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SUMMARY:Friends Exhibit 2025
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/friends-exhibit-2025/
LOCATION:3 Locations: Courtroom Gallery\, Loading Dock Gallery & Ramble On Records\, Old Town\, Rock Hill\, South Carolina
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T090000
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SUMMARY:Entangled Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:RECEPTION: JUN 5\nworks by Claire Kiester & Kim Thomas\nEXHIBIT OVERVIEW\nEntangled explores the intersection of creativity and sustainability. Claire Kiester and Kim Thomas present works that encourage viewers to consider the value of the often overlooked or discarded—to examine our established routines and the materials that are part of our daily lives. \nEXHIBIT STATEMENT\nClaire Kiester \nARTIST STATEMENT “Entanglement” is an exhibition exploring the prevalence of patterns within our society and the residue they leave behind. Viewers will begin to take notice of systems and patterns throughout their daily lives. The show features pieces from Kiester’s new series of colorful\, knotted paracord works and sculptural wall pieces. Over 50% of the utilized materials will be recycled and repurposed. Included works explore texture\, materiality\, and sustainability. Challenging the viewer to investigate the pieces and re-evaluate the resources at their disposal to create. Showing others the continued possibilities of items they discard\, inspires them to look at recycling in a new way and incorporate it into their own lives. With this exhibition\, Kiester is determined to inspire new audiences and empower them to explore their own sustainable creativity. \nARTIST BIO Claire Kiester is a fiber artist\, printmaker\, and public artist from Chapel Hill\, NC. She completed her BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2021 and now resides in Charlotte\, NC. Her work has been featured in galleries and events such as Goodyear Arts\, McColl Center\, Peel Gallery\, The Compound Gallery in Emeryville\, CA\, and The LeRoy Nieman Center in Chicago\, IL. She has created many large-scale public art installations throughout North Carolina. These include her pieces for The Charlotte International Arts Festival\, Charlotte SHOUT!\, and Uproar Festival of Public Art. \nKiester currently works as a teaching artist at Studio 345\, an afterschool program for at-risk youth\, and as an artist in the greater Charlotte community. \nKim Thomas \nARTIST STATEMENT My works are a visual discussion around climate change\, nature\, and our insatiable consumer culture. As an intersection between all three issues\, found single-use plastics are often used as a key material in my artwork. In manipulating debris through a variety of media—primarily sculpture\, installation\, and printmaking—I present the viewer with an everyday object in an unexpected\, new form. I am particularly interested in the way these forms mimic human consumption and its relationship to pollution\, which spreads over and suffocates the world around us\, just as plastics become entangled in the environment. My works are abstract embodiments of this process\, usually on a larger scale\, in an attempt to envelop the scope of issues we face in the​​ Anthropocene. Each piece brings with it the narrative associated with its materiality\, the juxtaposition of nature and man-made\, and challenges the viewer to contemplate their own relationship with these materials. \nARTIST BIO Kim Thomas is an internationally exhibiting artist working with the relationship between the natural environment and discarded materials\, especially plastics. Her works have been exhibited in various venues\, including at the University of Georgia\, Athens\, GA\, Southern Illinois University\, Carbondale\, IL\, Latitude 53 in Alberta\, Canada and Museo del Brigantaggio in Itri\, Italy. In 2011\, she was selected for her solo exhibition at the Brooks Museum in Memphis\, TN. \nThomas holds her MFA in Studio Art from Memphis College of Art. She currently lives in her native Charleston\, SC. She is the proud single mom to a preschooler. Thomas is also a full-time high school Art teacher.
