World of Beauty and Art Show for Women Only

Friday, November 4 · 5:00pm - 9:00pm

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Location

HiLights Hair and Tanning Studio

1824 Airport Blvd.

West Columbia, SC

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Created By

Jean Bourque

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More Info

Please come out to a fun event that will make you beautiful and you can even get something beautiful for your home or office as well. Artist Jean Bourque has set up an art show at the Salon. The owner and her staff will provide refreshments and you can select any three services from the Salon for only $60. your choices include: Airbrush Tan, Waxing (eyebrow, lip, or chin), Ear Candling, a haircut, Hi-lights using up to ten fashion foils, up to three feathers, facials, 30 min massage, deep conditioning hair treatment, piercing, 1 body wrap area, a month of tanning, or for fitness buffs, you could select a month of Zumba or Jazzercise. Fun times. You can call and reserve your services in advance 803-794-7555. Or if you would just like to check out the art by Jean Bourque and the Salon without an appointment, just stop by!

Painting at Utopia with The Dubber in Columbia, SC

Utopia....

One of my favorite things to do is painting to music... and the opportunity to paint to LIVE music is such a treat . I have been very blessed lately to paint on a regular basis with a multitude of musicians performing live. Here I am at Utopia.. and I am painting at the CD Release party of "Global Warning" performed by The Dubber.

The Dubber...

Some of you know, I have been following The Dubber's music since I first heard him back a few years ago at H20 on State St in West Columbia. I remember seeing this giant of a man with dread locks and muscular arms and noticing he wore a turban. Having no idea what his music would be I sat there with artist friend Michelle Rogers and this man sat down and closed his eyes and started playing; the lively crowd silenced as we all sat in awe listening to the gentle voice and unique music from the guitar played by Wendell Culbreath. It was at that moment, I literally was under the spell of the music, just as when I paint...I am so into the painting... I am at one with the painting.

It was probably close to a year before I found out exactly who he was and where else he performed... and this time when I heard him I had a front row seat and introduced myself. I saw he was one with the music like I had felt ... so many times when I paint. We exchanged cards and I wrote to him telling him how I noticed all these things and from then on I went to as many shows as I can. In fact for a while I went to every one. I still try to, but my time is divided by my own art interests and other music as well. Watch this blog for more info on The Dubber!

yours truly,

Jean Bourque

Artist :0)

Art and Music Networking the Scene

Well hello to all my readers new and long termers....

I haven't been here much and some of you have a pretty good idea, why. Basically, I have really been working the art and music networking scene the past year and now I am so entrenched with so many friends and events to attend that its like I can no longer attend every event I would like to, because many evenings there are several events happening with friends performing or showing their art and or music. So... I now have to say no sometimes. It literally kills me to miss some of my fave musicians performing; or my art buddies that are having shows I end up missing for one reason or another. Often times how I end up selecting where to go will depend on whats happening in my art career first. Then secondly, what events my friends have chosen to attend... I love hanging out much better than going solo. As ya'll know I was solo for many years and I am so over that. LOL!

Like, right now I am showing 8 paintings at White Mule on Main St. in Columbia, SC. You could say its the blues... and it's influence in music and my art as all eight have some blue in them. Lots of light blues and a few cobalts and ultramarines thrown in for good measure. Of Course many pieces also have heart and soul...as that is what my art is actually about... well, for the most part. They will be on display there for 3 months, so take a peek and if you are interested in any of them, just let me know. I will be at White Mule, for at least a few hours on the ... first Thursday, June 3rd.

Events this weekend in Columbia SC

Museum Events
SC State Museum Fri Jan 15 & Sat Jan 16 10am - 5pm, Sun Jan 17 1pm - 5pm
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race, Fri & Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 1pm - 5pm
Tangible History Fri & Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 1pm-5pm From the Pee Dee to Savannah
Dinosaurs: Mesozoic Monsters Fri & Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 1pm - 5pm

Columbia Museum of Art Fri 10am - 9pm, Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 12pm - 5pm
Fifty Works for Fifty States and Final weekend Ansel Adams: Masterworks
Museum Roadshow Sat 9:30am - 4pm

Art and Gallery Events
Imagine; Village Artists , Fri & Sat 10am - 9pm, Sun 12pm - 6pm;
Spring Valley Art Show Friday & Saturday 6pm - 8pm

Jeff Donovan: Three Decades/Twenty Years - A Retrospective Exhibition Gallery 80808 , http://ifartgallery.blogspot.com/, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 11am - 7pm Presented by if Art
Jeff Donovan Catalogue Presentation Mon. Jan 18 7-9PM at 808 Lady St.

Jean Bourque: Coffee Inspired Canvases at Gotham Cafe 1508 Main St. Columbia
Fri 8am-8pm Sat 8am-3pm Show is ongoing to end of Jan.

Music & Other Events
Drum Circle weekly every Friday evening at Gotham Cafe 1508 Main St 630-8 PM
Hula Hoop to the drums at Gotham Cafe every Fri evening during Drum Circle 630-8pm
free Hula Hoop lessons; bring your drum or hula hoop. Both groups, the drummers and the hoopers are competing with each other to see which group can bring the most food and winter coat, gloves, hat donations for Harvest Hope Food Bank. So bring your donation and have a good time.

