Workshops

The South Coast Celtic Fest offers you hands-on instruction in musical instruments, Celtic crafts, language, singing, genealogy, dancing, and so much more. Held at the SWOCC Hales Center on Saturday, May 3, 2014, the Celtic Fest is a daylong celebration of music and culture from the Celtic nations. This year, the festival boasts 24 workshops at an affordable $15 all-workshop adult ticket price. Thanks to a generous grant from Coos County Cultural Coalition, all-workshop passes for kids 12 and under are discounted to only $5 each.

Craft workshops include Gail Elber’s “Carve a Welsh Love Spoon”. Learn the meaning of symbols on love spoons and carve your own simple love spoon to take home. Kids will enjoy Charlotte Pierce’s workshop “Make a Leprechaun Box”, where they will use flashy materials to attract their own sprightly elf (parents will also receive their own special instructions – all material included). Participants in the “Making a Celtic Knot Journal” will discover how Celtic knots are drawn and will leave with their own knot-embossed journal.

If you like Celtic music,  build your skills with hands-on instruction. Ric Morrisonn will lead a workshop on how to play the bodhran, the Irish drum. Nick Metcalf, local whistle manufacturer, will cover the basics of how to play the Irish whistle including breath control, finger exercises, and ornamentation used in Irish music. Other music workshops include Dissecting the Concertina, Maypole Dancing, A Tour of Obscure Bagpipes & Regional Styles of Bagpipe Music, Pub Song sing-along, Ceili Dancing, and “Let’s Waulk the Tweed!”, lead by evening concert performers Nancy Johnson and Kitchen Ceilidh. Traditionally, simple and rhythmic “waulking songs” were sung by Scottish women as they beat newly woven tweed cloth on a table to soften it, a process called fulling or waulking. In this workshop, you can join in the work and singing, or just listen and watch. Participants in music workshops are encouraged to bring instruments and welcome to bring a recording device.

Culture workshops include “Introduction to Irish”, where Mary Grace Brogdon urges the festival goer to learn a little of the tongue our great grandmothers spoke and information on how to learn more. Howard Crombie’s Basic Genealogy workshop will cover starting your research, including records, repositories, and the Genealogical Proof Standard. Frank Murphy will present information about the history, culture and construction of a curragh, a traditional boat from Ireland. Frank will bring a curragh to display that was built recently at the Coos Bay Boat Building Center.

There will also be plenty of storytelling workshops where you’ll hear stories of growing up in Ireland and Scotland, as well as ancient tales of fairy folk.

Other festival activities include two stages of free entertainment from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. An all-comers session will run from 4:00 to 6:30, which OCCI will serve up a Celtic-themed dinner starting at 5:00 pm. The buffet is $7 at the door.

An evening concert will begin at 7:00 pm with a grand entry from the Oregon Coast Pipes & Drums Band. Then taking the stage will be Kitchen Ceilidh, a women’s a cappella group singing traditional and current songs in Scottish Gaelic, as well as sharing Scots Gaelic Cultural traditions. The headliner is Molly’s Revenge, a dynamic, acoustic Celtic band known for its unique and infectious enthusiasm. The classic combination of bagpipes, whistle, and fiddle, with a backdrop of guitar, mandola, and bodhran guarantees an enjoyable experience for all fans of Scottish and Irish music. Evening concert tickets are $20.

Tickets are available at Off the Record at 2227B Newmark North Bend, Books by the Bay at 1875 Sherman in North Bend, the Coos Bay Visitors’ Center on Hwy 101 in Coos Bay, or at Bandon Mercantile at 535 S. 2^nd Street in Bandon.

The festival is generously sponsored by the following local businesses and organizations: Sol Coast Companies, Gold Coast Security, E.L. Edwards Realty, O’Bryan Advanced Dentistry, Edward Jones of Coos Bay & North Bend, Hough, MacAdam & Wartnik, Farr’s True Value Hardware, Kerbo Engineering, Oregon Garden Art, MacDuff Design, Coos County Cultural Coalition, The Mill Casino, and the Coastal Celtic Society. For additional information, contact Stacy Rose 541.808.1002 rosecontra@gmail.com

Thanks very much,

Stacy Rose

South Coast Folk Society

541.808.1002

rosecontra@gmail.com

South Coast Folk Society

Go out like a lamb with Folk Society activities this weekend

-South Coast Folk Society board meeting Friday, March 28, 5 p.m., at Greenacres Grange. Potluck. All welcome!

