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 The Richardson Family Art Museum is dedicated to displaying
Wofford student art. The Richardson Family Art Gallery will be
used for traveling exhibits and some student artwork. The space
is located behind large glass panels that visitors can see from the
main lobby.
Art studios, including a 2-D studio for drawing, a 3-D studio for
sculpting and a studio specifically for painters, all use natural light
to give artists the best space possible to create.
“We have never had anything like this,” Mitchell said.
The facades of the building each feature a standalone white brick
wall bearing Rosalind Richardson’s name. The campus-side façade
is made up of large glass windows, designed to invite students and
the community into the building.
“You can see activity, and you’d want to come in and see what’s
going on in the theater and the art museum,” Smith said.
An ionized copper centerpiece stretches from the inside of the
main lobby to the top of the building. Smith said the unique mate-
rial reveals different shades of bronze or copper depending on the
angle of light hitting it.
Providing a useful space for students to embrace their creativ-
ity was a priority for the building’s design, Smith said. He said the
theater and gallery spaces can compete with any of the other facili-
ties available in Spartanburg County.
“We wanted a space that really worked for students. Students are
first and foremost in our planning process. We listened to the faculty
and their needs a great deal,” Smith said. “There are bigger theaters
in Spartanburg County, but there won’t be many that will be more
acoustically correct with an audio system or lighting system or any-
thing like that that’ll be better than what we have in here.”
Mitchell said students and faculty appreciate the Richardsons’
gift, and can’t wait for the couple to see what their investment has
led to.
“It’s a thoughtful, long-term, exceptionally generous gift for
us,” she said. “We’re a liberal arts college, and now we have a
hallmark center for the arts. It couldn’t be a more impactful gift at
this time for us.”

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: The Richardson Family Art Museum is dedicated to

displaying Wofford student art. The Richardson Family Art Gallery will be
used for traveling exhibits and some student artwork. The space is located
behind large glass panels that visitors can see from the main lobby. The
Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts, on the Wofford College
campus, opened in May. The Sallenger Sisters Black Box Theatre, which is
indeed black in color, will provide a space for non-traditional performances.
The building’s centerpiece is the Jerome Johnson Richardson Theatre. The
320-seat theater includes a full stage, orchestra pit, and catwalk system. A
large screen also allows the theater to host speaking events.

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 Chihuly sculptures greet
visitors with color and light
STORY BY LAURA CORBIN | PHOTOS BY TIM KIMZEY

A beacon of color and light greets Crimson Persian Chandelier.

visitors as they enter Wofford
College’s new Rosalind Sallenger
Richardson Center for the Arts
into the main lobby of the center
of campus. The striking, yet warm
autumnal shades of red, orange
and yellow are the elements of the
Cerise and Amber Persian Ceiling
created by renowned American
sculptor Dale Chihuly.
Entering from the main park-
ing lot of the center for the arts
from Memorial Drive, visitors are
welcomed by yet another Chihuly
sculpture, the Goldenrod, and
Both sculptures were commis-
sioned specifically for the center for
the arts and were created to honor
the commitment to the arts by Jerry
and Rosalind Richardson and their
ongoing ties to both Wofford and the
Spartanburg community. Chihuly
and his team worked closely with the
Richardson family, representatives of
Wofford and the design team to create
legacy works of art for the campus.
The colorization of the artwork was
inspired by images of fall foliage that
were particularly chosen and much-
loved by Rosalind Richardson.

Glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly were installed in the building in March. At each
entrance of the building, the large red, orange, and yellow glass Chihuly sculptures
greet visitors. The artist worked with the Richardsons to create the pieces, “Golden-
rod and Crimson Persian Chandelier” and “Cerise and Amber Persian Ceiling.”