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/entangled-exhibit/
LOCATION:Courtroom Gallery\, at the Gettys Center 201 E Main St\, 2nd Floor Hallway\, Rock Hill\, SC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250303T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250418T170000
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SUMMARY:Headspace Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:RECEPTION: APR 4\nworks by Brittany Freeman & William Gold\nEXHIBIT OVERVIEW\nFreeman’s work explores suburbia and seeks to capture the array of emotions that define this setting—ranging from moments of joy to experiences of solitude. Gold’s work examines the psychology of self and communal perception in relation to our own finiteness and the legacies we leave. These artist’s works invite viewers to consider healthier ways of viewing our own lives and the beauty found in unforeseen places. \nEXHIBIT STATEMENT\nBrittany Freeman \nARTIST STATEMENT Suburbia. In my series of acrylic paintings\, titled “Suburbia” I aim to unravel the complexities of everyday life in the suburbs. With a vibrant palette of colors\, I seek to capture the array of emotions that define this unique landscape\, from moments of joy and connection to the quieter\, more solitary experiences that often go unnoticed. \nGrowing up in suburbia myself\, I’ve always been fascinated by the delicate balance between comfort and longing that permeates these neighborhoods. In this series\, I delve into themes of isolation and the struggle to maintain a sense of self amidst the monotony of suburban routine. \nAdditionally this collection explores the role of creature comforts—like technology\, media—in shaping our experiences and perceptions. These elements serve as both a source of solace and a distraction\, offering brief respites from the hustle of suburban life while simultaneously contributing to a sense of disconnection. \nThrough my art\, I aim to ignite discussions about the intricacies of suburban life\, encouraging viewers to contemplate their own journeys and how they navigate the complexities of contemporary existence. Ultimately\, “Suburbia” serves as a voyage of self-discovery—a gentle nudge to recognize the hidden beauty within the mundane\, amidst the hustle. \nARTIST BIO Brittany Freeman is a multidisciplinary artist hailing from the heart of the Midwest\, whose faceted approach reflects the diverse landscapes of her upbringing. Raised in various suburban settings across the US\, Brittany’s art is a vivid tapestry woven with themes of suburban life\, neurodivergence\, acceptance\, comfort\, and escapism. \nBrittany’s artistic journey began with textiles\, making realistic animal sculptures\, each piece a reflection of her intricate understanding of form and the emotional ties between people and pets. This work led to a fruitful career in toy prototyping and work in film and theater as a prop-maker. However\, a major car accident in 2016 left her unable to sculpt for several years\, prompting a transformative shift in her practice. \nTurning to acrylic painting as a means of expression\, Brittany discovered a newfound passion that resonated deeply within her soul. Drawn to its versatility and immediacy\, acrylic painting became Brittany’s primary medium\, allowing her to explore themes of identity and connection with a boldness and clarity previously unattainable. \nIn her vibrant and evocative paintings\, Brittany captures the essence of human experience with a sensitivity and depth that transcends words. Figurative in nature\, her works pulse with life\, each brushstroke a testament to the complexity and beauty of the human spirit. \nBold colors and impressionistic style characterize Brittany’s art\, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in a world where emotion reigns supreme and the boundaries between reality and imagination blur. Through her art\, Brittany seeks to forge connections\, sparking conversations and fostering empathy in a world often devoid of understanding. \nAs Brittany continues to evolve as an artist\, she remains committed to pushing artistic boundaries and challenging perceptions\, using her creativity as a force for change and healing. With each new piece\, she invites us to embark on a journey of self-discovery\, where acceptance and connection illuminate the path forward. \nWilliam Gold \nARTIST STATEMENT My artwork is about dealing with mental health and about how we think about ourselves and how we think we are perceived. It also covers the concept of mortality and what we think people will remember about us when we pass. \nThis work covers the last couple of years from my lowest times in my life and the realization of my own mental issues to recovering and being in a better place to where I feel like I can manage my own mental health and have a better sense of self. \nI like to utilize needle felting into my paintings to contrast the darker subject matter like the skulls\, creating them separate from the canvas and then adhering them by a strong glue and/or needle felting them through the canvas.  I’ll start off covering the canvas with either a bright or dark color to set the tone or mood that I’m feeling and pick a couple of colors before hand to complement the background. By incorporating my own interests\, either about coffee or nature\,  I can personally see myself or my own mental state at that time. I usually do not know what the finish piece will look like when I begin. A new element or different composition will be used in order to surprise and challenge myself and I can create something that’s new to me. \nARTIST BIO I’m an artist residing in Rock Hill\, SC. Most of my earlier work has been in Acrylic\, Oil\, and Ink\, but the last couple of years I’ve been working in Fiber Art and exploring how I can integrate it into my paintings.
