Anastasia & Friends Art Gallerycontinued from Page 23unique, sometimes funny, even, surprisinglight.Artists Amy Alley, Lucy Bailey, LeslieBennett, Mark Boone, Rachel Borgman,Anastasia Chernoff, Hannah Edelhoch,Candace Engel, Blake Faries of Saluda’sRestaurant, Betsy Kaemmerlen, PaulKaufmann, Ricky Mollohan of Cellar onGreene, Mr. Friendly’s and Solstice Restaurants,Paul Moore , Drew Moreland, MariaKennedy Mungo, Kristian Neimi of RossoTrattoria Italia, Travis Rayle, Paula Riddle,Virginia Scotchie, C Neil Scott and RoeYoung have created an exhibition of edibleart, paintings, sculpture, serving pieces,Tapp’s <strong>Arts</strong> Center, Columbia, <strong>SC</strong>’s centerfor visual and performing arts at 1644Main Street, will celebrate its grand openingWednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, at 1pm andThursday, Nov. 3, 2011, at 5pm as part of itsNovember First Thursdays on Main showand invites the public to mingle with theartists, see their work and most importantly,celebrate the grand opening.glass, photography and mixed media, somewith a collaborative slant between visualand culinary artists that will astound youreyes, tease your taste buds, make you laughand, maybe, even give you some new,unusual ideas for leftovers!Anastasia & Friends art gallery is locatedon Main Street in the front of the Free Timesbuilding in downtown Columbia, justacross from the Columbia Museum of Art.For further information check our <strong>SC</strong>Commercial Gallery listings, contact AnastasiaChernoff by calling 803/665-6902 ore-mail to (stasia1825@aol.com).Tapp’s <strong>Arts</strong> Center inColumbia, <strong>SC</strong>, CelebratesGrand Opening - Nov. 2 & 3, 2011Part of window display, Two Hours at the Beach,by Susan LenzFor over 12 months, the center has beenunder construction, and now the former departmentstore space has been transformedinto 30 artists’ studios, performance spaceand exhibit space.“In just over a year, Tapp’s has becomeThe Aiken Artist Guild in Aiken, <strong>SC</strong>,will present the exhibit, Americana ThatTugs at Your Heart, featuring works byAnne Rauton Smith and Judy Adamick, onview from Nov. 1 - 30, 2011, in the AikenArtist Guild Gallery at the Aiken Centerfor the <strong>Arts</strong>. A reception will be held onNov. 17, from 6-8pm. The Guild will alsopresent an exhibit of works from NorthAugusta, <strong>SC</strong>, artist Marcia Bergtholdt atthe Hitchcock Health Center in Aiken, <strong>SC</strong>,on view from Nov. 1 - 30, 2011.a hub for artists and creative people in theMidlands,” says Brenda Schwarz, executivedirector of Tapp’s <strong>Arts</strong> Center. “And whilewe’ve been having shows while renovatingthe building, now that construction is completeand artists are in their studios, Tapp’swill continue to grow into what our artisticcommunity in Columbia wants it to be.”Tapp’s <strong>Arts</strong> Center ribbon cutting withMayor Steve Benjamin and City Councilmembers will take place on Nov. 2, from12:3-1:30pm. Catering by Happy Cookersand Music by Simply String.On Thursday, Nov. 3, frrom 5 - 11pm,celebrate Tapp’s <strong>Arts</strong> Center Grand Openingduring First Thursdays on Main withhors d’oeuvres, art exhibits and musicalperformances.Featured artists include: Blu Jim,Michael Krajewski, Brad Grizzle, FaustPauluzzi, Sonju Quattlebaum, Ron “Gritsman”Ferguson, Amy Puzerewski, CharlotteHacker-Mullen, Allison Brown, and TishaWard.All new window installations will be ondisplay by: Susan Lenz, Ernest Lee, RogersBoykin, Keith Tolen, Thomas Washington,Mathew John, Ron Ferguson “Gritsman”,Alex Smith, Mario Sunday Rudd, andDeanna Rennick.Music by: Pan, King Amin, & membersof the cast of Spring Awakening from TrustusTheater. Mind Gravy will be held in theFountain Room.For further information check our <strong>SC</strong>Institutional Gallery listings, call BrendaSchwarz at 803/988-0013 or visit(www.tappsartscenter.com).Aiken Artist Guild in Aiken, <strong>SC</strong>,Offers Works by Anne Rauton Smith,Judy Adamick, & Marcia BergtholdtWork by Anne Rauton SmithArtists Anne Rauton Smith and JudyAdamick have been friends for 23 yearsPage 24 - <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>, November 2011and began exhibiting their work togetherin 2010. Smith lives on a cattle farmbetween Johnston and Ward, <strong>SC</strong>. Herbackground stems from an art class shechose in college for an “easy course”and then attended Ringling Art School tostudy interior design. She continued totake painting workshops from nationallyknown artists and after experimentingwith several mediums decided to try herhand with pen & ink with watercolor.Smith found that to be her mediumand a perfect companion to portray therustic, weathered boards of old barns andbuildings for which she has experienced alifetime love affair. “So many barns havedied and returned to the soil. My paintingswill hopefully keep the memories alivefor those old buildings that served theirmasters well,” explains the artist.Adamick’s artistic ability comes fromher