"Now and Then" Photography Exhibit to Open At Pickens County Museum

The Pickens County Museum of Art & History will be presenting two new exhibitions from September 8 through November 8, 2012. Please join us from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on September 8 as we host a reception to meet the artists featured in “Now and Then; Some Photographers’ Work”. Also opening that evening will be the exhibit, “Work by Alice Ballard”. Both exhibitions will continue through November 8, 2012.

As an invitational exhibition that, in some sense of the word, surveys some established photographers in the South Carolina Upcountry, this ambitious endeavor features work by twenty-five regional photographers. The premise of our “Now and Then” theme is that each photographer was asked to provide two current/contemporary works to be paired with two works from their youth or formative years as a photographer. Additionally, so that each photographer could share their own introspection, the museum has allowed them to self-curate in a manner that reflects what they feel shows their growth as an artist.

The worthy stable of photographers included in this exhibition are Debbie Cooke, Nathan A. Einstein, Polly Gaillard, Bryan Hiott, Diane Hopkins-Hughs, J. Michael Johnson, Bill Jordan, Del Kimbler, Sandy King, Cindy Landrum, Steve Marlow, Blaine Owens, Bev Peeples, Lynn Pilewski, Blake Praytor, Owen Riley, Bruce M. Schlein, Kim Sholly, Stephen Stinson, Rebecca Stockham, Sam Wang, Patrick G. Welch, Skip Woodward, Anderson Wrangle and Oliver Yu.

From this group of photographers, a cross section of styles is represented and a figurative pulse-taking of the photographic arts is accomplished. As each artist looks at the world around them, explores the variety of media and technique that are available, and then couple this with their own self-examination, they share with the viewer what it is that they have found themselves to be, “Then” and “Now”..

The Pickens County Museum of Art & History is funded in part by Pickens County, members and friends of the museum and a grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Located at the corner of Hwy. 178 at 307 Johnson Street in Pickens SC, the museum is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Admission is free but donations are welcomed.

For more information please contact the museum at (864) 898-5963.