news published by the arts council of carteret county s p e c i a l e d i t i o n • f a l l 2 0 1 2 Adopt an Artist Program Celebrates Five Years of Success One of the most popular programs of the Arts Council of Carteret County (ACCC)—Adopt an Artist— celebrates its first five years with an art exhibition open to the public featuring the work of ACCC-member artists participating in the program. The art exhibition will be held at the Beaufort Art Center on Turner Street Adopt an Artist participants. Top: Autumn Calling by Heather Sink. Above: Lowe’s Garden Center by Ann Ross. I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way things I had no words for. - Georgia O’Keeffe arts events november 2012 3-4 dopt an Artist Art Exhibition A Beaufort Art Center, Turner Street 30 3 rd Annual Downtown Christmas Art Walk december 2012 30 Saturday, November 3, and Sunday, November 4. Show hours on Saturday are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sunday, 12 noon to 4 p.m. All art exhibited will be for sale. During the span of the Adopt-anArtist program, nearly 30 ACCCmember artists were “adopted” by some 40 local companies in their places of business. For a two-month period on a rotating basis throughout the year, businesses select the artist and his or her work for display. The program’s innovativeness and popularity drew the attention of the North Carolina Arts Council, which promoted it as a model for other Arts Councils throughout the state. ACCC Treasurer and Board Member Sally Lumpkin, who is the creator of and program administrator for Adopt an Artist, notes that “over the past five years this program has brought a great deal of awareness of the arts, artists, and the Arts Council to this county. We are so appreciate of ALL the participants, especially the businesses, who are our free walls. They are helping us to accomplish two of our organization’s missions: to promote and expand the arts.” “ Bringing in the New Year on the Crystal Coast,” Carteret County Children’s Art Show february 2013 8-10 egistration Open for Art From R The Heart 15 Art From The Heart Show Opens what’s inside 2012 events Art From The Heart ARTrageous Summer Art Camp p o b o x 2 2 9 4 • m o r e h e a d c i t y, n o r t h c a r o l i n a 2 8 5 5 7 • 2 5 2 . 7 2 6 . 9 1 5 6 • w w w . a r t s c o u n c i l c a r t e r e t . o r g 2012-2013 ACCC Board of Directors President Sandra Malone Vice President Pam Cooper Secretary Lee Lumpkin Treasurer Sally Lumpkin Past President Bob Malone Board Members Donal Barbee Forrest Berry Tim Bradford Dot Crumley Myrna B. Eure Mark Golitz Rich Farrell Pam Holliday Lela McClanahan Heather Sink Jim Storholt Diane Warrender Message from the President I t has been absolutely thrilling to be President of the Arts Council at a time when the arts community is growing and becoming more vibrant each day. We have devoted Board members who manage to always step up to the plate for all of the activities we are involved in. I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our board, our growing membership, our volunteers and supporters, and the community at large for their belief in and support of the arts in our community. Carteret County is truly becoming an arts destination on the Crystal Coast, and it gives us all great pride in seeing our artists recognized in so many ways. This special edition of ArtsNews describes the breadth and depth of programs your Arts Council brought to the community this year. A couple of the program highlights include: The Arts News is published for members of the Arts Council of Carteret County. • The 22d Annual Art From The Heart, one of the region’s largest art shows held in February, had a very successful two-weeklong exhibition featuring 150 artists and 270 works of art. A companion Student Art Show, featuring the work of K-12 students in public and private schools, displayed over 1,000 pieces of art in both two and threedimensions. Editor Bob Malone • The 3rd Annual ARTrageous Show, held the third weekend in May, drew nearly 40 exhibitors, who were juried into the show. Design Jill Miller • The Arts Council last spring brought Photography Credits Sally Lumpkin Bob Malone Sandi Malone Doug Prouty The Arts Council of Carteret County PO Box 2294 Morehead City NC 28557 252.726.9156 artscouncilcarteret@gmail.com www.artscouncilcarteret.org 2 • Arts Council of Carteret County mission statement The Arts Council of Carteret County is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Its mission is to encourage and support the development, promotion, and expansion of the arts in Carteret County. theatrical performances to over 1,000 fourth graders in the public school system. • The Arts Council awarded its first-ever scholarships to students pursuing arts-related fields at the college level, in the amount of $4,000. • This summer’s Art Camp drew record attendance this year, in part due to new program offerings in music (guitar) instruction and pottery. ACCC scholarship funds were enhanced by support from three local Rotary clubs. • The Arts Council’s signature Adopt an Artist program—which the North Carolina Arts Council has promoted as a model