January 2007
NEWSLETTER: “Arty Things To
Do”
Editor:
Rae
Belkin
Note:
Northwind
Arts Center will be closed for maintenance from January 2 – January 18.
Gallery Happenings
Diane Kurzyna
Dianelle Bodine
reVisions
- Art From Recycled Materials -
January 19th –
February 26th
“Make
art, not trash!” is Diane Kurzyna’s motto.
Her personal philosophy can be applied to Northwind’s first show of the
new year, “reVisions:
Art From Recycled Materials”.
Recycled art is not, of course, something new.
H.C. Westermann, Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg made found-object
art glamorous, though folk artists and quilt-makers have been doing exactly the
same thing for decades.
From
January 19th through February 26th, visitors to the show
will see tapestries made of colored, collaged, woven privacy envelopes by noted
weaver Carolyn Price Dyer; sculptures made with Wonder Bread wrappers by Diane
Kurzyna; large scale metal assemblages by Candace Street; sculpture using
discarded garden hoses by Danielle Bodine; chandeliers of recycled kitchen items
and glass by Russ Morgan; fetish masks by Stuart Gullstrand; traveling shrines
and wall hangings by Susan Hazard; assemblages by Mary Lynn Maloney, and
numerous pieces by the noted artist Marita Dingus.
The opening reception for this show will be on February 3rd
during Art Walk.
SPECIAL
SHOW EVENT:
On January 19th, Northwind Arts Center will also present a
Fashion Show of clothing made from recyclable materials by “Haute Trash”.
The show will feature beautiful (and sometimes hilarious) clothes made of
recycled items you would never dream of wearing!
Admission is $2.00 for members and $5.00 for non-members of Northwind
Arts Alliance.
Coffee Talk
Information on the “Coffee Talk” for this show will be in the February
newsletter. It is tentatively
scheduled for Friday, February 16th at 7:00 P.M. at Northwind Arts
Center.
2007
Workshop Schedule
Many
workshops have been scheduled for your continuing art education.
You should check here on the website, from time to time to see what
additional workshops are being offered and for any schedule changes.
-
“ART ON THE FLOOR” with
Mary Tyler; March 12
(Fairgrounds).
Please contact Workshop Chair, Pat
Stromberg, for more information.
-
“TRAVEL JOURNAL” with
Miriam Lansdon; April 2nD,
10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
(Fairgrounds). Please
contact the Workshop Chair, Sandy Rokoff-Lizut,
for more information
-
“SCULPTURAL FORMS IN
POLYMER CLAY”
with Kate Snow, May 14-15, 10:00
A.M.-4:00 P.M. Please contact the
Workshop Chair, Lois James, for more
information.
-
“REPURPOSING
(Assemblage)”
with Mark Fessler, June 18-19,
10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M (Fairgrounds). Please
contact the Workshop Chair, Jeanette Best,
for more information.
-
“SUMI PAINTING/MIXED
MEDIA”
with Reni Moriarity , July 9-10,
10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
(Fairgrounds). Please contact the Workshop Chair,
Jeanette Best, for
more information.
-
“SURFACE DESIGN ON
FABRICS”
with MARY TYLER, July 25-26,
10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. (Her Studio).
Please contact the Workshop Chair,
Pat Stromberg,
for more information.
-
“PLEIN AIRE”
(oil and acrylic) with Bill Turner,
August 25-26 , 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. (Fairgrounds).
Please contact the Workshop Chair, Jeanette
Best for more information.
-
“CLAY PRINTING”
with Deborah Mersky - September
24-25, 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M., (Fairgrounds).
Please contact the Workshop Chair,
Marianna Sullivan
for more information.
-
“GUTSY WATERCOLOR”
with David Turner, OCT. 15-16,
10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M., (Fairgrounds).
Please contact the Workshop Chair, Karen
Huguley for more information.
(Fairgrounds).
