Social - August 2003

Blue Highways exhibit travels to Lincolnton

From staff reports

The Lincoln Arts Council will present “Scenes from the Blue Highways” Sunday in the galleries of the Lincoln Cultural Center.

The show has been traveling around the state.

The Blue Highways are found on older road maps from various state travel departments. Blue Highways run through rural areas and small towns across North Carolina.

Four artists — Madeline Dukes, Dorothy Shoemaker, Cama Tadlock and Jan Yearwood — took nine months to travel these roads, works in varying media to document their feelings, comments and discussions.

There will be 15 pieces by each artist and will vary in size from 5’x5’ to 16’x20’. All four of these women are award winning artist and are currently represented by galleries in North and South Carolina.

Madeline T. Dukes resides in Clover, S.C. She is a graduate of Winthrop College with a bachelor of arts in political science and a minor in art. She has won may prizes including a Best in Show at the Chester, S.C. art show last year. Her paintings hand in private collections in North and South Carolina. Her medium is oil.

Dorothy Shoemaker resides in Clover, S.C. She has exhibited in art shows from New York to Atlanta, Ga. and published in newspapers such as The Democrat in Flemington, N.J. and the Martinsville Bulletin in Martinsville, Va. Her work has also appeared in many exhibitions, and she has won grants and awards such as the Emerging Artist Grant in York and Gaston counties. Her medium is watercolor.

Cama Tadlock, a native Charlottean, also resides in Clover, S.C. She has studied at UNC-Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College, Spirit Square and with many nationally and internationally known artists. Her work has been in many local, regional and state juried shows. Her paintings reflect her love of color and texture. Tadlock works in acrylic and oil.

Jan Yearwood is a native of Charlotte who still resides there. She presently works mainly in oils but does some pastels and mixed media paintings. She has studied both locally and abroad with nationally and internationally known artists. Her work has won many local and regional awards.

The opening reception will be held on Sunday from 2 until 4 p.m. The reception will be sponsored by Rising Sun Pottery. Music will be provided by Barrie Howard.

The art will hang in the galleries through Aug. 28. The public is invited.

This project is sponsored in part by a grant through the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency.

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