October 2005

October 2005 NEWSLETTER: “Arty Things To Do”

More information on these activities can be found at our website, www.northwindarts.org

Gallery Happenings

September 30, October 1-2, “Postcards to Port Townsend” Benefit Sale

Hundreds of original postcard-sized artworks from all over the world (Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, New York, San Francisco, etc.) have found their way to Port Townsend’s Northwind Arts Center for its first-ever postcard show and sale. These original art postcards will be sold on a first come, first serve basis (no peeking at the artist’s name on the back until purchase) for $25 each or 5 for $100. The special hours for this benefit sale are as follows: Friday, September 30th, 5:00 – 9:00 P.M., (for the opening reception), Saturday, noon until 8:00 P.M. (Gallery Walk evening) and Sunday, noon until 6:00 P.M. Please join the hunt for your secret artist and help support Northwind Arts Center!

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October 8 – 30, “7th Annual Art Port Townsend Juried Show”

“Summer Pasture” – Don Tiller “Christopher’s Girl” – Stacey Newmiller

“Crevice” – Jan Hoy

From October 8th – 30th, the Port Townsend Arts Commission and the Jefferson Arts Alliance present the 7th annual Art Port Townsend festival celebrating the visual, literary, and performing arts. Esther Luttikhuizen is the juror for this year’s art show featuring 90 Northwest artists from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, and Alaska. Luttikhuizen is currently the Collections Manager and Director of the Kittredge Gallery at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. There will be an opening reception and awards ceremony for the artists on October 8th, 7:00 P.M., at Northwind. For this show, Northwind’s hours will be Friday through Monday, 11:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M.

“Coffee, Talk, & Dessert” Series

There is no “Coffee, Talk, & Dessert” lecture scheduled for this show. Instead, the lecture “Inside the Selection Process”, will be given by Art Port Townsend’s juror, Esther Luttikhuizen. The lecture is free and will be on Sunday, October 9th, 1:00 P.M. at Northwind.

Since 1985, Esther has had a wide variety of opportunities to participate in and/or observe the art selection process including her earlier experiences as a studio artist submitting her own art to be juried. In her current situation of curating exhibitions as director of a college gallery, she has had many opportunities to select or pass-over artists’ work. Luttikhuizen’s talk will be an informal rumination on the responsibilities associated with this experience and observations she has made on the ins-and-outs of the selection process.

7th Annual Art Port Townsend Festival Schedule

For more information about Art Port Townsend, please see the website.

Art Port Townsend Calendar: Unless otherwise noted, all events are at the Northwind Arts Center

October 8 – 30 Art Port Townsend Juried Show 11 am – 6 pm Friday to Monday

October 8 Juried Show Opening 11 am

Awards Ceremony & Reception 7 pm

The reception is primarily for the artists and APT donors (donors are in the $35.00 “Friends” category- there is an additional charge of $10 for guests). If you are interested, please contact Donna Caulton at 360-379-5465 or donnajc4@earthlink.net

October 9 Esther Luttikhuizen Lecture- 1 pm

“Inside the Selection Process”

Esther will talk about and show examples of the process she goes through in selecting artists and/or curating shows from both her time at Esther Claypool Gallery (Seattle) and in her current position as Director of Kittredge Gallery, the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma). No charge.

October 13 Poetry Reading 7 pm

Sy Kahn and Quentin Wald will read. There is no charge. You will find more information on this event under Poetry News of this newsletter.

October 14 Angel of the Arts Award 5:00 pm

Pope Marine Building

Don White will receive the Angel of the Arts Award given by the City of Port Townsend and the Arts Commission. Rocky Friedman will receive a special award.

October 15 – 16 Artists Studio Tour 10 am – 4 pm

38 professional artists working in oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, printmaking, sculpture, foundry pours, ceramics, woodworking, fabric arts, glass and a variety of mixed media will open their studios in the greater Port Townsend area. The tour is free. Brochures and a map can be found at our website, Northwind Arts Center, and Port Townsend Gallery.

October 16 “JazzArts” 3 – 5 pm

Enjoy the juried show to live, soft jazz played by Chuck Easton and friends. There is no charge.

October 21 “Interactions: Art and Life” 7 pm

Slide presentation by Gloria Lamson

Art is not about art...it is life, longing for itself. An outer form of an inner search... a form of transport. What if life is the medium and art is a tool? Join us in this exploration of curiosity while viewing the work of ancient and contemporary artists. There is no charge.

October 23 “Interactions: Art and Art” 7 pm

Masonic Temple (Located at the corner of Jefferson St. & Van Buren St.)

Artists, dancers, poets, and musicians will interact to projected slides of artwork in the current juried show. There will be other art on display as well. Admission is $10 for the general public, $5 for Jefferson Arts Alliance members and $2 for students. Tickets are available at the door and Quimper Sound (901 Water St.)

