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Featured Member Artist: Fox Si-Long Chen

Posted on June 22, 2020 by
Featured Member Artist: Fox Si-Long Chen By Jamie Jackson Pandemic-induced stay-at-home orders made it nearly impossible for photographers like Fox Si-Long Chen to create and distribute their work in traditional ways. But Fox doesn’t settle for traditional or ordinary. Fox owns Foxsilong Studio, a place where all of her art and freelance writing is showcased.
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Featured Member Artist: Karlton Clay

Posted on June 16, 2020 by
Featured Member Artist: Karlton Clay By Jamie Jackson Karlton Clay works incredibly hard to accomplish his own goals and to raise the bar for all those who surround him. He is an example of the kind of person the Augusta community is lucky to have. Karlton started his company, Victory Productions, to enact his dreams
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Creation of the James Brown Mural Has Started

Posted on June 11, 2020 by
Creation of the James Brown Mural Has Started In March, after thousands of votes, Cole Phail from Appling, Georgia won the public’s vote in the James Brown Mural Competition with his piece titled “The Spirit of Funk.” Work on the mural, located at 879 Broad Street, in downtown Augusta, began Monday. Phail will be documenting
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Featured Member Artist Karin Gillespie

Posted on June 8, 2020 by
Featured Member Artist Karin Gillespie Interview by Rhian Swain The trials and tribulations of COVID-19 self-distancing/quarantine have shaken the foundations of Karin Gillespie’s world … not one iota. But then, being a writer, isolation while serving the muse is a mandatory way of life. While some of us are suffering in mandated self-exile, Karin is
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Artist Emergency Relief Funds Awarded to Local Gig-Artists

Posted on June 5, 2020 by
Artist Emergency Relief Funds Awarded to Local Gig-Artists In the first two weeks of applications received, the Augusta Cultural Arts Consortium (ACAC) has allocated $24,370 to 53 CSRA artists who have had gigs cancelled due to COVID-19.  The Artists live in Aiken, Columbia, Edgefield, Jefferson, McDuffie, Richmond, and Taliaferro Counties. Some artists may not be
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Going, going, GONE! The WetPaint art auction close Going, going, GONE! The WetPaint art auction closes in ONE HOUR! Get your bids in now for those favorite pieces you have your eye on.
Thank you for joining us for the 2021 WetPaint Par Thank you for joining us for the 2021 WetPaint Party & Art Sale! We had a blast and we hope you did too. 
If you didn't hear, the auction will stay open until tomorrow, Sunday, at 6PM! So get your bids in for those special pieces in the auction catalog. Thanks for joining us, we hope to see you IN PERSON next at next year's WetPaint party!
The WetPaint Party & Art Sale is happening LIVE in The WetPaint Party & Art Sale is happening LIVE in ONE HOUR! Get your Cure cocktails ready and plan to join us! You can find us live on Facebook, Youtube and Eventeny.
As if the WetPaint Party couldn't get any cooler K As if the WetPaint Party couldn't get any cooler Kigg Cherry, one of tonight's MCs, helped his chickens make a glow-in-the-dark masterpiece that he's agreed to add to the art auction! If you didn't know you need chicken art in your life, now you do. The set is titled "Ode to Chanticleer" and you can find it in the online catalog now!
🎵TOMORROW, TOMORROW, WE PARTY TOMORROW!🎵 The 🎵TOMORROW, TOMORROW, WE PARTY TOMORROW!🎵 The WetPaint party is tomorrow! You can find the link in our bio for the raffle to win +$900 in local biz gift cards, a link to the art auction and a link to join the live stream party tomorrow at 8PM! See you there!
Erica Pastecki's "Pop a Cork" is giving us serious Erica Pastecki's "Pop a Cork" is giving us serious 😍 😍 !  Support local art and the Arts Council every time you take home a piece of gorgeous art from Saturday's event. **Update: This piece has been purchased!! There are still incredible pieces available so don't wait to make that bid or buy that special piece!**
If your desk needs a little pep, you're in luck. T If your desk needs a little pep, you're in luck. This darling terrarium by Irina Wnorwski is just what it needs. This piece is available in the WetPaint auction right now! Go bid on this cutie, your desk thanks you. {link in bio}
FEATURED ARTIST: Ashley Gray Ashley Gray is an Ai FEATURED ARTIST: Ashley Gray

Ashley Gray is an Aiken, SC ceramic artist with a love for creating public art. She is one of the four artists who were selected in Phase ONE of the Golden Blocks Project, and she is also a recipient of a 2020 Porter Fleming Foundation grant to create, Basking Turtles, a piece along the Augusta Canal Trail. Her bas relief work is also hanging at the Sweet Auburn Curb Market in Atlanta, Georgia's Sweet Auburn Historic District.
To read more: https://www.augustaarts.com/member-artist-interview-ashley-gray/

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Here's to hoping that June Klement's "Nature's San Here's to hoping that June Klement's "Nature's Sanctuary" is a moment of zen on your timeline today. This piece is one of 70+ pieces in our WetPaint auction, available for purchase. You can find the link to the auction in our bio.
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