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South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft
Competition and Exhibition 2008
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Fine craft artists from across the state were invited to participate in the seventh annual South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition. As the state’s only fine craft competition and exhibition, objects juried into the exhibit competed for cash prizes totaling $6000.
Organized and presented by the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department and assisted by the South Carolina Artisans Center, this unique exhibition offers fine craft artists from across South Carolina the opportunity to exhibit their inspiring objects in the media of clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and three-dimensional mixed media. Thousands have enjoyed the refined talents of South Carolina fine craft artists during the past annual exhibitions.
The 2008 Juror was Kellie Scott
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Kellie Scott is the owner of Red Sky Gallery in Charlotte, NC, one of the best contemporary craft galleries in the southeast. A former board member of the Founders Circle of the Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Kellie has judged multiple local juried art shows and was the judge for the 2006 American Craft Council show in Charlotte. She supports venues that foster the recognition of emerging artists as well as the recognized masters |
Palmetto Hands Traveling Exhibition
2008-2009
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Following the close of the exhibition, these selected works will tour the state through the South Carolina State Museum’s 2008/2009 Traveling Exhibitions Program. This show will be available for sites across South Carolina to request the exhibit to tour their facilities, thus providing additional exposure for the selected artists. The artists had the option of offering their work for the Traveling Exhibition.
To book the exhibition, contact Jeff Powley, Outreach Manager for South Carolina State Museum at 803.898.4921 or jeff.powley@museum.state.sc.us.
| BROOKE CASSADY, Charleston, SC, Wheel Thrown Botanical Vases (Clay) |
| SARAH EDWARDS-HAMMOND,Mt. Pleasant, SC, Charleston Sweetgrass Basket Planter (Fiber) |
| PATI ENGLISH, Seneca, SC, Sampler Carryall Basket (Fiber) |
| MICHAEL FOWLE, Hartsville, SC, New Blue Shirt (Mixed Media) |
| JUDITH HEYWARD, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Life As I Know It (Fiber) |
| SUSAN LENZ,Columbia, SC, Geodes I (Fiber) and In Box XXXVIII (Fiber) |
| MARY NICHOLSON,Johns Island, SC, Ocean Waves (Clay) |
| TABITHA OTT, Rock Hill, SC, Untitled (Metal) |
| DENNIS VERNON, Okatie, SC, House of Ghosts #2 (Mixed Media) and Grandstand Seating (Mixed Media) |
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