January 2006
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January 2006 NEWSLETTER: “Arty Things To Do”
Editor: Rae Belkin
Announcements
Northwind will be closed from January 3 – 18 for yearly maintenance.
Visiting African artist needs supplies- Nigerian artist, Krydz Ikwuemesi, is returning to Port Townsend for a second residency at Centrum. While here, he will be in need of acrylic or oil paints, brushes, canvas, paper, or board to work with. If you have extra materials to donate, please contact Sally Rodgers at Centrum (385-3102, ext. 128) or drop them off at Centrum’s office. His work will eventually be on exhibit at Belltower Art Gallery (in Aldrich’s).
Need display space? The Windermere office at Kala Square could be the place for your next show. Many artists have already shown here. They provide postcards and will be open for Gallery Walk. Interested? Please contact Juliette Sterner at windermere@cablespeed.com or by phone at (360) 385-6950.
Gallery Happenings
Next Show: “Characters of Port
Townsend” by Leslie Cox
“Brent” “Ginger” Aaron”
From January 20th – February 20th, Northwind Arts Center will present an invitational exhibit by Leslie Cox titled, “Characters of Port Townsend”. For this exhibit, Les has gathered 45 contemporary oil portraits of people from Port Townsend- most will be for sale.
The subjects for the “Characters of Port Townsend” show are people who have sat for Cox for their portraits in the last ten years. Most of the portraits are of people still living in the area. New York artist Alice Neel, who was able to capture portraits of people very quickly, influenced Cox. It is challenging to capture a person’s personality and likeness in a matter of 4-5 hours, but that is what Cox has been able to do. He gives credit to time spent with the Quimper Arts group who meet on Wednesdays at the Port Townsend Fairground Arts Building to do life drawing.
The “Characters of Port Townsend” reception will be held in conjunction with Gallery Walk on Saturday, Feb.4th at the Northwind Arts Center from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM. The event is free of charge
“Coffee, Talk, & Dessert” Series
No “Coffee Talk and Dessert” lecture is planned for the Leslie Cox exhibit.
“Lecture Series”
Leslie Cox will deliver three lectures on art history at the Northwind Arts Center. Each lecture will begin at 7 PM and the suggested donation is $2.00 for Jefferson Arts Alliance members and $5.00 for non-members. The first lecture, titled “From Gothic to Renaissance – Giotto”, will be held on Wednesday night, January 25. The second lecture, titled “The Mannerism Artistic Style”, will be held Wednesday night, February 1st. The third lecture is titled “The Baroque Artistic Style”, and will be held Wednesday night, February 8th. More art history lectures are being planned for February and March. For more information please visit www.northwindarts.org or call (360) 379-1086.
!!! Northwind Art Opportunity !!!
Northwind announces its third juried show of abstract painting, sculpture, photography, and jewelry-February 24 – March 27. Artists must be 16 years of age or older and a resident of Washington. Entries, not exceeding 50 inches in width (including frame for two-dimensional work), will be juried from the original works of art (no slides or photos). All two-dimensional works on paper must have glass or Plexiglas, be sturdily framed, and ready to hang with wire. Presentation will be a factor in selection.
Artists wishing to submit work for jurying should bring their work to the Northwind Arts Center (2409 Jefferson St., Port Townsend) on February 19th (3:00 – 6:00 P.M.) or February 20th (3:00 – 6:00 P.M.). A prospectus and additional information are available at the Arts Center, at www.northwindarts.org, by calling Jeanette Best at (360) 437-9579, or by e-mail at artist@cablespeed.com. All work must be original, created within the last 3 years and without the supervision of an instructor. A maximum of 5 entries may be submitted. A fee of $10.00 is required for one entry and $5.00 for each additional entry. All fees are non-refundable.
The juror for the show will be William Turner. He received his MFA from the University of Washington and his work has since been exhibited in museums and galleries across the country including solo exhibitions in New York, the Tacoma Art Museum, Las Vegas, Portland and Seattle. A Pollock/Krasner Grant winner, Turner's work is in the collections of the Washington State Arts Commission, the Tacoma Art Museum, Amgen, Nordstrom’s, the Washington Athletic Club and SafeCo Corporation among others.
