Saturday, December 31, 2011

Plans

Wanna make God laugh? Tell him your plans.


And at the risk of once again being a laughing stock, I will fearfully venture forth with a list of New Year’s Resolutions for the artist in everyone and for the divine spark which provides the courage to go where no one has gone before…

1).Do you spend enough time on your art?

Use your sketchbook at least five days out of seven. Be meticulous about getting ideas down in concrete form instead of conning yourself that you’ll remember them.

Do you devote energy to your art just like you do for other serious projects in your life? If you don’t you need to change your schedule.

2). Deal with Obstacles

What keeps most people from painting? (Aside from the fact that I don’t paint, but I’m trying to relearn sketching and anatomy and proportions.) Chances are it's the many obstacles that get thrown in our way (or that we create on our own)--things like distractions, demands from work, family and friends, and lack of support from people around us.

3). Manage Your Time

I'll allocated at least half-an-hour a day to do something creative or inspiring that's not focused on an end result: playing with mixing mediums, being adventurous with a troublesome painting, paging through a monograph on my favorite artist or a book on painting, popping into an art gallery or museum, reading something about painting.

4). Brainstorm on a regular and repeated schedule.

On New Year’s Day you have to have black eyed peas or cabbage depending on which side of the Mason-Dixon line you are from and of course you watch forty-six football games all at once on the new High-Def TV you got for yourself as a Christmas present because no one else would do it and now they want to come over and horn in on your television, so fox’em all and watch futbol which is better for you anyway and much more interesting than trying to decide which team’s wide out will run under a thrown football.

And during commercials I will hold my annual brainstorming session. On New Year's Day or the day after, I get out a pen and notebook (my computer just doesn't seem to work well for this) and brainstorm ideas for art projects for the rest of the year. I write a different month on a different sheet of paper and then brainstorm ideas appropriate to each month; I then try and locate markets for each of the ideas and determine when during the year they'd need to receive my appropriate card/entry/wall-sized mural.

5). Change It Up

I'll regularly do at least one painting in size/shape that's outside my norm, whether extreme landscape format, a square canvas, a tiny canvas, or a huge one.

Or do one that is in a different medium. I do lots of bi-color photographs, but I’m working on a new technique and I want to fully explore the possibilities in 2012.

6). Break into New Markets

Do you keep sending your entries/paintings/collages to the same events? Do you find yourself working with the same juries time and time again? It may be time to expand your horizons! You want to keep relying on those events that have been successful for you in the past, but you also want to break into new ones. The New Year is the perfect time to do this.

Since I create for myself, I consider the galleries and shows I’d like to be hung in, selected for, singled out or just awarded ribbons and prizes for during the next year--even if they seem out of my reach. Then I make realistic plans for having success with those events

7). Live Large

On my birthday, I will treat myself to something I've always considered an extravagant luxury, such as the newest megapixel camera or an extra-large print on canvas. Or any other day especially if I have just been rejected by some moribund jury without enough brains to blow their collective noses and I will do it without accumulating the guilt I usually wallow in when doing something exclusively for myself.

8). Be Professional

I firmly believe that professionalism is one of the major keys to success. You must devote yourself to being a professional in every aspect of your life and business.

9). Talk It Up

Instead of just thinking about it, I'll post more comments on the South Coast Trawler. There are artists who are actively seeking comments on their work, and I'll support them by voicing my opinion.

10). GIVE IT UP

I'll share the most helpful thing I've ever learned about painting. I’ll relentlessly promote art and artists in my own community and in the rest of the country. I’ll offer support to everyone I encounter and will if asked lend a hand by taking art to shows, picking it up and working with the organizers to make the shows run smoothly and the artists entering comfortable and confident.


Now go out and have a wonderful, creative and successful New year and Ill see you back here...next year.

Last Glance

Friday, December 30, 2011

Branding Your Art

Oh no, not more pleading for me to do something with my art—I have my hands full just doing the art—paying for the art—framing the art—now you want me to do something else with my art? It’s too much! Leave me alone!
I will right after I twist your arm one last time. The good news, tomorrow I’m doing New Year’s resolutions so you won’t have to deal with anything except laughing at people who make New Year’s resolutions!

Did you brand your art? That’s right art should have a brand just like Xerox or Coke or Gulfstream. Why do you think advertisers spend so much money trying to establish their products as a brand? Why not just call all cars made by General Motors GM’s and be done with it. Ford has it even easier, Ford is after all a name first and a manufacturer second. Why not just build Fordies?

Because that stinks. That’s right, big-time; marketers listen to the sound of the words that get associated with their products and if it doesn’t sound right you can bet they will be hard at work changing it.

That’s why Carl Benz named his car Mercedes. It was his daughter’s name and very elegant and graceful and sounded good on the ear and filled the mind with the image of a young, sleek, athletic girl, with long black hair trailing in the breeze and bright clear eyes focused on the future.

You don’t see anyone in a big steaming rush to call their new sports car Bertha or Hermione? No and you won’t see any Ralphs or Poindexters in the list of new car models. The big kids don’t take chances that you’ll laugh at their latest and greatest, they plan and test and search for the best, most evocative name they can find.

And that is exactly what you should be doing with your art. Sure it speaks for itself. Just stand back and take a look and there will be no doubt in your mind. But what if it doesn’t get a chance to speak or show? What if it has to show up on a disc and that’s all the introduction it gets?

How is the Imperial Omnipotent Stomper going to make a choice with no snazzy name to guide him?

Oh you don’t?

You don’t get to give out a name, just send in a slide with the artist’s name, the name of the work, the medium and the size. Seems to me that gives you two chances to get a brand name in the works before the Man in the Carpeted Office ever lays a finger on it, your name and the name of the work.

Sure you can call it Acrylic #2. That’s a great name for a tube of paint but not so hot for an image you want to win with.

And even your own name has pluses and minuses. Are you a Simpiqua or a MasterBlaster? If so go ahead and use your name, it will probably stand out. Me, I wasn’t so lucky, my legal name is a family name which doesn’t conjure up anything for anyone outside of the good, ole family and truth be told we’re at a dead end. I never had any children and my sister married a guy. Go figure and the boy got his daddy’s name so how’s that for cutting off the family name?

It wasn’t a handy name anyway, I’ve used Ron since I was old enough to get an opinion and three letters is hard to mess up, even over the phone. But handy as Ron is it is not imperial or imposing. It’s just Ron. So I need something to give my brand a bit of punch. That’s where The South Coast Trawler comes in, much punchier than Ron.

Yes, I know there are artists out there who’s work is so dynamic that it needs no punch, boats, I think Dutch, birds, it depends, photograph, Kelle Herrick, painting, Kimberly Wurster. And it goes on, Susan Lehman does as much for collage as it does for her, S. L. Donaldson, no matter where her imagination takes her, has a palette which is immediately recognizable. That’s all well and good, but what if you have more than one style, think about that.

Then you need something which says “We’re here.”

Making a brand for you art doesn’t mean changing what you do or like, it doesn’t mean you should compromise your talent, it doesn’t mean you should go off on a new tangent; it means you should find something which in a flash says YOU.

I had a delightful lunch at High Tide café over the holidays and the food is the main reason for eating, but I like the art on display there and much to my surprise I discovered Charles of Charleston did the Logo for the High Tide. How did I know this? I didn’t ask Charles, although I’m sure he’d tell me, I didn’t ask the staff at the High Tide, cause they probably don’t know. I went home and pulled out my disc from the first AWE, (Artists and Writers Exchange, if you don’t know you should and maybe if you ask nicely Ava will loan you a disc from the show), and there it was. Why did it stick in my memory? Because it wasn’t the sort of thing I usually associate with Charles of Charleston. But boy did it stick, A BRAND.

My own art is less amenable to such things, it probably won’t show up on a menu, local or otherwise, but I still have to find a way to distinguish it from the art of so many gifted artists. I’ve had a bit of success with some dramatic color shifts and I enjoy the challenge of getting it right, not just any color will work, but that won’t get me burned into the collective memory.

And I don’t want what I do here and what I do for myself to be confused. I try very hard to cover all art here with the ole Trawler. I want my own art to be something different and distinctive.

So I use a different name when it is my art and for the Trawler I use the Trawler name and logo. Yes, you see it every time you stop by to read the day’s posting. I made it up before I wrote the first line for this blog and it worked out pretty good. It’s a brand that people on the South Coast trust. And I am proud that it has come to represent integrity, so I won’t co-mingle it with work that I want my own pound of flesh for.

Make it Job One for 2012 to find and make your brand stand out. So that when someone says, “Who did that tin of tuna painting,” they’ll be the only one who doesn’t know. It’s what having a brand does!

Ava Richey's Art News

Hello Everyone,

Are your art goals and resolutions for 2012 plotted and awaiting execution? Let's surprise ourselves by what we accomplish in the new year.

Next scheduled Monday Paintout will be Monday, January 9th, 2012 at Old Bandon Golf Links.

My phone is 541-347-4643 or cell is 541-297-6118.

