VIP Reception
Celebrate the launch of this year’s Westobou Festival and view the marquee visual art exhibition, The Stillness You See by Hannah Ehrlich. The artist will join the party and mingle with guests. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be served. Invitation and RSVP required.
Art Exhibition by HANNAH EHRLICH
Hannah Ehrlich’s work uses traditional modes of weaving, crocheting and fabric manipulation that function in non-traditional ways as both objects and two-dimensional surfaces. Texture, color, form, and depth come together to create dense overlapping striations and overflowing piles of fabric that reference the evolving and enveloping landscape. Through these final wall-bound sedimentary sculptures, nature is seen as perpetually powerful, turbulent, and dangerous. Posed within us is a question of order or chaos? Known or unknown? The illusion of space on the surface allows for these questions to intertwine with one another. The relationship between movement and space and the body’s awareness in this particular environment can lead to an exploration and transportation of thought. The mysterious forms that perhaps first come across as unnerving may simply be resting there waiting for the viewer to complete them.
The Stillness You See
Atlanta-based artist, Hannah Ehrlich, speaks on her newest works on display at Westobou Gallery in an exhibition titled The Stillness You See.
Hannah Ehrlich is a textile artist based in Atlanta, GA. Her work focuses on the abstraction of landscapes to portray human emotions and a tearing away from normality to question the true being inside us. A space is created where the self can be questioned and the chaos versus order in our emotions can be revealed.
Ehrlich received her BFA in Textile and Fiber Arts from Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia in 2017. While in school she was the President of her department and was awarded the Surface Design Association Outstanding Student Award. She has shown at Mason Fine Art (Atlanta, GA), The Mast (Atlanta, GA), Swan Coach House Gallery (Atlanta, GA), Lyndon House Arts Center (Athens, GA), MK + AB Gallery (Portland, OR), Abernathy Arts Center (Atlanta, GA), Callanwolde Arts Center (Atlanta, GA), The Classic Center (Athens, GA), and Sulfur Studios (Savannah, GA).
MUSIC + FERRIS WHEEL + ART + MORE
A place to meet, greet and engage, Westobou Central features a live music stage sponsored by Cadence Bank, food vendors, a beer garden and an assortment of family-friendly activities. Make sure you take a spin on the FREE Ferris wheel sponsored by MAU.
WESTOBOU CENTRAL STAGE
Join us at Westobou Central for FREE evening concerts and more!
Thursday: Starlight Cinema ft. Gremlins
Friday: Magic Giant
Saturday: The Suffers
IDEA GENERATED PROJECTS
Individuals, groups and organizations were invited to submit proposals for Westobou’s new Idea Generated Project funds. The recipients received sponsorships up to $1,000 to implement their project during Westobou Festival. The projects will include a variety of Box Truck Studios, public and performance art, and special programs during the Festival. Come check them out at Westobou Central daily!
Box Truck Studios
KAREN BRUMMUND
JOSEPH KAMEEN
KATIE KAMEEN
MARIANNA WILLIAMS
Public/Performance Art
LEIGH ANN CULVER
RACHEL FRISELL
AUTUMN VON PLINSKY
SCHRODINGER’S CAT
Special Program
VERONICA MULKEY
TRIO JARDÍN + DERYCK CLARKE
Westobou Festival’s Chamber Music Series presents Happy Hour concerts in the beautiful Westobou Gallery. Come enjoy a musical collage of sounds and styles from Beethoven to Broadway, with distinguished area musicians performing.
Trio Jardín is composed of Clara Park on the piano, Laura Tomlin on the violin and Christine Crookall on the cello. They will be joined by horn player, Deryck Clark.
Steinway & Sons SPIRIO is the worlds finest high resolution player piano. This revolutionary piano is kindly provided by Turner Keyboards.
SARA SEARLE + JD WIER
SECURITY FEDERAL :: 1109 Broad Street, Augusta, GA 30901
Chef/artists pairs will prepare and present meals in interesting, non-traditional venues that employ creative, elevated and unique concepts with rich thematic ties.
Artist Sara Searle and Chef JD Wier come together to create a beautiful meal experience in the upcoming Security Federal Bank lobby, previously the home of the Augusta Genealogical Society. This building was constructed in 1924 by Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust and was its first branch location apart from their main office. Security Federal will use historic tax credits to preserve its original use as a bank. See it before the historic renovation begins.
Chef and owner of Noble Jones, JD Wier's career spans from roadside dives to high-end Charleston eateries to private clubs from Augusta to Texas. He is known for his funky twist on timeless Southern classics.
An Augusta native, Sara studied studio art and art education at Furman University followed by post-graduate studies in Italy. She taught art formally for 9 years and now teaches classes and camps in her home studio. Continually inspired by the beauty of nature and the power of colors, her art has evolved from a free-form painting approach to more precise designs in mixed media. Recent work incorporates colored pencil, gouache, acrylic, and watercolor to create floral art on birch panels, up-cycled wood and paper. Sara’s art can be found locally at Art on Broad and West End Collective and in Madison, GA at Zeb Grant Designs.
GREMLINS (1984)
Bring your chairs and blankets to Westobou Central to see a free cult classic film directed by Joe Dante under the stars.
