Hours: 11am-6pm seven daysa week. Contact: 828/686-1011.Cherry Street Gallery, 132 Cherry Street, BlackMountain. Ongoing - Featuring arts and crafts byregional artisans. Hours: Mon.- Sat., 10am-5pm& Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/669-0450.Garrou Pottery, 100 State St., Black Mountain.Ongoing - Featuring a wide variety of handmadepottery by father and son, John and DerrickGarrou, and the works of other area craftsmen.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/669-0222`.Seven Sisters Gallery, 117 Cherry Street, BlackMountain. Ongoing - Featuring a large selectionof arts and crafts by local, regional and nationalartists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun.,noon-5. Contact: 828/669-5107 or at (www.sevensistersgallery.com).Song of the Wood, 203 West State St.,Black Mountain. Ongoing - Home of rare, oneof a kind, handcrafted musical instrumentsand enchanting recordings. Come enjoy ourintimate approach to the senses. Hours: Mon.-Page 54 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 828/669-7675.Sourwood Gallery, 110 Broadway, BlackMountain. Ongoing - Featuring a co-op galleryof local artists offering original art for sale,including: paintings, pottery, jewelry, photography,stained glass and other fine art. Artistsare: Kent A. Barnes, Katrina Bass, JudithBush, Sarah Campbell, Charley, Ruth Connar,Denise Geiger, Jean Hope, Elizabeth Kirk, IdaO’Connell, Billy Ogle, Eileen Ross, MarilynSobanski, Jenean Stone, Susan Taylor, SummerG. Ventis, Ann Whisenant, and KatherineYoutz. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:828/669-4975.Studio 103 Fine Art Gallery, 103 WestSt, Black Mountain. Ongoing - Owned andcurated by photographer Rebecca D’Angelo,the gallery will feature monthly shows by localand national artists. It will also offer local artand crafts for sale in its retail section. Hours:Wed.-Sat., noon-6pm or by appt. Contact: callRebecca D’Angelo at 828/357-8327 or at (www.studio103fineartgallery.com).Ten Thousand Villages, 303 Lookout Rd.,Montreat. Ongoing - Fair trade source forhandmade items from more than 30 countriesin Africa, Asia and Latin America. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/669-1406.The Gingko Tree Photo Gallery & FrameShop, 128 Broadway, Black Mountain. Ongoing- Gifts, cards, prints, photography and framing.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm.Contact: 828/669-7721.The Old Depot Arts & Crafts Gallery, intersectionof Sutton and Cherry Streets, BlackMountain. Ongoing - A non-profit arts/craftsgallery representing local artists. Proceeds supportarts in the schools program. Pottery, folk artand more. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun.,1-5pm. Contact: 828/669-6583.Visions of Creation Gallery, 114 Cherry StateStreet, Black Mountain. Ongoing - Featuringunique, contemporary fine gold jewelry ofincomparable beauty and quality handcrafted byRobert Vengoechea. Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-6pm& Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/669-0065.Blowing RockIAGO, 1165 Main St., Blowing Rock. Ongoing- Featuring inspired, contemporary, fine artand handcrafts from a variety of artists workingin the fields of jewelry, fashion accessories, artglass, functional art for the home, pottery, lighting,furniture, and garden art. New for 2006 arehuge art glass bowls and platters from DennisMullen, raku mirrors and wall pieces by BonnieJ. Smith, and Sasaki crystal. New jewelrylines for 2006 include Tashi, Chenille, MessinaDesigns, and Jeannine and Charles MacKenzie.Reappearing at Iago this year are wallsculptures by David Bowman, tall iron vasesfrom David Coddaire, Blowing Rock scenesin watercolors by local artist, Tom Gruber,mountain and piedmont landscapes in acrylicsfrom Ginny Chenet, art glass from Ioan Nemtoi,the finest in glass pumpkins and hummingbirdfeeders from Jack Pine, and pottery from JanPhelan, and Ed and Julie Rizak. Hours: daily,10am-6pm. Contact: 828/295-0033 or e-mail at(doug@iagoblowingrock.com).Main Street Gallery, 960-5 Main St., BlowingRock. Ongoing - Featuring a co-op ofarea artists that has been opened since 1982.The gallery offers baskets, pottery, weaving,photography, jewelry, woodworking, glass art,fibers and much more. Hours: daily, 10am-6pm.Contact: 828/295-7839.Morning Star Gallery, 915 Main Street, acrossthe street form the Speckled Trout Cafe, BlowingRock. Ongoing - Featuring oil and acrylic paintingsby Ann Thompson featured with ceramic basreliefs and sculptures from the studios of JohnMartin and Maryanne Bona Dayman and wildlifecarvings by H. Gray Turner. Rod Shaw's terracotta sculptures. Also, multiplate ecthings, watercolors,jewelry, pottery, garden accessories, glassand wooden treasures. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 828/295-6991.The Bob Timberlake Gallery at BlowingRock, 946 Main Street Blowing Rock. Ongoing- Featuring original artwork and reproductionsby Bob Timberlake. Also furniture, gifts,apparel and collectibles. Hours: they vary - callahead. Contact: 828/295-4855 or at (www.bobtimberlake.com).Winterfire Craft Gallery, 1087 Main Street,Blowing Rock. Ongoing - Featuring pottery byBill Campbell as well as hand-crafted jewelry,Table of Contentsmetal sculpture, hand-thrown pottery, art glass,and calligraphy prints. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6-pm. Contact: 828/295-4880.BosticRose Tripoli Mueller Gallery, 149 Old SunshineRd, Bostic, NC. Ongoing - Featuring theworks of Rose Tripoli Mueller, ceramic artist, amember of the Southern Highland Craft Guild.The gallery is in the great room of a CraftsmanStyle home built in 1922 (now on the study listfor the National Register). Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/248-1566or at (www.sparklenet.com/rosetripolimueller).Brevard - Cedar Mountain AreaArt & Soul Marketplace and Gallery, 120 W.Main St., Brevard. Ongoing - Featuring an upscaled,eclectic gallery and artisan marketplacewith the largest collection of fine art photographyby Susan Stanton in the public marketplaceand the works of 36 local, regional and nationallyrecognized artists. Works include photography,sculpture, jewelry craftsmen, paintings,ceramic sculpture, gourd art, fiber arts, homeand garden designs etc. Hours: Mon.-Sat.10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/883-2787or at (www.artandsoulmarketplace.com).BernWell Pottery Studio and Gallery, 324 KingRoad, Pisgah Forest. Ongoing - Featuring worksby Wendy Elwell and Dennis Bern. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/883-8300 or at (www.bernwellpottery.com).Bluewood Photography, 36 W. Jordan St.,Brevard. Ongoing - Specializing in fine art photographywith a large selection of photographyon canvas. Custom framing. Local and regionalartists. Hours: Tue.-Sat. 10:30am-5:30pm.Contact: 828/883-4142 or at (www.bluewoodgallery.com).Drew Deane Gallery,114 W. Main St., acrossfrom City Hall and Brevard Fire Station, Brevard.Ongoing - Featuring a premier emergingcontemporary fine arts gallerys in WesternNorth Carolina. Including works by: Devin Burgess,Jerry Cutler, Drew Deane, Greg Fidler,John Geci, Richard Lane, Courtney Erin Martinand Mark Mulfinger. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/877-5272 or at(www.drewdeanegallery.com).Duckpond Pottery, 2398 Greenville Hwy., Brevard.Ongoing - Duckpond Pottery specializesin custom, handcrafted sinks and tiles. The potteryalso features handcrafted kitchenware andaccent pieces for both indoors and out. Torchestopped with custom faces are potter Nick Friedman’ssignature pieces. The deck plays host toweekly concerts and a new coffeeshop. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm or by appt. Contact:828/883-4512 or at (www.duckpondpotter.etsy.com).Gallery on Main, 36 East Main Street, Brevard.Ongoing - Featuring original art, limited editonprints, collectibles and gifts. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 828/885-7299 or at (www.galleryonmain.com).Glass Feather Studio and Gardens, 200Glass Feather Dr., south of Brevard off ReasonoverRd., Cedar Mountain. Ongoing - Thisunforgettable mountaintop shopping destinationoffers glorious views, flower gardens, and originalfused-glass creations for tabletop, homeand garden – all by the Travis family of artistssince 1982. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 828/885-8457or at (www.glassfeather.com).Mountain Forest Pottery, 2395 GreenvilleHwy., Brevard. Ongoing - Offering functionaland whimsical pottery made on site by artistMary Murray. “Handmade comes to life” in thehomey gallery, offering the work of many regionalartists – handmade teddy bears, jewelry,quilts, folk art, sculpture, drawings, and paintings.Recipes accompany many pottery piecesthat are designed for baking apples, pies, andother dishes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm& Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/885-2149 or at(www.scenic276.com).Mud Dabber's Pottery and Crafts, 3623Greenville Hwy., Brevard. Ongoing - Featuringthe work of six family members including: JohnO., Sybil, John E., Carol and Brandon (Brad),and Becky Dodson and friends Phillip Johnston,Carolyn Becker, Susan Peterson, and MatthewNevenschwander, Elizabeth Galloway, JonlynParker, Charlie Parker, Mary Ey, and Sue Jones.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm.Contact: 828/884-5131 or at (www.muddabbers.com).Number 7 Fine Arts and Crafts Gallery, 12East Main St., Brevard. Ongoing - A Fine Artsand Fine Crafts cooperative featuring the juriedworks of 22 of Transylvania County's finest artistsand craftspeople. New works on display daily.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/883-2294 or at (www.number7arts.com).Red Wolf Gallery, 8 E. Main St., Brevard.Ongoing - Featuring original works of art by overtwenty regional artists in a historic downtownbuilding. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun.,1-5pm and by appt. Contact: 828/862-8620.Twin Willows Studio, 15 Crestview Dr., Brevard.Ongoing - Featuring the works of Ann DerGara.Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 828/877-5275.Two Friends Gallery and Gifts, 4140 GreenvilleHwy., Brevard. Ongoing - Offering a tranquilbreak from a busy highway, with fine art,photography, handmade jewelry, woodturnings,gourd art, and pine-needle weavings, made bylocal artisans. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 828/877-6577 or at (www.scenic276.com).Bryson CityThe Artists’ House Studio and Gallery, 40Victorian Dr., located on Hospital Hill, BrysonCity. Ongoing - Featuring works by PeggyDuncan Nelson, as well as, works by many regionaland national artists in a variety of media.The old stone garage is home to a variety ofpottery, garden items, bird houses, bird baths,and other wonderful finds. Hours: Thur.-Sat.,10am-4pm or by appt. Contact: 828/488-0285or at (www.theartistshousegallery.com).BurnsvilleThe Design Gallery, 7 South Main St.,Burnsville. Ongoing - Feature fine arts andcrafts consisting of original paintings, etchings,prints, art glass, pottery, wood work, furniture,textiles, sculpture, metals, book art and jewelry.In addition we have furniture, lighting, homeaccents and gifts. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm.Contact: 828/678-9869 or at (www.the-designgallery.com).Calabash - Ocean Isle BeachJewelry by Wendy - Beach House Fine ArtsGallery, 10152 Beach Drive, Unit 6, Calabash.Through Mar. 31 - Featuring oil painter CindySaadeh from Kingsport, TN, and introducingLilla Duva, from Montpelier, France. Both paintin the style of the old Dutch Masters. Ongoing- Wendy specializes in unique, sterling silver,handcrafted jewelry. Designs include fine gemsand genuine beach glass. Exhibits feature overtwenty-five regional artists and photographerswith pottery and fiber art on display. Inclusiverepresentative for Terri O’Neill, award-winningwatercolor artist. Also photos by Chris Burch.Ongoing art classes in water color, drawing,and acrylic painting. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-4pm. Contact: 910/575-0024 or at (www.jewelrybywendy.com).Sea Gallery, 6885 Beach Dr., SW Route 199,Ocean Isle Beach. Ongoing - Featuring fine artby local, regional and nationally acclaimed artists.Tasteful and inviting original oils, Gicleés on canvas,watercolors, and charcoals are presented inour 7,000 square-foot gallery. Sculpture and potteryare also offered. Artists we exhibit are: PhyllisArnold, Ken Buckner, Terry Buckner, KarenEdgar, Gary Halberstadt, V. Ryan Lauzon, NancyHughes Miller, Miller Pope, Tom Wooldridge, andMary M. Wright. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm.Contact: 910/575-8222.Work by Tony CarrSunset River Marketplace, 10283 Beach Drive,SW, Calabash. Through Mar. 31 - "Reflections,"featuring tained glass works by Tony Carr.Ongoing - A unique eclectic gallery showcasingover 200 local artists in virtually every medium.Enjoy gourmet coffee, tea and treats as youstroll through the 10,000 square-foot space. Artclasses and custom framing are offered on-site.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/575-5999 or at(www.SunsetRiverMarketplace.com).Sunset River Studio, 271 Calabash Rd., amile from Sunset River Marketplace Calabash.Ongoing - offering a wide range of workshopsas well as a 2,700 square-foot rental space formeetings, luncheons, business functions andother events. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm &Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 910-575-5889.continued on Page 55

ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Ocean Isle BeachSilver Coast Winery, 6680 Barbeque Rd.,Ocean Isle Beach. Ongoing - Art gallery featuringlocal artists as well as daily tours, tastings andthe art of wine making. Hours Mon.-Sat., 11-6pm& Sun. 12-5pm. Contact: 910/287-2800 or at(www.silvercoastwinery.com).CaryEmerge Fine Art, 200 S Academy Street, Ste110, Cary. Ongoing – The gallery specializesin abstract and contemporary art. The 1,000square foot space maintains an extensiveinventory of fine art pieces across a variety ofmediums including paintings, photography, andhand-blown glass, that even the most discerningcollector will find of great interest. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: 919/380-4470or at (http://www.emergefineart.com/).Michael Lecher Gallery, 115A W. ChathamSt., Cary. Ongoing - Featuring works by localartists, including paintings, photography,jewelry, sculpture and more. Hours: Tue.-Thur.,10am-6pm; Fri. till 8pm; & Sat., 10am-6pm.Contact: 919/481-2939.Stonehaven Jewelry Gallery, 101 LedgeStone Way, Stonecreek Village ShoppingCenter, corner of Davis Drive and High HouseRd., Cary. Ongoing - Featuring custom design,jewelry repair, original oil paintings, limitededition prints, and fine art glass. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:919/462-8888 or at (www.stonehavenjewelry.com).The Nature of Art Gallery, 106-D ColonadesWay, Waverly Place Shopping Center, Cary.Ongoing - Featuring whimsical and eclecticartworks for interiors and gardens with a nativeflair. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm, except Wed.till 9pm. Contact: 919/859-6004.Chapel Hill - CarrboroChapel Hill/Carrboro Art Walks - secondFriday of each month from 6-9pm. Info at(www.2ndfridayartwalk.com).Animation and Fine Art Galleries, UniversityMall, 201 S Estes Dr., Chapel Hill. Ongoing- Featuring contemporary works of art andanimation art. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm.Contact: 919/968-8008 or at (www.animationandfineart.com).Black Mountain Gallery, 1800 #9 E. FranklinStreet, Eastgate Shopping Center, Chapel Hill.Ongoing - Featuring handwrough designerjewelry by artisans from throughout the UnitedStates. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact:919/967-8101.Blackwood Station Gallery, 6113 Hwy. 86N.,Chapel Hill. Ongoing - Featuring functional& fine art, sculpture and fine art prints. Hours:Tue.-Fri., 11am-7pm; Sat., 10am-6pm, & Sun.,noon-6pm. Contact: 919/968-1360.Cameron's, University Mall, Chapel Hill. Ongoing- Featuring contemporary American craftsand pottery, folk art and functional art objects.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-9pm & Sun., 1-6pm.Contact: 919/942-5554.Chapellier Fine Art, 105 Arlen Park Drive, ChapelHill. Ongoing - Fine, investment quality 19th& 20th century American art. Hours: Mon. - Fri. byappointment. Contact: 919/967-9960 or at (www.citysearch.com/rdu/chapellier/).Dirt Road Gallery, 8218 Bright's Way, ChapelHill. Ongoing - Featuring handcrafted items -including paintings, carvings, molas, textiles &fabrics, ceramics, beads and jewelry from WestAfrica, the Middle East, Central America, andthe US collected over years of traveling. Hours:Sat. & Sun., 11am-6pm & by appt. Contact:919/933-6999 or at (www.dirtroadgallery.net).Work by Anne AdamsN.C. Crafts Gallery, 212 W. Main St., cornerof Weaver and West Main Sts., Carrboro.Front Gallery, Mar. 1 - 31 - Artist Anne Adamspresents a mixed show of both watercolorlandscape paintings and paper collage. Adamsuses her own hand-colored paper in her collagesto capture the rhythm and light in thenatural world. She is a member of the DurhamArt Guild and the Watercolor Society of NC.Back Gallery, Mar. 1 - 31 - Handmade basketsby Peg Rees of Chapel Hill. Peg weaves eachbasket using a variety of materials includingnaturally dyed reed, cane, willow, wood, andpine needles. A large selection of forms andsizes, both functional and decorative, will beexhibited. A reception will be held on Mar. 9,from 6-9pm. Ongoing - Offering a wide assortmentof items handcrafted by North Carolina artisans.You'll find contemporary and traditionalpottery, blown glass, wood, jewelry, metalwork,toys, folk art, garden sculpture, kaleidoscopes,baskets, fiber art and more. The Gallery currentlycarries the work of more than 500 NorthCarolinians, from the mountains to the shore.The gallery also hosts two shows a month.Shows begin the first of each month and givethe featured artist the opportunity to showcasean entire body of work. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-6pm & Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 919/942-4048 or at (http://nccraftsgallery.com/).Studio 91 Fine Art Gallery, MeadowmontVillage, Chapel Hill. Ongoing - Featuringworks by Jean Abadie, Thomas Arvid, DimitriDanish, Michael Flohr, Edward Lewis, andFabian Perez. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-6pm;Fri., 10am-8pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:919/933-3700.Charlotte AreaNorth Davidson Street Arts District GalleryCrawl - From 6-9pm on the 1st & 3rd Fridaysof each month.Uptown Gallery Crawl - From 6-8pm on the1st Friday of each month.SouthEnd Gallery Crawl - From 6-9pm onthe 1st Friday of each month.Allison Sprock Fine Art, 600 Queens Rd.,the gallery shares space with The NicholsCompany in one of Myers Park’s oldesthouses, Charlotte. Ongoing - The galleryrepresents many well-known artists from allover the world. Some of the featured artists arevery famous; others are emerging including:Andre Bludov, Constantin Chatov, Marc Chatov,Roman Chatov, Gee Gee Collins, Larry Davis,Noah Desmond, Margaret Dyer, Sabre Esler,Stephen Fry, Benjamin Hollingsworth, LindaJames, Dimitri Kourouniotis, Stan Mullins, AnneNeilson, Becky Ollinger, Spencer Reid, FeliceSharp, Tracy Sharp, Louis St. Lewis, ElizabethStehling, Harry Stewart, Cate Wagoner, KarenWeihs, Alice Williams, Sean Williams, andKathy Wochele. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm.Contact: 404/274-5829 or visit (www.allisonsprockfineart.com).Art House Studios, 3103 Cullman Ave., off36th Street in the NoDa District, Charlotte. Ongoing- Featuring a complex of working studiosby area artists. Hours: during Gallery Crawlsand by appt. Contact: 704/577-4587 or e-mailat (arthouse_noda@earthlink.net).Artists' Atelier Carolina, located in the PentesArtworks Gallery & Studios bldg., 1346 HillRd., Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring works byJim Fales, Fay M. Miller, Jack Pentes, Betty G.Robinson, Gregory Weston, and Peggy HutsonWeston. Hours: by appt. Contact: 704/552-6200.Ben Owen Pottery Gallery, inside The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, 201 East Trade Street,Charlotte. Ongoing - The gallery offers 75-100one-of-a-kind pieces of Ben Owen III pottery,with prices beginning at $45. Works will rangefrom pots, vases, jars, bowls and platters tomajor showpieces and spectacular larger worksof art. All items are hand-created by Ben Owen,who also will make special appearances at TheRitz-Carlton, Charlotte for 2011 art weekendsand art demonstrations. Hours: open daily from9am-6pm. Contact: 704/547-2244) or at (http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/Charlotte/Default.htm).Christa Faut Gallery, Jetton Village at LakeNorman, 19818 North Cove Road, Suite E3,Cornelius. Ongoing - Paintings, drawings, etchings,and lithographs by John Borden Evans,Debra Fischer, Laura Grosch, Ardyth Hearon,Jim Henry, Herb Jackson, Elizabeth BradfordMillsaps, Elsie D. Popkin, Joana Wardell, RussWarren and Cynthia Wilson; glass by RichardEckerd; and sculpture by Paul Kritzer and MikeCallaghan. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat.,10am-3pm. Contact: 704/892-5312 or at (www.christafautgallery.com).Ciel Gallery and Mosaic Studio, 128-C E.Park Ave., Historic Southend, Charlotte. Ongoing- Offering fine art mosaics from around theglobe, a full range of classes in mosaic andgeneral art instruction, commissions, and ateam of artists for community and public art.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-6pm & Sat., 10am-5pmand 1st Fri. 6-9pm. Contact: 980/202-2435 orat (www.cielcharlotte.com).Table of ContentsCoffey and Thompson Gallery, 109 W. Morehead@ S. Tryon St., Charlotte. Ongoing - Oilsby Richard Plasschaert, etchings by Gordon Allen,prints by Ralph McDonald, Bev Doolittle, G.Harvey, Mort Kunstler, Don Troiani and CharlesFrace. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5:30pm & Sat.,10am-2pm. Contact: 704/375-7232 or at (www.coffeyandthompson.com).DOMA Gallery Fine Art Photography,1310South Tryon St., No. 106, Charlotte. Ongoing- Featuring the first art gallery in charlotte to focusexclusively on fine art photography. Futureexhibitions will include video and installationart as well as photography. Hours: Tue.-Sat.by appt. Contact: 704/333-3420 or at (www.domaart.com).Work by Ralph TurturroElder Gallery, 1427 South Blvd., suite 101,Charlotte. Mar. 2 - 31 - "Not By Words Alone,"featuring paintings by New York artist, RalphTurturro. A reception will be held on Mar. 2, from5-8pm. Life in New York has rewarded Turturrowith the gift of discovery. While exploring hisboyhood neighborhood in Brooklyn he becameacutely aware of the physical world around himand the colors, textures, and light that made uphis world. Ongoing - Featuring a selection oflandscape paintings by Leon A. Makielski (1885– 1974) which were executed in France and inthe United States over his long career of painting.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-2pm; orby appt. Contact: 704/370-6337 or at(www.elderart.com).Elder Gallery at Atherton Mill, 2000 South Blvd.,Charlotte. Through Mar. 30 - "The Plansky Collection:A Lifetime of Painting by Carl Plansky".Historic Atherton Mill is the site for the first showingof selected paintings and drawings from thePlansky Collection. Visit (www.elderart.com) forhours of operation and more details.Foster’s Frame & Art Gallery, 403 Old StatesvilleRd. N, Huntersville. Ongoing - Featuringoriginal paintings by local artists: Nellie Ashford- folk art, Edna Barker - landscape, AndreaCook - Abstract/Fabric, Evelyn Kadir, Abstract/Musical, Carolyn Saine, landscape. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm, Sat. 10am-4pm. Contact:704-948-1750.Harris Holt Gallery, 1717 Kenilworth Avenue,Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring watercolors,oil paintings and limited edition prints by HarrisHolt. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-5:30pm. Contact:704/373-9090.Hodges Taylor Art Consultancy (formerlyHodges Taylor Gallery), Transamerica Square,401 North Tryon Street, Charlotte. Ongoing -The gallery represents contemporary artists ofthe southeast, including paintings, prints, photographsand sculpture. The gallery offers a publicvenue in uptown Charlotte for viewing artworkand serves as art consultants for collectors andbusinesses. Hours: Tue.-Sat., by appt. only.Contact: 704/334-3799 or at(www.hodgestaylor.com).House of Africa Gallery, 1215 Thomas Avenue,Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring the area's largestselection of African art, including: masks, statues,carved artwork, handmade jewelry, paintings,plus traditional African musical instruments.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-8pm. Contact: 704/376-6160.Hughes Gallery, 2015 Ayrsley Town Blvd. @ NKings Parade, Ste. 107-c, Charlotte. Ongoing- The gallery is a modern art gallery with afocus on sculpture, installation, works on paper,photography and painting. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-6pm. Contact: 704/492-9934 or at (www.hughesgallery.artlogsites.com).Jerald Melberg Gallery, 625 South Sharon AmityRoad, near corner of Providence Road, nextto restaurant Hotel Charlotte, Charlotte. MainGallery, Through Mar. 10 - "William PartridgeBurpee and Thomas McNickle". Mar. 17 - May19 - "Susan Grossman: Bright Light, Big City".The exhibit features new drawings by New Yorkartist Susan Grossman. Using charcoal andpastel, Grossman creates luminous, shimmeringdrawings of cityscapes. Ongoing - The galleryrepresents artists from all regions of the UnitedStates, Argentina and Spain, exhibiting paintings,prints, and sculpture. The gallery featuressolo and group exhibitions as well as consultingservices for individual collectors, corporationsand museums. Hours: Mon. - Sat., 10 am - 6 pm.Contact: 704/365-3000 or at (www.jeraldmelberg.com).Lark & Key Gallery and Boutique, 128E. Park Ave, Ste B, (Southend) Charlotte.Through Mar. 31 - Featuring an exhibit ofworks by Angie Renfro and Julie Covington.Ongoing - Lark & Key showcases a variety ofartwork, pottery, jewelry and more from localand national artists including Duy Huynh, AlisonGolder, Jim Connel, Ronan Peterson and SuzeLindsay. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact:704.334.4616 or at (www.larkandkey.com).Maddi's Gallery, 1530 East Boulevard, Charlotte.Named “Top Retailer of American Craftin the United States for 2009” by The "NicheMagazine”. Ongoing - Featuring fine contemporarycraft by more than 160 national artists;specializing in Southern folk art with paintings,pottery and carvings by many of the South'smost notable folk artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am-7pm; Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun. noon-5pm.Contact: 704/332-0007 or at(www.maddisgallery.com).McColl Fine Art, 208 East Boulevard, at Southand East Boulevard, Charlotte. Ongoing - Oneof the premiere galleries in the Southeast, dealingin fine American and European paintings.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-3pm.Contact: 704/333-5983 or at (www.mccollfineart.com).Merrill-Jennings Galleries, 463 S. Main St., inthe historic yellow bungalow in Davidson’s ArtDistrict, Davidson. Ongoing - The gallery offersinvestment-quality original art by internationallyrecognized painters, top local artists, and talentednewcomers. Specialties range from Surrealism toAfrican American Folk Art, with special emphasison women, and minority painters. Artists includeSusan Jennings, Addie James, Loren DiBenedetto,Jodi John, Paul R. Keysar, Tyler Strouth,Virginia Quillen, Betsey Hampton, MichaelParkes, and many others. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am- 5pm. Contact: 704/895-1213 or at (www.merrilljennings.com).Nancy Couick Studios and Gallery, 10100Park Cedar Dr., Suite 188, Charlotte. Ongoing- Gallery features works by Blue Ridge/Smokey Mountain artists: Ray Byram and TerryChandler; South Carolina artists: Virginia Dauthand Cama Tadlock; New Orleans artist: MichaelSmiraldo, regional artists: Nancy Smith Couick,Gina Strumpf, Kevin E. Brown, Katie Blackwell,Sharron Burns, Susan Hinrichs, Charlotte Fairman,Mary Ellen Wilkerson and others. Hours:Mon.-Fri., Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm (except Tue.,1-9pm) and Sat. & Sun., by appt. Contact:704/541-6944 or at (www.nancycouick.com).Picture House Gallery, 1520 E. 4th Street,Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring Frederick Hartsculpture, works by Jamali; paintings, originalart, sculpture, art glass, and fine custom framing.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-3pm.Contact: 704/333-8235 or at (www.PictureHouse-Gallery.com).Work by Natalie GeorgeProvidence Gallery, 601-A Providence Rd.,@ The Manor Theatre Shops in Myers Park,Charlotte. Through Mar. 30 - "New TraditionalStill Life Works," by James Celano and NatalieGeorge. Ongoing - The gallery represents over30 local, regional and national artists working inall mediums, offering traditional and contemporarycompositions. Represented artists include,Travis Bruce Black, Robert Brown, Kathy Buist,Curt Butler, Jim Calk, Jean Cauthen, KathyCaudill, James Celano, Kathy Collins, CherCosper, James Emerson Crompton, Jim Fales,Isabel Forbes, Lita Gatlin, Natalie George, CinthiaGriffin, Louise Farley, Betsy Havens, PaulaB. Holtzclaw, Andrew Leventis, Mary MargaretMyers, Paul B. Nikitchenko, Ada Offerdahl,Jann Pollard, Lesley Powell, Ann BloodworthRhodes, Kelley Sanford, Paul Simon, Sophia,Fred Sprock, Angela Smith, Akira Tanaka,Diane Virkler, Ann Watcher, Dru Warmath, RodWimer. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm; Sat., 10am-2pm, and by appt. Contact: 704/333-4535 or at(www.providencegallery.net).Pura Vida Worldly Art, 3202-B N. Davidson,Charlotte. Ongoing - Freaturing wordly art- folk art, jewelry, paintings, spiritual art andhome accents. 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NC Commercial Galleriescontinued from Page 55from Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Morocco, Turkey,India, Indonesia, Nepal, Costa Rica, Thailand,Brazil, and many other countries. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 704/335-8587or at (www.puravidaart.com).Queen's Gallery & Art Center, 1212 ThePlaza, Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring works byRebecca Briley, Warren Burgess, Laura Buxton,Bob Crum, James Daniel, Drew Gatlin, MeredithGreen, Tony Griffin, Vicki Kaseorg, Danny Malboeuf,Cathy Melesh, and Mark Spangenberg.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-2pm.Contact: 704/372-2993 or at (www.thequeensgallery.com).RedSky Gallery - Elizabeth Ave., 1523 ElizabethAvenue, Suite 120, Charlotte. ThroughMay 4 - "Small Works Exhibition," featuring anexhibit of small works from our regional artists.Size limitations impose no limits on skill, asover 30 two and three-dimensional artists meetthe challenge with creativity and talent. A receptionwill be held on Feb. 10, from 6-8:30pm.Ongoing - The gallery features original workson paper and canvas, sculpture, ceramic,glass, studio furniture, art-to-wear, jewelry, andmore. Over 500 regional and national artistsare represented at two gallery locations, onElizabeth Avenue and uptown in The EpiCentre.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact:704/377-6400 or at (www.redskygallery.com).RedSky Gallery - EpiCentre, 210 East TradeSt., Suite B-134, EpiCentre, Charlotte. Ongoing- Offering a collection of contemporarypaintings, including pastels, oils, watercolors,mixed media, exceptional works in glass, metal,ceramics, and wood. RedSky also has a wideselection of home accessories, jewelry, and artto-wear.Currently RedSky represents over 500artists and hosts exhibitions regularly featuringboth emerging and national recognized artists.Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11am-7pm & Fri., 11am-8m.Contact: 704/971-7552 or at (www.redskygallery.com).Renee George Gallery, 2839 Selwyn Ave., SuiteZ, Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring contemporaryabstract and realistic works of fine art and sculptureby nationally and internationally recognizedartists. Hours: Tue.-Fri. 10am-3pm, Sat. 10am-4-pm or by appt. Contact: Renee George McColl,704-332-3278 or at (www.ReneeGeorgeGallery.com).Sanctuary of Davidson, 108 S. Main St., Davidson.Ongoing - Featuring works by locallyand nationally recognized artists & artisans,photographers & sculptors. Each month thegallery features an artist whose work is inspiredby mission work. A portion of the Gallery's retailsales benefits a philanthropic cause. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 10:30am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 704/892-0044.Work by Jay ZinnShain Gallery, Selwyn Corners, 2823 SelwynAve., Charlotte. Through Mar. 31 - "NewPaintings by Local Artist Jay Zinn". A receptionwill be held on Mar. 30, from 6-9pm. The loveof patterns developing from natural organicmaterials is what drew Jay Zinn to developingart through the oxidation process on blackiron steel. Through Mar. 31 - "New Works," byConnie Winters and Christy Kinard. Ongoing- Specializing in original art paintingsby Carolina, National and European artists,including works by Perry Austin, Henry Barnes,Roger Dale Brown, Jim Chapman, VeronicaClark, Terry DeLapp, Amy Dobbs, Laura Duis,Chas Fagan, Brent Funderburk, Nicora Gangi,Cassandra Gillens, Ted Goershner, TonyGriffin, Paul Hunter, William Jameson, CurtisJaunsen, Geoffrey Johnson, Christy Kinard,Angela Nesbit, Kevin Sanders, Jane Schmidt,Kim Schuessler, Marilyn Simandle, Kathy Sosa,Alice Williams, Connie Winters, and DarrenYoung. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt.Contact: 704/334-7744 or at(www.shaingallery.com).Sophia's An Art Gallery, 1528 East Boulevard,Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring originaloils on canvas by local, regional and nationalartists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat.,11am-3pm. Contact: 704/332-3443.The Garden Shoppe and Gallery, at McGillRose Garden, 940 N. Davidson St., Charlotte.Page 56 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Ongoing - Featuring a permanent exhibit ofpaintings by Stefan Duncan. There are over 20paintings of flowers plus a large oil painting ofHenry McGill in the rose garden named afterhim. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 704/333-6497.The New Gallery of Modern Art, 435 SouthTryon Street, Ste 110, across from BechtlerMuseum of Modern Art, Charlotte. Ongoing -The gallery brings together the most significantprivately-held collection of works by artistssuch as Picasso, Chagall, Dali, Miro, Matisseand Warhol, an elite selection of contemporaryartists, as well as some of the best regionalartists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-7pm; Sun.noon-6pm and by appt. Contact: 704/373-1464or at (www.newgalleryofmodernart.com).Wentworth Gallery, South Park Mall, 4400Sharon Road, Charlotte. Ongoing - Featuring anextensive selection of original paintings, limitededition prints, and sculpture from over 100 artists,such as Peter Max, Alexandra Nechita, CharlesFazzino, Grace Slick, Ronnie Wood, and PaulStanley. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-9pm and Sun.,12:30-6pm. Contact: 704/365-2733.Wooden Stone, 445 South Main Street,Davidson. Ongoing - Featuring a breathtakingcollection of functional fine art handmade byUS and Canadian artists and craftsmen, includingmany from North Carolina. These artistsrepresent a variety of media, from hand-carvedwoodwork, to blown glass, pottery, metalworkand fiber. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm andSun., 1-6pm. Contact: 704/892-1449 or at(www.woodenstonegallery.com).Work by Ralph TurturroALTERNATE ART SPACES - CharlotteThe Gallery at Carillon, 227 West Trade Street,Charlotte. Mar. 5 - June 30 - Featuring an exhibitof works by New York artist, Ralph Turturro. Ongoing- Permanent onsite works of art including:"Cascade," a 40' x 25' construction of machineryparts and metal by Jean Tinguely; "The Garden,"a site-specific sculpture by Jerry Peart; and "WallDrawing #683," by So LeWitt. The exhibition issponsored by Hines Charlotte Carillon LP. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 8am-8pm; Sat., 8am-7pm & Sun.,noon-8pm. Contact: Larry Elder at 704/370-6337or at(www.elderart.com).ColumbiaColumbia Art Space, 112 S. Broad Street,Columbia. Ongoing - The gallery exhibits bothfunctional and fine art in a variety of mediumsand price points. One of the gallery’s missionsis to give young artists a chance to selland exhibit work in a professional setting. Thestudio consists of a metals studio for MauraCartwright and Maia Leppo and fibers studiofor Lynsey Gwilliam, the three founders of thegallery. Hours: closed Tue.; Mon., Wed., Sat. &Sun., 10am-4; Thur.-Fri., 10am-6pm. Contact:252/766-0121 or at (www.columbiaartspace.com).ConcordBoyd Afficher Gallery, 21 Union Street South(2nd Floor Suit 200), Concord. Ongoing -Featuring works by Boyd Smith and artists fromthe tri-county area. Hours: Sat.-Sun., 1-7pm.Contact: 704/699-5032, 704/956-8934 or at(www.boydzworkz.com).Mud Slingers Pottery, 9 Union St. North, Suite150, Concord. Ongoing - We feature a varietyof arts from the area to include traditional andcontemporary pottery, most of which is madein our Studio. In addition to pottery, we featurefused and slumped glass as well as fused glassjewelry. We also display paintings and fiberart created by the local Cabarrus Art Guild.Hours: Tue.-Fri., noon-5pm & Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 704/796-1600 or at (www.mudslingerspotterync.com).Table of ContentsCreedmoorCedar Creek Gallery, 1150 Fleming Rd.,outside the small town of Creedmoor. Ongoing- Showcasing a permanent collection ofAmerican Pottery. Featuring works by on siteglassblower, Lisa Oakley, and potters, BradTucker and John Martin. Joining them are over250 other local, regional & national craftspersonsoffering a selection of functional stoneware,ceramics, blown glass, jewelry, furniture,candles, wind chimes, toys baskets, andeven handmade musical instruments. Hours:daily,10am-6pm. Contact: 919/528-1041 or at(www.cedarcreekgallery.com).DillsboroThe Golden Carp Gift Shop & Gallery, WebsterStreet, Dillsboro. Ongoing - Featuring works bylocal and select American watercolorist, includingworks by artist-in-residence, John P. Miele. Also,baskets, pottery, fiber arts, and more. Hours: .Contact: 828/586-5477 or at (www.thegoldencarp.com).Village Studio Gallery, 130 Front Street, Weaverville.Ongoing - Featuring works from regionalartists including D. Morgan and Paula Vaughnand other national artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 828/586-4060.DurhamClaymakers, Gallery of Fine Handmade Pottery,705 Foster St., Durham. Through Mar.10 - "Mentoring," featuring functional pottery byMarsha Owen plus sculptures and sculpturalvessels by Roberta Wood. Ongoing - Featuringfunctional and sculptural works in clay.Pieces sold at reasonable prices. Representedartists include: Gillian Parke, Marsha Owen,Tim Turner, Deb Harris, Susan Filley, RonanPeterson, Doug Dotson, Barbara McKenzie,plus many others. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm& 3rd fri. of the month from 6-9pm. Contact:919/530-8355 or at (www.claymakers.com).Craven Allen Gallery, 1106 1/2 Broad St., Durham.Ongoing - Featuring local artists in variousmediums. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat.,10am-4pm. Contact: 919/286-4837 or at (www.cravenallengallery.com).ERUUF Art Gallery, 4907 Garrett Rd., Durham.Through Mar. 8 - "Uprising: Paintings Out ofthe Blue," featuring abstract acrylics by AnneGregory. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat.9am-1pm. Contact: 919/489-2575 or at (www.eruuf.org).Horizon Gallery, 905 W. Main Street, BrightleafSquare, Durham. Ongoing - Featuring contemporarycrafts including pottery, art glass, woodworks, jewelry, garden art, kaleidoscopes andmuch more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-8pm &Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 919/688-0313.LabourLove Gallery, Golden Belt complex,Suite 2-130, 807 E. Main Street, Durham. Ongoing- Featuring works by a collective of NorthCarolina fine artists, designers, and musicians.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-7pm. Contact: 919/373-4451 or at (http://labourlove.com/).Nancy Tuttle May Studio, 806 Ninth St,Durham. Ongoing - Featuring works by NancyTuttle May. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-1pm or byappt. Contact: 919/688-8852.Through This Lens Photo Gallery, 303 EastChapel Hill St, Durham. Ongoing - Featuringwork of national and local artists. Booksand postcards also for sale. Framing services.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10:30am-5:30pm & Sat.,10:30am-2:30pm or by appt. Contact: 919/687-0250, e-mail at (info@throughthislens.com).FairviewWillow Wisp Farm Studios Gallery, 1615Charlotte Hwy, Fairview. Ongoing - Featuringworks by the instructors and students who haveattended Willow Wisp Farm Studios. Hours:Fri.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact:888/590-4ART, 828/628-0401, or e-mail at(art@willowwispfarmstudios.com).GastoniaButler Studio Fine Art Gallery, 171 W. MainSt., located on the 2nd floor of the brick buildingnext to the Park on Main, Gastonia. Ongoing -The gallery will continue to rotate in new worksby Curt Butler. Hours: M, T, Th, F, 9am-5pm orby appt. Contact: 704/460-2386 or at (www.butlerstudio.org).Lynn B. Hutchins Studio & Gallery, 195 WestMain Avenue, in the historic Commercial Buildingon the corner of South & Main, Gastonia.Ongoing - Representational, figurative oilpaintings and drawings exhibited in the groundleveldisplay windows. Hours: 24 hr./day orby appt. Contact: 704/869-0441 or at (www.art-hutchins.com).Greensboro AreaThroughout Greensboro, first Fri. of themonth, till 9pm - "First Friday," featuring a gallerycrawl of several gallery spaces in Greensboro.For further info (www.uacarts.org).Ambleside Gallery, 528 South Elm Street,Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works byartists from around the world. Among them areEnglish artists Phil Hobbs, Kenneth Denton,and Matthew Hillier. American painters BillHosner, Tracy Reid, Richard Sedlack and RichNelson, and internationally recognized Chinesewatercolorist Guan Weixing, plus many othernoteworthy artists are included in the gallerycollections. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm orby appt. Contact: 336/275-9844 or at (www.amblesidearts.com).ArtWorks Collective Gallery, 205 LyndonStreet, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring worksby members of Lyndon Street ArtWorks center.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & by appt. Contact:336/370-0025 or at (www.artworkscollective.com).Lost & Found Gallery, 517 South Elm Street,Greensboro. Ongoing - Folk art, tribal art,textiles, and beads of the world. Hours: noon- 5:30pm, closed Wed. & Sun. Call ahead. Contact:336/271-6954.Lyndon Street Artworks, 205 Lyndon Street,Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works byresident artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 336/370-0025 or at (www.lyndonstreet.com).South Elm Pottery and Gallery, 500 S. Elm St.,intersection of Barnhardt Street, Greensboro.Ongoing - Featuring functional pottery by localartists including: Jim Gutsell, Deik Pierce, andL.T. Hoisington; sculpture by Kathy Reese; andjewelry by Lynne Leonard. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,noon-5pm. Contact: 336/279-8333.The Art Shop, 3900 W. Market St., Greensboro.Ongoing - Featuring works by Pino, Arvid, Park,Garmash, Sabzi, Hessam and others. We featureAmerica’s most collected artists. We also carrysculpture by Frogman (Tim Cotterill), Leon Bronstein& Paige Bradley and fine art glass by RandyStrong, John McDonald & Scott Bayless. ThomasKinkade; original oil paintings, limited editionprints and posters. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm;Tue. & Wed till 7pm & Sat. 10am-5pm. Contact:336/855-8500 or at (www.artshopnc.com).The Artery Gallery, 1711 Spring GardenStreet, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuringworks by David Thomas, Roy Nydorf, BruceShores, Matthew Micca, Lisa Woods, BillClubb, Jack Stratton, Erin Stesch, Vito Ciccone,Alex Forsyth, Martin Dunn, and more. Hours:Mon.-Thur., 10am-6pm; Fri., 10am-5pm; & Sat.,10am-4pm. Contact: 336/274-9814 or at (www.arterygallery.com).tyler white Gallery, 507 State St., Greensboro.Ongoing - Featuring original works of art in variousmedia by local and regional artists. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 11am-5:30 pm & Sat., 11am-4pm.Contact: 336/279-1124.Uptown Artworks, 1007 Arnold Street, locatedbetween E. Wendover Ave. and E. BessemerAve., Greensboro. Through Mar. 12 - "SomethingOld… Something New". Former “WinterLight Gallery” artists have joined the newestart gallery collaborative include: Heath Carrier(oil), Vicki Johnson (mixed media), CarolMeetze-Moates (oil and watercolor), Judy Meyler(watercolor), Kathy Phillips (pastel), Steve Robinson(oil), and Allie Scott (watercolor). Ongoing- Primarily a “working artist studio,” our 5,400square foot facility has a large front gallery andcurrently houses 10 studios with room to build 7more. Hours: Mon., 10am-4pm; Sat., 10am-2-pm; Sun., 1-4pm or by appt. Contact: JosephA. Wilkerson at 336/255-6345 or at (http//:www.UptownArtworks.org).William Mangum Watercolors/Carey-MangumGallery, 2182 Lawndale Dr., Greensboro. Ongoing- Original paintings, limited edition prints,miniature prints, posters and notecards by WilliamMangum. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm& Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: 336/379-9200 or800/887-5380.Winter Light Gallery & Art Studios, 410Blandwood Ave., corner of Blandwood Ave.and Spring Garden St., Greensboro. Ongoing- Featuring works by Kim Holleman, VickiJohnson, Judy Meyler, Carol Meetze-Moates,Kathy Phillips, Steve Robinson, Carol Sams, AllieScott, Phyllis Sharpe, Jane Smith, StephanieThomas, Steve Thomas and Jeanne Twilley.Hours: Mon., Tue., Thur., & Sat., 11am-2pm.Contact: 336/274-7372 or at (www.winterlightartists.com).continued on Page 57

