Last Friday Art Walk Begins February 24 in Hillsborough

by Patty Griffin | February 20 2012

The extended season for the Hillsborough Arts Council’s Last Fridays Art Walk showcasing the talents of local artists in studios and galleries in downtown Hillsborough kicks off on riday February 24. Many venues will have artist and opening receptions from 6 – 9 pm.

The Gallery at the Hillsborough Arts Council at 220 South Churton Street will be featuring “Personally Yours: Portraits and Cottage Scapes” by Dorothy Whitmore.

The Eno Gallery at 100 South Churton Street will be featuring “Totems and Talismans” Sculpture Invitational. Eleven artists exhibit their contemporary interpretations of “Totems and Talismans”. Exhibiting artists include: Alice Ballard, Lisa Creed, Daniel Essig, John Geldersma, Virginia Gibbons, Kelly Guidry, Tinka Jordy, William Moore, Hope Swann, Kathy Triplett, and Susan Wells. A solo exhibition of ceramic vessels in the lower gallery will be featuring Donna Polseno “Metaphors of Containment”.

The Hillsborough Artists Cooperative and The Skylight Gallery at 102 West King Street will be featuring work by studio artists Jayne Bomberg and Tom Guthrie (The Studio of Collective Effervescence), Jennifer E. Miller, Andrea DeGette, Jacquelin Liggins, Tiffney Marley, and Calvin Brett. The Skylight Gallery will be featuring “Dreams for Tomorrow” acrylic on wood by Calvin Brett. The show is a fund raiser for The Tomorrow Fund for Hispanic Students. Calvin Brett will donate 40% of his sales to the fund and the show’s visitors may also donate to the fund.

Cup A Joe at 120 West King Street will be featuring photography by Dallas Pridgen.

Sovero Art Gallery & Studio at 121 North Churton Street, Suite 2-B will be featuring jewelry and oil paintings by Peruvian artist David Sovero.

The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts at 121 North Churton Street will be featuring “Ebb & Flow” new artwork by the 22 local artists at the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts.

Brochures with a map of the Last Fridays Art Walk are available at any of the participating venues or at http://www.lastfridaysartwalk.org.

Photo – Work by Daniel Essig — Asheville, North Carolina

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