MAD Gallery Crawl

About This Event

Visit the many galleries of Downtown Camden as they open their doors for a showing of some of the best artists in the Southeast.

Gallery Crawl

Rutledge Street Gallery

A contemporary, original art gallery offering paintings, sculpture, furniture, pottery, and jewelry.

Located at 508 Rutledge Street, Camden, SC 29020.

Lisa B. Studios

Lisa Boykin Adams opened Lisa B. Studios in 2004, showing work from nationally recognized hand-painted lamps to acrylic paintings depicting many aspects of the southeastern United States, from landscapes to architecture.

Located at 506 Rutledge St., Camden, SC 29020.

Artists Attic

The Artists’ Attic is a well-known feature of the local arts community, sharing spirituality of all.
Located at 930 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020.

Camden Art Shoppes

The Camden Art Shoppes feature dozens of mediums and styles from over 80 Midlands artists, making it the perfect place to find that unique gift, treat yourself, or just enjoy the creativity of these talented individuals.

Located at 1011 Broad Street, First Floor, Camden, SC, 29020.

Laurie B. McIntosh Art

Laurie Brownell McIntosh's downtown Camden studio features her own original work, including her latest series of linocut pieces.

Located at 1014 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020.

Gallery 537

Gallery 537 is a versatile, art-filled space that is both gallery and gathering place—featuring lounge seating and a bar with champage, wine, beer, coffee, tea, and CBD.

Located at 537 E. Dekalb Street, Camden, SC 29020.

Arts Center Exhibition

Visit the Arts Center for a special exhibition, Quilted Impressions 2, by renowned fiber artist, Janet Swigler.

Located at 810 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC 29020.

Arts Center Reception

The Arts Center will host a drop-in reception from 5:30-7pm to celebrate its latest exhibit, Quilted Impressions 2. Artist Janet Swigler will speak at 6pm to put this incredible exhibition into context. Light refreshments will be served.

Located at 810 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC 29020.

Special Exhibition: Quilted Impressions 2

Reception

Visit the Arts Center from 5:30-7pm for a drop-in reception celebrating the Basset Gallery's newest exhibition, Quilted Impressions 2 featuring the work of renowned fiber artist Janet Swigler. Janet will speak at 6pm to put this incredible exhibition into context. Light refreshments will be served.

About the Exhibition

Works in Quilted Impressions 2 span a seven year period of creation. Some of the quilts are one-of-a-kind, while others are part of a series. All of them express what Janet Swigler loves: color and line. Quilt making, Swigler's art form, incorporates principles of art—quality of line, value, proportion, and figure/ground composition. Imaginative re-structuring of a simple shape or motif are important components. Swigler's art honors the tradition of quilt making and shows the versatility of a medium that uses only fabric and thread.

About the Artist

Janet Swigler's signature medium—quilting—combines a process of stitching and manipulating fabric with an intuitive and creative use of patterns. Swigler often works free-hand, and avoids using templates traditionally utilized in the process of quilt-making, preferring an intuitive process of discovery and creation. For Swilger, quilt making incorporates many of the principles of art: line quality, value, proportion, and figure/ground composition.

Swigler has worked in this style since 2013, often under the guidance of innovative quilt maker Nancy Crow of the Swithsonian Museum's Renwick Alliance.