If you have any good ideas of places to paint in bad weather, please let me know. :)

Thanks!

Ava

Those of you who have work in the Digital Eye Show at Southern Coos Hospital, please remember to pick up your work on Friday, December 30th. Thanks.

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Art Information:

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FYI: New listings have asterisks ***** next to the date.

If any of the web links below in blue are not "live", meaning if you click on it and it doesn't take you to the website,--- right click on it and choose copy, then open your internet web browser, left click on the web address window at the top to highlight it, then right click and paste the web link into your browser and hit enter. The site should open.

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Artists' Accomplishments:

We want to honor the achievements of all you artists, so don't be shy about sending the highlights of your art lives, or those of your artist friends.

Congratulations to J. M. Steele of Gold Beach, OR. Two of her paintings have been accepted into the prestigious Mountain Oyster Club's 42nd Annual Art Show this year, held in Tuscon, Az. Show runs Nov. 20th - Jan. 2012. Both paintings were sold.

To see the show go to http://jeannesteele.blogspot.com/ and also see a demonstration of her painting "Backlit Bovine", one of the paintings accepted into the show.

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Current Shows:

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Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay Street, Florence http://backstreetgallery.org/

"The Little Dickens" miniature art show. 59 works on display through Jan. 3rd.

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Bandon Artist Supply 175 2nd Street in Old Town, on the PedWay. 541-347-4482. Through January "Rural Farm Delivery" is a vibrant show featuring acrylic & ink paintings and cards by S L Donaldson, and acrylic paintings by Michael W. Ousley.

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Bandon Public Library December 1 - 31, 2011 1204 11 St. SW, Bandon.

Hallway Gallery: Featuring Joanne Drapkin "My Art of the Last Four Years"

Cases: Collections of the late Hazel Colgrove.

Bandon Public Library January 1- 31, 2012

*****Hallway Gallery: "Nature's Way", oils & pastels by Vicki Afatati.

*****Cases: Patricia Davidson's small framed photos of Southern Oregon Coast.

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Coos Art Museum 235 Anderson Ave. Coos Bay 541-267-3901 http://www.coosart.org/

Opening Art Reception for "Wood Art Invitational" in the Mabel Hansen Gallery, featuring 10 wood artists: Philip Clausen, Thomas Clevenger, Jim Deardoff, Rick Fox, Steve Kuntz, Kenneth, Kenneth Means, Mitch Rolicheck, Charles Tatum, George Vrana, and Terry Woodall.

"Native American Basket of the South Coast" in the Uno E. Richter Gallery.

And also showing in the Atrium: "Charleston, Images in Paint". Featured artist & curator Charles of Charleston & Cohorts : Joan Goodman Fox, Sally Rolicheck, Sarita Southgate, Jean Adamson, Dutch Mostert, Nancy Berry, Carollee Tucker, Rod Sullens and Curt Hitch. (Organized by Joan Goodman Fox.)

Show runs December 9, 2011 through February 11, 2012

January BAAA "Artist of the Month" featured in the BAAA display in the lobby of the Coos Art Museum is Sherry Howk.

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Coos Bay Library 525 West Anderson, Coos Bay

January

*****Wall Display : Photographs by Laura Taylor

******Case Display: Blown Glass and Ceramics by Sam Schwarz.

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Coquille Valley Art Center 10144 Hwy 42, Coquille 541-396-3294

January 9th - 31st

****"Oregon the Beautiful" featuring artists from various departments of the Art Center. Hours are Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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Coquille Valley Hospital, 940 E. 5th Street, Coquille, OR

Photography show featuring works by Kathy and Dick Chambers of Myrtle Point; Patricia Davidson, Coos Bay; Kelle Herrick, Bandon; Richard Kirk, Myrtle Point; Kathy Phillips, Myrtle Point; David Sinnot, formerly of Coquille; and Tony Spenader, Coquille. A portion of sales goes to the CVHA Auxiliary. Show runs through February.

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Crystal Dolphin Gallery

1901 Sherman Ave, North Bend, 541-756-1989

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Easy Lane Frames & Select Gallery

3440 Broadway, North Bend, 541-756-7638

"What's New?". Features Gallery Artists and their new works.

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Emerald Art Center

500 Main Street, Springfield 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

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Evergreen Court

Evergreen Court, Baycrest Village, 451 O'Connell St., North Bend, OR 541-756-7658

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Florence Events Center

715 Quince Street, Florence Call for more info at 541-997-1994

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Gallery by the Bay

2100 Union, North Bend Open MWF 10 - 2 p.m.

Paintings by Vanessa Jorgensen, Jean Boynton and Ina Christensen; cross-stitch paintings by Meadowlark Molyneux; collages by Karen Lowe; jewelry by Patricia Worth; Baskets by Blue Rose Starr Eagle; and photographs by Andrew Lowe, Trish Heilbronn, and Kira and Karlan Bjornerud.

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Through December

Langlois Public Library 48234 Hwy 101, Langlois, OR 97450

Hours: Mon. 11a.m.-2 p.m., Tues-Fri. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Maude Kerns Gallery 1910 East 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 541-345-1571

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North Bend Library, Conference Room January 541-756-0400 http://www.northbendlibrary.org/

Features : "Ontogeny" --A new series of acrylic and ink paintings that use color and form to explore organism development, by artist S L Donaldson. Artist's reception is scheduled for ArtWalk night, Thursday, January 12th. 5 - 8:00 p.m.

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Old City Hall--Coquille runs through January 2012

"TIME" -- A Statewide Traveling Show of Oregon Prison Art.

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Pony Village Mall:

ArtWalk: Various artists showing at tables in lobby areas near Katherine's and Harry Ritchie Jewelers. and Artists Loft.

Also in the Mall:

Artists' Loft, 541-756-4088

Gallery Artists Group Show

East Wing Art Wall (by JoAnn's)

The Artist Loft Gallery

Sterling Savings Bank

Artists Loft members' paintings

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Port Orford Library January

****Paintings by Susan Lehman, Jane Schmaltz and Ava Richey

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Raincoast Gallery

Featuring work of many local artists.

Gallery is open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily except Tuesdays.

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South Slough Interpretive Center, Charleston -- in the William Q. Wick Auditorium January 7 - February 29, 2012

Graphite renderings of birds and wildlife by Lance Cox.

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January 11th through March, 2012

Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center

"Down on the Farm" features agriculture related art. Don't miss it! Artists' Opening Reception Sunday, January 15th from 1 - 3:00 p.m.

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Umpqua Valley Arts Center, 1625 W. Harvard, Roseburg 541-672-2532

"Symbols, Letters, Words - Text Us" Runs through January 6, 2012. http://www.uvarts.com/

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U.S. Bank--Coquille

Works by Joanne Drapkin; Victoria Tierney's paintings of Coos County Parks for the 30 Parks by 30 Artists Show; selected works from "TIME" - A Statewide Traveling Show of Oregon Prison Art.

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Whistling Gallery

87456 Ste. A, Whistling Drive, Bandon (located in Laurel Grove, 5 miles south of Bandon.) A variety of artists showing 2-d and 3-d work.

Also in charge of showing work at Billy Smoothboar's and other venues for those artists interested in showing their work, contact Vickie.

541-404-7336, or whistlinggallery@gmail.com

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Classes

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Artist Loft Gallery, Pony Village Mall, North Bend. Call for Class

Information at 541-756-4088

If you are interested in taking a Chinese Brush Painting class with Darlene Diehl on April 12, 2012, $67 for 5 hours with all supplies provided, please contact Carol Young at 541-260-4573. Class will be held in the Artist Loft classroom.

Beginning Watercolor with Carol Young, for info call 541-260-4573.

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Bay Be, located in Charleston, next door to High Tide Cafe is now open and offers licensed childcare for kids 3 yrs & up with a focus on nature and art projects. ALSO offer workshops for adults--making lip balm, jewelry, knitting and yoga.

Drop-in Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. with only $5 and 5 minutes we can help you create a craft such as paper, a candle, a willow basket, driftwood sculpture or bird feeder.

541-888-3265, Find us on Facebook.

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Brookings Area and more:

various classes are listed at http://wildrivercoastart.com/

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Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay 541-267-4877 for more information.

April 3, 4, 5th, 2012, Judy Morris Watercolor Workshop "From Start to Finish"

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Coquille Valley Art Association 10144 Hwy 42, Coquille, OR 541-396-3294 http://www.coquillevalleyartcenter.org/

Painting with Pat Weaver 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Tuesdays & Wednesdays No class Dec. 14 - Jan. 17.

Painting with Anna Crosby 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Thursdays & Fridays Painting/Drawing 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mondays No class Jan. 2nd..

Painting with Bunny Upton 12 - 3 p.m. Mondays

Woodcarving 6 - 9:00 p.m. Tuesdays

Wood Burning 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tuesdays

Play with Clay 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Thursdays

Ken Means Carving 9 - 12 noon and 6 - 9 p.m. on Wednesdays Quilting 10 a.m. on Wednesdays

Appliqué 10 a.m. Tuesdays

Stained Glass 2:30 - 5:30 Mondays and 9:30 - 12:30 Fridays

Fiber Arts 10 a.m. on Fridays

Yoga 6 p.m. Mondays

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Easy Lane Frames, 3440 Broadway, North Bend, 541-756-7638

Contact for information on a variety of classes.

