Q & A with Jasper's Featured Tiny Gallery Artist Mia Estrada

Jasper’s Tiny Gallery

featuring Mia Estrada

White Colt by Mia Estrada — Size: 4.5”x4.5”
Medium: Acrylic gouache on wood $30

Jasper: Tell us a bit about you. Where did you grow up? Was art in your childhood/family? What led you to art? 

Mia Estrada: I grew up in Lancaster, SC. It’s a small town, for fun you’d usually meet up at the Sonic or the Walmart as those were the only places to really go to. Art was a big part of my childhood; my mom has a print of a Henri Matisse painting that I would study when I was little. She also had a rule that all of us, us being me and my three siblings, all had to either do a sport or an art. My brothers chose music, my sister soccer, and I did art and horseback riding. I’ve been doing art for as long as I can remember, it’s just always been a part of me. 

Jasper: Tell us about your education as an artist.

Mia: I went to Andrew Jackson High School and Middle School for their Arts Focus program. That was the first time I really started to get better at art. Now I am a senior at the University of South Carolina getting my BFA for Graphic Design and Illustration. 

Jasper: What led you to your preferred medium? 

Mia: My preferred medium is acrylic gouache; I came about this through my internship at Iris + Marie Press. I used to mainly use watercolors and Prismacolor for my work, but the acrylic gouache is just awesome. It has all the benefits of watercolors but the coverage of acrylic paints. The colors are also very vibrant and create a great texture. Using these paints for my work gives me the flat yet vibrant look I prefer for my pieces. 

Jasper: What kind of styles do you use within your respective medium?

Mia: I used to struggle with my style. Originally, I thought all art had to be realistic which led to me thinking all my pieces had to be perfect. With the acrylic gouache, there’s almost an immediacy to the work and it makes me work a bit quicker. Now, I tend to create much more simple but colorful pieces, which I truly enjoy. 

Jasper:  Tell us about the themes or ideas you usually chase in your work.

Mia: In my work, I try to go for a more folk-art style. The simplicity of it is so comforting to me, along with my love for visiting the mountains and seeing that style brings me back to that joy. A subject that is heavily featured in my work is horses. Going back to my childhood, I have crude drawings of horses from when I was little. There’s a joke that artists hate to draw horses because of their awkward proportions, but I am the complete opposite. They are my absolute favorite things to draw. In a broader sense, I tend to stick to animals in my work. Translating them into my style is a bit of a process. I usually do multiple studies of a subject in pencil as true to life as I can, then I break it down until it is a bit simpler yet recognizable. 

Jasper: Tell us about the journey you embark on when you create, both emotional and literal/mechanical.

Mia: When creating, I like to put on a good playlist and mess around in my sketchbook. With my sketchbooks, I like to start the first page off by writing a paragraph of my intentions for the sketchbook. I usually have an idea of what I want to create, these ideas usually hit me in the most inconvenient times when I am away from my sketchbook. This usually gives me time to refine my head, from there I sketch and continue refining until I am happy. I start the final piece either right after or two weeks later. I usually feel finished with a piece a few days after I finish it. I let it live on my desk and look at it throughout the days, fixing and adding things as I feel necessary. 

Jasper: Tell us about this show specifically.

Mia: This show, which I’ve named “Small Joys,” are all paintings of subjects that bring me joy. These pieces are also smaller, so the name came naturally. All the works featured are made for this show. My favorite has to be “White Colt,” while painting him he just came off so sassy and full of personality. The mindset I had going into this show was to show flora and fauna that I have seen throughout my life that brought me joy. I love making people happy and bringing joy with my work, so in sharing subjects that bring me joy, I hope to bring that joy to others with this show. 

Jasper: If you’ve done any shows or won any awards you’d like us to highlight, let us know! 

Mia: I was an artist in the “Pen Pals” show at Good for the Sole in Five Points. 

Jasper: What’s your favorite memory and/or experience as an artist so far? 

Mia: My favorite experience as an artist was tabling at Soda City Market and seeing people enjoy my art. Having that in-person interaction and sharing my work with others is so rewarding and something that will never get old. 

Jasper:  What’s in the future for you? And where can we see your art after this show?

Mia: I will be moving to Washington, DC to live with my boyfriend and continue my art journey. I share my art on my Instagram (@mearts03) and will be making a website soon. 

Mia Estrada is a Latina illustrator based in Columbia, South Carolina. She specializes in digital art, but traditionally specializes in acrylic gouache, ink, and watercolor. Her art mainly features animals with a spotlight on her favorite, the horse. Mia currently attends the University of South Carolina as a senior and is majoring in Studio Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design and Illustration.

Check Out More of Mia Estrada’s Art at

Jasper’s Tiny Gallery Site

through March 30th!

Jasper Welcomes Lucy Spence to our Gallery Space at Sound Bites Eatery

If you’ve not been by Sound Bites Eatery during the month of March, you’re missing quite a bit! Not only can you enjoy some of the freshest food in the city, like their Boppin’ Berry Salad or their G.O.A.T. Avocado Toast, you can take in the art of Lucy Spence, and maybe even take a piece of her art home with you!

Lucy Spence says she “grew up around art and artists, forging early experiences using clay and paint. My mother was a potter who involved her children in the local art scene in Arizona. My father supplied us with drawing paper, pencils, and encouragement.”  After starting her family, as well as earning an M.Ed. in Education as a Ph.D., Spence moved from Arizona to SC and taught at USC’s College of Education.

Both an oil painter and a watercolorist, Spence says she strives for “a loose style, using both dry and wet paper,” but “wanting to learn more, I enrolled in drawing and painting courses at USC’s School of Visual Art and Design,” because she “wanted to learn oil painting to recreate a memory of flower fields from my childhood. My oils are impressionistic, using bold, quick strokes.”

In 2025, Spence retired from her position at the College of Education in order to practice art full time. “My Jasper show includes floral still life in watercolor and flower landscapes in oil,” she says. “These were influenced by shared interests with my brilliant husband, John.”

Both Lucy and John practice ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, and they are building a Japanese garden on their property near the Riverbanks Zoo. “John and I grew up in the same neighborhood  in Phoenix and his Japanese mother worked as a florist at the flower gardens that I remember so well. We have travelled to Japan many times and will return soon. John and I are planning to take a class in sumi-e painting while in Japan and I hope to gain inspiration for my art during a pilgrimage on the Chichibu temple route.”

