Along with weavers, ceramicists and jewelers, workers in wood are the redheaded step-children of art. Why? From the earliest days of mankind, wood workers have been an essential part of the survival of the race. They made the tools, the homes, the forts, the weapons, the stuff of daily life and what thanks have they gotten, a turned up nose by those who practice Fine Art.
It wasn’t always this way; centuries past the wood workers were in high demand, their art valued along with gold and sliver smiths.
So what happened?
It could be the wonders of modern machinery have caused a slighting of the wood workers art; a press or a lathe makes it all look so easy. But the real trick to the Dremel magic is in the hand behind the tool. Just because it looks easy is no reason to think it is easy. Try making a filigree screen from a panel of expensive hard wood, knowing that one mistake sends the whole piece into the fire place. That’ll make your hand shake.
What about our wood carvers who model the birds and animals we live with? If they hadn’t come along and sharpened their chisels we’d have a hard time imagining a Dodo or a Passenger Pigeon. Illustrations are wonderful and necessary, but to grasp the subject, you’ll forgive the choice of words, three dimensions are the ticket.
Even the seemingly simple task of turning a bowl takes more magic than the conjurer’s trick, it takes a steady hand and a sharp eye and more than one ruined blank to catch the lightning. Every try to eat ice cream without a bowl, no ice cream, you’re eating healthy these days. Guess you found a way to have salad on a stick.
Our wood workers labor in obscurity. They know there’s magic in the task they do, they hope the rest of us can see that when the finished product is put on display and every now and then a craftsman dreams of making art. Charles Tatum worked in wood and the sculptures he made are destined for the Smithsonian, not at all bad for a redheaded step-child.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Real Artists Sculpt
I told Your Holiness that painting is not my art – Michelangelo
Real artists sculpt, at least that’s what Michelangelo thought and he told Pope Leo so repeatedly.
So why then do we see so few sculptors? There are watercolorists by the flock, more oil guys than BP and print makers lurk behind every press, but sculpting? You could shoot a cannon across the South Coast without hitting a single one.
And the shame of it is that we have so many tolls that the artists of yester year never dreamt of, modeling clay which does not harden even if left exposed for weeks, plastics which can be mixed in the studio and poured into a mold on the spot giving a living sculpture in minutes instead of months. We have armatures of every size and for every creature, man or beast, we have specialized waxes made for both casting and working, we have tools which will cut marble like butter instead of the chisel and hammer and sweat equity.
Why then are there so few sculptors? Could the demand have passed along with towering cathedrals and the Black Death? If there is no more fear of hell have we lost the love of art? Has the image of the human body in our jaded age become just so much three dimensional pornography? Have we turned away from our very selves to things less threatening so that our art can be soothing and safe?
But art isn’t safe and shouldn’t be, art asks the questions we hide behind the drapes and only bring out when the dark of night protects our fears. And art embraces all of its forms. Print making, collage, watercolor, oil, pastel and yes, even sculpture.
And the kids know it. We see more sculpture every other year in the Visions show at the Coos Art museum. That’s because the lids don’t know that sculpture is scary, they dive right in, go for the throat, shoot the wad, they do nudes.
Oh I know there’s that work again and maybe that is at the heart of the vanishing sculpture, we don’t do sculpture because it’s naked. It tells more about the artist than about the subject. Take a look at a Michelangelo and then at Rodin, Michelangelo caresses the marble with a lover’s touch coaxing the image for cold stone and turning it into flesh so real you turn away because it is too intimate. Rodin attacks the bronze like his sculpture; Large Torso of a Man, the muscles twist, the tendons strain, the body arched begging for release forced into the metal, frozen for all time. One is love the other force and all of it is sculpture, spilling the secrets of its creator for the world and time.
Maybe the day of sculpture has passed, the great, grand cathedrals of Europe are all built, The Donald cares more about his wives than about sculpture, images fill our every hour with flickering, fluttering butterflies of mist and smoke, and temples do not rise nor Gods walk when men forget their art.
Real artists sculpt, at least that’s what Michelangelo thought and he told Pope Leo so repeatedly.
So why then do we see so few sculptors? There are watercolorists by the flock, more oil guys than BP and print makers lurk behind every press, but sculpting? You could shoot a cannon across the South Coast without hitting a single one.
And the shame of it is that we have so many tolls that the artists of yester year never dreamt of, modeling clay which does not harden even if left exposed for weeks, plastics which can be mixed in the studio and poured into a mold on the spot giving a living sculpture in minutes instead of months. We have armatures of every size and for every creature, man or beast, we have specialized waxes made for both casting and working, we have tools which will cut marble like butter instead of the chisel and hammer and sweat equity.
Why then are there so few sculptors? Could the demand have passed along with towering cathedrals and the Black Death? If there is no more fear of hell have we lost the love of art? Has the image of the human body in our jaded age become just so much three dimensional pornography? Have we turned away from our very selves to things less threatening so that our art can be soothing and safe?
But art isn’t safe and shouldn’t be, art asks the questions we hide behind the drapes and only bring out when the dark of night protects our fears. And art embraces all of its forms. Print making, collage, watercolor, oil, pastel and yes, even sculpture.
And the kids know it. We see more sculpture every other year in the Visions show at the Coos Art museum. That’s because the lids don’t know that sculpture is scary, they dive right in, go for the throat, shoot the wad, they do nudes.
Oh I know there’s that work again and maybe that is at the heart of the vanishing sculpture, we don’t do sculpture because it’s naked. It tells more about the artist than about the subject. Take a look at a Michelangelo and then at Rodin, Michelangelo caresses the marble with a lover’s touch coaxing the image for cold stone and turning it into flesh so real you turn away because it is too intimate. Rodin attacks the bronze like his sculpture; Large Torso of a Man, the muscles twist, the tendons strain, the body arched begging for release forced into the metal, frozen for all time. One is love the other force and all of it is sculpture, spilling the secrets of its creator for the world and time.
Maybe the day of sculpture has passed, the great, grand cathedrals of Europe are all built, The Donald cares more about his wives than about sculpture, images fill our every hour with flickering, fluttering butterflies of mist and smoke, and temples do not rise nor Gods walk when men forget their art.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Painters who are entering work in the July-- Gallery by the Bay plein air show--- I need the Titles and Media information immediately so they can make name tags for the show. Please e-mail them to me THIS WEEK. :) Thank you!
Paintings due in North Bend on July 2nd.
Ava
p.s. We need more work so please participate if you can. Reception is Art Walk night.. Thursday, July 8th
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Hello Everyone,
This coming Monday, June 28th we will be painting at McKemy's Dogwood Ranch, 90600 Hwy 42 S, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Please bring your lunch and a beverage.
It is 4.4 miles east of Bandon on Hwy 42S, going toward Coquille. The driveway is on the right hand side of the highway and goes up the hill, it is the first house on the right as you go up the hill. There is a sign by the driveway that says Dogwood Ranch.
Hope to see you there.
Ava
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Art Information:
New Art Gallery in our area:
Whistling Gallery, 5 miles south of Bandon on Hwy 101 (West side), across the road from the Bull of the Woods Myrtlewood Factory. Open Thursday thru Monday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Original art by local artists, and consignment offered for artists interested in showing their work. Please call owner, Vickie Eichelberger for more information at 541-404-7336.
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*Change of Deadline --extended 'til
Friday July 9th, 2010-- Deadline to turn in Registration Sheet
to participate in Free Plein Air Paint Out prior to the Maritime Art Show Opening, Dinner and Auction, July 17th.
Coos Art Museum
234 Anderson, Coos Bay 541-267-3901 http://www.coosart.org
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Oil Painting Workshops with Hope Stevenson at 2nd Street Gallery
Monday - Friday, July 19 - 23, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
This workshop is designed for artists of all levels to experiment with painting with a palette knife and oils. Workshop includes color theory, demonstrations and painting plein air.
