Artists Be Smart – All Shinny New Things Are Not All Good
If you’ve been on the internet looking at publications this holiday season you may have seen ads for a new online gallery with a slogan – Ugallery original art. original you. I’ve even see it on our...
View ArticleA Trip to See Several Exhibits in the Pee Dee Area of South Carolina in July...
On a day when it was thundering and lightening around the lake here in Bonneau, SC, I decided to head over to the Pee Dee area of South Carolina, to see a few exhibits on view in Florence, SC, and Lake...
View ArticleUpdate on NEA Stimulus Monday for the Arts
We’re finding out some things about the $50 million the National Endowment for the Arts got for economic stimulus recovery for the arts. Well, the non-profit part of the arts that is. Everyone else...
View ArticleI’ve Been Taking a Survey of Charleston, SC, for 35 Years
I came to the Charleston, SC, area from Michigan in November of 1974. I liked what I found here and have found no reason to leave since – although I eventually moved 45 miles away to Berkeley County –...
View ArticleTaking a Look at Marketing Techniques in the Carolinas The Press Release
This year we’re taking a detailed look at how the visual art community in the Carolinas is marketing itself. This is based on a piece I first posted atCarolina Arts Unleashed on Jan. 12, 2012. I...
View ArticleA Senior at a York County, SC, High School Wins an Art School Scholarship and...
Shelby Williams, a 17-year old senior at Northwestern High School in York County, SC, isn’t letting awards and scholarship money go to her head. Williams’ artwork, Going Places, was the top winner of...
View ArticleTom Starland: An Interview With Myself – Part III, with questions and answers...
Twelve years ago, back in the year 2000, I came up with an interesting idea – I would interview myself so I could address some issues on my mind. No one else in the media seemed to be interested so why...
View ArticleHard Times Fall on the Arts in the Carolinas
They used to say during the Cold War days that if it ever came down to nuclear war – where one side or the other launched a strike and the other side retaliated – the resulting debris would block out...
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