-International Folk Dancing Friday, March 28, 7 p.m., Greenacres Grange. 

-Workshop for acoustic musicians with Tashina Clarridge (see next item), Sunday, March 30, 4 p.m. North Bend Public Library. Learn a new tune and work on rhythm and musicality in this 90-minute workshop. Suggested donation of $35-$45 goes to Tashina. Preregistration suggested; contact Jennifer Sordyl at 541-808-3507.

-TAEtrio concert, Sunday, March 30, 7 p.m. TAEtrio is fiddle champion Tashina Clarridge (of the Bee Eaters), with her students Emily Mann and Amy Anders. These talented multi-instrumentalists performed their eclectic repertoire at the library last year. 

Details and directions, as always, at www.southcoastfolksociety.wordpress.com.

Watch for the April newsletter next week.

Gail Elber

Secretary

541-808-1773

Suddenly Susan

 

Diane Lea "Kimono Dance"

Giving new life to vintage kimono material, Diane Lea constructs exquisite tiny layered kimono vignettes using the Iris Folding technique

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FIFTH ANNUAL BOOK ARTS INVITATIONAL

KACI ASLAMOV

ARINI ESAREY

ROXANNE EVANS STOUT

RACHEL FOX

ALISA GOLDEN

MICHAEL HOLSTEIN

SAROJINI JOHNSON

DIANE LEA

SUSAN LEHMAN

OLIVIA KING

PATRICIA FREEMAN MARTIN

MARSHA MATSCHEK

SABINA NIES

KELLEY SALBER

ROCHELLE NEWMAN & MARYANNE SCATAMACCHIA

 "Honeycomb Haiku" Michael Holstein

Writer and book artist, Michel Holstein's books combine original haikus and beautiful japanese papers in inventive, interactive book forms

"Winter's End" Roxanne Evans Stout

 Roxanne Evans Stout is a mixed media artist who works in encaustic, collage, painting and book arts. She teaches workshops locally and internationally.

 

 Cathy DeForest "Portrait: Aphorisims by William Stafford"

Using the oldest method of printing, Cathy DeForest, of Jubilation Press  created these beautiful letterpress books comemorating the centennial of Oregon poet, William Stafford.

 

Why Pegasus is Worse than Pigeons

I'm thinking the Bandon folks have it right once again, The Year of the Horse sounds like a fantastic idea for art. of course the Ole Trawler has done a horse or two but maybe they aren't the sort of thing for a family friendly public display.

Yeah, maybe this is best kept out of the public eye. But don't let that keep you from hosing around!

And you though the gulls were bad.

Horsing Around

Click image for larger view

CALL

OCCCA Call For Art:

  

The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) and the Vietnamese American Arts & Letter Association (VAALA) invites creatives of all kinds to submit art for exhibition in HOME, curated by artist/curator Richard Turner. 

Each selected artist will have two (2) works accepted. One work will be displayed at the OCCCA gallery and the other at the VAALA facility.

Goal: 

To illuminate and enrich our understanding of the concept of "HOME" through artworks that critically explore the concept and also allow us to see various interpretations from different cultural standpoints.

Exhibition Dates: July 5th - July 26th, 2014

Deadline for entries: May 17th, 2014

Enter Here! 

The word "HOME" resonates on cultural, emotional, intellectual, religious, philosophical, political and spiritual levels-as a place, a space, a myth, a source of identity, a promised land, a state of being, a war zone, an impossibility, and/or an inalienable right.

This simple word is open to a wide variety of interpretations. HOME can connote security, belonging, memory, and comfort, or arouse feelings of dread, alienation, and pain. HOME informs and is informed by geography and history, identities and ideologies, imagined and lived experiences.

Artworks may explore what it means to create a HOME or to be without a HOME, what happens when we leave HOME and arrive in a new place, or how relationships with culture, history, emotion, intellect, religion, philosophy, politics, and spirituality affect the idea of HOME.

