Neighborhoods across the Midlands represented at Columbia Open Studios, March 23-24, 2013

COLUMBIA, SC – March 23-24, 2013 – A true city-wide event,  the Columbia Open Studios tour – presented by 701 Center for Contemporary Art with major support from the City of Columbia –  will feature artists from neighborhoods across the metro area. This free, weekend-long tour of artists’ studios across Richland and Lexington Counties will take place on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, 2013. For more info, visit http://www.columbiaopenstudios.org.

Join thousands of art lovers for a rare opportunity to visit with individual artists in their private, working studios, learn about their cultural backgrounds, their tools and techniques, and how their personal stories impact their art.

Meet the artists at the official Columbia Open Studios Preview Party will be held in the Olympia Room at 701 Whaley on Thursday, March 21, 2013 from 7-9 p.m.

Columbia Open Studios artists by neighborhood:

The Vista – 7 artists

Heidi Darr-Hope

Jeff Donovan

Sharon Collings Licata

Michel McNinch

Laura Spong

Clark Ellefson

One Eared Cow Glass

Main Street – 9 artists

Bonnie Goldberg (Arcade)

Katrina Hampton (Tapp’s)

Whitney LeJeune  (Arcade)

Barbie Mathis (Tapp’s)

Blue Sky (Arcade)

Martha Thomas (Arcade)

Beth West  (Arcade)

Walton Selig (Arcade)

Letitia Tish Lowe (Arcade)

Viridian Studios & Studio Carlisle (off Millwood in Melrose Heights) – 8 artists

Julia Moore (Carlisle)

Chappy Manning (Carlisle)

K. Page Morris (Carlisle)

Kevin Smith (Carlisle)

Marian Soule (Carlisle)

Regina Moody (Viridian)

Nini Ward (Viridian)

Carey Weathers (Viridian)

Downtown Independents (not on Main St. or in Vista) (29201) – 5 artists

Jeff Amberg

Mike Donkle

Diane Gilbert

Howard Hunt

Russell Jeffcoat

Northeast Columbia/Forest Acres (29204 & 29206) – 9 artists

Christy Aitken

Hannah Aitken

Mary Ann Haven

Curran Stone

Alicia Leeke

Jane Muller

Carol Pittman

Christian Thee

Lyssa Harvey

Shandon/Rosewood Area (29205 & 29209) – 13 artists

Angel Allen

Nancy K. Butterworth

Michele Kingery

Nora Floyd/Ruth Bayard

Mary Gilkerson

Shannon Purvis

Mary Robinson

Grace Rockafellow

J. Spencer Shull

Ellen Emerson Yaghjian

Betty Evans

Patrick M. Parise

Carolyn Ramsay

Lexington County / Lake Murray Country – 7 artists

Rachel Parker – Irmo

Amanda Ladymon – West Columbia

Ron Weathers – West Columbia

Robert W. Hickman – Lexington

Gretchen Evans Parker – Lexington

Ruby Haydock-DeLoach – Chapin

Judy Bolton Jarrett – Chapin

 

An exhibition of participating artists’ work will be on view in thehallway:communityart gallery on the first floor of 701 Whaley, March 17-24, 2013. Exhibition sponsors are South Carolina Veterinary Specialists and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.

Columbia, SC: Supporting Our State’s Arts Economy

In presenting Columbia Open Studios, 701 Center for Contemporary Art seeks to provide easy access to the wealth of fine artists in Columbia, Richland and Lexington counties, generate excitement about area artists from first-time buyers and seasoned collectors alike and further establish Columbia, S.C., as a regional cultural tourism destination. For more information: http://www.columbiaopenstudios.org

 

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About 701 CCA

701 Center for Contemporary Art is a nonprofit visual art center that promotes understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of contemporary art, the creative process and the role of art and artists in the community via its gallery & artist-in-residence program at historic 701 Whaley in Columbia, South Carolina. 701 CCA also encourages interaction between visual arts and other art forms. Admission to all exhibitions is free. For more information visit http://www.701cca.org

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