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/headspace-exhibit/
LOCATION:Courtroom Gallery\, at the Gettys Center 201 E Main St\, 2nd Floor Hallway\, Rock Hill\, SC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Contagious Laughter Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:RECEPTION: JAN 9\nworks by Doug McAbee\nEXHIBIT OVERVIEW\nArt can change people. Humor has a similar effect. Doug McAbee uses these two mediums to bring positive and hopeful messages to his viewers. \nEXHIBIT STATEMENT\nI was taught the power of laughter and humor by my father and I seek to channel that power into my creative work. Knowing that art has the power to change how people think\, I have chosen to communicate positive and hopeful messages to my audience through my work. \nOften using imaginative creatures as stand-ins for the characters in my narratives\, my work focuses on the challenges that face all humans regardless of race\, gender\, or class. These issues are communicated through narratives and while the problems and dualities are acknowledged\, there is always a sense of hope that we will overcome these challenges with kindness and community. \nThe drawings on wood\, steel sculptures\, and murals I am currently producing are approachable by viewers of all ages. As viewers engage with the works of art they will connect with the absurdity\, the liveliness\, and the humor in the work. Whether for a few seconds or perhaps longer\, my hope is that connection will create change. \nARTIST BIO Doug McAbee learned to weld at age 7. While his imagination was running wild\, his father began teaching him practical construction methods with steel. The sense of play and exploration he valued then is still with him as he creates whimsical and organic drawings and sculptures. \nDoug was born in Spartanburg\, SC and he grew up there as well. He earned his MFA at Winthrop University and works as Professor of Art at Lander University in Greenwood\, SC. He lives out in the middle of nowhere with his family and their dogs and he creates drawings and sculptures when he’s not teaching. \nDoug is interested in using humor\, color\, and narrative in his artwork. His father was a great storyteller and Doug is interested in the power of imagery and story in his visual communication with viewers. Doug creates indoor and outdoor murals\, as well as indoor and outdoor sculptures and sometimes exhibits them together in immersive visual experiences in galleries. \nHe was also raised by wolves.
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/contagious-laughter-exhibit/
LOCATION:Courtroom Gallery\, at the Gettys Center 201 E Main St\, 2nd Floor Hallway\, Rock Hill\, SC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241124
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SUMMARY:Friends of Friday Arts Project
DESCRIPTION:RECEPTION: NOV 7\nDylan Bannister\, M.C. Churchill-Nash\, Abigale Clapham\, Devann Donovan\, Harry E. Edwards III\, Aba Hutchison\, Sarah Kennedy Irwin\, Fred Shope\, J. Michael Simpson\, Sara Simpson\, Brandi Voigt Fox\nEXHIBIT OVERVIEW\nWe like to make space to show work created by artists in our community. In that spirit\, our final exhibit of the year—Friends of Friday Arts Project —showcases artwork by artists who actively participate with us in some way. \nThis year\, the Friends of Friday Arts Project exhibit is a collection of artwork selected from pieces submitted by each artist from their personal body of work.
