Ava Richey's Art Information

Hello Everyone,

We will be painting at the Port Orford Public Library on Monday, August 2nd, from 12-3 p.m.

Lani will be modeling for life drawing. The cost is $65 to be divided among those who attend. Thanks to Georganne White for organizing this great opportunity to hone our skills, and to Lani for modeling.

We enjoyed painting at Art 101 last Monday. The ocean creatures that Angela and volunteers are constructing are amazing. Please take time to check them out. She can really use some more volunteers if you, or anyone you know can help them finish up these creatures for the upcoming 'really big show'.

Thanks.
Ava
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 -- between 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Pick up paintings from Plein Air Show at Gallery by the Bay in North Bend
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Art Information:
Late summer classes from Studio t
--Creating Your Artistic Sketchbook -- dorothea tortilla
Sunday, August 22, 2010 2-5 p.m. $35--includes materials
deadline for signup is Aug 14th
--3-D Books-by-the-Sea Class -- Susan Lehman
Sunday, August 29, 2010 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. $45--includes mat'ls
deadline for signup is August 21st
--Finding Your Visual Voice -- dorothea and Susan
Sunday, September 5, 2010 12-4 p.m. $40 -- includes materials
for registration information contact Susan Lehman at studioblue@mycomspan.com
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Friends of the Umpqua Lighthouse are sponsoring a Photography Contest. Cash Prizes. For contest rules and official entry form go to http://www.friendsofumpquariverlight.weebly.com
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through August 18, 2010 Tues - Friday 11a.m. - 6 p.m.
Black Market Gourmet (across from Art Connection, Coos Bay)
Watercolor Society of Oregon traveling show, the top 20 award winners from the Spring Show juried by Steven Quiller.
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Daily through July 31st--Plein Air Painting with Erik Sandgren
He is holding his Plein Air painting sessions on the Oregon Coast again. It started July 19th and continues DAILY through July 31st. Join in at any of the venues...just show up.
Here is the link to the pdf. that shows the locations. http://www.eriksandgren.com and click on EVENTS.
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Now through September, Southern Coos Hospital, Bandon
"Finely Wrought" featuring artists Kimberly Wurster, Janet Tarjan Erl, Steven Abbott, and Steven Thor Johanneson
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Now through September 18, 2010, 17th Annual Maritime Art Exhibit at Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave, Coos Bay, OR
http://www.coosart.org
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Saturday, August 7, 2010 4 - 6 p.m.
Port Orford Gallery Walk
Fine art, food and friends. Maps available at Bandon and Port Orford visitors' centers, and at galleries in Port Orford. Eight galleries with wonderful variety.
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Saturday, August 7, 2010 1:00 -3:00 p.m.
South Slough Nat'l Estuarine Reserve
Art Reception for Sarita Southgate, "Looking In--Looking Out",
plein air and abstract paintings. Show runs August 5th - September.
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Saturday, August 7, 2010--Deadline to submit proposals from artists and organizations for the 2011-2012 Exhibition Season
For info and entry form see http://www.jacobsgallery.org or
contact Beverly Soasey at 541-684-5635 or director@jacobsgallery.org
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Saturday August 7, 2010 and
Saturday August 21, 2010
Whistling Gallery is hosting Art Fairs for artists who wish to participate. Cost is $15 each time, per person, you supply tables and chairs. 541-404-7336 Whistlinggallery@gmail.com
Also hosting a Cranberry related Art show for Aug & September, if you have something to display for sale, please contact Vickie.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 5 -8 p.m. Various Venues for Artwalk--North Bend/Coos Bay area.
Gallery by the Bay, North Bend 5 - 7 p.m. features
Donna Wright and students work from her Experimental Watercolor Class. Show runs August 12th - Sept 3rd, MWF 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Saturday, August 14, 2010 11:00 a.m.
Eden Hall, SOCC Campus, Coos Bay
Bay Area Artists Assn. monthly meeting features Carol Howald's hands-on painting demonstration. Bring a canvas and join in. non-member artists are welcome.
http://www.OregonCoastArtists.com/BAAA.htm
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Saturday, August 14, 2010 3-5 p.m.
G.A.L.A. Art Walk--Florence
Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay Street in Old Town
features watercolorist Jan Landrum.
541-997-8980 http://www.backstreetgallery.org
http://www.florenceartists.com
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Mon. - Wed, August 23 - 25, 2010 9:00 a.m . - 4 p.m.
Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave, Coos Bay
Watercolor Techniques Workshop with Larry Johnson
$175 non-member, $150 member
Contact CAM 541-267-4877
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Friday, August 27, 2010 5-7 p.m.
Umpqua Valley Arts Association
1624 W. Harvard Ave, Roseburg, OR http://www.uvarts.com
Reception for the Hundred Valleys Juried Art Show
Congratulations to local artists juried into the show:
Jean Kyle, Pat Snyder, S.L. Donaldson and Yvonne Ousley
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Call to Jewelry Artists
Friday, August 27, 2010 Submission Postmark Deadline
"The Art of Adornment: Jewelry as Personal Expression"
juried show, cash awards
Veneita Stender, Oregon Jeweler, is the juror.
Prospectus can be downloaded at http://www.sagegallerybandon.com
Questions--call 541-329-0103 or e-mail sagegallery@mycomspan.com
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Sunday, August 29, 2010 2 - 5 p.m.
Sage Gallery, 390 1st St, Old Town Bandon
Opening reception for West Coast Wings Juried Exhibition which runs August 22 - Sept 25th, 2010.
Congratulations to local artists who were juried into this show: S.L.(Stephanie)Donaldson, Kerin Gale, Larry Roberts, Pat Snyder, Susan Lehman, Winford Jolley, Pat Stannard, Tod Steele and Sharon Guinn.
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Saturday & Sunday, September 4th & 5th
It's time for the annual Labor Day paintout at Winchester Bay:
Art by the Bay at Windy Bay. If you are interested in painting and selling prints & cards, please contact Cheryl LeVesque at charis24@netzero.net The food is good, and it's a good opportunity to show your art, and have fun.
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August 12th --Deadline Extended for Call to Artists
Easy Lane Frames / Select Gallery
Contact Jane for more information at 541-756-7638
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Redfish Rocks Photo Contest!

