The Jasper Project has announced the roster of Midlands-area visual artists selected to participate in Jasper’s Degenerate Art Project II, to be held February 11–28 at Stormwater Studios, 413 Pendleton Street in Columbia’s Congaree Vista.
A total of 43 artists were chosen by a panel of artists and Jasper Project board members, including guest artist Susan Lenz. The exhibition responds to requests from artists and patrons following Jasper’s inaugural Degenerate Art Project in July 2025 for a second open-call exhibition with an extended showing period.
The title Degenerate Art Project I and II references the Nazi Party’s 1937 Entartete Kunst (“Degenerate Art”) exhibition in Munich, where more than 650 works of Modernist art were displayed alongside mocking graffiti and labels in an effort to ridicule the artists and their work. The original exhibition included pieces by 112 artists such as Picasso, Mondrian, Chagall, Kandinsky, Klee, and Dix. An overview of this historical period is available through the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Selected Degenerate Art Project II artists include:
Sarah Bauer, Pam Bowers, Kimber Carpenter, Michael Cassidy, Joe Churchill, Jane Couch-Osmelowski, Thomas Crouch, Corey “Roc Bottom” Davis, Kirstin Dow, Jakeem Da Dream, Sharon Funderburk, Ron Hagell, Betsy Halford, Mary Ann Haven, Leila Heidari, B.A. Hohman, TaJuan “TJ” Huiett, Jordan Johnson, Alexander McDonald Jr., Janet L. Kozachek, Dogon Krigga, Regina Langston, Cait Maloney, Harry Arnette McFadden, Tristan McLawler, Ginny Merett, Cam Moore, Trebor Nage, Breezy Norton, Lucas Sams, Ivan Segura, Lucy Kienitz Spence, Megan Tapley, Keith Tolen, Steven White, Barry J. White, Lindsay Radford Wiggins, Nolan Wright, Olga Yukhno, Michael Morris Zamora, Ellen Naomi Zisholtz, and guest artist Susan Lenz.
Several special events are planned to celebrate the artists and bring the local arts community together:
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February 12: Opening Reception, 6:30–8:30 p.m.*
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February 21: Activism Resource Fair, 1–4 p.m.
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February 28: Closing Party, 3–9 p.m. (performing artists to be announced)
As a benefit to supporters, Jasper Guild members receive early access to select Jasper Project events. Guild members are invited to a champagne toast with participating artists from 5–6:30 p.m. on February 12, prior to the public opening reception.
Guild memberships range from the Artist Peer level ($25) to the Hero level ($1,000).
For more information or to support The Jasper Project, visit JasperProject.org.