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Please join us for the inaugural show and studio opening
Becoming a Mother/Losing a Mother
New work by Megan Headley and Sarah F. Burns
Megan, mother of a young child, explores the transformation and sacrifice involved in procreation using the inspiration of the octopus.
Sarah lost her mother suddenly in September 2016 and she journals her grief and memories through paintings.
They both embrace the epic and the mundane, the beauty and the hurt in these biggest of life’s transitions that all of us have experienced, or will experience.
Opening Party!
Join us 10:00 am – Noon on Saturday, May 6 at Project Space, 106 Talent Avenue Studio #5, Talent, OR 97540.
- See the Show, Meet the artists
- A representative from Southern Oregon Friends of Hospice will share practical information about end of life care.
- Midwife Jessica “Veege” Ruediger of Moonstone Midwifery will share practical information about transitioning into motherhood.
- Enjoy botanically mixed spring beverages by Kristie Gaul
The show will be on view one weekend only, Saturday and Sunday, May 6 and 7 from 10 am – 4 pm.
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Celebrate Ashland’s Visual Arts during the AGA First Friday Art Walk, May 5th, from 5 to 8 pm!
Stroll the galleries and take in all of the visual delights in downtown Ashland and the Historic Railroad District. Hop on the Allaboard Trolley for a fun ride around town and out to the Schneider Museum of Art.
Enjoy this free year-round community event, filled with spectacular artwork, live music, artist demonstrations, refreshments and lively conversation!
For more information about all of our exhibits and to download the May Gallery Tour map, please visit: www.ashlandgalleries.com
Studio A.B.
Bruce Bayard: Video Projections
Bruce Bayard continues his exploration into time-based imagery with video collages created for installations and performances. The video compositing process he uses is similar to that of the Photoshop process used in all his still images, interjecting stressed surfaces and multiple layers of interacting images. The resulting video clips are further combined in a program that randomly selects and runs portions of the clips in constantly changing sequence.
This batch of work contrasts trains, airplanes, forests and calm water surfaces. No soundtrack exists for the videos, but are created improvisationally in the moment using a Buchla Music Easel, and additional modular electronic sound sources.
During the First Friday Artwalk the projections will run continuously, with a combination of pre-recorded and improvisational soundscapes.
Image caption: “Airplane,” video still by Bruce Bayard
Ashland Art Works
Michael Gibson’s Paintings
This month Ashland Art Works features new work by Michael Gibson: Surrealistic “Winescapes” with homage to Dali and Chirico. “I had fun with this series,” says Gibson. “I got into their heads, appreciating the originality of their compositions, use of color and love of life.
Michael’s style is unique and at the same time inspired by works of post-impressionist artists. He received his BFA from Houston Museum of Fine Arts and has worked as a designer, art director, and taught life drawing, illustration, painting, graphic design and photography at Art Institute of Houston and the Art Institute of Seattle.
5 GALLERIES AND THE SCULPTURE GARDEN:
As always, you will be more than pleased by our selection of Fine Art and Crafts.
- AAW is home to these outstanding local artists…
- Elin Babcock’s assemblage, jewelry, & paintings
- Marydee Bombick’s functional and garden pottery
- Suzanne Etienne’s joyful paintings
- Michael Gibson’s painting in post impressionists’ style
- Cheryl Kempner’s jewelry, garden art & Crazy Clay Birds
- Claudia Law’s textile creations
- Daniel Loch’s photography
- Bonnie Morgan’s decorative and functional pottery
- George Popa’s dimensional wire sculptures
- Lorene Senesac’s raku sculpture & wall reliefs
- Connie Simonsen’s handpainted silk scarves
- Angelique Stewarts functional and stylish weavings
- John Weston’s fine woodwork & cutting boards
Image caption: “Surrealistic Winescapes” by Michael Gibson
American Trails
Alebrije or Animalistas
In May, American Trails Gallery we will be featuring the woodcarving folk art out of Oaxaca, Mexico. Fanciful carvings called alebrije or were first done by artist Pedro Linares Lopez in Mexico City in the 1930’s. He made elaborate piñata’s, carnival masks and religious figures out of paper mache and cardboard. This caught the attention of prominent gallery owners who began to market the pieces. Diego Rivera and Frida Khalo began commissioning the fanciful alebrijes, which means monsters. Linares returned to Arrazola in Oaxaca and began sharing his designs with fellow artisans. Manuel Jimenez Ramirez was the first to carve the colorful creatures out of copal wood in the 1970’s. The art form exploded in the 1980’s with folk art galleries in the US becoming more and more interested. Today, there are three main villages that the carvers reside; Arrazola, the pueblo of Manuel, San Martin Tilcajete, and La Union Tejalapam. We are proud to have over 80 families represented in our gallery.