Spence has recently added abstract elements to her paintings. “I have just finished a large format piece on Yupo with oil and am working on a smaller abstract piece on canvas. I experiment with a variety of tools and methods including sumi-e brushes and techniques. I also use hard-edged tools to drag my paints. My work is inspired by experiences that leave an indelible imprint on my mind and body. Painting allows my visual and tactile senses to come together in my body’s movements. Standing at an easel or table, my memories and emotions combine with my tools, paint, and surfaces,” she explains. “This makes complete sense to me, having studied how our brain and body systems continually communicate and interact with our environment.”

Spence’s solo exhibition via The Jasper Project at Sound Bites is her first solo show, demonstrating a unique and innovative take on fairly traditional subject matter. “I hope to soon have my new project appear on my website, lucykspence.com,” she says.

Spence’s work will be on display at Sound Bites Eatery at 1425 Sumter Street through the end of March. Stop by, grab a delicious Sammy or salad, and pick out your favorite piece of Lucy Spence art. Just scan the QR codes and the work is yours!

Jasper Welcomes Thomas Washington to Our Nook Gallery at the Koger Center

The Jasper Project and Koger Center are eager to welcome Thomas Washington to exhibit his work in the Nook for the month of March. We invite you to join us for the opening reception of his show on Thursday, March 20, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.

Perhaps the most important pursuit of an artist is the facilitation of Escapism. Perhaps each project is the equivalent of a Narnian door...or that lamppost beyond, coaxing a wanderer into another realm. Thomas Washington, Jr. (thomas the younger) functions on that premise. Since his childhood, he has produced multitudinous works in this vein—from being hired out of high school to illustrate in a local graphic anthology, he has subsequently striven to bring stories in every medium; to breathe life into the fantastical by imbuing it with the familiar...and of course, to find fun and fulfillment along the way.

Recently, he took the leap of emerging in his local scene. He has sat on panels, joined the instructor roster for community arts centers, partaken in various shows, founded a website, and essentially joined the dialogue of Art’s Place in Society.

The Jasper Project Welcomes Toni Elkins to The Nook Gallery at Koger Center for the Arts this Third Thursday

The Jasper Project is excited to welcome Toni Elkins to our Nook Gallery at the Koger Center of the Arts this week. The exhibition will run from this Thursday, February 20th until the week of the third Thursday in March when the work of our featured artist for March, Thomas Washington, will be installed.

Toni M. Elkins is a Columbia-based artist who was educated at Boston University and the University of Georgia. She is a member of the Trenholm Artist Guild and the 2023 recipient of the Missouri Watercolor International: J. Richeson Award and a “Top 50 Winner of the artsfortrumpcoalition.com,” the artist says. In 2014 she won the Clark Ellefson Merit Award and in 2013 the Susie and Caroll Heyward Purchase Award, both from the SC State Fair, among other accolades throughout her life.

Elkins says, “My work has taken on a whole new meaning since the death of my husband. I find I am more introspective and more interested in my environment. I actually LOOK instead of SEE. I examine our world in a different way, and I hope to make positive changes in this world through my art.”

Elkins is sponsoring her own personal opening reception for this exhibition at the Nook Gallery at the Koger Center for the Arts on Thursday, February 20th from 5:30 – 7 pm. She is planning to bring her own bartender and beverages for this event. The Jasper Project extends it’s gratitude to the staff of Koger Center for the Arts and Jasper board secretary and Jasper Magazine visual arts editor, Emily Moffitt, for working with the artist on this unique situation.

Artist Profile: Sharon Funderburk - Jasper's February First Thursday Artist at Sound Bites Eatery

Sharon Funderburk, Jasper’s featured First Thursday artist in Sound Bites Eatery, spent the first part of her life in Pennsylvania where she was channeled into the arts by her teacher, her grandmother, and her father. They were all her inspirations.

Funderburk  went to school to be a commercial artist in the 1970s “before computers took over. I did mapping, some drafting, and advertising” she says. “I’m currently a Bob Ross instructor but I’ve also taught jewelry, and mosaic classes.” Now she teaches classes at the Camden Shoppes, and Crooked Creek Park in Chapin.

“I consider myself as a mixed media artist,” she says. “I like to be colorful and show multi layers, I like reflections and glass or water. When I start a piece, I like it to take me down the rabbit hole. Most of my pieces are done start to finish In one sitting. Like a journey.”

Funderburk has won awards with the state fair and SAMA mosaic society. She has participated in local arts initiatives like the Door Project, and the Trout Project with the city of Columbia, as well as having painted several wall murals in Columbia.

Sharon Funderburk - artist

Funderburk is currently a member of the Cayce Artist Guild, TAG, South Carolina Artists, and the Art Shoppes of Camden, and she just signed on to be a studio artist with Ron Hagel’s Gemini Arts in Columbia.

Funderburk’s art will be up through February. Visit Sound Bites Eatery at 1425 Sumter Street and scan the QR code of the painting you want to take home with you to make Sharon Funderburk’s art a part of your own personal collection.

Jasper Welcomes Lindsay Radford Wiggins Back to Our Always-Open Tiny Gallery

Jasper is delighted to welcome one of our favorite local artists, Lindsay Radford Wiggins, back to our always open virtual gallery space, Tiny Gallery. Lindsay’s Magic Poodle Land art is always a welcome addition to anyone’s home gallery with its whimsical depictions of all things beautiful and cosmic. And this exhibition offers collectors of all economic situations the opportunity to build their gallery with hometown art at price points that range from 60 to 150 dollars with 25 pieces of all sizes to choose from!

Lindsay Radford Wiggins graduated from Columbia College with a Studio Art Degree in 2011. Originally from Montgomery, Alabama, she now considers Columbia home after living here 23 years. She works full-time in histology and paints as much as she can when she is not working in the lab. She is a multi-media artist and photographer. Watercolor on paper has been her most recent obsession. Wiggins’ most recent body of work is inspired by mediation, walks in nature, and her beloved poodle, Ziggy. Her paintings embody a spiritual authenticity with her own signature whimsical flair. Influenced by German expressionism and women surrealists, her work speaks to the artist’s personal experiences, connections, and emotions, making each piece a diary-like entry of celestial swirls. The playful imagery and repetition of symbols invites the viewer to call upon their own life experience and create their own personal dialog. Wiggins’ work has been exhibited at numerous SC venues, including 701 Whaley, Koger Center of the Arts, and Trustus Theater. Her paintings are represented in many private collections, and she was featured on the cover of Jasper Magazine’s spring 2022 issue and on the cover of Kristine Hartvigsen’s book The Soulmate Poems. 

