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The September 2022 Issue of “Carolina Arts” is Now Ready to Download at (www.carolinaarts.com)
September 1, 2022Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, NC, Features Works by Ophelia Staton
July 8, 2021In a show that opened July 1 and runs through July 31, 2021, Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, NC, is featuring “Works By Ophelia Staton”, a Cary, NC, artist known for her colorful abstract mixed media pieces. There will be a reception to meet the artist on Friday, July 16 from 5 to 7pm. On Saturday, July 17, Staton will present a gallery talk and painting demonstration at the gallery from noon to 2pm. The public is invited to attend at no charge and reservations are not required.
“This is the first time I’ve met Ophelia,” gallery owner Ginny Lassiter said, “But I’ve been aware of her popular art journaling and mixed media classes at Jerry’s Artarama, so I’m especially looking forward to her gallery talk and demo!”
In a statement about her work, Staton said, “I paint to express myself. Each mark, scribble or stroke of my brush is a conversation between me, my materials and the substrate. I show up and begin working with no preconceived notions or ideas of the end result. I see the process of painting as a journey and I am intrigued by the unknown of where each mark or brush stroke will take me. For this reason, I am in love with abstracts. Painting is a passion for me.
“I absolutely love working in layers. I invite the viewer to come closer and notice that there is more beneath the surface. My goal is to create a work of art that will engage the viewer and foster a dialogue.”
The show includes 23 different works, including nine eight-inch square pieces, which are hung in a grid to mimic a single large painting. According to Lassiter, a unique feature of Staton’s work is that it complements any décor – contemporary or traditional, abstract or realistic.
Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Marketplace caters to both tourists and a growing local community of full time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by approximately 150 North and South Carolina artists, the gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.
There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes and workshops are currently being offered on a limited basis. Call the gallery for details.
Special Covid 19 Notice: To meet North Carolina State guidelines, Sunset River Marketplace requests that patrons who are not fully vaccinated wear face coverings and requires the use of hand sanitizer plus six-foot social distancing between gallery visitors and at the cash register. The gallery staff conducts thorough cleaning of surfaces upon opening and closing and during the day and has placed complimentary hand sanitizer throughout the gallery for visitor use.
The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467. Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11am-5pm.
For more information, call 910/575-5999 or visit the website at (www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com). Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday, 12 noon – 5pm and by appointment. Call framer Louis Aliotta directly at 910/368-7351.
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC, Calls for Entries for “Black@Intersection: Moving Images from Contemporary Black Voices in Art” – Deadline June 30, 2021
June 7, 2021Guest Curator Duane Cyrus is seeking artist submissions for “Black@Intersection”, a special exhibition coming to the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Winston-Salem, NC, in November 2021.
We are especially seeking photographic works. However, work in other disciplines – including but not limited to film, sculpture, mural, and poetry – are encouraged to apply. If you have a unique artistic approach or form – let us know!
Exhibition Dates: November 18, 2021 – April 17, 2022 (subject to change)
Entry fee: None
Deadline to Apply: June 30, 2021
Applications will be accepted through June 30, 2021 and selected artists will be notified on or before August 1, 2021.
All work must be created within the last 5 years.
Artists may submit up to 5 works of art.
Each artist selected will receive a participation honorarium.
SECCA will work with each artist to arrange shipping/return or printing of artwork, artists will not have to pay any shipping fees.
Acceptance into exhibition does not require artist travel, but artists are encouraged to attend.
How to Apply:
Submit a single PDF that includes the following:
Artist contact information (include social media links if possible)
Letter of interest (no more than 300 words)–tell us why to select your work?
1-5 art works for consideration (printed, embedded image or url link accepted)
Checklist with titles, dates, dimensions, media and descriptions (no more than 150 words per work).
Resume or CV
Submit Completed applications to: (theatreofmovement.info@gmail.com)
About “Black@Intersection”:
Movement, Flow, Adaptation, Transition, and Contrast—are all seminal components of the Black experience in America. African Diasporic people have always taken their myriad experiences and translated them into new fluid forms of social and cultural expression—from religion to soul food to jazz to hip hop. As a curator and artist working in live performance, photography, and film, Duane Cyrus is deeply connected to the cultural value created when forms intersect. Brenda Dixon Gottschild’s definition of high affect juxtaposition as one of the aspects of an “Africanist aesthetic” as well as Dr. Kimberlee Crenshaw’s coining of the term “intersectionality” inform the foundation and inquiry of this exhibit. Black@Intersection features Black and African Diasporic artists from North Carolina and beyond. The artists simultaneously exemplify and defy–yet continue to redefine the perceived norms around concepts of Blackness as we see it in our world. They resist the nullifying commodification of blackness into a type of monolith and do so by creating works that reify the world on their own terms.
