Ava Richey's Art News

Hi Everyone,

This coming Monday, November 7, 2011, 12:00 - 3 p.m., we will be painting at Old Bandon Golf Links.

The address is 3235 Beach Loop Drive SW. Take Beach Loop Drive to the Inn at Face Rock, Best Western Motel. Turn into the driveway then go straight between the buildings on the little road--there is a small golf course sign. The clubhouse sits on a rise behind the motel.

Lunch is available from a limited menu, and beverages are also available.

Please join us for lunch and/or painting.

We have the option of being indoors, or out on the deck, or on the golf course to paint.

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

Thanks.

Ava

-----------------------------------------------------------

Art Information:

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.

---------------------------------------------

November Sale: 20% off one item of your choice at Bandon Artist Supply 541-347-4482. Open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. except closed Sun. & Mon.

----------------------------------------
Current Shows:

Bandon Public Library November 1 -30, 2011

Cases: Pearl Maxner's "How to Illustrate a Children's Book". She has written and/or illustrated several books, and a coloring book "The Mammals of the Rougue Siskiyou National Forest. She is working on the second of a series of 8 coloring books.

Hallway Gallery: "Memories of Hawaii" also by Pearl Maxner. She has done three murals in Hawaii and one at the Library in Powers. You can see more of her work at http://farmgirlart.com/

------------------------------------------

Coos Art Museum

"Western Regional Juried Exhibition" and "People and Places"--Scott Berger, and Raku free-form pottery & acrylic paintings by Laurie Lee. Shows run through December 3rd.

541-267-3901 http://www.coosart.org/

----------------------------------------

Coos Bay Library November

*****Wall Gallery: Allen "Tony" Adams' Paintings

*****Lobby Gallery: John Littlefield "Getting In & Out of Coos Bay"

****Thursday Nov. 17th, 7:00 p.m. "Historically Speaking: By Land, Sea and Sky" H.S. Contino will be discussing the third presentation from her book "Shipwrecks of Coos County'. 541-269-1101

----------------------------------------

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

Art exhibit featuring Kathy Baker, Scott Carpenter, S.L. Donaldson, Carol Turner, Franklin Turner and Charlie Vincent. Also pastel seascapes by the late Diana Amling.

-----------------------------------------

Crystal Dolphin Gallery

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

****November 10, 2011 Art Walk, features Joe Johnston Jr. demonstrating lampwork glass blowing from 4:30 - 8:00 p.m.

---------------------------------------

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"

------------------------------------------

Easy Lane Frames & Select Gallery

3440 Broadway, North Bend, 541-756-7638

"All Mixed Up", works by various artists consisting of at least 2 mediums.

*****opening Nov. 10th at ArtWalk will be "What's New?". Paricipants will be exhibiting new works.

----------------------------------------

Emerald Art Center

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

Features "The Mayor's Art Show" through October 28th.

--------------------------------------

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.

---------------------------------------

Florence Events Center

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

****November 4 - 17th Celebrate Art! 2011

--------------------------------------------

Through November 4th

Gallery by the Bay, 2100 Union, North Bend Open MWF 10 - 2 p.m.

Photography by Mike Holm, gourds by Barbara Weed, paintings by Gary Ostrom and jewelry by Matt Vegar. 541-267-6090, 541-751-1633

Opening Thursday, October 13 , 2011 5 - 7:00 p.m.

------------------------------------------

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.

--------------------------------------------

Through November 4th

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

******November 18th - Dec. 23rd "Art for All Seasons: Annual Membership Show and Club Mud Ceramics Sale. Opening Reception Nov. 18th, 6 - 8:00 p.m.

------------------------------------------

North Bend Library November

541-756-0400 http://www.northbendlibrary.org/

******"Memory Quilts" featuring work by fiber artists Kathy McLean and DeAnna Shaw

----------------------------------------

Old Town Coffee & Gallery November

125 1/2 Nopal St., Florence, OR

Featuring author and artist Shinan Barclay.

--------------------------------------

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

Harry Ritchie's

-------------------------------------------

Raincoast Gallery

"20th Anniversary Celebration Show" features works by Georganne White, Carol Waxham, Barry LaVoie, Wood Sabold, Victoria Tierney, Susan Lehman and Ava Richey and others.

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

----------------------------------------

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.