PHOTO ESSAY by Perry McLeod - Jeffrey Miller Opening/Patrick Davis Concert Harbison Theatre

All Photos Courtesy of Perry McLeod

left to right - Keith Tolen, Jeffrey Miller, Fred Townsend

At Jasper, we can’t stop singing the praises of our friends at Harbison Theatre. Not only does Kristin Cobb and her team place a priority on presenting the best of SC performing arts alongside outstanding touring artists, but they have also welcomed the Jasper Project into their lobby to create a gallery space for local art. Previous Jasper Project featured artists include David Yaghjian, Olga Yukhno, Lori Starnes, Nate Puza and more, and this year we’re currently featuring the silkscreens and woodblocks of visual artist Jeffrey Miller and we have the brilliant painter Rebecca Horne on deck for our fall exhibition.

We kicked off Miller’s exhibition Friday night with an opening reception prior to the presentation of a big night of music by another well-known SC talent, Patrick Davis, and friends. The talented photographer Perry McLeod was on hand to capture some of the special moments that always happen when artists and arts lovers come together to celebrate the unique exchange of energy that is up close and personal art appreciation. Thanks to Perry for sharing these shots below.

Featured artist Jeffrey Miller with copies of Jasper Magazine fall 2024 and Miller article

L-R Cindi Boiter, artist Fred Townsend, featured artist - Jeffrey Miller, Wade Sellers - Jasper board president, Jasper board member Keith Tolen, Jasper board member elect Stan Conine

Jasper Board Member Keith Tolen with board VP Kristin Cobb and Jasper ED Cindi Boiter

David Ryan Harris

L- R — Patrick Davis, Maggie Rose, David Ryan Harris, Gabe Dixon

Jasper Welcomes Victoria Rickards and Perry McLeod to thehallway: community art for February Exhibition HOW TO LOVE

Reception February 9th 3-5 pm

Graffiti Smile by Victoria Rickards

The Jasper Project welcomes Victoria Rickards and Perry McLeod to thehallway: communityart at 701 Whaley for a two-person exhibition titled How to Love, celebrating all the ways we show our love for the month of February. An opening reception is scheduled for Sunday, February 9th from 3-5 pm in the 701 Whaley Hallway - Community Art space.

Victoria Rickards was born in 1999 in Miami, Florida, and is currently based in Columbia, SC. A  multifaceted artist and lighting designer whose work challenges perceptions and explores themes of deception, fluidity, and surrealism, Rickards holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, Lighting Design, and Technology from the College of Charleston and is pursuing a graduate degree in Lighting Design at the University of South Carolina.

Rickard’s artistic journey has taken her to prestigious venues, including the Columbia Museum of Art and Art Basel Miami and allowed her to collaborate on digital projects, contributing to innovative NFT designs and more. Her work has garnered recognition from respected institutions and media outlets, including features in Forbes. A passionate advocate for innovation in art and design, Rickards continues to push boundaries and inspire others through her creative vision.

Rickards paints with the heart of a storyteller, crafting narratives from her history. Her artistic evolution unfolds in stages of abstraction, beginning with faces and progressing into distorted bodies and maps. Latent representations emerge beneath layers of color, quietly rebelling against societal norms surrounding body and self. Her maps symbolize a metaphorical journey through physical and emotional landscapes, representing internal terrains of thoughts and memories.

Perry McLeod

Perry McLeod is a Fullbright scholar, retired high school teacher, and a photographer and avid traveler. He shoots sports, concerts, events, “and just about anything else I can point a camera at,” he says. “I love photography! Every day is a new adventure and I just want to capture the moments that will make people stop and think. Make people want to make a change. Make people smile. Make people go -"Damn", or "nice" or "wow". Photography is the most perfect art - we all get moments that will never happen again. It's frozen in time forever - how cool is that?” 

A USC alumnus, McLeod taught Social Studies and Digital Media Production in both Richland District One and Richland District Two for 31 years. During his teaching career, he established a digital media production program at Richland Northeast High School, which fueled his love for photography and his fascination with video production. After retiring from education, Perry's passion for photography continued to grow, and he has worked for several local and national media outlets. In addition to photography, Perry has a deep love for travel. He says, "When I travel, my mind races with all the new things around me. I see a face, an old building, or an amazing vista, and I have to capture that moment." He believes that "a photograph is magic!"

Jasper's Sidewalk Gallery at the Meridian Building Features Trio of Local Talent -- Christopher Lane, Emily Wright, and Marion Mason

By Christina Xan

The Meridian Sidewalk Gallery is Jasper Galleries’ most unique space. While patrons cannot enter the gallery, the sidewalks are accessible to all 24/7. Lining both Sumter and Washington Streets around the historic Meridian Building, the gallery prominently features two 2D artists and one 3D artist each quarter.  

For the first quarter of 2025, Jasper Galleries has paired the bright, dynamic paintings of Christopher Lane and Emily Wright with stunning wooden sculptures from Marion Mason. The differing shapes and forms wrap and snake around each other, each piece telling its own part of a grander story together. 

Patrons have until the end of March to stop by and view the works, all of which are purchasable via scanning a QR code at the end of each window or contacting jaspergalleries@gmail.com. Learn more about each artist below.

Christopher Lane - artist

Christopher Lane, born in Minnesota in 1968, drew inspiration from notable artists such as Thomas Hart Benton, Andy Warhol, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Roy Lichtenstein during his formative years.  His artistic development was further influenced by a period spent in Cairo, Egypt where the architecture, sculpture, symbolism, hieroglyphs and vibrant colors of Egyptian art left a significant mark on his work.  Diagnosed with dyslexia, he attended the GOW School in South Wales, New York, which provided him with educational support. Following this, Lane lived in Paris for a year, enriching his creative pursuits.  He pursued an art degree at Eastern New Mexico University but left to support his young family while serving in the United States Navy as a submariner.  Now residing in South Carolina, Lane focuses on creating visual stories that encourage viewers to reconsider divisive subjects through a gentler perspective. He is actively involved in various group exhibitions nationwide and recently showcased his work at ArtFields. 

