Third Thursday Art Night: Isaac Udogwu
Aug
20
5:30 PM17:30

Third Thursday Art Night: Isaac Udogwu

As a member of the Vista Guild, the Koger Center for the Arts partnered with The Jasper Project to open a new rotating art space, titled The Nook, in celebration of Third Thursday Art Night. August 2026's featured artist in the Nook is Isaac Udogwu. Join us for a free opening reception on August 20, 2026, from 5:30 - 7 p.m.!

Artist Biography:
Artist Isaac Udogwu has lived in South Carolina for the majority of his life and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor of fine arts in graphic design. Udogwu’s art — which is best described as Afrofuturism — combines Black American Southern culture with fantasy and science fiction themes. The purpose of his work is to create a realm where Black people across the diaspora are free to live their lives as people.

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The Jasper Alley at Tapp's Featuring Emily Moffitt, Cam Moore, and Kate Timbes
Sep
3
6:00 PM18:00

The Jasper Alley at Tapp's Featuring Emily Moffitt, Cam Moore, and Kate Timbes

Jasper is Back On Main Street for First Thursday Fun! Join us from 6 - 8:30 pm in our old stomping ground at Tapp's! This month we're proud to present Emily Moffitt, Cam Moore, and Kate Timbes. We've also got live music in the works, so stay tuned for that announcement!

Come shop, have a drink, and hang out with us in the alley! The artists and Jasper Board members will be on site to chat about their work.

About Emily Moffitt:
Emily Moffitt is an illustrator based in Columbia, SC. She currently works as the Gallery Curator for the Koger Center for the Arts, Secretary on the Jasper Board of Directors, and as the Visual Arts Editor for Jasper Magazine. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina's School of Visual Art and Design and has exhibited in places like the Edward R. Driggers Center for the Arts in Greer, SC, Stormwater Studios for The Jasper Project's inaugural "Degenerate Art Project," and the Richland Library. Having worked in the Columbia arts scene since she graduated college, Emily finds joy and fulfillment in helping put together exhibits for her artist peers, which continues to motivate her to fall back in love with making her own artwork on a consistent basis.

About Cam Moore:
Cam Moore is a multidisciplinary artist and art educator based in Columbia, South Carolina. His work focuses on transformation, turning upcycled materials like thin cardboard and packing paper into mosaic style collage pieces detailed with charcoal. He's interested in taking overlooked materials and making something beautiful out of them. His work has been shown at Richland Library Main, where it won an award, and at Stormwater Studios, and he regularly sets up at community vendor markets. Outside of his studio work, Cam is the Art Lead at Camp Cole's Camp Rise Above program and started The Sessions, a community art series. He's currently working on The Source Columbia, a community creative arts studio that he hopes will give artists in underserved neighborhoods in Columbia a lasting space to create. He's been showing his work since early 2025.

Cam's Artist Statement:
My work starts with materials most people throw away. Thin cardboard, packing paper, stuff that passes through everyone's hands and ends up in the trash without a second thought. I use a mosaic style collage technique, adding charcoal details, to turn these materials into figures and moments that make people look twice. There's usually a moment where the viewer realizes what they're actually looking at wasn't meant to be beautiful in the first place, and that surprise is a big part of what I'm going for. It's a small thing, but I think it points to something bigger, that value isn't fixed, that things (and people) can be transformed, and that what gets cast aside can end up being what draws you in. I believe creativity is for everyone, not just people with formal training, and that the process of making something matters just as much as how it turns out. At the end of the day, my work is really just asking people to take a second look, at materials, at people, at things we assume have already been used up.

About Kate Timbes:
Kate Timbes is an interdisciplinary artist whose work investigates the narrative and functions of materiality. Working primarily in sculpture, painting, and digital media, she weaves mediums together, carrying paint, seeds, weavings, and sculptural handmade paper through physical, emotional, and digital landscapes. Timbes contemplates sourcing of resources, rethinking use as an individual effort to engage in a curious ecological practice. Timbes has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, with exhibitions at the Koger Center for the Arts, The Morgan Paper Conservatory, Visalia Arts Center, and the DIS Student Hub in Copenhagen, Denmark. She also teaches papermaking workshops across the Carolina’s, passionate about sharing resources and education around craft. In addition to her studio practice, Timbes manages her business, Woven Studios and creates public artworks to engage with local communities, social histories, and urban spaces. Timbes is from South Carolina and received her BA in Studio Art from Wofford College in 2023. She completed a Work-Study Fellowship at Arrowmont School of Craft in 2025, is a member of Zero Space Collective, and is currently based in Charlotte, NC.

