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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

“Chips Off the Old Block: A Retrospective of Roscoe Conn’s Art”

Feb 27 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Artists Collective | Spartanburg

Chips off the Old Block

Upstate collage artist and teacher Roscoe Conn describes his artwork and art career as “chunks” of himself that do not fall far from his personality and approach to life. He will share himself and his collage and mixed media art in his solo exhibition, “Chips Off the Old Block: A Retrospective of Roscoe Conn’s Art,” Jan. 2 through March 2, 2024, in the Solomon Gallery of the Artists Collective | Spartanburg.

Conn says his “vision and spirit are evident in the collection’s style, content and form. Ranging from meditations on politics and identity to landscapes of my environment, the exhibit showcases a consistent appreciation and appraisal of the things in life we often take for

Categories: Art & Craft

Artists’ Guild | Mary Verrandeaux – Faces + Places

Feb 27 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

The Guild Gallery • Chapman Cultural Center

Artists’ Guild | Mary Verrandeaux – Faces & Places

Feb 3, 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, and 27-29, 2024 / 10am – 4 pm

The Guild Gallery • Chapman Cultural Center

Categories: Art & Craft

Heart + Soul: A Celebration of Love and Spirit

Feb 27 @ 10:00 am – 10:15 am

Artists Collective | Spartanburg

The heart and soul are two “essential aspects of humanity,” says Upstate mixed media artist Robyn Crawford. That’s why she and artist Lady Pluuto came together to present a joint exhibition, “Heart & Soul: A Celebration of Love and Spirit,” Feb. 6 through March 2 in Gallery II of the Artists Collective | Spartanburg.

Categories: Art & Craft

Shaped by Clay: Clayshaper Jim Weber

Feb 27 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Artists Collective | Spartanburg

Upstate potter Jim Weber doesn’t consider himself an artist, but many of those who own some of his works may disagree, choosing to display their pieces in their homes or offices as decorative art. Weber will exhibit his “traditional utilitarian and decorative” pottery Feb. 6 through March 2.

Categories: Art & Craft

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Ten at the Top Resource Maps: Food Access Resource Map

Feb 28 all-day

online

Curious about what organizations are helping Upstate veterans? Maybe you need a some info on schools in your area. Whatever resource you’re looking for, TATT has a map for that!

Each month we’ll be highlighting one of our interactive resource maps, connecting you to the Upstate community more than ever before!

As the weather gets colder, access to food resources becomes more crucial than ever. Whether you’re looking to volunteer your time, assist a friend in need, or find resources for you and your family, the interactive food access resource map has plenty of information to get you on the right track!

Categories: Community Food & Drink

Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and Design

Feb 28 @ 8:00 am – 7:00 pm

NC Arboretum

Baker Exhibit Center

In an age of complex environmental challenges, why not look to the ingenuity of nature for solutions? The forms, patterns, and processes found in the natural world—refined by 3.8 billion years of evolution—can inspire our design of everything from clothing to skyscrapers. This approach to innovation, called biomimicry, is becoming increasingly popular.

Nature’s Blueprints is supported in part by The North Carolina Arboretum Society, The Laurel of Asheville, RomanticAsheville.com Travel Guide, and Smoky Mountain Living Magazine.

Categories: Art & Craft

Art Exhibition: Long Overdue

Feb 28 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Greenville Center for Creative Arts

TUESDAY – FRIDAY 9 AM – 5 PM
SATURDAY 11 AM – 3 PM

n Long Overdue, Traci Wright Martin and Michelle Radford underscore the importance of recognizing and acknowledging women’s contributions. Traci Wright Martin’s charcoal and mixed media series, “Art Herstory and the Moth,” focuses on underrepresented women in art history, paying tribute to them through visual quotations and symbolism. Michelle Radford highlights the historical oversight of women’s textile work and aims to bring recognition to their innovative designs as valuable artistic expressions.

Both artists challenge traditional perceptions of gender norms, albeit in different contexts. Wright Martin challenges the overshadowing of female artists in art history by drawing a parallel to imagery of moths. Often an overlooked organism, the moth in Martin’s work symbolizes the need for representation of the feminine art experience. Meanwhile, Radford challenges distinctions between art and craft, conceptual and decorative, urging viewers to reconsider their attitudes toward women’s stitchwork and handicrafts.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

MICHELLE BERG RADFORD

Michelle Berg Radford is a multi-disciplinary artist working at the intersection of women’s craft and what is considered “fine art painting.” Michelle earned an MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design where she studied landscape painting and fiber arts. Michelle is also an educator with 16 years of teaching experience in higher education.

For millennia, women have expressed their creativity and skill in clothing their families and
caring for their private spaces through textiles. Their innovative designs have often been
overlooked as art, but are now slowly being recognized for the innovative and insightful
works that they are.

In this work, I join women’s handicrafts with landscape painting, a well-trodden genre in art, to introduce a new way of looking at both. These pieces begin as flat canvas studio paintings which I then fold and stitch to create dimensional smocked paintings. I borrow a time-honored heirloom sewing technique traditionally employed by women to construct garments and translate it through scale into contemporary sculptural paintings. By
presenting these works in a gallery setting in which fine art is viewed, the viewer is called to
acknowledge women’s stitch-work as valuable expressions of the maker and to question their own attitudes about the common distinctions between art versus craft, skilled versus
unskilled, conceptual versus decorative, and fine versus ordinary.

In the process a substantial portion of the painting is hidden, an apt metaphor for the
hiddenness of much of women’s valuable work of caring.

