A Season of Thankfulness... For Our Visual Artists, Designers & Photographers | ETV Classics

November 21, 2025
A Season of Thankkfulness: Visual Artists, Designers & Photographers | ETV Classics

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South Carolina ETV (SCETV) and the ETV Endowment showcases and supports the arts through its programming, and we are proud to offer the latest finds from the ETV Tape Vault as we present A Season of Thankfulness...For Our Visual Artists, Designers and Photographers! 

We are grateful for all of the artists appearing in these ETV productions, and for the support that enabled us to bring the programs into being. The generosity of time, talent and skill are a gift for generations to come.

We hope that you will enjoy viewing these programs as much as we did, while putting this collection together for you!

Profile Blue Sky

In this ETV Classic, Profile: Blue Sky, we meet the artist who started painting murals in 1974, and the ETV crew accompanies him on visits to three of his murals. Blue Sky observed that too much art was contained in museums, or in collections of the wealthy, and he felt that art should be for the people, and on the streets where it could be enjoyed. While he was an artist, he considered himself a muralist.

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Blue Sky Profile.

Gallery South: Celebration of Art

What a treat to be able to share this gorgeous gift from the ETV Tape Vault! For over twenty years, the ETV Endowment offered posters, and limited edition prints of artists from the South as gifts to support fundraisers for South Carolina Educational Television. In this ETV Classic, Beryl Dakers introduces us to nine artists who were representatives of the artists who contributed to the Endowment over those many years.

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Beryl Dakers. Gallery South.

Homecoming: The Art of Jonathan Green and Leo Twigs

Two Lowcountry natives exhibited jointly for the first time at the Spoleto Festival USA. "Rhythms of Life: Selected Works by Jonathan Green" and "Myths and Metaphors: A Retrospective of Art by Leo Twiggs." These two artists both draw upon memories of their homelands for inspiration.

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Homecoming: Art of Jonathan Green and Leo Twiggs.

Ilona's Palette

In this 1975 ETV Classic of Ilona's Palette from the ETV Tape Vault, we find artist Ilona Royce Smithkin teaching aspiring painters how to make their work stand out from the rest. Ilona's personality and penchant for impressionism shine through as she shares her knowledge with her class and the camera.

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Ilona's Palette - Painting Class.

Now That I Am an Artist

The Governor's School for the Arts provides precious opportunities for students to work with professionals in their chosen area of interest. This ETV Classic is a celebration of an event where returning alumni visit the Governor’s School For the Arts and have a chance to work with the newest generation of students in the program. In addition to master classes, the guest alumni present a realistic portrait of their lives to the students attending The Governor's School for the Arts. 

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Now That I Am An Artist.

The Shadow Catcher: Edward S. Curtis

Starting in 1900 and continuing over the next thirty years, Edward Sheriff Curtis, or the “Shadow Catcher” as he was called by some of the tribes, took over 40,000 images and recorded ethnographic information from over eighty American Indian tribal groups, ranging from the Eskimo or Inuit people of the far north to the Hopi people of the Southwest. 

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Shadow Catcher - Edward S. Curtis.

Spoleto in Retro - Part 2, 2002 

For this ETV Classics, Beryl Dakers heads to Charleston, SC for the 25th anniversary of Spoleto Festival USA for the two-part special Spoleto in Retro. In part two, Dakers explores more of the disciplines featured in the festival's lineup: music and visual arts. 

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Poster From Spoleto Festival 1981.

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Connie Robinette
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