Three simple rules: No bright lights, no water, and absolutely no food after midnight! Hilarious mayhem and destruction in a small town ensues after these rules are violated. So, when your washing machine blows up or your TV goes on the fritz, before you call the repair man, turn on all the lights and look under all the beds... 'cause you never know, there just might be a gremlin in your house.
Get down with Atlanta-based artist DJ Haney in the Westobou Warehouse (1118 Jones Street behind Westobou Gallery) for a late night hangout.
Daniel Haney is DJ specializing in house, disco, and funk music, but also playing hip hop and R&B throughout parties in Atlanta.
Art Exhibition by HANNAH EHRLICH
Hannah Ehrlich’s work uses traditional modes of weaving, crocheting and fabric manipulation that function in non-traditional ways as both objects and two-dimensional surfaces. Texture, color, form, and depth come together to create dense overlapping striations and overflowing piles of fabric that reference the evolving and enveloping landscape. Through these final wall-bound sedimentary sculptures, nature is seen as perpetually powerful, turbulent, and dangerous. Posed within us is a question of order or chaos? Known or unknown? The illusion of space on the surface allows for these questions to intertwine with one another. The relationship between movement and space and the body’s awareness in this particular environment can lead to an exploration and transportation of thought. The mysterious forms that perhaps first come across as unnerving may simply be resting there waiting for the viewer to complete them.
with KRISTI JILSON
Join Kristi Jilson, Executive Director of Westobou, for an inside look at four exhibition spaces in downtown Augusta including Westobou Gallery, Ann & Ellis Johnson Gallery of Art, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art + The Morris Museum of Art.
MUSIC + FERRIS WHEEL + ART + MORE
A place to meet, greet and engage, Westobou Central features a live music stage sponsored by Cadence Bank, food vendors, a beer garden and an assortment of family-friendly activities. Make sure you take a spin on the FREE Ferris wheel sponsored by MAU.
WESTOBOU CENTRAL STAGE
Join us at Westobou Central for FREE evening concerts and more!
Thursday: Starlight Cinema ft. Gremlins
Friday: Magic Giant
Saturday: The Suffers
IDEA GENERATED PROJECTS
Individuals, groups and organizations were invited to submit proposals for Westobou’s new Idea Generated Project funds. The recipients received sponsorships up to $1,000 to implement their project during Westobou Festival. The projects will include a variety of Box Truck Studios, public and performance art, and special programs during the Festival. Come check them out at Westobou Central daily!
Box Truck Studios
KAREN BRUMMUND
JOSEPH KAMEEN
KATIE KAMEEN
MARIANNA WILLIAMS
Public/Performance Art
LEIGH ANN CULVER
RACHEL FRISELL
AUTUMN VON PLINSKY
SCHRODINGER’S CAT
Special Program
VERONICA MULKEY
MELANIE WADE LARSEN, vocalist
+ DAVID BROWN, pianist
Westobou Festival’s Chamber Music Series presents Happy Hour concerts in the beautiful Westobou Gallery. Come enjoy a musical collage of sounds and styles from Beethoven to Broadway, with distinguished area musicians performing.
Steinway & Sons SPIRIO is the worlds finest high resolution player piano. This revolutionary piano is kindly provided by Turner Keyboards.
Live Music at Westobou Central
The trio, comprised of Austin (lead vocals), Zambricki (viola, banjo, harmonica), and Zang (acoustic guitar, cello) weaves together a musical quilt of alternative, pop, and folk on its LP, uniquely recorded from their solar-powered mobile recording studio while traveling throughout the US.
With appearances on the Today Show and in Rolling Stone as one of “10 Artists You Need to Know,” the group has toured with acts ranging from The Revivalists to Mike Posner; played shows with bands such as The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, X Ambassadors, Vance Joy, and Foster the People; performed to thousands at festivals ranging from Firefly in Delaware to Electric Forest in Michigan; and was recently tapped as one of the bands to join headliner Bruno Mars at BottleRock in Napa this spring.
Beatbox Saxophonist
Westobou Warehouse (1118 Jones Street behind Westobou Gallery)
Crossing genres from jazz to classical to funk, without looping or electronic effects, saxophone innovator Derek Brown’s unique playing style must be seen in person to be believed!
As described by jazz journalist/historian Scott Yanow, "Brown performs unaccompanied solos that occasionally make one recall Bobby McFerrin in his early prime and the great saxophonist Eddie Harris . . . utilizing slap-tonguing, circular breathing, a wide interest in musical styles and dazzling coordination to create rather unique music."
Derek has performed solo concerts in all 50 United States and over 25 countries around the world (almost 200 total international shows)! Known for his boundless energy on stage, creative audience interaction, and musical depth, Derek’s live shows always surprise and delight. His ongoing “BEATBoX SAX” music videos and tutorials on YouTube have been enormously popular among saxophonists and music lovers alike (over 100,000 Youtube subscriptions), leading to endorsements with Legere, JodyJazz, P.Mauriat, BG France, and AKG.