American Trails Gallery proudly features the art and crafts of the indigenous peoples of the America’s. Weavings from the Navajo’s and Zapotec’s, carvings from the Hopi, Zuni, Haida, Kwakiutl, Inuit and Oaxaca, ceramics from many of the pueblos in the Southwest, Acoma, San Ildefonso, Zuni, Cochiti and the Mata Ortiz of Mexico, handmade historic and contemporary jewelry from the Pueblos, Zuni, Santo Domingo, Navajos as well as from Taxco. The largest selection of Historic Basketry in the Pacific Northwest including Pomo, Maidu, Hoopa, Karok, Wintun, Shasta, Modoc and many more. We also feature Regional artists depicting the Wildlife and Landscapes of the area. When you purchase a gift from American Trails you are helping to support hundreds of families who are working hard to keep the traditional Arts and Crafts of their communities alive and well.
The American Trails Gallery which for 23 years was located at 250 East Main Street on the Plaza in Ashland is being reopened at a new location 250 East Main street.
Open 10 am to 6 pm everyday excluding holidays
Image caption: “Animalistas” woodcarving folk art
Hanson Howard Gallery
Wataru Sugiyama & Lewis Anderson, ceramic sculptures & digital photography
The influence of the aesthetics and imagery of Asian art will be strong in our May exhibition. Wataru Sugiyama slyly infuses a contemporary charm and, at times, humor into what we recognize as traditional Japanese motifs in his ceramic sculptures. Lewis Anderson digitally blends photographs of the Pacific Northwest into landscapes that exist in a world of his own invention but have distinctive undercurrents of traditional woodblock landscapes. Large in scale, at times up to 80” wide, these landscapes have the ability to draw you in and hold you. Show runs May 4th-30th. Join us for an artist reception on First Friday, May 5th, 5-8 p.m.
Wataru Sugiyama has cultivated an appreciative audience for the Haniwa type imagery in his sculpture. Elements of Japanese history and mythology are almost the exclusive focus of Wataru’s creations. He interprets imaginary and existing objects and gives them a modern twist by bringing his personal vision to these subjects. His sculptures are truly inspirational, have a powerful presence, sense of humor, and make a strong impression on his viewers. Besides historical elements, extremely fine detail and exquisite facial expressions are featured on his sculptures.
Lewis Anderson accurately describes his art as being somewhere between photography and painting, somewhere between East and West, somewhere between contemporary and ancient. The images invite the viewer to explore quiet moments in diverse landscapes full of light and shadow and symbology. An ancient river winds through tall foreign mountains, full of soft golden light and blue fog. A single silhouetted figure in a small boat appears to be slowly rowing into the unknown in one of the three scroll-like panels of Boatman. This timeless image, like the others in Lewis Anderson’s Dynasty collection, emanates a strong sense of peace, solitude and mystery.
Image caption: “Boatman,” digital print on aluminum by Lewis Anderson
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On May 8 Ashland New Plays Festival Presents a Dramatic Reading of CONSTELLATIONS
A romantic exploration of one relationship in multiple universes by British playwright Nick Payne
“In the quantum multiverse, every choice, every decision you’ve ever and never made exists in an unimaginably vast ensemble of parallel universes.” – CONSTELLATIONS
>From London, to Broadway, to Ashland! Join us for this special, one-night-only dramatic reading of the “spellbinding, romantic journey” of CONSTELLATIONS. What begins as a simple encounter between a man and a woman then delves into the infinite possibilities of their relationship and asks us to think about the difference between choice and destiny.
ANPF’s staged reading is directed by ANPF’s Associate Artistic Director Jackie Apodaca and stars Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Alejandra Escalante and Daniel José Molina, who also starred together as the title characters in OSF’s 2012 production of ROMEO AND JULIET. This season at OSF you can see them in HENRY IV, PART ONE and TWO.
