Featured Member Artist: Fox Si-Long Chen

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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