Southport, Open Your Doors!
A Community-Inspired Artistic Extravaganza
Up Your Arts and the Southport Historical Society invited local artists in April 2021 to envision a post-pandemic world that draws strength from Southport’s people and its history. A quote from Maya Angelou provided the overriding theme and a gift of doors from the historic Harper home on Bay Street provided the canvas. A juried selection process chose nine solo artists and two collaborating teams to decorate the doors using whatever mediums they preferred. Thanks to the generous support of local business people, the results are on stunning display throughout downtown Southport at 11 retail locations during November and December 2021. After the holidays, the doors will travel to 11 non-profit organizations then be auctioned off at a gala event in March 2022.
How to Play
These doors will amaze you, come see them while you can! Each location has a feature like none of the others — just follow the clues. Be the first on your block to win a prize for completing the game! Proceeds will be used to support Southport Historical Society’s ongoing stewardship programs and Up Your Arts’ efforts to turn the Old Brunswick County Courthouse into a community-based center for the creative and performing arts.
Visit each location to view the door, then solve the clue for that location. Take a selfie with the object the clue references. Finally, make a purchase of at least $11 to get a sticker for that store. Collect them all and submit at www.upyourarts.org to win your door prize!
Follow the Clues
1. Shop Girl: “Stevie Nicks compared these to the eyes of a dream man.”
2. Mad River Designs: “Dora says, ‘If there’s a place you got to go, I’m the one you need to know.’”
3. Uncorked by the Sea: “Time in a Bottle”
4. Cat on a Whisk: “Yusuf Islam … but his last name isn’t Stevens”
5. Sedona South: “She wears them at night looking out the window.”
6. Southport Cheese Shoppe: “Good morning.’ You sure do make it like a sunny day.”
7. RE/MAX Southern Coast: Take your team photo here: wear hats, dance, dress up, get crazy… Play life’s music today!
8. Ricky Evans Gallery: “The Stones want to see it painted black; no colours anymore.”
9. Jolliff Team @ Margaret Rudd: “Looks like Herbie’s in town”
10. Southport Trading Company: “Ice Ice Baby”
11. Southport Market: “Jeepers, creepers where’d you get those?”
Click here to view a Google map to each of the participating stores!
Door Artists
1. Alora Boerner, Uncorked by the Sea
2. Harry Burrell, Cat on a Whisk
3. Lori Guidi, Southport Trading Company
4. Ginger Hedblom, Southport Market
5. Mary Beth Livers, The Jolliff Team @ Margaret Rudd
6. Donna Parisi, Sedona South
7. Austin Sapp, RE/MAX Southern Coast
8. Rosemary Wagner, Southport Cheese Shoppe
9. Chris Wallace, Ricky Evans Gallery
10. Nancy Cray and Lynn Gillis, Shop Girl
11. Dave DeGroat, Gia Holmes, and Colleen Phillips, Mad River
