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Homegoing: a juried exhbition to be on view 11/30/22 - 1/29/23 at 2 venues

11/28/2022

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Sharing history and its complexities through art is important to me, so I was honored to participate in this unique opportunity. The book was wonderful too. The following is from the City Gallery website.

The Avery Research Center, and the MOJA Arts Festival kicked off the NEA Big Read with Homegoing, a “novel about the legacy of chattel slavery by African-born writer Yaa Gyasi spanning eight generations.” It shows the parallel lives of two 18th-century Ghana-born half-sisters and follows their descendants through historical periods such as the American Civil War and the great Harlem Jazz Age.
For this NEA Big Read juried exhibition, South Carolina artists were asked to submit recent work highlighting themes from the book, including heritage and identity, family, progress, racism, and slavery. Jurors for the exhibition were Dr. Tamara Butler, Executive Director of the Avery Research Center; Daron Calhoun II, Facilities, Outreach and Public Programming Coordinator and Race and Social Justice Initiative Coordinator; and Djuanna Brockington, 2023 Black Ink Festival Committee member.

Earlier this autumn as part of the NEA Big Read, the Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) hosted two special book club discussions in October, and the MOJA Arts Festival presented the premiere of a new dance work, Origin, by Harambee Dance Company, exploring connections between West Africa and the American South. More discussion groups are planned alongside special events with the Black Ink Festival and the Avery Research Center. 

INVITED ARTISTS FOR THIS EXHIBITION ARE:
Fairoozan Abdullah
Oyindamola Adewale
Brittany Alston
Indira Bailey
Karole Turner Campbell
Lee Garrard
Karyn Healey
Tyeisha Jenkins
Okeeba Jubalo
Ben Kelly
Alia Kroos
Catherine Lamkin
Robert Maniscalco
Ervin McDaniel
Richa Pokhrel
Anne Sbrocchi
Cynthia Sims
Lauren Sloan
La Toya Thompson
Keith Tolen
Jalen Williams
Grace Womack

ABOUT THE AVERY RESEARCH CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
The Avery Research Center’s mission is to collect, preserve, and promote the unique history and culture of the African diaspora, with an emphasis on Charleston, the South Carolina Lowcountry, and beyond. As part of the College of Charleston’s Library system, the Avery Research Center’s archival collections, museum exhibitions, and public programming reflect these diverse populations as well as the wider African Diaspora.

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Homegoing show art drop at City Gallery with Anne Quattlebaum.
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Limbs Akimbo
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Connected Here, There, and Everywhere
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Art drop at Avery Research Center's Cox Gallery with Anne Quattlebaum and Courtney Hicks.
AVERY RESERCH CENTER
125 BULL ST, CHARLESTON
Cox Gallery hours-
M,W,F 10am to noon and 1:30pm to 3:3opm;
T, Th by appointment only
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CLOSED:  12/22 through 1/2

An open house will be held Wednesday, December 14, 2022 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, January 11, 2023 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Avery Reserach Center

CITY GALLERY         
34 PRIOLEAU STREET, CHARESLTON
Gallery hours -
Wednesday-Sunday from noon until 5pm.
 CLOSED: 12/23-27, 12/30-1/2
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It's May which means May baskets, Maypoles & more art

5/4/2022

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The annual North Charleston Arts Fest 2022 is open for business and runs May 4 - 8. The size and scope of this free event is impressive and the organizers make participating enjoyable. Lots of artists to wrangle in order to pull this off. No small task. Tonight is the Opening Celebration from 6-8pm. and there will be live music, painting demos, food, wine and beer. And on the other end, it will conclude with a Encore including music, more demos and "bubbles & bites." Hope to see you there and look for my two collages and two casein paintings amongst the hundreds of entries. Purchases support artists and the North Charleston Cultural Arts Department. 
Click on each image to enlarge for caption with details ​for each work. 
At last year's event I was thrilled to receive Honorable Mention and Purchase awards for my painting Hello, Beautiful.
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Griots of Cotton, Indigo, & Clay - we hear you, we see you

2/15/2022

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Deborah Fite and Susan Trott at City Gallery / February 3, 2022
"The collected artworks examine the ideals
of racial pride,
social power, identity,
and the importance of land, heritage, and culture."
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Griots of Cotton, Indigo & Clay - a show not to be missed at City Gallery in Charleston. On view Thursdays through Sundays, until February 27, 2022.

