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Corey "Roc Bottom" Davis

Director; Film Maker; Visual Artist: Drawing Illustration; Visual Artist: Mixed Media; Visual Artist: Painting; Visual Artist: Print / Digital Art / Graphic Design; Comic Books/Animation

An ink and pencils maestro, Roc Bottom has garnered praise from hundreds for his stylistic and innovative approach to his craft. His creative works have been featured in The Underwire Online magazine with his creator-owned comic, Lion’s Den Revolution, the first comic to ever be presented in digital desktop format. Other comics credits include Trenchcoats, Cigarettes, and Shotguns for Conquest Comics, Queen of Sin and Master’s Devils for Legion Studios, and 803 from 803 Studios. Roc is also a former member Truthful Comics where his titles include, Order, Shadowclub Karma, and Jet Boy: Dawn of K.R.O.N.O.S. , a comic/animated series. Roc also has his hand in the fashion world as co-owner of One Cloth1ng and his new line Johnny Rocketz which features custom shoes and t-shirts. Recently, Roc served as Head of Animation for Jam Network. He is currently directing the animated projects, Jet Boy, Shadowclub Karma, and producing the Dark Goddess animated series. Roc Bottom has been featured in gallery shows, conventions, and art shows such as 701 Gallery, Anastasia and Friends, Cola-Con, Punk Monkey Comics, Heroes and Dragons comics, Cayce-West Columbia Library, South Congaree-Pine Ridge Library, and Art Bar Agora, to name a few.

Artists for Africa

Actor; Author / Writer; Choreographer; Dancer; Director; Musician; Poet; Singer; Teacher / Instructor; Visual Artist: Drawing Illustration; Visual Artist: Painting

Bringing Art Classes to the Children of Africa. Artists for Africa has been established to help support Anno's Africa, a non-profit organization which brings arts classes to children in the slums of Kenya. Local artists based here in South Carolina, are coming together to give their talents to support this incredible cause. For now, the program exists only in Nairobi, but with some help, the goal is to spread the program throughout urban Kenya and someday to other countries in Africa.

Fuse Artist Alliance

Actor; Author / Writer; Choreographer; Composer; Dancer; Director; Film Maker; Musician; Playwright; Poet; Producer; Singer; Storyteller; Teacher / Instructor; Visual Artist: Drawing Illustration; Visual Artist: Mixed Media; Visual Artist: Painting; Visual Artist: Photography; Visual Artist: Print / Digital Art / Graphic Design

To connect independent artists within the first 5 years of their creative career with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate their creative vision. FUSE aspires to provide the platform for these artists to be seen,heard, and loved. FUSE showcases indie talent in visual art, film, fashion design, music, performance art, hair and makeup artistry, and photography. FUSE desire to provide an alternative way for artists to showcase both to their local community and the world-at-large. We are not your average artist , no ! We are uniquely gifted, colorful in our words, creative in our vision and all about our artists.

Joseph Daniels

Actor; Author / Writer; Director; Playwright; Producer; Storyteller

Creator of Columbia's most haunting evening event, The Dark Cabaret, blending mystery, artistry, and gothic horror with a splash of Vaudeville and a stroll through The Twilight Zone.

Mikey Diaz

Actor; Choreographer; Dancer; Director; Poet; Singer; Storyteller; Teacher / Instructor; Visual Artist: Drawing Illustration

To his close friends, Mikey is the man of the hour who people instantly feel comfortable around him and confide in. Mikey created FUSE from the ground up. It started as his vision of artistic harmony. Since he was little, his father played different genres of music around him which he found the many facets that music holds. This inspiration continues to live with him in the projection of his artistic pieces. He says he seeks to create timeless, pieces of work. Mikey is originally from The Bronx, New York.

Andrew Gajadhar, p.g.a.

Actor; Author / Writer; Choreographer; Director; Film Maker; Producer; Teacher / Instructor; Martial Artist/Scientist

Andrew Gajadhar, p.g.a. is an accredited Producer, Writer, Director and Actor, known for What Matters (2018), Prelude to Infusco (2014), Shenanigans (2019), Alienography (2019), and is in production of a new horror trilogy called Milila (2020). His work has been multi award-winning, to include 8 nominations and 3 wins at the Rising Star Academy Awards in Philadelphia, PA in 2018. His career started as a fight/tactical choreographer, rooted from an extensive Martial Arts, Law Enforcement, and Military background in the U.S. Marines with his founding organization, American P.I.T. Fighting Academy. Andrew Gajadhar, p.g.a. is the first ever accredited film Producer with the Producers Guild of America that was registered with the South Carolina Film Commission, a Martial Scientist, an inductee of the Action Magazine Martial Arts Hall of Honors, and in the Hall of Honors World History Book as the founder of American P.I.T. Fighting. He has degrees in both the Arts and in Psychology, and he is currently finishing the Masters program in Psychology while running three businesses and a nonprofit organization for the film industry of the Carolinas. Lastly, he is a dedicated single father of three.