Kate’s Artist Statement:
My practice serves as a network to find an affinity between myself, material, and the unseen agents in our ecosystems that are suffering from human-centric production and consumption of natural resources. I create sculptural forms out of paper embedded with seeds, woven and dyed or painted bed sheets, and conjoined found material. My process puts these materials through extremes of tearing, soaking, boiling, blending, beating, weaving, and mending. The forms born from these vessels and wearable sculptures search for a kinship between bodily and natural ecologies. Woven wings and paper pulp shells allow the wearer to distort, conceal, reveal, and camouflage the bodily form within space. I carry my woven arms up to snowy mountain tops to photograph them where glaciers melt beyond existence. I cast my body in abaca fiber infused with local wildflower seeds multiple times, sewing the parts together. My biological and microbial research manifests itself in paintings on large handmade paper sheets. My work informs my motivation to think interdisciplinarily, weaving together social histories, ecological phenomena, and the abstract that reveal a sense of place and human attitudes of other. I'm drawn to these mediums because of their evidence of occupying multiple states at once. Ephemerality paves the way to an afterlife, vulnerable fibers woven into resilient materials, sharp edges enforce fluid forms, and a repetitive process creates individual outcomes. I search for a finish that borders raw, vaguely familiar, and other worldly all at once.

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Staged Reading of The Counting Table
Sep
13
4:00 PM16:00

Staged Reading of The Counting Table

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The Jasper Project presents the premiere staged reading of the Winner of the 2026 Jasper Play Right Project, The Counting Table by DK Turner.

Join us September 13th at 4pm at the Columbia Music Festival Association for the reading. New this year - Break bread with the cast and crew following the play with a special meal inspired by The Counting Table ($25 for dinner + a ticket)

Directed by iconic theatre artist Jocelyn Sanders, The Counting Table tells the story of a Southern family as it deals with issues of legacy, tradition, and worldly goods. Starring Marilyn Mattheus with a dynamic cast that includes Bonita Peeples, Samuel McWhite, Tashera Pravato, and Mykkel Wright.
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The Jasper Alley at Tapp's Featuring Janet Kozachek, F. Michael LaRosa, and Bonita Strickland
Aug
6
6:00 PM18:00

The Jasper Alley at Tapp's Featuring Janet Kozachek, F. Michael LaRosa, and Bonita Strickland

Jasper is Back On Main Street for First Thursday Fun! Join us from 6 - 8:30 pm in our old stomping ground at Tapp's! This month we're proud to present Three Shades of Blue, a group show featuring Janet Kozachek, F. Michael LaRosa, and Bonita Strickland. We've also got live music in the works, so stay tuned for that announcement! Come shop, have a drink, and hang out with us in the alley! The artists and Jasper Board members will be on site to chat about their work.

Meet the Artists:
– F. Michael LaRosa is a Midlands native, sculptor, artistic explorer, poet, musician, skinny old man, and perpetual seeker who is still in love with the far flung cultural diversity and personal freedom that truly made America great. He aspires to the motto “Create freely, without judgment or inhibition.”

– Janet Kozachek is an internationally trained and exhibited artist with a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Parsons School of Design in New York and a Certificate of graduate study from the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Columbia Museum of Art, The Morris Museum, The South Carolina State Museum, and in numerous private collections. Ms. Kozachek is the recipient of numerous art awards, including National Endowment for the Arts State subgrant awards, a Puffin Foundation Award, and a Humanities Council Award. She is the author of The Book of Marvelous Cats, My Women My Monsters, A Rendering of Soliloquies – Figures Painted in Spots of Time, A Book of Bothersome Cats, and has published in The Colorado Review, Ekphrasis, Porlock, Local Life, The Heron Anthology, Pain News Network, and The Harpy Hybrid Review.

“Creating art for me means remembering how to concentrate within the unavoidable milieu of multiple distractions. My work brings focus to an idea over time. I enjoy the benefits of technology, yet I find solace and meaning in balancing the rapid rush of information with the deliberate slowness that my low tech pencils, papers, inks, and paints yield. Art is often that one grounding thing in a world of perpetual change.

Change has come frequently and dramatically to me. My life and art education took place on three different continents and in multiple languages. Complex and life altering illness took me bodily and intellectually into unexpected terrains. My mixed media works encapsulate this mutability and what I write, paint and assemble serves as a counterbalance to what I perceive as misunderstandings about life, death and health in our culture. Accidents and illness are things that happen more often than not without provocation, yet American culture emphasizes personal accountability in these matters to an almost obsessive extent. Health challenges especially are often framed in the context of a “battle” or as some sort of competitive sport– something won or lost. Indeed, I recently saw a drug company advertisement for a breast cancer drug featuring a woman donning boxing gloves!

My art explores the concept of chance occurrences, the vagaries of fortune, and the illusion of control within a multicultural mileux. This concept of inevitability is clear in my smallest drawing, rendered in inks and charcoals, It Cannot Be Stopped.”

– Bonita Strickland is the owner of The Classic Clef Studio of Guitar and Art Gallery in Lexington, South Carolina. She is a classical guitarist and a visual artist. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree with an emphasis in performance from the University of South Carolina, where she studied guitar with Christopher Berg, director of USC's guitar program.

In 1994, Bonita opened the first studio in the Midlands area of South Carolina dedicated exclusively to the guitar as a fine arts instrument. In 1998, she began expressing her love of music through the medium of painting.