Art Exhibition by HANNAH EHRLICH
Hannah Ehrlich’s work uses traditional modes of weaving, crocheting and fabric manipulation that function in non-traditional ways as both objects and two-dimensional surfaces. Texture, color, form, and depth come together to create dense overlapping striations and overflowing piles of fabric that reference the evolving and enveloping landscape. Through these final wall-bound sedimentary sculptures, nature is seen as perpetually powerful, turbulent, and dangerous. Posed within us is a question of order or chaos? Known or unknown? The illusion of space on the surface allows for these questions to intertwine with one another. The relationship between movement and space and the body’s awareness in this particular environment can lead to an exploration and transportation of thought. The mysterious forms that perhaps first come across as unnerving may simply be resting there waiting for the viewer to complete them.
Poetry Reading hosted by James Aaron Snow
Westobou Gallery :: October 5 :: 12-2:30 PM
Poetry serves as platform, magnification, and realization of this great juxtapose that forms our reality. Often one thinks of death solely as the loss of a person or pet. We might overlook the end of a relationship or moving to another city. Life too is not just a beginning, but can be found in hopes and dreams held within. All of this becomes richer and more empowered through poetry, especially read aloud and expounded upon through dialogue. Of such will be this gathering.
Leah TheActivistArtist is a national recording artist with a passion for poetry. She obtained her degree in English/ Creative Writing from Augusta University and has released two collections of poetry, Milledgeville Uncensored and (...Pleroma), and a full length album, Fire2Feelings. Her poetry has been published in Sandhills Magazine, Yell Magazine, the Bell Ringer, the Poetry Diversified 2015 Anthology, and she has ghost-written poems for various authors.
Instagram: @leahtheactivistartist
Facebook: The Activist Artist
Calvin W. Pennywell Jr. grew up in Thomson, Georgia by way of Blytheville, Arkansas. He graduated from then Georgia Regents University in 2014 with a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing. Calvin plans to acquire a MFA in Creative Writing to fulfill his calling as an educator.
Instagram: @Mrjumptastic
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/cwpj85
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvinpennywelljr/
Podcast: The Glory in Our Stories (Apple Podcasts and Spotify)
Website: Blog: calvin-pennywell.blogspot.com
Anna Harris-Parker is the author of the chapbook Dress (Main Street Rag, 2019). Her poems have appeared in AMP, Cellpoems, Slant, and other journals. She currently teaches composition and creative writing at Augusta University, where she also directs Writers Weekend.
Instagram & Twitter: @aharrisparker
Facebook: @aharrisparkerpoet
Website: annaharrisparker.com
MUSIC + FERRIS WHEEL + ART + MORE
A place to meet, greet and engage, Westobou Central features a live music stage sponsored by Cadence Bank, food vendors, a beer garden and an assortment of family-friendly activities. Make sure you take a spin on the FREE Ferris wheel sponsored by MAU.
WESTOBOU CENTRAL STAGE
Join us at Westobou Central for FREE evening concerts and more!
Thursday: Starlight Cinema ft. Gremlins
Friday: Magic Giant
Saturday: The Suffers
IDEA GENERATED PROJECTS
Individuals, groups and organizations were invited to submit proposals for Westobou’s new Idea Generated Project funds. The recipients received sponsorships up to $1,000 to implement their project during Westobou Festival. The projects will include a variety of Box Truck Studios, public and performance art, and special programs during the Festival. Come check them out at Westobou Central daily!
Box Truck Studios
KAREN BRUMMUND
JOSEPH KAMEEN
KATIE KAMEEN
MARIANNA WILLIAMS
Public/Performance Art
LEIGH ANN CULVER
RACHEL FRISELL
AUTUMN VON PLINSKY
SCHRODINGER’S CAT
Special Program
VERONICA MULKEY
Yoga with Space Yoga Studio
This unique combination of yoga and language will give you an immersive experience that will engage all of your senses. Taught completely in Spanish, this class will recruit your skill of active listening to give you the opportunity to experience movement as a true beginner.
Performance Art
Two back-to-back performances of Terry Galloway’s Out All Night and You Are My Sunshine at 1118 Jones Street behind Westobou Gallery.
Terry Galloway is a writer, director and performer for stage, radio, video and film. She started her long, eclectic career in theater arts in 1968 after the University of Texas at Austin’s Drama Department denied her admittance to its acting program. Before her cochlear implant in 2010, Galloway was a deaf lip reader with a lateral lisp. In 1969 she became affiliated with UT’s Shakespeare at Winedale Summer Theater Festival, first as a student, then from 1973-1976 as a Research Associate/Assistant Director, making a reputation for herself as a cross-dressing performer of comic male roles in Shakespeare.
In 1986 she created a solo performance Out All Night and won two B. Iden Payne Awards for Best Script and Best Actress from the Austin Circle of Theaters. The L.A. Weekly in giving Out All Night its Performance Pick of the Week called it, “a searingly funny. . . unflinchingglimpse of various states of alienation, ostracization, survival and triumph con chutzpah.”
Her most recent solo show, You Are My Sunshine, is a work-in-progress about her new post-cochlear life in the world of sound.
