Snow Day

Did you take a snow day?

I won't tell. It was dark, cold and the snow was piled high when I got up and the only thing I wanted was a cup of strong tea.

No, I don't drink coffee any more. too many deep nights drinking police coffee. You know the stuff, just cut off a plug and stick it between cheek and gum. So after running around the ceiling for a coupla days I gave it up.

Then a few years back, the Long suffering and I went to London. there are some people who would call sucha trip a trip to England, but once you have been to the Capitol City of the World you will know there is a difference between London and England.

While in London, Dr Johnson was right, "When a man is tired of London he is tired of life!", i picked up two new habits, drinking English beer and tea. I've had to give up the beer, the life of a diabetic is painfully  austere, but I've kept on drinking tea.

Can't get John Smith's Smooth over here anyway so giving up beer wasn't all that hard. tea, well, the tea they drink isn't the pale boiled water we see here, no it is rich, red, powerful stuff and I've been completely unable to get my eyes open without a cuppa.

So I still operate on caffeine drive just from a different source. they have Twinnings English Breakfast tea at the Safeway in North Bend, you should get a tin and try it, you'll never drink coffee again.

So there I was staring out of my fogged windows looking at the white stuff while my tea brewed. I don't actually brew it. I cheat. I make it in a Mr. Coffee and that works just fine. and after about ten minutes or so I noticed it was snowing.

Fast on the uptake, I know. So I started making my plans at that moment, water-proof shoes, heavy coat, gloves and camera, tucked between me and the coat and once soaked in tea, out i went to take advantage of the second snow fall of this winter.

It really hasn't been much of a winter, mostly warm and rainy, so a snow event is delightful. the Long Suffering had to go in to Coos bay and open the museum, so she wasn't too happy, but I was fine. after all i didn't have to drive on the slick stuff!

I didn't venture far from the house. My thermostat is kinda messed up from y adventure with the Croaker last summer. I actually get cold!. That's never happened before. I've always had to hide from the sun and the heat and living in Texas for most of my life you can imagine how much fun I had form March to October. But since coming to Oregon I've enjoyed the strange new world of the outside. Now I'm having to wrap up before I go out, but you can always put on enough clothes to stay warm, the opposite is not true and may even be against the law.

*Cultural note: If a woman takes off all of her clothes and jumps nekkid into a fountain, it's a photo-op. If a man does the same thing its a felony!

So there I was looking like I just escaped from the Peanuts comic strip, layered to the point that there was some question about whether my joints would still work, trudging around in the snow taking pictures, cause you can't get snow pictures except when it snows and aren't painters lucky that they can get snow pictures anytime they want them because they can create any kind of climate they like but photographers have to go out in the snow if they want snow pictures.

And I got them.

And I hope that you grabbed your coffee and camera and went out to lay in a stock of snowy pictures to Currier your Ives for the rest of the winter!

Blarney

 

The wind rattles the shutters and the light inside the room flickers, there’s a cold in the bones and there are things outside that go bump in the night, even when it isn’t night, bring the jar and load the pipe its time to gather round the table and talk a little treason…cause St Paddy’s Day is just around the corner.

They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, but I am pretty sure whoever said that had never been to Oregon.

The weather here on the Coast can be wild almost anytime of the year and it never seems to go out, like a freight train out of control or a mouse scurrying across the room or anything less than a stamped of wild horses.

So with the wind and the rain and the cold, it is time to think of things, which can be done inside the quiet, warm house. Now you could try to lure spring into an early start, or you could do summer scenes and try to get your brain to believe it is warm, but why not invite the little people into your homes and spend some time enjoying the ole Sod?

There is something about the Irish spirit which makes one want to tell tales, not all of them tall and not all of them treasonous, talk of the wee folk under the hill or sing of the glories of the days before the revolution, of the mighty men and the brave deeds and then with a wink and a grin and maybe just one more wee dram, a grin and a wicked tale of fun and some naughty doings by a farmer’s daughter or a maid with her geese, or was it sheep, I heard it both ways…

You can’t ever tell just when that Irish rogue started pulling your leg, but you know it is a story so good that you don’t mind a bit, even if for reasons of health you have foresworn the daemon and drink nothing, but water.