Yew Tree Gallery, 604 S. Elm St., Greensboro.Ongoing - The gallery is a subsidiary ofAmbleside Gallery, and is home to 16 painterswho work in a varienty of media and styles, includingoils, acrylic, pastel, pen and ink, andwatercolor. The gallery also features pottery.Hours: Wed.- Sat., 11am-5pm or by appt. Contact:336/790-8703.GreenvilleCity Art Gallery, 511 Red Banks Road,Greenville. Ongoing - The gallery featuresthe works of established regional and nationalartists and craftspeople. The gallery offers anextensive collection of paintings, sculpture,ceramics, glass, drawings and photography.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4pmor by appt. Contact: 252/353-7000 or at (www.CityArtGreenville.com).Uptown Art Supply & Gallery, a division ofUBE, 529 S Evans Street, Greenville. Ongoing -Featuring works in a variety of media by localandregional artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm andSat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 252/752-0688 or at(www.uptownart.net).Hendersonville - Flat RockA Show of Hands, Arts of the Appalachians,305 N. Main Street, Hendersonville. Ongoing- Featuring works by Appalachian artistsincluding, blown glass, wood carving, jewelry,wooden spoons, boxes, etc., and works byover 60 potters. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm &Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/698-7673.Carolina Mountain Artists, 444 N. Main Street,Hendersonville. Ongoing - Featuring works byregional and local artists in every media. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact:828/696-0707.Hand in Hand Gallery, 2720 Greenville Hwy.,Flat Rock. Ongoing - The gallery is a regionalart and fine craft gallery featuring works byover 150 artists from the Southern Appalachianarea in all mediums of original artwork. Ownedby potter David Voorhees and jeweler MollySharp, the gallery features the VoorheesFamily of artists on an ongoing basis. Hours:Mon.-Sat.,10am-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact:828/697-7719 or at (www.handinhandgallery.com).McCarter Gallery, 451 N. Main St., Hendersonville.Ongoing - Featuring the workingstudio-gallery of landscape artist Alan McCarter,specializing in his acrylic paintings of thebeauty of Nature in the Blue Ridge and GreatSmoky Mountains. Also, featuring a displayof new works monthly. And, watercolors andacrylics of Robbin McCarter and art glass byCzech glass master Igor Muller and CanadianRobert Held. Hours Mon.-Sat.,10:30am-5:30pm& by appt. Contact: 828/698-7117 or at (www.mccarter-gallery.com).Narnia Studios, 315 N. Main St., Hendersonville.Ongoing - Featuring works by local andregional artists in a variety of media. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-6pm. Contact: 828/697-6393 or at (www.narniastudios.com).Silver Fox Gallery, 508 N. Main Street, Hendersonville.Ongoing - Featuring contemporaryfine art, hand-crafted artworks from the USonly, from primarily regional artists. And, nowHome Furnishings. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-6pm; Fri.,10am-7pm; Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun.,noon-5pm. Contact: 828/698-0601 or at (www.silverfoxonline.com).The Conn-Artist Studios & Art Gallery,611 Greenville Hwy. (S.Main/Rte 225), AthaPlaza, Hendersonville. Through May 22 -"The “CLICK!” Project: 14 Photographers - 14Weeks," featuring works by Dave Allen, WalterArnold, Rich Nicoloff, Jacquelyn Schechter,Kathy Hardy, Rob Travis, Cindy Landrum, SarahBarratt, Catherine Vibert, Laurie McCarriar,Clay Bolt, Brad Mast, Jared Kay, and DavidSimchock. A reception will be held on Feb. 14,from 5:30-8:30pm. After the opening, everyweek for 14 weeks a FREE mini-workshopfrom one of our photographers will be offered.See website’s Calendar for dates and times at(www.ClickPhotoProject.com). Ongoing - Fineart landscapes by Barbara Hipwell, mixedmedia by Constance Vlahoulis and works byother area artists, including Vintage Finds ArtNecklaces by Elizabeth. Hours: Wed. & Fri.,10am-5pm, & Sat., 10am-4pm, (most Tues &Thurs noon-5 -call first). Contact 828/329-2918or at (www.Conn-Artist.com).The Portrait Source, Hwy. 225 S., along "LittleRainbow Row", Flat Rock. Ongoing - Representingthe nation's finest portrait artists and wehelp clients find the perfect artist for both familiesand the corporate world. We have expertsales consultants throughout the country. Visitour unique gallery where we have a continuingdisplay of sample paintings. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-4pm or by appt. Contact 800/586-6575or at (www.theportraitsource.com).WICKWIRE fine art/folk art ". . .where theheart finds art", 330 North Main St., Hendersonville.Ongoing - Original, new works of traditionaland transitional art and contemporaryfolk art of the highest quality - paintings, Americanhandmade craft, handcrafted furniture,photography, jewelry & more. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-6pm & Sun. 1-4pm. Contact: 828/692-6222 or at (www.wickwireartgallery.com).HighlandsSummit One Gallery, 4152 Cashiers Road(Hwy. 64), Highlands. Ongoing - Featuringworks by emerging and established artistsand studio craftsmen from across the countryand abroad, including Edward Rice and CarlBlair. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:828/526-2673 or at (www.summitonegallery.com).High PointJK Gallery, 342 North Wrenn Street, HighPoint. Ongoing - Featuring fine art photographyby Jim Koch. Exhibiting black & whiteoriginal silver gelatin prints and interpretationsof color, architectural images, landscapes andportraits. Hours: M.-F., 9am-5pm. Contact:336/883-2370 or at (http://www.jk-gallery.com/).HillsboroughDowntown Hillsborough, Mar. 30, 6-9pm -"Last Fridays Art Walk." The Hillsborough ArtsCouncil invites everyone to visit local galleriesand artist studios in historic downtown Hillsboroughincluding: The Gallery at the HillsboroughArts Council, Melissa Designer Jewelry, ENOGallery, Hillsborough Artists Cooperative andThe Skylight Gallery, Coldwell Banker HowardPerry and Walston, Cup A Joe, CallawayJewelry & Spiral Studios, Sovero Art Gallery &Studio, Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, and TheDepot at Hillsborough Station. For further infovisit (www.lastfridaysartwalk.org).Callaway Jewelry & Spiral Studios, 115 NorthChurton Street, Hillsborough. Ongoing - Offeringbeautiful handmade jewelry in sterling silverand gold by metalsmiths/designers CatharineCallaway and Jeannine Rogers. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact:919/732-2013 or at (http://www.sterlingspirals.com/).Work by Donna PolsenoENO Gallery, 100 South Churton Street,Hillsborough. Through Apr. 22 - "Totems andTalismans," featuring a Sculpture Invitational.Eleven artists exhibit their contemporaryinterpretations of Totems and Talismans. Theexhibition of sculptures that are created withclay, wood, metal, and symbols that in theirrelationship to each other evoke a spiritualmeaning. Lower Gallery, Through Apr. 22 -"Metaphors of Containment," featuring a soloexhibition of ceramic vessels by Virginia artist,Donna Polseno. Ongoing - The gallery representsexceptional contemporary emerging andestablished artists for both first time buyers anddiscerning collectors. Eno Gallery is a uniqueand intimate exhibition space. We offer workfrom artists of exceptional quality and dedication.Representing some of the most creativeindividuals from regional and national communities.Hours: Tue.-Thur., noon-6pm & Fri.-Sat.,noon-8pm. Contact: 919/833-1415 or at(http://www.enogallery.net/).Hillsborough Artists Cooperative and TheSkylight Gallery, 102 West King Street, upstairsover Antonia’s Restaurant, Hillsborough.Ongoing - Founded in 1992, featuring worksby Jayne Bomberg and Tom Guthrie (TheStudio of Collective Effervescence); JenniferE. Miller, Andrea DeGette, Jacquelin Liggins,and Tiffney Marley. Hours: last Fri. of the monthfrom 6-9pm or by appt. Contact: 919/929-2691or 919/644-8637.Table of ContentsWork by Eric SaundersHillsborough Gallery of Arts, 121 N. ChurtonSt., Suite 1-D, Hillsborough. Through Mar. 25- "EBB & FLOW," featuring new artworks by the22 local artists at the Hillsborough Gallery ofArts. Mar. 26 - Apr. 22 - "PRIMAEVAL, featuringpaintings by Ellie Reinhold, photography byEric Saunders, and sculpture by Lynn Wartski.A reception will be held on Mar. 30, from6-9pm. Ongoing - The five year old gallery isowned and operated by 22 local artists andfeatures painting, metal sculpture, photography,blown glass, kiln-formed glass, jewelry, turnedwood, handcrafted furniture, pottery, mosaicsand fiber arts. Winter Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm & Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 919/732-5001 orat (www.hillsboroughgallery.com).Sovero Art Gallery & Studio, 121 North ChurtonStreet, Suite 2-B, Hillsborough. Ongoing -Featuring jewelry and oil paintings by Peruvianartist David Sovero, who was born in 1971 inLima, Peru. He graduated from the PeruvianNational Arts College where he attended from1990 -1996. He has a strong academic foundation.His Incan ancestral roots are saturatedwith thousands of years of Andean stylizedfigures. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm. Contact:919/619-5616 or at (http://soveroart.com/).LenoirMorning Song Gallery, at old Victorian house,512 West Avenue, NW, across from the LenoirPost Office and to the right of Baker Realty,Lenoir. Ongoing - Featuring works by local andregional artists. Hours: Call ahead. Contact:Margaret Carter Martine at 828/754-5693.LexingtonThe Bob Timberlake Gallery, 1714 E. CenterStreet Extension, Lexington. Ongoing - Featuringoriginal artwork and reproductions by BobTimberlake. Also furniture, gifts, apparel andcollectibles. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 800-244-0095 or at (www.bobtimberlake.com).LincolntonGallery 317, located within Red Rabbit 27,3265 E. Hwy. 27, half a mile from the intersectionof Hwy. 73 & Hwy. 27 and just 2-1/2 mileseast of Hwy 321, Lincolnton. Ongoing - Thegallery currently represents national andregional contemporary artists including paintersKaren Banker, Scott Boyle, and SharonDowell, ceramic artists Kimbrell Frazier, ErinJanow, and Raine Middleton, wood turnerPaul Stafford, glass artist Jennifer Nauck, andfine art photographer Mary Whisonant. Worksinclude oil, mixed media, and acrylic paintings,ceramics, exotic wood, photography, glass, andbronze. In addition watch local artists at work inthe Art Mill, a colony of nine artist studios, locatedbehind Gallery 317. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-2pm or by appt. Contact:1-888-558-2891 or at (www.gallery317.com).Linville FallsAnvil Arts Studio & Sculpture Gardens, Hwy.221, Linville Falls. Ongoing - While in LinvilleFalls, be sure to come by and stroll through thegallery, studio, and sculpture gardens of artistBill Brown. His works include contemporarysculpture, sculptural lighting, and paintings.Youíll be drawn into each piece of art as it appealsto your understanding from a myriad ofmaterials including steel, copper, bronze, andvarious patinas. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pmshould call ahead at 828-765-6226 or at (www.studiosculpture.com).Mars HillTom Turner Porcelain, 381 Turner Lane, MarsHill. Ongoing - Featuring wheel thrown andhigh fired porcelain art pottery by Tom Turnerwith classical glazes like copper red oxblood,oilspot, celadons, and ash glazes. Hours: byappt. Contact: 828/689-9430 or at (www.tomturnerporcelain.com).MarshallFirewalker Gallery, Main St., across from theMadison County courthouse, Marshall. Ongoing- The gallery features artists from MadisonCounty and east Tenn. who work in a varietyof mediums. Hours: Thur., Fri. & Sat., 10am-6-pm and by appt. Contact: 828/649-0134 or at(www.firewalkergallery.com).MebaneFINE ART Carolina, 116 West Clay St., Mebane.Ongoing - The gallery offers traditionaland contemporary art in various mediums.The gallery will also feature guest artists andoffer art workshops in 2012. Owned and operatedby artists featuring works by: Ali Givens,Jude Lobe, Celine Meador, Pat Scheible, JillTroutman and Pam Watts. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,11am-6pm. Contact: 919/260-9889 or at (http://FineArtCarolina.com).MicavilleCrabtree Creek Art and Floral Gallery, 4161E. Hwy 19-E, between Burnsville & SprucePine, in Micaville. Ongoing - A 2,400 sq. ft.gallery offering pottery, blown glass, paintings,stained glass, wood carvings and bowls,jewelry, handmade handbags, sweaters &hats, Christmas trees, ornaments and holidaydecorations, metal sculptures and ironwork,handmade soaps and lotions, fragrances andcandles, wildlife & floral photography, home accessories,lamps, handmade tables, chairs andhome accents, silk floral creations and freshfloral arrangements, textile pieces, handmadebaskets and local crafts from the western NorthCarolina region. Also a complete garden centerwith blooming plants, hanging baskets, dishand herb gardens is located on property includinglandscape art, hardscape and fountains.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/675-0612 or at (www.crabtreecreekgallery.com).MooresvilleAndre Christine Gallery & Sculpture Garden,148 Ervin Road, (on the right above Lone StarSteak House), Mooresville. Through Apr.4 - "Wine, Women, & Music," featuring 48paintings by Alla Ostrovsky, Donna VanVleet,L.C. Neill, Gina Strumpf, Cortney Frasier, TedEasler, and Joyce Wynes. Ongoing - Featuringworks by jewelry designers Dawn Vertrees,Margie & Frank Gravina, and Janet Burgess;bronze sculptures by Armand Gilanyi and woodsculptures by Robert Winkler. Plus works byon going sculptor in residence Dana Gingrasand sculptor Michael Alfano. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-5pm & Sun. by appt. Contact: 704/664-1164 or visit (www.AndreChristineGallery.com).ArtWorks On Main, 165 N Main St., Mooresville.Ongoing - Featuring works by: WillBosbyshell, Maura Bosbyshell, Pierre Fraser,Cortney Case Frasier, Roger Hicks, HollySpruck, Joe Thompson, Gordon C. James,Jane Ellithorpe, Rhona Gross, Gerry McElroy,Mark Doepker, Chris Beeston, T. Sargent,Joyce Wynes, Louise Stewart Farley, BetsyBirkner, Marlise Newman, and Sandra Siepert.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 9am-2pm.Contact: 704/664-2414 or at (www.artworksonmain.com).Morehead CityBudding Artists, Ltd., 3000 Arendell Street,Unit 9, Morehead City. Ongoing - The galleryprovides custom framing and artist liaisons forcommissioned pieces. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 252/247-5111.Carteret Contemporary Art, 1106 Arendell St.,Morehead City. Ongoing - Featuring originalpaintings and sculpture from regional andnational artists, and shows with gallery artistsduring spring and summer. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am- 5pm and Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact252/726-4071 or at (www.twogalleries.net).MorgantonKalā - A Contemporary Craft Gallery, 100 W.Union Street, at the intersection of W. Unionand S. Sterling Streets, across from the HistoricBurke County Courthouse, Morganton. Ongoing- Kalā is a retail contemporary craft galleryfeaturing handcrafted art made in Americathat is affordable to everyday people. Representingover 100 local and regional artistsas well as national artists, Kalā offers a widerange of works including pottery, jewelry, artglass, wood, metal and much more. Some ofthe local artists represented by Kalā includeValdese, NC, potter Hamilton Williams and five(5) painters from Signature Studio Artists ofMorganton, NC. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm& Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/437-1806 at(www.kalagallery.com) and on Facebook.MESH Gallery, 114-B W. Union St.,Morganton.Through Apr. 13 - "The Artists of ConstanceWilliams Gallery in Asheville," featuring worksby Jenny Mastin, Constance Williams, CassieRyalls, Angelique Tassistro and Greg Vineyard,who have been creating work in their sharedcontinued on Page 58Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 57

NC Commercial Galleriescontinued from Page 57upstairs working studios, and showing togetherdownstairs at Constance Williams Gallery inAsheville’s River Arts District for some time. Areception will be held on Mar. 2, from 6-8pm.Ongoing - We feature local and regional artists,host poetry readings, wine tastings andother events. We strive to offer something foreveryone, from the progressive & urban to thetraditional, folk and rural. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/437-1957 or at (www.meshgallery.com).Nags HeadSeaside Art Gallery, 2716 Virginia Dare TrailSouth, Nags Head. Ongoing - Featuring worksof local and contemporary artists, as well as awonderful selection of art by such masters asPicasso, Chagall, Whistler, Icart, Renoir andmany others. Sculpture, porcelain and art glassby Hummel, Staffordshire, Tiffany and othersare represented. As well as a fine selection ofestate jewelry. Since the early 1980's, a majorfeature of Seaside Art Gallery has been ourlarge collection of original animation art by suchstudios as Disney, Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera,United Features Ltd., and other animationstudios. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:252/441-5418, 1-800/828-2444 or at (http://www.seasideart.com/).New BernDowntown New Bern, Mar. 9, 5-8pm -"ArtWalk". Come and enjoy special events atdowntown business in New Bern featuring artand a festive evening. Contact: for info callCarolina Creations at 252/633-4369 or visit(www.carolinacreations.com).Carolina Creations Fine Art and ContemporaryCraft Gallery, 317-A Pollock Street,New Bern. Ongoing - Featuring fine art andcontemporary crafts including pottery, paintings,glass, sculpture, and wood by over 300of the countries top artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-6pm; Fri., till 8pm: & Sun. 11am-4pm.Contact: 252/633-4369 or at(www.carolinacreations.com).Work by Eric McRayNew Bern ArtWorks & Company, located inStudio 323, “Home of Working Artisans” (formallythe historic Baxter’s Jewelry Store), 323Pollock Street, New Bern. Mar. 9 - Apr. 19 -"Not Just Pretty Pictures," featuring new worksby Eric McRay. A reception will be held on Mar.9, from 5-8pm. Ongoing - A fine art gallerydedicated to promoting regional and nationalartists; bringing awareness and appreciationof fine art to the community through exhibits,shows, demonstrations and by providing fineart to established and new art lovers. We offera diverse selection of styles, subject matter andmediums including paintings, pottery, ceramics,sculpture, photography, and jewelry. Hours:Mon.-Fri. 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am -5pm.Contact: 252/634-9002 or at (www.newbernartworks.com).The Art Gallery @ Le Bistro & Fine Dining,3402-B Trent Road, New Bern. Ongoing - Featuringworks by local artists who explore a widerange of media including Gayle George, NellMaha, John Dreas, Nada Behr, Doris Walker,Barbara Cornish, B. Chris Munyan, DouglasRowe, Tess Luper, James King, William K.Henson, John Mitchell, Joan Russell, BettyBrown, Blain Kruger and Dan Wilson. Come infor lunch or dinner, have a glass of wine andperuse the work of these fine artists. Hours:Tue.-Wed., 10am-5pm; Thur.-Sat., 10am-8pm;and Sun., 9am-2pm. Contact: 252/637-7331 orat (http://www.lebistrofinediningandtheartgallery.com).Ocracoke IslandVillage Craftsmen, 170 Howard Street, OcracokeIsland. Ongoing - We feature pottery,glass, jewelry, kitchen items, musical instruments,wrought iron, baskets, bells, boxes,soaps, accessories, clothes, games, kaleidoscopes,lawn sprinklers, lamps & lampshades,prints, tin ware, pewter items, tiles and muchmore - all made by American artists. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., 10am-2pm.Contact: 252-928-5541 or at (www.villagecrafts-Page 58 - Carolina Arts, March 2012men.com).Pinehurst - Southern Pines AreaArtist Alley, 167 E. New Hampshire Ave.,Southern Pines. Ongoing - Featuring awide variety of affordable artwork and finecrafts made exclusively here in North Carolina.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact:910/692-6077.Broadhurst Gallery, 2212 Midland Rd.,Pinehurst. Ongoing - Featuring works by regional,national and international artists. Hours:Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., 1-4pm. Contact:910/295-4817 or at (www.broadhurstgallery.com).Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Rd., onemile from Pinehurst next to Elliott’s restaurant,Pinehurst. Ongoing - Featuring original workby award winning local artists Jane Casnellie,Diane Kraudelt, Irene McFarland, PaulaMontgomery, and Robert Gera. Offering a widerange of work from contemporary to traditional,the gallery includes portraiture, vibrant Tuscanscenes, palpable pet portraits, beautiful floralsand more, in a wide variety of mediums includingoils, acrylics, pastels and unusual black andwhite washes. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-9:30pm.Contact: 910/255-0665 or at (www.HollyhocksArtGallery.com).Midland Crafters, 2220 Midland Rd., Pinehurst.Ongoing - Featuring the finest in Americantraditionl and contemporary hand crafts.The gallery carries something for everyone.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5:30pm & Sun.,2-5pm. Contact: 910/295-6156.PittsboroDavenport and Winkleperry, 18 E. SalisburySt., Suite A, Pittsboro. Ongoing - Imagine aspace filled with art, designer toys, books, andan in-house seamstress. Impossible? Take aturn about downtown Pittsboro and you willstumble upon Davenport & Winkleperry, agallery and retail space that offers all thoseextraordinary things along with other amusingoddities for your purchase, most with a hint ofthe Victorian aesthetic. Tucked on shelves youwill find action figures of Oscar Wilde, tomes ofJules Verne, vintage gasmasks, one-of-a-kindjewelry, fantastical sweets and more. Even themannequins are a treat to look at, dressed finelyin the waistcoats and bustles skirts made bythe in-house seamstress. The art on the wallschanges every month showcasing the works ofcreative people from around the globe. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 11am-7pm. Contact: 919/533-6178or at (www.davenportandwinkleperry.com).The Joyful Jewel, 44-A Hillsborough Street,Pittsboro.Ongoing - Featuring local art freshfrom the Heart. Mariah Wheeler is shoppe keeperat this gallery/gift store in downtown Pittsboro.We feature exquisite art and gifts from over ninetylocal artists, with a price range to suit your budget.You will find baskets, books, jewelry, cards,paintings, photography, sculpture, from glass,wood, clay, fiber, and more. On Fri. eveningsthe gallery features local musicians, poets, andother performance art with a wide array of talent.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-5:30pm & Sun.,noon-4pm. Contact: 919/883-2775 or at (www.TheJoyfulJewel.com).Work by Joseph CaveRaleigh - Fuquay-VarinaAdam Cave Fine Art, 115 1/2 East Hargett St.,half a block from Moore Square, Raleigh. Mar.1 - Apr. 14 - "The Floral Reimagined," featuringnew paintings by Joseph Cave. A reception willbe held on Mar. 2, from 6-9pm. Cave, wellknownfor his landscapes of the Carolinas, hasturned his full attention to floral still-lifes andinteriors in a new body of work. Ongoing -Table of ContentsRepresenting a select group of regional and nationallyknown artists, including Joseph Cave,David Hewson, Stephen Aubuchon, WayneTaylor, and Donald Furst. The gallery will alsobe introducing some new, young talent to thearea, including Massachusetts painter JenniferO’Connell. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm & byappt. Contact: 919/272-5958 or at (www.adamcavefineart.com).Artcraft Gallery, 406 W Hillsborough Street,Raleigh. Ongoing - Funky, functional and fineart by several co-op artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur.,9am-5pm; Fri., 9am-1pm & 1st Fri., 6pmmidnight.Contact: 919/832-5058 or at (www.artcraftsignco.com).ArtSource Fine Art & Framing, 4351 TheCircle at North Hills Street, Suite 101, Raleigh.Mar. 9 - Apr. 7 - "Resonance," featuring worksby Brian Hibbard and Scott Harris. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 9, from 7-9pm. Theexhibit brings together two modern artists wholove experimenting with painting, surface andsculpture. Ongoing - Featuring fine art paintings,prints, and sculpture by NC, Southeasternand national artists. Select from over 3,00original works of art. Also, offering art consultingservices, corporate installations, andcustom framing. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pmor by appt. Contact: 919/787-9533 or at (www.artsource-raleigh.com).Ashley’s Art Gallery,701 N. Main St, located12 miles south of Raleigh, Fuquay-Varina.Ongoing - Featuring fine art originals bynational and local artist including Terry Isaac,Braldt Bralds and John Weiss and reproductionsby Pino, Robert Bateman, Carl Brenders,Bev Doolittle and William Mangum. Hours:Mon.-Thur., 11am-6pm & Fri.-Sat. 10:30am-5-pm. Contact: 919/552-7533 ext.3 or at (www.ashleyart.com).Clark Art, 300 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh.Ongoing - Featuring antique,traditional art,oilpaintings, watercolors,and antique prints.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5:30pm. Contact:919/832-8319.Flanders Art Gallery, 302 S. West Street,Raleigh. Mar. 2 - 31 - "Codework," featuringa group exhibit of works by Heather Gordon,Kenn Kotara, David McConnell, and Peter GOakley. Ongoing - Featuring a fine art gallerydedicated to the promotion of nationaland international artists, providing fine art toestablished and new collectors, and catering tospecial events in support of fine art. We offersculpture, painting, photography, illustrations,engravings, and other works on paper byemerging and established artists in a rangeof styles. Also offering art appraisal by an ISAeducated appraiser and art consultation. Hours:Wed.-Sat.,11am-6pm. Contact: 919/834-5044or at (www.flandersartgallery.com).Gallery C, 540 North Blount Street, Raleigh.Main Through Mar. 21 - "Two from Virginia: DianePatton and Dave Wertz," featuring abstractpaintings and metal sculpture. A reception willbe held on Mar. 2, from 6-9pm. Patton is anAbstract Expressionist painter. A seasoned professional,Patton’s work is informed by yearsof experience painting in a variety of mediums.Wertz is a sculptor working in three dimensionalfine art and functional pieces. All his work ishand fabricated using various combinations offorging and welding. Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-6-pm; Sun. 1-5pm or by appt. Contact: 919/828-3165 or at (www.galleryc.net).Glenwood Gallery Art & Antiques, 610 W.Johnson St., Raleigh. Ongoing - Featuringworks by Edwin D. Alexander, Barbara Evans,Michael Manas, Nancee Clark, Michael VanHorn, Rob Cox, Jim Green, Stan Strikland,Mark Tomczyk. Hours: Call. Contact: 919/829-7202.Grace Li Wang Art Gallery, Millbrook LakeCenter, 2411 - 112 E. Millbrook Rd., Raleigh.Ongoing - Featuring landscapes, figures,abstracts, Chinese art, still lifes, and naturescenes by Grace Li Wang and other artists.Hours: by appt. Contact: 919/8721-5800 or at(www.graceliwang.com).Lee Hansley Gallery, 225 Glenwood Ave.,Raleigh. Ongoing - There are 35 artists inthe gallery’s stable whose works are shownon a rotating basis. The gallery also mountsinvitational exhibitions in which non-galleryartists show alongside stable artists. The galleryorganizes at least one historical exhibitionannually exploring the work of a single artist orgroup of stylistically related artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm & 1st Fri. till 10pm. Contact:919/828-7557 or at (www.leehansleygallery.com).Local Color Gallery, Carter Building, 22 SouthGlenwood Ave., Raleigh. Ongoing - The galleryhas now grown into a women’s artist cooperative13 members strong. Hours: Thur., Fri., &Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: 919/754-3887 or at(www.localcoloraleigh.com).Nicole's Studio & Art Gallery, 715 N. PersonSt., Raleigh. Ongoing - Offering contemporarystyles depicting imagery from Italy to NorthCarolina, including some abstracts. Award winninglocal artists; Nicole White Kennedy, EricMcRay, Bob Rankin, Rocky Alexander, CathyMartin, John Gaitenby, Toni Cappel, Dianne T.Rodwell, John Sweemer and more exhibit in allmedia from oil to watercolor. Also on exhibit issculpture, pottery, hand designed glasswares,furniture and jewelry. The 2300 sq ft gallery issituated in a charming little shopping center inRaleigh's Mordecai neighborhood. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: 919/838-8580 or at(www.nicolestudio.com).Roundabout Art Collective, 305 OberlinRoad, Raleigh. Ongoing - Bringing together adiverse group of 25 Wake County artists whohave created a magnet location for exhibitingand selling art. Hours: Wed.- Sat., 11am-5pm& Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 919/747-9495 or at(www.roundaboutartcollective.com).The Collectors Gallery, The Pavilions at CityPlaza, 443 Fayetteville St., Raleigh. Ongoing- Featuring a full service fine art and fine craftgallery, providing residential and commercialconsulting and custom conservation framing.Representing over 60 national, regionaland North Carolina artists, the gallery offerspaintings, etchings, photography, sculpture,pottery and glass. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm;Sun., noon-4pm; & 1st. Fri, until 9pm. Contact:919/828-6500 or at (www.thecollectorsgallery.com).Work by Pete SackThe Mahler Fine Art, Mahler Building, 228Fayetteville St., Raleigh. Mar. 2 - 31 - "NewWorks by Pete Sack". A reception will be heldon Mar. 2, from 6-9pm. In his new series ofpaintings, Sack continues to express his ownhuman condition through the combination ofwatercolor and paint. Ongoing - Featuringa dynamic venue dedicated to significant artof our time, committed to offering the best inregional and national fine art by emerging andestablished artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm& Sat., noon-4pm; 1st Fri., 6-9pm and by appt.Contact: 919/828-6500 or at (www.themahlerfineart.com).311 - Martin St Gallery and Studios, 311 MartinStreet, Warehouse District, Raleigh. Ongoing- Featuring three exhibit galleries, studiosby tenant artists, The Print Studio, and themeeting place for The North Carolina Printmakers.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm and 6-9pm on1st Friday of the month. Contact: 919/821-2262or at (www.311galleriesandstudios.org).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - RaleighBloomsbury Bistro, 509 W. Whitaker MillRd., Suite 101, Raleigh. Ongoing - Featuringan exhibition of works from ArtSource Fine ArtGallery, featuring works by Ted Jaslow, CherCosper, James Kerr, Jim Chapman, Mary PageWhitley, and more. All works are availablefor purchase. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 5:30-10pm.Contact: call ArtSource at 919/787-9533 or at(www.artsource-raleigh.com).The Bistro at:919834-9011 or e-mail at (bloomsburybistro@nc.rr.com).Restaurant Savannah, 4351 The Circle atNorth Hills Street, Suite 119, Raleigh. Ongoing- Featuring works by artists from ArtSourceFine Art Gallery, including works by Ted Jaslow,Mandy Johnson, James Kerr, Charlotte Foust,Margo Balcerek, Brian Hibbard, CarolineJasper, and more. All works are available forpurchase. Hours: Mon.-Fri., open at 11am;Sat., open at 5;30pm & Sun., open at 10pm.Contact: 919/787-9533 or at(www.artsource-raleigh.com).RandlemanJoseph Sand Pottery, 2555 George YorkRoad, Randleman. Ongoing - Featuring woodfired,salt and ash glazed pottery by JosephSand at kiln openings held three times eachyear. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 612/518-continued on Page 59