Additional programming includes a keynote lecture by Galloway "On Being Told No" at the Maxwell Theatre on Friday, October 4 beginning at 1 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
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Live Music at Westobou Central
The Suffers are a gulf coast soul band from Houston, Texas, bringing elements of classic American Soul and rock and roll to crowds that love to dance. There is a contagious and combustible energy every time the eight-piece wonder-band steps on the scene. "They're the sort of neo-retro group you never knew music was so badly missing."- Spin Magazine.
There is something undeniable about The Suffers (whose name is a reference to the 1978 Jamaican film Rockers starring Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Jacob Miller and Burning Spear, among others), that instantly hits home with their audiences. "We make music for all people," says lead vocalist Kam Franklin. "At this point, we've played all over the world and one thing is certain - if the music is good, the people will enjoy it." Since 2011, the H-Town heroes have been on a steady grind and have no plans of stopping. It seems the secret to their success is simple. Keyboardist Patrick Kelly confides, "There is a universal groove in the music that we play," while bass guitarist Adam Castaneda adds, "I don't think any of us are trying to impress anyone with our technical abilities, we just want to make them dance."
Jookin dancer, G-Nerd
accompanied by Arthur Ross, viola
Westobou Warehouse (1118 Jones Street behind Westobou Gallery)
G-Nerd has been one of the most influential and successful Jookin dancers today.
joo·kin
/ˈjo͝okən/
noun
noun: jookin
a street dance that originated in Memphis, Tennessee alongside “Buck” music during the 1990s.
Evolving since the early 80’s, the dance "Memphis Jookin" has grown tremendously. Starting as a simple 1 2 step in the club, now Jookin would be described with a basic foundational step and rhythmic bounce, combined with sliding, gliding, tippy toe spins and stalls, mixed with lyrical wordplay. Jookin is a freestyle based dance, but can be done in a routine format.
Arthur Ross is the Assistant Principal Violist for the Augusta Symphony . Arthur performs with the Hilton Head Orchestra, the South Carolina Philharmonic, and with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Principal Violist . Arthur is a native Augustan and began his music studies on the violin with the Richmond County String Program when he was eleven . He changed to viola several years later after being accepted to Davidson Fine Arts School and began studying with longtime Principal Violist of the Augusta Symphony, Carl Purdy . After graduating from Davidson, he attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, earning a Bachelor of Music in Applied Viola Performance.
Art exhibition by Hannah Ehrlich
Hannah Ehrlich’s work uses traditional modes of weaving, crocheting and fabric manipulation that function in non-traditional ways as both objects and two-dimensional surfaces. Texture, color, form, and depth come together to create dense overlapping striations and overflowing piles of fabric that reference the evolving and enveloping landscape. Through these final wall-bound sedimentary sculptures, nature is seen as perpetually powerful, turbulent, and dangerous. Posed within us is a question of order or chaos? Known or unknown? The illusion of space on the surface allows for these questions to intertwine with one another. The relationship between movement and space and the body’s awareness in this particular environment can lead to an exploration and transportation of thought. The mysterious forms that perhaps first come across as unnerving may simply be resting there waiting for the viewer to complete them.
Poetry Fox + Jordan Tejeda
FOX'S LAIR :: 410 4th Street, Augusta, GA 30901
Chef/artists pairs will prepare and present meals in interesting, non-traditional venues that employ creative, elevated and unique concepts with rich thematic ties.
This unique dining experiences will be concepted and hosted by the Poetry Fox (Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina) and Chef Jordan Tejeda of Ironwood Tavern (Evans, Georgia).
The Poetry Fox is known for writing on-demand poems based on one-word prompts on a vintage typewriter. Also, he is a giant fox.
MUSIC + FERRIS WHEEL + ART + MORE
A place to meet, greet and engage, Westobou Central features a live music stage sponsored by Cadence Bank, food vendors, a beer garden and an assortment of family-friendly activities. Make sure you take a spin on the FREE Ferris wheel sponsored by MAU.
WESTOBOU CENTRAL STAGE
Join us at Westobou Central for FREE evening concerts and more!
Thursday: Starlight Cinema ft. Gremlins
Friday: Magic Giant
Saturday: The Suffers
IDEA GENERATED PROJECTS
Individuals, groups and organizations were invited to submit proposals for Westobou’s new Idea Generated Project funds. The recipients received sponsorships up to $1,000 to implement their project during Westobou Festival. The projects will include a variety of Box Truck Studios, public and performance art, and special programs during the Festival. Come check them out at Westobou Central daily!
Box Truck Studios
KAREN BRUMMUND
JOSEPH KAMEEN
KATIE KAMEEN
MARIANNA WILLIAMS
Public/Performance Art
LEIGH ANN CULVER
RACHEL FRISELL
AUTUMN VON PLINSKY
SCHRODINGER’S CAT
Special Program
VERONICA MULKEY
TRIO JARDÍN + DERYCK CLARKE
Westobou Festival’s Chamber Music Series presents Happy Hour concerts in the beautiful Westobou Gallery. Come enjoy a musical collage of sounds and styles from Beethoven to Broadway, with distinguished area musicians performing.
Trio Jardín is composed of Clara Park on the piano, Laura Tomlin on the violin and Christine Crookall on the cello. They will be joined by horn player, Deryck Clark.
