- John Stoehr
Arts Editor
There's more to art than you think. It's not just theater, paintings, books and dance. It's the enterprise of human creativity and it takes vastly different shapes and forms. Here you'll find my thoughts about the arts in Charleston and beyond. Neither of us knows what to expect.
Category Archives: News
Look, a new venue!
August 11, 2008 – 7:33 am
Rick Rhodes Photography & Imaging LLC has moved into a new facility at 1842 Belgrade Ave. in West Ashley. The new facility includes a digital lab, 2,000-square-foot studio, and a 400-square-foot gallery. Rhodes, who has lived and worked in Charleston for 15 years, hopes to help promote arts locally (by hosting shows by various artists […]
So much for so-called free markets
August 7, 2008 – 9:22 am
Just like the banking sector, the music industry wants it both ways.
A free marketplace is fine unless we get into trouble — millions and millions of dollars lost on bad mortgages or millions and millions lost on illicit downloading.
The Feds should back off until we’ve fucked ourselves. In that case, we’re all for government regulation […]
Another reason to stop buying CDs. It ain’t green.
August 7, 2008 – 8:13 am
Tossing old CDs, DVDs, jewel cases may be bad for environment
Arizona Republic, 8/1/2008
Downloading is better for the environment: CDs, DVDs and jewel cases are “difficult-to-recycle materials [that] can pollute groundwater and, in turn, contribute to a whole host of human health problems. But the low cost of producing such top-selling consumer items means that replacing […]
Guess you need a beach to get an arts district. Wait a minute . . .
August 7, 2008 – 8:11 am
A Push for Civic Arts District Expansion
Councilmembers of Laguna Beach, CA, are hoping to perk up the downtown area by expanding the city’s arts district. “The proposed district expansion, returned to the planning commission for further refinement, would aim to give expanding art organizations more flexibility and allow artist live-work spaces, which perhaps would address […]
That mysterious, and thrilling, email about the so-called Promenade Arts District
August 1, 2008 – 11:49 am
The emotions of Charleston artists were whipped into an airy froth Tuesday by a strongly worded email from the city’s Office of Cultural Affairs. The message informed recipients of an “exciting development on the horizon,” something called “an Arts District in downtown Charleston.”
It said that the “arts district” was “currently designed to include”:
· An outdoor […]
Pearl goes national
July 24, 2008 – 7:52 am
In 1976, Pearl Fryar moved to the all-white town of Bishopville, S.C., and ignored his close-minded white neighbors who thought Pearl, who is black, would fail to keep his yard maintained. According to The Washington Post, after becoming a self-taught topiary artist, Pearl wooed his neighbors with his magnificent backyard. He took unique plants not […]
Cellular Alchemy
July 21, 2008 – 7:45 am
Local painter and sculpture Alex Cox’s Rising Tide Studios will present a collection of his abstract paintings and wall sculptures at Alchemy Coffee this month. Cox visits scrap yards and collects parts from old cotton gins and diesel engines, whose “implied functions” then become the central figure of his sculptures. This series of paintings focuses […]
How to make money in the music biz? Video games, of course
July 14, 2008 – 10:44 am
Axl Rose isn’t looking so good these days. But his business savvy looks great. The frontman for Guns N’ Roses plans to license a song that’s been in the making for a decade to the new Rock Band 2. According to an anonymous source cited in a report in today’s New York Times, MTV plans […]
New study: Your earnings determine your culture
July 14, 2008 – 8:11 am
So does your mom, according to this study by Statistics Canada, which surveyed how nearly 10,000 Canadians aged 15 and over spend their leisure time. Your mom’s level of education has more impact on you and your siblings than your father’s level of education.
In general, the more money you make and the more education you […]
The Arts and the Whiner Generation
July 11, 2008 – 8:57 am
Consider this the next time you’re trying to raise money for an arts organization or trying to rally support for the creation of an arts center or just trying to see the world in a fresh, new way.
Baby Boomers — those 76 million born between 1946 and 1964 — are the most pessimistic, disappointed, and […]