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 “I want people to be overwhelmed with
light and color in a way they’ve never
experienced before,” Chihuly said of his
Persians sculptures. His Persians were
first exhibited as part of his solo show at
the Musee des Arts Decoratifs of Palais
du Louvre in France in 1986. The series
alludes to the romance and blossoming
of a bygone age and to a transient fragile
beauty preserved in the present.
Of his Persian Ceilings, Chihuly said, “I
want my work to appear as though it came
from nature so that if someone found it on
a beach or in a forest, they might think it
belonged there.” His first Persian Ceiling
was presented in his Chihuly sculptures
greet visitors with color and light 1992
exhibition opening the new downtown
Seattle Art Museum. Lit from above and
resting on a flat glass pane, the elements
of the Persian Ceiling come together to
provide an immersive experience in color
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 “What makes the Chandeliers work for me is the massing of
color,” he says. “If you take hundreds of pieces, put them together
and shoot light through them, it is going to be something to look
at. Then, you hang it in space and it becomes mysterious, defying
gravity or seemingly out of place, like something you have never
seen before.” The first Persian Chandelier also was exhibited at the
1992 opening at the Seattle Art Museum.
The Goldenrod and Crimson Persian Chandelier is composed of
approximately 124 Persian Chandelier elements in various shades
of red, orange and yellow.
The Cerise and Amber Persian Ceiling is composed of approxi-
mately 177 Persian elements in similar warm autumnal tones.
Chihuly is globally renowned for his ambitious site-specific
architectural installations in public spaces, and in exhibitions
presented in more than 250 museums and gardens worldwide
including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian
American Art Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass.
The Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts, includ-
ing exhibitions in the Richardson Family Art Museum and
the Richardson Family Art Gallery, can be seen from 1-5 p.m.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays; and 1-9 p.m.
Thursdays. The building and exhibition spaces will be closed to the
public Sundays and Mondays.

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 ‘ Sir Winston Churchill ’ THE ART OF

The British flag, right, is from the platform during Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College in Fulton,
Missouri, on March 5, 1946. NATIONAL CHURCHILL MUSEUM AT WESTMINSTER COLLEGE

‘Passion for Painting’ on exhibit at Wofford’s

Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts

M
STORY BY LAURA CORBIN | PHOTOS COURTESY OF WOFFORD COLLEGE

ention the name Winston
Churchill, and the picture
that immediately comes
to mind is that of a skilled
statesman who led the Brit-
ish during World War II
and inspired a nation during its “finest hour.”
History has painted a portrait of Churchill (1874-
1965) as an ambitious, confident, bold and highly
creative man. Volumes have been written about
him as a statesman, and he is remembered today
— five decades after his death — as a leader whose
eccentricities and audacity contributed to his stub-
born defiance in the face of adversity.
He also is remembered as a passionate writer
and orator, writing more than 5,000 speeches, 42
books and countless articles ranging from African
travel journals to essays about oil painting. In 1953,
he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for
“his mastery of historical and biographical descrip-
tions as well as for brilliant oratory in defending
exalted human values.”

