Limestone Students Now Working

With City of Gaffney To Roll-Out

New Bike-Share Pilot Program

Several Limestone University students are now collaborating with officials from the City of Gaffney to roll-out and manage a new bike-share pilot program that will soon become a reality.

As part of a community service component for a physical education class taught by Dr. Felicia Cavallini, Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, six students are working to identify the locations on campus for the bike-share program and then rolling out instructions for Limestone’s students, faculty, and staff.

The students include Rashae Brown, Caitlyn Gilmore, William Finnearty, Cason McClendon, Abigail Tredway, and Haley White.

“The bike-share program is an innovative and valuable way to engage our Limestone community in active transportation, higher physical activity levels, and a healthier lifestyle that positively influences mental and physical health,” Cavallini said. “We are enormously fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in this program on our campus and beyond.”

The City of Gaffney agreed earlier this year to fund the project that was initially proposed by Limestone students.

Front row (left to right) Abigail Tredway and Caitlyn Gilmore, middle row (left to right) William Finnearty and Rashae Brown, and back row (left to right) City Administrator James Taylor and Haley White. Not pictured: Cason McClendon.

Professor Carolyn Ford Piles Up

Exhibitions And Accolades

It is typically athletes, not artists, who are praised for their endurance, but Limestone University Professor of Art Carolyn Ford is still pushing through an artistic marathon that has spanned more than a year and reaches from coast-to-coast.

Overall, Ford’s work has been showcased in more than 17 exhibitions since the beginning of the 2021-2022 academic year.

One of those was “Tangled Roots: Exploring Appalachian Feminisms,” which took place in the spring of 2022 in Lexington, KY. The exhibition explored the history of creative practices that have long been passed down by Appalachian women, but also looked at how those practices have changed and now reflect a more contemporary Appalachia.

Born in Tennessee, Ford drew from what she had seen and learned to craft ceramic plates displaying Southern women at work, usually household chores, in a sgraffito design. She also made sure to expand what people consider “women’s work” by including pieces with Volunteer State legends Dolly Parton and June Carter performing on stage.

Ford’s work also maintains a home at the Asheville Museum of Art. Three ceramic plates from her “Southernisms” series are currently in an ongoing special exhibition, “Intersection in American Art,” a reinstallation of the museum’s collection.

Just a couple of hours away via Interstate 40 in Salisbury, NC, she is also featured in “ART for ALL – I AM: Identity. Stories. Connection.” The special juried exhibition features 150 works from 55 artists, mostly new, upcoming or established artists from the Carolinas telling their personal and cultural stories. It will remain at the Waterworks Visual Arts Center until January 27, 2023.

The preparation for this marathon came when Ford took a sabbatical from January to May 2020. During that time, Ford completed an artist-in-residency with Mission Clay Art + Industry at Missions Building Products in Phoenix.

Carolyn Ford at the reception earlier this year in Salisbury, NC, where her art was featured in the exhibit “ART for ALL – I AM: Identity. Stories. Connection.”  

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