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/friends-of-friday-arts-project/
LOCATION:Courtroom Gallery\, at the Gettys Center 201 E Main St\, 2nd Floor Hallway\, Rock Hill\, SC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240922
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SUMMARY:Every Stitch a Reckoning Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:RECEPTION: SEP 19\nElla Mackinson\nEXHIBIT OVERVIEW\nAs a woman raised in the South\, Ella Mackinson’s art explores going away from and coming back home. Through oil paintings and small quilt works she opens a visual dialogue that examines the tension between craft and fine art and her personal and familial history. \nEXHIBIT STATEMENTS\nThis exhibition will be a continuation of my senior thesis show that was on view this past April at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn\, New York. My show Every Stitch a Reckoning explores transient memory\, homesickness\, and family tradition through an awareness that only comes from physical and temporal distance from childhood environments. Now that I have made my way back to North Carolina from Brooklyn\, my work focuses more on the aftermath of homesickness and my bittersweet homecoming. In addition to the work produced in my thesis show I have included a series of small works that continue my artistic process that I had in New York in a communal studio space that I now have to continue in a home studio in Charlotte\, North Carolina. \nMost of these new works are small quilts reminiscent of my thesis work along with oil paintings that depict mundane everyday scenes with a sense of melancholy and discomfort\, reminiscent of 20th century landscape painters Andrew Wyeth and Edward Hopper. These moods mimic my experiences and anxieties as a woman who grew up in the American South. I made myself small and unassuming\, hiding from others’ judgments. While my identity as an affluent white woman allows for the idealization of childhood\, I use color to draw the line between reckoning and romanticization of Southern domestic life. I use quilting as a call to women’s craft and labor movements throughout history\, which included women in several generations of my own family. Juxtaposed with oil painting\, quilting becomes fine art\, rather than “only” women’s craft work. The quilts also bring comfort back into my work\, allowing for innocence and nostalgia to coexist with otherworldly and unsettling vignettes. This illuminates the tension between the paradigm of North Carolina’s values and the underlying complexity of its violent yet rich history. \nARTIST BIO Ella Raewyn Mackinson is a 22-year-old artist born and raised in Charlotte\, North Carolina and a recent graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn\, New York with a BFA in painting. Working primarily with oil paint and quilting\, her artwork is centered around life in the South showcasing the region’s cultural diversity and unique natural beauty. Since beginning studies in New York City\, her work has showcased the contrast between the bustling city and the rural South. Her artwork was selected to be on billboards for a year as a part of the ArtPop Street Gallery Class of 2021 in Charlotte\, NC and her work was exhibited on a billboard at the Ann and Jim Goodnight Park at the North Carolina Museum of Art in March of 2022. Her work was also selected for juried exhibitions at the Arts Council of York County in Rock Hill\, SC and the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn\, NY.
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/every-stitch-a-reckoning-exhibit/
LOCATION:Courtroom Gallery\, at the Gettys Center 201 E Main St\, 2nd Floor Hallway\, Rock Hill\, SC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240622
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SUMMARY:Regarding Facets Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:RECEPTION: MAY 9\nworks by Veda Saravanan & Felicia VanBork\nEXHIBIT OVERVIEW\nWith a mix of real and abstract influences Regarding Facets portrays human forms and faces in ways beyond what the eye perceives. Veda Saravanan’s cubist inspired figures and Felicia van Bork’s brush-stroked faces invite the viewer to see more than merely line and color. \nEXHIBIT STATEMENTS\nVEDA SARAVANAN\nThis body of work is inspired by Picasso ‘s Cubism. He felt that we do not see an object from one angle or perspective\, but rather from many angles selected by sight and movement.  \nI like the natural mixing of colors\, overlapping on each other and then forming different shapes and colors. Cubism is known for its deconstructed\, geometric representations\, and its complete form of abstraction. \nIn addition to the cubic formation of different geometric shapes\, this collection is also figurative. I like to narrate women’s moods and movements. \nI never limit myself to one medium or style. I’m inspired by colors and shapes and all kinds of forms. In my art\, I include many angles and lines\, but make sure there is connectivity between the lines.  \nAs an artist I focus on form and color\, this allows me to be between realism and abstract. \nARTIST BIO Veda Saravanan\, has always been self taught and experimental with her color palette. She doesn’t hesitate to let her colors speak to her and bring brightness to her different forms of art. Veda loves to see the surprise element in the outcome of using different colors and designs. Traveling has really impacted the different ways she uses colors and culture in her work. She has been traveling since a young age and continues do so as a passion towards her art. Her distinctive style and cultural upbringing allowed her to become the artist that she is today. She has been all over the world and it continues to inspire her work. \nFELICIA VANBORK\nFelicia van Bork was drawing portraits before she was two. Today\, she is an artist who competes against herself to be “not boring.” In her search to document her world in a way that is accurate and expressive\, she pushes herself to use the minimum number of brushstrokes\, paint the most accurate likeness possible\, and dare to incorporate the most surprising and fresh mark-making she can.  \nHer several interrelated bodies of work all investigate the tension between representation and experience; she creates images that combine the appearance of an observed subject with the experience of responding to that subject. \nARTIST BIO Felicia van Bork’s paintings\, both abstract and representational\, are in many private and public collections. She is also known for in her “How To” series of collage work\, which is featured in the permanent collection of the Mint Museum in Charlotte\, NC\, and which took her to the American Academy in Rome as Visiting Artist in 2017 and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 2022. Her love of color and teaching come into play at Charlotte’s McColl Center as well. There\, she is the Coordinator of the Printmaking Lab and co-host of Draw McColl Center\, a weekly open life drawing studio. She founded the international online portrait group\, @portraitpalsgroup. She teaches printmaking workshops at McColl Center\, and private classes including her popular Liberated Brush workshop. Her “Heads” series of encaustic portraits earned her a spot in MassArt’s MFA program at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, where she graduated in 2011. She was the Art Director at Columbia University’s Columbia Scholastic Press Association and went on to be a professor in the art departments of universities and colleges including Penn State\, The Behrend College; Central Piedmont Community College; Columbia University; UNC Charlotte; and Davidson College\, teaching graphic design\, painting\, drawing\, life drawing and portraiture. Among many honors and residency fellowships\, she was the Featured Artist at Central Piedmont’s Sensoria arts festival in 2018. Her work has also been selected for representation at the National Portrait Gallery.
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/regarding-facets-exhibit/
LOCATION:Courtroom Gallery\, at the Gettys Center 201 E Main St\, 2nd Floor Hallway\, Rock Hill\, SC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240420
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SUMMARY:Goobers Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:ARTIST INTERVIEW: MAR 14\nRECEPTION: APR 18\nworks by Kevin Morrissey\, Andrew Frye & Kyle Morrissey\nEXHIBIT OVERVIEW\n“Goobers” is a trio show inspired by the signs and vendors of the backroad culture of the Carolinas—it’s allure\, charm\, and quirkiness. Through its playful weathered textures\, “Goobers” invites the viewer to approach “the southern thing” with reflection and sensitivity. \nEXHIBIT STATEMENT\nA body of work documenting Boiled P-Nut Signs and vendors. Kyle Morrissey\, the photographer captured photographs of the various roadside stands and signs. Andrew Frye and Kevin Morrissey then used the sign text\, imagery and textures to create collaborative pieces focusing on their shared affection for alternative painting processes and love of texture. Andrew and Kevin’s works blend their alternative painting methods of Andrew’s poured paint and Kevin’s spray paint stencils. The duo passed the works back and forth in the studio layering Morrissey’s spray paint stencils and sanding methods over Frye’s poured paint methods and vice versa until the final image became a unified piece with dynamic layers of textures pushing and pulling between background\, midground\, and foreground. \nBoth photographs and paintings express themes in the spirit of the uniqueness of life in the south. We chose boiled peanuts as our imagery to unify the vision & playfully symbolize the complexities of “the southern thing”; it’s allure\, it’s charm\, it’s quirkiness\, and through the textures….there is weathered history that needs to sensitively be observed and reflected upon. \nKEVIN MORRISSEY\nARTIST BIO Kevin Morrissey was born\, lives and works in Summerville \, SC. Earned a BFA in Arts Education from Winthrop University in 2003 and has spent the last 20 years teaching art\, making art\, and championing community art projects. \nANDREW FRYE\nARTIST BIO Raised in the rubber city and receiving his BFA in painting/ drawing from the University of Akron\, OH in 2005\, Andrew Frye relocated to San Francisco\, CA to gain gallery experience. He worked primarily as a gallery preparator and curator assistant to a handful of galleries in the Bay Area. Returning to the southeast years later\, Frye spent a brief stint in education while continuing his art making practice. After years of receiving steady art commissions and a new need to be home\, Frye walked away from education in 2020 to make art and raise children full time. \nKYLE MORRISSEY\nARTIST BIO Kyle Morrissey is a photographer and painter that lives and works in Charleston\, SC. He graduated from Winthrop University in 2011\nwith a BFA in General Studio concentrating in Photography and Painting. He finds shared sensibilities between the mediums that often inform his work.