“I feel lucky to be able to explore this text with our wonderful cast in what are sure to be honest and nuanced performances. Not only will they need to live through their characters’ stories, but to live them repeatedly, variably, as the story flitters between universes,” says Apodaca.
CONSTELLATIONS is about the mystery of time, the multiplicity of our choices, and the minutiae of life’s many paths. Playwright Nick Payne has gathered those themes into scenes from a single relationship, spread out over numerous tracks in multiple universes. “It’s hard to explain,” Apodaca says, “but easy–I think–to understand.”
For Apodaca, the play’s focus on time is something she thought a lot about when her young son became interested in physics and string theory. “We watched a lot of Nova and Brian Greene specials. The irony of learning about time while watching time change my son was not lost on me,” she says. Referring to the parent’s adage, ‘It goes so fast!’ Apodaca continues, “It’s true…except when it drags. Time, like anything worth understanding, is shrouded in mystery.”
The dramatic reading will be held on Monday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Center, 87 Fourth Street, in Ashland. Tickets are $20 and are available online and at the door.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ANPF’s website at www.ashlandnewplays.org.
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Never were or will there be again
words like His…
The Direct, Uncensored, Provocative Words of Jesus
45+ Paintings and sculptures
19 artists : 7 Cities
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March 23 – 26th
Lakewood Center for the Arts – Lake Oswego, Oregon
Thurs., March 23rd
Opening gala event at 7 pm
$10 Advanced gala tickets online/ $12 at the door
Friday, Sat. & Sunday admission is free
Fri., Sat 10- 8 pm, Sun. 12 – 4
And at
Concordia University Library
April 3rd – 30th.
April 9th – Reception 2 – 4:00 p.m. (free)
Guided Tours available for groups call 503-493-6370
Admission is free
For more information see www.mcfineartsfoundation.org or call 541-601-7496 |
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Coming soon to:
Eugene May 5 – 27th at Pacific Rim Gallery
Ashland July 1 – 23rd – Rogue Coworks
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And experience the Music!
Listen now to the cinematic-esque original music score for the Words in Red exhibit by international composer Willem Van Wyk
Sanctus takes you on an imaginative journey with a blend of fusion and ethnic world/folk music, rich with haunting vocals (Clara Sorace, Celica Soldream and Victor Sordo) and orchestral grandeur that speaks to the heart. Inspired by the Words of Christ, these musical tracks accompany the Words In Red. Listen now! And use coupon code: wordsinred and proceeds from the CD sales will help the travels of the Words in Red exhibit on its tour |
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Nature Sketching & Journaling – Table Rock Hike
Saturday, May 6, 2017, 9:00 a.m. at Lower Table Rock
The iconic Upper and Lower Table Rocks—formed seven million years ago by a volcanic eruption—are prominent reminders of the rich natural and cultural heritage found in the Rogue Valley. For thousands of years the Takelma Indians called Table Rocks their home, and early settlers hiked to their summits in long skirts and full suits. Today more than 50,000 people each year connect with nature and history while walking their trails. These “Islands in the Sky” are designated as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern and an America’s Great Outdoors site to protect their diverse habitats, expansive views, abundant wildlife and a wealth of wildflowers, including the extremely rare Dwarf-wooly Meadowfoam that grows nowhere else in the world.
Join a couple of scientists-turned-artists for a hike and exploration of art in nature at Lower Table Rock. Paula Fong, botanical artist with degrees in biology and forest ecology, and Darlene Southworth, retired SOU professor of biology and watercolor journalist, will share their perspectives on the landscapes you see and the natural history you encounter along the trail. Bring a sketch pad and pencils or pens; watercolors are optional but welcome.
Hikers will meet at the trailhead for a 2.5-4.5 mile round trip hike along a moderate grade trail with some short, steep sections. Participants should dress for the weather and bring plenty of water (drinking water is not available) and a lunch or snacks since hikes may last 3 to 5 hours. Restrooms are available at both trail heads. To help protect this special place, dogs, mountain bikes, and OHVs are NOT allowed on the trail.
Hikes are free but pre-registration is required.
Space on this hike is limited to 15 individuals.
Please register online at http://naturesketching.eventbrite.com
For information contact the Medford District BLM at 541.618.2200, M-F 7:30—4:30 pm.