There are still a few openings left. For more information and to register please contact 2nd Street Gallery in Bandon. 541-347-4133
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Sage Gallery June/July Classes 541-329-0103 to pre-register
Pine Needle Baskets Saturday, June 26th, 12:30-4:30 p.m. $70
Kelp Basket Class TBA, wait-list forming
Stained Glass 6 week session, Tues, July 6th, 2:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. $105
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Art 101
Free Art Workshops, all ages welcome. Join the Washed Ashore project. Tuesday and Thursday 6-9 p.m. Saturday 2-5 p.m.
541-347-9123
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Friday, June 18, 2010, for two weeks
Bandon Coffee Cafe
Features ecological mosaics by Arkus.
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2Loons in Old Town Bandon
Featuring works by Donna Cox.
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Thursday, July 1, 2010 Pick up work from the Pelican Show at Southern Coos Hospital.
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Friday, July 2, 2010 through Sunday, July 11, 2010
HarborTown Center on Chicago St. in Old Town Bandon
2nd Annual Bandon Grand Salon
Artists' Reception/ party/dance on Friday night the 2nd, 7- 11 p.m.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 1-3 p.m.
Southern Coos Hospital, Bandon
Artists' Reception for "A Fine Sensibility"
Features works of Kimberly Wurster, Steven Thor Johanneson, Janet Tarjan Erl, and Steven Abbott.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 8 - 9:00 a.m.
New River
Photography Guided Walk with wildlife photographers Lois Miller and Knute Andersson.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 9 - 10:00 a.m.
New River
Field Sketching Journal Guided Walk with Ava Richey.
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Paintings due in North Bend on July 2nd.
Ava
p.s. We need more work so please participate if you can. Reception is Art Walk night.. Thursday, July 8th
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Hello Everyone,
This coming Monday, June 28th we will be painting at McKemy's Dogwood Ranch, 90600 Hwy 42 S, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Please bring your lunch and a beverage.
It is 4.4 miles east of Bandon on Hwy 42S, going toward Coquille. The driveway is on the right hand side of the highway and goes up the hill, it is the first house on the right as you go up the hill. There is a sign by the driveway that says Dogwood Ranch.
Hope to see you there.
Ava
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Art Information:
New Art Gallery in our area:
Whistling Gallery, 5 miles south of Bandon on Hwy 101 (West side), across the road from the Bull of the Woods Myrtlewood Factory. Open Thursday thru Monday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Original art by local artists, and consignment offered for artists interested in showing their work. Please call owner, Vickie Eichelberger for more information at 541-404-7336.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
*Change of Deadline --extended 'til
Friday July 9th, 2010-- Deadline to turn in Registration Sheet
to participate in Free Plein Air Paint Out prior to the Maritime Art Show Opening, Dinner and Auction, July 17th.
Coos Art Museum
234 Anderson, Coos Bay 541-267-3901 http://www.coosart.org
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oil Painting Workshops with Hope Stevenson at 2nd Street Gallery
Monday - Friday, July 19 - 23, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
This workshop is designed for artists of all levels to experiment with painting with a palette knife and oils. Workshop includes color theory, demonstrations and painting plein air.
There are still a few openings left. For more information and to register please contact 2nd Street Gallery in Bandon. 541-347-4133
---------------------------------------------------
Sage Gallery June/July Classes 541-329-0103 to pre-register
Pine Needle Baskets Saturday, June 26th, 12:30-4:30 p.m. $70
Kelp Basket Class TBA, wait-list forming
Stained Glass 6 week session, Tues, July 6th, 2:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. $105
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Art 101
Free Art Workshops, all ages welcome. Join the Washed Ashore project. Tuesday and Thursday 6-9 p.m. Saturday 2-5 p.m.
541-347-9123
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Friday, June 18, 2010, for two weeks
Bandon Coffee Cafe
Features ecological mosaics by Arkus.
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2Loons in Old Town Bandon
Featuring works by Donna Cox.
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Thursday, July 1, 2010 Pick up work from the Pelican Show at Southern Coos Hospital.
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Friday, July 2, 2010 through Sunday, July 11, 2010
HarborTown Center on Chicago St. in Old Town Bandon
2nd Annual Bandon Grand Salon
Artists' Reception/ party/dance on Friday night the 2nd, 7- 11 p.m.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 1-3 p.m.
Southern Coos Hospital, Bandon
Artists' Reception for "A Fine Sensibility"
Features works of Kimberly Wurster, Steven Thor Johanneson, Janet Tarjan Erl, and Steven Abbott.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 8 - 9:00 a.m.
New River
Photography Guided Walk with wildlife photographers Lois Miller and Knute Andersson.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 9 - 10:00 a.m.
New River
Field Sketching Journal Guided Walk with Ava Richey.
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Filthy Dirty Fun
Time to send the kids out of the room because we’re going to talk about a really dirty subject, pottery, no, it doesn’t come with stripper poles or blonde starlets forgetting to be lady-like as the struggle out of a limousine, it’s down and dirty and you’d better come prepared to sling the dirt cause ya can’t make pots without getting your hands dirty.
The real truth is there is something very basic to the human animal about pottery. Back at the dawn of time our ancestors made pots for survival. It’s hard to carry water in a woven basket. You can’t really live by the water unless you happen to be in a geographical area where there is water and besides there are things out there in the water that take one look at a tender human and think, “buffet!”
Pots were the answer. Made of non-porous material they offered a way to take water from the source and carry it back to where a campfire could hold back the dark. Just think of the wild luxury of not having to run down to the river first thing in the morning to brush your teeth or wash your face.
It didn’t take long for art to creep in, a plain pot is pretty much like any other pot and after all of the trouble you went to, to make it why would you want some other Neanderthal taking credit for it, but if all pots looked alike how could you support your claim? The first design was like mom sewing your name in your Jockeys for camp, this is mine and you keep your hand off it.
The reward of decorating your pot went far beyond just ownership. Even the tiniest fragment tells the archeologist the details of your life generations after you have gone. So Art not only provides proof of purchase, it passes your legacy through time.
But if you don’t get your hands dirty what will the Indiana Jones of the future do? They’ll become stamp collectors and you wouldn’t want to be responsible for leading a boy down the road to a lifetime of philately, would you? So make your mark on history, keep the youth safe from idle hands and give Art a boost, go throw a pot.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
"It's Pastel!"
National Juried Exhibition (Posted: 4/1/10) -- The Pastel Society of New Hampshire announces a call to artists for its annual national juried exhibition, to be held September 18 - October 30, 2010 at the Discover Portsmouth Center Gallery in Portsmouth, NH. Awards: $5,000+. $1,000 Best of Show. Juror of Selection: Robert Carsten, PSA. Juror of Awards: Kim Lordier, PSA. Open to all artists in the United States. Artists may enter up to 3 digital images. Work must be original soft pastels only. (No less than 80%). No oil pastels. No classroom or workshop work allowed. Paintings must be completed after January 1, 2008. All paintings must be for sale. Members $35 / Non-Members $45. Deadline: July 20, 2010. Visit website for prospectus, or send a SASE to: Sally Gordon Shea, 33 Pebble Beach Drive, Bedford, NH 03110. Questions? Please contact Sally Gordon Shea at sallygordonshea@yahoo.com or call (603) 624-6661.
Monday, June 21, 2010
THINKING AHEAD
Artists are preoccupied with being in the NOW, they have to be, any break in concentration and the image they have labored over for so long goes up if not in smoke at least in smudged colors and muddy pigment.
But by being so focused we forget that planning can make our lives as artists richer and (take the children from the room, I’m going to use the I-word), income!
That’s right, income, a thing no artist should be without. How, you ask, can thinking ahead make me money? My art does that and besides I wouldn’t compromise my gift by trying to become commercial. Why should you?
You work hard and do the best job you cam you take classes and attend workshops and spend endless hours in the studio perfecting your craft so why should you change what you are doing?
You shouldn’t, but you should take a second and maybe even a third look. If the work you have done is as good as you think it is then why wouldn’t someone want to buy it? There are many reasons, but one of them might be space. There’s never enough space in any house for all of the treasures one can collect over a lifetime. Just last weekend a lady viewing the Expressions West show at the Coos Art Museum sighed and said to herself, “if I only had the house for this I’d but half of them.”
