Vol. 16, No. 3 March 2012 - Carolina Arts

USC- Beaufort in Beaufort,SC, Features Works by TheArt Beyond Tradition GroupUSC- Beaufort in Beaufort, SC, ispresenting the exhibit, New Vibrations,featuring abstract works by 12 membersof The Art Beyond Tradition group, onview through Apr. 30, 2012.The artists, who reside on Hilton HeadIsland, Bluffton, Beaufort and Columbia,SC, are known throughout the area fortheir unique style and exquisite artwork.They include painters: Deanna Bowdish,Cindy Chiappetta, Marilyn Dizikes, JoDye, Vickie Jourdan, Mary Jane Martin,Mary Sullivan, Joan Templer, Arla CrumlickWible, Caroll Williams and Irene K.Williamson; and sculptor Sharon CollingsLicata.Work by Vickie JourdanVickie Jourdan’s Attitude, where boldreds and blended hues ring true to theirtitle, is a painting that says as much aboutthe artist as the observer. Far from subtle,it asserts itself dramatically.Sharon Licata works in stone. Hersculpture entitled Thunder shows anamazing flexibility of design. The stoneseems to swirl and wrap around itselfforming an open space that defies credibility.Mary Jane Martin has produced apainting titled Java. Colorful patches appearto be escaping from the muted background,whereas in Grounded, a mutedpalette is used, playing to texture and text.Following some of the conceptsof color-mass abstract painting, ArlaCrumlick Wible has produced studies inBrown, Browns and Greens, while IreneK. Williamson brings a collage entitledInterrupted as well as an abstract paintingtitled Out of Control. In this second painting,the vigorous swirls of color and madsplashes and dashes of paint appear to beout of control, yet the total environment isthat of a carefully controlled painting.Caroll Williams describes her artas 2-1/2 D. Her wall mounted artworkuses found objects and “turns them intosomething quite different from theiroriginal use”. Her philosophy is to do aslittle as possible to these objects: “In thatway, the qualities that originally attractedme to them - the weathering, the patinaof age, the quirkiness - continue to shinethrough.” This can easily be seen in herpieces titled Transported and Grids, Boxesand Drawers.Williams says, “In the late 70s, I beganthe study of graphic design which led toa satisfying 30 year career. After my husband’sretirement to Hilton Head Island,and my own semi-retirement, I finally hadthe time to experiment with making artfrom the kinds of materials I’ve alwaysloved and collected: peeling, paintedboards; rusty objects; staircase spindles;ephemera of all varieties.”The Art Beyond Tradition has beentogether and showing its work as a groupsince 2008. It has held two successfulshows at the Arts Center of CoastalCarolina and most recently at the CoastalDiscovery Museum on Hilton HeadIsland, SC.“We are so pleased to be holding ourcurrent show at the University of SouthCarolina Beaufort,” says Irene K. Williamson,manager of the Art BeyondTradition group and one of its artists. “It isimportant to find venues that enhance theboldness of the art and provide the spacefor the 12 members of the group to displaytheir work.”“We welcome Art Beyond Traditionand their current show, New Vibrations,”says Bonnie Hargrove, USC-Beaufort gallerydirector. “The university is pleased topresent this fine body of work.”Located in the heart of the CarolinaSea Islands, the University of South CarolinaBeaufort (USCB) is a senior institutionof the University of South Carolinasystem serving the southeast coast ofGeorgia and South Carolina. USCB hasbeen the fastest growing baccalaureate institutionin the USC system since becominga four year university in 2002. Theuniversity has two campuses which servea diverse student body of more than 1750students. The Historic Beaufort campus,located on Beaufort’s downtown waterfront,houses an innovative baccalaureatestudio arts program in close proximity toBeaufort’s many art galleries. The HiltonHead Gateway campus in Bluffton, S.C.,offers cutting-edge Computational Scienceand Nursing laboratories and is the hometo Sand Shark athletics. USCB offersstudents an exceptional place to learn andlive in an environment focused on growth,preservation and opportunity.For further information check our SCInstitutional Gallery listings, call 843/208-8030 or visit (www.uscb.edu).Walter Greer Gallery onHilton Head Island, SC, OffersWorks by Lynda