Bonita teaches guitar students of all ages, with a passion for helping them achieve their own individual musical goals. In addition to teaching, she performs concerts and formal events using a wide repertoire, including her own original compositions. When she opened her studio, she had no idea she would soon be pursuing painting as well.

Her artwork has been exhibited in many galleries and art competitions, including ARTFIELDS 2015 in Lake City, South Carolina. She has been honored to receive several awards, including the 2004 MOJA Juried Art Exhibition in Charleston, South Carolina; the 2005 Anderson Annual Art Competition; the 2014 South Carolina State Fair (two awards on the same piece); and the 2003 Folly Beach Annual Competition (juried by Alex Powers). In 2004, SoundBoard (The Journal of the Guitar Foundation of America) featured one of her paintings, "Guitars in the Palmettos," on its cover. She was also excited to be featured in Reverberations, SoundBoard's news and personalities column.

Bonita loves bringing together her two passions: guitar and the paintbrush. The guitar music makes her a better painter, and she cannot paint without the inspiration of the music. She thanks God for both gifts and for being able to share them with others, and invites everyone to join her in a journey of Love, Hope, and Peace.

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Screening of Peter Lenzo: In Memory of his Memory by Wade Sellers
Jul
17
6:00 PM18:00

Screening of Peter Lenzo: In Memory of his Memory by Wade Sellers

Join the Jasper Project at the South Carolina State Museum (301 Gervais Street) in the Lipscomb gallery on Friday night, July 17th at 6 pm for the screening of Wade Seller’s expanded film Peter Lenzo: In Memory of His Memory.

Originally created for the Jasper Project’s February 2026 exhibition Peter Lenzo: A Retrospective and Remembrance at Stormwater Studios, Sellers says, “This current screening expands on the existing film by adding interviews with his brothers Anthony and Steven, as well as his sister, Lisa.”

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Third Thursday Art Night: Sonya Diimmler
Jul
16
5:30 PM17:30

Third Thursday Art Night: Sonya Diimmler

As a member of the Vista Guild, the Koger Center for the Arts partnered with The Jasper Project to open a new rotating art space, titled The Nook, in celebration of Third Thursday Art Night. July 2026’s featured artist in The Nook is Sonya Diimmler. Join us for a free opening reception on July 16, 2026, from 5:30 - 7 p.m.!

Artist Biography
Award winning artist Sonya Diimmler paints colorful South Carolina lake and landscapes along with her favorite subject and muse her Bulldog Smedley. Sonya’s work has earned awards at the SC State Fair, Union County Arts Council and Crooked Creek Art League. Having just started painting in 2015, Sonya fell in love with the process and quickly began a daily painting practice. She continually seeks to improve through frequent workshops and has studied with Mary Bentz Gilkerson and Michael Story. In 2016 she joined the Crooked Creek Art League in Chapin where she served as Workshop Coordinator and President and remains an active member. She has participated in a number of community art projects including her popular “Ship of Drools” sailboat from The Arts Sail into Chapin project in 2019 as well as the colorful canine and feline portraits on the fence outside Chapin Veterinary Hospital on Columbia Avenue in Chapin, SC. Sonya now paints full time from her home studio in Prosperity, South Carolina.

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Katie Chandler Opening Reception
Jul
8
6:00 PM18:00

Katie Chandler Opening Reception

Join us in welcoming our Summer Motor Supply artist, Katie Chandler! Her show runs from July 8th to October 4th

Artist Bio:

Katie is an artist based in Columbia, SC. She graduated with a BA in Art History from Winthrop University and an MAT in Art Education from the University of South Carolina.

Through my work I experiment with color and composition, allowing the materials to move across the surface with gentle guidance. I often create collections that focus on playing with balance, color, texture, and shapes within the compositions to not waste materials. Once an art teacher, always an art teacher! This provides me with an opportunity to produce work in playful, experimental, energetic bursts.

I enjoy creating abstract art inspired by poetry, nostalgia, and play. If I approach the materials with whimsy, wonder, and awe, the work begins to shape itself. Creating art with these habits in mind helps me to be present in my body and in the moment, and to be a conduit for deep expression.

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The Jasper Alley at Tapp's: "Still Here" — A Group Photography Show
Jul
2
6:00 PM18:00

The Jasper Alley at Tapp's: "Still Here" — A Group Photography Show

Jasper is Back On Main Street for First Thursday Fun! Join us from 6 - 8:30 pm in our old stomping ground at Tapp's! This month we're spotlighting five photographers in our group show, Still Here, featuring work by Jackson Campbell, TaJuan "TJ" Huiett, Perry McLeod, Alexander McDonald Jr., and Nora Williams. We've also got live music in the works, so stay tuned for that announcement! Come shop, have a drink, and hang out with us in the alley! The artists and Jasper Board members will be on site to chat about their work.

Meet the Artists:

Jackson Campbell

Jackson Campbell is a photographer based in Columbia, South Carolina. His work moves between abstraction and observation, often focusing on atmosphere, form, and texture. His images balance recognizable subjects with mood-driven compositions.

