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Enjoy a Stroll Downtown This Evening

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:32:01 +0000

Join us from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday as nine businesses open their doors to showcase the best of Charleston!

Participating businesses include:

Art Emporium
Stray Dog Antiques
Gallery Eleven
Annex Gallery Taylor Books
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Chet Lowther Studio
The Purple Moon
Romano & Associates Law Gallery
Visions Day Spa

Take a stroll downtown and enjoy the best of what Charleston has to offer.

For more details, visit www.charlestonartwalk.com.

Stray Dog Antiques will present several new framed lithographs from the Erie Lithograph Company (1890’s-1960’s) in it’s new second floor gallery space. New prints originally commissioned for Hershey’s and Amoco companies from the 40’s and 50’s are featured. In addition to the prints, new furniture, jewelry and other unique collectibles are on the floor.

Stray Dog Antiques also will create an environment on the second floor gallery filled with signs. Signs tell a story. They are a reflection of our culture, whether created by hand on rustic and primitive materials or manufactured digitally. Much can be revealed in the simplicity of a sign about history, culture, and art. They are used to direct attention, boost commerce or simply for their visual impact. Striking in text and color, signs offer a heartwarming appeal to any setting and are ideal decorations.

And at Gallery Eleven, Sonja Adkins is the featured artist for August. The gallery is hosting a reception for Adkins during ArtWalk. The title of her exhibit is “Clendenin, WV in Watercolors.”

Chill with Downtown ArtWalk This Evening

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:35:47 +0000

Join us from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday as nine businesses open their doors to showcase the best of Charleston!
Participating businesses include:

Art Emporium
Stray Dog Antiques
Gallery Eleven
Annex Gallery Taylor Books
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Chet Lowther Studio
The Purple Moon
Romano & Associates Law Gallery
Visions Day Spa

Take a stroll downtown and enjoy the best of what Charleston has to offer.

For more details, visit www.charlestonartwalk.com.

The next ArtWalk is scheduled for Aug. 19.

The Purple Moon during ArtWalk will feature the work of Amelia Schroeder.

Amelia Schroeder is a Marietta College graduate with a BA in Studio Art and has attended workshops including the New York Studio School. In spite of frequent moves, she has participated in national and international competitions and has continued to show work in the Mid-Ohio Valley. This is Ms. Schroeder’s first show in Charleston. Live music will be provided by Tofujitsu.

The Purple Moon is located at 906 Quarrier Street.

Downtown ArtWalk – The FestivALL Edition

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:02:56 +0000

Enjoy FestivALL during a stroll downtown.

This special edition of Downtown ArtWalk is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 24.

Participating locations include:

Art Emporium
Stray Dog Antiques
Gallery Eleven
Annex Gallery Taylor Books
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Chet Lowther Studio
The Purple Moon
Romano & Associates Law Gallery
Visions Day Spa

Click here for a Downloadable ArtWalk Map.

Enjoy the best of downtown Charleston during one of the best times of the year! Visit www.CharlestonArtWalk.com for more information.

Don’t Miss This Evening’s ArtWalk

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:48:45 +0000

Join us Thursday as nine businesses open their doors to showcase the best of Charleston!

Participating businesses include:

Art Emporium
Stray Dog Antiques
Gallery Eleven
Annex Gallery Taylor Books
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Chet Lowther Studio
The Purple Moon
Romano & Associates Law Gallery
Visions Day Spa

Take a stroll downtown and enjoy the best of what Charleston has to offer.

For more details, visit www.charlestonartwalk.com.

ArtWalk Highlights:

Art Emporium

The Art Emporium presents new photographs by Robin Hammer, Betty Rivard, Andy Vann and emerging artist Kerry Bingaman. A meet-and-greet will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. May 20. The exhibit runs through May 30.

Gallery Eleven

Gallery Eleven will be featuring Pat Roberts in her exhibition “Visual Journey,” which is a record of her trip through time and place from Maine, where she was born, to the coal mining areas in West Virginia.

Gallery Eleven is having an opening of the exhibition on Thursday, May 20 during ArtWalk where you can meet Pat and get her personal impressions.

The Purple Moon

Sculptor and artist Diana Martens will be opening her first show in West Virginia entitled “Full Circle.”

The exhibit will open at The Purple Moon on Thursday, My 20 with a reception with the artist and as part of the monthly ArtWalk from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The show will run through the end of June and be featured by The Purple Moon during FestivAll. Music will be provided by Tofujitsu for the opening.

Take a Stroll Downtown This Evening

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:52:25 +0000

The Downtown ArtWalk 2010 season continues from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening, as nine businesses open their doors to showcase the best of Charleston!

