First Show of the New Year!

Opening Reception – Friday, January 7, 6 pm to 9 pm

Gallery Hours – Saturday, January 8 – 11 am to 3 pm

                                 - Sunday, January 9 – 11 am – 2 pm

Two well established SC artists team up to present an eclectic show and sale of their most recent work at Vista Studios/Gallery 80808.  Paths of Least Resistance – Works by Jeri Burdick and Clay Burnette opens with a reception on January 7 from 6 – 9 PM.  

Those who have followed the creative paths of Jeri Burdick and Clay Burnette for the past 35 years expect to see Burdick’s ceramic pieces and Burnette’s pine needle baskets.  However, through the years, both artists have taken other paths of least resistance that some may not be aware of.  In addition to her ceramic plates and bowls, Burdick will be showing hand-pieced quilts, paintings, lamps, tables and mixed media wall pieces.  Along with baskets coiled from longleaf pine needles, Burnette will present handwoven scarves and beaded necklaces.

To the artists, Paths of Least Resistance refers to the flow of energy that drives them to create on a daily basis.  It is the creative act that is performed with no struggle - relying solely on the natural flow of ideas, with no pressure accepted or expended.  The paths lead them to their studios, where the desire to create is pacified for the moment while other time consuming demands of the day are set aside.  A path of least resistance is described as effortlessly riding a horse in the direction it is already going.

Both artists have developed a strong common bond through their many years of friendship.  They both were born in 1951 and have both received the SC Arts Commission Fellowship in Crafts – Burdick in 1986 and Burnette in 1988.  Their works are included in the permanent collections of the SC State Museum, the Columbia Museum of Art, and the SC State Art Collection, as well as many private and corporate collections.  They are founding members of Cats on a Leash, a 7-member contemporary arts group formed in Columbia in 1985.  Both artists have been exhibiting members of the SC Crafts Association, Piedmont Craftsmen, the American Crafts Council, and the prestigious Philadelphia Craft Show.   And both artists were included in 100 Years/100 Artists: Views of the 20th Century in SC Art, a major exhibition at the SC State Museum in 2000.

Jeri Burdick is a professional visual artist from Eutawville who has established a strong base of support in all regions of the state and has had gallery representation throughout the US and Canada over the course of her career.  After obtaining a BFA from the University of Georgia and a MA from Furman University, she taught in the Greenville Co Public Schools until becoming a full-time artist in 1982.  Along with her partner, Kitty Parrott, she established Radcliffe Street, Inc., which continues to offer services in residential, commercial and education applications as well as finished original art in a variety of media.  In 1988 she had her first series of drawings for “The Fisherman’s Tale” selected for international publication by Green Tiger Press, with a subsequent book “The Sailor Cats” published by Simon & Shuster in 1993.  She has participated in numerous group and juried exhibitions, created mural installations through the SC Artist in Residence school program and designed/installed residential and commercial mosaic compositions; all while continuing to provide unique pieces for individual and corporate clients.

Clay Burnette has exhibited his work throughout the US and Great Britain.  He received AS, BAIS and MLIS degrees from the University of SC and is employed as Director of Grants and Fellowships at the SC Arts Commission.   His pine needle baskets have been exhibited in over 200 events, including the Smithsonian Craft Show, SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art) New York, SOFA Chicago, ACC Atlanta and ACC Charlotte Craft Shows.  In 2000, his work was selected for inclusion in Contemporary International Basketry, an exhibit that toured the United Kingdom for two years.  His works have been included in numerous printed publications including Contemporary International Basketmaking; Baskets: Tradition and Beyond; 500 Baskets; Baskets: A Book for Makers and Collectors; Beautiful Things; and Craft in America.  His work is currently touring nationally in Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft & Traditional Art, presented by SouthArts, Atlanta, GA.

The opening reception for Paths of Least Resistance will be held at Vista Studios/Gallery 80808, 808 Lady Street, Columbia on Friday, January 7, from 6-9 PM.  The gallery will also be open on Saturday, January 8, from 11 – 3 and Sunday, January 9, from 11 – 2.  

For additional information, contact Clay Burnette at claysc@earthlink.net or call 803-553-6173.

Vista Studios in Times Square!

