Friday, August 29, 2014
Big Chance
Dear Friends and Members of the Coos Art Museum,
We are currently looking for a person to fill the position of Lobby Manager at Coos Art Museum.
This is a great position for someone who wants to work 24 hours per week, work with the public and volunteers.
Some of the duties of the position are listed below, days and times may vary depending on the current exhibition.
If you or anyone you know might be interested in this part-time position, please come by the museum and pick up an application.
From: Steven Broocks [mailto:sbroocks@coosart.org]
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 11:11 AM
To: 'Deryl'
Subject: lobby manager
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 11:11 AM
To: 'Deryl'
Subject: lobby manager
Coos Art Museum - Lobby Manager
24 hours per week
Schedule, recruit, train and assist volunteer greeters
Answer telephone and direct calls
Greet visitors and answer questions
Prepare Bulk mailings
Some retail sales
Assist with special events
Desirable qualities:
Ability to work with public of all ages
Knowledge of Bay Area and Arts community
Attentive to volunteer workers
Responsible, patient, resourceful, tactful, discrete
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Adventure with class
QUICK
OVERVIEW
Title:
Product Sampler Class
What:
art class – product sampler & fundraiser (see “Fee”
below)
Dates:
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Time:
10:00 a.m. to noon
Age Range:
teens and adults
Skill Level:
all skill levels welcome
Media:
variety
Where:
Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson, Coos Bay, OR 97420
Fee:
$10 CAM Members* / $15 non-members*
*FUNDRAISER: All
class fees go to Coos Art Museum’s children’s art education scholarship
fund.
For more info: call
(541) 267-3901 or email sldonaldson@coosart.org
IN MORE
DETAIL
Designed for the artistically
adventurous, Coos Art Museum’s “Product Sampler Class” on Saturday, September
13, 2014 from 10 a.m. to noon provides participants the opportunity to
experiment with a variety of specialized art products under the knowledgeable
guidance of Holly Rodenkirk from Art Connection.
In this fast paced sampler
class, participants will be working on paper, glass, fabric and plastic using
various products from Art Connection such as multi-surface acrylic paint,
alcohol inks, dimensional fabric paint, adhesives and stencils. Each student
will go home with a sampler book of techniques as reference and inspiration.
Great for anyone willing to experiment and try new things; no experience
required.
Fee: $10 CAM members / $15
non-members. Art Connection is providing the instructor and materials for
free. All class fees go to Coos Art Museum’s children’s art education
scholarship fund. The fund is designed to provide access to art classes for
children of families with financial challenges.
Important Notes: Wear old
clothes or an apron. Bring scissors, x-acto knife w/ new blade, and any
favorite stencils. Media: variety. Skill level: all skill levels welcome. Age
Range: teens and adults. 6 participants min./12 participants max. Register
online at www.coosart.org or contact the
Art Education Department at (541) 267-3901 or sldonaldson@coosart.org.
Thank you for sharing.
Stephanie Donaldson
Director of Art Education
p. (541) 267-3901 ext. 105
Coos Art Museum
235 Anderson
Coos Bay, OR 97420
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Free At Last
Subject: One FREE ($195 value) space in John Hewitt Workshop
We are giving away ONE FREE spot in the upcoming John Hewitt Watercolor Workshop (8/23-8/25). Someone had signed up, but due to a last minute change of circumstances is unable to attend. He has *very* graciously donated his enrollment "to a deserving budding artist."
So here are the parameters:
1) reply to this email with your contact information,
2) tell us why you are a "deserving budding artist",
3) you have to be 18 years of age or older (sorry, the class is adults only) and
4) you must be available this Saturday, Sunday and Monday (8/23-8/25) from 10am to 4pm to participate in all three days of the workshop.
mailto:sldonaldson@coosart.org or dbeebe@coosart.org
Fare Wind
From: Kathleen Miller, R.P. [mailto:kkmiller@reedsportlaw.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 2:05 PM; Sunnie Hedden; The World; Umpqua Post
Subject: Press Release - Art Fair, Saturday, September 20, 2014
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 2:05 PM; Sunnie Hedden; The World; Umpqua Post
Subject: Press Release - Art Fair, Saturday, September 20, 2014
What: Art Fair
When: Saturday, September 20, 2014
Where: Old Town Reedsport – Fir Avenue (Also known as Highway 38)
Who: Coastal Douglas Arts & Business Alliance (CDABA)
Contact: Kathleen Miller (271-2101)
Calling all Artists, Crafters, Authors, Photographers - Art Fair –September 20th – Old Downtown Reedsport. Also seeking donations of Art.
