April 2005 Newsletter
Gallery Happenings
Through April 11th, Northwind Arts Center will continue to exhibit its
show, "Textures, Shapes & Edges: Contemporary Collage", a juried show of
collage and assemblage.
Next Show - "Altered Palettes" - Featuring the work of Barbara
Sternberger
From April 15th – May 23rd, Northwind Arts Center will feature the rich
and vibrant paintings of Barbara Sternberger. Her colorful works evolve
out of integrating her external and internal vision. She says, "This
fusion (of vision) brings recognition to a particular place which
normally can’t be seen, but is somehow familiar. Exposing these places of
mind by using the painting process is what my work is about." There have
been many major shows of her work, and her paintings, drawings, and
prints are widely collected throughout the Northwest.
Come and meet the artist at her opening reception, Saturday, April
16th, at 7:00 P.M. at the center. Northwind Arts Center (2409 Jefferson
St.) is open Friday through Monday, Noon to 5:00 P.M.
"Coffee, Talk, & Dessert" Series
In conjunction with this show, there will be a "Coffee, Talk, & Dessert
Evening" at the arts center on Friday, April 29th, at 7:00 P.M. Our
featured artist, Barbara Sternberger, will be the guest speaker. There is
a suggested donation of $3.00 for Jefferson Arts Alliance members and
$6.00 for non-members. For more information, please call the arts center
at (360) 379-1086 or visit our website:
www.northwindarts.org
Jefferson Arts Alliance presents the following workshops:
Note- please visit our website or call the Center for more information
and registration forms.
- "Dynamic Watermedia: Design & Collage", Monday and Tuesday,
April 18-19 from 10 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. with Donna Watson. This 2-day
session is for both new registrants to Donna’s exploratory workshops, or
it will work as a follow-up to her March collage/mixed media workshop.
Come to one, or attend both for a deeper experience. Location: Jefferson
County Fairgrounds Art Building. Cost: $130 plus a materials fee.
- "Water-based Monotypes", Saturday and Sunday, May 28 – 29,
from 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. with Sandra Rokoff-Lizut. Sandy will lead a
workshop in mono-print techniques using basic design elements and water
based inks. This workshop emphasizes the use of non-toxic materials.
Location: Fort Worden, Building 205, Port Townsend. Cost:
$120 plus a small materials fee.
- Future workshops: Sumi, polymer bead making/jewelry, portrait
painting in oil. Keep checking the website!
Opportunity: Call for Artists
Northwind Arts Center announces the upcoming juried show, "Platemarks
II: The Printmakers Art". This is open to artists from Jefferson,
Clallam, Island, and Kitsap counties. The prints must be original and can
include intaglio, relief, collagraph, lithograph, monotype, and
silkscreen. Digital or computer printed images are not acceptable.
Jurying will be done from actual works to be delivered to Northwind Arts
Center, May 22nd or May 23rd, from 2:00 – 5:00 P.M. For a prospectus,
send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Northwind Arts Center, 2409
Jefferson St., Port Townsend, WA 98368. A prospectus and other
information is also available at
www.northwindarts.org or contact Kate at
kjs@olympus.net .
Northwind Fun(d) Raiser! Creative Opportunity! Fun(d) Raiser!
Call for entries- Event planner, Deedra Ludwig, has devised a clever
fundraiser to help Northwind. She would like a contribution/donation of 1
– 3 postcard size works (4 inches X 6 inches, unframed) of art for the
Northwind Arts Center’s fundraiser, "Postcards to Port Townsend." Any
medium… painting, collage, ink, graphite, photos, encaustic, watercolor.
Please sign the works on the back with your city location and e-mail or
mailing address. These are due at Northwind now through September 15,
2005.
The identity of the artist will be kept secret, so that the viewer may
select what they are attracted to without knowing the artist who created
it. The works will be sold September 30, 31, and October 1, 2005 at the
center on a first come first serve basis. Please pass this on-
Northwind Arts Center Volunteer Spotlight
Northwind could not operate without its volunteers. This month our
spotlight shines on Kimm Fay. Kimm moved to Port Townsend 11 years ago
from Pacific Grove, California and Guatemala. In California she was
designing and fabricating mixed media jewelry and in Guatemala she
traveled from village to village, 4 to 5 months of every year, working
with Mayan weavers and tailors designing clothes.
Kimm began painting when she was 5 years old and has dabbled in the
arts much of her life- documentary photography, jewelry, weaving, etc.
She has a BFA from the University of Colorado and a MBA from the
University of New Mexico.
Kimm comments: "I decided to join NAA because I agree with the vision
of the organization and its important for me to be of service in my
community. "Sitting" the gallery an afternoon each month is enjoyable –
it’s an opportunity to meet new people and be inspired by the current
body of work on exhibit. Occasionally, I open the Gallery for a special
viewing for groups and would like to encourage more young people to visit
NWAC in the future. It’s also been rewarding to be involved with the NAA
Education Committee offering a fun variety of workshops for the
continuing education of our creative community."
These days Kimm is living the dream she had as a 5-year old when she
could not decide between her passions of art and animals. Kimm says, "I’m
passionate about my veterinary homeopathy practice (rebuilding health in
animals) and I push casein paint on canvas, creating bold non-objective
and whimsical animal images (of course). There are also those instances
when I can’t resist playing in clay, hand-building sculptural pieces."
If you would like to join the Northwind volunteer team, please call
Karen at (360) 379-2620.
Poetry News
The next reading at Northwind is on April 14th, with Sharon Svendson
and Sandy Diamond, at 7:00 P.M., and there will be an open mike reading
after the featured readers.
Sandy Diamond was born and raised in a tiny village in Ohio. She is
still doing what she did as a child – telling stories and making
pictures. She moved to Port Townsend after a Centrum residency where most
of The Hunchback poems were written and where she formed the band
Quasimodo & The Bellringers. She reads, they play- from The Upstage to
Bumbershoot.
Sandy’s first book of poems, Miss Coffin & Mrs. Blood (published in
1994 by Creative Arts Book Company) recounts the manic depression of her
twenties. She was awarded an Oregon Literary Arts Writing Fellowship in
1994-95, was Finalist in the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
Poetry Award, 1995, and took Second Place in Poetry, PNWA Literary
Contest, 2001. Sandy is currently working on a memoir, To An Insane
Degree.
Sharon E. Svensen’s poems have been published in: Bellowing Ark,
Rockhurst Review, The Lucid Stone, Artisan, Thresholds Quarterly, Zebra,
Cape Rock, Cedar Rock, Cornfield Review, Huron Review, Gryphon, Pudding,
Antigonish Review, Wellspring, Lyric, The Old Red Kimono, The Vincent
Brothers Review, and many other periodicals and anthologies. Sharon
coordinates the Writers’ Haven Reading Series, is the CEO of Writers’
Haven Press, and is the poetry editor of HA!, a humor magazine. Sharon
has a BA in English/Creative Writing from the University of Washington.
She lives twelve miles west of Bremerton, Washington, on a hillside with
a view of the Olympic Mountains.
Please mark these future reading dates on your calendar –
05 12 Libby Wagner - Polly Thurston
06 09 Marion Davidson & Marjorie Manwaring
07 14 Bill Yake – Jeanne Lohmann
08 11 Jack Remick – Steve Schremp
09 08 Kay Mullen – Linda Malnac
10 13 Quentin Wald – Sy Kahn
11 10 Donald Kentop– Denise Calvetti Michaels
12 08 Book Party and Open Reading