Steinway & Sons SPIRIO is the worlds finest high resolution player piano. This revolutionary piano is kindly provided by Turner Keyboards.
Get down with Atlanta-based artist DJ Haney in the Westobou Warehouse (1118 Jones Street behind Westobou Gallery) for a late night hangout.
Daniel Haney is DJ specializing in house, disco, and funk music, but also playing hip hop and R&B throughout parties in Atlanta.
MELANIE WADE LARSEN, vocalist
+ DAVID BROWN, pianist
Westobou Festival’s Chamber Music Series presents Happy Hour concerts in the beautiful Westobou Gallery. Come enjoy a musical collage of sounds and styles from Beethoven to Broadway, with distinguished area musicians performing.
Steinway & Sons SPIRIO is the worlds finest high resolution player piano. This revolutionary piano is kindly provided by Turner Keyboards.
Live Music at Westobou Central
The trio, comprised of Austin (lead vocals), Zambricki (viola, banjo, harmonica), and Zang (acoustic guitar, cello) weaves together a musical quilt of alternative, pop, and folk on its LP, uniquely recorded from their solar-powered mobile recording studio while traveling throughout the US.
With appearances on the Today Show and in Rolling Stone as one of “10 Artists You Need to Know,” the group has toured with acts ranging from The Revivalists to Mike Posner; played shows with bands such as The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, X Ambassadors, Vance Joy, and Foster the People; performed to thousands at festivals ranging from Firefly in Delaware to Electric Forest in Michigan; and was recently tapped as one of the bands to join headliner Bruno Mars at BottleRock in Napa this spring.
Beatbox Saxophonist
Westobou Warehouse (1118 Jones Street behind Westobou Gallery)
Crossing genres from jazz to classical to funk, without looping or electronic effects, saxophone innovator Derek Brown’s unique playing style must be seen in person to be believed!
As described by jazz journalist/historian Scott Yanow, "Brown performs unaccompanied solos that occasionally make one recall Bobby McFerrin in his early prime and the great saxophonist Eddie Harris . . . utilizing slap-tonguing, circular breathing, a wide interest in musical styles and dazzling coordination to create rather unique music."
Derek has performed solo concerts in all 50 United States and over 25 countries around the world (almost 200 total international shows)! Known for his boundless energy on stage, creative audience interaction, and musical depth, Derek’s live shows always surprise and delight. His ongoing “BEATBoX SAX” music videos and tutorials on YouTube have been enormously popular among saxophonists and music lovers alike (over 100,000 Youtube subscriptions), leading to endorsements with Legere, JodyJazz, P.Mauriat, BG France, and AKG.
Live Music at Westobou Central
The Suffers are a gulf coast soul band from Houston, Texas, bringing elements of classic American Soul and rock and roll to crowds that love to dance. There is a contagious and combustible energy every time the eight-piece wonder-band steps on the scene. "They're the sort of neo-retro group you never knew music was so badly missing."- Spin Magazine.
There is something undeniable about The Suffers (whose name is a reference to the 1978 Jamaican film Rockers starring Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Jacob Miller and Burning Spear, among others), that instantly hits home with their audiences. "We make music for all people," says lead vocalist Kam Franklin. "At this point, we've played all over the world and one thing is certain - if the music is good, the people will enjoy it." Since 2011, the H-Town heroes have been on a steady grind and have no plans of stopping. It seems the secret to their success is simple. Keyboardist Patrick Kelly confides, "There is a universal groove in the music that we play," while bass guitarist Adam Castaneda adds, "I don't think any of us are trying to impress anyone with our technical abilities, we just want to make them dance."
Jookin dancer, G-Nerd
accompanied by Arthur Ross, viola
Westobou Warehouse (1118 Jones Street behind Westobou Gallery)
G-Nerd has been one of the most influential and successful Jookin dancers today.
joo·kin
/ˈjo͝okən/
noun
noun: jookin
a street dance that originated in Memphis, Tennessee alongside “Buck” music during the 1990s.
Evolving since the early 80’s, the dance "Memphis Jookin" has grown tremendously. Starting as a simple 1 2 step in the club, now Jookin would be described with a basic foundational step and rhythmic bounce, combined with sliding, gliding, tippy toe spins and stalls, mixed with lyrical wordplay. Jookin is a freestyle based dance, but can be done in a routine format.
Arthur Ross is the Assistant Principal Violist for the Augusta Symphony . Arthur performs with the Hilton Head Orchestra, the South Carolina Philharmonic, and with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Principal Violist . Arthur is a native Augustan and began his music studies on the violin with the Richmond County String Program when he was eleven . He changed to viola several years later after being accepted to Davidson Fine Arts School and began studying with longtime Principal Violist of the Augusta Symphony, Carl Purdy . After graduating from Davidson, he attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, earning a Bachelor of Music in Applied Viola Performance.
VIP Reception
Celebrate the launch of this year’s Westobou Festival and view the marquee visual art exhibition, The Stillness You See by Hannah Ehrlich. The artist will join the party and mingle with guests. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be served. Invitation and RSVP required.