Fridays, Watercolor Studio with Jane Snoddy, $10 per session.

****"Using the Pouring Technique in Watercolor" starts January 9th with Sherry Howk

*****"Cartooning" with Leo Chiantelli, Thursdays 3:30 - 5:30, Jan. 26 - Feb. 16th.

*****"Silk Paper" --a how-to class with Liz Brende. Workshop Thurs. Jan. 19th from 1 - 3:00 p.m.

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Freshwater Gallery, 236B Hwy 101, Port Orford (next to Paula's Bistro)

Sundays, 3-5 p.m.: Figure Drawing with Model, $25

Mondays, 5-7 p.m.: Seascape Painting, $20 per class.

For information: 541-332-8019 or 541-236-8077, or wilddoodle@earthlink.net

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Gallery on the Bay

658 S. Empire Blvd, Empire 541-888-3771

Lessons in painting pastel by Darrell Sanders.

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Heritage Textile Arts Guild

157#A, Pony Village Mall, North Bend

Lessons available in wearables, kitchen linens and gift items.

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Manley Art Center, Brookings

Call for class and workshop schedules. 541-469-1807

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Rose Palette, Pony Village Mall, North Bend. 541-290-7858

Oil Painting classes by Carol Turner, 2:30 - 5:30 Mondays, $20 per class. You can reach Carol at 541-396-5373 for information on other classes as well.

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Sage Place, 11th & Elmira, Bandon

For a schedule of classes offered go to: http://www.sagegallerybandon.com/

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"Studio t" in Bandon presents:

****Art Doll Workshop! with dorothea tortilla on Sunday, January 22, 2012. 1 - 5:00 p.m. 4 hours/$45/Includes Materials. No sewing skills required. Learn fabric techniques including painting, stamping, inks and transfers while creating one of a kind fantasy art dolls. Deadline to Register is January 14th. Contact studioblue@mycomspan.com for registration and information.

*****Art Journaling Play Day! with Susan Lehman on Sunday, February 5, 2012. 1 - 4:00 p.m. 3 hours/$35/includes all materials except a journal. Bring a blank book no larger than 12"x16" and get creative. You will be altering photos, stitching and weaving things onto the pages, writing to prompts, doodling, stamping, stenciling and more. Deadline to register is January 27, 2012. For registration and information contact studioblue@mycomspan.com

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Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg

1624 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR 97471 541-672-2532 http://www.uvarts.com/

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Dateline Events:

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***** Thursday, January 5, 2012 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Gold Beach Episcopal Church Easternmost end of Moore Street.

Figure Drawing. To confirm & for more information contact Alexandra

alexandra@portraitsbyalexandra.com

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*****Wednesday, Januaary 11, 2012 9:00 a.m.

Artists: please deliver paintings to Southern Coos Hospital for the "Down on the Farm Show, if you plan to participate.

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*****Thursday, January 12, 2012 5 - 8:00 p.m.

ArtWalk: a self guided tour of various art venues. Map locations available at http://www.oregoncoastartists.com/

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*****Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:00 a.m.

Eden Hall on SOCC campus, Coos Bay.

Bay Area Artists Association monthly meeting. Presentation features Yvonne Ousley demonstrating and leading a group participation hands-on fiber project.. Bring small amounts of yarn with you, if you like. Public welcome. For information contact Sherry Howk at 541-404-5059.

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****Saturday, January 14, 2012 3-5:00 p.m.

Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay Street, Old Town Florence OR. 541-997-8980 http://www.backstreetgallery.org/ http://www.katheryndavis.com/katys_book/qw_publishing.html

Opening reception for Mary Beers' beaded jewelry and jeweled objects.

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Sunday, January 15, 2012 1 - 3 p.m.

Southern Coos Hospital and Care Center, 900 SE 11th St, Bandon

Opening reception for "Down on the Farm". Live music by "Slow Ponies", refreshments and ART! The show is sponsored by AVK Arts, and runs through March 2012.

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Calls to Artists:

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******Delivery Deadline January 30th - February 1, 2012

Easy Lane Frames and Select Gallery 3440 Broadway, North Bend, 541-756-7638

Show theme is "Winter Wonder". All welcome, no fee, enter one piece of artwork that reflects the color, temperature or feeling of winter.

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Deadline 1/31/12 Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO

http://www.abecedariangallery.com/ for Pdf prospectus download.

Annual juried artists' book exhibition. Show runs 4/20 - 6/02/2012.

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The Winter Show: (January, February, March -2012): “DOWN ON THE FARM” Drop off art entries for hanging at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11th

Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Bandon

From Victoria Tierney:

Victoria Tierney and Susan Lehman, who are organizing the exhibit, are looking for works by local artists, and are also interested in showing works from local private collections. If you have a piece that fits into the theme, you can contact Tierney by email at victory7777@hughes.net or telephone 541-347-9862. The works will have to be brought to the hospital on Wednesday, January 11th at 9 am. The show itself will open on Sunday , January 15th with a reception from 1-3 pm, featuring music by Shannon and Susan Applegate and friends, with their group "THE SLOW PONIES." The show, which is sponsored by A.V.K. Arts, will remain on display through March of 2012.

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Deadline February 4, 2012 for Expressions West 2012

Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave, Coos Bay, 97420, 541-267-3901

Cash Awards (not purchase prizes), 13 Western States --painters may submit up to three entries in one or more of four media: oil, acrylic, pastel or watercolor.

For prospectus and entry form contact the website: http://www.coosart.org/ or address/phone above.

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Deadline for entry is February 10, 2012

Maude Kerns Art Center "Variations: Art Expressing Music"

Submit images of 2D & 3D artwork in all mediums that is inspired
by music or related to the theme of music. Supply five digital
images in color at 300 dpi on CD in jpeg format.Work will be selected
by jurors from the submitted images. There is a $15 submission fee.

Application forms & prospectus available at http://www.mkartcenter.org/
or call 541-345-1571. Show runs April 6 - May 11, 2012

Maude Kerns Art Center is located at 1910 E. 15th Ave.
(corner of 15th &Villard), Eugene.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. M-F, Saturday--noon -4 p.m.

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Submission Deadline: February 28, 2012

"Artworks NW 2012" (formerly "Hundred Valleys")

Umpqua Valley Arts Association, 1624 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR 97471

http://www.uvarts.com/

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Submission Deadline: February 28, 2012

"Photoworks NW 2012" (formerly titled "Best Photo")

Umpqua Valley Arts Association, 1624 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR 97471
http://www.uvarts.com/

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Submission Deadline: Friday, April 20, 2012

Maude Kerns Art Center’s

Call for Artists: 2013-2014 Exhibits Schedule

Artists working in all 2- and 3-dimensional mediums, including
installations, are invited to submit images of their work along
with an application form to be considered for the next
biennium (2013-2014) of exhibits at the Maude Kerns Art Center.
Submissions may include solo, group, and/or themed shows.
There is a $15 submission fee for individual artists
and a $5 fee per artist for group shows.

The postmark deadline is Friday, April 20, 2012.
Application forms and prospectuses are
available at the Art Center or online at

http://www.mkartcenter.org/


Call 541-345-1571 for more information.

The Maude Kerns Art Center, located at
1910 E. 15th Avenue at the corner of 15th and Villard,
is Eugene’s oldest non-profit community center for the
visual arts.

Gallery hours are from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday – Friday,
and noon to 4:00 pm on Saturday when exhibits are on display.

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Umpqua Valley Arts Association , Roseburg

44th Annual Summer Arts Festival, scheduled for Friday, June 22nd through Sunday, June 24th, 2012.

Look on their website: http://www.uvarts.com/ starting in January for applications for booths for artists, crafters, food vendors and entertainers.

This is an established, major cultural event in the Umpqua Valley drawing artists and crafters from across the U.S. for the 3 day festival with live music, food from local vendors, and lots of art. The event draws over 16,000 visitors of all ages. Proceeds benefit the UVAA's arts-in-education programs, bringing art instruction to elementary school children in Douglas County.

Those with questions are encouraged to consult the FAQ document posted on http://uvarts.com/summer-arts-festival/ or contact the UVAA by phone at 541-672-2532.

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Bandon Area Open Artist Studio Tour

October 2012!!! IDEAS & Participants wanted!

Your input needed now for advance planning!

Contact Susan Lehman at studioblue@mycomspan.com

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The Artists' Village, McMinnville, OR Saturday & Sunday, July 14th & 15th, 2012

The McMinnville Sunrise Rotary Club is hosting their 4th Annual Artists' Village.
Funds raised from this event go to help develop the arts and help Oregon artists with this event.

This is a juried event to obtain a booth at this show in order to sell your work.
10 ' x 10' booth under a tent, $100 for both days.
Jurying fee will be non-refundable $25. Best in Show cash prizes total $1000.

