36 Stratagems: The Complexity of Surviving Troubling Times: closes Friday, June 11th. This exhibition has featured installation art by Carol Freid and works in clay by Anne Leader. Their artwork is a response to a year of personal challenges in which the artistic process has played a pivotal role. The 36 Stratagems originated in China and are part of the wisdom of the art of war. The artists have reinterpreted them to apply to strategies they have employed when faced with adversity to promote more positive outcomes. The closing will include a mini exhibit of “Re-Imaging the Book”, displaying pieces created by gallery visitors who have been invited to interface with Carol’s installation. Clay pieces will be for sale at the end of the exhibition. Please join us for refreshments from 5 – 7 pm for this free event as this provocative show closes.
Contemporary Portraiture
Join us tonight at the Scott County Arts & Cultural/ Welcome Center at 117 N. Water Street from 6-8pm for the opening reception of “Contemporary Portraiture” curated by our own Charlie Campbell.
Participating artists hail from across the eastern US, from New York, Louisiana or right here in Kentucky. Among those are internationally exhibited Lennon Michalski and Georgetown College professor, Boris Zakic . Come kick off spring with us! Enjoy the food, fun, live music and an exciting new show! The exhibit is free and regular gallery hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12:00pm-4:00pm. The exhibit runs April 1-April 30, 2010.
Upcoming exhibits!
The current show “Faces of Color” is due to close on March 19, with a reception to meet the artists on Sunday, March 14, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.
A new show is scheduled to open on April 1st. Collected by SCAC/ArtWorks director, Charlie Campbell, it promises to be interesting and exciting! A show by outstanding artists Anne Leader and Carolann Fried, “36 Strategems, a Series of Installations and Works in Clay” will follow in May. The annual “Floral Fusion – Art & Nature” exhibition, one of our most popular events, runs June 18 -July 30. Artists from the Kentucky Guild of Artists & Craftsmen will exhibit from August 6 – September 10. The American Academy of Equine Artists are scheduled from September 17 – October 22, as part of Georgetown’s participation in the World Equestrian Games. The annual Gallery & Gifts Holiday Market runs November 1 – December 19. For information call 570-8366 or 867-7564.
Faces of Color – closing reception
“Faces of Color”, Scott County Arts Consortium’s tribute to Black History Month, a celebration of art and culture closes on March 19. A reception to meet the artists will be held on Sunday, March 14 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the Arts & Cultural Center, 117 North Water St., Georgetown. The show features woodcarving, painting, drawing, photography, and selected items from the Sisohpromotem gallery in Lexington. In additon you can view rare and beautiful artifacts from Africa. Also on view in the gift shop are pottery by Wyman Rice and Shirley Smith; handcrafted silver jewelry by Silverlark from Nashville; jewelry by Vicky Robinson; scarves by Ann Fister; floral photographs by Bruce Frank; a variety of notecards, photographs, and books including John S. Hockensmith, James Archambeault and other Kentucky authors. A purchase of Hockensmith’s “Spanish Mustangs” includes a coupon for a free print. Don’t miss this exciting show! Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturdays, 12:00 to 4:00 pm. For information call 570-8366 or 867-7564. Free and open to the public.
Black History Month at the Arts & Cultural Center
Not to be missed! Please plan to attend “Faces of Color: From Realism to Photography”, the Scott County Arts Consortium’s Celebration of Black History Month. Opening reception February 12, 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Arts & Cultural Center, 117 North Water Street, Georgetown. The show runs through March 19. Gallery hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays, 12:00 to 4:00 pm. Free and open to the public. For information call 502-570-8366.
