Sunday
Gallery Tour: Highlights of the Museum's Collection2:00 p.m.
A docent-led tour provides an overview of the Museum's collection of European and American art. This tour features masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, as well as the Museum's new American galleries.
- FREE courtesy BlueCross BlueShield of SC.
Wednesday
Wee Wednesdays: Scratchy, Silky, Slimy! (ages 2-5)10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Travel through the galleries learning all about textures, both rough and smooth and create a texture infused work of art, using a melody of materials such as cardboard, fabric and more. Participants (ages 2-5) and their adult companions explore art through the introduction of elementary art terms such as color, line, shape and texture during the Wee Wednesday series. This program includes story time and a creative studio activity related to the art exploration theme.
Sponsored by 
- One adult and one child for the fall season: $48 / $24 for Kids Plus! members and above. Each additional child is $12.
Abstract Art Lecture Series: "My Four-Year-Old Could Do That!"10:00 a.m.
Abstract art continues to puzzle and provoke: Just what is its purpose, anyway? Over the years, many have assumed that abstract artists were merely interested in shocking us; others felt abstract painting was a substitute for those who couldn't really draw. Still others have seen it as mostly a decorative enterprise - art for art's sake. And, yes, there have been those who find abstract art the most compelling and meaningful art ever made. This series of talks reviews the idea of abstraction itself (musical notes are abstract, aren't they? And we love those!), and traces in a general, humorous yet meaningful way the role abstraction has played visual culture. You may rethink art and your
four-year-old.
Thursday
Meet Me at the Plaza!11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Come join us for lunch! Boyd Plaza will be filled with tables and seating where people can enjoy a nice lunch outside (unless its raining). You will have a chance to get out of the office and enjoy light musical entertainment during your lunch hour. Food trucks and some surrounding restaurants will be there for you to purchase lunch or you can bring your own!
Art of the Western World: Vol. 4: Into The Twentieth Century and In Our Own TimeNoon
This beautifully filmed series offers unusual perspective both historical and visual on the Western world's seminal works of painting, sculpture and architecture. Art of the Western World broadens viewers' understanding by presetting works within a religious, intellectuals and social context. Host Michael Wood, along with a team of international art experts, provides the ultimate guided tour through two millennia of creative genius. This segment includes Into the Twentieth Century and In Our Own Time.
Into the Twentieth Century: Paris saw the emergence of the Fauves and of Picasso and Cubism. Kandinsky and others experimented with color abstraction. Modernism spawned Cubism, the abstract and the surreal. Dada responded to WWI with nihilism, Surrealists Dali, Magritte and Miro showed Freudian influence
In Our Own Time: The abstract Expressionist movement established New York as a center for the visual arts through works by Pollock, Warhol, Lichtenstein and Oldenburg. Arts is now accessible to everyone to create and appreciate. Host Michael Wood looks over the past and forward to implications for the future.
(114 minutes Color)
- Free with membership or admission.
Friday
Baker & Baker presents: Art of Music: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Beethoven Doors at 6:00 p.m. Concert at 7:00 p.m.
These performances feature one of the most exciting musical collaborations in America today. The recitals and recordings of Aaron Berofsky and Phillip Bush have been celebrated around the world with critical acclaim for their performances of Beethoven in New York City's Merkin Hall. Berofsky, a teacher in Germany and at the University of Michigan, is praised for "the kind of music making that brings true pleasure" in Le Figaro of France. Bush, one of Columbia's greatest musical treasures, has worked with ensembles
The Chamber Music Society of New York,
Steve Reich and Musicians, and Japan's popular crossover piano quartet,
Typhoon.
Beethoven composed for the combination of violin and piano throughout his career, and his works range from the serene "Spring" sonata (op. 27) to the monumental "Kreutzer" sonata (op. 47) that inspired some of Leo Tolstoy's greatest prose. These 10 masterworks give a concise and comprehensive overview of Beethoven's powerful creative personality.
Saturday
Baker & Baker presents: Art of Music: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Beethoven Doors at 6:00 p.m. Concert at 7:00 p.m.
