Visual Arts

Employees in the Visual Arts are involved in the production of works experienced primarily through the sense of sight, such as paintings, drawings, photographs, and fashion. Employees in the Visual Arts include those who produce the works and those who support the production and presentation, such as curators of museums and art instructors.
A Natural State
Episode 6

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Rustic furniture has been around for a very long time, often languishing in attics and barns in rural areas. Some fine examples of rustic furniture were a legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps...
A Natural State
Episode 1

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Jimmie is a self-taught craftsman, who initially picked up the art of fashioning vines and branches into wreaths and baskets while caring for an ailing parent. He honed his art and moved into the...
Spotlight
Episode 1

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Clemson's Nature-Based Sculpture Program reinvents the art gallery as an outdoor experience where the sculptor's hand is revealed through exploration and discovery. There are no signs to lead visitors...
Touch the Earth
Episode 7

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Artworks in the nature-based sculpture program are categorized as "ephemeral" and "extended ephemeral." Ephemeral work has a relatively short life span. Works like Patrick Daugherty's Sittin' Pretty...
South Carolina to New York | Artopia

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Widely considered one of the finest young painters working in America today, Brian Rutenberg has gained an international audience with his landscape based abstractions. The artist received his BFA...
Collaboration
Episode 2

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The Nature-based sculpture program is a collaborative project between artists, and students and teachers from a broad range of university studies. Horticulture, landscape architecture, English...
Touch the Earth
Episode 6

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Several art forms and concepts are experienced through the nature-based sculpture program: Experiential: "Allowing the viewer to experience the sculpture by entering its space allows the viewer to...