TRACI WRIGHT MARTIN

Traci Wright Martin is an award-winning charcoal and mixed media artist. The overall narrative in her portrait and figurative work addresses the idea of representation, weaving contemporary realism with abstract design elements. Her pioneering approach to mixed media utilizes charcoal as the foundation and brings in various combinations of paint, patterned paper collage and other experimental techniques to the finished design. The primary thematic focus in Martin’s work is the legacy and evolution of the female experience and its influence on artmaking and cultural traditions. She ties an autobiographical visual philosophy to the broader, shared human experience through symbolic elements of nature in a unique, yet relatable style.

After graduating with a BA in Art from Southeastern Oklahoma State University, she spent her early career showing extensively in the Oklahoma and Texas art scenes, with artist teaching residencies in Oklahoma, Arizona and Alaska. Solo and group shows have included the Oklahoma State Capitol gallery, Oklahoma Contemporary, The Charles B. Goddard Center, IAO Gallery, 33 Contemporary Gallery in Chicago, the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Brookgreen Gardens Museum, The Grand Bohemian Gallery, and both the Equity Gallery and the Salmagundi Club in New York City. She has received numerous awards and top accolades in international, national and regional juried shows, claiming multiple “Best in Show” titles. Her work has been featured in a number of publications including Fine Art Connoisseur, Artist’s Network: Best of Drawing, American Art Collector, International Artist, Pastel Journal, New Visionary Artist Magazine, and a selection of titles for PoetsArtists. Martin’s first book, a retrospective of her work entitled “North/South”, is being published in 2024 by Snap Collective in Copenhagen, Denmark.

GENEROUS SUPPORT PROVIDED BY MEDIA SPONSOR

For any artwork purchase inquiries, please visit the gallery during regular business hours or contact Gallery Director, Ben Tarcson for more information.

Categories: Art & Craft

“Chips Off the Old Block: A Retrospective of Roscoe Conn’s Art”

Feb 28 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Artists Collective | Spartanburg

Chips off the Old Block

Categories: Art & Craft

Artists’ Guild | Mary Verrandeaux – Faces + Places

Feb 28 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

The Guild Gallery • Chapman Cultural Center

Artists’ Guild | Mary Verrandeaux – Faces & Places

Feb 3, 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, and 27-29, 2024 / 10am – 4 pm

The Guild Gallery • Chapman Cultural Center

Categories: Art & Craft

Heart + Soul: A Celebration of Love and Spirit

Feb 28 @ 10:00 am – 10:15 am

Artists Collective | Spartanburg

Categories: Art & Craft

Shaped by Clay: Clayshaper Jim Weber

Feb 28 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Artists Collective | Spartanburg

Categories: Art & Craft

Jazz w/ Jorge Garcia

Feb 28 @ 8:00 pm

Blues Boulevard Jazz

Guitarist Jorge Garcia’s intense passion for his instrument is immediately visible and equally audible through his soulful original compositions. Impeccable, melodic solos and supportive, rhythmic guitar work are Garcia’s trademarks and are always a joy to experience. Jorge Garcia has performed with great talent the likes of: Tony Bennett, Richie Cole, Patti Page, Andrea Bocelli, Othelo Molineaux, Candido Camero, Cecile Mclorin Salvant, Ed Calle, Bryan Lynch, Ignacio Berroa and Joel Grey to name a few.

Jorge has also performed with pop artists such as Enrique Iglesias, Trini Lopez, The Drifters, The Flamingo’s with Terry Johnson, Bobby Riddell, and many more. Garcia has recorded with Athenas Jazz Art, Carlos Oliva, Pete Minger, Richie Cole; his 2005 release The Sound of Strings with Federico Britos and his recent recording “The Color of Notes” with Israel “Cachao” Lopez, actor Andy Garcia, and the great Vibraphones Chuck Redd. Jorge is in the recording “Voyage” featuring Federico Britos released in April 2010 with Eddie Gomez, Mitchell Camilo, Ignacio Berroa and Giovani Hidalgo. He is on the new CD released in April 2015, Federico Britos Presents The Hot Club Of The Americas with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cecile Mclorin Salvant, Hendrik Meurkens, Atonio Adolfo.

Nicky Orta

Nicky Orta is a highly sought-after electric bassist from the South Florida area. His solid playing and musical versatility has landed him world tours, gigs, and recording sessions with renowned artists such as Julio Iglesias, Gloria Estefan, Engelbert Humperdinck, Cristian Castro, Arturo Sandoval, and Sammy Figueroa (with whom Nicky received a Grammy nomination) to name a few. Nicky taught at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, Florida International University and Miami-Dade College. He has given master classes and lectures in the United States, Africa, Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela, and Panama; organized and presented three Jazz Bass Conferences in Miami; and has appeared in various journals and sites such as Bass Player, BDGuide, Músico Pro and Forbassplayersonly.com. Nicky contributed a chapter on the electric bass for the book, Jazz Pedagogy: The Jazz Educator’s Handbook and Resource Guide. He is also a Founder of the Miami Jazz Cooperative.

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Categories: Food & Drink Music

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Ten at the Top Resource Maps: Food Access Resource Map

Feb 29 all-day

online

Curious about what organizations are helping Upstate veterans? Maybe you need a some info on schools in your area. Whatever resource you’re looking for, TATT has a map for that!

Each month we’ll be highlighting one of our interactive resource maps, connecting you to the Upstate community more than ever before!

Categories: Community Food & Drink

Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and Design

Feb 29 @ 8:00 am – 7:00 pm

NC Arboretum