2010 Piccolo Spoleto
Openings for Visual Arts Exhibitions - Part 1
YO ART PROJECT
May 16 to June 16; Open Mon.-Thurs. from 9am-8pm; Fri.-Sat. from 9am-6pm; Sun. from 2-5pm
The exhibition features 25 exciting posters and photos by kids between the ages of 7 to 15 from three Title One Schools in the Tri-County area and from the Meeting Street Manor and Bayside Housing residences. These photos and posters illustrate the children's individual creativity as well as an insight into their community. The Yo Art Project is both an in-school and after-school program mentoring kids, building self to esteem, job skills, with an academic focus and a sense of community through computer art workshops, exhibitions, and public art projects.
Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St.
Admission: Free
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RHYTHMS OF LIFE, AN ISLAND PERSPECTIVE
Rhythms of Life
May 18 to June 29; Open Daily from 10am-6:30pm
Opening Reception: June 3 from 4:30-6:30pm
Evolution of lifestyles, changing marshes, thriving habitats, sunset ocean views, cycles of loggerhead turtles, quaint beach houses all reflect the pulse of a verdant life close to the ocean. Our lifestyle in Charleston, close to the beaches, revolves according to the elements. Much like the shore creatures that embellish our life with riches, we, too, have a rhythm that moves with the winds, tides, sun, and moon. Sometimes the human cycle is influenced by the winds of the hurricane, sometimes the winds of change. Styles employed in the paintings featured in this exhibit vary from an abstract piece finding its way, to impressions, to realistic studies.
Bella Vista Bridal, 211 King St. (behind Saks Fifth Avenue); Admission: Free
CONTEMPORARY CHARLESTON 2010: INFLUENCE
May 20 to July 3; Open Daily from 10am-6pm
Poetry Reading: May 28 at 7pm; Artist Lectures: June 5 at 2pm: Scott Debus and Jocelyn Châteauvert; June 12 at 2pm: Kat Hastie and Lynne Riding
Contemporary CharlestonThe City Gallery at Waterfront Park offers viewers a rich union of two separate and distinct artistic disciplines as 10 local visual artists are influenced by 10 local poets' words to create new works. Visual artists are: Jocelyn Chateâuvert, Julio Cotto, Scott Debus, Kat Hastie, Sarah Haynes, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Hirona Matsuda, Max Miller, Timothy Pakron, and Lynne Riding. Poets are: Paul Allen, Marcus Amaker, Carol Anne Davis, Ellie Davis, Morrow Dowdle, Brian Penberthy, Carol Peters, Jonathan Sanchez, Dennis Ward Stiles and Katherine Williams.
City Gallery at Waterfront Park, 34 Prioleau St.
Admission: Free
SPONSORED BY: Gourmet Bay Catering, Social Wine Bar, Bulldog Banners
ROBERT EPPS INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION: CHARLESTON WIDE
May 22 to June 13; Open Mon.-Fri. from 8:30am-8pm; Sat.-Sun. from 10am-8pmRobert Epps
Despite extensive and apparently endless renovations, this City of Charleston is best characterized as a "ruin graced with an immaculate charm." True, some new is built, but more often patches go over patches in a complex process of wrecking and resurgence, a process which Charleston architect, Robert Epps has been involved in for over 30 years. And now, utilizing a traditional view camera with wide angle lens he offers in this exhibit a summing up, of sorts. Charleston Wide features 12 large scale images bounded by a common vision of loss, of extended spaces, eroded surfaces and curious colors. The Aiken Rhett House, Drayton Hall, Read Brothers Fabric Shop, Big John's Tavern, and long abandoned Kerrison Department Store are the sites of these interiors.
New Perspectives Gallery, 180 Meeting St., 3rd Floor
Admission: Free
SANDY LOGAN INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION: DECOMPOSITION
FunSaver Logo
May 22 to June 13; Open Daily from 10am-5pm;
Opening Reception: May 22 from 6-8pm
Up in the northern boundaries of the city, the sketchier neighborhoods, the burned-out apparatuses of former industry - these are the places he goes. They are in No-Man's-Land, replete with poisoned soil, mute factories, empty storage facilities and the detritus of an era that had a profound disregard for the local environment. Here, in these more remote areas, the subjects hide, and defy the camera to show inherent beauty, apparent only by much closer inspection. These unaltered images, are, for the most part, so isolated by the camera, that they can morph into abstraction, and, as such, become almost painterly in their color and composition. Some are quite bright with color, some are dark and brooding; their common thread the culture of disposability and of neglect - use it until it breaks, then toss it away and buy another one.
Art Institute of Charleston, 24 North Market St.
Admission: Free
TATE NATION INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION: COMPOSITION
Tate Nation
May 22 to June 13; Open Daily from 10am-5pm;
Opening Reception: May 22 from 6-8pm
While recognized primarily for his festive abstractions of streetscapes and the Lowcountry's coastal environment, and for his vibrant, stylized depictions of Caribbean tropical and aquatic scenes, artist Tate Nation has also, for more than three decades, passionately painted abstract interpretations of the places, objects and experiences that nurture his creative spirit. Although he sometimes includes a sampling of abstract paintings in his exhibits of semi to representational works, this exhibit marks his first all-abstract exhibition.
Art Institute of Charleston, 24 North Market St.
Admission: Free
MCLEAN SHEPERD INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION: PETAL TO THE METAL
McLean Sheperd
May 22 to June 13; Open Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-8pm; Sat.-Sun., 10am-8pm
A bloom has been likened to an enlightened plant: the highest form, or awakened form of the plant kingdom. In the contemplation of a blossom, or the painting depicting the blossom, we honor the plant and thus begin the awakening process in ourselves. These paintings are infused with the artist's intention to see deeply into the essence of the flower and to capture the energy of the blossom; to paint not just the sunflower's color and shape, but the very warmth of the petals and their delight in being alive. Dr. Sheperd's use of metallic leaf, glitter and other shiny surfaces emerged out of meditations and dreams about flowers which revealed that these blossoms permeate the air with delicious, etheric, sparkling essences.
New Perspectives Gallery, 180 Meeting St., 2nd Floor
Admission: Free
VETERANS PORTRAIT PROJECT: THE SOUTH CAROLINA EDITION
American Flag
May 24 to June 11; Open Mon.-Fri. from 10am-5pm; Opening Reception: May 22 from 5-7pm
The Veterans Portrait Project is a culmination of three years of portraiture by 12-year combat veteran, Stacy Pearsall. To date, Pearsall has photographed over 300 military veterans in South Carolina. Of the hundreds of images, 80 portraits have been selected to be on permanent display at the Ralph H. Johnson Medical Center in Charleston, S.C. As you walk down the main hall, these gripping black and white portraits will tell the stories of our nation's heroes. The many faces of these men and women from WWII to present day will remind you of the sacrifices of America's fighting forces.
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee St.
Admission: Free
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