Lane employs striking imagery to transform life experiences into visual narratives that center on individuals and their interpersonal relationships.  He is deeply committed to social justice and environmental protection, illustrating the interconnectedness of these themes in his work.  His paintings frequently include elements of nature and often convey historical, political, or spiritual stories, reflecting his enthusiasm for these topics.  As a modern surrealist and storyteller, Lane’s artworks can typically be analyzed in multiple scenes while maintaining a unified theme.  Using vibrant colors, rich symbolism, and layered imagery, he addresses complex issues, encouraging viewers to perceive them through a new, perhaps softer lens. 

Marion Mason - Artist

Marion Mason writes the following:

I am a visual artist who taught high school Art for forty-two years. 

I earned the Bachelor of Arts Degree in studio art (sculpture concentration) from the University of South Carolina, and the Master of Fine Arts Degree (in sculpture) from the University of Georgia. In addition, I earned the Master of Education (adult & community education) from Carolina.  

Prior to my teaching career I served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for 9 years (5 on active duty) and am a veteran of the Vietnam War.  

I began my 42-year HS Art teaching career as the artist-in-residence, and on-site coordinator, at the former Richland District One Artistically Talented and Gifted (ARTAG) High School Program. Many years ago, I was a member of the design and implementation team of the original Tri-District Arts Consortium (Tri-DAC), and I have taught sculpture there for 15 summers. Also, I had the privilege of teaching three summers in the three week Honors Program at the SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. I have conducted many art workshops for school, district, community, and state-wide groups, from middle schoolers through adults. In 1982 I was awarded Teacher of the Year recognition at C. A. Johnson High School and was also honored as the Richland District One Teacher of the Year. Currently I teach various visual arts courses and serve as the Fine Arts Department Head at White Knoll High School. 

Since retiring from teaching in January 2019, I am now a full-time professional artist again, and exhibit and sell my sculpture, pendants and earrings. Over the years I have shown and won awards at many local, state, regional, and national competitive and invitational exhibits.

Emily Wright - artist

e.lois wright, known by friends and family as Emily Wright, is a lover of Life with all of its small details and rich hues of color that spill into our every day.  Emily’s first love is the written language.  She began an early love affair with poetry, prose and the theater arts, earning a BA in English with honors at Lander University.  With a desire to express the vibrant facets of Self, she discovered her passion for creating visual art and started a journey toward understanding its cathartic impact on her holistic health.  Emily, first, was drawn to decoupage with art journaling and, later, engaged all of her free time in jewelry making.  A means of “balancing the distractions”, she found solace in piecing together unique and bold wearable art from discarded found objects, taking the broken and making them beautiful, again. 

In 1999, Emily began selling her original, up-cycled jewelry under the name “Balanced Distractions”, finding that her patrons connected with her pieces on a very personal, emotional, and, even, spiritual level, which stands true, today.  Over the last twenty-five years, hundreds of friends, family, and strangers have donated the fragmented and unwanted—glass, pottery, metal and jewelry—all to this shareable, artful healing. A pivotal point in Emily’s artistic journey appeared with the cresting of Columbia’s “Thousand-Year Flood” (2015).  Simple, surprising treasures were unearthed from surrounding Midland rivers, allowing Emily to feel, deeply, the flow of inspiration and creative potential, “taking the broken and making them beautiful, again”. 

Emily’s choices of medium and forms of expression continue to expand and unfold before her, as she is fully immersed in the art of authentic self-expression with a “fresh eyes” perception.  From tapping mantras into canvases to mindfully transforming watercolor blots into faces to molding faux flowers out of old water bottles and shotgun shells, she is present to create from the heart. Most favorite mediums include acrylic/oil/chalk/pastels on canvas/wood/metal, and her time is lovingly spent on making decor and yard art, up-cycled furniture, handmade paper journals from recyclable goods, photography, and learning more and more about costuming and stage make-up.  

Her love for all arts is echoed in her role as “Artist in Residence” (2019-Present) for “Swamp Sessions—‘Off the Grid’ Sustainable Energy Project” in Awendaw, SC, alongside South Carolina’s “Low-Country Hall of Fame” singer/songwriter, Danielle Howle.

Josef Berliner and Wilma King Collaborate for Jasper Galleries at Sound Bites

By Christina Xan

While there was no First Thursday this month, Jasper and Sound Bites still celebrated the start of another year with an Opening Reception last week for a double feature at the restaurant’s gallery space, showcasing the work of friends and artists Josef Berliner and Wilma King. 

Both artists have presented an array of works from intimate portraits of two girls hiding under covers to stunning highlights of prominent celebrities/figures. Berliner and King each have distinct styles they have honed for decades, yet their work effortlessly complements each other through vivid colors and the intersection of the natural world, particularly floral scenes. 

Berliner and King alike have pursued art since they were young and have roots in South Carolina, both having attended the University of South Carolina. Berliner has continued to work and create in the state, showing at the Columbia Museum of Art and participating in exhibits with Bullets and Band-Aids and the University of South Carolina Department of Dance Gala. Alongside this, he has pursued work as a deejay, an aural expression of his creativity that is often seen visually. Not just any deejay, Berliner’s work as an award-winning premier nightclub deejay led him to performing at many of the largest and best-known clubs in the Southeast. 

King’s horizons are constantly shifting, having lived across 11 states. She spent this time—over 30 years—working as an educator at a multitude of American schools, teaching courses in public relations, communication studies, advertising design, publication design, and photography. Returning to Columbia, she has shown in places and exhibits such as 701 Whaley, the Ernest J. Finney Cultural Center, and MIRCI’s 52 Windows. King has not only participated in numerous art shows but has collaborated on over 13 published papers in her field. 

As an artist, Berliner goes by the name “Jobey,” which is how he signs all his work. In his own words: “Jobey is the more outgoing and confident alter ego of Josef Berliner. Behind the mask is a thoughtful, somewhat shy, and introspective artist. Armed with the knowledge that I am not alone in this attribute, I seek…to go behind the surface facade of my subject matter and search for the deeper and often hidden and complex personae beneath.”  

King “endeavors to combine her experiences of living in 11 states (including Alaska) with her educational background into a visual storytelling collaboration through her painting. Her pursuit and passion go beyond a daily practice of technique and development. She believes that universality—seeking common ground—is what makes art purposeful.”   

