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).

USC’s Department of Art in Columbia, SC, to Present 56th Annual Auction – April 20, 2011

Unique works of art by students and faculty will be sold to the highest bidder at the University of South Carolina’s 56th Annual Art Auction Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

The event will be held in the Capstone Conference Room, beginning with a preview party at 6pm and followed by the bidding from 7-10pm. The artwork will be on display beginning at 1pm for public viewing. Light refreshments will be provided.

Some of the contributing artists are Carol Pittmann, Ann Hubbard, Robert Lyon, Rob Shaw, Gene Speer, Mana Hewitt, Steven Hewitt, Jonathan Brilliant, Mary Robinson and many student works.

The auction is sponsored by the Department of Art in the university’s College of Arts and Sciences. Proceeds will be divided between the artists and the university’s art scholarship and gallery fund. Credit cards and checks will be accepted.

For more information, contact Mana Hewitt, McMaster Gallery director, at 803/777-7480 or e-mail to (mana@sc.edu).