The 2nd Annual Art Fair will
be held in old downtown Reedsport, Oregon from 10 am to 5 pm on
Saturday, September 20, 2014. This event coincides with the local
Battle of Bones cook off and contest and the 25th Anniversary
Celebration of the Mindpower Gallery. Artists, crafters, authors,
photographers, and others who have original or hand crafted items and
who would like to participate in this Art Fair should contact Kathleen
Miller at 271-2101 or kkmiller@reedsportlaw.com to sign up for one of the free limited spaces.
Vendor Spaces - Plans
are underway to make room for vendor spaces on the sidewalk all along
the Highway 38 (between the Post Office and the Eagles/ORCA Gallery).
Everyone will be responsible for all their own needs, such as table and
chairs, and will work directly with the public with regards to their art
or products as this is an informal event and no fees or commissions
will be imposed by CDABA.
Art Donations - CDABA
is once again seeking donations of art – art pieces of all types are
welcome---both new or secondary. Artists and owners of art are
encouraged to donate paintings, ceramics, wood crafts, and other
mediums. The proceeds of the sale will support CDABA and its programs.
People who wish to donate pieces of art should contact Kathleen Miller
at 271-2101 or kkmiller@reedsportlaw.com.
This year’s Battle of the Bones
cook off and contest will feature a variety of chefs who will be
putting their best foot forward to make crowd please BBQ. Tasting the
BBQ is $10. All proceeds go to local charities.
The
Mindpower Gallery is celebrating its 25 years of business on Friday,
September 19, 2014, with a special reception ad show featuring artwork
by artists who have exhibited their work of the years, as well as a
local artist challenge exhibit. The celebration will continue on
Saturday, September 20th as a part of this year’s Art Fair.
The Art Fair will be an open air event---rain or shine---no there is no fee to attend or exhibit.
Penultimate Call
Just a reminder that Coos Art Museum’s “Call to
Photographers” for our upcoming Photography
Exhibition in December has a deadline that is only a week and
a half away. August 30th is the deadline to have
your submissions postmarked by in order to get a chance to be
juried in.
You can go to www.coosart.org for an entry form and the
guidelines to enter.
Or pick up the info at Coos Art Museum.
Looking forward to seeing your work!
Archi Davenport
Coos Art Museum
541 267-3901
Monday, August 18, 2014
Classy Photography
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Be Still
Greetings
fellow artists...........something we haven't done yet ---a show of
Still Lifes! ....Start painting!!!!! (or whatever wall art media you
prefer) Feel free to send this along to friends who might be
interested.
The STILL LIFE Show
The
Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center has just received a bequest
of still life paintings by the late Thomas Farmer, and to celebrate we
are inviting artists to submit their own still life paintings for the
FALL SHOW which
will open SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12th and remain on display through December 31st along with Thomas Farmer's paintings.
All
works must be at the hospital by 9 am on Wednesday, October 8th to be
eligible for hanging. Wall art in all media will be shown. Works must
be ready for hanging. If you have questions please email Victoria
Tierney at canteringzebra@gmail.com or Susan Lehman at susan@susanlehmanartist.com
Commitment
To South Coast Folk SocietyMe
Aug 16 at 10:31 PM
Dear members and friends of South Coast Folk Society,
This is a call to action.
The South Coast Folk Society is a group affiliate of the
Country Dance and Song Society. Based in Massachusetts, the Country Dance and
Song Society (CDSS) is an international, non-profit organization that offers
support to its members and group affiliates. For the past 12+ years, our folk
society has purchased low-cost insurance through CDSS for our contra dances! Over
the years, CDSS has offered artistic, educational, and organizational support
to members in various ways; through classes, camps, and conferences.
The Country Dance and Song Society was established in 1915.