They are looking for a variety of fine art participants including painting, sculpture,
pottery, metalwork, dance, music and readings.

Information and applications will be posted in January on their website:
 http://www.artinmac.org Their email contact is artinmac@gmail.com

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The Spring Show: (April, May, June): “WEATHER REPORT”

Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Bandon

Works inspired by the South Coast Weather. We’re a land of wild winds, torrential rains, glorious sunsets, rainbows, waving grasses, threatening clouds and churning (or shining) seas----all fair game for our local artists and photographers. No snapshots please. If you have a really fine photo it must be matted and framed and ready for hanging.

Any questions…..check with Ava Richey at Bandon Art Supply or call Victoria Tierney or Susan Lehman at 541-347-9888.
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The Summer Show: (July, August, September): “GAMES PEOPLE PLAY”

Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Bandon

It was Crystal Landucci’s impressive collection of games of Chinese checkers that inspired this one. We’re looking for board games of all sorts that can be mounted on the walls; your own inventions would be great too……you’ve got a little while to work on this one so start inlaying those chess boards or drilling those cribbage sets….(fashioning those dominos?)…….This should be a really fun exhibit for the summer and we hope it will combine collectibles and the fruits of your imagination.

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The Fall Show: (October, November, December) “WHAT I DID ON MY VACATION”

Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Bandon

Paintings and Journals created by the travelers amongst us. We already have some folks in mind but if you have some work you think might fit in….please let us know.

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Summer Boardwalk Show at Bandon waterfront: It’s The Year of the Dragon , so start planning now!

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Bandon Library Art Committee is seeking artists for exhibitions in both the

Hallway Gallery and the Glass Cases during the 2013. You can

also put your name on the list in case there are cancellations before then.

The art can be paintings, drawings, mixed media, photography, and the like;

crafts, collections, small sculptures and/or jewelry for the cases. Please

contact Alexis Proctor at alexis2101p@yahoo.com or call 541-329-0530.

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Opportunity to Sell your Work:

Kathy from "Katherine's" in Pony Village Mall (south wing) is seeking

artists to display art on Art Walk Thursdays from 5 - 8:00 p.m. each month.

The upcoming one is January 12th. The Mall will provide easels and tables.

Other stores will be doing music and appetizers. There is no fee, no

commission...it's FREE. Contact Kathy at 541-808-2248.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Pyramid Building

 
 “Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.”

So how long have you been looking in that rearview mirror?

Oh come on, it happens to all of us, something, sometime, somewhere goes wrong and for the rest of our lives we look over our shoulder waiting for the other shoe to drop.

But what if the other shoe took a walk?

And why is it that shoes drop in the first place? I usually drop my fork or spoon or if I am at a big, important party where there are a lot of influential people I can manage a whole plate, complete with frothy food, like maybe cake and ice cream or something with a whipped topping.

That’s when things go wrong and burn a hole in your memory for the rest of your life all you will be able to see is that cake or the whipped cream exploding across the carpet headed straight for the banker, chief of police prettiest girl in the room or if you happen to be the prettiest girl in the room then you’ll also have on your best dress/sweater/pants and bam, wham, Bob’s your uncle there’s whipped cream all over it.

And if you could die at that moment you would live happily ever after.

So why do you insist on carrying it with you for the rest of your life? Wasn’t the one time bad enough, do you absolutely have to re-live it over and over again?

Okay, let’s settle one excuse right here and now, High School sucked for everyone who wasn’t the captain of the football team or head cheerleader. It’s a fact and there’s no changing it. No matter what atonement you do for all of your nerdy sins, you will forever remain the class dork.

The important part is remain, it’s over. That’s right, it is in the past, part of history, shoved in a time capsule and it made you what you are today, so live with it.

If you were a dork and I was, the King of the Dorks, it’s all over now and being that person who wasn’t part of the “In Crowd”, thanks Ramsey Lewis, you went off and read books or painted or learned to sculpt clay or pot, no not that kind of pot…if that’s what you did after school you probably didn’t learn enough to read this blog so why are you here and there are only so may pictures so maybe you’d be better off with a nice Marvel comic book written for the average village idiot and you know there’s good job security in being the village idiot so maybe that’s a career path whaddya think?

But back to the rearview mirror, if you let all of the trauma of High School brand you for life; you’ve let all of those in the “In Crowd” win after all. They never had a new thought of their own and now they’ve killed off all of the new and different thoughts you could have had if only you had listened to that different drummer and not to them.

You know we live in a wonderful time, the nerds of High School have all grown up and some of them are drawing and painting and writing. They write for TV and they write about folks just like themselves with maybe a bit more glamour. You do know that a dozen hit shows feature a prominent nerd on their roster?

Could Gibbs solve all of those dastardly deeds without the star of all stars, the Queen of lab rats, Abby? She’s Elvira and the sexy scientist who whips off her glasses and lets down her hair and gets the GUY, and comes up with the biggest and bestest clue and points Gibbs in the right direction.

Abby is so big, only in spirit, style and gumption that she has a Goth angel wallpaper all of her own and she’s a second tier character.

But don’t be fooled there are a bunch of nerds lurking in the very best of shows, Garcia on Criminal Minds, such hot sh*t that she gets more and more air time every season and well deserves it. Sid the medical examiner on CSI New York, all of the Squints on Bones, Maura Isles on Rizzoli and Isles, although she’s better in the Tess Gerritson books, the Queen of the Dead and don’t you forget it and then there’s…but I should get back on point, it’s a good time to be a nerd.

So celebrate your dorkery, pull out your pocket protector, wrap your glasses with tape and bring out the slide rule we’re going to party! Dorks don’t make good football players and they don’t get the head cheerleader, but they do leave big foot prints in the sands of history. Albert the Great, no not the king who got his by divine right, but Einstein who was pretty divine all by himself. Vincent Van Gogh who wasn’t at all divine but made a mark that can’t be erased. Robert Newton, yes, I know you don’t know who that is but I’ll tell you so you will, played Long John Silver in the Walt Disney Treasure Island and forever told us what a pirate sounds like. These are the folks who took what ever they had and made a neon sign across the sky of time. They were all nerds and they weren’t looking in the rearview mirror.

If you spend all of your time trying to fix what didn’t happen back then what have you got left for now? Did you know that you can’t fix back then? Did you know that you can if you focus straight ahead you can leave a legacy like the Pharaohs? Yes, because it wasn’t their riches or victories, their history carved into the temples of the Nile that makes us stare at their works in awe, it was their art and the artists who built the Sphinx and the pyramids. That’s what gets our attention.

So here at the end of the year I’m asking you to take a look at your life and see how much time you are devoting to fixing the things that have happened in the past. Wouldn’t your time be better spent building the pyramids of the future?

Winter Classes 2012

Greetings!


Our class offering for Winter 2012! Please note the printable registration form on the separate attachment above.

studio t. Winter Classes 2012


Art Doll Workshop! with dorothea tortilla

Sunday, January 22, 2012 1-5 PM

4 hours/$45/includes all materials

No sewing skills required! In this creative workshop you will make two original art dolls to take home or give as gifts (if you can bear to part with them!)

Learn an exciting range of fabric techniques including painting, stamping, inks and transfers while creating one-of-a-kind, fantasy art dolls.

Enjoy a winter afternoon workshop with a group of happy art doll creators!

Minimum of 5 students; maximum of 8

Classes fill quickly! Sign up deadline: Jan.14, 2012

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Art Journaling Play Day! with Susan Lehman

Sunday, February 5th, 2012 1-4 PM

3 hours/$35/includes all materials except a journal

If you have a beautiful book with blank pages or if someone has given you a nice handmade journal and you are wondering what to put in it, this class is for you!

Susan Lehman will demonstrate and guide you through countless possibilities for getting in touch with your creative writing and play.

You’ll be altering photos, stitching and weaving things onto the pages, writing to prompts, doodling, stamping, stenciling and more!

Bring your already handmade or purchased journal (at least 6”x 8”, no larger than 12”x16”) and fill it with glowing colors, imaginative images and creative writing!

Minimum of 5 students; maximum of 8

Classes fill quickly! Sign up deadline: Jan.27, 2012

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dorothea tortilla @ studio t.


PO Box 1353

Bandon OR 97411

541-252-1336

Classes are designed for those over 18 years of age. They are filled on a first come, first serve reservation basis. Reservations will be cashed one week prior to the class; they are non-refundable, but you may give your reservation to another person to attend in your place.

You may mail a check to the address above, payable to Max Hand or call 541-252-1336 with your credit card number. Credit card charges on your statement will be listed as a purchase from Max Hand. Please do not send credit card information in an email.

If fewer than 5 people reserve for a class, it will not be held and your deposit refunded. If reservations exceed the maximum number of students for a class, a waiting list will be created to fill a cancelled reservation or, if demand warrants it, to fill a duplicate class.

