The Painted Word
JUST ADDED! At 6 p.m. Rut & Mindy will offer a concert featuring songs written by Billy! Following the concert Billy will read from his works. The reception will follow. Come celebrate it all!
Legends of Jazz and Blues
“Charleston’s First Lady of Jazz,” Ann Caldwell, will sing songs and tell stories associated with the stars of the Harlem Renaissance whose portraits hang on our gallery walls. She will be accompanied Tyler Ross, who teaches jazz guitar at the College of Charleston. Songs will include Around Midnight, Blue Moon, Don’t Mean a Thing, Stormy Weather, and other classics. Our gallery doors will open at 4 p.m. on Sunday, September 18, so that concertgoers can enjoy “O, Write My Name,” a collection of fifty photographs by Carl Van Vechten, before the concert begins at 4:30 p.m. A reception will follow.
Concert Ticket 2011 Member $10
Concert Ticket Non- Member $15
Second Saturday Sale Resumes October 8
Join us on the second Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon, to buy or sell baked goods, books, videos, art, decorative items, antiques, household items, plants, crafts, toys, local produce, clothes—anything you can think of! Rent space and a table inside the studio rent for $15; set up outside with one of our tables for $10, or bring your own table and set it up outside for just $5. Tables and space are free if all proceeds are donated to the Arts Council. Call 887-3157 to reserve a space.
Bluegrass Concert
Please join us in our gallery on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. to hear the music of the famous Hungry Monks!
Tickets for members are only $10 each, and $15 for non-members. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Second Saturday Sale
Join us Saturday, June 11 from 10 a.m. to noon for our final sale before the really hot weather hits us. We will resume the second Saturday Sale on October 8, 2011. Come and get your fresh baked breads, garden veggies, freshly laid eggs, and homemade relishes. If you wish to reserve a table to sell your treasures, please call the Arts Center at 843-887-3157.
Jack Williams in Concert
Singer-songwriter-guitarist Jack Williams, a South Carolina native, will perform in the gallery on Tuesday, June 7 at 7 p.m. Williams’ music draws deeply from the eclectic well of our musical heritage, including jazz, classical, rock, blues, country, and folk. Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) cites him as “the best guitar player I’ve ever heard.” Check out his website, jackwilliams.com, to hear a sample. Tickets are $15 for members and $20 for non-members.
Jack Williams Concert 2011 Member $15
Jack Williams Concert Non- Member $20
Faces of the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes, Lena Horne, Joe Louis, Zora Neale Hurston—these are some of the fifty stars of American culture captured in beautiful photographic portraits by Carl Van Vechten. The photographs, which had been mounted in the halls of McClellanville Middle School, have been lovingly cleaned and restored with a grant from the Dorothy and Gaylord Donnelley Foundation. While part of our permanent collection, it now travels to schools across the low country and will be installed at Marrington Middle School in Goose Creek this fall. The photographs will be on display at the Arts Center gallery from June 18 through August 6. Please stop by and view these cultural treasures.
Celebrate Young Talent
The art students of Lincoln High School are painting a mural on the Cassena Street side of the Arts Center. Under the guidance of their art teacher, mural specialist Annie Purvis, students researched their cultural heritage and designed a mural that embellishes the McClellanville Arts Council logo created by Aaron Baldwin. You can view their progress day by day on our new Facebook page, and, of course, by driving down Pinckney Street.
Join us on Thursday, May 26, at 5 p.m. for the formal presentation of the finished mural, an exhibition featuring the work of Lincoln High School art and carpentry students, and a rousing performance by the fabulous Lincoln Steel Drum band.
Jazz Concert
Ann Caldwell, “Charleston’s First Lady of Jazz,” will sing jazz classics, accompanied by award-winning multi-instrumentalist Roger Bellow, on Saturday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. Both musicians are widely recognized as masters of the craft. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the low country’s best right in your own back yard. A reception will follow the concert. Tickets are $10 for 2011 members and $15 for non-members.
Wildlife Photographs by Gloria Penninger Welch
Gloria Welch was born and raised on the banks of Jeremy Creek. Her father owned Boots Texaco, which had a service station on one side and a diner, run by her mother, on the other. One of her earliest memories is sitting on a bucket in the middle of a culling table on Tom Duke’s dock, where her babysitters were heading shrimp.
Welch found her life’s work by accident while browsing through a table at a yard sale. There was a camera for sale for a few dollars, so she bought it. Although her lack of a formal photographic education at first seemed to her like a great handicap, her images, like those of so many other artists who were self-taught, express a unique artistic vision.
Join us for an opening reception on Saturday, April 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibition will remain in our gallery until May 14.
