Charleston Fine Art Dealers’ Association Supports Local Arts Organizations
CHARLESTON, S.C.— The Charleston Fine Art Dealers’ Association (CFADA), devoted to supporting Charleston’s visual art world, donates money from its CFADA Scholarship Fund to the Gibbes Museum of Art, Redux Contemporary Art Center and the School of the Arts at the College of Charleston. CFADA will distribute funds to support art programs and scholarships for talented young artists, striving to improve their skills and hopefully choose a career in fine arts.
“Supporting art scholarship and education is of primary importance to the CFADA galleries and the community as these affect the quality of future thought and open-mindedness as well as the continued growth of Charleston as the cultural center it has been since Colonial times,” says Lese Corrigan, president of CFADA.
The College of Charleston’s School of the Arts used the 2008 CFADA donation to create a CFADA Studio Art Scholarship fund last year. The scholarship was $1000 per semester, for a total of $2000, and is applied toward tuition for an incoming freshman each year. The first scholarship was awarded this summer to a Charleston native, Anastasia Timina. This year CFADA doubled the scholarship amount to $2000 per semester, totaling $4000.
According to Angela D. Mack, executive director of the Gibbes Museum of Art, “the generous donation from CFADA will be used to support our November “Women in Art” lecture series as well as other arts education programs that contribute to greater arts scholarship within the community.”
CFADA’s donation will help Redux continue to develop its diverse programming, while introducing and educating the public to the contemporary visual arts. Support from the community allows Redux to continue to exhibit artwork by national and international artists, support local artists, and enrich the Charleston community through adult and youth education programs. “CFADA’s donation will assist our organization in maintaining an ambitious schedule of exhibition, outreach, and studio programs to accomplish our goals,” says executive director of Redux, Karen Ann Myers.
Founded in 1999, the Charleston Fine Art Dealers’ Association consists of the city’s prominent galleries working together to promote Charleston as a fine art destination for passionate art enthusiasts, avid collectors and talented artists. Their events focus on raising funds for the development of the visual arts of Charleston as they have donated to the Gibbes collection fund and CFADA has donated more than $140,000 to local public high schools and scholarships for future artists. In June 2008, Charleston was named among the top 25 small city art destinations in the United States showing the continuing growth.
CFADA Member Galleries:
Ann Long Fine Art•Carolina Galleries•Charleston Renaissance Gallery• Corrigan Gallery•John Carroll Doyle Art Gallery•Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art •Helena Fox Fine Art•Horton Hayes Fine Art•Martin Gallery•Robert Lange Studios•Smith-Killian Fine Art• The Sylvan Gallery•Wells Gallery