Bobbi Adams
215 S Heyward St
Bishopville SC 29010
803-484-5874
art_spirit@hotmail.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Painter and muralist.
Paints with papers made from plants in her garden.
BSC; MA; Art Students League; National Academy of Design.
Exhibited in France and Italy.
Professional

Barb Yostie Ashley
B2G 21 Lagoon Rd
Hilton Head Island SC 29928
843-341-2238
yostie_a@yahoo.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Puppeteer and storyteller.
Educational entertainer featuring a blend of puppetry, storytelling, music, visual arts and creative movement. Has been SC Arts Commission AIE for 10 years enjoying different forms of puppetry activities: hand-rod, marionettes, shadow and body Bunraku puppets.
University of South Carolina and Florida State University in education; drama training annually at festivals
Puppeteers of America Board Member; Performer at Coligny Plaza for 13 weeks daily; member Storytellers National Association; 6 week residency in Indonesia in 1998 and 1999; author of several monographs/videos.
Professional

Auntie Rose
112 Spring Valley Dr
Spartanburg SC 29301
864-576-5624
roseauntie@yahoo.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Actress, storyteller, singer, songwriter, modern dancer, pianist, musical director and playwright. Multi-sensory theatrical programs in stage or classroom settings for the young and young at heart. Interweaves multiple art forms with curriculum.
MFA - Drama; BM - Piano Performance; certified Drama Educator - Texas; arts integration training; training intensives for working with disabled and special needs; certified cable access television producer.
Professional artist roster in SC, HI and NC; Libraries’ Directory of Performers; Pi Kappa Lambda (National Honorary Music Society); grant recipient - the Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg.
Professional

Nancy Basket
1105 E Main St
Walhalla SC 29691
864-718-8864
nativewmn@aol.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Native American culture and arts. Native American music, dance, theater, stories and crafts taught on levels from pre-K to adult. Crafts include kudzu baskets, paper quilts and pine needle baskets.
VSA (Very Special Arts) through SCAC focusing on classroom discipline; 1 year college; Institute for Community Scholars; McKissick Master Artist Apprenticeship.
Barnwell County Museum purchased a pine needle cradle board; 2005 Smithsonian Folk Life Festival candidate.
Professional

Teri Gainey Bastian
1704 Dennis Blvd
Moncks Corner SC 29461
843-437-4978
terigaineybastian@yahoo.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Portraits, florals and landscapes using watercolor, oil, pastel, pen & ink, charcoal and pencil. Plein air and studio.
Teaches elementary grades as well as adults; school of the arts administrator and magnet school art and writing teacher. Enjoys making quick (15 minute) sketches of children using charcoal or graphite.
BA - Psychology - Appalachian State Univ.; MEd - Counseling - The Citadel; EdD - School Administration - Nova Southeastern Univ.
1st Place Watercolor - N. Charleston Arts Festival; member SC Artisan’s Center in Walterboro; member Charleston Artist Guild Gallery N. Atlantic-Wharf.
Professional

Bettie L.Beaty
52 Hunting Creek Dr
Lugoff SC 29078
803-438-8620
blbeaty@sc.rr.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Illustration and portraiture.
Art educator since 1987 teaching all ages including gifted students. Portraits done in pastel, watercolor, pencil or colored pencils. Starting to work in caricatures.
MAT - Art Education - USC; 16 years experience teaching grades K-12.
Book cover for Cedars of Lebanon.
Professional

Ben and Keeters Puppets, Inc.
1549 Powell Church Rd
Harlem GA 30814
706-556-9606
bkpuppets@aol.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Puppet builder, scriptwriter, performer, and stage designer.
Specialize in blacklight performances. Nonprofit agency dedicated to the promotion of education and visual arts through puppetry. Teach and build puppets - 24" to 12’ tall parade puppets. Shows are interactive with music and many puppets. Subjects range from character education to history to classic fairy tales. Perform with 3 puppeteers using Bunraku style.
BS degree from Georgia Southern University.
Beacon Award for television show "Kidnection" for educational value.
Professional

