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LET’SCREATESOMETHINGRIBBON 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.comUSC Sumter in Sumter, SCcontinued 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 SCClemson University in Clemson, SC,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,SC, 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 SCInstitutional Gallery listings, call the galleryat 864/656-3883 or visit(www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery/).The Museum & Gallery at BobJones University in Greenville,SC, Celebrates 60 YearsThe Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones ing their 60th birthday in 2011. Additionally,University in Greenville, SC, 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 27Carolina Arts, November 2011 - Page 25