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Rogue Gallery News & Announcements
Summer Art Camps at the Rogue Gallery are now
available for young aspiring artists!
This summer camps include painting, sculpture, clay, tie-dye, and much more.
For camp information and to register, visit http://roguegallery.org/art_kids.html
A fun Studio Spirits session you will not want to miss!
Brews and Beads taught by Nicki Dollard on Friday, May 27, 6-8pm
Studio Spirits classes are for adults 21 and over
For class descriptions and registration, visit www.roguegallery.org/adult_classes.html |
ROGUE GALLERY CALLS TO ARTISTS
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Rogue Gallery will be accepting submissions for our 2017 Community Gallery and Berryman Gallery. Deadline for submissions for both galleries is June 14, 2016. For complete guidelines please see our website.
Abstract Expressionism: Celebrating 70 years of Throwing Paint. All Rogue Gallery Members are invited to bring one piece for this non-juried exhibit. Details available on our website. Drop-off during gallery hours on June 30, July 1 or 2.
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 “Now This” rehearsal. Photo by Kara Q. Lewis for ANPF Ashland New Plays Festival (ANPF) Interviews Scott Kaiser
Local playwright, author, teacher and Shakespeare scholar
talks about his play NOW THIS
Ashland, Ore — Scott Kaiser, the multi-talented member of the artistic staff at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) for the past 26 years and its current Director of Company Development, was interviewed by ANPF’s Mary Silva about his play, NOW THIS, which will be presented as a dramatic reading in Ashland later this month. Kaiser talks about the play, his motivation and his history as a professional playwright, author, actor and teacher.
ANPF will present NOW THIS on Monday, May 23 in the Great Hall at the Unitarian Center, 87 4th Street beginning at 7:30 p.m. Directed by Sara Becker, the play features a cast of 14, including Kaiser, ANPF artistic director Kyle Haden, several noted actors from OSF and a few visiting artists in this compelling look at the destructive influence of consumerism on American society.
These talented actors bring to life the troubled and troubling characters of the fictional town of Purple Mountain, where young Joey Adderall takes us on an unforgettable ride through his final days of a life coming apart at the seams and his fatal response to a place where everything is less than he wants and more than he needs.
$15 tickets are available at Paddington Station and at the door the evening of the performance, subject to availability. For more information: www.ashlandnewplays.org
 “Now This” rehearsal. Photo by Kara Q. Lewis for ANPF The Interview:
MS: First of all, I’d like some background: a bit about where you grew up and where you’ve lived and worked, your educational experience, and what drew you to life in the theater. Anything in your life that you feel contributed significantly to your taking this direction.
SK: Like so many theatre people, I struggled to find a niche for myself in high school, but the theatre kids accepted me with all my awkwardness and quirks when no one else would. So I stuck with it. As a teenager, I did summer stock all over New England. In my twenties, I earned three degrees in theatre, which, to be honest, is a bit ridiculous: a BA from the University of Michigan, an MFA in acting from the University of Washington, and a voice studies degree from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. In my thirties, I joined the artistic staff at OSF. And now I’m in my fifties, and still at it.
MS: What might you have done for a living if you hadn’t gone into the theater?
SK: When I was a young man, I wanted to be an architect. I’ve always loved looking at buildings and learning about how they were designed and constructed. And to this day, when I see a bit of unfamiliar text—a poem, a speech, a play—I look at it the same way I look at a building, peeling back the facade in my mind to examine the foundation, the framing, the walls, the stairs, the doors.
MS: After directing/acting/overseeing the work of other actors, when and why did you begin writing plays of your own?
SK: My first full-length play was a four-person adaptation of the Huck Finn story narrated by Frederick Douglass called Splittin’ the Raft. That play enjoyed a couple of professional productions—one at the Marin Theatre Company and another at People’s Light and Theatre Company in Pennsylvania. The script was developed
in collaboration with a handful of actors at the Festival in what I proposed and
piloted as “the 12th slot model” back in 1998, which has since become the Black Swan Lab for New Works.
MS: What motivated you to write Now This?
SK: Years ago, the characters in this play starting talking to me in my sleep, so I began writing down what they had to say to me on little scraps of paper. And eventually, I’d collected hundreds of scraps of paper—words, phrases, speeches, and dialogues— written out in complete darkness in the middle of the night. The material on all those scraps, after a great deal of shaping and polishing, with some guidance from the poet Dylan Thomas, became this play.