 

Curated by Richard Turner

Artist/curator Richard Turner is a Professor Emeritus at Chapman University where he taught contemporary Asian art history and studio art. He lived in Saigon, Vietnam from 1959 -1961. He studied Chinese painting and language in Taipei, Taiwan in 1963-1964 and Indian miniature painting in Jaipur, Rajasthan in 1967 -1968 while on a Fulbright scholarship. As Director of Chapman University's Guggenheim Gallery from 1975 - 2011, he curated over seventy exhibitions including several that examined the art and issues of Asian American communities in California and the contemporary art of Asia. His most recent curatorial project, Facing West / Looking East for the Oceanside Museum of Art, featured works by 20 artists who shared a common interest in borrowing, recycling and sampling from the cultures of Asia for their content and commentary. His current studio work is sculpture and drawing based on his interest in Chinese scholars rocks.

Opening events sponsored by Reed's 

OCMA Alert

OCMA Bach-analia Weekend - this weekend only!!

OUR HOUSE CONCERT IS SOLD OUT!! Thanks to all those who called to save a seat!!

Be sure to join us on Sunday, March 30 at 2:00 pm

at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church for a free concert (donations kindly accepted on behalf of Priscilla and OCMA!)

Priscilla will be meeting with some of our local students Monday 3/31 to share her story and music 

as part of OCMA's Kinder Konzert program - sponsored by Sterling Bank!

Contact me if you need more information and look forward to seeing you there!

Kathy

Love Is In The Air

The Spring Show at the Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center is happening!
 It is being funded by the Southern Coos Hospital Foundation partnering with
 the hospital.

Work is due at the Bandon hospital on Wednesday April 9th at 9 a.m.
Please have titles, prices and your contact information on a separate page
and your name and title on the backs of the paintings.

 The theme is: "LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT"
 wall art in any medium
 the subject matter may be your soul mate, the new grandbaby, your beloved
cat (dog, horse, crocodile , pet rock , etc.) favorite spot in the woods
(land, sea, sky) :
PAINT WHAT YOU LOVE

Opening reception: Sunday, April 13th -  1-3 pm (classical music by Crystal
 Landucci -keyboards; Kimberly Wurster-Cello; Jean Mautner(of ANGELOS
restaurant) - Violin_)
 Show remains on display through June 30th, 2014

 no entry fee
bring up to five works; at least one will be shown.
no commission on any work that sells
for more information: contact Victoria Tierney:  canteringzebra@gmail.com
or Susan Lehman  :  susan@susanlehmanartist.com

 

Happy Spring!

Chef Jardin and Black Market Gourmet will host a free cooking class on Monday March 24th at 6:00 p.m. and Tuesday March 25th at 2:00 p.m. 
Please plan to join us if you can.

Paul E. Kingsbury.

Art by the Sea Gallery & Studio invites you to learn acrylic painting techniques that will help you capture beautiful seascapes with Gold Beach artist Paul E. Kingsbury.  

   

Don’t miss these opportunities to paint with this recognized artist.  There will be demonstration, and time for individual attention.

Thursday, March 20, 2014 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.   Class Fee $35

Friday, April 25, 2014        10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.   Class Fee $35

Contact the gallery to register, and for the list of materials you will need for the class.

Art by the Sea Gallery, 175 2^nd St. SE, Old Town Bandon, 541-347-5355

 (On the PedWay by Foley’s Pub and Gypsy Wagon)

Education

Class Schedule - 2014

In the Continuum Building , Old Town Bandon

541-347-5355

Weds.  March 12 – Pastel with Jean Stephenson  1-4:00  Price TBA

Sun.  March 16 – Wire Wrapping Pendants with Shawn Tempesta  11:30-3:00  $25

Weds.  March 19 – Yupo Play Day with Ava Richey  1-4  $16

Thurs.  March 20 – Acrylics:  Breaking wave, foam on the beach with Paul Kingsbury  10:30-4:00  $35

Sun.  March 23 - Collage Postcard Play Day with Susan Lehman  1-3:00  $16

Fri.  April 25 – Acrylics (no subject yet) with Paul Kingsbury  10:30-4:00  $35

Sun.  April 27 – Storytelling with collage with Susan Lehman  12-4:00  $35  (all materials included)

Contact the Gallery at 541-347-5355 for more information.  Most classes have a materials list of what to bring with you.

*Sign up at the Gallery with a $5 deposit (part of the class fee) to hold your spot.  Balance is due at the time of the class.  (Deposit not required on Play Days.)  Classes fill up quickly, so this guarantees your place in the class!

*If interested in the “Drop-In” Play Day Classes, you may leave your name and email address at the gallery to be emailed with a reminder.