Shirley Ragsdale Camp
1013 Sunnyhill Dr
Camden SC 29020
803-432-7308
iscamp@bellsouth.net
Teach: No
School Performances: No
Painter - watercolor, oil, acrylic.
Born in Macon, GA. Grew up in Augusta, GA. Lived in Camden since 1966. Started painting with the late Jean Eaton about 1980. Have had workshops with national and regional artists. Former member "Cider Painters of America" (miniature).
BS in Education - University of GA; workshops with Janet Walsh, Judy Betts, Tony Couch, Katherine Chaing Liu, Alex Powers, Angela Bradburn, Erica Hoyt, Pat Lusk, Guy Lipscomb, etc.
Purchase and merit awards at state fairs; purchase awards at Chester County Art Shows; Peoples’ Choice, Honorable Mentions and Merit Awards at Camden Art Shows; Award of Excellence - Cider Painters.
Amateur

Margo J. Cook
1277 Woodland Dr
Lugoff SC 29078
803-438-8877
guycollier@msn.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Calligraphy.
Taught several calligraphy classes at Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County;
create diplomas, certificates, and wedding announcements/envelopes as well as calligraphy for scrap booking.
2 year Art Degree - Mountain Empire Community College in Virginia; working as a calligrapher for over 30 years.
Professional

Carl Crawford
2215 1/2 Pendleton St
Columbia SC 29205
803-463-7026
artist@CarlCrawfordArts.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Teach students how to form a collage from magazines.
Midlands Technical College - degree in commercial graphics.
Travel throughout the state promoting artwork and teaching techniques such as collage and ink on masonite board. Work with adults and all grade levels.
Won a variety of competitions; works have been featured in various art shows.
Professional

Sara Deutsch
PO Box 17712
Asheville NC 28816
828-658-2449
saramuse@copper.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Fine art, digital painting, musical free improvisation, writing, soft sculpture, puppet-making, collage.
Multimedia artist, creative arts therapist, and teacher. Currently focusing on digital painting and collage.
Psychology, MS, PhD.abd., Creative Arts Therapy, 20 years teaching adults and children.
Free improv concert with cello--Asheville 2003; Top 10 Art Portfolio--Art Wanted; art exhibited in Sky Peoples Gallery, Crystal Visions and other places in California and Vancouver.
Professional

Bob Doster
PO Box 1055
Lancaster SC 29721
803-285-9190
rdoster@infoave.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Clay and steel sculpture.
Clay and steel sculpture incorporating all aspects of basic curriculum learning.
MFA BFA
Professional

Patz Fowle
PO Box 676
Hartsville SC 29551
843-332-8474
catzpatz@cs.com
Teeach: Yes
School Performances: No
Clay animal sculpture.
Creates unique hand built animal sculptures in clay using an original technique she developed in 1970 called the PATZ PROCESS.
Attended Parsons School of Design, Savannah College of Art and Design; Art Educator’s Forum; AIE experience; approved artist SCAC since 1995.
Featured artist on PBS/SCETV; International Exposition of Emerging Visual Artists New York, NY 1981; art included in hard back books: Beginning Sculpture, The Sculpture Reference, Handbuilt Ceramics
Professional

Dot Goodwin
1204 Mt. Zion Rd
Camden SC 29020
803-424-2322
dotgoodwin@yahoo.com
Teach: No
School Performances: No
Embossing - Mold Making - Sculpture - Die Cutter – Casting
Embossings and castings are all hand done originals. Creative matting and framing. I have been an instructor in the Army teaching lapidary leather, photography, jewelry, silk screening, picture framing, engraving, print making, embossing, ceramics, drawing, wood working,auto repair and casting.
Major in Art High School – California Art & Craft specialist in US Army and civil service Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
1st and 2nd placings South Carolina State Fair. Exhibitor at Carolina Craftsmens Show, Columbia, South Carolina, for the past 21 years.
Professional

