Work by Harry Neely

Come out and celebrate “White Lights and Red Boxes” by enjoying fine art and refreshments in the boutiques, fine art galleries, and bodegas on Gallery Row – historic Broad Street.  Participating galleries will have red boxes ready to receive your donation of a nonperishable can goods for the Lowcountry Food Bank.

Free downtown trolley service will begin on Monday, Nov 22, 2010, to serve the downtown shopping district. Key stops on the route include the art district of Gallery Row on historic Broad, King Street, the port’s cruise terminal, and Market and Meeting Streets in downtown Charleston.

A list of offerings on Dec. 3 include:

Spencer Gallery II will be featuring still lifes, landscapes and cityscapes painted in the early Pennsylvania style by artist, Harry Neely.

Spencer Gallery I will feature works by Claudette Bell, a well traveled artist, showing her realistic paintings of South Carolina, Europe, and various places in the US, including cityscapes and landscapes.

Both these exhibitions will continue through Dec 10, 2010.

As a special holiday treat, Edward Dare Gallery will feature miniature paintings – all sized and priced nicely for gift giving.  This show, Postcards from Charleston, will include little gems by Isabel Forbes, Leslie Pratt-Thomas, Ann Lee Merrill, Douglas Grier, Jim Darlington and Alice Botts as well as other gallery artists. These small treasures are available only during the holidays, but will capture memories to share with your loved ones for a lifetime.

COCO VIVO Fine Art and Interior Design will be filled with fabulous artwork by artists from around the world this holiday season. The exhibit and sale, A Special Holiday, will include works in oil, acrylic, and watercolor, sculpture, pottery, and fine art jewelry.  Our holiday event will feature gifts by contemporary artists – emerging through award-winning, established professionals.

The Ellis-Nicholson Gallery will feature the exhibit, Nocturnal Pursuits, featuring works by new gallery artist, Lenore Barnett, of Hendersonville, NC.

The Hamlet Fine Art Gallery will feature “Small Jewels”, 6″ x 6″ art works by Jane Woodward, Stephanie Hamlet, Kellie Jacobs, Melinda Lewin and Pat Forsberg. Come and meet the artists, including our famous, copper frog sculpture artists, Charles and Zan Smith.

Gallery Row Galleries include: Ellis-Nicholson Gallery, Hamlet Fine Art Gallery, M Gallery of Fine Art, Martin Gallery, COCO VIVO, Utopia, Atmah Ja’s, Edward Dare Gallery, Mary Martin Gallery, Bernie Horton Gallery, Spencer Galleries I & II, Ella Walton Richardson, and SCOOP Studios.

For further information call Stephanie Hamlet at 843/722-1944 or visit (www.Charlestongalleryrow.com).