Themes (subject to change)
Understanding the socio-political reasons for supporting Black Lives. Focus on the past year of activism in support of Black Lives including other images of Black life during the pandemic.
Themes of Blackness as fluidity & movement. A geography of Black mobility. Illuminating the diversity and movement within Blackness.
The Black body as a site of agency and power for Black lives.
Black Women in activism and leadership.
Blackness as a form of sustainable connectivity to the Earth.
Entry Information:
All of the pieces in this exhibition need to be high-quality and display worthy. The work can also embrace any of the themes or topics listed above. Photography, film, music, dance, poetry and other mediums within the thematic areas listed above are encouraged for submission.
The curatorial inquiry is Photography with other disciplines included. Viewers will experience themed areas that contribute to a narrative of diversity within Blackness. Portraiture, photojournalism, abstract, figurative, and other genres are open for consideration.
Eligibility:
All of the objects MUST be original works by the applicant, and created within the last five years. Any artist from North Carolina and beyond are able to apply. SECCA anticipates the majority of the exhibition will be wall-hung works of art but other works may be included. SECCA is looking for artists with diverse perspectives who are part of the African Diaspora for work consideration. Women and LGBTQIA+ artists are encouraged to apply. Artists who do not prescribe to categories are also encouraged to apply.
For answer to questions, e-mail Duane Cyrus at (theatreofmovement.info@gmail.com).
Dare County Arts Council in Manteo, NC, Announces A Call For Entry For “24th Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show”
March 29, 2021Artists wishing to participate in this year’s exhibition can find a prospectus and sign up for a specific time to drop off their work online at (DareArts.org/molliefearingshow) and at the DCAC Gallery.
Seagreen Gallery owner and artist Susan Evans will judge the “2021 Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show”. Evans graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in art photography. She opened Seagreen Gallery in Nags Head with her family in 2010, and has since opened a second location in Duck.
The show is held in memory of Mollie A. Fearing, one of the founders of Dare County Arts Council, and is known for showcasing vibrant, eclectic artwork.
“My mother always saw the beauty in everyone’s art, just as she saw in every person she met,” said Grizelle Fearing. “I am looking forward to seeing all of the artwork in this year’s show.”
The exhibition will be open for viewing in Dare County Arts Council’s Courtroom Gallery during normal gallery hours from May 1 to May 29, 2021.
Best In Show and Excellence Award recipients will be announced the week following the opening day. The People’s Choice Award recipient will be announced the day the show closes, as guests who visit the show will be able to vote on the People’s Choice piece throughout the month.
“Dare County Arts Council gave me the opportunity to enter the ‘Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show in 2020’, and I was in mighty good company,” said “2020 Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show” Best In Show award recipient Julien McCarthy. “The way I see it, the artists represented in this show are stupendous. My 2020 entry, jovially named “Irrevocable Union” is a very large wooden urn. I was delightfully surprised to win Best In Show in 2020. Thanks so much to the Fearing family and the Dare County Arts Council.”
Due to the current restrictions in place for mass gatherings, there will not be a formal opening reception at the DCAC Gallery for this year’s show.
Businesses interested in sponsoring the “24th Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show” awards should contact Dare County Arts Council’s Executive Director Chris Sawin at (DareArtsInfo@gmail.com).
Dare County Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization dedicated to encouraging the arts in Dare County through advocacy, enrichment and opportunity.
For more information about the show, please visit (DareArts.org/molliefearingshow) or call 252/473-5558.
Arts Council of Henderson County in Hendersonville, NC, Calls for Participation in the 62nd Annual Art of Main Fine Art and Fine Craft Fair – Deadline May 15, 2021
March 29, 2021The Application Deadline is 05/15/2021.
There is a $300 Booth Fee and a $30 Jury Fee to be part of the event. If artists apply by Apr. 18, 2021, they can take advantage of the $25 Early Bird fee for applications. Applications can be found at (www.ArtOnMainNC.com).
