The Columbus Arts Council hosts a gallery opening and reception tonight, featuring the work of international award-winning botanical watercolorist Hillary Parker. The Georgia-based artist’s exhibit, “A Portfolio of Nature’s Beauty,” will be on display through April. The public is invited to the free reception at the Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main St., from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
At 7 p.m., in the second-floor Omnova Theater, the Arts Council presents “Acoustiverse,” an evening with three of the Golden Triangle’s premier acoustic guitarists, Drew Dieckmann, Bo Jeffares and Joe Jordan.
Nature’s wonders
Hillary Parker’s paintings are exhibited and sold worldwide. She has enjoyed a dual career teaching and painting for more than 20 years and is kept busy with commissions, juried exhibitions, lectures, workshops, private art instruction, and solo and group shows.
In working with designers, art consultants and private collectors, Parker often is asked to paint subject matter indigenous to a particular region of the world. From Ecuador to South Africa, her research is thorough and extensive.
“Being a naturalist at heart, I am drawn to the great outdoors for my inspiration,” the artist said. “I spend all four seasons exploring and gathering, through the woods, up the mountains, under fallen trees and along the shore.”
View Parker’s work at hillaryparkerwatercolors.com.
Workshops
A few spaces remain in a watercolor workshop the visiting artist will conduct Friday for fourth- through eighth-graders, from 4-6 p.m. at the Rosenzweig Arts Center. Cost is $35.
An advanced watercolor workshop with Parker is offered Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $100.
To sign up for a workshop, contact the CAC at 662-328-2787.
Live music
Following the reception, the CAC Partial to Home Music Series celebrates area musicians, with an acoustic show featuring Dieckmann, Jeffares and Jordan. Admission at the theater door is $8.
Drew Dieckmann of Starkville has been playing guitar professionally and writing songs for more than 20 years. His tenure in the Golden Triangle music scene includes the bands Big Jim and the Hot Shots, Gas, Party of Four, and Five Aces. He teaches guitar at Backstage Music in Starkville.
Joe Jordan is a folk singer and multi-instrumentalist. The Mississippi State University faculty member’s diverse repertoire ranges from singer-songwriters to rock and even country classics. Longtime music followers may remember him as lead guitarist in the ’70s with the Columbus-based band Gravel Gertie. More recently he was in the MSU classic rock band BARK. Jordan has appeared at venues including, Anderson Fair in Houston, Texas, and the Bluebird Café in Nashville, Tenn.
Bo Jeffares of Starkville has been performing for 18 years. The pastor of Hope Community Church in Columbus studied classical guitar under John Dichiaro at the University of Mississippi and Michael Patilla at Mississippi State University.
For more information, contact the CAC at 662-328-2787.
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