Please print and mail this form to the address above with check

or to place charge on a credit card, call 541-252-1336

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Call to Artist - February & March Cultural Show


Dear Artists,

We invite you to participate in our Cultural Art show in February and March - "Ancient Americas"

We are looking for individuals to submit 3-5 pieces each. This will be a juried invitational & "call to artist" show.

Deadline to submit: January 27th, 4:00 PM

Email photos and applications to:

lsc.services@oregonstate.edu

Ancient Americas



Searching the North, South and Central Americas, we find that even in our most primitive state, we have a deep desire for knowledge and beauty. Many of our ancient cultures used art to express those feelings and desires, as well as to explain the unknown. In the Western Hemisphere we have many examples of this. From the upper reaches of North America to the furthest tip of South America, every culture has left us their thoughts in the form of art, some buried deep within the earth and others still standing tall throughout the centuries. The Maya is an example of this, utilizing art in language, architecture, and decorative beauty.

It is in this spirit we wish to inspire all artists of 2012! This is a time to take a deeper look at a historic view of life and the world around us. Through art we, as well as our ancestors, are able to explain what life is, how the world works, and how we see the world as individuals. We are even able to express ideas of what we believe may lie beyond life.

This is an opportunity to show original and cultural art work based on a primitive outlook or an influence of the ancient Americas



Please let us know if you have any questions. We will have an application on our website very soon.

Merry Christmas!

Giustina Gallery

Tina Green-Price & Julianne Reeher

Oregon State University - LaSells Stewart Center

541-737-2402

Oregon State University Conference Services
OSU Conference Services
100 LaSells Stewart Center
Corvallis
OR
97331

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

What You See Is What You Get


"You are younger today than you ever will be again. Make use of it." Anonymous

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Big Spender

 
So have you found next years Christmas card scene yet?

Why not, it’s past Christmas and time’s awastin’.

Before you know it you’ll be caught up in Valentine’s and then there’s St Patrick’s Day and Mother’s Day and Graduation and Father’s Day, okay, so maybe Father’s day isn’t that big a deal.

You know I’m not at all certain why fathers get left out. You’d think in this political season with all of the Family Values breast-beating someone would speak up for fathers, but about all they get is a passing mention in the middle of the “children need two parents” speech.

Duh? Did someone say they didn’t? I’m sure all those mother’s out there working two and three jobs to keep the little darlings fed and housed and in school supplies would love for a father or two to step up to the plate and take some of the load off. But do they? They do not. They run for the hills at the first sign of impending fatherhood.

Sure they love the process. Just ask around and you can get any number of men to step right to the head of the line when it comes to the first step in the fathering process, it’s just all of the other stuff, the icky stuff, with three AM feedings and changing and the screaming and yelling and that’s just when they get to high school and little Tommy dumps the girl right before Spring Formal and wait until you get the bill for the limo service if you want to hear weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.

So father’s get left out of all of the big-time merchandising, cause there is only so much you can do to make a Craftsman tool chest look glamorous. I won’t go into the drill crisis or the whole power washer thingy.

It’s the moms who get the bulk of the marketing and since they control the purse strings they should get all of the good gifts. But what does that mean to you and why should it affect your art and if any of this has anything to do with me I’ll eat a bug.

Ketchup or tarter sauce, cause it has to do with you a bunch.

Let’s go back a few months. First and most important to you the working artist, there’s a six month lead time for almost every kind of marketing. You want to sell your pretzel mustard brush, best be sending up a flare right after Christmas, cause the summer and the Fourth of July are right around the corner. (Remember to include corny dogs in your pitch, cause you should never work only one side of the street and not everyone likes mustard on pretzels.) {Oops, I did forget, this is Oregon where everyone is afraid of yellow condiments. Who said a hamburger should have mayo on it? This is a bigger crisis than the collapse of the economy. Children can be permanently harmed by a lack of mustard in their formative years. Now I realize that this part of the world was settled by Scandinavians and I like and respect all of those Scandies, but they do make a lot of white food and this leads inevitably to mayo on hamburgers which can as I said earlier cause serious damage to the growing child’s psyche.}

But even if you do put mayo on a hamburger you have to get your pitch geared up so that you can work it right up till the fireworks go up and the calendar returns to Labor Day.

All of which means you are seriously far behind on Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s and cutting it close on Mother’s Day and graduation and all of these events need cards. What, you expected me to say art? Sure they do, but just supplying a moderate-sized family can empty an artist’s back stock so cards are a much better way to do it unless you’ve done a deal with those clever German Brownies and have them working the night shift copying your art so that you never run out of back stock.

But if you don’t maybe now is the time to start planning and looking.

I try to get my Christmas card design out of the way before the middle of January. It does two things for me, one it means I won’t be frantically searching next December and two if by chance some greeting card company scout sees this blog and says, “Hey Fat man what kind of art card do you have ready to go?” I have an answer.

I found what I was looking for Christmas Eve. Now I wasn’t looking, I didn’t even know I was thinking about looking but there it was right in front of me, right outside the place I had just left while dropping off presents and picking up something special for Christmas day.

No, I won’t tell you, not what I found, you have to suck up to me all year so that you get on my Christmas Card list and then you’ll see just how clever I was to be open to the world’s suggestion.

No, I won’t tell you that either, if you have a double-secret special connection what gets you “the Good Stuff” you’d better just shut up and enjoy it cause if you let other people in on it they’ll come and take it away from you.

Unfortunately I managed to blow up a gall bladder this past summer and instead of being out there looking under leaves and rocks and twigs and stuff I was flat on my back in hospital. That sort of limits what you can work up for the start of the year holidays. So guess what, I’m scrambling to get something going for the February and March events.

But you don’t want to find yourself in that position, (Not in hospital or behind in your development time), so you’re out there looking and thinking and planning like a good little artist.

Now let me tell you one tiny thing more, if you are an artist who works solely for the aesthetic joy of creation and have no desire to every sell or market your work you’re probably wondering why I spend so much time prodding the artists who do want to market and sell. It is because of them and the exposure they bring that galleries and greeting card companies and all of the other resources send people into the area looking for the works which will become the next big thing.

And if you believe that no one on this small bay stuck five hundred miles from San Francisco or three hundred miles from Portland makes art which attracts national notice, you haven’t met Angela Pozzi, Kelle Herrick, Kimberly Wurster, Susan Lehman, Pat Snyder or Dutch Mostert. They turn heads wherever their art is displayed and no, I ain’t playin’ in their league, but I sure do appreciate their making so much noise so that I can get a little of the drum beat on my side of the street and you can just bet your bottom dollar when the Big Spender shows up to haul away their art, I’m going to have some of mine where he can see it. Who knows, Big Spenders spend, that’s why they get called Big Spender and it wouldn’t hurt my feeling one bit if they spent a little time with me!

Monday, December 26, 2011

Working Stiff

 
Now that all of the shouting is done and the buying is over and the food is eaten, football watched and family sent on their way back home, what are you doing with your art?

That’s right, it never stops. You do have to maintain your social obligations and see that the bills get paid and the dog walked and the cat fed and oh yes, the spouse turned so that when they sleep on the couch for the next week having eaten enough to see the average bear through a hard winter, you can take a moment for yourself.

It’s hard to get back in the swing of things. You’ve been so focused and regimented getting all that needed doing done and now that you’ve got your life back it seems like you’ve forgotten something. You have your art.

Now you could go back to what you were doing before the holidays sucked up every minute of your time and that certainly wouldn’t be a bad thing, but shouldn’t you take a bigger swing? I mean you’ve been away from the studio for six weeks, way back since before Thanksgiving and now you have to get a giant boost just to get back to even, so what are you going to do?

Try people. I know I keep coming back to the same ole thing but this time I’m not going to urge you to try and get them nekkid, or posing, no I want you to paint them working.

Yes, just like everyone else folks have to work and you should make it a part of your art life to capture that work.

You could do like Norman Rockwell and paint an every day slice of life. He created some of the most iconic images of the last century, the Thanksgiving feast, the kid with the baseball mitt in his pocket, the craneish artist peeking out from behind his canvas and Rosie.

Yeah that Rosie, true enough the Rosie most of us know was not a Rockwell. J. Howard Miller designed the “We Can Do it” poster for Westinghouse and that’s the poster we all know and most of us love. Okay, if you are not yet wearing Depends and prunes aren’t your idea of the proper way to start the day, try Christina Aguilera’s Candyman video. You’ll see her dressed as Rosie, bandana, blue shirt, flexed bicep and all.

The real Rockwell Rosie, a much tougher character, sits with her rivet gun on her lap and sandwich in her hand and the Stars and Stripes behind her. Damn! Makes a guy want to go and sign up!

But no matter which Rosie you favor, she’s a working girl and proud of it! And here on the South Coast we have people who work for a living all around us.

The men and boys who go to sea are just one example. Right before the holiday we were reminded of just how dangerous a job fishing is. A boat capsized and took its captain to the deep. Fortunately the two hands were saved but to loose even one is a tragedy. These guys leave the docks knowing that they might never come back and in that respect they share the courage of our fighting men heading off to keep the world safe for democracy. And both groups deserve to be subjects of heroic art.