TaJuan "TJ" Huiett

My name is TaJuan “TJ Huey” Huiett. A photographer based in Columbia, South Carolina. My work is all about capturing the real and raw moments of life through the lens of my camera. I’m inspired by documentary style photography and strive to tell authentic stories through my images. As an African American artist, I also aim to showcase the diversity and beauty of black culture and experience. My love for travel has taken me all over the world, allowing me to capture stunning landscapes and unique cultural environments. I hope my photography can transport you to a different time and pace, and make you see the world in a new light.

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!"

Alexander McDonald Jr.

Alexander S. McDonald Jr. is a photographer whose studio has been the American highway for eighteen years. A long-haul truck driver by trade, he has crossed nearly every road in this country – building a quiet, sustained practice of documenting what most people drive past without seeing. His work focuses on landscape, sky, and the charged stillness of in-between places: cloud formations, mountain ranges, open plains, and overlooked roadside moments. Alex's images don't reach for spectacle. They reach for honesty – the feeling of a place, a light a second that insists on being remembered. He is based on the road and everywhere in between. 

Nora Williams

Nora Williams (b. 1994) was born and raised in South Carolina. As a fine-art, documentary artist, she explores the complexities of identity, place, and history in the American South. Her work examines themes of resilience, belonging, and social change, often focusing on underrepresented narratives.
Williams’ photographs have been exhibited in galleries, including the Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art. Nora has covered stories for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Huffington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
Williams is an FAA-certified drone pilot and a member of Black Women Photographers, Diversify Photo, NPPA, and Alternate Roots. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Photography at the University of South Carolina.

 
 
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Third Thursday Art Night: Ginny Merett
Jun
18
5:30 PM17:30

Third Thursday Art Night: Ginny Merett

As a member of the Vista Guild, the Koger Center for the Arts partnered with The Jasper Project to open a new rotating art space, titled The Nook, in celebration of Third Thursday Art Night. June 2026’s featured artist in the Nook is Ginny Merett. Join us for a free opening reception for Ginny's exhibit on June 18, 2026, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.!

Artist Biography
Ginny Merett has considered herself an artist beginning in early childhood. She was raised in Denver, moved from place to place growing up, and made SC home in 1987. Art traveled with her and is the cause for her every success. Merett graduated from the University of Georgia and holds two master’s degrees from the University of South Carolina. Because art played such an important role in her school years, she studied art education and taught art in public schools for 30 years and served as adjunct at the University of South Carolina.

Merett creates mixed media collage pieces inspired by stylish women from her grandmother’s era and portrays unique characters by reconstructing parts and pieces from current day and vintage papers.

Her art has been shown in solo and group exhibits at 701 Whaley’s Hallway: community art gallery, Stormwater Studio, ArtFields, Koger Center for the Arts, the Jasper Project, USC’s McMaster Gallery, SC State Library and Fair, and other local venues like Sound Bites Eatery, Trustus Theater, Cottontown Art Crawl and Melrose Art in the Yard. Her work is published in the Jasper Project’s Jasper Magazine Spring 2019 and Fall 2022 editions, in Sheltered: SC Artists Respond During the 2020 Pandemic; and in Bullets and Band-Aids, Vol. 3.

She published the book Tall Women showcasing herTall Women series of work and ekphrastic poems from distinguished female poets from SC and has authored several articles for the Jasper Project’s The Jasper Magazine.

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The Jasper Alley at Tapp's Featuring Jackie Bobo, Michael Morris Zamora, and Barry J. White
Jun
4
6:00 PM18:00

The Jasper Alley at Tapp's Featuring Jackie Bobo, Michael Morris Zamora, and Barry J. White

Jasper is Back On Main Street for First Thursday Fun! Join us from 6 - 8:30 pm in our old stomping ground at Tapp's! Come shop, have a drink and hang out with us during our first group show in the alley! The artists and Jasper Board members will be on site to chat about their work.

Meet the Artists:

Jackie Bobo is the vibrant force behind Bobo to the Max, an art practice and brand that creates emotionally immersive art and experiences inviting people to feel deeply, express fully, and
belong as their most vivid selves.

Informed by nearly a decade as a Speech-Language Pathologist—and more than three decades of living at the intersection of queerness, Blackness, and neurodivergence—Jackie approaches painting as its own language, one capable of holding nuance from the playful to the profound.

Through her signature Happy Spooky aesthetic—bright, bold colors paired with ghosts, spiders, and other whimsically macabre motifs—her work explores what it means to unmask, authentically connect, and belong. Each piece acts as a symbol of self-acceptance, affirming that belonging doesn’t mean blending in—it means revealing who you already are.

Bobo to the Max is built on invitation, not instruction—an open door to feel.

 


Michael J. Morris Zamora was born in Puerto Rico to a South Carolinian father and a Puerto Rican mother. Mostly self-taught, he began creating art at the age of ten, and by fourteen, was painting in oil and acrylic mediums with a tendency toward abstract expressionism.

