Through Our Eyes International April 3rd Reception

Through Our Eyes International Art Show April 1-30

Reception Thursday April 3rd 5:30-9:00 PM

1215 Lincoln St. in the Vista Columbia, SC

The show will take place during the popular annual ‘Artista Vista’ held in April every year where thousands of people will be visiting the Vista area of Columbia to enjoy good food and great art! Featured artists: Teresa Lee Kay (Dorest, England), Leisa Watts (Sarasota, FL) and Columbia, SC artists; Charles Myers, David West and Taryn West, Howard Hunt, Trahern Cook, and Bob Manown.

Original photographs, by award winning photographer Howard Hunt, will be hung with the corresponding artist’s works surrounding their subject. This will allow each wall to show the diversity in how each artist sees an image uniquely and then uses individual techniques and styles to communicate their personal interpretation of that particular photograph. The artist may do what they want, paint the entire photo, a part of the photo or go beyond the photo, change colors, etc.

Hunt hand selected the photographs for this show from his collection. The photography was selected to compliment the participating artists different styles and with images help push the artist outside their comfort zone. Please come by and experience this one of a kind opportunity to see how artists communicate through vision.

For more information please contact show coordinator Howard Hunt:
hh@howardhuntphotography.com www.howardhuntphotgraphy.com
Telephone: #803.348.5707 Fax: #803.779.4816

Back Porch Painters & Potters Studio

The Back Porch Studios will now be open every Tuesday to the public. Come see artists at work on Tuesdays from 11-2. The Back Porch Studios are located at 6729 Suite E Two Notch Rd. Columbia, SC near Very's Fine Restaurant about 2 blocks down from Columbia Place Mall in NE Columbia, SC.

We will host a reception for Ilona Royce Smithken Sun. April 20, 2008
from 3-5 PM.

About the Painting~

Mixed Media Silk Collage (SOLD) by Jean Bourque
Photo courtesy of Ingrid Carson (owner)

Call for Artists: Runaway Runway DL April 4th

Runaway Runway Fashion Show

with Recycled Materials

at Columbia Museum of Art

Thursday April 17th at 6 PM

Here is a link with some rules - You do not have to make shoes. You can wear whatever on your feet. If you use FABRIC for your outfit, it must be something that was not already an outfit. You could cut cloth off of a sofa, use curtains, feed sacks etc. etc.. You may use an existing outfit for a base to be covered by something.. like kudzu, paper, whatever. A few people want to make accessories, anyone need accessories? Anyone under 18 WILL need permission from a parent or guardian to participate.

More info is available at www.myspace.com/runawayrunway .

The commercial for the show, forward it to friends... http://www.vimeo.com/734011

Send email confirming your participation by April 4th, 2008. It would need to state how many outfits you plan to enter, if you have your own models or not (models must commit to a rehearsal on April 11th). It would also need to have a brief bio of you, your models name, and a description of your outfit. Thanks!

Rhett Anders
803-238-5684
Columbia Design League

A fundraiser for the Columbia Design League
Open to anyone who wishes to design an outfit
Rules:
1. Garments must be made from recycled materials
2. Entrants must sign up by April 4, 2008
3. Entrants must attend dress rehearsal on April 11, 2008
at 6:00 p.m. Very cool prizes for winning designs!
MC The Lady Chablis! Columbia’s karaoke stars! DJ!
Cash Bar w/proper I.D. Event is $10, $5 student ID
Thanks to our Supporters:
Logan Ray Salon , Skirt magazine, WLTX, Celtic Works Home Builders, Elite Properties Realty, Alan Lambert, Betsy Newman, Thomas Savory, Don Tomlin, Brian Boyer, Rhett Anders, Forbo Flooring Systems, Adrienne Montare, Willson Powell, Karen Brosius, Hunter-Gatherer Brewery, Blue Moon Pet Sitters, Robin Waites, Belinda Gergel, Watson Tate Savory Architects, and Lucinda Statler.

Art Reception at Starbucks with Free Coffee, YUM!

JEAN BOURQUE IS NOW SHOWING AT

STARBUCKS COFFEE

ON GERVAIS ST IN COLUMBIA SC

ART RECEPTION SAT APRIL 5, 2008

11AM TO 2 PM

SEE ARTWORK BY JEAN BOURQUE, ELLIN BASKINS, PAM HALL

AND POTTERY BY MARK JOHNSON

AND ENJOY

FREE STARBUCKS COFFEE

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

Artists Round Table Meeting Tuesday March 4th

ART meets Tues March 4 at the Chamber of Commerce building 930 Richland St. Columbia SC
Board meeting 6-7 PM
General Meeting &-8 PM
Open to the Public
We will be representing our "Going Green" project and Dolly of
Saluda Shoals Park Foundation will tell us about their Earth Fair
day on May 10th and all the fun activities they have planned. Come on out!

