August 26, 2019
Art Mag: Playfully Profound
By Allyson Sutton. Larger-than-life stuffed animals knit with vibrant hues like magenta and turquoise. Brightly-colored paintings depicting beloved cartoon characters like Popeye. A giant wool bear. An eight foot painting of a toy pirate ship. These are some of the works that will be on display in Lake City, South Carolina this fall; the wool […]
June 24, 2019
UCF Grad’s Pulse-inspired Art Earns Top Honors at Competition
Last month, UCF art grad Forrest Lawson ’18 bested more than 400 artists for top honors and a $50,000 award at a regional competition for his piece 6/12/2016, a sculpture he created to memorialize the Pulse tragedy, honor its victims and communicate the emotions and responses the shooting awakened across communities. Born and raised in […]
June 7, 2019
Good Grit: A Town Brought Back to Life
“When you grew up in Lake City, you couldn’t wait to get out,” resident Holly Shady of Lake City, South Carolina claims. Lake City was a small, agrarian town in the heart of South Carolina. Businesses downtown were struggling, young people were moving away, and there wasn’t much to be excited about. The city was […]
June 6, 2019
SavArtScene: South Carolina’s ArtFields provides opportunity and experience for local and regional artists
Savannah will never be an arts mecca like New York or Los Angeles, but the more regional connections and support that can be generated, the better for everyone. ArtFields, as an example, is an art competition and festival held each year in Lake City, South Carolina, that provides those connections. A number of Savannah artists […]
February 13, 2019
ArtFields Jr. Submission Deadline
ArtFields Jr. submission deadline is Friday, February 15, 2019. The competition is open to ALL South Carolina students in grades 1-12. Parents and teachers may submit on behalf of students or students may submit for themselves. Don’t miss out on the chance to be part of this exciting statewide competition! Submit here!
February 12, 2019
Lake City Recognized as a “Sweet Small Town” to Visit This Spring
Afar.com, a travel and leisure website that offers advice and information on great travel experiences has recommended Lake City as one of “The Sweetest Small Towns in the U.S. to Visit This Spring.” Read the article here.
February 8, 2019
Registration Open February 8-April 18, for ArtFields Jr. Educational ArtWalks
Registration is open February 8 through April 18, 2019, for self-guided and docent-led tours of the ArtFields and ArtFields Jr. competitions for students in 5K through 12th grade. Each group is limited to thirty students and schools may have multiple groups. There must be one chaperone for every ten students in your group. Registration is […]
February 7, 2019
ArtFields 2019 Portrait Contest
Applications for the seventh annual ArtFields Portrait Contest will open February 11, 2019. Artists will compete for Best in Show and over $1,500 in cash prizes while painting live portraits of military personnel and veterans serving as models. There is no submission fee. Apply here through March 15, 2019. The ArtFields 2019 Portrait Contest is […]