Pawleys Island (SC) Festival of Music and Art Announces Poster Competition – Deadline Mar. 15, 2013

The Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art is now accepting entries until March 15th for its poster design competition to advertise their 23rd annual event. The winning design will be used in promotional materials, including a poster and tee shirts that will be sold during the festival taking place in Pawleys Island, SC. The winning designer will take home $300.

Last year’s poster

Only original artwork submitted by the artist or artist’s representative will be accepted for this competition. Artists can submit two entries, but artwork must not have been previously exhibited in any Horry or Georgetown County or City program. Artists can submit in one of three categories: 8th Grade and below, 9th – 12th Grades and Adult.  Artists can choose from paint, markers, photography, digital art, crayons, and chalk.

A panel of arts professionals will make the final selection based on specifications, design and marketability. The winning image will be produced as the cover for the Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art’s program books and will also be produced as the festival poster. The winning image, an original signed by the artist, will be auctioned at the 14th Annual Pawleys Island Wine Gala, with all proceeds going to the Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art.

In addition to the $300 cash prize, the winning artist will receive two all access passes to the festival, 10 posters and national recognition via publicity surrounding the 23rd annual event.

For contest details and additional information, please visit (www.pawleysmusic.com) or call 843/626-8911.

The Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art, features two weeks of cultural entertainment and musical performances as well as the Culinary Symphony and Pawleys Island Wine Gala that serve as fundraisers for the event.

For more information on the Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art, visit them online at (
http://www.pawleysmusic.com
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Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, SC, Offers 81st Anniversary Lecture – July 14, 2012

Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, SC, will present its 81st Anniversary Lecture, A Brookgreen Potpourri, will be held in the Lowcountry Center Auditorium on Saturday, July 14, at 3pm. Robin Salmon, Brookgreen’s Vice President of Art and Historical Collections and Curator of Sculpture, will present a variety of topics including behind-the-scenes stories pertaining to the artists and sculpture in the collection, and interesting tidbits about the lives of people connected to the Brookgreen property, as seen through the lens of her 37 years on the staff. The lecture will conclude with a screening of excerpts from home movies made by the Huntingtons of Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens in the 1930s. Don’t miss this unusual opportunity to celebrate Brookgreen’s birthday. Free with garden admission.

Images of a young Bette Davis said to have been the model for “Diana of the Chase” by Anna Hyatt Huntington.

“Diana of the Chase” by Anna Hyatt Huntington

Brookgreen Gardens, a non-profit National Historic Landmark, accredited out-door museum and zoo, is located on US Hwy. 17 between Myrtle Beach and Pawleys Island, South Carolina. It is open daily to the public.

For further information call the Gardens at 843/235-6019 or visit (www.brookgreen.org).

Island Art Gallery in Pawleys Island, SC, Announces Winners of Art Exhibit

The Island Art Gallery in Pawleys Island, SC, held the first of a series of Art Shows, “Coastal Creations”, on Sunday, June 10, 2012. It will be on view until Sat., June 16, 2012.

The Gallery was celebrating the talent of the several local artists including: Sarah Mishoe, Barbara Keller, Jane Woodward, John Bickle, Barney Slice, Cindy Roy,  Marlene Askins, Janelle Feeney, Wayne Herndon, Denny Stevenson, and Felix  Barabal.

The Show was judged by South Carolina’s own, renowned artist, William McCullough. McCullough, a native of South Carolina, studied at the National Academy of Art and Design in New York City. His mentors include Daniel Greene, Eric Eisenberger, John Koch, and Robert Brachman. Over 200 of William McCullough’s realist oil paintings are in significant private, corporate and museum collections throughout the United States. McCullough’s current paintings are still lifes and landscapes exploring the everyday life and culture of the American South. He lives on a family farm outside of Kingstree, SC, and also in the South of France.

South Carolina Artist, William McCullough judging show at Island Art Gallery, Pawleys Island, SC

First place was won by local artist, Denny Stevenson, for his work ” Fun In The Sun”, 14″ x 12″,  oil on canvas. Stevenson graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Coker College. In 1979, he studied at the Maryland institute of art for a year on a grant for painting from the Greenshields Foundation. In1983, he graduated with a Masters of Fine Art from University of South Carolina. Stevenson worked for 6 years for Marvel, as an artist in the field of comics. In 1995, he returned to painting and teaching fine art. Stevenson was awarded $150 in cash.