Well would you look at this?!  Our recent collaboration with Marriott / Springhill Suites was picked up by PRNews wire and they put it on their jumbotron in Times Square!  Laura Spong's painting looks great!

Rob Shaw to Exhibit at Gallery 80808

ROB SHAW ART SHOW AT 80808 GALLERY

Local artist Rob Shaw is having an art show from December 16 to December 21, 2010 at 80808 Gallery. The opening reception will be on Thursday, December 16^th, 2010 from 5-9pm.

A native of Columbia and a graduate of USC in art studio, Rob Shaw has had numerous shows in local venues and is the featured artist at Havens Framemakers and Gallery on Gervais Stree . Principally working in oil, Shaw’s paintings include low-country themes as well as Columbia landmarks.  The show is somewhat of a retrospective spanning the last six years with the majority of the work having been created in 2010.  The retrospective will consist of forty to fifty images ranging from small to large.

Shaw’s Paintings from this year are signed “twenty ten” which has come to symbolize a dramatic shift in his work.  These recent paintings take into consideration the way life has become so deconstructed; and with his work, Shaw tries to connect it together again.  By leveling out the painting surface, he is able to connect elements of the painting that were otherwise separate. Colors blend and become symbiotic of each other.  This organic feel has a soothing, harmonious look.  Sometimes powerful and other times tranquil, they all give off a sense of peace and simplicity.

In an effort to set himself apart, Shaw abandoned brushes years ago.  Now all he uses is a single palette knife.  Shaw has a very painterly technique. He uses the paint and plays with the different ways it can be applied and manipulated.  When asked about his work, he is often aloof, avoiding any direct answers.  He feels that the painting is the statement and any translation to the viewer would only distort the intent.  The paintings are meant to be paintings and nothing more, they are meant to be beautiful expressions of things we see every day.

Rob Shaw was the winner of the Best in Show Professional Division at the SC State Fair in 2008.  He received First Honorable Mention in the 2006 NBSC Oil Painters Invitational. His paintings are in many private collections in the US and Europe.  His corporate collectors include First Citizens Bank and The Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties.

For more information on Shaw’s art, please visit his website:  www.robshawartist.com.  

ROB SHAW

Oil Landscape Artist

803-665-2440

shawrobcrain@yahoo.com

High resolution images available upon request.

The Half and Half Exhibit Recent Work at Gallery 80808

The Half and Half, a design and print studio in Columbia, SC are pleased to host an event of recent work.  December 9-14

Widely known for their concert and event posters, The Half and Half marry a contemporary design aesthetic with classical printing techniques. Past work can be seen on a lot of walls, in a lot of dorms and arrested living rooms, throughout the country. Clients include CBS Records, Subpop Records and Dave Matthews Band. They have also had the pleasure of working with the Columbia Museum of Art and The Indie Grits Film Festival, here in the capital city.

The doors of Gallery 80808 in the Vista will open at 7 PM Thursday, December 9th for a viewing and artists’ reception. On display this evening will be previously unseen work designed by The Half and Half and printed using silkscreen and letter press at their College Street studio. The work will remain on the walls and open to visitors through the following Tuesday.

About The Half and Half

The Half and Half founders, Sara Thomas and Nick Wilson attended The University of South Carolina, graduating from the graphic design program in 2007. The studio opened above Sid & Nancy, in Five Points, later that year. The demands of continuous success and the menacings of a kung fu dojo took their toll, however, and the Half and Half expanded in 2009. They moved to their current, roomier space in April of that year and were joined by fellow USC graduate, Thomas Jennings, in August. They work together and live separately, at this moment, as we speak all over the metro.

Contact

email: info@thehalfandhalf.com

ph: (803)666-8030

Vista Studios and Marriott's Springhill Suites in USA TODAY

Dec 1 2010 8:32AM from USATODAY.com

Marriott's Springhill Suites chain wants hotels to double as art galleries

By Barbara De Lollis, USA TODAY

CAPTION

Courtesy SpringHill Suites

Marriott's SpringHill Suites chain today will launch "ArtNight," an arts initiative designed to give local artists visibility in hotels while exposing guests to the local arts scene.

Boutique hotels have cultivated an artsy reputation for years. But this initiative - to be launched in just two hotels - is another sign that big chains are willing to try something new to generate an artsy buzz and fight cookie-cutter perceptions.

