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ARTworks Gallery

The ARTworks Gallery is over 1,000 square feet available for solo, group and community art shows. To find out more about renting the gallery, contact the Arts Council of Beaufort County
at 843-379-2787

From a visitor from Vermont 01/09 ~ "ARTworks & the ACBC doesn't sell art. They transport art to expand it's area of influence."

ZemiZen

Cindy Male Cultural Fusion Installation

Opening Reception July 16, 2010,
6-8pm

Show runs through August 28th

The cultural fusion fabric installation opens Friday, July 16th, 6 to 8 pm with a lecture by the artist on Taino and Zen cultures, and a fashion walk featuring original Caribbean fabric design sewn into kimono inspired fashion.

As an artist and art/yoga teacher, Male says she was inspired to create this exhibition as a result of years of study regarding mind/brain theory and creativity. Based in the Virgin Islands, Cindy Male holds a BS in interior design, a teaching certification in art and special education, a Masters in Creativity Development, and an MFA in fabric. She has studied fashion at Fashion Institute in NYC and art history, drawing, and printmaking in Italy. Male has been practicing yoga since 1970.

Associated Workshop: ZemiZen Creativity Workshop with Cindy Male ~ Monday, July 19 through Friday, July 23rd, 6:30 - 8:30pm at ARTworks The Caribbean fiber artist facilitates individual creativity: participants will take a creativity test, investigate their own personal creative aspects, find their own personal creative outlet, explore content and media for art making, and learn how to guide personal creative exploration. For beginners and practicing artists wanting to expand. $180

This project is partially funded through a grant from the Arts Council of Beaufort County with funds from the City of Beaufort and SC Arts Commission through the NEA. Additional funding is from the John & Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC.

Response to Nature

P.A. Kessler Gallery Show and Book Release

Opening Reception September 3, 2010,
6-8pm

Show runs through October 12th

Botanical Watercolorist P.A. Kessler has two reasons to celebrate: The publication of her new book Response to Nature and the opening of her solo exhibition under the same title at the ARTworks Gallery September 3 - October 12, 2010.

Pam’s work pays homage to a long tradition of botanical painting that dates back to the 16th century. Finely detailed illustrations were used to identify medicinal plants and herbs and later to record new species of plants as explorers and scientists made their epic voyages of discovery. Pam’s paintings retain this accuracy of botanical detail, but are infused with her own creative interpretation of each plant’s essence.

Pam’s love of nature began as a young girl. “My father would take me on nature walks near our Michigan home, stopping every few yards to admire and identify plants. He taught me to stop and look carefully at each plant. This ability to really see my subjects is what enables me to capture each detail.” “I work with intense light and magnification and it can take weeks of eight hour days to complete a painting. Some of the details are so tiny I use a brush containing just three sable hairs.”

“My first love was orchids, but over time I have become fascinated with the textures and patterns of nests and feathers and dragonflies and every day some incredible new detail will catch my eye and call to me.”

She can smile now as she recalls how her professors at university chastised her for her attention to detail. It is precisely this capacity along with her artistic vision that make her one of the most sought after botanical painters in the country today, exhibiting her work in New York, Chicago, Naples and Miami. Fine art Giclee prints of her paintings and copies of her book will be available at the Exhibition.

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ARTworks Gallery The ARTworks Gallery is over 1,000 square feet available for solo, group and community art shows. To find out more about renting the gallery, contact the Arts Council of Beaufort County at 843-379-2787 From a visitor from Vermont 01/09 ~ "ARTworks & the ACBC doesn't sell art. They transport art to expand it's area of influence."

*ZemiZen* Cindy Male Cultural Fusion Installation Opening Reception July 16, 2010, 6-8pm Show runs through August 28th The cultural fusion fabric installation opens Friday, July 16th, 6 to 8 pm with a lecture by the artist on Taino and Zen cultures, and a fashion walk featuring original Caribbean fabric design sewn into kimono inspired fashion. As an artist and art/yoga teacher, Male says she was inspired to create this exhibition as a result of years of study regarding mind/brain theory and creativity. Based in the Virgin Islands, Cindy Male holds a BS in interior design, a teaching certification in art and special education, a Masters in Creativity Development, and an MFA in fabric. She has studied fashion at Fashion Institute in NYC and art history, drawing, and printmaking in Italy. Male has been practicing yoga since 1970. Associated Workshop: ZemiZen Creativity Workshop with Cindy Male ~ Monday, July 19 through Friday, July 23rd, 6:30 - 8:30pm at ARTworks The Caribbean fiber artist facilitates individual creativity: participants will take a creativity test, investigate their own personal creative aspects, find their own personal creative outlet, explore content and media for art making, and learn how to guide personal creative exploration. For beginners and practicing artists wanting to expand. $180 This project is partially funded through a grant from the Arts Council of Beaufort County with funds from the City of Beaufort and SC Arts Commission through the NEA. Additional funding is from the John & Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC.	*Response to Nature* P.A. Kessler Gallery Show and Book Release Opening Reception September 3, 2010, 6-8pm Show runs through October 12th Botanical Watercolorist P.A. Kessler has two reasons to celebrate: The publication of her new book Response to Nature and the opening of her solo exhibition under the same title at the ARTworks Gallery September 3 - October 12, 2010. Pam’s work pays homage to a long tradition of botanical painting that dates back to the 16th century. Finely detailed illustrations were used to identify medicinal plants and herbs and later to record new species of plants as explorers and scientists made their epic voyages of discovery. Pam’s paintings retain this accuracy of botanical detail, but are infused with her own creative interpretation of each plant’s essence. Pam’s love of nature began as a young girl. “My father would take me on nature walks near our Michigan home, stopping every few yards to admire and identify plants. He taught me to stop and look carefully at each plant. This ability to really see my subjects is what enables me to capture each detail.” “I work with intense light and magnification and it can take weeks of eight hour days to complete a painting. Some of the details are so tiny I use a brush containing just three sable hairs.” “My first love was orchids, but over time I have become fascinated with the textures and patterns of nests and feathers and dragonflies and every day some incredible new detail will catch my eye and call to me.” She can smile now as she recalls how her professors at university chastised her for her attention to detail. It is precisely this capacity along with her artistic vision that make her one of the most sought after botanical painters in the country today, exhibiting her work in New York, Chicago, Naples and Miami. Fine art Giclee prints of her paintings and copies of her book will be available at the Exhibition.