4051 or 336/460-0259 and at (http://www.jsspottery.com/).RutherfordtonOrnamentals and Finer Welding, Inc.,142 West Court St., Rutherfordton. Ongoing- Featuring works by master artisan TomElfers. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm and Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 828/288-3001 or at (www.ornametals1.com).Salisbury/SpencerThroughout Salisbury & Spencer, Mar. 10,from 1-5pm - "Second Saturday Art Crawl,"where more than 20 professional artists, studiosand galleries offer visitors new art, specialevents, and activities. Spend the day and seegreat art, talk to artists, hear live music, anddine at local restaurants. Free admission to allevents and activities. Maps are available at theVisitor Center in Salisbury and at all participatingvenues. Free parking available in all locations.For more info call 704/638-9887 or visit(www.rowanartcrawl.com).Green Goat Gallery, 516 S. Salisbury Ave.,just off I-85, across from the North CarolinaTransportation Museum, Spencer. Ongoing- Housed in the historic 20th century SandsBuilding, the gallery features fine and folk art,photography, exquisite handcrafted functionalcrafts and jewelry, and eclectic recycled andfound art by local, regional, and nationalartists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10:30am -5:30pm.Contact: 704/639-0606 or at (www.greengoatgallery.com).EastSquare ArtWorks, 122 East Innes St.,Salisbury. Ongoing - Featuring a contemporaryfine art collaborative and design hub. Thetwo galleries will feature the works of its fourfounding members: Syed Ahmad's fused-glasspaintings, Whitney Peckman's painted vesselsculptures,Connie Baker's contemporary andtraditional paintings, and Michael Baker's largescaleabstract stainless-steel welded sculptures.“Friends of ESA” will also have their workon display, but that will be constantly changing.Hours: daily 10am-6pm. Contact: 704/798-0047or at (www.eastsquareartworks.com).Mark Stephenson Painting, Portraiture, andFine Art, 110 South Main Street, Suite A, Salisbury.Ongoing - Mark Stephenson is now acceptingcommissions in his new studio. Hours:Fri. & Sat., 10am-4pm or by appt. Contact: at(www.markstephensonpainting.com).Pottery 101, 101 S. Main St., from I-85, takeexit #76 (Innes St.) toward downtown - we areon the corner of Innes and Main, Salisbury.Through Mar. 9 - "All Dressed Up, featuringpottery by Verna Witt, Witt has a backgroundin art and wood sculpture, basket making, andtextile design. She is currently an active potter,a member of ClayMatters Pottery Guild, and adocent at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC.Ongoing - The destination for beautiful handcraftedpottery. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm &Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 704/209-1632 or visit(www.pottery-101.com).is the main event of the evening. The silentauctionbidding will close at 7:30pm. Ongoing- Featuring works on display by Ingrid Erickson,Sharon Forthofer, Karen Frazer, JamesHaymaker, Annette Ragone Hall, ElizabethMcAdams, and Marietta Foster Smith. Eachof the artists has a unique style and body ofwork. Visitors will find original art in oil, acrylic,watercolor, pastel, and other mediums, as wellas sculpture, hand-made jewelry, pottery, anddigital photography, making Rail Walk a greatplace to purchase a wide variety of original artin all price ranges. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 11am-4-pm. Contact: 704/431-8964 or at(www.railwalkgallery.com).Robert Crum Fine Art, 116 East Council St,,Salisbury. Ongoing - Offering oil paintings inthe classical realist tradition of landscapes, stilllifes, portraits and figurative work by Robert A.Crum. Mosaics and drawings are also available.The artist’s studio is in the back, so someone is at this location daily. Hours: by chanceor appt. Contact: 704/797-0364 or at (www.robertcrumfineart.com).Southern Spirit Gallery, 102 South Main St.,Salisbury. Ongoing - The shop offers a widearray of art and crafts from over 60 artists, mostfrom North Carolina. There is jewelry, paintings,glass and pottery. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5-pm. Contact: 704/633-0761.The Looking Glass Collective, Rail Walk ArtsDistrict, 405 N. Lee St., Salisbury. Ongoing- Featuring works by local artists in a varietyof mediums. Hours: Thur.-Sat., noon-4pm. Contact:704-633-2787 or at (www.salisburyartists.com).Saluda AreaHeartwood Contemporary Crafts Gallery, 21East Main Street, Saluda. Ongoing - Featuringcontemporary works of handmade wearables,jewelry, paper, paintings, fine porcelain, stoneware,glass, metal and wood. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact:828/749-9365 or at (www.heartwoodsaluda.com).Saluda Fine Arts, 46 E. Main St., Saluda. Ongoing- Offering an eclectic collection of highquality paintings, prints, sculpture and photographyby regional artists. Artists represented inthe gallery include Beverly Buchanan, MargueriteHankins, Jean Hough, Bill Jameson, PaulKoenan, Jim Littell, Dale McEntire, CynthiaMoser, Verlie Murphy, Ray Pague, Beverly andCarey Pickard, David Prudhomme, Bill Robertson,Gloria Ross, Bob Rouse, Bill Ryan, JacquelynSchechter, David Vandre, John Waddilland Ken Weitzen. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm& Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 828/749-3920 or at(www.saludafinearts.com).Saluda Mountain Crafts Gallery, 1487 OzoneDrive, Saluda. Ongoing - Featuring the craftworks of 320 artists, including: clay, enamel,fiber, glass, jewelry, metal, natural material -mineral, paper, man-made material, wood, andmixed media. Items range in price from $25-$300. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-5pm; Fri.&Sat.,10am-6pm & Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact: 828-749-4341 or (www.saludamtncrafts.com).SaxapahawSaxapahaw Artists Gallery, 1610 JordanDrive, located in the Sellers Building, next toSaxapahaw Post Office, Saxapahaw. Ongoing- Co-Op Gallery consisting of over 30 localand regional artists including: pottery, fiber art,paintings, wood working, sculpture, and finejewelry. Hours: Fri., noon-8pm; Sat., 11am-9-pm; & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 336/525-2394,at (www.saxapahawartists.com) or (www.facebook.com/saxapahawartists/).Anita's Pottery & Dogwood Gallery, 2513Hwy. 705, Seagrove. Ongoing - Turning since1987, Anita Morgan is best known for herminiature pottery, but also has many functionaland decorative items. Glazes include cobaltblue, burgundy, hunter green, shiny black,yellow, rose pink, earthy brown, lime green andpurple. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:336/879-3040 or at(www.anitaspottery.com).Avery Pottery and Tileworks, 636 PottersWay, Seagrove. Ongoing - Finely craftedceramic forms by Blaine Avery. Extrordinaryvessels, unique hand-painted titles. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7923or at (www.averypotteryandtileworks.com).Ben Owen Pottery, 2199 S. Hwy. 705, Seagrove.Ongoing - Wood-fired, traditional andcontemporary works using local clay by BenOwen III. Colors ranging from Chinese red toChinese blue. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm(closed in Jan.). Contact: 910/464-2261 or at(www.benowenpottery.com).Blue Stone Pottery, 2215 Fork Creek Mill Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional,functional stoneware pottery. Hours: Tue.-Fri.,10am-4pm & Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-2615 or e-mail at (audreyvalone@bellsouth.net).Work by Bruce GholsonBulldog Pottery, 3306 Alt. 220, Seagrove.Mar. 30 - Apr. 1, 10am-5pm - "Daffie Days - AVase Delight with Spring Daffodils". Seagrovepotters Bruce Gholson and Samantha Hennekeof Bulldog Pottery will feature a variety ofelegant vases and an array of their studio artpottery. Daffie Days is Bulldog Pottery’s springkiln opening, welcoming the beginning, and celebratingthe flowers of spring. Ongoing - BruceGholson and Samantha Henneke collaborateto make graceful forms, and develop their ownunique glazes. Expect distinctively unusualwork at Bulldog Pottery. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,9:30am-5pm; Sun. or Mon. by chance or call.Contact: 910/428-9728 or at(www.bulldogpottery.com).Cady Clay Works, 3883 Busbee Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Johannes "John" Mellageand Beth Gore work with a variety of clays andglazes to create functional and decorative warewith richly layered surfaces. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 910/464-5661or at (www.cadyclayworks.com).Cagle Road Pottery, 603 Cagle Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring dinnerware and awide variety of glazes. Electric, gas and woodfiredsalt and ash glazes. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,8am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-2802 or e-mail at(caglerdpottery@yahoo.com).Caldwell Hohl Artworks, 155 Cabin Trail,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring contemporarystoneware, sculptures, large garden urnsand contemporary fiber art. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm (call first). Contact: 336/879-9090 orat (www.caldwellhohl.com).ing tableware, vases, and large platters. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm (Sept.-Dec.) & Tue.-Sat.,10am-5pm (Jan.-Aug.). Contact: 336/879-5272.Co-op of Seagrove Potters, 129 E. MainStreet, corner of North Street, downtown SEagrove.Ongoing - Featuring works from the followingpotteries: Bulldog Pottery, Dover Pottery,Latham's Pottery, Lufkin Pottery, Michelle Hastings& Jeff Brown Pottery, Nelda French Pottery,Old Gap Pottery, Ole Fish House Pottery,Seagrove Stoneware, and Tom Gray Pottery.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat., 9am-5pm; &Sun., 11am-4pm. Contact: 336-873-7713Cross Creek Pottery, 481 King. Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring decorative andfunctional pottery by Terry and Vivian Hunt.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm.Contact: 336/873-8425 or at (www.crosscreekpottery.com).Crystal King Pottery, 2475 Hwy. 705, Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring functional anddecorative stoneware by Seagrove native andfamily-taught potter Crystal King. Face jugs,salt glazes, and folk art. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-6990 or at (www.CrystalKingPottery.net).David Stuempfle Pottery, 1224 Dover ChurchRd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring potterywith expressive shapes and natural surfacesby David Stuempfle. Hours: during kiln openingsand by appt. Contact: 910/464-2689 or at(www.stuempflepottery.com).Dean and Martin Pottery, 7739 NathanLane, Seagrove. Ongoing - Jeff Dean andStephanie Martin make contemporary, vibrantlyglazed stoneware vessels, sculpture, and wallpieces. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Mon.by chance. Contact: 336/879-0683 or at (www.deanandmartinpottery.com).Dirt Works Pottery, 1226 Hwy. 705, Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring contemporary, sculpturaland functional pottery; Raku, stoneware, woodfiredand salt glazed by Dan Triece. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-8979 or at (www.dirtworkspottery.com).Dixieland Pottery, 1162 Cagle Loop Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Hand-turned functionalstoneware, colorful glazes to plain earth tones.Specialize in dinnerware, face jugs, etc. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-8463.Donna Craven Pottery, 2616 Old Cox Rd.,Asheboro. Ongoing - Featuring wood-firedsalt-glazed, mostly traditional with somedecorative and contemporary forms by DonnaCraven. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 336/629-8173.Dover Pottery, 321 Dover Pottery Dr., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring a variety of coloredcrystalline ware, freehand-decorated majolicaand wood-fired salt functional forms. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-3586or at (www.doverpots.com).Down To Earth Pottery, 11792 Hwy. 24/27,Carthage. Ongoing - Featuring utilitarianand decorative pieces by Jim, Nick & MaryHavner. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:910/948-2619.Eck McCanless Pottery, 6077 Old US Hwy.220, Seagrove. Ongoing - The pottery will sellcrystalline works made by this second-generationSeagrove potter but, the main focus will beon agateware, which is made by turning severaldifferent colors of clay at one time. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. and open all Mon.Holidays. Contact: 336/964-4206 or at(www.EckMcCanless.webs.com).Work by Sharon ForthoferRail Walk Studios & Gallery, 409 – 413 NLee St., in the Rail Walk Arts District, Salisbury.Through Mar. 31 - "The Red Show," featuringthe 2nd annual show by gallery artists whoexplore the color red. The show closes Mar.31, with a silent-auction fundraiser to benefitthe Red Cross. The fundraiser event runs from6-8pm. Rail Walk artists will exhibit red-themedartwork in the north gallery and will donate 25%of their sales to the Red Cross. The south gallerywill display artwork donated by artists fromthe local community as well as pieces donatedby Rail Walk artists. The donated works will beoffered in the Silent Auction on Mar. 31, whichSeagrove AreaA. Teague Pottery/EJ King Pottery, 2132Hwy. 705, Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuringworks by several potters form the "village" withtheir traditional shapes of the Seagrove area.Contemporary, electric fired stoneware. Traditionalglazes and melted glass glaze. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-5400.A.R. Britt Pottery, 5650 Hwy, 220 S., Seagrove.Ongoing - Hand-turned/handmadetraditional Seagrove style pottery, originalformulated glazes, and functional stoneware inthe tradition of Nell Cole Graves style by AaronR. Britt. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun.,noon-6pm. Contact: 336/873-7736 or at (www.seagrovepottery.net).Albright Pottery, 6597 New Center ChurchRd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring traditional,salt glaze and red functional pottery by Arlie G.Albright. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact:336/879-4209.Table of ContentsCallicutt Pottery, 5137 Seagrove Plank Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring a good selectionof functional stoneware in many colorsincluding brown, black and white, green andburgundy, green and gold, black and burgundyand yellow by Gary Callicutt. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7898 or e-mail at(gary51@rtelco.net).Chad Brown Pottery, 2719 US 220 N.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring high firedstoneware, decorative and functional with ashand alkaline glazes, by Chad Brown. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/571-1691or e-mail at (chadcameronbrown@yahoo.com).Chris Luther Pottery, 4823 Busbee Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring contemporaryand functional pottery by Chris Luther, a4th generation potter of Seagrove’s Chriscoepottery family. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 336/301-3254 or at (www.chrislutherpottery.com).Chrisco Pottery, 1360 Hwy. 705, Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring functional pottery includ-The English Potter, 825 Hwy. 705 S., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring hand thrown porcelainand stoneware pottery by Robert Saxby.Fine stoneware glazes range from copper redto tenmoku. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10a-5pm & Sun.,noon-4pm. Contact: 336/879-1352 or at (www.english-potter.com).Fat Beagle Pottery, 719 Potter’s Way Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring wheel-turned,gas-fired, functional and contemporary stoneware.Also features uniquely stunning, pit-firedvases. Hours: Tue., Thur. Fri., Sat., 9:30am-5-pm. Contact: 336/953-0608 or e-mail at (fatbeaglepottery@hughes.net).Fireshadow Pottery, 244 Falls Dr., EagleSprings. Ongoing - Featuring one-of-a-kind"primitive elegant" ceramic art. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/673-8317 or at(www.fireshadow.com).Freeman Pottery, 1147 McDuffie Rd., EagleSprings. Ongoing - Featuring hand-turned miniatures1/2 to 2 inches, functional ware decoratcontinued on Page 60Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 59

NC Commercial Galleriescontinued from Page 59ed with farm scenes and vessel puzzles. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 910/673-2044 ore-mail at (bfoushee@triad.rr.com).Pots by Michael MahanFrom The Ground Up Pottery, 172 CrestwoodRd., Robbins. Ongoing - Featuring handmadepottery by Michael Mahan. Tree platters,meditation bells, dinnerware, and southwesternglaze. Contemporary and traditional forms.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm (call ahead). Contact:910/464-6228 or at (www.fromthegrounduppots.com).The Gingerbread House Pottery, 246 OldPlank Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuringdecorative and functional cone 6 electric firedpieces by Suzanne Bettis. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm (closed Jan. & Feb.). Contact:336/873-7762 or e-mail at (suzanbett9@yahoo.com).Graham Chriscoe Pottery, 2719 220 N.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Functional hand-thrownpottery using glazes of white, brown, burgundy,cobalt blue, teal blue, red and Christmas green.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 910/428-4536.Great White Oak Gallery, 437 N. Broad St.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring functionalthrown forms and hand-built pottery by BenjaminBurns and Bonnie Burns. Exquisitelyglazed and hand decorated with rare unusualglazes and hand-painted motifs. Hours: daily9am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-8066 or at (www.greatwhiteoakgallery.com).Hatfield Pottery, 187 Atkinson Farm Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring functional andwhimsical art deco, as well as folk styles ofhand turned pottery by Morgan Hatfield. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-8458.Hickory Hill Pottery, 4539 Busbee Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring traditional shapesof the area, stoneware that is functional andbeautiful. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact:910/464-3166.His Hands Pottery, 7029 New Center ChurchRd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring functional,decorative, folk art, and Biblical pieces by JeanetteLowdermilk. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm(closed Jan.-Mar.). Contact: 336/879-5866 ore-mail at (rlowdermilk@rtmc.net).Humble Mill Pottery, 121 N Broad St.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring classical andtraditional stoneware influenced by 2 years ofwork in Japan by Charlotte Wooten. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7145or at (www.humblemillpottery.com).JLK Jewelry at Jugtown, 330 Jugtown Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Jennie Lorette Keattstakes clay to a different level! She hand makespottery cabochons and sets them in sterlingsilver or 14K and 18K gold, copper, brassand semi-precious stones. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,8:30am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-2653 or at(www.jlkjewelry.com).Johnston and Gentithes Art Pottery, 249East Main St., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuringtraditional and contemporary museum-qualitypottery and sculpture by Fred Johnston andCarol Gentithes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm& Sun., 1-5pm (call first). Contact: 336/873-9176 or at (www.johnstonandgentithes.com).Jugtown Pottery, 330 Jugtown Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring handmade wood andgas-fired dinnerware, vases and jars by VernonOwens, Pam Owens and Travis Owens. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 8:30am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-3266or at (www.jugtownware.com).Keith Martindale Pottery, Boyd Dr., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring functional and decorativepottery with a new red glaze and an oceanglaze by Keith Martindale. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-3pm & Sun. 1-5pm (closed Jan.-Mar.).Contact: 336/302-3571.Page 60 - Carolina Arts, March 2012King’s Pottery, 4905 Reeder Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Hand-turned traditional stoneware.Wood-fired salt glaze. Folk pottery. face jugs,and more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact:336/381-3090 or at (www.kingspottery.com).Kovack Pottery, 1298 Fork Creek Mill Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring hand-turned,hand-painted, lead-free functional stonewareand wood-fired, salt-glazed pottery by CraigKovack and Michelle Kovack. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,9am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-8727 or at (www.geocities.com/kovackpottery/).Lantern Hill Pottery, 216 Brewer Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Handmade, all leadfree glazes, functional and decorative piecesranging in size from very small to quite large.Red glazes and red and yellow glazes, facejugs, Rebecca pitchers, dinnerware and sinks.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun. by appt.Contact: 910/428-2199 or at (www.lanternhillpottery.com).Latham's Pottery, 7297 US Hwy 220 S.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring funtional andtradional stoneware by Bruce and JaniceLatham. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact:336/873-7303 or e-mail at (lathamspottery@embarqmail.com).Lovin hillss pottery, 564 Loving Hill Rd.,Candor. Ongoing - Featuring hand-thrownfunctional and decorative pieces. Known forhand carved pottery. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5-pm (closed Jan.-Mar.). Contact: 910/974-7787or e-mail at (lhsspottery@connectnc.net).Luck's Ware, 1606 Adams Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Traditional, utilitarian pottery formsin a wide range of colors including Sid Luck's“CRAWDAD” slip. Salt-glazed stoneware fromwood-fired groundhog kiln. Pottery turned byson Matt, a 6th generation potter, also available.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact:336/879-3261 or e-mail at (lucksware@rtmc.net).Lufkin Pottery, 7437 Hwy 220 S., Asheboro.Ongoing - Featuring jewel tone glazes andspecialize in kitchenware and functional piecesby Sally Lufkin Saylor. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,9:30am-5pm (closed Wed.). Contact: 336/873-8764 or e-mail at (sallythepotter@aol.com).Maness Pottery, 10995 Hwy. 24/27, Carthage.Ongoing - Featuring functional and decorativepieces in all colors except red by ClydeManess. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am-6pm & Sun.,1-5pm. Contact: 910/948-4897.MasterWorks, 246 East Ave., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring antique, traditional, andcontemporary pottery. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7779.McCanless Pottery, 634 NC Hwy 705,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring Zinc Silicatecrystalline glazes by Will McCanless. Alsofeaturing wood-fired pottery by David Stuempfleand Daniel Johnston. Hours: daily 10am-5pm.Contact: 336/879-3610 or at (www.mccanlesspottery.com).McKay Pottery, 2596 Pottery Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring traditional shape includingface jugs and Aladdin teapots. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-4255.McNeills Pottery, 1208 Upper Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring hand-built one-of-a-kinddesigns in porcelain and stoneware by JudyMcNeill. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact:336 879-3002.Michele Hastings & Jeff Brown Pottery,1423 Hwy. 705, right next to the Whynot townsign, Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring worksby Michele Hastings and Jeff Brown. Hours:Mon.,Tues., Thur., Fri., Sat., 10am-6pm andSun. noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-1001 or at(www.jeffbrownpottery.com).Moore Pots Pottery, 333 Jugtown Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring traditional and folkart pottery; candlesticks, Rebekah pitchers, andchickens; wood fired salt glazed. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-1453.Nichols Pottery, 1400 Hwy. 705 S., Seagrove.Ongoing - Country yet classic, functionaland decorative. Hand-thrown stoneware withtimeless appeal, including an ongoing Biblicalappeal. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & (Oct.-Dec.) Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 910/948-4392 orat (www.nicholspotteryshop.com).Table of ContentsO'Quinn Pottery, 4456 Busbee Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring multi-colored gas firedfunctional and decorative pottery by Sandra OQuinn. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact:910/464-5125.Old Gap Pottery, 944 NC Hwy. 705, Seagrove.Ongoing - Contemporary in design; oriental innature. One-of-a-kind stoneware, Raku, andporcelain by Phillip Pollet. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-4 (call ahead). Contact: 336-873-7664.Old Hard Times Pottery, 7672 Union GroveChurch Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuringtraditional, as well as utilitarian and decorativepottery. Salt glaze, red glaze, and a varietyof colors. Dinnerware, face jugs, angels andluminaries by Janey McNeill. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., 10am-5pm. Contact:336/879-2481 or e-mail at (oldhardtimes@rtmc.net).Old House Pottery, 236 Beane Lane, Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring functional stonewareby Fred Beane. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5-pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 336/879-2052.Original Owens Pottery, 3728 Busbee Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring gray ware withflower designs and other painting, blues, andlots of red ware by Boyd Owens. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., nnon-5pm. Contact:910/464-3553.Pebbles Pottery, 7127 Hwy. 705, EagleSprings. Ongoing - Hand-turned functional &decorative stoneware with lead-free glazes byPebbles Bryson. Hand-carved folk art scenes& dogwoods. North Carolina vases are myspecial items. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm(closed Jan.). Contact: 910/948-4120 or e-mailat (PebblesPottery@NCTconnect.com).Phil Morgan Pottery, 966 Hwy. 705, Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring 100% hand-thrownpottery, crystalline glazed porcelain, wood firedsalt-glaze, stoneware, and copper red glazesby Phil Morgan. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm.Contact: 336/873-7304 or at (http://philmorganpottery.net/).Piney Woods Pottery, 1430 Ether Rd., Star.Ongoing - Sculpted pottery figures - snowmen,clowns and angels; hand appliqués andfunctional pottery. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm.Contact: 910/572-3554.Pottery by Frank Neef, 258 E. Main St.,Seagrove. Ongoing - I strive to make prettypots that people want to have in their home andnever cease to enjoy. My influences are classicshapes of the Song Dynasty in China andKoryo Dynasty in Korea. Also I’ve always lovedthe pottery of the Art Nouveau era, especiallythat of Adelaide Robineau. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 336/872-4013 or at (www.potterybyfrank.com).Pottery Junction, 413 E. Main St., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring srong forms drawinginspiration from all cultures, history, and tradition.Thoughtful designs and some of my own"whimsy" pieces as well as useful art collectionby Regina Voncannon. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm (closed Thur.). Contact: 336/873-9266.Potts Pottery, 630 East Main St., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring many colors of functionaltableware, wood-fired salt-glaze and woodash glazes by Jeff Potts. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,9am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-9660 or at (www.PottsPotteryinSeagrove.com).Ray Pottery, 460 Cagle Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing- Featuring high-quality, gas-fired stonwareby Paul and Sheila Ray. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-6707 or at (www.paulandsheilaray.com).Revolve Gallery, 213 E. Main St., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring a new gallery owned byWill McCanless showcasing Seagrove-areapotters and quilts by Dr. Scott Murkin. Hours:Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7036or at (www.RevolveGallery.net).Richardson Pottery, 5466 Joel Jessup Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Functional & decorativestoneware, microwave, oven and dishwashersafe by Susan & Danny Richardson. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-5672.Rockhouse Pottery, 1792 Hwy. 705 S.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring Salt glazeand hand carved grapes, dogwood, pines,tulips, oak leaves and chili peppers on potsby Carolyn Poole. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5-pm. Contact: 336/879-2053 or at (www.rtmc.net/~rockhouse).Scott's Pottery, 143 Jugtown Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring functional hand-made potteryby Tina Scott. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10:30am-5pm. Contact: 910/464-2306 or e-mail at(tscott72@rtmc.net).Seagrove Creations Pottery Gallery, 354 LittleRiver Rd., Seagrove. Ongoing - Showcasingover 60+ potters and arts from craftsmenwithin the Seagrove area. Hours: (Apr.-Dec.)Mon.-Sat., 9am-6pm & Sun., 1-6pm (Jan.-Mar.)Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact:336/873-7204 or at (www.potteryofseagrove.com).Seagrove Pottery, 106 N Broad St., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring works by 50 local pottersfunctional and decorative pieces. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact:336/873-7280.Seagrove Stoneware, 136 West Main St.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Functional and decorativestoneware vases, bowls, lamps, dinnerware,fountains, and floor pieces. All wheelturned and unique glazes. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm & Sun., 11am-4pm. Contact:336/873-8283 or at (www.seagrovestoneware.com).Shelton's Pottery, 391 Cagle Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring salt glaze and purple,red, yellow, yellow w/blue, green, blue, darkblue, light blue, specks, sponge colors, blue w/brown, brown, and beige glazes by Mitchell &Sherri Shelton. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm &Sun., 9am-5pm (Oct.-Mar.). Contact: 336/963-2444 or e-mail at (sheltonspottery@rtmc.net).Smith Pottery, 743 South Hwy 705, Seagrove.Ongoing - Spirited - imaginative - unique “artpottery” handcrafted by the Smith family. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/879-1174or e-mail at (smithpottery@rtmc.net).Sunset Pottery, 123 Sunset Dr., Robbins.Ongoing - Featuring all lead free pottery byHarold B. & Gloria B. Stutts. Have traditionalpottery, piggy banks, lamps, vases, and specialorder pieces. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 910/948-3009 or e-mail at (gstutts@maniscustombuilders.com).Teague's Frogtown Pottery, 179 FrogtownRd., Eagle Springs. Ongoing - Featuring traditional,hand-thrown pottery that is all lead-freeby Jean Teague. We specialize in dinnerware,cookware, lamps, vases, and Christmas ornaments.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact:910/948-3540.Thomas Pottery, 1295 S. Hwy. 705, Seagrove.Ongoing -- Featuring functional and decorativestoneware pottery by Scott and BobbieThomas. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:336/879-4145 or at (www.thomaspottery.com).Tom Gray Pottery, 1480 Fork Creek Mill Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring wheel thrownand hand built utilitarian wares fired in a gasfiredcar kiln to cone 10 utilizing local clay inslip decoration and glazes by Tom Gray. Glazesare primarily mattes. Shapes of serving piecesand dinner ware include square and oval aswell as round. Hours: Mn.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 336/873-8270 or at (www.n2clay.com).Work from Triple C PotteryTriple C Pottery, 3267 Big Oak Church Rd.,Eagle Springs. Ongoing - Featuring handthrownfunctional and decorative pieces, witha variety of lead-free glazes. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,9am-5pm. Contact: 910/948-3635 or at (www.triplecpottery.com).Turn and Burn Pottery, 124 East Ave.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring traditionalSeagrove salt-glazed and wood-fired stoneware.Contemporary Raku and horsehair byDavid and Deborah Garner. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,9am-5pm. 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Uwharrie Crystalline Pottery, 112 East Ave.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring crystalline pottery(the art of growing crystals on vases), raku,and functional stoneware by William & PamelaKennedy. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun.,noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7532 or e-mail at(uwharriecrystalline@embarqmail.com).Vernon Pottery, 1066 Chriscoe Rd., Seagrove.Ongoing - Featuring a wide line of wares,from 10 oz. coffee mugs to 12 gal. planters.Their surface treatments include slip-trailing,carving, multiple glazes, and overglaze brushwork.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:336/879-2788.Village Pottery, 205 E. Main St., Seagrove.Ongoing - Downtown Seagrove’s oldest andlargest gallery, featuring fine pottery and craftsby over 100 artisans. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5-pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7966or at (www.villagepotteryseagrove.com).Westmoore Pottery, 4622 Busbee Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Historical redware, saltglazedstoneware, and green-glazed pottery,especially styles from central NC before 1850by David and Mary Farrell. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,9am-5pm (closed Dec. 24- Jan. 17). Contact:910/464-3700 or at (www.westmoorepottery.com).White Hill Gallery, 407 Highway (15-501),Carthage. Ongoing - Featuring works of beautifulpottery, including Southwest, ceramic, handpaintedglassware, wood turining, and paintingsin watercolor, oil and pencil. Hours: Tue.-Fri.,10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-5pm; & Sun., 1-5pm.Contact: 910/947-6100.Tiles by Meredith HeywoodWhynot Pottery, 1013 Fork Creek Mill Rd.,Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuring interestingshapes and intriguing glazes. Custom sizes onlamps, vases and bottles by Mark and MeredithHeywood. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact:336/873-9276 or at(www.whynotpottery.com).Windsong Pottery, 6109 Brantley GordonRd., Denton. Ongoing - Featuring handmadefunctional stoneware in glazes of floating blueand rainbow by Margie Nance, Matthew Nance,Lydia Nance and other family members. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 336/857-2485 ore-mail at (windsongpottery@yahoo.com).Wyndham & Brooke Haven Pottery Gallery,209 East Main St., Seagrove. Ongoing - Featuringfine functional high-fired stoneware withrich contemporary glazes by Wyndham andMelanie Dennison. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm& Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 336/873-7254 or at(www.brookehavenpottery.com).ShelbyBuffalo Creek Gallery, 104 East WarrenStreet, just across from the courthouse square,Shelby. Ongoing - Featuring an artist’s co-op,including works by 24 local artists and 8-10 regionalartists producing pottery, woodturnings,paintings, jewelry, quilting, weaving, stainedglass, boxes and other art items. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact:704/487.0256 or at (www.buffalocreekgallery.com).Siler CityThroughout Siler City, Dec. 16, 6-9pm - "SilerCity Art Walk," featuring exhibits at many ofthe city's exhibit spaces, along with music andthe good food offered in town on the 3rd Fri, ofthe month. Hosted by the North Carolina ArtsIncubator. Contact: 919/663-1335 or at (www.ncartsincubator.org).Against His Will Gallery and Studio, 117 E.Second St., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuringhandknitted rugs, quality yarn, stunning alpacafiber in a variety of colors, handmade knittingneedles, Fricke spinning wheels as well as verycool mobiles, hand poured environment-friendlycandles, and more! Hours: Wed.-Fri., 1-5pm &Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 919/742-1122 or at(www.AgainstHisWillStudio.com).Chatham Camera Club Gallery, 229 N.Chatham Ave., Siler City, NC. Ongoing - Featuringworks by a diverse group of amateur andprofessional photographers networked togetheraround the idea of sharing our knowledge andexperience with each other, while enjoyingour interest in photography. Hours: by chanceand the 3rd Fri. from 6-9pm. Contact: (www.chathamcameraclub.org).Hotel Hadley Studios, 130 N. Chatham Ave.,Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring works by KristyChurch, Sarah Kuhn and Drucilla Pettibone.We consist of 6 studios and an exhibitionspace. We will have monthly rotating shows inthe gallery space. Hours: 3rd Fri. 6-9pm and bychance and appt. Contact: 919/663-0241 or at(www.hotelhadleystudios.com).Lakewood Pottery, 11330 Hwy. 64 W., SilerCity. Ongoing - Featuring crystalline, high-firedporcelain and gold lusters by Ed Weinthraub.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., noon-4-pm. Contact: 919/663-3743.Person to Person Art Studio/Gallery, 210 NChatham Ave., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuringunique art for interesting people, all createdby artist Roger Person. Hours: by appt and onthe 3rd Fri., 6-9pm. Contact: 919/663-0982 ore-mail at (person@charter.net).Raleigh Street Gallery, 120 W. Raleigh St.,Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring a consortium ofmany artists from the area painters, sculptors,metal workers, jewelsmiths, basket weavers,soap makers, slate artist, wood workers, -whose works are all on display in a spaciousand welcoming atmosphere. Hours: Wed.-Fri.,10am-6pm, by chance or appt. and on 3rd Fri.,6-9pm. Contact: 919/663-6278 or at (www.raleighstreetgallery.com).StatesvilleVillage Pot Shop Fine Arts and Crafts Gallery,248 N. Center St., 2 Blocks North of theCenter of town on the right, Statesville. Ongoing- Our mission is to provide a showcase forlocal and regional artists and artisans, providinghigh-quality decorative and functional arts andcrafts to patrons with an eye for the finer things.Our arts and crafts galleries feature handmadejewelry, blown glass, woodwork, regionalpottery, metalwork, mosaics, hand-wovenfibers, paintings and more. So, whether youare interested in: vases, bowls, paper weights,fanciful ornaments, stained glass, sun-catchers,decorative boxes, exquisite bowls turned fromfound pieces of wood, each one of a kind, watercolors,baskets, ceramics, fine photography,prints, collages or oil paintings. We also offerclasses and workshops by local and regionalartists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10:30am-5pm & Sat.,10am-4pm. Contact: 704/380-4689 or at (www.villagepotshop.com).TryonDowntown Tryon, Mar. 24, from 5-8pm - "Tryon Gallery Trot". The Tryon Gallery Trotsare evenings where the arts are the primaryfocus with an open invite for all to attend andenjoy. Everyone has the opportunity to viewnew art exhibits and possibly meet and talk withartists & craftspeople, or authors & illustratorsduring our Trots, to enjoy light refreshments,and possibly to view art demonstrations andenjoy performances. Participating businessesinclude: Skyuka Fine Art, Upstairs Artspace,Kathleen’s, Vines & Stuff, Richard BakerStudio, Green River Gallery, Bravo OutdoorMarketplace, Tryon Painters & Sculptors, TheBook Shelf, and The Pine Crest Inn. Contact:For further info call 828-817-3783 or visit (http://www.facebook.com/TryonGalleryTrot).Green River Gallery, 145 N. Trade Street,Tryon. Ongoing - Featuring fine art and framing,with works in various media by regionaland national artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5-pm & Sat., 10am-1pm. Contact: 828/859-2255.Simply Irresistible!, 66 Ola Mae Way, locatedon the hill above Century 21, Tryon. Ongoing- Featuring art and craft of the Carolinas,including works by Lucinda Pittman (pottery),Yummy Mud Puddle (lamps), and the tile andiron furniture of Bill Crowell and KathleenCarson. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:828/859-8316 or at (www.SimplyIrresistibleGallery.com).Work by Dale McEntireSkyuka Fine Art, 133 North Trade St., Tryon.Through Mar. 23 - "Showing Off Saluda,"featuring works by some of Saluda’s finestartists; Bonnie Bardos, Jim Carson, MargueriteHankins, William and Anne Jameson, DaleMcEntire, Beverly Pickard, and John Waddill.Much of the work will depict the local scenesof Historic Saluda, and its bountiful naturalTable of Contentsbeauty; forests, streams and mountains. Ongoing- Featuring works by Richard ChristianNelson, Richard Oversmith, Linda Cheek, KeithSpencer, Kelly Welch, and Anne and WilliamJameson. Also works by notable artists of thepast from the collection of Tryon art dealerNowell Guffey will be on display. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/817-3783 or at(www.SkyukaFineArt.com).WadesboroOlde Mill Gallery & Studios, Lockhart-TaylorCenter, 514 N. Washington St., Wadesboro.Ongoing - At the gallery visitors will see artworkby regional artists which includes: originalpaintings in oil, acrylic & watercolor, that rangefrom landscapes to abstracts; photography;works in copper and copper repousse; ceramiccreations, custom sculptured and functional;art glass jewelry, jewelry made from beadsof Swarvoski crystal; hand-stitched quilts ofexquisite designs; hand painted goblets, pitchersand vases; wood sculptures and turnings,and more. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-5pm; Fri.,10am-3pm or by appt. Contact: 704/272-5464or at (www.oldemillgallery.org).WaxhawStewart’s Village Gallery, 116 McDonald St.,Waxhaw. Ongoing - Featuring pottery by BillStewart, as well as works by over 300 otherartists including both decorative and functionalhandmade pieces. The gallery is filled withpottery, jewelry, wrought iron, garden accents,decorative whimsy and so much more. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact:704/843-5638 or at (www.stewartsvillagegallery.com).WaynesvilleBlue Owl Studio & Gallery, 11 N. Main Street,Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring art andpottery by local and regional artists, plus ourown unique and exclusive collection of vintagehandcolored art advertising, quotes and mountainscenes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm &(in season) Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 828/456-9596 or at (www.blueowlnc.com).Burr Studio & Gallery, 136 N. Main Street,Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring lyricalsculpture by Dane Burr, functional pottery byMaryEtta Burr, and works by other artisansin various media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5-:30pm. Contact: 828/456-7400.Earthworks Gallery, 21 N. Main Street,Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring art in allmediums celebrating native peoples and ourearth. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun.,noon-1pm. Contact: 828/452-9500 or at (www.earthworkssgallery.com).Grace Cathey Metal Gallery & SculptureGarden, 136 Depot Street, inside and behindWalker Service Station, Waynesville. Ongoing- Featuring works in metal by Grace Catheyincluding mirrors, lanps, and garden art.Demonstrations on some weekends. Hours:Mon.-Thur., 7am-6pm & Fri.-Sat., 11am-4pm.Contact: 828/456-8843 or at (www.gracecathey.com).Ridge Runner Naturals, 33 N. Main Street,Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring watercolorscenes of the mountains, quiet meadows andwhispering forest of Western North Carolina byJo Ridge Kelley. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-5:30pm. Contact: 828/456-3003 or at (www.JoKelley.com).Studio Thirty-Three, 33 Pigeon St., Waynesville.Ongoing - A unique jewelry studio andgallery, featuring the works of national awardwinning regional jewelers and full service studiooffering fine handcrafted jewelry, custom designand restoration. Specializing in custom weddingbands and one-of-a-kind designs as well asrare and exotic gemstones. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-6pm or by appt. Contact: 828/456-3443.T. Pennington Art Gallery, 15 N. Main Street,Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring pencil drawingsof local scenery, and landmarks by TeresaPennington, including originals, prints and giftitems. Also framing is available. Hours: Mon.-sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/452.9284 or at(www.tpennington.com).Textures, 142 N. Main St., Waynesville. Ongoing- Featuring hand-crafter furniture by JohnGernandt, textile art by Suzanne Gernandt,and other items of home decore. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & most Sun., 1-5pm. Contact:828/452-0058 or at (www.texturesonmain.com).The Jeweler’s Workbench, 80 N. Main St.,Waynesville. Ongoing - Specializing in finehand-crafted jewelry, custom design and repair,limited edition watches and jewelry boxes.Featuring award-winning artists of the GreatSmoky Mountains and from across the country.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact:828/456-2260.Twigs & Leaves, 98 N. Main Street, Waynesville.Ongoing - Featuring the nature-relatedporcelain works with leaves by Kaaren Stoner,as well as other works by regional artists andcraftsmen. Hours: Mon.-Sat, 10am-5:30pm.Contact: 828/456-1940 or at (www.twigsandleaves.com).WeavervilleMangum Gallery, 16 North Main Street, Weaverville.Ongoing - Featuring functional anddecorative pottery dinnerware. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm and Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact:828/645-4929 or (www.mangumpottery.com).Miya Gallery, 31 N. Main St., Weaverville.Ongoing - The gallery is a new and refreshingaddition to the WNC art scene. We exhibitwork of over 50 artists: fine jewelry, clay, wood,glass, metal, fiber, photogrphy and two dimensionalart. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat.,10am-5pm & Sun., noon-4pm. Contact: 828-658-9655 or at (www.miyagallery.com).West JeffersonAcorn Gallery, 103 Long St., West Jefferson.Ongoing - Featuring original works by awardwinning and nationally exhibited artist RaneyRogers, including wildlife and landscape paintingsand prints. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm &Sat., 11am-2pm. Contact: 336/246-3388 or at(www.acorngallery.com).Ashe Custom Framing & Gallery, 105 S.Jefferson Ave., West Jefferson. Ongoing - Featuringa varied selection of originals and printsby local and regional artists. Also, a wide arrayof pottery and handcrafted wooden vases.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm.Contact: 336/246-2218.Broomfields Gallery, 414 E. 2nd St, (acrossfrom the post office), West Jefferson. Ongoing- Featuring an exhibition of works by NC andSC artists in various mediums in a setting ofquality antiques. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm.Contact: 336/846-4141 or at (www.broomfieldsgallery.com).Stephen Shoemaker Studio, 113 S. JeffersonAve., West Jefferson. Ongoing - Featuringoriginal works by watercolorist StephenShoemaker. Specializing in historic landscapesand paintings of places and events in/of AsheCounty and the area. The “Virginia Creeper”train series is particularly popular. Hours:Mon-Fri., 10am-5pm or by chance. Contact:336/246-3401.Wilmington - Wrightsville BeachAcme Art Studios, 711 N. 5th Ave., downtownWilmington. Mar. 23 - Apr. 17 - "Les TroisAmis," featuring works by Wilmington artistsMichelle Connolly, Elizabeth Darrow, and FritziHuber. A reception will be held on Mar. 23, from6-9pm. All three artists have earned a degreeof notoriety not only in Wilmington, but well beyondas well. Hours: are by appt. only. Contact:Michelle Connolly at 910/232-0823, e-mail at(marsconnolly@gmail.com) or at (http://www.acme-art-studios.com).Bottega Art & Wine Gallery, 208 N. Front St.,Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuring works byregional and international artists in a variety ofmedia. Hours: Tue.-Wed., 1-10pm and Thur-Sat., 1pm-midnight. Contact: 910/763-3737 orat (www.bottegagallery.com).ERA 20th Century Furniture and Art Gallery,523 South 3rd St., Wilmington. Ongoing -Inviting emerging artists of all sorts, to fill thequiet space with cutting edge art that not onlyis pleasant to view, but also thought-provoking.Unique modern furnishings from the mid-20-th century complement the contemporaryart. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-5pm or by appt.Contact: 910/612-0542Fountainside Gallery, 1900 Eastwood Road,suite 44, Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuringthe finest in local, regional and national art ofthe Southeast. The light filled interior of thegallery's 3200 square feet showcases originaloil paintings, watercolors, acrylics, pastel onpaper and bronze sculptures. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-6pm & Sun., 11-3pm. Contact: 910/256-9956 or at (www.fountainsidegallery.com).New Elements Gallery, 216 North FrontStreet, Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuring worksby regional and nationally recognized artists.We offer a wide variety of contemporary fine artand craft, including paintings, sculpture, ceramics,glass, fiber, jewelry and wood. Hours: Mon-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: 910/343-8997 orat (www.newelementsgallery.com).continued on Page 62Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 61