Autumn in the Western North Carolina mountains finds thousands of visitors traveling to the region to enjoy its amazing fall foliage. We celebrate fine art and fine craft on the last weekend of September each year by gathering distinctive local artists, as well as highly qualified artists from the southeast region of the US to meet the public and sell their work on Historic Main Street. More juried artists sell fine art paintings, in addition to works in clay, metal, wood, fiber, photography, jewelry, etc.
The Arts Council of Henderson County is a community organization that promotes, advocates for and nurtures the arts in Henderson County and Western North Carolina.
The Arts Council is supported in part by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, funds administered by the Community Foundation of Henderson County, Henderson County, Henderson County Tourism Development Authority, and the City of Hendersonville.
City of North Charleston, SC, Calls for Entries for 19th Annual Statewide Fine Craft Competition & Exhibition – Deadline March 15, 2021
December 17, 2020
Fine craft artists from across the state are invited to participate in the “19th annual South Carolina Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition”. As the state’s longest-running fine craft competition and exhibition, objects selected for the show may compete for cash prizes totaling up to $6,500. The exhibition is presented as a component of the annual North Charleston Arts Fest, to be held April 28-May 2, 2021, throughout North Charleston, SC. A $15 entry fee applies. Artists may submit up to four entries. The application is strictly available online and may be accessed via the link at (NorthCharlestonArtsFest.com/apply).
Deadline for entries is Monday, March 15, 2021.
Artists in need of assistance with the application process may contact the Cultural Arts Department to schedule a one-on-one meeting, which can be conducted over the phone or in person.
“All Quiet in the Holy City” by Saila Milja Smyly
Organized and presented by the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, this unique exhibition offers fine craft artists from across South Carolina the opportunity to exhibit their inspiring objects in the media of clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and three-dimensional mixed media. Thousands have enjoyed the refined talents of South Carolina fine craft artists during past annual exhibitions. Following the close of the show, up to twenty works will be selected to tour the state through the South Carolina State Museum’s 2021/2022 Traveling Exhibitions Program. Sites across South Carolina may request the exhibit to tour in their facilities, thus providing additional exposure for the selected artists.
Due to the cancellation of the 2020 competition and exhibition as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Karen Watson has been invited back to serve as the juror for 2021. Watson has been the Executive Director of the Sumter County Gallery of Art in Sumter, SC, since 2005. Before assuming the directorship, her professional background was in biomedical research. Watson’s path from biomedical research to gallery director is not as unlikely as it seems on the surface. She and her former husband were serious collectors of contemporary art. They had the opportunity to meet and befriend many artists and arts professionals within the state and beyond. Watson has a passion for the visual arts and the Sumter County Gallery of Art. She is committed to presenting challenging contemporary and traditional art exhibitions by culturally diverse artists and providing art education opportunities to all the citizens of Sumter County – an extensively rural, economically depressed region of the state isolated from the major art centers of the US. Watson served as the juror for the “2009 Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Juried Exhibition” at Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum (Myrtle Beach, SC), was a juror for the inaugural “CCA 701 Prize” in 2012 at 701 Center For Contemporary Art, (Columbia, SC), and has been a judge for several local art competitions throughout the years.
The “19th Annual South Carolina Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Craft Competition & Exhibition” will be on display April 28-May 2, 2021, at the Charleston Area Convention Center, located at 5001 Coliseum Drive in North Charleston. A free public reception and announcement of awards will be held at the Convention Center on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, from 6:00-8:30pm.
For more information about the North Charleston Arts Fest, Palmetto Hands, or other exhibition opportunities, contact the North Charleston Cultural Arts Department at 843/740-5854, e-mail to (culturalarts@northcharleston.org), or visit (NorthCharlestonArtsFest.com).
The December 2020 Issue of “Carolina Arts” is Now Ready to Download
November 30, 2020
We’re coming to you a little early this month as I have a medical procedure on Dec. 1. Oh joy!
The December 2020 issue of “Carolina Arts” is up on our website at (http://www.carolinaarts.com/1220/1220carolinaarts.html) – all 56 pages of it. That’s 1 less page than last month’s issue.
This month’s cover is a work by Noelle Brault. She will be having an exhibit of her works on view at the Rob Shaw Gallery and Framing, in West Columbia, SC, from Dec. 4 through Jan. 15, 2021. A reception will be held on Dec. 4, from 6-9pm. You can read about the exhibit on Page 20 of this month’s issue.
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