Dimensions Newsletter - October 2006

Mission Statement: Visual artists and supporters encouraging and promoting the arts in the community.

COLLAGE BY Pat Nix

October is a very special month for Sequim Arts, starting with the very successful five-day, 2006 Members’ Exhibit at St. Luke’s.  Every year the show gets better.  This year we had an increase in 3-D pieces and in mixed media/collage.  There is much evidence of changing styles and methods of work.  We are blessed with the quality of the classes that are being given through the college and privately.  It is very evident that our members, even those who are established long-time artists, are embracing new techniques and new visions.

The new Sequim Art Walk on first Friday has arrived.  Thanks to the independent efforts of SA member Rene Brock-Richmond, this event is off to a very good start.  It was marvelous to actually see numbers of people walking around in the downtown area between 6 and 8 PM!

For too long this has been a dead-zone after 6.  More businesses will be joining the event next month, and with Christmas approaching, this should be win-win for all who participate.

The October meeting will be the election meeting for the officers and Board that will guide the group for the next year.  We still need a Secretary candidate and one more board member at large.  Most immediately, we need a Chair for the December potluck.  This holiday party, in lieu of the November and December meetings is always a special event.  It is a quick and easy event to chair.  Please call me if you would be willing to do this—I promise to help.

The demonstration at the October meeting will feature pastel artist Karen Schroeder.  Please plan on joining us for lunch with the artist after the meeting. 

OCTOBER MEETING

Thursday October 26,

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim

Doors open at 9:30 AM and the meeting will start at 10:00 AM.

October Demonstration Karen Schroeder will be show us her pastel techniques.  Karen considers herself an intuitive painter and does very little preliminary sketching and enjoys painting with a lot of different pastels.  She uses soft pastels such as Schminche or Sennielier on sanded pastel paper.  Her paintings are landscapes particularly of the Northwest and Southwest. 

Reminder:  The October meeting will be election of next year’s board. 

SEQUIM ARTS BOARD MEETING

The October 19, Board Meeting will be at 2 pm at the Sequim Library meeting room,630 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.  For information please call Pat at 681-0571.

SEQUIM ARTS HAPPENINGS

It is time for a new slate of Sequim Arts Board Members.  The success of Sequim Arts depends upon active participation by the members.  Please give some of your time to Sequim arts this coming year.    Joy Meyer  

Slate of 2007 Board Member Nominations

President - Connie Alexander                   Members At Large:

1st VP – Linda Stadtmiller                          Barb Boerigter   

2nd VP - Geri Freitas                                 Forest Faulkner

Treasurer - Gail St. Peter                            MaryAnn Proctor

Secretary – OPEN                                     Evelyn Wolf

Past Pres. - Pat Nix                                   OPEN

To call Joy at 683-6327 to add your name to the nominations.

Sequim Arts Members Show

Our members show was a great success.  Our thanks to all of those members who volunteered their time, donated items for the Silent Auction, brought in cards and prints for sale, and those who entered pieces in the show. 

Award winners were:  Best of Show (Margot Andrews Memorial Award) Gail Larson for her collage “Journey of Life”; Mixed Media/Collage Judy Olson with “City Behind Smog”; 3D was Sandra Howard with her glass piece titled “Basketry”; Pastel, Susan Spar for “Upper Dungeness”; Oil & Acrylic, Jane Leonard for “Quiet River”; Water Media, Marilyn Hooser with “Columbia’s Past”; and Photography, Joan Consani with “Converging petals”. 

Please support the following businesses who donated awards for the show:  Art Supplies Unltd., Belltower Art, Fortune Star Chinese Restaurant, The Mariner Restaurant, The Oak Table Café, and Danny’s Restaurant.

Sequim High School Arts Club Thanks to the effort of Sequim Arts members Jim Yount and Karin Anderson along with drawing teacher Jake Reichner Sequim High School will have an Arts Club.  In conjunction with this is a new web site for all student Arts sponsored by Sequim Arts.  Check it out at www.olympicyoutharts.org  Jim and Karin will be needing help in the coming months.  Please contact them if you are interested in mentoring students in art. 

Do you have brushes, papers, paints or other art supplies?  They will also be needing donations of supplies.   Call Karen at 681-8481 or email: karindesigns54 @ yahoo.com

Art Port Townsend Juried Show, “Expressions Northwest” The following Sequim Arts members were accepted into the Port Townsend Juried Show: Carol Eichler, Linda Larson, Joan Consani and George Zien.  Congratulations!  Images from the show are on line here: http://artporttownsend.org/gallery/index.htm

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, & DEMONSTRATIONS

Sequim Arts Workshops:  

Photoshop for Artists
Learn how to use your computer and Photoshop as a means to link your creative intentions with digital flexibility (for Photoshop Elements and Full Photoshop). Museum & Arts Center Library, 544 N Sequim Ave., 4 hour sessions from 3 pm to 7 pm , Thursdays Oct 19 – Nov 9, Cost: $160, includes lesson book & CD, Please contact Mary Franchini for workshop sign-up at 681 – 0895.

