Arts Connections – February 2009
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ARTS CONNECTIONS
Gallery
January 16 to February 22
Gaia
The Northwind Arts Center Gallery will feature works by Catska and Cory Ench from January 16 to February 22. Cory and Catska have been collaborating since 2000 on projects ranging from fantasy and science fiction book and magazine covers to public murals, taking advantage of the objectivity and the wealth of ideas that come from working together. Both are continuously and increasingly pursuing their own creative visions.
An opening reception will be held on Saturday, February 7 from 5:30 until 8 PM at the Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jefferson Street.
A Coffee Talk will be held on Friday, January 30 at 7:00 PM with the artists.
Northwind Reading Series
February 8 – Madrona Writers
Ellie Mathews
On Sunday, February 8, Northwind Reading Series presents a special evening featuring the Madrona Writers. The reading begins at 7 PM at Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jefferson.
With the support of Centrum’s artists in residence program, this group of sixteen accomplished authors will be meeting February 6 – 9 for their fourth annual retreat at Fort Worden.
The reading will feature poets and prose writers from California, Oregon, Idaho, and, of course, Washington, including several with local ties: Tom Aslin, Janet Cox, Gayle Kaune, Ellie Mathews, Don Roberts, Diana Taylor and Carl Youngmann. Call Ellie Mathews with questions, 360-379-3660.
Northwind Reading Series
February 12 – Lana Hechtman Ayers and Julene Tripp Weaver
Lana Hechtman Ayers
On February 12, Northwind Reading Series will feature Lana Hechtman Ayers and Julene Tripp Weaver. The readings will start at 7 pm in the Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jefferson Street.
Lana Hechtman Ayers is poetry editor of Crab Creek Review and also runs Concrete Wolf Poetry Chapbook Press. She is a Hedgebook alum, Pushcart and National Book Award nominee and new Jack Straw writer. You can visit her online at http://LanaAyers.com
Julene Tripp Weaver
Julene Tripp Weaver has her BA in creative writing from City University of New York. Garrison Keillor featured a poem from her book on The Writer’s Almanac. Her poems are published in many journals including Main Street Rag, The Healing Muse, Knock, Arabesques Review, Nerve Cowboy, Arnazella.
The readings are free and open to the public. Donations are gladly accepted to support Northwind, a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting the arts to our community.
Theatrical Fund Raising Event
February 13 – A Picasso
On Friday, February 13, Northwind Arts Alliance will present a staged reading of the play A PICASSO by Jeffrey Hatcher. The play will be presented at 8 PM at the Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jefferson Street. Tickets are $10 per person. Seating is limited so come early!
It is 1941 in Nazi occupied Paris. Pablo Picasso is interrogated by an attractive female Gestapo agent who forces Picasso to choose one of his artworks to turn over to the Nazis for a mysterious reason. The interview becomes a power struggle over Fascism, art, and finally, a sexual cat and mouse game. The two person play features veteran actors, Richard Clairmont and Denise Fleener. It is narrated by Harry Dudley and directed by Ian Keith.
Northwind Reading Series
February 28 – Centrum Readers
Joseph Stroud
On February 28, Northwind Reading Series will feature Joseph Stroud and three of his Centrum alumni: Dan Peters, Tom Aslin and Jenifer Lawrence. The reading will start at 7 pm in the Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jefferson Street.
Joseph Stroud is the author of five books of poetry; the most recent is Of This World: New and Selected Poems, from Copper Canyon Press. In 2006 he was selected by the Poet Laureate of the United States for a Witter Bynner Fellowship in poetry from the Library of Congress.
Dan Peters has published two books through Blue Begonia Press; The Reservoir and In the Easement of Absent Ties. In addition to being a poet and a teacher, Dan is an editor with Blue Begonia Press.
Seattle poet Thomas Aslin holds an M.F.A. from the University of Montana. In 2006, Red Wing Press published a chapbook of his poems entitled Sweet Smoke. Clark City Press released Aslin’s full-length collection A Moon Over Wings in 2008.
Jenifer Browne Lawrence lives in Poulsbo, WA. She is the recipient of a Washington State Artist Trust grant and the Potomac Review’s Annual Poetry Award.
The reading is free and open to the public. Donations are gladly accepted to support Northwind, a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting the arts to our community. For more information, call Bill Mawhinney (360) 437-9081.
Call for Artists – MOUNTAINS
February 23 – Deadline for Submission
On February 27, 2009, Northwind Gallery will open a show entitled MOUNTAINS, a juried collection of metaphorical or literal artworks. Northwind is presenting the juried show Mountains in conjunction with the Port Townsend Libraries Community Read of The Measure Of A Mountain – Beauty And Terror On Mount Rainier by Bruce Barcott. Regional artists and their mountain related works will be represented in the show. For more information about the Community Read go to www.cityofpt.us/library
Artists are encouraged to bring in work for this juried exhibition. Artwork should be delivered to Northwind Gallery (2409 Jefferson St.) Sunday, February 22 between 5 to 6 PM or Monday, February 23 between 3 to 5 PM.
The juror is Eric Swangstu who created the exhibition and outreach programs at The Art Mine Gallery in Port Hadlock. Currently the Associate Director of Admissions for Cornish College of the Arts, he continues to curate at the Gallery at the OK Hotel in Seattle.
The show opens at noon on Friday, February 27 and runs through Monday, March 30. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, March 7 from 5:30-8 p.m during Art Walk. A Coffee Talk will be held on Sunday, March 15 at 2 PM with Eric Swangstu.
A prospectus is available at Northwind Arts Center or click on the link below for a printable copy of the Mountains Prospectus which includes a calendar of events and information about how to submit your entries. Additional information is available on the Gallery & Information for Artists page on this website.
The 2009 Workshop Schedule
More information and new workshops will be forthcoming soon. Keep checking back to the website to find the new additions to the schedule and further information about the workshops listed below.
2009 Workshop Schedule
March 18 – Jay Haskins and Don Tiller - Framing Workshop $50
April 6 & 7 – Susan Hazard – Painting with a Palette Knife $130
June 1 &2 -A. K. Anderson – Collage/Assemblage $130
June 23 & 24 – Yu Ming Zhu – Chinese Water Color Painting $130
July 13 – Mary Lynn Maloney – Decorated Boxes $65
July 14 – Kate Snow – Color Play with Polymer Clay $65
August 24, 25, and 26 – Ron Ranson – Watercolor Workshop $330
November 18 – Marion Bartl – Clay Printing Workshop $65
