"Masquerade" Open House

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Charleston Crafts Gallery

Announcing “Masquerade”, presented by the artists of Charleston Crafts Gallery

Open House, Friday May May 3, 2024, 5-8pm, in conjunction with the Charleston Gallery Association Art Walk evening celebrations.

In honor of Charleston’s own Spoleto Festival, Charleston Crafts Gallery presents “Masquerade” to feature all things theatrical, whimsical, and artistic. While Spoleto Festival celebrates music, theatre, and dance, the arts can also join in the fun. Come see the work of five of the Gallery’s member-artisans, Nancy Warren, Carrie Helmkamp, Tammy Rudd, John Schumacher, and Selma Andrews. These five artists work in a varied range of media, with the emphasis on imagination and creativity. Come and celebrate the festival season this May in Charleston.

Tammy Rudd is a jeweler creates her own torch fired beads, and fashions these glittering beauties into miniature works of hand-made art. Wear your art while you attend festival events.

Nancy Warren, a fiber artist and jewelry-maker, offers handwoven scarves with vibrant hand dyed colorways, as well as exciting jewelry featuring handmade beads using fabric and fiber techniques.

Selma Andrews, a jeweler working in Polymer clay, offers jewelry with vibrant and intricate designs which feature faces and modernist masks for this exhibition.

Carrie Helmkamp is a clay artist who creates whimsical, fabulist creatures, such as her Gnomies and Kruffles, to charm viewers of all ages.

John Schumacher works in stained glass. His colorful creations feature modern images and vibrant shapes as well as birds, flowers and fish. Brighten up your windows or your walls, so your home can join in celebrating Spoleto season.

While these members are in the spotlight, the work of all the Gallery’s members are also on display and available for purchase, including jewelry, wood puzzles, encaustic paintings, mixed media collages, fiber art, apparel and accessories, as well as functional and decorative objects in wood, ceramic and glass.

Charleston’s destination for Fine Craft since 1989, the gallery is located at 140 East Bay Street, in the heart of the French Quarter, on “Gallery Row”. The gallery is open Daily, 10:00-6:00 and staffed by its friendly and knowledgeable member-artisans. Charleston Crafts Cooperative Gallery is a dynamic community of more than two dozen jury-selected artisans, all from South Carolina, making this the city’s only exclusively local craft gallery.

For more information call (843) 501-7522 or visit www.charlestoncraftsgallery.com.