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The GALLERY STORE
is open six days
a week!
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10 am - 5 pm
Monday - Saturday

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Volunteer at the Arts Center

Volunteers are always needed. Call today to lend your support.

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CONGRATULATIONS

TO OUR 2012

VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR:

SHARON BURKE

GARY SMITH

BARBIE GIBSON

2012 Michelangelo Award Winner is:

ANNA DANGERFIELD

Are you a MEMBER of the Arts Center?

Did you know that if you become a member, you can receive at least 10% off all classes, camps, some workshops, items in the Gallery Store, and you can even rent our facility for a discounted fee as well. There are many benefits to becoming a MEMBER...sign up today!

Come in or call us at 803.641.9094 to become a member.

Remember to add our ACA email address at acabk@bellsouth.net to your safe senders list so that you can receive valuable updates on upcoming events and specials at the center.

Art is for Everyone!

Arts Center 122 laurens Street Aiken Founded in 1972 by artists Pat Koelker and Nancy Wilds, Rose Hill Arts Center became a place for aspiring artists to create, to teach and learn. It was originally located at the Rose Hill Estate on Barnwell Avenue and soon became a haven for a variety of artistic disciplines. In 1993, the Center's current home at 122 Laurens Street became available, and Rose Hill evolved into Aiken Center for the Arts. The name was chosen due to the Center's central location in the downtown area.

Today, the Aiken Center for the Arts offers a multitude of outreach and awareness programs including opportunities for children and adults; juried shows and competitions, lectures and instruction, and a variety of concert events; music, dance, film, and other performing arts; as well as a Gallery Store where local artisans offer their original works for sale. Year-round exhibits feature artists from around the world, with an emphasis on local and regional talent of the South.

The mission of Aiken Center for the Arts is to foster partnerships for the growth of an arts community and to provide arts education, cultural activities, and art opportunities that enrich the quality of life in Aiken.

On Exhibit in May!

Aiken Artist Guild Juried Competition (Founders, Westignhouse and Wyatt Galleries), John Bradley (AAG), and ACA Instructors (Brooks)


2013 Aiken Artist Guild Member Show Winner: Best of Show - "Markell II" by Deborah Tidwell Holtzscheiter	John Bradley

Congratulations 2013 Aiken Artist Guild Member Show Winners:

Best of Show = "Markell II" by Deborah Tidwell Holtzscheiter
Best Aiken Scene Award = "Rye Patch" by Ford Bond
New Member Award = "Twighlight Memories" by Angela Giller
Peoples Choice = Ellene Southerland

Landscape
1st = "Autumn In Hitchcock Woods" by Jane Popiel
2nd = "Blue Mountain Sunrise" by Robert Holladay
3rd = "An Aiken Yard in Spring" by Mary Ann Brock
Honorable Mention = "Room With View" by Susan Pickett
Honorable Mention = "Telluride Bull" by Mary Alice Lockhart

Portrait/Figure
1st = "Running Free" by Martha Lockhart
2nd = "Furry Kind of Love by Deborah Tidwell Holtzscheiter
3rd = "The ManToolist" by Suzanne Simmons
Honorable Mention = "SC Identity Thief" by Ron Butler
Honorable Mention = "Momma's Mean" by Lindy Crandell

Still Life/Floral
1st = "Raku Vase" by Carol Sue Roberts
2nd = "Flower Series Red #6" by Linda Hardy
3rd = "Dilly Dahlia" by Jeannette Shoemaker

Wildlife/Animal
1st = "Cattails and Wrens" by Mary Mccullah
2nd = "Manifest Majesty (Great Egret)" by Danny O'Driscoll
3rd = "Green" by Tom Supensky
Honorable Mention = "Moma's Mad" by Michael Wayne Farmer
Honorable Mention = "Windsor Wood Sprite" by Claudia Wilson DeLorme

Abstract/Experimental
1st = "Rising" by Gail Wheeler
2nd = "Reflection" by Ae Alford Young
3rd = "Stairway to Heaven" by Colleen Morgan

ACA Instructors Exhibition

Brooks Gallery

INSTRUCTORS IN THIS EXHIBITION
Currently Teaching:

Carolyn Bohn
Pastel Workshop
Amy Dobbs
Home School
Dorothy Johnson
Oils, Drawing
Gretchen Hash-Heffner
Acrylic Studio,Home School/After school Art, Art History
Nanette Langner
Let’s Paint, Third Thursday Art Parties
Mary McCullah
Watercolor Basics
Michelle Petty
Clay, Home School
Sharon Taylor Padgett
Photos to Paintings, Southern Hospitality:
Pineapples (Acrylics)
Sherry Pues
Beginning Painting, Equine Painting
Casey Black
Home School

ACA Adult Student Art Exhibition 2013

The 2013 ACA Adult Student Art Exhibition will be held in the Founder's Gallery downstairs June 12-July 26. Any adult student who has participated in a class or workshop at the Arts Center between July 1,2012 and June 30,2013 is eligible. Entries should be pieces completed in classes or workshops at the Arts Center.

Deliver art work BEFORE June 10th.

click here for more information

Mark your calendars to come out and enjoy the sounds of

AIKEN YOUTH ORCHESTRA

SPRING CONCERT MAY 14TH!

SUMMER ART CAMP 2013

Are you in 9-12th grade and looking for something to do this summer? We have a week-long art camp for High School students!

July 15-19 High Schoolers will learn Manga in the morning, and clay in the afternoon. Please join us for half days or full days!

See the Camp Page of our website for more details.