Michael is a chemist, a film actor, a writer, a poet, and a drummer/musician. In 1972 he published some of his first poems and stories. In 1980 he published his poetry book, Telarañas (translated, Cobwebs).

He taught elementary art and later studied art at the San Juan Art Students League under the Artist Professors Rafael Rivera Ortiz (drawing and painting), and Hiram Rosado Poupart (ceramics).

Michael is a Certified Artisan in Puerto Rico, in wood carving and sculpting, harking back to childhood interests: iron sculpting, wood carving, miniature buildings installations, and jewelry-making from natural seeds and seashells.

 

Barry J. White is a Blythewood, SC-based self-taught multi-disciplinary artist whose works center the beauty, strength, and vulnerability of Black men. Guided by intuition, personal experience, and emotion, Barry’s paintings explore themes of identity and self-acceptance through expressive realism and atmospheric color.

Barry’s work has been featured in exhibitions For the People, Crowned by the Roots, Degenerate II, and Gemini Arts, Stormwater, Roc Bottom, and Drummond studios, where it’s been recognized for its depth, honesty, and visual storytelling.

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Vista Art Night: Kathryn Morganelli
May
20
5:30 PM17:30

Vista Art Night: Kathryn Morganelli

As a member of the Vista Guild, the Koger Center for the Arts partnered with The Jasper Project to open a new rotating art space, titled The Nook, in celebration of Third Thursday Art Night. May 2026’s featured artist in The Nook is Kathryn Morganelli. Join us for a free opening reception for her exhibit on May 20, 2026, from 5:30 - 7 p.m. at the Koger Center!

Artist Biography
Kathryn Morganelli holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Carolina. With postgraduate studies in Textile Design and Animation, she has built a solid foundation in the arts.

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Jasper Magazine Spring Release Party
May
16
4:00 PM16:00

Jasper Magazine Spring Release Party

Stop by the Vino Garage during Uptown's Spring Fling on Saturday, May 16 to celebrate the release of Jasper Magazine's Spring issue! Join us for live music by Adam Corbett, meet the contributors behind the issue, and enjoy Vino Garage's paired wine and app medleys while you flip through the latest pages. Whether you're making the rounds at the Spring Fling or looking for a place to land, we'd love to have you.

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Thomas Crouch Opening Reception
May
13
6:00 PM18:00

Thomas Crouch Opening Reception

Join us in welcoming our spring Motor Supply artist, Thomas Crouch! His show runs from April 7th to July 6th.

Artist Bio:
My art is from living and working in rural and metropolitan environments. My studios have taken me to Italy, New York, Southwest and Deep South U.S. In all I find artistic direction in the natural world.

Artist Statement:
These pieces explore texture and form working to create a tension. Collage, acrylic, oil, sandpaper, blueprints, tape, putty knives and ink are all utilized to create and remove medium. The pieces have taken on different appearances over time. This is the final result. It's all about the process.

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The Jasper Alley at Tapp's Featuring Lindsay Radford Wiggins
May
7
6:00 PM18:00

The Jasper Alley at Tapp's Featuring Lindsay Radford Wiggins

Jasper is Back On Main Street for First Thursday Fun! Join us from 6 - 9 pm in our old stomping ground at Tapp's! Come shop, have a drink and hang out with us. Lindsay and Jasper Board members will be on site to chat with you about her work.

Artist Bio:
Lindsay Radford Wiggins is a multi-media artist and photographer currently concentrating in watercolor and fine art oil paintings. She was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama and now resides in Columbia, SC where she completed her BA in Studio Art from Columbia College in 2011. Lindsay currently works from her home studio in Columbia, SC. Many of her works can be seen in personal, business and gallery collections in the South Carolina area.

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Screening of Peter Lenzo: In Memory of His Memory
Apr
10
7:00 PM19:00

Screening of Peter Lenzo: In Memory of His Memory

In this short film by Jasper Project board president Wade Sellers, Sellers talks with family, former students, and colleagues of the late artist, Peter Lenzo, and shares rare art and archival footage of the late artist at work.

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The Jasper Project hosts Peter Lenzo: A Retrospective and Remembrance at Stormwater Studios, honoring the life and legacy of the late artist Peter Lenzo. This exhibition is curated by The Jasper Project in conjunction with Lenzo’s daughter, Roxy Lenzo Douthit.

The exhibition features approximately 30 of Lenzo’s head and abbreviated bust sculptures, many of which will be available for sale. Also on view are select three-dimensional works from Lenzo’s private collection, including unique and rarely seen reliquaries.

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Peter Lenzo Exhibition Opening Reception
Apr
3
6:30 PM18:30

Peter Lenzo Exhibition Opening Reception

The Jasper Project hosts Peter Lenzo: A Retrospective and Remembrance at Stormwater Studios, honoring the life and legacy of the late artist Peter Lenzo. This exhibition is curated by The Jasper Project in conjunction with Lenzo’s daughter, Roxy Lenzo Douthit.

