Waiting for the Storm, 14x17" framed, painted paper collage

2025 MOJA Juried Art Exhibition

The Gallery will reopen on December 12 after renovation work to the building that houses City Gallery. There will be an opening reception from 5-7pm that is free and open to the public. The 2025 MOJA Juried Art Exhibition will be on view at City Gallery December 12, 2025 through February 2, 2026.

City Gallery is open -
Wed-Sun, 12pm until 5pm. Admission is free
Information (843) 958-6484.

Location34 Prioleau Street, Unit A, Charleston, SC 29401

This annual juried art exhibition highlights the recent work of artists across South Carolina, as well as those based in communities proximate to the Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor in the adjacent states of Georgia and North Carolina, featuring painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, and photography. Artworks receiving prizes are presented alongside a limited selection of pieces identified by the juror(s) as meriting display.

​This year’s exhibition was juried by staff of the Avery Research Center: Daron Calhoun II, Facilities, Outreach, and Public Programming Coordinator and Race and Social Justice Initiative Coordinator; and Tey Sanders, Outreach & Public Program Coordinator.

For The People show embracing Feed The People

Line Avenue in Charleston has a new gallery and their concept is community - For The People - which is the name of the show opening on Friday, November 7 at Drummond Studio Gallery, 12 Line Street, Charleston, SC. They will also be collecting grocery store gift cards as part of the Feed the People movement. Crazy times we live in and community steps up.

The painting I submitted again pays homage to women making their way along the byways of the Lowcountry. The gouache painting is of Cathy E Tiller’s basket stand on Hwy 17 in Mount Pleasant, SC. She is also featured in the book A collection of Lowcountry Baskets - A living Tradition: Gullah Baskets Then and Now.

2025 Eastern Carolina Contemporary Biennial /
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​A quiet little painting up against misinformation​

It's odd how the world turns. This little painting of mine is on display at the Florence Museum as part of their first Eastern Carolina Contemporary Biennial. 
www.flocomuseum.org/exhibitions/2025-biennial/
​Being selected for show is an honor and it's interesting to see all the other submissions and the awards. All can be viewed at the link and the show is up through October 19, 2025.

But fate would have it that another show upstairs makes my message with my little painting feel a bit bigger and brighter. 
​www.flocomuseum.org/exhibitions/fighters-for-freedom/

William H. Johnson recorded time, place, and people through history along with his contemporaries, who we need to know and celebrate. There is struggle, there is loss. 

Harry Fenn's Roadside Scene, 1870

No negative stories or thoughts, please at National Parks
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And my blog post explains my little painting and my focus on a text written during reconstruction designed to heal a nation and showcase the natural beauty of the United States. Only happy, pretty images and words.
www.karynhealeyart.com/blog/more-information-the-pieces-fit It would appear that only seeing the positive and ignoring uncomfortable history is making a comeback. Below is a headline from the Post & Courier, June 25, 2025. 

​"Visitors to Charleston historical sites are being asked to report 'negative' stories about America"

"if you don't like what you hear or see about the story you can report it for being negative about U.S. history."
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