What you don’t want to buy a patron a house? Why not give them what they want, but in a smaller package? Oh sure, should I run the canvas through the washer on hot? No, you should have, by now, gotten a Giclee made of all of your work, remember I suggested that back in March? So if you did, now’s the time to put it to work. Make up cards for the holidays!
I never plan that far ahead. But you should, the coming months are full of seasonal occasions when a card is just the right thing to remind a pal that you are thinking of them. Just look at the two big ones, Christmas and Halloween.
What you think New England has a lock on the holidays? Just because Currier and Ives has made a fortune out of sleds and snow, who says West Coast artists have to go into hiding when the leaves start to fall. If you’re a humorous sort then put Santa of the beach, surfboard or in a wetsuit. If you’re serious we West Coasties have leaves when the New Englanders have nothing but sticks. But you are an artist and have all sorts of creative ideas, put them to work and while you’re at it take a look at what you’ve done, maybe there’s a holiday scene to be had if you just think about it.
When the tourists go home and the winds howl are you going to be locked in your studio pining for warmer days or out in a gallery selling to the holiday trade?
But by being so focused we forget that planning can make our lives as artists richer and (take the children from the room, I’m going to use the I-word), income!
That’s right, income, a thing no artist should be without. How, you ask, can thinking ahead make me money? My art does that and besides I wouldn’t compromise my gift by trying to become commercial. Why should you?
You work hard and do the best job you cam you take classes and attend workshops and spend endless hours in the studio perfecting your craft so why should you change what you are doing?
You shouldn’t, but you should take a second and maybe even a third look. If the work you have done is as good as you think it is then why wouldn’t someone want to buy it? There are many reasons, but one of them might be space. There’s never enough space in any house for all of the treasures one can collect over a lifetime. Just last weekend a lady viewing the Expressions West show at the Coos Art Museum sighed and said to herself, “if I only had the house for this I’d but half of them.”
What you don’t want to buy a patron a house? Why not give them what they want, but in a smaller package? Oh sure, should I run the canvas through the washer on hot? No, you should have, by now, gotten a Giclee made of all of your work, remember I suggested that back in March? So if you did, now’s the time to put it to work. Make up cards for the holidays!
I never plan that far ahead. But you should, the coming months are full of seasonal occasions when a card is just the right thing to remind a pal that you are thinking of them. Just look at the two big ones, Christmas and Halloween.
What you think New England has a lock on the holidays? Just because Currier and Ives has made a fortune out of sleds and snow, who says West Coast artists have to go into hiding when the leaves start to fall. If you’re a humorous sort then put Santa of the beach, surfboard or in a wetsuit. If you’re serious we West Coasties have leaves when the New Englanders have nothing but sticks. But you are an artist and have all sorts of creative ideas, put them to work and while you’re at it take a look at what you’ve done, maybe there’s a holiday scene to be had if you just think about it.
When the tourists go home and the winds howl are you going to be locked in your studio pining for warmer days or out in a gallery selling to the holiday trade?
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Ava Richey's Art Update
Art information follows this announcement.
Hello Everyone,
This coming Monday, June 21st, the plein air group will paint at Devil's Kitchen Wayside, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. It is on Beach Loop Drive farther south than Face Rock pullout.
It is the driveway immediately south of Saturn Lane. See map below. There are picnic tables in the trees below, and a restroom next to the parking lot. See map below.
I won't be able to be there Monday. You all have fun painting!
Thanks,
Ava
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Art Information:
Saturday, June 19, 2010-- Deadline to turn in Registration Sheet
to participate in Free Plein Air Paint Out prior to the Maritime Art Show Opening, Dinner and Auction, July 17th.
Coos Art Museum
234 Anderson, Coos Bay 541-267-3901 http://www.coosart.org
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 -- Deadline for entries of existing poems/prose and artwork that will inspire the work done in the second round. 2010 Artist and Writers Exchange Show
Works will show at Southern Coos Hospital Oct-December.
Second deadline for the Inspired writing and paintings will be September 15th.
Contact Ava Richey for more information and entry. yarnfarm@harborside.com or 541-347-4643
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Oil Painting Workshops with Hope Stevenson at 2nd Street Gallery
Monday - Friday, June 21- 25, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
Monday - Friday, July 19 - 23, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
This workshop is designed for artists of all levels to experiment with painting with a palette knife and oils. Workshop includes color theory, demonstrations and painting plein air.
There are still a few openings left. For more information and to register please contact 2nd Street Gallery in Bandon. 541-347-4133
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Sage Gallery June/July Classes 541-329-0103 to pre-register
Agate Wrap Wed. June 23rd, 6 -9 p.m. $35
Pine Needle Baskets Saturday, June 26th, 12:30-4:30 p.m. $70
Kelp Basket Class TBA, wait-list forming
Stained Glass 6 week session, Tues, July 6th, 2:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. $105
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Art 101
Free Art Workshops, all ages welcome. Join the Washed Ashore project. Tuesday and Thursday 6-9 p.m. Saturday 2-5 p.m.
541-347-9123
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Friday, June 18, 2010, for two weeks
Bandon Coffee Cafe
Features ecological mosaics by Arkus.
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2Loons in Old Town Bandon
Featuring works by Donna Cox.
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Thursday, July 1, 2010 Pick up work from the Pelican Show at Southern Coos Hospital.
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Friday, July 2, 2010 through Sunday, July 11, 2010
HarborTown Center on Chicago St. in Old Town Bandon
2nd Annual Bandon Grand Salon
Artists' Reception/ party/dance on Friday night the 2nd.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 1-3 p.m.
Southern Coos Hospital, Bandon
Artists' Reception for "A Fine Sensibility"
Features works of Kimberly Wurster, Steven Thor Johanneson, Janet Tarjan Erl, and Steven Abbott.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 8 - 9:00 a.m.
New River
Photography Guided Walk with wildlife photographers Lois Miller and Knute Andersson.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 9 - 10:00 a.m.
New River
Field Sketching Journal Guided Walk with Ava Richey.
Hello Everyone,
This coming Monday, June 21st, the plein air group will paint at Devil's Kitchen Wayside, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. It is on Beach Loop Drive farther south than Face Rock pullout.
It is the driveway immediately south of Saturn Lane. See map below. There are picnic tables in the trees below, and a restroom next to the parking lot. See map below.
I won't be able to be there Monday. You all have fun painting!
Thanks,
Ava
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Art Information:
Saturday, June 19, 2010-- Deadline to turn in Registration Sheet
to participate in Free Plein Air Paint Out prior to the Maritime Art Show Opening, Dinner and Auction, July 17th.
Coos Art Museum
234 Anderson, Coos Bay 541-267-3901 http://www.coosart.org
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 -- Deadline for entries of existing poems/prose and artwork that will inspire the work done in the second round. 2010 Artist and Writers Exchange Show
Works will show at Southern Coos Hospital Oct-December.
Second deadline for the Inspired writing and paintings will be September 15th.
Contact Ava Richey for more information and entry. yarnfarm@harborside.com or 541-347-4643
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Oil Painting Workshops with Hope Stevenson at 2nd Street Gallery
Monday - Friday, June 21- 25, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
Monday - Friday, July 19 - 23, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
This workshop is designed for artists of all levels to experiment with painting with a palette knife and oils. Workshop includes color theory, demonstrations and painting plein air.
There are still a few openings left. For more information and to register please contact 2nd Street Gallery in Bandon. 541-347-4133
---------------------------------------------------
Sage Gallery June/July Classes 541-329-0103 to pre-register
Agate Wrap Wed. June 23rd, 6 -9 p.m. $35
Pine Needle Baskets Saturday, June 26th, 12:30-4:30 p.m. $70
Kelp Basket Class TBA, wait-list forming
Stained Glass 6 week session, Tues, July 6th, 2:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. $105
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Art 101
Free Art Workshops, all ages welcome. Join the Washed Ashore project. Tuesday and Thursday 6-9 p.m. Saturday 2-5 p.m.
541-347-9123
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Friday, June 18, 2010, for two weeks
Bandon Coffee Cafe
Features ecological mosaics by Arkus.
