Hub City Empty Bowls Returns to Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, SC – Nov. 10, 2012 – Help Make Bowls Now

For the next three months, community-minded citizens will make soup bowls as part of Spartanburg, SC’s fourth annual Hub City Empty Bowls project that will raise and donate money to the Spartanburg Soup Kitchen.

At various scheduled bowl-making events, the public will be invited to make clay bowls at either the Chapman Cultural Center or the West Main Artists Co-op in Spartanburg. The bowl-making events are free and professional instruction from members of the Carolina Clay Artists group is provided. The bowls will be made in preparation of Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, when they will be used to serve soup to the general public at the Chapman Cultural Center. The soup will be donated by various restaurants in the region, and patrons will be asked to donate $15 for a handmade pottery bowl. The bowls will be kept by the patrons as souvenir reminders of the constant need to help hungry citizens in Spartanburg. A silent auction for larger serving-type bowls is being considered. All of the money raised through this project will be donated to the Spartanburg Soup Kitchen.

In addition to soup being served, the daylong event—11am -7:30pm – will feature live music, drinks, and plenty of community fellowship.

Empty Bowls is a national grass-roots program that started in 1990 in Michigan. Throughout the county, hundreds of communities have since held their own Empty Bowls projects that simply ask people to make bowls, restaurants to donate soup, and the public to enjoy the soup and keep the bowls for a modest donation. This year’s event coordinator is Jim Cullen, a pottery instructor at the Spartanburg Art Museum Art School from Campobello, SC, who first brought the concept to Spartanburg four years ago.

The major sponsors for the Hub City Empty Bowls 2012 are the Carolina Clay Artists (providing professional instruction and assistance), Chapman Cultural Center (providing location), the Spartanburg Art Museum (providing studio space and kilns), West Main Artists Co-op (providing studio space and kilns), and Clay-King.com (providing clay).

Here is a schedule of bowl-making events for the next few weeks…

• Saturday, Aug. 18, 10am-noon and 1-3pm, Chapman Cultural Center.
• Saturday, Aug. 25, 10am-noon and 1-3pm, Chapman Cultural Center.
• Thursday, Sept. 20, 6:30-8:30pm, West Main Artists Co-op.

More bowl-making events to be announced.

To be involved in this community event, please visit online (www.HubCityEmptyBowls.com) or (www.FaceBook.com/HubCityEmptyBowls2012).

For more information, please contact Cullen by e-mail at (jcullensc@gmail.com) or call at 864/320-5358.

 

 

 

Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC, Calls for Entries for Its 2012 39th Annual Juried Show – Deadline is Aug. 1, 2012

The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg is now accepting submissions for its 2012 39th Annual Juried Show, which will be in the Spartanburg Art Museum at the Chapman Cultural Center, in Spartanburg, SC, from Sept. 20-Nov. 3, 2012. An opening reception and awards ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 29, 6-8pm. The show is open to all artists in South and North Carolina and Georgia. More than $4,000 will be awarded in various categories. The deadline to submit work for consideration is Aug. 1, 2012.

All entries must be mailed and postmarked to the Guild by Aug. 1 and include a compact disk with up to two images, the application, and the entry fee. No hand deliveries, please. Entry fee for Guild members is included in the membership. Non-members must pay a $40 fee. Applications are available in the Guild Gallery at the Chapman Cultural Center, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. It may also be downloaded at the Guild’s website at (www.ArtistsGuildOfSpartanburg.org).

Media categories are 2D-Painting, 2D-Drawing and Mixed Media, 2D-Photography, and 3D-Sculpture, which includes ceramics and jewelry. The juror this year will be Mana Hewitt, MFA, director of the McMaster Art Gallery, as well as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Art Department of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. Her studio work has been in ceramics, painting and metals. Hewitt received the South Carolina Arts Commission Artist Fellowship, was named a Southern Arts Foundation Artist, and in 2012 her work was included in the 100 Southern Artists.

