A Coastal Sensibility

Ten artists from our area on the Oregon Coast are exhibiting their paintings and other art work in the Corridor Gallery at the


Umpqua Valley Arts Center in Roseburg beginning November 2, 2012 through January 4th, 2013.

You are invited to join us at the Opening Reception for "A Coastal Sensibility" on Friday, November 2nd from 5-7pm

at UVAA, 1624 W. Harvard in Roseburg.

Hope to see you there!

Fabricated - An Exhibition of Wearable Art

Deadline for Entry: December 3rd, 2012

Description: Fabricated is an all-media exhibition featuring “wearable art," which refers to individually designed pieces of handmade clothing or jewelry created as fine or expressive art. While the making of any article of clothing or other wearable object typically involves aesthetic considerations, the term wearable art implies that the work is intended to be accepted as a serious and unique artistic creation or statement. It is open to all artists nationally and internationally.

Juror: Rachel Timmins currently lives in Baltimore, MD, where she will complete her MFA in Studio Art at Towson University in 2012. She is a native of Buffalo, NY, where she received her BFA in Metalsmithing + Jewelry Design in 2009. Rachel’s work speaks about otherness, finding value in the devalued and finding comfort in belonging. Her wearable and sculptural works have been featured at the Design Museum in London, UK, The Masur Museum of Art, the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. You can view Rachel’s work in numerous publications such as Unexpected Pleasures published by Rizzoli Publications, Jewel Book published by Stichtingkunst Boek, Humor in Craft published by Schiffer Publishing and many of the Lark Books Showcase 500 series books.

Get more information & Apply Online

Target Gallery is the national exhibition space of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance public art appreciation and education by providing residents and visitors with the opportunity to engage with renowned artists, learn of the process for creating fine art, and to experience the intersection of art and community. The Target Gallery promotes high standards of art by continuously exploring new ideas through the visual media in a schedule of national and international exhibitions. www.torpedofactory.org/target

Class is in session

There are a bunch of unwritten rules, we all know them, the other line is shorter, if anything can go wrong it will and class shows.

I am not talking about the invisible line which separates folks like Mitt Romney and Donald Trump for us working guys or the traditional line which keeps Kennedys from marrying the Real Housewives of New Jersey, but that strange and powerful indefinable something which takes the ordinary and makes it fantastic.

Sure we’ve all seen the stories of sportsmanship, when an injured player is carried across the finish line by the opposing team or when a certain victory is given away because it just isn’t right to win THAT WAY.

But those are giant things which may or may not happen to real life sort of folks.

I have spent a great deal of time referring to the super striker for the US Women’s National Soccer team, Abby Wambach as Captain America. And there s no doubt that the soul of the US team is embodied in that lanky frame, as the quote goes, “Boys love Alex Morgan, women love Megan Rapinoe but everyone loves Abby Wambach.”

And they do, but to be fair Christie Rampone is now and has been the captain of the US Women’s Soccer Team for some time and deserves this and every other honor she gets. And Christie would be the first in line to enjoy the tag Captain America, cause when you have IT it doesn’t matter what they call you, you still got it.

But Cap is the heart of the team and it is good for women’s sports and soccer to have an icon like Abby to be the public face of the team.

Let Hope Solo and Alex Morgan get all the press cause they’re beautiful and they certainly are, but when the cameras are off and the whistle gets blown, it’s gonna be Abby that everyone counts on, cause she has class!

Now again to be fair to Abby, a lady known more for her prowess on the pitch than her face on the cover, take a look at the Body Issue of ESPN. Ms Wambach makes those Greek statues blush, there’s a beautiful athlete hiding in there, but then class shows.

We see it more often in public figures, the grand gesture by a big-name celebrity, donating a wad of cash to a charity, endorsing a product, helping a sick child get their dying wish and all that counts. But it’s the daily, regular, ordinary do the job kind of stuff that really brings out the class.