NC Commercial Galleriescontinued from Page 61Spectrum Art & Jewelry, @ The Fourm,1125-H Military Cutoff Rd., Wilmington. Ongoing- Featuring works by over 100 regionallyand nationally renowned artists in a variety ofmedia. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact:910/256-2323 or at (www.spectrumartgallery.com).The Golden Gallery, @ The Cotton Exchange,307 N. frint St., Wilmington. Ongoing - Featuringworks by John W. Golden and Mary EllenGolden. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm &Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 910/762-4651 or at(www.thegoldengallery.com).Three Hounds Gallery, 29 S. Front St., Wilmington.Ongoing - Featuring works by WayneMcDowell, Jeff Chase, Dick Roberts, ShawnBest, Kristin Gibson, Fritzi Huber, Joanne Geisel,Christa Sylvester, Brian Evans, Mark Gordon,Rex Miller, and jewelry by Emily Parker.Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11:30am-5:30pm; Fri. andSat., 11:30am-7:30pm & Sun., noon-3pm.Contact: 910/815-3330 or at (www.threehoundsgallery.com).Walls Fine Art Gallery, 2173 Wrightsville Ave.,Wilmington. Ongoing - The gallery is recognizedfor its exhibits of original works by livingartists on the verge of becoming well known- including plein air artists Perry Austin, JohnPoon and J. Russell Case as well as Russianimpressionists Nikolai Dubavik and AlexandarKosnichev. Owner David Leadman and DirectorNancy Marshall, painters themselves, striveto exhibit art of quality, promote art educationthrough lectures and research, and aid indeveloping art collections. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-6pm & by appt. Contact: 910/343-1703or at (www.wallsgallery.com).Winston-Salem AreaDowntown Arts District, Sixth and Tradestreets, Winston-Salem. Mar. 2, 7-10pm -"DADA First Friday Gallery Hop," with specialartist demonstrations, art exhibits, and shopsand studios open evening hours. Events arefree and open to the public. Gallery Hops arefunded and sponsored by the Downtown ArtDistrict Association, a non profit organization,and their supporting memberhship. Contact:336/722-2345.Blessings, 823 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring works by MarshaThrift, Christine McCormick and SharonGrubbs. Their work encompasses originallandscapes, figurative works and still life in acontemporary style of realism. Also offeringan exhibit of 19th Century Chinese AncestorPortraits. The show is enhanced by a displayof Chinese silk opera gowns. Hours: Fri.&Sat.,11am-5pm and Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 336/922-6909.Earthbound Arts, 610 N. Trade St., Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring an unique galleryshowcasing the nature-related works of GordonJones and Lucy Duncan. Original designsin clay, copper, and stained glass as well ashandcrafted herbal soaps, sterling and copperPage 62 - Carolina Arts, March 2012jewelry, block print cards, masks, wind chimes,garden art, clay beads, herbal teas, naturalincense, beeswax candles and much more.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: 336/773-1043 or e-mail at (lucy@earthboundarts.com).Fiber Company, 600 N. Trade St., Winston-Salem. Ongoing - A working weaving studiowhere fiber artists create hand-woven clothingand accessories and carry local artist workson consignment from jewelers, potters,woodworkers, and photographers. Hours:Wed.-Fri.,10am-5pm; Tues. & Sat.,11am-3pm.Contact: 336/725-5277.Island Arts On Trade, 521 N. Liberty St., Ste.100, in the Artists On Liberty Building, acrossfrom the DADA Community Center, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring visual and functionalartwork by gallery artist, Gary Campbell.Also, featuring other multicultural artists andmixed media artwork throughout the year.Hours: Fri.-Sat., 1-5pm or by appt. Contact:336/722-0510.Patina, 217 W. 6th St., Winston-Salem.Ongoing- Featuring a unique shop with art by localpotters, craftspeople, and painters. Patina alsocarries unique clothing, gifts, home accessoriesand gift baskets. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm.Contact: 336/725-6395 or e-mail at (patinastore@aol.com).The Other Half, 560 North Trade St., WinstonSalem. Ongoing - Featuring works by MaryAnn Zotto, Chris Teague, Nic Bernard, DodieCampbell, Jack Dent, Celeste Chapman-Dent,Ron Propst, Jason Probstein, Kathy Townsendand Mike Cowan. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pmor by appt. Contact: 336/407-5494 or e-mail at(peeps321@earthlink.net).Urban Artware, 207 W. 6th St., Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring an art gallery/retailshop providing an eclectic ensemble of oneof-a-kindart, trinkets, and treasures. Featuringworks by local and regional artists sharing theirunique visions through paintings, metalwork,glass, woodwork, wearable art, and just aboutanything else imaginable! Hours: Tue.-Sat.,11am-6pm or by appt. Contact: 336/722-2345or at (www.urbanartware.com).Village Smith Galleries/VSG Fine Arts, 119Reynolda Village, near Reynolda House Museumof Art, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Americanand European watercolors, oils, antiqueengravings and contemporary works by Gorg,McKnight, Boulanger, Alvar, Nicole Monteran,Stephen White and other gallery artists. Nationaland regional crafts are represented in thefields of ceramic and glass. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 336/723-3653.Winterfire Craft Gallery, 145 Stratford Road,Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring potteryby Hank Goodman as well as hand-craftedjewelry, metal sculpture, hand-thrown pottery,art glass, and calligraphy prints. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun.,11am-5pm. Contact: 336/748-0145 or at (www.winterfiregallery.com).SC Institutional GalleriesAllendaleSalkehatchie Arts Center, 939 N. Main St.,Allendale. Ongoing - Featuring a retail storeoffering works by artists from the Salkehatchieregion including Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell,Colleton, and Hampton Counties. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 803/584-6084 or at(www.salkehatchie-arts.com).AikenWork by Lindy CrandellAiken Center for the Arts, 122 Laurens St., SW,Aiken. Through Mar. 23 - "Ink Drawings," featuringworks by Nancy Wyman Ray. A reception willbe held on Feb. 16, from 6-8pm. Aiken ArtistGuild Gallery, Mar. 1 - 30 - Featuring an exhibitof works by award winning artist, Lindy Crandell.A reception will be held on Mar. 17, from 6-8pm.Crandell works in oils, colored pencils, and pastelsto produce paintings with painstaking detail.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9:30am-5:30pm. Contact:803/641-9094 or at (www.aikencenterforthearts.org).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - AikenHitchcock Health Center, 690 Medical ParkDrive, Aiken. Mar. 2 - 30 - Featuring an exhibitof works by Raymond Kent. Kent is a mutimediaartist working in acrylic, watercolor, andpastels whose paintings have a nature themeas well as paintings of local landmark buildings.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 5am-9pm; Sat., 8am-3pm; &Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 803/648-8344 or visit theAiken Artist Guild at (www.aikenartistguild.org).AndersonBay3 Artisan Gallery, located in the ArtsWarehouse, 110 Federal St., Anderson. Ongoing- Featuring fine art paintings, jewelery,pottery and photography by Jos Acaba, LynneBurke, Marion Carroll, Nathan & Amy M. KuhlCox, Liz Smith-Cox, John Davis, Jamie Davis,Table of ContentsAnn Heard, Ruth Hopkins, Kate Krause, BrianMacCormack, Rosemary Moore, Johnny Nutt,Nancy Perry, Mary Lynn Pond, Diann Simms,Chris Troy, and Armi Tuorila. Co-sponsoredby the Anderson Arts Center. Hours: Tue.-Fri., noon-5pm, & Sat., 10am- 1pm. Contact:864/716-3838 or at (www.andersonartscenter.org).Vandiver Gallery of the Thrift Library, AndersonUniversity, 316 Boulevard, Anderson.Through Mar. 23 - Featuring works by AndersonUniversity Art Faculty, Clarissa Brandao,Nathan Cox, Jane Dorn, Peter Kaniaris, JoCarol Mitchell-Rogers, Tim Speaker, and SusanWooten. Also works by Kim Dick, Barbara Ervin,Polly Gaillard, David Hill, Hanna Kozlowski-Slone, Michael Marks, and Kara Renfro. Hours:by appt. only. Contact: Kimberly R. Dick, ArtGallery Director by calling 864/328-1819 or e-mail at (kdick@andersonuniversity.edu).Beaufort AreaGallery @ ARTworks, home of the ArtsCouncil of Beaufort County, 2127 Boundary St.,near K-Mart, in Beaufort Town Center, Beaufort.Ongoing - Featuring the work and creativeprocesses of new and emerging artists. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843-379-2787or at (www.beaufortcountyarts.com).Beaufort Art Association Gallery,913 BayStreet, across the street from the Clock Tower,Beaufort. Ongoing - New works by more than 90exhibiting members of the Beaufort Art AssociationGallery - exhibits and featured artists changeevery six weeks. In addition to framed paintingsin a variety of media, the gallery offers prints,photographs, unframed matted originals, jewelry,sculpture, ceramics and greeting cards. Hours:Mon.-Fri.,10 am-5pm. Contact: 843/521-4444 orat (www.beaufortartassociation.com).Work by Mary Jane MartinUSCB Center for the Arts Gallery, USC-Beaufort, 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort.Through Apr. 30 - "New Vibrations," featuringworks by 12 members of The Art BeyondTradition group, including Deanna Bowdish,Cindy Chiappetta, Marilyn Dizikes, Jo Dye,Vickie Jourdan, Mary Jane Martin, Mary Sullivan,Joan Templer, Arla Crumlick Wible, CarollWilliams and Irene K. Williamson; and sculptorSharon Collings Licata. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 843/521-4100 or at (http://www.uscb.edu/).BeltonBelton Center for the Arts, 306 North MainStreet, Belton. Mar. 3 - 30 - "Two Wheels - OneJourney: Motorcycles - the Leather, the Bikes andthe Lifestyle," featuring a group show in variousmedia. Hours: Wed.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat.10am-2pm. Contact: 864/338-8556 or at (www.beltonsc.com).BlufftonSociety of Bluffton Artists Gallery/LearningCenter, 8 Church Street, corner of Calhoun andChurch Street, Bluffton. Mar. 13 - Apr. 21 - "Blackand White Judged Photography Exhibition," juriedby acclaimed photographer, poet and painterArt Cornell. A reception will be held on Mar. 18,from 3-5 pm. Ongoing - Featuring works in a varietyof mediums by over 80 area artists, with allwork moderately priced. Changing shows everysix weeks. Hours: Mon. 11am-3pm & Tue.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 843/757-6586 .CharlestonAvery Research Center for African Historyand Culture, at the College of Charleston, 125Bull St., Charleston. Denmark Vesey ConferenceRoom, Onging - "KABOH: A Legacy ofTwelve." Charleston Quilter Dorothy Montgomerymade "KABOH" in honor of the "Priscilla" story.The quilt was in the possession of Dr. JosephOpala who donated it to the Avery Research Centerin July, 2008. Corridor (2nd Floor), Ongoing- "Esau Jenkins: A Retrospective View of the Manand His Times" This exhibition was developedin 1991 by the Avery Institute. After its display inCharleston it traveled throughout the state of SCunder the auspices of the State Museum TravelingExhibition Program. Consisting of (15) panelsmeasuring 24" x 36", the exhibit chronicles themyriad of activities Mr. Jenkins was intimatelyinvolved in. Additionally, it highlights his leadershipskills as a conscious and compassionatecommunity activist, organizer, entrepreneur andCivil Rights leader. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm& Sat., noon-5pm. Admission: by donation. Contact:843/953-7609 or visit (www.cofc.edu/avery).Charleston Artist Guild Gallery, 160 EastBay St., Charleston. Mar. 1 - 31 - "Palette KnifeImpressions - Gardens & Florals," featuresworks by Brenda Orcutt. A reception will beheld on Mar. 2, from 5-8pm. Orcutt works in oilpaints applied with a palette knife. She usuallyspends one day, with one palette knife, lotsof oil paint and plenty of movement. Ongoing- Featuring an exhibit of works by over 73plus members of CAG who display a wealth oftalent in different media including, oils, acrylics,pastels, watercolors, photography, printmaking& sculpture. The Gallery is also home forthe CAG office. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm.Contact: 843/722-2454 or at(www.charlestonartistguild.com).City Gallery at Waterfront Park, 34 PrioleauStreet, Charleston. Upper & Lower Level Galleries,Through Mar. 4 - "Color in Freedom:Journey along the Underground Railroad," featuringpaintings, etchings and drawings by JosephHolston. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm and Sat.& Sun., noon-5pm during exhibits. Contact: ErinGlaze at 843/958-6484 or (http://citygalleryatwaterfrontpark.com/).Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street,Charleston. Main Gallery, Through Apr. 22- "The Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston".This exhibition will revisit the life and workof 20th century American artist Alfred Hutty - oneof the principal artists of the Charleston Renaissance.Among the first artists to settle in theflourishing art colony at Woodstock, New Yorkin the early 1900s, Hutty established himself asone of the leading painters of the town’s naturalenvirons. He later traveled to Charleston, SouthCarolina and was inspired to try his hand atetching for the first time. Though a prolific painterthroughout his career, it was his gift for etchingthat earned Hutty a distinguished and enduringposition in American art. Rotunda Galleries,Through Apr. 22 - "Jill Hooper: ContemporaryRealist". The exhibit features recent work byCharleston artist Jill Hooper, a classically-trained,realist painter whose extraordinary portraits haveearned international recognition. The exhibitionwill include a number of Hooper’s acclaimedportraits, along with large-scale landscapes andexquisite still-life paintings that demonstrate hermastery of technique. First, Second and ThirdFloor Galleries, Ongoing - "The CharlestonStory". Drawn from the museum’s permanentcollection, this exhibition highlights significantpeople, places, and periods from Charleston’sbeginning as a British colony, through the AmericanRevolution, the later ravages of the Civil War,and culminating today as a culturally diverse anddynamic community. Ongoing - "Hands On!"This exhibit features works of art selected fromthe Gibbes Museum of Art’s touch collection.Museum Shop - Now offering the inventory ofthe Tradd Street Press, reproductions of worksby Elizabeth O'Neill Verner amoung other exhibitrelated art objects. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm& Sun., 1-5pm; closed Mon. Admission: Yes.Contact: 843/722-2706 or at(www.gibbesmuseum.org).Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, TheMarion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center forthe Arts, College of Charleston School of theArts,161 Calhoun St., Charleston. ThroughMar. 20 - "Aggie Zed: Keeper’s Keep," featuringnew works by Virginia-based artist Aggie Zed.The exhibition comprises of sculpture, installation,paintings, drawings, and sketchbooks thatchart Zed’s unique working methods in a varietyof media. Born in Charleston and raised amongfarm animals on Sullivan’s Island, SC, Zed graduatedfrom the University of South Carolina with aBFA in painting and sculpture. Shortly thereafter,she moved to Richmond and, later, Gordonsville,VA, where she lives and works today. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: Mark Sloan at843/953-4422 or at (www.halsey.cofc.edu).Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 68 SpringStreet, corner of Spring & Coming Streets,Charleston, in the former St. James MethodistChurch, founded in 1797. Ongoing - Featuringhistorically important documents from ourpermanent Charleston collection. Recently addedto the Permanent Collection - a special andunique exhibit of Egyptian Stone Carvings datingfrom 1492 BC. Free parking and free admission.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Closed on holidays.Contact: 843/853-4651.continued on Page 63

Redux Contemporary Art Center, featuringRedux Studios, 136 St. Philip Street, Charleston.Through Mar. 10 - "Ecstasy of Knowing,"featuring site-specific works by visiting artist KeithW.C. Lemley. Lemley is an emerging artist whohas shown in major cities across the US and alsoabroad. He received his MFA in 2010 from theUniversity of Wisconsin and currently resides inIowa City, IA. Mar. 30 - May 6 - "The Plantation(Plan-ta-shun)," featuring works by local artist,Colin Quashie. A reception will be held on Mar.30, from 6-9pm. Quashie is an artist of this time.The controversy that surrounded the Battle Flagof the Confederacy which flew defiantly aboveSouth Carolina’s State Capitol building engendersprecisely the form of polemic exchangein which he feels most at ease. Quashie’s wry,ironic, and irreverent art works are especiallytimely, forcing his audience to consider difficultcultural problems which they may often prefer toavoid. Hours: Tue.-Thur., noon-8pm, Fri.-Sat.,noon-5pm during exhibitions, or by appt. Contact:843/722-0697 or at (www.reduxstudios.org).The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street,Charleston. Founded in 1773, is America’sfirst museum. Ongoing - Featuring the mostextensive collection of South Carolina culturaland scientific collections in the nation, it alsoowns two National Historic Landmark houses,the Heyward-Washington House (1772) andthe Joseph Manigault House (1803), as well asthe Dill Sanctuary, a 580-acre wildlife preserve.Admission: Yes. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm& Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 843/722-2996 or at(www.charlestonmuseum.org).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - CharlestonAshley River Tower, Public area at MedicalUniversity of South Carolina, Charleston.Ongoing - "Contemporary Carolina Collection@ Ashley River Tower," featuring the largestcollection of original, contemporary SouthCarolina art on permanent display, including885 works by 53 talented artists, sculptorsand photographers in South Carolina. Artistsincluded are: Lucille Akinjobe, Jack Alterman,Thomas Blagden, Jr., Carl Blair, Patti Brady,Keith Brown, Julia Cart, Eva Carter, JocelynChâteauvert, Lese Corrigan, Townsend Davidson,Linda Fantuzzo, Buddy Folk, Squire Fox,Mary Edna Fraser, Cassandra Gillens, AnthonyGreen, Jon Holloway, Ann Hubbard, LisaSalosaari Jasinski, Erik Johnson, Kim Keats,Arianne King Comer, Kit Loney, Paul Mardikian,Nancy Marshall, Paul Matheny, John McWilliams,Sue Middleton, Marge Moody, GordonNicholson, Jane Nodine, Marcelo Novo, KarinOlah, Matt Overend, Rick Rhodes, Ed Rice,Molly B. Right, Susan Romaine, Kristi Ryba,Virginia Scotchie, Laura Spong, Tom Stanley,Christine Tedesco, Colleen Terrell, Leo Twiggs,Tjelda Vander Meijden, Mary Walker, SueSimons Wallace, Joe Walters, Sam Wang, EnidWilliams, Manning Williams, and Paul Yanko.Hours: daily, 8:30am-5pm. Contact: KathleenEllis, Director of National Communications,MUSC, at 843/792.5602 or e-mail at (ellisk@musc.edu).Charleston City Market, Building B, Charleston.Fri. & Sat., 7-10:30pm - " Art in the Evening,"presented by the Charleston City MarketPreservation Trust LLC. A week-end art showfeaturing everything from folk art to fine art bylocal residents. To add to the charm, a concertof lovely classical guitar music and other featuredmusicians appear at the market. BuildingB of the Charleston city market. Admission isFREE. Contact: call 843/327-5976.Costa and Williams Dental Health Care, 325Folly Road, Suite 310, Charleston. ThroughApr. 3 - Featuring an exhibit of works by TeilDuncan, an oil painter, originally from Columbus,Georgia with a degree in Fine Art fromAuburn University. The exhibit is being offeredin partnership with Redux Contemporary ArtCenter. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8am- 5pm. Contact:843/737-4437 or call Redux at 843/722-0697 orat (www.reduxstudios.org).Coastal Community Foundation Center,635 Rutledge Avenue, Suite 201, Charleston.Through Apr. 1 - Featuring an exhibit ofpaintings and drawings by Tina Christophillis,who's subjects are ideas that reflect her journeythrough this life, the street scenes of Charlestonand past travels, the relationships of peopleand memories, the distant glimpses into whatwas and might be and the pure form of what isand what runs through all things. The exhibitis being offered in partnership with ReduxContemporary Art Center. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,9am-5pm. Contact: 843-723-5736 or at (www.coastalcommunityfoundation.org) or call Reduxat 843/722-0697 or at (www.reduxstudios.org).New Sciences and Mathematics Building,College of Charleston, 2nd Floor, 202 CalhounStreet, Charleston. Through Mar. 3 - "Fromthe Moon: Mapping & Exploration". The exhibitaddresses our visual perceptions of the Moon,from Earth and from space, and demonstrateshow advances in optical technologies haveincreased our understanding over time. This isan exhibition exploring our relationship to theMoon through the lens of the sciences. FromGalileo’s first observations to today’s powerfultelescopes, this exhibition will include abroad range of man’s attempts at mapping andunderstanding lunar history. A key componentwill be NASA’s documentation of the Apollolunar landings as well as current research andmissions. The centerpiece of the exhibition willbe a Moon rock collected during the Apollo 15mission from June to August 1971. Hours: N/A.Contact: Mark Sloan at 843/953-4422, at (www.halsey.cofc.edu) or at (www.moon.cofc.edu).The Old Slave Mart Museum, 6 ChalmersStreet, Charleston. Ongoing - The Museum recountsthe story of Charleston's role in this interstateslave trade by focusing on the history of thisparticular building and site and the slave salesthat occurred here. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm.Contact: The Office of Cultural Affairs at 843/958-6467 or at (http://www.charlestonarts.sc/).ChesneeCarolina Foothills Artisan Center, 124 W.Cherokee Street, intersection of Hwy. 11 & Hwy.221, Chesnee. Ongoing - Featuring originalworks by over 60 North & South Carolina artists,including pottery, decorative and functional; paintingsin oil, watercolor, acrylic and mixed media;textiles and fiber art; carved wood; jewelry; dolls;brooms; monotypes; pewter sculpture; mosaics;glass, stained, torched and fused; photography;baskets; fine wood furniture; books and cards.Also - Offering educational programming for allages, from art classes to cultural events. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: 864/461-3050or at (www.cfac.us).Clemson AreaClemson area, Mar. 30, 6-10pm - "Passport tothe Arts," combines live music, art, transportation.This event is a multi-destination event designedto celebrate the art and entertainment found inClemson. Guests will experience art, food, anddrinks at five different venues in the Clemsonarea. Attendees are shuttled from venue to venuevia busses provided by Clemson Area Transit.Each bus will include an event guide art relatedentertainment from local entertainers, artists, andmusicians. Buses will run on a continuous loop tothe venues which include Clemson University’sLee Gallery, the Arts Center, the CAT terminal,and the Red Minnow restaurant. Each venue willhave an art exhibit on view that is complementedby on-site entertainment, food, and beverages.Tickets are available in advance for $20. Ticketsthe week of the event are $30. There is a limitedcapacity so tickets may or may not be availablethe night of the event. For information abouttickets and availability call 864/633-5051 or visit(www.clemsonpassport.org).Work by Polly GaillardRudolph E. Lee Gallery, Center for the VisualArts at Clemson University, Lee Hall, ClemsonUniversity, Clemson. Through Mar. 15 - "Alignments,"featuring an exhibition of work byregional photographers exploring the complexitiesand contradictions as experienced throughpopular culture and the natural environment. Artistsinclude Nancy Floyd, Polly Gaillard, MichaelMarshall, Adam Jacono and Constance Thalken.A lecture will be given by Adam Jacono on Mar. 1,at 6pm and a reception will be held from 7-9pm.Mar. 26 - Apr. 13 - "Reaction - Action," featuringworks by Clemson University graduate students.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-4:30pm & Sun., 2-5pm.Contact: 864/656-3883 or at(www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery/).Sikes Hall, Ground floor, Through Apr. 2012- "Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Revolution Artistica".Featuring an exhibion of nine photographsby the Mexican artist Manuel Alvarez Bravo(1902-2002) curated by Department of Artundergraduate intern Nathan Smith as part ofthe Center for Visual Arts internship program.All aspects of the exhibition including research,image selection, budget, matting, framing,layout, exhibit design and pamphlet designwere generated by Nathan Smith as part of histhree semester internship with the Lee Gallery.Works included in the exhibition were selectedfrom a photographic portfolio gifted to theClemson Advancement Foundation by WillamH. Hall, III. Hours: reg school hours. Contact:864/656-3883 or at(www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery/).Table of ContentsThe ARTS Center, 212 Butler St., Clemson.Through Mar. 8 - Featuring the InauguralMembers Exhibit of The ARTISTS Guild, showcasing75 works of art by 42 of The ARTISTSGuild members, the show exhibits two andthree dimensional works including ceramics,sculpture, fiber arts, drawings, paintings,photography, jewelry, furniture, and mixedmedia. Mar. 19 - Apr. 25 - "Painting the Blues,"featuring works inspired by blues music inconjunction with the Nothin’ but the Blues Festival.Ongoing - Featuring works by local andregional artists. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 10am-5pm& Fri., 10am-2pm. Contact: 864/633-5051 or at(www.explorearts.org).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - ClemsonMadren Conference Center, Clemson University,Clemson. Ongoing - Featuring wood andsteel bird carvings by Grainger McKoy. Hours:regular building hours. Contact: Peter Kent at864/656-0382 or e-mail at (peter.kent@clemsonews.clemson.edu).The Fran Hanson Discovery Center, SouthCarolina Botanical Garden, Clemson University,Clemson. Featured Artists Gallery, Ongoing- Featuring works by Nancy Basket, SueFigliola, Sue Grier, Sandy King, Jo Ann Taylorand Phil Garrett, on a rotating basis. ElizabethBelser Fuller Gallery, Ongoing - This collectionof watercolors, mixed media and pen & inkdrawings was generously donated by a dearfriend of the SC Botanical Garden, ElizabethBelser Fuller. This incredible collection rangesfrom 1947 to 1992. New pieces have beenadded this year in celebration of Belser's 97thbirthday. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm. ClosedUniversity Holidays and Home Football GameSaturdays. Contact: 864/656-3405 or at(www.clemson.edu/scbg/).Columbia AreaThroughout the Columbia area. Apr. 21-22,2012 - "Columbia Open Studios". A free, self-leddriving tour of 69 artists’ working studios acrossRichland and Lexington Counties, organized bythe nonprofit 701 Center for Contemporary Art.60,000-80,000 program guides w/maps will beprinted & distributed to cafes, shops, galleries,etc. This year, COS 2012 is an official partnerevent of the 6th Annual Indie Grits Festival, whichhas expanded to 10 days and now encompassesfilm, indie music, art, chefs, silent film scores,craft, tech, and more. Free. For info visit (www.columbiaopenstudios.org).Columbia Museum of Art, Main & HamptonStreets, Columbia. Lipscomb Family Galleries,Through Apr. 1 - "Nature and the GrandAmerican Vision: Masterpieces of the HudsonRiver School Painters". 45 magnificent paintingsfrom the rich collection of the New-YorkHistorical Society tell the Hudson River Schoolstory in four grand thematic sections. Withinthese broad groupings, the paintings show howAmerican artists embodied powerful ideas aboutnature, culture and history. These iconic worksof 19th-century landscape painting are travelingas a group on a national tour for the first time andare circulating to four museums. The ColumbiaMuseum of Art is the only stop in the Southeast.Mamie and William Andrew Treadway, Jr.,Gallery 15, Through Apr. 29 - "Our Time, OurPlace: The Black South of Richard Samuel Roberts".This installation features 24 photographsselected by the board of the Friends of AfricanAmerican Art and Culture membership affiliategroup. South Carolina photographer RichardSamuel Roberts captured some of the mostrealistic collective images of African-Americanlife in the early 20th century, especially the rise ofthe economically secure middle class. Roberts’photographs comprise a stunning visual historyof the African-American community in Columbia.He frequently took his camera into the heart ofthe segregated Black District of Columbia andalso to other towns and cities in the state. Hephotographed every facet of his communityincluding bankers, teachers, social workers andeven magicians, although he also made portraitsof all people, regardless of race or economicconditions. David Wallace Robinson, Jr. CommunityGallery, Through Apr. 1 - "The Lifeand Times of Judge Matthew Perry: Capturedin Photographs by Cecil J. Williams". Honoringthe life of the late Honorable Matthew Perry,this exhibition features 30 photographs by CecilWilliams. Perry was the first African-Americanlawyer to be appointed to the federal judiciary in1976. Perry became a towering civil rights figurewho used his intellect, work ethic and courageto help end segregation. Williams’ photographshave preserved the African-American experiencethroughout the second half of the 20th century.Wachovia Education Gallery, Through Apr. 1- "Luminous Landscapes". Students from SaludaRiver Arts Academy for the Arts and East AikenSchool of the Arts show offer their artistic sideby creating landscapes based on the conceptsof the Hudson River School painters. Both ABCschools, (Arts in Basic Curriculum) these schoolsexemplify the concept of integrated learning.BB&T Focus Gallery, Ongoing - "SouthernTraditions," will showcase the richness anddiversity of the Museum’s collection of furniture,ceramics, silver, basketry, sculpture and paintingsby artists native to, or active in, South Carolinaand its surrounding states. Among the works onview will be fine silver made by Charleston andColumbia silversmiths; a sweet grass basket byMary Jackson (SC, born 1945); wood carvings byEdgar Alexander McKillop (NC, 1879-1950); andpaintings by Charles Fraser (SC, 1782-1860),Xanthus Russell Smith (SC, 1839-1929), WilliamHarrison Scarborough (SC, 1812-1871), WilliamAiken Walker (SC, 1838-1921), among others.Ray Taylor Fair Gallery, Ongoing - Featuring anew and permanent installation of its ancient artcollection. The installation includes approximately50 objects that introduce the major ancientcivilizations from the Mediterranean and NearEast. Examples of the earliest form of writingfrom 12th century B.C. Mesopotamia, are shownnext to Egyptian scarabs and Greek paintedvessels. The world of the ancient Romans isrepresented by 2nd century glass and bronzeitems and portrait sculpture. Many of these workshave not been seen since the Museum moved toits location on Main Street in 1998. The collectionhas grown over the last several years withthe donation of 12 fine Roman sculptures in2002 from Pennsylvania collector Dr. Robert Y.Turner. Admission: Yes, but there is no admissioncharge on Sun. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm; firstFri., till 8pm; Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm.Contact: 803/799-2810 or at (www.columbiamuseum.org).Goodall Gallery, Spears Music/Art Center,Columbia College, 1301 Columbia College Drive,Columbia. Through Mar. 27 - "Jonathan Brilliant,Fine Lines, Found Textures, and First Impressions".Hours: Mon.-Wed.,10 am-5pm,Thur.-Fri.,10am-7pm, and Sat.&Sun.,1-5pm. Contact:call Rebecca B. Munnerlyn at 803/786.3649 ore-mail at (rbmunnerlyn@colacoll.edu).McKissick Museum, University of SouthCarolina, USC Horseshoe, Columbia. Ongoing- "Highlights from the Permanent Collectionsof McKissick Museum". Permanent - "BaruchSilver Collection," a collection of the Baruchfamily silver. And, "Natural Curiosity: USC andthe Evolution of Scientific Inquiry into the NaturalWorld". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5pm & Sat.,11am-3pm. Contact: 803/777-7251 or at (www.cas.sc.edu/MCKS/).Richland County Public Library, Main Library'sWachovia Gallery,1431 Assembly St., Columbia.Ongoing - Featuring 20 pieces of public art onpermanent display. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-9pm;Sat, 9am-6pm; Sun, 2-6pm. Contact: 803/988-0886 or at (www.richland.lib.sc.us).701 Center for Contemporary Art, 701 WhaleySt., Columbia. Through Mar. 4 - "Faster Forward,"featuring an exhibition highlighting thework of 10 artists from Israel, Canada, Spain,United Kingdom and the United States whosenew media, experimental film and video worksexplore contemporary visual culture mediatedthrough popular technologies, curated by FrankMcCauley of the Sumter County Gallery of Artin Sumter, SC. Participating artists include: YoniGoldstein (Israel) and Meredith Zielke (UnitedStates), Sean Hovendick (United States), JillianMcdonald (Canada), Sarah Boothroyd (Canada),Blake Carrington (United States), Brooke White(United States), Simon Aeppli (United Kingdom),Bill Domonkos (United States), and PascualSisto (Spain). Through Mar. 28 - "701 Center forContemporary Arts - Artist Residency with DavidCianni of Aiken, SC. During his residency, Cianniwill produce additional sculptures and build anelaborate cave system with light and soundfeatures that together will create a gallery-wideenvironment for his exhibition. Mar. 29 - May31 - " 701 Center for Contemporary Arts - ArtistResidency Exhibition," featuring works by DavidCianni of Aiken, SC. Hours: Wed., 11am-8pm;Thur.-Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact:803/238-2351 or at (www.701cca.org).Work by Brian RutenbergSC State Museum, 301 Gervais St., Columbia.Through May 6 - "Tangible History: SouthCarolina Stoneware from the Holcombe FamilyCollection". This exhibit consists of some of thebest pieces of SC stoneware from the extensivecollection of the Holcombe family of Clinton, SC.Most of this exquisite pottery has never beenon public display before. The show will includesome classic Dave (a slave potter who worked inclay from the 1830s into the 1860s) pieces,continued on Page 64Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 63