They’ll celebrate their 100th birthday next year! As part of their
celebration, they plan to take their delivery of services a step further, by
“taking it on the road.”
To accomplish this goal, has selected seven communities
across the US and Canada where they will hold week-long community residencies. The
community residency is a new model for strengthening communities.
These are the places where the Country Dance and Song
Society will hold community residencies for their centennial celebration:
♪
Tucson, Arizona - April 25 to May 1, 2015
♪
Owen Sound, Ontario - April 28 to May 3, 2015
♪
Austin, Texas - June 23 to June 28, 2015
♪
Halifax, Nova Scotia - September 26 to October
3, 2015
♪
Coos Bay,
Oregon - October 4 to October 10, 2015
♪
Morgantown, West Virginia - October 21 to
October 25, 2015
♪
Lawrence, Kansas - November 17 to November 22,
2015
We applied for this opportunity and we were selected from
applicants across the US and Canada. The Country Dance and Song Society hired
staff (musicians, dance and song leaders) to come here during October 2015 to
help us facilitate a week-long series of music, dance and song activities.
The purpose of the week-long series of activities is
threefold: to build the skills of our musicians, dancers and singers; to
strengthen the activities of our folk society; and to enjoy the party of a
lifetime.
A tour planning committee was formed in November 2013. The
committee consists of: Stacy Rose (chair), Jennifer Sordyl (outreach), Gail
Elber (publicity), Lynn Danner (hospitality) and Karen Olsen (budget and
fundraising). The tour committee has met regularly with Country Dance and Song
Society staff since Dec 2013.
The committee recently finalized and unveiled the attached
week-long schedule of activities for the centennial tour.
Now it’s time for
SCFS members and friends to participate in this work!
1. A
speakers’ bureau is being developed – a cadre of ambassadors who are willing to
visit with groups, churches, clubs, and organizations in the community to talk
about the joy and life-changing experience that dancing, singing and playing
music has brought about in their own life and in the lives of those in our
community. If you are willing to participate on this speakers’ bureau, respond
to southcoastfolksociety@gmail.com.
We will equip you to be successful!
2. Do
you belong to a group, church, club or organization that would like to have a
speaker? Respond to southcoastfolksociety@gmail.com.
3. Read
through the schedule of tour activities. Identify ONE activity on the week-long
tour that you are willing to help coordinate. Respond to southcoastfolksociety@gmail.com
and let us know which activity sounds most interesting to you. First come,
first served! Many hands makes light work.
4. We
are collecting testimonials in response to the question “Why is this important
to me?” Take a moment and answer that question, explaining why song, music
and/or dance are your chosen activities and why are they important to you. What
personal value does participating in these activities hold for you? We will
rotate and feature these testimonials on our website/other publicity uses. Send
a written testimonial (50 words) and include a picture to southcoastfolksociety@gmail.com
We’re very excited about the opportunity to partner with the
Country Dance and Song Society! It’s going to be a wonderful year of planning.
Come October 2015, we’re going to have a dance, music and song explosion on the
south coast.
Monday, August 11, 2014
Art by the Sea Alert
Art by the Sea Gallery and Studio, LLC
Class Schedule - 2014
In the Continuum Building, Old Town Bandon
541-347-5355
Sat. Aug. 9 – Small Journal by Deborah Fisher 1-4:00 $16
Sun. Aug. 10 – Collage Playday by Susan Lehman 1-4:00 $16 (All materials provided)
Tues. Aug. 12 – Introduction to Paper Clay by Joanne Drapkin 1-3:00 $20 (plus $10 for ½ pkg. of paper clay)
Wed. Aug. 13 – Drawing Eyes by Kandi Wyatt 1-4:00 $20
Thurs . Aug. 14 – Flower & Plant Printing Playday by Joanne Drapkin 1-3:00 $16
Tues. Aug. 19 – New Orleans Mask Playday by Arlene Tinsley 1-4:00 $16
Wed. Aug. 20 – Wet Felting, Make a Vessel – Mattie Lane $25 Time TBA
Wed. Aug. 27 – Collage with Foil Playday – Shawn Tempesta 1-4:00 $16
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.
