Past Shows
The McClellanville Arts Center has showcased local artists in a variety of mediums since 1977, and each show has been an inspiration to this village’s talented residents and visitors. Below, you’ll find a curated selection of the art shows hosted in our historic gallery, so you can revisit some of your favorite MAC moments again.
Low Country Life by Laurie Candelaria
June 10th - July 29th
2023
Laurie Candelaria is an artist living and working in Charleston, SC. Laurie grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico and was influenced by artists like Georgia O’Keefe. Being surrounded by art at an early age helped ignite her passion as an artist to follow her dreams. After receiving her Bachelors of Arts at the University of New Mexico, Laurie worked in metalsmithing and jewelry design. Over the years, Laurie has worked in many art mediums from metalsmithing, stained glass, and watercolor painting. In the past five years, she has exclusively painted. Her watercolor paintings highlight nature, wildlife and especially all the beauty of the Lowcountry.
Natural Wonders by CREECS
A mixed media art show created by the students during art class to support the standards in their Science and Social Studies classes. As always at CREECS, we focus on upcycling, repurposing, and reusing someone else’s trash into our handmade treasures.
April 1st - May 13th, 2023
Charlie McAlister “It's a Major Retrospective”
Work by the late, great Charlie McAlister. To read more about the artist, check out his bio here.
October - December 2022 - by local artist Bill Ferguson
April 2022- A colorful and vibrant exhibit entitled “Where Kids Create Naturally” created by the students of CREECS Art instructor Heidi Smith.
Village Handwork
March 2022- A community collection of solely fibrous work.
February 2022- A body of work by local artist Emily Bengal, of Mt. Pleasant.
Cast your net into the deep history of our village’s shrimp trawlers and their captains from our very own working waterfront.
August, 2021. The kids wrap up their summer break with a collection of work from all the programs we offered in our studio at the MAC this season.
June-July 2021 The art of Caroline Taylor Leland.
Spring 2021. A body of work by Elizabeth Porcher Mahoney of Porcher’s Bluff.
Winter 2021, a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution
Fall 2020- Small works by Anita Callaert, Tommy Beaver and Susan Millar Williams
Summer 2020- Take a tour of our gallery as artist Aaron Baldwin guides us through his exhibit and explains the process of his work.
Spring 2020 How many stories can one quilt hold?
April 2019 An all inclusive collaboration exhibit! Presented by the MAC, bringing members of our community together displaying the element of water and how it connects us all.
Installed June 2017