701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, SC, Announces Deadline for 701 CCA South Carolina Biennial 2013 – June 1, 2013

701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, SC, announces that the jury panel for the 701 CCA South Carolina Biennial 2013 will consist of David Furchgott of Washington, DC, Cecelia “Ce” Scott of Charlotte, NC, and Frank McCauley of Sumter, SC.

The two-part SC Biennial exhibition will take place September – December at 701 CCA. South Carolina artists have been invited to submit materials and be considered for the Biennial, which is the second organized by 701 CCA.

The deadline for artists’ submissions is June 1, 2013.

Furchgott is the president and founder of International Arts & Artists in Washington, DC. The non-profit organization is one of the country’s major producers of traveling fine arts exhibition. Through its exhibitions, IA&A promotes cross-cultural understanding and exposure to the arts internationally. Prior to his involvement with IA&A, Furchgott, a Charleston, SC, native, for 15 years headed the International Sculpture Center in New Jersey, where he founded the organization’s prominent “Sculpture” magazine.

Scott is an artist, curator and a co-founder of the McColl Center in Charlotte, NC, where she worked from 1994 – 2012. As the creative director at McColl, the Detroit, MI, native curated exhibitions and was the driving force behind the center’s artist-in-residence program, which is considered among the best in the country. Scott also worked as creative director at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Art + Culture, also in Charlotte. She also is a private chef.

McCauley is an artist and chief curator and assistant director of the Sumter County Gallery of Art. The Jacksonville, FL, native, used to be the director and curator of Spark Contemporary Art Space in Syracuse, NY, the city where he received an MFA at Syracuse University. For 701 CCA, McCauley in 2012 curated the new media exhibition “Faster Forward”.

Click here for more details on Biennial Submissions (http://www.701cca.org/2013/04/701-cca-south-carolina-biennial-2013-call-for-artist-submissions/).

Please submit further inquiries by e-mail to (director@701cca.org) or call Sheldon Paschal at 803/319-9949.

Crooked Creek Art League in Chapin, SC, Offers Bob Graham for Monthly Meeting – May 20, 2013

Crooked Creek Art League (CCAL) in Chapin, SC, is pleased to announce that Bob Graham of Charleston, SC, will be the May 20, 2013, general meeting presenter. Graham is primarily a watercolorist, most comfortable with western images. He recently completed a showing on Columbia’s Main Street in the Anastasia and Friends Gallery.

Graham graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Newberry College and received his MFA in Illustration from The Savannah College of Art and Design.

Graham’s recent exhibitions include the 20th Anniversary Juried Art Exhibition at the South Carolina State Museum, the Carolina and Caribbean Connection with the South Carolina Heritage Corridor. Graham exhibits his work regularly across the United States and abroad and is represented in numerous museums, corporate and private collections. His work also graces the covers of numerous books and he also has several magazine illustrations to his credit.

“I have an insatiable interest in America’s west. It has played a vital role in my development as an artist. Combining my love of western art and horses, my work often portrays the rugged rodeo cowboys who sought to explore, tame and ultimately survive the vast wilderness of America. I enjoy painting people, especially cowboys. I’m intrigued by their love of natural bond with their horses and their cowboy code of ethics. They evoke a spirit of a bygone era.” says Graham.

Graham further states, “I want my work to sing. I want it to capture that unique sense of feeling of that one moment in time. My work reflects a lifelong pursuit of art. My goal is to tell a story and evoke an emotion in the viewer. I feel art is a journey whose elusive goal is to communicate beauty that the creator has placed before us.  Although my paintings exhibit a realistic approach, my primary goal is to give a spirit of life to the subject. I don’t want to take my dreams to the grave.”

The May 20 meeting will be the last meeting until the September meeting. As always the general public is invited to attend the meeting held at Crooked Creek Park in Chapin, SC. Social time begins at 6:30pm followed by a short business meeting and the guest presenter at 7pm.