Art Exhibition by HANNAH EHRLICH
Hannah Ehrlich’s work uses traditional modes of weaving, crocheting and fabric manipulation that function in non-traditional ways as both objects and two-dimensional surfaces. Texture, color, form, and depth come together to create dense overlapping striations and overflowing piles of fabric that reference the evolving and enveloping landscape. Through these final wall-bound sedimentary sculptures, nature is seen as perpetually powerful, turbulent, and dangerous. Posed within us is a question of order or chaos? Known or unknown? The illusion of space on the surface allows for these questions to intertwine with one another. The relationship between movement and space and the body’s awareness in this particular environment can lead to an exploration and transportation of thought. The mysterious forms that perhaps first come across as unnerving may simply be resting there waiting for the viewer to complete them.
The Stillness You See
Atlanta-based artist, Hannah Ehrlich, speaks on her newest works on display at Westobou Gallery in an exhibition titled The Stillness You See.
Hannah Ehrlich is a textile artist based in Atlanta, GA. Her work focuses on the abstraction of landscapes to portray human emotions and a tearing away from normality to question the true being inside us. A space is created where the self can be questioned and the chaos versus order in our emotions can be revealed.
Ehrlich received her BFA in Textile and Fiber Arts from Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia in 2017. While in school she was the President of her department and was awarded the Surface Design Association Outstanding Student Award. She has shown at Mason Fine Art (Atlanta, GA), The Mast (Atlanta, GA), Swan Coach House Gallery (Atlanta, GA), Lyndon House Arts Center (Athens, GA), MK + AB Gallery (Portland, OR), Abernathy Arts Center (Atlanta, GA), Callanwolde Arts Center (Atlanta, GA), The Classic Center (Athens, GA), and Sulfur Studios (Savannah, GA).
MUSIC + FERRIS WHEEL + ART + MORE
A place to meet, greet and engage, Westobou Central features a live music stage sponsored by Cadence Bank, food vendors, a beer garden and an assortment of family-friendly activities. Make sure you take a spin on the FREE Ferris wheel sponsored by MAU.
WESTOBOU CENTRAL STAGE
Join us at Westobou Central for FREE evening concerts and more!
Thursday: Starlight Cinema ft. Gremlins
Friday: Magic Giant
Saturday: The Suffers
IDEA GENERATED PROJECTS
Individuals, groups and organizations were invited to submit proposals for Westobou’s new Idea Generated Project funds. The recipients received sponsorships up to $1,000 to implement their project during Westobou Festival. The projects will include a variety of Box Truck Studios, public and performance art, and special programs during the Festival. Come check them out at Westobou Central daily!
Box Truck Studios
KAREN BRUMMUND
JOSEPH KAMEEN
KATIE KAMEEN
MARIANNA WILLIAMS
Public/Performance Art
LEIGH ANN CULVER
RACHEL FRISELL
AUTUMN VON PLINSKY
SCHRODINGER’S CAT
Special Program
VERONICA MULKEY
SARA SEARLE + JD WIER
SECURITY FEDERAL :: 1109 Broad Street, Augusta, GA 30901
Chef/artists pairs will prepare and present meals in interesting, non-traditional venues that employ creative, elevated and unique concepts with rich thematic ties.
Artist Sara Searle and Chef JD Wier come together to create a beautiful meal experience in the upcoming Security Federal Bank lobby, previously the home of the Augusta Genealogical Society. This building was constructed in 1924 by Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust and was its first branch location apart from their main office. Security Federal will use historic tax credits to preserve its original use as a bank. See it before the historic renovation begins.
Chef and owner of Noble Jones, JD Wier's career spans from roadside dives to high-end Charleston eateries to private clubs from Augusta to Texas. He is known for his funky twist on timeless Southern classics.
An Augusta native, Sara studied studio art and art education at Furman University followed by post-graduate studies in Italy. She taught art formally for 9 years and now teaches classes and camps in her home studio. Continually inspired by the beauty of nature and the power of colors, her art has evolved from a free-form painting approach to more precise designs in mixed media. Recent work incorporates colored pencil, gouache, acrylic, and watercolor to create floral art on birch panels, up-cycled wood and paper. Sara’s art can be found locally at Art on Broad and West End Collective and in Madison, GA at Zeb Grant Designs.
with KRISTI JILSON
Join Kristi Jilson, Executive Director of Westobou, for an inside look at four exhibition spaces in downtown Augusta including Westobou Gallery, Ann & Ellis Johnson Gallery of Art, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art + The Morris Museum of Art.
Poetry Reading hosted by James Aaron Snow
Westobou Gallery :: October 5 :: 12-2:30 PM
Poetry serves as platform, magnification, and realization of this great juxtapose that forms our reality. Often one thinks of death solely as the loss of a person or pet. We might overlook the end of a relationship or moving to another city. Life too is not just a beginning, but can be found in hopes and dreams held within. All of this becomes richer and more empowered through poetry, especially read aloud and expounded upon through dialogue. Of such will be this gathering.