Increasingly, large chains are striving to become hipper and offer guests the flavor of the community before they leave the hotel. Another Marriott chain - the upscale Renaissance - in October launched an official music program called "RLife Live" that plays up local, emerging artists in its hotels.

Even when chains don't have official programs in place, though, individual hotels in communities where emerging artists live sometimes take their own steps to incorporate the arts in some way.

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Full Story  Preview sample of works HERE

Midlands Clay Arts Society Annual Show and Sale - Dec 2-4

MIDLANDS CLAY ARTS SOCIETY’S

ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW AND SALE

　

Midlands Clay Arts Society will have its annual Holiday

show and sale at the Gallery 80808 on Lady Street in Columbia,

South Carolina. The event will run from December 2 - 4, 2010.

　

The Society was organized in 1987 in order to

encourage fellowship, education and creativity among the artists. Its

members consist of local potters and clay artists who promote the

appreciation of all things made in clay.

　

This will be a great opportunity to meet the artists who create the pieces and

acquire one-of-a-kind work from local crafts people. We will showcase

functional pottery, raku, sculpture and jewelry made out of clay.

　

An opening reception will be held at the Gallery 80808 on December 2nd, 2010 from 5pm to 8pm. The Gallery is located on 808 Lady Street,

Columbia South Carolina.

　

The show and sale will be open:

Thursday…………..December 2nd from 12 noon - 8.00pm

Friday……………..December 3rd from 12 noon - 8.00pm

Saturday…………..December 4th from 12 noon - 5.00pm

Admission is free.

For more information about the show please E-mail finnpottery@yahoo.com

Or call 803-699-8354

Carolina Arts Article / 20th Anniversary Exhibit

Vista Studios/Gallery 80808 in Columbia, SC, Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary During This Year’s Vista Lights – Nov. 18, 2010

We offered an article about this anniversary in our Nov. 2010 issue of Carolina Arts, but as usual, we didn’t have space to give the event its proper notice. Vista Studios has been a longtime supporter of Carolina Arts and we surely want to give them all the support we can in return.

Surviving 20 years in any venture is an accomplishment, and in the art world it’s a major feat, but Vista Studios is doing much more than surviving – it is thriving. This wasn’t always the case but Gallery 80808 probably now hosts and presents more exhibitions than any other facility in South Carolina – about 25 each year.

Image by Jeff Donovan

Besides providing studio spaces Gallery 80808 has featured exhibits by many other regional artists, art groups, and even International shows like CYBER FYBER in Jan. 2009, featuring fiber works by artists from around the world, organized by Susan Lenz, one of the current studio residents.

Fiber postcards from CYBER FYBER

some of the fiber postcards

To celebrate this milestone a 20th Anniversary Exhibition, featuring works by current residents and former residents will be on view from Nov. 16 – 29, 2010. A reception is planned for Nov. 18, 2010, from 5-10pm during the annual Vista Lightscelebration.

We’re also offering some images from past shows from the last couple of years.

Here’s a little history offered on their blog found at (http://gallery80808.blogspot.com/)

It was a hot, early fall afternoon in the late 1980s when a group of artists, arts administrators and city leaders stood in an overgrown lot next to the Confederate Printing Plant on Gervais and Huger in downtown Columbia. They were there to walk through the more than one hundred-year-old building to look at the possibility of turning it into a much needed facility – artists’ studios. Structural problems with the building and funding issues prevented plans for that space from maturing and the project languished. It would be 1990, almost two years later, before Vista Studios, a joint venture of Columbia Development Corporation and the South Carolina Arts Commission, would finally open at 808 Lady Street.

Work by Nikolai Oskolkov

The history of Vista Studios is closely tied to the redevelopment of the old warehouse district of Columbia, the Congaree Vista, and its rebirth as an arts district that began more than twenty-five years ago. Much has changed in the twenty years since the opening of Vista Studios and Gallery 80808. The Columbia art scene in the late 1980s and early 90s was very different. The Columbia Museum of Art was still on Senate Street in a space that severely limited its ability to feature significant contemporary art and there was no 701 Center for Contemporary Art. City Art was still Dutch Door and doing business in St. Andrews. The only commercial galleries downtown that regularly exhibited contemporary art were Carol Saunders, Lewis & Clark and Havens.