K. PotterThe Art League of Hilton Head is presentingthe exhibit, Celebration of Paintand Water, featuring works by Lynda K.Potter, on view in the Walter Greer Gallery,located in the Arts Center of CoastalCarolina, on view through Mar. 31, 2012.A reception will be held on Mar. 2, from5-7pm.Working in watercolor, acrylic andmixed media, Potter uses loose brushstrokesto evoke the magic of the Lowcountryworld with its charming cottages,live oaks dripping with Spanish moss,sunsets on rivers, marshlands in earlymorning light and beaches alive with colorsof sand and sky. Her florals, lush withsoft edges, as well as her landscapes arepainted in what the Bluffton resident calls“abstract realism.”“ Her [Potter’s] work is an artful balanceof what the viewer knows is thereand what the viewer’s imagination bringsto the painting.... It is the free-flow of imcontinuedabove on next column to the rightGreenwood Dr.Table of ContentsCalibogue SoundSea PinesPlantation12DTollBoothCordillo ParkwayS. Forest Beach Dr.PalmettoPope AvenuePublic BeachAtlantic OceanThese maps are not to exactscale or exact distances. Theywere designed to give readershelp in locating galleries andart spaces in the area.SpanishWellsWexford3TollBooth10New Orleans Dr.Pope Ave. Executive Park Rd.ShipyardPlantationN. Forest Beach Dr.To Bluffton& I-95LongCoveClub278WindmillHarbour1ACross IslandHilton Head Island, SCpression from the realism that delights...Potter’s work always offers somethingnew,” wrote The Island Packet’s NancyWellard.The artist, a signature member of thePennsylvania Watercolor Society, hasbeen featured in more than 21 one-womanexhibitions as well as numerous groupshows. She has also been invited to showher paintings in more than 30 exhibitionsin New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Herwork has been published in six books.Charles Street Gallery in Beaufort,SC, will present the exhibit, New Workby Carol Henry, on view from Mar. 9through Apr. 1, 2012. A reception will be278Skull Creek92Expressway (Toll)CPalmettoDunes ResortEWilliam Hilton ParkwayIndigo RunShelter Cove8Main StreetCarolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 153William HiltonHilton HeadResortHilton HeadPlantation7278Marshland Rd.ParkwayWhooping Crane WayPort Royal SoundGallery Spaces1 Morris & Whiteside Galleries2 The Red Piano Art Gallery3 Smith GalleriesOther Points of InterestA HHI Visitor’s CenterB Hilton Head Island Public LibraryC Art League of Hilton Head Gallery atthe Walter Greer GalleryD Art League Art AcademyE Coastal Discovery Museum @ Honey Horn6 mile MarkerPotter, who lives in Bluffton, SC, alsoteaches watermedia classes at the Academyof the Art League of Hilton Head.Also on exhibit during March areworks from Art League member artists.The Art League of Hilton Head is anot-for-profit membership organizationdedicated to promoting and supporting thevisual arts.For further information check ourSC Institutional Gallery listings, call theleague at 843/681-5060 or visit (www.artleaguehhi.org).Charles Street Gallery in Beaufort,SC, Offers Works by Carol Henryheld on Mar. 9, from 5:30-9pm.The exhibition offers a show of newwork by Carol Henry, an internationalprintmaker whose vibrant colors on paperreflect a beauty-saturated world. Henrylives in Beaufort a few months of the year,also maintaining a home and studio inIreland, where she is a member of CorkPrintmakers, a jury-selected associationfor artists working in Ireland.Henry’s pencil studies of flora progressinto bold and loose silk-screened blossoms.A series of simplified and brightlandscapes, easily associated with theLowcountry, seem to be made by elongatingthe same blossom petals.The Charles Street Gallery is an establishedsource for Lowcountry and internationalart, presented within a carefullyrenovated house surrounded by a lushgarden in the middle of Beaufort’s historicdistrict.For further information check our SCCommercial Gallery listings, call thegallery at 843-521-9054 or visit (www.thecharlesstreetgallery.com).Don’t see your article here?You have to send it to us first - it’s as easy as pie.The deadline each month to submit articles, photos and ads is the 24th of the monthprior to the next issue. This will be Mar. 24th for the April 2012 issue and Apr. 24 for theMay 2012 issue. After that, it’s too late unless your exhibit runs into the next month.4