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/goobers-exhibit/
LOCATION:Courtroom Gallery\, at the Gettys Center 201 E Main St\, 2nd Floor Hallway\, Rock Hill\, SC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240217
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SUMMARY:Inside Outside Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:works by Nicole Driscoll & Jinna Kim\nEXHIBIT OVERVIEW\nThe reflective photos of Nicole Driscoll’s series\, “You can’t eat your feelings” and Jinna Kim’s expansive photos in her “Korean Pavilion at World Expo” series summon us to engage internally and with the world around us\, inviting the viewer toward intimate\, communal\, yet personal paths. This is Inside Outside. \nEXHIBIT STATEMENTS\nNICOLE DRISCOLL\nI’m a binge eater. \nIt started in the dark basement pantry of my youth\, where I consumed snack after snack in secret. I found intricate hiding spots for discarded wrappers\, hoping no one would see. Continuing into adulthood\, I use food as an outlet for my stress and anxiety. \nWhen 2020 hit\, the isolation\, tensity and uncertainty made me binge even more. I found comfort in food as the world around me changed. With time for self reflection\, I was able to see the bad relationship I had with food and how I used it to cope. \n“You can’t eat your feelings” is a series of polaroid photographs of my recent binges. Using polaroids was a way to instantly document them as they happened. Each photo has a note of reflection. Why did I binge at that moment? What was I feeling? What was I avoiding? \nARTIST BIO Nicole Driscoll is a filmmaker and photographer based in Charlotte\, North Carolina. Her projects have been included in galleries and festivals such as The Light Factory\, The Curated Fridge\, Goodyear Arts\, and the Click Photo Festival. In 2014\, she developed Films on Tap\, a film festival that pairs local short films and locally brewed beer. Through ArtPop Street Gallery\, Driscoll’s photograph\, “Hands in the Sky\,” has been selected for prominent display on media spaces and billboards throughout the Charlotte area for the entire duration of 2023\, including a billboard in New York City. She currently works as a teaching artist at Studio 345\, an after-school program for at-risk youth\, and as a freelancer in the greater Charlotte community. \nJINNA KIM\nMultidisciplinary artist Jinna Kim’s world expo photo series was taken in March 2022 during the closing month of Expo Dubai which was deferred for over a year due to the pandemic. She traveled there with an Arts & Science Council grant to experience world class art first hand. Her photographs printed on wood as archival pigment prints is her means of sharing the world expo in the Carolinas as well as a peek into her immigrant heritage. “Korea Pavilion at World Expo” captures the country pavilion’s exterior facade which changes color throughout the day because the architecture is dynamic with the cubes actually moving. Jinna was born in South Korea so this particular pavilion is from her motherland. \nARTIST BIO Initially trained in classical music\, Jinna Kim is a Korean American multidisciplinary artist\, filmmaker\, photographer\, violist and more based in Charlotte\, NC. In addition to being a SAG-AFTRA eligible actress\, Jinna continues to shoot short films and photographs\, make music\, and create public installations and interdisciplinary projects that highlight diverse perspectives while sneaking in educational and unique cultural content in delightful ways. Her first short film about suffragist Mabel Lee titled “Chinese Girl Wants Vote” is now part of the Digital Public Library of America. Jinna recently won grants and scholarships from the Arts & Science Council and Kunstlerstadt Kalbe in Germany. She previously worked at The Public Theater and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Manhattan.
