Join us every third Thursday of the month for a great pop up art show featuring local artists of Spartanburg! We host a variety of artists from ceramics artists to painters to printmakers! If you are interested in being a featured artist, please email us at [email protected].
For the December ArtWalk, we will feature Donna McGuffin of Heirloom Birdhouses, Davelyn Hill aka Poetic Willow, and Shay Black.
DONNA MCGUFFIN:
Heirloom Birdhouses is based in Roebuck, SC and Donna has been creating for fifteen year. All of her pieces are all made of wood and recycled jewelry.
DAVELYN HILL:
Davelyn Athena is a Licensed Marriage and Family Intern. She is a facilitator with Speaking Down Barriers. Through this role and her LLC, Willow’s Glenn Retreat and Counseling Services she has led support groups, presented research, and conducted university presentations around racial trauma and oppression. Most recently she has been coordinating with funeral personnel around issues with grief and is a part of a team of facilitators presenting public series on the grieving process.
Davelyn Athena is a Level II Reiki Practitioner of the Usui method. She is a spiritual director, healer, life map retreat provider and spiritual midwife.
Davelyn Hill, also known as Poetic Willow is also a author, poet, and intuitive painter. She has featured at “Say it with Slay’” in Spartanburg, SC. Her art has been displayed through Spark and Echo, the National Equity in Medicine Online Gallery, and Neue South SPACE Walk. Poetic Willow is the two time Haiku Champion at Say What Haiku slam through Wits End Poetry. She has self published a poetry haiku chapbook and is working on a novel.
SHAY BLACK:
Shay Black is a visual and spoken-word artist from Greenville, SC. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group shows in the surrounding upstate area. One of her metal works is a permanent art piece at Converse College. After returning from Iraq she showed great interest in the arts where she attended art classes at Greenville Technical College. Black received a BFA in Studio Art majoring in sculpture and ceramics from Converse College. For the past six years, she has been working as a mixed media artist exploring various art expressions about family, self-awareness, current events, anxiety and depression. Also, she has been performing and reading poetry since 2016. A volunteer and active board member of Wits End Poetry. Currently a performing spoken-word artist on Team Injustice out of Spartanburg, SC.
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Do some pre-Black Friday holiday shopping and peruse a wide selection of handmade art and craft items as you sip and sample some of the best craft beer in Spartanburg! Participation in this market is open to current SAM Art School instructors and students.
For more information, email [email protected] or call 864.582.7616.
Past ArtWalks:
January’s featured artist is Maggie Macdonald of The Kindred Spirits.
February Spartanburg Art Museum ArtWalk, Ciclops Cyderi & Brewery will be featuring artwork of bladesmith Aaron Troski of Noble Savage Forge, ceramics artist Nathan Goddard of NRG Studio and design work of Spear Point Screen Printing.
March Spartanburg Art Museum ArtWalk, Ciclops Cyderi & Brewery will be featuring artwork of Robin Davenport, fused glasswork of Camille Corn, and ceramics artist Rachel Child of Heirloom Pottery & Co.
For the April Spartanburg Art Museum ArtWalk, Ciclops Cyderi & Brewery will be featuring artwork of Christina Ramsey of Art of dahliallama, Kris Inman, and Scott Deskins.
May featured the Spartanburg Image Collective photographers for a special silent auction to raise funds and awareness for the Carolina Theater Restoration project.
June featured Renee Katherine Armstrong of Arting Things Up Photography.
In July we hosted the students of New Day with NAMI Spartanburg and Aly Lewis of Mill Haus Spangles.
August Artwalk hosted Katee Hargraves, Isabel Forbes, Addam Duncan, and Will Inman.
October, we featured Frankie Zombie and Andy Finkle.
For the November ArtWalk we are teaming up with the Spartanburg Art Museum Art School!
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