So maybe it’s time to bring to mind some of those picturesque tales and paint a scene of Irish mirth, struggle, love, fantasy or bravery.

You know that John L. Sullivan, himself was a man of the Green and no one dared slander the Irish to his face. How ‘bout it, want to square up with John L. and do some bare knucks fighting? Those fists up, squared away, stand tall boxers of the nineteenth century can make for a wonderful composition.

The Landscape of Ireland, with or without the wee folks who live under the hill is green and lush and filled with herds of sheep, flocks of squawking geese and spring lambs, if you can’t make a picture out of that you need to rethink your calling.

What of those incredible Irish cottages with the thatched roofs? Sure they’re a fire hazard, but you don’t have to live in one to paint it.

Me, I like fireplaces. The Long Suffering has, (An elevated sense of order and cleanliness which declares that all fireplace are nasty, filthy things requiring more effort than the are worth), banned fireplaces from all of our homes, but I can still have one if I create it in two dimensions. And in truth I prefer the rough stone fireplaces so frequently present in Irish cottages, maybe with a sheleighly resting by the hearth or a dog cured up on the rug. Yeah, I know too Norman Rockwell.

So, that’s what I have done, I did one of those Irish cottages with the sheeighly, but sans the dog and I’m posting it here to kick start you engines.

Sure you can come up with your own Irish themed painting/sculpture/photo, but I want you to start today.

See come Saturday, March 17, 2012 I want you squarely in front of your television watching one of the delicious Irish movies.

Now for the Seniors in the audience, you’ll want Finnian’s Rainbow. And who could question the choice of Fred Astaire even if he isn’t dancing just smiling and twinkling as only Fred Astaire could twinkle.

Or perhaps you’d like something less musical? The Informer, for which Victor McLaglen won his only Academy Award, will make you watch in horror as a good man with a weak spirit descends into betrayal and despair. (More about Victor later.)

If you are an X or a Y’er you’d probably like something less well, old. Try The Matchmaker. You’ll find a host of familiar faces, Jeanane Garofalo, Denis Leary and Milo O’Shay offer some laughs and don’t be surprised if you hear some of the candidates try the same tricks in the next several months. Speaking of tricks, Waking Ned Devine has a few up its sleeve. And of course it also has gratuitous nudity, always a plus.

If there are kids in the house or you want to make peace with your Long Suffering put on Darby O’Gill and the Little People. The kids will love it, and that colleen of yours will melt over Sean Connery before Bond, fresh off his Mister Universe appearance. Sad to say that was the worst he would ever look and yes, I am now and have always been jealous of Sean the Magnificent!

But if you really want the Irish experience watch The Quiet Man. This is the one for which John Wayne should have won the Oscar. Maureen O’Hara is fiery, fierce and packs a wicked right, the Irish Mafia fills in all of the character roles with Ward Bond and Arthur Shields making even the most dedicated agnostic believe in spiritual leaders, Victor McLaglen going fifteen round with Big John.

You do know that McLaglen got that smashed nose going ten rounds with John L. Sullivan, himself. He takes a lickin’ from the Duke but in a real Brannigan he’d mop the floor with ole John.

Still, John Ford’s love letter to Ireland stands up to the years and is worth watching again and again.

Now hurry the Bishop is coming and I want yous all to line the roads and cheer like good Protestants, for the Rev Playfair, good man that he is and maybe he won’t get reassigned!

Attitude

  I have in recent days been reminded of just how important attitude is to anyone working in the Arts.

Sure you can claim that ego and attitude are the same and sometimes you’d be right, but now every time. In fact the attitude I want to talk about is not the “King of the World” stuff, but the quiet, inner self-confidence which supports the creative person working alone.

You have to have IT.

No, silly not that IT, that’s for keeping your network running which can be important to your attitude but it isn’t the It I want you to focus on, it’s the It which makes you keep working on what you know is right even if everyone else says, “You’re nuts!”

I’ve said before that this is the only business where one’s value is measured by someone else. That’s true but it cannot be allowed to damage your self-worth. Sure, selling is a hard rough, mean part of the business of art, but keeping your head together is just as important.