MS: What is it that you hope people will think about/take away from the play? What one thing would you like people to be thinking about when they leave the performance?
SK: I’d be pleased if people would become more conscious of how American consumer culture effects nearly every aspect of their lives.
MS: Now This seems to draw a strong connection between consumerism and gun violence, an idea that I hadn’t really thought about before. How would you describe this connection?
SK: I won’t pretend to know what goes on in the hearts and minds of individuals who choose to carry a weapon to a public place and slaughter fellow human beings. But thiscountry has a serious problem with guns, and I believe the root cause has something to do with a consumer culture that incessantly promises that love and contentment can be bought.
MS: How do you feel about having Now This chosen to be read by the Ashland New Plays Festival? Even though the play has already been produced, what new or different aspects do you think this reading might bring to the play?
SK: Purple Mountain, the small town depicted in NOW THIS, has a lot in common with the City of Ashland, so I’m very pleased that the play, at long last, will be read here in my home town, and by a fantastically talented group of actors.
MS: You’ve been a long time Ashland resident. What do you like about life here? What drives you crazy? What do you do when you’re not doing theater-related stuff?
SK: I travel a lot for work, which is a privilege because I get to see how other people live in this country. And life is much tougher out there. So it’s always good to come home to Ashland, where life is slower, where we enjoy tall trees, and open space, and clean water, and fresh air—precious things that, sadly, millions of Americans don’t have in their lives. So I do a lot of walking, many miles every day.
MS: I know there are a lot of things I haven’t asked you, but for purposes of this piece, is there anything you’d like to add that I haven’t asked?
SK: If you miss Now This, you can see my newest play, entitled Shakespeare’s Other Women, at Southern Oregon University in the winter of 2017.
 “Now This” rehearsal, play by Scott Kaiser. Photo by Kara Q. Lewis for ANPF
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Leah Fanning Mebane’s
Earth Art Show
Saturday, May 7th 3-5 pm
4pm Artist Talk and Q&A
At Edenvale’s Enoteca on the Plaza (upstairs)
17 N. Main St. Ashland
FREE Wine Tasting & Appetizers
Stop by and say Hi, Sip, Munch and enjoy the great view of the mountains and downtown.
This is my first art show in 6 years and I’m so excited to bring my paintings back into the world! They were all made with natural, hand-made oil paints on organic cotton canvas. Hope to see you there!
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Leah Fanning Mebane
Owner of Natural Earth Paints
Contemporary Fine Artist
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Celebrate Ashland’s Visual Arts during the AGA First Friday Art Walk, May 6th, from 5 to 8 pm!
Stroll the galleries and take in all of the visual delights in downtown Ashland and the Historic Railroad District. Enjoy this year-round free community event, filled with spectacular artwork, live music, artist demonstrations, refreshments and conversation with other art enthusiasts!
Pick up a Gallery Tour Map at any member gallery, the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, or download HERE. For more information about all of the exhibits visit: www.ashlandgalleries.com
Ashland Gallery Association May 2016 Exhibits
Snow’s Place
Featuring Jessalynn Jones
Join us during the First Friday Art Walk, May 6, from 5 to 8 p.m.
Outdoor Music by Fractal Love Jam – Martin W. Ball & Bram Lightbourne, Singer Jessalynn Jones
 “FemBuddha”
2008
36×36 oil on canvas, Jessalynn Jones has a B.A. in painting and drawing from Southern Oregon University. She has also studied art in England at Emerson College (which is a Steiner-based college where Waldorf teachers are trained), as well as Florence, Italy. She works primarily in oil colors, focusing on the feeling and flow of the artistic process. Her work reflects her diverse training and life experience, as well as her passion for self-expression and her love for color. Original oil paintings are available for sale, as well as high quality giclée prints on canvas, paper, and poly satin fabric.
