by Mikaela Porter The Post and Courier Calling for the removal of the controversial John C. Calhoun monument in Marion Square, Charleston area activists gathered at its base Thursday night to sing and speak of ongoing racial disparity. The event attracted more than 100 people and was part of a national movement to bring down …
by Vincent Harris, Charleston City Paper Kali Holloway has devoted much of her life to journalism, covering politics, race, gender issues and many other topics for AlterNet, Salon, the Guardian, TIME, the Huffington Post, the National Memo, and others. And while doing that work, she repeatedly found groups all over the country, whether they were …
By Kalyn Oyer for the Post and Courier The group that helped bring down the Silent Sam Confederate statue in Chapel Hill, N.C., now has its eye set on the Calhoun monument in Charleston. The Make It Right Campaign, a national organization seeking to remove Confederate-related monuments across the United States, made its first stop in …
Charleston City Paper While this isn’t the first time Redux has taken home the prize for Best Art Instruction, it is, according to director Cara Leepson, a good year to acknowledge the program. Says Leepson, “The Redux Education program really hit new strides this past year. For the first time in organizational history, we hired …
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by Melissa Hayes, Charleston City Paper “The idea is to bring something different to the community,” says Jen Ervin of the two-part photography exhibition she’s curated, now open at Redux Contemporary Art Center. “Redux really offers a chance for artists who are trying to push boundaries.” Ervin hopes the show reflects the dialogue that takes …
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by Kalyn Oyer, The Post and Courier A Vermont musician with family ties to the heyday of classic rock is performing in Charleston with local band Slow Runner, and he’s releasing new music with some Charleston musicians. Kris Gruen’s parents worked in the arts and exposed him to the music industry from an early age. …
by Kalyn Oyer for the Post and Courier The latest art installation at Redux Contemporary Art Center is meant to illustrate the connections of a community. And what better metaphor than the underappreciated fungus? From fantastical fairy circles to intertwined mushroom roots that grow underground and cling to other organisms, the “Fungus Among Us” exhibition …
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by Conelley Hardaway for the Charleston City Paper “Mushrooms connect everything. Soil, plants, themselves. They’re creating a whole ecosystem.” D.C.-based artist Naoko Wowsugi can’t help but grin when discussing her newfound passion, mushrooms, which also happen to be the subject of Redux Contemporary Art Center’s latest exhibition, The Fungus Among Us: Our Mycelium Connection. The …
By Heather Thornton by Vincent Harris for the Charleston City Paper There are a few reasons that Charleston artist Andrew King created and pitched the idea for Hello, My Name Is… to Redux Contemporary Art Center. The first is that the show, which features King’s work alongside three other local artists, needed a big space …
by Connelley Hardaway for the Charleston City Paper Congrats, Redux. Today the art center finally got a sign (in addition to their building’s ‘Big Bertha’ signage, which references its other inhabitant, a storage company). Executive director of Redux, Cara Leepson, says that she never thought she’d be this excited about a sign. After 18 months …
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