Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Dottie Gantt to Speak At Seven Oaks Art League



SOAL meeting Thursday Oct. 18 at 7PM
featuring Dottie Gantt, Fiber Artist
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If you have never seen Dottie Gantt's fiber arts, its high time you did. Her work is very striking, eye-catching and non-traditional. I first saw Dottie's work when she had a solo show at The Richland County Library on Assembly St. in Columbia, SC and I never forgot her name or her work. These are not your grandma's quilts.
You may see the artwork of Dottie Gantt on her website by clicking on her name.
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I had the opportunity to see her work and meet her during one of the last Wild Women's Tea Party when she had a booth there. Later when I became the Art Director for the Wild Women's Tea Party Silent Auction; I asked Dottie to participate and she volunteered to paint, decorate and dress one of the Tea Cups for the Silent Auction to raise funds for Wellspring Health.
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About the Artists Background: Dottie is graduate of USC with a degree in Business Administration and a Masters in Computer Science Engineering from Kansas State University. After twenty years working as a Computer Science Engineer with ATT/Lucent she left the business world to pursue her art career and open Lakeside Designs.
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The Seven Oaks Art League meets the Third Thursday of every month except the summer months and features a guest speaker each month. As our membership continues to grow, we look forward to many exciting venues.
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If you are interested in the ARTS or you are an artist, if you are a Sunday painter, an occasional pot thrower, a compulsive painter, just signed up for your first paint class or you live and breathe art; come on out and meet our friendly group.
We meet just off St. Andrews and Piney Grove Roads at the Seven Oaks Park in the St. Andrews area of Columbia, SC.

Photographs provided by Dottie Gantt from a show of her artwork. All art was created by Dottie Gantt. c


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