Now showing at the ARTS Center galleries: 42 Artists, 75 two-and three dimensional works in various disciplines including ceramics, sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, wood, metal, glass, and fiber. Artists Reception and Clemson Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours on Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 5:30 PM. Closing event: Tuesday, March 6 at 6:30pm featuring “Celebration of Story” through spoken word, music, and visual art. (see Clemson Area StoryTellers( CAST). Blues Music by Hoodoo Hounds-SAVE the DATES! Don’t miss these opportunities to see and purchase art, meet the arists, and experience the vibrant ART scene in Clemson.
the Artists Guild
Contact: artistguild@explorearts.org | P. 864.633.5051
Organized in April 2011, The Artists Guild is an auxiliary of The Arts Center in Clemson, South Carolina and acts as a voice for member artists in the programs, events, and exhibits at The Arts Center and community at large. The Artists Guild is an interdisciplinary guild with a membership of 85 artists representing the visual, performing, and literary arts from various communities throughout the Clemson area. The purpose of the Artist Guild is to serve the needs of artists by creating unified support through the Center’s mission in “providing exceptional arts education and making fine art accessible and exciting to our community”. Members of the Artists Guild agree to be an active participant in bringing the arts to and supporting the arts in their surrounding communities through their association with The Arts Center. Following the Art Center’s bylaws, the guild’s organizational structure includes a guild director, special committees, and many dedicated volunteers. The artist guild director serves on The Arts Center member board and provides a monthly report of guild activities. The Artists Guild meets monthly on the second Tuesday at 6:30pm at The ARTS Center. To learn more about this dynamic group of artists, visit The Arts Center or attend a meeting.
Benefits Include
- A monthly meeting with a program to inspire and help artists with their work and profession.
- Advanced notification of the annual calendar of events at The Arts Center listing teaching, exhibit, and retail opportunities.
- A dedicated page on The Arts Center Website for guild members with information for artists about meeting programs past and future, as well as opportunities in the area for artists in education, exhibits, and sales.
- Entry in an the annual Clemson Festival of Arts, exclusive to guild members held each year during the annual Arts in Clemson celebration week held annually in May.
- Networking and social opportunities with fellow artists guild members.
To Join
• One must be an Artist Member of The Arts Center in Clemson. • A fee of $10.00, in addition to membership dues.
Artists Guild Membership Form | email: artistguild@explorearts.org P. 864.633.5051
Artists Guild Members
John Acorn – sculptor
Deana Baker – painter and muralist
Deana is a native of South Carolina and has over 30 years experience as a visual artist. She enjoys exploring the state’s diversified regions like the coastal Sea Islands and foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains to create landscapes. Her artwork can be seen in homes, businesses, and public spaces throughout the southeast. Deana instructs children and adult classes and conducts various workshops, both public and private and serves as Artists Guild director and board member at the ARTS Center in Clemson.
Judy Blanchard
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Audrey Bodell
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Barbara Budan- painter
Barbara enjoys working with loose details in her still life and landscape paintings while incorporating various plants, flowers, and pieces of nature through an impressionistic touch and style. “My passion has always been to see and appreciate color and form everywhere. My discovery of the joy of paining with oils offers a beautiful flow of colors and blending that has given me a new prospective and appreciation of art.”
Scott Bunn – wood and metal artisan
Marty Bynum – Jewelry and Clay
To me, art is a window onto something that is sometimes beautiful, often mysterious, and always interesting to think about. As a child I began loving art with my box of crayons, the more colors the better! As I learned to draw in school I became fascinated with shapes made from curves and squiggles. Eventually I dabbled in oil paints, photography, and clay. My curiosity has led me through abstraction, photorealism, and utilitarian work. After years of a “real job,” I now have the freedom to explore my imagination that was opened up many years ago.
My influences are humor (not taking my work, or myself, too seriously) and mystery (the beauty of a glass bead or the awe of opening the kiln to see what the heat has done to the clay or glaze). I’m fascinated by unexpected color combinations, or combined textures such as something rough with something slick and shiny. Movement is important in my jewelry work. When a woman moves her head, some part of her earrings or necklace will sparkle and/or move with her. The potential for exploration of these things is limitless. Crossover is also a VERY important part of the creative process for me because one discipline always informs and expands another.
Eleanor Castle – watercolor artist
Eleanor specializes in producing sharp-edged watercolor paintings. Her works are very refined, some of which can be described as true architectural. Combinations of light and shadow highlight shapes and dimensions within the paintings, creating feelings that are sometimes joyful and other times forlorn. Subjects range from bright cityscapes to dilapitated buildings that were once important. The creative interplay of design, color, light, and exquisite brushwork define her style and make the artist’s works truly unique among watercolor paintings.
Carol Clarkson – potter
Carol Clarkson became a studio potter after a twenty year career as a teacher of the hearing impaired. Her joy of clay began as a collector followed by immersion studies at Penland School of Crafts, John C. Campbell Folk School, Laloba Ranch, Shakerag Workshops, Odyssey Center, and Clemson University. Carol views ceramic arts as a forever learning process. New techniques, forms, glazes, and kiln firings present learning challenges and continued growth as an artist. Her stoneware pottery pieces are carved and altered; then fired in a reduction, gas kiln. Time spent between South Carolina and Montana allows for exposure to a diverse landscape that inspires the colors used in her glazes.
