CALENDAR: Redux to show Williams’s art Aug. 10-28

Staff report  |  Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston will present Studio Works (2018-present) as an Ag. 10-28 solo exhibition featuring the work of North Charleston artist Fletcher Williams III. 

Turmeric No. 3, Fletcher Williams III, . Dye and Acrylic on Paper, 50x38in, 2020 Photo: Rick Rhodes Photography

This exhibition will feature a selection of recent works on paper pulled directly from Williams’s studio, according to a press release. Many are on display for the first time, and provide a first-hand glimpse at how the artist practices techniques, experiments with color and compositions, and explores different materials and textures. Highlights include 50 black-and-white single pickets evocative of featureless portraits, small-scale exploratory studies, and a collection of color-saturated works painted in synthetic and natural greens, lush blues, and bold turmeric tones.  

Williams, born in 1987, received his BFA from The Cooper Union and is a 2018 recipient of a Dean Collection St(art)up grant, which served as lead funding for Williams’s latest site-specific installation, Promiseland.  His works engage the rituals and traditions of the American South with an interest in the way we seek to establish place and cultural identity. Williams often paints with Spanish moss, builds house-like structures with salvaged wood and tin roof, and fashions delicate sculptures out of handwoven palmetto roses. His work is both architectural and figural, tactile, and multisensory and unveils his curiosity for both people and places, material, and process.

Also on the calendar: 

Lowcountry Listens each Wednesday.  Want some local music with real social distancing?  Tune in each Wednesday at 6 p.m. to the Gaillard Center’s Lowcountry Listens program for new performances.  To watch, go to the venue’s homepage, Facebook page or YouTube channel at 6 p.m. Wednesday.  Each performance is recorded in the Martha and John M. Rivers Performance Hall and features four to five songs.  On tap this week is Sarah White + Emily Curtis.  Ahead:

• August 12 – Muscle Memory: Poetry & Jazz with Marcus Amaker and Quentin Baxter
• August 19 – Chaquis Maliq The EccentroSoul 1 Woman Band
• See shows from the first series.

Wine Down Wednesday:  5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Aug. 5, Aug. 19. Old Towne Creek County Park will host this event in West Ashley with wine and live music — a perfect pairing to relax at midweek.  Food truck fare will be available.  Cost: 15.  Limited to 150 people.  Advanced registration required.

Online offerings:

• Gibbes Museum.  You can enjoy lots of local art offerings through the website and social media accounts of the Gibbes Museum. At 10 a.m. on weekdays, the museum posts virtual readings and workshops on Facebook. Find more online.
• Avian Conservation Center.  Access videos and live streaming presentations online to learn about what’s going on at the Center for Birds of Prey. 
• Around the world.  You can visit 500 museums across the world online through this Google amalgamation of sites.  

If you have any online events, drop us a line (editor@charlestoncurrents.com) and make sure to put “Online event” in the subject line.  Similarly, if you’ve got cool ideas for stuff to do while in isolation at home, send them our way.