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Recent Stories

  • Paper takes a bow
    Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007
    One might be hesitant to hop in the car and bee line for the Pickens County Art Museum after reading a short synopsis of their current “Rock, Paper, Scissor” exhibit. | Read more
  • MFA programs: boom or bust?
    Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007
    Like any young, aspiring photographer who may or may not currently reside in his parents’ basement, I’m carefully plotting and planning my ascent to greatness. | Read more
  • Paper airplane daydreams
    Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
    In speaking with Clemson art guru John Acorn, it’s easy to get the feeling you might be speaking with one of the most genuine people in the Upstate. | Read more
  • Arcane, intense and ‘Unseen’
    Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007
    An examination of what’s rarely examined is the motivation for the varied collection of work at “The Unseen”, the newest show at Clemson University’s Lee Gallery. | Read more
  • Eyes Guide: 8/15/07
    Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007
    In what makes great material for a nightmare, Seneca artist Kent Ambler recently fell from a ladder, breaking both wrists. | Read more
  • The Jack White of ceramics
    Wednesday, April 18, 2007
    Seneca artist Josh Lynch operates in the tradition of a rare class of craftsmen who take a great deal of pride in producing visually intriguing functional pottery — work that isn’t standard issue Pottery Barn fare and looks exciting as it stands the ages. | Read more
  • Tasty art
    Wednesday, April 11, 2007
    Food and art together in the same frame can’t help but conjure images of two sunny-side-up eggs with a friendly bacon grin. | Read more
  • Guerilla theatre
    Wednesday, March 28, 2007
    The concept Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Suzan Lori-Parks dreamt up for “365 Days/365 Plays” is genius: 365 plays were penned in 365 days, then divided among 700 theater groups to be performed worldwide over a year’s span. | Read more
  • Kicking conventions
    Wednesday, March 21, 2007
    Having made a choice to escape the vast surrealism museum otherwise known as Detroit, I took a position working as a photographer in a city “nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.” | Read more