Peace: Artists
In 2001, The United Nations General Assembly resolution (A/Res/55/282) was unanimously adopted by UN member states, formally establishing an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace, fixed in the global calendar on 21 September-Peace Day. Since the day of peace was accepted by the UN, internationally, Peace One Day has been successful in creating peace building education curriculum, soccer tournaments, and establishing peace day celebrations, ceasefires, and other peace-building initiatives all over the world.
WALK Gallery partnered with Charleston Peace One Day to help bring awareness to today. Imagine all that could be done if the public was aware that they had one day they could go in and help populations in war zones receive aid, clean water, medical assistance, and whatever without the overwhelming risk of injury. Already thousands are being helped, that is why WALK Gallery has decided to curate a show entitled Peace: What a day of Peace Means. Artists have created works that were inspired by What a Day of Peace Means to them. The work is at 372 King Street the former Millennium Music Store.
The following are artists that are exhibited:
Scott Debus
Joanna Jackson
Mike Lane
Christine Rodino
Steven Lawrence
Kimberly Held
Matt Bolt
Stephanie Drawdy
Angela Chvarak
August Northcutt
Matt Foreman
Tyler Blanton
Kip Bulwinkle
Matthew Bowers
Rebecca Weekes
Kim LeDee
Jonell Pulliam
Erica Veit
Steve Jacobs
Alli Baccus
Keith Smiley
Mikayla Mackaness
Chris Tertzagian
Karen Silvestro
Christine Bush
Shelly Smith
Karole Turner Campbell
Donna Hurt
Tiffany Lippincott
Stephen Lawrence
Scott Debus
Before approaching a canvas I will typically spend a few moments or longer drawing random objects from my environment. Whether this is a cup or a face in photo lying around, this effort conjures my imagination and allows it a chance to play. As other distractions melt away, my mind can segue into the meditative state that allows me to move to the canvas where I begin with quick line or color stroke. My mind begins to submerge and focus on the lines and as I add more elements to the piece I start formalizing an idea. These strokes usually find the development of expression resulting in a face or figurative form.
In another ongoing series I paint on corrugated cardboard. During this process I take paint and arbitrarily smear it with a palette knife across the corrugation to pull out the texture of the surface. Afterwards I use an oil stick to accentuate the ridges while extracting figures in an expressionistic style.
I believe in truth through expression. In my painting my aim is to be part of a creative experience whether I have a concrete concept in mind or improvise an idea as I approach the canvas.
Steven Lawrence
Art and Design is my passion in life. I see art everywhere I go, and whatever comes to my mind. I can just look at anything and bring it to life. It could be the work of Graphic Design, Printmaking, Life Drawing, Oil Painting, Sculpture, Photography, or whatever is considered to be art in the art field. If I don’t succeed at a project, I just try it again. For example, imagine that you are an eight track record just going forward with no rewind button. That is how I view myself. I go forward and never give up. Only then will you be successful. Also I like to use my art to relax. It also follows the flow, and I would like for it to run smoothly.
I was born in New Haven, CT and ever since I was a kid, I knew that drawing is my passion in life. I graduated at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina in 2005 with a Bachelor of Art degree in Art Studio with an emphasis in Graphic Design. During my college years, I worked for the college newspaper and magazine as a photographer. I have been given awards and honors by the Georgetown Country Watercolor Society and The Rice Museum Nine Annual Harberwalk Juried Art Show in Georgetown, SC (2001) for the Horry County The Independent Republic SC (created Stormwater logo) Myrtle Beach, SC (2001). And lastly, I was honored by Coastal Carolina University Archarios literary art magazine in Conway, SC (2001-03).
You can see some of my artwork exhibition in Roundtable Art Group Myrtle Beach, SC every year around December, and at Palmetto Studios Myrtle Beach, SC when ever the show is available.
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Alli Baccus
Sweet Surrender: To believe there is more strength in submission than in war, to know that it is far more courageous to forgive than to fight, and to live from the center ingrained in love.
Bio: Often the beauty all around us goes unnoticed. Maybe we dismiss things because we find them uninteresting, or maybe their potential is a mystery to us. Capturing the opposite perspective of the overlooked, average and boring, Alli Baccus challenges our current perceptions of our surroundings. There is always more to anything than what initially meets the eye.