to other arts councils in the state—reached its five-year anniversary in November. To help the Arts Council grow its program offerings, we encourage our artists to become more involved and to suggest more ways that we can support them. We encourage the business community to support us by sponsoring children to the Summer Art Camp or by becoming a supporter of our art exhibits or contributing to the ACCC’s scholarship fund to support high school seniors and Carteret Community College students who want to pursue educations in the arts. On behalf of the Arts Council, I look forward to your participation in the coming year. Sandra Malone President, ACCC The mission of the North Carolina Arts Council is to make North Carolina a better state through the arts. The council nurtures and supports excellence in the arts, and provides opportunities for every North Carolinian to experience the arts. A division of the Department of Cultural Resources (www.ncculture. com), the Arts Council serves as a catalyst for the development of arts organizations and facilities throughout North Carolina with grant funding and technical assistance. Art From the Heart Proves an Outstanding Success in 2012 Thanks to all who made the Arts Council of Carteret County’s 22nd Annual Art From the Heart art show an outstanding success--150 artists displaying 270 works of art (two and three-dimensional work and photography); record attendance from the general public; and another overflow crowd at the Chamber’s Business After Hours event, which previewed the opening of the show. Thanks also to our registration volunteers and gallery sitters whose meet-and-greet help made Art From The Heart deserving of recognition as one of the region’s largest art shows. The People’s Choice Award winner is based on the total votes from the public during the course of Art From The Heart. This year the award goes to Lena Ennis for her “Still Life,” who is also an Award of Excellence winner. The list of award winners, and information about the show judge are shown on page 10. The Chamber’s Business After Hours event drew overflow crowds to the Art From The Heart galleries. The 22nd Annual Art From the Heart show gallery is an exhibition and sale of original artwork created by artists from Carteret, Craven, Onslow and Pamlico counties, as well as other ACCC member artists from North Carolina and the Coastal Eastern Seaboard. Art From the Heart is a non-juried show featuring the creative talents of artists at all levels of expertise. Two and three-dimensional artwork in all media including oils, acrylics, charcoals, pastels, watercolors, collage, photography, mixed media, pottery, woodturning, fiber art, jewelry and sculpture are exhibited in this show. The list of award winners in two and three dimensional art as well as photography is shown on page 10. Top: The Chamber’s Business After Hours event drew overflow crowds to the Art From The Heart galleries. Above: Lena Ennis (l) accepts the People’s Choice Award prize from Sandra Malone, Arts Council president. Below: Art From The Heart galleries displayed a wide variety of art in a variety of media. Arts News • Fall 2012 • 3 Arts Council Awards Its First Scholarships The Arts Council of Carteret County awarded its first-ever scholarships in spring 2012 to three students who were on track to pursue arts-related fields as their major focus of study at the college level. Sara Huckaby graduated with honors with an associate in fine arts degree from Carteret Community College. She is attending the University of North Carolina at Asheville in the competitive arts program. Sara received a $2,000 scholarship from the Arts Council (and is shown below with Sandra Malone, ACCC president). The Arts Council also awarded a $1,000 scholarship each to Kelly Francis Erickson and Samuel Taylor Hopkins (shown below with Sandra Malone, ACCC president), both West Carteret High School graduating seniors. Ms. Erickson is pursuing a degree in theatre education at UNC-Greensboro. Mr. Hopkins is pursuing a degree in film studies (with a goal of becoming a producer) at UNC-Wilmington. The Arts Council will announce an application process for future scholarship awards in the arts in early 2013. ACCC, BluSail Host Book Signing For U.S. Launch The Arts Council, in conjunction with BluSail Gallery in Morehead City, NC, played host in June to a book signing by the author/ illustrator for the U.S. launch of “Olivia Long Life Sweet Dreams,” a children’s book that debuted to rave reviews in the United Kingdom in March. The author/illustrator Tara Nolty Johnston was born and raised in New York, and relocated to Oxford, UK in 2001 where she teaches preschool art and is an early childhood educator. According to the publisher (English Rose Publishing), “Olivia” celebrates “a child’s wonAuthor Tara Nolty Johnston entrances children as she reads from her new book. drous imagination and a parent’s love through an enchanting story of discovery: a little girl who lost a tooth learns about the legend of The Tooth Fairy; in her search for knowledge, she finds that there is someone equally as magical much closer to home.” The book features 27 original illustrations by the author. The book signing drew an attentive audience as the picture above indicates. Tara reports that a second children’s book is in the works. 