Mary Graham Grant
23 Silverleaf Ct
Columbia SC 29209
803-783-1836
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Sweetgrass Baket Maker
I will intrduce students to a general historical overview and origin of sweetgrass basketry.
It is important for students to know that the art of sweetgrass basketry is an art form that was brought to South Carolina by slaves from West Africa, and has been practiced here for over 300 years. The students will be learning a part of South Carolina history.
I have worked as an artist-in-residence in several elementary, middle and high schools, and conducted workshops for many governmental and Arts organizations throughout South Carolina.
Professional

Alice Stewart Grimsley
7354 Toogoodoo Rd
Yonges Island SC 29449
843-889-3501
ricknalice@msn.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Painter in acrylics, watercolor, oils and pastels. Traditional painting with experimentation in materials and techniques. Paintings are a documentation of what still remains of our land and our past.
BA - Art - Winthrop College, 1971; MAT Biology - The Citadel, 1982; part owner in two Charleston galleries; have taught public school art as well as adults.
Judge for National Scholastics Arts 1986 in Tennessee; many ribbons in the professional arena; Piccolo Spoleto; Edisto Island Poster Artist and artist in residence 2004.
Professional

Jane Hannon
586 Old Mill Lane
Camden SC 29020
803-424-1198
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Painter
Retired art teacher.
Worked for thirty years in the South Carolina public school system. Twenty years in elementary education.
BA - Limestone College, MAT - University of South Carolina
SCEA Elementary School Art Teacher of the Year. Purchase and merit awards South Carolina State Fair, 1997/98. Juried art shows SC Artist Guild , SC Arts Commission, Purchase Fifth District Federal Reserve. Designed 1 of the 89 "Steel Palmettos" for the State of SC, sponsored by Richland and Lexington County Cultural Councils.
Professional

Ben Herbert
1516 White Street
Camden SC 29020
803-425-4605
Teach: No
School Performances: No
Making miniatures - craft with wood.
Experienced carpenter who loves making bird houses, folk-art, and curios.
Self-Taught
Amateur

Gladys Herbert
1516 White Street
Camden SC 29020
803-425-4605
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Painter
Experienced in drawing, pen & ink, watercolor, acrylic, oils, pastels and scratchboard.
More of a realist. I teach in all mediums - children and adult. I have a group of artists I teach weekly (Dicey Artists).
3 years advertising art - numerous workshops and self -training through books and art courses. Winner of numerous awards in New York and South Carolina. Chalk art in churches.
Professional

Philip C. Hultgren
621 Rutledge St
Camden SC 29020
877-749-7009
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Furniture Making, Sculpture, and Wood Turning
I have been a wood worker for 35 years.
The furniture I make is my own design. My sculpture is usually representational or abstract. My turnings range in size from a 4-inch diameter Trumpet Vase to a 6-foot wide, 2-foot deep piece entitled "Sui Generis". I seek to display the natural "harmony" that exists within all wood.
Self-taught
Professional

Joe Kerenick
200 Carlyle Circle
Columbia SC 29206
803 787-8666
jkerenick@sc.rr.com
Teach: No
School Performances: No
documentaries, training videos, movies for web publishing, student produced and directed productions (original), remembrances
Each movie or website is telling a story while special effects are becoming more popular with the digital age. The best productions still rely on telling stories evoking feelings. Mission is to provide artful digital services to small or medium sized organizations at affordable costs.
"This is a Test" video training production for Richland School District Two. Will also be used by SC Department of Education for 2005 teacher training state-wide via ITV.
Professional

Janet Kozachek
639 Wilson St NE
Orangeburg SC 29115
803-534-8007
kozachek@bellsouth.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Mosaicist painter.
Mixed media mosaicist and painter with an eclectic background of training. MFA - Painting - Parsons School of Design; Chinese Art Academy; Dutch Applied Arts Academy; co-founder and first president of the Society of American Mosaic Artists.
Stage Gallery New York 2000 - Curator’s Choice Award for Mosaics; SC State Fair 2002 - Best of Show; Piccolo Spoleto 2004 - 2nd place sculpture; Puffin Foundation Award for producing a body of work; small grants awards from Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center.
Professional