For hundreds of years the hero was the focus of art, be it religious heroes from the bible or the Gods and Goddesses of Greece. I’ll bet if I say Odin you see a bearded man with one eye patch and two ravens. That’s how ingrained in our imaginations the heroes of mythology are.

Since the fall of the twin towers our firefighters have come to symbolize all of the courage we as Staties believe is inherent in the national character. If Joe Sixpack is everyman, the firefighters are standing right there along with the guys on Iwo Jima raising the flag.

What about our teachers? You got the guts to get up for Dawn Patrol and face a pack of half civilized kids with nothing between you and their blood thirsty little claws but your teacher’s certificate and a little coffee?

But you don’t have to look for heroes, to find everyday workers doing their jobs in a truly Herculean way, cashiers, hairdressers and wait-persons work for precious little pay, in jobs most of us wouldn’t do with a gun to our heads and they do it for hours on end and for the most part do it with a smile and never complain. You try working for the public for ten or twelve hours and see how smiley you feel.

And then there’s our breed, the artists working in studios, spare rooms, closets and workshops, pouring their souls into art which just might not please the public and why? They do it for love, for passion, because they have to cause even ditch digging pays better and gains more respect.

These guys are bigger than those ancient Greek Gods wandering around Mount Olympus. They are and should be the subject of your art. You have to tell the story they can’t because they are too busy working. They do the backbreaking jobs we won’t do so that we can find the time to hide out in our studios.

And just one more example, our pals in television, the heads we see every night in our living rooms, they work from dawn till dark, hoping their contracts will be renewed because if they aren’t they have to pull up stakes and move. You can’t try the TV station across the street; the market isn’t big enough to have a bunch of TV stations.

So while you are recuperating from the madness of the holidays, take a look around at all the laborers in our community and see if there isn’t something art worthy in their lives and work.

'Twas the Day After Christmas

Today is Boxing Day, St. Stevens Day, Good King Wenceslas Day, or simply put if you are from the US, Dec 26th.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Are you sitting down?

 


The wreckage all around is the result of having survived another Christmas. Sure the kids and the cats have tracked wrapping paper, bows and tinsel all over the house. It will be March at least before all of the hidden spaces yield up their icicles and paper scraps.

The mountain of dishes and all of that strange stuff on the counters, that will go away later today when you recover enough to use a dishrag or better still get someone off the couch and into the kitchen to do the clean up. (You did all of the cooking so someone else better damn well do the clean up.)

The phone has finally stopped ringing, you’ve talked to everyone you know and a whole bunch of people you haven’t a clue who they were, but they called and said they were friends or family and rather than be rude, or get caught up in lengthy explanations, you played along and talked to them about things you wouldn’t mention to your shrink or priest. (Ever think about confession? Anything that you should confess to get right with a higher power has to be something that you would not talk to a priest about even if they were as kindly as Pat O’Brien or saintly as Spencer Tracy, which of course they never were and so the whole confession thing has to be base on you squirming around saying anything which might reveal just how kinky you are or how close to the top of the Naughty List you really were.)

And now you are sitting on the only clear, flat space in the whole house, the floor and looking out at the damage and wondering why it was that you thought having a family was such a good idea. Take a breath, cause I have news, it’s time to start preparing for next year.

Stop that screaming, it upsets the neighbors and won’t even slow down the children. Yes, once Christmas is over you have to start again and Monday morning the stores and the television and the radio will make sure you know it. They’ll hit you with sales, they’ll ply you with easy returns, which is a big, fat lie, cause just getting in the Service Counter line will show you, right quick that maybe it’s going to be easier to keep that lousy espresso machine than it would be to take it back, and besides if you were careful and kept track of who gave what to whom you can probably re-gift the silly thing to Aunt Minnie from Boise who doesn’t really drink coffee, but won’t squawk and lives too far away to send it back to you, so if nothing else you finally got it out of the house. Back to Monday, you should have scheduled a dentist’s appointment so that all of the media machine’s efforts will be wasted when you see how much pain you are in and how much the dentists charged you and you will go home and get back in bed and might not move again until February, which would be a big mistake because then you’ll be behind on Valentine’s and right back on the Naughty List.

No, you just have to such it up and face the stores and the crowds and think about who is responsible for all of this.

Me, I blame Prince Albert and Coca Cola. That’s right all of this woe is the work of the two most nefarious, underhanded villains ever to darken the Winter Solstice. Which makes me think that some of the blame has to lie with the church, cause they were the ones who stuck us with all of this in December.

You do know that no one knows when exactly the holiday we celebrate in December really happened. Some say its right where it should be and some think it should be over in the first two weeks of January. Way back in the fourth century the Church decided that pagans shouldn’t have all of the fun and they figured if they co-opted the big Winter Solstice celebration they could get a leg up on those rotten, hard-partying pagans. And that’s what they did. They picked a date close to the Winter Solstice and not all that far from the Roman Saturnalia and they plunked Christmas down right there and its been there ever since.

Now I don’t mind sharing with the pagans, most artists are pagan in spirit and they do have all of the good vices, the stuff your neighbors and preacher would not approve of, even a little bit, so why not move in on their holiday and maybe get some of that old time pagan fun, fun, fun.

Then there’s Prince Albert. Now I told you already, but it won’t hurt to repeat myself, Prince Albert was German even though he was married to Queen Victoria and sort of an Englishman so you might want to skip over Prince Albert and blame the Germans. They get all of the ticket for starting the two World Wars, why not Christmas too?

Prince Albert brought along all of the traditions which we as English speaking descendants hold so dear, Christmas trees, Yule logs and fruit cake which really started out as plum pudding, and lights on the tree which were originally candles which made the fire department hate Christmas even more than they would for all of the lost cats and locked doors and stray kids, cause stray kids don’t cause as many fires as sticking a candle on a dried out fir tree.

Thanks a bunch Princester!

And last but certainly not least, Coca Cola. Now you may think Coke is just a drink or maybe even a generic term for soda which Coca Cola would fight you tooth and nail over cause it is a trademarked name and not a generic anything and they spend thousands every year insuring that the Trademark does not fall into the public domain which might be justice for inflicting the worst of the Christmas horrors on us, Santa Claus.

Yep, it was Coke which made Santa a fixture. He really started out as a hard working churchman way back in the fourth century somewhere around what is now Turkey. And for a whole bunch of years he was happy with his church gig and then something happened and he got shifted as these legends sometimes do and he became a Christmas elf. Yeah, one of the little guys, he probably was a Brownie, no not the cookie selling kind, but the shoe mending kind. They have access to the house anyway so it wouldn’t take too much of a stretch to shift them from shoemaking which is a useful talent to toy making which keeps the kids out of your hair, but doesn’t really contribute to the economy.

He was again happy as a toy-making elf for several hundred years, shifting happily from the forests of Bavaria to the sands of Syria where he became a camel, one of the three wise men’s caravan and allegedly the smallest, but still working the toy trade and making kids happy even in the world’s largest beach. Hey just because they don’t have an ocean handy is no reason to discriminate against all of that sand.

But after years of hard work establishing himself as the head elf and toy-maker, in 1931 Coca Cola decided he’d be just the pitchman they needed. But an elf isn’t the sort of thing you can bring into the family home, who knows where they’ve been or if they’re legally in this country and you don’t want to get cross-ways with Homeland Security so once again Santa transformed into a Norman Rockwell jolly ole fat man. (Of course now there’s a certain stigma attached to any old man who wants to bounce children on his knee, bearded or not, but I don’t think Coke wants us to dwell on that image or at least they haven’t mentioned it in any of their adds that I’ve seen.)

So Santa got a red suit and a sleigh full of toys and Coke and went to work for Atlanta’s finest where he is still employed to this very day.

And that is why I blame these guys for the annual blood letting which comes on December the 25th.

Hate Christmas, not me, I have a closet where I can roll my tree in without taking a single light off or even taking the Father Christmas off the top of the tree. I’d leave my Christmas lights on on the front porch all year long except the Long Suffering won’t allow it, and now if you’ll excuse me I’m off to bed. I have to hit the store bright and early tomorrow morning.




Saturday, December 24, 2011

Ava Richey's Art News

Hello Everyone,
I'd like to wish each and every one of you a Merry Christmas, happy Winter Solstice, happy Hanukkah, or other enjoyable ways to celebrate life and 2011.  Ponder gratitude, peace, and goodwill to fellow humans.
May you have a very productive and satisfying 2012, with much creating.
Due to our busy lives during this holiday period we will take a break.  No Monday Paintouts until Monday, January 9th, 2012.
My phone is 541-347-4643 or cell is 541-297-6118. 
If you have any good ideas of places to paint in bad weather, please let me know.  :)
Thanks!
Ava
p.s.  I urge you to join, or renew your membership in the Coos Art Museum
And if you haven't yet seen their current show,  it is really something..don't miss it.  :)
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FYI:  New listings have asterisks ***** next to the date.