Like most urban areas across the United States, Main Street and the downtown area had been in a decline for at least ten years as many shoppers and merchants moved to the suburbs. Using the arts as an anchor for revitalization was a growing practice, and one that the late mayor, Kirkman Finlay, advocated in pushing for the designation of the Vista as an arts district. One of the keys to the growth of a thriving art community is affordable studio space. A vital step in the redevelopment of waning downtown areas has been the creation of publicly backed, multipurpose studio/exhibition spaces for artists. One of the most well known of these spaces developed across the country during the 1970s and early 80s is the Torpedo Factory outside of Washington, DC.

Work by Patrick Parise

There were already a few artists working in renovated warehouse spaces in the Vista area – Clark Ellefson, Eleanor Byrne, and Rosie and Mike Craig – as well as arts organizations like the Columbia Music Festival Association. Despite this, visual artists were still virtually invisible in the city due to a lack of professional workspace, exhibition space and the visible presence of a concentrated, critical mass.

Several different options were discussed and later abandoned in addition to the Confederate Printing Plant before the warehouse behind Molten/Lamar Architects on Lady Street was selected for the studios. Several factors (and people) were key to moving the project forward at this point. Kirkman Finlay, who as mayor and later board chair of the Columbia Development Corporation (CDC), was a driving force behind the project. He had the vision to see the advantages of including the arts in his plans for the city’s revitalization. After going without a director for almost a year the CDC hired Robbie McClam to lead this initiative. He quickly identified the studios project as one that would provide focus for the Vista as an arts district, and worked closely with David Houston and Harriett Green of the South Carolina Arts Commission to bring the necessary constituencies together. Richard Molten and Dick Lamar of Molten/Lamar Architects, both with a strong interest in the arts community, were particularly appropriate as developers and future landlords for the space.

Work by Tyrone Geter

Almost twenty artists gathered with Molten and McClam for the walk-through of the raw warehouse space in the summer of 1989. Several months later, thirteen studios, a gallery and common area had been carved out of the area behind Molten/Lamar’s offices. The architectural firm took on most of the renovation costs – around $100,000 to install heat and air, plumbing, and dividing walls – with the CDC contributing $30,000. The state arts commission supported the project for several years with a renewable $10,000 grant. Eventually Vista Studios became self-sustaining with funding being covered by the rents for the studios and community rental of the gallery space. The CDC with its current director, Fred Delk, continues to support the art space. The Cultural Council of Richland & Lexington Counties has also provided funding for specific projects throughout the years.

Work by Todd Oelze

Fourteen artists/pioneers moved in initially: Heidi Darr-Hope, Robert Kennedy, Tom Brewer, Barbara Bydalek, Lyn Bell Rose, Mark Bourlakas, Mike Williams, Frances Perkins, Judy Nankin, Arline Murphy, Deborah Sherer, Yvonne Ruff, Margerie Ross and Anne Bjork. The artists were selected by a panel that included USC art history professor Brad Collins, artist Eleanor Byrne along with McClam and several others. A similar internal jurying process for new resident artists continues today. The artists’ first group exhibit in the 1990 spring Artista Vista event was the symbolic culmination of the project.

Since that first exhibit, Vista Studios has continued to play an important role in the ongoing development of the arts community in Columbia. A number of other cooperative artists’ spaces have since been created, scattered across the central part of the city from Rosewood and Five Points to the most recent one in the old Arcade Building on Main Street. A thriving, active visual art community has grown out of what was a relatively small public investment twenty years ago.

Out of the original 14 studio residents, Heidi Darr-Hope and Robert Kennedy are still there. Throughout the 20 years, 28 other artists have come and gone including: Bob Allison, James C. Bassett, Carol Barks, Tyler Ann Blanton, Dana Shenkar, Paul Bright, Pat Callahan, Brent Davenport, Charles Dillingham, Reuben Gambrell, Cindy Giddings, Peggy Gordon, Jeannette Grassi, Tonya Gregg, Susan Hogue, Bill Jackson, Christina James, Robin Jones, Deanna Leamon,, Rob Lowe, Brooks Meyers, John D. Monteith, Richard Morgan, Gene Speer, Chris Thee, Brent Wahl, Amey Warder, and Don Zurlo.

