First Thursdays on Main St. at S & S Art Supply

First Thursdays at S & S Art Supply Main St. Columbia, SC

is held the first Thursday of every month in conjunction with other Main St merchants as part of a monthly event to highlight the arts in Columbia and to give people an opportunity to see the art and business communities working together every month on Main St. Columbia, SC.

In Sept. 2010, at First Thursday in front of S & S Art Supply, I demonstrated painting with Montana Gold paints and Golden Acrylics to live music by three different musical acts: Keith Bates of REDD WYNE, the late Frank Whaley and the Jeff Bloom Band. I painted three paintings to the music and had a great time.

Note: one of the paintings is pictured above. You can hear music by Redd Wyne, if you click here.

Please show your support for our local art supply store on Main St. by attending the First Thursday evening 6-9Pm every month. Each month they feature a different show. Here is what they have scheduled so far for upcoming artists:

September 1st - USC Printmaking Students

October 6th - J. Spencer Shull

November 3rd - Shayna Simoneaux

December 1st - Susan Lenz

2012 Exhibitions:

Jan. 2012: Lisa Puryear

Feb. 2012: Lucas Sams

Mar. 2012: Devon Jeremy/Elizabeth LaRose

Apr. 2012: Cedric Umoja

May 2012: Bryce Dixon

June 2012: Amy Windland

Yours Truly,

Jean Bourque

Photos: L-R~ Painting done by Jean Bourque to live music by Frank Whaley.

Keith Bates of REDD WYNE . You can hear their music by clicking here!

Jean Bourque of artsails1 painting to live music with her traveling easel!

Artsy Fartsy Solo Art Show April 2011

SOLO ART SHOW of Jean Bourque's art painted to live music.

Artsy Fartsy at 909 Knox Abbott Dr. Cayce, SC

come see this show with over 50 paintings. Get your favorite before the show goes on tour.

OPENING RECEPTION with Jean Bourque Artist (painting shown here was painted to Jackaroe at the new Utopia location)

Friday April 1st, 2011 630-83o pm

Live Music provided by REDD WYNE

and special guests. Poetry by Al Black.

Refreshments from $2.49 Cleaners.

Emceed by Keith Bates.

YOU are invited!

Lots of Fun events coming up in Cola town!

ARTISTIC EVENTS happening soon...

Friday March 25th Stillhouse live music rocks the new Utopia at 3830 Rosewood Dr. 830-1130PM

March 25 Alternique at the ART Bar Alternacirque returns to Art Bar after a long winter nap to resume our monthly street shows. We'll be here the fourth Friday of every month through October, with no cover charge (we do solicit tips). All ages outdoors, 21+ indoors in case of weather. Two different sets at 9:30 and 10:30. We're doing all pastiche jam sets this year, so anything goes.

Sunday March 27th .at The Big Ugly... Jean Bourque will be painting to live music with the Reggae musicians at 931 Senate St. Columbia. Enjoy the sounds of "Jahson and The Natty Vibes Band". The Natty Vibes Band kick off Sunday night reggae night!

Tuesday March 29th Pamela Dale hosts Open mic and songwriters night at Jake's kickstand off exit 101a in Ballentine (Irmo). Come out and play, bring your favorite musical instrument

Thursday March 31 Open Mic 8-11pm Keith Bates will emcee the open mic at Utopia Grill in their new location at 3830A Rosewood Dr. Columbia in the Jim Casey Fireworks building. Kathy Siokas has expanded her food offerings and you can enjoy dinner with your music. REDD WYNE will be playing and special guests.

***April 1^st, 6:30-8:30 PM -ART gallery SOLO show for Jean Bourque, @ Artsy Fartsy Art Gallery & Coffee Bar, 906 Knox Abbott one mile from USC in beautiful Cayce, SC. Show featuring art painted to live music by Jean Bourque April1-30, gallery hours Mon-Sat 10-6 pm. Opening Reception April 1st with live music by REDD WYNE, poems by Al Bee, and special guests. refreshments by the $2.49 Cleaners.

April 2nd ... Jean Bourque paints to live music jam at the Doby's private party for a special woman at 488 Fire Branch Rd. Lexington 5pm until.

