CraftHiltonHead2018, Art League’s 6th National Juried Fine Arts Craft Guild Exhibition, which occurs once every two years, will showcase over one hundred 2 and 3-dimensional craft works of featured artists from around the country, competing for over $4,000 in cash awards.
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Marianne Stillwagon is the featured artist for December at The Society of Bluffton Artists (SoBA) gallery in Old Town Bluffton. Her exhibit will run from Dec. 3-Jan. 6 with a wine and cheese reception from 3-5 p.m. Dec. 9 at the gallery. These events are free and open to the public.
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Deck Your Halls with limited-edition treasures from Beaufort Art Association’s Holiday Boutique. Are you looking for that special one-of-a-kind Christmas gift? Something funky like a painting of an alligator with a Santa hat . . . or just beautiful Beaufort inspired Christmas cards? Now through December 31, a portion of BAA’s Gallery will be transformed into a winter wonderland full of fine art and crafts especially created for this event.
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By Margaret Evans, EditorDear reader, I’m writing to you from church. Seriously, I’m sitting on the red-velvety back pew of First Presbyterian, where we’re hosting a prayer vigil for Mental Health Awareness today. I volunteered to man the sanctuary for a couple of hours, and since I’m virtually incapable of praying for two minutes straight, much less two hours, I thought it best to bring a notebook and pen. (A computer just seemed tacky.)
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A conversation with award-winning, bestselling author Rick Bragg By Mark Shaffer “In a south that no longer seems to remember its heart, our food may be the best part left. It is the opposite of the bloody past, the doomed ideals, and our still-divisive, modern day culture; it is a thing that binds us more than it shoves us apart, from each other and the rest of the world.” -Rick Bragg, The Best Cook in the World Margaret Bragg answers the phone with a simple “Hello” drenched in an Appalachian accent as thick and sweet as cane syrup.
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The Center for the Arts will welcome singer songwriter, Jim Witter on Friday, November 9 at 7:30 pm for a musical and visual trip through the 1960s, set to the songs of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
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First Presbyterian Church of Beaufort will host a prayer vigil on Wednesday, November 7th, with a special focus on those whose lives have been affected by mental illness. The public is invited to drop by our sanctuary any time between 7 am and 7 pm. Our doors will be open, prayer booklets available, and candles there for the lighting. Come as you are, stay as long as you like, and bring a friend. All are welcome.
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Heritage Days returns to Penn Center on St. Helena Island November 8 – 11, a three-day cultural celebration of Gullah/Geechee Sea Island history, folk arts, food, music, crafts, and West African cultural legacy.
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristina McMorris will be the featured guest at the USC Beaufort Author Luncheon Series with her remarkable new work of historical fiction set during the Great Depression, Sold on a Monday (Sourcebooks Landmark, September 2018).
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What do you like about the South? For artist, Margaret Crawford, she can remember the salty air and peacefulness since the late 70’s. Before becoming a Lowcountry resident, Crawford studied at the Pittsburgh Art Institute, Carnegie Mellon University and The Art Students League in New York City. With over twenty solo exhibits on her resume, you do not want to miss this exhibit and its ode to the South.
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