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SUMMARY:Greenville Technical College's 36th Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Visual Arts at Greenville Technical College is thrilled to announce the 36th Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibition (AUHSAE). 49 teachers from 25 Upstate high schools across 7 counties submitted 195 works from182 students. The exhibition consists of 13 categories including traditional medias such as drawing\, painting\, and ceramics\, but also specialized medias such as fiber\, metals\, and animation. AUHSAE is a true survey of the quality and variety of visual arts in Upstate South Carolina high school programs. \nAUHSAE is a juried exhibition with the initial jurying process completed by the participating high school art educators. Each one chose student works to represent the quality and diversity of their individual programs. All their selections are on view. A professional artist\, without access to student\, teacher\, or school identities\, chooses awards within each category. Each AUHSAE cash award is divided between the winning student and that student’s art program. \nThe 2026 AUHSAE Awards Juror is Elizabeth Snipes\, professor in the Art + Design Department at Lander University. Elizabeth teaches painting\, drawing\, and leads summer travel courses. She received her BA degree in studio art from Furman University\, followed by a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Painting from Studio Art Centers International in Florence\, Italy\, and lastly her MFA from Clemson University. Elizabeth was awarded the Lander Distinguished Professor Award in 2021. In her Juror’s Statement\, Elizabeth commented\, “In viewing the exhibition\, I was immediately struck by the sheer amount of quality artworks in such a wide range of media. As an uUstate SC native who grew up in a small town with only a few art classes at the time\, I marvel at the array of creative experiences our students now are exposed to! It is certainly an exciting time to be a young maker. A whopping 13 categories of creative expression are included in this show\, each iterating a common core of the visual elements in a myriad of combinations uniquely suited to each set of media and techniques.” \nOn Wednesday\, April 15\, beginning at 6:30pm\, the 36th Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibition award winners and their schools will be recognized at the AUHSAE Awards Presentation in GTC’s Benson Campus amphitheater. If need be\, the presentation will move indoors to the commons area of Building 301. GTC’s Department of Visual Arts also produces an exhibition catalog picturing each award-winning work and listing all AUHSAE participants. The 36thAUHSAE catalog will be available for students and their teachers at the Awards Presentation. \nThe AUHSAE’s cash awards and the exhibition catalog are made possible through grants from the Jean T. and Heyward G. Pelham Foundation\, Elbert W Rogers Foundation\, and the Metropolitan Arts Council. APCO Plastics and the GTC Foundation provide additional funding. Thank you all for your generous support of these young artists and Upstate visual arts education.
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LOCATION:Benson Campus Galleries\, 2522 Locust Hill Road\, Greer\, SC\, 29687\, United States
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SUMMARY:BLU Time:  Ceramics by Deighton Abrams
DESCRIPTION:Deighton Abrams’ Artist Talk on Thursday\, February 19 at 2pm as a closing for his exhibition BLU Time. \nBLU Time is disorienting by design. The first gallery or “Black Room” is organized to call to mind a cabinet of curiosities. Finely crafted lustrous black vessels sport crude\, other-worldly attachments that resemble familiar objects but are intentionally indistinct. In contrast\, other black vessels are fabricated as unrefined\, vaguely familiar forms. The vessels are tightly gathered in a nightmarish but playful grouping intended to mimic our current absurd politics and environmental corruption. \nThe second room or “Blue Room” continues the exploration of “our current predicament” with increased emphasis on spiritual/landscape narratives. Deighton explains\, “Through sculptural scenes\, I explore the anxieties and disillusionment born from a landscape of political turmoil and ecological crisis.” Deighton’s material choices of cheap lumber\, ubiquitous pink insulation board are all intentional environmental symbols. He contrasts these basic building materials with the preciousness of clay embellished with delicate brushwork that records his symbolic clouds and indistinct landscapes. The spirituality of BLU Time culminates in “Autonomy Stone and Altar” as it commands the end wall of the “Blue Room” surrounded by niche sculptures. There is no spiritual peace in BLU Time only unsettling\, off kilter\, fore shadowing that portend no catharsis. \nDeighton is a ceramic sculptor and educator. He is currently a lecturer in art at Auburn University. He completed his MFA in Studio Ceramics at Clemson University and his undergraduate studies Magna Cum Laude at Armstrong University (now Georgia Southern University) in Savannah\, Georgia. Though originally from Alaska\, he has spent an equal amount of time in the South including Georgia\, Texas\, and South Carolina. He has shown work both nationally and internationally. Thank you\, Deighton\, for not only delivering your work but also generously coming to GTC to give a Gallery Talk on February 19. \nBLU Time is on view now through February 19 in the Department of Visual Arts\, Greenville Technical College. The Benson Campus Galleries at 2522 Locust Hill Road are open to the public Monday – Thursday\, 9am – 7pm and Friday\, 9am – 2pm. Visit www.gvltec.edu/dva for more information or call Pat Owens\, Gallery Assistant at 864 250-3051 or email Fleming Markel\, Gallery Director at fleming.markel@gvltec.edu.
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/blu-time-ceramics-by-deighton-abrams/
LOCATION:Benson Campus Galleries\, 2522 Locust Hill Road\, Greer\, SC\, 29687\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mono no aware:  Photography by Leigh Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Fall is a season of contrasts. The days begin with a chill\, foretelling the coming winter\, then closing with an afternoon of summer heat. We sweater-up in the morning to then shed a layer or two by lunch. We notice the trees are still green\, but that green is dull\, faded\, browning on the edges\, ready for winter rest. Mitchell’s photographs celebrate this seasonal contrast\, the natural cycles of birth and death\, and remind us of the fragility of these cycles. \nHer title\, Mono no aware is a Japanese phrase meaning “beauty tinged with sadness.” Mitchell states\, “More specifically it refers to the bittersweet awareness that all existence is ephemeral\, and every moment of life is short lived.” Nature’s ephemeral existence is not only the seasonal cycle but also the human sourced destruction of the natural cycle. Mitchell’s images of fall as beauty tinged with sadness conjure feelings … “of impending loss”…“feelings of vulnerability\, loss\, loneliness\, precariousness and foreboding.” She elaborates\, “Another translation for ‘mono no aware’ is ‘a sensitivity to things\,’ or noticing\, identifying with\, and having appreciation for things. As a result of this sensitivity\, a subtle ache accompanies the awareness that all things inevitably change form or come to an end. The transience of nature/of life/of reality makes it both haunting and precious.” \nMitchell often employed a Holga camera to record some of her landscapes. The Holga\, with limited control and range is plagued with imprecise outcomes not unlike humans attempts of dominion over the natural world with poor understanding of the long-range outcomes of those interventions. Mitchell applies the same methodical\, labor-intensive production in making digital ink jet prints from digital cameras as she does silver-gelatin prints from the Holga. By eliminating color\, she emphasizes the haunting beauty of these disappearing landscapes ravaged by society’s progress. \nLeigh Mitchell is an artist/educator. She holds a Master’s Degree in Studio Art from Western Carolina University. Her work has been exhibited at The Center for Fine Art Photography\, Fort Collins\, CO; the Rochester Contemporary Art Center\, Rochester\, NY; The Asheville Art Museum; and most recently\, in Greenville\, SC at The SE Center for Photography\, and at the Greenville Center for Creative Arts. Visit www.leighkendramitchell.com for more information. Mono no aware is a welcome to and introduction of Mitchell\, as a newly installed full-time photography instructor\, in Greenville Technical College’s Department of Visual Art.
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