ARTS

Before artist Katriel Srebnik came to Charleston, he owned studio galleries in New York, Boston and Paris in addition to a retail gallery and art school in Santa Fe, which...

ARTS

Owned by contemporary impressionist painter Rick Reinert and his wife Ann, Reinert Fine Art & Sculpture Garden Gallery showcases more than 40 fine classical painters as well as both figurative...

CUSTOM HOMES MADE EASY

When Steve Kendrick founded Structures Building Company in 1999, he was on a mission: To build custom homes of great quality and craftsmanship while providing his clients with a level...

BALANCING MUSIC AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Like a certain raider of lost arks, singer-songwriter Hector Qirko balances a career in academe with a rowdier, adventurous spirit “in the field,” which is to say on stage. He...

SMALL SCALE, LARGE EXPERIENCE

Hearing top musical acts in an intimate setting adds layers of pleasure that arenas or large concert halls simply can’t match. While teenagers and college kids flock to huge venues,...

ARTS

BEN HAM IMAGES Ben Ham has been making the connection between his camera and the South Carolina coast for most of his life. A photographer since childhood, Ham now depicts...

AN OPERA RE-ENVISIONED

For Jonathan Green, it is not simply a matter of the interplay of light and shadow, of color, texture or the wizardry of stagecraft. No, Porgy and Bess is about...

ARTS

OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION MAY 27 – JUNE 11, 2016 MARION SQUARE...

CONNECTING ARTISTS AND PATRONS

Mystery, and mastery, are the linchpins of Charleston Supported Art (CSA), a program founded in 2013 by seven women intimately involved in the area arts community. Their goals: to stem...

Arts

Avid art collector Richard Kessler opened his first gallery in Asheville, North Carolina, seven years ago, 13 years after launching the Kessler Collection. In addition to design, food and wine,...

A LIVELY ENSEMBLE

It’s a cliché born of a dozen movies. Formally dressed dinner guests, having finished a sumptuous repast, settle into a drawing room with their brandies and liqueurs to enjoy the...

Arts

Avid art collector Richard Kessler opened his first gallery in Orlando, Florida 14 years ago, six years after launching the Kessler Collection’s first property, Orlando’s Castle Hotel. This series of...

YOUR ART, BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED

Your art is like a child; a reflection of your talent, your experiences, your ideas, even your soul. You want it to be in good hands while it’s being prepared...

MUSIC SPEAK

Do you know an allemande from an arpeggio? A bagatelle from a badinerie? Does the difference between a fugue and an étude elude you?...

Arts

Southern painter Melissa Anderson uses thick brushstrokes to convey a sense of movement —her impressionistic paintings are full of texture. The way that the paint is applied to the canvas,...

PICCOLO SPOLETO

The city of Charleston is transformed during Spoleto season. The theaters come alive with nightly performances, and the streets are filled with artists, actors, dancers, musicians and their fans....

AN ALCHEMY OF ARTS

Accomplished teaching is an art in itself, and that art is in illuminating a path to discovery. It is the drawing out, as Ashley Montagu wrote, not the pumping in....

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

Sullivan’s Island is temperate and brightly lit, a picturesque area as welcoming as it is inviting. Even in February, when Charleston is battling unusually low temperatures, it feels warm outside....

TREASURE ISLAND

There’s more to Pawleys Island than quiet beaches and the well-known sculpture and botanical garden, Brookgreen Gardens. This small resort town between Charleston and Myrtle Beach is home to one...

VIEW FROM THE WATER

Sometimes all she carries with her in the kayak is a sketchbook and a stick of charcoal. Even a pencil will do. Other times, it’s a small canvas, not much...

CHARLESTON’S POETRY REVIVAL

In an era often indifferent to poetry, the Lowcountry is enjoying an energetic revival of the form, one rivaling the celebrated Charleston Renaissance of the 1920s....

Wild at Heart

Above the Savannah Bee Company on King Street sits a haven for sporting and nature lovers alike: The Sportsman’s Gallery, a fine art gallery specializing in wildlife, landscape and sporting...

The Activity of Art

I am fascinated with the ability of humans to understand what they see. People don’t need everything spelled out for them, they can finish the lines I leave out.”...

Art Meets Technology

Your text message pings Rebekah Jacob’s mobile device when she’s boarding a flight half a world away. You’re also at an airport, but in another time zone. New work by...

Common Ground

Renowned painter Betty Anglin Smith has been represented all over the country, from New York to San Francisco and points in between. But here in Charleston she has her own...

Eclectic Tastes

Art galleries don’t generally get by on variety. Most focus on something particular—contemporary realist art, for example, or abstract and experimental pieces. Spencer Gallery, however, has done the opposite....

In the Spotlight

After 23 years in the art dealing business, Joe Sylvan has just two criteria when it comes to selecting his artists. “One, I have to like the work, because I...

A Grand Salon on Broad

It was 1989, and Candace Martin was anchored in her 42-foot ketch in the Ashley River along the western shore of her native Charleston. It had been an active hurricane...

A Life of Observation

Strolling through Charleston’s historic French Quarter is a little like stepping back in time, especially early in the mornings or on a Sunday when the area’s residents are off at...

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS

One of our favorite places in the Southeast is the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, a cultural institution that preserves and celebrates excellence in the art,...

A Window on the South

Recently, I made the short 20-mile drive from Charleston to The Sanctuary Resort on Kiawah Island to visit its only fine art gallery: the Wells Gallery. The approach to the...

Full Spectrum

Rich, vibrant colors and soft textures are some of the hallmarks of pastel paintings. One new gallery aims to introduce the beauty and timelessness of the medium to the Charleston...

Pride of Place

Forget touristy souvenirs emblazoned with place names, if you want to give a gift that is functional, beautiful and rooted in the South, visit Carolina Clay Gallery....

SEEKING GULLAH

Preservation of a unique African linguistic and cultural heritage—and the arts that embody it—is the impassioned mission of those engaged in Gullah storytelling, music, theater, folk art, crafts and cuisine....

The Invisible Artist

A Charleston conservator quietly cares for European treasures...

Lowcountry Allegory

Filmmaker Brad Jayne seeks universals truths in a coastal setting...

Digital Edition

17th Year Anniversary

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ARTS

ARTS

CUSTOM HOMES MADE EASY

BALANCING MUSIC AND ANTHROPOLOGY

SMALL SCALE, LARGE EXPERIENCE

ARTS

AN OPERA RE-ENVISIONED

ARTS

CONNECTING ARTISTS AND PATRONS

Arts

A LIVELY ENSEMBLE

Arts

YOUR ART, BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED

MUSIC SPEAK

Arts

PICCOLO SPOLETO

AN ALCHEMY OF ARTS

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

TREASURE ISLAND

VIEW FROM THE WATER

CHARLESTON’S POETRY REVIVAL

Wild at Heart

The Activity of Art

Art Meets Technology

Common Ground

Eclectic Tastes

In the Spotlight

A Grand Salon on Broad

A Life of Observation

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS

A Window on the South

Full Spectrum

Pride of Place

SEEKING GULLAH

The Invisible Artist

Lowcountry Allegory