These performances feature one of the most exciting musical collaborations in America today. The recitals and recordings of Aaron Berofsky and Phillip Bush have been celebrated around the world with critical acclaim for their performances of Beethoven in New York City's Merkin Hall. Berofsky, a teacher in Germany and at the University of Michigan, is praised for "the kind of music making that brings true pleasure" in Le Figaro of France. Bush, one of Columbia's greatest musical treasures, has worked with ensembles
The Chamber Music Society of New York,
Steve Reich and Musicians, and Japan's popular crossover piano quartet,
Typhoon.
Beethoven composed for the combination of violin and piano throughout his career, and his works range from the serene "Spring" sonata (op. 27) to the monumental "Kreutzer" sonata (op. 47) that inspired some of Leo Tolstoy's greatest prose. These 10 masterworks give a concise and comprehensive overview of Beethoven's powerful creative personality.
Sunday
Passport to Art: Feathery FriendsNoon - 3:00 p.m.
Let's hear it for the birds! Paint a watercolor portrait of your favorite bird during this FREE monthly open studio program for families. Plus, enjoy a guided family tour at 1:00 p.m. or take a self-guided tour of the Museum any time.
Sponsored by
Family Gallery Tour1:00 p.m.
This guided, 45-minute interactive tour, connects to the monthly Passport to Art theme and explores the world of art in a way that can be enjoyed by all family members. Discover the Museum in a new way and learn how to talk about art with your children. Supported by SCE&G.
Gallery Tour: Highlights of the Museum's Collection2:00 p.m.
A docent-led tour provides an overview of the Museum's collection of European and American art. This tour features masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, as well as the Museum's new American galleries.
- FREE courtesy BlueCross BlueShield of SC.
Baker & Baker presents: Art of Music: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Beethoven Doors at 6:00 p.m. Concert at 7:00 p.m.
These performances feature one of the most exciting musical collaborations in America today. The recitals and recordings of Aaron Berofsky and Phillip Bush have been celebrated around the world with critical acclaim for their performances of Beethoven in New York City's Merkin Hall. Berofsky, a teacher in Germany and at the University of Michigan, is praised for "the kind of music making that brings true pleasure" in Le Figaro of France. Bush, one of Columbia's greatest musical treasures, has worked with ensembles
The Chamber Music Society of New York,
Steve Reich and Musicians, and Japan's popular crossover piano quartet,
Typhoon.
Beethoven composed for the combination of violin and piano throughout his career, and his works range from the serene "Spring" sonata (op. 27) to the monumental "Kreutzer" sonata (op. 47) that inspired some of Leo Tolstoy's greatest prose. These 10 masterworks give a concise and comprehensive overview of Beethoven's powerful creative personality.
Wednesday
Abstract Art Lecture Series: "My Four-Year-Old Could Do That!"10:00 a.m.
Abstract art continues to puzzle and provoke: Just what is its purpose, anyway? Over the years, many have assumed that abstract artists were merely interested in shocking us; others felt abstract painting was a substitute for those who couldn't really draw. Still others have seen it as mostly a decorative enterprise - art for art's sake. And, yes, there have been those who find abstract art the most compelling and meaningful art ever made. This series of talks reviews the idea of abstraction itself (musical notes are abstract, aren't they? And we love those!), and traces in a general, humorous yet meaningful way the role abstraction has played visual culture. You may rethink art and your
four-year-old.
2012 John Richard Craft Leadership Award Celebration7:00 p.m.
Join us as we honor the 2012 Craft Award winners and welcome special guest, Rusty Powell, the Director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Guests attending this sit-down dinner will be the first to preview Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-1950. This award celebration and elegant annual dinner is a benefit of membership for Taylor Society members and above.
For more information about becoming a Taylor Society member, contact Kit Porter at 803.343.2210
- Taylor Society members and above
Thursday
Members' Exhibition Preview Celebration: Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-19506:00 p.m.
Members see it first! Tour the exhibition and attend a lecture by Harry Cooper, curator of modern and contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC at 5:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. Individual membership admits one; all other membership levels admit two. Light hors d'oeuvres and cash bar. Members with reservations only. Space is limited.
To become a member, visit columbiamuseum.org or call 803.799.2810.
Friday
One Room School House: The Alchemy of Art10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. OR 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Learn the history and science behind painting while touring the galleries. Once in the studio get your hands dirty learning to make your own materials. Students use these materials to create a masterpiece inspired by a centuries' old traditional art form! Designed especially for home-school children (ages 4 and up) and their parents, this program combines an exploration of the galleries with a creative activity in the studio.