For further information call Pam Steude at 803/345-1767 or e-mail to (psteude@aol.com).
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University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, Offers FOLKfabulous – Apr. 27, 2013

Due to a scheduling conflict, Rudy Mancke will NOT give a horseshoe tour during FOLKFabulous.

FOLKfabulous, McKissick Museum’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards, will feature live musical, dance, and storytelling performances; demonstrations; hands-on art-making activities; traditional South Carolina foodways, and a special horseshoe tour with Rudy Mancke. FOLKfabulous folk heritage festival will take place on Saturday, Apr. 27, 2013, from 10am to 4pm on the historic horseshoe at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. This event is free and open to the public.

PERFORMERS:
Martha Benn MacDonald, Highland fling dance, Scottish balladry (Rock Hill)
Springfield Baptist Singing Convention, shape note singing (Greenwood)
John Fowler, storytelling (Boiling Springs)
Roffie Griggs, bluegrass music (Bishopville)
Lena Allen Davis, shape note singing (Anderson)
Freddie Vanderford, blues (Union)
Ricky McDuffie & Family, gospel quartet (Bennettsville)
Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribe

ARTISANS:
M.J. (Malcolm James) Holden – luthier (Heath Springs)
Alejandra Tamayo – crochet/cross stitch/knitting (Trenton)
Members of the Quilters of South Carolina demonstrating quilting (Columbia)
Paul Moore, Congaree potter (Columbia)

Saddler Taylor, McKissick Museum’s Curator of Folklife and Fieldwork, describes FOLKfabulous as, “song and story, speech and movement, custom and belief, art and ritual — expressive and instrumental activities of all kinds. Learned and communicated directly or in groups ranging from nations, regions, and states through communities, neighborhoods, occupations, and families.  The sum of a community’s traditional forms of expression and behavior that link people with their past and provide meaning and continuity for them in the present.”

FOLKfabulous is sponsored in part by the Humanities CouncilSC, and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

McKissick Museum is located on the University of South Carolina’s historic Horseshoe between Sumter, Bull, Pendleton, and Greene streets.

For more information about McKissick Museum, please call 803/777-7251 or visit the website at (http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/mckissickmuseum).

Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC, Offers Free Admission on Sunday, May 19, 2013

The Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC, announces free admission on Sunday, May 19, 2013, from noon until 5pm as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day. Last year, the CMA-along with more than 120 other AAMD member museums across North America-participated in Art Museum Day.

In 2012, AAMD launched an initiative encouraging visitors of all ages to share their experiences of Art Museum Day through social media. Last year’s event prompted an outpouring of responses with tweets, check-ins and personal responses from across North America. The CMA invites visitors to continue the conversation this year by sharing their perspectives via social media with the hashtag #artmuseumday.

The new exhibition, “Found in Translation: The Art of Steven Naifeh” will be on view and the catalogue is available in the Museum Shop. Ask for the TAP tour at the check-in desk for a fun and new multimedia experience to immerse yourself in the works. Guided tours of the CMA collection begin at 2pm. Details available at (www.columbiamuseum.org).

“Art museums bring communities together and engage people of every background in the shared exploration of human expression across time and cultures,” Chris Anagnos, Executive Director of AAMD, said. “AAMD is so pleased that the Columbia Museum of Art is joining us in celebrating Art Museum Day and is encouraging everyone in Columbia to participate and share their experiences in a public forum.”

Art Museum Day emphasizes the essential role that art museums play in their communities, highlights the value of the visual arts in society and provides new opportunities for audiences to participate in the wide-ranging programs offered by AAMD member museums. These member institutions-located across the United States, Canada, and Mexico-include regional museums as well as large international museums.

For further information call the Museum at 803/799-2810 or visit (www.columbiamuseum.org).

Columbia Museum of Art Contemporaries Host 10th Annual Artist of the Year Soirée and Silent Auction in Columbia, SC – Apr. 26, 2013

The Columbia Museum of Art Contemporaries host the 10th annual Contemporaries’ Artist of the Year Soirée and Silent Auction, in Columbia, SC, on Friday, Apr. 26, 2013, at 7pm. The event, established in 2004, is designed to increase awareness of and support for nearly 60 emerging artists in South Carolina. Tickets for the CAY Soirée and Silent Auction are $40 / $20 for Contemporaries members and includes artwork by SC artists, a silent auction, music, food, open bar and live entertainment. To purchase tickets, visit columbiamuseum.org.