Leah TheActivistArtist is a national recording artist with a passion for poetry. She obtained her degree in English/ Creative Writing from Augusta University and has released two collections of poetry, Milledgeville Uncensored and (...Pleroma), and a full length album, Fire2Feelings. Her poetry has been published in Sandhills Magazine, Yell Magazine, the Bell Ringer, the Poetry Diversified 2015 Anthology, and she has ghost-written poems for various authors.
Instagram: @leahtheactivistartist
Facebook: The Activist Artist
Calvin W. Pennywell Jr. grew up in Thomson, Georgia by way of Blytheville, Arkansas. He graduated from then Georgia Regents University in 2014 with a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing. Calvin plans to acquire a MFA in Creative Writing to fulfill his calling as an educator.
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Anna Harris-Parker is the author of the chapbook Dress (Main Street Rag, 2019). Her poems have appeared in AMP, Cellpoems, Slant, and other journals. She currently teaches composition and creative writing at Augusta University, where she also directs Writers Weekend.
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Performance Art
Two back-to-back performances of Terry Galloway’s Out All Night and You Are My Sunshine at 1118 Jones Street behind Westobou Gallery.
Terry Galloway is a writer, director and performer for stage, radio, video and film. She started her long, eclectic career in theater arts in 1968 after the University of Texas at Austin’s Drama Department denied her admittance to its acting program. Before her cochlear implant in 2010, Galloway was a deaf lip reader with a lateral lisp. In 1969 she became affiliated with UT’s Shakespeare at Winedale Summer Theater Festival, first as a student, then from 1973-1976 as a Research Associate/Assistant Director, making a reputation for herself as a cross-dressing performer of comic male roles in Shakespeare.
In 1986 she created a solo performance Out All Night and won two B. Iden Payne Awards for Best Script and Best Actress from the Austin Circle of Theaters. The L.A. Weekly in giving Out All Night its Performance Pick of the Week called it, “a searingly funny. . . unflinchingglimpse of various states of alienation, ostracization, survival and triumph con chutzpah.”
Her most recent solo show, You Are My Sunshine, is a work-in-progress about her new post-cochlear life in the world of sound.
Additional programming includes a keynote lecture by Galloway "On Being Told No" at the Maxwell Theatre on Friday, October 4 beginning at 1 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
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Art exhibition by Hannah Ehrlich
Hannah Ehrlich’s work uses traditional modes of weaving, crocheting and fabric manipulation that function in non-traditional ways as both objects and two-dimensional surfaces. Texture, color, form, and depth come together to create dense overlapping striations and overflowing piles of fabric that reference the evolving and enveloping landscape. Through these final wall-bound sedimentary sculptures, nature is seen as perpetually powerful, turbulent, and dangerous. Posed within us is a question of order or chaos? Known or unknown? The illusion of space on the surface allows for these questions to intertwine with one another. The relationship between movement and space and the body’s awareness in this particular environment can lead to an exploration and transportation of thought. The mysterious forms that perhaps first come across as unnerving may simply be resting there waiting for the viewer to complete them.
VIP Reception
Celebrate the launch of this year’s Westobou Festival and view the marquee visual art exhibition, The Stillness You See by Hannah Ehrlich. The artist will join the party and mingle with guests. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be served. Invitation and RSVP required.
MUSIC + FERRIS WHEEL + ART + MORE
A place to meet, greet and engage, Westobou Central features a live music stage sponsored by Cadence Bank, food vendors, a beer garden and an assortment of family-friendly activities. Make sure you take a spin on the FREE Ferris wheel sponsored by MAU.
WESTOBOU CENTRAL STAGE
Join us at Westobou Central for FREE evening concerts and more!
Thursday: Starlight Cinema ft. Gremlins
Friday: Magic Giant
Saturday: The Suffers
IDEA GENERATED PROJECTS
Individuals, groups and organizations were invited to submit proposals for Westobou’s new Idea Generated Project funds. The recipients received sponsorships up to $1,000 to implement their project during Westobou Festival. The projects will include a variety of Box Truck Studios, public and performance art, and special programs during the Festival. Come check them out at Westobou Central daily!
Box Truck Studios
KAREN BRUMMUND
JOSEPH KAMEEN
KATIE KAMEEN
MARIANNA WILLIAMS
Public/Performance Art
LEIGH ANN CULVER
RACHEL FRISELL
AUTUMN VON PLINSKY
SCHRODINGER’S CAT
Special Program
VERONICA MULKEY
SARA SEARLE + JD WIER
SECURITY FEDERAL :: 1109 Broad Street, Augusta, GA 30901
Chef/artists pairs will prepare and present meals in interesting, non-traditional venues that employ creative, elevated and unique concepts with rich thematic ties.
Artist Sara Searle and Chef JD Wier come together to create a beautiful meal experience in the upcoming Security Federal Bank lobby, previously the home of the Augusta Genealogical Society. This building was constructed in 1924 by Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust and was its first branch location apart from their main office. Security Federal will use historic tax credits to preserve its original use as a bank. See it before the historic renovation begins.
Chef and owner of Noble Jones, JD Wier's career spans from roadside dives to high-end Charleston eateries to private clubs from Augusta to Texas. He is known for his funky twist on timeless Southern classics.
