Local artist Spencer Reynolds will be holding an art show at the Vista Pub on Saturday, May 25th, from 10 am to 4 pm. The show features original prints and artwork. Spencer has offered to generously donate 15% of his profits to the Friends of the Brookings-Harbor Aquatic Center! See more of Spencer Reynolds art on his website: http://artandsurf.com/
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May 18, 2013
May 15, 2013
Brookings Artist Sara Broderick honored at College of the Redwoods
Brookings Artist Sara Broderick was honored at the College of the Redwoods, Del Norte graduation, where she was named "Associate Faculty of the Year". "When I learned of this it was a complete surprise. This was voted by the faculty," Sara said. There are about 30 associate faculty in addition to the full time faculty.
Dean of Education Anita Jani presented the award to Sara with the following comments:
Soft spoken, focused, student-centered, this year’s recipient helps instill in students a sense of awe about the world around them by getting them to see through the eyes of an artist. She inspires her students to express themselves in every one of their assignments. She coaches, advises, guides – and sometimes cajoles her charges to put pencil, pastels, ink and paint to paper to create art. Their talent is nurtured and their skills are developed in the art classes associate art faculty Sara Broderick teaches at our campus.
Sara always has a sparkle in her eyes—and especially so when discussing her students’ works, which she always does with great enthusiasm. She continuously seeks ways to help students learn and then tirelessly organizes and sets up CRDN student art shows at our campus and also at galleries in Crescent City and Brookings to share their learning and talent with the greater community.
As she appreciates art, CRDN greatly appreciates Sara Broderick, our Associate Faculty of the Year. Thank you, Sara, for your commitment to the college and to your students.
Congratulations Sara!
May 14, 2013
Call to Artists - Wine, Art and Music Festival on May 18, 19 in Gold Beach
We don’t want to miss your art at the 26th Annual America’s Wild Rivers Coast Wine, Art and Music Festival presented by Rogue Federal Credit Union. Share your talents with the guests of this year’s festival, Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19 at the Event Center on the Beach.
Take a moment and peruse the WAM Art Prospectus to learn more about displaying your artwork at the festival plus information on how you may win cash prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
Please feel free to call or email us with any questions, otherwise we will be looking forward to seeing you Friday, May 17 from 12-6pm when you drop off your art pieces.
Sandy Viera
Executive Director
Gold Beach Chamber of Commerce
May 13, 2013
May 12, 2013
May Brookings Art Walk Full of Fun and Surprises
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Sara Broderick's annual show at Wright's is going on all of May. This year her theme is "Baby Critters". During the May Art Walk Sara demonstrated pastel painting. Sara teaches art at SOCC and College of the Redwoods, and offers Drop in Workshops on Friday afternoons at Wrights. Sara was recently named "Associate Faculty of the Year" at College of the Redwoods.
Photo by Nola Range
Sara Broderick and Brookings Artist Rob Decker "ape" Zack, one of Sara's "Baby Critters" you can see at Wright's.
Photo by Nola Range
The Jefferson State Boondock Band entertained at Wright's.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Neil Rankins photographic art is showing in the small gallery at Wright's.
Photo by Nola Range
Claudia Mach is Artist of the Month of May at Manley Art Center. Here she is with her fine baskets and a watercolor. You can see more of her work at Manley this month.
Photo by Nola Range
Jurassic Country in the Gallery at Manley Art Center during the May Art Walk.
Photo by Nola Range
Buzz Stewart with an example of his ever-evolving style. See his work at Manley Art Center.
Photo by Nola Range
Manley Art Center's Gallery Theme for May is "Earth's Four Elements".
Photo by Nola Range
Willow Owings on guitar at Dewey's Digs during the May Art Walk.
Photo by Nola Range
Pete Chasar with a display called "Coast to Cactus Country" at Dewey's Digs. Pete told the story of how he came to love the mountains of Arizona and worked to preserve them from development.
