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CCC Announces the 2013 Opening of Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century

Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century

Clatsop Community College is proud to announce that the artwork selected for the seventh annual international competition Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century is on display at CCC’s Art Center Gallery, 1799 Lexington Avenue, Astoria, OR.  The Au Naturel exhibit will run from February 21st through March 28th, 2013.

 

The CCC Art Center Gallery will host a reception honoring the selected artists on Thursday, March 7th at 6:00 pm. This year’s juror, Clint Brown, will be present to give a gallery talk. Awards to be announced at the reception include cash prizes, purchase awards, a solo show award to be held during the 2013-2014 exhibition season, and a select number of workshop awards. The Bridgewater Bistro and Clemente’s Restaurant are generously providing hors d’oeuvres for the event, and Erikson Floral Company is generously providing flowers.  A No-Host Post-Reception party at the Astoria Coffeehouse and Bistro, at

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Illahe Studios & Gallery with Gallery DeForest invite you to an evening of Poetry in the Neighborhood

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Welcome back to

Poetry in the Neighborhood! 

Upcoming Readings Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm  . March 21st Judith Barrington Toni Hanner  . April 18th John Daniel Ester Kamar $5 suggested donation Join us for another inspiring series showcasing the talent of our local poets!

 

. ….. . ….. . ….. . ….. . COMMUNITY PRESS PROJECT Join us for a community collaborative book arts/poetry project. We invited members of the community to the gallery for a free workshop to make unique, hand bound books. Each participant could take one of these books home and the rest were donated to the COMMUNITY PRESS PROJECT. We will have these one-of-a-kind books available at the gallery for you to take home to create your own artist book.  Write, draw, color, cut

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“Is it Spring Yet?” Show of Work by Tana Domecq-Davis at the GoodBean in Jacksonville

Boats, by Tana Domecq-Davis

Curious about this month’s exhibit at the GoodBean? There’s yet another great connection behind the art you see…here’s the story.

Art curator Hannah West met Tana Domecq-Davis 12 years ago who Tana purchased art supplies at a family garage sale on Little Applegate Road. The years passed and they didn’t bump into each other again until Tana joined Art Presence recently. Knowing they looked familiar to each other but not sure from where, they saw each other a couple of times before saying hello and realizing where it was they recognized each other from, and Hannah remembered seeing the work Tana had submitted when applying for membership to the Art Center. And how impressed she had been!

Much has changed for both women in the years since, but the magnet that drew them together the first time has done so again. Tana, like Hannah, now

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Learn From Critique with Judy Morris

Rogue Gallery & Art Center: 40 South Bartlett Street, downtown Medford, OR

Take the mystery out of critique and learn what works, what could be improved with Judy Morris as she returns to the Rogue Valley offering insight, feedback and helpful tips.

Learn From Critique: SPECIAL ONE NIGHT ONLY

critique led by Judy Morris All skill levels welcome Monday, February 18, 4:00 – 7:00pm

Judy has been a popular juror for more than forty local, state, national, and international watercolor shows. In the past few years, she has juried the National Watercolor Society Show in Los Angeles, the American Watercolor Society Show in New York City, and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Now she’s coming to the Rogue Gallery & Art Center to share her critic’s eye with artists in Southern Oregon. All water media welcome.

Judy Morris has been a popular watercolor workshop teacher

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NEW! Drink & Draw: Art a la Carte in the Rogue Studio!

Adult Classes Winter 2013

NEW! Drink & Draw: Art à la Carte A new series of affordable, fun, one evening art classes for adults. Your choice of class is led by an experienced artist educator and designed to teach foundational art skills in a relaxing and enjoyable environment. All materials are included. Class fee also includes wine or beer tastings by local wineries or microbreweries.  Must be 21 years of age or over to participate. Let your creativity soar with relaxing and creative fun in the Studio!

Drink & Draw: Still Life Drawing taught by Ann DiSalvo Friday, February 22nd: 6:00 – 9:00pm Cost: $25/$35

Drink & Draw: Beginner Drawing taught by Ted Helard Sunday, March 17th: 5:00 – 7:00pm Cost: $25/$35

Drink & Draw: Color Mixing for Painters taught by Roni Marsh Friday, March 22nd: 6:00 – 9:30pm Cost: $35/$45

Drink & Draw: Comics & Cartoons taught by

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News from Rogue Gallery & Art Center

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Now through March in RGAC’s Berryman Gallery at the Craterian Theater, Photography by Jim Chamberlain The Rogue Gallery & Art Center curates the Berryman Gallery, located upstairs in The Craterian Theater at The Collier Center for the Performing Arts. When you attend an event at the Craterian, make sure to check out our exhibit!Now through March: Photography by Jim Chamberlain.

Through February in the Community Gallery: The Pomegranate Group presents “REPOSEABLE” The Rogue Gallery & Art Center Community Gallery at 40 S Bartlett is an exhibition space for community organizations, schools, and community partners. The Pomegranate Group presents “REPOSEABLE” through February.

Reception: Third Friday, February 15, 5-8pm.

The Pomegranates, Rachel Barrett, Ann DiSalvo, Ellen Falkner, Mori Samel-Garloff, Denise Souza Finney, Ruthe Woudenberg, are a group of women artists that gather weekly for figure drawing with varied media. “Figuratively Speaking” a Smash Hit! In our main gallery January 18–March 1,

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Illahe Studios & Gallery February News

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We have several events coming up here at the gallery this month: We will be featuring 8 artists in our Figurative Invitational in February. Saturday, Feb. 9th we will host a free book making workshop called Community Press, part of a larger Collaborative Community Project for April, National Poetry Month. Feb. 21st, 7-8:30 we will host three poets as part of our Poetry in the Neighborhood series.

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Poetry in the Neighborhood Returns to Illahe Gallery TONIGHT!!

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Illahe Studios & Gallery with Gallery DeForest invite you to an evening of

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Poetry in the Neighborhood . ….. . ….. . ….. . ….. .   

 

Welcome back to

Poetry in the Neighborhood! 

Upcoming Readings Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm   . February 21st Joan Peterson Linda Barnes Robert Pesich  . March 21st Judith Barrington Toni Hanner  . April 18th John Daniel Ester Kamar $5 suggested donation Join us for another inspiring series showcasing the talent of our local poets!

 

. ….. . ….. . ….. . ….. .   CALL FOR BOOK ARTISTS!

We are currently taking submissions for our

Fourth Annual Artist Book Exhibit!

Coming April 2013

Interested artists please request prospectus:

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News and Announcements from Bohemia Framing and Fine Art!

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We extend a warm welcome on this cold, almost snowy day to Zach and Bohemia. We hope you’ll take a moment to see it yourself and give him a welcome of your own by visiting all the links and liking the gallery’s Facebook page ~ Please see the gallery’s listing HERE, and a listing for his framing service HERE. We just heard from Zach and learned that Bohemia’s website is being redesigned and will soon have an RSS feed which will send updates straight to Art Matters! to share with you. For now, we’re stoked to be able to share these announcements from the gallery’s newsletter:

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Hilltop Art Gallery Showcases

"Japanese Panoramas" by Steve Gildea at Hilltop Art Gallery

“Japanese Panoramas” by Steve Gildea at Hilltop Gallery, Ashland, from February 26th – April 2nd Artist reception Sunday, March 4th 1:00-4:00pm

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