The Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center has not only expanded its popular summer art classes to include adults as well as youth, but it has also recruited some of the area’s best-known artists to teach novel and motivating courses.
The Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center has not only expanded its popular summer art classes to include adults as well as youth, but it has als…
“It’s the Arts Center’s goals to continuously improve the caliber of our classes. This year we reached out to highly regarded artists who suggested innovative courses that would appeal to youth and adults,” said Heather Rast, executive director. “We have a summer lineup of the best variety of classes the Arts Center has ever offered.”
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One well-known artist teaching for the first time at the Arts Center is University of South Carolina Ceramics Professor Sean Clute, who will offer a five-session pottery class for adults. Clute, who has a master’s in fine arts, is offering an introduction for amateurs in how to achieve self-expression while developing skills as potters. Clute says he walks students through process, demonstrations and then easy an exercise.” Clute’s sessions are held each Saturday in June.
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Abstract painting is another course being offered for the first time. Dr. Frank Martin II, Former Director, The I. P. Stanback Museum & Planetarium at South Carolina State University, leads this five-day course for youth and adults, which offers students the unique opportunity to explore self-expression through shapes, forms, colors, and textures. Martin’s course is scheduled for the last week of June.
The fiber and mixed media artist Susan Livingston, whose exhibition, Retrospection • Introspection, is currently on view in the Lusty Gallery, will teach a course in fiber art. Livingston uses dyes and a variety of materials to create delicate pigments and motifs on fabrics. An additional feature of the course will be demonstrations of dying techniques using indigo. Livingston’s class takes place the second week of July.
The Dogwood Garden Club of Orangeburg held their annual end-of-year luncheon, installed new officers, and will resume monthly meetings in September. Contact for membership details.
“Over the summer months, we’ll be offering 11 different classes and courses,” Rast stated, “and the Arts Center is pleased to be able to also offer scholarships for deserving students. We proudly continue to build on our mission to provide inspiring art experiences for all the citizens of Orangeburg County.”
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