Warm up with some cool tunes by Madison’s own Tom Weismantel at this month’s Double Header art show.

Emmeline Elliott

Weismantel, a 2004 Madison High School graduate, will play a live solo performance Jan. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at The BrickHouse Community Arts Center, 106 S.E. 2nd St. The work of regional abstract artists Kevin Bierbaum and Angela Meyer will be displayed at the one-night event hosted by the Madison Area Arts Council. The Double Header art show is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

Weismantel, who now lives in Sioux Falls, has played instruments since middle school, focusing on the guitar, bass and analogue synthesizer. He has been writing and recording music for several years.

“I’m really looking forward to a nice night of art appreciation in my hometown. Art in all forms is important to me, and I’m very excited for the opportunity to promote art in Madison,” Weismantel said.

Local music fans may recognize him as part of the White Waves band. Before that, he played with Welcome to the Cinema for three years. As a solo act, Weistmantel has worked under the name Hippocampus for about 10 years.

“As far as solo performing goes, I have vowed to do my best to replicate the original mood I was in while creating each song as much as I can. I think this is key to good performance,” Weismantel said.

Weismantel will play a number of songs at the Double Header art show. He wrote most of the songs to be played with a full band, but has redone many of them as acoustic covers for solo performance.

Love and emotion is a recurring theme in Weismantel’s songs. Weismantel, who is a pharmacist, said the song “Medicine” is about the metaphor of love as a necessary medicine for everyone. He wrote about falling in love in his song “Shelves,” and “Tired When I’m Sleeping” is about accepting loneliness as a part of life.

Sioux Falls artist Kevin Bierbaum relates to everyday experiences as what inspires his paintings. He said a slight sense of coldness and tragedy is conveyed by his work.

Kevin Bierbaum

Bierbaum is exhibiting pieces at the Double Header art show that explore vertical shapes and composition. His materials include multiple types of paint, oil, acrylic, latex and spray paint.

Angela Meyer

MAAC meetings are held the first Thursday of every month at 6 p.m. at The BrickHouse Community Arts Center. Check out MAAC on Facebook and Twitter for more community art news and events.

We’re really excited about our next Double Header at The BrickHouse this January, as we’re eager to bring home Madison native, noted musician Tom Weismantel. Tom is known for being part of the powerhouse ‘Welcome to the Cinema‘ and now for ‘White Waves‘ and ‘Hippocampus‘, and he’ll be performing live with us for the first time.

Kevin Bierbaum

Also joining us at The BrickHouse will be regional abstract artists Angela Meyer and Kevin Bierbaum, who have been building themselves a well-earned and deserved reputation as artists to watch for in 2012, and we thought there would be no better way to kick off our year with these two hanging on our legendary walls.

Angela Meyer

All Double Headers are free and open for everyone to attend, amazing refreshments are always served, and we’ll look forward to packing the house again this January!

Double Header w/Meyer, Bierbaum and Weismantel

Wednesday, January 18th, 7-9pm

The BrickHouse Community Arts Center

Downtown Madison, 102 SE 2nd St