The exhibition features approximately 30 of Lenzo’s head and abbreviated bust sculptures, many of which will be available for sale. Also on view are select three-dimensional works from Lenzo’s private collection, including unique and rarely seen reliquaries.

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Apr
2
6:00 PM18:00

The Jasper Alley at Tapp's with April's Featured Artist - Jarid Lyfe Brown

JASPER IS BACK ON MAIN STREET!

Jasper is Back On Main Street for First Thursday Fun! Join us from 6 - 9 pm Thursday April 2nd in our old stomping ground at Tapp's! We're welcoming Gilbert Visual Artist Jarid Lyfe Brown who will be on site to chat with you about his work. Stay tuned for more announcements and a fully scheduled artist line-up for the remainder of 2026

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Unbinding: A Tale of the Book That Never Was – Jessica Ream Opening Reception
Apr
2
5:30 PM17:30

Unbinding: A Tale of the Book That Never Was – Jessica Ream Opening Reception

Join us for the opening of Jessica Ream's show "Unbinding: A Tale of the Book That Never Was" during First Thursday at Sound Bites

Artist Bio:
Jessica Ream was born in Columbus, Ohio early in the year 1990, but was raised in Carolina suburbia. She attended Savannah College of Art and Design where she graduated with honors and a BFA in Painting. A jack-of-all trades artist, she incorporates her knowledge of painting, photography, print, sewing and sculpture into her mixed media, abstract pieces.

In recent years, she has rediscovered her love of hand binding books. While mainly self taught, she was first introduced to the world of book arts in a workshop she attended while studying abroad. Her hand bound journals are made from a mix of traditional materials and rebound, vintage books.

After spending the time in the High Rockies of Colorado, she and her husband have returned to their southeastern, coastal origins, where they reside with their son and newborn daughter.

Artist Statement:
I seek emotional catharsis.

My work is a visual expulsion of my intimate ruminations. Each piece is a visual confession, infused with an unbridled honesty I find paradoxically terrifying and liberating.

I am a painter, a photographer, a printmaker and a seamstress. I am a sculptor and a habitual collector of discarded objects. I am process driven; the physicality of the material capturing my natural curiosity. This child like act of discovery and alteration allows me to speak about what I cannot say audibly and drives me to create.

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Peter Lenzo: A Retrospective and Remembrance
Apr
1
to Apr 12

Peter Lenzo: A Retrospective and Remembrance

The Jasper Project hosts Peter Lenzo: A Retrospective and Remembrance at Stormwater Studios, honoring the life and legacy of the late artist Peter Lenzo. This exhibition is curated by The Jasper Project in conjunction with Lenzo’s daughter, Roxy Lenzo Douthit.

The exhibition features approximately 30 of Lenzo’s head and abbreviated bust sculptures, many of which will be available for sale. Also on view are select three-dimensional works from Lenzo’s private collection, including unique and rarely seen reliquaries.

Opening Reception: 

April 3, 2026 6-8:30pm

Film Screening: 

April 10, 2026 7-8:30pm

Exhibition Dates:

Wednesday, April 1, 2026, to Sunday, April 5, 2026

Wednesday, April 8, 2026, to Sunday, April 12, 2026

Gallery Hours:

11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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Mar
27
12:00 PM12:00

Jasper Presents Lucas Sams Art Pick-Up & Print Sale - Friday March 27th, 12 - 2 at Sound Bites Eatery

Did you purchase art from Lucas Sams, Jasper’s Featured First Thursday Artist at Sound Bites Eatery? Yes? The artist has set aside two hours to meet you to deliver your art on Friday March 27 from 12 - 2 at Sound Bites Eatery, 1425 Sumter Street.

Sams will also be bringing additional prints of his work to sale during this time period.

Don’t miss your chance to meet up with artist Lucas Sams and pick up your purchases this Friday at noon!

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Vista Art Night: Cait Maloney
Mar
20
5:30 PM17:30

Vista Art Night: Cait Maloney

March 2026’s featured artist in The Nook is Cait Maloney. Join us for the free opening reception for this exhibit on March 20, 2026, from 5:30 - 7 p.m.!

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
“I help businesses and individuals visually communicate through thoughtful, engaging and effective design.

I have had a passion for visual communication and carbohydrates as long as I can remember. Growing up in a small town in upstate New York, I was one of few with a serious interest in art and design, but I knew I could make a career of it when one of my early works was stealthily heisted from a maximum security bulletin board in high school. I went on to navigate the waters of art school and earned a BFA in illustration from Syracuse University.

I’m currently based in Columbia, South Carolina, working as senior art director for Flock and Rally while also doing specialty illustration, design and mural projects; creating new things every day and slowly sweating to death.

When I’m not brainstorming a new brand concept or inking a drawing, I’m working on art for myself, reading a magazine on the beach or seeing some live music.”

