October 4, 2011

The 48-hour Vinyl Art show came to a close on Friday, Sept. 30, at Cafe Berlin in downtown Columbia after raising more than $1,300 for the Hair Hole.

Before the art auction began, community members were encouraged to browse through the pieces while different acoustic acts performed.

“It’s been crazy fun,” attendee Sarah Ng said. “I think that people who come to an art show like this from the start to the end get the best experience.”

Forty-eight different artists participated in the event, in which they could make any type of art they wanted to as long as they incorporated a record that was supplied to them, which lead to many different pieces. Everything from clocks, to paintings, to masks, to sculptures and even a lamp was on display and put up for auction at the end of the night Friday.

“It was great,” event coordinator Amanda Rainey said. “It was a 48-hour event and we got 48 artists to do it, so that was a lot of people, and we actually ended up selling all, but maybe four, of the pieces, and the total from all of the bids was $972.”

Rainey, who first became involved with the Hair Hole through their 48-hour band competition in 2010, coordinated the 48-hour Vinyl Art Show using unused records that her band, Comfort Zone, made.

Fellow Comfort Zone member Emily Downing used her creativity by turning a record into jewelry.

“I really did not foresee myself going into the ‘Crafternoon’ and leaving having made jewelry,” Downing said. “I never have considered myself an artist by any means — painting, drawing, anything. I kind of have the level of a kindergartner on that scale, so I considered it in more practical terms. I felt that I wouldn’t be able to create a piece that someone would want to hang in their living room.”

Each artist received an invitation made out of a record with all of the information and a record to use in their piece.

“It’s really funny as people were coming in to bring their art, I took pictures of them holding their piece, and it’s funny how much the art looks like those people,” Rainey said, whose own piece was a fabric quilt incorporating both floppy disks and records.

Each artist was contacted about the event through word of mouth, giving this fundraiser a more intimate and personal atmosphere.

“They are a close-knit bunch,” Ng said. “The way they interact, even though they are so different, is great. They support one another no matter what, which makes an interesting dynamic. They are an amazingly different group of people, and when they came together they did something great.”

The next 48-hour event to benefit the Hair Hole might be seen in the future, but not too soon, Rainey said.

“I would like to do this again, but not for like a year,” Rainey said. “Right now I’m excited because Comfort Zone is playing again.”

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