An Augusta native, Sara studied studio art and art education at Furman University followed by post-graduate studies in Italy. She taught art formally for 9 years and now teaches classes and camps in her home studio. Continually inspired by the beauty of nature and the power of colors, her art has evolved from a free-form painting approach to more precise designs in mixed media. Recent work incorporates colored pencil, gouache, acrylic, and watercolor to create floral art on birch panels, up-cycled wood and paper. Sara’s art can be found locally at Art on Broad and West End Collective and in Madison, GA at Zeb Grant Designs.
GREMLINS (1984)
Bring your chairs and blankets to Westobou Central to see a free cult classic film directed by Joe Dante under the stars.
Three simple rules: No bright lights, no water, and absolutely no food after midnight! Hilarious mayhem and destruction in a small town ensues after these rules are violated. So, when your washing machine blows up or your TV goes on the fritz, before you call the repair man, turn on all the lights and look under all the beds... 'cause you never know, there just might be a gremlin in your house.
Get down with Atlanta-based artist DJ Haney in the Westobou Warehouse (1118 Jones Street behind Westobou Gallery) for a late night hangout.
Daniel Haney is DJ specializing in house, disco, and funk music, but also playing hip hop and R&B throughout parties in Atlanta.
Beatbox Saxophonist
Westobou Warehouse (1118 Jones Street behind Westobou Gallery)
Crossing genres from jazz to classical to funk, without looping or electronic effects, saxophone innovator Derek Brown’s unique playing style must be seen in person to be believed!
As described by jazz journalist/historian Scott Yanow, "Brown performs unaccompanied solos that occasionally make one recall Bobby McFerrin in his early prime and the great saxophonist Eddie Harris . . . utilizing slap-tonguing, circular breathing, a wide interest in musical styles and dazzling coordination to create rather unique music."
Derek has performed solo concerts in all 50 United States and over 25 countries around the world (almost 200 total international shows)! Known for his boundless energy on stage, creative audience interaction, and musical depth, Derek’s live shows always surprise and delight. His ongoing “BEATBoX SAX” music videos and tutorials on YouTube have been enormously popular among saxophonists and music lovers alike (over 100,000 Youtube subscriptions), leading to endorsements with Legere, JodyJazz, P.Mauriat, BG France, and AKG.
Yoga with Space Yoga Studio
This unique combination of yoga and language will give you an immersive experience that will engage all of your senses. Taught completely in Spanish, this class will recruit your skill of active listening to give you the opportunity to experience movement as a true beginner.
Live Music at Westobou Central
The Suffers are a gulf coast soul band from Houston, Texas, bringing elements of classic American Soul and rock and roll to crowds that love to dance. There is a contagious and combustible energy every time the eight-piece wonder-band steps on the scene. "They're the sort of neo-retro group you never knew music was so badly missing."- Spin Magazine.
There is something undeniable about The Suffers (whose name is a reference to the 1978 Jamaican film Rockers starring Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Jacob Miller and Burning Spear, among others), that instantly hits home with their audiences. "We make music for all people," says lead vocalist Kam Franklin. "At this point, we've played all over the world and one thing is certain - if the music is good, the people will enjoy it." Since 2011, the H-Town heroes have been on a steady grind and have no plans of stopping. It seems the secret to their success is simple. Keyboardist Patrick Kelly confides, "There is a universal groove in the music that we play," while bass guitarist Adam Castaneda adds, "I don't think any of us are trying to impress anyone with our technical abilities, we just want to make them dance."
Jookin dancer, G-Nerd
accompanied by Arthur Ross, viola
Westobou Warehouse (1118 Jones Street behind Westobou Gallery)
G-Nerd has been one of the most influential and successful Jookin dancers today.
joo·kin
/ˈjo͝okən/
noun
noun: jookin
a street dance that originated in Memphis, Tennessee alongside “Buck” music during the 1990s.
Evolving since the early 80’s, the dance "Memphis Jookin" has grown tremendously. Starting as a simple 1 2 step in the club, now Jookin would be described with a basic foundational step and rhythmic bounce, combined with sliding, gliding, tippy toe spins and stalls, mixed with lyrical wordplay. Jookin is a freestyle based dance, but can be done in a routine format.
Arthur Ross is the Assistant Principal Violist for the Augusta Symphony . Arthur performs with the Hilton Head Orchestra, the South Carolina Philharmonic, and with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Principal Violist . Arthur is a native Augustan and began his music studies on the violin with the Richmond County String Program when he was eleven . He changed to viola several years later after being accepted to Davidson Fine Arts School and began studying with longtime Principal Violist of the Augusta Symphony, Carl Purdy . After graduating from Davidson, he attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, earning a Bachelor of Music in Applied Viola Performance.
Poetry Fox + Jordan Tejeda
FOX'S LAIR :: 410 4th Street, Augusta, GA 30901
Chef/artists pairs will prepare and present meals in interesting, non-traditional venues that employ creative, elevated and unique concepts with rich thematic ties.
This unique dining experiences will be concepted and hosted by the Poetry Fox (Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina) and Chef Jordan Tejeda of Ironwood Tavern (Evans, Georgia).
The Poetry Fox is known for writing on-demand poems based on one-word prompts on a vintage typewriter. Also, he is a giant fox.