through July 21: Amy K. Smit Exhibit at the Clay Pot Coffee Shop

Amy K. Smit is an artist from Montana who currently resides in the Pee Dee area. She enjoys the challenge of working with Oil and Water Color on Yupo paper to create bright emerging colors that breathe life into her art. Annually her art is exhibited at various venues in the area and can also be found gracing the walls of homes in the South East. Through her ongoing zeal for life and adventure, Amy continues to captivate new audiences with her work, challenging herself to paint pieces that encourage and inspire.

The Clay Pot Gallery will showcase Amy's work through July 21st and Amy will continue to create new art to rotate into the gallery, so please revisit to see what new pieces appear! Her traditional and contemporary art work is for sale and also creates custom commission pieces for your home or office.

Clay Pot hours: Wednesday-Saturday 6:30am-9pm, Sunday 8:30am-3pm

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2015 Pee Dee Regional Art Competition Winners

Florence County Museum Announces Winners of 2015 Pee Dee Regional Art Competition Sponsored by Chick-fil-A

Colleen Critcher :The Engagement

Jim Boden: Sirens I

Cat Taylor:The Genesis of Jihad

Yvette Cummings: December

Amy Smit:Freely Bound

On January 15, the Florence County Museum hosted the opening reception for the 2015 Pee Dee Regional Art Competition at the museum’s newly opened adjunct gallery, The Waters Gallery located at 135 South Dargan Street in historic downtown Florence. 

First place in this year's competition was awarded to Colleen Critcher of Florence for her painting The Engagement. The other award winners include second-place oil painting by Hartsville resident Jim Boden titled Sirens I and third place, The Genesis of Jihad, by Longs artist, Cat Taylor. The honorable mention was awarded to an acrylic collage on canvas titled, December by Yvette Cummings of Conway. Each year attendees at the exhibit's opening reception vote for the People's Choice Award. This year's award was won by Freely Bound, an oil painting by Amy Smit.

The exhibit this year is composed of 38 works of art selected from 170 submissions by 77 artists representing northeastern South Carolina. This year’s exhibit is comprised from a balanced variety of paintings, mixed media, drawings, photography and three dimensional works. 

The presentation of awards was made by Mr.Blake Pate of competition sponsor, Chick-fil-A. "Chick-fil-A has partnered with the Florence Museum since 2000 to underwrite this art competition," said Andrew Stout, the museum's director, "and have also been exhibit sponsors for several solo art exhibitions here. They have shown real a commitment and support of our arts, history and culture in the Pee Dee."

This year's Pee Dee Regional Art Competition will remain on display until March 29. The exhibit can be viewed at the Florence County Museum Waters Gallery, 135 South Dargan Street, Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00am - 5:00pm.

For more information about the Pee Dee Regional Art Competition and other upcoming exhibits and events, please contact the Florence County Museum at 843.676.1200 or visit the website at flocomuseum.org."