Freedman Arts District
Artists Sunday
November 26 | 11am-4pm | Throughout Freedman Arts District

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
Map of Artists Sunday Happenings


