UPCOMING MEETINGS

There's just a few meetings left to finalize all the great plans for Art Walk day. There's a meeting this Monday, August 31st at the Library. The rest of the line up is as follows:

Tuesday, September 8th at the Library

Monday, September 14th at the Library

Tuesday September 22nd at the Library

and the last meeting is:

Monday, September 28th at the Library

All meetings start at 6:30 p.m.

If you'd like more information about the meetings or being a volunteer for the event please contact us at artonthebluffs@hotmail.com. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THE KIDS!

Yes! Bring the kids, there'll be plenty for them to do too! The YMCA is bringing their Kids Bounce and Obstacle Course to the Ace Hardware parking lot. The police department will be doing child fingerprinting. There will also be art activities that kids may participate in. Take in the student art gallery at Artistic Expressions. Check back for more details!

OTHER OFFERINGS

Art takes many forms and means different things to different people. Accordingly, in addition to the artist booths you'll find other offerings at the Art on the Bluffs Art Walk. There will be a Classic Car Show at Car Star, an air brush demonstration at Anchor Art & Frame with Thomas Adams, a tour of the historic Fiege House, a wine tasting at Bon Vivant and children's activities at the Ace Hardware parking lot. We'll let you know if we make other discoveries to add to the event!

GOOD EATS

You're going to work up a hunger shopping all the art offerings. When you get hungry head for the City Hall parking lot and the food booths. So far Bully's Smokehouse, Dairy Queen and Pizza Hut will be setting up booths, but there are still more vendors to come. We'll have a complete listing closer to the event. Keep checking back for the latest details!

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT

In addition to the art booths at the walk there will be venues for entertainment and we're putting together a great line-up of performing artists. At this time we have about 10 local artists performing. They include the band "Where's Charlie?", Mike Brennan on violin, guitar and vocals, Chuck Ludwig on sax, Charlie Selbert on violin, Karen Lundy & Ernie Schoellhorn in a guitar duo, the YMCA Hip Hop dancers, and the CHS Jazz Band. There still may be additions to the line-up! Keep posted, check back with the blog often!

PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES

We'd like to thank the following businesses for hosting artists, food vendors and other activities related to the First Annual Art on the Bluffs Art Walk:

Agnes Ross

Wagner Photography

Mist Day Spa

Elements on Main

Dave Idle Glass Studio

Columbia Market

Memory Lane

Accent Title

Meyer Insurance

Mattingly Jewelry

Ace Hardware

Ultimate Tan & Nails

Our House Coffee

Conrad Press

Toby Search Country Companies Insurance

Estes Financial

Century 21

Thai House

Joe Boccardi's

Artistic Expressions

Power Haus Cheer & Pom

Tiny's Bar & Grill

Radical Rods

Car Star

First Bank

Zarkie

Tammy Mitchell Hines Realtor

Vida Verde Studio Salon

Concept Realtors

Ron's Pharmacy

Rugbuster

Naumann Realtor

Evalina's

Bon Vivant

Gruchala's

Laura Neal Gallery/Boutique

More participating businesses may yet be added. Thanks for making this event possible!!

DON'T FORGET - MEETING TONIGHT

Don't forget the organizational meeting tonight at CPSI in the Southwoods Center in Columbia at 6:30. That's at 235 Southwoods Center. Be there or be square.

ARTISTS OFFERINGS

So, what kind of art are you going to find at our Art Walk? The entries are coming in and now number over 5o participating artists. Most of the artists are from the greater Metro area. Artists from Columbia, Waterloo, Praire du Rocher, Belleville, Edwardsville, Nashville, Effingham and O'Fallon are participating as well as artists from St. Louis, Florissant, House Springs and Brentwood from the Missouri side of the river. You'll find watercolors, oil and acrylic paintings, photography, glass, mixed media, clay/pottery, jewelry, drawings, fiber art and more.

WE WELCOME OUR FIRST OFFICIAL SPONSOR

We're excited to have our first business sponsor on board. We welcome the help and partnership of the News Democrat. They are assisting us with our program and we will be inserting it in their paper on Thursday, October 1st. If you'd like to join the bandwagon as a sponsor please contact Teresa Hessel at 618-239-2558 or email her at thessel@bnd.com. If you are interested in making an in-kind contribution such as products or services please contact the committee at artonthebluffs@hotmail.com. Our call for artists remains open at this time. We are also still looking for volunteers. We're counting down the days till the big event!

COLUMBIA DAZE PARADE

Look for us in the Columbia Daze parade. We'll be passing out information on the event. It's going to be a great parade! Columbia is celebrating their 150th Anniversary so its going to be a banner parade! Hope to see you there!!

NEXT MEETING SET

The next organizational meeting of Art on the Bluffs is scheduled for next Tuesday, August 18th at 6:30 p.m. Note the change in locations. The meeting will be held at CPSI in the Southwoods Center in Columbia. CPSI is located near Motomart and Lighthouse Learning at 235 Southwoods Center. For more information contact us at artonthebluffs@hotmail.com.

MEETING TUESDAY 8/11

There's a meeting tonight at 6:30 at the Library. Plans are coming together. There are now over 50 artists participating. The food vendors are coming together. And entertainment has been lined up for a few venues along the walk. The walk will start at The Distillery Building and run down to City Hall with artists located in booths both outside and inside businesses along the route. Sponsors and volunteers are still needed. Please contact artonthebluffs@hotmail.com for more information on participating as an artist, non-profit group, volunteer or sponsor. We're looking forward to this first annual art event and hope you are too!