Emerging fine art photographer Alli Baccus lives in South Carolina. Her work is currently on display in
Studio B Art Gallery in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with solo and group exhibitions planned during the fall, 2009.
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Chris Tertzagian
Bio:
• Graduated from Guilford College, Greensboro, NC in ’92 with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art with a Concentration in Photography and Minor in Business.
• Interned as a curator at the Weatherspoon Art Museum.
• Volunteered with Charleston Kids With Cameras.
• Displayed photographs throughout Charleston since ’95.
(ie. Chanel Red, Brett’s Restaurant,JPaul, Piccolo Spoleto Juried exhibit ’09)
• Currently sells real estate in surrounding Charleston area.
• Continuing creative expansion through photography.
Artist Statement:
“It all began with a tree! Limbs supporting limbs – people supporting people. My images explore figurative and metaphorical destinations. It started from pure aesthetics and composition and evolved on its own.”
Rebecca Weekes
My name is Rebecca Weekes and I am a studio art major at the College of Charleston. I’ve been involved in art my whole life and want to use it to make a difference. I believe that all people are equal, and that everyone deserves a chance at life. I decided a few years ago that I was going to use my art to raise money and awareness for the people affected by the genocide in Rwanda, Africa. I’m not sure exactly what I’m going to do yet, but I hope to bring art supplies to kids there, clothes, or anything that I could do to help. I want to bring them happiness and a sense of peace to know that there really are good people out there. Something as peaceful as art and happiness could make such a difference in a country that holds so much violence. I also hope to one day be able to travel all over the world just taking in different cultures and people. I like to broaden my horizons to encourage the “anything is possible” mindset. This world is so huge that anything you can imagine is out there and I want to see it all. I believe that if more people realize that things can happen just by taking that first step, then the journey to peace could come more quickly than we think.
This past semester I worked on a series of prints that have to do with one person being able to make a difference. The hands represent the one person, while the trees, roots, and branches represent the spread of an idea, action, and peace. If one person makes the first move, then others can too, forming a network of people making a difference. Nothing happens without an action. Nothing happens without one person taking a stand. If more people believe that they can make a difference and realize that everything has to have a starting point, then change will happen. Everything starts with one. One person. One thought. One action.
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Karole Turner Campbell
Art is one of the purest vehicles of self-expression that we are privileged to experience. As an artist my passion is to utilize this mode of expression in order to engage in on-going communication with my work and then ultimately with you, the viewer.
I want my art to speak to you, to engage you in a visual dialogue that speaks to and resonates in your heart, your mind, your gut. I want this conversation to be ethereal and visceral; sublime and earthy; universal and specific; spiritual and profane.
The process of creating is, for me, informed by my instinct to see the world as it is and then transform those images into lines and colors that translate into new images. These images are sometimes realistic and sometimes abstract. It is my desire not to choose one or the other. But, rather to listen to the creative spirit that guides me. Thus, my art may appear to, some, to be schizophrenic, with these two very distinct artistic styles. To me, however, it speaks to who I am; to my authenticity as a creative being.
“To thine own self be true.” My authenticity, must reign.
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Stephanie Drawdy
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Matthew Bowers
Artsit Statement:
I am am a minimalist. I try and explore classical astethcis and imagery and their relationship
to modern society, culture, and values.
Biography:
Born in Chicago, I moved to Charleston at a fairly young age. Growing up in an environment
where creativity was encouraged I developed a passion for film during my high school
years. This interest shifted more in the direction photography and design as I spent a year
working abroad in France at the age of 19. One of the most influential experiences of my
life, I spent a lot of time in Paris experiencing the juxtaposition of the the ancient lifestyle
of the French with cutting edge European culture. My time in France helped galvanize a
strong design aesthetic based in a classical simplicity, but influenced by contemporary culture.
Recently I have been exploring screenprinting, photography, painting, and sculpture. I
photograph with digital and film cameras, and print all of my own work in the darkroom.
I discovered screenprinting a couple of years ago and have found it to be an ideal meathod
for using digital images as parts of more tangible piece of artwork. I experiment with
these different mediums individually as well as in combination.
Christine Bush
More artists to be listed. Check back soon!