Linda Ellerbee was a world-class journalist, when that was a positive thing and not another name for a talking head, she anchored the CBS late night show when the inmates ran the asylum and made the news entertaining without a celebrity sex tape or some pop-tart exposing all of her Tierra del Fuego for the camera to see. She wrote books about the news that made you laugh and cry, happy, mad and sad and then at the height of her career she was stricken with breast cancer and forced to have a double mastectomy. Enough to make most people curl up in a ball and die, but not the Eller-bee, she got healthy, she got a kid’s program up and running, she got Lucky-Duck Productions off the ground and she has had if anything a more successful post cancer career than the career most would kill for before the sickness. Class shows.

J.K. Rowling created the world of Harry Potter and made us all believe in magic once again. She did it starting as a divorced, single parent living on government assistance. If you think you don’t have time to be successful try it in Scotland with a child, no income and no heat. Okay, so Rowling admits she did have heat but the rest is true and now she is the biggest author on this or any other planet, class shows.

We’re approaching another Halloween, filled no doubt with all of the dreadful, Slasher, gore-filled, undying or undead monsters and screaming teenagers in peril, if only they wouldn’t be so quick to do IT. Doing It is the fastest way to get killed in any horror movie. Those creepy blood-lusting, axe-wielding, shambling, staggering, eternal monsters have a real problem with anyone who gets IT. Probably because not once in any of the Friday the Thirteenth’s or Halloween’s did Jason or Freddy or Michael Meyers get a girlfriend. I’ll bet Elvira could hook’em up.

So on all one hundred and forty-eight channels you can watch teenagers get dismembered, (This could be good therapy for parents with teenagers of their own and the desire to maim and dismember the little sprouts but the adult knowledge that doing so instead of just fantasizing about it over a Slasher flick can get you ten to twenty-five.), buried alive, blood splashed and agonizingly tortured, or you could change the channel and watch the whole Good Witch series on Hallmark.

Now if you haven’t seen a Good Witch Cassandra Nightingale may surprise you. There are no dead bodies, no blood, dripping, curdling or spurting, no curses, enchantments of hexes. This is after all a good witch.

If you are old enough think I Dream of Jeanie with just a touch of Bewitched and you’ll be right on the money. Catherine Bell is the most devilish delight since Anne Jefferys was the Ghostess with the Mostess. These gentle but magical tales take Halloween and make it fun without the gore and a pleasure without guilt. And most of it is Catherine Bell.

Ms Bell in case you have been living under a rock for the last twenty or so years is the statuesque beauty who was Major Mac on JAG then became an Army Wife and now doe Cassandra Nightingale just help Hallmark keep the lights on. Ms Bell plays the most magical of witches with a wink and a smile and makes the simple enchantments work big magics without threats or violence and still is enough fun your teenager won’t start groaning until well after the last one is over.

There are now five of these wonderful holiday treats and Hallmark thoughtful and burning with the holiday spirit is running them back to back all day next Saturday. They are also burning with delight at all of the wonderful add revenues the Good Witch generates but don’t hold that against them.

So to have a Halloween without the yuck, try The Good Witch. Class shows and Cassie will witch your heart away.

The Six O'Clock Report

So I did get around to taking some good pictures with the amazing salvaged from the Salvation Army Olympus D600L.

The camera was one of the first DSLRs made and still takes a quality picture if somewhat limited by the storage space of the obsolete SmartMedia card.

But it works and on a recent trip to Charleston I took a few quick snaps just to get a feel for the old girl. I was amazed by the quality of the images and by the depth of the colors rendered by the frankly ancient, (by digital standards), CCD.

The CCD is the Charge-coupled device which serves as film in digital cameras. The current standard is around fifteen megapixels for standard point and shoot model and up to twenty-two for the high price whiz-bangs.

The D600L has a one megapixel CCD so there is a bit of difference in the available pixel count for quality purposes, but from the look of these images the camera produces as good an image as can be had within the limits of one megapixel.

Take a look and keep in mind that the cost was one dollar and the card that was thoughtfully left in the camera by the previous owner is worth fifteen dollars on Ebay so the trade off isn’t so bad.

Take a look at Mr. Crow Bird. I hadn’t intended to try and catch him on the fly but since it happened I’m not unhappy with the results.

