Author: Margaret Evans

Beaufort artist finds new inspiration beyond Bay Street. By Mark Shaffer “Half of creating is waiting for something to dry.”– Deanna Bowdish It’s early on a quiet weekday morning at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center. As the overheads flicker to life it’s easy to pick out Deanna Bowdish’s new studio space from the others. Towering over the threshold in giant mismatched letters are two simple words: ROCK ON. Anyone who knows Deanna recognizes her favorite conversational benediction. But that simple statement represents a philosophy of personal and creative perseverance that runs deep.

An exhibition of the art of longtime Hilton Head Island residents Joyce and Don Nagel has just opened at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Hilton Head Island classroom at the Pineland Station Shopping center at 430 William Hilton Parkway, Suite 304A. Entitled Here and There, the exhibit is free and open to the public and will continue through December 6, 2013.

Sixteen photos depicting the beauty, history and traditions of Beaufort County were selected for the County’s 2014 land preservation calendar, which will be available for sale in November.