Photo by Nola Range
"Coast" paintings by Pete Chasar at Dewey's Digs.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Connie and Christine of C&C Glass Studio demonstrated at A Wild Bird and Backyard General Store.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
C&C showed mosiac techniques on a window pane and how to build a glass birdhouse.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
A Wild Bird and Backyard General Store is always a fun venue.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Hither, Thither and Yon provided musical entertainment at A Wild Bird and Backyard General Store during the May Art Walk.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Diane with her lovely jewelry at Dottie's Corner.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
A necklace by Diane at Dottie's Corner.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Ladies received a Carnation for Mother's Day and sweet tarts from The Tea Room were served at Dottie's Corner during Art Walk.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
At Feather Your Nest, Marge Norvelle demonstrated jewelry making and showed her custom beaded jewelry.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Rings by Marge Norvelle at Feather Your Nest.
Photo by Nola Range
Resonance chorale performed at the Chetco Community Library.
Photo by Nola Range
The display case at the Library is filled with sketches of local scenes by Brookings Artist Rob Decker.
Photo by Nola Range
Rob's sketches can be viewed much better in person and will be at the library all month.
Photo by Nola Range
Da-leen on guitar outside of Jessica's Cosmic Cafe.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Jessica and Crew at Jessica's Cosmic Cafe during the May Art Walk.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Shannon Antus is showing her work at Jessica's Cosmic Cafe this month.
Photo by Nola Range
More of Shannon Antus' work at Cosmic Cafe.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Lon Goddard and Aura Wright at Gypsies during the May Art Walk.
Photo by Nola Range
Statue Man caught taking a break in Art Walk Alley.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Christina Olsen and Horst Wolf tend the bar at Brian Scott Gallery.
Photo by Nola Range
Giraffes on a Raft at Brian Scott Gallery during Art Walk.
Photo by Nola Range
A special surprise at Brian Scott Gallery - Elio Camacho talked about art - his own and that of his mentors and artists who have inspired him. A comment heard from a non-artist at Brian Scott Gallery during Art Walk --"That was the best talk by an artist that I've ever heard". Maybe that's why Elio is such a good teacher as well as a great artist.
Photo by Agatha Conrad
Oil by Elio Camacho. You can see more of Elio's work at Brian Scott Gallery and on his website: http://www.eliocamacho.com.
May 09, 2013
May 07, 2013
Baby Critters - New Sara Broderick Show at Wrights
Sara Broderick's show, Baby Critters, can be viewed at Wright's in Brookings during the month of May. Come see Sara and the new show during The Brookings Second Saturday Art Walk on Saturday, May 11 from 4 to 7 pm.
May 04, 2013
April 27, 2013
Second "Artistic License" at Brian Scott Gallery
Welcome to another "Artistic License" at Brian Scott Gallery, to be held on the Fourth Friday of each month (except for May when the Azalea Festival is on the fourth Friday and Artistic License will be held the fifth Friday). Hostess Angela Ewing asked the audience, "Are we born artistically inclined? Do we inherit artistic tendencies? Do we acquire artistic skills? Can we learn artistic skills?" The correct answer came immediately - "All of the above."
Brindell Stubbs was inspired by one of Sandy Bonney's pastels called "Grandmother's Hands". You can see a series of hands by Sandy Bonney at Signatures/Brian Scott Gallery. Brindell read a moving piece she wrote about her last visit to her grandmother and holding her grandmother's hands for the final time.
Shirley Hyatt chose this seascape in oil, painted at Brookings by Elio Camacho, and related how this painting represents her great love of Brookings.
Richard Leathers read two of his poems that seem to be inspired by the same muse that inspired Lorraine Filippone when she created this colorful acrylic.
Al Boulley was impressed with this pair of lions by Kathleen Kresa and explained how it evokes his feelings about relationships.
Ann Boulley read an article, an essay, and a poem, all reflecting what she feels when she looks at this whimsical, mermaid in a bathtub with a glass of wine and a fat cat; an acrylic painting by Christina Olsen.
