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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

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.

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.

Dick Goodwin

Composer; Musician; Producer; Teacher / Instructor; Music Arranger

Gordon (Dick) Goodwin holds a doctorate in composition from the University of Texas where he taught theory and composition and ran the jazz program (which he initiated) for nine years. In 1973 he moved to the University of South Carolina to head the Theory-Composition-History area, conduct the University Orchestra, and write music for the USC athletic bands (half-time shows, etc.). His compositions in virtually every idiom from jingle to opera, jazz band to orchestra, have been performed across the United States and abroad. Dr. Goodwin is active as a performer (fifteen foreign and numerous domestic concerts and tours with his jazz quintet and big band) and as a recording studio composer-performer-producer, and he is a Yamaha Trumpet Artist. Goodwin was the recipient of the 2001 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Individual Artist Award, the highest honor given in the arts by the State of South Carolina. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at USC.

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

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.

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.

Gregg Pinner

Producer

President/CEO of the West Metro Chamber of Commerce & visitor Center in Cayce/West Columbia

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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