4 • Arts Council of Carteret County Bunco Continues to Raise Funds The Arts Council sponsored its 4th Annual Bunco Tournament, which was held March 20 at Floyd’s Restaurant. Attendees wore their “cheeriest or most outrageous Spring attire and hats” to compete in the “Best Dressed” contest. The tournament has proven to be a very popular event for the Arts Council, raising funds (this year over $1,200) to support the organization’s scholarship program. Quilting Innovation Award Given Carol Stens is shown with her quilt, which received from the Arts Council the Merit Award for Innovation in Quilting. The award was presented during the Crystal Coast Quilt Guild’s show in May. Carol says that “my fellow quilters and I always enjoy visiting the ACCC’s Art From The Heart show, where we are inspired by the collective creative talent on display.” 2012-2013 Grassroots Subgrantees The Arts Council awarded its Grassroots Grants for 2012-2013 to the following organizations: American Music Festival ($3,000) for an outreach program featuring instrument workshops for local high school bands; Carolina Artists Studio ($1,700) for pottery instruction; Carteret Community Theatre ($1,200) for support of multicultural, ethnic programing featuring BrightStar Theatre productions presented to Carteret County public school students during Black History month; Crystal Coast Choral Society ($2,000) for support of two concerts; and Down East Folk Arts Society ($800) for support of outreach concerts. Top (l-r) Crystal Coast Choral Society, Larry Hughes, president, Richard White, treasurer; American Music Festival, John Harris, treasurer, Linda Seale, president; Carolina Artists Studio, Sea Jane McConlogue, artist member; Pam Cooper, ACCC vice president and Grassroots Grants coordinator; and the Carteret Community Theatre, Bob Malone, CCT board member. Bottom: Down East Folk Arts Society, Kathy Tanner, representative (r), with ACCC’s Pam Cooper. Arts News • Fall 2012 • 5 ARTrageous 2012 Art Fair on the Streets in Downtown Morehead City Draws New Records in Exhibitors, Audience The Arts Council’s 3rd Annual ARTra- over $3,000 in commissions. The pictures geous Show, held May 19-20 in conjunction below show some of the scope of artwork with the Downtown Morehead City Revi- in this year’s ARTrageous event. Congratu- talization Association’s Family Boating and lations for a very successful event go to In-water Boat Show, drew a record number Sandi Malone and Pam Holliday, program of exhibitors as well as record crowds at- administrators, and to Tim Bradford and tending both events. Jim Storholt, ACCC board members who Nearly 40 exhibitors occupied portions provided exhibit management assistance. of 5th and 6th streets and Evans St., with some vendors coming to the ACCC event from South Carolina, the coast and mountains of Virginia, and virtually all regions of North Carolina. All exhibitors were juried into this year’s ARTrageous event. New to this exhibit was a “Budding Artists” booth, which featured the work of Christian Swearingen, a Morehead City high school senior; a caricature artist offering humorous sketches of passersby; and a large canvas where visitors attending the art show were encouraged to pick up a brush and contribute to the beach scene mural. Exhibitors reported brisk sales and Sally Anger Christian Swearingen Caricature Artist B Linda Larrymore Bruce Stevenson Chris Wagner Budding Street Artists Dale Davis Michele Blank Summer Art Camp Captivates Record Numbers The Arts Council’s Summer Art Camp—a local staple for youth ages 10-13 in early August—drew record interest and attendance this year, in part due to new program offerings in music (guitar) instruction and pottery. Nearly 30 youngsters spent a week engaged in creating artwork in painting/ drawing and digital photography/computer-generated art; another 14 were in drama camp learning about masks and make-up, doing improvisations, and performing a short play (“Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer”) as part of their “Graduation Day.” The new offering of music (guitar) instruction afforded seven youngsters (principally from the Boys and Girls Club of Beaufort and Coastal Carolina) the opportunity to learn proper fingering techniques and several songs, which they performed on “Graduation Day.” The other new ACCC Summer Art Camp offering was a week in pottery instruction at BluSail Gallery, an Arts Council business member 8 • Arts Council of Carteret County in Morehead City. There 16 youth learned from Mark Golitz, gallery co-owner, pottery wheel skills to create bowls, cups, and vases, and from Catherine Thornton, noted sculptor and guest artist, clay hand building and how to make clay art. Texturing and carving skills were taught as students made figures and tiles. The final day was spent painting and glazing as students finished their creations, assisted by Lynn Golitz, gallery coowner, and Sandi Malone. The overall success of this year’s Summer Art