The Charleston Fine Art Dealers’ Association (CFADA), devoted to supporting Charleston’s visual art world, donates money from its CFADA Scholarship Fund to the Gibbes Museum of Art, Redux Contemporary Art Center and the School of the Arts at the College…
Cliffton Peacock Is a Finalist in Competition by Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has selected the artists whose work will be included in the “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009.” Of 3,300 entrants, College of Charleston Studio Art Professor Cliffton Peacock has been named a finalist. The Outwin Boochever…
What’s happening at the School of the Arts?
The campus is quiet, but our students, alumni, faculty and staff are as active as can be with three major accomplishments to report: 2008 College of Charleston alumnus Carol Hannah Whitfield is a contestant on Project Runway (Lifetime TV). Ms.…
Michael Tyzack’s Works Featured in Solo Exhibition
The late Michael Tyzack, whose dynamic work and engaging personality enlivened the Charleston art scene for decades, was a leading British-born abstract painter. He did much to push boundaries in the 1960s and early 1970s alongside names such as Bridget…
SC Arts Commission Awards $5,000 Visual Arts Fellowship to Herb Parker
The South Carolina Arts Commission has announced its 2008 Individual Artist Fellowship awards. College of Charleston studio art professor Herb Parker will receive one of two fellowships in the Visual Arts category. Each Fellow will be given $5,000 in recognition…
Cliffton Peacock Receives $25,000 Gottlieb Grant
Cliffton Peacock, studio art professor at the College of Charleston’s School of the Arts, was awarded a $25,000 Individual Support Grant from the prestigious Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc. Of 462 grant applications, Peacock was one of twelve recipients…