May 2026 Events
Draw, Paint, and Connect with the About Face Group at Stormwater Studios – Monday, May 4 & 18!
Mark your calendar for an evening of artistic exploration with the About Face Drawing Group on Monday, May 4 & 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Stormwater Studios.
This dynamic session will feature two live models, one for figure drawing and one for portrait work, providing a unique opportunity to refine your skills in a welcoming and creative atmosphere. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or picking up a pencil for the first time, this session is open to all experience levels.
Bring your favorite materials—sketchpad, paints, brushes, or even your easel—and get ready to dive into a night of creativity and community. Admission is just $15, and first-timers attend free!
Want to stay in the loop? Reach out to Jordan Johnson at [email protected] or follow the group on Instagram: @about_face_drawinggroup.
Join this group for an inspiring night of drawing, painting, and artistic connection.
Ellen Emerson Yaghjian Solo Exhibition
Stormwater Studios is pleased to present a solo exhibition by sculptor Ellen Emerson Yaghjian, on view from Wednesday, May 6, through Sunday, May 17, 2026. The exhibition will feature both copper sculpture and recent acrylic paintings, highlighting the breadth of Ellen’s creative practice.
Ellen is widely known for designing fountains and figurative works in her favorite medium—copper. Her love of sculpture at the University of Georgia where she studied with noted professor and sculptor, William J. Thompson at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Ellen participated in a summer study abroad program based in Cortona, Italy. She was inspired by the outdoor fountains she saw in Rome.
After receiving her BFA from the University of Georgia in 1976, Ellen expanded her creative range with a Master of Media Arts degree from the University of South Carolina. She then spent seven years working in television production at South Carolina Educational Television in Columbia.
While in Columbia, she met fellow artist David Yaghjian, and together they moved to Atlanta in 1985, where she worked as an Associate Producer at Turner Broadcasting on the series Portrait of America. After completing the project, she returned to sculpture.
In 1990, Ellen received her first fountain commission from a landscape designer seeking to add movement and sound to a courtyard garden. Over the past 35 years, she has designed and fabricated site-specific fountains and copper sculptures. Her work has been exhibited widely, including at Spruill Center for the Arts in Atlanta; McKissick Museum and the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia; ArtFields in Lake City; and Francis Marion University in Florence. Her fountains can be found in gardens and homes throughout the Southeast.
Recently, Ellen has begun exploring painting with acrylics, and this exhibition offers visitors the opportunity to experience both her sculptural work and her newest paintings together.
Join us at Stormwater Studios to celebrate this special exhibition and experience the work of an artist whose practice bridges sculpture, water, and the natural rhythms of the landscape.
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 7, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, May 6 to Sunday, May 17
Gallery Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday
Perspectives on the Timeless by Ambrotype Visuals
What makes something timeless? Must it evoke memories that never fade, or can timelessness exist as a recurring presence in modern everyday life? Do memories need to look or feel old—and must the modern always appear new?
Perspectives on the Timeless invites viewers to consider these questions through two distinct photographic collections by Ambrotype Visuals. Differentiated by monochrome and color, the works are united by their subjects’ enduring presence within our lives, society, and culture. Both bodies of work depict lasting objects and ideas situated in contemporary settings—some functioning as relics, others continuing their original purpose. The ambiguity between the two is intentional, challenging assumptions about what is old or new, what truly changes, and what becomes embedded in our collective memory.
If you did not know the settings were modern, could you determine when these photographs were taken? Ambrotype Visuals proposes that when an image evokes emotion, resurrects memory, or transports the viewer beyond the gallery—across place or time—the question becomes irrelevant. These are the images that are, by definition, timeless.
Craig S. Glass founded AmbrotypeVisuals.com in 2022, building on a lifelong fascination with railroads that evolved into a compelling digital photography practice. Encouraged by family, peers, and even railroad crews themselves, Glass employs digital editing techniques—never AI—to create carefully composed scenes he describes as “Where Fine Art Meets the Rails.” His work explores the intersection of artistic expression and heavy machinery.
More recently, his portfolio has expanded to include architecture, landscapes, and natural environments, particularly throughout South Carolina, the University of South Carolina campus, his native Chicago metropolitan area, and beyond. Under the name Ambrotype Visuals, his photographs have received awards and recognition from galleries and competitions across multiple U.S. states, as well as Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Smithsonian Magazine. Originally from Deerfield, Illinois, Glass now resides in Columbia, South Carolina.
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 21, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, May 20, 2026, to Sunday, May 31, 2026
Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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