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2Loons in Old Town Bandon
Featuring works by Donna Cox.
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Thursday, July 1, 2010 Pick up work from the Pelican Show at Southern Coos Hospital.
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Friday, July 2, 2010 through Sunday, July 11, 2010
HarborTown Center on Chicago St. in Old Town Bandon
2nd Annual Bandon Grand Salon
Artists' Reception/ party/dance on Friday night the 2nd.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 1-3 p.m.
Southern Coos Hospital, Bandon
Artists' Reception for "A Fine Sensibility"
Features works of Kimberly Wurster, Steven Thor Johanneson, Janet Tarjan Erl, and Steven Abbott.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 8 - 9:00 a.m.
New River
Photography Guided Walk with wildlife photographers Lois Miller and Knute Andersson.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010 9 - 10:00 a.m.
New River
Field Sketching Journal Guided Walk with Ava Richey.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Call to Artists Easy Lane Frames & Select Art Gallery
Plan now to enter the August-September show entitled: "Endless Summer”. This show is open to anyone to enter with two-dimensional or three-dimensional artwork. All mediums are welcome including prints and photographs. What is it that you love about that time of year? Which colors represent that time of the year? Can you depict that in a piece of artwork? Work should be delivered to the gallery on Friday, August 6th from 10:00-1:00 PM or Monday, August 9th from 10:00-5:00 PM. Gallery visitors will vote for the Best of Show. That person will win a gift certificate for work at the gallery.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Summer is Sizzling at Easy Lane Frames
We have had a great response to our current featured show: “One of My Favorites”. This display showcases a piece of artwork that happens to be a favorite of the artist who created it. The artists took the time to tell the reason that the piece is one of their favorites. Their quote is on the artwork tag so that all of the gallery viewers can have the artists’ insight into the piece. We are asking the viewers to write a comment in general about the show or to a specific artist. Those comments will be shared with everyone displaying in the show. It is not too late to take in this show. You have until July 6th to see this show.
Our featured show for July will be the work of new gallery artist, Jean Kyle. Jean was an elementary teacher in Coos Bay until retiring a few years ago. She has taken up her watercolors with a passion. Jean took first place in the watercolor division of the BAAA juried show this year with her “Tale of Two Cities” painting of the North Bend Hotel and Broiler. Jean has taken classes from Barbara Mahon, Jane Snoddy, Donna Wright and Fred Vasser. She has a vibrant pallet and is a master at negative painting. Come and view some of her latest work and welcome her to the gallery. Many of her new pieces have originated with a pour which she then brings into focus. Her work is exciting and full of life. This show will open for ArtWalk on July 8th and be featured until August 10th.
We have two exciting workshops coming up in July:
“Making Silk Paper” instructed by Liz Brende. This workshop will be on Thursday,
July 8th from 1:00-3:30 PM. The cost is only $40. Most materials will be provided with a small supplementary list provided at the gallery. Workshop participants will create paper made from colorful silk fibers. From this paper many things can be created including wall hangings, purses, scrapbooking pieces and collages.
“Lean Under Fat/Fat Over Lean” an introduction to Oil Painting Techniques taught by F. Gary Ostrom. This workshop is Tuesday, July 27th from 1:00-5:00 PM for only $25. This includes most of your supplies. What a deal! Gary will cover topics like: Why Oils, working safely with oils, the fat over lean rule, plein aire and quick sketching, lights and shadows all with practical demonstrations and guided practice.
Stop by the gallery to sign up for both of these workshops as soon as possible as they will fill up quickly. Pick up your supply list at that time.
Our featured show for July will be the work of new gallery artist, Jean Kyle. Jean was an elementary teacher in Coos Bay until retiring a few years ago. She has taken up her watercolors with a passion. Jean took first place in the watercolor division of the BAAA juried show this year with her “Tale of Two Cities” painting of the North Bend Hotel and Broiler. Jean has taken classes from Barbara Mahon, Jane Snoddy, Donna Wright and Fred Vasser. She has a vibrant pallet and is a master at negative painting. Come and view some of her latest work and welcome her to the gallery. Many of her new pieces have originated with a pour which she then brings into focus. Her work is exciting and full of life. This show will open for ArtWalk on July 8th and be featured until August 10th.
We have two exciting workshops coming up in July:
“Making Silk Paper” instructed by Liz Brende. This workshop will be on Thursday,
July 8th from 1:00-3:30 PM. The cost is only $40. Most materials will be provided with a small supplementary list provided at the gallery. Workshop participants will create paper made from colorful silk fibers. From this paper many things can be created including wall hangings, purses, scrapbooking pieces and collages.
“Lean Under Fat/Fat Over Lean” an introduction to Oil Painting Techniques taught by F. Gary Ostrom. This workshop is Tuesday, July 27th from 1:00-5:00 PM for only $25. This includes most of your supplies. What a deal! Gary will cover topics like: Why Oils, working safely with oils, the fat over lean rule, plein aire and quick sketching, lights and shadows all with practical demonstrations and guided practice.
Stop by the gallery to sign up for both of these workshops as soon as possible as they will fill up quickly. Pick up your supply list at that time.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
AWE
There's just over a week to get your entry in for the 2010 Artists and Writers Exchange. Now how can you pass up the opportunity to make some other artist squirm? Just think your cleverly written words given to some poor, unsuspecting painter and left with the awesome challenge of capturing your images in paint! And what about you painters? Can you imagine some writer pondering, peering, studying your masterpiece and wondering "How in the hell do I write about this?" It can happen, but only if you get your submission in by the 23rd of June. Don't be left out in the cold, get in touch with Ava Richey. Then when the show opens people with gasp, cry, revel in your work and tremble at the thought of matching wits with you.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Printmaking Exhibit
-- Infinity Art Gallery seeks entries for an online exhibit, August 15 - November 15, 2010. Awards: $2200. Printmaking artwork is open to monotypes, engravings, etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, linocuts, silk-screens, stamps, etc. Prints can by produced on any material or surface. There are no restrictions on edition sizes. Infinity Art Gallery welcomes the exploration of the printing process, however work produced through photographic printing, any type of xerography or photocopying do not qualify. Photographs, giclees, ink jet prints and laser prints do not qualify. $25 for two pieces of artwork. Deadline: July 15, 2010. Visit website for prospectus. Questions? Please contact Infinity Art Gallery at julie@infinityartgallery.com
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Colors of Life
The 4th edition of the photo contest has just started: June 1st - July 31st 2010.
Read about rules and conditions and how to apply at the following link:
http://colorsoflife.org/photocontest
Join us and take this unique opportunity to submit and exhibit your works in the United States and internationally; part of the funds collected will be devolved to support the Neurological Institute of Guatemala - http://juannio.org/ - which provides care and education for underprivileged children with severe neurological deficits.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!!!
Amalia Pizzardi
Read about rules and conditions and how to apply at the following link:
http://colorsoflife.org/photocontest
Join us and take this unique opportunity to submit and exhibit your works in the United States and internationally; part of the funds collected will be devolved to support the Neurological Institute of Guatemala - http://juannio.org/ - which provides care and education for underprivileged children with severe neurological deficits.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!!!
Amalia Pizzardi
Friday, June 11, 2010
Ava Richey's Art News
Art information follows this announcement.
Hello Everyone,
This coming Monday, June 14th plan to meet at Brewed Awakenings at Noon, and if the weather is agreeable you can go over to the Boat Basin area to paint, or any other place you would like.
I don't think I will be there at all, but may make it later on in the day. You all know what to do----have fun painting.
Brewed Awakenings is located across from the Shell Station, corner of Elmira and Hwy 101, Bandon.
Thanks.
Ava
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AD: Books & DVDs 25% off, Watercolors, watercolor pencils and Sketchbooks are 15% off for the month of June at Bandon Artist Supply.
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Art Information:
This beautiful on-line exhibition by Bandon's Donna Cox runs for the month of June on Dale Copeland's New Zealand site! Check it out!!! : )
http://virtual.tart.co.nz/exhibit.htm
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If you haven't been into 2Loons in Old Town to see dorothea tortilla's paintings, please do so before the show comes down. Fun!