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/inside-outside-exhibit/
LOCATION:Courtroom Gallery\, at the Gettys Center 201 E Main St\, 2nd Floor Hallway\, Rock Hill\, SC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Piranesi Imagined | Friends of Friday Arts Project Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBIT OVERVIEW \n“When the Moon rose in the Third Northern Hall I went to the Ninth Vestibule to witness the joining of three Tides.” \nfrom the book Piranesi by Suzanna Clarke \nWith this opening line author Suzanna Clarke takes her main character on a quest to discern the mysteries of his world. This year\, our “Friends of Friday Arts Project” are exhibiting work created during “drawing nites” and on their own. Piranesi by Clarke was this year’s inspiration. This book of “magical realism” is rich with imagery both ancient and contemporary. \nAll pieces are attempts to mingle the artist’s musings with the author’s story as they read or listened to the book\, and looked at models or still life’s inspired by Piranesi. These works were completed by adolescents\, adults\, hobbyists\, and professionals of varying ages and experience. \n— \nWe like to make space to show work created by artists in our community. In that spirit\, Friends of Friday Arts Project Exhibit showcases artwork created during various Drawing Nite* events throughout the year. \nThis exhibit is a collection of artwork Inspired by Piranesi—a novel by Susanna Clarke. \n\n*Drawing Nite is a twice-monthly event that is free and open to the public 
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/piranesi-imagined-friends-of-friday-arts-project-exhibit/
LOCATION:Courtroom Gallery\, at the Gettys Center 201 E Main St\, 2nd Floor Hallway\, Rock Hill\, SC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Wavelengths
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBIT OVERVIEW \nFrom the prism to the curl\, this exhibit showcases work by recent graduates of Winthrop University. Kai’s vivid colors strike the eye while sharp lines bring a calm repetition. Jewel’s varied visuals and rich textures draw you into the deeper meaning behind the pieces. \nEXHIBIT STATEMENTS \nJEWEL EDWARDS \nThe work Beauty and Audacity functions to embrace and normalize Black natural hair. The series combines photography\, fiber arts\, screenprinting\, and painting while exploring the influence of European beauty standards on self-identity. Inspired by hair catalogs and magazine advertisements\, the portraiture celebrates the versatility of Black hair as an art form. The series involves three 46” x 32” mixed media wall hangings. This work consists of self-portraits depicting different hairstyles exploring themes of self-identity and its relation to Black identity and womanhood. In the self portraits\, I am reclaiming the gallery space by having the audacity to be myself. The phrase “good hair” is associated with the words clean\, straight\, and professional which is seen as the contrary to Black hair. By reclaiming the phrase “good hair” to include kinky textured hair\, the power is shifted from the proximity of whiteness to black is beautiful. \nDissatisfied with the lack of Black representation in the art history canon\, I challenge this by revisioning ornate European motifs and the traditional frame. I achieve this by using natural hair elements such as braids. The fabric borders serve as a protective barrier of love and comfort provided by self\, family\, and ancestral connections. Following the path of artist Faith Ringgold\, my inspiration is rooted in showcasing a positive representation of Black women and bringing Black stories into contemporary art spaces. By acknowledging the cultural importance of Black hair and its implication on beauty standards\, I share the beauty of naturally textured hair. \nARTIST BIO Jewel Edwards is a public school art teacher and visual artist based in Greenville\, SC. