Julian Gooding is a children’s and young adult librarian, storyteller, documentary film-maker and percussionist. He uses drumming and oral traditions of West Africa to open the creative mind and spirit of a child. His interactive storytelling style encourages both children and adults to take part in each story and become the characters or help in the creation of mood and imagery with props and world percussion. He now includes STEAM programs that focuses on food science.
University of South Carolina Bachelor of Fine Arts General Studio concentration in sculpture; minor in painting. Graduated 2007; John C. Campbell Folk School – Traditional Joinery Class (Clay Spencer Instructor) – 2010; John Boyd Smith Organic Forging Class – 2012. Experience – Back Street Studios, LLC (Owner/Artist – Bob Doster) artist assistant – 2001; Carolina Association of Sculpture Students (Founded 2004 / president 2004-2006 / advisor 2007); The Philip Simmons Artist Blacksmith Guild of South Carolina; Demonstrator, Instructor – 2009 – present; John C. Campbell SC Scholarship Recipient 2010 Active member since 2005 ; Web admin- 2014- present; Ironmans Shop / Carolina Powder Coaters, LLC. – Vice-President- 2010-2013; Journeyman- 2013-present. Roster Artist – Bringing blacksmithing to SC public schools teaching/demonstrations from honors level to special needs development Grades K-12. Demonstrations include traditional blacksmithing tools and equipment, hand-crank coal forge, anvil, hammers, tongs, and safety equipment. Blacksmithing history is discussed and simple goods (hooks, spikes, and chain) are produced without electricity. Artist’s work demonstrations include forged steel leaves and flowers using techniques created by the artist. 2-D steel designs are hammered out to create 3-D forms over the anvil. Herndon Asphalt Engineering and Consulting, Media/Communications/Art Director-2009- present. Currently Exhibiting: South Carolina State Museum 30th Anniversary Juried Exhibition.
Born and reared in Latin America the colors, styles and rhythms have left a deep impression on how Katherine sees the world. Childhood memories of the lush tropics and patterned mosaic sidewalks also influences her art to this day. Starting with glass or clay and adding a little heat from a kiln, these elements are transformed into delicious mosaic stories. Nipped glass bits are placed together to create quilt blocks patterns depicting those used on the Underground Railroad or the wind speed maps of a hurricanes. Clay is rolled, coiled, pinched and glazed to create the components of a larger picture. Little has changed in these processes since ancient times. From the beginnings of these art forms, glass forming and clay building, to how they have grown through technology is explored during the residencies. Connections of the history, math and science used in these processes are also investigated. Past projects include mosaic murals installations for public art and schools, workshops and classes in museums, art schools and glass industry expos. Facilitated art for special events and festivals. Projects vary from individual designs to collaborative site-specific installations. Residencies are tailored to meet your individual populations and time schedules.
Gregg “Buffalo” Barfield presents highly interactive residencies and concerts featuring old time “Appalachian and Jug Band” instruments like the washboard, spoons, kazoo, jug and washtub bass.
Theresa is an Author, an Artist-in-Resident, a Gullah storyteller, a certified Tour Guide, a Lecturer, and local Historian. She is also a Docent at the Old Slave Mart Museum. She is fluent in the Gullah language and grew up on Edisto Island with her grandmother whose only language was Gullah. Theresa speaks in the Gullah language and explains how it began and shares all about the food, the stories, the medicines, their spiritualities, songs, and the customs. She incorporates, for students, a show and tell segment centered around items she grew up with before modern conveniences of today. She has spoken at museums, Schools, Festivals, private functions and many other venues. She was featured in National Geographic Video Magazine and the Charleston Magazine. She is available for your presentations at assemblies, workshops, residences, and many other functions for Black History Month and any other occasions. She is the author of Mama Doonk’s Gullah Recipes, a cookbook featuring Gullah foods.
Cecilia Ho of Greenville, SC, was born into a family of designers in Hong Kong. She is a self-taught fiber artist who has been experimenting & creating all kinds of 2D & 3D felt creations with Wool. During her last residence in Nova Scotia, Canada (2006), the local sheep farms influenced her passion and direction into felting and fiber arts. Since her 2013 relocation to the Upstate SC, Cecilia has been teaching private & group felting workshops to all age group in multiple local, regional and national organizations & schools. She has held felting demonstrations at museum, gallery & festival ie Artisphere, across the US and Canada. Cecilia has taken part in multiple juried art exhibitions ie Spartanburg Art Museum “Unnatural History” Dec 2017 – Mar 2018, Flat Out Under Pressure with MAC Committed Award in Jun 2018, & fashion shows like CONTEXTILE in 2016 & Couture for a Cause Recycled Runway charity events in 2017 & 2018. Since 2018, Cecilia has concentrated to offer fiber arts integration workshops at schools through SmartARTS as a teaching-artist. Cecilia also runs STEAM projects & presentations with art communities where both students & teachers have an opportunity to explore Felting Fiber Art while learning academic subjects related to Science, Social Studies, Mathematics & Language Arts. Through SmartARTS, Cecilia has run Arts classes up to 300 elementary students (k4-5th) or 200 middle students (6th – 8th & adaptive) at each unit. All units are based on the SC standards : Color, shapes & Line (K4) ; Wassily Kandinsky Circles (K5 & Adaptive) ;Animal Finger puppet (1st) ; Tall Tale Character & Felt Factory (2nd) ; Civil War Underground Railroad Quilt (3rd) ; Landscape (Westward Expansion & Grant Wood) (4th) ; World War 2 Badge & Georgia O’Keeffe Flower Abstract (5th) ; Heather Brown (6th) ; Vincent Van Gogh (7th) ; & Pablo Picasso cubism portrait (8th). Cecilia always opens to new ideas & creates new project plans based on the teacher’s teaching plan & subjects. Other collaboration like art event at school & art club, Cecilia designs and prepares creative felting hands-on activities based on time, age group, budget, individual or community projects. Demonstration & presentations covering fiber arts integration to teachers & parents are also conducted through SCAEA conference & Greenville Center for Creative Arts.Cecilia loves WOOL because she can “Felt lt. Love lt. Treasure lt.” FELTasticFashion is the business created in 2011 which Cecilia designs & packages all-inclusive felting Do-it-yourself kits for beginners. Cecilia runs private & group felting workshops weekly at various art centers & communities throughout SC, NC & GA. Cecilia also creates customized teaching plan & prepares workshop materials supplies based on the designed project. www.FELTasticFashion.com
Jugnu Verma grew up in BIHAR, the STATE of the Madhubani region in northern India.The state, part of Mithila, carries a rich pastel of cultural legacy in art and literature.Artistic interests led Jugnu to seek out practitioners of the art from local artists and learn directly from them. Now she practices, popularizesand teaching the art in the U.S.A.Teaching various Indian FOLK art Form such as Madhubani painting, Lippan art, Warli Art, Rangoli, Mixed Media at Columbia Art center.Henna Tattoo at Columbia Museum of Art.Worked at South Carolina State Museum as an EDUCATOR and was on the team of ‘Beyond Bollywood’ Exhibition.