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Saturday, June 12, 2010 1-3 p.m.
South Slough Interpretive Center 541-888-5558
Art Opening for Mike Holm's nature-inspired photography.
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Saturday, June 12, 2010 11 a.m.
SOCC Campus, Eden Hall
(BAAA) Bay Area Artists Assn. meeting with Barbara Mahon demonstrating Ink Washes.
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Saturday, June 12, 2010 4-7:00 p.m
Brookings Second Saturday Art Walk, Downtown Brookings
Meet Dale Wells in the parking lot at the Manley Art Center at 4 p.m. for guided tour. They have many places to visit with lots of local art and artists.
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Thursday through Saturday, June 17 - 20
Annual Art Camp-Out & Plein Air Workshop
Umpqua's Last Resort $35 plus accomodations
Hwy 138, 47.2 miles East of Roseburg
Open to all artists. Contact Carol Turner 541-498-2500
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Saturday, June 19, 2010-- Deadline to turn in Registration Sheet
to participate in Free Plein Air Paint Out prior to the Maritime Art Show Opening, Dinner and Auction, July 17th.
Coos Art Museum
234 Anderson, Coos Bay 541-267-3901 http://www.coosart.org
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 -- Deadline for entries of existing poems/prose and artwork that will inspire the work done in the second round.
2010 Artist and Writers Exchange Show
Works will show at Southern Coos Hospital Oct-December.
Second deadline for the Inspired writing and paintings will be September 15th.
Contact Ava Richey for more information and entry. yarnfarm@harborside.com or 541-347-4643
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Oil Painting Workshops with Hope Stevenson at 2nd Street Gallery
Monday - Friday, June 21- 25, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
Monday - Friday, July 19 - 23, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
This workshop is designed for artists of all levels to experiment with painting with a palette knife and oils. Workshop includes color theory, demonstrations and painting plein air.
There are still a few openings left. For more information and to register please contact 2nd Street Gallery in Bandon. 541-347-4133
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Sage Gallery June/July Classes 541-329-0103 to pre-register
Beading Class Monday, June 7th, 5-8 p.m. $20
Microwave Fusing, Thursday, June 10th, 6-9 $20
Mixed Media Playday Saturday, June 12th, 11-3 p.m. $20
Agate Wrap Wed. June 23rd, 6 -9 p.m. $35
Pine Needle Baskets Saturday, June 26th, 12:30-4:30 p.m. $70
Kelp Basket Class TBA, wait-list forming
Stained Glass 6 week session, Tues, July 6th, 2:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. $105
Hello Everyone,
This coming Monday, June 14th plan to meet at Brewed Awakenings at Noon, and if the weather is agreeable you can go over to the Boat Basin area to paint, or any other place you would like.
I don't think I will be there at all, but may make it later on in the day. You all know what to do----have fun painting.
Brewed Awakenings is located across from the Shell Station, corner of Elmira and Hwy 101, Bandon.
Thanks.
Ava
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AD: Books & DVDs 25% off, Watercolors, watercolor pencils and Sketchbooks are 15% off for the month of June at Bandon Artist Supply.
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Art Information:
This beautiful on-line exhibition by Bandon's Donna Cox runs for the month of June on Dale Copeland's New Zealand site! Check it out!!! : )
http://virtual.tart.co.nz/exhibit.htm
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If you haven't been into 2Loons in Old Town to see dorothea tortilla's paintings, please do so before the show comes down. Fun!
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Saturday, June 12, 2010 1-3 p.m.
South Slough Interpretive Center 541-888-5558
Art Opening for Mike Holm's nature-inspired photography.
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Saturday, June 12, 2010 11 a.m.
SOCC Campus, Eden Hall
(BAAA) Bay Area Artists Assn. meeting with Barbara Mahon demonstrating Ink Washes.
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Saturday, June 12, 2010 4-7:00 p.m
Brookings Second Saturday Art Walk, Downtown Brookings
Meet Dale Wells in the parking lot at the Manley Art Center at 4 p.m. for guided tour. They have many places to visit with lots of local art and artists.
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Thursday through Saturday, June 17 - 20
Annual Art Camp-Out & Plein Air Workshop
Umpqua's Last Resort $35 plus accomodations
Hwy 138, 47.2 miles East of Roseburg
Open to all artists. Contact Carol Turner 541-498-2500
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Saturday, June 19, 2010-- Deadline to turn in Registration Sheet
to participate in Free Plein Air Paint Out prior to the Maritime Art Show Opening, Dinner and Auction, July 17th.
Coos Art Museum
234 Anderson, Coos Bay 541-267-3901 http://www.coosart.org
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 -- Deadline for entries of existing poems/prose and artwork that will inspire the work done in the second round.
2010 Artist and Writers Exchange Show
Works will show at Southern Coos Hospital Oct-December.
Second deadline for the Inspired writing and paintings will be September 15th.
Contact Ava Richey for more information and entry. yarnfarm@harborside.com or 541-347-4643
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Oil Painting Workshops with Hope Stevenson at 2nd Street Gallery
Monday - Friday, June 21- 25, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
Monday - Friday, July 19 - 23, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
This workshop is designed for artists of all levels to experiment with painting with a palette knife and oils. Workshop includes color theory, demonstrations and painting plein air.
There are still a few openings left. For more information and to register please contact 2nd Street Gallery in Bandon. 541-347-4133
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Sage Gallery June/July Classes 541-329-0103 to pre-register
Beading Class Monday, June 7th, 5-8 p.m. $20
Microwave Fusing, Thursday, June 10th, 6-9 $20
Mixed Media Playday Saturday, June 12th, 11-3 p.m. $20
Agate Wrap Wed. June 23rd, 6 -9 p.m. $35
Pine Needle Baskets Saturday, June 26th, 12:30-4:30 p.m. $70
Kelp Basket Class TBA, wait-list forming
Stained Glass 6 week session, Tues, July 6th, 2:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. $105
Thursday, June 10, 2010
"Self-Searching: Photographic Self-Portraitures"
The art of self-portraiture in photography is the theme of this juried exhibition, Sept. 7 - Oct. 2 at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, VT. Self-portraiture can take a variety of forms, from direct confrontations with a face or body, to the discovery of surrogate portrait objects or narratives. Juror Aline Smithson will select 40 photographs for exhibition in the gallery and on the website. An additional 35 images will be chosen for PhotoPlace's "On-Line Gallery Annex." All selected work will be included in a full-color exhibition catalogue available for purchase. To help artists defray costs, PhotoPlace Gallery offers to mat and frame work selected for exhibition free of charge if artists print their images to our pre-cut mat and frame sizes. $25 entry fee. Deadline: July 19, 2010. Visit website for prospectus. Questions? Contact Kirsten Hoving at photos@vtphotoworkplace.com or 802-989-2359.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST!
Man the lifeboats go to your duty stations, women and children first. That’s the traditional alarm of a sinking ship and it could well be the same for an artist who finds himself in trouble when trying to render the human face.
Why bother to do people at all? They don’t place well or at all when it comes to finding a market for art, they seldom win the top award in shows, so who cares? And even if you did care, why would you want to do women and children?
First things first, why do people? Because we are people before we are artists. People make up the single most fascinating subject on the face of the earth. Would the Mona Lisa be so famous if instead of that curious smile Leonardo had painted the Pisa tower? What about the despair in the face of Rembrandt’s self-portrait or the wild jumble of Picasso’s Head of a Woman what would they be if they were landscapes or flowers? Ever try passing a mirror without taking a quick peek? That’s why.
And by doing people an artist demonstrates his mastery of the materials he uses. Again, would we revere Picasso so much if he hadn’t had a strict constructionist period before his departure into Cubism? He was the complete master of the tools of the trade before he decided to break all of the rules.
There have been times in our long history when the portrait painters were the most respected members of the craft. Now photography has usurped much of that glory, but photography cannot show the soul inside of the subject. Even now artists like our own Susan D’Amico still find the face the most satisfying and challenging subject.
So we’re back to the why of women and children. To steal a line from another discipline; “Man who catch fly with chop sticks do anything” and so he can.
