Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition – May 27-June 12

May 17, 2016

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Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition – May 27-June 12




I will be there all day every day!  Come on out.  My booth will be under the statue of John C. Calhoun.  Easy to find me.

Here is one of my works that will be in the show:

Sullivan’s Causeway, oil, 11×14,
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Porgy and Bess will be performed at Marion Square this year via a simulcast on the Jumbotron.  Mark your calendars.  May 30 @ 7:30pm.  What a treat.

Here’s a link to the Post and Courier’s article with the details. 




“Spoleto Festival, in cooperation with the Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs and Piccolo Spoleto Festival, came up with a solution. It will live-stream the performance of “Porgy and Bess” on a Jumbotron screen in Marion Square at 7:30 p.m. May 30, then rebroadcast the opera at 7:30 p.m. the next night in the practice field of West Ashley High School.


The Marion Square simulcast and West Ashley rebroadcast are made possible in part by the sponsorship of Wells Fargo and are open to the public and free. Festival officials are optimistic about the weather but will devise a contingency plan should the forecast include rain.”

http://www.postandcourier.com/20160504/160509771/spoleto-festival-to-live-stream-porgy-and-bess-at-marion-square-rebroadcast-at-west-ashley-high-school#.VytL-F5FkRs.facebook


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