There are at least two components of every artist’s life, the part where you can’t fall asleep or get out of bed fast enough, where there aren’t enough hours in the day, where the thought of taking time to eat, sleep or bathe is just too petty to interrupt your work and the part where you have to suck up to some Philistine and make them like you so that you can sell them your work.

And it is hard to keep the two parts apart.

See I’d rather be working on the pictures I’ve taken, twisting and turning and manipulating them, making ordinary things into fantastic dream images, but oddly enough, most people don’t want that in their kitchen. They want nice cats or still life or boats. Boy, talk about strange, remember where I come from a boat is what you take to Hubbard on Saturday to drag the skiers around and hope like hell one of them is a girl in a tiny bikini. But a working boat? Nope, you just can’t catch much fish in the Trinity.

That’s the river which used to run by Dallas. It has been used as a filtration system for raw sewage for so many years that the smell on a warm summer day can take down an Apache attack helicopter at two miles and the only things which still live in it are turtles and alligator gar, fish so mean and ugly they’d make Godzilla yank his toes out of the water. Course no danger of that cause no human would stick his toes in that green/gray sludge which oozes by Dallas. Yeppers, working on a boat is not something I have much understanding of, but I know around these parts folks get positively weepy about boats, sleek boats, fast boats, old, rusty, dead, sunken boats.

So I know that if I want to finance my manipulations there are boats in my future.

And I do go looking for images of boats and the water which I can make into selling art.

Then there’s the part when I get to play.

I find something which catches my eye and the idea comes and before you know it I have a memory card full and am sitting in a darkened room staring at a computer screen making the images change before my bleary eyes. Fun, fun, fun…

But oddly enough not so many folks want to pay for my fun. They think I ought to do something they like.

So there you have it, the sad story of art from the dawn of time, fun or money?

Fun can’t win that one. You have to do what the client wants and make it work for their eye or they just don’t pay and then you can’t get out to recess and do that thing you do.

How do you survive working for someone else’s taste when what you want to do is make your own stuff? Painters have always had this problem. They get commissions from clucks who want to look better than they are and you have to make them or they just don’t come across with the clams.

It’s that attitude I want you to think about. That little voice which says, “I’m right and everyone else can go to…”

But while you are saying this artist’s mantra keep one eye on your image, cause it is so easy to slip from confidence to arrogance.

The opposite is true too; you can loose your attitude and never venture out for fear that you just aren’t good enough.

Remember what I said at the beginning of this tale, art is ultimately judged by someone else. You may be right, you may not be good enough to satisfy yourself, but maybe the buyer doesn’t have such exacting standards?

You just have to get out of the cave and take your art with you. You don’t want to be like the Cro-Magnon kids, you paint wonderful images on cave walls and then have to wait two hundred and eighty-seven thousand years for someone to find it?

Maybe the Gen X and Y’ers don’t do the cave thing, ever think about that? If you aren’t going to stick up for your own art nobody else will.

So here we are, back where we started, ego or attitude? Probably you need some of both. Enough self-confidence to keep working on what you believe in and yet enough self-awareness to know when you are joining the lemmings, guys we live too close to the sea to be lemmings!

Celebrating the Art of Janet Pretti and David Woof

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Abstract Enthusiasm

Ava Richey's Art News

Please note my new e-mail address yarnfarm@frontier.com


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Hello Everyone,

This Monday, March 12th, 12 - 3 p.m., the paintout/in will be at Brewed Awakenings.

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

Thanks!

Ava

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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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Bandon Artist Supply, winter hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays 10 -5 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. 541-347-4482 or 541-297-6118.

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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 Susan Lehman who has had a book accepted into the Illahe Studio & Gallery's upcoming Artists Book Show, which runs from April 6 - 28th. Opening reception is Friday, April 6th, 5 - 8 p.m. Illahe Studios & Gallery, 215 Fourth St. Ashland, OR 97520 541-488-5072

Susan Lehman also had two collages pieces accepted into the Northwest Collage Society Spring Exhibition at the Rob Schouten Gallery on Whidbey Island, Greenbank, WA Show runs March 2 - April 4, 2012

Congratulations to Pat Snyder who recently had two collages accepted into the juried Northwest Collage Society Spring Exhibition at the Rob Schouten Gallery on Whidbey Island, Greenbank, WA. Show runs March 2 - April 4, 2012.