------------------------------------------

Now through

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

*******"Symbols, Letters, Words - Text Us" Opening reception November 4th, 5 - 7:00 p.m.

------------------------------------------

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

-----------------------------------------
Classes

---------------------------------------------------

Artist Loft Gallery, Pony Village Mall, North Bend. Call for Class Information at 541-756-4088

----------------------------------------------------

Brookings Area and more:

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

--------------------------------------------------

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

Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, Solarplate Etching Workshop, Pat Snyder & Mike Holm

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

Stephanie Tomlin teaches childrens' classes (drawing and Suminagashi Marbling)

-------------------------------------------------

Coquille Valley Art Association 10144 Hwy 42, Coquille, OR 541-396-3294

October 29, 2011 "Feel Your Art Before You Think It" acrylic workshop & basic collage.

Painting with Pat Weaver 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Painting with Anna Crosby 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Thursdays & Fridays

Painting/Drawing 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mondays

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

Applique 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

-------------------------------------------------

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.

Saturday, November 5, 2011 "Words and Pictures in Collage", Susan Lehman.

Learn to incorporate words and pictures in your collages. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. $45 includes materials. If you have questions about the class email Susan at studioblue@mycomspan.com

----------------------------------------------------

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

---------------------------------------------------

Gallery on the Bay

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

Lessons in painting pastel by Darrell Sanders.

------------------------------------------------

Heritage Textile Arts Guild

157#A, Pony Village Mall, North Bend

Lessons available in wearables, kitchen linens and gift items.

-----------------------------------------------

Manley Art Center, Brookings

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

--------------------------------------------------

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

--------------------------------------------------

Sage Place, 11th & Elmira, Bandon

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

****Check the website for new class and event information.

-------------------------------------------------------

Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg

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

---------------------------------------------------

Dateline Events:

--------------------------------------

Monday, November 7, 2011 6 - 8:00 p.m.

Florence Events Center, 715 Quince Street, Florence 541-997-1994 http://eventcenter.org/

Celebrate Art! 2011 Opening reception and awards ceremony.

Show runs November 4 - 17th.

----------------------------------------

Thursday, November 10, 2011 5 - 8:00 p.m.

North Bend/ Coos Bay ArtWalk Various venues including North Bend Public Library, Crystal Dolphin Gallery, Unity by the Bay, Easy Lane Frames, Artists' Loft, Pony Village Mall by Katherine's and Harry Ritchie's, and more.

----------------------------------------

Saturday, November 12, 2011 11:00 a.m.

Eden Hall, SOCC Campus, Coos Bay

Bay Area Artists Association monthly meeting. Topic is BAAA through the years. Organized by Sharon Backues, presented by Jean Adamson. Attendees will have the opportunity to peruse three years of BAAA scrapbooks. Members are asked to bring work from earlier years and also a current work to observe the changes.

Public welcome.

-----------------------------------------

*****Saturday, November 12, 2011 3 - 5:00 p.m.

Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay Street, Florence

Reception featuring potter Geraldine McMahan

For more information, or for membership in this co-op gallery call 541-997-8980, or see http://www.backstreetgallery.org/

------------------------------------------

*****Saturday, November 12, 2011 4 - 7:00 p.m.

Downtown Brookings: Second Saturday Art Walk Lots of venues, art, food & fun.

For more information call Signatures Gallery 541-469-1085

----------------------------------------

Saturday, November 12, 2011 1 - 5:00 p.m. Please pre-register

Southwestern Oregon Community College, Gold Beach Center 541-247-2741

"Restore and Rejuvenate" Art Workshop. $25 materials included. Enjoy an afternoon of art indulgence to relax and honor yourself with simple, inspiring art projects before you enter th busy holiday season. Make a decorated candle, a colored bead hanging, and/or a beautiful mirror.

Instructor Linda Mulvany has taught classes in San Francisco Bay area, now from Brookings. Class meets in Port Orford at the Arts Council A-Frame in Buffington Park.

-----------------------------------------

*****Thursday, November 17, 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

-------------------------------------------------------

******Thurs. Fri. & Sat., November 17th 3-7 p.m., 18th 12 - 5:30 p.m. & Sat. 19th, 10 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Jean Kyle's house at 460 Hall St, Coos Bay, OR

"And Sew It Goes" Holiday Open House and Quilt Sale. Crafts, Quilts, Gifts.

Participants:Bette Nelson, Ginni Garland, Mary Shultz, Marit Pierce, Mary Jo Jamsgard, Jane Winningham, Carrie Lorensen, Kathy Corrigall, Sally Sheridan, Daryl Anderson, Bev Medford, Jean Bradford. Please bring a friend.

--------------------------------------------------------

******Saturday & Sunday, December 3rd & 4th, 2011 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

1417 N. 14th St. Coos Bay, OR 541-260-7205

Holiday Open House: Artful, functional ceramics by Catherine Walworth,(potter and clay artist) and Unique Jewelry by Matt Vegar. Something for everyone. Photos available on her Facebook page.