If any of the web links below in blue are not "live", meaning if you click on it and it doesn't take you to the website,--- right click on it and choose copy, then open your internet web browser, left click on the web address window at the top to highlight it, then right click and paste the web link into your browser and hit enter.  The site should open.
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Check out John's discounted art gift packages (great for youth and beginning artists) at Bandon Artist Supply starting Friday, December 15th.  541-347-4482.  Open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. except closed Sun. and Mon.
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Artists' Accomplishments:
We want to honor the achievements of all you artists, so don't be shy about sending the highlights of your art lives, or those of your artist friends.
Congratulations to J. M. Steele of Gold Beach, OR.  Two of her paintings have been accepted into the prestigious Mountain Oyster Club's 42nd Annual Art Show this year, held in Tuscon, Az.  Show runs Nov. 20th - Jan. 2012.  Both paintings were sold. 
To see the show go to http://jeannesteele.blogspot.com/  and also see a demonstration of her painting "Backlit Bovine", one of the paintings accepted into the show.
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Current Shows:

"The Little Dickens" miniature art show, 59 works on display
at the Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay Street, Florence
http://www.blogger.com/

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Bandon Artist Supply  through January

"Rural Farm Delivery"
is a vibrant show featuring acrylic and ink paintings & cards
by S L Donaldson, and acrylic paints by Michael W. Ousley.

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Bandon Public Library  December 1 - 31, 2011Hallway Gallery:  Featuring Joanne Drapkin  "My Art of the Last Four Years"  
Cases:  Collections of the late Hazel Colgrove. 
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Coos Art Museum  235 Anderson Ave. Coos Bay    541-267-3901  http://www.coosart.org             
Opening Art Reception for "Wood Art Invitational" in the Mabel Hansen Gallery, featuring 10 wood artists: Philip Clausen, Thomas Clevenger, Jim Deardoff, Rick Fox, Steve Kuntz, Kenneth, Kenneth Means, Mitch Rolicheck, Charles Tatum, George Vrana, and Terry Woodall.

"Native American Basket of the South Coast" in the Uno E. Richter Gallery.

And also showing in the Atrium: "Charleston, Images in Paint".  Featured artist and curator Charles of Charleston and Cohorts: Joan Goodman Fox, Sally Rolicheck, Sarita Southgate, Jean Adamson, Dutch Mostert, Nancy Berry, Carollee Tucker, Rod Sullens and Curt Hitch. (Organized by Joan Goodman Fox.)
Show runs December 9, 2011 through February 11, 2012
December featured in the BAAA  "Artist of the Month" display in the lobby of the Coos Art Museum is Laurie K. Levitan
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Coos Bay Library        December
Fiber & Fabric Art by Elizabeth Brende
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Coquille Valley Art Center   10144 Hwy 42, Coquille
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Coquille Valley Hospital, 940 E. 5th Street, Coquille, OR
Photography show featuring works by Kathy and Dick Chambers of Myrtle Point; Patricia Davidson, Coos Bay; Kelle Herrick, Bandon; Richard Kirk, Myrtle Point; Kathy Phillips, Myrtle Point; David Sinnot, formerly of Coquille; and Tony Spenader, Coquille.  A portion of sales goes to the CVHA Auxiliary.  Show runs through February.
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Crystal Dolphin Gallery 
1901 Sherman Ave, North Bend,  541-756-1989
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de Young Museum, San Francisco
Now through February 12, 2012
"Masters of Venice: Renaissance Painters of Passion and Power"

Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Now through January 22, 2012     "Pisarro's People"
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Easy Lane Frames & Select Gallery
3440 Broadway, North Bend, 541-756-7638
"What's New?".  Features Gallery Artists and their new works.
Until Dec. 25th, bring a non-perishable food item for the local food bank and get 10% off every purchase.
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Emerald Art Center
500 Main Street, Springfield  11 a.m. - 4 p.m.,
Tuesday through Saturday.
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Evergreen Court
Evergreen Court, Baycrest Village, 451 O'Connell St., North Bend, OR
541-756-7658
November 1 - December 31, 2011 features Coos Sand 'n Sea Quilt Guild fiber artists showing quilts, table runners and other items.
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Florence Events Center
715 Quince Street, Florence  Call for more info at 541-997-1994
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Gallery by the Bay
2100 Union, North Bend  Open MWF 10 - 2 p.m.
Paintings by Vanessa Jorgensen, Jean Boynton and Ina Christensen;
cross-stitch paintings by Meadowlark Molyneux; collages by Karen Lowe; jewelry by Patricia Worth; Baskets by Blue Rose Starr Eagle; and photographs by Andrew Lowe, Trish Heilbronn, and Kira and Karlan Bjornerud.
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Through December
Langlois Public Library  48234 Hwy 101, Langlois, OR 97450
featuring paintings of Sheila Oberg
Hours: Mon. 11a.m.-2 p.m.,
Tues-Fri. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.,
Sat. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Maude Kerns Gallery 1910 East 15th Ave, Eugene, OR   
541-345-1571
November 18th - Dec. 23rd   "Art for All Seasons: Annual Membership Show"
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North Bend Library   December
541-756-0400   http://www.northbendlibrary.orgPaintings by Bernard Sherwood in the Conference Room.
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Old City Hall--Coquille   runs through January 2012
"TIME" -- A Statewide Traveling Show of Oregon Prison Art.
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Pony Village Mall
Artists' Loft, 541-756-4088
Gallery Artists Group Show
East Wing Art Wall (by JoAnn's)
The Artist Loft Gallery

Sterling Savings Bank
Ink Sketches of local history, lighthouses and more by Vern Barlow
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Port Orford Library  December
Watercolor Society of Oregon traveling show features 20 winners selected by juror Ted Nuttall, plus the People's Choice painting. 
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Raincoast Gallery
Featuring work of many local artists.
Gallery is open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily except Tuesdays.
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Now through December
Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center
900 11th St. SE, Bandon
"The Digital Eye" showing art produced using the computer and various software.  
***Artists in this show--Please pick up your digital art ON Friday, December 30th.
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Umpqua Valley Arts Center, 1625 W. Harvard, Roseburg 
541-672-2532 
"Symbols, Letters, Words - Text Us"  
Runs through January 6, 2012. 
http://www.blogger.com/
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U.S. Bank--Coquille
Works by Joanne Drapkin; Victoria Tierney's paintings of Coos County Parks for the 30 Parks by 30 Artists Show; selected works from "TIME" - A Statewide Traveling Show of Oregon Prison Art.
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Whistling Gallery
87456 Ste. A, Whistling Drive, Bandon (located in Laurel Grove, 5 miles south of Bandon.)  A variety of artists showing 2-d and 3-d work.
Also in charge of showing work at Billy Smoothboar's and other venues for those artists interested in showing their work, contact Vickie.
541-404-7336, or whistlinggallery@gmail.com

