current & upcoming
2024 shows
NOW OPEN!
April: 51st Annual Artists' Guild Juried Show. Artists' Reception will be held April 18th in the Guild Gallery, and the winners will be announced!
April 20th - 21st OPEN DOORS STUDIO TOUR SPARTANBURG - INFO >
May: Caitlyn Kilpatrick, Bynum Award Recipient
June: Juneteenth Juried Show
July: Meg & Chris Barrow
August: Jenny Connell & Robin Davenport
September: Elizabeth Nason, Nick Trainor & Lisa Womack
October: Christina Ramsay & Jim Wetzel
November: Vivianne Carey & David Gonzales
December: Artists' Guild
Members Show
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tuesday thru friday 10-5
saturday 11-4
sunday and monday closed
meet adam walls - juror for the
51st annual artists' guild juried show
Adam Walls
Adam Walls has taught at UNCP since 2007. His previous teaching experience includes Limestone College, USC-Upstate, and an assistantship with Winthrop University. He received his MFA in Sculpture from Winthrop University in 2005 and his BA in Art Education from Limestone College in 1996. He has been a member of CAA and Tri-State Sculptors. Adam's sculpture has been exhibited in numerous sculpture parks and sculpture exhibitions across the country. Adam's current work is predominantly monumentally scaled steel fabricated forms which often reflect his interest in escapist fantasy.
As an educator with over two decades of teaching experience, Adam's dedication to his students is embodied in his pedagogy. He covers a variety of subjects that include steel fabrication, plaster casting, carving, woodworking, the creation of volumetric forms using found objects, stone carving, and the creation of functional art and sculptural prosthetics. His teaching philosophy promotes students to find their own voice and to make use of a variety of materials to do so.
find out more about Adam Walls at adamwallssculpture.com >
featured guild artists
meet mary lou hightower,
juror for the youth juried show
Mary Lou Hightower is a practicing artist with 50 years of teaching experience in the Spartanburg District Six schools and the University of South Carolina Upstate. She recently retired from the University of South Carolina Upstate and was awarded the honor of Professor of Emeritus of Art. During her career at Upstate, Mary Lou taught 2D Design, Southern Folk Art History, Art Education Classes as well as graduate level Teacher education STEAM course and Teacher Training for Advanced Placement for Art and Design Certification. She is a signature member of the South Carolina Watermedia Society where she has been accepted in numerous juried watermedia shows throughout the Southeast. Over her career, she has been a reader for fifteen years for the College Board Art and Design Portfolios. Mary Lou is a Resident Creative at Mayfair Art Studios, an affiliate of Chapman Cultural Center. Mayfair Art Studio is a converted old textile mill in Spartanburg. She also holds a Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction emphasis in Art from the University of South Carolina.
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