August 6, 2018
Stepping into the Art Cellar means being greeted with bold primary colors, pretty pastels, trinkets to take home and statement pieces to hang above mantels. It’s not just a place for artists to sell their wares, but also a home for art education and mentorship. Lindsay Louise McPhail, the Art Cellar’s owner, wanted to be […]
May 19, 2017
The Art Department at Clemson University celebrated many ties to one the largest and most well respected art festivals, Artisphere held in Greenville, SC last weekend. These numerous connections help shape the contemporary art conversation in the Upstate and beyond SC. Here’s a few quick fun facts: -The Art Department was invited to demonstrate a selection […]
September 16, 2016
This week, BFA alumna, Stephanie Raspet ’04 brought almost 50 of her art students from Glenview Middle School to tour the Center for Visual Arts – Lee Gallery’s installation, “Stories On My Back” and the public art piece, “Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny” in Hardin Hall after enjoying a performance and viewing their artwork displayed at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. The […]
August 19, 2016
Meredith Mims McTigue, Center for Visual Arts Share “Stories on My Back,” an installation by Clemson Master of Fine Arts (MFA) alumnus Richard Alexander Lou, ’86 will open the 2016-17 season in the Center for Visual Arts – Lee Gallery on Aug. 22 and run until Oct. 13. On Friday, Sept. 23 at 5:30 p.m., […]
May 3, 2016
Congratulations to 2014 MFA graduate, Brent Pafford, for winning $25,000 at Artfields 2016! Brent’s work, entitled “Remember this as a Time of Day,” took home the Juried Prize Award, the second highest prize in the entire competition. About Artfields (from the Airfields website): ArtFields® started in 2013 with a simple goal: honor the artists of […]
September 1, 2015
By Thomas Hudgins, Brooks Center for the Performing Arts CLEMSON — A Clemson alumna’s artworks will be presented by the Clemson University Center for Visual Arts in the lobby of the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts this fall, from Tuesday, Sept. 8, through Dec. 4. The seeds of Hilary Siber’s love for art and landscape […]
May 29, 2015
Owen Riley (center), Clemson University MFA in Art (photography) 2010 Students are quick to recognize—and respect—excellence in their teachers, and although Owen Riley has been teaching only three years at Christ Church Episcopal School (CCES), members of the Honor and Student Councils chose him as the inaugural recipient of the Jones Endowment Faculty Award. This […]
March 17, 2015
Kara Robertson, Class of 2016, Creative Services A pinching shoulder ache too painful to play through. A dangerous blood clot. An urgent four-and-a-half-hour surgery. A rib extraction, a breathing tube and a week confined to a hospital bed. An arm that would never throw a baseball the same way. A devastating blow to the dreams […]
September 19, 2014
Art Detective is a collaboration between the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts and the Center for Visual Arts. Young art detectives can explore the abstract exhibit, Echoes: Decoding the Shape of Future Recollections, currently housed in the Brooks Center Lobby through art projects and games. Students and families may check out book bags from the Box Office […]
September 16, 2014
September 8 – October 9 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., M–Th Lee Gallery, 1-101 Lee Hall The Center for Visual Arts, Lee Gallery at Clemson University is currently exhibiting until October 9 works by African-American artists who are among the state’s best-known and widely celebrated practitioners. The African-American Voice exhibit includes 40 pieces of artwork from the SC State […]
