Charleston County environmental officials are encouraging students from kindergarten to 12 th grade to enter artwork in its Earth Day 2016 contest. Tickets are on sale for the Aston Gala at Earth Day contest. In 1703, Aston wrote and performed “The Country,” thought to be the first play ever produced in America. The award is named for Anthony Aston, a British actor, playwright and poet, who landed in Charles Towne in 1702 after being shipwrecked on the Carolina coast near Port Royal. The Footlight Players board of directors voted in 2015 to create this award to recognize individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to the arts or cultural life of Charleston. Riley along with the Robinsons (posthumous award) will be recognized at the first Anthony Aston Gala on Tuesday, May 17 at Hibernian Hall, 105 Meeting St. Riley and Charleston theater veterans Patricia and Emmett Robinson are the inaugural honorees of the Anthony Aston Honor established by The Footlight Players.
Former longtime Charleston Mayor Joseph P. This bright, bold mural will be a daily reminder of Cynthia and all the lives she touched,” she said. “Cynthia grew up and lived just blocks from the Dart Library, and she helped thousands of people during her years there.
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The organization identified the talented muralist and street artist to be part of the project.ĬCPL Acting Executive Director Cynthia Bledsoe praised Enough Pie plus the many other donors and organizations committed to seeing that Hurd’s legacy continues. The project is a collaboration between CCPL and Enough Pie, a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging and inspiring residents in Charleston’s Upper Peninsula. The mural was being partially funded by a donation from Winston & Strawn LLP to the Cynthia Graham Hurd Memorial Fund, which was established at Charleston County Public Library by the Graham-Hurd families to promote outreach and educational programming at the two libraries she managed during her career. Hurd was branch manager at the Dart branch for 21 years before serving as branch manager of the St. Kuszyk told Charleston Currents that he felt called to do a public painting in Charleston, partly because he frequently visited relatives in the area as a child. Kuszyk graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in painting and sculpture. Kuszyk, a New York artist who has painted large public art projects in Berlin, Prague, London, Tel Aviv and throughout the United States is also author of the 2003 children’s book, R Robot Saves Lunch.
Dart Branch Library last week to honor Cynthia Graham Hurd, a 31-year employee of Charleston County Public Library and one of nine victims shot last year at Emanuel AME Church. Robots,” painted a colorful mural on an exterior wall of the John L. Photo by Michael Kaynard.)Īrtist and author Nick Kuszyk, also known as “R.
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