For more details, please visit the Guild’s website or contact its director Robin Els at 864/764-9568 or e-mail to (ArtistsGuildOfSpartanburg@Gmail.com).

Mary Wheeler Davis Scholarships Awarded to Two Young Women Artists at Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, SC

For their higher education in the arts, this year’s local high school graduates Chelsea Chao and Micayla Ross have each been awarded $1,000 Mary Wheeler Davis Scholarships by the Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, SC.

Annually, the Cultural Center awards these scholarships to local graduating seniors who will pursue college degrees in the visual or performing arts. The qualifying criteria are character, financial need, and artistic potential. The scholarship’s namesake, Mary Wheeler Davis, was a Charleston, SC, native and the wife of Dr. William Davis. A graduate of Columbia College, Davis made her home in Spartanburg and became a community leader with heavy involvement in the arts. The memorial scholarship program was established in 1989 by her family.

Chelsea Chao is a 2012 graduate of Oakbrook Preparatory School with a career interest in the visual arts. She has won numerous awards for her work in graphic arts from the South Carolina Scholastic Press Association and has demonstrated abilities in digital art, graphite, charcoal, acrylic and printmaking. She hopes to attend either Converse College or Winthrop University to study either art therapy or graphic design.

Micayla Ross is a 2012 graduate of Dorman High School with a career interest in music and business. She has received numerous awards for her work as a cellist. She hopes to attend Furman University and double major in music and business administration. Ultimately, she hopes to enter the music/entertainment industry and become a music producer.

“On behalf of the Chapman Cultural Center and the entire arts community of Spartanburg, we congratulate both Micayla and Chelsea,” Ava Hughes, Arts Education Director for the Chapman Cultural Center, said. “They both exemplify the qualities set forth by Mary Wheeler Davis, and they and their parents should be proud of their accomplishment thus far. We hope these funds help these young women in their pursuit of excellence in the arts.”

This scholarship will be continued for the 2012-13 school year and students are encouraged to investigate the application process. The exact deadline has not been determined at this time, but will be in the early spring of 2013.

For more information, please contact Hughes at 864/278-9693 or by e-mail at (aHughes@SpartanArts.org).

The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC, Features Works by Lynne Tanner and Peggy Demarest

This came to us a little late to make the train for June, but the Guild has been a supporter of Carolina Arts, so here it is:

The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC, is presenting the exhibits: Marsh Visitations, featuring works by Lynne Tanner and Fragments, featuring works by Peggy Demarest, on view in the Guild Gallery at the Chapman Cultural Center, through June 27, 2012. A reception will be held on June 21, from 5:30-7:30pm, during the Spartanburg ArtWalk. Both artists will speak publicly during the reception at 6:30pm.

Marsh Visitations is a collection of oil on-canvas abstract landscapes inspired by Tanner’s visit to Dewees Island, which is off the coast of South Carolina. Fragments is an exhibit of both abstract sculptures and drawings that expresses Demarest’s feelings and views on contemporary women’s issues.

Work by Lynne Tanner

Born and reared in New York City, Tanner moved to Rutherfordton, NC, in 1964. She is a graduate of Hollins University with a bachelor of arts degree in biology and a minor in dance. She has been painting professionally since 1979, as well as staying active in the field of dance. She has been the choreographer for the Rutherford County Arts Council for 40 years. In May of 2010, Tanner spent a week on Dewees Island. While there, she was surrounded with inspiring visitations. “A hawk circled above day after day,” she said. “An osprey kept guard as the tides swirled and the rivers rose and fell. Long narrow walkways lead me through tall spartina grasses.”

When Tanner returned home she began making mono-prints using images from the island as symbols without trying to reproduce the scene. Not happy with the results, she put these prints away and didn’t look at them again for almost a year. The next spring she began using the symbols in paintings, first with acrylic on paper, then with oil on canvas. “The hawk became a flame and then a red square,” she recalled. “The walkways morphed into ladders and sometimes became angels. Swirling tide pools covered the canvases and mysterious black squares appeared. The work took on a life of its own and even my love of early Renaissance paintings of the Annunciation found its way into some of the paintings.”

