Tonight (Fri 4/25/14) is the next Artrageous Friday! Below are some recommended venues. Generally, 9th St from the Columbia Art League toward Broadway, Broadway near 9th St, PS and Artlandish galleries on Walnut, and Orr St Studios are the main, regular locations. A full list of venues is available at http://www.artrageousfridays.com/venues/

Dogwood Studios
(access in the alley behind D-Sport, just off Walnut St)
Catherine Armbrust – Altars & Icons
https://www.facebook.com/dogwoodstudio
http://catherinearmbrust.com
http://facebook.com/lakechapalaprojects
Dogwood Studio will open its studio spaces, and will feature an exhibit by Catherine Armbrust entitled, Altars & Icons.
This show kicks off the fundraising effort for The Lake Chapala Projects—a creative endeavor in Mexico set to begin in autumn 2014. The works in Altars & Icons embrace ornamental strata of color, pattern, and texture to transform the familiar into the surreal. Diverse components such as paint, craft materials, latex, wax, honey, synthetic hair, and stickers fuse together within vibrant compositions, providing juxtapositions between what is simulated and genuine. Like the shrines and reliquaries that inspired them, these works honor the uncanny—attempting to grasp the illusive and contain the mysterious.
Recommended! No matter the media, Catherine has fun, colorful pieces—check it out! Check out the other open artist spaces also. Snacks are usually available at Dogwood Studios during Artrageous Fridays.

89.5 KOPN
915 E Broadway (Cope Ash Lock Library)
Caleb Powell (artist/illustrator ) and Adrienne Henry (printmaker with her sequined screen prints of celebrities). 
Refreshments provided by Cafe Berlin.
At 8 pm, join KOPN at Cafe Berlin on the corner of Tenth and Park for a special night of Story and Song,with Noah Earle, followed by the Onions. There will be Porch light storytelling opportunities throughout the evening.

Artlandish Gallery
Walnut St (between 10th & Orr)
Art viewing in independent gallery spaces throughout the building. Some artists provide snacks. Live performances in the parking lot:
6-7:30pm Pippa and the Straw Men
7:30-9pm Sam Shin (cello) & David Dearnley (Guitar)
Fire spinning by Burn Circus (if weather allows)

Bluestem Missouri Crafts
9th Street
Joseph Marshall – Old Wood—Vintage Tools (contemporary Design, hand carved furniture and accessories) (Apr 25-May 19, 2014)
Joseph will display some of the antique tools that he uses, showing how each hand tool is used in his process.
Marshall has been hand carving wooden bowls from local woods for several years. Over the past year he has retooled his shop to produce truly unique items of furniture primarily using locally sourced woods. His pieces are largely produced with hand tools more than a century old that he has restored to working condition.
The store is filled with artisan work, with a featured artist for Artrageous Fridays. Snacks are usually available at Bluestem during Artrageous Fridays.

Calhoun’s
Broadway
David Frech (photographer) – images of Boone County, Missouri

Columbia Art League
9th Street
Irene Livingston and apprentice Gretchen Seifert–participants in Missouri’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program–will demonstrate and display the art of “twining,” a rug weaving tradition using a simple frame loom. Like quilting and rug braiding, twining recycles fabric scraps into beautiful and functional objects.

Makes Sense
9th Street
Gwen Ratermann – a book signing with her book Healthy Mom, Healthy Me
Healthy Mom Healthy Me is an easy-to-use workbook to help children to creatively deal with the emotional challenges that arise when their mom is very sick.
Gwen Ratermann worked in health policy, was a speechwriter, and wrote for a small town newspaper. The techniques she describes in Healthy Mom Healthy Me helped her family while her husband fought cancer. Since then she has shared these tools with countless others. Snacks are usually available at Makes Sense during Artrageous Fridays—fragrant treats! Note: Check the beverage first if you have kids, sometimes the only beverage is alcoholic.

Mustard Seed Fair Trade
9th Street
Local artist Sarah Goodnow Riley-Land – one fun-filled evening of fantastical illustrations, paintings and prints. Also Nathalia Christina Martins Maduenho, local artist and owner of Colors of Brazil, for another evening of jewelry making and one-of-a-kind take alongs. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to make your own traditional Peruvian bracelet and experience one of Columbia’s finest local artists! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Colors-of-Brazil/540408762644695

Orr Street Studios
Orr Street
Featuring Chris Teeter – reception for Chris’ art on display in the gallery through May 1. Multitalented creator of the Orr Street Studios’ doors shows off his skills with the paintbrush in 3 different styles, all masterfully produced, in addition to several sculptural pieces. Come have a drink, visit with Chris and the other Orr Street Artists who will be on hand.

Poppy
Broadway
Milkweed Design, a hand screen-print shop whose creations are the brainchild of artist, Sarah Smith. Milkweed Design strives to produce products that are of the highest quality, handmade with love, and full of whimsy. Each new product begins with play-on-words artwork, drawn in pencil, by Sarah, generally at the kitchen table. These drawings are then transferred onto a screen and each and every bib, one-piece, tee and tote is hand-screened at our studio in Columbia, Missouri. Sarah will have screen-printing demonstrations.

The PS Gallery
Walnut Street (between 10th and Orr Streets)
A gouache demonstration by artist Jennifer Wiggs, whose work is currently in the 2014 Spring Exhibit.