Children, God love them, are still putty for most of their lives, they change like the weather and the very best any artist can do is capture a moment of time. And babies, it’s like the art school teaching aid, drawing a bowling ball to learn the art of shading. Their little heads are so round that it takes a deft hand to get the look of three dimensions when working in two.
Women don’t have round heads. No they don’t, but as a society we have filled their heads with the notion that there is something called “Real Beauty” and that they can buy it at the local department store. They spend hours trying to erase all of the lines and wrinkles an artist needs to give shape and character to a face. It just ain’t fair.
And if that weren’t enough the shape of the faces of women and children is so shallow that there’s nary a surface to catch the light and if there is too heavy a hand with the shading and you have the bearded lady of the tyke with a five o’clock shadow.
Any one can manage a male face, all sorts of shadows and surfaces and if you are lucky a beard to give a bit of texture to the face. Children almost always draw dad when they work at their art. Why? Because they can, mom is just too difficult to get right.
So women and children present a special challenge, but is it worth the effort? Yes, and yes and maybe even yes again, manage a child’s face and the rolling hills of any landscape become so easy you wonder why it used to take so long. Get beautiful women rendered in perfect depth and the flat surfaces of a ship or building become a snap. Even the complex rigging of a sailing ship offers no test if you get the shading right on a girl’s face, so that she doesn’t look like a side-show freak.
The next time you find yourself in the studio and nothing seems to speak to you try doing a face or two. You’ll be shocked at what it does for your other work, but don’t tell Monte Rogers or Susan D’Amico that. Did I mention they do people all the time and you see how it has worked out for them?
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
"L. A. N D S C A P E S"
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
107 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
lacda.com
"L. A. N D S C A P E S"
June 10-July 3, 2010
Reception June 10 7-9pm
In conjunction with Downtown Art Walk
Wanda Boudreaux
Dan Shepherd
Nick Gaetano
Andrew Ty Lee
Michael Wood
Devon Paulsen
Rose-Lynn Fisher
Pete Jackson
Leslie Rosenthal
Michael Kirchoff
Lillian Elaine Wilson
Anna Maly
Megan Madzoeff
Zack Herrera
Brad Buckman
Jacqueline Truong
Elizabeth Walker
Claudio Rocha
Douglas Hill
Trevor Makara
Robert Blackmon
Kyoshi Becker Mckizzie
Elke Brand
Rae Threat
Campbell Laird
Ronnie T. Clark
It could be said, by virtue of the movie industry and the enormity of all other creative output in the city, that Los Angeles is the most photographed urban area in the world. That is not to say that it is some Beaux-Arts fantasy of beauty like Paris, or has any of the romantic history of most cities Western and Eastern alike making for anything one could call picturesque or photogenic. Conversley, L.A. is the town of all things fabricated, manufactured and transported. It is also a mecca for 'un-creative' business, especially the small businesses specific to the many cultures of various origin that have establisihed the population of the expansive metropolis.
Most of this landscape is on wheels and is also occupied by the homeless, drug-addicted, criminal and otherwise abject margins of humanity. In contrast we find miles-long beaches full of steroid enhanced muscle and silicon inflated boobs, or verdant estates peppered with flashy mega-mansions of the mega-rich and mega-famous. This cultural cacophony and near total lack of genuine 'pretty' combined with a preponderance of vernacular architecture overflowing with Disneyesque movie-land cliche gives the region an abundance of subject matter that has fascinated photographers for a very long time.
From a blurry tuft of grass belonging to a suburban lawn to vast imposing panoramas of the entire basin, a movie shoot, winding freeways full of traffic, the faux Spanish baroque towers of downtown, or the classic silhouette of a row of palms–as a subject the Los Angeles region is an extremely rich treasure trove which has been exploited with an endless variety of approaches by generations of image makers. "L.A.NDSCAPES" is a large exhibit that explores this territory with the gusto to be expected from this group of highly innovative and technically adroit artist/photographers. It is by virtue of the efforts of visionaries such as these that a city that seems to have little to 'hang your hat on' in terms of identity, takes on an unmistakable character that is loved by its inhabitants and visitors alike, faults and all.
107 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
lacda.com
"L. A. N D S C A P E S"
June 10-July 3, 2010
Reception June 10 7-9pm
In conjunction with Downtown Art Walk
Wanda Boudreaux
Dan Shepherd
Nick Gaetano
Andrew Ty Lee
Michael Wood
Devon Paulsen
Rose-Lynn Fisher
Pete Jackson
Leslie Rosenthal
Michael Kirchoff
Lillian Elaine Wilson
Anna Maly
Megan Madzoeff
Zack Herrera
Brad Buckman
Jacqueline Truong
Elizabeth Walker
Claudio Rocha
Douglas Hill
Trevor Makara
Robert Blackmon
Kyoshi Becker Mckizzie
Elke Brand
Rae Threat
Campbell Laird
Ronnie T. Clark
It could be said, by virtue of the movie industry and the enormity of all other creative output in the city, that Los Angeles is the most photographed urban area in the world. That is not to say that it is some Beaux-Arts fantasy of beauty like Paris, or has any of the romantic history of most cities Western and Eastern alike making for anything one could call picturesque or photogenic. Conversley, L.A. is the town of all things fabricated, manufactured and transported. It is also a mecca for 'un-creative' business, especially the small businesses specific to the many cultures of various origin that have establisihed the population of the expansive metropolis.
Most of this landscape is on wheels and is also occupied by the homeless, drug-addicted, criminal and otherwise abject margins of humanity. In contrast we find miles-long beaches full of steroid enhanced muscle and silicon inflated boobs, or verdant estates peppered with flashy mega-mansions of the mega-rich and mega-famous. This cultural cacophony and near total lack of genuine 'pretty' combined with a preponderance of vernacular architecture overflowing with Disneyesque movie-land cliche gives the region an abundance of subject matter that has fascinated photographers for a very long time.
From a blurry tuft of grass belonging to a suburban lawn to vast imposing panoramas of the entire basin, a movie shoot, winding freeways full of traffic, the faux Spanish baroque towers of downtown, or the classic silhouette of a row of palms–as a subject the Los Angeles region is an extremely rich treasure trove which has been exploited with an endless variety of approaches by generations of image makers. "L.A.NDSCAPES" is a large exhibit that explores this territory with the gusto to be expected from this group of highly innovative and technically adroit artist/photographers. It is by virtue of the efforts of visionaries such as these that a city that seems to have little to 'hang your hat on' in terms of identity, takes on an unmistakable character that is loved by its inhabitants and visitors alike, faults and all.
Monday, June 7, 2010
"2010 Art Kudos International Juried Competition"
Artists worldwide are invited to enter the 2010 Art Kudos Online Competition. Selected finalists will appear in a year-long online exhibition at http://www.artkudos.com/ beginning August 15, 2010. $4,500 in cash awards: Best of Show - $1,400; Second Place - $1100; Third Place - $750; Founder's Award of Distinction - $500; (3) Merit Awards - $250 each. Juror: Mitchell Albala, instructor at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle. Open to artists 18 or older. Drawings, paintings, printmaking, photography, digital art, sculpture, installations, ceramics, fiber art and mixed media are eligible. Media not accepted: video/film, wearable art (clothing or jewelry). $30 fee for 3 images. Deadline: June 30, 2010. Visit website for prospectus.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Ava Richey Brings the Artists and Writers Exchange back to the Bay Area
For those of you new to Coos Bay/North Bend and Bandon may not know about the Artists and Writers Exchange. This clever blend of disciplines was engineered by Ava Richey of Bandon. (Big surprise, someone from Bandon coming up with a brilliant and different art project…) The original flavor was presented two years ago and filled the Southern Coos Hospital with images and words and many proud and pleased artists of both varieties. Now we have the 2010 version, Food For Thought, and with it comes all of the energy and effort from the last incarnation along with the puzzle of deciding just what food for art is and how it can be best realized.
No, I won’t give you any clues. You’ll have to figure it out for yourself. And that is all part of the exchange. Forty writers and forty visual artists will exchange art work taking the art from the opposite discipline and creating a completely new work based on what they receive. Peace in the Middle East should be easy by comparison.