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Winthrop University in Rock Hill\, South Carolina and is an alumna from the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville\, SC. As an interdisciplinary artist\, Edwards uses photography\, video\, screenprinting\, and painting to explore her self-identity and its relation to Black identity and womanhood. She has exhibited at Lyndon House Arts Center and several times in the Rutledge and Lewandowski Gallery at Winthrop University. Throughout her time at Winthrop University\, Edwards has received several awards including 1st and 3rd place at Winthrop’s Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. \nKAI GRIFFIN \nOf the numerous works within my Tensions series\, Tensions 2.2 (black\, smoke gray) holds the most visual and allegorical of stories. The work is all about “sevens”: I was seven years sober\, ending a seven year relationship\, and took the serenity prayer and translated it into the seven most spoken languages of the world. I created a pattern with the repeated prayer in its seven varying prose\, laser etching this pattern onto both the front and back of the black acrylic shards in the work. The beautiful script\, created in English\, Mandarin\, Hindi\, Spanish\, French\, Arabic\, and Bengali\, lends delicacy to the bold\, graphic piece and provides a visual recount to its creation. \nARTIST BIO For over twenty years\, Kai Griffin (b. 1981) has proven to be a creative\, innovative\, and intensely trained professional\, specializing in trendsetting beauty\, fitness\, and wellness. Applying those same principles and experiences\, Kai developed his spark for creating art; art with convergent points where classical theory meets modern work\, where analog meets digital\, where handcrafted meets laser cut. Kai holds a BFA from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Winthrop University and resides in Charlotte\, NC.
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/wavelengths/
LOCATION:Courtroom Gallery\, at the Gettys Center 201 E Main St\, 2nd Floor Hallway\, Rock Hill\, SC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Time Dreams of Itself
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBIT OVERVIEW \nThe earth and ecology that once determined human lives has given way to the atemporal stoicism of technology. Work filled with floating symbols\, secretive figures\, and mysterious sources of light—drawn from classical paintings and liturgy—beckon us to remain human. \nEXHIBIT STATEMENT \nThe old\, cyclical order of the earth and ecology that once determined human lives has given way to the atemporal\, uncaring regime of technology. The present grows more chaotic every day; symbols and images detach from their original meanings and associate in new ways. I depict human hopes and fears against this new background. I fill my work with floating symbols\, images with multiple meanings\, mirrors\, secretive figures\, and mysterious sources of light. I combine motifs from classical paintings and the liturgy with references to niche internet communities and the iconography of smartphones\, satellite imagery\, and commodities. I draw and paint everything by hand\, but I sometimes work with a stylus as well as a paintbrush\, or paint on industrial plastic instead of paper or canvas. Overall\, I want to find a way to make sense out of the visual chaos around us—distill and synthesize some of the contemporary human experience\, crystallize it into a small moment of beauty. As our relationship to the earth changes\, we can’t help but change as well—but beneath the endless simulation\, imitation\, mass production\, I have faith that something human yet remains. \nMAT DUNCAN \nARTIST BIO Mat Duncan holds a BFA in Printmaking from Winthrop University\, an advanced Art & Art Theory certificate from Winthrop’s sister school\, the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences in Imatra\, Finland\, and a master’s degree in Museum Studies from Harvard University. Duncan primarily works in acrylic\, watercolor\, and gouache on paper and mylar. His recent work focuses on ecology and explores how\, as our relationship to the earth changes\, we sometimes change along with it. He describes his own works as brief snapshots of dreams or nightmares\, depicting human hopes and fears against the backdrop of a distorted natural world.
URL:https://www.fridayartsproject.org/event/time-dreams-of-itself/
LOCATION:Courtroom Gallery\, at the Gettys Center 201 E Main St\, 2nd Floor Hallway\, Rock Hill\, SC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courtroom Gallery,Exhibit
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