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Classes
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Artist Loft Gallery, Pony Village Mall, North Bend.  Call for Class Information at 541-756-4088
 If you are interested in taking a Chinese Brush Painting class with Darlene Diehl on April 12, 2012, $67 for 5 hours with all supplies provided, please contact Carol Young at 541-260-4573.  Class will be held in the Artist Loft classroom.
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Bay Be, located in Charleston, next door to High Tide Cafe
is now open and offers licensed childcare for kids 3 yrs & up with a focus on nature and art projects.  ALSO offer workshops for adults--making lip balm, jewelry, knitting and yoga.
Drop-in Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. with only $5 and 5 minutes we can help you create a craft such as paper, a candle, a willow basket, driftwood sculpture or bird feeder.
541-888-3265,   Find us on Facebook.
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Brookings Area and more:
various classes are listed at http://wildrivercoastart.com/
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Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay   541-267-4877 for more information.
April 3, 4, 5th, 2012,
Judy Morris Watercolor Workshop "From Start to Finish"
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Coquille Valley Art Association   10144 Hwy 42, Coquille, OR  541-396-3294  http://www.coquillevalleyartcenter.org/
Painting with Pat Weaver 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.,
Tuesdays and Wednesdays   No class Dec. 14 - Jan. 17.
Painting with Anna Crosby 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 
Thursdays and Fridays     No class Dec. 29 - 30.
Painting/Drawing  10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mondays       
No class on Dec. 26th and Jan. 2nd.
Painting with Bunny Upton  12 - 3 p.m.  Mondays
Woodcarving 6 - 9:00 p.m.  Tuesdays
Wood Burning 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.  Tuesdays
Play with Clay  10 a.m. - 1 p.m.  Thursdays
Ken Means Carving   9 - 12 noon and 6 - 9 p.m. on Wednesdays 
No class Dec. 28th.
Quilting  10 a.m. on Wednesdays
Appliqué  10 a.m.  Tuesdays
Stained Glass 2:30 - 5:30  Mondays   and  9:30 - 12:30  Fridays
Fiber Arts  10 a.m.  Fridays
Yoga  6 p.m.  Mondays
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Easy Lane Frames, 3440 Broadway, North Bend, 541-756-7638
Contact for information on a variety of classes.
Fridays, Watercolor Studio with Jane Snoddy, $10 per session.
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Freshwater Gallery, 236B Hwy 101, Port Orford (next to Paula's Bistro)
Sundays, 3-5 p.m.: Figure Drawing with Model, $25
Mondays, 5-7 p.m.:  Seascape Painting, $20 per class.
For information: 541-332-8019 or 541-236-8077, or wilddoodle@earthlink.net
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Gallery on the Bay
658 S. Empire Blvd, Empire  541-888-3771
Lessons in painting pastel by Darrell Sanders.
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Heritage Textile Arts Guild
157#A, Pony Village Mall, North Bend
Lessons available in wearables, kitchen linens and gift items.
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Manley Art Center, Brookings
Call for class and workshop schedules. 541-469-1807
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Rose Palette, Pony Village Mall, North Bend.  541-290-7858
Oil Painting classes by Carol Turner, 2:30 - 5:30 Mondays, $20 per class.  You can reach Carol at 541-396-5373 for information on other classes as well.
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Sage Place, 11th & Elmira, Bandon
For a schedule of classes offered go to:  http://www.sagegallerybandon.com/
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Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg
1624 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR 97471  541-672-2532  http://www.uvarts.com/
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Dateline Events:
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******* Wednesday, December 28, 2011  5 - 7 p.m.
Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay Street, Old Town Florence OR. 541-997-8980 http://www.backstreetgallery.org/
After hours reception featuring live music--Robin DeVour on the keyboard, Ken Mace on bass, Nate Kaplan on drums, and singer Mary Beers who also creates unique rings, necklaces, earrings and more.  She will be the featured artist in January.  Little Dickens show runs through January 2nd.  Books on sale by artist Katheryn Davis.
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 ***** Thursday, December 29, 2011  10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Gold Beach Episcopal Church  Easternmost end of Moore Street.
Figure Drawing.  To confirm & for more information contact Alexandra
alexandra@portraitsbyalexandra.com
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******Sunday, January 15, 2012   1 - 3 p.m.
Southern Coos Hospital and Care Center, 900 SE 11th St, Bandon
Opening reception for "Down on the Farm".  Live music by "Slow Ponies", refreshments and ART!  The show is sponsored by AVK Arts, and runs through March 2012.
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Calls to Artists:
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*****Deadline 1/31/12  Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
http://www.abecedariangallery.com/   for Pdf prospectus download.
Annual juried artists' book exhibition. 
Show runs 4/20 - 6/02/2012.
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 The Winter Show: (January, February, March -2012): 
“DOWN ON THE FARM”    Drop off art entries for hanging at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11th
Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Bandon
From Victoria Tierney:  
 Victoria Tierney and Susan Lehman, who are organizing the exhibit, are looking for works by local artists, and are  also interested in showing works from local private collections.  If you have a piece that fits into the theme, you can contact Tierney by email at victory7777@hughes.net  or telephone 541-347-9862.  The works will have to be brought to the hospital on Wednesday, January 11th at 9 am.  The show itself will open on Sunday , January 15th with a reception from 1-3 pm, featuring music by Shannon and Susan Applegate and friends, with their group "THE SLOW PONIES."  The show, which is sponsored by A.V.K. Arts, will remain on display through March of 2012.

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 Deadline February 4, 2012 for  Expressions West 2012
Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave, Coos Bay, 97420,  541-267-3901
Cash Awards (not purchase prizes), 13 Western States --painters may submit up to three entries in one or more of four media: oil, acrylic, pastel or watercolor.
For prospectus and entry form contact the website: http://www.blogger.com/  or address/phone above.
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 Deadline for entry is February 10, 2012
Maude Kerns Art Center      "Variations: Art Expressing Music"  Submit images of 2D & 3D artwork in all mediums that is inspired by music or related to the theme of music.  Supply
five digital images in color at 300 dpi on CD in jpeg format.  Work will be selected by jurors from the submitted images. 
There is a $15 submission fee.

Application forms & prospectus available at  http://www.mkartcenter.orgor call 541-345-1571. 
Show runs April 6 - May 11, 2012

Maude Kerns Art Center is located at 1910 E. 15th Ave.
(corner of 15th and Villard), Eugene. 
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. M-F,
Saturday-- noon - 4 p.m.
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Submission Deadline:  February 28, 2012
"Artworks NW 2012" (formerly "Hundred Valleys")
Umpqua Valley Arts Association,
1624 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR 97471
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"Photoworks NW 2012" (formerly titled "Best Photo")
Umpqua Valley Arts Association,
1624 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR 97471
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Submission Deadline: Friday, April 20, 2012
Maude Kerns Art Center’s
Call for Artists: 2013-2014
Exhibits Schedule Artists working in all 2- and 3-dimensional mediums, including
installations, are invited to submit images of their work along with an
application form to be considered for the next biennium (2013-2014) of
exhibits at the Maude Kerns Art Center. Submissions may include solo, group,
and/or themed shows. There is a $15 submission fee for individual artists
and a $5 fee per artist for group shows.

The postmark deadline is Friday, April 20, 2012. Application forms and
prospectuses are available at the Art Center or online at
http://www.mkartcenter.org/

Call 541-345-1571 for more information.
The Maude Kerns Art Center, located at 1910 E. 15th Avenue at the corner of
15th and Villard, is Eugene’s oldest non-profit community center for the
visual arts. Gallery hours are from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday – Friday,
and noon to 4:00 pm on Saturday when exhibits are on display.
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Umpqua Valley Arts Association , Roseburg
44th Annual Summer Arts Festival, scheduled for Friday, June 22nd through Sunday, June 24th, 2012.
Look on their website: http://www.blogger.com/ starting in January for applications for booths for artists, crafters, food vendors and entertainers.
This is an established, major cultural event in the Umpqua Valley drawing artists and crafters from across the U.S. for the 3 day festival with live music, food from local vendors, and lots of art.  The event draws over 16,000 visitors of all ages.  Proceeds benefit the UVAA's arts-in-education programs, bringing art instruction to elementary school children in Douglas County.
Those with questions are encouraged to consult the FAQ document posted on http://www.blogger.com/  or contact the UVAA by phone at 541-672-2532.
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 Bandon Area Open Artist Studio Tour
October 2012!!!       IDEAS and Participants wanted! Your input needed now for advance planning!

Contact Susan Lehman at http://www.blogger.com/
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The Artists' Village, McMinnville, OR  
Saturday and Sunday, July 14th and 15th, 2012
The McMinnville Sunrise Rotary Club is hosting their 4th Annual Artists' Village. Funds raised from this event go to help develop the arts and help Oregon artists with this event. 
This is a juried event to obtain a booth at this show in order to sell your work.  10 ' x 10' booth under a tent, $100 for both days.  Jurying fee will be non-refundable $25.  Best in Show cash prizes total $1000.
They are looking for a variety of fine art participants including painting, sculpture, pottery, metalwork, dance, music and readings.
Information and applications will be posted in January on their website:  http://www.blogger.com/  
Their email contact is http://www.blogger.com/
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The Spring Show: (April, May, June): “WEATHER REPORT”
Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Bandon
Works inspired by the South Coast WeatherWe’re a land of wild winds, torrential rains, glorious sunsets, rainbows,  waving grasses, threatening clouds and churning (or shining) seas----all  fair game for our local artists and photographers.  No snapshots please. If you have a really fine photo it must be matted and framed and ready for hanging.
Any questions check with Ava Richey at Bandon Art Supply or call Victoria Tierney or Susan Lehman at 541-347-9888.
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The Summer Show: (July, August, September): “GAMES PEOPLE PLAY”
Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Bandon
It was Crystal Landucci’s impressive collection of games of Chinese checkers  that inspired this one.  We’re looking for board games of all sorts that can be mounted on the walls; your own inventions would be great too……you’ve got a little while to work on this one so start inlaying those chess boards or drilling those cribbage sets….(fashioning those dominos?). This should be a really fun exhibit for the summer and we hope it will combine collectibles and the fruits of your imagination.
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The Fall Show: (October, November, December)
“WHAT I DID ON MY VACATION”
Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Bandon
Paintings and Journals created by the travelers amongst us.  We already have some folks in mind but if you have some work you think might fit in, please let us know.
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Summer Boardwalk Show at Bandon waterfront:
It’s The Year of the Dragon, so start planning now!
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Bandon Library Art Committee is seeking artists for exhibitions in both the Hallway Gallery and the Glass Cases during the 2013.  You can also put your name on the list in case there are cancellations before then.
The art can be paintings, drawings, mixed media, photography, and the like; crafts, collections, small sculptures and/or jewelry for the cases.  Please contact Alexis Proctor at alexis2101p@yahoo.com  or call 541-329-0530.
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 Opportunity to Sell your Work:

Kathy from "Katherine's" in Pony Village Mall (south wing) is seeking artists to display art on Art Walk Thursdays from 5 - 8:00 p.m. each month.
The upcoming one is January 12th. The Mall will provide easels and tables. Other stores will be doing music and appetizers.  There is no fee, no commission...it's FREE.  Contact Kathy at 541-808-2248.

Submission Deadline:  February 28, 2012