Second Street Gallery enjoyed our busiest summer in 3 years!
The estimated visitor counts for each of the summer months
exceeded 6000 guests and the trend is continuing for the
month of September. Thank you!
“It’s Time for Art” promotion is in full swing. As of
this writing we have sold 150 of our Chico Bags in 7 weeks,
promoting the use of compact, recyclable bags for shopping
to replace single use plastic bags. These bags have an
artistic rendering of the Coquille River Light House done by
Bill Kelsay, and carry the logo “It’s Time for Art,”
to promote the use of art for home décor and gifting.
Our staff is keeping busy with their individual artwork.
Barry LaVoie has been doing pet portraits and creating
music, Ava Richey continues with her plein air painting
group on Mondays and publishing her art newsletter. Susan
Lehman has been busy teaching collage workshops and has just
returned from an exciting week in Arizona attending an art
camp.
Summer Art School at Second Street Gallery held classes in
felting, collage, oil painting and photography this summer.
Our enrollees enjoyed learning new techniques and applied
them to their own creations to take home. A new addition to
our upcoming spring term classes will be a student show in
the gallery at the end of the term. Keep in touch to find
out about classes this spring.
Our “Meet and Greet the Artist” program showcased 14
artists during the summer months, attracting many visitors
and resulting in increased sales for the artists. The
program will continue between Thanksgiving and Christmas
with local artists demonstrating and creating work suitable
for holiday gift-giving. Among the talented artists lined
up for these sessions are Michael Ousley, Lauren Scott,
Susan Lehman and Ava Richey.
Our Second Annual “Celebrate Photography” exhibition,
workshop and competition begins on October 27th, which is
the deadline for submitting work. Judging will take place on
the 28th with the opening reception that evening.
Photography workshops covering an introduction to Photoshop,
camera handling and controls, lighting and composition will
take place on the 29th and 30th. The exhibition will run
through December 16th, 2011. This year we are dedicating
our celebration to the memory of a long-time friend of the
gallery, Nancy Rotenberg, who passed away last month from
cancer. A sampling of her work, along with her book,
“Photography & the Creative Life,” will be available
during our celebration of photography. For more information,
call the gallery (541 347-4133) or click on the Events tab
on the website.
Newsletter Sale: Our newsletters will be posted on the
website, as well as coming to you by email. They will be
posted quarterly with information on upcoming events, new
artists at the gallery, special sales and other information
that will be of interest to patrons of art. For readers of
this edition of our newsletter, we offer a special sale on
Kitras Art Glass items. Mention the email newsletter to our
staff and receive 15% off of any Kitras Art Glass purchase
until October 31.
If you have received this newsletter in error, or wish to
discontinue receiving these emails, please contact us at
gallery@mycomspan.com and type “unsubscribe” in the
subject line.
Richard Rahmlow
Executive Director
Second Street Gallery
secondstreetgallery.net
541.347.4133
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