Coastal Companion

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Art Walk in St Augustine, Florida

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This is one of St. Augustine’s most popular on-going cultural events. The First Friday Art Walk in St. Augustine offers the latest art exhibits, music, entertainment and refreshments at over 20 participating galleries – plus, great food courtesy of the St. Augustine Independent Restaurant Association. Tours start at Rembrandtz American Craft Gallery, 131 King Street. Galleries are open from 5 to 9 p.m. As an extra bonus St. Augustine Sightseeing Trains and Old Town Trolleys offer art walkers a complimentary shuttle service to most of the galleries. The San Marco Theatre across from Ripley’s Believe or Not! provides free showings of the historical St. Augustine film Cradle of History.
Rembrandtz American Craft Gallery
FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008

Call 904.829.0065 or visit www.artgalleriesofstaugustine.com

Charleston Fine Art Dealers’ Association Hosts Tenth Fine Art Annual

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In the month of November every year over 20 nationally renowned artists, whose works are showcased exclusively in the CFADA member galleries in downtown Charleston, gather for a weekend event.

Seen by many as the premier fine art festival in Charleston, the Fine Art Annual gives visitors the chance to mingle with well-known artists in charming historic downtown Charleston.

Proceeds will benefit Charleston County High Schools’ fine art programs. Last year’s event raised $27,000 for high school art programs.

The fine art weekend kicks off on Friday, November 7 at 5:00 p.m. with gallery openings at CFADA member galleries. Each gallery will feature works by prominent national and international artists that travel to Charleston every year to participate in this prestigious event. This free event is open to public.

On Saturday morning, November 8 starting at 9:00 a.m., you get the unique opportunity to watch artists at work as they donate their time and talent to create masterpieces that will be later auctioned off to benefit the Charleston County High Schools’ art programs. The plein air event, Painting in the Park, traditionally takes place at Washington Park from 9:00 a.m. till noon.

The Fifth Annual High School Art Competition, a platform for young talented artists to showcase their unique works, is part of the plein air event and will start at 11:00 a.m. at Washington Park. The student works will be on display and judged by a panel of celebrity judges. The winners will be announced at 11:30 a.m.

Saturday evening will be dedicated to the finest works of art available for sale in the South. The Third Annual Charleston Art Auction and Gala Reception will take place at 6:00 p.m. at the Renaissance Charleston Hotel. Last year, the event sold 101 original art works worth over $600,000 including such renowned artists as Pino, Jonathan Green, West Fraser, and Mary Whyte.

The Charleston Art Auction was founded in 2006 by Morris & Whiteside Galleries located in Hilton Head Island and The Sylvan Gallery located in Charleston, South Carolina as the premier Southern art auction.

For more information on CFADA, please visit www.cfada.com and for ticket reservations call 843-722-3117.

CFADA Member Galleries:
The Audubon Gallery·Ann Long Fine Art·Carolina Galleries·Charleston Renaissance Gallery· Coleman Fine Art·Corrigan Gallery·John Carroll Doyle Art Gallery·Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art ·Helena Fox Fine Art·Horton Hayes Fine Art·Martin Gallery·Robert Lange Studios·Smith-Killian Fine Art· The Sylvan Gallery·Wells Gallery

11/07/2008 – 11/08/2008
843-722-2172
www.cfada.com

Coastal Inspirations Exhibit – Charleston, SC

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The Charleston Artist Guild Gallery will present the exhibit, Coastal Inspirations, featuring works by South Carolina artist, Alicia Leeke. The exhibit will continue until September 30.

Using the term she coined for a new era of art, called “Fabaism,” Leeke offers her personal interpretations of Charleston and transforms familiar scenes into modern-day masterpieces. This new body of work focuses on the impact color and abstraction has on landscape painting. The artists’ love of the coast extends back into early childhood where family vacations were spent exploring the woods, dunes and tides of South Carolina’s coast.

Called a Contemporary Master, her creativity is inspired by the French Salon painters and how they captured history, social conscience and architecture by painting the people and environments surrounding them.

Complementing each painting is a robust combination of dry brush painting techniques to create texture. She manipulates acrylics to capture the thick rich texture of oils and mixes a palette full of rich reds, vibrant oranges, shocking blues and sharp white accents.

Her gentle distortions of linear perspective are a fundamental element to the overall design of her creations and are a necessary ingredient in the composition of her pieces. In fact, they create such a positive visual response that many viewers want to step inside each painting.

The gallery is open Monday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and is located at 6 North Atlantic Wharf, off East Bay Street and across from a convenient parking garage.

The Charleston Artist Guild Gallery
6 North Atlantic Wharf
(803) 429-5456

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