Stacey Davidson Rock Hill artist Stacey Davidson (b. 1961, Detroit, Mich.) is a new assistant professor in painting at the city’s Winthrop University. Among the museums holding her work are the Minneapolis (Minn.) Institute of Art; the University of Minnesota’s Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum; and the Cleveland (Ohio) Museum of Art. Her recent solo exhibitions include those at Marlborough Graphics, London, England; New York City’s Marlborough gallery; and Minnesota’s St. Cloud State University. Other exhibitions she has been part of include those at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; New York City’s Mary Ryan Gallery; Carrie Secrist Gallery in Chicago, Ill.; Newhouse … [Read more...]

                                                Jim Connell Jim Connell (b. 1951, Woodstock, Ill.) has worked in ceramics since 1975. He has participated in more than 200 group exhibitions over the past decade, including 701 Center for Contemporary Art’s recent TRIENNIAL Revisited. His work is in the collections of several museums, including the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, Calif.; the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pa.; the Taipei County Yingge Ceramic Museum in Taiwan; the Minneapolis … [Read more...]

                            Jarod Charzewski Charleston resident Jarod Charzewski (b. 1970, Winnipeg, Canada) teaches art at the College of Charleston. His recent solo exhibitions include those at Keene State College in New Hampshire; Alternator Gallery in Kelowna, British Columbia; and the College of Charleston’s Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. His work also has been included recently in group exhibitions at The Union Art Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 701 Center for Contemporary Art; Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston; 1708 Gallery in … [Read more...]

            Cassidy, Storm, 2010, acrylic on paper, 32" x 32" Shaun Cassidy Rock Hill resident Shaun Cassidy (b. 1966, London, England) is a sculptor and painter. He has had solo exhibitions throughout the United States. He has exhibited his sculptures at New York City’s Socrates Sculpture Park; Franconia Sculpture Park in Shafer, Minn.; the Forum for Contemporary Art, St Louis, Mo.; the Columbia (S.C.) Museum of Art; and the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Mass. In 1995, Cassidy exhibited five large sculptures at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Marseilles, France. Cassidy holds a BA from England’s Norwich School of … [Read more...]

Busby, Fullswing, 2011, gesso and graphite on panel, 72" x 48" James Busby James Busby (b. 1973, Rock Hill, S.C.) is an artist and art educator. His recent solo exhibitions include those at the Reynolds Gallery in Richmond, Va.; Stux Gallery in New York, N.Y.; and the New Gallery/Thom Andriola in Houston, Tex. Busby’s most recent group exhibition was at Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard in Paris, France. Since 1999, Busby has participated in more than 30 group exhibitions in New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, including a 2007 exhibition organized by the University of Richmond Museum, which traveled to seven cities across the Unites States. Busby holds an MFA … [Read more...]

Ballard, Long Pod Trio, 2009, white earthenware with copper oxide and terra sigillata, 28" x 6" x 3.5" Alice Ballard Alice Ballard (b. 1945, Florence, S.C.) is an artist and educator. Recent solo exhibitions of her work have been at Blue Spiral 1 in Asheville, N.C.; the Jerald Melberg Gallery in Charlotte, N.C.; and the Burroughs and Chapin Museum in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Since 1980, Ballard has participated in more then 45 group exhibitions in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, New York and Ohio. Ballard has been the recipient of numerous grants and honors, including awards from the Greenville (S.C.) Metropolitan Arts Council and the South Carolina Arts Commission’s Craft … [Read more...]

LUCY BAILEY Bailey, Ornithologist's Find, 2011, earthenware ceramic, paint, bird skull, egg, feathers, page, flower husk and resin, 20.5" x 6" x 5" Lucy Bailey Lucy Bailey (b. 1961, Columbia, S.C.) is a figurative ceramic artist who has participated in juried exhibitions in South Carolina at the Arts Council of Rock Hill & York County’s Center for the Arts; the Columbia Museum of Art’s Contemporaries Artist of the Year 2011 Soiree and Silent Auction; and the Pickens County Museum of Art and History. Although largely self-taught, Bailey has participated in workshops led by leading practitioners working in a similar genre, including Lisa Clague, Adrian Arleo, Tip Toland, … [Read more...]

What's Love Got To Do, Got To Do With It? 2006-2009 Collage on Okaware paper, 113x147 in   Hilton Head resident Aldwyth (b. 1935, Pomona, Calif.) was represented in the South Carolina TRIENNIAL 2001 and 1995 at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia as well as in the 2011 exhibition TRIENNIAL Revisited at 701 Center for Contemporary Art. Her 2009 retrospective, Aldwyth: work v./work n.: Collage and Assemblage 1991 – 2009, was organized by the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston and also traveled to the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, N.C., and the Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center in Savannah, Ga. Here work is represented in the South Carolina State Art … [Read more...]