Friday, August 8, 2014
Liven up With Liv
For Immediate Release Contact: Stephanie Donaldson
August 7, 2014 Director of Art Education
Coos Art Museum
(541) 267-3901 ext. 105
QUICK OVERVIEW
Title: Session I: “Watercolor Techniques in Action” and
Session II: “Wonderful World of Watercolor”
What: watercolor classes
Dates: Session I: Thursdays, Sept. 18, 25, Oct. 2, 9 & 16
Session II: Thursdays, Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13, & 20
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Age Range: adults only
Skill Level: some watercolor experience to advanced
Media: watercolor
Where: Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson, Coos Bay, OR 97420
Workshop Fee: Session I - $85 CAM members / $95 non-members
Session II - $85 CAM members / $95 non-members
**Special Double-Session Discount**
Sign up for both sessions for $150 CAM members / $170 non-members.
For more info: call (541) 267-3901 or email sldonaldson@coosart.org
IN MORE DETAIL
Carve
out time each Thursday this fall to spend time with one of Coos Art
Museum’s most popular art instructors. Whether your are a dedicated
watercolorist or wanting to add to your watercolor basics, Liv Drahos
has two sessions planned for those hungry to learn more about this
medium.
In
Session I: “Watercolor Techniques in Action” participants will discover
how to easily and quickly paint trees and water using the perfect tools
not usually associated with watercolor painting supplies. Plus there
will be a chance to experiment with Yupo, a synthetic paper, and learn
fun ways to add and subtract paint from its surface to create the look
and feel of running and cascading water. Session II: “Wonderful World of
Watercolor” will feature the wet-into-wet painting technique along with
tips for brushwork, layering, edges, and color mixing. Learn how to
section off the surface of your paper and invent color chords
(relationships of one color to another) to make an underpainting that
provides texture, shape and value. Session I will take place on
Thursdays, September 18, 25, Oct. 2, 9 and 16 and Session II on October
23, 30, Nov. 6, 13, and 20, 2014. Session I and Session II are each $85
for CAM members or $95 for non-members. For those interested in
signing up for both there is a Special Double-Session Discount of $150
CAM members or $170 non-members.
The
techniques presented in both sessions (plus some surprises!) will open
doors and shed light on your creative path to successful paintings.
Media: Watercolor. Skill level: Some watercolor experience to advanced.
Age Range: Adults only. 6 participants min./12 participants max. For
registration form visit www.coosart.org or contact the Art Education Dept. at (541) 267-3901 or sldonaldson@coosart.org.
Thank you for sharing.
Stephanie Donaldson
Director of Art Education
p. (541) 267-3901 ext. 105
Coos Art Museum
235 Anderson
Coos Bay, OR 97420
p. (541) 267-3901
f. (541) 267-4877
Hours of Operation:
Tues. – Fri. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat. 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
South Coast Folk Society
CELTIC SESSION TONIGHT
First and third Wednesdays (tonight and Aug. 20) at Liberty Pub, 2047 Sherman Ave, North Bend. Play or listen!
SECOND SUNDAY SING-ALONG
Sunday, Aug. 10, 4-6 p.m., at the North Bend Library. We've got the Rise
Up Singing songbooks. Singers, guitarists and pianists welcome!
ALL AGES FOLK DANCE CLASS IN AUGUST
Join the kids from Orco Arts Guild for a special 3-week folk dance series.
Thursdays,
Aug 14, 21, and 28 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Attend one or all sessions.
HARDING LEARNING CENTER MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, 755 S. 7TH STREET, COOS BAY.
All experience levels 12 years and older including singles and beginners
are welcome.
Each dance
is taught by instructor Stacy Rose. If you have two left feet, bring
both of them! Admission by donation. Light refreshments. Local band
Cultural Ecology will play at the August 28 dance.
Event sponsored by Oregon Coast Arts, an after-school program for teens. For more info, contact Char Luther, 541.297.9256.
SOUTH COAST FOLK SOCIETY BOARD MEETING
Sunday, Aug. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 1918 N. 14th St., Coos Bay. All members welcome. Here's a proposed agenda:
1) Presentation and discussion of the final Financial Report for the previous fiscal year.
2) Update on planning for the CDSS Tour Week coming in September of 2015.
