Visual & Performing Arts

View these videos for an up-close view of art and artists. This section includes painters, sculptors, graphic arts, photographers and also traditional artistry like basketry and woodworking.

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Uncommon Folk

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Reverend Johnnie Simmons, another lowcountry artist, uses paint, wood burning techniques, and the Gullah language to tell stories in his artworks.

Mark Wilbert - Emergency Management | Sea Change Sonja Evans

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Sonja Evans

Sonja Evans is an artist in Hilton Head, SC. This is her full interview from the SCETV documentary "Sea Change. The video includes responses to the following questions: How well do you think the...

Crafting Baskets Out Of Split White Oak | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Crafting Baskets Out Of Split White Oak | History Of SC Slide Collection

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A traditional skill of the mountain and Piedmont areas is the crafting of baskets out of carefully split white oak. Here, Franklin Deloach shows the first stage in the making of a white oak basket...

African American Quilting Traditions | History Of SC Slide Collection

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African American Quilting Traditions | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Quilts made in the African-American tradition are more free in form and in the combinations of colors than the carefully laid out regular patterns of quilts made by women working in European American...

Mrs. T.C. Shores Shows Off Her Crazy "Quilt Creations" | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Mrs. T.C. Shores Shows Off Her Crazy "Quilt Creations" | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Mrs. T.C. Shores shows her crazy quilt "Creations" to an admiring visitor in 1973. Courtesy of the Darlington County Historical Commission.

Classical Or Serious Music In South Carolina | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Classical Or Serious Music In South Carolina | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Classical or serious music has a long history in South Carolina. The St. Cecilia Society (still in existence today) was founded in Charleston in 1762 to bring the best concert music available to that...

Dismantling the Dixie Life Building By Mildred White | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Dismantling the Dixie Life Building By Mildred White | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This 1973 painting by Mildred White is titled "Dismantling the Dixie Life Building." Courtesy of the Sumter County Museum Archives.

The Falls On The Reedy River Painting | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Falls On The Reedy River Painting | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The portrait artist William H. Scarborough (1812-1871), his wife Miranda, and their infant son spent the summer of 1840 in Greenville, when he made this painting of the falls on the Reedy River...

Long Billed Curlews By James Audubon | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Long Billed Curlews By James Audubon | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The artist James Audubon (see John James Audubon) first came to Charleston in late October of 1831, and was so welcomed by its citizens, particularly the Reverend John Bachman (see John Bachman) that...

An Exact Prospect Of Charles Town... | History Of SC Slide Collection

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An Exact Prospect Of Charles Town... | History Of SC Slide Collection

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"An Exact Prospect of Charles Town, the Metropolis of the Province of South Carolina," was engraved for the London Magazine in 1762, based on a painting of the bustling colonial commercial city in...

South Carolina Publishers And Composers | Walter Edgar's Journal

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South Carolina Publishers And Composers | Walter Edgar's Journal

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Dr. Thompson details South Carolinian composers and publishers during the Civil War. One such composer was from Columbia: Lizzie C. Orchard, and Dr. Thompson plays an excerpt from “Major General Wade...

Plodding Along: A Dan Wagoner Experiment

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Plodding Along: A Dan Wagoner Experiment

Students will study Dan Wagoner and will use the Dance Elements of shape, weight, balance, and rhythm to create a dance study.

Tobacco Farmer Painting by Richard Lofton | History of SC Slide Collection

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Tobacco Farmer Painting by Richard Lofton | History of SC Slide Collection

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Artist Richard Lofton painted this tobacco farmer during the 1930s. Courtesy of the Collection of the Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina. Richard Morrison Lofton, American, 1908-1966....

Tobacco and Industry Mural by Lee Gatch | History of SC Slide Collection

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Tobacco and Industry Mural by Lee Gatch | History of SC Slide Collection

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This sketch was a preliminary study for the Mullins Post Office mural painted by Lee Gatch in 1940, titled "Tobacco and Industry." Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.

Gonzales, Ambrose Elliot | South Carolina Public Radio Gospel Music | South Carolina Public Radio

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Gospel Music | South Carolina Public Radio

"G" is for Gospel Music. Gospel music as a genre consists of two major categories, White Gospel and Black Gospel. Both styles share similar musical routes that stem from the evangelical religious...

Heyward, DuBose | South Carolina Public Radio

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Heyward, DuBose | South Carolina Public Radio

"H" is for Heyward, DuBose [1885-1940] Author.

Medical University of South Carolina | South Carolina Public Radio McKinney, Nina Mae | South Carolina Public Radio

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McKinney, Nina Mae | South Carolina Public Radio

"M" is for McKinney, Nina Mae [1912-1967] Actress, dancer.

Dorchester | South Carolina Public Radio Dock Street Theatre | South Carolina Public Radio

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Dock Street Theatre | South Carolina Public Radio

"D" is for the Dock Street Theatre.

Scarborough, William Harrison | South Carolina Public Radio

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Scarborough, William Harrison | South Carolina Public Radio

"S" is for Scarborough, William Harrison [1912-1871]. Painter. Portraitist.

Charleston Ironwork | South Carolina Public Radio

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Charleston Ironwork | South Carolina Public Radio

“C” is for Charleston Ironwork. Elements of decorative iron first appeared on Charleston buildings during the middle decades of the eighteenth century. Crafted by local blacksmiths, they closely...

Tuscarora War | South Carolina Public Radio Town Theatre | South Carolina Public Radio

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Town Theatre | South Carolina Public Radio

"T" is for the Town Theatre. [1919-present] Columbia. Longest continuously operating community theatre in the United States.

Sketch by a Member of the Manigault Family | History of SC Slide Collection

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Sketch by a Member of the Manigault Family | History of SC Slide Collection

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This 1813 sketch by a member of the Manigault family of a house to be built in the "Pine Woods" illustrates several aspects of the lifestyle of a wealthy family early in the 19th century. During the...

Alice Huger Ravenel Smith Watercolor Painting of Carolina Gold Rice | History of SC Slide Collection

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Alice Huger Ravenel Smith Watercolor Painting of Carolina Gold Rice | History of SC Slide Collection

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Alice Huger Ravenel Smith painted a number of watercolor scenes of the rice cultivation process in the Lowcountry at the turn of the 20th century. The process had not changed substantially since it...

UFO Welcome Center | Palmetto Scene How Do You Paint a Dream: Dalí at the CMA

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How Do You Paint a Dream: Dalí at the CMA

"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...

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