-------------------------------------------------------------

*******Friday, December 9, 2011 5 - 7:00 p.m.

Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave. Coos Bay, OR 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

--------------------------------------------------------------
Calls to Artists:

--------------------------------------------------

Maude Kerns Art Center Deadline for entry is February 10, 2012

"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 availabe 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.

----------------------------------------------------

1st Annual Veterans' Art Show Deadline for entry is Friday, Nov. 4th.

Show opens Friday, Nov. 11th at Pony Village Mall in the former Sam Goody store--the same place the 30 Artists/ 30 Parks show was displayed.

Accepting paintings, woodcarving, photography, sculpture, fiber/fabric, jewelry, pottery, glass, metal, folk art, other.. Non-juried. Contact: Berta Balli at 541-756-8023, or Karen Franklin at 541-756-8038, Nick Long at 541-756- 8022, or Bonnie Hayes at 541-756-0433 for more information. Must be a veteran to participate.

------------------------------------------------

Bandon Library Art Committee is seeking artists for exhibitions in both the Hallway Gallery and the Glass Cases during the second half of 2012. 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.

--------------------------------------------------

Encie's Restaurant looking for artists to hang work there...

Owner Ray Arndt is seeking artists to display paintings on the walls above the windows. No charge for hanging, no commissions charged on sales.

Space is 150 linear feet, 4 feet high. He prefers art that reflects local scenes, landscape, flowers, etc.

541-290-4158 Coos Bay...former Bank of America building on Anderson Ave between Coos Bay Library and Coos Art Museum.

----------------------------------------------

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 Nov 10th. 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.

-------------------------------------------------------------

Maude Kerns Art Center’s

Call for Artists: 2013-2014 Exhibits Schedule

Submission Deadline: Friday, April 20, 2012

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.

The Deadliest Illness

 

High School the deadliest illness known to man, there are those who never recover from four years of High School. There are those who spend the rest of their lives trying to win approval from their high school pals, coach, teacher, parents or team.

“High school, that’s what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome.” A telling quote from an unremarkable Sandra Bullock movie, Hope Floats. But it is true; a lot of us spend the rest of our lives trying to overcome the handicaps we picked up in high school.

Let me tell you something, high school is peculiar; it has its own set of rules and society. You have to be successful or beautiful or you just don’t count. And naturally you come to believe it is all your fault.

It isn’t, it isn’t anyone’s fault unless you count the odd social nature of North America which dictates everyone must conform enough to survive high school and get their badge of courage. What does a high school education do for you? Have you ever used anything you learned in high school?

When I was in high school I liked jazz. Of course everyone else liked Rock n Roll. I thought there was something wrong with me and I was sure that if I tried hard enough I could make all the other guys see how wrong they were and then they would get the message and like jazz too. Never happened.

There wasn’t anything wrong with me or them. Our tastes were different. Suppose that’s what makes the world such an interesting place? But the important part is the realization that there is nothing wrong with having an opinion, even an opinion contrary to that of the rest of the herd.

Most artists, visual, conceptual, literary, musical or performing have that little quirk, they like different stuff.

Few have the inner bulwark which guards them from that doubt learned in high school about how cruel it can be to be different.

If you don’t believe me take a look at what happens right here. Artists submit their work to a show and for whatever reason they get rejected. Doesn’t mean a thing about them or their art or about anything really, it means that the jury didn’t like that piece on that day.

So why is it the first reaction is to run and hide and never submit to that show again?

High school, being different is the worst thing you can do. It is worse than being orc or a troll or a used car salesman, yeech!

But one of the many reasons to become an artist is to be free to do what you like no matter if anyone else likes it or not. You get to march to a different drummer or hear the music no one else can hear or see the fairies flying on the moonbeams and no one can say you can’t.

One of my favorite writing coaches, (There he goes again, he’s off topic and running straight into another tangent), Lawrence Block tells his students, “Write what you like. Write what you’d like to read, the chance of getting published is so small you might as well enjoy what you are writing and if one day it sells then that’s just the cherry on top.” And boys and girls he is right, do what you like, you are much more likely to do it well and enjoy the doing than if you try to chase the next trend. By the time you catch a trend it is passé anyway.

I’ve seen actors reduced to shakes and tears when they didn’t get a part they wanted and writers go off on a miserable bender when their baby comes back from the publisher with a big ole red rejection stamp; I haven’t see artists self-destruct, but then the can hide in their studios. No, making money from art is a gift, the lucky make a living, the great make a reputation and the best join the Gods on Olympus.