3) Creation of a Speaker's Bureau for outreach and to further publicize our activities and the CDSS tour.
4) Results of the survey conducted by Stacy of other Contra Dances in Oregon.
4a)
Consideration of possible adjustments to the various compensations
related to our Contra Dances (bands, callers, sound, mileage and
admission).
5) The "Learn by Doing" Grant Workshop opportunity - do we want to participate.
6) Feedback on the Open Band Summer Camp and suggestions for next year's camp if we wish to make it a regular SCFS event.
7) Improving our publicity - reaching the public - what is most effective?
8) New business…
9) YOUR IDEAS!
MORE INFO ABOUT THE COUNTRY DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY TOUR
A
few weeks ago, we sent out an email about the October 2015 Country
Dance and Song Society Tour visit to our community. Here's a link to a
page with more information about it: http://southcoastfolksociety.wordpress.com/cdss-tour/
Of special interest on this page are a video about Coos Bay's part of the tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqNAEhapK4E&feature=youtu.be
and a video about CDSS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3UZcJWfelE
If you'd like to volunteer to help prepare for the tour, contact Stacy Rose at rosecontra@gmail.com.
JUST ONE MORE MONTH TO CONTRA DANCING AND FOLK DANCING
They start in September. Hang on!
Gail Elber
Secretary
South Coast Folk Society
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Converge on Pacific Park Gallery
You're Invited!
"Convergence"
at
Pacific Park
Gallery
1957 Thompson Road, Coos
Bay
(1 block west of Bay Area
Hospital)
Reception: Friday, August 15th
5-8 pm
Meet the photographer: Patricia
Davidson
and the artists: Wendy Burger, S.L.
Donaldson, Carolyn LaGrande,
Susan Lehman, Michael William Ousley,
Melanie Schwartz,
Pat Snyder, Sarita Southgate, Ava
Richey,
and Victoria Tierney
Concept: Janne LaValle
Come see the combined painting of Lower
Kentucky Falls and other works by this group of artists
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Whiner's Beware
For all of the whiners and belly-achers who complain endlessly about the lack of exhibitions aimed directly at photography or about the lack of interest shown at the Coos Art Museum for REAL art, this is put up or shut up time. You want photography you got photography. Sure you will have to follow all of the rules and submit your work for jury selection, but this time there is no crying in art, cause there are no painters to get in your way.
Are you up for it?
Then here are the forms and you supply the work and get it submitted and maybe, just maybe you will be the big-time, lucky winner!
Are you up for it?
Then here are the forms and you supply the work and get it submitted and maybe, just maybe you will be the big-time, lucky winner!
First in Line for a Hanging
This is your big chance to get hung without pleasing anyone but yourself. Every other year the Coos Art Museum offers artists a chance to see their work in a real gallery and you'd be silly to miss it. And best of all there is no gimlet-eyed, prissy panel of jurors to interfere with what is manifestly brilliant art work. You bring it they hang it its as simply as that. Okay, maybe that dark and intense painting of the sausage making facility at the Chicago stock yards might be a little too visceral for public viewing but aside from that sort of challenging expression of Man's inner most twisted and painful desires, you got a clear path to fame, fortune and public acclaim.
The CAM Biennial for artists to see their work in a museum without the limitations of someone's else's opinion.
Important Info
Coos Art Museum has recently Mailed out a “Call to Artists”
for our “CAM Biennial” in October, entry deadline of October 2, 2014, and
“Pacific Shores Photography exhibition” in December with a submission deadline
if August 3oth, 2014
If you did not receive a mailing you can go to our website www.coosart.org and find a prospectus for
either of those upcoming exhibitions or call the office at 541 267-3901 and we
will be happy to email or mail one to you.
Thanks
Archi
Office Manager
Coos Art Museum
235 Anderson Ave.
Coos Bay, OR 97420
541 267-3901
Any Port in Art
"For the next chapter of POAC's ongoing partnership with Port Orford Main Street
Revitalization Association's mural project, we are putting out a Call For
Artists to submit design concepts for painting the fishing boat "The Pequod".
Please see the attached flyer for details. This is an exciting opportunity for
artists to create a highly visible public art installation to bring attention
and excitement to our amazing Port."
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