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

Kathryn Damon-Dawson is the featured March artist. Reception March 10th, 3 p.m.

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Bandon Public Library March 2012

Angela Cardas-Meredith, "Weddings as Art". Reception: March 6th, 6 - 8 p.m., Library Sprague Room.

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Black Market Gourmet, 495 Central Ave, Coos Bay. Open Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. 541-269-0194

March 1st - April 30th "Abstract Enthusiasm" featuring art of Robin Jenkins, Sarita Southgate, and Mike Holm. fundraiser for Children's Art Education Programs at the Coos Art Museum. 60% of proceeds go directly to support this effort.

Reception is Saturday, March 18th, 2 - 4 p.m.

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Chetco Community Library, Brookings

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

2012 Biennial Student Art Exhibit & Vision 12 High School Art Competition.

BAAA Artist of the Month for March is Shirley MacLean showing in the Lobby of the Coos Art Museum

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Coos Bay Library 525 West Anderson, Coos Bay

March

Wall Display and Lobby: Coos Sand & Sea Quilters' Quilts

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

March 14 - April 13th "The 7th Annual Young Artists Show"

Hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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

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Crystal Dolphin Gallery

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

ArtWalk, March 8th, 5 - 8 p.m. Features wood artists Ed Butler, Bernice Martin, Robert McHaney and Jack Dohallow. During ArtWalk there will be a 15% off sale on these artists showings. Snacks, tea and coffee available.

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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.

February 6 - March 30 "Winter Wonder", Reception Friday, Feb. 10th, 2-4 p.m.

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Emerald Art Center http://www.emeraldartcenter.org/

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

February 28 - March 31st: Photographsy by Bruce Barnbaum, plus featured members: Gladys Bacon Rust, "From the Southwest to the Northwest", and Chuck Roehrich, "Back to The Basics."

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Evergreen Court

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

Bay Area and Bandon Plein Air Artists Show.

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Fairbanks Gallery located on campus at OSU in Corvallis. Free, open to the public Mon.- Thurs. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Fridays 8 - 12 noon. Contact Douglas Russell at 541-737-5009, or drussell@oregonstate.edu http://www.blogger.com/goog_698783376

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Florence Events Center

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

Gallery One: March show features "Tactile Expressions". Textiles, fiber art and the work of local painters.

"Public Hanging" in Gallery 5, through April 30th.

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Hawthorne Gallery, 517 Jefferson St., Port Orford

Features "Friends", a series of hot glass sculptures that skillfully depict characters who have stood out in the artist's life in one way or another. Artist is Danny White.

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High Tide Cafe, Charleston

Michael William Ousley is showing a display of his Yacht Club works of art . Open 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.

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Keizer Art Association, 980 Chemawa Rd NE, Keizer, OR http://www.keizerarts.com/

****21st Annual Colored Pencil Exhibition April 7 - 30, 2012 Th & Fri, 1 - 4 p.m., Sat. 10 - 4 p.m.

Presented by the Colored Pencil Society of America District Chapter 201

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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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Manley Art Center 433 Oak Street, Brookings, OR 541-469-1807

March

Artist of the month is Buzz Stewart, showing watercolors. He will be demonstrating at the Saturday, March 10th artwalk in Brookings.

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Maude Kerns Gallery 1910 East 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 541-345-1571 http://www.mkartcenter.org/

February 24th - March 23rd Opening reception Feb. 24th, 6 - 8 p.m.

Portraiture: "Three Twists" Frank Moro, Russ Revok, Mike Sirl

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MECCA (Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts), 449 Willamette Street, Eugene presents "Museum of Awesome", a Collage show that touches on science, a solo show by Marilyn Kent. Show runs through March. Opening reception if Friday, March 2nd, 5:30 - 8:30

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North Bend Library, Conference Room March

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

Features : Josie Reid watercolors (open for ArtWalk, Thurs. March 8th.

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Old City Hall-- 99 E. Second Street, Corner of Second & Adams, Coquille

Contact Nella Abbott at 541-824-0779 for information.