Sequim Arts Workshops are being set up for next year.  If you have an idea or would like to do a workshop contact Mary Franchini at 681-0895 or e-mail hangar53@straitisp.com

Monotype Printmakeing Workshops

Grace Lee Korbel will offer monotype printmaking workshops for beginning and advanced artists this fall. The all day Saturday or Sunday workshops are from 10 am to 3:30 pm at Grace¹s home studio in Port Angeles. The cost is $65 each day, which includes most materials. Monotype, sometimes called Monoprint, is a printmaking method that produces one-of-a-kind prints. The image is created on the printing plate using a combination of painting and printmaking techniques. Then it is transferred to paper by running the plate and paper through the press. This medium allows the artist to create a number of images quickly, encouraging spontaneous expression. Korbel has enjoyed working in monotype and other printmaking methods for the past
fifteen years.   For more details and to register, call Grace Lee Korbel 452-9801.

The Basketry Studio

Egg Basket – traditional style  October 21,9am – 5pm,$55.00  This sweet basket will be created on two eight- inch hoops with a four-point lashing.  It will be finely woven with fiber rush and choices in eighth-inch dyed cedar bark.  All levels of experience are welcome.

Medium Size Backpack October 28 & 29,9am – 5pm, $125.00 Constructed of reed, with a final coating of stain.  Intermediate – advanced students

Beginner Cedar Bark Basket, November 4,9am – 5pm,$65.00  An introduction to western red cedar bark basket making.  This is the prerequisite class for the other more advanced cedar baskets.   For sign up and information contact Kathy at 683-0050 or email at kathy@thebasketrystudio.com

Art Supplies Unlimited:

Beginning Oil Painting
Instructor: Michael Pace: Cost: $60 or $15 per 2-hour session (supplies not included)
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., November 11 - December 16, Duration: 6 weeks

Intermediate Oil Painting Class
Instructor: Michael Pace, Cost: $60.00 or $15 per 2-hour session (supplies not included)
Saturdays, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., November 11 - December 16  Duration: 6 weeks 

For sign ups and more information contact: Art Supplies Unlimited, 118 W. First St., Port Angeles, WA, 98362 ,  phone: (360) 457-2759  email: artsuppliesunlimited@gmail.com

WHO'S SHOWING AND WHERE

Featured Artists for the Month of October at the Blue Whole Gallery are Carol Janda and Helen Wood. Featured artists for November will be Mary Franchini and Barb Boerigter. The November 3 First Friday reception will be 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM.,  129 Washington St, Sequim Information: 681-6033.

Museum & Art Center has the 2006 Fiber Arts Exhibition - Amalgamate – Fiberwork an educational exhibit exploring the history and contemporary importance of fiber and textiles to our culture. September 1 to December 3, Meet the Artists - First Friday Art Walk, Oct 6 at 5 PM to 8 PM.

Also at the Museum & Art Center an Exhibition of work by  Sequim Arts member  Donna Standerwick celebrating her 45 years as an artist, and will be giving 45% off on selected paintings that will be identified by a special tag that reads -45%Her show will hang from November 1- December 22.  The reception will be Saturday, November 11, 2006 1-3pm , 175 W. Cedar St, Sequim.

Art Supplies Unlimited will be featuring the art of George Zien. The Second Saturday Art Reception for George will be on October 14^th from 2-4 p.m. Art Supplies Unlimited

118 West First Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362

(360) 457-2759 artsuppliesunlimited@gmail.com

Northwind Arts Center ,   Expressions Northwest  Juried Art Show.  The show will be on display at Northwind Arts Center from October 7th – 29th. 2409 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend

For information call 360-379-1086.

FYI

The deadline for submitting items for the September Newsletter will be November 1.  To submit information email at:  info@sequimarts.org or call Linda Stadtmiller at 681-4884.

Visit our Web Site at:  www.sequimarts.org for updates and additional information

New:  Regional Arts Calendar on line at www.olympicartscalendar.org/

Visit our Web Site at:  www.sequimarts.org for updates and additional information

Regional Arts Calendar on line at www.olympicartscalendar.org/

2006 Sequim Arts Board Members