Even if patrons missed the opening, they could still embark on this journey with Berliner and King until January 31st when the work comes down. Sound Bites Eatery, located at 1425 Sumter St, is open M-F 10-3 and weekends 11:30-2:30. Stop by to grab a delicious, freshly made bite to eat and see this unforgettable show.

Mary Ann Haven Features New Collection of Work for Jasper Galleries at Motor Supply Co. Bistro

by Christina Xan

The first quarter of 2025 will present patrons at Motor Supply Co. Bistro the opportunity to embark on a journey with artist Mary Ann Haven that follows the ebbs and flows of her own tumultuous experiences throughout 2024.  

With a BFA in Design from the University of North Texas, Haven has spent nearly 40 years as a working artist in the Midlands—first self-employed and focusing on “commissioned art, murals and tromp l'eoil custom layered finishes, including plasters, metal leaf gilding and hand painted signage” and, for the last decade, homing in on canvases and commissions. 

Haven has participated in a multitude of shows and juried competitions, including Open Studios, the SC Watermedia Society Digital Show, and Artfields. The 11 pieces in her show with Jasper Galleries—which opens this Friday, January 17th from 6:00pm—8:00pm at Motor Supply in the Vista—depict a journey of hope, loss, and letting go. 

Haven has penned the following retrospective on the collection, which will be up for view and available for purchase until the end of March. 

“There is for me a sense of before and after in this body of work. When Jasper gave me the opportunity to have a show in a location that would allow me to share my bigger paintings, I was excited. If nothing else, the goal of January 2025 would give me a whole year of something to work toward. I didn't know at the time how much I would need that to keep moving forward. 

The two 36" x 36" puzzle series pieces, “Adaptable” and “New Day New View” are a lighter, playful exploration of yin and yang, peace vs. chaos and the joy felt when attempting to balance a composition using form, value, and color. The three 20" x 20" pieces, “Reflections I & II” and “South by Southwest” also play with the same elements with collage added in. These five pieces represent the ‘before’ stage. 

The emotional landscape began to shift in April when I lost a close friend to cancer. Sometimes you can point to certain people and know that they have changed the direction of your life. He was one of those individuals for me. A month later I received a call notifying me that my very independent eldest sibling was in dire straits. I can acknowledge now that my parents raised three offspring that live lives independent of each other. Being the youngest, this was the first time I had been called into action to help one of them. I experienced a real mixmaster of emotions, which included surrendering to what one cannot control (other people's choices) and a new level of concern/anxiety over what it can mean when things go wrong while aging alone. I found that my normal desire to paint nonrepresentational work came to a full stop. To my surprise, an idea I had had for decades resurfaced as a way to go forward. 

At a dinner party in 1996 I was introduced to a fellow local artist Carolita Cantrell. While chatting about my marriage ending, she told me that I needed "shelter without walls". Her example of this was a partner who honored an artist's need to be an artist...and all that meant. In the last decade I have spent time at the coast where I regularly view fisherman's shelters at the end of piers which are basically…shelter without walls. These two things came together as a new series with a moody result. The first piece is “No Chumming for Sharks.” That label was actually a sign on an existing shelter before it was destroyed when washed away in a hurricane. Beyond the literal meaning, to me it meant ‘don't ask for trouble.’  The second painting, “Storm Front,” is a dreamscape that was painted on top of composite silver leaf. It depicts the hope moonlight brings in the darkness.   

I included a self-portrait that was painted when I was feeling emotionally raw. It's figuratively a medical prescription full of symbols, some more meaningful than others. “Open The Book” is a piece about life continuing to bring us new lessons. It helps if we stay open and are willing to learn. The last two finished were the 30” x 40” pieces in deep teal and blues. “Blue Wave with Spilled Milk” was named in mid-November. You can make that name what you wish. The last, “Forest Dreams” was painted in response to Hurricane Helene. It brought the possibility that I might have to put aside the dream I've had for years of living in the mountains. 

Overall, painting has become a mirror of my emotional response to my environment. By the way, the name of the self-portrait is “The Year of Letting Go.” 2024 was definitely that for me.”

Jasper Welcomes Jordan Sheridan to the Koger Center Nook Gallery

By Emily Moffitt

The Jasper Project is excited to kick off the 2025 season in The Nook at the Koger Center with an exhibit of work by Jordan Sheridan. The opening reception for the exhibit is scheduled for January 16, 2025, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. at the Koger Center. The reception is free and open to the public.

Jordan Sheridan was born in Northeastern Arkansas in 1989. She became a mother to her son, Samuel, in 2017 and began graduate school at the University of South Carolina shortly after. As a mother pursuing an MFA degree, Sheridan’s work organically shifted to include a personal examination of motherhood. This change in research pushed her from working primarily in 2-D painting to 3-D artmaking via large-scale textile installations. Sheridan’s studio practice unites painting, sculpture, and installation as she explores the visual dimensions of identity and motherhood. Since completing her MFA degree, Sheridan has continued exploring these textile landscapes and vibrant paintings, all evolving with her multifaceted experience of motherhood and an underlying query of interconnectedness. She is currently a full-time faculty instructor and discipline coordinator of painting at the University of South Carolina. She resides with her partner and young children in Columbia, South Carolina.

Jordan’s Artist Statement:

“My work documents and aestheticizes the multifaceted experience of motherhood, where boundaries dissolve and identities entangle. Each work serving as a visual narrative, capturing the paradoxical nature of this expansion—a tapestry woven with threads of care, connection, and infinite devotion, interspersed with moments of fragmentation, disorder, and flux. My installations offer a tactile exploration of motherhood's complexities, encouraging reflection on identity shaped by relationships and societal norms. My work explores existential questions, influenced by my curiosity in quantum physics and the concept of molecular oneness. It acknowledges the interconnectedness of existence on both micro and macro levels, including the profound bond between mother and child. It is an odyssey that embraces fluid identity and finds beauty in the spaces between roles and expectations, resonating universally.”

ESSAY: The Free Times 2024 Power List, A Response by Cindi Boiter

The yearly designation of the Midlands’ most powerful people, provided by our friends at the Post and Courier’s Free Times, always creates ambivalent feelings for me, as well as others, I’ve been told. This year, I was happy to play a small part of the nomination process and see recognition given to many of the folks I nominated. But, as always, I was perplexed by the concept of the project and what its purpose is.