BOARD MEMBERS WANTED

From our president, Jan Doyle: "The South Coast Folk Society needs four people to step into board positions to replace outgoing members. The board of directors of the South Coast Folk Society meets about four times a year and determines the policy and direction for the South Coast Folk Society. It is a great organization to support. Everyone's ideas are welcome and everyone's help is needed. Please contact Jan Doyle (janhdoyle@gmail.com), Scott Knowles (sknowles1952@gmail.com) or Glenda DeJong (gdejong@hotmail.com) for more information."

Members of the society elect the board members at our annual meeting, usually held before the May contra dance. Then the board members elect the officers. Board members serve a two-year term. Anyone can attend our annual meeting, but only members can vote. Members have one of our lovely membership cards. If you'd like to become a member, or aren't sure if you are one, come to a contra dance or folk dance and Judy Soto will sell you a card or tell you that you already have one.


CELTIC FEST STILL NEEDS VOLUNTEERS...
The South Coast Celtic Fest May 3 still needs volunteers. Volunteers work three hours and get a concert ticket and the opportunity to purchase single workshop tickets instead of buying an all-day pass. Contact Tom Purvis at tom.purvis1954@gmail.com.

...AND CUSTOMERS
Like the South Coast Celtic Fest on Facebook or visit www.southcoastfolksociety.wordpress.com to see the festival schedule and find out where to buy tickets in advance.

FIDDLERS RETURN

TAEtrio will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at the North Bend Public Library. The group consists of fiddle champion Tashina Clarridge (of the Bee Eaters), with her students Emily Mann and Amy Anders. These talented multi-instrumentalists performed their eclectic repertoire at the library last year. Want to attend a fiddle workshop with Tashina? Contact Jennifer Sordyl at 541-808-3507. Admission to the concert is free, but we'll pass the hat for the musicians. The North Bend Library is at at 1800 Sherman Avenue. Get there early if you want a seat.

AND OF COURSE OUR REGULAR EVENTS:

Saturday, March 8: Contra dance 7 p.m. at Greenacres Grange with caller James Hutson from Los Angeles. Music will be provided by the Open Band. Doors open at 6:45 p.m.  Admission:  General $7, students w/ID and seniors over 60 $6, members $5, and supervised children under 6 free.  First-timers who arrive in time for the 7 p.m. lesson will receive a ticket for free admission to their second dance.  The dances are alcohol- and fragrance-free.  For more information call 541-572-5370 or visit http://southcoastfolksociety.wordpress.com or find the South Coast Folk Society on Facebook.

Sunday, March 9: Second Sunday Sing-Along, 2-4 p.m., at Ocean Ridge Assisted Living, 1855 Ocean Blvd. SE, in Coos Bay. Sing songs out of our Rise Up Singing songbooks, or teach us a new one. Bring an instrument and play along! ATTENTION: This is the last sing-along that will be held at Ocean Ridge. In April, we'll be moving to the North Bend Public Library, 4-6 p.m., still on the second Sundays.

Monday, March 17: Coos Bay Celtic session 7-9 p.m. first and third Mondays, at Liberty Pub, 2047 Sherman Ave., North Bend. Bring an acoustic instrument and sit in, or just listen. Why yes, it will be St. Patrick's Day, so we'll have some sing-alongs.

Friday, March 28: International folk dance, 7 p.m., Greenacres Grange. Teaching, followed by requests. Admission is $4, or $3 for members of SCFS. Is there a specific dance you’d like to learn? It’s great fun having a variety of people share in the teaching – is there a specific dance you’d like to teach? To sign up to teach your favorite dance, call Scott Knowles at 541-217-9027

OTHER PEOPLE'S FOLKY THINGS

A "South Coast Celtic Fest Revue" house concert will be held 3-6 p.m. Sunday, March 16, 3pm-6pm - $10 per person; children 16 & under $5 (with adult). The concert will feature two local groups that will play at the Celtic Fest: harpist Candace Kreitlow and whistle player Nick Metcalf, and Joe Ross and Contra Swings. The concert will be at the home of Elizabeth & Franklin Sunzeri, 92651 Heather Lane, Coos Bay; it's in the Libby area, just off of Red Dike Rd, To RSVP & for directions, contact Jennifer Sordyl, HouseConcert@charter.net or 541-808-3507 home/520-619-1669 cell.

