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$100,000 in Prizes Available From ArtFields’s Call for Artists
The competition and exhibition for artists based in the Southeastern United States will open its Spring 2021 artist submission period on September 1, 2020.
ArtFields Opens Competition for Artists to Win $145,000 in Various Competition Prizes
The art competition and exhibition for artists based in the Southeastern United States has now opened its artist submission period through November 1, 2019 for the Spring 2020 competition.
Katrina Andry and Colin Quashie Deconstruct Race-Based Stereotypes at the Halsey Institute
On view through December 7, 2019, the shows printmaking, collage, and installation beckon viewers to examine their preconceived notions of society.
Cry Joy Park Investigates Utopia and Dystopia with Cut Paper Flowers and Ink-On-Glass Paintings
On view at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, the installation aims to present both an alluring, gorgeous and otherworldly garden, and its darker counterpart.
Discover Art from the Southeastern US at ArtFields
Artfields, an annual, nine-day art competition and exhibition in Lake City, South Carolina awards more than $145,000 in cash prizes to artists from across the Southeast. On view April 26 through May 4.
Virtually Explore Centuries of Human Settlement Along the South Carolina Coast
Between the Waters is an interactive documentary on the centuries of human settlement in South Carolina’s Hobcaw Barony.
A Rare Loan from Windsor Castle Brings Mark Catesby’s Watercolors to South Carolina
A century before John James Audubon illustrated The Birds of America, English naturalist Mark Catesby journeyed across the Atlantic to systematically study the animals and plants of the “New World.”
Preserving South Carolina’s Greek Revival Ruins with 3D Modeling
Sheldon Church would be at home in a Caspar David Friedrich painting, its Greek Temple–style ruins crumbling in the shadows of moss-laden oaks like an apparition of Romanticism.
South Carolina Legislature Penalizes Colleges for Teaching Gay-Themed Books
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has approved an item in the state’s 2014–15 budget that forces two public colleges to spend a combined nearly $70,000 on teaching the US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist papers as punishment for assigning students “gay-themed books,” the Chronicle of Higher Education reported.
South Carolina Arts Commission Facing Hatchet
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley eliminated the entire budget of her state’s Arts Commission in a late-night veto last week. The drastic cut involves two line vetoes out of 81 that Haley delivered on the 2012–13 state budget — one blocking the Arts Commission’s $1.9 million in state funding (veto #1) and another blocking $500,000 in grant money (veto #21).