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

Great Gocco Print Demo by Marcelo Novo

Sunday January 18, 2009.

Today at if ART Gallery on Lincoln St in Columbia SC a standing room only crowd was fortunate to see the extremely talented artist Marcelo Novo of Buenos Aires, Argentina; create art
using a black Micron pen on Bristol Smooth paper. It was really quiet as everyone gathered around the table to watch Marcelo at work. So quiet in fact, that Nova asked for music and invited the guests to speak and make the program interactive. After that the place was a
buzz and Marcelo said he felt inspired. Clearly Novo works best with music and everyone could see the inspiration as it developed.

He then demonstrated the Gocco Print making kit; which apparently is no longer being made. The one he had was perfect for making small prints and greeting cards. Using a photocopy he layered paint onto it for the image making process. The printer had a 2 bulb piece that he told us not to look at the flash while it filmed. Both bulbs burn out and are only good for one print.
He explained every step of the way as he assembled it and was very in touch with his audience.

His painting was an elephant... a Novo elephant. He said he hadn't done one in a while and when he first started it looked like an elderly person's eye. A sudden change and he painted what looked like a horn and then he said he wasn't sure what it was going to be. I could see he had the flow and was going with it. Marcelo paints as the spirit moves within him and that was quite apparent watching and listening to him. When the first one finally was pulled off the press and Novo held it up; everyone clapped. They decided he would do 20 prints. As he was hand pulling the individual prints people asked questions and he answered. It was a great live demonstration and the crowd really enjoyed it.

You can see the print and possibly the original (if it's available). Stop by the gallery; the prints will be on sale there. Thanks to Wim Roefs for hosting the event. It was really quite interesting. Go see at 1223 Lincoln St., Columbia SC Tell them artsails1 sent you.

The if ART gallery is open Mon-Sat 11-7 PM. The phone is 803-255-0068.

A Day in the Art World in Columbia SC

Toffee and Diva

photo by Jean Bourque

The art show at Starbucks had a decent turn out considering the rain. Forever the social butterfly, I had to talk to everybody...about their art. When I arrived Joey my video instructor was already there and he had scoped out my art. He said his daughter would love it. Young people do love my work! We made plans to produce my art video and I am so thrilled to have a DVD made!

Later, I stopped by "If" Art Gallery and enjoyed works by Laura Spong!! What a great abstract artist she is! I picked up cards and fliers to distribute for the Open Studios tour for May 3 and 4 in Columbia SC, organized by Wim Roefs. We all must do our part to help get the WORD out.

I delivered fliers at Adesso on Main St. where they were having an Open House. I toured the facility and talked up the Open Studios Tour. Seriously, it looked like an art reception in the lobby... I treated it like it was and inquired about the art. We all agreed the original by Bruce Nellsmith in bright colors of the city was our favorite. The host promised a cook out for the next Open House.

Back at Starbucks, I put fliers out beside my art display. Then I went to West Columbia and talked about Open Studios and passed out more fliers, to the Coffee Shop on State St and The Middle Way a store beside the coffee shop. It smelled great in there, like Nag Champa. The environment made me think of meditation and creating peaceful artwork. There is artwork on their walls by artists, I have yet to meet. (very inspiring, indeed)

At last, I arrive home, unload my car and bring my art stuff back in the house. Toffee and Diva come running to greet me! Suddenly, I am surrounded by puppy love and art. How sweet it is! Have a great weekend and remember love conquers all!!!

yours,

Jeanee

Open Studios Columbia SC Deadline Friday 3-14-08

Open Studios Columbia SC May 3 and 4

Final Call for Artists

Deadline is March 14, 2008.

Sign up at "if ART Gallery"

Friday is the deadline for Columbia Open Studios 2008. To quote yesterday's email: "Hurry, hurry." Go to if ART Gallery on Lincoln St., Columbia SC see wim roefs or email, call
(803) 238-2351 or stop by.

Publicity starts NOW!!!!!

contact ARTSAILS1

Any artist on this list that has a website or blog send the links (URLS)

to ARTSAILS1 with OPEN STUDIO in subject line

to add your web link to the ARTSAILS1 PR

Open Studio blog for free!

Here's the current list of artists who have committed to participating in Open Studios 2008:
Sylvia Ady-Potts
Christy Aitken
Eileen Blyth
Jean Bourque
Ethel Brody
Nancy K. Butterworth
Pat Callahan
Sandra Carr
Ingrid Carson
Jeremy Carter
Anastasia Chernoff
Stephen Chesley
Ruth Cockrell
Vicki Corley
Heidi Darr-Hope
Colin Dodd
Porter O’Brien Dodd
Jeff Donovan
Clark Ellefson
Claire Farrell
Alejandro Garcia
Tyrone Geter
Diane Gilbert
Mary Gilkerson
Pat Gilmartin
Jessica Glenn
Mac Arthur Goodwin
Paul Grant
Steve Hewitt
Lucinda Howe
Ann Hubbard
Howard Hunt
Yoko Iwanaga
Judy Bolton Jarrett
Robin Jones
Deanna Leamon
Michele Kingery
Alicia Leeke
Susan Lenz
Peter Lenzo
Sharon Licata
Robert Lyon
Laurie McIntosh
Michel McNinch
John Monteith
Paul Moore
Sonia Neale
Marcelo Novo
One Eared Cow Glassblowers
Pat Parise
Sandra Phaup
Jerry Phillips
Kala Pullen
Carolyn Ramsay
Virginia Scotchie
Rob Shaw
Kevin Smith
Laura Spong
Pam Steele
Keith Tolen
Ben Truesdale
Edward Whitmer
Tuula Ihamäki-Widdifield
Mike Williams
David Yaghjian
Don Zurlo
NOTE: If any link is not working please contact ARTSAILS1.
Thank you! Jean Bourque of Artsails1

if ART Columbia SC Show Opening Dec. 7th

if ART presents at
Gallery 80808/Vista Studios
808 Lady St., Columbia, S.C.
C o n s t r u c t i o n C r e w III:
STEVEN CHAPP – JEFF DONOVAN
JANET ORSELLI – EDWARD RICE
Dec. 7 – 18, 2007
Artists’ Reception: Friday, Dec. 7, 5 – 10 p.m.
Opening Hours:
Saturdays, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays, 1 – 5 p.m.
Weekdays, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. and by appointment

For more information, contact Wim Roefs at if ART:
(803) 238-2351 – wroefs@sc.rr.com

Chapp, Donovan, Orselli and Rice are represented by if ART Gallery, 1223 Lincoln St., (803) 238-2351, where additional works of art by all four artists will be on view.

Art Show at if ART Gallery until Nov. 13, 2007

Until November 13th @ if ART Gallery
1223 Lincoln St., Columbia, SC

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KLEINFORMAT / SMALL FORMAT
The Columbia – Kaiserslautern Exchange
featuring
Mike Williams (American) – paintings & metal wall assemblages

H. Brown Thornton (American) – works on paper
Silvia Rudolf (German) – paintings & works on paper

Reiner Mährlein (German) sculpture & works on paper
Klaus Hartmann (German) – sculpture

Tonya Gregg (American) – paintings & works on paper
Mary Gilkerson (American) – monotypes

Ralph Gelbert (German) – paintings & works on paper
Stephen Chesley (American) – sculpture

Roland Albert (German) – sculpture & mixed media works
Opening Hours: Weekdays, 11 am – 7 pm
Sat. 11 am – 5 pm and Sun. 1 – 5 pm
For more information, contact Wim Roefs
(803) 238-2351 & wroefs@sc.rr.com