SC Institutional Galleriescontinued from Page 63to upstate examples from the Thomas Owenbyand other important 19th century potters. Thefamily collection will be supplemented with somepieces from the State Museum collection and apotter’s wheel that contemporary potters will useto demonstrate their craft on selected weekends.Through Aug. 26 - "Abstract Art in South Carolina:1949-2012," offers the first inclusive look atthe evolution and influences of abstract paintingand sculpture in South Carolina. The exhibitwill include work by pioneering artists such asWilliam Halsey, Corrie McCallum, J. Bardin, CarlBlair and Merton Simpson, and contemporaryartists currently working in communities acrossSouth Carolina today, such as James Busby,Shaun Cassidy, Enid Williams, Paul Yanko, KatieWalker and Tom Stanley, among many others. Inall, work by more than 40 artists will be includedin the exhibition, which focuses on one of themost important aspects of South Carolina’s visualculture. Through 2015 - "The Coming of theCivil War," will look at the origins of the disagreementbetween South Carolina and the federalgovernment, beginning with the nullification crisisof 1832-33. The exhibit will be augmented by fivemore single-topic exhibits through the sesquicentennialwar years (2011-2015) until the expansionspace is filled. The Crescent Café, second floormezzanine of the Museum. The house menuoffers a variety of baked goods, juices, coffee, hotchocolate and tea. Lunchtime offerings includedeli sandwiches and alternating daily soups, aswell as grilled chicken salads and sandwiches.And let’s not forget the house specialty: spectacularfudge, handmade on-site. Café Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-4pm and Sun. 1-4pm. Museum Hours:Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm ; Sun.,1-5pm. Admission:Yes. Contact: Tut Underwood at 803/898-4921 orat (www.southcarolinastatemuseum.org).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Columbia areaColumbia Metropolitan Convention Center,1101 Lincoln St., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuringworks by local artists throughout theconvention center, including works by Mike Williams,Liisa Salosaari Jasinski, Tyrone Geter,Peter Lenzo, Jamie Davis, Tom Lockart & MarkWoodham, Angela Bradburn, Virginia Scotchie,Denise Dent, Sue Grier, Brian Rego, HeatherLaHaise, Howard Hunt, Robert Campbell,Ernest Lee, David J.P. Hooker, Ralph Waldrop,Elena Madden, Debbie Martin, Blue Sky, LauraSpong, Jean McWhorter, Claire Farrell, JustinGuy, and Jonathan Green. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,9am-5pm; Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., 1-5pm.Contact: 803/545-0001 or at (www.columbiaconventioncenter.com/phototour/phototour/).Lexington County Administration Building,throughout the 1st - 6th floors, 212 South LakeDrive, Lexington. Through July 27 - "FreshViews by APPLS". Many artists expresspersonal emotions, while others express theview of society. Although feelings are fleetingthe expressions created by artists are not. Theexhibit, by the APPLS art group, offers just that.Come take a cerebral journey with over 40original works of art by SC Artists; Vi Horton,Bill Sander, Renea Eshleman, Gretchen EvansParker, Jeffery Miller, Abstract Alexandra, EllinBaskin, Ann Cimburke, and Dale Mastro.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact: 803/808-5328 or at (http://www.lex-co.com/) or (www.southcarolinaartists.com).ConwayBooth of works by Peggy NewConway’s Farmers Market, 217 Laurel Street indowntown Conway. Mar. 24, noon-8pm - "EquinoxArt & Music Fest," celebrating art, music, culture& community! Conway will come alive withdemonstrations by regional artists as well as livemusic. Visitors to downtown Conway can meettalented artists and musicians and purchase originalart directly from the makers. Watch as glassblowers create colorful works of art from moltenglass; see potters shape clay into functionalforms on the wheel; learn about encaustic paintingtechniques using heated wax and colored pigmentand you will be amazed to see how basketsare made from pine needles. Listen to a varietyof great tunes and original music performed bylocal favorites: Coman Sproles, Randall Hill, DanBarnhart, Matt Parris, Jesse Uzzel, Gray Click,Candice Marotta, Charles Grace, Brian RoesslerPage 64 - Carolina Arts, March 2012and Wicked Gift! CREATE! Conway presents theEquinox Art & Music Fest through the generoussupport of our volunteers, members, sponsorsand the City of Conway. For more informationcontact Barbara Streeter at 843/248-4527 or visit(www.conwayartdistrict.blogspot.com).The Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery,located in the Thomas W. and Robin W. EdwardsCollege of Humanities and Fine Arts Building,Coastal Carolina University, Conway. Mar. 1 -30 - "Shifting Plates," featuring an exhibition offifteen printmakers from the Upstate of SouthCarolina, organized Steven Chapp. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 1, from 4:30-6:30pm. Participatingartists include: Wells Alewine, Kent Ambler,Andrew Blanchard, Jim Campbell, StevenChapp, Kevin Clinton, Katya Cohen, Jim Creal,Syd Cross, Daniel Cvammen, Marty Epp-Carter,Phil Garrett, Luis Jaramillo, Catherine Labbé,and Mark Mulfinger. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm.Contact: 843/349-2711 or at (www.coastal.edu/bryanartgallery/).Due WestBowie Arts Center, Bonner St., Erskine College,Due West. Ongoing - Permanent Collections,19th c. furniture, cut-glass, clocks and decorativearts. Also, 19th & early 20th c. music boxes &mechanical musical instruments. Hours: M-Th,1-4:30pm or by appt. Contact: 864/379-8867.FlorenceFDDC Art Trail Gallery, 135 S. Dargan St.,Florence. Through Mar. 9 - "Soul of the PeeDee," featuring the works of African Americanartists or works where African Americans arethe focus of the piece. The exhibit highlights thecreative works of many of the artists identified inthe "Soul of the Pee Dee" booklet produced bytourism officials in the region, highlighting culturaland artistic contributions of African Americans.Additionally, the exhibit has attracted artists frombeyond the region and the state. Mar. 16 - Apr.27 - "Photofabulous 2012," featuring photographyfrom the Pee Dee area of SC. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 16, from 5:30-8pm. Hours:Tue.-Thur., 11:30am-2:30pm & Fri., 5:30-8pm.Contact: call Jane Madden at 843/673-0729 or at(www.art-trail-gallery.com).Florence Museum of Art, Science and History,558 Spruce St., Florence. Through Mar.4 - "2011 - 2012 South Carolina Palmetto HandsFine Craft Traveling Exhibition". This travelingexhibit exhibition is offered by the SC StateMuseum’s Traveling Exhibits Program Fine craftartists and artisans from across the state wereinvited to submit work for South Carolina’s onlyjuried fine craft competition and exhibition. Organizedannually by the City of North Charleston(SC) Cultural Arts Department with assistancefrom the SC Artisans Center in Walterboro, SC,the show is a featured component of the NorthCharleston Arts Festival. Denise Butler, cofounderand former Executive Director and Boardmember of the SC Artisans Center juried theshow and selected pieces of exceptional qualityto travel the state. Works in wood, fiber, glass,metal, clay and 3D mixed media are represented.Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm;Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 843/662-3351 or at (www.florencemuseum.org).Table of ContentsHyman Fine Arts Center, Francis MarionUniversity, Florence. Through Mar. 29 - "AfricanAmerican Art from the collection of CassandraRush". Growing up in Williamsburg Countybetween the Nesmith community and the townof Kingstree, Rush does not remember viewingart in any form as a child. She could distinguishbeauty from not-so-appealing objects, but therealization of art was not conceptualized until shewas a student in the required Art Appreciationclass at Morgan State University in Baltimore,MD. She became a dealer of African Americanart in 1990 with the main focus to accessorize hernew home with the art she loves. In the processof meeting new artists and admiring their works,she became a collector of African American art.She collects works of-and-by African Americans.Through Mar. 29 - "Feather Pottery by Sashaand Tari Federer". Sasha & Tari Federer havebeen working with clay for over 35 years. Sasha,born in Prague, Czech Republic, moved to theUSA in the early 70’s. He studied ceramic art inWashington, WI, and worked for three years as aprofessional potter in New Hampshire and servedas artist-in-residence with the National Endowmentfor the Arts. Tari spent much of her life inthe Southwest. She studied as an art major atVentura College and the University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara. Ten years ago she closed her studioin North Carolina and moved to Florence, SC,to marry and join forces with Sasha. Their joininghas resulted in a creative collaboration in theirquest to create objects of beauty and functionalityin clay. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact:843/661-1385 or at (http://departments.fmarion.edu/finearts/gallery.htm).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - FlorenceDoctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library,506 South Dargan Street, 2nd floor of thelibrary, Florence. Dr. N. Lee Morris Gallery,Through Apr. 30 - "The Mulholland-AttanasioCollection." The Mulholland-Attanasio Collectionis made possible through a generousart donation from Carol Mulholland Attanasioand Ralph Attanasio of Florence, SC. Thecollection will feature 45 works which includesculpture, paintings, pottery, and mixed mediaby artists Carol Mulholland, Andre Gisson,Marie Stobbe, Jack Dowis, and many others.Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-8:30pm; Fri.-Sat.,9am-5:30pm; & Sun., 2-6pm. Contact: HannahL. Davis, gallery director at 843-292-7393 or at(www.florencelibrary.org).GaffneyCherokee Alliance of Visual Artists Gallery,210 West Frederick Street, located in theformer Old Post Office building one street overfrom the Main Street with the City of GaffneyVisitors Center, Gaffney. Ongoing - Featuringworks in a varierty of media by Cherokee Countyartists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 8:30am-5pm & Sat.,9am-1pm. Contact: 864/489-9119 or e-mail at(cavagallery@yahoo.com).GreenvilleDowntown Greenville - "First Fridays,"featuring a gallery crawl presented on the firstFri, of the month from 6-9pm. Visit galleriesthroughout the downtown area. For info: (www.fristfridaysonline.com).Greenville County Museum of Art, 420College Street, Greenville. Through Apr. 15 -"Jasper Johns," featuring a selection from theMuseum’s extensive collection of works by theinternationally-acclaimed artist Jasper Johns.Imagery from every phase of Johns’ career willbe on view, providing an experience that is bothchallenging and inspirational. Watch for relatedprograms. Through May 27 - "Helen DuPréMoseley". A native of Spartanburg who attendedConverse College, Moseley (1887–1984)was Spartanburg’s Postmaster. Self-taught,she began to paint in earnest when she wassixty, creating a fantastical crew of charactersthat some thought were a satirical view of localsociety. Moseley demurred on that point, saying“So far as I know, they exist only in my imagination.”Admission: Free. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 864/271-7570or at (www.greenvillemuseum.org).Lipscomb Gallery, South Carolina Governor’sSchool for the Arts and Humanities, 15 UniversitySt., Greenville. Ongoing - We featureseveral exhibitions throughout each year - ourown students and faculty, plus many guest artists.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Visitors areasked to sign in at the Administration Building’sfront desk before entering campus. Contact:864/282-3777 or at (www.scgsah.state.sc.us).Metropolitan Arts Council Gallery, 16Augusta Street, Greenville. Ongoing - Featuringworks by Greenville area artists. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact: 864/467-3132, orat (www.greenvillearts.com).Museum & Gallery, Bob Jones University,Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greenville. Ongoing- Permanent exhibition of the finest collectionof religious art in America, including works byRubens, Botticelli, and Van Dyck. Offering visitorsa 60-minute audio-guided tour of over 40 favoredworks for a modest fee. Hours: Tue.-Sun., 2-5pm.Contact: 864/242-5100, Ext. 1050 or at (www.bjumg.org).Museum & Gallery at Heritage Green, Buncombeand Atwood Streets, downtown Greenville.Through Jan. 2013 - "Rublev to Fabergé:The Journey of Russian Art and Culture". Thisfabulous exhibition features the apex of 15thcenturyRussian iconography represented byAndrei Rublev. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-5pm and Sun. 2-5pm. Contact: 864/770-1331 or visit M&G’s website at (www.bjumg.org).RIVERWORKS Gallery, Suite 202, Art Crossingon the Reedy River in downtown Greenville. Mar.2 - Apr. 15 - "Interruption," featuring photographsby Anderson Wrangle. A reception willbe held on Mar. 2, from 6-9pm. The still life hasbeen beloved by artists for hundreds of years tocapture the beauty of nature or to flaunt wealthor to preach moderation. Wrangle’s photographscontinue that tradition but with the interruption ofthe present. The gallery will be closed from Apr.3 – 9 for Spring Break. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 1-5pmand Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: call 864/271-0679 ore-mail to (fleming.markel@gvltec.edu).Thompson Gallery, Thomas Anderson Roe ArtBuilding, Furman University, Greenville. ThroughMar. 23 - "A Collection," features mixed mediaart by Jen Blazina. Originally inspired by vintagesuitcases found in thrift stores, A Collection investigateswhat is held dear and private to someoneas they travel. Mar. 30 - May 4 - "Furman ArtDepartment Senior Exhibit". Hours: M-F, 9am-5-pm. Contact: 864/294-2074.ALTERNATE ART SPACES - GreenvilleCentre Stage Theatre, 501 River Street,Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring works byvisual art members of MAC. Exhibits are offeredin collaboration with the Metropolitan ArtsCouncil. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 2-6pm & 2 hr. priorto shows. Contact: MAC at 864/467-3132 or at(www.greenvillearts.com).Whole Foods Market, café area, 1140 WoodruffRd., Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring rotatingexhibits of works by members of UpstateVisual Arts (changing every 60 days). Hours:Mon.-Thur., 8am-9pm; Fri. & Sat., 8am-10pm& Sun., 9am-9pm. Contact: 864/232-4433 or at(www.upstatevisualarts.org).GreenwoodCountyBank Art Gallery, The Arts Center @The Federal Building, 120 Main St., Greenwood.Ongoing - Featuring works by local andregional artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm.Contact: 864/388-7800, e-mail at (artscouncil@greenwood.net) or at (www.greenwoodartscouncil.org).HartsvilleBlack Creek Arts Council Gallery, Black CreekArts Center, 116 West College Ave., Hartsville.Jean & James Fort Gallery, Mar. 1 - Apr.30 - "Our Backyard," featuring watercolor artfrom Frankie Bush and floral arrangements byJanet Snow. A reception will be held on Mar.1 at 5:30pm. 2nd Floor Gallery, Mar. 1 - Apr.30 - Featuring works by students from ThornwellSchool of the Arts. There will be more than 70pieces on display. A reception will be held on Mar.1 at 5:30pm. Ongoing - Featuring works by localand regional artists. Hours: Tue.-Thur., 10am-1-pm and 2-5pm; Fri., 10am-2pm and 1st Sat. ofthe month 10am-1pm. Closed July 4-8. Contact:843/332-6234 or at (www.blackcreekarts.org).Work by Bryan RitchieCecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker College,Gladys Coker Fort Art Building, near Third Street(on the Home Avenue side), Hartsville. ThroughMar. 23 - "Bryan Ritchie: Works on Paper". Acontemporary artist specializing in drawing andprintmaking, Ritchie is an associate professorof art in the School of Art and Design at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Stout. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am-4pm when classes are in session, or byappt. Contact: 843/383-8156 or at (http://www.wix.com/cokerartgallery/ccgb).Hilton Head Island AreaHilton Head Regional Healthcare Gallery,Coastal Discovery Museum, at Honey Horn,off Highway 278, across from Gumtree Road,Hilton Head Island. Through Apr. 30 - "CivilWar in the Lowcountry Exhibit". Utilizing historicrecords, artifacts, historic artwork, photographs,journal entries, letters and historic documents,this exhibition will address the Civil War inthe Lowcountry region. Subjects include: theBattle of Port Royal Sound, construction of amajor Union encampment on Hilton Head andthe impact that this had upon former slavesin the region, the relationship between thecivilian ‘sutlers’ and the military, the foundingand importance of Mitchelville (the area’s firstFreedman’s community), and the daily life ofthose on the Island from 1861-65. Ongoing- This beautiful 69-acre site will serve as theMuseum's base for programs highlighting thecultural heritage and natural history of the Lowcountry.And, it will provide a signature venuefor community events for people of all ages.The opening includes the renovation of a 6,000sq. foot former hunting retreat, renamed the"Discovery House," containing the Museum'snew interactive exhibits, temporary galleryspace and community meeting rooms. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 9am-4:30pm & Sun., 11am-3pm.continued on Page 65

Contact: 843-689-6767 ext. 224 or at (www.coastaldiscovery.org).Walter Greer Gallery, at the Arts Center ofCoastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, HiltonHead Island. Through Mar. 31 - "Celebrationof Paint and Water," featuring works by LyndaK. Potter, who explores the diversity of theLowcountry. A reception will be held on Mar. 2,from 5-7pm. Working in watercolor, acrylic andmixed media, Potter uses loose brushstrokes toevoke the magic of the Lowcountry world withits charming cottages, live oaks dripping withSpanish moss, sunsets on rivers, marshlandsin early morning light and beaches alive withcolors of sand and sky. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-4pm. Contact: 843/681-5060 or at (www.artleaguehhi.org).LancasterThe Springs House Gallery, Lancaster CountyCouncil of Arts, 201 West Gay Street, formerCity Hall, Lancaster. Mar. 1 - Apr. 30 - "YouthArt Month!," featuring works by local students.A reception will be held on Mar. 1, from 3-5pm.Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm. Contact: 803/285-7451 &e-mail (arts@infoave.net).LaurensThe Artist’s Coop, 113 E.Laurens St., on theHistoric Downtown Square., Laurens. Ongoing- Featuring works by over 50 cooperatiavemembers, including paintings, jewlery, potteryand weavings. Also art classes for children andadults. Hours: Tue.-Fri.,10am-5:30pm & Sat.,10am-3pm. Contact: 864/984-9359 or at(www.laurensartistscoop.org).McCormickThe MACK, McCormick Arts Council Gallery, 115Main Street, located in the historic Keturah Hotel,McCormick. Ongoing, The Artisans GalleryShop at the MACK - Featuring works of over 30artisans including paintings, pottery, jewelry, jackets,gourds, woodworking, textiles, soaps andmore. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact:864/852-3216 or at (www.the-mack.org).Mount PleasantSweetgrass Cultural Arts Pavilion, MountPleasant Memorial Waterfront Park, 99 HarryM. Hallman, Jr. Blvd., under the bridge, MountPleasant. Ongoing - The pavilion is a tributeto the generations of men and women whohave carried on this African tradition for morethan three centuries. Kiosks and panels tell thehistory of this unique craft, and the open-airfacility provides a venue for local basketmakersto display and sell their wares. Hours: daily,9am-5pm. Contact: 800/774-0006 or at (www.townofmountpleasant.com).Myrtle Beach / Grand StrandChapin Park, 1400 Kings Hwy and 16th Ave. N.,Myrtle Beach. Apr. 14 & 15, June 9 & 10, Oct.8 & 9 and Nov. 3 & 4, from 10am-4pm - "40thAnnual Art in the Park - Show & Sale," sponsoredby Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild. We willhave over 60 artists from the East Coast, as faraway as TN, with about 20 of those artists fromour local area. Typical art will include Paintings,Woodworking, Photography, Jewelry, Fabric,Glass, Metal, Pottery, Leather and Stone. Freeadmission and Kid friendly. For info call JoAnneUtterback, 843/446-7471 or at(www.artsyparksy.com).Valor Park, 1120 Farrow Parkway, Market common,Myrtle Beach. Apr. 21 & 22 and Nov. 10& 11, from 10am-4pm - "Waccamaw Arts andCrafts Guild's 40th Annual Art in the Park". Wewill have over 60 artists from the East Coastand as far away as Tennessee with about 20 ofthose artists from our local area. Typical art willinclude paintings, woodworking, photography,jewelry, fabric, glass, metal, pottery and stone.No admission charge. Child and Pet Friendly!Contact: JoAnne Utterback at 843/446-7471 or(www.artsyparksy.com).Franklin G. Burroughs • Simeon B. ChapinArt Museum, 3100 South Ocean Blvd., besideSpringmaid Beach, Myrtle Beach. Through Mar.18 - "Bishop Map and Prints Collection". Giftedto the Art Museum in 1999 by the George J.Bishop Family of Myrtle Beach, this 30-piece mapand print collection dates from 1606 to 1863. Itincludes historic gems such as a map of HorryDistrict (1825) by Robert Mills who is regarded asthe United States’ first architect, a hand-drawnmap of Chalreston Harbor (1851) during the CivilWar and the map Mark Catesby included in hiscelebrated Natural History of Carolina, Floridaand the Bahamas Islands (1731). Through Apr.26 - "William Jameson: Woodland Textures,"featuring 18 large oil paintings. Born in 1944 inHonea Patch, SC, Jameson always felt strongties to his native region. Today, he and his wife,Anne, also a painter, reside and paint in Saluda,NC. Jameson credits growing-up surrounded bythe beauty and rich history of South Carolina withinspiring his childhood ambition of becoming anartist. Through Apr. 26 - "From Tree to Treasure:An International Invitational Exhibition ofTurned or Sculpted Wood". Invitations to exhibitwere extended to artists whose work exemplifiesnot only the time-honored traditional purposesand functions of wood but also to those whointegrate personal statements and designs withnew materials and technologies. Mr. John Hill,of North Carolina, lifetime honorary member ofthe American Association of Woodturners, wasinstrumental in the curatorial process. Woodturning,a craft form dating back to 13th-century B.C.Egypt, has enjoyed a surge in popularity in recentyears. In contrast to woodcarving, in which a toolmoves across a stationary piece of wood, thistechnique uses a stationary tool to cut and shapethe wood while it turns on either a spindle orfaceplate. This results in a wide range of shapesand designs, from a simple bowl to an intricatelyformed sculpture. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm &Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 843/238-2510 or at (www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org).North AugustaArts and Heritage Center, 100 Georgia Ave.,intersection of Georgia Avenue and CenterStreet, North Augusta. Mar. 6 - 17 - "NACAC’sStudent Art Show - All Entries. A reception willbe held on Mar. 6, from 5:30-7:30pm. Mar. 17- Apr. 2 - "NACAC’s Student Art Show WinningEntries Only". The North Augusta Cultural ArtsCouncil will host their annual Student Art Showat the Arts and Heritage Center. Each year,the show welcomes more and more wonderfulworks of art from our North Augusta schools.The shows entries are selected by art teachersfrom participating schools, which includeBelvedere Elementary, Hammond Hill Elementary,Mossy Creek Elementary, North AugustaElementary, North Augusta Middle, NorthAugusta High School, and Paul Knox Middle.Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm.Contact: 803/441-4380 or at (www.artsandheritagecenter.com).Work by Dan VaughanNorth CharlestonCity of North Charleston Art Gallery, NorthCharleston Performing Arts Center & ConventionCenter Complex, common walkways, 5001Coliseum Drive, North Charleston. Mar. 1 - 31- "Serene Recollections of the Natural World,"featuring works by Matt Tomko, from Durham,NC. Mar. 1 - 31 - " In Carolina Waterways,"featuring works by Dan Vaughan of Carrboro,NC. A reception will be held for both showson Mar. 1, from 5-7pm. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,9am-5pm. Contact: 843/740-5854 or at (www.northcharleston.org).The Meeting Place, Front Window, OldeNorth Charleston Business District, 1077 E.Montague Ave., North Charleston. Mar. 1 - 31- "In My Lowcountry," Doug Delong presents acollection of photographs taken throughout theLowcountry. Some are of familiar landmarks,while others reflect his unique perspectiveof the area. Hours: daylight hours. Contact:843/740-5854 or at (www.northcharleston.org).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - North CharlestonRiverfront Park, 1001 Everglades Dr., The NavyYard at Noisette (former Charleston Naval Base),North Charleston. Through Mar. 2012 - "NationalOutdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition".View thought provoking, large-scale sculpturesby established and emerging artists from acrossthe nation in this 6th annual juried competitionand exhibition.Participating sculptors include:Philip Hathcock (Cary, NC), Kenneth Thompson(Blissfield, ME), Doug McAbee (Spartanburg,SC), Bill Wood (Fairfax, VA), Adam Walls(Laurinburg, NC), Carl Billingsley (Ayden, NC)Kevin Eichner (Hilton Head Island, SC) JennGarrett (Gainesville, FL), J. Karl Lipscomb (AshGrove, MO), George Long (Roswell, GA), ParisAlexander (Raleigh, NC), Craig Gray (Hiram,ME), Bob Turan (Earlton, NY), and Dylan Wood(Raleigh, NC). This year's juror was Sylvie Fortin,an independent curator, art historian, critic, andeditor-in-chief of "Art Papers". Hours: daylighthours. Contact: 843/740-5854 or at (www.northcharleston.org).OrangeburgI.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium, SCState University, 287 Geathers Street, Orangeburg.Mar. 2 - Apr. 13 - "Andy Warhol: LegendsTable of Contentsfrom the Cochran Collection". Featuring a rareopportunity to view original artwork by AndyWarhol from the private collection of Wesley andMissy Cochran, in conjunction with photographsfrom the I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium’scollections, donated by the Andy WarholFoundation for the Visual Arts. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,9am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 803/536-7174 orat (http://www.scsu.edu/researchoutreach/ipstanbackmuseumampplanetarium.aspx).Lusty Gallery, Orangeburg County Fine ArtsCenter, Edisto Memorial Gardens, 649 RiversideDrive, Orangeburg. Ongoing - Featuring a permanentdisplay of works by Coan Culler, PernilleDake, Betty Edmonds, Elsie Fogle, MichikoJohnston, Zita Mellon, Barbara Townsend, IsaiahZagar, and local schoolchildren. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8:30am-4:30pm & Fri., 8:30am-noon. Contact:Elizabeth Thomas at 803/536-4074 or at(http://www.ocfac.net/).Pawleys Island, Litchfield & Murrells InletWork by Robert BatemanBrookgreen Gardens, US 17, south of MurrellsInlet. Through Mar. 2 - "Etched In the Eyes,The Spirit of a People Called Gullah Geechee,"featuring photographs by David Herman, Jr.. Theexhibit documents the African Diaspora of thelow country and Sea Islands along the easterncoastline or North Carolina, South Carolina,Georgia, and Florida through captivating wallprints with text panels. The exhibit will be ondisplay from noon - 4:30pm daily and is free withgarden admission. Rainey Sculpture Pavilion,Through Apr. 22 - "Birds in Art," featuring thehighly acclaimed traveling exhibition of paintingsand sculpture mounted by the Leigh YawkeyWoodson Art Museum of Wausau, WI. Known as“the best opportunity for indoor bird-watching onthe planet”, this exhibit is not to be missed. Since1976, the annual juried exhibit has showcasedthe remarkable talents of more than 875 internationalartists, who have presented their verybest work interpreting birds and related subjects.Ongoing -"Lowcountry: Change and Continuity,"a major new exhibit, tells the story of humaninteraction with this land over the centuries. Itfeatures wall size photomurals by SC naturalistphotographer Tom Blagden, along with a range ofartifacts tracing the history of man's occupation ofthis extraordinary landscape. General Gardens,Ongoing - One of the largest collections ofoutdoor sculpture in America. This preeminentcollection of American representational sculptureincludes - 560 works by 240 artists - representingsuch well-known artists as Charles Parks, DanielChester French, Carl Milles, August Saint-Gaudens and Anna Hyatt Huntington. Hours:daily, 9:30am-5pm Admission: Yes. Admissionto Brookgreen is good for seven days. Contact:843/235-6000 , 800-849-1931, or at(www.brookgreen.org).The Seacoast Mall Gallery, Inlet Square Mall,Hwy. 17 Bypass, Murrells Inlet. Ongoing -Featuring works of art by 40 local well-known,accomplished artists who are members of TheSeacoast Artist Guild of South Carolina. Hours:Mon.-Wed., 2:30pm-9pm; Thur.-Sat., 9am-9-pm; & Sun., noon-6pm. Contact: visit (www.seacoastartistguild.com).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Murrells InletCenter Court, Inlet Square Mall, locatedoff Hwy 17 Bypass, Murrells Inlet. Mar. 14 - 24- "9th Annual Spring Art Show & Sale 2012". Anawards ceremony will be held on Mar. 14, from6-8pm. Featuring works by the Seacoast ArtistGuild of South Carolina, Inc., a local non-profitarts organization with members from all overSouth Carolina. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 7am-8-pm and Sun. 9am-6pm. Contact: visit (www.seacoastartistguild.com).Ridge SpringArt Association of Ridge Spring Gallery, ArtCenter in Ridge Spring, located behind the RidgeSpring Civic Center, 108 Maintenance ShopCircle, Ridge Spring. Ongoing - Featuring worksin a variety of media by: Ron Buttler, SammyClark, Christie Dunbar, Donna Minor, JoanneCrouch, Gloria Grizzle, Donna Hatcher, LindaLake, Samantha McClure, Danny O’Driscoll,Gwen Power, Deborah Reeves, Mary Rogers,Emily Short, Marion Webb, and Barbara Yon.Hours: Fri. & Sat., 10am-4pm or by appt. Contact:803/685-5003, 803/685-5620 or at (http://sites.google.com/site/artassnridgespring/Home).Rock HillCenter for the Arts, 121 East Main St., Rock Hill.Dalton Gallery, Through Mar. 18 - "Rock HillSchool District #3 - Teachers’ Choice Youth ArtExhibition". A reception will be held on Mar. 8, at6pm. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-6pm; Fri., 9am-5-pm; and on 2nd and 4th weekends, Sat., 10am-2-pm; & Sun., 2-4pm. Contact: 803/ 328-2787 or at(http://www.yorkcountyarts.org/).Work by Winston WingoDalton Gallery, Clinton Junior College, locatedin the atrium of the library in the back of the campus,1026 Crawford Road, Rock Hill. ThroughMar. 9 - "Dimeji Onafuwa: African Heart, AmericanSoil". Nigerian-born Onafuwa integratesconcepts drawn from his native Yoruba languageand paints in a figurative-expressionist style.Mar. 19 - May 4 - "The Technocratic and UrbanRealism Series: Paintings & Sculpture," featuringworks by Winston Wingo. A reception and talk willbe held on Apr. 17 at 6pm. WIngo is a painter andsculptor who works in welded steel, marble andcast bronze. Wingo uses the ancient “lost-wax”technique of casting for his bronze sculptures, aprocess he studied in Pietrasanta, Italy. Hours:Mon.-Thur., 9am-8pm & Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact:call Marie Cheek at 803/372-1102 or at (http://www.clintonjuniorcollege.edu/daltongallery.html).Edmund D. Lewandowski Student Gallery,McLaurin Hall, Oakland Ave., Winthrop University,Rock Hill. Through Mar. 2 - "FoundationsExhibition". Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm. Contact: TomStanley at 803/323-2493 or at (www.winthrop.edu/arts).The Rock Hill Pottery Center, Getty’s Art Center,201 East Main Street, in Old Town RockHill. Ongoing - Featuring works by Bob Hasselle,Christine White, Katherine Petke, HopeFregerio, and Brian Schauer. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am-4pm and Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: call803/370-8109 or find then on Facebook.Winthrop University Galleries, RutledgeBuilding, Winthrop University, Rock Hill.Rutledge Gallery, Through Mar. 30 - "24thAnnual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition,"juried by Karen Ann Myers, Assistant Director,Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at theCollege of Charleston. A reception will be heldon Feb. 10, from 6:30-8pm. Elizabeth DunlapPatrick Gallery, Through Mar. 30 - "ConjoinedOpposites," by artist Indrani Nayar-Gall. Areception will be held on Feb. 10, from 6:30-8pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: TomStanley at 803/323-2493 or at (www.winthrop.edu/arts).Seneca AreaBlue Ridge Arts Council Gallery, 111 E.South 2nd & Townville Streets, Seneca.Through Mar. 1 - "Recession Proof: 21stOpen Juried Exhibit," featuring a nationaljuried exhibition of 2D and 3D works, juried byBrian Lang, Curator of the Columbia Museumof Art. Mar. 16 - Apr. 11 - "SDOC StudentExhibit". A reception will be held on Mar. 16,from 5:30-8:30pm. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 1-5pm.Contact: 864/882-2722 or at(www.blueridgeartscenter.com).The Bell Gallery, 221 E. North First Street, Seneca.Through Mar. 1 - "Salon," featuring worksnot accepted into "Recession Proof: 21st OpenJuried Exhibit". The exhibit is sponsored by theBlue Ridge Arts Council. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact: 864/885-2700 or contact the BlueRidge Arts Council at 864/882-2722 or at(www.blueridgeartscenter.com).SpartanburgDowntown Spartanburg, Mar. 15, 5-9pm -"Art Walk Spartanburg". Held on the 3rd Thur,of every month art galleries and art spaces indowntown Spartanburg will open their doors.Participating are: Spartanburg Art Museum,Artists' Guild of Spartanburg Gallery, HUB-BUB showroom, Carolina Gallery, MYST, andWest Main Artists Cooperative. For m oreinformation call 864/585-3335 or visit (www.carolinagalleryart.com).continued on Page 66Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 65

