“COASTAL IMPRESSIONS COLOR UNLEASHED”
Featured Artist - Tricia Gardner

“To paint it you must experience it,” says St. Helena Island artist, Tricia Gardner. “The light, the smells, the feel of the landscape cannot be replicated in the studio unless you have been there and become one with the scene.” Tricia is the featured artist for the new exhibit opening at the Art League Gallery of Hilton Head in Pineland Station on July 10. Titled “Coastal Impressions - Color Unleashed” will contain 20 oil paintings demonstrating Tricia’s experiences with predominately lowcountry subject matter.

The public is invited to discuss her art and travels with her during the opening reception at the Hilton Head Art League Gallery, Pineland Station on Tuesday, July 10 from 5-7 p.m. Tricia’s exhibit runs through August 10.

American Red Cross Palmetto Chapter Blood Drives

Chapter Blood Drives are scheduled for the 1st Wednesday of the every month except July*. July 11*, Aug.1, Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Nov.7, Dec.5

For more information please call the Contact:
Liz Johnson
American Red Cross-Palmetto Chapter
Palmetto Chapter @ 757-7437

Annual Bluffton Children’s Forth of July Parade

Wednesday, July 4th 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Come down to Old Town Bluffton and decorate your bike, wagons, dogs, grandmas and grandpas.

We meet in front of the Church of the Cross on Calhoun Street. The parade is three blocks long and it ends at the corner of Calhoun and Lawrence Streets.

Musicians are very welcome to join the fun.
For more information call Babbie Guscio 757-3855.

The Society of Bluffton Artists announces a Featured Artist Show of oil and watercolor media by local artist Stanton D. Allaben

The SOBA Gallery presents Allaben in a show entitled “Scenes From The Lowcountry And Beyond.”

Allaben’s exhibit will run through July 28 and will feature both oil and watercolor paintings of low country and Savannah subjects as well as some scenes of Vermont where he lived for over twenty years.

A self-taught artist, Stanton has extensively studied the works of both the French and American impressionists as well as contemporary artists such as Robert Bateman, John Seerey-Lester, Richard Schmidt, Ray Ellis, and Nancy Taylor Stonington. “My style is a mix of impressionism and realism done in a painterly fashion. I love to see brush strokes in my paintings in a way that effectively portrays the subject matter without burdening it with too much detail,” says Allaben.

The gallery is located on Boundary Street in old Bluffton and is open Mon. through Sat. from 10-5. Call 843-757-6585 or visit the SOBA web site at www.sobagalleries.com for more information about the organization and participating artists.

KIWANIS CLUB SETS 4th ANNUAL “JAMMIN ON THE BEACH”

Get ready to tap your feet at the 4th Annual Jammin on the Beach scheduled for Sunday, July 22 at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort’s Shorehouse beach pavilion, presented by the Kiwanis Club of Hilton Head - Palmetto.

The Palmetto Chapter will host Jammin’ on the Beach as a fun event to raise proceeds for Heroes on Horseback and Strive to Excel.

From 12 to 6 pm, the event will feature local bands, food, drinks and fun activities for the entire family. Bands include B Town Playaz, the Headliners and more.

Admission tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the event. Children 12 and under will be admitted free of charge. For more information or to order your tickets call 843-341-5455.

South Carolina Aquarium Presents Terrapin Program

A presentation about Terrapin turtles will be held at the Coastal Discovery Museum on August 8th at 3 p.m. Staff from the South Carolina Diamondback Terrapin Preservation Project at the South Carolina Aquarium, will be on hand to focus on these illusive turtles in our estuaries. The discussion will present some of the historical threats they have faced and trying to overcome current challenges that may affect their survival. They also will focus on the threat of mortality by crab traps.

The public is invited to bring their crab traps and they will install small rectangular devices, called excluders or by-catch reduction devices, BRDs that have been developed to modify crab trap openings and aid in decreasing the number of terrapins caught as by-catch.

There is no charge for this program, but reservations are recommended. Please call 843-689-6767 ext 223 to make your reservation. The Museum is located at 100 William Hilton Parkway on Hilton Head Island.