Additional Visual Art
Exhibitions & Installations
JURIED FINE ART & PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITS
Chas. Area Convention Ctr. - 5001 Coliseum Dr.
May 1 & 2, 9AM - 6PM · May 3-7, 9AM - 5PM · May 8, 9AM – NOON
View entries in Fine Art and Professional & Amateur Photography. The Fine Art Juror for 2010 is Lese Corrigan, gallery owner and 2009 president of the Charleston Fine Art Dealers Alliance (CFADA). Photography entries are judged using the Photographic Society of America Print Guidelines.
NORTH CHARLESTON CITY GALLERY EXHIBIT:
Works by Muriel Lanciault
Chas. Area Convention Ctr. - 5001 Coliseum Dr.
May 1 & 2, 9:00AM-6:00PM · May 3-26, Mon.-Sat. 9:00AM-5:00PM
Muriel Lanciault, winner of the 2010 North Charleston Arts Festival Design Competition, will display a variety of subjects in watercolors and oils, including the winning design, Colors of the Wind. Meet the artist at the gallery during the Main Event, May 1 & 2.
HONORING ZORA: STITCHING WISE WORDS, ART QUOTES AND ART QUILTS
10 Storehouse Row – 2120 Noisette Blvd. (at the Navy Yard at Noisette)
April 30-June 13 · Mon.-Fri., 8:00AM-8:00PM · Sat., 10:00AM-7:00PM 
The quilts and fiber art works in this unique exhibition explore and depict themes and images of the Harlem Renaissance, garnering inspiration from quotes by Zora Neale Hurston, considered one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature. A short film about local African-American quilters will be presented during the exhibition. Co-presented with the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs & the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. (See Individual Event Schedule for related events.)
ART EXHIBITION: Works by Robert Maniscalco
N. Charleston City Hall, 2nd Floor – 2500 City Hall Ln.
April 30-May 8 · 8:00AM-8:00PM
The City’s 09/10 Artist-In-Residence and nationally known portrait artist, Robert Maniscalco, will display classical portraiture in the tradition of Rembrandt, Velazquez, and Sargent. (See Individual Event Schedule for related events.)
ART EXHIBITION: Collage
N. Charleston City Hall, 2nd Floor – 2500 City Hall Ln.
April 30-May 8 · 8:00AM-8:00PM
Sriharsha and Siddhartha Sukla, hearing impaired artists from Orissa, India, will display intricate portraits and landscapes in paper collage.
INDOOR INSTALLATION: Family Tree
N. Charleston City Hall Lobby – 2500 City Hall Ln.
April 30-May 8 · 8:00AM-8:00PM
Artist Julie Klaper explores the parallels of her feelings on family and nature in this installation of photographs and fabric wrapped tree branches.
INDOOR INSTALLATION: Confluence: Mary Edna & Rocket
N. Charleston City Hall, 3rd Floor – 2500 City Hall Ln.
April 21-May 24 · 8:00AM-8:00PM
Mary Edna Fraser’s large scale batiks on silk and Rebecca Rocket’s fabric and found-object jellyfish transform North Charleston City Hall. This installation features Fraser’s 21’ x 9’ adaptation of Buckminster Fuller’s 1930’s Dymaxion Map, as well as aerial and underwater batiks. Mary Edna’s dreamy monotypes surround Rebecca’s floating jellies. Viewed from above and below, the combination is a confluent dance of surface design. (See Individual Event Schedule for related events.)
OUTDOOR INSTALLATION: Ant
Ground of North Charleston & American LaFrance Fire
Museum & Education Center - 4975 Centre Pointe Dr.
April 30-May 8 · Public Green Space, Open Daily
This interactive installation is a whimsical interpretation of an often overlooked creature. Created by College of Charleston sculpture student, Lauren Rackley.
OUTDOOR INSTALLATION Untitled
Traffic Circle at Wescott Blvd. and Oak Forest Blvd.
April 30-May 8 · Public Green Space, Open Daily
The four metal figures in this piece represent the stages of life, from childhood to wizened old age, with the tallest figure reaching 10 feet high. Created by College of Charleston sculpture student, Hudson Hamrick.
OUTDOOR INSTALLATION: The Luminous Forest
Palmetto Gardens Park – E. Montague Ave.
April 30-May 8 · Public Park, Open Daily
Constructed of 7ft. tall pipe “stems” topped with acrylic orbs, this forest glows with solar lighting at dusk. Created by College of Charleston sculpture student, Corey Anna Moore.
OUTDOOR INSTALLATION: What is a Garden?
Intersection of E. Montague Ave. and Spruill Ave.
April 30-May 8 · Public Green Space, Open Daily
This plant-based installation will explore our perception of ‘Greenwashing’ in a culture where buzzwords trump reality. Created by landscape architect JR Kramer, with assistance from Southern Lumber & Mill Work Corp., Green Acres Landscaping, Todd Brazell Painting, Fieldstone Center, Fisher Recycling, Cottage Garden, and Stone Casting.