Sponsored by
- One adult and one child is $48 or $24 for Kids Plus! members for the season. Each additional child is $12 (limit 3 children per adult).
Lecture: Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-1950Noon
Join us for a lecture by CMA chief curator Dr. Will South on Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-1950 while he offers insight into the artist and his work.
The Unchained Tour: Neil Gaiman Doors at 6:30 p.m. Program at 7:30 p.m.
The Unchained Tour will load up its '72 Bluebird school bus with four world-celebrated raconteurs and take to the highways to celebrate independent bookstores, and to spread the message that storytelling should be the heart, the vital center of every community.
Including Neil Gaiman, an English author of Coraline, and the recipient of a Newbury Medal and Carnegie Medal in Literature; Edgar Oliver, Savannah-born playwright and raconteur star of the Edinburgh Festival; Peter Aguero, a multi-talented artist currently hosting The Moth and leading NYC's improvised storytelling rock band, The BTK Band.
The tour, inspired by the new "Moth on the Radio" program on NPR reaches more than 200 radio stations, and is the proud recipient of a 2010 Peabody Award.
Watch this video for more information about this national program!
Saturday
Films from MoMA: Frank Stella at the Fogg1:00 p.m.
Films from MoMA is a new series at CMA providing access to an unparalleled collection of rare films and videos from the Museum of Modern Arts Department of Film. In 1983, Frank Stella was invited by Harvard to give the Charles Norton Eliot lectures; the following winter, he was featured in an exhibition at the Fogg Art Museum entitled Frank Stella Selected Works. Frank Stella at the Fogg documents a gallery talk and interview with Stella during the show. Beginning with paintings he made in 1958 and continuing through his work from the early 1980s, Stella comments on various pieces. Looking back at a painting from the 1960s, he jokes that it may never be that easy again. (21 minutes.)
- Free with membership or admission.
Gallery Tour: Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-19501:00 p.m.
A guided tour of the exhibition, Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-1950, offers insight into Mark Rothko and his works.
- Free with membership or admission.
Sunday
Tour de Lengua Española1:30 p.m.
Una visita guiada a la colección del Museo de la lengua española. Esta familia de funciones fáciles de gira obras maestras del Renacimiento italiano, Barroco y Rococó de la Colección Samuel H. Kress y galerías de América del Museo. #CMAespanol
Gallery Tour: Highlights of the Museum's Collection2:00 p.m.
A docent-led tour provides an overview of the Museum's collection of European and American art. This tour features masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, as well as the Museum's new American galleries.
- FREE courtesy BlueCross BlueShield of SC.
Tuesday
CDL Annual Meeting: Middleton KnivesDoors at 6:00 p.m.Discussion at 6:45 p.m.
The Columbia Design League Announces the start of their new season of programming with a demonstration and discussion with Middleton Made Knives, with creator and bladesmith Quintin Middleton.
Based in Saint Stephen South Carolina, Mr. Middleton has been producing knives since 2003 and has had the fortune to be mentored by fellow master bladesmith, Jason Knight. Refered to as 'the GQ craftsman- full of artistry, craftsmanship and style." Quintin and Middleton Made Knives were recently featured with an article in
Garden & Gun magazine. Middleton Made knives are featured in culinary stores in South Carolina and New York, and have attracted fans around the country, including Food Network star Claire Robinson and the executive pastry chef at Manhattan's Jean Georges, Johnny Iuzzini. Currently, Quintin is working with Robert Irvine, celebrity chef of Food Network and owner of Hilton Head restuarants, Eat! and Nosh.
www.middletonmadeknives.com
- Free for CDL members/ $10 for nonmembers
Wednesday
Abstract Art Lecture Series: "My Four-Year-Old Could Do That!"10:00 a.m.
Abstract art continues to puzzle and provoke: Just what is its purpose, anyway? Over the years, many have assumed that abstract artists were merely interested in shocking us; others felt abstract painting was a substitute for those who couldn't really draw. Still others have seen it as mostly a decorative enterprise - art for art's sake. And, yes, there have been those who find abstract art the most compelling and meaningful art ever made. This series of talks reviews the idea of abstraction itself (musical notes are abstract, aren't they? And we love those!), and traces in a general, humorous yet meaningful way the role abstraction has played visual culture. You may rethink art and your
four-year-old.
