Fort Mill teen’s art to ‘pop’ in Charlotte
All around Charlotte. On billboards and such.

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Jim Arendt | Conway |
Kara Artman | Hilton Head Island |
Carlo A. Balistrieri | Lake City |
Dylan Bannister | Rock Hill |
Emma Margaret Barnes | Beaufort |
Elizabeth Barnes | North Augusta |
Logan Beasley | Aiken |
Catherine Beemer | Mount Pleasant |
Nakisa Beigi | Irmo |
Chris Bilton | Eutawville |
Joanna Biondolillo | Johns Island |
Jonathan Bolton | Simpsonville |
Dustin Bonner | Charleston |
Adam Boykin | Sumter |
Nikki Bracy | Gaston |
Dionah Bryant | Goose Creek |
Anna Grace Burch | Greenville |
Neva Campbell | Myrtle Beach |
Vivianne Carey | Spartanburg |
Carson Carroll | Charleston |
Shaun and Lucy Cassidy | Rock Hill |
Colleen Critcher | Florence |
Terrence Culbreath | Johnston |
Roberto Clemente De Leon | Columbia |
John Derhammer | Lexington |
Michael DeWitt | Columbia |
Adam Eddy | Charleston |
Morgan C. Eddy | Columbia |
Jewel Edwards | Fountain Inn |
Gerard Erley | Columbia |
Diana Farfán | Greenville |
Amiri Farris | Bluffton |
Ellen Fishburne | Columbia |
Mason Foster | Awendaw |
Emily Furr | Charleston |
Sydney Gambrell | Pendleton |
Brittany R. Gilbert | Florence |
Samantha Goss | Greer |
Barry Grant | Rock Hill |
Douglas Gray | Florence |
Amira Hanafi | Surfside Beach |
Mary Ann Haven | Columbia |
Malik Hayward | Nesmith |
Annie Heisel | Spartanburg |
Robb Helmkamp | North Charleston |
Joanna Henry | Rock Hill |
Joe Hiltabidel | Travelers Rest |
Kirsten Hoving | Charleston |
Alexis Howard | Rock Hill |
Betsy Hughes | Aiken |
Lori Isom | Columbia |
M. Jason | Mt. Pleasant |
Uschi Jeffcoat | Florence |
James Jennings | Charleston |
Joseph Kameen | Graniteville |
KELA | Ravenel |
Diana Kirkpatrick | Aiken |
Cassandra Kokenos | Myrtle Beach |
Maike Kowal | Charleston |
Robert E. Krone | Greenville |
Alicia Leeke | Columbia |
Connie Lippert | Seneca |
Jared T. Mack | Loris |
Cait Maloney | Columbia |
Michael Mitchell | Florence |
Katy Mixon | Charleston |
Phil Moody | Rock Hill |
Kevin Michael Morrissey | Summerville |
Jacob Mossbrook | Charleston |
Aldo Muzzarelli | Mauldin |
Dorothy Netherland | North Charleston |
Stefanie Wilson Neuner | Summerville |
Maggie Mullin O'Hara | Cayce |
Kate Hooray Osmond | Charleston |
Patrick Owens | Taylors |
Patrick Parise | Columbia |
Sean Patrick | Goose Creek |
Cameron Porter | Columbia |
Quincy Pugh | Blythewood |
Joshua Redfearn | Cheraw |
Austin Reynolds | Orangeburg |
Adrian Rhodes | Hartsville |
Ellie Marie Rose | Columbia |
Barbara Dunn Rowe | Lugoff |
Kristi Ryba | Charleston |
Bethany Salisbury | Rock HIll |
Georgette Wright Sanders | McClellanville |
Sandrine Schaefer | Myrtle Beach |
Laura Schuler | Beaufort |
Murray Sease | Bluffton |
Sam Shamard | Greenville |
Jackson Shaner | Greenville |
Jordan Sheridan | West Columbia |
Edward Shmunes | West Columbia |
Robert V. Shuler | Clolumbia |
Adrian Smith | Darlington |
Haley C. Smith | Myrtle Beach |
Liz Rundorff Smith | Travelers Rest |
Paula Renae Smith | Rock Hill |
Nathan Spainhour | Greenville |
Kevin Spaulding | Florence |
Alvin Staley | Orangeburg |
Nadia Stieglitz | Charleston |
George Stone | Columbia |
Darryl Stoneworth | Mount Pleasant |
"James E. Stratton, Jr." | Florence |
Andrea Stubbs/BurntIdentity | Charleston |
Janet Swigler | Columbia |
Raven Lewis Tarpley | Pawleys Island |
Bri Taylor | Hamer |
Stuart L. Tessler | Isle of Palms |
Horst Trojahn | Elgin |
Meghan Verret | Pelzer |
Cristina Victor | Charleston |
Rebecca Waechter | Johns Island |
Witzel Art | Johns Island |
Michael Webster | Spartanburg |
Ian J. Welch | Hampton |
Gregory Wilkin | Columbia |
Jordan Winiski | Greenville |
Monica Tovar | Bluffton |
Logan Woodle | Conway |
Gerry Wubben | Easley |
Olga Yukhno | Columbia |
"A new art market in West Columbia debuted Sunday with more than 20 local, creative vendors.
The market was held inside the New Brookland Tavern music hall and bar and featured food and shopping."
That's the "where" and "what," so visit the story by Addison Hinkle for the "who" and "why" details on this new venture at the Midlands entertainment mainstay. Also, remember to shop local and support local art this holiday season (and beyond).SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Thursday, December 15, 2022
Recognized as one of South Carolina’s leading abstract painters, Spong began painting in the 1950s, quickly receiving awards in local and state art exhibitions. Through the years Spong continually worked and exhibited while raising her family, but it was not until the late 1980s that she committed to being a full-time artist and embarked on a period of enormous productivity and growth. During these later years, Spong moved from her earlier more angular compositions to the organic, complex oil paintings that defined her mature style. In 2015, Spong commented on her work with these words, “First of all, I like to paint – it’s my passion. I move around shapes, forms, textures and colors until the components fall into place, like a child on the floor arranging and rearranging blocks.”
Spong’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in the Carolinas, Tennessee and Georgia with pieces acquired for the permanent collections of the Columbia Museum of Art, the South Carolina State Museum and the Greenville County Museum of Art as well as many private collections ... Spong continually painted, completing works until shortly before her death at 92 in 2018.
The SCAC presented Spong the Governor's Award for the Arts for Lifetime Achievement in 2017. Two of her works are included in the State Art Collection, which the SCAC manages. Laura Spong: A Passionate Perspective can be viewed Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Koger Center's Upstairs Gallery. Free.