Angela Ewing read her entertaining essay about looking for real estate, an experience that she was reminded of by this photograph by Richard Leathers.
Leslie and Horst Wolf, enjoying the evening at Brian Scott Gallery.
Angela Ewing closed the evening's program and invited the guests to
partake of refreshments.
The next "Artistic License" at Brian Scott Gallery will be held on Friday, May 31, from 5 to 6 pm.
April 26, 2013
April 25, 2013
"Cut From A Different Cloth" - Art Quilts by Theresa Chickering
Oregon Coast Council for the Arts welcomes Theresa Richards Chickering who will show her art quilts in the Coastal Oregon Visual Artists Showcase in May. “Cut From A Different Cloth” will open Friday, May 3, at noon, with an Opening Reception from 5pm to 7pm.
The Lake by Theresa Chickering
Douglas County artist Theresa Chickering lives in Reedsport with her husband. She loves sharing quilting with others and has taught beginning quilting as well as more advanced classes about color, perspective and design. “Replicating water and the night sky hold a special appeal for me. Living on the beautiful Oregon coast in a rather rural area offers so many opportunities for subject matter for my work and the chance to study nature to improve my work. I don't have any formal art training or education. I've independently studied various aspects of art I feel will enhance my work, like perspective and color,” she states. “Trial and error has been a special teacher over the years.”
Theresa has been crafting and sewing since she was a child. Her mother encouraged her and her sister by making sure there were supplies for art, crafts and sewing and by enrolling them in 4-H.
Chickering began to quilt about 20 years ago after a friend showed her how to strip quilt. She made queen or king sized quilts for “everyone she knew,” she said. “Just like when I was a child trying every new craft, I keep trying new forms of quilting, all the new techniques and supplies…” Most of her work is organic and nature themed.
“My latest work is probably the area in which I'm the least comfortable. I like things to look very realistic, almost like a painting, so the more abstract and modern, the less sure I am about it. It is very freeing however. Once I learned to let myself be less concerned with all the rules I learned in quilting over the years and begin doing whatever it takes to make a piece ‘work,’ the easier it's becoming.”
Chickering has shown her work and received various viewers’ choice awards at many local quilt shows and has had work in the traveling Hoffman Challenge show. She has designed and self published several patterns through her pattern company, Fabric Tart Designs. In 2011, she was the featured artist for CDABA (Coastal Douglas Arts and Business Alliance).
In 2012 she was in two joint shows with other quilt artists, at Gallery By The Bay in North Bend and Tsunami Gallery in Gardiner. In 2012 the quilt art group that she belongs to, Oceans of Inspiration, presented a group show based on their various challenges at ECEC (Elkton Community Education Center) for CDABA.
The Dragon and the Pearl by Theresa Chickering
The studio art quilts in this show represent a move from more traditional work with geometric shapes, 100% cotton, and hand appliqué to more contemporary techniques, materials, and methods including raw edge fusing, dyes and paints, and computer printed images.
Lisbeth by Theresa Chickering
Quilting is Chickering’s passion. Her exhibit of art quilts will be in the showcase through June 2. She says, “I can't imagine not always owning, touching and manipulating fabric. I love the colors, textures and comfort of all things cloth. I have to always be exploring and trying new forms of quilting.” A short video about Theresa can be viewed on the touch screen computer across from the showcase.
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Oregon Coast Council for the Arts is the regional arts council for Curry, Coos, Lincoln, Tillamook, Clatsop and the coastal areas of Douglas and Lane. OCCA brings high quality art experiences to the coast. The Coastal Oregon Visual Artists Showcase features mid-career artists and rotates through the coastal counties. For more information, call Sally Houck, OCCA Director/Visual Arts Center, at 541-265-6569. The Visual Arts Center is located at 777 NW Beach Drive in Newport’s Nye Beach neighborhood. The showcase on second floor is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 4pm.