SC Institutional Galleriescontinued from Page 65Chapman Cultural Arts Center, 200 East St.John Street, Spartanburg. West Wing StudentGalleries, Mar. 3 - Apr. 8 - "Youth Art MonthExhibit". Featuring student work from all schools(including private schools and home-schoolers)from throughout Spartanburg County. Hours:regular Center hours. Contact: Steve Wong,Marketing Director at 864/278-9698.holidays. Contact: 864/582-7616 or at(www.spartanburgartmuseum.org).The Showroom at Hub-Bub, 149 S.DanielMorgan Ave., Suite 2, Spartanburg. Mar. 19- 24 - "Upstate Book Project," featuring the20 original pieces of art used in the book. Areception will be held on Mar. 23, from 7-9pm,giving the public the opportunity to meet theartists and to purchase the book, which will sellfor $15. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact:864/582-0056 or at (www.hub-bub.com).West Main Artists Cooperative, 578 WestMain St., Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring atwenty thousand square foot facility featuringworks by 45 local artists. Come to see worksfrom local artists, attend workshops, shop in theretail store, or meet any of the artists in theirstudios. Hours: Thur., 3-6pm; Sat., 10am-4pm;with extended hours on the 3rd Thur. of eachmonth until 9pm for Spartanburg's Art Walk.Contact: at (www.westmainartists.org).Work by Lisbeth Harvey KellyUnionUCAC Gallery, Union County Arts Council, 116East Main Street, Union. Through Mar. 2 - "4photographers," features works by John Byrum,Lisbeth Harvey Kelly, Billy Liner and HaroldSenn. Byrum works as a news photographerfor the Spartanburg Herald-Journal; while Kelly,Liner and Senn are all residents of Union County.Hours: Mon., Tue., Thur., & Fri., 10am-4pm.Contact: 864/429-2817 or e-mail at (ucac@bellsouth.net).WalterboroSC Artisans Center, 334 Wichman Street, 2miles off I95, exits 53 or 57, Walterboro. Ongoing- Featuring work of nearly 450 of the SC'sleading artists. The Center offers educationaland interpretive displays of Southern folklife. Itsmission is to enhance the appreciation and understandingof the rich cultural heritage of SouthCarolina. Also - "Handmade: A Celebration of theElements of Craft". Artists and craftsmen from allover the state will sit on the porch of the centercreating their artwork. This event takes placeevery 3rd Sat. of each month 11am-3pm. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Contact:843/549-0011 or at (www.southcarolinaartisanscenter.org).SC Commercial GalleriesWork by Virginia SaundersCurtis R. Harley Art Gallery, Performing ArtsCenter, USC-Upstate, 800 University Way, Spartanburg.Through Mar. 23 - "Virginia Saunders:Visions & Dreams". The exhibit is a body of workbased on recent travels in Europe and Aisa.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: GalleryDirector, Jane Nodine at 864/503-5838 or e-mailat (jnodine@uscupstate.edu).Guild Gallery, Artists' Guild of Spartanburg,Chapman Cultural Center, 200 East St. JohnSt. Spartanburg. Mar. 5 - 28 - "Focus on YouthArt Exhibit". Teachers throughout SpartanburgCounty have selected their students’ best workfor this juried art exhibit. This annual exhibit incelebration of Youth Art Month is presented bythe Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am-5pm & Sat.-Sun.,1-5pm. ContactRobin H Els at 864/764-9568 or at (www.artistsguildofspartanburg.com).Justine V.R. "Nita" Milliken Wing, Milliken FineArts Building, Converse College, Spartanburg.Ongoing - Featuring a collection of 52 prints,given by Spartanburg resident Frank Toms whichincludes works by Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, AlexanderCalder, Helmut Newton and others. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 864/596-9181 ore-mail at (artdesign@converse.edu).Milliken Art Gallery, Converse College, Spartanburg.Through Mar. 8 - "SC Governor’s Schoolof the Arts and Humanities Faculty Show". Theexhibition will feature work from Joe Thompson,Ben Gilliam, Carlyn Tucker and Paul Yanko. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 8, from 6:30-8:30pm.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sun., 2-5pm.Contact: 864/596-9181 or at (www.converse.edu/millikenartgallery/).Sandor Teszler Library Gallery, WoffordCollege, 429 North Church St., Spartanburg.Through Mar. 30 - "Lynn Froelich: Lithographs".Froelich was born in Miami, FL, and earned herundergraduate degree at the University of SouthFlorida. After receiving her master of fine artsdegree from Florida State University, she wasaccepted into the Professional Printer Program atTamarind Institute, the University of New Mexico,for more intensive training into the various methodsof printmaking. Hours: Mon.,-Th. 8am-12am;Fri.,8am-7pm; Sat.,10am-5pm; Sun.,1pm -12am.Contact: 864/597-4300 or at(www.wofford.edu/library/gallery/index.htm).Spartanburg Art Museum, Chapman CulturalArts Center, 200 East St. John Street, Spartanburg.Mar. 6 - May 12 - "Rolling Stone PressCollection". This exhibition honors the memoryand achievements of Atlanta, GA, artist WayneKline. The collection of prints represents worksby the artists who created lithographs at RollingStone Press in collaboration with masterprinter, Wayne Kline. Dedicated to workingwith every genre, Kline continually challengedartists to work outside their medium and toreinterpret their work through the lithographicprocess during his 21-year career. The printscreated at Rolling Stone Press have receivedsignificant critical attention worldwide. Mar.13 - June 2 - "Mike Vatalaro: Emerging Works/ Ancient Roots". Admission: Yes. Hours: Wed.-Fri, 10am-5pm; Sat.,10am-5pm; and till 9pmon 3rd Thur. of each month. Closed on nationalPage 66 - Carolina Arts, March 2012ALTERNATE ART SPACES - SpartanburgCampus of University of South Carolina Upstate,800 University Way, Spartanburg. Ongoing- "USC Upstate Outdoor Sculpture Collection".Available to viewers year-round, these 13works can be seen in front of the Campus LifeCenter, the Humanities and Performing ArtsCenter, the Horace C. Smith Science Building,Tukey Theatre and the Kathryn Hicks VisualArts Center. While the majority of the outdoorsculptures belong to internationally acclaimedartist Bob Doster, other artists included are JimGallucci, Daingerfiled Ashton, Winston Wingo,Dan Millspaugh, Adam Walls, and HannaJubran. Cell phone tour info at (864-607-9224).For more info contact Jane Nodine at 864/503-5838 or e-mail to (jnodine@uscupstate.edu).SummervilleALTERNATE ART SPACES - SummervilleAzalea Park, Main Street and West Fifth StreetSouth, Summerville. Ongoing - Featuring 21pieces of sculpture in Summerville's permanentoutdoor collection donated by Sculpturein the South. One of the sculptures is located inHutchinson Park, Summerville’s Town Square.Hours: daylight hours. Contact: 843/851-7800 orat (www.sculptureinthesouth.com).Work by Jon Eric RiisSumterSumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter CountyCultural Center, 135 Haynesworth St., Sumter.Through Apr. 20 - "Shimmer: The ContemporaryTapestries of Jon Eric Riis". Riis holdsa BFA from the School of the Art Institute ofChicago, an MFA from the Cranbrook Academyof Art in Michigan and was awarded a Fulbrightscholarship for his studies in India. Riis wasalso an original founder of the Museum of DesignAtlanta. Artisan Center Gift Shop - Featuringart objects from local and regional artists.Hours: Tues-Sat 11-5pm & Sun., 1:30-5pm.Contact: 803//775-0543 or at (www.sumtergallery.org).The Über Gallery, foyer of the Nettles Building,USC Sumter, 200 Miller Rd., Sumter. Ongoing- The gallery houses USC Sumter’s permanentcollection of John James Audubon wildlifelithographs. Audubon is known for his dynamicartistry of American birds and wildlife. He createda rich and timeless legacy and set thebar for all wildlife art. Jeremiah Miller muralshang at both ends of the gallery; they are 6ftx 20ft in size and fifteen feet in the air. Hours:Mon.-Thur., 8:30am-8pm & Fri., 8:30am-5pm.Contact: Cara-lin Getty, Director, 803/938-3727or e-mail at (cgetty@uscsumter.edu) or theGallery Assistant, Laurel Jordan at (jordalau@uscsumter.edu).William J. Reynolds Gallery, USC-Sumter,Administration Building, 200 Miller Road,Sumter. Ongoing - Featuring paintings ofWilliam J. Reynolds, an ex-military pilot who’spaintings reflect his career. Hours: M-F,8:30am-5pm. Contact: Cara-lin Getty, Director,803/938-3727 or e-mail at (cgetty@uscsumter.edu) or the Gallery Assistant, Laurel Jordan at(jordalau@uscsumter.edu).Table of ContentsAiken / North AugustaLee-Johnston Originals and Art, 401 W.Martintown Rd., on the courtyard of the NorthHills Shopping Center, Suite 10, North Augusta.Ongoing - Featuring hand-produced fine anddecorative art, ranging from limited-editionphotographic prints to hand-stitched quilts, bylocal and regional artists, including: Nancy B.Smith, R.R. Frazier, and Joni-Dee Ross. Thegallery also carries books and original greetingcards. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm or by appt.Contact: 803/8198533.The Artists' Parlor, 126 Laurens Street, N.W.,Aiken. Ongoing - Featuring fine American craftsand art objects. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5-:30pm. Contact: 803/648-4639.Wild Hare Pottery, 1627 Georgia Avenue at thecorner of Alpine Avenue, N. Augusta. Ongoing -Featuring handcrafted pottery in porcelain, earthenware,stoneware, and raku by David Stuart.Hours: M-F, 10am-5pm. (Call ahead.) Contact:803/279-7813.AndersonBrushstrokes, 1029 S. McDuffie St., Anderson.Ongoing - Uniquely painted furniture, fauxfinishes and original artwork featuring the worksof Pamela Tillinghast Sullivan. Hours: Mon.-Tues.or by appt.; Wed.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm. Contact:864/261-3751.Beaufort AreaArt & Soul, 917-B Bay St., Old Bay Marketplace,Beaufort. Ongoing - Featuring worksby local and regional artists including paintings,jewelry, pottery, photography, wood andmore. Artists represented include: Marlies Williams,Mary Grayson Segars, Bill Mead, MaryAnn Riley, Mary Jane Martin, Kelly Davidson,Eric Horan, Charles DeLoach and RonnieRiddle. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm orby appt. Contact: 843/379-9710 and e-mail at(artandsoul@hargray.com).Bay St. Gallery, 719 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongoing- Offering original works focusing on manydifferent aspects of what is best about the Lowcountryand celebrating the beautiful fragility ofthis unique wetlands area. A variety of media,oil, acrylic, pastel, printmaking and sculpturesensitively interprets and conveys the essenceof coastal SC. Artists include Jim Draper, SusanGraber, Lana Hefner, Mandy Johnson, SusanMayfield, Marcy Dunn Ramsey, and TaylorNicole Turner. South Carolina's finest collectionof sweetgrass baskets compliments the otherworks. Hours: Mon-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact:843/522-9210 or at (www.baystgallery.com).Work by Carol HenryCharles Street Gallery, 914 Charles Street, @Charles & Greene Street, Beaufort. Mar. 9 - Apr.1 - "New Work by Carol Henry". A reception willbe held on Mar. 9, from 5:30-9pm. The exhibitoffers a show of new work by Carol Henry, aninternational printmaker whose vibrant colors onpaper reflect a beauty-saturated world. Ongoing- Located in a lovingly restored building, we offercustom framing and handcrafted furniture, andfeature exhibits by local artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: 843/521-9054 or at (www.thecharlesstreetgallery.com).I. Pinckney Simons Galleries, 711 Bay St.,Beaufort. Ongoing - Featuring a collection of30 artists presenting original sculpture, paintings,photography, and jewelry. Also exhibitingfine lowcountry basketry, and stainless steelwildlife sculpture. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5-pm; Sat., 11am-3pm, and by appt. Contact:843/379-4774 or at (http://www.ipinckneysimonsgallery.com/).Indigo Gallery, 809 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongoing- Featuring a gallery of fine art, includinga unique selection of paintings by local andregional artists. Represented are: Sandra Baggette,Alison Crossman, Gloria Dalvini, JanetMozley, and Polly Swenson. Also: Peter Pettegrew,Kelley Sanford & Liz Reitz. Fine customframing is also available. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: Janet Deaton 843/524-1036.Longo Gallery, 103 Charles Street, Beaufort.Ongoing - Featuring new works including paintings,collages and constructions by Eric Longo &sculptures by Suzanne Longo. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 843/522-8933.Ly Bensons Gallery & Studio, 211 CharlesStreet, Beaufort. Ongoing - Featuring theexhibits,"The Gullah/African Link" and "Out ofAfrica," featuring rare Shona Verdite sculpturesby various artists from Zimbabwe, Africa, andoriginal photographs by Gullah photographer andgallery owner Rev. Kennneth F. Hodges. Also,an array of antiques, batiks, and artworks for thediscerning collector. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5-:30pm. Contact: 843/525-9006 or at(www.lybensons.com).Rhett Gallery, 901 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongoing -Featuring prints and paintings of the Lowcountryby four generations of artists, wildfowl carvingsby William Means Rhett, antique prints & maps,Audubons, and Civil war material. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5:30pm; Sun. 11am-2pm. Contact:843/524-3339 or at (www.rhettgallery.com).The Craftseller, 818 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongoing- Featuring unique works by Americanartists in pottery, jewelry, metal, glass, textiles,wood, painting and kaleidoscopes. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., noon-4pm.Contact: 843/525-6104 or at(www.craftseller.com).The Gallery, 802 Bay St., Beaufort. Ongoing- Original contemporary creations includingoil on canvas, bronze, stone, and ceramicsculpture, acrylic & ink on paper, and works inglass, wood and photography. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,11am-5pm, or by appt. Contact: 843/470-9994 or at (www.thegallery-beaufort.com).BeltonCarlene Shuler Brown Gallery, 3605 OldWilliamston Road, Belton. Ongoing - Originalwatercolor paintings and prints by Carlene ShulerBrown. Also acrylic collages and paper collagesusing stained papers, oriental papers and lacepapers by Carlene Shuler Brown. Commissionedpaintings Painting and drawing classesare offered. Custom framing is offered also.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact:864/225-3922.continued on Page 67

BlufftonFour Corners Art Gallery and Fine Framing,1263 May River Rd.,Historic District, Bluffton.Ongoing - Featuring works by 12 artists withan especially local flavor.The works are inacrylic,oil, mixed media, pen and ink, potteryand wire sculture.A real treat.We have a finecollection of custom picture frame mouldingsand an experienced staff to work with anythingfrom the unusual to the museum treated piece.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 11am-2pm. Contact: 843/757-8185.Maye River Gallery, 37 Calhoun St., Bluffton.Ongoing - Featuring works by: Anne Hakala,Barb Snow, Bobsy Simes, Carrol Kay, DianeDean, Kelly Davidson, Donna Ireton, Jo dye,Joyce Nagel, Cora Rupp, Laura Silberman,Kathy Tortorella, Judy Saylor McElynn, MarciTressel, Susan Knight, Vickie Ebbers, JulieYeager. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:843/757-2633 or at(http://www.mayerivergallery.com/).Pluff Mudd Art, 27 Calhoun St., Bluffton. Ongoing- Featuring works by Diane Dean, SteveWhite, Cheryl Eppolito, Vickie Jourdan, LyndaPotter, Marilyn McDonald, David Knowlton,Laura Cody, Ed Funk, Emily Wilson, Jim Renauer,Joan Salob, Caroll Williams, and BettyHintz. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:843/757-5590.Preston Pottery Studio, 10 Church Street, Bluffton.Ongoing - Featuring above average potterysince 1973 by Jacob Preston. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 843/757-3084.CamdenDovetails, 645 Rutledge Street, Camden. Ongoing- Featuring custom bench crafted furnitureby Jim Rose. Each piece is made by hand tothe client’s specifications. Jim works in a varietyof woods including heart pine, walnut, cypress,maple, and cherry. Jim also works in exoticwoods form South America and Africa. Visitorscan watch individual pieces of furniture beingbuilt. Every piece has its own personality andbecomes an instant heirloom. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 770/330-5000 or803/446-3124.Rutledge Street Gallery, 508 Rutledge St.,Camden. Ongoing - Featuring original works ofart from regional and national artists includingClara Blalock, Elizabeth Barber, Anne Bivens,Yong Chu Chang, Marjorie Greene, JoyceHall, Seth Haverkamkp, Carrie Payne, JohnPototschnik, Bob Ransley, Dennis Snell, MaciScheuer, and many more. Chinese AntiqueFurniture Pieces. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm.Contact: 803/425-0071 or at (www.rutledgestreetgallery.com).The Artists’ Attic, 930 S. Broad St., look forthe maroon striped awning, Camden. Ongoing- Featuring a cooperative open studio and galleryshared by nine professional artists workingin various mediums, including Lynn Wilson, DotGoodwin, Ginny Caraco, Margaret Bass, LibbyBussinah, Ann Starnes, Karen White, MidgeBremer, and Lea McMillan. Commissions areaccepted, and art classes are offered afterschool & privately. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm& most Sat., 10am-2pm or by appt. Contact:803/432-9955 or e-mail at (LibbyB@bellsouth.net).CharlestonBroad Street, Charleston. Mar. 2, 5-7pm -"First Fridays on Broad," featuring an artwalkwith the following galleries: Atmah Ja’s Gallery,Bernie Horton Gallery, Ellis-Nicholson Gallery,Hamlet Fine Art, Edward Dare Gallery, COCOVIVO, Mary Martin Fine Art, Spencer Galleries,M Gallery of Fine Art, Ella Walton RichardsonFine Art, and Martin Gallery. Contact: StephanieHamlet at 843/722-1944 or JeannetteNicholson at 843/722-5353 or at (http://www.charlestongalleryrow.com/).French Quarter area downtown Charleston,Mar. 2, 5-8pm - The French Quarter GalleryAssociation's ART WALK. The over 30 membergalleries of the association will welcome visitorswith light refreshments and the opportunityof meeting many of the represented artists.“Walkers” may begin at any of the associationgalleries and pick up an Art Walk rack card witha map. The ART WALKs take place in Mar.,May, Oct. & Dec. For info check out (www.FrenchQuarterArts.com).Ann Long Fine Art, 54 Broad Street, Charleston.Ongoing - Classical Realism – still life, figurativework, landscapes and sculpture. The workrepresented by the gallery spans two generationsof contemporary artists trained, in the mostprestigious ateliers in Florence, Italy, to use theclassical, realist techniques of European OldMaster artists: oil paintings and drawings by BenLong, as well as his studies for fresco; includingCharleston artist Jill Hooper’s still lifes and recentfigure work; and many works by teachers of theFlorence Academy, including its founder DanielGraves. Also, represented are the figurativemonotypes from the estate of deceased GermanModernist Otto Neumann (1895 – 1975). Hours:Tue.-Sat., 11-5pm and by appt. Contact: 843/577-0447 or at (www.annlongfineart.com).Artizom Framing & Gallery, 334 E. Bay Street,Suite J, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring thecontemporary artwork of Jackie and CharlesAilstock. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm or by appt.Contact: 843/723-3726 or at (www.artizom.com).Atmah Ja’s Gallery, The Art of Core Consciousness,29 Broad St., Charleston. Ongoing- We welcome you to the gallery to witness theexclusive mastery of Iamikan. His pieces arecrafted by harnessing elemental forces whichhe designs and directs n animatation on mediumssuch as wood, steel, glass, canvas andsteel. Atmah Ja’s is the first in Charleston to beartistically designed to shapeshift from a yoga/massage studio to an art gallery. Hours: Tue.-Sun., 12:30-6pm. Contact: 843-577-3111 or at(www.atmahjas.com).Bernie Horton Gallery, 43 Broad St., Charleston.Ongoing - Featuring original oil paintingsby Bernie Horton. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5-:30pm or by appt. Contact: 843/727-4343 or at(www.berniehortongallery.com).Work by Anne Worsham RichardsonBird's I View Gallery, 119-A Church St.,Charleston. Through Mar. 17 - "Birds of TheCoastal Carolinas," featuring bird paintings fromAnne Worsham Richardson’s collection of localbirds. Ongoing - Featuring originals and printsof bird life by Anne Worsham Richardson. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact 843/723-1276,843/766-2108 or at (www.anneworshamrichardson.com).Blue Heron Glass, 1714 Old Towne Rd.,Northbridge Shopping Center near T-BonzSteak House, Charleston. Ongoing - Whetherby commissioning an exquisite stained glasspanel for home or office, stocking up on hardto-findsupplies for the glass artist, or selectingthe perfect gift, Blue Heron Glass is trulya place where light and color blend throughimagination. We offer a wide variety of classes.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm, & Sat., 10am-3-pm.Contact: 843/769/7299, or at (www.blueheron-glass.com).Carolina Clay Gallery, Freshfields Village,565 Freshfields Dr., located at the intersectionof Seabrook and Kiawah Islands, 15 milessouth of Charleston, Johns Island. Ongoing- Carolina Clay Gallery features the work ofover 100 North and South Carolina potters andglass artists. Also available are the wonderful,whimsical life size copper frogs of Charles andZan Smith. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10am-8pm, &Sun., 11am-6pm. Contact: 843/243-0043 or at(www.carolinaclaygallery.com).Carolina Antique Maps and Prints LLC, 91Church St., Charleston. Ongoing - FeaturingAntique Maps and Prints from the 16th to the19th century. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm orby appt. Contact: 843/722-4773 or at (www.carolinaantiqueprints.com).Charleston Crafts, 161 Church Street, acrossfrom Tommy Condon's, one block south ofMarket St., Charleston. Ongoing - CharlestonCrafts is the longest operating craft cooperativein Charleston, featuring only items designedand created by SC artists. Gallery showcases ablend of contemporary and traditional craft mediaplus photography. Hours: Sun.-Thur., 10am-6pm & Fri.-Sat., 10am-8pm. Contact: 843/723-2938 or at (www.CharlestonCrafts.org).COCO VIVO interior and fine art for relaxedliving, Gallery Row, 25 Broad St., Charleston.Ongoing - Featuring works by Tony van Hasselt,aws, Mitch Billis, Patricia Roth and RogerMilinowski. Also representing jewelry designerBetty Holland and photographer Sandy Logan.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5:30 & Fri. till 8pm.Table of ContentsContact: 843/720-4027 or at (www.coastandcottage.com).Coleman Fine Art, 79 Church St., Charleston.Ongoing - Both a fine art gallery, and a goldleaf studio, Coleman Fine Art has been representingregional and national artists for over30 years. The Coleman studio produces thefinest handcrafted gilt frames, and offers gildingrestoration. The gallery specializes in ContemporaryAmerican paintings of both the AmericanImpressionist and Realist schools. We proudlyrepresent watercolor painter Mary Whyte,whose paintings focus on the life and cultureof the indigenous people of the South CarolinaLowcountry. Currently we represent some ofthe country’s leading plein-air painters, JohnCosby, Gil Dellinger, Marc R. Hanson, KevinMacpherson, Gregory Packard, George Strickland,and Mary Whyte. Hours: Mon., 10am-4-pm; Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm or by appt. Contact:843/853-7000 or at (www.colemanfineart.com).Cone 10 Studios, 1080-B Morrison Drive, inthe heart of NoMo, Charleston. Ongoing - Astudio and gallery of local potters and sculptors.We also offer classes in beginning to intermediatewheel throwing and clay sculpture. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact:843/853-3345 or at(www.cone10studios.com).Work by Paul MardikianCorrigan Gallery, 62 Queen Street, Charleston.Mar. 1- 31 - "Terra Mater," featuring newworks by artist/conservator Paul Mardikian. Areception will be held on Mar. 2, from 5-8pm.Ongoing - Contemporary fine art includingpaintings, photography, prints and sculpture.Now showing works by Manning Williams,Mary Walker, Lynne Riding, Duke Hagerty,Gordon Nicholson, Tim Fensch, Max Miller,John Moore, Kristi Ryba, Lolly Koon, KevinBruce Parent, Lese Corrigan and Sue SimonsWallace. Located in the heart of the downtownhistoric district of Charleston’s French Quarter.Artist at work on location - work in progress tobe viewed. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm or bychance & appt. Contact: 843/722-9868 or at(www.corrigangallery.com).Courtyard Art Gallery, 149 1/2 East Bay Street,Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring works byVeronique Aniel, Melissa Breeland, Mary AnnBridgman, Renee Bruce, Beverly Brunswig,Wilma Cantey, Carole Carberry, Linda Churchill,Christine Crosby, Judy Jacobs, Alix Kassing, JenniferKoach, Tug Mathisen, Yvonne Rousseau,Suzy Shealy, Coleen Stoioff, and Tom Tremaine.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. noon-5pm.Contact: 843/723-9172 or at(www.courtyardartgallery.com).Dog & Horse, Fine Art and Portraiture, &Sculpture Garden, 102 Church St. Charleston.Through Mar. 17 - "7th Annual SportingExhibition," featuring works by Beth Carloson.From England to the west coast, Beth Carlson’smagical masterpieces charm and intrigueviewers as her impressive career has followeda steady vertical path. Ongoing - The galleryrepresents artists nationally and internationallyrecognized as leading talent in both equineand canine art. Along with exquisite fine art,the gallery also offers individualized assistanceto ensure the most suitable artist for a customportrait. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat.,11am-5pm. Contact: 843/577-5500 or at(www.dogandhorsefineart.com).East Bay Garden Gallery, 114 E. Bay St., inCoates Row, near Rainbow Row, Charleston.Ongoing - Artist and owner, W. HamptonBrand provides a unique and more complete"Charleston experience" with his art. His primarysubject is the significant architecture andbeautiful historic buildings of our city. For thosewho seek the ultimate Charleston keepsake -he puts his art on the increasingly rare artifactsof historic roofing slate and old handmadeCharleston brick. In addition to his art, you'reinvited to browse among the eclectic gardenfinds in the courtyard including old gates, statu-aries, pottery, unique iron pieces and so muchmore. Hours: Mon.-Sun., 9am-2pm. Contact:843/958-0490 or 843/327-6282.Edward Dare Gallery, 31 Broad Street,between Church & State Sts., Charleston.Ongoing - Featuring a variety of original worksby established artists who have studied withmasters of their fields. Painting styles includeabstracts, figurative works, landscapes andarchitectural pieces. In addition to the broadrange of paintings, this gallery also offers anexquisite collection of photography, selectjewelry, unique works in wood, contemporaryporcelain and figurative sculpture. Featuringpaintings by Jim Darlington, Beth McLean,Leslie Pratt-Thomas, Ann lee Merrill, RobertaRemy, Rich Nelson, Anita Louise West, KathySullivan, Michael Patterson, Madeline Dukes,Douglas Grier, Sally Cade, Roberta Remy,Holly Reynolds, and Patricia Madison Lusk.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-5pm, & Sun. by appt.Contact: 843/853-5002 or at (www.edwarddare.com).Elizabeth Carlton Studio, 85 WentworthStreet, corner of St. Philip and Wentworth St.,Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring the whimsical,vibrant and playfully designed pottery ofElizabeth Carlton. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5-pm. Contact: 843/853-2421 or at (www.elizabethcarlton.com).Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art Gallery, 58Broad St., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring oilpaintings by Simon Balyon, Roger Dale Brown,Evgeny & Lydia Baranov, Johannes Eerdmans,Gerard Ernens, Hennie de Korte, Lynn Gertenbach,Lindsay Goodwin, Frits Goosen, WillemHeytman, Rene Jansen, Stapleton Kearns,Zin Lim, Janny Meijer, Joan Miro, Scott Moore,Craig Nelson, J. Christian Snedeker, GeorgeSpeck, Aleksander Titovets, Lyuba Titovets,Niek van der Plas, Frans van der Wal, Gert-JanVeenstra, HyeSeong Yoon. Bronze sculptureby world-renowned Dutch artist MarianneHoutkamp, jewelry by Chicago-based designerAmy Lenzi and photography by Ella Richardson.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:843/722-3660 or at (www.ellarichardson.com).Ellis-Nicholson Gallery, 1.5 Broad St.,Charleston. Mar. 1 - 31 - "Paintings from theHeart," featuring works by Vicki Gates. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 2, from 5-8pm. Ongoing- Paintings by Victoria Platt Ellis, JeannetteCooper Nicholson, Brian Scanlon and RobertM. Sweeny. Also representing sculptors AlexPalkovich and John Douglas Donehue, Jr.;jewelry designers Rebecca Johnston andCarole McDougal; potter Mary Nicholson andglass blower Michael Barnett. Hours: Mon.-Sat.11am-6pm or by appt. Contact 843/722.5353 orat (www.ellis-nicholsongallery.com).Eva Carter's Studio, 6 Gillon Street, Charleston.Ongoing - Offering the bold abstractexpressionist oil paintings of Eva Carter. Hours:by appt. only. Contact 843/478-2522 or at(www.evacartergallery.com).Fire & Earth: Fine Pottery, 1417 Ashley RiverRd., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring originalwork by gallery owner Kris Neal, and theCharleston area's most comprehensive potteryclasses. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact:843/766-2776 or at (www.fireandearthpottery.com).Gallery Chuma, 43 John Street, across fromthe Visitor's Center, Charleston. Ongoing -"African American Works on Paper," featuringmaster artists Jacob Lawrence and RomareBearden, as well as renowned artist JonathanGreen. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm.; Sun.,1-6pm. Contact: 843/722-8224 or at (http://gallerychuma.com/).Gaye Sanders Fisher Gallery, 124 Church St.,Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring original oil andwatercolor paintings by Gaye Sanders Fisher.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm.Contact: 843/958-0010 or at (www.gayesandersfisher.com).Gordon Wheeler Gallery, 180 East Bay Street,Charleston. Ongoing - Original paintings and limitededition prints of golf, lowcountry landscapesand Charleston scenes by Gordon Wheeler.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun. 11am-4pm.Contact: 843/722-2546.Hagan Fine Art Gallery & Studio, 27 1/2 StateSt., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring works byKaren Hewitt Hagan. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5-pm. Contact: 843/754-0494 or at (www.Hagan-FineArt.com).Hamlet Fine Art Gallery, 7 Broad St., close tothe Old Exchange building, Charleston. Ongoing- For the savvy collector, we feature originalartwork by exclusive award-winning artists‚ KellieJacobs (pastels); Tim Greaves, Melinda Lewin,and Jennifer Black (0ils); Caroline Street Trickeycontinued on Page 68Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 67