****Saturday, March 17th "Metbros" Irish music, 7:00 p.m., $10 Check out the website http://www.ethnicwind.com/

Tickets available at Orcoast Music on Newmark in Coos Bay, and in Coquille at the Sentinel Newspaper office, and the Coquille Chamber of Commerce.

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Pony Village Mall:

ArtWalk: Various artists showing at tables in lobby areas near Katherine's and Harry Ritchie Jewelers, Cone 9, Heritage Textile Arts Guild, Rose Palette, East Wing art wall, and Artists Loft. 541-756-1989

Look for Rick Fox and his wonderful wood art!

Also in the Mall:

Artists' Loft, 541-756-4088

Features Guest Artists: "The Bigger, The Better" show..opens on ArtWalk, Thursday, March 8th.

East Wing Art Wall (by JoAnn's) Oils by Frank Turner

Sterling Savings Bank

Paintings by Jean Adamson

Harry Ritchie's Jewelers: Catherine Walworth is the March featured artist.

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Port Orford Library January-March

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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Second Street Gallery, Old Town Bandon 541-347-4188 http://secondstreetgallery.net/

Features annual "Wall of Opportunity" with 50% off regular sales price of local artists' work including 2-d, jewelry, pottery, glass, greeting cards and books. Inventory changes weekly.

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South Slough Interpretive Center, Charleston -- in the William Q. Wick Auditorium 541-888-5558

March 3rd - 31st Features "Tropism", S.L. Donaldson's vibrant acrylic and ink paintings convey impacts of various stimuli. Opening rescheduled to March 17th

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January 11th through March, 2012

Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center

"Down on the Farm" features agriculture related art.

In addition:

March 1, 2012 through March: 21 award-winning watercolors selected by Juror Ted Nutall of Arizona for the traveling show of the Watercolor Society of Oregon .

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Triangle Square Gallery 343 6th Avenue, Port Orford, OR http://www.trianglesquareart.com/

*****Celebrating the art of Janet Pretti and David Woof Opening Saturday, March 17th 5-8 p.m.

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Umpqua Valley Arts Center, 1625 W. Harvard, Roseburg

541-672-2532 http://www.uvarts.com/

******Opening March 9th: AMBUS Group Exhibit, featuring the works of Southern Oregon Artists will be opening in the Red Gallery. The Umpqua Valley Watercolor Artists' "Water, Water Everywhere" show will be in the Corridor Gallery. The Plein Air Painters of the Umpqua Group Exhibit will be in Gallery II. The Student Gallery will feature work by the students of Oakland High School. Shows run through May 5th.

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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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Art 101, The Purple Yurt, 5 miles south of Bandon on Hwy 101, 541-250-1140 or info@washedashore.org

Saturdays and Sundays 1 - 5:00 p.m.

Volunteer Workshops to build "Leo the Leopard Shark" Have a hand in constructing the newest member of the Washed Ashore family. This work is designed to permanently reside at the Chula Vista Nataure Center in San Diego, CA. The sculpture consists of 100% ocean going debris (plastics and more). Help inspire others to do something about this problem by building this eye-catching sculpture.

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Art by the Sea, Gallery & Studio 175 2nd St, Old Town Bandon, (next to Bandon Artist Supply) 541-297-6118

Pastel Painting Classes with Arlene Tinsley & Ava Richey

Fridays, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. starting March 9th. Classis 4 Friday evenings in March. $15 per session.

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Monday, April 2, 2012 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Silkscreen Monoprint Class Instructor is Pat Snyder, class fee $45. to register call 541-297-6118 Class is full, but you can go on a waiting list..

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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://wildriverscoastart.com/

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

Tuesday - Thursday, April 3, 4, 5th, 2012 Watercolor from Start to Finish with Judy Morris 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Saturdays, May 12th & 19th: Paper Arts with Holly Rodenkirk and Mary Cervantes 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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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

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 with Larry Roberts 9-12 Mondays 541-396-2579

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 - 5:00 and another at 6 - 9 p.m. Mondays and Fridays 9:30 - 12:30

Fiber Arts 10 a.m. on Fridays

Yoga 6 p.m. Mondays No Classes during January or February.

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

Contact for information on a variety of classes.