Saturday
CMAs Treasures, Trifles and Teacakes Sale9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ever wonder what the Museum keeps in its basement? Some of it is for sale!
Come and shop for chairs, frames, items from Galas, a variety of fabrics, decorative statues, trophies, baskets, books and stationery items from the Museum Shop. Baked items and Doughnuts will be for sale too! Presented by the CMA Docent Corps. Cash or Checks accepted. All proceeds benefit the Constance Myers Fund for art education.
Gallery Tour: Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-19501:00 p.m.
A guided tour of the exhibition, Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-1950, offers insight into Mark Rothko and his works.
- Free with membership or admission.
Sunday
Gallery Tour: Highlights of the Museum's Collection2:00 p.m.
A docent-led tour provides an overview of the Museum's collection of European and American art. This tour features masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, as well as the Museum's new American galleries.
- FREE courtesy BlueCross BlueShield of SC.
Tuesday
Evening for Educators4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Evening for Educators is a FREE event at the Columbia Museum of Art for all South Carolina educators. Our program will consist of a tour and a studio project to introduce educators to our fall exhibition, Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-1950, followed by a look at our new multimedia tour, TAP. It's more than just an audio guide. The artist's son, Christopher Rothko, takes you on a guided tour through video and images for a unique and personal perspective on Rothko's work.
Wednesday
Abstract Art Lecture Series: "My Four-Year-Old Could Do That!"10:00 a.m.
Abstract art continues to puzzle and provoke: Just what is its purpose, anyway? Over the years, many have assumed that abstract artists were merely interested in shocking us; others felt abstract painting was a substitute for those who couldn't really draw. Still others have seen it as mostly a decorative enterprise - art for art's sake. And, yes, there have been those who find abstract art the most compelling and meaningful art ever made. This series of talks reviews the idea of abstraction itself (musical notes are abstract, aren't they? And we love those!), and traces in a general, humorous yet meaningful way the role abstraction has played visual culture. You may rethink art and your
four-year-old.
Contemporaries' Oktoberfest5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Join the Contemporaries, a membership affiliate group, for a fun-filled evening of music, brats and beer!
To become a Contemporaries member, visit columbiamuseum.org.
- $10 or free for Contemporaries members.
Friday
UU Coffeehouse Concert presents: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie Doors at 6:00 p.m. Concert at 7:00 p.m.
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion bring the music and memories of Woody Guthrie to the CMA to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Americas most loved musicians. Doors open at 6:00 pm.
- $13 in advance /$15 at the door. Student tickets $5 in advance/$7 at the door. To purchase tickets, call 888.849.4224 x4
Saturday
Films from MoMA: Frank Stella at the Fogg1:00 p.m.
Films from MoMA is a new series at CMA providing access to an unparalleled collection of rare films and videos from the Museum of Modern Arts Department of Film. In 1983, Frank Stella was invited by Harvard to give the Charles Norton Eliot lectures; the following winter, he was featured in an exhibition at the Fogg Art Museum entitled Frank Stella Selected Works. Frank Stella at the Fogg documents a gallery talk and interview with Stella during the show. Beginning with paintings he made in 1958 and continuing through his work from the early 1980s, Stella comments on various pieces. Looking back at a painting from the 1960s, he jokes that it may never be that easy again. (21 minutes.)
- Free with membership or admission.
Gallery Tour: Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-19501:00 p.m.
A guided tour of the exhibition, Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-1950, offers insight into Mark Rothko and his works.
- Free with membership or admission.
Italian Renaissance Tour2:00
This docent-led tour provides an overview of the Museum's Italian Renaissance collection. Journey through this interesting time period while you experience the art of the masters, such as Botticelli. Then, enjoy the Italian Festival on Main Street.
- Free with membership or admission
Sunday
Gallery Tour: Highlights of the Museum's Collection2:00 p.m.
A docent-led tour provides an overview of the Museum's collection of European and American art. This tour features masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, as well as the Museum's new American galleries.
- FREE courtesy BlueCross BlueShield of SC.