Ron Hagell

Actor; Author / Writer; Director; Film Maker; Producer; Teacher / Instructor; Visual Artist: Installation; Visual Artist: Mixed Media; Visual Artist: Painting; Visual Artist: Photography

Ron has an MFA (Columbia) and studied theater, art and photography at the UNC and American University. Now Ron is an artist and lecturer, he has had careers in television (PBS and Lifetime) and as an Army officer in Vietnam. Most recently Ron has been teaching practice at Royal Holloway – University of London, RISD and privately in Columbia, SC. His courses include screenwriting, filmmaking, acting and media art. He is currently the leader of a Master Acting Track for the Trustus Apprentice Company and also teaches screenwriting classes at the Tapp’s Arts Center. Ron makes films and art with installations featuring projections, prints and film centered on topics related to Diasporas and family narratives. Since completion of his RISD post-graduate certificate in digital photography, Ron has been applying the medium to several recent photographic works but also continues to make short art films. 2012-14 Works/Exhibitions: Berlin Bike – a digital photographic project making a new statement about the historical status of Berlin in the modern world. Group Exhibition – Berlin Now, August 2012. Alone in the City – a digital photographic project inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper. Group Exhibition – RISD, December 2012. Living the Dream – a narrative short film adapted from an existing short story about “coming of age” dreams after an accidental cycling death of a young woman. Expecting Goodness Film Festival – March 2013. Sargent Homage – A photographic project based on the late 19th century portrait works of John Singer Sargent. Tissu de Femmes – a dance film project on the variety of roles played by women through time. Solo show with Sargent Homage – Margate, Kent, UK August 2013. Quittin’ Time – Film entry in the Jasper Second Act Film Festival – Currently underway: September 2013. A Rat’s Progress – Film Short based on Shakespeare’s Henry IV (Pt 1&2) for the Nickelodeon Theater’s Shakespeare Series: February 2014 Contact: r.hagell@gmail.com Site: ronhagell.com Cell: 917 216 2098

Terrance Henderson

Actor; Choreographer; Dancer; Director; Poet; Singer; Teacher / Instructor

An International award winning choreographer, Terrance has been the creative force behind Columbia’s own Vibrations Dance Company serving as Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer for over 10 years. Terrance is now also developing independent dance/theater projects under his personal brand T.O. Henderson Dance Incorporated (TO DANCE, Inc) with whom he is presenting his latest original work HOLE IN MY BUCKET: a perspective through dance image word and sound here at the 2013 Rogue Festival. Terrance was the 2009 Artist Fellow for the state in Dance Performance and later that same year received the BRONZE LEO AWARD for Outstanding Jazz Choreography at the Jazz Dance World Congress in Chicago- a first for a choreographer from South Carolina. A company member at Trustus Theater-South Carolina’s only professional theater, Terrance’s has served as choreographer and director for multiple productions and has been seen as a performer on the main-stage in such shows as Next to Normal, Passing Strange, Smokey Joes Cafe, Hair, and Rent. Terrance is also on the dance faculty at both Columbia Ballet School and Southeastern School of Ballet and has been the long-term artist in residence in the public schools at Logan Elementary where he has been teaching dance and drama now for 15 years.

The Hip Hop Geek

Director; Musician; Producer; Singer

Markos Hurtt, 22, is a Public Relations student at the University of South Carolina. After he graduates, he intends to use The Hip Hop Geek (LLC) to represent local hip hop performance and/or fashion centered businesses via brand management, image consulting, artist development. Other services include event planning and directing event operations. He wouldn’t talk the talk of he didn’t walk so if you’ve never heard a Geek rap, or if you’d like to do so again, consider booking The Hip Hop Geek as a performing act at your next function.

