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Newsletter for August 2008
Hello A.R.T. Members and Friends!
A.R.T. Deadlines, Events & Information
I hope you will join us at the Gallery at DuPRE for our August membership meeting. This will be a fairly informal gathering to view the current
A.R.T. Members Exhibit at DuPRE; collect Fall N2 Art applications and fees; and hear Sam Compton discuss her recent work and unique style.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, August 5th
General Membership: 7pm-8pm
Location: Gallery at DuPRE, 807 Gervais Street
(Facing the DuPRE building, go down the alley on the left and enter through the double brass doors. Note: parking is best on Lady St. you can cut through beside Vista Studios, you will be in the back of the DuPRE building.)
Artists Round Table Members Exhibit
at the Gallery at DuPRE, 807 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC
July 10 - August 21, 2008
Reception with Artists
Thursday, August 7th
5pm - 9pm
Exhibiting members include: Sam compton, Keith Tolen, Jeff Weese, Sandra Carr, Ellin Baskin, Roger Reed,
J.J. Casey, Mercy Clonts, Elsie Fogle, Becky Age and Jamie Blackburn
Fall N2 Art 2008
I hope you all have received this year's Fall N2 Art application and information and will be joining us! If you have not received this please email me at
brenda@idylwildarts.com. This will be a terrific opportunity to display and sell your artwork and interact with the community and other
A.R.T. members. Our event will correspond with the annual Greek Festival giving us access to the many festival goers just across the street. If you are not planning to have a booth this year, but would like to be involved, please sign up to volunteer. There will be many ways our members can help including: manning the
A.R.T. booth; booth sitting for participants; program distribution; and set-up and break-down. We will need all of the help we can get!
Support Photographer and A.R.T. member Richard Lund
at his upcoming show:
In This City
The Columbia SC Project
A photography exhibition
at Gallery 80808
September 12-21, 2008
Opening reception
September 12, 2008 5-8pm
Meet the artist
Artistic Opportunities
The Irmo Okra Strut, being held on Saturday, September 27, 2008
from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, is currently accepting applications for participation in the 2008 festival. Please complete and return application with your payment by Friday, August 1, 2008. Applications received after this date will be considered if space remains available. Visit
www.irmookrastrut.com for application and details or call (803) 781-6122.
The South Carolina Watermedia Society is calling for entries for its "SC Watermedia Society's 31st Annual Exhibit" taking place in Myrtle Beach, Georgetown & Pawleys Island, SC, from Oct. 24 - Dec. 31, 2008. The exhibition will be displayed at the Franklin Burroughs-Simeon Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach.
Jurying is done by digital image on CD and entries are due (postmarked) by Aug. 10, 2008.
Traditional transparent watercolor is part of this exhibition, but it also embraces all watermedia such as acrylic, gouache, water based inks, etc. as well as printmaking, collage and mixed media approaches that incorporate watermedia and it may be applied to any surface. Acrylic paintings on canvas do not need to be framed under
plexiglass; however, please obtain a prospectus for the complete rules and procedures. Approximately 70 paintings will be selected for the exhibition and the top thirty paintings will not only receive awards valued between $8,000 - $10,000 but also tour
the state for one year under the SC State Museum's Traveling Art Program. Artists must be members of the SC Watermedia Society to enter and membership is open to all artists who reside or own property in SC. New members are welcome and dues are $25 annually. The juror, Mark E.
Mehaffey, has a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors from Michigan State University. In 2003, he retired from teaching as a public school art instructor with the Lansing Public Schools but has continued educating artists as a popular workshop instructor, juror and lecturer all across the country. For instructor's photos, go to
(www.mehaffeygallery.com). For more information contact, Damita Jeter, SCWS Executive Director, 80 Ridgecreek Dr., Lexington, SC 29072. Phone: 803/351-2721. E-mail to
(scwatermediasociety@gmail.com) or visit
(www.fineartsemporium.com).
Plein Air Competition: "100 Years of National Parks in Utah"
This competition is sponsored by the National Park Service and Canyonlands Natural History Association. In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt established Natural Bridges National Monument in southeast Utah. This year celebrates "100 Years of National Parks in Utah", a landmark in Utah conservation history, and a landmark in the conservation legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. The competition is intended to commemorate the centennial year by capturing the beauty and spirit of Red-Rock and Four-Corners Country in an art display that will be shown at venues in Blanding and then at Moab, Utah. The juror, Donna Poulton Ph.D. is one of the foremost authorities on art of the red rocks country, and is co-author of the book "Utah Art, Utah Artists." The competition will take place over a three day period (August 29 - 31) on location at Natural Bridges National Monument and its three sister National Parks in the Moab/Blanding area
(Canyonlands, Arches, Hovenweep). For information, call (435) 692-1234, or find prospectus at
http://www.nps.gov/nabr/parknews/pleinaircompetition.htm.