But don’t make it the start and finish of your life. This ain’t high school; you have other important things in your life, don’t you?

Public Service Announcementg

November 9 – This is a TEST!


On Wednesday, November 9 at 11:00 a.m. Oregonians will hear on their radios and see on their televisions a test of the emergency alert system (EAS). The test will last approximately three (3) minutes. Normal programming will return following the test. This is a nationwide test organized by the FCC and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

This test will be different than those we have had in the past. The November 9 test will utilize a "live" national alert code, i.e., a coded message that will present itself as an actual emergency announcement, not a test. This is necessary in order to allow FCC and FEMA to test the actual working order reliability of legacy EAS equipment and the state of readiness of EAS operators and participants. Television stations are being encouraged to run a scroll at the bottom of the screen throughout the test stating that it is just a test.

Oregon Office of Emergency Management (OEM), FEMA, Broadcasters, NOAA and many other agencies are diligently trying to get the word to people that this is, in fact, a test. Often, citizens who are unsure of whether the alert is real or a test, place calls to 911 which tie up the phone lines for legitimate emergencies.

If anyone has questions about the test, please do NOT call 911. Please tell your neighbors and friends about this test so that Oregonians will be the most informed of all the states and will not be caught off guard by this unusual test of the EAS equipment.

More information can be found at www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm

Open Call for Digital Art and Photography

Click here for complete information and registration:
http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html


Los Angeles Center for Digital Art 102 West Fifth Street

Los Angeles, CA 90013

lacda.com


eighth annual

SNAP TO GRID:

the UN-Juried Exhibit

Every entry shown!

December 8 - December 30, 2011

Opening Reception Thursday December 8 , 7-9pm

(in conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk, at our new 4,000 square foot gallery!)

reception for prior snap to grid

Show your work in our un-juried exhibit featuring digital art and photography. All entries will be printed (8.5"x11" on heavyweight paper) and shown in our gallery arranged in a grid. Entrants submit JPEG files of original work. Multiple entries are permitted. Separate registration required for each image. Exhibit is limited to space available, early entry is advised.

All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable. Documentation shots of digital installation and digital sculpture are acceptable.

Special consideration is given to "Snap to Grid" artists for inclusion in future exhibits. Entrants to our calls for submissions form the pool of artists from which we select the majority of our exhibitors. There have been a large number of "Snap to Grid" participants who have been included in group exhibits, as well as a number of solo shows. Proceeds for "Snap to Grid" benefit these gallery programs and keep LACDA thriving. Exhibit your work, build your resume, and support our gallery. Everybody wins!

complete information and registration

Gallery Statement:

Every year for 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery has held its "Open Call" exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the same nature where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery. The hundreds of works are displayed in a grid like installation (reminiscent of postcard art shows of the 1980's) where every work submitted is exhibited.

The usual (less than democratic) selection process where only the precious few are chosen is turned on its head in a curatorial anarchy where everyone gets to participate and the viewer is literally left to be the judge. The show represents a snapshot of a current moment in art history when digital imaging has reached the hands of the many, an age where culture belongs to the "mobblogers" around the globe. From Thailand to Texas, amateur to academic, beautiful to banal and beyond the monumental quantity and variety of "Snap to Grid" becomes an aesthetic experience where each individual piece adds to an agglomerative effect that has a life of its own.

prior snap to grid

prior snap to grid


Sponsored by:
This site and its entire contents © 2004-2011 Los Angeles Center For Digital Art

All International Rights Reserved.
Works of individual artists remain the intellectual property and are copyrighted by their respective authors. No unauthorized reproduction, all rights reserved.

L.A. Center for Digital Art
102 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Fujifilm Contest

A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...

 

About a thousand years ago, before the earth’s crust had cooled and when dinosaurs were just a glimmer in God’s eye, I was a child. Now being a child back then was different than it is from being a child these days. If you disobeyed your parents the consequences were swift and certain, but never lasting and if in so disobeying you left the safety of home, the worst that could happen was a missed meal.

It took a lot more creative effort to have a life altering experience in those far off days.

But I did.

We had a stand-up Zenith radio record player combination. It was just a bit larger than the standard Kenmore refrigerator and a lot more fun. If you listened with all of your heart you could hear the Shadow cloud men’s minds and see that fiery horse with the speed of light. The talking train, which led to the squeaking door which opened to the Inner Sanctum, was more than just a plug for Bromo Seltzer.

In fact late at night, say when all the lights were out and all good children were fast asleep in their beds, you could, if you weren’t a good children, hear Ole Jim Lowe and the Cat’s Caravan show, “How Blue Can You Get?” Why they played exotic, forbidden music, jazz, not only jazz but Blues, now that’s baaaaaaaaaaaaad!

