Fri the 13th of April Hopf Gallery Art Reception2012

TAG ARTISTS RECEPTION AT HOPF GALLERY APR 13TH

Would you like to be at an art show with a large assortment of art and artists? Well Friday the 13th, you will be in luck...

Trenholm Artists Guild Annual Group Art Show, features art work from their members in the upstairs gallery at HOPF on Devine St. in Columbia, SC. The show is currently running until April 20th.

This Friday the 13th... the HOPF gallery will be packed with the art league members and their fans and friends for a reception from 6-8PM. The awards will be announced at 6:30 pm.

You probably know many of the artist's if you have been following Columbia SC art events.

Yours Truly is also in this art show.

JEAN BOURQUE

Trenholm Art Guild meets Mon Jan. 9, 2012

TAG artists will reunite Monday Jan 9th, 2012 for the first meeting of the year. Meeting starts at 7 pm and informal socialize time prior to the meeting begins at 630PM. Please do not enter the park before 6PM. TAG is open to all visual artists in the greater Columbia, SC area. TAG meets the second Monday of every month now through June.

The guest for the meeting this month is: Roy Paschal.

Roy Paschal was born in South Carolina and is particularly appreciative of its diversity and natural beauty. The wide expanses of a low country marsh to the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains provide never-ending inspiration. As a boy Roy roamed these natural habitats searching for glimpses of wildlife and enjoying the sights and sounds of nature. To this day you can find Roy knee deep in a salt water marsh or hiking along a trail with his sketch pad or paints in hand. He is always looking for that special spot to glimpse the magic of nature especially enjoying and painting the diminishing sights being overtaken by ever-growing and expanding development and population. Roy retired in June 2008, after a 30-year career as a forensic artist.

TAG Meets Sept.12th 7-9PM All Artists Welcome

Trenholm Artists Guild Columbia, SC Meets Sept. 12^th

Open invite to all artists and art students. Come to our meeting and see for yourself, why Trenholm Artists Guild has been around longer than any other Columbia, SC area art league. Free for your first visit. If you decide to join, the annual dues is $25. You may choose to have your art on the TAG website and / or have your website listed for a small additional fee.

Trenholm Artists Guild aka TAG meets the second Monday of every month from Sept. to May, with the month of December off for the holidays. We meet at Forest Lake Park at 6820 Wedgefield Rd. NE Columbia. Social at 630PM with refreshments. The meeting begins at 7PM. We will discuss plans for the year and art opportunities. For more information on the TAG website, click it.

This year’s line up of guest speakers promises to be very exciting starting with well known artist Michael Story of Lexington SC. Michael has a BFA from USC and has been shown in numerous galleries. He has many corporate and residential clients, throughout the world. In addition to his original oils he also has prints available for many of his paintings. For more information about our guest speaker, click on his name to go to his website.

Call for Artists for Fall 2011

Rosewood Art Festival Call for Entries

Trenholm Artists Guild (TAG) announces a call to artists for a one-day outdoor art festival, October 22, 2011, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM at Rockaway’s, 2719 Rosewood Drive, Columbia. TAG is seeking artists to display their original fine art. The goal is to include various media: ceramics, glass, fiber arts, jewelry, painting, photography, sculpture, woodwork, furniture, and printmaking.

Approximately 50 spaces will be allocated at the discretion of TAG. Artists may collaborate as a team for space. The TAG Board will view applicants to select the exhibitors.

Art must be original, handcrafted work produced by the artist and may not be the result of work from commercial kits, molds, patters, or plans. The work exhibited must match the quality and style as represented by the examples submitted. Limited editions, signed and numbered on the front of each piece, must be clearly marked as a reproduction.

The Festival will also include venues for low-key performing art presentations such as music, dance, and drama.

The display areas will be approximately 10 x 12 in the parking lot adjacent to Rockaway’s at the corner of Rosewood Drive and Howard Street. Artists must provide their own racks, tables, chairs, display units, coverings, or other fixtures suitable for outdoor use. Electricity is not available.

TAG will solicit for purchase awards and sponsors and expects to award Best in Show and People’s Choice.

To enter submit by August 15, 2011:

1) 3-5 images representative of your work via e-mail to reshleman@sc.rr.com or mail CD to: Renea Eshleman, 508 Moss Creek Drive, Cayce, SC 29033. Include with your images your name and contact information.

2) Mail $10 entry fee payable to TAG. There will be no charge for the display space.

Submission of your work is your certification that the work represented is original and hand-crafted; that you hold harmless TAG, the City of Columbia, County of Richland, all sponsoring and participating organizations, their directors, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers from any responsibility, personal liability, claims, loss or damage arising out of or in conjunction with your participation in the Rosewood Art Festival.

