Spoleto Soleil

17 Days Celebrating Fine Art on Gallery Row
Spoleto Soleil is an exciting series of art demonstrations, Lectures & Plein Air Painting on Broad Street’s Gallery Row during the Spoleto USA Festival;
 May 27June 12, from 4 - 7pm.
With 14galleries participating over a period of 17 days with demonstrations, shows, and receptions this is posed to be a fantastic and must-visit complement to the
Spoleto USA Festival.
Galleries are stocked with Spoleto USA Programs and will be happy to answer any festival questions.
For more information call
843.720.4027

Al events are 4 - 7pm, unless otherwise noted



Friday, May 27th

Spencer Gallery- Painting Demo

Ellis-Nicholson Gallery - Plein Air Painting: James C. Hill

Hamlet Fine Art Gallery - Plein Air Painting: Jane Woodward

Edward Dare Gallery – Plein Air Painting: Leslie Pratt-Thomas, Isabel Forbes, Sally Cade

COCO VIVO Fine Art|Design:  Opening Reception Charleston en plein air

SCOOP studios - Closing Reception, Lisa Shimko’s “Stop Making Fence” with Spoken word by Poet Marcus Amaker @ 5:30 pm

Mary Martin Gallery – Ice Tea & Vibrant Colors  - Afternoon tea and pastel painting demonstration by Elaine Hruska 3-5 PM

Saturday May 28th

Spencer Gallery-Lecture The Changing Art World Today10:30-11:30

Spencer Gallery- Lecture Digital Dark Room 11:30-12:00

Spencer Gallery- Lecture What is Fine Art 1:00-2:00

Spencer Gallery- Painting Demo 5:00-7:00

Ellis-Nicholson Gallery - Plein Air Painting: James C. Hill

& Rebecca Johnston

Hamlet Fine Art Gallery - Plein Art Painting: Jane Woodward

Edward Dare Gallery – Plein Air Painting: Leslie Pratt-Thomas, Isabel Forbes, Sally Cade, Jim Darlington

Sunday, May 29th

Ellis-Nicholson Gallery - Plein Air Painting: James C. Hill

Hamlet Fine Art Gallery - Plein Art Painting: Jane Woodward

COCO VIVO Fine Art | Design:  Garden Tea Party. Enjoy the sculpture of "Dancing in the Wind" while sipping some sweet tea on one of Gallery Row's Secret Gardens.

Mary Martin Gallery – Viola musician Don Olson – 3-5 PM

Monday May 30th

COCO VIVO Fine Art | Design :  Arts and Flowers. Floral Interpretations of various artists works,  May 30-June 2

Spencer Gallery-Painting demo

Tuesday May 31st

Spencer Gallery - lecture Digital Darkroom 10:30-11

Spencer Gallery-Painting Demo 4-7

Spencer Gallery- Painting demo 5-7

Wednesday, June 1st

Ellis-Nicholson Gallery - Gullah Storytelling & Spirituals w/ Helen Royal

Edward Dare Gallery - A Broader Perspective: Coastal Landscapes,

Shorebirds & Portraits of the South - oil by Ralph G. James, June 1-12

COCO VIVO Fine Art | Design:  Open Forum and information.. Secret tips of

 Fine Art and Design

 Mary Martin Gallery – Viola musician Don Olson – 3-5 PM

Thursday, June 2nd

Spencer Galleries - Lecture: Digital Darkroom - 10:30 - 11am

SCOOP Studios - Artist Talk: Kenton James & Antarctica Revisited

Preview, 6 - 7pm

Spencer Gallery-Painting Demo

Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art  - 3 day workshop with Craig Nelson, Department Chairman of the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California

 

 Friday, June 3rd

Ellis-Nicholson Gallery -  Kathy Casey Opening – “Twenty-Four” 5:00-8:00

Hamlet Fine Art Gallery - Spoleto Soleil Stroll, 5 - 8pm: Jewelry trunk

show by Angela Hall

Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art: Ongoing workshop with Craig Nelson and opening of Nelson’s Visions of New York 5-8 PM

Edward Dare Gallery - Lampworked Glass Jewelry Demo:

Linda Sacra, June 3 and 4th

First Friday on Broad Artwalk, all galleries, 5 - 8pm

Spencer Gallery-Katherine Bates Opening-"Moments in Time" 5:00- 8:00

SCOOP studios first group show and 2nd Birthday - “Antarctica: Revisited”

Saturday, June 4th

Spencer Gallery- Lecture-The Changing Art World Today 10:30-11:00

Ellis-Nicholson Gallery - The Artist Speaks - Art Pottery: Mary Nicholson

Martin Gallery - Artist Lecture - Ben Ham, 11:30 – 1:30 pm

Spencer Galleries - Lecture: “What is Fine Art?”, 1 - 2pm

Edward Dare Gallery - Lampworked Glass Jewelry Demo:

Linda Sacra, June 3 and 4th

Spencer Gallery- Painting Demo

Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art – Last day of workshop with Craig Nelson

Sunday, June 5th

 Mary Martin Gallery – Viola musician Don Olson – 3-5 PM

Monday June 6th

Ellis-Nicholson Gallery - The Artist Speaks - The Underpinnings of an

Abstract Painting: Kathy Casey

Spencer Galleries - Lecture: Formatting Your Paintings by Classic Master Artist Harry Neely

 4:00-7:00 PM

Tuesday, June 7th

Ellis-Nicholson Gallery - Plein Air Painting: Joan A. Davis

Spencer Galleries - Lecture: Digital Darkroom - 10:30 - 11am

Spencer Gallery-Painting Demo 4-7

Wednesday, June 8th

Ellis-Nicholson Gallery - Pottery Demo: Christian Royal

Edward Dare Gallery - The Colors of Street Life: Havana: Digital

Image presentation and photography: Ron Anton Rocz

SCOOP Studios - Artist Talk: Christopher Murphy, 5:30 - 7pm

Spencer Gallery -Painting Demo

 Mary Martin Gallery – Viola musician Don Olson – 3-5 PM

Thursday, June 9th

Ellis-Nicholson Gallery - The Symbiotic Relationship between

Abstract and Representational Art: Deidre Black

Edward Dare Gallery - Sculpture Demo: Tom Player, Kingstree, June 9-11

Spencer Galleries - Lecture: Digital Darkroom - 10:30 - 11am

SCOOP Studios - Artist Talk: Karen Ann Myers, 5:30 - 7pm

Spencer Gallery-Painting Demo 5:00- 7:00

Spencer Gallery- Painting Demo

Friday, June 10th

Edward Dare Gallery - Sculpture Demo: Tom Player, Kingstree, June 9-11

Hamlet Fine Art Gallery - Art of Making Direct Metal Sculpture” Zan

Smith, 5 - 6pm

Spencer Gallery-Painting Demo

 Mary Martin Gallery – Ice Tea & Vibrant Colors  - Afternoon tea and pastel painting demonstration by Elaine Hruska 3-5 PM

Saturday, June 11th

Edward Dare Gallery - Sculpture Demo: Tom Player, Kingstree, June 9-11

Spencer Gallery- The Changing Art World 10:30 - 11:30

Spencer Galleries - Lecture: Digital Darkroom - 11:30 - 12pm

Spencer Galleries - Lecture: What is “Fine Art?” 1 - 2pm

Spencer Gallery-Painting Demo 4:00-7:00 pm

On Going

COCO VIVO Fine Art | Design- Plein Air painting on gallery Row by artists, Pamela Bledsoe, Angela Trotta Thomas and Danny Laran