Leasharn M. Hopkins

Author / Writer; Director; Playwright

Leasharn is a native of Columbia, South Carolina. I am the author for over 20 full length plays and 4 original screenplay. I serve as the Artistic Director and Founder of New Life Productions, LLC. I am a freelance director and "script" doctor. I serve as the artistic advisor for 2 prison arts program. I am one of the coordinators and directors for the National Black Theatre Festival’s Readers Series Theatre. I have been considered for the John Simon Guggenheim Fellow in the Drama Category twice, the Princess Grace Fellow for Playwright, and the Rockefellar Foundation Artist Residency at Bellagio, Italy. In 2010, I received the Passing the Torch Award from the Renaissance Foundation. Currently, I am the SC Arts Commission’s Artist Residency for Literary Writing.

Shannon Ivey

Actor; Director; Film Maker; Producer; Storyteller; Teacher / Instructor; Visual Artist: Installation

Shannon Ivey, MFA, AEA, is an artist. She creates socially minded events and experiences with and for communities. She has spent over 25 years creating as an actress, director, activist, coach, facilitator, and educator. Many know her from her StorySlam events and performances. Ms. Ivey is also a Tedx Presenter. She holds an MFA in Acting from UNC Greensboro and a BA in Theatre from Mississippi University for Women. Ms. Ivey has over 23 years of professional and community experience facilitating workshops, directing or devising plays, musicals, and creating performative experiences for audiences of all ages. Ms. Ivey is the proud founder of the #whatshesaidproject, which uses first person storytelling to empower women of all ages. She facilitates Story Slams and other interactive experiences under that name. In 2018, Shannon collaborated with the City of Columbia and the Knight Foundation on an event that was facilitated at the SC State House steps called “36 questions” For more info: shannon-ivey.com

Erin Jaffe Bolshakov

Choreographer; Dancer; Director; Producer; Teacher / Instructor

Erin Jaffe Bolshakov Director, VISTA Ballroom Executive Director, Mad Hot Tango Marathon, Dancer Erin Jaffe Bolshakov grew up on the stage of the Koger Center dancing with the Columbia City Ballet. Remembered for her roles as Clara in the Nutcracker and Victoria in Dracula. In her high school years, Erin attended the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Professional Division. Under the coaching of Stanislav Issaev, Erin participated in two major International Ballet Competition, Jackson International Ballet Competition (Jackson, Mississippi), and Varna International Ballet Competition (Varna, Bulgaria), where she was a semi-finalist. Erin was also a Principal member of USC Dance, and danced professionally with Columbia Classical Ballet, where she was a Soloist in the company. In 2005 Erin founded and opened VISTA Ballroom, a studio specializing in Argentine Tango, Salsa, and Ballroom. Concentration on Argentine Tango, Erin has performed in Spoleto Festival with Quintango Orchestra, The SC Philharmonic, The Asheville Philharmonic, and many festivals through out the Southeast. Erin has also produced and directed her own Argentine Tango show, which has been performed in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia, and is the co-creator and Executive Director of the Mad Hot Tango Marathon, which is held annually, attracting Tango dancers from across the country and region. Most recently Erin was an invited guest performer during the National Democratic Convention, 2012, in Charlotte, NC, and was nominated by Jasper Magazine, as Artist of The Year, In Dance.

Jason Kendall

Author / Writer; Director; Film Maker; Musician; Producer; Teacher / Instructor; Visual Artist: Drawing Illustration; Visual Artist: Installation; Visual Artist: Mixed Media; Visual Artist: Photography

Kendallprojects was founded in late 1999 in response to the status of a project that I was working on during the first semester of my senior year at Ringling. The Arthor Suger projects needed to develop into a broader, more inclusive way of presenting my ideas. When each work became it’s own production under the heading, work by, “artist” Jason Kendall, with help from others, it made sense to put each endeavor under the heading “kendallprojects”. Since it’s official inception in 2000 with the launching of a rudimentary website that laid out the brief history of the projects, it has expanded to include a wider variety of both work and persons involved. Do to the nature of the medium of performance documentation, it was important for me to have people assist with the projects that I trusted, were proficient in their area of expertise, understood and shared the same vision for the work as I did.

Ruba Say

Actor; Author / Writer; Composer; Director; Musician; Poet; Producer; Singer; Storyteller; Teacher / Instructor

I’m Ruba (Pronounced RUBBA) Say…I’m primarily a singer/songwriter who performs on guitar either solo on acoustic or electric with my power trio Ruba Say And The Cosmic Rays…Our new CD :Ruba Say And The Cosmic Rays” is available locally in Columbia SC at Papa Jazz Records and Cosmic Rays bookstore…Online at RubaSayAndTheCosmicRays.com or CD Baby,Spotify,Pandora,Reverbnation,Soundcloud,BandCamp,etc,etc.

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