The current 13 residents include: Ethel Brody, Stephen Chesley, Heidi Darr-Hope, Jeff Donovan, Pat Gilmartin, Robert Kennedy, Susan Lenz, Sharon Licata, Laurie McIntosh, Michel McNinch, Kirkland Smith, Laura Spong, and David H. Yaghjian.

For further info about Vista Studios or Gallery 80808 visit (http://www.vistastudios80808.com).

Tags: Columbia Development Corporation, Columbia SC,Congaree Vista, Molten/Lamar Architects, Nikolai Oskolkov,Patrick Parise, South Carolina Arts Commission, Susan Lenz, The Cultural Council of Richland & Lexington Counties, Todd Oelze,Tyrone Geter, Vista Studios/Gallery 80808

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Undefined Magazine

The next undefined magazine release takes place Friday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. It's next door to Compass 5/Art + Cayce,1329 State Street, Cayce. At A + C there will be an opening reception for an exhibition of paintings by Joe Byrne going on at the same time.
The $10 admission gets you a copy of the magazine, food, drinks, and musical and movie entertainment.
The location is a few blocks south of Knox Abbot Drive (that's what Blossom St. turns into across the river.)
Questions?
jeffrey day
803-939-4735 (home/office)
803-777-1731 (Univ. of South Carolina office)

20 Years? O M A G A W D!

20th Anniversary
Vista Studios/Gallery 80808

November 16-29

Reception - November 18 from 5-10 pm during Vista Lights

It was a hot, early fall afternoon in the late 1980s when a group of artists, arts administrators and city leaders stood in an overgrown lot next to the Confederate Printing Plant on Gervais and Huger in downtown Columbia. They were there to walk through the more than one hundred-year-old building to look at the possibility of turning it into a much needed facility - artists’ studios. Structural problems with the building and funding issues prevented plans for that space from maturing and the project languished. It would be 1990, almost two years later, before Vista Studios, a joint venture of Columbia Development Corporation and the South Carolina Arts Commission, would finally open at 808 Lady Street

The history of Vista Studios is closely tied to the redevelopment of the old warehouse district of Columbia, the Congaree Vista, and its rebirth as an arts district that began more than twenty-five years ago. Much has changed in the twenty years since the opening of Vista Studios and Gallery 80808. The Columbia art scene in the late 1980s and early 90s was very different. The Columbia Museum of Art was still on Senate Street in a space that severely limited its ability to feature significant contemporary art and there was no 701 Center for Contemporary Art. City Art was still Dutch Door and doing business in St. Andrews. The only commercial galleries downtown that regularly exhibited contemporary art were Carol Saunders, Lewis & Clark and Havens.

Like most urban areas across the United States, Main Street and the downtown area had been in a decline for at least ten years as many shoppers and merchants moved to the suburbs. Using the arts as an anchor for revitalization was a growing practice, and one that the late mayor, Kirkman Finlay, advocated in pushing for the designation of the Vista as an arts district. One of the keys to the growth of a thriving art community is affordable studio space. A vital step in the redevelopment of waning downtown areas has been the creation of publicly backed, multipurpose studio/exhibition spaces for artists. One of the most well known of these spaces developed across the country during the 1970s and early 80s is the Torpedo Factory outside of Washington, DC.

There were already a few artists working in renovated warehouse spaces in the Vista area – Clark Ellefson, Eleanor Byrne, and Rosie and Mike Craig – as well as arts organizations like the Columbia Music Festival Association. Despite this, visual artists were still virtually invisible in the city due to a lack of professional workspace, exhibition space and the visible presence of a concentrated, critical mass.

Several different options were discussed and later abandoned in addition to the Confederate Printing Plant before the warehouse behind Molten/Lamar Architects on Lady Street was selected for the studios. Several factors (and people) were key to moving the project forward at this point. Kirkman Finlay, who as mayor and later board chair of the Columbia Development Corporation (CDC), was a driving force behind the project. He had the vision to see the advantages of including the arts in his plans for the city’s revitalization. After going without a director for almost a year the CDC hired Robbie McClam to lead this initiative. He quickly identified the studios project as one that would provide focus for the Vista as an arts district, and worked closely with David Houston and Harriett Green of the South Carolina Arts Commission to bring the necessary constituencies together. Richard Molten and Dick Lamar of Molten/Lamar Architects, both with a strong interest in the arts community, were particularly appropriate as developers and future landlords for the space.