Telling stories about people and their connection to the land through fiber art and clay are a perfect fit but the deepth of expression and artistry pulled us in. The texture, color and amount of work for each piece shows true love for the form and the stories. Thank you Cookie Washington for bringing the magic once again.

So glad we were able to see the show and learn about the organizations behind it. Take a look and register for a ticket. 
citygalleryatwaterfrontpark.com/current-exhibition/
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Connecting the dots in no particular order - things happen in threes

11/3/2021

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 The lower pennisula of Michigan

Cutting paper. Lots of little paper at lightning speed and filling tiny spaces. Scanned, printed and collaged on top. It was really wonderful. So intuitive - and messy.  
threepinesstudioandgallery.godaddysites.com/ 
Ken Kewley was the instructor with Clara as his assistant. We also built little stages based on one of our previous paintings so paint, cut and paste became 3D - It was like courses from college all over again.
kenkewley.com/
And the best place to see work from his workshops, past and present, is on his Instgram page. 
www.instagram.com/ken_kewley_workshops

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I did not follow instructions, and pulled from each of my 3 reference paintings, instead of recreating one of them, to create a mash-up of Hello Beautiful, Farmers Market and Afternoon Tea. A change in scale was the name of the game. 
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Next came Portuguese bread and lobster rolls

Off to Cape Cod to zero in on color with Mitchell Johnson. We worked on 18x24" which is big for me, but did all the mixing and painting with a tiny palette knife. I'm a convert. And to get my paintings home in a poster tube, I scraped the paint off which has the little grey cells thinking about scraping and adding on.  www.castlehill.org/#intro-page
www.mitchelljohnson.com/ Mitchell and Castlehill are both on FB and Instagram.
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Close to Home workshop was all about the greens and plein aire from the porch

And the warm up for all the workshops was actually online with Eve Mansdorf and Tim Kennedy and facilitated by Black Pond Studio. Lots of greens, scraping (!) and literally attaching painted panels to expand the view. Great discussions and citriques with artists from multiple time zones. The trifecta of workshops was a wonderful whirlwind and I'm glad I could do them all.
www.blackpondstudio.com/ 
www.blackpondstudio.com/past-workshops/1/6
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And now connecting the dots a bit after the  workshops and adding casein paint into the mix for the bottom two paintings. Always learning. 
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A reunion of collaborators

6/2/2021

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Well the Mother Figure show is wrapping up June 5 at Public Works Art Center in Summerville www.publicworksartcenter.org/ and I was honored to be included in this creative show exploring moms and motherhood. The community involvement with a message wall and photo wall made it very special.

The energy that community brings to a project is always an unknown and my submissions from a previous show also included helping hands and some unknowns. Part of my Women's Work solo show in 2017 included a call to women far and wide for "selfies" complete with hashtags and trinkets of love for a drawer assemblage. The response could not have been better. My collaborators were generous and creative with their submissions. 

May 2021 seemed like the perfect time for a reunion so twelve of us gathered for lunch, conversation and a trip to Public Works Art Center to see their contributions in another context. It was nice to connect the team members with others they didn't know. What a great bunch and I hope we can work together again. 

Here's a blog post for the Mother Figure show at Public Works -
 www.karynhealeyart.com/blog/its-may-a-time-for-moms-lessons-learned-and-chipping-in
And a blog post from the original show, Women's Work -
 www.karynhealeyart.com/blog/selfies-in-womens-work-show-who-am-i
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Hello, Beautiful has a new home

5/19/2021

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The juried 2 and 3D portion of North Charleston Arts Fest has come and gone and it was an outstanding show this year. The energy in the room was wonderful after so many months of art in isolation. Lots of hard work was on display the student art was uplifting. I know what it took to get it all there!

Hello, Beautiful is a painting that begs a longer look. Truthfully when I started it my focus was on the mannequins and how funny they looked. But later I saw the woman was in a sort of conversation with the chorus line and the paradigm shifted.