Fragments is a mixture of Demarest’s abstract sculptures and drawings, and are described by the artist as an “expression of feelings.” Using recycled and found materials as the foundation, her work reflects her female perspective on life and society. Her art is organic, primitive and raw. “My art is a reflection of my experiences,” Demarest said. “It’s about the everyday: how it feels to be a woman/mother/sister/daughter in 2012.”

Demarest’s sculptures are formed by wrapping, layering, gluing and binding recycled objects with wire, fabric and tape. “My works are fragile, which is a reflection of the fragility of human nature,” she said.

Demarest described one work, Pink Lady, a relief sculpture constructed from wire and recycled plastic, wrapped with fabric, as a “fragmented interpretation of a woman’s body.”

Work by Peggy Demarest

“Using wire is edgy. The wire cuts into the figure and wraps it,” Demarest explained. Her use of wire is sometimes violent but it is also symbolic of strength. Demarest’s overarching theme of her art is the struggles of life. She explores a variety of themes in her work, including pregnancy, childbirth, death, abuse and body image.

Knotted Chest is a relief sculpture constructed from cut off tops of plastic bottles, wired together and twisted to form the connected piece. “This piece tries to capture the stress that is felt by each and every one of us in life at times,” Demarest said.

Demarest is originally from New Jersey. She relocated to Spartanburg in 1990. She received a masters degree in fine arts from Mason Gross School of the Arts (MGSA) – Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ) and bachelor of arts from State University of New York (Potsdam, NY). She interned with artists Lowell Nesbitt and Jackie Winsor and also worked as an apprentice at the Paula Cooper Gallery (NYC). Demarest studied under Leon Golub at MGSA. She has been influenced by the feminist movement and the art of Louise Nevelson, Lee Krasner, Lynda Benglis and many others. Her most recent work is made by wrapping and layering materials to make figurative objects that are fragile, worn and bound.

For more information about these exhibits, please call Guild Director Robin Els at 864/764-9568 or 864/543-ARTS.

Public Is Invited To Vote On Sculpture at Spartanburg Marriott in Spartanburg, SC

The public is invited to vote on four select sculpture designs, one of which will be created and permanently placed on the outside patio of the Spartanburg Marriott in Spartanburg, SC. Voting ends on Apr. 9, 2012. You may vote online at (www.TheTerraceLounge.com/vote) or by paper ballot available at the hotel’s front desk.

The four designs are by local artists who are competing for a $10,000 commission. The competition required the designs to be of an outdoor sculpture that would “reflect and contribute to the creative culture of Spartanburg.” The project—A Display of Welcome—is co-sponsored by The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg and the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg.

A jury committee selected the final four designs for public vote. However, the names of the artists are not being released during the voting process. The first design is entitled “The Armillary Sphere,” and is modeled after classic celestial globes. The second design is “The Green Gazebo,” and is a gazebo made of recycled metal. The third design is “Convergence,” and has three distinct, colorful, and symbolic stacked components. The fourth design is “Eva,” which an abstract of an emerging and maturing woman.

“This has been a wonderful experience, and it will produce a work of art that all of Spartanburg can be proud of,” Akshay Bahl, the hotel’s General Manager, said. “Spartanburg Marriott is proud to have this work reside on its grounds and to share it with everyone who comes through our doors. More than anything else, we wanted to create something that would welcome people… not only to Spartanburg Marriott but the entire Spartanburg community.”