The boat heading out for a day’s fishing was a gift and I didn’t see it until it was past me and had to shoot over my shoulder and on the run. Not at all bad for a quick snap and it gives a good look at the way fishing parties start the day.

I can’t resist these little gray guys. The big birds treat them horribly and they have to toughen up or die so the little guy with the big heart shows a lot of Moxie to get in their and bluff it out with the adults. I’m not sure how bold I’d be if I had to risk a nip from one of those spiky beaks.

So that’s the latest on the old camera project and I have to say I’m pleased with the results.

Art Happening by Ava Richey

Art Information follows this announcement.  If any of you have art show
information, or other art events to post in this newsletter, please send it to yarnfarm@frontier.com

Hello Everyone,

I just checked the weather forecast…it says 90% chance of rain on Monday, so the painters will meet at 12 - 3 p.m. at Art by the Sea Gallery and Studio in Old Town Bandon.

Bring a project or paint the still life setup.

My phone number is 541-297-6118 if you have questions.

Thanks.

Ava

   

  

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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This newsletter can be viewed online, along with entertaining and informative art observations by a real live art maker, appreciator, and humorist.  Go to:  http://demosthenesclub.blogspot.com

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Art by the Sea Studio and Gallery, in the Continuum Building/Old Town
Bandon.  Open every day 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.  541-347-5355 

Wall art, prints, cards, jewelry, pottery, etc. of local South Coast artists.

Come in and check it out!!  We have a variety of art classes scheduled--see listing below in the classes section.

Art by the Sea Gallery and Studio, a local artists' cooperative, is expanding its space and number of artists represented.  If you are a local artist interested in showing/selling your art in Old Town Bandon, and would like more information about membership, please contact us at artbytheseagalleryandstudio@gmail.com for a membership application.  541-297-6118 (Ava)   Looking for 2-d and 3-d-- sculpture, stained glass, book arts and photography and other 2-d art. 

Please submit your application by October 20^th.  Thank you!

 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 friends.

Congratulations to J. M. Steele!  Her painting “The Huddle” was juried into the Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition 2012 in Denver .

To look at the art or for more information:   http://jeannesteele.blogspot.com/

Artist Announcements

******Nancy Berry has original watercolors, prints, cards, tiles, boxes and calendars available for sale year around at Charleytown Marketplace , 91152 Cape Arago Hwy , Charleston , OR . 97420.  Next door to Englund Marine, east end of the draw-bridge.  541-888-0146

Art by the Sea Gallery and Studio, 175 2nd Street , Old Town Bandon, In the Continuum Center  541-347-5355

Includes work by Kathleen Morey Bailey, Joanne Drapkin, Rosemary Franyi, Robin Hanna, Sharon Jensen, Susan Lehman, Ava Richey, Sandy Schroeder, Jean Stephenson, Shawn Tempesta, Arlene Tinsley, Connie Zane.  Signage and promotional design work by Robert Graham/Robert Graham Graphics

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Ashland SOU Schneider Museum Of Art

Biennial of Contemporary Art and Hanson Howard Gallery (www.hansonhowardgallery.com) has Vincent Leandro's photography "Right Before Your Eyes"

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Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay Street , Florence

 http://www.backstreetgallery.org

October’s featured artist is Jill Hardin, poet laureate.   

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Bandon Coffee Cafe, Old Town Bandon

Paintings by Aaron Hatefi; photographs by Kelle Herrick; paddles by Bill Beck Jr.; serving/cutting boards by Pete Bauer.

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Bandon Public Library   October 2012

October 1 – 31 

Cabinets:  “Birdhomes by Russ”,   Handcrafted wood birdhouses by Russ and Mary Stewart

Wall Gallery:  “My Season”, Oil paintings by Sharron Kay Womack.