Susan Lenz
2123 Park St
Columbia SC 29201
803-254-0842
mousehousegallery@sc.rr.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Fiber arts.
Explores the world of contemporary embroidery by both hand and machine stitching and through various heat-activated processes.
Studied under three well-published and internationally renowned British fiber artists--Jan Beaney, Jean Littlejohn, Valerie Campbell-Harding.
Professional

Connie Lippert
216 Redbud St
Seneca SC 29672
864-654-3913
clipper@clemson.edu
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Weaver
Connie Lippert uses the Navaho Wedge weave technique and yarn hand-dried with natural dyes to create her weavings. Her work has been exhbited nationally.
Two years as an art major at Auburn University (1974, 1975). Workshops with nationally recognized artists. Twenty-nine years experience.
Contemporary America Rug Makers, Ohio Craft Museum, 2004 SCAC, quarterly artist grant, 2004 Fiber Celebration, Loveland Museum of Art, Loveland Co., Art from the Loom 2004, Sangre de Cristo, Pueblo CO, Crafts Nat. ‘03, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Professional

Larry A. Mauldin
1730 Old Canaan Rd
Spartanburg SC 29306
864-574-6337
mauldinstudio@bellsouth.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Painter
Teach watercolor, acrylic, airbrush, pastel, basic drawing, and oil painting.
Teach using medium to incorporate into all subjects in classroom curriculum through the integrated arts program. Teach basic and professional.
Two years in Tanglewood Project in Greenville, SC. Three year artist-in-residence program with SCAC. 12 years teaching classes at Spartanburg Art Center. One week workshop in Integrated Arts Program.
Signature member of SC Watercolor Society. Featured in two national publications: "Watercolor Magic" and "Exploring Color." Won numerous regional and national awards.
Professional

Michel McNinch
468 Old Ferry Rd
Chapin SC 29036
803-345-5373
mcmofsc@sc.rr.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Painter and teacher.
Specializes in painting the human form and people in their natural environments. Inspire others to create and share the pleasure of art through her extensive teaching experience.
2004 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibition, 2nd place; 2003-Hambridge Center for the Arts - fellowship; 2002-Adjunct Faculty of the Year - Midlands Technical College; 2001-Hub City/Spartanburg Museum, Best in Show; 2001 Belton Center for the Arts Standpipe Show, Best in Show.
Professional

Olive Meador
803-425-6553
olivelight@aol.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Healing arts: painting, poetry, music, movement, journaling, dream work, creating a safe space for personal and others to experience.
Use the arts and creativity to facilitate healing and growth in various populations in our community. Create a safe space for myself or others to experience a deep level of engagement with creativity and self-expression. Texas Christian University; graduate art courses at USC; certified lifestyle counselor; training with The Painting Experience.
Texas Women’s University: Book Arts; Gibbes, Charleston: 7 Women Invitational Hand Papermakers; Robert Scott Small’s Rarebooks Collection, College of Charleston; 2003 SCAC grant recipient for healing arts, supported in part by Mental Health Association and Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County.
Professional

Lynn Hiltz Miller
106 Rosalyn Dr
Clemson SC 29631
864-654-7945
msen@carol.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Mural painter
Work with groups of all ages in creating a rich learning experience while painting a mural.
BS in Art Education from Frostburg State University, plus additional courses at the University of Idaho and Clemson University.
Professional

Cathie M. Murdaugh
930 Paul Revere Ct
Charleston SC 29412
843-795-6991
cathieclay@netzero.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Potter, muralist with clay.
Certified art teacher in South Carolina. Have been with the AIE program over 14 years. Professional potter and member of Charleston Crafts Co-op.
BA - Winthrop University; 7 sessions on handbuilding clay at Penland Crafts School; 2 week session with master mural/ceramic artist Carlos Alvez; helped create Penland Wall.
Solo show at Dock Street Theatre; solo show at North Charleston Arts Center; artist-in-residence in City of North Charleston.
Professional