This year, the jury includes – Dr. Will South, CMA chief curator, Tom Stanley, artist and chair of the Winthrop University Department of Fine Arts and Mary Walker, a painter and printmaker.

The jury selects the artwork for the silent auction and selects one winner, the Contemporaries’ Artist of the Year, based upon the following criteria: originality of concept, technical execution, consistency, professionalism and the degree to which the work is aesthetically interesting.

The CAY award is supported by Anne and Alex Postic and a matching gift from the Contemporaries. The winner receives a cash prize of $2,500. Event guests vote on the People’s Choice award, and the winner is presented with an award and a cash prize of $300. “Jasper Magazine” is sponsoring the “State-of-the-Art” award, which includes a $200 cash prize and a feature in an upcoming issue of “Jasper”.

The Contemporaries mission is to provide an opportunity to support the Museum through: promoting the Museum and its programs, diversifying the Museum’s membership, and leading the next generation of Museum supporters. A portion of the proceeds from the Artist of the Year Soirée goes toward the Contemporaries’ Art Acquisition Fund, designed to acquire a significant piece of art for the Museum.

For more information about Contemporaries’ membership, visit (www.columbiacontemporaries.com) or call 803/343-2197.

Announcing the 2013 Camden Kitchen Tour and the Pottery Show & Sale at the Douglas Reed House in Camden, SC – Apr. 25 – 27, 2013

It’s time to make plans for the 2013 Camden Kitchen Tour and Pottery Show & Sale. Presented by the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, this biennial event is always a favorite for those who attend. The Kitchen Tour takes place on Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 10am to 5pm. Bring a group and tour some fabulous kitchens in gorgeous homes in and around Camden, South Carolina’s oldest inland city. View several homes, have lunch at one of the many fabulous dining establishments in Camden or at one of our stops – Old McCaskill’s Farm – then continue your tour. This year, the Camden Kitchen Tour is co-chaired by Beth Ford and Amy Sheheen. It is sponsored by TD Bank, Roy’s Wood Products and “Columbia Home & Garden” magazine. The program printing is being provided by Midlands Printing Company.

McCaskill’s Farm kitchen (IMG_0107), Brock home kitchen

The Camden Kitchen Tour is a fundraiser event for the FAC. Proceeds will benefit event programming at the Center. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of. The event will go on, rain or shine. The tour program, which serves as the ticket for the day, will be available at the Douglas-Reed House on the FAC campus beginning at 10am on Apr. 27. There will also be time to browse beautiful functional art and home accents available for purchase at the Pottery Show & Sale at the Douglas-Reed House both before and after the tour.

“There is such a variety of sights and styles of kitchens this year,” says Beth Ford, co-chair of this year’s event. “The Kitchen Tour is always an exciting opportunity to check out some amazing kitchens in several lovely Camden homes, and this year we’ve added a couple of extra kitchens…one commercial kitchen at McCaskill’s where you can actually pick up a box lunch, some fresh eggs or other items they have on hand, as well as a fabulous outdoor kitchen at the Brock home, and Grace Episcopal Church’s remodeled one,” she concluded.

This year, enjoy nine kitchens in seven fantastic locations on the tour. The tour starts at the historic Douglas-Reed House (c. 1812) on the campus of the Fine Arts Center where you will pick up your program, then continue through historic Camden and beyond.
Scheduled locations for this year are:

Barbara and Dick Davis—120 Dicey Ford

Anne Hutchins—1914 Carriage House Lane

Old McCaskill’s Farm/Kathy & Lee McCaskill home kitchen—377 Cantey Lane, Rembert

Grace Episcopal Church—1315 Lyttleton Street

Laurie and Bill Funderburk – 1804 Broad Street

Tory and Tom Brock – 644 Charlotte Thompson Road (indoor and outdoor kitchens)