It was listening to that show, (I could get away with it cause WRR played classical music all day and only switched to subversive jazz after ten o’clock.), that taught me all about jazz and the folks who sing it. I heard, Etta James, Sarah Vaughn, Peggy Lee, Keely Smith and of course Ella Fitzgerald.

Now that was an eye opener. Why the lady could sing and then she’d do a thing, (I didn’t have a clue what it was called then), where she would harmonize with the musicians, but without singing, just notes of music made by her voice! She sang a song called You’ll Have To Swing it and I was doomed. No more rock and roll for me.

Fifty years and a few white hairs later I haven’t lost interest in the wonderful people who can make a simple song into a full length film with just their voice and a few instruments. There are some good ones, Teirney Sutton, Janis Seigel, Jane Monhiedt, Diana Krall, especially the Girl in The Other Room CD, and one you haven’t heard of, but know if you’ve ever watched TV or listened to other singers, Ann Hampton Callaway.

Ann is a New York jazz singer; she haunts smoke-filled clubs and makes an appearance on late night television every now and then. And she can blow! Lord, can she blow.

On her CD To Ella With Love, a very ambitious title for a young, white, contemporary singer to cover the immortal Ella, some chutzpah! And it would be if all she did was cover the songs of the First Lady of Song. But she doesn’t, she makes them her own in that special way she has, which is too cute for its own good.

You know she wrote the theme for the Nanny. Clever words from a clever girl and that is why you might not have heard of her. She‘s so hip she seldom gets out of New York and when she does she needs a special audience. Just listen to the scat, (Yes that’s what they call it when you vocalize without words), on How High the Moon. Sure that was the first tune Ella broke into scat on and the first time a shocked mainstream audience heard what had been hidden in Harlem clubs and when Ann does her turn she acknowledges Ella with a line only a pretty cute, clever girl could come up with…”I wanna be taught, I wanna know the score, I want to be an Ella Astronught when I soar.”

Now that the weather has become Oregon weather and the days are getting shorter, go by Off The Record, (They support the arts community so you ought to throw your CD business their way) and pick up one of Annie’s CDs. It will make spending time in the studio more fun, your friends will be amazed and try this just for fun, slip it in your car CD player, drive down Newmark and when you get stopped at a light roll down your window and blast the sound. It’s only fair; the kid in the next car with the skunk Mohawk and the battered CD of Gaga has been sharing with you, so return the favor!

Sage Gallery News

The Wild Things Bead Trunk Show is on at Sage Place this
Wednesday and Thursday, November 2nd and 3r!  The public is
invited to join us as J-ME and Guy return to fill the Sage
Place classroom with all kinds of beading treasures!  Sage
will be glistening with:  fabulous gemstones strands of all
kinds, Czech Fire Polish and pressed glass beads,
Charlottes, vintage beads, BUTTONS and More Buttons, pearls
and more! Those of you who missed Wild Things in July will
want to be sure to catch them this week; we won't see them
again until 2012! 

We've extended our Trunk Show shopping hours into the
evenings, for our working customers; show hours are:  Wed.
11 am - 6 pm  and Thursday, 11- 8 pm. 

Sage has also upped the creative fun!  J-ME was such a hit
with her beading class last time that we have her teaching
three different workshops this week.  A great time to get a
jump on your Christmas Shopping and gift making!

J-ME will be teaching her elegant "Dangly Button Necklace"
twice during their visit, Wednesday from 12-3:30 pm and
again on Thursday, 5-8:30  pm.  Tuition is $25.  Students
planning to purchase materials at the trunk show should
arrive 1 hour early; bring along your own bead stash as
well.

Go Retro with J-ME on Thursday afternoon in her "Bottle Cap
Bead" workshop- always a blast and great for the guys too!
Time is 12-4 Thursday.  Workshop involves soldering and
drilling - love those tools!  Cost is $25, bring your
favorite bottle caps or stake your claim from J-ME's stash.

If you are looking for the quick and clever gift, J-ME has
an adorable snowman earring workshop happening from 4:30-6
pm on Wednesday, Cost is $20.  Arrive early to shop for
supplies, or bring some of your own. 

Supply lists will be posted online and also available at
Sage Place Tuesday, Nov. 1st.

Workshop space is limited; calling ahead to reserve space is
recommended. .Sage Place is located at 525 11th St SE,
Bandon, (541) 329-0303, at the corner of 11th and Elmira,
across from Bandon Supply. 



Thanks, Anne Sobbota