- All acoustic musicians and listeners are welcome to the monthly First Friday Jam at 7 p.m. at the Farwest Hall on Hwy 42S in Bandon. It typically features a mix of old-time, bluegrass, and Celtic tunes. - Irish session at Lloyd's at 219 2nd St. SE in Bandon, 5 p.m. first and third Fridays. Find "The Local Session" on Facebook.

- Rhythm Village African Drum and Dance Ensemble welcomes all comers at 5:30 p.m. Mondays in the basement of the First United Methodist Church in Coos Bay, 123 Ocean Blvd SE. Find them on Facebook.
- Oregon Old-Time Fiddlers, District 5 — Third Saturday of month: 1-3 p.m. with jam afterward, Winchester Bay Community Center. 541-759-3419

Flyers for events are attached. Print some out and hang 'em up wherever you go! As always, visit southcoastfolksociety.wordpress.com for more information about our organization and our events.

Gail Elber

Secretary

Failure to Launch

There's nothing new under the sun, the days are so dark and dreary that you can't see a thing to paint, with the IRS drooling just around the corner you can't spare a nickle to buy supplies, the list goes on and on. I do understand, I have an appointment with the dentist and will be soooo wasted that I may not be able to lift a hand for days.

And then there are the people who make magic out of the very air and don't whine about not having the proper inspiration or the cost of materials.

One of these artists, he thinks he is a fisher person, is a pal and I am happy to have him around to give my inspiration a kick in the assets from time to time.

The last time the Wacky Wizard did his thing, he turned a tree into a Christmas celebration by hanging recovered lures on it and taking the holiday back into Nature. Not bad fora guy who thinks his art is in landing the "Big" one.

But now the Maine Magician has created something which is high art and high usage and done it with stuff the rest of us would have tossed out.

How many of you have an exercise machine lying around the house? Yeah, I know you bought it with the best intentions and meant to set a serious exercise regimen and then you never touched it again.

But did any of you ever think to re-purpose it?

Now that's an exercise machine I can get behind! Just set my Seven Devils Amber Ale there and fetch another if you please and the remote should do nicely there on the top shelf and maybe a ham/cheese/pastrami/salami with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and pepperonccini with deli mustard would finish off the afternoon in grand style.

So my vote for artist of the month gets split between the wizardry of the Magician of Maine and the mad barista of Japan.

Now I have an cousin, yes I do, and she is both a lovely lady golfer living in Florida and an avid collector of Internet delights and this week she sent me a piece about Kazuki Yamamoto.

Yes it is in bold type and you'll know why in just a minute. Now no more whining about the cost of materials.  

http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2013/05/21/3d-latte-art-by-kazuki-yamamoto-picture-gallery/

or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pyTvYH6FYI 

 There one each for those who have to have motion to keep boredom at bay the second link is for youse.

Now if one exercise machine and a cup o' Joe can serve as the basis of beautiful, functional art what possible excuse could you have?

Me I have an idea for sculpture out of SPAM and some toothpicks with macaroni...

NVAL

NVAL 2014 International Juried Photography Show April 29 - May 31, 2014 Carter House Gallery, Redding, CA 96003 The Entry Deadline is just a few days away -- Monday, March 10, 11:59 pm Pacific Daylight Time  *** Don't forget that Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday, March 9.  The time will be one hour forward. So we lose an hour.       If you have already entered, thank you! Photography:  The Full Spectrum This show is open to all photographers and all forms of photographic expression are encouraged.   Images previously accepted into a NVAL International Juried Photography Show are not eligible.  TOTAL AWARDS:  $3650 -  First Place $1500 ENTRY:  Open Now Entry deadline:   Monday, March 10, 2014, 11:59 pm PDT All entries will be online.  You may enter as many images as you wish. Entry Fees -- $33 to enter three images, $8 each additional NEW FRAMING OPTIONS! We are pleased to announce our new Printing/Framing Program that offers several framing options allowing for SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS on exhibiting.  For details see the link in the Prospectus under PRINTING/FRAMING REQUIREMENTS. JUROR:   Crista Dix,  owner of WALL-SPACE GALLERY in Santa Barbara.  She has been a member of numerous panels, discussions on photography and photographic process, and juried many creative competitions.  She has participated in major portfolio reviews across the country in Houston, Portland, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Chicago and New Orleans. FOR FURTHER DETAILS and to ENTER:  Go to www.nval.org and select Photography Shows.  The entry link is at the bottom of the Prospectus. QUESTIONS:  Contact show chairmen, Bernie & Charlotte Bryson  Email:  nvalphotoshow@sbcglobal.net,   Phone:  530-221-1993  _____________________________________________________ The North Valley Art League is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the visual arts in the northern California region.  Your entry fees cover prize money and show expenses.  Any remaining monies will help fund the operating expenses of the NVAL Carter House Gallery.