Arts Opportunities
Artist Trust
Grant-Writing Workshop:
Monday, January
22, from 6:30 – 8:30 P.M., at Collective Visions Gallery- 331 Pacific Ave.,
Bremerton. (4th and
Pacific, downtown Bremerton, near the Ferry)
Heather Joy Helbach-Olds, Artist Trust’s Director of Programs, will
present information on preparing a strong, professional grant application, using
Artist Trust’s GAP Grants application as a guide.
Expect detailed information on:
artist resumés, artist statements, project proposals, how to prepare work
samples, panel and selection processes, and more.
This workshop is free of charge and is designed for artists working in
all disciplines. There is no
pre-registration needed. For more
information, please contact Deanna Pindell (deannapindell@earthlink.net)
or Collective Visions Gallery (360-377-8327 or
www.collectivevisions.com).
BizArt
Conference for the visual, literary and performing artist:
On January 26th and 27th, at the Everett Station in
Everett, established artists and
professionals share their valuable knowledge and business insights to help you
turn your creativity into a sustainable business.
This is a 2-day conference which includes breakfast, lunch, and
workshops. There is limited
registration space. To register
please visit www.bizartinfo.com or call
425-388-9584. Cost:
register before January 24th - $99;
later or at the door, registration is $129.
This event is hosted by the School of Business Design- Everett Community
College, ArtsNow– Edmonds Community College, and Bothell Campus– University of
Washington.
Poetry News
Here
is the Northwind Reading Series schedule for 2007 (subject to change) through
June:
January 11: “Pontoon” readers
February 8: Jennifer Lawrence and
Terry Martin
March
8: Pamela Moore Dionne and Jane
Alynn
April
12: Susan Rich and Annette
Spaulding-Convy
May
10: Tom Aslin and Madeline DeFrees
June
14: Sara Zale and her students
On
January 11th, four area poets will read some of their work that
appears in the latest issue of Pontoon-
an annual anthology of Washington poets published by Floating Bridge Press in
Seattle.
Michael Schein
of Seattle is published in
Slow Trains, Penitalia, Chrysanthemum,
Ledge, Pontoon 8, Art of Bicycling
(Breakaway Books, 2005), American Drivel
Review, and Elysian Fields. He
also writes historical novels.
Ronda Broatch
is the author of
Some Other Eden (Finishing Line
Press, 2005). Her recent work has
appeared in the American Poetry Journal,
Pontoon, Dogwood, and Tiferet.
Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Ronda is the recipient of the 2005
Kay Snow Award, and the WPA 2006 William Stafford Award.
Patrick Loafman
has been a seasonal
wildlife biologist since 1988. He
has two chapbooks of poetry and is currently trying to get his first novel
published.
Annette Spaulding-Convy’s
poems have
appeared in Prairie Schooner, North
American Review, and Crab Orchard
Review. Her chapbook,
In the Convent We Become Clouds, won
the 2006 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award.
She is also the recipient of a Washington State Artist GAP Grant.
The
readings begin at 7:00 P.M. at Northwind Arts Center.
Everyone is welcome.
Volunteer/Board of Directors News
Now that a new
year is upon us, Northwind Arts Alliance has made a few changes to its Board of
Directors. Sylvia White declined to continue her leadership role, and
so Jeanette Best was elected to the President's position. Other
Board members include: Susan Hazard (Vice-President), Sarah Hadlock (Treasurer),
Becky Schurmann-Wrench (Chair of Northwind Arts Center Committee), Kathy
Constantine (Membership Chair), Laurie Perrett (Publicity Chair), Sandy
Rokoff-Lizut (Public Relations & Port Townsend Arts Commission Representative),
Bill Mawhinney (Poetry Representative), Karen Putterman (Volunteer Chair), Jan
Hoy (Board member-at-large), Ann Katzenbach (Board member-at-large), Charlie
Petersen (Board member-at-large), and Sylvia White (as yet unassigned).
The job of Secretary has not been
filled.
Something to Think About:
"I am not an exponent
of expressionism. I don't know exactly what that means, but I don't like
the sound of it. I dislike cults and isms. I
want to paint in terms of my own thinking and feeling."
Georgia O'Keefe (1887 - 1986)
See you next
month-
Rae Belkin
Newsletter
editor