Honorable Mention award was given to local artist Sarah Mishoe for her work, “Afternoon on the Ashley”. Local artist, John Bickle, also received a Honorable Mention award for his work, “Georgetown Park”.

Island Art Gallery will be hosting the next art show in October so get out your paint brushes! Subject matter will be Artists Choice, so let your creativity guide you. Work needs to be newly created and approximately 12″ x 12″ in size before framing. Artwork will need to be framed or finished edge Gallery Wrap. Updated information on this series of shows as well as other gallery events can be found at (www.Pawleysislandart.com).

The Gallery is located in the Village Shops at 10744M Ocean Hwy., Pawleys Island, SC. Hours are M-F, 9-5pm.

Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, SC, Offers Lecture on Birds in Art – Feb. 25, 2012

On Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, Brookgreen Garden’s Vice-President of Collections and Curator of Sculpture, Robin Salmon, will present a talk at 3pm in the Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium, entitled “Curator’s Chat Birds in Art”.  In her talk, art enthusiasts will gain insight into Birds in Art, the highly acclaimed traveling exhibition of paintings and sculpture mounted by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum of Wausau, Wisconsin. The exhibit includes works by internationally renowned artists. The exhibit and Curator’s Chat is free with garden admission.

Bird Watcher by Robert Bateman – one of the paintings in Birds in Art exhibit

Brookgreen Gardens presents one of the largest collections of outdoor sculpture in America. This preeminent collection of American representational sculpture includes – 560 works by 240 artists – representing such well-known artists as Charles Parks, Daniel Chester French, Carl Milles, August Saint-Gaudens and Anna Hyatt Huntington.

For further information call Brookgreen Gardens at 843/235 6019 or visit (www.brookgreen.org).

Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, SC, Offers Lecture About the National Sculpture Society – Sept. 2, 2011

Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, SC, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year is offering a Curator’s Chat by Robin Salmon, Vice-President of Collections and Curator of Sculpture, with the topic of the National Sculpture Society and it’s 78th Annual Awards Exhibition Highlights on view at Brookgreen Gardens on Sept. 2, 2011, at 2pm, in the Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium.

The chat is included in Garden Admission.

For further information call the Gardens at 843/235-6000 or visit (www.brookgreen.org).

Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, SC, Offers Spring Garden Festival – Mar. 26, 2011

On Saturday, Mar. 26, 2011, just in time for spring, Diggin It, Brookgreen Gardens’ spring garden festival, offers a day filled with valuable gardening ideas and outstanding topics from guest speakers Peal Fryar, Bryce Lane, and Brookgreen’s own expert horticultural staff. Brookgreen Gardens, a National Historic Landmark and non-profit organization, is located on US 17 between Myrtle Beach and Pawleys Island, SC, and is opened 9:30am-5pm daily. The spring garden festival is included in garden admission. Here’s a link to the complete schedule (
http://www.brookgreen.org/DigginItGardenFestival.cfm
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Since the early 1980s, Pearl Fryar has created topiary at his garden in Bishopville, SC. Many of the plants in Pearl’s garden were rescued from the compost pile at local nurseries. With Pearl’s patience and skilled hands, these “throw aways” have thrived and have been transformed into wonderful abstract shapes. Pearl Fryar and his garden are now internationally recognized and have been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, television shows, and a documentary, A Man Named Pearl. His presentations are always very entertaining and inspirational.

“I like to let people see what they want to in my plants. The creativity comes in making a shape that speaks to me in one way but may say something else to everyone else,” said Pearl Fryar.

Bryce Lane, host of the Emmy Award winning television show In the Garden and instructor in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University, will give a talk entitled For the Love of Gardening: The Power to Change Your Point of View and Gardening on the Edge: Latest Trends in Gardening. In his 27 years of teaching at NCSU, Bryce’s accolades as an award-winning instructor and undergraduate teaching coordinator are impressive and well deserved. He truly has the unique ability to communicate his love for plants with contagious enthusiasm.

For more information, visit our web site at (www.brookgreen.org) or call 843/235-6000.