To be eligible, applications should be received by August 15, 2008.
"12 12 Gallery National Juried Photography Exhibition 2008"
The 12 12 Gallery in Richmond, Virginia announces a call to artists for the "12 12 Gallery National Juried Photography Exhibition 2008", held October 3 - November 9, 2008. $1000 in cash prizes. Juror: Carol
McCusker, Ph.D. Curator of Photography, Museum of Photographic Arts. Artists age 18+, working in 2D and 3D that incorporates output from any photographic process, from the US and Canada, may submit 3 digital images to be considered for the exhibition. Work that has not been previously exhibited at 12 12 Gallery. $25.00 (US) for 3 images. $5 each additional. Up to a total of 5 works.
Deadline: August 15, 2008.
Visit http://www.1212galleryrichmond.com/entry.html
for info or send a SASE to: 12 12 Gallery, 12 E. 12th Street, Richmond, VA 23224. Questions? Contact Martin McFadden, Director and Curator at
1212galleryrichmond@gmail.com
or call 804-233-9957.
The Travelers Rest Arts Mission's 2008 TRAM Fair
is looking for outsider, folk, indie, fine craft artists and artists that consider themselves "on the edge."
The deadline to apply is August 15th; call or visit the Web site at www.trartsmission.org
for details.
Travelers Rest Arts Mission
Travelers Rest, SC
For information (864)320-3002
E-mail to: niclive@hughes.net
HUB-BUB.COM invites all artists to submit original works of art
that explore political themes for an Art and Politics exhibit, on view October 14th through November 14th at The Showroom Gallery in Spartanburg. Of particular interest are works that address issues present in the 2008 American Presidential Campaign and seek work representing all points of view. The exhibition is open to all media.
The submission deadline is August 16th.
For information call (864)582-0056 Stephen Long or send
E-mail to: stephen@hub-bub.com
"Our Environment, The Good, Bad, and Ugly"
The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado announces a call to artists for "Our Environment, The Good, Bad, and Ugly", November 7-26, 2008. Open to all domestic and international, professional and amateur, photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both. Photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought are invited to participate. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. $900 in awards. Juror: Robert Glenn Ketchum. Visit
http://www.c4fap.org/cfe/2008environment/environment.asp
for prospectus. Deadline: August 18, 2008. Entry Fee: $35 ($20 for Members) for up to three images. Questions? Please contact Bill Guy at
cfe@c4fap.org or call 970-224-1010.
"A Show of Heads" call for entries
SlowArt Productions announces a call to artists for "A Show of Heads". The exhibition will be held November 1 - 26, 2008 at the Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY. $2600 in publication awards. The Limner Gallery Director will serve as juror. Open for entry to all artists 18 years of age or older. $30 for four entries, $5 each additional.
Deadline: August 31, 2008. The prospectus is available online at http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/head.htm
or artists can send a SASE to: SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534. Questions? Contact Tim Slowinski at
slowart@aol.com or call 518-828-2343.
The Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery in the Charleston County Public Library announces a call for applications for juried art exhibitions, solo or
group, beginning Dec. 2008 through Dec. 2009, at the Main Library, 68 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC. Preference is given to work reflecting experiences and viewpoints of South Carolina residents.
Deadline for completed applications is Sept. 5, 2008. Applications are available at the Main Library, in the Administrative Office, or on our web page at
(www.ccpl.org), under About Us, Saul Alexander Gallery. For further information, contact Becky Melancon at 843/805-6951.
Aiken’s Makin’ - September 5 & 6, 2008
This two day festival is held in the parkways of historic downtown Aiken, South Carolina. It includes arts and crafts both local and regional plus family entertainment. This festival was to be a “showcase” for items made by local residents. As the festival has grown and attracted more and more vendors, the event has moved to the parkways of the downtown area.