The Free Times Power List 2024, published December 18th, seeks to recognize 30 of the Midlands’ most influential arts, food, and cultural leaders. The criteria for acknowledgement are growth, innovative programming, and bringing national attention to the area, like Lula Drake’s Tim Gardner whose rightful place on the list was established when he won Columbia’s first ever James Beard award and the Kiki and Tyrone Cyrus team at Kiki’s Chicken and Waffles, who also received acclaim in the James Beard competition. Robbie Robinson of City Limits Barbeque was recognized, as well.

Clearly, restaurant owners who frequently put their own financial livelihoods on the line are deserving of praise, especially those like Kristian Niemi who is committed not just to his patrons but also to the local farmers who provide the food for his restaurants. Restaurants are essentially small businesses but they can have a large impact on their communities by providing gathering spaces where we all feed both our appetites and our culture. The team at Transmission Arcade is a great example of a group seeing a city need and addressing it head-on with fun and innovative programming. But missing from this year’s list are the owners of coffee houses, like Greg Slattery and Sandra Moscato of Curiosity Coffee Bar, who provide places where patrons gather to scheme and collaborate on projects that make us better. Slattery and Moscato are absolute warriors for the health and care of their corner of Columbia. Jasper honors them.

Some of the most deserving recipients of this year’s honors were organization leaders like Nate Terracio (Koger Center for the Arts) and Kristin Cobb (Harbison Theatre) who have used their pivoting power to open their stages to local artists and arts organizations and they have done so without slapping their names on the logos of the organizations they represent. Of  late, we’ve seen free concerts and performances on Koger’s new stages and in their lobby. Harbison Theatre has welcomed many local artists and arts groups onto their stage. And both theatres are the homes to Jasper Gallery sites where we are privileged to present the work of exclusively Midlands area artists.

Kudos to Free Times for shining a light on the work and generous spirits of a nice handful of local artists like Ija Monet, Terrance Henderson, Michaela Pilar Brown, Sean Rayford, and the unofficial mayor of the Congaree Vista, Clark Ellefson. The list of powerful artists could have included dozens of names, but I am thankful for what we got and honor those recipients with pride and admiration.

It was also encouraging to read that Dr. Bobby Donaldson was included in this year’s list as perhaps the most deserving recipient of the honor. Donaldson’s accomplishments represent the best example of an individual working for the greater good without asking for anything in return. I’d love to see more folks like Donaldson recognized for their visions for a better Columbia and a better South Carolina.

But how does one separate and compare the work of rectifying history, like Donaldson does,  with that of making menus and making art? Food, arts, and culture, the three areas where Free Times looked for leaders, are overlapping zones in the Venn diagram of community life with food and art being among the most meaningful contributors to culture.

I have other questions.

Does a Power Person have to be well-paid or even paid at all for their work? Where does volunteerism come into play? I ask this because, and I’m only a little tongue-in-cheek here, I personally know an entire board of directors who work the equivalent of part-time jobs and more to support their organizations and the people they serve. I bet you do, too, and I bet you’re not even thinking of the same organization I am. (Yes, I’m unapologetically thinking of the Jasper Project team and how much I love to sing their praises for the tireless efforts they make to nurture the arts.)

Does the Power Person have to do the work themselves or does the work of the minions below them count as their contribution, too? I mean there’s a lot of dollar signs represented by some of this year’s power people. A lot of fur coats, fancy cars, and trips to Mexico, too. Can a Power Person do the exact same job year after year after year and still be recognized? Does it matter if the organization a Power Person represents is a frequent advertiser with the Post and Courier? I hope not, but I’ve heard that rumor, too. And while we’re at it, should a Power Person be recognized for essentially doing the job they are paid to do? How much money do some of these 501c3 Power People make anyway and how much of their salaries comes from the pockets of Soda Citizens?

Finally, what exactly is the point of the Power List? It harkens me back to school days when popularity was weirdly the goal for so many people. I know few people who didn’t suffer at least a little angst about whether they would be accepted or rejected by their peers. I’d like to think most of us have grown out of that by now. Singling out individuals who, if you followed the rules of the popularity pecking order, were even better than their peers via projects like “senior superlatives,” which I see as the seed of projects like the Power List, was an even more stark way of separating the bad from the good and the good from the better. That said, I married a “Most Likely to Succeed” high school senior superlative recipient and, what can I say? He was and is, so what do I know?

To those who deservingly found themselves on this ostensibly elite list of individuals, congratulations and keep it going. We are genuinely proud of and happy for you. To those who found themselves there whether they deserved to be or not, this means we’re watching you and what you do with your power even more. And to those who were completely overlooked, go forward with the knowledge that  your work matters if it matters to you. Arbitrary lists and accolades are less important than the people you affect with your talents, generosity of spirit, and good work.

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Merry Christmas from all of us at the Jasper Project. We love what we do, and we’re trying to grow better without growing bigger so we can stay true to our mission to be public servants of the arts in the greater SC Midlands Community. Thank you for your support and thank you for reading Jasper Magazine and Jasper Online!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

(Full Disclosure: Kristin Cobb, executive director of Harbison Theatre at MTC is a board member of the Jasper Project Board of Directors. There is no financial exchange related to the profits made for artists or Jasper between any of Jasper’s Gallery sites and the businesses that host them. Also, this column was offered to Free Times as an installment in this writer’s regular column, Further Consideration, but was pleasantly and respectably passed on)

The Jasper Project Announces the 2025 Galleries Season by Christina Xan

Christina Xan is wrapping up her time as Galleries Manager with the Jasper Project as she pursues her academic career. We thank her for her dedicated efforts to exhibit and make available for purchase art by hundreds of South Carolina artists via the Jasper Project Galleries Series and wish her great happiness and success in her coming endeavors.

~Cb

Down Home by Christopher Lane

The Jasper Project is delighted that, for another year, we have the privilege to show the work of 50+ artists via the Jasper Galleries Series. Starting in 2018 with the Tiny Gallery, Jasper Galleries has now grown to a 6-location series across the Midlands, including our original fully online space. 

Mark your calendars for a full slate of talented local artists, who Jasper will share more info about as their individual shows draw closer. Make sure to follow Jasper’s social media and newsletter (Sundays with Jasper) for all updates!

Tortoise Tears by Rebecca Horne

Harbison Theatre

Running alongside Harbison’s programming, Jasper features two artists in the theatre’s lobby in 2025: a Spring and a Fall artist. While the Fall opening will be announced along with the theatre’s 2025-2026 season, the Spring opening is January 24th at 6:30pm, before Patrick Davis performs at 7:30.