Jay Owens
321 Cheohee Valley Rd
Tamassee SC 29686
864-944-8950
claydirt_99@yahoo.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Potter and sculptor. Make functional pottery and ceramic sculpture.
Use multimedia approach to develop ideas and imagery.
BFA, Utah State University; participated in many workshops with national and international clay artists; trained in West African pottery in 2001.
Collectors Award, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL; Honorable Mention Athfest, Athens, GA; exhibitions include "Synergism" Gallery North Bloomington, IN; Southern Pottery Work Center and Gallery; Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI.
Professional

Gail Porter
2528 Maple City Hwy
Interlochen MI 49643
gppeart2@aol.com
Teach: No
School Performances: No
Watercolor Painter
Started painting in 1997 taking some college courses.
Taught school for 31 years before I took up serious painting. I work for an art gallery in Northern Michigan. I work with Terri Haugen who does Batiks.
Took watercolor classes at Northwestern Michigan College under Carolyn Scott Risk as well as Rolans Roycraft and Joe Fettigus.
Placed under juried shows at Northwester Michigan College, but haven’t entered any others.
Professional

Sarah Gail Richards
108 Woodfarm Ln
Seneca SC 29678
864-885-9464
sarahg4508@aol.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Stained glass and mosaic artist.
Demonstrate and teach all facets of stained glass, glass on glass and wood mosaics.
Assoc. Degree - Photography - Catonsville Community College; Maryland Institute in Baltimore, MD.
Palmetto Hands in N. Charleston, SC; SC Artisans Center in Walterboro, SC; exhibits and shows at Clemson University.
Professional

Jim Rose / Dovetails
3644 John G Richards Rd
Liberty Hill SC 29074
803-273-3100
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Colorist & Furniture Maker
Physics of color used to task in industry & Fine Arts
Creating traditional and free form designs to enhance the natural characteristics of wood in furniture
Self taught
AT & T Labs President's Award, Printing Industries of NY Award
Professional

Sandy Creek Weavers
PO Box 299
Castalia NC 27816
252-977-3825
sandycreekweaver@aol.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Weavers and fiber artists.
Use 200 year old floor loom in schools or communities to weave large tapestry about the area’s history. Participants may be students or adults and each submit one item representing themselves to weave into the tapestry. Tapestry remains on site. Tour 5 states and approved by State Department’s Cultural Arts division.
Penland School; Campbell Folk School; Taos Institute of Art (New Mexico); Williamsburg Weaver; Cherokee Indian Reservation; E. Hyatt--certified teacher in NC.
NC Cultural Arts Grants (2 years); exhibits at Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC; magazine articles in Time, Handweaver, and Salem College Alumni; 3rd place in community weaving at Blue Ridge Handweavers’ Guild.
Professional

Mary Grayson Segars
32 Fiddler Dr
Beaufort SC 29907
843-522-0819
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Painter
Self-taught oil painter who has worked in pastels, colored pencil and scratchboard.
Completed 3 large pieces of public art in Beaufort. Teach adult painting classes and occasional art-related classes in the public schools. SC list of artist-in-residence.
BS in Biology from William & Mary College with minor in art history; occasional workshops.
Two 1st Place, four 2nd Place, 2 Excellence Awards, 4 Merit Awards, 2 People’s Choice Awards in the past 5 years.
Professional

Chris Shealy
225 W Main St
Ninety Six SC 29666
864-543-4864
doerow@greenwood.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Watercolor.
SC native for 44 years. Watercolor artist for 22 years.
Numerous commissions for watercolor paintings from private collectors. BA - Visual Arts - Lander University.
Two Honorable Mentions - South Carolina Festival of Flowers
Professional

Beth Singleton
1207 Nick Watts Road
Lugoff SC 29078
803-425-1577
TEACH: No
School Performances: No
Lampwork artist (glass bead artist)
I am a stay at home mom, and I make glass beads in my garage during my spare time. This is done with a torch. I sell my beads/jewelery locally at Victoria Susan’s, Hannah’s Silver, and also on e-bay (glassbeadsbybeth).
Self-taught. Practice, Practice, Practice!
Professional