father. Although she never viewedany of his work she was told that he wasa wonderful painter, but one day he got animpulsive “wild hair” and built a bon fireburning all his paintings. He never paintedagain!continued above on next column to the rightTable of ContentsWork by Judy AdamickAfter taking classes locally and manyclasses with well known accomplishedartists from around the country, Adamickbecame a full time professional artist in1992. The artist works mostly in acrylicand watercolor.This nostalgic show tells the tale of theold country barns which we all grew upwith and the farm animals of our child-hood memories - of what once was.Marcia Bergtholdt will exhibit works atthe Hitchcock Health Center in Aiken, <strong>SC</strong>.The artist’s training has been focused oncolorists theories of Henry Hensche backto Matisse. Her work in oil will representa variety of subject.“For me, learning to paint was a wholenew way of looking at color, really lookingclosely at how the natural color a anobject changes in the light and shadow,”Bergtholdt explains.Bergtholdt started in watercolor, thenacrylics and finally settled on oils. Shehas studied with Camille Przwodek andTimothy Horn in CA and spent three yearsat the Marin Art School also in CA.For further information check our<strong>SC</strong> Institutional Gallery listings, call theAiken Artist Guild 803/648-8344 or visit(www.aikenartistguild.org).U<strong>SC</strong> Sumter in Sumter, <strong>SC</strong>,Features Healing Works of ArtIn coordination with the HumanitiesFestival of Sumter, <strong>SC</strong>, U<strong>SC</strong> Sumter willfeature an exhibit titled, Sometimes WordsAre Not Enough, from participants ofHealing Icons®, facilitated by Columbia,<strong>SC</strong>, artist, Heidi Dahr-Hope, on view inthe Umpteenth Gallery through Nov. 30,2011.Dahr-Hope explains that this artworkhas been created by Oncology Patientssharing their personal story of battlinga life threatening disease through theirartwork. The traveling exhibition, SometimesWords Are Not Enough, displayscolor reproductions of artwork created bydiverse cancer patients from a broad spectrumof life circumstances. The pieces arevisually and symbolically profound. Theviewer receives an intimate glimpse intothe frightening, disorienting world of livingwith a life threatening disease. Whenwords are not enough, these works of artspeak from the heart to the soul. Eachunique piece of artwork tells a story. Collectively,they spread the gift of hope andhealing to cancer patients, their families,and the community at large.Healing Icons® is a non-profit organizationwhose educational outreach is todemonstrate the importance and value thevisual arts have in the process of individualas well as community healing. Womenwhose lives have been touched by cancerand their families need more than medicineto heal. Sometimes words are notenough to express what the psyche is feeling.Patients with cancer and their familiesface intense stress due to the uncertaintiesand overwhelming emotions surroundinga cancer diagnosis.Through participatory workshops,retreats, seminars and didactic lectures,Healing Icons® reveals the profound rolethe visual arts play in uncovering activeand latent trauma. This method activatesthe healing process enabling participantsto move forward, empowering them withcontinued on Page 25
LET’<strong>SC</strong>REATESOMETHINGRIBBON CUTTING CEREMONYWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 | 12:30–1:30PMlight hors d’oeuvres from: HAPPY COOKERSentertainment by: SIMPLY STRINGGRAND OPENINGTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 | 5:00–11:00PMDURING FIRST THURSDAY ON MAINfeatured artists: BLU JIM, MICHAEL KRAJEWSKI, BRAD GRIZZLE,FAUST PAULUZZImusic by: PAN, KING AMIN, & MEMBERS OF THE CASTOF SPRING AWAKENING FROM TRUSTUS THEATERin the fountain room: MIND GRAVYall new windowinstallationsARTS CENTER1644 main st, columbia, sc 29201 tappsartscenter.comU<strong>SC</strong> Sumter in Sumter, <strong>SC</strong>continued from Page 24new coping strategies. For more informationregarding Healing Icons®, youcan access their website at (http://www.healingicons.org/default.shtml)For further information check our <strong>SC</strong>Clemson University in Clemson, <strong>SC</strong>,is presenting two new exhibits including:Clemson MFA Exhibit, Function andFragments, featuring works by ClemsonUniversity graduate student artists KristinaFalotico and Ernst Meyer, on view in theLee Gallery through Nov. 11, 2011, with areception from 6-8pm, and Touchy Feely,featuring works by Clemson Universitygraduate student artists, Andrew Daly andTodd Stewart, on view in the Lee Galleryfrom Nov. 14 - 30, 2011. A reception will beheld on Nov. 18, from 6-8pm.By re-displaying an abundance of objectsthrough printed matter, Kristina Faloticoforms an understanding of life today withcompositions that are often densely layeredand in a state of disarray in order to presentthe instability of contemporary living.She creates litho and woodcut prints thatforce the viewer to