On behalf of art and tiny business in the greater Charleston, SC area, Victoria Moore of conNECKtedTOO –> TINYisPOWERFUL was invited to attend SOCAP 2020 Yes, tiny IS powerful.

Artwashing

ARTWASHING: A term for what observers see as the past and present role of public art and creative placemaking in priming markets for the benefit of developers and outside investors, raising price points and enriching municipalities, but displacing incumbent residents, often communities of color…the process often “exacerbates class differences, encourages unwanted neighborhood changes, and even […]

Kurtis Lamkin

KURTIS LAMKIN is an award-winning poet, songwriter, musician, and sometimes musical instrument inventor. He collaborated with conNECKtedTOO to write its very own jingle entitled “Bet on YOU”, a hope-filled message of mutual support between TINY Businesses and the communities they serve. He and his daughter also lent their voices and playing to the recording of […]

Arianne King Comer

ARIANNE KING COMER is a BFA graduate of Howard University, and has served as an Artist in Residence in the state of South Carolina since 1995. She specializes in indigo batik dyeing, and presents lecture demonstrations on creating indigo textiles and preserving the heritage of indigo dyeing across the Southeast. She was the owner of […]

Morgan Kinne

MORGAN KINNE is an artist with an emphasis on sculptural work that analyzes and celebrates the universality of the human experience. In 2011, she received a BFA/Sculpture from Winthrop University, and in 2014, an MFA/ Contemporary Art, Sculpture from the University of Edinburgh.  A minimalist at heart, she pursues beauty, found in the relationships between people […]

Sharon Cooper Murray

SHARON COOPER MURRAY leads the Community Rag Quilting Initiative. It is an emerging nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the Gullah textile tradition of rag quilting and developing employment opportunities based on the cottage industry model. She is also a storyteller specializing in reviving and celebrating Gullah and historic African American arts traditions.  textilesocietyofamerica.org/2461/narrating-the-lowcountry-charleston-to-savannah/

Kit Loney

KIT LONEY has an M.F.A from the University of South Carolina in Fiber Arts, and taught art to youth and special needs students for decades. She is a visual artist, a poet, a weaver and now specializes in handmade books. In conjunction with conNECKtedTOO she created a series of accordion books in which hundreds of […]

Timothy Hunter

TIMOTHY HUNTER is a student of science at the College of Charleston, but at the Rhizome studios he brings his gifts for painting and artistic design to various projects and installations. He is working on a new larger-scale installation temporarily entitled “When the water rises, so does the rent” along with Jean-Marie Mauclet, Morgan Kinne […]

Aysha Bowens

AYSHA BOWENS is a high school senior at Burke High School set to graduate in 2020 as the Valedictorian of her class. Aysha brings her thoughtful, intelligent approach to all aspects of her work at conNECKtedtOO, and assists with social media management and content creation for all of the Rhizome social sites.

Rayn Rainey

Rayn (they/them) is a ‘design-centric’ person who lends their adept writing, computing, and artistic skills to many projects around the Rhizome studios. The only thing they loves more than cute stationery is collaboration on tough but rewarding projects. Rayn dreams of becoming an art director and owning their own art studio one day.