***April 4^th, 6-8:30 PM - Having Our Say: A Literary Fusion, @ Eu Claire Print Building, 3907 Ensor Avenue & North Main. An evening of music, poetry, spoken word and dialogue based on Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters’ First 100 years. Contact: Jerleannoble@yahoo.com 803-466-6550

***April 7^th - First Thursday’s @ Anastasia & Friends Gallery, Urban Tour 2011(great music & art) 7-10 PM and @ F.O.M., The Art Cirque, 6-9 PM – FREE – across from the Columbia Museum of Art on Main Street in beautiful downtown Columbia. First Thursday on Main St. is a monthly event in lovely downtown Columbia where artists meet and greet the public and share their work.

April 8th Jean Bourque paints to live music at the charity fundraiser held for Chords for Kids at the White Mule. Musical guests include Prettier Than Matt and Deleveled.

April 9th Jean Bourque paints to live music at the Sumter Opera House on Main St. with a 16 piece Jazz ensemble to honor Jazz month in Sumter, SC. Event starts at 5pm. Tickets available...in advance.

April 12th the DUBA band plays live at Jillians in the Vista on Gervais

April 14th Keith Bates of Redd Wyne hosts Open Mic at Utopia. come out with your music and sing a song or just dance along! 8pm until

April 16th 10 am Clay Workshop City of Columbia with clay artist Amy Sanders

April 16th Crafty Feast downtown Columbia featuring arts and crafts

April 16th REDD WYNE performs at The Cafe Strudel, State St. West Columbia, SC

April 27th REDD WYNE performs at Awenda Green in the Charleston, SC area

April 28th Artists Vista in the Vista Gervais St area artist crawl and a multitude of artists showing their art from 5-9pm. Special events all over the vista... watch facebook for details.

April 29th Color the Arts Fundraiser

April 30th Rosewood Area Crayfish Festival with live music and art throughout the day and evening.

The next Mind Gravy is April 13^th; Michael Lythgoe of Aiken, SC will be the featured poet. More on Michael in another email.

Roy Seeger – April 27^th

Moody Black presents the Upstate SC poetry slam teams-Say What & Say Word – May 11th

Libby Bernardin- May 25^th (she will have a new chapbook available)

Upcoming Columbia Poetry/Arts Events:

**Every Tuesday, VerseWorks poetry @ the Art Bar(9-12 PM, free)

Every Tuesday Songwriter Open Mic with Pamela Dale at Jakes Kickstand near Jim Hudson Toyota exyt 101a off I26, just north of Columbia and Harbison in Ballentine.

**First Thursday, Art, Music, Poetry & more @ beautiful downtown Columbia on Main St. between Hampton & Blanding(6-10 PM, free)

Every Thursday Open Mic at Utopia Rosewood Columbia

Second Monday monthly meeting from Sept to May Trenholm Artists Guild meets off Decker in the Dentsville area. More info at www.trenholmartistsguild.org

Second Monday every month SC Musicians and Songwriters Guild check website for locations of meetings

**Second Monday, Columbia Writer’s Alliance www.colawriters.com (6:30 PM)

**Second & Fourth Tuesdays, The Writer’s Group contact bauerwesteren@yahoo.com (6:30 PM)

Third Tuesday Reiki Workshops with Susan Hawfer

Third Thursday Seven Oaks Art league at Seven Oaks Rec ctr off St Andrews Rd

Mind Gravy is hosted by Al Bee(Black) albeemindgravy@gmail.com 803-608-3057 cell. Interested poets and performance artists, contact Al.

Remember

Continue to create your art!

&

Shop merchants who support the arts!

Redd Wyne at The White Mule Tues Nov 2

Tuesday, November 2 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location	The White Mule 1530 Main St Columbia, SC
Created By	REDD WYNE
More Info	REDD WYNE will be appearing at the White Mule!! Special guests tentatively are Pamela Austin with Frank Whaley opening the show! Woohoo!!

Going to Lady Gaga Tonight in Charlotte! Woohoo!

I feel like a pre-adolescent kid...all excited as if I am going to my first concert. Lady Gaga came on the scene a few years ago and the world quickly took notice. It seems from what I can tell there are strong feelings about her one way and another. My friends, who BTW are mostly artists and MUSICIANS... really love her, like I do...or they hate her. I just don't get the hating stuff. Some say she is a Madonna wanna be...I don't think so ...this woman is a classically trained pianist...which is more preparation than Madonna had musically. Madonna was a trained dancer, not a singer and so to me...there is no comparison. Her showmanship is more like Cher, it's over the top, and I am so excited to go see :)

NOW, those of you that know me, know I have almost every Madonna CD up until about 2005 when I started listening to a wider variety of music. As much as I have listened to Madonna and probably know all the words to all the songs from the 90's... I never went to a Madonna concert. However, I have been to three Cher concerts and a multitude of other concerts in the past ten years. With Lady Gaga from the first time I saw her, I couldn't wait to go see her in concert! In fact, for this concert tonight, I discovered the show was coming in like Jan or Feb... and as soon as tickets were being sold... I contacted my friends from Charlotte to see if they wanted to go and YES we all decided to go and the plans were set. It seems like we have waited forever, having tix so far in advance and now the show is going to be tonight. Oh MY God...what to wear? LOL!