TAG will notify you by September 15 of acceptance.

Contact David Phillip796.3352 dkphillipsstudio@aol.com or Renea Eshleman 767.5505 reshleman@sc.rr.com.

Received from Trenholm Artists Guild aka TAG.

NOTE it is not necessary to be a member of TAG to participate in this one day event at Rockaways. Painting shown by Jean Bourque, painted to live Music.

TAG Art Show at HOPF Fri March 4, 2011

Trenholm Art Guild will be hosting their annual art show at HOPF Gallery on Devine St in Columbia, SC. The reception will be Friday March 4, 2011 from 630-830 PM. The show will feature 1 painting from about 70 artists. The works will be on display for two weeks.

Jean Bourque will be showing her painting "Soothing Sounds" a painting she painted live on First Thursday in Sept 2011 in front of S&S Art Supply on Main St. Columbia to the soothing music played live by Frank Whaley. Mr. Whaley has since passed away and Jean wanted to show this painting in particular as a tribute to Frank's music in his honor. Hope you enjoy it.

Final days to Buy Art at TAG's Holiday Market

Columbia SC

TAG also known as The Trenholm Artist Guild has been hosting a holiday market for TAG members. It is at the Piggly Wiggly Plaza on Forest Drive.

If you have not been out yet to see the art and pick a nice gift...

you need to get there Fri Dec 17th or Sat Dec 18th 10-6pm...

these are the final days. Most of the artists in the Guild are showing 10 works of art, so there is a lot to see and a great selection.

The members have created jewelry, photography, paintings, sculptures,

and other items for your gift giving needs. There is also a large selection of

beautiful art cards for all your greeting possibilities as well as for gift giving.

Final Days ... get yours now

Painting shown is "Windows 2009" one of the many fine paintings by Jean Bourque

now available for sale at the Holiday Market.

TAGs Holiday Market Nov 22 to Dec 18 Forest Dr.

TAG's annual HOLIDAY MARKET

This year the market will run from

November 22-December 18 in the

same storefront we occupied last year

in the Piggly Wiggly shopping center

on Forest Drive.

Tag artists will create a special shopping

experience and have many wonderful works of art for sale at the Holiday Market. You can give a gift that is totally unique. Stop by and visit the gallery for your holiday decorating and gift giving needs.

Yours truly,

Jean Bourque

Jerry Bridgers Photo and Ric Standridge Painting

Monday evening Feb. 11, 2008 the Trenholm Artists Guild had the TAG meeting. Our guest speaker was Ric Standridge from Greenville, SC. He told us many interesting stories about his days in NYC and finding his way back to SC. He has painted with many greats and near greats. He told us it's more creative to capture the spirit of our subject than to just copy it. Ric says he normally paints in oils to music. He didn't elaborate what type of music and we didn't have any music playing, but he painted anyway. One of our members Stacy Morgan was asked to model and she did. Her reward for being such a good model ...Ric gave her the painting!


Our photographer, Jerry Bridgers combined his photo manipulation skills with Ric's painting to create this image. It's not on the TAG website and I thought some may enjoy seeing it. For more pictures click on the TAG website link, above.

yours truly,
Jean Bourque
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Art league meetings for The Week Ahead

Trenholm Artists Guild (aka TAG) will meet this Monday evening Jan. 14, 2008 at Forest Lake Park Rec Ctr just off Decker Blvd. in NE Columbia, SC from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. The speaker will be well known award winner artist Claire Farrell (aka Suzy) She will give a unique demonstration of hand printing with water based inks. Claire has earned her MFA from USC and is a member of Southern Watercolor, Southern Graphics Council, SC Watermedia Society (Member with Excellence) and the Georgia Watercolor Society as signature member. Open to all members and guests and open to artists that would like to meet other artists and join.


Seven Oaks Art League will meet at 6:30 at the Seven Oaks Rec Ctr on Leisure Lane which is just off St. Andrews Rd. If you are coming in from I26, it is just off Piney Grove Rd. just before it hits St. Andrews Rd. SOAL will have a speaker talk about Selling Art Work.

