Commemorative Gift Personal and Memorable Book of Letters I recently completed a commission to design a commemorative gift for the Head of School at Mercersburg Academy, Doug Hale. Mark and I served under Doug for 16 of our 23 years at Mercersburg, and it was an honor to be asked to participate in his […]
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Florence, SC • Screening
Florence, SC • Screening The Other Brother Initiated by the Florence County Musem and the Florence Regional Arts Alliance with support from the Florence Film Society We spent a memorable evening at the Florence County Museum screening The Other Brother, thanks to a joint effort between the museum, the Florence Regional Arts Alliance and […]
The Art of Travel
The Art of Travel “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” –Mark Twain Changing the way you perceive. We returned last week from a trip to Barcelona, Spain where we celebrated our 40th Anniversary. This romantic city provided an endlessly rich visual and culinary treat. We ate pig snout cannelloni, smoked reindeer […]
ARTFIELDS: Table for Two
ARTFIELDS: Table for Two Only registered participants in attendance are eligible to vote. Hope to see you there! For the second year in a row, Mark’s work will be exhibited in the upcoming ARTFIELDS Exhibition held in Lake City, SC. This juried exhibition held in the small town of Lake City has one of […]
Giving Voice: Memoir and Film
Giving Voice: Memoir and Film A Community Connects I recently edited a project that gave voice to ‘participants who are often underserved by the arts community including people of color, people with disabilities, children, seniors and those for whom English is a second language.’ The Community Education Department at Watkins College of Art, Design and […]
Creative Couples Exhibition
Creative Couples Exhibition Columbia College, Columbia, SC Mark and I are honored to be part of this unique exhibition. We will join 11 other creative couples. Columbia College’s O’Keeffe Centennial Exhibition “Creative Couples of South Carolina” Goodall Gallery | February 14 – March 27, 2016 Reception: Friday, February 26th, 5:30-7:00 pm Article in The State […]
Mark Receives Golden Award
Happy Birthday, Mark. 2016 is off to a great start! Mark Receives Golden Award Asheville, NC Mountain XPress Release Asheville Artist Mark Flowers receives 2016 Golden Foundation Residency The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts A meaningful resource for the professional visual artist. ‘The opportunity to create works at a place where I will have […]
USC Upstate Shares The Other Brother
USC Upstate Shares The Other Brother Mark, Tom and I had an opportunity to share The Other Brother Exhibition and Documentary with the USC Upstate and Spartanburg, SC communities. The students were curious, attentive and receptive to the artwork on display. The support for visual art is clearly alive and well at USC Upstate! Thank […]
New Website Updated Optimized!
New Website Updated Optimized! Thank you for subscribing. Following a 4-day immersion this past summer into all things WordPress – key phrases, keywords, SEO, metadata, categories, tags, internal links, external links, image formatting, widgets, plug-ins, PNG or JPG, responsive sites, permalinks, content, analytics, posts, pages, push, blogs, site icons, optimizer, URL, H1 tag, content, headers, click […]
The Other Brother at USC Upstate • Exhibition and Documentary
Thanks to Mark Flowers (Gallery Coordinator) and Jane Nodine (Assistant Chair, Fine Arts & Communication Studies) for bringing this event to the Spartanburg Community! Presents two related events.,… The Other Brother Exhibition and Documentary • Spartanburg, SC “It became clear from viewer feedback about the documentary that this project needed to have a Part II in […]