The 34th annual Bluffton Village Festival promises to be a fun celebration of what makes Bluffton so unique. The festival, coordinated by The Rotary Club of Bluffton, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mother’s Day weekend Saturday, May 12 in Old Town Bluffton.
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Life-size oil paintings of “Goddesses in World Cultures” will be featured all summer (June 1 – September 1) at the Bluffton Branch of the Beaufort County Library System, 120 Palmetto Way, Bluffton. The work of artist and author Mary B. Kelly of Hilton Head, will display deities from Europe, Asia and the Americas. These also form the illustrations for Kelly’s book Goddess, Women, Cloth, published in 2012 and available on Amazon and Kindle.
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Mary Sullivan is the featured artist at the SOBA Gallery from June 4 through July 14. Her exhibit “Time and Timelessness,” will present all new work, exploring that theme with the poured ink abstracts for which she has become known. She will add two additional techniques which ultimately evolved from the ink paintings.
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Paintings by Mary Jane Martin at the BAA Gallery The Beaufort Art Association will be presenting, “How I See It,” paintings by featured artist Mary Jane Martin from May 15 through June 23, 2012 at the BAA Gallery, 913 Bay Street. The exhibition will kick off with a free reception, open to the public, in honor of the artist on Friday, May 18, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
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Writing a book review – or even a book preview – of a book I haven’t read is probably a bad idea. So let’s not call this either of those things. The other day, while I was browsing in cyberspace, the title of a new book by Gregory Wolfe caught my eye: Beauty Will Save the World. Catchy, huh? A bold pronouncement. A firm handshake of a title.
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Next time you’re shopping for wine, why not go beyond red and white… and try green? Our mission at Herban Marketplace is to promote health and wellness – naturally. A big part of achieving your best ‘you’ is finding a healthy balance and savoring the good things in life. For many of us, that includes relaxing with a nice glass of wine.
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It’s no secret that Beaufort and its environs have inspired – and continue to inspire – a diversity of artists from all over the country, many of whom relocate just for the natural beauty. Now, Joan Templer, one of Beaufort’s most celebrated artists, has rallied the creative community and put together a new exhibition of paintings and photographs highlighting that distinctive beauty.
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Landing that primo job with a corner office has long filled the daydreams of pencil pushers everywhere. The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina brings the fantasy to life with the hit musical, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, on stage through May 27 in the Elizabeth Wallace Theatre.
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Natalie’s Daise’s original play, “Becoming Harriet Tubman” has been selected by the Piccolo Spoleto Festival of Charleston to run during the internationally-recognized festival. But first, she is giving one night to her home town, Saturday, May 19 at 7:30pm. Natalie will perform her show at ARTworks, in Beaufort Town Center, where she thrilled audiences with it last year. Tickets are $17 per person, $12 for students (13+), $7 for children (12 and under) and $12 for groups of 10 or more, available online at www.artworksinbeaufort.org and 379-2787.
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Actress Simone Griffeth will teach two intensive Advanced Acting Class Workshops for USCB Center for the Arts in April and May. The class will focus on acting techniques using scenes and monologues from plays. Students will learn about creating believable characters, identifying and generating emotions, accessing their own experiences to strengthen characters, improvisation, and developing character stories. Final performance will be taped and actors will have copy formatted for electronic submissions for casting purposes.
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