Scheduled Events for 2008
(Check for regular updates)
Art Exhibit:
"A Glimpse of Imagination" Art Exhibition
Beginning with reception on January 18th
Gallery open Mon-Fri 1-5:00PM through March 7th and anytime by request.
For the second year in a row BRAC is partnering with Seneca Woman's Club. This exhibit will feature work that is not chosen for the juried show and will be on exhibit at the Historic Ballenger House. Art enthusiasts will be able to view and purchase pieces on display. The opening is January 18th 5:30-8:30pm in conjunction with the BRAC opening and Downtown Go Round. Reception will be sponsored by Applebee's
For additional information call BRAC 882-2722 or HBH 710-6504.
Card Party Luncheon
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 12:00-4:00
Reserve a table for four and play your favorite card game and have lunch in our lovely historic home. Gentlemen welcome. For more information call Peggy at 882-3996.
Wine Tasting and Silent Auction
April 4, 2008 7:00-9:00 PM
Wines provided by Palmetto Spirits. Food by the Seneca Woman's Club members. For the first time we will have a silent auction with our annual Wine Tasting. Vacation opportunities, spa packages and many other items will be auctioned. This has become a very popular event for many. We hope you will come and enjoy.
Tickets will be available at Palmetto Spririts for a donation of $20. For more information or tickets call Peggy at 882-3996
Art Exhibit
May 2 through 24th. Open Hours M-F 1:00-5:00PM and Sat. 12-3:00
Gallery open anytime on request. Groups welcome.
South Carolina Watermedia Society Exhibit.
Gallery Opening: May 2, 2008 5:30 till 8:30. Refreshments will be served. No admission fee.
For the first time, the traveling exhibit from South Carolina's Watermedia Society will visit Seneca. The Gallery Opening will be on May 2nd, 5:30 till 8:30 PM in conjunction with Blue Ridge Art Council's POP Artists Exhibit.
The top 30 of 185 entries have received $9,500 in awards and are touring the state for a year. Works included in the show feature a number of local artists from Seneca and the surrounding areas as well as some of the well-known Greenville artists. Don't miss this exciting exhibit.
On May 24th, 12-6:00PM, our final day of the exhibit, several of the artists will be visiting. This is a great opportunity to meet them and discuss their work.
Groups are welcome. Private showing upon request. No admission fee. Contact Donna at 654-4043 or e-mail donna@ballengerhouse.com
Lake and Mountain Quilter's Biennial Show
September 19 and 20, 2008 9-2:00 No admission Fee
The Seneca Woman's Club will host local quilter and and quilt history enthusiast, Verla Warther. In 2002 she inherited a garbage bag of hand pieced quilt blocks from her mother-in-law. There were five different patterns. Since they were hand pieced she decided to hand quilt the finished quilts. Ms. Warther will have a quilt frame set up with one of these quilts in progress. She will display some of these quilts that she has completed along with another hand quilt done by her great-grandmother, Alabama Belle, Speegle Hinman,in 1880. She will wear Civil War dress and do living history quilting by sitting at the quilt frame, while quilting and visiting with people concerning their questions and stories that they have related to quilting.
Other family quilts from Seneca Woman's Club members will be on display. Light refreshments will be served.
Osher Life Long Institute at Clemson University presents Interior Design course
for 6 consecutive Thursday mornings from 9:30 AM to 12 noon beginning September 11 through October 16,2008 at the Historic Ballenger House.
For registrtion and fee information WWW.CLEMSON.EDU/OLLI or call 864--656-6912
In a Series of three
Shared Stories: Conversations with friends on Silk Stocking Row with close friends with wonderful memories. Sponsored by the Lunney Museum.
September 28th 2-4:00 PM Lecture by Betty Arnold
October 26th 2-4:00PM Lecture by Eleanor Richardson
November 23rd 2-4:00PM Lecture by Melinda Harper
Light refreshments will be served. No admission fee.
Historic Ballenger House
212 East South Third Street
Seneca, S.C. 29689
For tickets and additional event information or if you would like to be on our mailing list for future events please call Donna 654-4043.
Or e-mail donna@ballengerhouse.com