SC Commercial Galleriescontinued from Page 67(watercolors); Stephanie Shuler Hamlet (mixedmedia abstracts); Bill Campbell and Ken Folliet(flambeaux art pottery) and Mark Woodward andCharles Smith (whimsical and realistic sculptures).Hours: Mon.-Thur., 11am-5 pm; Fri.-Sat.,11am-6pm or by appt. Contact: 843/722-1944 orat (www.Hamletgallery.com).of the steel to in essence capture a moment inthat cycle of life. I have hyper-accelerated thisprocess by the use of chemicals, only to haltit, and then preserve it." Ongoing - Featuringworks by Denise Athanas, Carolyn Dubuque,Mark Duryee, Lynda English, Carolyn Epperly,Tom Frostig, Lynne N. Hardwick, RanaJordhal, Bette Mueller-Roemer, and JackieWukela. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun.,1-5. Contact: 843/577-9295 or at(www.lowcountryartists.com).kiawahislandphoto.com).Pink House Gallery, 17 Chalmers Street,Charleston. Ongoing - Florals, landscapes,wildlife and a full line of Charleston scenes,featuring works by Alice S. Grimsley, Nancy W.Rushing, Audrey D. Price, Bruce W. Krucke,and Alexandria H. Bennington. Also featuringworks by Ravenel Gaillard. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 843/723-3608 or at(http://pinkhousegallery.tripod.com/).Raymond Clark Gallery, 307 King Street,Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring the works ofover 100 regional & national artists working inevery medium. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm.Contact: 843/723-7555.artist needs to reach and stretch and push theirwork to a new level. It is the exhilaration of going'out on a limb'," says Smith. Ongoing - Featuringoriginal works by Betty Anglin Smith, JenniferSmith Rogers, Tripp Smith, Shannon Smith, KimEnglish, Susan Romaine, Don Stone, NA andDarrell Davis, sculptor. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 843/853-0708 or at(www.smithkillian.com).Spencer Art Gallery I, 55 Broad St., in historicFrench Quarter District, Charleston. Ongoing- Offering the works of over 35 award winningartists in a delightfully eclectic mix of subjectmatter, styles, and media. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 843/722-6854 or at(www.spencerartgallery.com).Work by Julyan DavisHelena Fox Fine Art, 106-A Church Street,Charleston. Mar. 1 - 31 - "A Southern Edge:Recent Works by Julyan Davis. This exhibitionexplores the artist’s passion for southern landscapeand architecture. Ongoing - Featuringworks by West Fraser, Johnson Hagood, MargaretM. Peery, Julyan Davis, and Craig Crawford,along with the stable of artists Helena FoxFine Art continues to represent including: SarahAmos, Kenn Backhaus, John Budicin, Terry De-Lapp, Donald Demers, Mary Erickson, JosephMcGurl, Billyo O’Donnell, Joseph Paquet, andKent Ullberg. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm orby appt. Contact: 843/723-0073 or at(www.helenafoxfineart.com).Horton Hayes Fine Art, 30 State St., Charleston.Ongoing - Featuring marshscapes andLowcountry images of shrimpers, crabbers, clammers,and oyster harvesters in oils and acrylicsby Mark Horton. Also works by Nancy Hoerter,Shannon Runquist, Bjorn Runquist and ChrisGroves. Hours: M.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm & Sun.,12:30-5pm. Contact: 843/958-0014 or at (www.hortonhayes.com).Imaging Arts Gallery, 175 King Street, betweenClifford and Queen, Charleston. Ongoing- A unique showcase of photography includingLeCroy’s vastly enlarged leaves, plants,and flowers - a culmination of photographyand technology, as they reveal detail and colorthat is beyond the reach of the unaided eye.The fine art photography contains a selectionof cityscapes, black and whites, internationalarchitecture, and others. Unique framed piecesthat combine 19th century daguerreotypes,ambrotypes, and tintypes with enlarged imageswill delight history enthusiasts. LeCroy’sphotographs are additionally on exhibit at theNew York Hall of Science, New York. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact:843/577-7501 or at (www.imagingarts.com).Indigo Fine Art Gallery, 102 Church St.,Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring artwork byHelen K. Beacham, Paula Lonneman andJudith Perry, along with handblown glassseashells, raku pots and the work of specialguest artists throughout the year. Stop by andsee works-in-progress as well, since the artist/owners are always there & probably painting!Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:843-805-9696 or at (www.IndigoFineArtGallery.com).Julia Santen Gallery, 188 King Street, Charleston.Ongoing - Offering original vintage poster art,encompassing the Belle Epoque, Art Nouveau,Art Deco and Contemporary eras. Hours: openmostly, closed sometimes and by appt. Contact:843/534-0758 or at (www.juliasantengallery.com).Lambert Gray Gallery & Studios, 54 BroadStreet - 2nd Floor, Charleston. Onging - Featuringthe gallery and studio space for Hilarie Lambertand Michael Gray. Visitors are welcome tocome watch or browse the gallery. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-4pm or by appt. Contact: 843/822-1707 or at (www.lambertgraygallery.com).Lime Blue, 62-B Queen Street, in Blink!'s oldspace, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring worksby Susan Avent, Mary Edna Fraser, Matt Overend,Lynn Riding, Mary Walker, and Jeff Kopish.Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/722-1983 or at (www.shoplimeblue.com).Lowcountry Artists Ltd, 148 E. Bay St.,Charleston. Mar. 2 - 31 - "The Colors of Acid,"featuring Temporal Art on metal burned withchemicals by Wayne Carrick. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 2, from 5-8pm. Carrick’spieces are indoor and outdoor art and is quitedifferent for the Charleston area. "My work isdone with chemicals that burn on the surfacePage 68 - Carolina Arts, March 2012M Gallery of Fine Art SE, 11 Broad St.,Charleston. Mar. 1 - 31 - "Southern Dreams,"featuring an exhibition of landscapes by RogerDale Brown. Brown is known nationally for hisworks depicting the beautiful scenery acrossthe United States. A reception will be held onMar. 2, from 5-8pm. Ongoing - Representingartists whose work reflects the major culturalshift occurring in the art world today, with paintersfollowing the mandate of Fred Ross, (Chairmanof the Art Renewal Center) to a "dedicationto standards of excellence both in trainingand in artistic execution, and a dedication toteaching and learning with great discipline anddevotion, to the methods, developments andbreakthroughs of prior generations". Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 11am-4pm.Contact: 843/727-4500 or at(www.mgalleryoffineart.com).Mary Martin Gallery of Fine Art, 103 BroadSt., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring originalart in a variety of media by: Fletcher Crossman,Jean Claude Gaugy, Richard Pankratz,Barbara McCann, Cary Henrie, PhilippeGuillerm, Gilles Payette, Douglass Freed, KathleenEarthrowl, Randall LaGro, Gwen Fox, CindyDrozda, David Nittmann, Martin Eichinger,Gregory Beck, Chad Awalt, Alessandro Casson,Barbara Westwood, Michael Sugarman, JimPittman, Gloria Coker, Corey Scott Fisher, BobIchter, Norman Cable, Barbara Dave, MariyaZvonkovich, Arleta Pech,Ed Klink, Art Valero,David Datwyler, Robin Daniels, Don Quade,John Sherman, Densaburou Oku, CherylAbbe Lorance, Andi Wolfe, Ron Artman, JerryRhodes, Pat Kramer, Jason Antol, William BrianHibbard, Benoit Averly, Jan Jacque, MichaelDowns, and others. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5-pm & Sun. noon-5. Contact: 843/723-0303 or at(www.MaryMartinART.com).Martin Gallery, 18 Broad Street, ground floorof the Peeople’s Building, corner of Broad andState Streets, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuringpaintings by Mitch Billis, Kathleen Billis,Italian master Imero Gobbato, William Crosby,Christopher Schink, Jennifer Spencer, JaredClackner, and Gilles Charest; sculpture by LeoOsborne, Claire McArdle, and James R. Pyne;and photography by Michael Kahn. Also, offeringselect jewelry and glass art by America’sbest artisans, featuring custom designs byacclaimed master goldsmith Glade SarbachDavis. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun.,1-5pm & by appt. Contact: 843/723-7378 or at(www.martingallerycharleston.com).McCallum - Halsey Gallery and Studios, 20Fulton St., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring achanging mix of work by two of the southeast'sforemost artists, Corrie McCallum and WilliamHalsey. Including paintings, graphics, and sculpturesfor the discerning collector. Hours: by appt.only. Contact: 843-813-7542 or at(www.halseyfoundation.org).One of a Kind Art & Fine Craft Gallery, 74 N.Market Street, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuringunique arts and crafts from over 400 Americanartists, including many local artisans. Hours:Sun.-Thur., 10am-10pm & Fri.&Sat, 10-11pm.Contact: 843/534-1774.People, Places, & Quilts, 1 Henrietta Street,Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring fabric, books,patterns, notions, quilts and Folk Art. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/937-9333 orat (www.ppquilts.com).Photographics - Portrait Photography & ArtGallery, 458 Freshfields Dr., in the FreshfieldsVillage, Johns Island. Ongoing - Representingpainters and photographers who exemplifythe greatest ability to evoke a mood or sensoryimpression of a chosen subject matter. Thissubject matter varies and includes landscapesand still-life depictions of Lowcountry scenesas well as themes and experiences from thetravels of its artists. The gallery features originalworks in oil, watercolor, gouache, mixedmediaand fine-art photography. Representingnational artists: Billie Sumner, Fred Jamar,Tammy Papa, Pam Cohen, Vickie Ellis, AijaSterns, Elizabeth Drozeski, Sharlyne Duffy, andMichael Cyra. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm orby appt. Contact: 843/768-3030 or at (www.Table of ContentsRebekah Jacobs Gallery, 169-B King St.,Charleston. Ongoing - Focusing on Southernartists and photographers who have powerfulvisions of the land of their birth supported by anadvanced mastery of their media. The gallerymaintains an accelerated exhibition schedule,non-media specific, which features one-personand group shows throughout the year. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm or by appt. Contact:843/937-9222 or at (www.rebekahjacobgallery.com).Reinert LePrince Fine Art, 179 King Street,Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring works bylocal painters Rick Reinert and Kevin LePrincewith works by sculptor David Turner.Hours: daily from 10am-5pm. Contact: call843/793-4765 or at (www.reinertleprince.com).Rhett Thurman Studio, 241 King St., Charleston.Ongoing - Featuring original works by RhettThurman in conjunction with The Sylvan Gallery.Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 843/577-6066.Work by Ron Anton RoczRick Rhodes Photography and Imaging,LLC., 1842 Belgrade Ave., West of the Ashley,Charleston. Mar. 5 - 30 - "Cuba Now," featuringworks by Charleston photographers Ron Roczand Nancy Santos. A reception will be held onMar. 9, from 5-9pm. Rocz specializes in traveland art photography, producing images thatare colorful, carefully composed, and painterlyin design and subject matter. Santos isa documentary photographer who excels instreet photography and environmental portraiture.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5:30pm.Contact:843/766-7625 or at (www.rickrhodesphotography.com).Robert Lange Studios , 2 Queen St., Charleston.Ongoing - Featuring works by Ali Cavanaugh,Megan Aline, Robert Lange, NathanDurfee, Kerry Brooks, Jessica Dunegan, FredJamar, Michael Moran, Amy Lind, Adam Hall,Joshua Flint, Sean Clancy, and JB Boyd. Hours:Mon.-Sun., 11am-7pm. Contact: 843/805-8052or at (www.robertlangestudios.com).Work bySmith-Killian Fine Art, 9 Queen Street, corner ofQueen & State Streets, Charleston. Mar. 2 - 16 -"On a Limb," featuring a collection of paintings byBetty Anglin Smith. This show exhibits fresh perspectives,more paint and an energy that is sureto captivate. “Every now and then a seasonedSpencer Art Gallery II, 57 Broad St., in historicFrench Quarter District, Charleston. Ongoing- Offering the works of over 35 award winningartists in a delightfully eclectic mix of subjectmatter, styles, and media. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 843/723-4482 or at(www.spencerartgallery.com).The Audubon Gallery, 190 King St., Charleston.Ongoing - "Charleston's only gallery for theNatural History and sporting art enthusiast!" Locallyowned, the gallery specializes in the goldenage of natural history (1700-1900), emphasizingJohn James Audubon, one of Charleston'smost highly regarded artist. Here, you will find atour-de-force of Audubon's "Birds of America" aswell as other highly acclaimed natural history art.A sportman's paradise with a large selection ofantique wildfowl decoys, collectibles, nostalgicpaintings, prints of days afield and favorite huntingdogs. We offer museum-quality framing andconservation services for works of art on paper toprotect and present your most treasured pieces.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact:843/853-1100 or at (www.audubonart.com).The Brizard Studio, one King Street, Suite 404,Charleston. Ongoing - Original fine oil paintingsby Robin Brizard, award-winning impressionistartist. Hours: by appt. only, call 843/577-0964.The Charleston Renaissance Gallery, 103Church Street, at St. Michael's Alley, Charleston.Ongoing - Showcasing nineteenth century oilpaintings, works on paper and sculpture of theAmerican South. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 843/723-0025 or at (www.fineartsouth.com).The John Carroll Doyle Art Gallery, 125Church St., Charleston. Ongoing - Featuringworks by John Carroll Doyle and Margret Petterson.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:843/577-7344 or at (www.johncdoyle.com).The John M. Dunnan Gallery, 121 ChurchStreet, Charleston. Ongoing - Featuring worksby John M. Dunnan. Including stylistic gesturedrawings, paintings and sculpture. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/720-7425 or at(www.johndunnan.com).The Silver Puffin, 329 King Street, acrossfrom Bob Ellis Shoes, Charleston. Ongoing -Featuring unique American and Internationalarts and crafts with emphasis on the workof local artisans. Hours: daily, 10am-6pm.Contact: 843/723-7900 or at (www.silverpuffin.com).The Sylvan Gallery, 171 King Street, Charleston.Ongoing - Featuring 20th & 21st Centurytraditional and representational paintings andsculpture. Featuring works by: Cyrus Afsary,Carolyn Anderson, William "Bill" Berra, ScottBurdick, Nancy Bush, Frank DiVita, Glenna Goodacre,John Austin Hanna, Doug Higgins, WilliamKalwick, Ramon Kelley, Linda Kyser-Smith, KentLemon, Huihan Liu, Sue Lyon, Karol Mack, EricMichaels, Anthony Palliser, Kate Palmer, JoanPotter, W. Stanley "Sandy" Proctor, Paul Strisik,Sonya Terpening, Barry Thomas, Rhett Thurman,Curt Walters, and Wayne E. Wolfe. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm; Sat., 10am-5pm; & Sun.,11am-4pm. Contact: 843/722-2172 or at(www.thesylvangallery.com).The Wells Gallery, 125 Meeting St., Charleston.Ongoing - Featuring original works by regulargallery artists: Marty Whaley Adams, DavidBallew, Joseph Cave, Dan Cooper, Claire Farrell,Bill Gallen, Gary Gowans, Gary Grier, DavidGoldhagen, Russell Gordon, Glenn Harrington,E.B. Lewis, Whitney Kreb, Kate Long, Brad Lorbach,George Pate, Sue Stewart, Karen LarsonTurner, Alex Zapata. Hours - Mon.-Sat., 10am-6-pm. Contact: 843/853-3233 or at(www.wellsgallery.com).Wells Gallery at The Sanctuary, at The Sanctuaryon Kiawah Island, about 30 minutes fromCharleston, in Kiawah's newest and most luxuriousresort. Ongoing - Featuring a selectionof paintings, jewelry and sculptures of someof the Lowcountry's finest artists, Betty AnglinSmith, Shannon Smith, Jennifer Smith Rogers,continued on Page 69

George Pate, Glenn Harrington, Gary Gowans,Karen Larson Turner, Kim English, Felice Killian,Grainger McKoy and Darrell Davis. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-8pm & Sun., 10am-6pm.Contact: 843/576-1290 or at(www.wellsgallery.com).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - CharlestonHow Art Thou Café, Terrace Plaza, next doorto the Terrace Theater, 1956 Maybank Hwy.,James Island, Charleston. Mar. 8 - 31 - "FlanneryO’Connor’s South: New Work," featuringcut-paper collages by Lillian Trettin interpretthis Southern novelist’s eccentric charactersand sharp commentary. Additional art by SophieNemethy, Rich Schmiedt, Hunter Gilbertand Joshua Miller is on view. A reception willbe held on Mar. 8, from 7-9pm, when singersongwritersHazel Ketchum and Bob Culver,“The Harrows,” will perform music related tothe exhibit. Joshua Miller, owner-artisan, andco-owner David Berger will also host a winetasting event that night. Hours: Mon.-Thur.,6am-11pm; Fri., 6am-12am; & Sat., 7am-12am.Contact: 843/793-2231.Columbia AreaMain Street, downtown Columbia. Mar. 1,6-9pm - "First Thursday on Main". This monthlyevent held on the 1st Thursday of the monthfeatures art presentation - up and down MainStreet. Some of the participants include: S&S ArtSupply, Tapp’s Arts Center, Columbia Museumof Art, Anastasia & Friends Art Gallery, Frame ofMind, Artists in the Arcade, and more. For furtherinformation contact Mark Plessinger of Frame ofMind at 803/988-1065, e-mail at (frameofmind@sc.rr.com) or Lorri-Ann Carter of CarterTodd& Associates at 803/779-4005, e-mail at (la@cartertodd.com).Alicia Leeke Fine Art Studio, 3821 EdinburgRd., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring originalacrylic cityscapes, abstracts, monotypes, anddrawings on canvas and fiber. Giclee’s on canvasand paper also available. Hours: by appt.only. Contact: 803/429-5456 or at(www.alicialeeke.com).ArtCan Studio & Gallery, 108 Beaufort Street,Chapin. Ongoing - Featuring original paintings,handpainted furnishing, and limited andopen edition lithographs by Judy Bolton Jarrett.Hours: Thur.& Fri., noon-5:30pm; Sat., noon-4pm or by appt.(call before coming). Contact:803/345-6588 or at (www.judyjarrettgallery.com).ART + CAYCE Gallery, 1329 State St., oppositeBrookland Cayce High School, Cayce.Ongoing - Our gallery hosts local artists fromSouth Carolina showing works in various media.Every show is different and unique and displayswork from abstract painting to mixed mediaassemblages. Currently we are displayingsculpture by Robin Jones and mixed media assemblage/paintingby Andrew Norton Webber.One can expect to visit the gallery during theweek and experience a calm atmosphere withengaging pieces. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 1-4pm;Sat., 1-4pm & by appt. Contact: 803/765-0838or at (http://artpluscayce.blogspot.com/).Art Studios in the Historic Arcade Building,1332 Main Street, at the corner of Washingtonand Main Streets two blocks from the Statehouse,Columbia. Ongoing - Including worksby Eileen Blyth(mixed media); Sylvia Pottsand Richard Lund (sculptors); Page Morris,Beth West, Suzy Shealy, Walton Selig, MarthaThomas, Jan Swanson, Tish Lowe, BettyeRivers, Debra Paysinger, Meredith Paysinger,McKenzie Seay and Leah Wimberly (painters).All studios on the main level have glass-frontsso that visitors can see art and the artistsat work. Studio hours vary with each artist.Building hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-6pm or by appt.Contact: Jan Swanson at 803/360-6794, e-mailto (busstop2711@aol.com) or on Facebook.Artsy Fartsy Art Gallery and Coffee Bar, 906Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce. Ongoing - Featuringart by local artists and cafe and wine bar.We also have MIND GRAVY which is our poetrynight every wed 8-10pm. Hours: Wed.-Sat.,7pm-2am. Contact: 803/7084731 or e-mail at(Ladyartnsoul@gmail.com).Bella Vista Art & Framing, 705 Gervais St.,downstairs of City Market Antiques, Columbia.Ongoing - Featuring original works of art ofvaried national artists, regional artists ,vintageart, antiquarian engravings and etchings, originalphotography. Also a Mort Kunstler dealerand large selection of SC artists ,giclees, andlimited edition prints. And, offering a full servicecustom framing shop featuring professional,quality framing at below industry prices. Hours:Tue.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: 803/765-0808 or e-mail at (bellavistaart@bellsouth.net).Carol Saunders Gallery, 922 Gervais St.,Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring fine art objectsand works by local artists, including Mana Hewitt,Stephen Chesley, Carol Pittman, Mike Williams,Laura Spong, Heidi Darr-Hope, Judy Hubbard,Jeri Burdick, Clay Burnett, and Eddie Bryan.Hours: M-F, 10am-5:30pm; Sat., 11am-5pm.Contact: 803/256-3046.Work by Brian RegoCity Art, 1224 Lincoln Street, Columbia.Through Mar. 17 - "Brian Rego: Recent OilPaintings". Rego is currently an Adjunct Professorof Figure Drawing and Foundations at theUniversity of South Carolina and an AdjunctProfessor of Figure Painting and Figure Drawingat Benedict College in Columbia, SC. Ongoing- Featuring works by Jane Aldridge, Jim Arendt,Randolph New Armstong, Penny Baskin, JoDean Bauknight, Robbie Bell, Kimberly Betchman,Tarleton Blackwell, Angela Bradburn, BettyBramlett, Kathy Casey, Yvette Cummings, AnneCunningham, Ray Davenport, Bob Doster, ClaireFarrell, Amy Fichter, Tim Floyd, Michael Fowler,Harriet Goode, Vanessa Grubbs, Amy Goldstein-Rice, Randy Hanna, Shelley Hehenberger, BillJackson, Jan Kransberger,Robert Lyon, EstherMelton, Doug McAbee, Fred McElveen, DaleMcEntire, Randall McKissick, Max Miller, TariqMix, Marge Loudon Moody, Blake Morgan, BruceNellsmith, Heather Noe, Nicholas Oleszczuk,Ann Hightower-Patterson, Leslie Pierce, ScottyPeek, Carol Pittman, Sylvia Ady-Potts, AlexPowers, Brian Rego, May Reisz, Tom Risser,Peggy Rivers, Cindy Saad, Sara Schneckloth,Ed Shmunes, Sherry Silvers, J. MichaelSimpson, Robin Smith, Wanda Steppe, TomSupensky, Nancy Thompson, Tom Thompson,K. Wayne Thornley, Teri Tynes, Wendyth Wells,Sam Wilkins, Rod Wimer, Susan Nuttall, RenaMacQueen, and Katarina Zaric. This representsa rare opportunity to view a very wide range ofacclaimed SC artists at one time. City Art featuresthree distinct gallery spaces. A complete fineartists supply store is located on the lower level.Fine custom designer framing is available at CityArt. In addition the Gallery is often host to a varietyof events hosted by rental clients. City Art is awonderful space to enjoy and purchase originalart, art supplies, fine framing, take art classes andhave wedding receptions, etc. Hours: Mon.-Thur.,10am-6pm; Fri., 10am-5pm, & Sat., 11am-3pm.Contact: 803/252-3613 or at(www.cityartonline.com).Finleaf Gallery, 2323 Devine Street, Columbia.Ongoing - Featuring original artwork by localand regional artists, whose work has beenhand-selected for display in our gallery. Hours:Tue.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 11am-3pm.Contact: 803/254-8327 or at (www.finleaf.com).Fontenay Fine Art, Antiques and OrientalRugs, 2716 Devine St., Columbia. Ongoing- Featuring antique and contemporary fine artin our gallery of fine rugs and antiques. Wenow offer full-service framing. Hours: Tue.-Fri., noon-5pm & Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact:803/254-1352 or at(www.fontenayondevine.blogspot.com).Frameland, 619 Harden St., (Five Points, nextto Grouchos Deli), Columbia. Ongoing - Featuringlocal art in Five Points, close to downtown.USC and college art, diploma frames,Columbia and vintage SC prints. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-3:30pm.Contact: 803/771-4451.Havens Framemakers and Gallery, 1616Gervais St., Columbia. Ongoing - Exhibitingpaintings by local artists: Jamie Blackburn,Diane Gilbert, Betsy Havens, Rob Shaw, StevenWhetstone, James E. Calk and others. Featuringan extensive collection of handcarved museumquality frames. Art and frame restoration. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-6pm; Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:803/256-1616 or at (www.havensframemakersandgallery.com).HoFP, 2828 Devine Street, Columbia. Ongoing- Featuring original works of art from aroundthe world and around the corner. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,9am-5:30pm; Sat.,10am-5pm, & by appt..Contact: 803/799-7405 or at (www.hofpgallery.com).if ART Gallery, 1223 Lincoln St., Columbia.Ongoing - Featuring works by Don Zurlo, PaulYanko, Edmund Yaghjian, David Yaghjian, MikeWilliams, Katie Walker, Bram van Velde, LeoTwiggs, H. Brown Thornton, Christine Tedesco,Tom Stanley, Laura Spong, Kees Salentijn,Silvia Rudolf, Edward Rice, Paul Reed, AnnaRedwine, Herb Parker, Matt Overend, JanetOrselli, Marcelo Novo, Dorothy Netherland,Philip Morsberger, Joan Mitchell, Eric Miller,Sam Middleton, Reiner Mahrlein, Peter Lenzo,Table of ContentsDeanna Leamon, Ger Lataster, Sjaak Korsten,Bill Jackson, Alvin Hollingsworth, KlausHartmann, Tonya Gregg, Mary Gilkerson, RalphGelbert, Phil Garrett, Jacques Doucet, JeffDonovan, Stephen Chesley, Steven Chapp,Ashlynn Browning, Carl Blair, Aaron Baldwin,Karel Appel, Roland Albert and Benny Andrews.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-7pm & Sat., 11am-5pm.Contact: 803/238-2351 or e-mail at (wroefs@sc.rr.com).John Miranda's South Carolina Artists Gallery,Dutch Square Mall, next to Belk, 421 BushRiver Rd., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring pastelportraits, pastel paintings and prints by JohnMiranda, as well as other works by SC artists.Also - Featuring a large selection of works byErica Hoyt, including Charleston prints, collegesof South Carolina and numbered reproductionprints. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am -9pm & Sun.12:30pm-6pm. Contact: 803/750-6750.Lewis & Clark Gallery, 1221 Lincoln Street,Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring work by ClarkEllefson and other contemporary artists. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm; Sat., 9am-3pm & by appt.Contact: 803/765-2405 or at (www.lewisandclarklamps.com).Michael Story Studio/Gallery, 116 BrookTrout Ct., Lexington. Ongoing - Featuringtraditional landscapes in oil & pastel by MichaelStory. Giclee & reproduction prints. Hours byappt. only. Contact: 803/356-4268 or at (www.michaelstory.com).Mouse House, Inc., 2123 Park St. (historicElmwood Park), Columbia. Ongoing - Featuringoriginal fibers and mixed-media artwork bySusan Lenz. Also offering a wide selection ofantiquarian prints and beveled mirrors. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-5pm & most Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: 803/254-0842 or at(www.mousehouseinc.blogspot.com).Noble's Fine Art Gallery, 3300 Forest Drive,Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring African-American art, originals, giclees, serigraphs,and lithographs. Portrait artist available. Artistsfeatured include: Jim Wider, Tyrone Geter,John W. Jones, Alice Simmons Bing, KeithTolen, Lori Starnes, and Carl Crawford. Alsohigh quality African sculptures and handmadebaskets. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-6pm; & Sat.,10:30am-5pm. Contact: 803-790-5892 or e-mailat (Cnoble3300@netzero.net).One Eared Cow Glass Gallery & Studio, 1001Huger St., (just up the street from the old location)Columbia. Ongoing - Handblown glassby Tommy Lockart & Mark Woodham, includingperfume bottles, ornaments, vases, sculpture,bowls, and paperweights, in all price ranges.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm.Contact: 803/254-2444 or at(www.oneearedcow.com).Portfolio Art Gallery, Five Points area, 2007Devine St., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring thework of local, regional & national artists. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 803/256-2434or at(www.portfolioartgal.com).Prompt Designs Art Gallery, 3041 N. MainSt., near where the train trussel crosses MainSt., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring originaloils and giclees by Porter O'Brien Dodd. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 803/252-2927 ore-mail at (promptdesigns@bellsouth.net).Rita Smith Gallery, at Midtown At Forest Acres(formally Richland Mall) across from Barnes& Noble, corner of Forest Drive and BeltlineBlvd., Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring originalwatercolors, acrylics and oil paintings and collectorprints by Rita Smith as well as paintingsand photography by 7 other SC artists. Also aselection of pottery, stained glass, wood turnings,jewelry and other original crafts. Hours:Mon.-Sat. 10am-6pm & Sun. 12:30-6pm. Contact:803/790- 0328.Southern Pottery, 3105 Devine St., Columbia.Ongoing - Featuring pottery works by KenBaskin, Donna Craven, Jeremy Davis, KimEllington, Bruce Gholson, Samantha Henneke,David Hooker, Rocky Lewycky, Peter Lenzo,Karen Newgard, Mark Peters, Ron Philbeck, VirginiaScotchie, Gay Smith, David Stempfle, BenTruesdale and Mike Vatalaro. Hours: Tue.-Fri.,11am-6pm & Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact 803/251-3001 or at (http://southern-pottery.com/).The Gallery at DuPRE, 807 Gervais St., Du-PRE Building, in the Vista, Columbia. Ongoing- Featuring works by artists who are impactingthe state and beyondartists who are impactingthe state and beyond, in a variety of media.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm or by appt. Contact:Gallery Curator, Byers Greer at 803/546-1143or at (www.dupregallery.com).The Gallery at Nonnah's, 928 Gervais Street,Columbia.Ongoing - Featuring works by EdieBiddle, Ingrid Carson, Gail Cunningham, JanFleetwood, Bonnie Goldberg, Alicia Leek, BetsyMandell, Donna Rozier, and Betsy Stevenson, invarious media. Hours: Lunch: M.-F., 11:30am-2-pm; Evenings: M.-Th., 5-11pm; F., 5pm-12:30am;Sat., 6pm-12:30am. Contact: 803/779-9599 or at(www.nonnahs.com).The Great Frame Up, 252-M Harbison Blvd.,Columbia. Ongoing - Original works by EdieBiddle and Suzanne Amodio. Variety of work bylocal and regional artists. Giclee and serigraphreproductions on paper and canvas from someof the world’s most collectible artists. Dealerfor Somerset House Publishing, Gregory Editions/ Washington Green Fine Art, HistoricalArt Prints and others. Specialists in customframing. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm. Contact:803/407-2156 or at (www.columbiasc.thegreatframeup.com).The Hive Studio and Gallery, 3310 HarrisonRd., across from Zesto just off Forest Dr., nearRichland Fashion Mall, Columbia. Ongoing- Featuring exuberant watercolors by Betty Rivers;soft and emotional mixed media by MarthaM. T. Herman; spirited equestrian photographyby Tina W. Brown; sculpture by Jessica BarnesSmith, Elizabeth M. Barnes and DarleneDoerr; ceramics by Sonya Wilkins and JaniceSczescy. Also, offering classes ages 5-adult ina variety of mediums. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 1pm-6-pm and by appt. Contact: 803/467-4112 or at(home.sc.rr.com/hivestudio/).Village Artists, Village at Sandhill, 631-8Promenade Place, next door to Panera, off TwoNotch and Clemson Rds., near I-20, Columbia.Ongoing - The gallery features the works of 28local artists offering: workshops, monthly showsand exhibits. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-9pm &Sun., noon-6pm. Contact: 803/699-8886.Vista Art & Frame, 1752 Airport Blvd., Cayce.Ongoing - Featuring paintings of the South byStephen O. Gunter. Hours: M.-Thur., 10am-6pm;Fri., 10am-4pm; & Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact:803/794-7252 or at (www.vistaart.com).Vista Studios - Gallery 80808, 808 Lady Street,Columbia. Mar. 1 - 6 - "Alexander Wilds andYukiko Oka". Mar. 8 - 20 - "ifArt Exhibition". Mar.22 - Apr. 3 - "About Face," week 1, "Shadowsand Tall Trees" and week 2, "Outside The Lines".Ongoing - Featuring exhibits by artists of theVista Studios and occasional guest exhibitions.Vista Studio artists: Ethel Brody, StephenChesley, Jeff Donovan, Heidi Darr-Hope, PatGilmartin, Robert Kennedy, Susan Lenz, SharonC. Licata, Laurie McIntosh, Michel McNinch, KirklandSmith, Laura Spong, and David Yaghjian.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-3pm, Sat.&Sun., 1-4pmor by appt. Contact: 803/252-6134 or at(www.vistastudios80808.com).Webb Rawls Galleries, 5210 N. TrenholmRd., (Forest Acres, behind First Citizens Bank)Columbia. Ongoing - Featuring fine art andpicture framing since 1904. South Carolina’soldest family owned art and frame gallery. Localart, museum framing of fine art at lowest prices.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-3:30pm. Contact: 803/787-2787 or at (www.webbrawlsgalleries.com).Wink Gallery, 911-A Lady St., Columbia.Ongoing - Featuring a wide range of contemporaryart by Midlands artists, including TerriHutto, Laurie McIntosh, Page Morris, HeatherLaHaise, Debbie Martin and Melony Stuckey.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat., 10am-3pmand by appt. Contact: 803/238-3855.ALTERNATE ART SPACES - ColumbiaFrame of Mind, 1520 Main St., across from theColumbia Museum of Art, Columbia. Ongoing- The FOM Series is a monthly art exhibitiondedicated to supporting and featuring bothup-and- coming and established local SouthCarolina artists. Hours: Mon., 10am-2pm &Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm. Contact: 803/988-1065 ore-mail at (frameofmind@sc.rr.com).ConwayThroughout Historic Downtown Conway, 1stSat. of each month - Featuring an Art Walkwhere the many galleries have special exhibits,live music, wine and light refreshments. Hours:10am-5pm. Contact: call any of the gallerieslisted below.Conway’s Farmers Market, 217 Laurel Streetin downtown Conway. Mar. 24, noon-8pm -"Equinox Art & Music Fest," celebrating art,music, culture & community! Conway will comealive with demonstrations by regional artistsas well as live music. Visitors to downtownConway can meet talented artists and musiciansand purchase original art directly from themakers. Watch as glass blowers create colorfulworks of art from molten glass; see pottersshape clay into functional forms on the wheel;learn about encaustic painting techniques usingcontinued on Page 70Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 69

