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Andrea Hardin Garland
Heidi Brueckner
Katelyn Chapman
Morgan Serreno East
Joan Cox
Paula Borsetti
Sara Lee Hughes
Stefanie Bales
Victoria Bradley
Courtney Bae

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Constance McBride
Deborah Kruger
Ellen Holleman
Francesca Schwartz
Claudia Fuentealba Dinardi
Katie Vota, Lucine Kaplan
Meryl Lettire
Narmin Kassam
Sheila Metcalf Tobin
Trisha Stone
Kathy Cornwell

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Amanda Westrich
Ceili Seipke
Eddie Lanieri
Shamani Surendran
Karen Safer
Katarzyna Budka
Jannieke Visser & Manal Al-Harazi
Vanessa Wenwieser
Paige Young

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Editor In Chief: Mona Lerch
Cover Artist: Morgan Serreno East

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See "Parting" at The Spartanburg County Library!

The 14th Annual Collegiate Invitational Art Exhibition is a featured showcase at the Spartanburg County Public Libraries (SCPL), running March 25 – May 20, 2026 Spartanburg County Public Libraries. This event celebrates the work of student artists from across the region, offering a platform for emerging talent in various visual art disciplines.

February 20
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💫 MEET THE ARTIST
We’d like to invite you to our virtual event with our current solo show artist ANDREA GARLAND!
Andrea will take us through her process, inspiration and works that are currently exhibited in her solo show REMNANTS.
Join us!
💫Date: Saturday 21 February 2026
💫Time: 2 PM (ET) / 7 PM (UK)
💫Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81528388192
Join us to connect, listen, and ask questions in real time — save the date and join our global community for this special live artist talk.

A solo show by Andrea Garland titled "Remnants" runs February 5-26, 2026.

The show features embossed and drawn works on archival paper exploring Southern heritage and memory.

Emergence places mentorship at its center, emphasizing the transformative role of teaching and guidance in nurturing artistic growth. This exhibition explores the collaborative relationships between faculty mentors and their students, offering a compelling perspective on the dynamic interplay between instruction and creativity.

Featuring 37 pairs of artists from 30 higher education institutions across the Southeast, the exhibition reflects the rich and diverse landscape of contemporary art education. The works on display span a broad spectrum of artistic approaches, demonstrating both depth of subject matter and originality. Through inventive material use and a strong engagement with traditional techniques, the pieces exemplify the fusion of foundational skills and innovative exploration cultivated within today’s studio programs.

At its core, Emergence is a celebration of mentorship and the shared creative journey, illustrating how artistic knowledge and inspiration are not merely passed down but also reimagined and brought to life in fresh and meaningful ways.

"Remnants" by Andrea Garland is currently on view in the main gallery August 21 - September 27, 2025. The exhibition features 40 embossed and drawn works on archival paper. The collection employs Southern heirlooms, textiles, artifacts, and motifs as media to explore themes of memory, grief, and personal heritage.

Art Reception

Friday, September 12 @ 5:00 - 7:00 pm

50 works of art in two separate galleries on view from May 17th - extended until late August 2025!

Opening Reception
Remnants of Existence
May 17
4pm - 6pm

Join us for the Opening Reception of Remnants of Existence! Remnants of Existence features the work of Pickens County native Andrea Hardin Garland. The show brings together a powerful collection of works that dwell in the space where memory lingers—between reverence and grief, beauty and burden. This exhibition explores the deeply rooted emotional terrain of the American South, while recognizing all facets of our past, allowing us to honestly and respectfully preserve and honor our Southern Culture.

Excited to share that "Lineage was on view at Spartanburg County Library's AT&T Exhibition Lobby from March until May 2025 as part of the 13th Annual Collegiate Invitational Art Exhibition!

Proud to have one of my drawings, "Echo" featured in Lander University's Faculty and Alumni Show from December 2024 until February 2025!

Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, hosted its opening reception for "Roots" in December 2024, featuring "Echo", one of fifty-four works by 42 artists from 22 states, Canada and Italy. This exhibit was part of Manifest's 21st Season.

"Broken/Bound" at 2024 Pickens County Museum of Art and History 42nd Annual Juried Art Competition October 5th - November 8th 2024!

We are excited to celebrate the Clemson MFA Program's 50th Anniversary with three Exhibitions! Join us as we honor the Clemson Visual Arts community's remarkable journey and showcase the works of our MFA Alumni.

Opening TODAY Part I and Part II
"As Good as Gold: 50 Years of the MFA at Clemson"
🎨 Part I
🗓️ Fall 2023 / September 6 – October 31, 2023
🕘 M-Th, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
📍 Lee Gallery
🎉 Reception: Friday, Sept. 29, 5-7 p.m.

You won't miss these extraordinary exhibitions celebrating half a century of creativity and inspiration.

#ClemsonVisualArts #ClemsonMFA50thAnniversary

I am pleased and delighted to find that my work, along with the work of my former drawing professor, Kathleen Thum, is included in Manifest Gallery’s MEAs17 publication!

The MEAs17 documents 567 works of art by 319 supremely talented artists from 43 states and 9 countries exhibited in Manifest’s Galleries in Cincinnati, Ohio during their 17th Season. Happy to be included with all of these talented people!