So I'm very pleased to say that in addition to earning an Honorable Mention for Hello, Beautiful the work earned a Purchase Award by the city of North Charleston. The painting will be part of their permanent collection on display at city hall where all kinds of people will see it going about their daily lives. Thank you to Ann Simmons, Deputy Director Cultural Arts Department on the left, and Kyle Lahm, Cultural Arts Director. It doesn't get much better than this. 

Learn more  -
​northcharlestonartsfest.com/
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It's May - a time for moms, lessons learned, and chipping in

5/7/2021

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There's a thoughtful show currently on view at Public Works Art Center in Summerville, SC. and I've been included in the Mother Figure show in the West Gallery until June 5, 2021. 
​www.publicworksartcenter.org/ 

My contributions include a Drawer of Love - Mother's Little Helpers and a collection of self portraits submitted as selfies complete with hashtags. These are personal responses that depict the passions, creativity, and generosity of some amazing women who credit their moms and share mom qualities every day regardless of giving birth or not. 

#themotherfigure...
#asourceofhelp
#asourceofadviceandsupport
#aninfluencer #arulesetter #arolemodel

#aleaderofmen #ateacherofchildren
#ateambuilder #acheerleader

#momsseeall #themomgaze #themomglare

#momsetsthecode #momsetsthebar #momsetsthestageforlife
#singleparentstrong  
#withinnerstrength #withinnerpeace

#momsnurture #momscultivate #momscomeinallshapesandsizes
​#anyonecandoit #thankyoumom

My mom taught me to look around and see the world in different ways. And she also taught me to be a helper. These 2 studies have been donated to Dorchester Paws and their silent auction in June. Happy to help! dorchesterpaws.org/events/prom/
Our silent auction will open the 13th-20th with items viewable in person at our event on June 19th.
No ticket is needed to bid on the Silent Auction.
Live Auction will only be held in person on June 19th.
Click the link to view our items:
secure.maestroweb.com/List.aspx?OrgID=1798&ItemCategory=Silent&Selection=1

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In the midst of a long hot summer, Mother Nature is always there

7/25/2020

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I started this post at the end of July and never finished it. Obviously what struck me during the chaos of the pandemic was what was going on outside. While we were bickering about masks vs non-masks which became a new political identifier, or if the Chy-na virus was just a hoax, Mother Nature seemed to be in overdrive here in South Carolina. Perhaps the plan was to be reassuring that the earth would continue to turn. Or maybe to distract us from the isolation, uncertainty and monkey mind. 

For those of us who took the time to look, the views were amazing.

Thank you, Mother.
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When life gives you lemons, you Feed the Need

4/25/2020

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We find ourselves in difficult times and artists, also reinventing their selling options on almost a daily basis, are banding together to help food and bev workers in Charleston.

I'm so happy to be involved in this effort to help both food and bev folks but also our amazing local farmers and purveyors who supply the closed eateries and bars. They are also scrambling. 

Online art auction starts tomorrow
Feed the Need's Pay It Forward efforts will put grocery bags filled with fresh foods from local farmers and purveyors into the hands of out-of-work F&B folks. An online art auction with artwork from over 100 Charleston artists goes live on Sunday, April 26 at 5pm ... check it out at www.32auctions.com/ArtistsforFeedtheNeed

I've donated two food and farm related paintings to the effort. They are both 14 x 14", oil on cradled birch, in a floating black frame. 
The top one is called Grinding Corn at the Farmer's Market and the lower image is Hummus on a Ritz is Fine Dining. Our local market is amazing and this machine is a magnet for the curious. It sounds like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as it grinds corn into meal. And even a simple plate of hummus and crackers can be plated and served with love. 


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Overload 2020 / diversion is a paradigm shift

4/21/2020

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So here we are. Day number... I don't know, really. It doesn't matter and what's going on here is not the same as in NY, HI, TX or AR so no point in pontificating.  All peaks are different, all compliance is different, all rules are different and for some, all bets are off. 

Here's a positive for me - the alone time is my happy place and staying put has its benefits. There are so many ways to connect with people, and I'm glad community is a focus for the many in need. 

But slowing down and looking around affords a new view - like this supine photo of a reflective light fixture.  And taking the time to explore the same subject in different ways has been wonderful. Here are some of those diversions. 
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