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  ArtFields Jr. is on the road! Year Two of the traveling exhibition will feature stops in each of the four regions of South Carolina: Midlands, Upstate, Lowcountry, and Pee Dee. Students artists from each region, plus the top winners at the annual student art competition, will make up the exhibition. Join us to view […]

Submissions are now open for the ArtFields 2025 Competition & Festival! The festival is a unique celebration of art and community in Lake City, SC and includes visual art, live entertainment, an artisans market, plein air day, and much more. Hundreds of artworks are exhibited throughout our downtown in galleries, warehouses, restaurants, shops, and other […]

Artist: Jim McDowell Location: Acline Studios Gallery Dates: September 27, 2024 – January 11, 2025 Opening Reception: September 27, 2024 | 6-8pm   Artwork Statement “I make face jugs out of clay. Not the folk art style popularized in the early 1900s by potters in the Southern states, but face jugs with Black features like […]

    Congratulations to our 2024 Competition Winners! Special thanks to our jury panel and visitors for determining prizes. Jury panelists: Dominic Chambers, Amira Hanafi, David Houston, Christine Renc-Carter, and Marcel Taylor. Read more about each panelist by clicking HERE. Read artwork statements and view past winners by clicking HERE.   Grand Prize Delirious Fields-Nineteenth […]

Congratulations to our 2024 Plein Air Competition Winners! Thank you to judges Anne Patterson and Hightower White and to all of our participating Plein Air artists.   First Place: Gerard Erley   Second Place: Clay Johnson   Third Place: Mary Hoffman   Peoples Choice: Lucius Nelson

Students got to cast votes to determine the 2024 Student Choice Awards!      Congratulations to all our student artists! View artwork images and statements by clicking the link below.   CLICK FOR IMAGES & STATEMENTS   PRIMARY (Grades 1 – 2) First Place: Big Fall Leaf by Alexandra Moore  Second Place: La Ciudad de […]

  Congratulations to our 2024 Portrait Contest Winners!   1st Place – Stephen Cefalo 2nd Place – Paul Walters 3rd Place – Joshua Knight Thank you to all our artists and student athlete models! The competition was FIERCE and all our artists were incredible.

  We’ve gone digital! To explore the 2024 ArtFields Competition Catalog, please click the link below. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS

Visitors to ArtFields 2024 get to put on their art critic hat and help determine two winners of $12,500 each! During the event, attendees can vote on their favorite artworks to win the coveted People’s Choice Awards. One 2D and one 3D artwork will be awarded on finale night on May 4th.   TO REGISTER: […]

After a revamp of our Plein Air Day in 2023, we are back with the Plein Air Competition during the 2024 ArtFields Festival! WHERE: Lake City, SC during the 2024 Festival WHEN: Saturday, May 4th from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM with awards selected by judge Anne Hightower Patterson. Artists will be awarded $1000 for first […]