The Devil you say

There are places where you should go.

Okay the Seven Wonder of the ancient World are out…Egypt is in turmoil, The Great Wall of China not a good choice and if you go can you get back out? What about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon or the Colossus of Rhodes? Late by about fifteen centuries give or take.

But you can still go to Seven Devils Public House and Brewing Company and you be right to do it and the rewards would be so good that you might never leave unless you got tossed out and then you might just have to sneak back in.

Now for those of you with eyes that don’t work so well at night there is good news. Seven Devils Public House is now open from eleven to late on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, if you go and spend all day there the chance that your eyes won’t work so well increases even if you aren’t older than dirt.

But the food and the beer will certainly tempt you to stay, linger, move in.

And the food and beer are just the tip of the ice berg, there’s the art! Oh yes, the beer is truly art and should be digested and mulled and quaffed, but there is also art on the walls.

The photographs are breath-taking, the pencil prints are amazing and you will want to take it all home but you can’t, well you can but it will cost you more than lunch.

Which would be a worthwhile investment if you don’t spend all your money on beer which you can also take home which is a very good idea and maybe that’s exactly what you should do instead of endangering folks by getting behind the wheel or worse yet hitting a bump and spilling it all over the front seat, and you can put it in a nifty, neat, and extremely cool Seven Devils Growler or Bomber and that will last even after you have guzzled all of the beer and then you can take it back and get it filled and have lunch and stare at the art and that will be a wonderful way to start a habit which will never have to be broken.

So art, food and beer and some very distinguished company if my visit is anything to judge by and don’t expect to hit and run cause this is not Mickey D’s and you can tell that because there are no happy meals and there is beer which you will not find at the Golden Arches and what are you doing going to those arches when you know that your doctor told you to cut it out and lose weight and you can’t do that with a Big Mac in one hand and a double chocolate malt in the other and besides that stuff is full of fat and calories and carbs and you’ll never get down to where the Quack wants you to be and no one but a sixteen year old girl could weight that much and you hate having to try and achieve something that you know you can’t do so don’t bother with the arches and go to Seven Devils where you can at least drown your sorrows in something that will make all the Quack’s whining go away so that you can enjoy a meal in peace.

Let’s review, good food, good people, good art and good beer, that just about covers it except what are you doing reading this and not getting in the car to head for Seven Devils Public House and Brewing Company?

Student Art Show/Vision Opening and Wine Walk

 

Dear Friends of Coos Art Museum:

This is going to be a very busy Friday!

We start the afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00, with the opening Reception for the 2014 Biennial Student Art Exhibition and Vision 2014.

The Student Art Exhibition is an exhibit of works by students from Preschool – 12^th grade from Coos, Curry, and western Douglas counties.  This is a free exhibition sponsored by grants from Coquille Tribal Community Fund, Coos County Cultural Coalition and The Autzen Foundation.  These shows are in the main floor galleries and the Clare Wehrle Gallery upstairs.

Vision 2014 is an annual art competition for high school students from through southern Oregon, sponsored in part by Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation.  Vision is in the Atrium and the Mabel Hansen Gallery on the upper floor of Coos Art Museum.  Awards will be given to artists in this exhibition.  Come see who got Best in Show, 1^st, 2^nd places.  Also given are awards for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places in each grade level, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th and 12^th.  We have some great talent on the southern coast of Oregon.

Both exhibitions are open and free to the public from March 7^th to April 12^th.

Then:

From 5:00pm to 7:30pm we will participate in the First Friday Wine Walk.  Special etched South Coast Clambake Jazz Festival glass will be available at the Visitor’s Center.  It looks like we may have a fairly nice evening for walking, visiting with friends and businesses, eating and drinks many different wines and just plain having fun.  Come join us and see a very colorful Student/Vision Art Show.

See you Friday,

South Coast Folk Society

The South Coast Celtic Fest is May 3, 2014 at the Hales Center at Southwestern Oregon Community College 1988 Newmark St. in Coos Bay. The event is a collaborative effort of the South Coast Folk Society, the Coastal Celtic Society, and Soroptimist International of the Coos Bay Area.

