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son, 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).The Cheryl Newby Gallery, 11096 Ocean Hwy17., in The Shops at Oak Lea, Pawleys Island.Through Nov. 5 - Featuring an exhibit of antiquemaps and charts of the Carolinas. Mapsand charts that date from the 16th through the20th century will be on view and offered forsale. Visitors to the gallery will find both framedand unframed cartographic curiosities, manyof which are quite rare. Ongoing - RepresentingSigmund Abeles, Ellen Buselli, Ray Ellis,Joseph Cave, Laura Edwards, Claire K. Farrell,Kathy Metts, Mike Williams, and CharlesWilliams; also sculptors Gwen Marcus andCatherine Ferrell. A large inventory of originalantique natural history prints and engravings byMark Catesby, John J. Audubon, John Gould,and others. Also original antique maps andcharts from the 16th through the 19th centuries.Hours: Tue-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact:843/979-0149 or (www.cherylnewbygallery.com).Waccamaw Nature Photography Centre,13089 Ocean Hwy., Building D-1, behind theMayor’s House Restaurant, Pawleys Island.Ongoing - Featuring the photographic worksby Mark Hilliard and Sean Thompson. Hours:Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact:843/467-0774 or at(www.WaccamawNaturePhotography.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).The Artist’s Loft, 121-B Townville St., (upstairs)Seneca. Ongoing - Gallery and studiospace for local artists/members including EdieHamblin (winner of the "Blue Ridge Arts Council19th Annual Juried Exhibition)" and the newpARTy, Social Art Classes. Hours: Wed.-Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 864/882-2711, e-mail at(theartistsloft@yahoo.com).SpartanburgDowntown Spartanburg, Nov. 17, 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.Work by Ann StoddardCarolina Gallery, 145 W. Main Street,Spartanburg. Through Nov. 16 - Featuring a soloexhibit of works by Ann Stoddard. Stoddard’slarge, three-dimensional sculptural paintings aremanipulated canvases inspired by what she findsin nature. Shapes and colors reflect observations,including insects, butterflies and growth patternsin organic matter. Ongoing - Featuring fine artoriginals and reproductions by local, nationaland international artist including Linda Cancel,Jim Creal, Daniel Cromer, Scott Cunningham,Trey Finney, Isabel Forbes, Bonnie Goldberg,Robert LoGrippo, Virginia Scribner Mallard, AlanMcCarter, Joan Murphy, Keith Spencer, andmany 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).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).Tea 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.Treasure the View - Sand Carved Glass, 1291/2 W. Richardson Ave., Summerville. Ongoing -Unique sand carved glass sculptures created byrenowned artist Lex Melfi. Each piece is a one-ofa-kindmasterpiece produced by cutting imagesinto glass using high-pressured sand. Hours: byappt. only. Contact: 843/875-7822 or at(www.lexmelfi.com).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.Table of ContentsNC Institutional GalleriesAberdeenThe Exchange Street Gallery, 129 ExchangeStreet, in the old Aberdeen Rockfish Railroadstorage terminal, Aberdeen. Nov. 10 - Dec. 29 -"17th Annual Exhibit and Sale," featuring worksby full members artists. Ongoing - The Artist’sLeague of the Sandhills currently houses 35artists-in-residence studios and offers classesby local professional artists and workshopsby 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. Nov.15 - Dec. 24 - "Third Annual Saggy Frog CraftShow". 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 Business Center,309 Huffman Mill Rd., Exit 141 off of I85/I40, Burlington. Nov. 1 – 30 - Featuring an exhibitof works by Mira Pawlus. Ongoing - Sincethe beginning of Burlington Artists League in1972, we have grown to represent many localartists in our immediate area. BAL’s expresspurpose is to promote and elevate the areaartists and their fine art spirit in Burlington, NC,and surrounding areas, thereby creating outletsfor the artists and encourging their continuingefforts to improve and create more art work.Along with wall art and bin reproductions, theBAL Artists Gallery also includes 3-D art suchas sculptures and pottery. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,noon-8pm; Sat., 10am-9pm, & Sun. for specialevents. Contact: 336-584-3005 or at(http://balartists.com/joomla/).AsheboroSara Smith Self Gallery, W.H. Moring, Jr. ArtsCenter,123 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro. Nov.1 - 30 - Featuring an exhibit of works by WillMcCanless & Scott Murkin, with a receptionon Nov. 1, from 5:30-7:30pm. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact:336/629-0399 or at(www.randolphartsguild.com).Asheville AreaRiver District, Asheville. Nov 12 & 13, 2011,10am-6pm - "River District Artists' Fall StudioStroll". Over 100 of Asheville's artists will opentheir studios to the public. Brochures will beavailable at many locations around westernNorth Carolina, including many area hotels andBed and Breakfasts. The brochures have mapsto the studio buildings and listings of the participatingartists. For further information, includingmaps, directions and listings of the artists, visitthe River District Artists web site (www.riverdistrictartists.com),or call 828/252-9122.Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Squareat Pack Place, Asheville. Second Floor Galleries,Ongoing - "Looking Back: Celebrating 60Years of Collecting at the Asheville Art Museumwill explore the Museum’s collection of Americanart of the 20th and 21st centuries with aninterest in the art of the Southeast and WNC.Appleby Foundation Gallery, Through Nov.6 - "Color Study". The exhibit provides a livelydiscourse between contemporary and historicalworks and tackles a variety of critical issuessurrounding color. The works in this exhibitionuse color as their primary means of expression.Whatever their stance on these issues, the artistsin the exhibition all share a steadfast devotionto the exploration of color. For these artists,color is not a mere descriptor; instead, it is aprovocative and powerful force. Nov. 18 - Mar.18, 2012 - "The New Materiality". The exhibitexpands 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, MaaikeEvers, Donald Fortescue, LawrenceLaBianca,Wendy Maruyama, Christy Matson, CatMazza,Nathalie Miebach, Mike Simonian, TimTate, Susan Working and Mark Zirkel. Nov.18 - Mar. 18, 2012 - "The New Materiality".The exhibition expands beyond the boundariesthat currently exist between technology, artand craft. The artists in this exhibition use newtechnologies in tandem with traditional craftmaterials such as clay, glass, wood, metal andfiber, to forge new artistic directions. Accordingto Fo Wilson, the curator of the exhibition, “TheNew Materiality” looks at a growing developmentin the United States towards the use ofdigital technologies as a new material andmeans of expression in the practice of craft.Artists featured in the exhibition include: BrianBoldon, Shaun Bullens, E.G. Crichton, SonyaClark, Lia Cook, Maaike Evers, Donald Fortescue,LawrenceLaBianca, Wendy Maruyama,Christy Matson, Cat Mazza,Nathalie Miebach,Mike Simonian, Tim Tate, Susan Working andMark Zirkel. Gallery 6, Through Mar. 4, 2012- "Homage2 (squared)". American artist JosefAlbers, best known for his series “Homage tothe Square,” influenced art-making of the 20thcentury by using the series to explore and manipulateviewers’ color and spatial perception.Historically most two-dimensional work hasbeen rectangular in format, but with Albers’sseries, art-making in the 20th century wasdramatically changed. Albers’s theories andinfluence extended to his many students fromBlack Mountain College and Yale University,and ultimately gave rise to Op (“optical”) artand Minimalism. Holden Community Gallery,Through Jan. 8, 2012 - "A Tisket A Tasket:Appalachian, Cherokee and Low CountryBaskets". The exhibit examines the similaritiesand distinctions between these three traditions.A major influence on all three is the role oftourists and collectors. As containers manufacturedfrom cloth, glass or tin diminished theneed for baskets as functional items, tourists,collectors and shop owners stepped into thegap, preserving these traditions. This transitionalso offered basket makers opportunities forearning an income. Many of the basket makerssee their work not only as an economic activity,but as a way of preserving and passing alongcultural and family identities to the next generation.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 Jan.14, 2012 - "John Cage: A Circle of Influences,"focusing on the amazing life and work of thisartist, musician, composer, philosopher, poet,music theorist and amateur mycologist. Areception will be held on Oct. 7 in conjunctionwith a conference at UNC-Asheville, "ReVIEW-ING Black Mountain College 3," a weekend(Oct. 7-9) gathering of scholars, performers andartists coming to Asheville to present ideas andperform works related to John Cage, undoubtedlyone of the most famous and influentialfigures associated with Black Mountain College.Cage taught at BMC in the summers of1948 and 1952 and was in residence the summerof 1953. Ongoing - An exhibition spacededicated to exploring the history and legacyof the world’s most acclaimed experimentaleducational community, Black Mountain College.Hours: Wed.-Sat., noon-4pm or by appt.Contact: 828/350-8484 or at (www.blackmountaincollege.org).Work by Will DickertFlood Gallery Fine Arts Center, 109 RobertsSt., Asheville. Flood Gallery, Nov. 6 - 30 -"Uncharted Waters". A reception will be held onNov. 5, from 7-10pm. In an important collaborativeeffort, Flood Gallery & Fine Arts Centerand "Bold Life Magazine" bring together nineoutstanding contemporary artists from Westerncontinued on Page 52Carolina Arts, November 2011 - Page 51