Columbia arts and the recession - not as bad as it might be
Even though times are hard and artists have really suffered, the local arts community appears to be holding up pretty well. See my cover story in this week's Free Times. http://www.free-times.com
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Thursday, Jan. 21. The artist, the pigs, the (former) president I’ve always felt that Tarleton Blackwell’s paintings of pigs, dogs, wolves had a political or at least a social commentary, but that...
View ArticleNude Tuesday! and some literary news
Nude figure by Bonnie Goldberg of Columbia (We always need more nudes. Send them to carolinaculture@hotmail.com) Fiction Project "suspended" Just heard that the S.C. Fiction Project, run by the S.C....
View ArticleArtist asked to take down show in Bishopville
Installation at the Bishopville Opera House Alejandro Garcia of Columbia was told Wednesday to remove his exhibition "An Alien at the Opera" from the Bishopville...
View ArticlePounding nails pounding drinks pounding marimbas pounding prose pounding...
Thursday, Jan. 28 Pounding nails again Steve Harley is back at Trustus Theatre for the first time in a dozen years to take on about a dozen characters in “Pounding Nails in the Floor with My...
View ArticleTiptons saxophone quartet concert tonight canceled
The concert scheduled for tonight at the 701 Center for Contemporary Art has been canceled. The band is stuck in the storm somewhere to the north.
View ArticleAfrican-American artists have to walk a tricky line
I can’t remember the last time there were so many exhibitions around that appeared to make a nod to Black History Month. The main ones are at the Columbia Museum of Art and the McKissick Museum at...
View ArticleNude Tuesday! Tiptons concert coming Friday and another tomorrow
"Subjective Perception" by Colin Quashie of Charleston Tiptons concert back on The Tiptons saxophone quartet got stuck in the storm Saturday night so couldn't make the planned...
View ArticleA womb-like world of paper at art center
"Within and Out," an installation by Jocelyn Chateauvert, takes its inspiration from the sculpture of Richard Serra. Her paper pieces could not be further from the incredible, but oppressive rusty...
View Article"Chemisty" and "Grass Roots" story
I have a pretty big piece about the exhibitions "Chemistry of Color" at the Columbia Museum of Art and "Grass Roots: African origins of an American Art" at USC's McKissick Museum in this week's Free...
View ArticleDon't even think about sleeping this weekend
Thursday, Feb. 4 Exhibitions take you from the church to the graveyardSusan Lenz began working on her series “Blues Chapel” in 2006 and “Last Words” in 2008. She wasn’t thinking about it at the time,...
View ArticleThe candidates and the arts - unanswered questions, but upcoming chances to...
During many years of attending art events I’ve noticed how rarely one sees elected officials in the audience. (Many others one would expect to see are also rare birds, but let’s save that for another...
View ArticleNude Tuesday! Questions about the non-nude candidates and some art news
"How to Take Photos Abroad" by Leslie Pierce. It will be in the "What's Love" show taking place this weekend at 701 Whaley St. The candidates forum Monday night (see Sunday's posting too) Dan Cook...
View ArticleI don't even know what to say about this weekend, well actually I do - a...
USC dancers just briefly resting up for intense weekend Before you dig into the listings today I’m going to provide you a little guidance. Tonight go the Wadsworth and Friends concert or the USC dance...
View ArticleAn amazing journey through the long tradition of Lowcountry basketry
In the early fall, I was driving from the Francis Marion National Forest down toward Charleston on Highway 17. It had been a while since I’d been down the road and I was appalled. The sprawl of...
View Article"Nude Tuesday!" Sex talk. Classical music.
Since it is “Nude Tuesday!” this seems the appropriate time to recap the “What’s Love” event that took place Saturday night. It's an event mostly aimed at being a fun, but with all the talk that goes...
View ArticleWeekend arts: not as crazy as the last one, but still some goodies
Theater piece uses old stories to tap into today's truthsMost of us know at least some stories from “One Thousand and One Nights” – "Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp", "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" and...
View ArticleForum provides plenty of ideas for the arts
A few nights ago a few dozen people gathered at the 701 Center for Contemporary Art to talk about the arts in Columbia. The floor was open to anyone 9the title of the event was “What I Want The City of...
View ArticleArt at the book festival
What’s coming up next weekend is called the South Carolina Book Festival. But I’m going to write about art. Art and the book festival. Each year the festival, which is put on by the S.C. Humanities...
View ArticleNude Tuesday! Arts forum report, pianist and composer on Boston radio, taking...
"Insouciance" by Pat Gilmartin. Gilmartin, of Columbia,will be one of 27 artists in a show at the S.C. Book Festival Saturday and Sundayat the Columbia Convention Center. Talking about the arts...
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