Located in downtown Spartanburg, SC, at 299 North Church Street, the 247 room Spartanburg Marriott offers the Upstate’s largest hotel and conference center with meeting facilities totaling 30,000 square feet. The hotel is owned by Greenville, SC, based Southern Hospitality Group and managed by Cincinnati, OH, based Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. For more information visit (www.spartanburgmarriott.com)

The Artist Guild of Spartanburg founded in 1957, serves as a source for creative art in the community by promoting, fostering, and cultivating knowledge of the visual arts and of local artists. It strives to provide enrichment and artistic education for its members as well as the community at large, and thus encourage a deepening appreciation, understanding, and love of art among the citizens of Spartanburg and surrounding counties. The Guild Gallery is located at the Chapman Cultural Center 200 East St. John Street, Spartanburg, SC. For more information visit (www.artistsguildofspartanburg.com).

Isabel Forbes and Blues Boulevard Jazz Hold Fundraiser to Benefit Spartanburg School District 7 Art Program – Apr. 23, 2012

Spartanburg, SC, artist Isabel Forbes and Blues Boulevard Jazz, located at 99 South Church Street in Spartanburg will hold  the one-night art exhibit and reception with 40 percent of the art sales benefiting District 7 School art program on Monday, Apr. 23, 2012, from 6-9pm. The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public. Donations to the Spartanburg School District 7 art program will be accepted and appreciated.

Isabel Forbes counts herself fortunate to have grown up on a “magical street in Spartanburg.” Her memories of life on South Fairview Extension include not only places but also a “cast of characters” that included kids who created exciting outdoor games, a WORD-Radio DJ, artists, a doctor who would visit homes with a black bag filled with cures and a World War I veteran.

Those memories forged a strong bond between the young woman who grew up to be a celebrated artist and the community that fostered her. That bond, and her appreciation for the art education that launched her career, has led her to plan an exhibit and sale of her work to benefit the Spartanburg District 7 art program.

“My art teachers in public school saw something in my art skills and encouraged me to get more involved in art,” Forbes says, remembering the direction that art teachers, Mac Arthur Goodwin and Tom Willis, gave to her when she had none, guidance that led her to create an art portfolio when she was graduating from Spartanburg High School in 1978 that helped her garner a scholarship to Ringling College of Art in Sarasota, FL.

The reception and exhibit, to be held at Blues Boulevard in downtown Spartanburg, Apr. 23, 6 – 9pm, represents her effort to give back to those who gave so much to her. The paintings in the exhibit, which includes works painted on-site and in the studio from a recent trip to Cumberland Island, GA, will all be for sale, with 40 percent of the sales going to support the Spartanburg District 7 art program.

Mark Sullivan, owner of Blues Boulevard Jazz, host for the fundraiser, says that the event is free and open to the public, but donations to the Spartanburg School District 7 art program would be accepted and appreciated.

The local art community has embraced Forbes’ works that preserve Spartanburg’s historic landmarks and landscapes, but her work also reflects another passion, the South Carolina Lowcountry – Pawley’s Island, Litchfield Beach, Sullivan’s Island, and Amelia Island.

After graduating from Ringling with a Bachelor of Fine Art, she went to work in Florida as a graphic designer and illustrator and eventually managed art and production departments. “The skills I used to organize, plan, find solutions to tasks and to work with different types of people as a manager were not learned in math and English classes, but in my art training,” Forbes explains.

She laments the fact that in the age of standardized testing and “No Child Left Behind” that art classes have often been the first ones to be removed from a crowded curriculum. “Whether or not classes in painting and music improved my math and reading skills or standardized test scores is unclear,” Forbes says. “What is crystal clear is that learning through the arts has taught me life skills not measured by tests.”

Those skills that have made her such a successful artist – visual-spatial abilities, reflection, self-criticism, observing, envisioning, innovating through exploration, reflective self-evaluation and the willingness to experiment and learn from mistakes – she says, “helped me in life far more than a good SAT score would have.”

For Forbes, as for countless other students, art classes help fill the gap between the academic and aesthetic by encouraging students to think in different ways. “That type of thinking is more likely to produce the novel answers needed to succeed in this rapidly changing world,” says the dedicated advocate of art education who has exhibited her work locally, regionally and nationally, including at the South Carolina State Museum and Brookgreen Gardens.