Roberto Cortez – painter
Alice Craig
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Michael Craig – jewelry designer
Laura Dahl
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Cheryl DeSellier
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Cindy Earl Higgins
Lisa Eister – Professional Storyteller
Clemson Area StoryTellers (CAST) Guild promotes and celebrates the art of Storytelling. The purpose of CAST is the preservation of oral narratives – stories passed down from generation to generation – for families and the community. We also celebrate the performance of stories for all ages, children to adults. We meet the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7 pm, the ARTS Center, Clemson (go to www.explorearts.org for directions.) Contact Lisa Eister, (864-653-4932) or email: clemsonareastorytellers@yahoo.com
Karin Emmons
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Tim Gaines-carpenter
Tim Gaines was born and raised in Akron, OH and took a liking to woodworking starting in high school there. He has worked in both landscaping and carpentry for more than 30 years. He owned award-winning landscaping businesses in Texas and Florida prior to coming to the Carolinas. Although he loves both, Tim has focused on carpentry and designing and buildngi furniture. He built a well-equipped 1200 SF workshop where he currently stays busy building custom cabinets and other fine furniture.
Rob Gentry – Claysmith
Rob Gentry’s pottery studio in Pendleton, SC produces a wonderful assortment of original clay works.
Stemming from a different take on traditional function, Rob is noted for his hand thrown bathroom sinks, stoneware aquariums, and creative light fixtures, in addition to his popular food service vessels. These were all featured in the 1998 Southern Living touring home, the Wren house. His tile works: murals, mirrors, and counters are found in homes and public buildings throughout the Southeast. His sgraffito platters have been used by Governors, Universities, and private businesses as gifts and awards both nationally and internationally.
Kayla Gifford
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Tricia Grant – Pastels, Pencil, Charcoal
Sue Grier – Potter
Gail Harrison – photography
Cindy & Mike Hart - Hartworks – stoneware potters
Dixie Haywood – fiber artist, author
Solveig Henriksen
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Penny Henthorne
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Kimberly Huddleston
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Rob Hurst- Photography
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Vince Jackson – blues musician, writer/author
VINCE JACKSON
Vince is a 20 year resident of Clemson, SC and writes for a local newspaper. He has a life-long interest in blues music and enjoys playing blues harmonica. He has been published in LIVING BLUES magazine as well as other publications. Currently, he has work under consideration by regional magazines and several writer’s forums. He may be contacted online at paintingclemson@mindspring.com.
John Jay Jacobs
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Sherri Jacobs
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Travis Johnson
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Erin Jones – potter
Sharon Jones – ceramic tile painter
Sharon Jones was born and raised in Seattle, WA. She graduated with a Masters of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Washington. Sharon has always had a wide range of interests and so, after working as a process engineer and researcher, she branched off into becoming an artist and entrepreneur. Sharon formed SJ Studios, LLC making and selling custom handmade ceramic tiles for kitchens, bathrooms, and other primarily residential applications. Her largest project will be completed when her 75′ tile mural is installed in Tilton Park, Wilmington, Delaware sometime in 2011 – (or spring 2012) weather permitting!
Karen Kammer – fine art jewelry designer
Matt Kargol
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Sarah Kargol
Del Kimber – fine art photography/photography services to artists
Connie Lippert
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Tatjana Mai-Wyss
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Mark Malmgren
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Renee Mendola
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Joe Merck
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Ernst Meyer
Most of Meyer’s work is functional and aimed at the user. He strives to create quiet pots that inspire confidence in their form. These vessels are designed to enhance the eating experience without detracting from the meal or the company. His work is inspired by simple geometric forms as well as architecture. This brings control and stability to his vessels.
Norma Newton Info coming soon
Nancy Oppenheimer- Info coming soon.
Lane Owen
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Betty Padgett
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Kyle Phillips
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Robert Phillips
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Eileen Powell
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Karen Sawyer
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Dorris Sias- Fine Jewelry
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Rob Silance- Photography
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Kathy Smiley- Fine Jewelry
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Lix Smith-Cox- Watercolor
Watercolor of Anna Willis hand-quilting for Jackie Herndon
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Chrissy Spangenberg
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Mindy Spearman
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Patricia Stalb
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Susan Stamey
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Helga Sutt
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Chris Troy – clay handler
Chris Troy creates objects from clay with textures, shapes and forms reflecting the natural surrounding of her home studio in Seneca, South Carolina. Her highly functional pieces combine the best of hand built elements and wheel thrown and/or slab-built forms. From Chris’ artist statement: “I see myself as a handler of clay, one who is a partner in the passage of the clay through its life stages. I expect to always derive pleasure from the touch of a pot and from the comfort of its surface.”
Mike Vatalaro
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Meredith Walker
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Kermit Wall
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Marilyn Wall – fiber artist, teacher, writer
Lisa Walton
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Sam Wang- Photography
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Susan Watson- Painter
Jane West
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Denise Woodward-Detrich
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