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Marked by the Water - Launch, Exhibit, Performance, Reception

A multi-disciplinary arts project involving more than 50 visual, literary, and performing artists, "Marked by the Water - Launch, Exhibit, Performance, Reception" is the culmination of more than 10 months work and will serve as a commemoration of the first anniversary of the devastating 1000-year flood suffered by Columbia, SC on and around October 4, 2015. The purpose of the project has been to allow for recollection and critical aesthetic processing by Columbias artists of events surrounding the flood and its aftermath, resulting in meaningful, complementary, artistic documentation.

The evening's event will include the opening of a visual art exhibition, curated by Mary Bentz Gilkerson; the launch of a 100 page book of visual and literary art, edited by Cindi Boiter and Ed Madden; a dance installation by the Power Company under the direction of Martha Brim with Amanda Ling, and the premiere of an independent film, "Rising Tide," by Ron Hagell with Terrance Henderson, Kendrick Marion, and Katrina Blanding, art direction by Eileen Blyth. Tickets are $30 which includes all the above including a first edition copy of the book, Marked by the Water.

A champagne reception with the artists will precede the event with a portion of the proceeds benefiting One SC Flood Relief Fund ($60).

This project was supported by a Connected Communities grant from Central Carolina Community Foundation. (Central Carolina Community Foundation-the Midlands expert on philanthropy- is a nonprofit organization serving 11 counties in the Midlands by distributing grants and scholarships and linking the resources of donors, nonprofits and area leaders to communities in need. For more information about the Foundation, visit www.yourfoundation.org or call 803.254.5601.)