After 20 years working in Florida, Forbes found her way back to South Carolina, first to the coast in Charleston and at last, in 2007, to her home in Spartanburg. Once home, she became involved in the local art scene, joining the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg and exhibiting locally. And she found that she was beginning to see Spartanburg through her artist’s eyes.

Forbes began to translate the nostalgia she felt for familiar scenes into vivid paintings of local landmarks that brought back memories, first by painting her stepfather’s Heinitsh Walker drugstore on Main Street.

“I returned to Spartanburg to give myself a change and to see what I could accomplish as a full time painter,” Forbes says. Now the basement studio of her Duncan Park home is the perfect place for her to put all her memories – past and present – onto canvas. And it’s also a place where she can reflect on all the people that have influenced her throughout her life.

“I am so thankful for the wonderful opportunities the art lessons in District 7 schools gave me and can’t imagine what my life would be today without them,” she says. “By contributing a portion of my art sales during this one-night exhibit, I am in my small way saying ‘thank you’ to everyone who had a part in my success.”

For further information contact Blues Boulevard Jazz by e-mail at (msullivan@bluesboulevardjazz.com) or call 864/573-9742 or contact Isabel Forbes by e-mail at (info@isabelforbes.com) or call 864/909-0105.

Tickets go on sale April 1, 2012, for the Third Annual Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg Studio and Garden Tour in Spartanburg, SC

The tour, to be held May 12, 2012, 10am-4pm, includes studios and gardens of four artists and guild supporters as well as Hatcher Garden & Woodland Preserve. Ticket outlets include Hatcher Garden, Carolina Garden World, Chapman Cultural Center box office and at (www.artistsguildofspartanburg.com).

All tour sites are located in Spartanburg and reflect a wide range of creative tastes and talents. Those featured on this year’s tour are Daniel Cromer, Babs Smith, Edythe Wise and Suzanne Zoole. Both the studios and garden environments they have created reflect their unique approaches to gardening and to making art.

Gardens range from Zoole’s small city space to Smith’s expansive, English-style vegetable garden. The inclusion of Hatcher Garden in this year’s tour gives those attending an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of a 10-acre woodland garden in the heart of Spartanburg while enjoying the work of local artists.

There will be artists’ demonstrations and art work displayed throughout the day in Hatcher Garden, and the day of touring will be topped off with drinks and finger food from 2 – 4pm in the Garden for ticket holders.

The event is a fundraiser for the Guild and all proceeds will be used to benefit the programs sponsored by the organization, with a percentage of the proceeds also going to the Guild’s non-profit partner in the event, Hatcher Garden. Artists are donating their time and spaces in support of the work of one of the oldest artists’ organizations in the state.

“We hope that having the tour this year on the Saturday before Mother’s Day will provide the opportunity for families to enjoy the experience together,” says Julia Burnett, the artist and avid gardener who originated the idea of a tour of Spartanburg artists’ homes and gardens. “We chose locations that are close enough to each other for those attending to spend a leisurely day enjoying the art and the gardens.”

The money raised by the tour helps the Guild to support local professional artists and to promote the participation in the visual arts by youth in the community. Jane Frost, president of the Guild, says proceeds from past tours have made it possible for the Guild to continue all its programs while the economy has forced many other artists’ guilds across the nation to cut back.

The Guild hosts free exhibits of local artists in the Guild Gallery at the Chapman Cultural Center each month. It also sponsors the juried Focus on Youth Show, featuring artwork from senior high students in Spartanburg schools, and awards a scholarship to a senior from the show that is planning to pursue a degree in art in college.

The Guild operates an Outreach Project with Cannons Elementary School, funded through a grant from Target, which sends six artists to conduct workshops with the students at the school and then brings the students to tour the Guild Gallery and the Spartanburg Art Museum.

Advance tickets are on sale for $20, $25 the day of the tour.

For information, contact Robin Els at 864/764-9568 or access information at the Guild’s website (www.artistsguildofspartanburg.com).

Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg (SC) Awards Community Grants to Local Artists

The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC, awarded $3,000 through its Community Grants program during the recent winter quarter to five local organizations and artists who are promoting the cultural arts in Spartanburg. Annually, a total of $12,000 is awarded to people or programs that are “actively engaged in the performing, visual, literary or folk arts.” Grants generally range from $500 to $1,000. The Grants panel is chaired by Chris Crowly and nine other local citizens.

Those who received these most recent grants are…

· Boys & Girls Clubs of the Upstate, Imagemakers Program, Visual Art, $1,000

· HubCity Writers Project, SC First Novel Prize, Literary Art, $500

· Vivianne Carey, SPACE Sculpture Installation, Visual Art, $500

· Jody Raines, Threads of Our Heritage, Visual Art, $500

· Patty Wright, The Dupree House Photo Exhibit, Visual Art, $500

The next grant deadline is Mar. 9, 2012. Grants made at that time will be for projects that must end by June 30, 2012. To apply, please visit online at (www.ChapmanCulturalCenter.org) and search under “The Arts Partnership” and “Community Grants.”

The ImageMarkers program will provide seven digital photography and photo-editing workshops to about 200 Boys & Girls Clubs members in the 4th through 8th grades. The workshops will take place January through May at 10 Boys & Girls Clubs locations throughout Spartanburg County. ImageMakers is designed to promote self-expression and communication through photography by teaching photography as a way of seeing, expressing, documenting, and storytelling. The workshops will culminate with youth exhibit at the Chapman Cultural Center, May 8-July 1.

The HubCity Writers Project will use its funds to underwrite the judging and the award of the South Carolina First Novel Prize, a developing program coordinated by a partnership that includes the SC Arts Commission, the State Library, and the SC Humanities Council. This project will include at least four Spartanburg readers—all with advance degrees in writing or literature—to do the first level of judging in this statewide project. The Spartanburg group will select six submitted novels, which will be forwarded to Charleston novelist Josephine Humphreys, who will pick the ultimate winner. The winner will receive a $1000 book advance and the opportunity to have his or novel published and marketed by Spartanburg’s Hub City Press.

Local artist Viviane Carey will use her grant to create and install a commissioned sculpture in memory of Janet White, a local woman who loved the outdoors but who died of cancer after a 10-year battle. She was also the owner of Broadway Bagels, a local eatery. In coordination with the Spartanburg Area Conversancy (SPACE), the sculpture will be at the Beechwood Drive public entrance to the Cottonwood Trail, where Ms. White often walked in prayer and meditation.

Jody Raines’s Threads of Our Heritage project will produce 15 quilts depicting historical homes, churches, and places of interest in Spartanburg County. Her focus will be on promoting the natural, historical, and manmade beauty of the county. As a fiber artists, quilter and photographer, the Spartanburg native used hand-dyed, commercial and painted fabrics, specialty textiles, threads and embellishments and free-motion thread paint by machine. She hopes to exhibit this collection throughout the region in museums, galleries, schools and other venues.

Patty Wright’s project will enable her to photograph and showcase her work on the Wallace Dupree House, one of the oldest homes in Spartanburg. In her May show with the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, she will display at least 20 of her photographs that depict this historic house. Two of her goals are to educate the community on the history of the house and to provide a glimpse of the past and the demise of a historic architecture when left alone.

“All of these projects are very strong in their focus and in the advancement of the cultural arts in Spartanburg,” President of the Chapman Cultural Center Jennifer Evins said. “We are very proud to offer Community Grants to artists in our community because the work they do is so very important on many different levels. They preserve, educate, honor, and find new ways to engage people in the arts. They actually produce the images, the words and the ways and means for the rest of us to enjoy some of the most important aspects of life itself.”

The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg’s quarterly Community Grants program is supported in part by its donors, the County and the City of Spartanburg, and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina.

