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ART GALLERY HOURS:
The Simpsonville Arts Center Lobby Art Gallery is open by appointment only Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and 1-4 p.m. on Wednesday. The Arts Center Lobby Art Gallery is closed on weekends. If you would like to make an appointment to see an art exhibit, please email artscenter@simpsonville.com
The Senior Artists Showcase art exhibition ran from Aug. 21 to Sept. 15. Featured artists include Gayle Caregnato, Larry Cobble, Chris Graves, Robert Logrippo, Bibi Perez-Rubio, Sobeida Salomon, Ph.D., Rosemary Slobodian, Pamela Taylor, Ph.D., Dan Williams and Robin Zotara.
An opening was held in the Arts Center Lobby Art Gallery for the exhibit on Aug. 31 and was followed by a free concert by the Carolinians Senior Jazz Band.
PHOTOS: below, exhibit opening, concert; right, artwork
The Fire & Ice Art Exhibition features work by Mary Verrandeaux & Tom Zumbach. The Arts Center will host exhibition opening that is free and open to the public on May 17. View artwork from the artists below. All paintings are by Verrandeaux and glass art by Zumbach.
The Greatest Art Show on Earth art exhibition features artwork by up to 60 students of all ages. View the below photos from exhibition!
The "X3 Art Exhibition," which ran March and April, featured colorful, vibrant and dynamic art created by 3 separate artists: MJ King, Gayle Miller and Lee Ann Zirbes. All 3 artists are painters, but their work is vastly different, ranging from bright bold colors to impressionistic style to the soft strokes of watercolor. The "X3 Art Exhibition" opening was held March 7, 2023 at 6-8 p.m. in the Arts Center Lobby Art Gallery where attendees chatted with the artists, admired their work and enjoyed light refreshments. To learn more about the artists' work, visit mjkingart.com, @gayle_43 on Instagram and Lee Ann Zirbes and leeannzirbesartist.com.
The "1st Annual Holiday Art Opening - Handcrafted Pottery & Fused Glass" featured the work of Simpsonville artist Anne Moore of No. 3 Pottery and in-resident studio artist Karen Bressi of Generous Earth Pottery. Held in December just in time for the holidays, the "Holiday Art Opening" featured the artists and their artwork, music by a local student and refreshments. We at the Arts Center look forward to the "2nd Annual Holiday Art Opening" in 2023. View the photo gallery below for scenes from the "1st Annual Holiday Art Opening" at the Simpsonville Arts Center on Dec. 12, 2022.
Learn more about Bressi and Moore's work at Generous Earth Pottery and No. 3 Pottery.
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Displayed in October and November 2022, the art exhibit "Some of Our Favorites" featured Upcountry Fiber Artists Evelyn Beck, Lynne Harrill, Sarah Quattlebaum, Cynthia Steward, Denny Webster and Kathryn Weston. "Some of Our Favorites: An Exhibition by Upcountry Artists" showcased the artistic expression of fabric and stitch by the six national award-winning textile artists, all from the Carolinas. Each artist’s unique voice emerges through their design and construction processes, using various techniques to manipulate media and develop texture and colors. This stylistic diversity, united by the use of layered fabric, batting and thread, provides the viewer with many ways to look at and appreciate fiber as an artistic medium. The opening of "Some of Our Favorites" was held in the Arts Center Lobby Art Gallery on Oct. 12, 2022. See scenes from the "Some of Our Favorites" exhibit opening below.
The inaugural artist exhibition opening in the newly renovated Simpsonville Arts Center was the "Ed Cascone Art Exhibit," which was held in the Arts Center Lobby Art Gallery on Aug. 2, 2022. Sponsored by the City of Simpsonville, Frazier Engineer and Countybank, the exhibit featured artwork by visual artist, writer and musician Edward Cascone, who mixes media such as watercolors and acrylics and utilizes unconventional media like insulation foam. Cascone’s artwork derives from a reality-based world where one sees things as they are and abstract surrealism where reality is lost.
The "Ed Cascone Art Exhibit" followed the unveiling of the newly renovated Arts Center in February 2022 and hiring of Arts Center Manager Melissa Sturgis in the spring of the same year. Sturgis, who moonlights as an actor in the evenings, said she is very excited to have Cascone as the first featured artist at the Simpsonville Arts Center.
In addition to the “disorganized entropic landscapes” that Cascone paints, Cascone paints the jazz saxophonists of the bebop era that have inspired him for decades. The musical expressions of Cannonball Adderley, Dexter Gordan, Charlie Parker, Ben Webster and Lester Young even inspired Cascone to learn the saxophone.
Learn more about Cascone's artwork and music at edcasconesaxman.com
Photos provided by Gwinn Davis