Camp, held on the Carteret Community College campus, is attributed to the dedication of the following instructors: Bob Malone, drama; Lela McClanahan, drawing and Art Camp co-coordinator; Erin Fitzpatrick, photography; Daris O’Brien, music—and their assistants—Katie Dixon, drama; Brian Kraus, painting; Doug Prouty and Karen Baggott, photography; and Julius McCabe, music. ACCC Board Member Myrna Eure served as Art Camp co-coordinator in charge of registration and logistics. Thanks go to Carteret Community College and to BluSail Gallery for the use of their facilities; to Beaufort Ole Towne Rotary, Morehead City Noon Rotary, and Morehead City Rotary for their scholarship support; and to Boys and Girls Club for use of the club’s guitars (donated by country music star Bonnie Raitt) for the music track. The pictures on these two pages display the array of fun and activities of Summer Art Camp 2012. Arts News • Fall 2012 • 9 2012 ART FROM THE HEART WINNING ARTISTS Awards of Excellence in Two and Three Dimensional Work 2012 Georgia Mason Verena Murvin Mark Golitz Dick Wray Lorraine McElroy Sandra Malone Lynn Golitz Sally Anger Susan Henry Susan Pelletier Sue Scoggins Christina Berner Sue Lawrence “Alpha X Neutral” “Richard’s Favorite” “Blue Wave” “Spaulted Peach Hollow Form” “Summertime” “Dancing on the Beach” “Shed at Gillikin Boatyard-Radio Island” “Helen” “Dawson Creek Oak” “One Martini Dream” “Sails on Pamlico” “LuLu” “22 Caliber Bouquet” Honorable Mention in Art 2012 Lena Ennis Eleanor McArver Rick Hooper Eileen Williams Christina Berner “Still Life” “Morning Time” “The Heist” “Porgies” “Choices” Awards of Excellence in Photography 2012 Karen Mault Beth Kohutek Andei Keough Chuck Beckley “All Hands on Deck” “Trending Now” “Ireland Spirits” “Ferries Passing in the Rain” Honorable Mention in Photography 2012 Lee Lumpkin Sophia McHarney David Vogt “Laurel Mill” “Closed for the Season” “Shuttered WindowTalmont, France” 10 • Arts Council of Carteret County Coming Events November 30 • 3rd Annual Downtown Christmas Art Walk in conjunction with the Downtown Morehead City Revitalization Association Join Downtown Morehead City art galleries and studios from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. as the Christmas season opens with activities, demonstrations, and shopping, supported by the Arts Council. A large Christmas tree will be adorned with ornaments, created and painted by local artists. The ornaments will be available for sale, all proceeds of which will support school-age children. December 30 • Bringing in the New Year on the Crystal Coast in conjunction with the Crystal Coast Countdown The Arts Council, in conjunction with the Crystal Coast Countdown, will sponsor an art competition featuring all Carteret County schoolage children K-5. Artwork created to interpret the theme “Bringing in the New Year on the Crystal Coast” will be entered into a judged competition, with prizes awarded based on creativity and imagination of the theme. All artwork submitted in the competition will be displayed throughout the community during the holiday season. For more information about these events, contact Sandi Malone, Arts Council of Carteret County, P.O. Box 2294, Morehead City, NC 28557, 252-7269156, artscouncilcarteret@gmail.com, www.artscouncilcarteret.org. February / March 2013 • Art From The Heart The Arts Council’s 23d Annual Art From The Heart will be held February 15 to March 2, 2013. The show will open with a public reception on Friday, February 15, with the show gallery open free to the public seven days a week through Saturday, March 2. The Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours will be held on Thursday, February 21. Art From The Heart is one of the region’s largest exhibitions of fine art by artists from Carteret, Craven, Pamlico, and Onslow Counties. Entry rules, applications, and fees will be posted on the Arts Council’s website – www.artscouncilcaretet.org – by end-2012. Registration for artists will be held February 8, 9, and 10, 2013. The companion Student Art Show, featuring the artwork of students K-12 in Carteret County public, private, and charter schools, will be scheduled and announced by end-2012. 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Checks may be made payable to ACCC and mailed to: PO Box 2294 Morehead City, NC 28557 ACCC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Membership fees and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Arts News • Fall 2012 • 11 The Arts Council of Carteret County PO Box 2294 Morehead City NC 28557 ACCC Thanks You! The Arts Council of Carteret County would like to thank the ACCC member corporations who have made significant contributions during the past year. It is through contributions such as these that the Arts Council is able to provide quality programming for the arts. For those who are interested in becoming members of the Arts Council, please see the membership form inside. Benefactor Sponsor Support Chalk & Gibbs Insurance & Real Estate Emerald Isle Realty Holly’s Art Escapes Irene’s Art Studio JM Davis Industries Johnson Family Dentistry Sound Bank The Star Team Williams Hardware