Through the years the event has grown from a mere 50 vendors to 300. Vendors show everything from pottery, woodcrafts, furniture, baskets, stained glass, quilts, clothing, needlecrafts, toys, jewelry, ceramics, art and many other items. The one prerequisite is that all items must be handmade by the seller. Food has also become a staple at the event. Aiken’s
Makin’ draws quite a crowd during the two day event. Attendance is estimated to be 30,000 to 35,000 people in our parkways over the course of the two day event.
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce is still the governing body of Aiken’s
Makin,’ but, with the support of over 100 volunteers, the entire community joins forces and works together to make this a safe and enjoyable event for everyone involved from the vendors to the shoppers.
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
121 Richland Ave. E., P.O. Box 892, Aiken, SC 29802
Phone: 803-641-1111 | Fax: (803) 641-4174 | chamber@aikenchamber.net
"First Book Prize in Photography" call for entries
Duke Center for Documentary Studies and The Honickman Foundation announce a call to photographers for the "First Book Prize in Photography". The only prize of its kind, the CDS / Honickman First Book Prize competition is open to American photographers of any age who have never published a book-length work and who use their cameras for creative exploration, whether it be of places, people, or communities; of the natural or social world; of beauty at large or the lack of it; of objective or subjective realities. The prize will honor work that is visually compelling, that bears witness, and that has integrity of purpose. Awards: $3,000, inclusion in an exhibition, and the publication of a book of photography.
Deadline: September 5, 2008. Entry Fee: $35. To learn more, visit http://cds.aas.duke.edu/bp/index.html
or send SASE to: CDS/THF First Book Prize in Photography, Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 West Pettigrew Street, Durham, NC 27705. Questions? Contact Alexa
Dilworth atalexad@duke.edu or call 919-660-3663.
Events of Interest
Chuck McLachlan will be in Orangeburg at the Fine Arts Center for another workshop Sept.. 26, 27,& 28. Cost is $195 per person, that includes lunch. Hotel reservations can be made through me The Fogle Studio 803-536-6697. Seventy five dollar deposit holds your reservation for the class and can be sent to me @ 161 Centre St. 5, Orangeburg, SC 29115.
Chuck is well- known as a workshop teacher, author of 2 books, eight DVD's. A former NFL player can be found teaching in some of the 25 states he travels to almost any time. We are privileged to have him return to O’burg again by popular demand.
The Arts Council of York County in Rock Hill presents the 19th Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, on view August 20th through September 21st at the Center for the Arts.
For information call (803)328-2787 or send E-mail to: arts@yorkcountyarts.org
McKissick Museum in Columbia presents This Far by Faith: African American Camp Meeting Traditions in the
Carolinas, on view August 2nd through March 14th. This exhibit tells the history and captures the spirit of camp meetings through photographs, video and artifacts. Featuring photographs and oral histories by USC art professor Minuette Floyd,
This Far by Faith uncovers the understanding and awareness of this rich, southern tradition and shows the importance camp meetings hold both within and outside of the communities where they take place.
For information call (803)777-7251 Ja-Nae Epps or send E-mail to: jmepps0@mailbox.sc.edu
Columbia native Helen Hill spent a lifetime making films. Her life was cut short during production of her newest film based on a discovery of hand-sewn dresses made by Florestine
Kinchen, a recently deceased seamstress in New Orleans. The McKissick Museum in Columbia presents The Dresses of Florestine
Kinchen: A Tribute to Helen Hill, on view through August 9th. This exhibition will feature a number of the dresses that inspired Helen’s final film, along with clips from her earlier films.
For information call (803)777-7251 Ja-Nae Epps or
E-mail to: jmepps0@mailbox.sc.edu
Ornament As Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry
The Mint Museum of Craft + Design in Charlotte presents Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry, on view August 16-January 4. The exhibition consists of approximately 300 objects, including 275 pieces of jewelry, drawings, water colors, sketchbooks, and sculptural constructions. The exhibition will begin with works from the 1960s, when a dramatic shift occurred in Europe in how the world perceived ornament and jewelry. The exhibition continues featuring works from the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s through today, examining the artist’s sometimes controversial use of scale and form as well as the progressive use of new materials. In the 21st century, jewelers, painters, photographers, and sculptors have mined source material simultaneously further blurring the divisions of the art world.
For information call (704)337-2000 or send E-mail to: info@mintmuseum.org
If you are not a member of A.R.T. or would like more information, visit www.theartistsroundtable.org. Thanks For Reading!
Brenda Schwarz Miller
A.R.T. Board of Directors
Vice Chair 2008
brenda@idylwildarts.com
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