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 LEFT: Bust of Winston Churchill by Sir Jacob Epstein. NATIONAL CHURCHILL MUSEUM AT WESTMINSTER COLLEGE RIGHT: A top hat
signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, Marshal Stalin and Winston Churchill at the Yalta Conference is on display in the “Pas-
sion for Painting: The Art of Sir Winston Churchill” exhibition at Wofford College. PROVIDED
There is another picture to be painted of Sir Win-
ston Churchill: the portrait of Churchill as an artist.
A collection of paintings by Churchill, “Passion for
Painting: The Art of Sir Winston Churchill,” will be
on exhibit at Wofford College’s new Rosalind Sal-
lenger Richardson Center for the Arts through Sept.
15. Also on exhibit will be nature artwork from The
Johnson Collection in the art museum and contempo-
rary works by three Tunisian artists in the Richardson
Family Art Gallery.
The Churchill exhibition offers a unique opportu-
nity to view paintings rarely seen in North America.
Bringing together 10 paintings from the esteemed
collection of the family of the late Julian Sandys,
grandson of Churchill, and from the collection of the
National Churchill Museum, the exhibition surveys
both Churchill’s landscapes and seascapes, the artist
statesman’s favorite subjects.
Beginning with his work from the 1920s, the paint-
ings on view represent four of the five decades in
which Churchill pursued what was for him the great-
est of hobbies.
The exhibition in the Richardson Family Art
Museum is a collaboration between the National
Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton,
Mo., and Wofford College. It also includes several
objects from the permanent collection of the National
Churchill Museum, including a cigar humidor given
to Churchill by the people and government of Cuba
(1946); a top hat signed by Churchill, President Roo-
sevelt and Joseph Stalin (1945); and a rare dispatch
box from Churchill’s time as Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster (1915). Also on view will be several items
from Churchill’s visit to Westminster College, where
he delivered his most significant post-war speech,
the “Sinews of Peace,” commonly known as the “Iron
Curtain Speech” on March 5, 1946.
“During his lifetime, Winston Churchill cre-
ated more than 570 paintings,” says Timothy Riley,
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the Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and
Chief Curator at the National Churchill Museum at
Westminster College. “He maintained that he was
an amateur painter, though I believe visitors to this
exhibition will agree that Churchill was an amateur
with considerable skill. He did not create for the
purpose of exhibiting them widely. For Churchill,
painting was a therapeutic activity. It helped him
sharpen his focus — it was a deeply personal exercise.
For audiences today, Churchill’s paintings provide us
with a glimpse of the great leader’s power of obser-
vation and his highly creative mind.”
Wofford President Nayef Samhat says the
Churchill exhibition is a fitting beginning for the
Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts,
which will house the college’s arts and theater pro-
grams, two performance theaters, classrooms, and
studios.
“This stunning new building will transform the
arts at Wofford College and beyond. Our ability to
provide our students and the entire Spartanburg
community with outstanding opportunities such
as the Churchill exhibit is remarkable,” Samhat
said. “We are honored to host this important and
rare exhibition in collaboration with the National
Churchill Museum. On behalf of the college commu-
nity, I also extend our deepest appreciation to Jerry
Richardson for his gift that made this center possible
and to his wife, Rosalind Sallenger Richardson, for
inspiring that gift. Every day will be a celebration in
this center for the arts with exhibitions, plays, and
performances.”
The Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the
Arts, including the Richardson Family Art Museum
and the Richardson Family Art Gallery, will be
open to the general public from 1-5 p.m. Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays; and 1-9 p.m.
Thursdays. It will be closed to the public Sundays
and Mondays.
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 Of Churchill’s nearly 575 total paintings, 350 are
landscapes or seascapes. He often planned his holi-
days — to the south of France or Marrakech — in order
to satisfy his interest in colorful scenery, which he
painted en plein air, or outdoors.
“The oil paintings in this exhibition — Churchill
painted almost exclusively using oil paints — are some
of the best examples of Churchill’s artistic efforts,”
says Riley, who will give a talk at the closing recep-
tion for the exhibition on Sept. 15, titled “The Art of Sir
Winston Churchill.” “They show his love for light and
shadow and intense color. He famously referred to the
act of painting as a ‘joyride’ in a paint box.”
Riley continues: “Part of Churchill’s great success
as a man — and a leader — was his creativity. The same
mind that could paint an image with words — ‘broad
sunlit uplands’ — applied thought to color, light, and
shadow. I think audiences today can appreciate the
depth of Churchill’s genius by looking at his painting.”
Churchill did not begin painting until the age of 40.
Although he received no formal training as an artist,
he pursued his hobby with characteristic passion, and
it became a lifelong interest. A 1921 essay, which later
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became the basis for his book, “Painting as a Pastime,”
serves as the painter’s personal credo on the creative
process and recounts the origins of his interest in
painting.
In 1915, during World War I, Churchill commanded
the British Navy as First Lord of the Admiralty. “He
observed the horror of 20th-century warfare — pow-
erful artillery, machine guns, trenches — and devised
a plan to shorten the conflict by knocking Turkey out
of the war on the eastern front in the Straits of the
Dardanelles,” Riley says. “While historians continue
to debate who caused the plan to fail, it did — disas-
trously, with 25,000 allied casualties. Churchill took
the blame and was forced to resign his position.
“At 40 years old, he was despondent and depressed.
It was the low point in his career that Churchill began
to paint. He later said that painting ‘came to my
rescue.’ He never turned back and continued to paint
into his 80s. It was therapy for him. He once said,
‘without painting, I could not live.’ I think that is an
important reminder for us in today’s age, that we might
heed Churchill’s advice — slow down, carefully observe
the world around you, refocus and be creative.”
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 SCENE Spartanburg celebrates community
with fundraisers and social events

ETV Endowment PHOTOS BY ALEX HICKS JR.

The ETV Endowment

hosted a special luncheon
with Rudy Mancke and
Mary Alice Monroe on
June 15 at the Piedmont
Club in Spartanburg.
Mancke and Monroe
explored the habitat of
South Carolina’s coastline
and the protection of our
shorebird and seabird
populations, which have
decreased 70 percent
across North America.
This event will launched
Monroe’s new novel,
"Beach House for Rent,"
which was published
on June 20. Mancke, a
Spartanburg native and
graduate of Wofford
College, is the host of
SCETV’s longtime series,
"NatureScene." He is also
the host of South Carolina
Public Radio’s Nature
Notes, a popular weekday
feature that explores the
natural world. Monroe is
a New York Times best-
selling, award-winning
author. Monroe’s novel,
"The Beach House," will
be released this summer
as a movie starring
Gaffney, S.C. native Andie
MacDowell.

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 Go Red For PHOTOS BY SAMANTHA SWANN

Women Luncheon Guests

arriving
at The
The 2017 Spartanburg Go Red for Women luncheon sponsored by the American Pied-
Heart Association took place on May 11 at the Piedmont Club in Spartanburg. mont
The organization encourages women and their families to take action and live Club for
a healthier life. Spartan-
burg Go
Red for
Women
Lun-
cheon.

