More than 60 artists are set to line the front yards, parks and public spaces of Park Circle on Sunday for the neighborhood's annual art walk, a free event running from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Community members are invited to explore the neighborhood on foot, by bike, golf cart or scooter, with most exhibits within a half-mile radius.
The event starts at Park Circle Pavilion, located at 4800 Park Circle in North Charleston, according to WCBD News 2. The art walk was founded in 2020 by artist and curator Morgan East, per Holy City Sinner, and has since become a staple of the neighborhood's creative calendar.
From Front Yards to a Full Neighborhood Showcase
What began as a modest gathering has grown considerably. The art walk started with 30 artists and about 900 attendees in 2020, and has since expanded to more than 60 artists and approximately 2,000 visitors, the station's report notes. Confirming that growth, abcnews4.com reports the event is scheduled for Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and that organizers say it is free to attend.
Artist and participant Tate Nation, who has taken part since the art walk's inception in 2020, described the event as a neighborhood front-yard party celebrating art. Sunday's lineup will include live performances, youth artist exhibits and family-friendly programming alongside the visual art exhibits scattered throughout the neighborhood.
Supporting HEART Inclusive Arts Community
The art walk also doubles as a fundraiser for HEART Inclusive Arts Community, a Park Circle-based organization that recently moved into a new facility on Jenkins Avenue. HEART provides visual arts, music and performing arts mentorship, along with community engagement opportunities, for adults with disabilities.
The event's roots go back to a very different moment for the neighborhood. In October 2020, the art walk was held as a socially distanced front-yard event featuring more than 35 painters, sculptors and musicians, according to The Post and Courier. Artists displayed and sold work directly from their front yards that year, while patrons were asked to wear masks and keep six feet apart, and visitors moved through the neighborhood by walking, biking, scootering, golf carting or driving. Food trucks and food and drink specials at local restaurants rounded out that earlier edition during and after the walk.
Six years later, the format has clearly outgrown its pandemic-era origins, but the core idea remains the same: turning Park Circle's yards, parks and public spaces into an open-air gallery for a single Sunday afternoon.
