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The Trenholm Artists Guild (known locally as TAG) is located in Columbia, South Carolina.   Members include amateur and professional artists who work in watercolor, oil, acrylics, pastel, sculpture, fiber, and photography.    Residents of the Greater Columbia area over 18 years of age are invited to join.   Meetings are held monthly September through May on the 2nd Monday of the month at Forest Lake Park, 6820 Wedgefield Road.   Visitors are invited to attend our meetings.

SEPTEMBER 13 PROGRAM

     Our Speaker for September will be well known artist Christian Thee. He will present a power point presentation of his works and talk about the art of trompe l'oiel.  Christian Thee is regarded as one of today's leading practitioners of trompe l'oeil painting, his unique style being a direct and purposeful extension of his work as a scenic designer for the theater.
      While attending the University of South Carolina, he was appointed designer for the local Community Theater. Later, he relocated to New York City and studied with Lester Polakov at Columbia University. Mr. Polakov went on to open his own, very successful Forum Of Stage Design in NYC, and Mr. Thee joined him on the teaching faculty. During this time, Mr. Thee also worked as assistant to the legendary stage designer, Jo Mielziner, and added numerous Broadway, Regional, and Stock productions to his credentials. Mr. Thee has had numerous one-man shows throughout the country, and the main body of his extensive work can be found in private and corporate collections. In 1981, he had the honor of being commissioned to paint the portrait of Prince Andrew of England, on the occasion of the prince's twenty-first birthday. Mr. Thee subsequently attended the royal birthday party at Windsor Castle and was presented to HRH Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. With the publication of his first book, Behind The Curtain, Mr. Thee combines his love of trompe l'oeil and theater into an illustrated book of extraordinary illusion and detail taking the viewer backstage at a production of the opera Hansel and Gretel.

SC STATE FAIR

Registration for the SC State Fair is being held July 1 - September 1.   Click here for more information.

2010-11 MEMBERSHIP

TAG welcomes new members.  Continuing members should renew now for 2010-11.  Those joining or renewing on or before September 13 will be eligible for a doorprize at our first meeting of the year!  You may submit an electronic membership form and mail your check to the Donna Reid, Treasurer, 25 Lyme Bay Road, Columbia 29212.  Renewing members are expected to pay fees by our first meeting in September. 

MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

Congrats to D.L. Greer who was juried into the 2010 South Carolina Watermedia Society Show. and and also had 3 paintings juried into the Pee-Dee Regional Show at the Florence Museum.

LOCAL ART OPPORTUNITIES

FIGURE DRAWING SESSIONS
About Face (Columbia Museum of Art) -Mondays & Tuesdays

WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES  
 1. City Art Workshops (Watercolor, Acrylics, Oil and Mixed Media)
 2. Village Artists Gallery (Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Oil, Drawing, Acrylic and Collage)
  3.  S & S Art Supply

PAINTING IN THE PARK

Artists gather every Wednesday at Forest Lake Park to paint and exchange ideas.  Click here to see pictures. Bring your lunch and your latest project.  Hours: 10 am until around 2 pm.  While our formal meetings take place September - May, the Wednesday "studio" takes place every Wednesday including the summer months.

Click here for directions to Forest Lake Park. 

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