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October Issue
2009
Frame of Mind
in Columbia, SC, Features Works by Alicia Leeke
Frame of Mind in Columbia, SC, will present the exhibit, Adventures in Wonderland, featuring new paintings by local artist Alicia Leeke, on view from Oct. 8 - 31, 2009.
Frame of Mind owner, Mark Plessinger is a catalyst for the arts, and the momentum for the shows have come full circle since his first show which opened with Leeke's work over a year ago. The two first came together in early Spring of 2008 to discuss ways to support the arts in Columbia and integrate art into business. She shared with him the names of other artists around town for future shows which later exploded into other networking ventures between Frame of Mind and The Columbia Museum of Art, The White Mule and most recently Gotham Bagel.
"For centuries artists have been coming together. Most notably in America at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City where some the great literary giants such as Gertrude Stein, Maya Angelou, William Faulkner, as well as a plethora of cabaret singers and theatrical entertainers met on a regular basis, said Leeke." But that hasn't been the case for the most part in Columbia until now. "It's important to the area to have businesses like Frame of Mind build a networking bridge among companies, performing arts organizations and artists in the community, and I am seeing a lot more people recognizing the value and impact the arts have on a community - especially in terms of quality of life and economic growth," adds Leeke, noting that a more diverse art scene is shifting to Main Street and developing around the Museum and Nickelodeon Theater's new home.
The theme for the show,
entitled Adventures in Wonderland will showcase newly released
landscapes awash with color and movement plus a few extra surprises
Leeke plans to unveil during the exhibit. This new body of work
focuses on the impact color and abstraction has on landscape painting.
The artists' love of the coast extends back into early childhood
where family vacations were spent exploring the woods, dunes and
tides of South Carolina's coast.
For further information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings,
call the shop at 803/988-1065 or e-mail to (frameofmind@sc.rr.com).
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