She has worked nationally and internationally with clients like Abita Brewing Company, Diesel Fragrance, the YMCA, TD Bank and PGA Junior League Golf and locally with clients like the Central Midlands Council of Government, The City of Columbia, Charleston County, and the South Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association. Cait serves on the board of the Columbia Design League, an affiliate of the Columbia Museum of Art. Her mural, “Lady Vista,” was commissioned by the Congaree Vista Guild and is located on the east wall of 916 Gervais Street in downtown Columbia, S.C.

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Lucas Sams First Thursday Opening Reception
Mar
5
5:30 PM17:30

Lucas Sams First Thursday Opening Reception

Join us for the opening of Lucas Sams' show "Drawn & Quartered" during First Thursday at Sound Bites

Artist Bio:
Lucas Sams is a multi-disciplinary visual artist and experimental musician with works exhibited locally and regionally in major art festivals, galleries, and alternative spaces; he has been featured in Jasper Art Magazine, the SC State Newspaper, Garnet and Black Magazine, and the Timber Journal of the University of Colorado, Boulder. Born and raised in Greenwood, Sams spent most of his life in the South Carolina until his freshman year in college, where he studied painting in Tokyo, Japan and became heavily influenced by contemporary Japanese Pop Art. A graduate of the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and the University of South Carolina, his post-graduate work continues explorations of postmodern abstraction and figuration with far-ranging influences, encompassing everything from religious art, alchemy, and the unconscious- to science fiction and anime. He is currently pursuing a graduate degree as an MLIS candidate at the University of South Carolina.

Artist Statement:
This show marks my return to my first and favorite medium, drawing. As I learned from my favorite art teacher in college, everything can be drawing, and everything goes back to drawing. Before entering the world of “fine arts,” I was a comic and manga artist. Learning that painting was just drawing with paint helped me become a “fine artist,” but the core was still drawing. Everything is abstraction; all representation is cartooning. It has brought me infinite joy returning to simple tools at this scale, and a challenge to build the biggest worlds I can in the span of a sketchbook page.

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Opening Reception for Walker Canada at Harbison
Feb
27
6:30 PM18:30

Opening Reception for Walker Canada at Harbison

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oin The Jasper Project and Harbison Theatre in welcoming Walker Canada and his exceptional art exhibition to the Theatre's gallery space.

The gallery event is free and open to all. His artwork will be available for purchase and remain on display in the Theatre until April of this year.

Artist Bio:
Walker Canada is a graphic designer and illustrator with a lifelong appreciation for fine art, shaped by strong mentorship, family influence, and hands-on creative experience. His artistic foundation was formed at the Kershaw County Vocational Center under the guidance of EJ Ham and Rusty Davis, whose teaching inspired both a career in the arts and a commitment to education. For more than 28 years, Canada has taught Graphic Communications, believing deeply in the transformative power of Career and Technical Education.

Walker holds an associate degree in visual arts from the Art Institute of Atlanta and a bachelor’s degree in Commercial Art from the American College of Arts, with additional teaching credentials earned through Clemson University. Much of his work reflects early influences—particularly a passion for automobiles and racing—often blending technical precision with expressive design. His professional career includes illustration and design work for automotive publications, manuals, community arts organizations, and regional events.
Working primarily in digital vector illustration while also exploring painting, watercolor, and screen printing, Canada finds his greatest creative fulfillment in teaching and mentoring students. Surrounded by generous mentors, family, and colleagues throughout his life, he continues to view art as both a personal pursuit and a means of sharing knowledge, opportunity, and inspiration.

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Activism Resource Fair
Feb
21
1:00 PM13:00

Activism Resource Fair

Join us for a family-friendly afternoon of action and community! Connect with local organizations, pick up free educational materials, and get inspired. Check out the exhibition, hear from powerful speakers, and explore creative ways to get involved. Whether you're a seasoned activist or just getting started, this event offers something for everyone.

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Degenerate Art Project II Opening Reception
Feb
12
6:30 PM18:30

Degenerate Art Project II Opening Reception

Join us for the opening reception of the the Jasper Project’s second run of the Degenerate Art Project. A multi-week art exhibit featuring new works created by Midlands artists in response to today's socio-political climate. Meet the artists, hear them speak about their work, and help us kick off an awesome exhibition

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Harry Arnette McFadden Opening Reception
Feb
11
6:00 PM18:00

Harry Arnette McFadden Opening Reception

Join us in welcoming our first artist at Motor Supply in 2026, Harry Arnette McFadden! His show runs from January 12th to April 6th.

Artist Bio:
Harry Arnette McFadden is a self-described Afro-Carolinian. He expresses that his calling is to create from an ancestral space within his DNA. A space that serves as an interactive outlet for the viewer. To him, art is not as much about what is on the canvas as it is about what caused it to be there. His calling is southern, rural, Black, and male. His work has been described as provocative, energetic, intriguing, whimsical, and powerful. Harry’s formal education was received in the public schools of Williamsburg County, Francis Marion College 1990, and Lesley University 2006, with a Master of Education in Instruction and Curriculum with a specialization in Teaching Through the Arts. Past shows include Visual Soul-International James Brown Festival Augusta, GA. “Soulscapes” Francis Marion University, Florence, SC, “Celebration” Black Creeks Arts Council, MOJA Festival, and the Pee Dee Boys and Girls Club as an artist in residence.

