Visual Arts

Employees in the Visual Arts are involved in the production of works experienced primarily through the sense of sight, such as paintings, drawings, photographs, and fashion. Employees in the Visual Arts include those who produce the works and those who support the production and presentation, such as curators of museums and art instructors.
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 Sharifa Crawford Clarke 4
Sharifa Crawford Clarke
Episode 4

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

EXPIRES: 9/11/2026 For some, dance is either a form of exercise, or reserved for special occasions. Dance represents so much more for Sharifa Crawford Clarke, a professional dancer on stage and off...
 Adrian Gomez 2
Adrian Gomez
Episode 2

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

EXPIRES: 9/11/2026 The art of Adrian Gomez is larger than life, just like the artist himself. The Afro-Costa Rican childhood they celebrate is an idyllic period immersed in nature and freedom of play.
 Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman On Paper | Carolina Stories 2
Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman On Paper | Carolina Stories
Episode 2

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

Georgia O’Keeffe sought to find a place where she could not only support herself financially, but also where her artistic career could grow. O’Keeffe came to Columbia, South Carolina in 1915, where...
 Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman On Paper | Carolina Stories 3
Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman On Paper | Carolina Stories
Episode 3

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

Georgia O’Keeffe created many charcoal art drawings during her time in Columbia, and her works eventually made their way to New York, earning the recognition of Alfred Stieglitz. O’Keeffe briefly...
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Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman On Paper | Carolina Stories
Episode 4

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

Georgia O’Keeffe’s career was flourishing, but was facing troubles in her personal life, and needed space. O’Keeffe moved to New Mexico, which would be her home for the rest of her life. In New Mexico...
 Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman On Paper| Carolina Stories 1
Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman On Paper| Carolina Stories
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Grades: 9 10 11 12

While it was nowhere near as artistically diverse compared to today, New York was still seen as the epicenter for art in the U.S. While in New York, Georgia O’Keeffe developed a close friendship with...
 Henrietta Snype | SC African American History Calendar (2019) 11
Henrietta Snype | SC African American History Calendar (2019)
Episode 11

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Henrietta Snype, from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, is a world-renowned sweetgrass basket-weaver. Taught by both her mother and her grandmother, Snype has been creating sweetgrass basket art ever...
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Anne Worsham Richardson
Episode 101

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Anne Worsham Richardson discusses growing up in Turbeville, South Carolina. Richardson always showed a love for animals, even from an early age. Richardson got her start by doing drawings of domestic...
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Anne Worsham Richardson
Episode 102

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Anne Worsham Richardson talks about her art education and training. Host Jim Welch gives viewers an opportunity to observe Richardson as she creates a new work, and what the process behind making a...
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Anne Worsham Richardson
Episode 103

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Anne Worsham Richardson’s husband runs the administrative side of her art business. He briefly discusses what running the family business is like, along with some of his job duties. Anne Richardson...
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Blue Sky
Episode 102

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Blue Sky’s second work is located just outside of Florence County, S.C. Sky was commissioned to paint a historical piece, and Blue Sky chose to paint a mural of the Great Pee Dee River.
 Blue Sky 101
Blue Sky
Episode 101

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

The mural which Blue Sky shows viewers in this segment, called “Tunnelvision” is an illusion; a tunnel with a sun-rise painted on the other side. The mural is located on Marion Street, in downtown...
 Blue Sky 103
Blue Sky
Episode 103

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

In Flint, Michigan, Blue Sky was commissioned to do a mural there, and Sky chose to paint an overflow parking lot, to reflect Flint’s automobile manufacturing background.
Tom Feelings' Books | National Book Month
Tom Feelings' Books | National Book Month
Episode 8

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Books illustrated by Tom Feelings: Soul Looks Back in Wonder Now Sheba Sings Jambo Means Hello Moja Means One The Middle Passage Tom feelings died on August 25, 2003. Learn more about Tom feelings and...
Tom Feelings | National Book Month
Tom Feelings | National Book Month
Episode 7

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Tom Feelings describes himself as a "storyteller in picture form." Through his artwork, Tom allows the reader to discover diverse people, places, and events from around the world. Tom lived in Africa...
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Part 3
Episode 3

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Lesson three is a continuation of The Magical Theater of Music and will be concerned with the elements which make up a "stage setting"--the style and design of the stage set, its construction and its...
 Green, Jonathan | South Carolina Public Radio
Green, Jonathan | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“G” is for Jonathan Green [b. 1955]. Painter, print maker. Born in Gardens Corner in Beaufort County, Green served in the Air Force before enrolling as a textile design student at the East Grand Forks...
 How Do You Paint a Dream: Dalí at the CMA
How Do You Paint a Dream: Dalí at the CMA

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

"We continue to love Dali, but the question is why?" Palmetto Scene spoke with Chief Curator Will South of the Columbia Museum of Art about the whimsy and wonder of Salvador Dalí, the man who captured...