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Black Market Gourmet,  495 Central Ave , Coos Bay . Open Tuesday - Friday,

11 a.m. - 6 p.m.  541-269-0194

The show for September/October is “Foundations of Perspective”,
a combined showing: The Art of Gan Martin & Ferne Martin
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Brian Scott Gallery, 515 Chetco Ave , Brookings 541-412-8687

Shawnie Wells, Pete Chasar, Loarraine Filippone, Kathleen Kresa, Christina Ohlsen, Horst Wolf, Elio Camacho, Randall Tillery, Dale Wells, Donna Goss, Manuel Lopez, Nancy Tuttle, Jewell Johnson, Jane Opiat, Dan Sawyer, Craig Barnes. 
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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

CAM Biennial 2012  Show runs October 12 – November 24^th. 

BAAA Artist of the Month/*October is Joan Goodman Fox, showing in the lobby of Coos Art Museum .

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CDABA (Coastal Douglas Arts & Business Alliance ) Art Academy , Reedsport

Sue Bridston   541-271-4608

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Coos Bay Library  525 West Anderson, Coos Bay

October:  Walls:  Kathy Andreason, Paintings

                    Lobby Cases:  Ken Means, Carved Carousel Horses

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

Quilt Show, starts October 8^th.  Reception is October 20^th, 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  

Local artist Carla Celestino's pottery and a variety of other artists.

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

Features a variety of artists painting to the theme of "Shades of Autumn"

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Eden Hall on SOCC Campus

October  BAAA Member Art Show

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Emerald Art Center  http://www.emeraldartcenter.org 500 Main Street , Springfield   11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday

“Springfield Mayor’s Art Show”  October 6 – Nov. 2^nd, opening reception Friday. Oct. 5^th, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

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

"Family Affair...for the love of Art", artists Carol & Franklin Turner and their family members will display more than 40 pieces of artwork.    

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Fisher’s Flowers and Fine Arts 638 W. Harrison, Roseburg  541-672-6621  M-F 9-5 p.m.

Artwork by Susan Lehman, Holly Werner, John Leach, Phil Bates and C. Wikstrom  Show runs through November 12^th.

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

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Freshwater Gallery  236-B, HWY 101, Port Orford  541-332-8019

Features oil paintings of Geoffrey Rhoads as well as new work by Mittie Helmich and Darren Evans.  
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Gallery by the Bay   2100 Union Ave, North Bend 541-266-8727

Regular gallery hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Features Carolyn LeGrand, oil & acrylic artist, and instructor at Coos Bay Boys & Girls Club. 

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Gallery on the Bay  541-888-3771 

Oils & Pastels of Birds & Animals  Open by appointment.
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Hawthorne Gallery, 517 Jefferson St. , Port Orford

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Heritage Textile Arts Guild  Ste. 20, upstairs.Pony Village Mall

ArtWalk: demonstrations on the main floor mall: demonstrations on spinning wheel and handlooms.  Handwoven items for sale.

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High Tide Cafe, Charleston
Features artwork by Sherry Howk and Mike Holm, Photographs by Matthew Hanna, Cheryl Lee Lindmeier, and Michael W. Ousley.
New Winter Hours: Open 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays
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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.

Features art by Donna Vanderlanden and continues showing watercolors and collages of Connie Zane.  Show runs through December.

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Manley Art Center   433 Oak Street , Brookings , OR   541-469-1807
Link to the calendar:
http://wildriverscoastart.typepad.com/TIDE-2012-04.pdf

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

October 12 – Nov 2^nd. “Dia de los Muertos” includes an embellished tapestry woven by Yvonne Ramirez Ousley “Skeleton Ball”, and an acrylic painting “Mi Vida” by Michael W. Ousley.

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MECCA ( Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts), 449 Willamette Street,
Eugene . 

October:  From Paper Lanterns to mysterious encaustic shrines, come see the Valiant Volunteer Variety Show” the art of those who volunteer at MECCA .

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North Bend Library, 1800 Sherman Ave, N. Bend .  Conference Room    541-756-0400
http://www.northbendlibrary.org  Mon.-Wed. 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Thu-Fri. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.;Sat. 12 - 5 p.m.

