Opening Reception
October 16, 2025 | 6:00 – 7:30pm
The Bassett Gallery
About the Reception
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Riding Out the Storm – An exhibition by Salley McInerney
October 16, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - October 22, 2025 @ 5:00 pm
Join the Arts Center on October 16, 2025 for a reception with artists to celebrate this exhibition’s arrival! The reception will be held from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. There will be an Artist talk at 7:00 PM. Refreshments will be provided.
Gallery Exhibition
October 17 – November 22, 2025 | The Bassett Gallery
Open to the public M-F 10:00am-5:00pm and Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm
October 17 – November 22, 2025 | The Bassett Gallery
Open to the public M-F 10:00am-5:00pm and Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm
About the Exhibition
Riding Out the Storm is an unflinching visual and literary exploration of cancer and its consequences, both expected and unexpected.
The show is comprised of mixed media works and corresponding story boards which take the viewer through the artist’s diagnosis of bladder cancer, chemotherapy, bladder removal surgery, recovery, learning to live without a bladder, the end of a 43-year-old marriage and ultimately, the artist’s better understanding of herself and her life.
About the Artist
Salley McInerney is an award-winning journalist whose affection for words comes from her father, an avid reader. Salley has written award-winning columns, news stories and feature stories for daily and weekly newspapers. She has also published one novel, Journey Proud.
Salley is a mixed media artist. Her collection of work includes large and small pieces using found objects, paint, tissue paper and other materials. Salley’s love for art comes by way of her mother who was a printmaker and painter. Salley has studied at the Penland School of Crafts (Penland, NC). Salley is also a horseback rider. She serves as a whipper-in for The Camden Hunt (Camden, SC).
Salley was raised in Columbia, SC She earned her bachelor’s degree from Sewanee: The University of the South (Sewanee, TN). She has two adult children, Skipper and Mac, and one grandchild, Henry.
*A Note to Parents of Young Children from the Artist
“Riding Out the Storm” is a visual and literary journey about bladder cancer and its consequences. The show’s themes include serious illness, surgery, thoughts of suicide, the human body, and divorce.
This exhibition is not intended for young children, rather, a mature audience prepared for a frank and honest representation of the disease and all that losing an intimate body part entails.
Thank you for your understanding.
– Salley McAden McInerney