For further information contact Steve Wong, Marketing Director, Chapman Cultural Center by calling 864/278-9698

Jane Nodine to Exhibit Her Encaustic Paintings in Wuppertal, Germany

Jane Allen Nodine, professor of art at the University of South Carolina Upstate, in Spartanburg, SC, has been invited to exhibit her encaustic paintings at Gallerie Kunstkomplex in Wuppertal, Germany, from Mar. 3 – Apr. 7, 2012. This solo exhibition of 20 of her most recent works is titled Wachsspuren, or, Traces of Wax.

In addition to the exhibit, Nodine was invited by the director of Gallerie Kunstkomplex, Nicole Bardohl, and German artist Bodo Berheide, to visit Wuppertal during the first week of March to attend the opening reception of the exhibition on Mar. 8 and discuss her research in encaustic painting with the Wuppertal community. Wuppertal is located near Dusseldorf and has a population of approximately 350,000.

Nodine met Berheide in April 2011 when he visited USC Upstate to present a scholarly lecture on his sculpture project, Figura Magica, a six-ton cast-iron sculpture of an oversized, elongated horseshoe magnet, which garnered international attention as it made its world tour before stopping in Wuppertal. Berheide visited Nodine’s studio in Spartanburg, became interested in her work, and invited her to exhibit in Germany.

“I will present historical and technical material on the process of encaustic hot wax in a historical and contemporary context, and I will have an opportunity to visit several galleries, museums and university programs in the region,” says Nodine.

The term encaustic is derived from the Greek “enkaustikos,” which means “to heat” or “to burn.” The encaustic medium consists of beeswax mixed with resin to impart hardness that renders a material artists can use to embed various marks, materials, pigments, and textures. This historical process, used by ancient Greeks and Romans, has attracted the attention of many contemporary artists, such as Jasper Johns, because of its rich surfaces and sculptural properties. The encaustic process originated in Egypt in approximately 100 A.D.

For further information, contact Nodine at 864/503-5838 or e-mail to (jnodine@uscupstate.edu).

Spartanburg Art Museum (SAM) in Spartanburg, SC, will Host the Fourth Annual Art & Antique Show – Feb. 23-26, 2012

The Spartanburg Art Museum (SAM) in Spartanburg, SC, will host the Fourth Annual Art & Antique Show – Feb. 23-26, 2012, bringing beautiful antique art and furniture to the Chapman Cultural Center, the hub of Spartanburg’s cultural community.

“We are excited to welcome seasoned and new art and antique enthusiasts to this year’s show,” says Scott Cunningham, SAM’s director. “Thanks to a dedicated team of community volunteers, the show again brings well known speakers, beautiful art, gardening tips and even local history to our community for everyone to enjoy. Regardless of someone’s experience in collecting art, antiques or gardening, there’s something for everyone to enjoy at the show. And, as the premier fundraiser for SAM, we are hopeful that the show’s success will continue to provide the financial resources to sustain the museum’s exhibition program, allowing us to continue to bring quality exhibits to the Spartanburg area.

“Dealers from across the eastern United States – Florida to New York – will showcase predominantly 18th and 19th century American, English and Continental fine art, antiques and accessories, and offer attendees the opportunity to see, learn and purchase anything from antique furniture, glassware, jewelry, silver, porcelain, linens, garden accessories, oriental rugs to framed art,” explains Cunningham. “A variety of items will be available for purchase from the dealers in all price ranges.”

A lecture series will introduce show attendees to the finer elements of life through the perspectives of regionally known design, history and gardening experts Bill Huff, Michael McCue and Kelli Shaw.

A Columbus, GA, native, Bill Huff will present “Integrating Antiques with Interior Deign”, incorporating experiences from his forty-plus year design career in Georgia and England. Huff owns a full-service Columbus firm offering everything from architectural planning to interior design and decorating.