Drop In Today- Enchanted Forest Gallery 4-7PM

THE ENCHANTED FOREST GALLERY
557 Meeting St W. Columbia
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Artists Holiday Sale and Reception
Tues. December 11th from 4:30-6:30
The gallery has many great handmade gifts and offers custom made gift baskets.
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Featuring Artwork by Jean Bourque and Cookie Richardson
West Columbia’s Own Artists
Both are members of the Trenholm Artists Guild, Seven Oaks Art League and

The Artists Round Table
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Come show your support for local artists and get a little bit of Holiday Shopping done
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Also featuring Artwork and Gift baskets by the very talented
Barbara Anderson, owner of Enchanted Forest Gallery
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Enjoy Delicious Food, Fine Art and Meet the Artists!
This afternoon from 4:30 to 6:30

DIRECTIONS:

From downtown-Meeting St. is just over the bridge from Gervais St, go about two blocks from the bridge, past a church and Enchanted Forest Gallery will be on your Left.

From Northeast Columbia- Take I-77 into downtown dumping out on Bull St. go about a half mile or so, get in right lane to turn onto Elmwood. Follow Elmwood past McDonalds and Lizard Thicket, see turn off on Left for Huger St, just before Elmwood splits into I-26. Tkae that left onto Huger and go about 4 blocks plus or minus and you will see Gervais St. Take a right onto Gervais and follow across bridge into West Columbia, go 2 blocks and see enchanted Forest on Left.

From Harbison and Irmo area- Take Rt 26 East heading toward Charleston. When road splits you can go either way, use above directions if coming in from I26 exit onto Huger St. Or stay on Rt 26East until the Route 1 exit , be sure to take the West Columbia side which is the second part of the Rt 1 exit coming from that side. You will go about 3-4 miles and pass the West Columbia Library and Triangle City heading in toward downtown. After you pass 9th St. it is within a block and will be on your right coming from that side of town.

Trenholm Artists Guild Meeting Monday Oct 8, 2007

Paintings by our Oct. 2007 Guest Speaker: Karen A Galleher

Karen A. Galleher has a degree in Business Administration with a minor in English. Galleher, a mother of three, studied interior design and painted occasionally for family and friends, while her children where young. When Karen decided she wanted "to be a professional painter. She painted for forty hours a week for three years before marketing any work. During this time, she participated in workshops and took classes taught by nationally renowned artists. She developed her own painting signature of stylized impressionism in portraiture, landscapes, and fantasy. "

The Trenholm Artists Guild meets the second Monday of every month and is open to all artists and people interested in supporting the arts. The meeting is held at the Richland County Recreation Commission's Forest Lake Park, 6820 Wedgefield Rd, Columbia, S.C. No meetings during December, June, July and August. Refreshments are served at 7:00 p.m. and the business meeting/program begins at 7:30 p.m.

Morning Coffee Chat with Jean Bourque

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Good Morning! Aaah; nothing like a fresh cup of coffee using kona beans from Hawaii to get the brain thinking.
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Tonight at 80808 Studios in the Vista in Columbia SC they are having an art show from 5-10 pm, with many international artists. It should be a great show and really the first of this magnitude in this area that I can recall. Of course most all our local favorite artists from 80808 will be there too. Laura Spong will be showing work from her early days as well. *
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This past week we had our Artist Round Table meeting on Tues. We met with each other to discuss marketing, websites, art shows, art business and the ever popular subject among artists; selling more art. If you are a serious artist and are not a member; you may want to really consider this business minded ART group. ART meets the first Tues. of every month at 7 pm at the Chamber of Commerce 930 Richland St. Columbia, SC. *
Reminders:
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Monday Sept. 10 Trenholm Art Guild aka: TAG is having the monthly art meeting at Richland County Recreation Commission; at The Forest Lake Park in Columbia, SC Meeting 7PM. Speaker Lee Malerich, nationally known fiber artist and teacher from Neeses, SC at 7:30 pm
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Monday Sept. 17th Crooked Creek Art League meets aka CCAL at Crooked Creek Park in Chapin SC
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Thursday Sept 20 Seven Oaks Art League aka: SOAL will be having their monthly meeting
at Seven Oaks Park in the St Andrews area of Columbia, SC at 7 PM. Group gets together starting about 6:30 for greet and meet, all artists are welcome to attend.
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Painting on the back porch... I will admit this week is definitely cooler (than last week) thank goodness. The group of paintings I have been working on are coming along well. I have just finished putting the final touches on my piece for the fair and am real excited about it.
Besides the Fair piece I have 5 others in process. Since I am painting on a bunch of canvases during each sitting, perhaps it would be best to bring more than one canvas when I paint at Saluda Shoals. Heaven forbid I may get bored or stifled just working on one. Laugh! You see, I really like doing a lot of paintings at the same time. With the great loopy curved and bent trees I will be in front of I think that will call for at the very least two paintings. Come see me paint on Sunday Oct. 7th at Saluda Shoals Park from 1-4 in Columbia, SC.
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Have a great day.... paint your life away...it's a lot of fun!
yours;
Jeanee