Palette Knife Technique with Acrylics with Carolyn Le Grande is continuing on Mondays from 2 - 4:00 p.m. Call to see about joining this class.

Susan Lehman's Textures in Collage class has been changed to April . Call for information.

Cartooning with Bandon artist Leo Chiantelli will be offered at the gallery this summer. Students of any age and ability are welcome. Class will be four sessions for $60. Supply list available at the gallery.

The gallery is interested in setting up some children's classes for summer. If you would be interested in teaching a class please contact Jane 541-756-7638.

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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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Rosie's Art Carnival, 575 B Hwy 101, Florence artcarnival@oregonfast.net http://www.blogger.com/goog_698783401

New Classes: e-mail for more information.

Fridays: Two Card Classes, one at 10:00 a.m. and the other at 12:30. Sign up ahead of time so a materials packet will be available for you.

Saturday, March 10th: Stampscapes Class with Cathy.

Saturday, March 10th at 10:30 Artists Trading Card Swap

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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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Southwestern Community College

Brookings: Saturday, April 7, 2012 1 - 5 p.m. "Containers, A Mixed Media Art Workshop". Learn to make a coiled fabric basket and explore containers as art and metaphor. Instructor Linda Mulvany lindajmulvaney@gmail.com

Gold Beach SWOCC Center (on the fairgrounds) 541-247-2741

Weekly collage class, Tuesdays 4 - 5:30 p.m. April 3rd, 10th, May 8th and 22nd. Rich and varied collage materials furnished to help you explore the possibilities and learn a variety of techniques. lindajmulvaney@gmail.com

SOCC, Port Orford : Saturday, May 19th, 1 - 5 p.m. "Aspect Dolls: A Mixed Media Art Workshop" Identify different parts of yourself and create mixed media dolls to honor those parts. lindajmulvaney@gmail.com

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**Studio T Classes, Bandon

Advanced Color Workshop

***Prerequisite: Dynamic Color Workshop***

12:30-5:30 Saturday March 17 sign-up deadline: Monday March 12

$55 all materials included

Please email dorotheatortilla@msn.com for available openings, complete class descriptions or any questions

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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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Wright's Custom Framing 910 Chetco Ave, Brookings 541-469-7625 saradee1@frontier.com

Drop in Art Workshop every Friday Afternoon 1 - 4 p.m.

Individual instruction in any medium; demonstrations in various mediums; critiques of completed work and works in progress. $12 per session. Just drop in and bring something you would like to work on, or need help with. Each week something new is presented during demonstrations.

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Dateline Events:

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Saturday, March 10, 2012 11:00 a.m.

Bay Area Artists Association monthly meeting at Pony Village Mall in North Bend, located near Macy's across from Maurice's, Bill Blumberg will be giving a talk with demonstrations on "Calligraphy and Prismacolor drawing".

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Saturday, March 10, 2012 4 - 7:00 p.m.

Brookings Second Saturday Art Walk. Artist and musicians invite you to join them for the Murder Mystery Art Walk in downtown Brookings. Pick up your Murder Mystery Booklet at Chetco Library 4 -5 p.m. This details the locations of the ten Suspects at five different places. Will you be able to solve the mystery??

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Saturday & Sunday, March 24th & 25th,

2012 Southcoast Wood Carvers 21st Show & Sale at North Bend Community Center, 2222 Broadway.

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Thursdays.

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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Calls to Artists:

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*****Deadline April 16, 2012

Florence Events Center, Photographers invited to enter "Exposure 2012!"

Photographers from Florence, the Oregon coast, and across the Willamette Valley are invited to display their work in “Exposure 2012,” a show which will be up through May and June in Gallery Five at the Florence Events Center.

Each photographer may enter up to three pieces in the show for a one-time entry fee of $20. All photographs must be properly mounted, framed and wired, ready to hang. Maximum width is 30”. All photographs must be available for sale. If a piece sells during the show, the photographer may replace it at no additional fee.

Photographs must be delivered to the FEC in person on Monday, April 30, and picked up on Thursday, June 28. An artist’s reception will be held in the gallery after the show opens and is hosted by the FEC.

Applications are available online at www.eventcenter.org. Click on the Community link to download. Applications are also available at the FEC, Digital Dunes Photography and at the Siuslaw Public Library.