Jessalynn is also the lead singer of Fractal Love Jam. She currently lives in Ashland, OR, with her husband, Martin, her son, Jaden, their dog, Moxi, and their cat, Trinity. Check out her websites:
http://www.jessalynnjonesart.com/ and http://www.fractallovejam.com/
Ashland Art Center
Jo Ann Manzone – Mother Earth-the Art of Botanical Printing
Jo Ann Manzone
 Felt vest by Jo Ann Manzone Jo Ann Manzone, a felter, botanical printer and dyer displays her botanical prints in her showcase entitled Mother Earth-The Art of Botanical Printing. Visit Jo Ann in Studio #9, upstairs.
Samantha McDermott
Samantha McDermott, fiber artist and natural dyeing. From her surroundings, farms, gardens, and parks, she gathers organic material and then hand dye textiles into one of kind pieces of art. Visit her Downstairs in the Artist’s Underground.
Join us on First Friday, May 6, 5:00 – 8:00 pm. As always, visitors will find galleries, open studios, art, and artists on all three floors of the Art Center. There will also be refreshments and live music.
Music by Phoebe Knowles
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Born and raised in Ashland, Phoebe Knowles has been playing the harp for over 14 years. Her skill has mostly been a hobby of hers, but after getting a BA in Zoology at the University of Vermont, she returned to Ashland to be a harpist for hire from 2013 to 2014. You may have seen her playing at Farmers’ Markets throughout the Rogue Valley. She then went to the University of Winchester in England to get her Masters in Creative and Critical Writing. With that degree completed, she is now back in Ashland to offer her musical services again while she writes a book. Celtic, Classical, modern covers, the songs she plays are a varied as her interests.
Accapellaré
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Accapellaré is a local Ashland duo combining the spectacular voices of Jeffri Lynn Carrington and Zoé Laterreur. Be captivated by pure, rich harmonies and the beauty of two women who have dedicated their lives to the art of singing. Renaissance and Baroque music, Celtic songs, and Opera duets make up their repertoire.
Gallerie Karon
Artist as Poet
 “Tiger,” mixed media by William Blake The exhibit continues through May showcasing artists who are also poets (and vice versa). It’s surprising how many do both!
Highlights include a very limited edition of Cathy DeForest’s and Derek Pyle’s 3 folio set, Alchemy: Invitations and Offerings. The set includes many signed pieces by well-known artists and writers.
A very special exhibit addition is a new photo and poem by Todd Davis, formerly of Ashland.
Also featured are husband and wife team, Bruce Barton and Jerri Cook Barton. Her Downton Abbey portrait on porcelain tile, of Maggie Smith (as Lady Violet) will make you smile. The Abbey appears in the background, slightly askew signifying changing times.
Don’t miss the sketchbooks with notations by Steve Dieffenbacher and who knew Jonah Bornstein was also a photographer? Come see his work and be surprised.
We carry poetry books by our artists year round but have a particularly good selection right now.
Hanson Howard Gallery
For the Birds: Jhenna Quinn Lewis, Claire Duncan & Barbara Orsow – original paintings and photographs
 “Blue Winged Warbler and Bamboo,” oil on panel, by Jhenna Quinn Lewis In For the Birds, three artists, painters, Jhenna Quinn Lewis and Claire Duncan and photographer, Barbara Orsow interpret birds as their subject matter with unique approaches exploring how birds can fascinate us, enchant us, connect us to the natural world, remind us of our responsibility to the environment, and call us to action.
Join us for an artists’ reception during Ashland’s First Friday Art Walk, May 6th, 5 -8 p.m. Exhibition runs April 22nd – May 31st.
10% of art sales will benefit the Klamath Bird Observatory during the 2016 Mountain Bird Festival, May 20- 22.
Jhenna Quinn Lewis brings life to canvas with oil paint, exquisitely articulating small birds in juxtaposition with unexpected objects and backgrounds. In this show, Jhenna combines Asian influences with some of her favorite birds. Barbara Orsow’s fascination with birds in nature led her to use her camera to capture the mystery of their movement and her delight in the beauty of their details. Claire Duncan paints the power and grace of large birds in acrylic. Her paintings have a contemporary feel and attempt to deal with her own underlying artistic ideas: light and dark, the nature of color, the relationship of the artist to the world.
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 Five Friends Weisinger’s Reception May 6
Join Martha Abshear, Midge BLack, Denise DeSouza Finney, Joan Franklin and Mary Hills at Weisinger’s winery and tasting room this Friday, May 6 from 5:30 to 7pm for the opening reception of their annual show, “Five Friends!”
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