realize how much we ashumans accumulate and the insatiable needfor abundance in our culture. Falotico dealswith drawing realistic, domestic, everydayobjects that are usually overlooked or takenfor granted. She manipulates and distortsher objects with the use of color, fragmentation,and a lack of depth of space to createan overwhelming sense of stuff.To counter the impersonality and disposabilityof everyday items, Ernst MeyerInstitutional Gallery listing, call Cara-linGetty, Director at 803/938-3727 or e-mailat (cgetty@uscsumter.edu) or the GalleryAssistant, Laurel Jordan at (jordalau@uscsumter.edu).Clemson University in Clemson,<strong>SC</strong>, Features Works by KristinaFalotico, Ernst Meyer, AndrewDaly and Todd StewartWork by Todd Stewartcreates functional ceramics that relate toone another, to the home environment andto the user, specifically the everyday processof eating. He is interested in buildingrelationships, families, and communities.continued above on next column to the rightWork by Ernst MeyerTable of ContentsBy exploring ideas of giving and sharing, hecreates a connection between his pieces andhis viewers and challenges them to considerpresentation and to reconsider the table. Hecreates stacks of dinnerware, allowing theviewer to take the stacks apart, thus becominga part of the mealtime ritual and emphasizingbuilding family and community.The work of Andrew Daly and ToddStewart, in the exhibit, Touchy Feely, focuseson how sensory information triggersmemory and is utilized to construct meaning.Touchy Feely is an exhibition that condensesoften overlooked experiences intosituations that dramatically demonstrate theaffect the things we encounter can have onus. Both artists invite you to follow familiarpaths to illogical and extraordinary spaces.Come remember what its like to feel again.For further information check our <strong>SC</strong>Institutional Gallery listings, call the galleryat 864/656-3883 or visit(www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery/).The Museum & Gallery at BobJones University in Greenville,<strong>SC</strong>, Celebrates 60 YearsThe Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones ing their 60th birthday in 2011. Additionally,University in Greenville, <strong>SC</strong>, is presentingcontinuing through the end of 2011,the exhibit, Celebrating 60!, on view regularly scheduled Thursday and Fridaythrough Dec. 14, 2011.3pm guided tours at the campus museumThe Museum & Gallery, referred to by will include a rare opportunity to view theU.S. Airways Magazine and art experts alike Benjamin West Collection located in theas “The Best Hidden Gem” in Greenville, War Memorial Chapel on the campus ofhas been sharing its unique collection of Bob Jones University.Old Master paintings, European sculpture, West’s passion and pursuit of excellenceand furniture with the public for 60 years in art earned him the well-deserved title,and invites its friends to join them in celebrating“Father of American Painting.” Althoughthis milestone.an American, his skills and reputation soThe exhibition provides a glimpse of impressed King George III of EnglandM&G’s acquisition history and represents a that he appointed West “History Painter tocross-section of artists from many European the King,” a position he held for nearly 20countries and time periods. A brief video years, including the period of the Americanhighlights M&G’s cultural and educational Revolution. Guests will have an exclusiveprograms and shares M&G’s unusual story and limited opportunity to enjoy seven ofof becoming “one of the largest and most only twelve surviving works of a rare seriesinteresting collections of European paintings- a true American treasure.in America.”The 60th anniversary exhibition spot-M&G’s year-long anniversary celebrationlights continuing preparations for thealso includes free admission to both historic Nov. 11, 2011 anniversary galaM&G locations (at Bob Jones University celebration, A Diamond Jubilee: Celebratandat Heritage Green) for adults celebrat-continued on Page 27<strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>, November 2011 - Page 25
- Page 2 and 3: TABLE OF CONTENTSThis index has act
- Page 4 and 5: Editorialby Tom Starland, Editor an
- Page 6 and 7: McCallum -Halsey StudiosCorrie McCa
- Page 9 and 10: Princess AlleyFulton StreetClifford
- Page 11 and 12: Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston,
- Page 13 and 14: City of North CharlestonFeatures Wo
- Page 15: Historic Penn Center on St. Helena
- Page 19: HotWorks.org Presents 4th AnnualCha
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- Page 29 and 30: MEMBERS’ SHOW 2011“Transitions
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- Page 37 and 38: Sunset River Marketplace inCalabash
- Page 39 and 40: Flood Gallery in Asheville, NCconti
- Page 41 and 42: SC Institutional GalleriesAllendale
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- Page 55 and 56: 40 artists from Canada, the United
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