Dr. Patricia Noland—520 Cooks Court

The Pottery Show & Sale will take place Thursday, Apr. 25 through Saturday, Apr. 27 at the Douglas-Reed House on the FAC campus. Shopping hours are Thursday & Friday, 10:30am to 6pm and Saturday, 10am to 5pm.  The Show will feature works from eight artists ranging from decorative pieces to functional kitchen wares. This year’s featured artists are Ed Bryan-Deerwood Clay, Tim Graham, Debra Gregory, Marquerite Palmer, Anne Schultz, Kyle Smith, Susan Tondeau-Dwyer and Marti Wallace.

The Fine Arts Center is located at 810 Lyttleton Street in Camden, SC. Advance tickets may be purchased online at (www.fineartscenter.org) or by calling 803/425-7676 ext. 300.

The Fine Arts Center is funded in part by the Frederick S. Upton Foundation and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding provided by the City of Camden, Kershaw County, and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina along with donations from businesses and individuals.

The University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum in Columbia, SC, Celebrates FOLKFabulous – Apr. 27, 2013

The University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards with a folk heritage festival, FOLKFabulous, on Saturday, April 27, 2013, from 10am to 4pm on the historic horseshoe. FOLKFabulous will feature live musical, dance, and storytelling performances; craft demonstrations; hands-on folk art-making activities; and opportunities to learn about and sample traditional South Carolina foodways. This event is free and open to the public.

McKissick Museum, in partnership with the South Carolina Arts Commission, has offered the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards since 1988. More than 100 individuals, groups, and organizations have been honored for practicing or advocating for traditional art forms in the state. FOLKFabulous will celebrate these award-winners and the folk arts they practice. Some of the confirmed performers and presenters are Dr. Will Goins (Native American foodways, music, and dance); M.J. Holden (luthier); Martha Benn MacDonald (Highland fling, Scottish balladry); Ricky McDuffie & Family (gospel quartet); Freddie Vanderford (blues). Additionally, folk heritage scholars Saddler Taylor and Dr. Jane Przybysz will introduce performances and presentations with background information about the art forms.

FOLKfabulous is sponsored in part by the Humanities CouncilSC, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and Lexington Medical Center.

McKissick Museum is located on the University of South Carolina’s historic Horseshoe between Sumter, Bull, Pendleton, and Greene streets.

For more information about the McKissick Museum, please call 803/777-7251 or visit (http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/mckissickmuseum/index.php?q=welcome).

Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC, Calls for Entries for ONE x 100: Creating within Constraints a CMA Crowd-Sourced Exhibition – Deadline May 11, 2013

The Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC, announces a Calls for Entries for a crowd-sourced Community Gallery exhibition celebrating Dorothy and Herbert Vogel and the anniversary of their gift of 594 works to the Museum. The Vogels, internationally recognized collectors of contemporary art, built a collection of over 4,500 objects spanning all media and covering the most innovative art movements of the late 20th century. Devoting Herb’s salary as a postal clerk to purchase art, and living on Dorothy’s paycheck as a librarian, they collected mostly minimalist and conceptual artworks. They followed their own rules: the piece had to be affordable and small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment, city transportation, and be easily carried. With these limitations, they proved to be curatorial visionaries.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Submit artwork in the spirit of the Vogel’s collecting criteria, but with a unique twist: the work must fit within a 1-foot by 1-foot space. Submissions can be flat, three-dimensional or in video format, but must demonstrate enthusiasm for contemporary, minimalist or conceptual art practices. The first 100 works will be selected to be on view in this Community Gallery exhibition from June 7 – September 8, 2013.

DEADLINE: Art must be submitted on Saturday, May 11, 2013, between 10am and 5pm at the Columbia Museum of Art. The first 100 art works that follow the provided criteria will be accepted into the exhibition.

For more information, including submission criteria, visit (www.columbiamuseum.org).