To celebrate Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve & Marine Protected Area and our local marine environment, the Redfish Rocks Community Team (RRCT) is hosting the “Waters of Port Orford” photo contest!


Entry is free.
All ocean lovers who have taken striking photos of Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve or of our local marine waters are encouraged to enter!
The contest is open to both professional and amateur photographers (with a separate category for each) and will run from July 23, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. until August 27, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Contest winners will be chosen by the community. Judging will take place at the Port Orford Public Library on Monday, August 30 from 5 - 8 p.m.
All submissions will be on display and the community will vote during this period. There will also be an associated underwater slide show that will highlight the underwater environment of Port Orford.
Please contact the Redfish Rocks Community Team Staff for official contest rules and regulations (RedfishRocks@gmail.com or 541.332.0627 or stop by our office at 351 W Sixth Street).

Not FINE ART

No Irish, No Photographers need apply, okay so I paraphrased a turn of the century sign, but the unfortunate message is painfully familiar. I just encountered another juried show where photographs are not welcome.

Yes, indeed any organizer may set the rules to allow any media they want, but why is it so common for juries to bar photographs.

This latest bar came in a snidely worded message stating, “Photographs are rightly ‘decorative arts’, not FINE ART at all…” Okay, then a photograph wouldn’t have a chance of being juried in, so why ban it in the first place?

The discovery of the “lost” negatives of Ansel Adams has set the New York art world aflame. These plates were thought to have been lost in a studio fire in the thirties. Now after years of being counted among the missing they’ve surfaced and the horns and bells are ring in the news. These glass negatives have been valued at two hundred million and yes, there are those who say they are forgeries, but the thrill remains, Ansel Adams lost photographs have been found!

So there is some photography which qualifies as FINE ART.

Nope I’m not Ansel Adams. In fact I’m more in line with Pompeo Posar, Francesco Scuvallo or Peter Gowland and it has been hard to adjust to finding the beauty in nature and the vast expanses of the Pacific Northwest, where people in pictures makes them hard to place and awards go to sailing ships and birds.

And no, I have the most extreme admiration for the naturalist photographs of the brilliant Kelle Herrick, the tiny, fragile, but exquisitely carved birds of Ron Wright and the maritime works of Dutch Mosart; it’s just not my thing.

Art is supposed to expand the mind, challenge the spirit and touch the heart and there are no rules about how to do that. Yes, in the hands of a gifted painter like Kim Wurster, wildlife becomes so jewel-like it rivals the masterpieces of Faberge, and when Stephanie Donaldson paints a buffalo, there is just a bit of Alton Kelly lurking and why not? But why can’t a photograph do the same?

18th Annual Springfield Mayor's Art Show

Oct. 2nd - Oct. 29th, 2010

Entries Due Saturday, September 25th between 11-4pm.

Artists' Reception: Friday, October 1st, 5:30-7pm

2010 Show Brochure





Annual Springfield Mayor's Art Show
Each year the Emerald Art Center hosts the Springfield Mayor's Art Show where awards are presented for each of the 12 division categories. Art work is submitted by artists of all ages in a variety of subjects and mediums. When creative visual art is shared with friends and family, something wonderful happens. When seeing his self-portrait exhibited at the Emerald Art Center, a young third grade artist exclaimed, "this is the greatest thing that's ever happened to me."

EASY LANE FRAMES AND SELECT GALLERY

The Gallery is extending a Call to Artists for the show from August 12th to October 12th. The show is entitled "Endless Summer". The show is open, anyone may enter work inspired by summer. It could be the changing weather, the intense colors, the beauty of the flowering plants, the new birth, deer, quail chicks, squirrell chicks or buzzing bees or just the feeling it evokes. Because of spave limitations the size of the works is limited to 16 x 20 or smaller. Contact Ken or Jane Snoddy to reserve your space.

2010 Umpqua River Lighthouse PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

2010 Umpqua River Lighthouse PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST June 15, 2010 ~ August 31, 2010Calling All Umpqua Lighthouse Lovers!We are sponsoring a Photography Contest for all amateur & semi-pro* photographers for the 116th Birthday of Umpqua River Lighthouse. (*semi-pro photographer is defined as someone who derives less than one-half of income from sale of photographs)~ Two Categories ~STANDARD PHOTOGRAPHS(with little or no digital enhancement except for cropping or color correction)- Umpqua Lighthouse Exterior- Umpqua Lighthouse Interior with Fresnel Lens~or~ARTISTICALLY ALTEREDPHOTOGRAPHS(enhanced for photo painting or other digital techniques)- Umpqua Lighthouse Exterior

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~ Prizes Awarded in Both Categories

~1st Place – $100.00

~2nd Place – $50.00

~3rd Place – $25.00

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And remember, the Umpqua River Lighthouse is beautiful any time of day, but it's quite spectacular at dusk with its signature red & white beams!Good Luck!Click on the Photo Contest Rules tab to read and understand the Official Rules.Click on the Photo Contest Entry Form tabto print off the Official Entry Form to attach to each entry submitted.

http://friendsofumpquariverlight.weebly.com/photo-contest-rules.html

http://friendsofumpquariverlight.weebly.com/photo-contest-entry-form.html

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