Aiken Center for the Arts named Angel by South Carolina Secretary of State
On November 15, 2023, South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond announced the Angels of 2023. Twelve Angel charities were recognized, the Aiken Center for the Arts being one of them. The Angels honored are organizations that have positively impacted the well-being of South Carolinians and that have demonstrated good stewardship of charitable resources. To be selected as an Angel, the charity must have devoted 80% or more of its total expenditures to charitable programs. It is an honor for Aiken Center for the Arts to be included on the list of Angel organizations in SC.
Enjoy an excerpt from C’est l’heure exquise, a concert celebrating music and community
performed on our newly gifted Steinway
Étude in C Major, Op. 10 No. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Spencer McKee, pianist
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Please join us for an evening celebrating our shared local histories in the presentation “Just Sharing: Building Community through Stories of Our Past” next Thursday, April 25th from 6-8pm.
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"Just Sharing" is a series of panel discussions in communities across South Carolina from September 2023 through June 2024, funded by the NEH United We Stand: Connecting through Culture initiative. This is a partnership project of South Carolina Humanities with Clemson University and the University of South Carolina.
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The panel discussion includes distinguished historian and author Orville Vernon Burton (Clemson), who will be giving a talk entitled “Reconstruction and Beyond: Memory and History of Edgefield County.” Dr. Burton is a prolific author and scholar whose works include: Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court (Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2021), and In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina (1985) among others.
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From USC we will be joined by Dr. Jennifer Gunter a scholar of race who was recognized as a Racial Healing Practitioner Fellow in 2022 by the National Compadres Network with support from the Kellogg Foundation. Her talk “Hippocratic Hypocrisies: Coercive Sterilizations in 1970s Aiken County” looks at issues of reproductive rights and race.
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To anchor the panel, we will be joined by local community historian Daniel Lloyd, Jr. who will talk about “Community, Resilience, & Faith: African American Contributions to Graniteville's History."
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This is a free community event and everyone is encouraged to attend.
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Come see work by animal artists in "Over Land and Sea" in our main gallery through April 30.
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Meet the artist: Chris Wilson
Chris’ work is inspired by nature. The beauty of birds and their ability to fly captivates him. In 2001, Chris traced the journey of his ancestor, William Bartram, through parts of the Southeast. Bartram – America’s first naturalist artist – was the first to describe many birds, plants, and animals. Wildlife, such as a great blue heron, ancient stand of trees, and primeval wilderness overwhelmed Chris with a spiritual feeling; others can experience this emotion through Chris’ fervent sculptures. In a statement by Chris, he states, “I have been blessed with a talent that I love sharing with others, and I aspire to create one-of-a-kind sculptures that can be enjoyed for generations”.
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Only two weeks left to see "Over Land and Sea" in our main gallery. Come view this special exhibit which brings our community the rare chance to view fine art by internationally acclaimed painters and sculptors working in the genre of animal art. This is an opportunity to gain new perspectives on animals and their habitats among us.
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Wonderful exhibit !!
Jamie Cassaboon Fine Art, amazing graphite drawings are hanging on the back wall and if you look close, even a "red dot", congratulations. thank you Jamie for sharing your art with this community.
Thank you ACA for making this exhibition possible.