Participating businesses include:

Art Emporium
Stray Dog Antiques
Gallery Eleven
Annex Gallery Taylor Books
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Chet Lowther Studio
The Purple Moon
Romano & Associates Law Gallery
Visions Day Spa

Take a stroll downtown and enjoy the great weather.

For more details, visit www.charlestonartwalk.com. Click on the map below to download your own copy.

ArtWalk Returns Thursday!

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:09:47 +0000

The Downtown ArtWalk 2010 season begins Thursday, as 10 businesses open their doors to showcase the best of Charleston!

Participating businesses include:

Art Emporium
Callen McJunkin Gallery
Stray Dog Antiques
Gallery Eleven
Annex Gallery Taylor Books
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Chet Lowther Studio
The Purple Moon
Romano & Associates Law Gallery
Visions Day Spa

Click on the map to download your own copy. Take a stroll downtown and enjoy the oncoming spring. For more details, visit www.charlestonartwalk.com.

‘Tis the Season for Downtown ArtWalk

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:39:09 +0000

Join us this evening for the December ArtWalk, which has become a holiday tradition in Charleston with the participating galleries featuring great art and gifts.

Free trolley service will be avialable to transport guests from venue to venue, and members of the West Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra will be performing throughout the galleries.

Enjoy music, art, wine and all the holiday cheer to go with it.

Bring your friends and families downtown to experience the best of what Charleston has to offer during the holiday season!

Visit www.charlestonartwalk.com for more information on gallery features for the evening.

For more information about ArtWalk, call (304) 340-4253.

Take a Stroll Downtown This Evening

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:14:28 +0000

The 200 block of Capitol Street will be closed Thursday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. for this month’s ArtWalk.

Join us as we welcome visitors to our city from the Southeastern Museums Conference.

Please use the conveniently located City Services Center parking garage on the corner of Quarrier, Dickinson and Virginia Streets.

Dramatist Play Services at the Capital High School Performing Arts Center will perform vignettes from their upcoming production “I Hate Hamlet” on the corner of Quarrier and Hale Streets throughout the evening.

Visit www.charlestonartwalk.com for more information on gallery features for the evening.
Mark your calendars for the next two ArtWalks on Friday, November 27 and Thursday, December 17.

For more information about ArtWalk, call (304) 340-4253.

Gallery Features

Art Emporium Gallery
823 Quarrier Street
(304) 345-2787
Photography exhibit by Charleston Camera Club and new works on paper by Emily Roles.

Callen McJunkin Gallery
The Loft @ 219 Hale Street
(304) 342-5647
Experience “Fall Selections,” featuring a changing group show of artists from the region, with photography, sculpture, paintings and works on paper. Exhibition includes new works from Barry Vance, Anne Shreve, Caroline Jennings, John Borden Evans, Brittain McJunkin, Steven Lawson, Robin McClintock and 20 others

The Clay Center
(304) 561-3500
“Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston” runs through April 11. The Clay Center is one of only two venues in the entire nation afforded an opportunity to present this exhibition. Special ArtWalk admission for this exhibit is $5/person.

Gallery Eleven
1033 Quarrier Street
(304) 342-0083
Gallery Eleven is glad to announce the addition of Charleston Potter Randy Selbe to the great group of fine crafters that exhibit at the Gallery. Meet Selbe and other artists during ArtWalk.

The Purple Moon
906 Quarrier Street
(304) 345-0123
The Purple Moon is exhibiting “New Works by Sharon Stackpole,” “Robert E. Martens – United Carbon Man and Other Works 1938-1953,” and “A Celebration of West Virginia Glass – Blenko, Viking, Rainbow & More!” Plus, art from Doug Goebel, Felix Krasyk, Hank Keeling and the usual plethora of mid-20th Century design. Live music by Tofujitsu.

Taylor Books – Annex Gallery
226 Capitol Street
(304) 342-1461
“Creatures and Whimsy” incldes new work from Jamie Miller and Amanda Jane Miller. Their work is fun, colorful and full of little surprises upon closer inspection. Printmaking by Dan Carlisle is also featured. Dan is a recent transplant to West Virginia from California. His work showcases wonderful wood grain and colorful patterns.

Stray Dog Antiques
219 Hale Street
(304) 346-1534
Where else in West Virginia can you buy 18th century Italian etchings or works by such major artists as Alexander Calder, Louisa Chase, Moses Soyer or Dorethea Tanney, to name a few? Stray Dog is offering a 20% discount on all items over $20 to celebrate its 2nd Anniversary.