{"id":8380,"date":"2026-04-13T16:32:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/april-18-art-day-special-events\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:32:42","slug":"april-18-art-day-special-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/april-18-art-day-special-events\/","title":{"rendered":"April 18 \u2013 Art Day &#038; Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"921\"><strong data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"796\">Art Day (Free) | 11 AM &ndash; 4 PM<\/strong><br data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"799\" \/>Visitors can explore artist collections and enjoy live demonstrations at working studios and creative spaces, including:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"922\" data-end=\"986\">\n<li data-section-id=\"f62nd\" data-start=\"922\" data-end=\"944\">Stormwater Studios<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"4c2v0w\" data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"962\">Lewis + Clark<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"hv1ccq\" data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"986\">One Eared Cow Glass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1211\"><strong data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1027\">Live Art Mart (Free) | 11 AM &ndash; 4 PM<\/strong><br data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1030\" \/><em data-start=\"1030\" data-end=\"1049\">516 Senate Street<\/em><br data-start=\"1049\" data-end=\"1052\" \/>This juried art fair, created by artists for artists, offers visitors the chance to engage directly with creators as they demonstrate their artistic processes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1213\" data-end=\"1515\"><strong data-start=\"1213\" data-end=\"1259\">Light and Lantern Parade (Free) | 8 &ndash; 9 PM<\/strong><br data-start=\"1259\" data-end=\"1262\" \/><em data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1301\">Entrance of the Lincoln Street Tunnel<\/em><br data-start=\"1301\" data-end=\"1304\" \/>Led by Columbia artist <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Flavia Lovatelli<\/span><\/span>, this interactive parade invites participants to stroll through the Vista with handcrafted lanterns. Cash prizes will be awarded for the best designs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1517\" data-end=\"1603\">Lantern-making workshops will be held at several locations in early 2026, including:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1604\" data-end=\"1772\">\n<li data-section-id=\"f62nd\" data-start=\"1604\" data-end=\"1626\">Stormwater Studios<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1ib1x0r\" data-start=\"1627\" data-end=\"1652\">Richland Library Main<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"4tjfi0\" data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1684\">City of Columbia Art Center<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"x79p85\" data-start=\"1685\" data-end=\"1728\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">701 Center for Contemporary Art<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"bgd20l\" data-start=\"1729\" data-end=\"1772\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">One Columbia for Arts and Culture<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-start=\"1774\" data-end=\"1777\" \/>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1o5j6ya\" data-start=\"1779\" data-end=\"1835\"><span role=\"text\"><strong data-start=\"1783\" data-end=\"1835\">April 19 &ndash; Live on Lincoln (Ticketed) | 5 &ndash; 8 PM<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1836\" data-end=\"1859\"><em data-start=\"1836\" data-end=\"1857\">1200 Lincoln Street<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1861\" data-end=\"2109\">The 7th Annual Live on Lincoln continues a tradition launched in partnership with the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Koger Center for the Arts<\/span><\/span>. The event features performances by Columbia-based arts groups while guests dine along the cobblestones of Lincoln Street.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2111\" data-end=\"2209\">Dinner will be provided by Blue Marlin, with proceeds benefiting participating arts organizations.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2211\" data-end=\"2214\" \/>\n<p data-start=\"2216\" data-end=\"2328\">For more information or to purchase tickets, visit:<br data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2270\" \/><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vistacolumbia.com\/special-events\/artista-vista\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2270\" data-end=\"2328\">https:\/\/www.vistacolumbia.com\/special-events\/artista-vista<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art Day (Free) | 11 AM &ndash; 4 PMVisitors can explore artist collections and enjoy live demonstrations at working studios and creative spaces, including: Stormwater Studios Lewis + Clark One Eared Cow Glass Live Art Mart (Free) | 11 AM &ndash; 4 PM516 Senate StreetThis juried art fair, created by<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/april-18-art-day-special-events\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[1293],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-8380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events","tag-artista-vista"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Artista-Visit_2026_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}