38th South Carolina Juried Arts Competition at The Pickens County Performing Arts Center winners! The exhibit will be up until December 18th, 2020. Stop by to cast your vote for viewers choice artwork!

OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH, 2020
7:00 - 10:00 PM
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
EXHIBITION RUNS THROUGH MAY 1ST
Kai Lin Art is pleased to announce our second exhibition for 2020 : CreateHer exhibiting from March 13th through May 1st. This exhibition is a curated group exhibition of 38 female creators working in a wide and diverse range of styles and mediums here in the Southeast.

In continuation of our core values of inclusion and representation, we have invited several new and returning voices. The styles and subject matter of artworks in CreateHer range from playful interpretations of architecture to abstraction of the natural world. Other works focus around explorations of the mind’s psychological tendencies and obsessions. Technique and materiality range as well from painting to printmaking, textile design to interdisciplinary practices.

CreateHer features the work of:

LELA BRUNET, LISA HART, LUCHA RODRIGUEZ, GAIL FOSTER, ALICE STONE-COLLINS, ALLISON JOHNSON, ALLISON SHOCKLEY, ANDREA GARLAND, ANGIE JEREZ, ANNAMARIE WILLIAMS, BARBARA KUEBEL, CAMERON BLISS, CATHLENE FICHT, CHLOE ALEXANDER, CHRISTINA KWAN, CYNDEY SEE, VALENTINA CUSTER O'ROARK, ELIZABETH STOCKTON, EMILY SHOPP, GWEN GUNTER, JAMIE KIM, JESSICA LOCKLAR, KAVI, LINDSAY RYDEN, KRISTA GRECCO, MADISON CLARK, MARRYAM MOMA, MALLORY BROOKS, MEGAN MCNAUGHT, MEREDITH LACHIN, MICHELLE HOOGVELD, ROXANE HOLLOSI, SANDY TEEPEN, SOPHIA SABSOWITZ, MEREDITH OCHOA, STEPHANIE SMITH, SABRE ESLER, SUE FOX, TRACY MURRELL, & VIVIAN LIDDELL.
EXHIBITING THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 1ST, 2020
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT 404 408 4248 OR INFO@KAILINART.COM

I am so happy to announce that "Fancy" will be published with the work of many other amazing and talented artists. Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati received 1187 entries from 354 artists from a very broad geographic radius. The 14th International Drawing Annual will include 110 works by 66 artists. Their jury and curatorial efforts were intense in order to refine so many entries down to such a concise sampling. They accomplished this through the volunteer efforts of ten jurors from across the U.S. for this project! Such rigor is what helps to set Manifest projects apart and make their results meaningful in many ways. Professors, students, museum libraries, and the general public continue to collect their Annuals and rely on them for a view into the scope of art being made by working artists everywhere.

Confronting the brevity of life in our physical bodies, and the impact that one human being can have on future generations, I visited the graves of family members long deceased, whom I had never met, but knew through stories. They were powerless to confirm or deny tales told about them -- or to ever change their story for better or for worse. I was obsessed with the helpless inevitability of this reality for all of us -- and lamented that our lives will be summed up in just a few sentences. Through this work I seek to exclaim the monumentality of mere human existence. I intended for each piece to place the viewer at the level of the deceased, represented by an empty chair. I placed charcoal rubbings of their tombstones at the top of the work, as if above a row of graves. The chairs are placed in a line, like a silent tribunal, compelling the viewer to acknowledge this inevitability in his or her own life.

REMNANTS OF EXISTENCE
MFA THESIS EXHIBIT

FEATURING
CERAMICS BY ANGEL ESTRELLA AND
DRAWINGS BY ANDREA GARLAND

ARTIST TALKS & RECEPTION
Friday, April 5, 6-8 p.m.

Lee Gallery
1-101 Lee Hall
323 Fernow St., Clemson, SC

On display until April 5
M-F, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

"Remnants of Existence" encourages an intimate reflection on the residue of memories within places that seem familiar, but may be unsafe. Marks intentionally made by the artists, combined with spontaneous reactions of material processes, operate together to document the passage of time and the power of objects. Suggestions of human body forms are left exposed and vulnerable to communicate their delicate, constantly changing nature.

I am honored to be invited to participate in Radiate! From November 16, 2018 until January 4, 2019. Happy 10 Year Anniversary to Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, Georgia!

"All calls are challenging to jury due to the plethora of strong work submitted...but I can safely say that this jury process was distinctly difficult with so many intriguing works (many pieces along the same vein)...in the end after many rounds (15)...a thread emerged and your work helped create a new visual story."

The exhibition will open with a reception on August 25th (from 6PM -8PM) and will run through September.

Verum Ultimum Art Gallery
3014 NE Ainsworth Blvd
Portland OR 97211
347-752-8915
[http://www.verumultimumartgallery.com]

July 13 - August 10, 2018

Two of only 24 selects out of 194 entries!

The New South III June 22 - July 27, 2018 | Kai Lin Art is proud to host our third annual juried exhibition of works on paper, The New South III. The show explores the contemporary South through the perspectives of 60 artists living and working throughout the Southeast. From over 1,000 submitted artworks, 75 pieces were selected for the exhibition.