Sept. 2012:  

Conference Room:  Fantasy Drawings by Lyndee Dexter

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

"Impressions of Old City Hall " 
Contact Nella Abbott at 541-824-0779 for information.
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Oregon Bay Properties, 1992 Sherman Ave, North Bend   Located in the Hotel North Bend

http://www.obpre.com   

Artists with new work featured are Clayton Redwood, Paulette Landers, Jerry Baron, Michael Ousley, Yvonne Ousley, Sarita Southgate and S L Donaldson, and others.

Oregon State University Galleries:

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://oregonstate.edu/fairbanksgallery

***** Michael Lazarus  Reception : 4:30 – 5:30, Monday, Nov. 5^th.
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LaSells Stewart at OSU ( www.oregonstate.edu ) they have a big show of plein air artists called Vistas & Vineyards ( http://vistasandvineyards.wordpress.com/ )  Very interesting exhibit greatly influenced by the workshops of Erik Sandgren.

Memorial Union Art Gallery is the Mexican Print Exhibit of Michoacan mezzotints, monoprints and woodcuts.    All exhibits are up through the month of October..
Pony Village Mall:

Artists' Loft, 541-756-4088
October Watercolors, ink works and mixed media paintings by Barbara Mahon; Guest Artist: Beebe Slater of Scottsburg showing watercolors.

Cone 9  Local artists featured

East Wing Art Wall (by JoAnn's)  

October: Paintings by Monday Plein Air Painters of Bandon and Beyond

Sterling Savings Bank. ****October  Photographic display by Glenn Smith.

Harry Ritchie's Jewelers, Ste. 162 , East Wing 541-756-5413

Features paintings of Carol Young.   ?

Turner Art Studio & Gallery, Ste 128 , 541-290-7858   

Gallery hours are Monday, 4 - 9:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 1 - 7:00 p.m.

Student artists of Carol Turner.

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Port Orford Library   

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Raincoast Gallery  Langlois
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, 210 2nd Street , Old Town Bandon
www.secondstreetgallery.net  541-347-4133 or e-mail at
info@secondstreetgallery.net

A great variety of talented art and artists. 

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Seven Feathers Casino Resort, Canyonville

Yvonne Ramirez Ousley “Spirit of the American Dream” weaving, and Michael W. Ousley “Winter Hope” acrylic painting will be part of the charity auction for United Community Action Network, November 16^th, 7-10 p.m.

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Signatures Gallery, 515 Chetco Avenue , Brookings ,  OR    541-469-1085 or
541-661-0132  http://www.signaturesgallery.com

Features The Star Wars and Indiana Jones artwork of Drew Struzan.

Sandy Bonney (pastels), Kevin Roeckl (mixed media), Albert Handell (New Mexico), Karon Walstad (Huntington Beach), Thomas Sheets (Brookings), Duncan Regehr (Canada), Jan Kunz (San Francisco).

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Siuslaw Library, 1460 9th Street, Florence , OR  541-997-3132

October  Lobby: Wildlife Photography of Dr. Sabry Mason

                      Inside: Brubaker Family Wall and East Wall”:  Found Art by Washed Ashore

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Auditorium   541-888-5558  61907 Seven Devils Rd. , Charleston  Hours 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

October thru December 2012 - “ South Slough Reserve Pathways—Art by Pat Snyder”

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Southern Coos Hospital & Health Care   

October through December show is “What I Did on My Vacation” and will be honoring John Schiefer, the founder of Bandon Artist Supply with a display of paintings he created from visits to the John Muir Park before he moved to Bandon.  The community is joining in to show artwork from their own vacations.   

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

Paintings by Karen Auborn and Elaine Roemen

Oleh Lysiak  See his fabulous mobile sculptures
and "Reasonably Unruly"

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Umpqua Valley Arts Center , 1625 W. Harvard, Roseburg
541-672-2532    http://www.uvarts.com

Umpqua Valley Arts Association " Umpqua Plein Air Competition & Exhibition"

Show runs through October 26, 2012

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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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Your Space Designs

2082 Sherman Ave, North Bend (next door to Ciccarellis) 541-808-2788

Currently showing paintings by SL Donaldson, Clayton Redwood and others.