University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, Offers the 58th USC Art Auction – Apr. 9, 2013

The University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, Offers the 58th USC Art Auction on Apr. 9, beginning at 7pm, at the Campus Room of Capstone, at the intersection of College and Barnwell Streets in Columbia.

The works of art will be on display from 1pm until the time of the auction. You are invited to attend a preview party at 6pm the night of the auction at Capstone House.

Proceeds from the faculty and student artworks are divided between the artists and the University’s Art Scholarship and Gallery Fund.

For more info call 803/777-7480.

Museum Expansion Underway at South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, SC

The bulldozers and excavators digging and shoving mounds of dirt and gravel around the east side of the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, SC, are a sure sign that something is happening. Something good. No, something great. No, make that spectacular.

“Let’s call it ‘stellar,’ because the stars will be the only limit to our new expansion, “Windows to New Worlds”, that is under construction to bring to South Carolina a unique-in-the-nation combination of fun, educational and recreational facilities,” said Director of Education Tom Falvey.

Construction has begun on the South Carolina State Museum’s $20.5 million expansion, “Windows to New Worlds”. The project will add a state-of-the-art observatory, 55-foot digital dome planetarium and theater, and the state’s largest 4D theater to what is already the largest, most comprehensive museum in the Southeast. Photo by Tut Underwood/courtesy SC State Museum.

The changes will add a state-of-the-art observatory, a 55-foot digital dome planetarium and theater, and the state’s largest 4D theater to what is already the largest, most comprehensive museum in the Southeast.

What these tremendous improvements will make possible include the planetarium’s views of the universe – from sunspots during the day and stars, planets, the moon and eclipses during the night (and sometimes day) – for individuals and groups, to spectacular shows ranging from the micro-world of sub-atomic particles to galaxies light years across the cosmos. Added to that will be dazzling laser-light and sound experiences and, in the 4D theater, 3D films augmented with water and wind, smells, bumps and other experiences to bring the films’ subjects alive.

One big change is noticeable right now, Falvey says, and that is the alternate entrance being used while the building’s front entrance is undergoing a facelift. “The museum’s large, metal ‘space frame’ entrance will give way to a new entrance that will lead museum guests from all over the Palmetto State and beyond under a giant, four-story tripod supporting the observatory’s colossal Alvan Clark telescope and into a much wider, grander entrance and lobby as just the introduction to this magnificent new facility.”

While the construction of this beautiful entryway is ongoing, large “pardon our progress”- type signs will temporarily re-direct guests to the west (Columbia Canal) side of the building to park in a two-story deck and enter the museum through the alternate entrance at the west side of the building’s atrium.

This new entrance will introduce guests to other changes – all temporary while the new facilities are being built – that include a new admissions area, membership desk and temporarily relocated Cotton Mill Exchange, the museum store.  In addition, the Crescent Café, the museum’s unique eatery, will temporarily close, and re-open when the Windows project opens, which is projected for April 2014.

“We want to stress that the museum will be open the entire time the building is going on,” said Falvey. “While the new parking and entry situation may be a little different, the end result will be absolutely amazing. So we ask for and appreciate a bit of patience from our guests, because the wait will be way more than worth it.”

Falvey is quick to point out that new exhibits and programs will continue to open at the museum during construction. “Not only will our terrific blockbuster exhibit “Secrets of the Maya” continue to thrill visitors into the month of June, but we have an intriguing art exhibit, “Between the Springmaid Sheets”, opening in April on our fourth floor while construction temporarily alters our first-floor Lipscomb Art Gallery, plus a summer full of fun camps and programs for kids, and our extremely popular signature events such as the Museum Road Show, the Southeastern Toy Soldier Show and more. Hard hats tours will be offered, too, as the building proceeds.

“So there are plenty of reasons to come to the State Museum this year, not only to enjoy the changing shows and weekend events, but to check out the progress on the construction and visualize the amazing possibilities that will be reality in a few short months when Windows to New Worlds opens its new worlds to all South Carolinians and their visitors.”

Follow the progress of “Windows to New Worlds” at (www.southcarolinastatemuseum.org).