Some people probably do not know this, but there were tickets selling for as high as $800.! Mine was high enough...even being almost in the nose bleed section...we should have a good views from the angle we are at and of course there are teleprompters..no chance of getting a close up pic. This woman is an extremely talented woman; gifted singer pianist, dancer, organizer, marketeer, fashion icon, songwriter...and so much more..she is a show. She doesn't just stand in front of a mic and sing (which in itself, is hard enough) she creates a show...you will never forget and I can not wait to be part of the big MONSTER BALL!!! (and all you haters can just shut up, LOL!)

Me and my poker face...gonna have a good time to night....

yours truly,
Jeanee

PS the painting in the corner was painted by me :) Jean Bourque

to music by REDD WYNE live at TC Lounge in Columbia SC

Keith Bates and REDD WYNE's upcoming shows

REDD WYNE DUO BAND SCHEDULE

9-16 Utopia Grill Howard St Columbia Open Mic with Keith Bates and REDD WYNE performing 8-11 PM

9-24 Doc's Barbeque Shop Rd Columbia

with The Dubber aka Wendell

9-30 Utopia Grill Keith Bates hosts Open Mic and REDD WYNE performs

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10-1 First Thursday event TBA on Main St Columbia Keith solo

10-3 Keith Bates solo performs at Saluda Shoals as part of the Musician and Songwriters Guild for the unearth event, the annual event at the park to introduce the arts to more people.

10-9 Cafe Strudel State St West Columbia 8-11PM REDD WYNE

10-16 Art Bar Park St Columbia 8-until REDD WYNE performs with Jean Bourque painting

also performing is Alien Carnival with Bentz and May Kirby

10-28 Utopia Grill Open Mic with Keith Bates and REDD WYNE performing

10-29 Scorpio's Birthday and Halloween Party Cayce SC Private Party by invitation only

For further details on any of these events or for bookings you may contact Keith Bates via email

Yours Truly

Jeanee

Keith Bates hosts Open Mic at Utopia 9-16 and 9-30

Columbia's got Talent and we know you do too...

So come on out to Utopia on Howard st. It's just off Rosewood Dr a block before Publix Grocery Store. So bring your talented self and some music or poems to share with the group on 9-16 or 9-30. The fun starts at 8PM and goes until 11 PM. If you want to perform, get there early for sign up.

Keith Bates is a singer songwriter and guitar player in the duo REDD WYNE.

Keith and his band will be playing several venues over the next few months. Keep your eye on the blog and become a follower so you can make sure you are in the know, when it comes to music by REDD WYNE. You can friend them on Facebook and Myspace.

Smoke BBQ Fri 8/20 REDD WYNE live music

I'll be painting at Smoke BBQ tonight!

July 4th weekend inspired painting

The month started out with my new music and art video being sent to a couple venues for future possibilities. July 4th weekend; I heard Josh Roberts and Leslie Branham for the first time at Martini Bar, playing mostly originals and a few covers with a flair. The next night was Marv Ward playing the blues at Smoke. Marv and I are going to work together so I paint to his playing. We are thinking Sept 11th at Millwood Cafe.

Then late one night I stopped in at the Hookah Bar to catch The Dubber and several friends playing world international music. All this music led to being deeply inspired and the weekend ended with me painting with another artist while listening to the blues. Then I brought that painting to hear Redd Wyne band practice and finished up the painting. This is that painting! It's a 24x18 and it needs a name.

Yours Truly,

Jean Bourque

artsails1

Painting to the Music

This video was filmed outdoors and much to our surprise while I painted and Keith Bates played guitar and sang, the birds joined in and made it a three part harmony! Filmed by Angel Prosser, edited by Jean Bourque and Keith Bates. Song written by Keith Bates of REDD WYNE is titled "Charm" thus the name of the video and the painting. It is a 20x16 with staple free sides.

Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5XWIm7R9KQ

We do have one minute of still shots first and then the video starts.

Yours Truly;

Jeanee Bourque