SPRING (January–May): Jeffrey Miller

FALL (September–December): Rebecca Horne

 

Jordan Sheridan with her installation The Mother

Koger Center for the Arts

The gallery at Koger Center for the Arts, fondly named “The Nook,” is located external to the upstairs gallery, on the wall across from the main staircase. New art opens every Third Thursday (except most Decembers) with a reception from 5:30pm-7:00pm.

January: Jordan Sheridan

February: Toni Elkins

March: Thomas Washington

April: Richard Lund

May: Chris Lane

June: Jakeem DaDream

July: Virginia Russo

August: Lori Isom

September: Jeff Amberg

October: Colleen Cannon-Karlos

November: Sean Madden

Lauren Tillar - Compton Sun

Meridian Sidewalk Gallery

These windows proudly feature along Sumter and Washington Streets, at the base of the Meridian Building, with art rotating quarterly. Each quarter, Jasper shows a pair of 2D artists alongside one 3D artist.

January–March

       Emily Wright

    Christopher Lane

        Marion Mason

April–June

         Mark Dreher

         Vanessa DeVore

         Sharon Licata

July–September

         Camille Johnson

         Lauren Tillar

         Renee Rouillier

October–December

         Beth Morgan

        Robert Sargent

 

Laurie McIntosh - Low Country Boil

Motor Supply Company Bistro

Jasper’s second quarterly space is a solo show at the Motor Supply Co. Bistro, where opening receptions typically take place on the second Friday of the opening month from 6:00pm—8:00pm.

January–March: Mary Ann Haven

April–June: Rodgers Boykin

July–September: Steven White

October–December: Laurie McIntosh

Judy Bolton Jarrett of Art Can Studio, Chapin

 Sound Bites Eatery 

First Thursday fun is had monthly at Sound Bites Eatery at 1425 Sumter Street, with (mostly) solo shows happening from 5:30-8:00 on each respective Thursday. In August, Sound Bites throws their own party for their birthday month!  

Important note: January 205 Opening Reception will be held on January 9th! 

January: Josef Berliner and Wilma King

February: Sharon Funderburk

March: Lucy Spence

April: Kelley Pettibone

May: Devon Jeremy

June: Pat Gillam

July: Judy Jarrett

September: Candace Catoe

October: Renea Eshleman

November: Judy Maples

December: Holiday Show – Artists TBA!

Tiny Gallery

Last, but certainly not least, the show that started it all. Moved online during the pandemic and kept online due to its success, the Tiny Gallery provides a 24/7 haven of art, rotating artists out every month.

January: Betsy Kaemmerlen

February: Lindsay Radford

March: Mia Estrada

April: Linda Cannup

May: Colton Giles

June: Lisa Alberghini

July: Jean Capalbo

August: Abby Short

September: K. Wayne Thornley

October: Devon Corley

November: Yyusri

December: Ornament Show – Artists TBA!

 

Keep up to date with Jasper for any opening reception changes, artist details, and updates on holidays shows and one-off gallery events!

Join Jasper for Vista Lights this Thursday - featuring Lisa Alberghini, Adam Corbett, Karen Sargent, Candace Catoe, Carla Damron, and Valerie Lamott

by Cindi Boiter

In my heart I’m just now switching over from sandals and sundresses to blue jeans and boot weather, but in my brain the calendar tells me that the holidays are sneaking up on us and I think I have to believe it. Unless we’re deep in the darkest timeline, which isn’t out of the question, numbers don’t lie. This Thursday is November 21st and that means Vista Lights is happening this week. Already.

Luckily, the Jasper Team has been at the planning table and we have an evening of local art and festivities planned for you when you join us on Thursday, November 21 at 6 pm at Coal Powered Filmworks at 1217 Lincoln Street in Columbia’s historic Vista. As usual, we’ll have a fun roster of local artists who will be sharing their wares – ornaments, jewelry, small art, surprises!

Among our featured artists are Lisa Alberghini, Adam Corbett, Karen Sargent, Candace Catoe, Carla Damron, and Valerie LaMott!

We’ll have some light snacks, friendly faces, and loads of good cheer as we pretend our political world is still on its axis and we take refuge in the reciprocated pretense of joy on all your smiling faces.

There may be booze.

Join us!

An Evening of Art – Opening Receptions for Exhibits by Janet Swigler and Christina Clark at the Koger Center

By Emily Moffitt, Visual Arts Editor, Jasper Magazine

Join us on Friday, November 22, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. for two art receptions at the Koger Center for the Arts. In the Nook on the second floor of the Koger Center, Jasper Galleries welcomes Janet Swigler. On the ground floor of the Koger Center, walls will be adorned with the work of Christina Clark. Both artists work with abstract forms and subject matter, yet in different ways that engage the viewer.

Janet Swigler moved around the United States often at a young age due to her Air Force family upbringing, but this had a beneficial impact on her adaptability, independence, and resourcefulness. She spent several of her pre-teen years living in Japan, which offered cultural aesthetics and philosophies that continue to influence her art and life. This, along with her musical training and experience in music education, created a synergy of artistic disciplines and ideas that transferred easily to the work she creates. Sewing has been a lifelong interest of hers, and her quilt-making studies under Nancy Crow helped her to reach where she is today.

Christina Clark, originally from Austria, descended from a family of artists and musicians. To this day, she surrounds herself with the joyous energy of visual arts and music through her own personal artistic endeavors and her philanthropic service to the University of South Carolina School of Music. Clark carefully considers the viewer’s experience when she starts to put pastel to paper. Recently, Clark created a series of pieces that served as companions to the Parker Quartet’s Beethoven Quartet cycle. Clark embraces the conversation that music can have with her work and is honored to be able to keep that conversation going through her donations.

Both receptions are free and open to the public. They precede the sold-out performance of Koger Center and ColaJazz present: Live in the Lobby Jazz: The Music of Miles Davis. There’s a lot going on in the Vista that night, including a concert at Colonial Life Arena, so be mindful of parking and get to the receptions early!

Jasper's First Thursday at Sound Bites Features Jarid Lyfe Brown

By Cindi Boiter

The Jasper Project is excited to welcome visual artist Jarid Lyfe Brown to our gallery space at Sound Bites Eatery as part of our First Thursday celebration this Thursday, November 7th.

