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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.

Jane Brutto

Actor; Musician; Playwright; Producer; Singer; Teacher / Instructor

Television/Film Food Lion Excited Shopper Oasis Films Third on a Match Aunt Margaret Natural Wonders Productions The Lift Wife ERI Safety Videos The Display Center Customer Zero Gravity Productions First Citizens Bank Teller Mad Monkey Productions Kids and Safety Julie ERI Safety Videos One Tree Hill ER Nurse Tollin/Robbins Productions Chemically Safe Plant Worker ERI Safety Videos Blue Cross Blue Shield Server/VO Announcer Zero Gravity Productions DHEC-Flu PSA Nurse Snipe Hunt Productions Safety’s Most Wanted Mother ERI Safety Videos Robert’s Music Host CableVantage Productions The Jeff Roper Show Co-Host/Traffic Clearchannel/WACH Fox TV Theater JB Productions, LLC Artistic Director Various public and private venues Annie, Get Your Gun Dolly Tate Town Theatre Cinderella Fairy Godmother Columbia Children’s Theatre Dearly Beloved Frankie Chapin Community Theatre A Murder is Announced Phillipa Chapin Community Theatre Steel Magnolias Annelle Village Square Theatre Best Christmas Pageant Ever Mrs. Bradley Village Square Theatre Moon Over Buffalo Eileen Chapin Community Theatre Scrambled Eggs Eggberta Village Square Theatre Anybody for Tea? Birdie Village Square Theatre The Pajama Game Poopsie Village Square Theatre The Foreigner Alma Asheville Community Theatre Gypsy Tessie Tura Asheville Community Theatre Radio/Voiceover St. Andrews Women’s Club Bridal Show Announcer Wingard’s Nursery Announcer The Yard Store Announcer Blue Cross Blue Shield Announcer Inner City Radio Announcer/Principal/Supporting CableVantage Announcer/Principal/Supporting Clearchannel Radio Traffic/Announcer/Principal/Supporting Procomm Studios Announcer/Principal/Supporting Print Media S.C. Dept. of Agriculture Shrimp Lady Dressler Photography DHEC-Flu pamphlets Nurse Snipe Hunt Productions Beacon Blankets Wife Beacon Productions Other Cinderella Musical Director Columbia Children’s Theatre Various Drama Coach Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission But Why Bump Off Barnaby? Director Chapin Community Theatre Dearly Beloved Musical Director Chapin Community Theatre The Gift of the Magi Director Village Square Theatre Best Christmas Pageant Ever Director/Musical Dir. Village Square Theatre Augusta Baker Storytelling Fest. Storyteller Richland County Public Library Education/Training/Skills B.M.-Choral Music-U.S.C.; M. Ed., Columbia College; Governor’s School for the Arts-voice; vocal-lyric soprano; private vocal instruction; tap, basic jazz, modern and ballroom dance; instrumental-general keyboard and various percussion; dialects-authentic southern, general-New York, Midwest, British, Cockney, French; aerobics, weights, kayaking, biking, beginning kickboxing, roller skating; licensed driver-automatic and manual; S.C. Teacher’s Certification-K-12 Choral Music

Charles Curtis

Actor; Musician; Playwright

Charles Curtis is a professional musician, actor, and playwright. He began his professional career in music at the age of 12, where he fell in love with performing. Since that time, Mr. Curtis’ credits include being one of 28-featured playwrights at the 2011 National Black Theatre Festival’s Series of New Plays, with that same work premiering on the campus of Winthrop University in January 2012. He has also earned performance credits in local and regional opera, musicals, and stage plays. Curtis has earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Voice Performance from Presbyterian College prior to his graduate studies in Music and Counseling at the University of South Carolina. Outside of the performing world, Curtis has studied and lectured on the use of Hip Hop in teaching life skills and as an alternative to traditional talk therapy.

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.

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.

Eugene Washington

Author / Writer; Film Maker; Playwright; Teacher / Instructor

Gene Washington Productions produce original stage plays, documentary and feature films, and Mr. Washington teaches Creative Writing & Public Speaking.

EUGENE WASHINGTON

Actor; Author / Writer; Film Maker; Playwright

I have written and produced 4 plays at the Koger Center for the Arts – my proudest having been "The Modjeska Simpkins Story" – which chronicled the life of the Civil Rights icon. I’m the author of one book, "Love has everything to do with it," which challenges men to become advocates against domestic violence. I wrote, directed and produced the documentary film, "The Hallowed Halls" which tells the great story of how 3 Midlands segregation-era institutions (Lakeview, Booker T. Washington & C.A. Johnson High Schools)produced model citizens.

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