"Crossing the Line" Exhibit Opens Dec. 1

The Pickens County Museum of Art & History will be presenting three new exhibitions beginning December 1, 2012. Please join us from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on December 1 as we host a reception to meet the artists featured in “Crossing the Line: Thirty-One Drawings by Thirty-One Artists”. Also opening that evening will be the exhibits “Philip Gott: Explorations in Color” and “Writing; Putting Pen to Paper”. All three exhibitions will continue through February 7, 2013.

This invitational exhibition, curated by museum director Allen Coleman, will survey an eclectic grouping of South Carolina Upcountry artists pursuing traditional drawing media in both a traditional manner as well as exploratory approaches to new application. Referring to this group of work, Coleman stated, “The  Oxford Dictionary defines drawing as, ‘'the formation of a line by drawing some tracing instrument from point to point of a surface; representation by lines; delineation as distinguished from painting...the arrangement of lines which determine form.'  However, in spite of this definition, the formation of line and the use of color are adaptable and can be achieved in a variety of manners The drawings in this exhibition, made in different ways, have been selected to help define and also to stretch the boundaries of what a drawing is. They vary in the medium used, which includes metal-point, graphite, charcoal, ink, and chalk. Some fulfill the strict dictionary definition of drawing, others do not.”

   The diverse lineup of upcountry artists included in this exhibition are Matthew Baumgardner, Victoria Blaker, Michael Brodeur, Bruce Bunch, Steven A. Chapp, Dale Cochran, Diane Kilgore Condon, Melody M. Davis, David Donar, Luiz Galvao, Joe Goldman, Suzy Hart, Ryan Heuvel, Ashley Holt, Stephanie Howard, Kevin Isgett, Kay Larch, Dabney Mahanes, Cecile L.K. Martin, Linda W. McCune, David McCurry, Glen Miller, Mark Mulfinger, Kendon Ryan Oates, JJ Ohlinger, Stan Pawelczyk, Adam C. Schrimmer, Patricia L. Sink, Larry Seymour, John Urban and Barbara Van Gelderen.

The Pickens County Museum of Art & History is funded in part by Pickens County, members and friends of the museum and a grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Located at the corner of Hwy. 178 at 307 Johnson Street in Pickens SC, the museum is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Admission is free but donations are welcomed.