October 28 “Art” Play Reading 7 pm

A reading of the 1998 Tony Award winning play, “Art”, by Yasmine Reza. There is an admission charge of $10 for the general public, $5 for Jefferson Arts Alliance members and $2 for students.

October 29 “Write In Reading” 7 pm

Reading of literary work written in reaction to viewing the artwork in the juried show. No charge.

October 30 Exhibition Closes 6 pm

Jefferson Arts Alliance presents the following workshops:

Note- please visit our workshops page or call the Center for more information and registration forms.

· “Embellishment, Clay, and Assemblage”, October 22 –23, 10:00 A.M.–4:00 P.M. with Janthina Du Savage. Janthina, accomplished Lenni Lenapi (Delaware Indian) sculptor, will work with each student to create a personal mythical totem by combining found objects and your collected treasures. To make the most of this workshop please remember to bring the materials you’ve been saving such as beads, felt, raffia, small metal pieces, etc. Location: Quimper Grange. Cost: $120 for both days. Contact: Karen Huguley at karenhuguley@yahoo.com

· “Sensuous Surfaces”, November 5, 10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M. with Barbara DePirro. Barbara will work with each student individually to create a variety of unique sensuous surfaces, using a variety of mixed media techniques. Students will experiment with paint, grounds, gels, and mediums; learn to manipulate paper; create three different versions of non-solvent based Xerox transfers, plus much more. All materials are provided, plus free samples of your favorite Golden products. Location: Port Townsend Yacht Club. Cost: $80. Contact: Sandy Rokoff-Lizut at sand@cablespeed.com

· “Watercolor with David Turner”, November 7-8, 10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M. Learn to look beyond reality and to depend on your own creative senses while you paint variations of a scene. Location: Jefferson County Fairground, Art Building. Cost: $120. Contact: Ginny King at gal4fiber@cablespeed.com

Northwind Arts Center Volunteer Spotlight

Northwind could not operate without its volunteers. This month our spotlight shines on Dicksy Scott. This is Dicksy’s story in her own words: I moved to Port Townsend (the greatest and friendliest place) to live near my children and grandchildren, to “retire”, and to pursue arty interests- something I had not had time for before. Miriam Lansdon, then President of Jefferson Arts Alliance, “captured” me on my first weekend in town. She persuaded me to join the NAA Board and help with finance issues. Helping on the Board, volunteering at Northwind Arts Center, studying art in Miriam’s gregarious and enlightening classes, taking full advantage of the discount for volunteers at NAA-offered workshops, meeting artists, and learning gobs at NAA coffee talks have all advanced my appreciation of the fine arts community that populates the Quimper Peninsula. Along the way, I have learned about collage, drawing, pottery, and painting. Most recently, I have worked, along with Board Member Don Roberts and Jan Kahn, to expand Art Port Townsend into an Arts Festival that includes dance, poetry, music, and theater as part of this October celebration of the arts.

Many of Northwind’s volunteers are not artists. If you are interested in the donation of a few hours to the arts, and would like to join the Northwind volunteer team, please call Karen at (360) 379-2620.

Poetry News

For more Poetry news, please visit the poetry page. There are works on that page from nearly all the poets who have recently read.

The next reading at Northwind is on October 13th, and features Sy Kahn and Quentin Wald. It starts at 7:00 P.M., and there will be an open mike reading after the featured readers. Call Northwind at 379-1086 for more details and to register for the poetry (and/or visual arts) e-mail newsletters.

Sy Kahn, Professor Emeritus of Literature and Drama at the University of the Pacific, in Stockton, California, received the University's highest academic honor, the Order of the Pacific, when he retired after 45 years of teaching. He established the Drama Department at Pacific, teaching and directing there for 26 years. His academic career also included teaching abroad in Wales and Germany, as well as a record four Fulbright appointments in American Literature for academic years at universities in Greece, Poland, Austria and Portugal.

Sy Kahn has published six books of poetry, with the seventh in press, and edited two others, including "Devour the Fire," selected poems of the American expatriate Harry Crosby, who was a precursor to the beat poets. Also, Kahn's World War II diary, which he kept as a soldier, was published in 1993 as "Between Tedium and Terror: A Soldier's Diary 1943-1945" by the University of Illinois Press, and reprinted in 2000.

A resident of Port Townsend since 1993, he has directed a number of plays locally (as well as over 350 different productions in the United States and Europe during his lifetime), served as President of Key City Players, and served on the Port Townsend Arts Commission. In 2003, Sy received the Angel of the Arts Award from the City of Port Townsend and the Arts Commission.

Trained as an aeronautical engineer, Quentin Wald contributed to the early development of the helicopter and designed several major wind tunnels. Later, he specialized in marine hydrodynamics. In his own sailing craft he has cruised extensively in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean Seas. In recent years he has been writing essays, completed a technical study of the aerodynamics of propellers, published a book on the Wright brothers as engineers and a volume of poetry.

Please mark these future-reading dates on your calendar –