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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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A Natural State 6

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A Natural State
Episode 6
Rustic furniture has been around for a very long time, often languishing in attics and barns in rural areas. Some fine examples of rustic furniture were a legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps...
A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis - Episode 9 A Natural State 1

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A Natural State
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Jimmie is a self-taught craftsman, who initially picked up the art of fashioning vines and branches into wreaths and baskets while caring for an ailing parent. He honed his art and moved into the...
Spotlight 1

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Spotlight
Episode 1
Clemson's Nature-Based Sculpture Program reinvents the art gallery as an outdoor experience where the sculptor's hand is revealed through exploration and discovery. There are no signs to lead visitors...
Touch the Earth 7

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Touch the Earth
Episode 7
Artworks in the nature-based sculpture program are categorized as "ephemeral" and "extended ephemeral." Ephemeral work has a relatively short life span. Works like Patrick Daugherty's Sittin' Pretty...
South Carolina to New York | Artopia

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South Carolina to New York | Artopia
Widely considered one of the finest young painters working in America today, Brian Rutenberg has gained an international audience with his landscape based abstractions. The artist received his BFA...
Brian Rutenberg's Paintings | Artopia Drawing & Inspiration | Artopia

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Drawing & Inspiration | Artopia
Brian Rutenberg explains how he begins his paintings with drawings. His inspiration is often drawn from the South.
Touch the Earth - Artforms & Materials | A Natural State - Episode 6 Collaboration 2

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Collaboration
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The Nature-based sculpture program is a collaborative project between artists, and students and teachers from a broad range of university studies. Horticulture, landscape architecture, English...
Apples & Studio | Artopia Computer Drawing | Artopia

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Computer Drawing | Artopia
Maria Manhattan shows how she adds color and shadow to bring her computer drawing more to life.
Spotlight - Clemson's Nature-Based Art | A Natural State - Episode 1 Touch the Earth 6

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Touch the Earth
Episode 6
Several art forms and concepts are experienced through the nature-based sculpture program: Experiential: "Allowing the viewer to experience the sculpture by entering its space allows the viewer to...
Storyboard Animations | Artopia Faith, Hope and Charity | Artopia

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Faith, Hope and Charity | Artopia
Maria Manhattan considers herself to be a painter but talks about how she embraced computers and her art later.
Storyboard Animations | Artopia Art Philosophy | Artopia

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Art Philosophy | Artopia
Maria Manhattan explains her art philosophy and how we should embrace our own art styles.
Art Cards | Artopia

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Art Cards | Artopia
Maria Manhattan talks about her process of designing the Artopia art cards. Check out the art cards below: Dance Art Cards Media Arts Cards Music Art Cards Painting Art Cards Sculpture Art Cards...
Collaboration | Artopia Marcelo Novo on Education | Artopia

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Marcelo Novo on Education | Artopia
Marcelo Novo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated as a Profesor de Bellas Artes from Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “Prilidiano Pueyrredon” and studied painting under Surrealist artist...
Jim Victor, Abstract Artist | Original SC

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Jim Victor, Abstract Artist | Original SC
Jim Victor is an abstract painter living in Mt. Pleasant, SC. He started drawing and painting during his school years when he became intrigued by the works of the world's greatest artists. When a...
Jim Victor, Abstract Artist | Original SC Cedric Umoja, Street Artist | Original SC

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Cedric Umoja, Street Artist | Original SC
Cedric Umoja is a hybrid- Western and Southern. He was born and partly raised in California but moved to South Carolina after high school. He was drawn to art at an early age with hip-hop and comic...
Thomas Williams, Cane Maker | Original SC

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Thomas Williams, Cane Maker | Original SC
Fourth-generation cane maker Thomas Williams of McClellanville, South Carolina, sells Gullah inspired walking sticks. These hand-carved Cypress knees, Cypress lamps, Cypress tables, walking canes and...
Jim Victor, Abstract Artist | Original SC Kay Stanley, Designer | Original SC

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Kay Stanley, Designer | Original SC
Kay Stanley only made it two days into retirement before she knew it just wasnt for her. She is, after all, a creative type that craves that visual expression and inspiration from the people around...
Fashion Designer | Eye Wonder

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Fashion Designer | Eye Wonder
The Eye Wonder team discovers what it takes to be a fashion designer. D.V. visits the fashion department at the American Intercontinental University and learns all about the things a fashion designer...
Plastic Bottle Recycling | Eye Wonder Glass | Eye Wonder

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Glass | Eye Wonder
The Eye Wonder team discovers how art glass is made. D.V. visits an art glass studio and watches a piece being made in real time. He learns that glass is made from silica, and there are many tools...
Billboards | Eye Wonder Movie Theater | Eye Wonder

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Movie Theater | Eye Wonder
The Eye Wonder team investigates a movie theater. D.V. goes behind the scenes to see how film is loaded and rolled, and all of the different equipment that brings a movie to the screen.
Jim Victor, Abstract Artist | Original SC Elena Madden, Water Artist | Original SC

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Elena Madden, Water Artist | Original SC
For Elena Madden, inspiration for her art is in light patterns and ever-changing colors of fluid surfaces. Residing in Beaufort, coupled with living on a houseboat, Elena's inspiration is all around...
Jean-Francois Millet | Turner to Cézanne

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Jean-Francois Millet | Turner to Cézanne
About the Painter This unfinished painting showing peasants carrying firewood dates from the last part of Millet’s life, when his works focused on the hardships of rural life. Millet described in a...
Joseph Mallord William Turner | Turner to Cézanne

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Joseph Mallord William Turner | Turner to Cézanne
About the Painter This painting dating from late in Turner’s career shows the wreck of a boat being engulfed by waves, its ropes flailing like tentacles. The sails, which have come adrift, can be seen...