Almost twenty artists gathered with Molten and McClam for the walk-through of the raw warehouse space in the summer of 1989. Several months later, thirteen studios, a gallery and common area had been carved out of the area behind Molten/Lamar’s offices. The architectural firm took on most of the renovation costs – around $100,000 to install heat and air, plumbing, and dividing walls – with the CDC contributing $30,000. The state arts commission supported the project for several years with a renewable $10,000 grant. Eventually Vista Studios became self-sustaining with funding being covered by the rents for the studios and community rental of the gallery space. The CDC with its current director, Fred Delk, continues to support the art space. The Cultural Council of Richland & Lexington Counties have also provided funding for specific projects throughout the years.

Fourteen artists/pioneers moved in initially: Heidi Darr-Hope, Robert Kennedy, Tom Brewer, Barbara Bydalek, Lyn Bell Rose, Mark Bourlakas, Mike Williams, Frances Perkins, Judy Nankin, Arline Murphy, Deborah Sherer, Yvonne Ruff, Margerie Ross and Anne Bjork. The artists were selected by a panel that included USC art history professor Brad Collins, artist Eleanor Byrne along with McClam and several others. A similar internal jurying process for new resident artists continues today. The artists’ first group exhibit in the 1990 spring Artista Vista event was the symbolic culmination of the project.

Since that first exhibit, Vista Studios has continued to play an important role in the ongoing development of the arts community in Columbia. A number of other cooperative artists’ spaces have since been created, scattered across the central part of the city from Rosewood and Five Points to the most recent one in the old Arcade Building on Main Street. A thriving, active visual art community has grown out of what was a relatively small public investment twenty years ago.


The Artists of Vista Studios
1990-2010
The Original 14

Anne Bjork
Mark Bourlakas
Thomas M. Brewer
Barbara Bydalek
Heidi Darr-Hope*
Robert Kennedy*
Arlene Murphy
Judy Nankin
Frances Perkins
Lyn Bell Rose
Deborah Sherer
Yvonne Ruff
Marjorie Ross
Mike Williams


The 28 In Between

Bob Allison
James C. Bassett
Carol Barks
Tyler Ann Blanton
Dana Shenkar
Paul Bright
Pat Callahan
Brent Davenport
Charles Dillingham
Reuben Gambrell
Cindy Giddings
Peggy Gordon
Jeannette Grassi
Tonya Gregg
Susan Hogue
Bill Jackson
Christina James
Robin Jones
Deanna Leamon
Rob Lowe
Brooks Meyers
John D. Monteith
Richard Morgan
Gene Speer
Chris Thee
Brent Wahl
Amey Warder
Don Zurlo



The Current 13

Ethel Brody
Stephen Chesley
Heidi Darr-Hope*
Jeff Donovan
Pat Gilmartin
Robert Kennedy*
Susan Lenz
Sharon Licata
Laurie McIntosh
Michel McNinch
Kirkland Smith
Laura Spong
David H. Yaghjian

Stephen Chesley: "107 Ordinary Days"

An Exhibition of 107 Drawings created by Stephen Chesley.

Time	Thursday, October 28 at 6:00pm - November 9 at 6:00pm Opening Reception: Thursday, October 28 from 6-8
Location	Gallery 80808, 808 Lady Street in the Vista, Columbia, SC
	Paul Gauguin’s reference ,” ..fist of a draftsman”, reflects drawing as a powerful element in art. A point not unrealized and driven home by Stephen Chesley in an upcoming exhibition at Vista Studios in Columbia ,South Carolina, October 28th through November 9th, 2010. Reflecting his affinity for the drawings of; Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Jean Honore’ Fragonard, George Seurat, Vincent VanGogh, Rembrant, among others, Chesley composed 107 consecutive drawings in as many days using graphite on toned paper heightened with chinese white in what perhaps is a Zen exercise in creativity and aspects of time.... ten years ago. The drawings have since been crated in wait for an emergence that emphasizes what Chesley terms,‘timepieces”. This concept is clear, for in the year 2000 the world became a different place altogether, and yet the drawings are as new as the moment they were created a decade ago even as seen for the first time in this century . These drawings are of a time and a place we can no longer visit except via the unbound mind. “I also wanted to relate by the shear amount of drawings the notion of drawing itself, perhaps a conceptual element of “107 Days” is that it will leave a patron with the idea of drawing and add to the experience of art,,,, and life.”

