Welcome to the Aiken Artist Guild
Over forty years ago, six friends living in the sleepy little town of Aiken, South Carolina, decided to meet on a regular schedule to share their mutual love of Art. They yearned for a venue to display their work, the opportunity to learn more about various media, and to celebrate their energy and sense of wonder! The act of creating, the joy of the process, and the gratification of completion can only be more enhanced by sharing the final product with others.
Today, the Guild has stretched to over 150 members, features regularly scheduled meetings, juried shows, workshops, demonstrations and a scholarship named in memory of an original founder, Bobbie Cheatham. Media represented, but not limited to, is: painting, pencil, pastel, sculpture, fabric art and photography. We welcome visitors and prospective members. We always need volunteers and new talent. Please come and grow with us!
Aiken Artist Guild Member Show 2009
AT AIKEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS--MAY 20 to JUNE 26, 2009
This is a member show and as such, every member who brought a piece in is represented. This is a juried show in that we simply had too much work to show and had to eliminate about 1/3 of the pieces.
There are 78 artists who represent 87 entries.
Our judge this year was Stephen Nevitt. He has been a member of the Columbia College faculty since 1976 and is currently a Professor and Chairman of the Art Department at Columbia College in Columbia SC. He has worked with the summer program of the SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities from 1985 to the present and was the Assistant and Co-Chair of the VA Division.
Artist of the Week - Carolyn Bohn
Carolyn's "passion" began with a watercolor class in 1990. While consulting she was on the road full time and couldn't pursue much art. In 1999 she retired to Savannah where she was able to spend more time painting, this time with pastels. In the years since she has explored oils and acrylics but pastels remain her favorite. While she prefers landscapes, she is trying new things such as animals, portraits and abstract.
She loves these creative pursuits. Our world is a beautiful place; there are so many ways to be creative. Hers is visual poetry.
A Note From the President
June 2009
Hello everyone,
Wanted to give you some insight of some of the changes that will be coming up.
Here are the up-coming changes and events:
Our monthly meetings will be held on the 2nd Monday of every month, at
7 PM, except for Dec., June, July, and Aug. This will be held in the
upstairs room of the Brown Pavillion in the Aiken Center for the
Arts.. Take the stairs off the street next to the art center. If
you must use the elevator please be quiet as they have yoga classes in
session.