Established in 1978, Southern Exposure is a group of twelve artists from Upstate South Carolina. Purpose: Individual and group commitment to artistic and professional development through creating, exhibiting & sharing art Membership: By invitation Disciplines represented: Ceramics, Collage, Drawing, Jewelry, Mixed-media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Stained Glass & Textiles on this page Selected Exhibitions Grants Articles	Exhibiting Artists’ Cooperative Southern Exposure's homepage current exhibitions • contact the group
Selected Exhibitions [ top ] Current and Upcoming 2008 –October 10 to November 15, Southern Exposure Exposed at the Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC Opening reception October 11, 6 p m. Past 2008—April 11-March 22, The Horse Course: Celebrating the Equestrian Life, Red Clover Gallery, Landrum, SC 2007—Southern Exposure at the Saul Alexander Gallery, Charleston, SC 2007—Trees, Carolina Gallery, Spartanburg, SC 2006—Art in a Box, various venues including Spartanburg Methodist College, Spartanburg, SC 2005—YART Sale & Exhibition, Denny’s Tower, Spartanburg, SC 2004—Southern Exposure: New Works, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC 2004—25th Anniversary Exhibition, Parsons Gallery, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC 2004—YART Sale & Exhibition, Denny’s Tower, Spartanburg, SC 2003—Southern Exposure at the Upstate, The Upstate Gallery, Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, Greenville, SC 2003—Corners & Recent Works, The Guild Gallery, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC 2003—YART Sale & Exhibition, Denny’s Tower, Spartanburg, SC 2003—The Upstate Gallery, Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, Greenville, SC 2003—The Guild Gallery, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC 2003—Southern Exposure: A Mix, Dent Gallery, Spartanburg Day School, Spartanburg, SC 2003—The Art of Food, Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2003—Textile Town, Parsons Gallery, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC 2002—Cornered, Spartanburg Public Library System (Four Branches & Headquarters), Spartanburg, SC 2002—Patriotic Themes, Hilton Head, SC 2000—Lawson’s Fork Creek, Site installations—Headwaters Festival, Hub City Writers Project, Spartanburg, SC 1999—Figures, Spartanburg Arts Center, Spartanburg; Cannons Elementary School Gallery, Cowpens, SC 1998—Red, Spartanburg Arts Center, Spartanburg; Converse College, Spartanburg, SC 1994—The Home/The Homeless, (Traveling Exhibition), Spartanburg Arts Center; Vista Studios, Columbia; Lander University Art Gallery, Lander, SC; Limestone College, Gaffney, SC 1992—Thirteen South Carolina Artists, Gallery 101, Wooster, NY 1992—A Common Thread & New Works: Eleven Artists from SC, Living Gallery, North Cross School, Roanoke, Va 1991—Black and White: New Works by Southern Exposure, Spartanburg Arts Center, Spartanburg, SC 1990—Southern Exposure, The Upstairs—A Contemporary Art Space, Tryon, NC 1990—Southern Exposure, A Diversified Group of South Carolina Artists, Caldwell Arts Council Gallery, Lenoir, NC 1990—Southern Exposure (Changing Exhibitions), Pointe West, Spartanburg, SC 1989—Common Thread (Traveling Exhibition), Limestone College, Gaffney, SC; Hopkins County Community College, Madisonville, Ky; The Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC; Anderson, SC; Lenoir, NC; Spartanburg, SC; and Dawson Springs Museum of Art, Dawson Springs, KY 1987—Southern Exposure, Pinecrest Inn, Tryon, NC 1986—Ya’ll Come, Jazz and Juleps, The Gallery of the Spartanburg County Arts Association, Spartanburg Arts Center, SC   GRANTS [ top ] 2005—The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg, Artist Assistance Grant 2005, 2004, 2003—The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg, Underwriting of YART Sales & Exhibitions 1994—Spartanburg Arts Council, Cash Grant of Exhibition Assistance 1993—The Spartanburg Friends of the Arts, Cash Grant of Exhibition Assistance 1986—Spartanburg Arts Council, Artist Assistance Grant   ARTICLES [ top ]   March 7, 2004 An artist who can find the aesthete that lies within David Zacharias knows a bit more about lips and feet than the average man. He's studied them in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colors -- and even created hundreds of his own. February 15, 2004 Shapes, sentiments and (social) statements Doris Turner never imagined she might have to save her paints from a herd of thundering elephants, but she did. February 8, 2004 Deconstructing Olencki Sometimes Mark Olencki just disappears. But it is then that his wife Diana knows he is off capturing bits of Spartanburg and creating a historical legacy few know exists. February 1, 2004 From jewelry to pottery, Link has her hand in it Retirement has been a mixed blessing for Cynthia Link and her husband, Gary Kabakoff. For her, retirement from the Cherokee County school system in 1998 meant hours free to follow her creative passions. January 18, 2004 Use of muted colors doesn't make Wenz's work any less powerful Spartanburg artist Ann Wenz has seen the tugs of the textile industry from a perspective few have considered. January 25, 2004 Benson's work proves that he's never forsworn that riley leghorn David Benson knows more about poultry than he cares to remember. He just can't forget what he experienced from the claws of Cornelius, a rooster his family raised. January 19, 2003 Love for art follows painter around world As artist Linda Hudgins paints, she says she can see her past experiences coming through. "I can tell that the places I've been have settled into me and that now they're coming out in my artwork. I love having that happen," she said. October 15, 2000 Artist expresses her talent through African-American faces A small starter set of pastels given as a gift during childhood began a lifelong artistic journey for Claire Miller Hopkins.