The festival starts at 10:00 am and includes 24 hands-on workshops, vendors and two performance stages. Enjoy music from 10:00 – 6:30 pm at no charge! An Irish session for all acoustic musicians and a bonny knees contest round out the afternoon activities.

Vendors of handcrafted jewelry, musical instruments, baked goods, and other merchandise will have booths displaying their goods. The Oregon Coast Culinary Institute will offer a Celtic foods buffet dinner in the Hales Center starting at 5:00 pm. The dinner is $7 at the door.

  

The evening concert will begin at 7:00 pm with a grand entry from the Oregon Coast Pipes & Drums Band. Then taking the stage will be Kitchen Ceilidh, a women’s a cappella group singing traditional and current songs in Scottish Gaelic, as well as sharing Scots Gaelic Cultural traditions. The headliner is Molly’s Revenge, a dynamic, acoustic Celtic band known for its unique and infectious enthusiasm. The classic combination of bagpipes, whistle, and fiddle, with a backdrop of guitar, mandola, and bodhran guarantees an enjoyable experience for all fans of Scottish and Irish music.

Evening concert tickets are $20. An all-workshop day pass is $15. A discounted pass of $5 is available for children 12 and under, thanks to a generous grant from Coos County Cultural Coalition. 

Tickets are available at Off the Record at 2227B Newmark North Bend, Books by the Bay at 1875 Sherman in North Bend, the Coos Bay Visitors’ Center on Hwy 101 in Coos Bay, or at Bandon Mercantile at 535 S. 2^nd Street in Bandon.

The festival is generously sponsored by the following local businesses and organizations: Sol Coast Companies, Gold Coast Security, E.L. Edwards Realty, O’Bryan Advanced Dentistry, Edward Jones of Coos Bay & North Bend, Hough, MacAdam & Wartnik, Farr’s True Value Hardware, Kerbo Engineering, Oregon Garden Art, MacDuff Design, Coos County Cultural Coalition, and the Coastal Celtic Society. For additional information, contact Stacy Rose 541.808.1002 rosecontra@gmail.com

Stacy Rose

South Coast Folk Society

rosecontra@gmail.com

541.808.1002

Newsletter

South Coast Folk Society

To South Coast Folk SocietyMe

Today at 3:06 PM

Members:

The info-packed March newsletter will be emailed this evening, but I didn't want you to miss tonight's Celtic music session that happens 7-9 p.m. the first and third Monday of every month at Liberty Pub, 2047 Sherman Ave., North Bend. 

Gail Elber

Secretary

South Coast Folk Society

NVAL reminder

NVAL 2014 International Juried
Photography Show

April 29 - May 31, 2014

Carter House Gallery, Redding, CA 96003

Just a quick reminder.  The Entry Deadline is

one week away  --  Monday, March 10 at 11:59 pm.

 If you have already entered, thank you!

Photography:  The Full Spectrum

This show is open to all photographers and all forms of photographic expression are encouraged.   Images previously accepted into a NVAL International Juried Photography Show are not eligible. 

TOTAL AWARDS:  $3650 -  First Place $1500

ENTRY:  Open Now

Entry deadline:   Monday, March 10, 2014, 11:59 pm PDT

All entries will be online. 

You may enter as many images as you wish.

Entry Fees -- $33 to enter three images, $8 each additional

NEW FRAMING OPTIONS!

We are pleased to announce our new Printing/Framing Program that offers several framing options allowing for SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS on exhibiting.  For details see the link in the Prospectus under PRINTING/FRAMING REQUIREMENTS.

JUROR:   Crista Dix,  owner of WALL-SPACE GALLERY

in Santa Barbara.  She has been a member of numerous panels, discussions on photography and photographic process, and juried many creative competitions.  She has participated in major portfolio reviews across the country in Houston, Portland, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Chicago and New Orleans.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS and to ENTER:  Go to www.nval.org and select Photography Shows.  The entry link is at the bottom of the Prospectus.

QUESTIONS:  Contact show chairmen, Bernie & Charlotte Bryson 

Email:  nvalphotoshow@sbcglobal.net,   Phone:  530-221-1993 

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The North Valley Art League is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the visual arts in the northern California region.  Your entry fees cover prize money and show expenses.  Any remaining monies will help fund the operating expenses of the NVAL Carter House Gallery.