SC Commercial Galleriescontinued from Page 69heated wax and colored pigment and you willbe amazed to see how baskets are made frompine needles. Listen to a variety of great tunesand original music performed by local favorites:Coman Sproles, Randall Hill, Dan Barnhart,Matt Parris, Jesse Uzzel, Gray Click, CandiceMarotta, Charles Grace, Brian Roessler andWicked Gift! CREATE! Conway presents theEquinox Art & Music Fest through the generoussupport of our volunteers, members, sponsorsand the City of Conway. For more informationcontact Barbara Streeter at 843/248-4527 orvisit (www.conwayartdistrict.blogspot.com).Work by Ed and Barbara StreeterConway Glass, 209 Laurel Street, right next toConway’s Farmers Market, Conway. Ongoing -Featuring an open-air gallery and glass educationalstudio dedicated to raising the awarenessof the visual arts in Conway and Horry County,SC. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact:843/248-4527, 843/248-3558, or at (www.conwayglass.com).DarlingtonThe Chameleon Art Gallery, 26 PublicSquare, Darlington. Ongoing - Featuringsome of the finest artwork in the southeast.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 1-4pm.Contact: 843/393-6611 or at (www.chameleongallery.com).DenmarkJim Harrison Gallery, One South Main Street,intersection of Main Street and Highway 78,Denmark. Ongoing - Featuring works by JimHarrison including original paintings, limitededition prints and a variety of unlimited editionreproductions, bronzes, etchings and othercollectible items from Harrison in his more thanthirty-year career as an artist. Hours: Tue.,Thur., & Fri., 11am-5pm and Wed. & Sat.,11am-3pm. Contact: 803/793-5796 or at (www.jimharrison.com).EdgefieldJane Bess Pottery LLC, 206 Lynch St.,just off of Main St., around the corner fromGlass Images, Edgefield. Ongoing - Functionalstoneware pottery by artist/owner, JaneBess. Working pottery studio and retail shopfeaturing many one-of-a-kind items....wonderfulentertaining pieces.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat., 10am-2pm; or by appt. Contact:803/637-2434 or at (www.janebesspottery.com).Edisto IslandWith These Hands Gallery, 1444 Hwy. 174,next to the Old Post Office Restaurant, EdistoIsland. Ongoing - The gallery offers a collectionof unique handmade, one-of-a-kind,American craft. Representing over 150 artists,you will find: kaleidoscopes, wind chimes, jewelry,hand blown glass, stained glass, pottery,oil lamps, wooden toys, wooden sculptures &decoys, metal sculpture, fiber to wear, photography,original paintings, giclee’s, prints, andmore! Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:843/869-3509 or at (www.WithTheseHandsGallery.com).FlorenceLynda English Gallery-Studio, 403 SecondLoop Rd., Florence. Ongoing - Featuring worksby local and regional artists in a variety of media.Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-5pm and by appt. Contact:843/673-9144 or at (http://www.lyndaenglishstudio.net).Page 70 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Railroad Junction, 163 West Evans Street,Florence. Ongoing - Railroad Junction functionsas an art gallery, unique shop, and modern librarysimultaneosly. We intend to provide synergy forthe different arts and culture allowing Florencea creative place to cultivate it’s own culture anddevelop local pride. We offer classes and discussionsranging from painting, drawing, music,poetry, sewing, movies, and current trends in art.On our walls, you will find an art gallery and wealso have a shop with unique goods such as vintageclothing, refurbished or handmade clothing,painted shoes, wood carvings, and pottery. Wealso have a small modern library of books youcan check out and coffee/tea served upon donation.Hours: Tue.-Thur., 5:30-8pm; Fri., 1-8pm; &Sat., 10am-8pm. Contact: 843/245-2100.Running Horse Gallery (Feather Pottery &Interiors, LLC) 928 Old Wallace Gregg Road,Florence. Ongoing - Featuring ceramic worksby Sasha and Tari Federer. Their artwork is oneof-a-kind,hand crafted, using an array of firingtechniques and surface decoration. Hours; 10am-6pm daily, but call first. Contact: 843/992-2178 ore-mail at (featherpottery@earthlink.net).Fort MillUnited Artisans of America, 213 Main Street,Fort Mill. Ongoing - The store includes displaysby local artisans, a dance studio and small artstudio. There will be classes for pottery, painting,drawing, musical theater and dancing. Space forup to 20 vendors will be available at any giventime. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 7am-7pm or by chance onSat. Contact: 801/810-4066.GeorgetownPrince George Framing Co., 805 Front St.,Georgetown. Ongoing - Featuring superiorcustom framing, a broad selection of qualityprints and posters and great customer service.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm.Contact: 843/527-8413 or at (http://www.princegeorgeframing.com/).The Georgetown Art Gallery, 705 Front Street,Georgetown. Ongoing - Original works andprints by 20 artists, including: Mimi Beaver, AnnBoone, Mike Bowers, Agnes Boyle, Nancy Bracken,Barbara Bush, Dottie Dixon, Susan Duke,Phyllis Graham, Dian Hammett, Mark Hilliard,Gail Joley, Audrey McLeod, Myrna McMahon, HalMoore, Drummond Murdoch, Sue Rutherford,Roy & Carol Smith, Susan Tiller and Nancy vanBuren. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:843/527-7711 or at (http://www.georgetownartgallery-sc.com/index.html).Greenville AreaDowntown Greenville - "First Fridays,"featuring a gallery crawl presented on the firstFri, of the month from 6-9pm. Visit galleriesthroughout the downtown area. For info: (www.fristfridaysonline.com).Art Crossing at River Place, 300 River Street,@ S. Main, along the Reedy River, Greenville,SC, or at (www.artcrossing.org). Ongoing- This site includes 18 artists studios including:Studio 101, Guy and Cate Stevens ArtStudio, 864/915-8918 or (www.GuyStevensArt.com). Studio 103, Larry Seymour Wildlife Art,864/430-8863 or (www.larryseymourwildlifeart.com). Studio 104, ak DESIGN, LLC., 864/313-1587 or (www.alkeiser.com). Studio 105,Skylark Studio, Cheryl Combs, 864/240-9272or (www.cherylcombs.com). Studio 106, PatrickCollard Studios, 864/430-8924, or (www.collardphoto.com).Studio 107, The Jared Collection,864/304-5124 or (www.thejaredcollection.com). Studio 109, Marie Gruber Photography &Mixed Media, 864/918-2619 or (www.MarieGruber.com).Studio 110, Christina Nicole Studios,864/609-7057, (www.christina-nicole.com).Studio 111, Emily Clarke Studio, 864/704-9988or (www.EmilyClarkeStudio.com). Studio 112,Susanne Vernon Mosaic Artist, 412/953-5652or (www.susannevernon.com) and August VernonArtist, 412/953-3036 or (www.augustvernon.com).Studio 201-1, Ron Gillen, 864/918-3341 or (www.rongillenfinearts.com). Studio201-2, Patti Rishforth, 864/350-5123 or (www.pattirishforth.com). Studio 201-3, Rich Nicoloff,Photography from the Journey, e-mail at (rich@fromthejourney.com). Studio 201-7, MarieScott, Marie Scott Studios, e-mail at (mscott@mariescottstudios.com). Studio 201-4; AprilOrtiz, Artchics, e-mail at (Artzychic@bellsouth.net). Studio 201-7. Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday,11am to 5pm.Art & Light, a fusion gallery, located in theFlatiron Studios of the Pendleton Street ArtDistrict, 1211 Pendleton St., Greenville. Ongoing- The gallery brings together visual arts andTable of Contentshome accessories to provide a boutique that isat once unique and incredibly usable. This isthe first fusion gallery in the area to offer variedand affordable original art along with wonderfullyoriginal home furnishings and accessories.First-time visitors to the gallery are wowed bythe open, welcoming, and glassy - yet warm- studios, which afford a view of the burgeoningarts district that is West Greenville. Hours:Thur.-Sat., 10am-5pm and1st Fri., 6-9pm ofeach month. Contact: 864/363-8172 or at(www.artandlightgallery.com).Work by Dale CochranArtists Guild Gallery of Greenville, 200 N.Main Street, Greenville. Mar. 1 - 31 - Featuringan exhibit of works by new member DaleCochran. A reception will be held on Mar.2, from 6-9pm. South Carolina native DaleCochran is an artist that has a gift for revealingthe uniqueness and beauty in things seeminglyplain, illuminating the stories and spirits behindthe ordinary – an old barn, a basket of pecans,a child caught in a moment of imagination, acrayon on pavement. Ongoing - Featuringa mix of works by gallery artists: Dottie Blair,Nancy Barry, Laura Buxo, Gerda Bowman,Pat Cato, Dale Cochran, Robert Decker,Kathy DuBose, Alice Flannigan, , Edith McBeeHardaway, Chris Hartwick, Kevin Henderson,Randi Johns, Diarmuid Kelly, John Pendarvis,and David Waldrop,. Consignors; John Auger,Don & Sharon Boyett, Kathryn W. Copley,Jennifer Henderson, and Stuart Lyle. Hours:Mon.-Thur., 10am-6pm; Fri., 10am-9pm; Sat.,10am-6pm; & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 864/239-3882 or at(www.artistsguildgalleryofgreenville.com).Catherine Hayes Art + Sculpture - Gallery,117 + 121 Cleveland St., Greenville. Ongoing- Specializing in American and European FineArt, representing an array of accomplished artistswith varying styles. Catherine Hayes alsooffers art consultant and art leasing servicesby appointment. The discussion series, "ARTTalk," is typically free and held at the galleryevery third Monday of the month from 7-9pm.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-3pm or by appt. Contact:864/353-6151 or at (www.catherinehayesart.com).Charlie Pate Gallery, 11 Lois Ave., Greenville.Ongoing - Featuring original oil and pastelpaintings by Charlie Pate, as well as drawings,prints and bronze sculpture. Pate's art is allrepresentational. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm.Contact: 864/430-5967.Christopher Park Gallery, 608-A South MainStreet, Greenville. Ongoing - Offering handmadeand humorous art by North and SouthCarolina artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm &Sat., noon-6pm. Contact: 864/232-6744 or at(www.christopherparkgallery.com).Daly Designs Gallery, 421 S. Main St.,Greenville. Ongoing - The gallery continues toshow many local artisits who work in variousmediums, and has expanded to include art fromother areas. Liz Daly-Korybski creates jewelryfrom glass in her on site studio, and other artistscan be seen creating in the gallery as well.Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11am-6pm; Fri., 11am-9-pm; Sat., 11am-9pm; & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact:864/325-4445 or at (www.dalydesigns.com).Doug Young Studio and Gallery, 12-A LoisAve., Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring representationalsculptures by Doug Young. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact: 864/430-3130or at (www.dougyoungstudios.com).Gallery at Grove, 1312 Augusta St., Greenville.Ongoing - Featuring works by local andregional artists, including originals by local artistJoseph Bradley, Katie Walker, Kate WoffordAmbrose, and Ron Greenlee. Specializing infine art and unique custom framing designs.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: 864/235-4935 or at (www.galleryatgrove.com).Guy Stevens, Gallery/Studio,1263 PendletonSt., Greenville. Ongoing - Featuring originalworks in oil and watercolor by Guy Stevens. Wealso offer a collection of limited edition gicléeand offset lithograph on paper and stretchedcanvas as well as hand textured and paintedframes. Hours: Mon.-Fri. hours vary call ahead.Contact: 864/235-6748 or 864/915-8918.Hampton III Gallery, 3100 Wade Hampton Blvd.,10 Gallery Center, Taylors. Through Mar. 17- "By-Turns: Paul Yanko and Enid Williams". Coffeeand Conversation with Enid and Paul will beoffered Saturday, Mar. 3, 11am-noon. Ongoing- works by Sigmund Abeles, John Acorn, DaveAppleman, Jane Armstrong, J. Bardin, Carl Blair,Emery Bopp, Bette Lee Coburn, Jim Craft, JamieDavis, Jeanet Dreskin, Tom Flowers, WilliamHalsey, Wolf Kahn, James Kirby, Darell Koons,Paul Matheny, Corrie McCallum, Glen Miller,Mark Mulfinger, Charles Quest, Ed Rice, MertonSimpson, Laura Spong, Carl Sublett, Leo Twiggs,Art Werger, Phillip Whitley, Harrell Whittington,Mickey Williams, Paul Yanko, and Jas ZadurowiczHours: Tue.-Fri., 1-5pm; Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 864/268-2771 or at(www.HamptonlllGallery.com).Little House Art Studios, 602 Strange Rd.,Taylors. Ongoing - Featuring exhibits of fiberart, mixed media collages and painting bySusan R. Sorrell and Anne K. Taylor’s photography,paintings and collages. Hours: byappt. only. Contact: 864/517-4023 or at (www.littlehouseartstudios.com).llyn strong, 119 North Main Street, Greenville.Ongoing - featuring the works of over 60 nationalcustom jewelry designers and glass blowers.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am - 5:30pm. Contact:864/233-5900 or at (www.llynstrong.com).Mary Praytor Gallery, 26 So. Main Street,Greenville. Ongoing - Exhibit of gallery artistsinclude; Scott Belville, Judy Jones, Kent Ambler,Stephen Dell, Spela Brencic, Jack Burgess,Margaret Dyer, Ashley Norwood Cooper, JonathanFenske, Dobee Snowber, Jim Heiser, MaryWalker, Ken Page, Mark Mulfinger, and MarkAnderson. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm; Thur.&Fri. evenings & Sun. afternoons by appt. Contact:864/235-1800.McDunn Art & Craft Gallery, 741 RutherfordRd., at the intersection of N. Main St., Greenville.Ongoing - Showcasing custom studiofurniture crafted on-location, blacksmithing, ceramics,painting, printmaking, sculpture, woodturningby artists of SC, NC, GA, and national,including Kim Blatt, Jim Campbell, SharonCampbell, Bob Chance, Don Clarke, DeniseDetrich, Bob Doster, Buddy Folk, Lila Gilmer,Griz Hockwalt, Alan Hollar, HSU Studios, LuisJaramillo, Lynn Jenkins, Michael McDunn, RenatoMoncini, Charles Stephan, Tom Zumbach,and more. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat.,11am-4pm. Contact: 864/242-0311 or at(www.mcdunnstudio.com).Midtown Artery, 718-A S. Main St., West End,just one block below the Army/Navy Store andone block above The American Grocery Restaurant,Greenville. Ongoing – Featuring contemporarypaintings by world renowned AndreDesjardins, Fidel Garcia and Anita Lewis. Alsofeaturing original works by international artistsHengki Pudjianto, Eugenia Mangra, YogendraSethi and Victoria Stewart. Bronze sculptureby South Vietnamese artist Tuan and glasssculpture by Barry Entner can also be seen.Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-7pm, Sun., noon-5pm.Contact: 864/232-0018 or at(www.midtownartery.com).Olde Towne Galleries, 1300 Laurens Road,Greenville. Ongoing - A fine art gallery featuringworks by local, regional and internationalartists, including watercolor landscapes andflorals by Judy Sahm, Celtic landscapes byDonna Nyzio, pottery by Veronica Inman, photographyand hand-woven linens and garmentsby Gail Gray and Russian Gzhel ceramics andhandpainted boxes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5-pm. Contact: 864/235-5592.Ric Standridge Gallery, 1021 S. Main St.,Greenville. Ongoing - We feature a continuingseries of Standridge paintings and individualartist exhibitions as well as theme and invitationalshows by artist from all geographic regions.We represent a diverse group of artisticstyles of painting, sculptures and preeminentglass collection. Hours: Tue. & Thur., 10am-4-pm or by appt. Contact: at (www.ricstandridge.com).Sea Island Gallery, 115 Pelham Road, PelhamCourt Shopping Center, Greenville. Ongoing -Original SC & southwest paintings by DouglasGrier, raku pottery by Tim Tyler, oils on paper byBetsy Bayne and a wide selection of prints bymany artists. Hours: Tues. - Fri., 10am - 5:30pm;Sat., 10am - 4pm. Contact: 864/271-2007.10 Central Avenue Studios, 10 CentralAve., centrally located in the Heritage HistoricDistrict, Greenville. Ongoing - 10 CentralAvenue Studios is a unique gallery and workingspace for professional and emerging artiststhat invites the public inside the artisticprocess through shows, events, educationand conversations with 14 working artists. Wealso offer services for Giclee‘ reproductionscontinued on Page 71

and framing. Featuring works by Julia Peters,Laura K. Aiken, Joseph Ambuhl, Salley Batson,Jeanne Blinkoff, Susan Bridges-Smith, RoseCooke, Reta Cooper, Mack McCloud, Ann V.Peak, Georgia Pistolis, Patricia Thomas, BobSantanello, Jill Patterson Schmidt, and JudithWoodward. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-1pm &2-5pm or by appt. Contact: 864/370-0301 or at(www.10centralave.com).The Clay People Gallery, 1211 Pendleton St.,The Flatiron Building, Greenville. Ongoing -Featuring contemporary figurative Raku claysculpture by Angelique Brickner and RhondaGushee. Each month the gallery will presentchanging works beginning on Greenville's "FirstFridays" gallery hop. Clay sculpture demonstrationsgiven for small groups and individuals byappointment or special announcement. Hours:Fri. & Sat., 10am-5pm; First fridays, 6-9pm; andby appt. Contact: Rhonda Gushee at 513/ 315-1872 or at (www.TheClayPeople.net).Village Studios and Gallery, The Village ofWest Greenville, 1278 Pendleton St., two storyyellow brick building on corner of Pendleton St.and Lois Ave., Greenville. Ongoing - We have10 studios and the Gallery exhibits the art ofthese artists plus that of the other artists in theVillage of West Greenville (Pendleton StreetArts District) The exhibit is ever changing andat any time there may be pottery, sculpture,paintings (oil and acrylic), realistic, abstract,expressionistic, batik, portraits, and framedassemblage. Hours: by appt. only. Contact:864/295-9278 or at (www.villageartstudios.com).Hilton Head IslandCamellia Art, 8 Pope Avenue, Hilton HeadIsland. Ongoing - Featuring custon framing andart gallery with works by Marge Agin, Evelyn B.Ballentine, Vickie Ebbers, Cassandra M. Gillens,Kelly Graham, Ben Ham, Brucie Holler, Bill Little,Louanne Laroache, Lynn Parrott, Laurie McIntosh,Brian Vaughn, and Martha Worthy. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5:30pm & Sat., 9am-1pm.Contact: 843/785-3535 or at (http://camelliaart.com).Fastframe, 95 Matthews Dr., unit A-6, HiltonHead Island. Ongoing - Featuring originalwork in oils, acrylics, pastels, water colors, andgouache, by David Randall and a variety of localartists. Also a broad mix of limited editions, printsand posters also available. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/342-7696 or at (www.fastframe.com).Island Ideas Gallery, The Fresh MarketShoppes, Wm. Hilton Pkw., Hilton Head Island.Ongoing - Serving the Lowcountry since 1986.Representing local, regional and national artistsin a wide variety of media. Extensive selectionof prints, posters, photography, and giclee reproductions.Vast selection of framing matreials.Offering fine art giclee reproduction services withstate-of-the-art equipment. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,8am-6pm & Sat., 8am-4pm. Contact: 843/842-6261.jcostello gallery, 8 Archer Rd., red fish restaurantbuilding, Hilton Head Island. Ongoing- Representing an international landscape incompositions of oil, photography and printmaking,from the Lowcountry to Morocco,Budapest, Kyoto, Latin America, and Provence.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 1-9pm & Sun., 5-9pm or byappt. Contact: 843/686-6550 or at (www.jcostellogallery.com).Work by Dan McCawMorris & Whiteside Galleries, 220 CordilloParkway, Hilton Head Is. Ongoing - Presentinga broad collection of 19th and 20th century representationalAmerican paintings and sculpture.Landscapes, still lifes, genre scenes, figuresand historical subjects by many of America'sleading representational artists, impressionistsand expressionists are available for discriminatingprivate, corporate and institutional collectors.Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm; Sat., 10am-3pm or byappt. Contact: 843/842-4433 and at(www.morriswhiteside.com).Picture This Gallery, Cypress Square, 78Arrow Road, Suite D, Hilton Head Island.Ongoing - Featuring works by proprietorand artist-in-residence Mira Scott, as well as,works by Mary Heuer, Barbara Bothwell, WallyPalmer & Mark Reid, Jim Schulz, Rose Edin,Roy Rupy, Rhonda Fantozzi, James Herrmann,Guido Petruzzi, Sheri Farbstein, Sissy, LisaShimko, Mark S. Tierney, Don Baker, CatherineWest Olivetti, Alexis Kostuk, Butch Hirsch,Steven A. Chapp, J. K. Crum, Archie McRee,Laura Mostaghel, Ellen Moriarty, Mary Sullivan,L. Robert Stanfield & Arla Crumlick Wible, andClyde Williams.Also, many other services includingdesign, art classes, framing, and Gicleeprinting. Hours: Mon-Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat.,9:30am-12:30pm or by appt. Contact: 843/842-5299 or at (www.picturethishiltonhead.com).Pink House Gallery, 1503 Main Street Village,,Hilton Head Island. Ongoing - Featuring originalart work of regional and nationally known artists;plus unique handcrafted gift items. Also, thebest selection of prints and posters in the area.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am - 6pm & Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 843/681-5169.Smith Galleries, Gallery of Fine Craft, Art,& Framing, in the Village at Wexford, upstairsin Ste. J-11, 1000 William Hilton Parkway,Hilton Head Island. Ongoing - Hilton Head’scomplete gallery representing more than 300of the country’s finest craftsmen offering thefinest in the area of jewelry, kaleidoscopes,wooden jewelry boxes, Sticks furniture, artglass, kitchen utensils, metal and pottery. Thegallery carries original art as well as fine printsand reproductions and offers complete framingservices. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact:843/842-2280 or at(www.smithgalleries.com).LancasterBob Doster’s Backstreet Studio, Gallery, &Garden, 217 E. Gay St., at the intersection ofWhite St. & Gay St., one and one half blockseast of Main St., Lancaster. Ongoing - Featuringworks by award winning sculptor BobDoster, along with changing exhibits of local,regional, and national artists working in all mediums.Hours: by appt only. Contact: 803/285-9190 or at (www.bobdoster.com).LattaRJK Frames and Things, 112 E. Main Street,Latta. Ongoing - Featuring Imperial Russianbone china, exceptional gold trimmed lacquerboxes, Soviet propaganda posters, rare RussianOrthodox Icons and Avant Garde drawings.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 8am-6pm. Contact:843/752-9319 or(http://www.rjkframesandthings.com/).LexingtonMary Elliott Williams’ Studio, 1044 Hope FerryRd., Lexington. Ongoing - Precious Faces,artworks mainly in pastel and oil, commissionsaccepted. Hours: by appt. Contact: 803/356-0381 or at (www.artistsofthesouth.com).Sandlapper Art & Frame, 711 E. Main St.,Suite M, downstairs in Lexington’s Historic OldMill, Lexington. Ongoing - Offering custom pictureframing and fine art sales. Also handmadegifts such as pottery, jewelry, metal art, etc. Thestore has a very “coastal” flair but all mediumsand subjects are exhibited. Hours: Tue.-Fri.,10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-3pm; & by appt. Contact:803/785-4278 or at (www.sandlapperart.com).Mt. Pleasant - Isle of Palms - Sullivan's Is.Accent Framing & Gallery, 1303 Ben SawyerBlvd., Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Original art bymany of the Lowcountry’s best artists featuringMartin Ahrens, Fletcher Crossman, LynnSalkeld, Charles Parnell and Shea Fowler.Hundreds of prints and photographs in stock.We also offer painting lessons by master artists.Hours: M.-F., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4-pm. Contact: 843/884-5828.Adele’s Pottery Studio & Gallery, 1659 MiddleSt., Sullivan’s Island. Ongoing - Featuringwheel thrown & hand-built clay works by AdeleDeas Tobin. Also offering classes for childrenand teens. Pottery on the wheel Sept.-May.Hours: daily, 11am-5pm & by appt. Contact:843/883-9545.Artwerx Framing & Galleria, The Plaza @Park West, Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Featuringa unique, one-of-a-kind collection of originalartwork, prints, giclees, hand painted gifts,custom mirrors, hand blown glass lamps, andhand made jewelry by local artists such asGreg Drexler, Susan Hauser, Will Helger, SteveTable of ContentsNeff, Richard Rose, Michael Story, and photographerLea Dales. Also - Professional, on-sitecustom framing, as well as a space for gifts.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm & Sat., 10am-4pm.Contact: 843/971-4643.Billie Sumner Studio, Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing- Featuring original contemporary paintings andmonotypes by Billie Sumner. Hours: by appt.only. Contact: 843/884-8746.Complements Gallery, 630 Johnny DoddsRoad, Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Featuring potteryby Mary Jeffries. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 843/881-4035.Karen's Korner, Gateway to the Beachcenter,1405 Ben Sawyer Blvd., near CVS, Mt.Pleasant. Ongoing - Offering high quality custonframing, originals and prints by Charlynn Knight,Carol McGill, Sabine Avacalade, Kevin Curran,and Carol Ann Curran. Photography by ScottHenderson, Marc Epstein, as well as pottery,stained glass and other fine art objects. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 843/971-4110 orat (kbkorner@bellsouth.net).Sandpiper Gallery, 2019C Middle Street,beside Sullivan's Restaurant & US Post Office,Sullivan's Island. Ongoing - Featuring adistinctive selection of fine art, including oils,watercolors, acrylics and linocuts by local andregional artists. Functional pottery and art pottery,raku, original designed jewelry, sculpture,glass, mobiles, photography & unique one of akind home furnishings, all created by establishedand emerging local and regional artistsincluding Ann lee Merrill, Roberta Remy, RichNelson, Anita Louise West, Douglas Grier,Kathy Sullivan, Michael Patterson, MadelineDukes. Custom framing available. Hours: Mon.-Fri., noon-7pm & Sat., noon-5pm. Contact:843/883-0200 or at (www.sandpipergallery.net).Work by Karen Burnette GarnerThe Treasure Nest Art Gallery, 1055 JohnnieDodds Blvd., Hwy. 17 frontage road., CrickentreeVillage, Mt. Pleasant. Ongoing - Featuringover 700 hand-painted oils and 1,000 frames atwonderful quality and truly superb value. Worksby highly accomplished artists from the Southeast,US National, and International locales. Offeringa great variety of subjects including: Lowcountrymarschscapes, beachscapes, wildlife,boats, bridges and architecture; other US andEuropean landscapes, cityscapes, and harbors;as well as still lifes, abstracts and much more.Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm.Contact: 843/216-1235 or at(www.treasurenestartgallery.com).Myrtle Beach / Grand StrandArt & Soul, an Artisan Gallery, 5001 NorthKings Highway, in the Rainbow Harbor plaza,Myrtle Beach. Ongoing - Featuring works bysuch local artists as Giuseppi Chillico, KimClayton, Dina Hall, Carl Kerridge, Alex Powers,Robert Sadlemire and Ed Streeter. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact:843/839-2727 or at (www.artandsoulmb.com).Collectors Cafe & Gallery, 7726 North KingsHighway, Hwy. 17 and 78th Avenue, MyrtleBeach. Ongoing - 5,000 square foot gallery featuringlocal and regional artists. Hours: Regularcafe hours. Contact: 843/449-9370.Southern Portrait and Accents, VillageSquare Shopping Center, Hwy. 17 & 40th Ave.,3901 N. Kings Hwy., Myrtle Beach. Ongoing -Featuring works by local artists including: RuthCox, Bill Strydesky, Susan Duke, Vittorio Santini,Giovanna Picasso, Sarain Gomez, CherylReynolds-Castle, Damien Castle, Tadd Rubin,Marcie Macie-Hill, Claudio Olevido, FrankCeruzzi, nostalgic photographer, Carlo Artgasculpture. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-7pm; Sat.noon-4pm & by appt. Contact: 843-448-3303 orat (www.southernportraitsandaccents.com).The Howard Gallery, 532 West Broadway St.,Myrtle Beach. Ongoing - Featuring a frameShop and gallery of local award winning artistswith cards and small gifts as well. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-5:30pm & 3rd Thur. of the monthfrom 5-7:30pm. Contact: 843/626-3118 or at(www.thehowardgallery.com).The Loft at The Howard Gallery, 532 WestBroadway St., Myrtle Beach. Ongoing - Featuringa gallery of award winning artists, featuringpaintings by Carol Belcher, Elaine Bigelow,Sue Coley, Judy O’Brien and Jan Wurst, withcollage, origami and ceramics by Millie Doud,ceramics by John Bolicki, photos by SuzanneGaff, and photos and jewelry by Kelly Mezzapelle.Also a fine selection of framing by TheHoward Gallery. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-5-:30pm & 3rd Thur. of the month from 5-7:30pm.Contact: 843/626-3118 or at (www.thehowardgallery.com).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Myrtle BeachChapin Park, 1400 Kings Hwy and 16th Ave. N.,Myrtle Beach. Apr. 14 & 15, June 9 & 10, Oct.8 & 9 and Nov. 3 & 4, from 10am-4pm - "40thAnnual Art in the Park - Show & Sale," sponsoredby Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild. We willhave over 60 artists from the East Coast, as faraway as TN, with about 20 of those artists fromour local area. Typical art will include Paintings,Woodworking, Photography, Jewelry, Fabric,Glass, Metal, Pottery, Leather and Stone. Freeadmission and Kid friendly. For info call JoAnneUtterback, 843/446-7471 or at(www.artsyparksy.com).Valor Park, 1120 Farrow Parkway, Market common,Myrtle Beach. Apr. 21 & 22 and Nov. 10& 11, from 10am-4pm - "Waccamaw Arts andCrafts Guild's 40th Annual Art in the Park". Wewill have over 60 artists from the East Coastand as far away as Tennessee with about 20 ofthose artists from our local area. Typical art willinclude paintings, woodworking, photography,jewelry, fabric, glass, metal, pottery and stone.No admission charge. Child and Pet Friendly!Contact: JoAnne Utterback at 843/446-7471 or(www.artsyparksy.com).North Charleston/Goose CreekArtistic Spirit Gallery, 10 Storehouse Row,The Navy Yard at Noisette, North Charleston.Ongoing - Featuring original visionary artworkby people who are driven to produce as a formof self-expression or release.In addition topieces by long departed anonymous artisans,work by Southern folk artists and contemporaryvisionaries such as William LaMirande, CaseyMcGlynn, Davy Marshall, Ed Larson, AlfredEaker and Jerome Neal are featured. Hours: byappt. only. Contact: 843/579-0149 or at (www.artisticspiritgallery.com).Steve Hazard Studio Gallery, 3180 IndustryDr., Suite A, Pepperdam Industrial Park, enterbusiness park at Pepperdam from AshleyPhosphate Rd., North Charleston. Ongoing- Show & sale of contemporary fine craft andfine art. A gallery and working studio featuringworks by Steve Hazard including 2-D & 3-Dwall art, sculpture, vessels, accessories andjewelry in fused glass and etched clear glass;welded metal tables. Commissions acceptedfor gates and custom projects. Works in variousmedia by local & guest artists include originalpaintings, sculpture and reproductions.Thursday - Saturday, 2 - 6 PM and by appointHours: Thur.-Sat., 2-6pm (call ahead). Contact:843/552-0001 or e-mail at (afgraffiti@aol.com).The Art of Sykes Gallery, 1206 Redbank Road,Suite D-1, Goose Creek. Ongoing - Featuring acontemporary art gallery of sculptures, paintings,jewelry, and mixed media. Offering monthlyexhibits featuring well-known and emergingnational and regional artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,10am-7pm. Contact: 843/628-2286 or at (www.ArtofSykes.com).Pawleys Island, Litchfield & Murrells InletArt Works, Litchfield Exchange, 2 miles southof Brookgreen Gardens, behind Applewood’sHouse of Pancakes, Pawleys Island. Ongoing- Featuring original work by 60 local artistsin regularly changing displays. Paintings byJudy Antosca, Elaine Bigelow, Nancy Bracken,Ruth Cox, Mary Dezzutti, Dottie Dixon, ErnestGerhardt, Susan Goodman, Kathleen McDermott,Hal Moore, Martha Radcliff, Nancy VanBuren, Nancy Wickstrom, Jane Woodward andothers, as well as works in mixed media byGwen Coley, Millie Doud, Sue Schirtzinger andSavana Whalen, clay by Rhoda Galvani, ScottHenderson, Elizabeth Keller, Jan Rhine, OscarShoenfelt and Caryn Tirsch, wood by John Kingand Johnny Tanner, bronze by Leez Garlockand Gayle Cox Mohatt, stained glass by RoyalElmendorf, painted glassware by Nancy Grumman,and gullah fabric art by Zenobia. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 843/235-9600or at (www.classatpawleys.com).Ebb & Flow Art Co-op, 4763 Hwy. 17, acrossfrom Thomas Supply, right before the WachesawRd. intersection, Murrells Inlet. Ongoing- a new art gallery in Murrells Inlet that boasts ahefty array of local talent. The gallery featuresmany different mediums from establishedartisans who have been working in the areafor years as well as fresh new talent, includingworks by: Lee Arthur, Adrian Dorman, GastonLocklear, Chuck May, Keels Culberson Swinnie,Ted Watts, Sara McLean, Larry Bell, Jasoncontinued on Page 72Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 71

SC Commercial Galleriescontinued from Page 71Moore, Amy Cox, Amy Locklear, Graham Lawing,Glen Grant, Susan Williams, Wes Gordon,Mary Manz, Allison Creagh, Kristen Montsinger,Bobbie Holt, Rich Kuhn, Jolyn Kuhn, DannyFoley, Dot Hannah, Tom Hora and many more!Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/446-7076 or at (http://www.keelsart.com).Island Art Gallery, located in The VillageShops, 10744M Ocean Hwy., Pawleys Island.Ongoing - Featuring original work of 22 localartists. New pieces are arriving daily, comeby to see the best the Hammock Coast has tooffer, featuring the work of Jim Nelson, BetsyJones McDonald, Kelly Atkinson, Nancy Davison,Betsy Stevenson, Jane Woodward, CathyTurner, Barney Slice, Sharon Sorrels and more.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact:843/455-0336 or at (www.pawleysislandart.com).Work by Ray EllisThe Cheryl Newby Gallery, 11096 Ocean Hwy17., in The Shops at Oak Lea, Pawleys Island.Ongoing - Representing Sigmund Abeles,Ellen Buselli, Ray Ellis, Joseph Cave, LauraEdwards, Claire K. Farrell, Kathy Metts, MikeWilliams, and Charles Williams; also sculptorsGwen Marcus and Catherine Ferrell. A largeinventory of original antique natural historyprints and engravings by Mark Catesby, JohnJ. Audubon, John Gould, and others. Alsooriginal antique maps and charts from the 16ththrough the 19th centuries. Hours: Tue-Sat.,10am-5:30pm. Contact: 843/979-0149 or (www.cherylnewbygallery.com).Rock HillGallery 5, a contemporary artspace, 131 EastMain Street, Suite 506 on fifth floor, downtownRock Hill. Ongoing - Representing awardwinningAmerican artists, over 40 from 18 states,including paintings, sculpture, glass, ceramicsand functional art. Hours: by appt., call 803/985-5000 and e-mail at (galleryfive@comporium.net).The Frame Shop and Gallery, 570 N. AndersonRd., Rock Hill. Ongoing - Offering originalfine art, limited edition prints and posters aswell as custom framing services. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 803-328-8744.SenecaPatina on the Alley, 114 Ram Cat Alley,Seneca. Ongoing - Featuring limited editionprints, giclees, originals, pottery and sculpturesby local and regional artists such as BetiStrobeck, Wanda Heffelfinger, Gale McKinley,Diana Pursch, Fran Humphries, Paul Frederick,Connie Lippert, Kate Krause, Karen Dittman,Sue Grier, Bob Doster, and Brandy Weiner. Wealso have baskets by Pati English and NancyBasket. Photography by Jack Kates, CarlAckerman, Dede Norungolo, and Witt Langstaff.Also the working studio of Michael Brown.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: 864/888-1110 or at (www.patinaalley.com).SpartanburgBonnie Goldberg, Robert LoGrippo, AlanMcCarter, Joan Murphy, Keith Spencer, JimCreal, Scott Cunningham and many others.Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10:30am-5pm & Sat., 11am-4pm and by appt. Contact: 864/585-3335 or at(www.carolinagalleryart.com).Creals Studio and Gallery, Suite 950,Montgomery Building, 187 N. Church St. ,Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring works by JimCreal. Hours: by appt. only or chance. Contact:864/597-0879 or e-mail at (jimcreal@mindspring.com).Mayo Mac Boggs Studio, 1040 Seven SpringsRoad, Spartanburg. Ongoing - Limited editionbronze tablets, steel sculpture and computergraphics. Hours: by appt. only. Contact: 864/579-2938 or at (www.myartweb.com).Wet Paint Syndrome, LLC, Hillcrest SpecialtyRow (on the flip side), 1040 Fernwood-Glendale Rd., Suite 34, Spartanburg. FirstThur. of each month, 6:30-9pm - "Pop-UpGallery Nights." This is an open wall night toshow and sell newer works. The Pop-Up eventis intended to serve both the established andemerging artists in the region, as well as collectorswho are looking for more affordable andthe current edge of newer works. It is differentevery month, and we never know what will popupnext! Contact: 864/579-9604 or at (www.wetpaintsyndrome.com).SummervilleArt Central, Ltd. Gallery, 130 Central Ave., Summerville.Ongoing - Featuring fine art originals,reproductions, one-of-a-kind jewelry and photographyby local award winning artists. RepresentingHelen K. Beacham, Bette Lu Bentley-Layne,Mary Ann Bridgman, Renee Bruce, ChristineCrosby, Judy Jacobs, Alexandra Kassing, SarahAllums Kuhnell, Yvonne L. Rousseau, June Sullivan,Delaine Walters, Kathleen Wiley and DettaC. Zimmerman. Featuring consignment artistsWilma Cantey/pottery, Gary Nunn/woodworking,Guenter Weber/walking sticks and sweetgrassbaskets and gourds by Sharon Perkins. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/871-0297 orat (www.artcgalleryltd.com).Four Green Fields Gallery & Gifts, 117-ACentral Ave., Summerville. Ongoing - Featuringthe new home of Silver Pail Pottery bypotters Jillian and Robin Carway. The galleryshowcases the work of 45+ American fine craftartists with an emphasis on local and SouthCarolina artisans. Offering a wide range oftalent from the master potter to the emergingsilversmith. Other media represented includefiber, wood, photography, baskets, paper, glass,metal, leather and handmade artisan products.Craft artists interested in exhibiting with FourGreen Fields can find an “Artist Info Packet”on the website. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.Contact: 843/261-7680 or at (www.fourgreenfieldsgallery.com).Miles Gallery, 208 S. Magnolia St., Summerville.Ongoing - Whimsicalities for eclectic personalities.Fun art from local, regional, and internationalartists. Handmade jewelry, paintings, folkart, pottery and much more. Hours: Wed.-Sat.,10am-3pm. Contact: 843/851-1182 or at (www.milesgallery.us).People, Places, & Quilts, 129 W. RichardsonAvenue, Summerville. Ongoing - Featuringfabric, books, patterns, notions, quilts and FolkArt. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm and Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 843/937-9333 or at (www.ppquilts.com).Carolina Artsis now onFacebookGo to this link and“like” us!Carolina Clay Resource Directoryis our attempt at Carolina Artsnewspaper to create a focal pointfor info about the clay communityin both North and South Carolina.We may not be everything somewant, but we’ll try and bring ourreaders the most news about what’sgoing on, where you can find it,and info about the individuals andorganizations involved in the Carolina community. Whether you callit clay, pottery, ceramics - if you don’t see what should be here - justlet us know about it so we can add it to the mix.For the Carolina Clay Resource Directory go to:www.carolinaarts.com/ccrd/carolinaclay.htmlFor the Carolina Clay Resource Directory Blog go to:http://carolinaclayresourcedirectory.wordpress.com/Don’t forget about our website:www.carolinaarts.comYou can find past issues all the way back toAugust 2004!You can find past articles all the way back toJune 1999Downtown Spartanburg, Mar. 15, 5-9pm -"Art Walk Spartanburg". Held on the 3rd Thur,of every month art galleries and art spaces indowntown Spartanburg will open their doors.Participating are: Spartanburg Art Museum,Artists' Guild of Spartanburg Gallery, HUB-BUBshowroom, Carolina Gallery, and West MainArtists Cooperative. For more information call864/585-3335 or visit (www.carolinagalleryart.com).Art & Frame Gallery, 108 Garner Road,Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring works by localartists, custom framing and art supplies. Hours:Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 864/585-3700.Carolina Gallery, 145 W. Main Street,Spartanburg. Ongoing - Featuring fine artoriginals by local, national and internationalartists including Linda Cancel, Carol Beth Icard,Daniel Cromer, Patricia Cole-Ferullo, DominickFerullo, Greg McPherson, Guido Migiano, AnnStoddard, Richard Seaman, Steven Heeren,Page 72 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Tea Farm Cottage, 808 N. Cedar St., Summerville.Ongoing - Featuring works by the largestgroup of artisans and crafters in the tri-countyarea with 90 sellers under one roof, plus locallymadefoods and antiques. Monthly arts and craftsshows on our 1/2 acre property. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 843/871-1113.The Finishing Touch, 140-A West RichardsonAve., Summerville. Ongoing - Featuring originalart, fine crafts, framing and interior design byappt. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm & Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 843/873-8212.SumterElephant Ear Gallery Fine Arts and Creations,672 Bultman Dr., Sumter. Ongoing - Featuringworks by 23 artists offering every medium fromwatercolor to angora grown rabbits producingfur for spinning. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm.Contact: 803/773-2268.You can contact us by calling 843/825-3408 or by e-mail at - info@carolinaarts.combut do it before the 24th of the month prior to our next issue.Table of ContentsAlso don’t forget about our two blogs:Carolina Arts UnleashedCarolina Arts NewsSend us your email address to be addedto our list to receive notice of eachmonthly issue.info@carolinaarts.com