Ann Starnes
2446 Ridgeway Rd
Lugoff SC 29078
803-438-8557
Teach: No
School Performances: No
Painter
I paint in watercolor, acrylic and colored pencils -- mostly nature-related subjects: landscapes, animals, flowers, some still life and experimental work.
Various workshops across the US, special workshop with John Seeray, Lester and Paco Young at Beartooth School of Art in Montana focusing on landscape and wildlife.
Several awards from Camden (SC) Art Assoc., Woodbridge (VA) Art Guild and Rockville (MD) Art League. Served as president of all above. Wrote and illustrated nature journal for Croyden Creek Nature Center, Rockville, Maryland 2004.
Professional

Susie Szasz
PO Box 723
Lugoff SC 29078
803-424-3545
susiegs@charter.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Painting-watercolor, knitting and sewing.
BA in Art Education and MAT in Art Education. 30 1/2 years teaching elementary art. Member of the Camden Art Association. A God given talent. BA and MAT in Art Education the University of South Carolina. Degrees granted in 1974 and 1977.
Outstanding Local Artist, Beaufort, South Carolina (approximately 1978). South Carolina State Fair Merit Award - Columbia, SC 2004. Art hung every year in State Fair for approximately 15 years. Art hung at Clemson’s Botanical Garden Show 1990.
Amateur

Charles Thomas
PO Box 18745
Charlotte NC 28218
704-373-1151, 704-333-9755
cthomas@lightfactory.org
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
documentary and journalism photography
Sankofa (go back and fetch it). I teach students to tell their story with photography. My current work focuses on images of manhood.
Duke University--Economics major. Central Piedmont Community College--photography; freelance photographer
The Light Factory Members Show 2000 and 2003.
Professional

Milica Virag
3490 Damascus Church Rd
Camden SC 29020
803-425-7581
realessential@msn.com
Teach: No
School Performances: No
Painter in acrylic of still life and from photograps - light, shapes and expression of life.
I love the process of creating finished pieces of artwork. The challenge of seeing an idea or emotion.. being expressed in visual image that uses a medium that in its’ self is a morphous, insignificant , and transcends it into shapes, light , and emotion for the views.
Kalamazoo College - Bachelors of Fine Art – 1979
Solo Show at graduation in 1979 , and exhibited at the Opera House in Bishopville, South Carolina.
Amateur

Karen Watkins
201 Sang Branch Rd
Burnsville NC 28714
828-682-9263
karen@barronbbrown.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
spinning, weaving, natural vegetable dyeing (primary discipline), storytelling, puppetry, song
Ancient arts of spinning and weaving, interwoven with original storytelling, puppetry, and song. Work with children and adults. 30 years spinning, weaving, naturally dyeing textiles, repairing and restoring antique carpets.
Many apprenticeships, workshops, etc.
Barnsville Storytelling Festival. First place weaving--Jefferson County Fair, WV. Waldorg Festival Storytelling
Professional

Jane B. Weaver
28 Southern Oak Dr
Camden SC 29020
803-425-9679
Teach: No
School Performances: No
Painter in oils and watercolor
I consider myself a colorist.
My work is done to please myself. Basically, I love flowers, water, barns, and am always looking for new techniques.
BA in Arts from Mansfield University, Mansfied, Pennsylvania.
I have had awards from Penn State in jewelry making, fibers and pointillism.
Amateur

Barbara Welles
312 S Walker St
Columbia SC 29205
803-799-9908
welles@sc.rr.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Painter
Portrait painter of dogs, cats, horses, and people.
Painting encompasses my love for the outdoors and my heritage of sporting animals.
Graduate of Univ. of Montana in Studio Painting and Art History. Masters of Art from USC. Attends workshops in Atlanta with David Teffel, Mark Chator and other nationally known artists.
Juried shows; Atlanta Portrait Society.
Professional