As the chief executive officer of Columbus Holdings Corporation, a di­versified manufacturing company headquartered in Columbus, Polk County, NC, you might not expect Michael McCue of Asheville, NC, to be a well-versed NC history buff, but he most definitely is. Known for his historical research, publications and public lectures on the nationally significant Tryon colony of artists and writers in the western NC mountains, McCue will speak on “The Tryon Colony and its Cultural History with the Upstate.”

And, for the garden and floral enthusiasts, Kelli Shaw’s presentation on “Floral Designs for your home” is a must-see. As a color and texture artist and owner of Kelli Shaw Designs, Shaw finds creative and innovative ways to bring the beauty and the wonder of nature into homes. Shaw has been in the garden and floral design business for 13 years.

In collaboration with SAM’s Art & Antique Show, the Spartanburg Regional History Museum will host three events during this weekend: Heirloom Evaluations by Ivey Auctions, Decorative Arts Talk by Glen Boggs, and Identifying Porcelain by Nancy Carlisle. These three events are free to the public.
·       “Heirloom Evaluations” – by Ivey Auctions will evaluate and identify guests’ personal family heirlooms and treasures. Martin Meek will also share techniques for researching items on your own.
·       “Decorative Arts Talk” – Glen Boggs will share the formation and highlights of the History Museum’s Decorative Arts Collection. An architect and chair of the Preservation & Collections Committee of the Spartanburg Historical Association, Boggs will share interesting details of the furniture in SAM’s permanent decorative arts collection.
·       “Identifying Porcelain” – Nancy Carlisle, interior designer, will share tips and tricks to identify porcelain in this informative and fun interactive discussion on describing and defining porcelain.

“There’s even something for children at the show,“ adds Cunningham. “SAM has partnered with The Science Center, which is also located at the Chapman Cultural Center, to offer children ages five and older the opportunity to attend an educational science camp on February 25. Parents can shop while their children learn fun science facts over a pizza lunch. To register, please call the Science Center at 864/583-2777.

“This event would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors,” says Anna Converse, event co-chair. “Thanks to our many sponsors – especially The Phifer Johnson Family Foundation, TD Bank and the Morgan Corporation – we have once again turned our fundraising goals into reality.”

Event co-chair, Katherine Fulmer goes on to explain that since the inaugural Art & Antique Show in 2008 a long-term, strategic goal was for this event to be a self-sustaining, premier fundraiser for SAM and offer another diverse cultural opportunity to Upstate residents.

Tickets are available for purchase in a variety of formats and price ranges:
·       General admission, one-day ticket – $10 (does not include speaker ticket)
·       Weekend show ticket – $20 (does not include speaker ticket)
·       Speaker tickets – $5 per speaker (in addition to the admissions ticket)
·       Benefactor’s Gala & Show Preview – $150 each or $300 per couple (held on February 23): With an “Under the Sea” theme, attendees will preview show items in a tropical paradise and enjoy live music and gourmet cuisine by Spartanburg’s Cribb’s Catering.
·       Lunch will be available for purchase on February 25 (Lunch under the tent, $8) and February 26 (Low Country Brunch, $20)
·       Parking – free
Tickets may be purchased in advance at the SAM gallery at the Chapman Cultural Center in person or by calling 864/582-7616, online at the SAM website or the day of the event.

The following detailed information about the Art & Antique Show may be found on the SAM website at the below link-
·      Schedule of events
·      Dealer listing
·      Speaker bios
·      Ticket pricing & online purchasing option
(http://www.spartanburgartmuseum.org/antiques/) or (http://www.spartanburgartmuseum.org/ArtandAntiques/index2012.htm).

The Spartanburg Art Museum is a regional museum promoting the visual arts by supporting creative educational programming; sponsoring diverse exhibitions; acquiring, displaying and conserving a permanent collection; and providing appropriate places for achieving its mission. The Museum serves as the leading proponent of the visual arts within Spartanburg County and fulfills this function through unique exhibitions and programs, cooperative partnerships, and quality services for artists, the general public and Upstate visitors.

For more information about SAM and the Art & Antique Show, visit (www.spartanburgartmuseum.org).