Brandy
Soler,
Emily
Phalen,
Darleen
Cassidy.

Women having red lipstick applied for the Spartanburg Go Red for Women
Luncheon on May 11 at the Piedmont Club.

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 Tahmikia Autry, Kathy LaValley, Angela Forrest and Nancy Emily Gladden and Alexandria Meg Gilmartin and Jennifer Susan Kunkler and Claire
Bockstiegal Bradley. Phillips. Kunkler.

Rebecca Hammett, Tiffany Coleman, Katie Boling, Jessica Knight, London Parker, Jeraldine Mack, and Women gather for group photo at the Go Red for
Lauren McClure, and Kelsey Elder. Michelle Beech. Women Luncheon at the Piedmont Club on May 11.

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 Junior League of Spartanburg
Marianna and Roger Habisreutinger hosted The Junior league of Spartanburg Sustainers Spring Celebration at their home. More than 100 sustainers
were in attendance. The event was catered by Two Samuels.
 
PHOTOS COURTESY OF JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SPARTANBURG

Jada Wood and Laura Keller. Peggy Pitts and Gloria Close.

Robin Field, Melissa Sullivan, Krystal Gurganus, Brianna Houser, Meredith Lynn Carman Jordan, Donna Chapman Kennedy, Ginger Davis, Gloria Close and
Gergley, and Colleen Rice. Jada Wood.

Jenny Connell, Paige Rousey, Kellynn Krystal Gurganus, Marianna Habis- Mary Ann Cleland and Amanda Mathis. Ginger and Beau Shuler, Vic Bailey,
West, Krystal Gurganus, Chrissy reutinger and Neely Bailey Darr. Jay Wakefield, Lynn Bailey, and Ron
Proctor, Mary Grace Close, and Neely Fields.
Bailey Darr.

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 2017 Best of the
Best Spartanburg
The Herald-Journal hosted the 2017 Best of the Best Spartanburg awards
banquet, at the Marriott in downtown Spartanburg, on May 11.

TIM KIMZEY PHOTOS  

The Herald-Journal held its 2017 Best of the Best Spartanburg awards banquet, Jessica-Marie Goethe and Tina Clark with Carolina Garden World.
at the Marriott in downtown Spartanburg, on May 11.

Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright received the Person of the Year award. The Herald-Journal held its 2017 Best of the Best Spartanburg awards banquet,
at the Marriott in downtown Spartanburg, on May 11.

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 Vic and Lynn Bailey of Vic Bailey Ford. Deanna Phillips and Yadira Rodriguez
with Mungo Homes.

Angie Yarborough, Betty Kirtley, Danny Yarborough, Pat Cole, Tanja Keller and Matthew Ogle, and Joe Marzouca with Felicia Nechelle Evans and Randy
Carolyn Meyer with B & D Family Jewelers. TLC Motors. Evans with Founders.

Jennifer Evins, president & CEO of the Chapman Cultural Center, accepts an Lindsay Posey and SoYoung Bennett Lisa and Jock McGaha of Mother’s
award from Herald-Journal publisher Kevin Drake. with Pizza Inn. Restaurant.

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 Hope Blooms for Hospice
The "Hope Blooms for Hospice" luncheon was held at the Marriott in downtown Spartanburg, on May 18. The Spartanburg Regional Foundation honored
Spartanburg Regional Hospice, recognizing the clinicians who provide care to hospice patients during the annual event.

PHOTOS BY TIM KIMZEY

Joseph Hood, Mable Hood, Tal Young, Beth Young, Billy Young, Mary Beth Hood, The Spartanburg Regional Foundation honored Spartanburg Regional Hospice, rec-
Maurice Hood (guest speaker for event), and China Hood. ognizing the clinicians who provide care to hospice patients during the annual event.

Kayla Griffin and Jennifer Bledsoe. Nancy Johnson and Monica Soto. Dan and Debbie Philbeck. Mary Hope Rhodes and Melissa France.

Karen Willis and Debra McLennan.

The “Hope Blooms for Hospice” Wanda Sprouse, Heather Wilson, Julie Laye, and Paige Biggs. The “Hope Blooms for Hospice”
luncheon was held at the Marriott in luncheon was held at the Marriott in
downtown Spartanburg on May 18. downtown Spartanburg on May 18.

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 PA R T I N G S H OT

East Main
Street 1920
WILLIS COLLECTION

East Main Street in Spartanburg in 1920. C and F Co.,

Rice's, Rialto, Piggly Wiggly, N.Y. Loan, Strand, J.D.
Collins, Elite Ice Cream, Kress, Arnold's, and Bijou.

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