So don’t drag your feet, if you got an invitation to submit do it now, time’s awasting and its first come, first served. Don’t be left standing with your palette in your hand when all the other artists are busily scurrying to their studios and if you are a writer, well, standing around with a computer or word processor in your hand can be exhausting. Don’t let it happen to you, get your entry in today and then you can sweat it out like all of the rest waiting for the art you have to re-imagine.
The Artists and Writers Exchange 2010, Food For Thought, coming to a hospital near you, this is really one time you want to be taken to the hospital and won’t you feel neglected if everyone else does it and there you are with nothing to do? First come first served, so don’t be late
And if by some terrible clerical error you weren’t included call Ava and whine, beg and wheedle and maybe she’ll get you in. If you are pitiful enough you might not get in this time, but you could burn such an indelible image on Ava’s mind that she’ll include you in the next Exchange just to avoid the whimpering.
No, I won’t give you any clues. You’ll have to figure it out for yourself. And that is all part of the exchange. Forty writers and forty visual artists will exchange art work taking the art from the opposite discipline and creating a completely new work based on what they receive. Peace in the Middle East should be easy by comparison.
So don’t drag your feet, if you got an invitation to submit do it now, time’s awasting and its first come, first served. Don’t be left standing with your palette in your hand when all the other artists are busily scurrying to their studios and if you are a writer, well, standing around with a computer or word processor in your hand can be exhausting. Don’t let it happen to you, get your entry in today and then you can sweat it out like all of the rest waiting for the art you have to re-imagine.
The Artists and Writers Exchange 2010, Food For Thought, coming to a hospital near you, this is really one time you want to be taken to the hospital and won’t you feel neglected if everyone else does it and there you are with nothing to do? First come first served, so don’t be late
And if by some terrible clerical error you weren’t included call Ava and whine, beg and wheedle and maybe she’ll get you in. If you are pitiful enough you might not get in this time, but you could burn such an indelible image on Ava’s mind that she’ll include you in the next Exchange just to avoid the whimpering.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
From Ava Richey
Art information follows this announcement.
Hello Everyone,
This coming Monday, June 7th, we will be joining the Port Orford First Monday Art Group at the Port Orford Public Library, 12- 3 p.m. The Library is next door to Ray's Market in Port Orford.
We will be working with Lani as the model, doing life drawing/painting. The cost is $65 to be divided among the participants, so please plan on attending if possible. In the past it has worked out to about $5 each. Thanks Georganne White for making all this happen.
After painting session, Dana Amarisa has invited us to drop by her new studio, 783 Washington Street in Port Orford to check it out, and see her wonderful paintings, so hope you can take a few minutes for that. Thanks Dana.
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We had good painting at New River last week, even though it was quite misty. Looking forward to going there again later.
Here are two events upcoming for you painters, and I hope you will consider participating in both of them. Please let me know if you will be able to join in.
We have been invited to show our plein air paintings at Gallery by the Bay in North Bend for the month of July, and will be featured at their Art Walk reception on Thursday, July 8th.
You may show 1-3 paintings. I hope many of you will join in and show off your gorgeous plein air paintings.
I need to give Jean a list as soon as possible of artists who will be showing their work. Please e-mail me back to let me know that you will be putting work in the show. Then in a couple of weeks (or sooner) I will need the titles, medium and prices of the paintings you will be showing. I can deliver your paintings for them to hang on Thursday, July 1st, or you can drop them off yourselves on July 2nd.
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The paintout for Monday, July 12th will be in Coquille on the trail by the Coquille River where it runs near downtown. We have been asked to help with an event to raise funds for their river trail project by donating a painting that will be for sale the following Saturday, July 17th.
They will be hosting a Garden Tour on that Saturday, with a sale of art after the tour. They would love to have us set up and paint in various gardens on Saturday too. (Yes there is a lot going on that day).
They will return our painting(s) if they don't sell. To keep things affordable, they can be matted and displayed in a clear sealed bag; or painted on a wrapped canvas. Or they can be framed.
As usual, summer is a busy, fun time and goes by quickly. I hope you will be painting, participating and having a wonderful time, when it gets here. :)
My phone is 347-4643, cell phone is 541-297-66118.
Thanks.
Ava
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Ads:
Bandon Artist Supply June Specials: 25% off art books, VHS & DVD's. 15% off watercolors and watercolor pencils.
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For Sale : Do you need to make coffee in your studio?
Carol Jones (347-2432 or 404-6244) has for sale:
Krups auto cappucino maker (not current model) - $25
Capresso mini-s espresso/cappuccino machine - $15
Nesco 6qt roaster oven (roasts, cooks, bakes, steams, slow cooks) - $15 2-cup coffee press - $20
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Art Information:
June/July 2010 10-5 p.m. daily
2nd Street Gallery, Old Town Bandon
Miniature Show, featuring local artists
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Showing now through July 11, 2010
Sage Gallery, 390 1st St SW, Old Town Bandon
"Separate/Together: A collaborative Project
Artists Janne LaValle, Susan Lehman, Pat Snyder, dorothea tortilla
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June 4, 2010 5:30-7:30
(First Friday Art Walk, Eugene, OR)
Karin Clarke Gallery
760 Willamette St, Eugene
Robert Schlegel (acrylic & gouache)
Craig Spilman (graphite and watercolor)
Opening reception at Show runs through June 26th.
Spilman demonstrates reduction drawing technique 11 a.m. on June 12th.
Schlegel gives a painting demonstration on June 19th at 2 p.m.
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Friday, June 4th, 2010 postmark deadline for entries
SAGE Gallery, in beautiful Bandon, OR is pleased to announce a Call to Artists in OR, WA, and CA to send up to three pieces in all media, including photography, excluding video, for their West Coast Wings Juried Show. All styles are sought for this exhibition!
The show dates are August 22, 2010-- September 25, 2010. There are cash prizes: $350 first, $250 second, $50 third and 3 $50 honorable mentions. There is an entry fee of $35 for 1-3 pieces.
To download a complete prospectus you can go to www.sagegallerybandon.com Please help celebrate the abundance and varied richness of shorebirds, waders, migratory and other birds that are found along the western coast of the United States.
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June 4, 2010 submission deadline
4th Annual Hundred Valleys Show at
Umpqua Valley Arts Association
1624 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR 97471
No Theme http://www.uvarts.com click on artist opportunities
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June 4, 2010 submission deadline
1st Annual Best Photo 2010 juried show
Umpqua Valley Arts Association
1624 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR 97471
http://www.uvarts.com click on artist opportunities, scroll down
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Saturday, June 12, 2010 1-3 p.m.
South Slough Interpretive Center 541-888-5558
Art Opening for Mike Holm's nature-inspired photography.
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Saturday, June 12, 2010 11 a.m.
SOCC Campus, Eden Hall
(BAAA) Bay Area Artists Assn. meeting with Barbara Mahon demonstrating Ink Washes.
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Oil Painting Workshops with Hope Stevenson at 2nd Street Gallery
Monday - Friday, June 21- 25, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
Monday - Friday, July 19 - 23, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
This workshop is designed for artists of all levels to experiment with painting with a palette knife and oils. Workshop includes color theory, demonstrations and painting plein air.
There are still a few openings left. For more information and to register please contact 2nd Street Gallery in Bandon. 541-347-4133
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Sage Gallery June/July Classes 541-329-0103 to pre-register
Beading Class Monday, June 7th, 5-8 p.m. $20
Microwave Fusing, Thursday, June 10th, 6-9 $20
Mixed Media Playday Saturday, June 12th, 11-3 p.m. $20
Agate Wrap Wed. June 23rd, 6 -9 p.m. $35
Pine Needle Baskets Saturday, June 26th, 12:30-4:30 p.m. $70
Kelp Basket Class TBA, wait-list forming
Stained Glass 6 week session, Tues, July 6th, 2:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. $105
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Hello Everyone,
This coming Monday, June 7th, we will be joining the Port Orford First Monday Art Group at the Port Orford Public Library, 12- 3 p.m. The Library is next door to Ray's Market in Port Orford.
