Aki Kato to Create Mural for Pat Conroy Literary Center
Art
Beaufort artist Aki Kato has been invited by the Pat Conroy Literary Center Board of Directors to paint a Lowcountry mural on a free-standing screen for display in the temporary home of the Literary Center at 308 Charles Street.
“Art in the Life of Joan” is the title of well-known artist Joan Templer’s featured exhibit at the Beaufort Art Association (BAA). Her work will be highlighted from October 31st to January 7, 2017 at the BAA Gallery at 913 Bay Street in Beaufort. An opening reception will be held at the Gallery on Friday, November 4th, from 5 to 7:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served. There will also be on exhibit the work of 65 other local artists, who are members of the Gallery. The public is invited.
The SOBA Gallery is happy to introduce Joan Moreau McKeever as the Featured Artist in November with her show entitled “From Maui to Maine and Back to the Lowcountry.” As you might expect the body of work is a range of scenes inspired by Joan’s travels, painted with skill and attention to detail. You can almost smell the salt air viewing her coastal landscapes and the scent of Plumeria in a gorgeous floral scene.
Thibault Gallery is pleased to feature a collection of paintings by Beaufort artist Mac Rogers during the month of October. Rogers has titled the collection “A Place We Call Home” – and the paintings reflect the reasons why he feels that the Lowcountry is truly “home.”
Having survived a camping trip to Hunting Island as a Cub Scout in 1958 from “Metropolitan” Orangeburg, SC, Mac vowed never to return to the mosquito, heat and humidity ridden jungle. Flash forward to now – watching boat traffic on the Beaufort River from under the canopy of oaks at Whitehall Point complete with a lunch of LT’s fried chicken. The skyline is dominated by the steeples of the Parish Church of Saint Helena, the Baptist Church of Beaufort, and Trinity Baptist Church – not high rise commercial buildings.
The Society of Bluffton Artists presents “12,” a new and exciting collection of 12 x 12 inch paintings and photographs by over 100 local artists, each selling for only $120. This event has been such a hit in the past they decided to do it again!
The USCB Center for the Arts is currently hosting an exhibit by Gerald Erley. The exhibit Poetry of Nature will be on display through September 30th in the Center for the Arts Gallery.The public is invited to a closing reception on Thursday, September 29 from 5:30 – 7 pm.