Fashion Show hosted by Lady Chablis on 4/17

Columbia Design League: Runaway Runway: A Recycled Fashion Show
04/17/08 6:00 p.m. Join the Columbia Design League for an edgy fashion show
with designs made completely from recycled materials. The competitive
fashion show featuring clothing created by Columbia residents and artists
using items rescued from the trash heap is a fund-raiser for the
Museum's membership group. Refreshments and a cash bar available.
The Lady Chablis, famous for her real-life role in the book and movie,
“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” hosts the evening.
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
Cost: Tickets are $10 or $5 for students.
For more information contact Sara Kennedy or call 803.343.2214

Back Porch Studio - Mark your Calendar, Now

Yesterday, the Back Porch Studio artists met and we have decided to host our first Spring Opening reception and show in honor of our group's mentor: Ilona Royce Smithken on Sunday April 20th, 2008, from 3-5 PM. Come out and meet Ilona and the Back Porch Studio Artists.

Ilona will be teaching at the Phaup home in Forest Acres,
Columbia, SC April 21- April 25. and April 28-May 2.
Classes are held in the mornings from 10am -1pm.

At the end of Ilona's visit we will host a Weekend Celebration with new works to show the work our artists have done and how Ilona has inspired us! So please come out on Saturday May 3rd from 10 am to 6 PM and on Sunday May 4th from 12-6PM

These events will be held at the Back Porch Studio Galleries at 6729 Two Notch Rd. Ste E, Columbia, SC in the same plaza as "Very's Restaurant". From downtown, its about a block or two before Columbia Place Mall on the right, just before Faust St.

Many of our artist work in oil painted impressionism on canvas since that is what Ilona teaches. However, we also have other artists that do work outside of impressionism. We do have abstract mixed media artist Jean Bourque, Christy Aitken who works in a variety of painting styles, photography by Sandra Phaup, charcoal portraits while you wait with Jean Ehler, oil painting portraits with Allan Hobbs and potters Paul Moore, Kevin Smith and Tricia Phaup and sculptor Robin Jones. Members of the Back Porch Studios are: Sandra Phaup, Sheila Watts, Denby Singley, Jean Ehler, Jean Bourque, Allan Hobbs, Judy Boepple, Joan Davis, Christy Aitken, Paul Moore, Kevin Smith, Tricia Phaup, John Sawyer, Robin Jones, Betty Kournegay, Jack Kaneft, Fred Ehler, and Ilona Royce Smithken.

Closed tonight - Oh No!!!

I had planned to use my Starbucks card to get a coffee and then do my photocopies and Fedex mailings at Kinkos. I decided to check all my email addresses before I left to see if I needed to mail or copy anything else. I couldn't believe it when I saw it on yahoo's front page.

Waah....Starbucks is closed from 5:30-9:30 today. If I hadn't read it on yahoo, I would have wasted sooo much gas thinking some manager quit on the spot and closed the location. So...thanks to yahoo; for keeping all us Carmel Headed Frapo Fans informed.

Yahoo!!! http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/2008/02/all-us-starbuck.html

Call for Artists SC State Museum 20th Anniversary

The SC State Museum opened in 1988 and now will be celebrating it's 20th Anniversary. What better way to show their support and love for the arts by having a Juried art competition. The show will run April 25 to Sept. 7, 2008.

Things to Know:
Hand Delivered Entries of original artwork deliver April 3, 4, or 5 from 10am and 4 pm
to loading Zone B at The State Museum 301 Gervais St. Columbia, SC. You may submit two works of art along with an entry fee of $25. made payable to The SC Museum Foundation and please list "juried show" on memo line.

Jurors: Brian Rutenberg, an artist originally from Myrtle Beach, SC. While serving as Artist in Residence in 2006 at USC, the SC State Museum hosted a show of Brian's wonderful brightly colored landscapes of the Grand Strand area. Brian earned his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City; where he now resides.
Lia Newman is the Director of Programs and Exhibitions at Artspace in Raleigh, NC. Lia has earned a BA in Art History and a BFA in General Studio with concentrations in photography and sculpture, from Winthrop University. Lia resides in Raleigh, NC.

Cash Awards
$1500 First Place/Best in Show
$1000 Second Place
$500 Third Place
$200 Honorable Mention (up to 5 total)
$100 People’s Choice Award will be selected by the public during the reception

Purchase Award -A Curator’s Choice Purchase Award will be selected by the State Museum’s chief curator of art and the acquisition committee. The winning artwork will be purchased for inclusion in the Museum’s permanent collection.
For more details, a prospectus and entry form click here: http://www.museum.state.sc.us/exhibits/juried_show.aspx

For Info on the SC State Museum go to www.museum.state.sc.us
or contact the Museum at (803) 898-4941.