Blog | Friday Arts Project

CHAIRS Exhibit

by Sarah | Dec 22, 2017 | blog, Courtroom Gallery

CHAIRS EXHIBIT An exhibition of select work created during the “CHAIR series” drawing nite events. (see calendar events at right) Friday Arts Project will select particular works for the exhibit from those submitted (see eligibility requirements below*). LOCATION: the...

ART PARTY! 2017 | Visual & Performing Arts Event

by Sarah | Oct 31, 2017 | News & Events, press release, SPECIAL EVENTS

ROCK HILL, SC: Members of Rock Hill’s arts community are joining with downtown businesses to hold the 2nd annual “Art Party” in South Carolina’s first state-recognized cultural district. From November 16-18, local and regional artists will showcase their work at...

drawing nites

by Sarah | Oct 7, 2017 | drawing nite, News & Events

Happens twice a month, on the first and third Monday nights of each month for the calendar year.* Bring your medium of choice. *EXCEPTIONS: -No drawing nite on evenings that are close to holidays or significant Friday Arts Project events. -We take a “Summer Hiatus”...

Friday AM Discussion Quotes: August 18, 2017

by Chris Fox | Aug 18, 2017 | blog

Excerpts from: Why Shamanic Practices Are Making A Comeback In Contemporary Art by Tess Thackara Quotes: “‘Everyone always talks about how, in times of crisis, people start looking for God,’ says Canadian, Berlin-based artist Jeremy Shaw. ‘And...

FOOT Machine: New Art About The Bike

by Chris Fox | May 14, 2017 | blog, press release, SPECIAL EVENTS

ROCK HILL, SC: This summer, Rock Hill is hosting the BMX World Championship and to celebrate, Friday Arts Project has spent the past few months in our drawing nites focusing on bike themed still-lives and models all leading up to our new gallery show: FOOT Machine:...

Sourwood Reading Series Next Week Featuring Angelo Geter

by Chris Fox | May 11, 2017 | blog, SPECIAL EVENTS

Next Thursday, May 18, we are having our next Sourwood poetry reading. Our featured poet this month is Angelo Geter. Geter is Winthrop’s director of campus programming and has been writing and performing poetry since his was a kid. “Born with the spirit...

Sourwood Reading Series Continues Tomorrow Night!

by Chris Fox | Apr 19, 2017 | blog, News & Events, sourwood readings, SPECIAL EVENTS

Join us tomorrow night at The Newsstand on Main St. for this month’s Sourwood Reading featuring Alex Muller. Alex Muller has lived in one or more of the Carolinas for over a decade. He graduated from Winthrop University in 2014, where he was the Editor-in-Chief...

Friday AM Discussion: March 24, 2017

by Chris Fox | Mar 27, 2017 | blog

Who’s Afraid of Modern Art? by Daniel Siedell Chapter Six, “The Poetics of Modern Art” (all quotes, unless otherwise indicated, are from the book) From previous discussion: “The relationship of the modern artist to the past begins…with...

Artist Interview: Craig Morrow

by Chris Fox | Mar 22, 2017 | blog

Next weekend, Legal Remedy Brewery is celebrating the coming of Spring with a Spring Recess. One of the Friday Arts Project’s artists, Craig Morrow, was a part of designing the look of the event, including the logo and design so we definitely wanted to take the...

Friday AM Discussion – March 17, 2017

by Chris Fox | Mar 17, 2017 | blog

This morning we read a section of “Who’s Afraid of Modern Art?” entitled The Wonderful Contradictions of Abstract Painting. Here’s an excerpt: “New York City, 1990 My approach to abstract painting changed nearly twenty-five years ago...