 

 Art 101/ Washed Ashore    The Purple Yurt, 5 miles south of Bandon on Hwy 101, 541-250-1140
or  info@washedashore.orgNew Workshop Hours:  Thursdays, 5 - 8 p.m. and  Sundays  2 - 5:00 p.m.
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Bandon,    541-347-5355

Sign up now for classes--- $5.00 holds your spot, pay the remainder when you come to class.

****Fri. Oct. 19^th AbtS Members Only—“How to Make DVD/CD for Entering Juried Shows”  with Bob Graham  Begins at Noon in Art by the Sea classroom.

 Tues. Oct. 23^rd  “Painting on YUPO Play-Day” with Ava Richey  1 – 4 p.m.  $12

Wed. Oct. 24^th  “Intro to Watercolor Collage” with Joanne Drapkin  CLASS CANCELLED

Fri. Oct. 26^th  “Collaged Tag Book Play-Day” with Susan Lehman  1-4 p.m. $10  limit 12

Tues. Oct. 30^th  “Perspective” with Nancy Post  10 – 1 p.m.  $15

****Nov. 2^nd  “Watercolor on YUPO Paper” with Pat Cink  1- 4 p.m.  $25

Wed. Nov. 7^th  “Essential Expressive Line” with Jean Stephenson  11 – 2   $10

Thurs. Nov. 8^th  “Card Party” with Arlene Tinsley  1:30 – 4:30  $15

Friday  Nov. 9^th  “Designing with Collage”  with Susan Lehman  1 -4   $35

****Nov. 13^th  “Watercolor on YUPO Paper” with Pat Cink  1- 4 p.m.  $25

****Nov. 14^th  “Playday Watercolor & Ink”  with Kathleen Morey Bailey  1 – 4 p.m. $10

****Nov. 27^th  “Playday Doodle Art”  with Kathleen Morey Bailey  1 – 4 p.m.  $10

****Nov. 28^th  “Resin Casting Jewelry” with Shawn Tempesta  11 – 3 p.m.  $25

Some classes have materials lists--call or drop by for more information.

  
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Artist Loft Gallery, Pony Village Mall, North Bend .  Call for Class
Information at 541-756-4088
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Brookings Area and more:
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CDABA (Coastal Douglas Arts & Business Alliance ) Art Academy , Reedsport

Sue Bridston   541-271-4608

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Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay   541-267-4877 for more information.
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Coos Bay Public Library  “Book Arts Sampler Workshop” taught by Delores Guffey, sponsored by the South Coast Calligraphy Guild.  Saturday, October 20^th, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

$45 + $5 materials fee.  Limited to 15 students.  To reserve a spot contact Mary Cervantes at 541-269-0944  marycervantes@juno.com

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

http://www.coquillevalleyartcenter.orgPainting 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

Pottery/ Open Studio   Thursdays 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.  Anyone can come & try out clay.

Pottery Classes available by appointment and will work around your schedule as much as possible.  Non-members welcome too.

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
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Easy Lane Frames, 3440 Broadway, North Bend , 541-756-7638
Contact for information on a variety of classes.

Thursdays in November Intro to Traditional Oil Painting Techniques with F. Gary Ostrom $60

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FreshWater Gallery, 236B Hwy 101, Port Orford (next to Paula's Bistro)
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
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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Rosie's Art Carnival,  575 B  Hwy 101, Florence
artcarnival@oregonfast.net                      www.facebook.com/rosiesartcarnival

2nd Wednesdays 2 p.m.    Artist Trading Cards Swap.  --meet, swap, then stay to work on more.

Friday card classes each week... 10 a.m. and again at 12:30  Sign up ahead so you can get a materials packet.

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Sage Place, 11th & Elmira , Bandon  541-329-0303

New Classes on website.  For a schedule go to:  http://www.sageplacebandon.com 

Classes include:  Open studio Glass Fusing;  Open Studio Metals.  Ask about custom art classes and parties. 