We will be working with Lani as the model, doing life drawing/painting. The cost is $65 to be divided among the participants, so please plan on attending if possible. In the past it has worked out to about $5 each. Thanks Georganne White for making all this happen.
After painting session, Dana Amarisa has invited us to drop by her new studio, 783 Washington Street in Port Orford to check it out, and see her wonderful paintings, so hope you can take a few minutes for that. Thanks Dana.
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We had good painting at New River last week, even though it was quite misty. Looking forward to going there again later.
Here are two events upcoming for you painters, and I hope you will consider participating in both of them. Please let me know if you will be able to join in.
We have been invited to show our plein air paintings at Gallery by the Bay in North Bend for the month of July, and will be featured at their Art Walk reception on Thursday, July 8th.
You may show 1-3 paintings. I hope many of you will join in and show off your gorgeous plein air paintings.
I need to give Jean a list as soon as possible of artists who will be showing their work. Please e-mail me back to let me know that you will be putting work in the show. Then in a couple of weeks (or sooner) I will need the titles, medium and prices of the paintings you will be showing. I can deliver your paintings for them to hang on Thursday, July 1st, or you can drop them off yourselves on July 2nd.
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The paintout for Monday, July 12th will be in Coquille on the trail by the Coquille River where it runs near downtown. We have been asked to help with an event to raise funds for their river trail project by donating a painting that will be for sale the following Saturday, July 17th.
They will be hosting a Garden Tour on that Saturday, with a sale of art after the tour. They would love to have us set up and paint in various gardens on Saturday too. (Yes there is a lot going on that day).
They will return our painting(s) if they don't sell. To keep things affordable, they can be matted and displayed in a clear sealed bag; or painted on a wrapped canvas. Or they can be framed.
As usual, summer is a busy, fun time and goes by quickly. I hope you will be painting, participating and having a wonderful time, when it gets here. :)
My phone is 347-4643, cell phone is 541-297-66118.
Thanks.
Ava
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Ads:
Bandon Artist Supply June Specials: 25% off art books, VHS & DVD's. 15% off watercolors and watercolor pencils.
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For Sale : Do you need to make coffee in your studio?
Carol Jones (347-2432 or 404-6244) has for sale:
Krups auto cappucino maker (not current model) - $25
Capresso mini-s espresso/cappuccino machine - $15
Nesco 6qt roaster oven (roasts, cooks, bakes, steams, slow cooks) - $15 2-cup coffee press - $20
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Art Information:
June/July 2010 10-5 p.m. daily
2nd Street Gallery, Old Town Bandon
Miniature Show, featuring local artists
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Showing now through July 11, 2010
Sage Gallery, 390 1st St SW, Old Town Bandon
"Separate/Together: A collaborative Project
Artists Janne LaValle, Susan Lehman, Pat Snyder, dorothea tortilla
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June 4, 2010 5:30-7:30
(First Friday Art Walk, Eugene, OR)
Karin Clarke Gallery
760 Willamette St, Eugene
Robert Schlegel (acrylic & gouache)
Craig Spilman (graphite and watercolor)
Opening reception at Show runs through June 26th.
Spilman demonstrates reduction drawing technique 11 a.m. on June 12th.
Schlegel gives a painting demonstration on June 19th at 2 p.m.
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Friday, June 4th, 2010 postmark deadline for entries
SAGE Gallery, in beautiful Bandon, OR is pleased to announce a Call to Artists in OR, WA, and CA to send up to three pieces in all media, including photography, excluding video, for their West Coast Wings Juried Show. All styles are sought for this exhibition!
The show dates are August 22, 2010-- September 25, 2010. There are cash prizes: $350 first, $250 second, $50 third and 3 $50 honorable mentions. There is an entry fee of $35 for 1-3 pieces.
To download a complete prospectus you can go to www.sagegallerybandon.com Please help celebrate the abundance and varied richness of shorebirds, waders, migratory and other birds that are found along the western coast of the United States.
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June 4, 2010 submission deadline
4th Annual Hundred Valleys Show at
Umpqua Valley Arts Association
1624 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR 97471
No Theme http://www.uvarts.com click on artist opportunities
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June 4, 2010 submission deadline
1st Annual Best Photo 2010 juried show
Umpqua Valley Arts Association
1624 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR 97471
http://www.uvarts.com click on artist opportunities, scroll down
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Saturday, June 12, 2010 1-3 p.m.
South Slough Interpretive Center 541-888-5558
Art Opening for Mike Holm's nature-inspired photography.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, June 12, 2010 11 a.m.
SOCC Campus, Eden Hall
(BAAA) Bay Area Artists Assn. meeting with Barbara Mahon demonstrating Ink Washes.
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Oil Painting Workshops with Hope Stevenson at 2nd Street Gallery
Monday - Friday, June 21- 25, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
Monday - Friday, July 19 - 23, 2010 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily $275
This workshop is designed for artists of all levels to experiment with painting with a palette knife and oils. Workshop includes color theory, demonstrations and painting plein air.
There are still a few openings left. For more information and to register please contact 2nd Street Gallery in Bandon. 541-347-4133
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Sage Gallery June/July Classes 541-329-0103 to pre-register
Beading Class Monday, June 7th, 5-8 p.m. $20
Microwave Fusing, Thursday, June 10th, 6-9 $20
Mixed Media Playday Saturday, June 12th, 11-3 p.m. $20
Agate Wrap Wed. June 23rd, 6 -9 p.m. $35
Pine Needle Baskets Saturday, June 26th, 12:30-4:30 p.m. $70
Kelp Basket Class TBA, wait-list forming
Stained Glass 6 week session, Tues, July 6th, 2:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. $105
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
From Easy Lane Frames
It’s Spring Inside at Easy Lane Frames & Select Art Gallery
Ken and Jane Snoddy invite you to follow clues to a mystery artwork during ArtWalk on June 10th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. You will be given a sheet with three clues and as you survey the works in the gallery you must try to identify the mystery artwork and artist. All correct entries will go into a drawing for a prize. As you are surveying the gallery you will notice the work from 46 local artists. Several guest artists are also showing in the featured show: “One of My Favorites”. Each artist has taken the time to explain why the work is one of their favorites. It really gives the gallery visitor an insight into the individual artists. There is a great variety of work included in the gallery: pottery, jewelry, carvings, baskets, drawings, fabric art, paintings, photography and cards. We have great gift ideas in all price brackets. As you visit the gallery please read about the upcoming classes in Oil Painting, Silk Paper Creations, Watercolor and more. We are also a full service Frame shop. Come in and let us give you an estimate on your next project.
Ken and Jane Snoddy invite you to follow clues to a mystery artwork during ArtWalk on June 10th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. You will be given a sheet with three clues and as you survey the works in the gallery you must try to identify the mystery artwork and artist. All correct entries will go into a drawing for a prize. As you are surveying the gallery you will notice the work from 46 local artists. Several guest artists are also showing in the featured show: “One of My Favorites”. Each artist has taken the time to explain why the work is one of their favorites. It really gives the gallery visitor an insight into the individual artists. There is a great variety of work included in the gallery: pottery, jewelry, carvings, baskets, drawings, fabric art, paintings, photography and cards. We have great gift ideas in all price brackets. As you visit the gallery please read about the upcoming classes in Oil Painting, Silk Paper Creations, Watercolor and more. We are also a full service Frame shop. Come in and let us give you an estimate on your next project.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Susan Strikes Again!
And if being one of the co-conspirators behind the Separate/Together show at Sage Gallery wasn't enough for one person the talented Ms Lehamn has brought this piece of news to the Trawler
"This beautiful on-line exhibition by Bandon's Donna Cox runs for the month of June on Dale Copeland's New Zealand site! Check it out!!! : )"
http://virtual.tart.co.nz/exhibit.htm
"This beautiful on-line exhibition by Bandon's Donna Cox runs for the month of June on Dale Copeland's New Zealand site! Check it out!!! : )"
http://virtual.tart.co.nz/exhibit.htm
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