Inspired

Leah Brown, one of Hub-Bub’s first artists-in-residence, returns for installation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 9:07 a.m. (0)

When Leah Brown saw the email offering a space in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla. rent-free for somebody who had an idea for a business in the space, she got right to work.In 10 minutes, she threw together a business plan to turn the space into an art gallery.

The landlord loved her idea – one of more than 100 he had received – and Brown was suddenly an art gallery owner.

“In a matter of minutes, I went from having nothing to having a gallery,” said Brown, who opened 18 Rabbit Gallery in 2009.  Continue reading...

 

Snap it up

Snapshot Spartanburg begins Oct. 6

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 11:19 a.m. (0)

As a professional editorial and commercial photographer, Ian Curcio has access to some of the best photographic equipment on the market.

Sometimes, though, he just uses the camera on his iPhone.  Continue reading...

 

Now in residence

Hub-Bub chooses four artists to live here, serve here

JULY 18, 2011 11:00 a.m. (1)

Each of this year’s Hub-Bub artists-in-residence brings something new to Spartanburg.

They’ll share it with the community for the next 10 months.

Camille Bonham has taught drawing, bookmaking and alternative photographic processes to such disparate groups as inmates at the New Correctional Facility in Iowa and students at the M’Adamfo Pa Community Center in Accra, Ghana.  Continue reading...

 

TEDxSpartanburg a success: now what?

It's about keeping the passion going

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 11:01 a.m. (0)

When TEDxSpartanburg concluded earlier this month, its organizers were sure of one thing: if we can do this, everyone can.

TEDxSpartanburg (x = independently organized TED event) was Spartanburg’s take on TED (Technology, Entertainment, & Design), a nonprofit that helps initiate worldwide “ideas worth spreading.”

Past TED events, which have been held around the world, have brought speakers from a variety of backgrounds, including JJ Abrams, a director and writer, Robert Ballard, who discovered the RMS Titantic wreckage, and former president Bill Clinton.  Continue reading...

 

"Every poem is a love poem"

Spartanburg's newest artist-in-residence is a poet

JANUARY 20, 2012 9:31 a.m. (0)

For Hub-Bub’s newest artist-in-residence, it took falling in love to fall in love with his art form.

Travis Blankenship dabbled in all types of art before he became serious about poetry when he was 21.

“Poetry is the most natural expression of emotion I’ve been able to accomplish,” said Blankenship, who arrived in Spartanburg last month to complete a residency that ends in May.  Continue reading...