On Sunday November 26 – the Sunday after Thanksgiving – The Freedman Arts District is engaging Beaufort’s artists, art galleries, and holiday shoppers to participate in Artist Sunday.

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Sandwiched between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, Artist Sunday is a nationwide art-shopping event taking place with professional artists, non-profit art organizations and municipalities across the country.  Begun in 2020, participants include hundreds of local communities, and thousands of individual artists.

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2023 is the first year Beaufort artists will participate, and spearheaded by the non-profit organization Freedman Arts District along with partners Beaufort Area Hospitality Association and Beaufort Cultural District, the plans include most all the art galleries downtown being open for business 11-4; Open House from 12-4 at private art studios on residential streets; street musicians on Bay Street from 12-4; photo-op boards where people can take photos of themselves in a famous painting will dot Bay St, and Santa Claus is expected to make an appearance!  At 2 pm the winner of the Bike Rack Design Competition will be announced at USCB’s Visual Art & Design building.

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Currently, activities at the following sites are being planned:

Commercial district

·      Green Herring Art & Framing – Bay St

·      Beaufort Artist Association – Bay St

·      Rhett Gallery – Bay St

·      Melissa Lyons Art Studio – Bay St

·      Pinkney Simon Gallery – Bay St

·      Beaufort River Glass – Bay St

·      Atelier off Bay – West St

·      Coastal Art Supply – West St

·      Street musicians, Edward & Ryan, and Ashley Holland  – by Clock tower; by Duffy’s near stairs

·      Photo-Op boards  – by Lulu Burgess; by Thilbault Gallery; by Scout

Residential district

·      Martha Spears – 1201 King St

·      Hanna Hauser – 705 Harrington St

·      Nina Snyder – Beaufort Emporium on Bay St

·      Amy Minson – 912 Duke St

·      Julie Roberts – 1210 Duke St

·      Abraham Brown – 1409 Duke St

·      Kathy Uzzle  – 1114 Greene St

·      Julie Neumann – 1104 Greene St

·      Marc Sviland – 1105 Greene St

·      Billy Wilkie  – 806 Newcastle St

Uptown

·      USCB Visual Art & Design campus – 1121 Harrington St