Congratulations!

Congratulations to resident artist, Sharon Licata! She won First Place for Professional Sculpture at the S. C . State Fair. Here's a picture of the sculpture that won the prize!

Tyrone Geter

South Carolina artist, Tyrone Geter, will be exhibiting a new collection of drawings, paintings and pastels at the 80808 Lady Street gallery, Columbia, SC. The collection, titled "Black Works," is the second installment of the series "HeadsUp". The art works explores the possibilities of combining charcoal and other materials with a black paper grounds. The exhibition runs from October 21, 2010 to October 27, 2010. The reception will be held on the 21 October from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Tyrone's work can be seen at the Sumter gallery in Sumter, South Carolina until October 29, 2010 and in the upcoming heritage festival sponsored by the Penn Center. Tyrone's last exhibition was at the Columbia Museum. All are welcome.

Reminder

if ART Gallery Presents.....

@ Gallery 80808/Vista Studios

808 Lady St.

Columbia, S.C.

Deanna Leamon: Heads

&

Dorothy Netherland: D Days

September 24 – October 5, 2010

Opening Reception: Fri., September 24, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Gallery Hours:

Weekdays, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Saturdays, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sundays, 1 – 5 p.m.

& by appointment

For more information, contact Wim Roefs at if ART:

(803) 238-2351 – wroefs@sc.rr.com

Opening on September 24, if ART Gallery presents at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios in Columbia, SC, two simultaneous solo exhibitions by Deanna Leamon and Dorothy Netherland, respectively called Heads and D Days. The exhibition will run through October 5. The artists’ reception is September 24, 2010, 5 – 9 pm.

Deanna Leamon (b. 1957) will present a new body of work made with oil stick on insulation board. In the paintings, Leamon uses the metallic surface of the insulation board as a base color for most of her portraits. Leamon is known for her figurative drawings, most often in charcoal and, therefore, typically rendered in blacks, grays and whites. In this new body of work, however, she uses color, especially blue, red, pink and yellow.

Dorothy Netherland (b. 1962) will present a new body of work using her unique technique of painting, silk screening and transferring ink onto the back of glass. From memory and personal history, Netherland creates narrative, often symbolic tableaus using imagery mainly drawn from 1950s women’s magazines. Most of Netherland’s paintings consist of two or three panes of glass on top of each other, each layer “carrying” part of the image. The approach provides literal and conceptual depth.

Leamon recently moved from Columbia to Massachusetts. Until a few years ago, she taught at the University of South Carolina art department, from which she resigned to work full-time as a studio artist. Her work was in Thresholds: Expressions of Art and Spiritual Life, a 2004 exhibition organized by the South Carolina Arts Commission that traveled the Southeast for three years. She also was represented in The Felt Moment, a 2003 show of art from the Carolinas at the Columbia Museum of Art. Leamon was in 100 Years/100 Artists: Views of the 20^th Century, an overview of 20^th century South Carolina art at the S.C. State Museum.

Netherland, a native of Alexandria, Va., began studying art in her thirties. In 2000 she received a BFA from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC, where she lives. Netherland’s work was included in the 2004 S.C. Triennial at the S.C. State Museum in Columbia. She also was included in the 2004 Piccolo Spoleto Festival Contemporary Charleston exhibition at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park.

Deanna Leamon, Blue Betsy, 2010, oil stick on insulation board, 32 x 24

Deanna Leamon, Pink Lady #1, 2010, oil stick on insulation board, 24 x 24

Dorothy Netherland, Kitten And Cat, 2010, ink, acrylic, silkscreen and ink transfer on glass, 14 x 11 in.

Dorothy Netherland, Time Bomb, 2010, ink, acrylic, silkscreen and ink transfer on glass, 14 x 11 in.