Third Thursday Art Night: Sonya Diimmler

As a member of the Vista Guild, the Koger Center for the Arts partnered with The Jasper Project to open a new rotating art space, titled The Nook, in celebration of Third Thursday Art Night. July 2026’s featured artist in The Nook is Sonya Diimmler. Join us for a free opening reception on July 16, 2026, from 5:30 - 7 p.m.!

Artist Biography
Award winning artist Sonya Diimmler paints colorful South Carolina lake and landscapes along with her favorite subject and muse her Bulldog Smedley. Sonya’s work has earned awards at the SC State Fair, Union County Arts Council and Crooked Creek Art League. Having just started painting in 2015, Sonya fell in love with the process and quickly began a daily painting practice. She continually seeks to improve through frequent workshops and has studied with Mary Bentz Gilkerson and Michael Story. In 2016 she joined the Crooked Creek Art League in Chapin where she served as Workshop Coordinator and President and remains an active member. She has participated in a number of community art projects including her popular “Ship of Drools” sailboat from The Arts Sail into Chapin project in 2019 as well as the colorful canine and feline portraits on the fence outside Chapin Veterinary Hospital on Columbia Avenue in Chapin, SC. Sonya now paints full time from her home studio in Prosperity, South Carolina.

You may also like the following events from Koger Center for the Arts:

• Next month, 20th March, 05:30 pm, Vista Art Night: Cait Maloney in Columbia
• This April, 10th April, 05:30 pm, Vista Art Night: Sarah Scruggs in Columbia
• This April, 28th April, 07:30 pm, World Ballet Company: Swan Lake with a LIVE Orchestra in Columbia

Also check out other Arts events in Columbia, Workshops in Columbia, Fine Arts events in Columbia.