Artist Statement:
Harry Arnette McFadden emphasizes the importance of cultural heritage and personal identity in his work. He draws inspiration from his own background, incorporating elements that celebrate his roots while also addressing universal themes such as love, struggle, and resilience. By doing so, he creates a dialogue that transcends borders, inviting people from all walks of life to engage in his art. McFadden’s goal is to inspire others to embrace their individuality and use creativity as a means of expression, fostering a deeper understanding of both self and community.

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Anna Herrera First Thursday Closing Reception
Feb
5
5:30 PM17:30

Anna Herrera First Thursday Closing Reception

Join us in celebrating the closing of Herrera's show and our last First Thursday reception at Sound Bites Eatery before they close. Her work is up from January 10-February 5, 2026

Artist Bio:

I am originally from Charlotte, NC but have lived in Columbia for the past 17 years. I have volunteered with summer camps at the Columbia Art Center as well as Art Smart Academy. I have instructed adult/children art classes and have attended classes myself at Painting with a Twist studio. I have enjoyed painting and drawing for many years and work mainly with acrylic paint but hope to venture into other avenues of mediums and materials. I love writing and creating expression through art and words. As a full-time teacher, I try to encourage my students to be creative and embrace their uniqueness.

It has been a long wait for this particular First Thursday event and I thank Jaspar Magazine for the opportunity and recognition as well as the continued support from my family, friends and my fellow

artists! It means a lot to be recognized as a local artist in the Columbia area. I hope to continue showing my work within the art community as my artistic knowledge continues to expand and grow throughout this brand New Year.

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Regina Langston's Opening Reception at First Thursday
Dec
4
5:30 PM17:30

Regina Langston's Opening Reception at First Thursday

Join us in celebrating First Thursday and the opening of Regina Langston's show!

Artist Bio:
All her life Regina has been an Indigo child and creative shaman, emboldened by an energy larger than herself and an innate understanding that her place in the world is deliberate and impactful. She is driven to create, share, teach, and touch deeply those around her, not only to imbue their lives with beauty, but to show them how to recognize the beauty that is all around them as well as inside them.

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Vista Art Night with Sean Madden
Nov
18
7:30 PM19:30

Vista Art Night with Sean Madden

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. We feature a different artist every month with an opening reception on the Third Thursday of the month — but THIS month we’re hosting our opening reception on Friday, November 21st. Our featured artist of November is Sean Madden.

Artist Bio:

Sean Madden is a multimedia artist who captures landscapes and portraits of Columbia in such a way that makes the images both familiar and fresh at the same time.

Both Madden’s parents were artists, so creating was never foreign to him. His mother was an accomplished oil painter, and his father was a master carpenter, scratch painter, and sculptor. Though art came naturally, it was music that first captured Madden’s interest.

“The influence of my parents came full circle in the early 2000s when I began working for a piano and antique restoration company,” Madden says. “And my knowledge of wood carving and ability to work an artist’s brush proved invaluable.”

However, it was after the loss of his mother in 2019 that Madden was moved to “return to [his] roots” and begin painting once more. This time, it stuck, and he now finds it hard to pull himself from whatever surface he’s sketching on during any free time.

Madden’s inspirations come from all around him, from the world he traverses each day. Though he began capturing these scenes with oil, he embraces all mediums, including gouache, acrylic, watercolor, graphite, and ink.

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Jasper Magazine Fall Release Party
Nov
8
6:00 PM18:00

Jasper Magazine Fall Release Party

Join us in celebrating the release of our fall issue! Featuring music by JB Samson, birthday cake for all our Scorpio friends, and more! Check back for more details!

Contributors include:
USC 1080C, Gemini Arts, Jennifer Baxley, Chris Bickel, Cindi Boiter, Steve Borders, Kwasi Brown, William Clay, the Power Company Collaborative, Chapin Theatre Company, Ed Connolly, Carla Damron, George Fetner,Valerie Byrd Fort, Chad Goss, GROW, Brian Harmon, Katy Harrison, Kristine Hartvigsen, Dominique–Jakeem da Dream– Hodge, Jordan Hughes, Degenerate Art Project I and II, Naya Lanai Jackson, Ryan Jenkins, Thaddeus Jones, Peter Lenzo, Roxy Lenzo, Ethan Lopez, Trevor Mawhinney, Tristan McLawler, Emily Moffitt, Steve Nuzum, Kevin Oliver, Kenneth Perkins, Kyle Petersen, Jane Turner Peterson, 2nd Act Film Project, Becci Robbins, Rhy Robidoux, The Runout, JB SamSon, Cory Schwartz, Wade Sellers, April Singletary, Liz Stalker, Alex Steele, Staci Swider, Megan Tapley, Jon Tuttle, Collins White, Christina Xan, and Michael Morris Zamora

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