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*****Application deadline June 1, 2012 5:00 p.m.

The City of Ashland Public Art Commission is seeking an artist(s) to create site-specific art as part of the Ashland Fire Station No. 2 replacement. The Fire Station is located at 1860 Ashland Street. This opportunity is open to established professional artists living in the Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and California.)

http://www.ashland.or.us/News.asp?NewsID=2468 http://www.ashland.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=14633

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Delivery March 1st through March 9th for the Seventh Annual Young Artists Show at Coquille Valley Art Association. Ages 3 - 18, up to three entries per person in each category of painting, sculpture, drawing and photography. All area children invited to participate.

Artwork must be suitable for hanging with backing, mats or frames. Age categories include 3-5 years old, 6 - 8; 9-12; 13 - 15; 16 - 18. Coquille Valley Art Center, 10144 Highway 42, Coquille. Show runs March 14th - April 13th. 541-396-3294 for more information.

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2012 Southcoast Wood Carvers 21st Show & Sale will be held Saturday, March 24th & 25th at the North Bend Community Center, 2222 Broadway.

There will be 50 spaces available for woodcarvers to sell or display. For more information contact Ken Means at 541-396-4501 or kenscarousel@aol.com

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Delivery deadline 'the last week of March'

Easay Lane Frames & Select Gallery Call to Artists for "The Color of Spring". Open to all, no entry fee, no size limitation. For more information call 541-756-7638.

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Deadline March 23, 2012 to return application for Yachats: Crafts on the Coast 15th Annual Spring Arts & Crafts Festival, which runs May 26-27th, 2012, AND Crafts on the Coast 15th Annual Harvest & Holidays Arts & Crafts Festival Nov. 3-4th, 2012.

Call 541-547-4738 for application packet for both events.

First time participants are welcomed, and demonstrations of arts and crafts are appreciated. Festivals are juried separately with the May event juried at the end of March, and the Nov. event juried in August.

70 exhibitors of exceptional, gallery quality crafts, fine arts and gourmet food products from the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

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

Drop off Date is Wednesday, April 4th. Opening reception Sunday, April 8th from 1 -3 p.m.

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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April 14, 2012 postmark deadline

Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson, Coos Bay, http://www.coosart.org/

19th Annual Maritime Art Exhibition. Show runs July 14 - September 22, 2012. $35 for up to 3 entries. Go to above website for prospectus and entry application.

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Deadline May 16, 2012 at 5 p.m.

Career Opportunity Grants, available from Oregon Arts Commission, help support individual Oregon artists by enabling them to take advantage of unique opportunities to enhance their careers through the development of arts, business or professional skills; expanded marketing capacity and/or the further development of the nature or quality of their artwork.

Grant amounts may range from $300 - $1500. A new collaboration with The Ford Family Foundation is now included with the application. To apply, visit http://www.oregonartscommission.ort/content/grants/ For more information call Shannon Planchon at 503-229-6062.

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Deadline March 19, 2012

Artists are invited to apply to display their works at the third annual Sunriver Art Faire. Limited to 60 exhibitors, the juried show will be held August 10 - 12th. Submit applications at http://www.zapplication.org/. For more information visit http://www.sunriverartfaire.com/

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Deadline April 16, 2012 for postmark and/or hand delivery of application and fee.

"Exposure 2012" Photography Only show. Florence Events Center

Show runs April 30th - June 28th, 2012 $20 per rod, rod hold 3 photographs. For guidelines and application:

http://www.eventcenter.org/images/stories/gallery-photos/exposure-guidelines.pdf

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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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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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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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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 cancellationsbefore 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 March 8th. 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.

The Pocket Bakery

The Pocket Bakery

For the linear reader this would not be a happy choice; the Pocket Bakery is a lyrically written, poetically expressed, philosophical commentary on contemporary culture and values in the twenty-first century.

The flaws are few and do not mar the flow of the narrative; at times the author’s word choice is overly complex and perplexing, but the writing style is so engaging it makes the whole an enjoyable read.

If you seek a linear mystery The Pocket Bakery is not for you, but if you are willing to venture into the deeper waters of thought and global rational you can make a meal on The Pocket Bakery.