A profoundly original artist, Brown’s technique has typically leaned toward surrealistic expression often by anthropomorphizing animals and visually annotating his subjects on the same canvas.

Born in Atlanta and raised in Columbia, Brown has lived in Gilbert for the -last 17 years. A construction worker by day for the past 30 years, Brown attended SCAD but is, for the most part, self-taught. His work has recently shown at both Soul Haus and Havens Gallery.

“About two years ago, life seemed to be unexpectedly and unusually busy and chaotic,” Brown says. “Between that and lazy excuses, painting and drawing started drifting because I was used to painting very large which can be time consuming. I grabbed a new sketchbook as a sort of documentation device for my current erratic thoughts and regular life experiences. Since a 10x7 book is a bit more portable, this would give me a chance to work anywhere. These small new works [in his Sound Bites exhibition] reflect about two years of sporadic expression, sometimes even forced so to not let go of something that means so much.”

Welcoming Jean Lomasto to Jasper’s First Thursday Gallery at Sound Bites Eatery

This Thursday!

After an abbreviated showing of her work in 2023, the Jasper Project is delighted to welcome back Jean Lomasto to our First Thursday celebration by featuring the artist and her work in the Jasper Gallery space at our beloved soup, sandwich, and salad home, Sound Bites Eatery at 1425 Sumter Street.

Visual artist Jean Lomasto was born in Brooklyn, New York, but  when she was 15 years old her father took a job in Greenville, SC and moved the family to the SC upstate area. After attending college at the University of South Carolina and pursuing Costume Design, two of her undergraduate teachers, Lyn Carroll (costume design) and Terry Bennett (scene design) encouraged her to go to graduate school.

Lomasto says, “Many principles of design transfer easily from theatre to painting or seemed to for me. I have a Master of Fine Art in Costume Design from UVA. I have taken a few introductory painting classes locally and in LA. I took drawing classes at the Art Students League in New York, when I was working there in the field of costuming.”

With an MFA in Costume Design and a cover piece in Theatre Design and Technology magazine, Lomasto traveled to NYC where she worked in many costume shops, including the Julliard School as well as for a few Woody Allen films designed by Santo Loquasto. She became wardrobe supervisor for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and toured the world with the company, designing Dudley William’s finale costume for his performance at City Center.

Jean has two sons. While they were growing up, she taught elementary school in California for steady income and health insurance, occasionally doing some theatre work. They lived in Mestre, Italy for several years. 

She returned to Columbia, SC in 2014 and designed many shows for Trustus Theatre:  Peter and the Starcatcher, Marie Anntoinette, Appropriate, Marly’s Christmas Carol, among others.

“One of the greatest influences for my painting was Nicholas Wilton,” Lomasto says. “I signed up online at the start of COVID for a 10-week painting course. Design elements and using paint were important, but the biggest factor for me in this course was psychological.  ... meaning Nicholas Wilton encourages students to find what is in them and then paint. Locally, I find Columbia to be filled with amazingly talented people who support each other, but the following two take the cake for me: One day I was working in the library and Stephen Chesley walks up to me and says, ‘Hi, I like your work. Go bigger...just go bigger.’ I picked myself up off the floor and said, okay. I have had the opportunity to reconnect with Philip Mullen, who is kind enough to really look at my work and comment on it. This is such a generous thing to do on his part.” 

Lomasto says that she has “no official university training in painting. I was married to an art student as an undergraduate and hung around the art department a good bit, when I wasn't at the theatre.” Lomasto goes on to explain that “Philip Mullen was my husband's teacher in undergraduate school. I have always lived in places with easy access to art.”

1st Thursday w/ Sound Bites Eatery & The Jasper Project

featuring

Visual Artist Jean Lomasto

Thursday, October 3rd 5:30 - 8 pm

Sound Bites Eatery

1425 Sumter Street

Jasper Galleries: Ellen Yaghjian, The Newest Nook Resident by Emily Moffitt

As a member of the Vista Guild Association, the Koger Center for the Arts is proud to partner with the Jasper Project in Third Thursday Art Night. A different artist is featured every month in our rotating gallery, The Nook, with an opening reception on the month's Third Thursday. September 2024's featured artist is Ellen Yaghjian. The opening reception is on September 19, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. on the second floor of the Koger Center.

Ellen Emerson Yaghjian was born in Atlanta, GA, and grew up in Larchmont, NY. She received a BFA in sculpture from the University of Georgia and an MMA in media arts from the University of South Carolina. For ten years, Ellen worked in television production, first with South Carolina Educational Television and later as an Associate Producer at Turner Broadcasting. In 1990, she shifted her focus to sculpture. She began by designing commissioned based copper fountains for outdoor gardens and indoor offices across the southeast. In 2000, Ellen began creating figurative works with copper, hammering and heating the metal to produce sculpture reflective of the human body. She enjoys the warmth of copper and the colors that emerge through her process. During the pandemic Ellen took up painting in acrylic. Ellen resides in Columbia, SC with her husband, David.

Ellen’s Artist Statement:

“The focus of my art practice is to bring my attention to one place in time and to explore the ideas that come to mind. Reflecting on the grace and strength of the female form, I am drawn to the medium of copper. I use heat and my hammer to move and shape the metal into subtle lines of the human body. Observations of landscapes and natural elements lead me to my paints. I simplify 3 dimensional elements on paper and panels and in the process find gratitude and wholeness.”

If you can’t make it to the reception, the art will be up through mid-October, and can be viewed from 9-5 Monday through Friday, and an hour prior to any Koger Center event. You can follow Ellen’s work on Instagram (@ellenyaghjianart) and her website (ellenyaghjian.com).

Announcing Jasper's Featured Artists in Our Meridian Sidewalk Gallery-- Richard Lund, Jennifer Hill, Trish Gilliam, and Debbie Patwin!

Jasper Project board member Kimber Carpenter has curated another exciting exhibition for our Meridian Sidewalk Gallery this season, featuring 2-D and 3-D artists Debbie Patwin, Trish Gilliam, Richard Lund, and Jennifer Hill. The Meridian Sidewalk Gallery is a 24/7 art experience nestled in the always-accessible windows of the Meridian Building along Washington and Sumter Streets in beautiful downtown Columbia. Patrons may view the featured art from all angles and make purchases just by scanning a QR code.

Welcome to our fall 2024 season of Meridian artists! Read more about them below!