Workshops
Jefferson Arts Alliance presents the following 2006 workshops: Note- please visit our workshops page or call the Center for more information and registration forms.
Join us for a lively two-day workshop where each student will learn to screen print on fabric in an intuitive and unstructured process. Students will make a screen of their own design using the Thermofax method. Students will then screen-print onto 100% cotton while learning various techniques for applying color, texture and design to the fabric. Please wear old clothes. Location: Jefferson County Fairgrounds Art Building. Cost: $120 for the 2 days. Materials fee: $15. Contact: Ginny King at 360-774-1439 or gal4fiber@cablespeed.com
This workshop is designed to give students greater confidence and skill at drawing the human figure, and its details, such as hands and heads. We will work with a human replica skeleton and a live model to study skeletal anatomy in action. As we learn to identify the bony landmarks, we will use them to define gesture, measure proportion, and clarify foreshortening. Then we will see how the muscles spiral around the bones, creating volumes and dynamic mass. Each student will be guided towards creating inspired figure drawings in their own style. Location: Jefferson County Fairgrounds Art Building. Cost: $140 - includes model fees. Contact: Karen Huguley at 379-1827 or karenhuguley@yahoo.com
Sandy will share an approach to collagraphs developed by Scottish printmaker Lennox Dunbar that entails creating painted intaglio plates in a direct, refreshing and exciting way. Using non-toxic paints and products together with quick simple painting and drawing methods, participants will etch into and draw upon the plates. Once completed, plates will be used to pull multiple prints with Akua Kolor non-toxic inks. Printmaking experience is helpful but not necessary. Location: Fort Worden Building 205. Cost: $120. Materials fee: $20. Contact: Sandra Rokoff-Lizut at 379-1511 or sand@cablespeed.com
Volunteer Spotlight
The Jefferson Arts Alliance could not operate without its volunteers. This month our spotlight shines on Patricia L. Zukas. Patricia has been a painter for 30 years and chooses to volunteer for organizations that are close to her heart. Wanting to meet other artists in the area, she came to volunteer at Northwind Arts Center. (She also volunteers for Centrum.)
Patricia started out as a dancer, and up until recently, she still performed occasionally. She received her MFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore. Moving to Port Townsend 10 years ago was a choice formed by the arts activities here for not only herself, but for her son who is a gifted musician. She teaches yoga here in Port Townsend and through Peninsula College in Port Angeles and Sequim. Patricia says, “Port Townsend also seems to be a place where deep healing (both spiritually and emotionally) occurs in many. What a gift!”
She has a one-person exhibition in the Uptown Dental Clinic. Dr. Sharf and the employees are very open and generous about allowing all who come through the doors to view the work. Her paintings will be on display through January 3rd. In January, she will work as an Artist in Residence in the schools in Okanogan. Also, she will be the first artist to begin using a large space at the Art Mine at the Inn at Port Hadlock’s new art space for 4 months- January to March.
Many of our volunteers are not artists. If you are interested in the donation of a few hours to the arts, or you would like to join the Northwind volunteer team, please call Karen at (360) 379-2620.
Poetry News
Please visit our Poetry page on this site.
The Northwind Reading Series begins 2006 with an evening (January 12th at 7 P.M.) featuring five readers whose work appears in the eighth annual Pontoon: An Anthology of Washington State Poets. The poems in this issue were chosen from manuscripts submitted to the 2005 Floating Bridge Press Poetry Chapbook Award. Information on this and the 2006 competition can be found at www.scn.org/arts/floatingbridge. An open microphone will follow the featured readings.
Please mark these future reading dates on your calendar –
Feb. 9: Linda Malnack & Kay Mullen Mar. 9: Ellen Elizabeth & Erin Fristad Apr. 13: Joan Swift & Carolyne Wright May 11: Gary Blankenship & Donna Frisk June 8: Weathered Pages readers July 13: Tidepools readers January 2006 NEWSLETTER: “Arty Things To Do” More information on these activities can be found at our website, www.northwindarts.org
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