Marina Alexandra has established herself as a dynamic performer with a powerful stage presence. FingerStyle Guitar Magazine described her as an “amazing player that commands the guitar with world-class technique and musicianship that is uncommon." National Public Radio and Piccolo Spoleto Festival featured her performances. She released two albums: Timeless Enchantment (Baroque, Classical, Modern, and Latin-American music) and A Moment of Magic (Russian modern music by Nikita Koshkin). She has served on the faculties of University of South Carolina in Aiken, Furman University, Wingate University and Columbia College. Marina is the director and founder of the Guitar Muse concert series and the Southern Guitar Festival and Competition, which promote classical guitar awareness in the Midlands.

As part of the SC Book Festival, the CMA and Trustus Theatre, present the Pulitzer Prize nominated play "Collected Stories" at the Columbia Museum of Art. Donald Marguiles’ “Collected Stories” unfolds the conflict between the established artist and the adulatory fan, who becomes a protégé, disciple, colleague and friend and finally, threatening rival. This riveting play has two worlds clash in a roller coaster of what is considered right and wrong when two generations come together. Directed by Milena Herring.

A docent-led tour provides an overview of the Museum's collection of European and American art. This tour features masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, as well as the Museum's new American galleries.

Join us for the members only exhibition opening celebration featuring a book signing and lecture with Steven Naifeh at 2:30 p.m.

Individual membership admits one. All other levels admit two. Become a member by going to our Membership Page.


This program is sponsored by The Humanities Council ^SC, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities; inspiring, engaging and enriching South Carolinians with programs on literature, history, culture and heritage.

As part of the SC Book Festival, the CMA and Trustus Theatre, present the Pulitzer Prize nominated play "Collected Stories" at the Columbia Museum of Art. Donald Marguiles’ “Collected Stories” unfolds the conflict between the established artist and the adulatory fan, who becomes a protégé, disciple, colleague and friend and finally, threatening rival. This riveting play has two worlds clash in a roller coaster of what is considered right and wrong when two generations come together. Directed by Milena Herring.

The spring Music 101 lecture series features a six-week exploration of British culture during the 18th century. Peter Hoyt, the CMA Adjunct Curator for Music, presents a panoramic survey of this tumultuous period in England and its colonies. In addition to listening to compositions, participants examine architects, artists and the English tradition of comic engravings as exemplified by William Hogarth and his successors. A frequent guest speaker and program annotator for New York’s Lincoln Center, Dr. Hoyt is a historian specializing in the relationship between 18th-century music and its sister disciplines. He is currently the President of the Mozart Society of America.

The Artist Salon Series features gallery talks, led by working artists, about a wide range of subjects, topics and disciplines.
Chuck Ezell, chief fabricator for Steven Naifeh’s studio, leads a salon talk through the exhibit Found in Translation: The Art of Steven Naifeh.

Dan Welden, a master printmaker, painter, educator and pioneer of safer printmaking processes, is the innovator of the Solarplate etching technique. He is the co-author, with Pauline Muir, of “Printmaking in the Sun,” a book on Solarplate printing published in 2001. Welden has worked with many renowned artists, including Eric Fischl, Lynda Benglis, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Dan Flavin, David Salle, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, Jasper Johns and Robert Motherwell. He is the owner of Hampton Editions and director of Printaganza, Ltd., a nonprofit center for international research and education in printmaking in Sag Harbor, New York. (30 minutes)

A guided tour of the exhibition, Found in Translation: The Art of Steven Naifeh, offers insight into Steven Naifeh’s artistic background and his works.

A docent-led tour provides an overview of the Museum's collection of European and American art. This tour features masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, as well as the Museum's new American galleries.

Enjoy a buffet-style lunch from Spotted Salamander Catering in CMA's bright and airy garden terrace. Then have a tour of Found in Translation: The Art of Steven Naifeh by Director of Education Kerry Kuhlkin-Hornsby and Tour Coordinator Kayleigh Vaughn.