Artists' Guild of
Spartanburg
27th Annual Juried Exhibition

The AGS is among the longest-lived arts organizations in South Carolina, this annual event speaks volumes about the guild’s success, often astounding outside judges at the amount of talent in Spartanburg and the counties that surround it. If you’re new to the area and want to see a good sampling of what the area has to offer, this show is a must-see.

 

COLORS/COLORSII
Annual Student Show

The Spartanburg County Museum of Art is proud to sponsor this after-school art studio for at-risk youth. COLORS has been recognized in Time Magazine and featured on the national morning program FOX After Breakfast.

August & Irma Cook
Spartanburg
"A Legacy of Art"

Artists and teachers, the Cooks left a legacy of lifetime devotion to their art and to fine teaching. Generations of artists in Spartanburg and beyond owe their fundamental training to the Cooks - to August who taught at Converse College for 42 years and to Irma, who taught in the basement studio of their home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students of the Cooks
A legacy contiinued

The lessons learned from the Cooks profoundly influenced many local artists. Works by many of their former students will be on display.

Anne Boudreau
Columbia, SC
Organic Fiber Sculptures

Environs of Desire is an installation of three-dimensional constructions made of lightweight wire armature covered with fabric. The forms are suspended from the ceiling. Boudreau's intention is for the viewer to interact with the forms within the environment. Anne has been awarded a S.C. Arts Commission Artist Fellowship, and a Regional Artist Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Mary Edna Frasier
Charleston, SC
Batik Aerial Landscapes

Nationally exhibited, Mary Edna Fraser’s work reflects aerial views of the earth which she transcribes onto silk using dyes in the ancient medium of batik. Photographing from the open cockpit of her grandfather’s ‘46 Ercoupe plane, she explores natural wonders unaltered by man.

Ellen Kochansky
Pickens, SC
Fabric & Object Quilts

Ellen Kochansky takes simple, functional forms, and with some material or technique, makes it her own. A nationally renowned fabric artist, her quilts are represented in the White House’s permanent crafts collection and she has exhibited in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Art.

Sally Hughes Smith
Columbia, SC
Oil Paintings

Sally Hughes Smith is known for her vibrant paintings celebrating the wonder and beauty of her surroundings. She has had numerous one-woman shows, and her work is in collections across the U.S. and abroad.

Duane Paxon
Troy, AL
Whimsical Sculptures

Duane Paxon of Troy, AL was featured in Sculpture Magazine’s April, 1999 issue. Paxson builds a fiberglass body for the sculptures, then adds resin and sawdust to create a stuccoed surface. According to John Carlos Cantu of the Ann Arbor (Michigan) News, his work seems to “cavort to the music of philosophy, religion and anthropology.”

Artisan Invitational
North & South Carolina Fine Arts and Crafts

Featuring works by some of the region’s best talent The invitational will include ceramic works by Converse College professor David Zacharias; Oldest Profession Ceramics partners, Julie Farmer and David Hooker; Santa Claus woodcarvings by Lewis Brown, Jr.; and jewelry and other works by Cynthia Link

Sally Hughes Smith's book, Rosebud Roams Charleston: a children’s clippity-clop to the city was begun as a “collaborative” effort with her four children on a car trip several years ago. The original illustrations for the book will be on display in a gallery along with copies of the book for sale.