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Signatures Gallery, 515 Chetco Avenue , Brookings ,  OR    541-469-1085 or
541-661-0132  http://www.signaturesgallery.com

Albert Handell (one of the world's foremost pastel artists) is having a Mentoring Program in Brookings next August. It's already half full, so if anyone in interested they'd best put down a deposit before it is posted on his website as the spots will disappear quickly. I just went to the one in Fort Bragg last month. Fantastic! You can paint side-by-side with Albert or do your own thing. Crits every morning with career building information and sometimes a demo.  http://www.alberthandell.com  To register email albert@alberthandell.com  or call his studio office at 505-983-8373.
Sandy Bonney

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

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Turners' Art Studio, Pony Village Mall, North Bend , OR .  541-297-8703

Oil Painting, $20 per class.  Mondays, 6 - 9:00 p.m.; Fridays, 2 - 5:00 p.m.

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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.comDrop 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.

******Thursday, October 26, 2012  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
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******Friday, November 2, 2012   5 – 7 p.m.

Umpqua Valley Arts Association, 1624 W. Harvard Ave. , Roseburg , OR 541-672-2532

In the Corridor Gallery: Opening Reception for “A Coastal Sensibility”, works by ten south coast artists: Sharon Jensen, Janne LaValle, Susan Lehman, Mike Ousley, Clayton Redwood, Ava Richey, Pat Snyder, Arlene Tinsley, dorothea tortilla, and Connie Zane.

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Friday, November 9, 2012  4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Port Orford Arts Council ‘Members and Friends Appreciation Celebration’ at the Port Orford American Legion, 421 11^th St. Port Orford.  Music, fun, art opportunities and more.

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 Apply:  http://www.roguegallery.org/calls_to_artists.html

The Rogue Gallery & Art Center invites artists and artist groups living in the Northwest and northern California to submit a portfolio of work for the 2014 Main Gallery Exhibition Series. Artists working in all media are encouraged to apply. Reserved for work of the highest quality, the Main Gallery features emerging, mid-career, and established artists from the region and beyond. 

Rogue Gallery & Art Center
40 South Bartlett Street
Medford Oregon 97501
(541) 772-8118

Deadline:

10/31/12

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10/31/T

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*****Deadline 10/29/12    To Apply go to :  http://www.onestrangebird.com/art-exhibitions.html

Posted! - an exhibit of artist postcards

One Strange Bird presents: POSTED! -an exhibit of uniquely designed artist postcards from around the world. This is an open call for entries in which every work submitted will be shown in the gallery and made available sale during an art opening. 

Works will be for sale at the set price of $15.00. (50% of sales will go to a local charity and 50% of sales will go to the gallery/art center) Submitted postcards must be an original drawing, painting, photograph, collage, print, or mixed media work, and must be standard postcard size (4 inches x 6 inches). Each Work must be mailed to the gallery and have a return address including your name. To Apply: go to website below.

Postcards must be received IN OUR MAIL by October 29th, 2012 in order to be shown. Artist must submit a $5.00 fee and application for each 4 X 6 postcard to be included.

All postcards should be mailed to:
2515 W. North Ave
Chicago , IL
60647

*All Artists surrender artwork and agree to let us use images of work for promotion. Unsold work will remain in the gallery’s possession.

Deadline:

10/29/1         

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****Deadline 11/30/12  for Info go to : http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/   and type photo contest into the search box on the website.                                                        

2012 National Geographic Photo Contest

Posted:

9/10/12

Updated:

9/10/12

Submit your best shots to enter the contest. The grand-prize winner will receive $10,000 and a trip to National Geographic headquarters to participate in the annual National Geographic Photography Seminar. 

How It Works
To enter the contest, upload your photos to the National Geographic Photo Contest website between September 1 and November 30, 2012. Enter as many photos as you'd like!

Prizes
Grand Prize: $10,000 and a trip to National Geographic headquarters in Washington , D.C. , to participate in the annual National Geographic Photography Seminar.

Two Runner-up Prizes: $2,500

The winning photos will be published in National Geographic magazine.

In addition to prizes, National Geographic photo editors will be showcasing their favorite entries every week on our website. Submit your photos early for a chance to be featured on the National Geographic website. 

Deadline:

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