Jeff Liberty playing live at Hard Knox Grill every Tuesday evening starting at 7 PM. Hard Knox at 1000 Knox Abbott Dr. in Cayce is featuring a full dinner menu as well as great food.

Legends on Cherokee Rd. (frontage road at Airport rd. exit) next to Cherokee Kenworth, West Columbia will have DJ Dave playing your fave tunes Sat. Jan 16 8pm until closing.

Smooths 6539B Two Notch Rd. will be featuring music by The Dubber on Sat. Jan. 16 at 8pm until 2 am

Art Bar Fri Jan 15 is MIXXD DJ Dance Night with DJ Dick not Richard and/or Peter A mixx it up with your fave art bar tunes, no cover. Sat Jan 16 features LIVE music with The Unawares, The Sammies and Cassangles, only $3. cover charge. Sun Jan 17 Art Bar House Party, no cover.
Every Tuesday at Art Bar 830 pm no cover Poetry Slam Open mic

Roosters Den Fri Jan 15 Open Mic Jam hosted by AJ Blues, located at 1215 Augusta Hwy Ste d, West Columbia

White Mule on Main St in Columbia Sat Jan 16 LIVE music by Carbon Leaf 7-11PM

Ray Price Newberry Opera House , Fri 8pm - 11pm

SC Philharmonic - Beethoven and Blue Jeans Koger Center , Sat 7:30pm - 10pm

Baker and Baker Art of Music Columbia Museum of Art , Sun 12 - 3pm

Playing After Dark; Free Form at 914 Pulaski St. $5. admission Fri. Jan 15 730 PM
and also on Sat. Jan 16 at 1030; Piano play, music, artists, dance, variety show

Theatre Events
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet Nickelodeon Theatre, Fri, Sat and Sun 3 to 5:30pm

Black Dynamite also at Nickelodeon; Fri & Sat shows AT 8:30pm & 10:30pm

Rent Trustus Theatre, Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm, directed by Dewey Scott Wiley

The Odd Couple Town Theatre, Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm, produced by Robbie Taylor

Plenty to do in Columbia SC and surrounding areas, no need to ever be bored.

Yours Truly,
Jeanee BourQue

Windows on the Vista in the Rain

Many of the paintings by Jean Bourque have obscure themes. But then many have realistic themes and are grounded in reality. Take "Windows" for example. The concept of windows has come up many times in my work and I liken the idea to that of Doors. No, they are not the same thing , but in each I have some thing that is not the object as in a Window or Door that I also think of as windows. My example here should be obvious to any PC user. LOL!

Windows.... I have sold all the windows I have done to date, including Windows 98 and Windows 2000. This one is still available. It is a museum quality canvas with over a one inch thick mount and is 30 inches by 24 inches. I think of it as Windows on the Vista in the Rain.

Yours Truly

jeanee

Blogs Help Business In Search Engines

A BLOG CAN REALLY HELP YOU!

by Jean Bourque

ARTSAILS1

Have you noticed, a lot of companies, not only have a website but they also have a blog or in some cases a multitude of blogs? Big businesses, do not spend money if there is no return. Many small business owners do not understand the great marketing capacity of a blog. A blog is so much more than a journal. I have heard lots of people say, why do I need a blog when I already have a website? They often go on to say their website isn't making them any money and don't see why they should bother with something as "time consuming" as a blog! I say BINGO, that is exactly why you should have a blog!

Search engines LOVE blogs, maybe not the ones affiliated with some of the personal networking sites, but the true blog sites that are purely for blogging; these get noticed. If you have a website and you get a blog, linking in and out often boosts your rankings, by virtue of creating more visability for your name, brand or company. Blogging increases your links and links are food to the search engines! As far as being time consuming, it really doesn't have to be. You can have a marketing person or writer on your staff cover the content. Or you can out source your blog to someone like myself that would be happy to do it, for you.

Take this ARTSAILS1 site for example, I have been on here about a year and anyone that I have mentioned and linked to has moved up in search engine rankings, within a really short time. If you are a small business owner in the greater Columbia SC area, an artist, a non-profit, a publication, a professional such as an accountant, doctor, lawyer, or a service person; YOU need a blog. Honestly, I cannot remember when I last used the yellow pages. If I am looking for a service professional; I scan the web. Guess who I will see first? I will see the ones with BLOGS before the ones with websites. Test this and you will see what I mean!

Do you read any blogs on a regular basis? If so, you may want to see about advertising on that blog. If you do not want to commit to a blog and have a website you may want to think about running an ad here at ARTSAILS1. I have had a website since the 90's featuring my art. I have sold from my website even though I do not have a shopping site. It has been around a long while, but I totally redesign it every few months, so it will stay fresh and it offers something new on a regular basis.

In the art world, if you are painting and showing regularly you have changes so frequently it would be a job to keep updating your website. Putting updates on a blog is part of creating interest in your work! A blog is like writing an email to the world; it's easy to keep it updated. The fresh content factor is another reason the search engines love blogs! I would be happy to create and maintain a blog for you, teach you or your staff to run it, and build a web presence to make your business be TOPS in the search engines. Email me your idea or goal and we can make this happen for you! I am on a multitude of art websites and have postings on networking sites and my presence is all over the internet! Google me


Thank you!
Jean Bourque

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Thank you Artistic Musings!
yours truly,
Jeanee at artsails1