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Art Presence 2017 October Creative Challenge Call to Artists

2017 October Creative Challenge Call to Artists

Art Presence 2017 October Creative Challenge Call to Artists Editor’s Note: We were notified yesterday that the application deadline for this call to artists has been extended to September 1, 2017. Each year Art Presence Art Center hosts the artistic results of a creative challenge in October. You are invited to participate in our 5th October Creative Challenge, THE OCTOBER IMAGINARIUM: HATS AND MASKS, An Artfully Twisted Halloween Exhibit. We are very excited about this year’s show and hope you will consider joining us. Below is the 2017 October Creative Challenge Call to Artists and application for the show. Please read through it carefully, as it includes ALL THE INFO you will need to know about the show including dates, ideas, suggestions, and guidelines for your artwork. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact one of us and we will do our best to answer your

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May Exhibit - ART'Clectic Garden Party Group Show at Art Presence

ART’Clectic Garden Party Group Show

Quilts by Charlotte Wirfs, garden furniture by Lisa St Arnold, Oils by Walt Wirfs

ART’Clectic takes over the gallery at Art Presence with a Garden Party group show for May 2017! The group offers original pieces created by sixteen of the group’s artist and artisan members, an eclectic mix of framed fine art, giclée prints, home and garden decor items and furniture, photography, pine needle baskets, textile art, jewelry, and pottery. The show opens at 11:00 am on Friday, May 5, continuing every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 am–5:00 pm through May 28.

Glass Art by ART’Clectic member Sheri Croy

Featured in the Garden Party group show is the glass art of Sheri Croy. Sheri combines color and movement into intricate original designs which express her love of the ocean. She achieves her art by layering cut or torn

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Reception for ICONS Annual Members’ Exhibition at Rogue Gallery TONIGHT!

Doug Wallace, Reine (detail) Oil on canvas

Rogue Gallery Main Gallery Exhibit

Doug Wallace, Reine (detail) Oil on canvas

ICONS: Annual Members’ Exhibition November 18 – December 21, 2016 Reception: Friday, November 18, 5:00 -8:00 pm

Charlotte Wirfs, “Open Door” Collage

Over seventy artists interpret the theme of Icons in the 2016 Rogue Gallery Annual Members’ Exhibition. Artwork includes historical personalities, religious symbols, famous geographical locations, mythological ideas, and whimsical subjects in every kind of media.

The Annual Members’ Exhibition features work by Rogue Gallery and Art Center members and is always one of the most popular of the year. The Rogue Gallery has had a long history of supporting local and regional artists. This exhibit gives each Rogue Gallery member an opportunity to exhibit one piece of their work on the central theme of “Icons.” Over 70 artists are participating in this non-juried exhibit. Artists’ submitted artwork that reflects their personal interpretation

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Moon Lunacy October Show

Moon Lunacy October Show: Reception on Sat, Oct 3 12–4pm, live music by Martin Ball, Tarot card readings, and face painting; Meet the Pioneer Spirits and hear their stories at a special Halloween reception Sat, Oct 31 12–4pm

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Moon Lunacy October Show

Moon Lunacy October Show: Reception on Sat, Oct 3 12–4pm, live music by Martin Ball, Tarot card readings, and face painting; Meet the Pioneer Spirits and hear their stories at a special Halloween reception Sat, Oct 31 12–4pm

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Moon Lunacy October Show

Moon Lunacy October Show: Reception on Sat, Oct 3 12–4pm, live music by Martin Ball, Tarot card readings, and face painting; Meet the Pioneer Spirits and hear their stories at a special Halloween reception Sat, Oct 31 12–4pm

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New Exhibits Scheduled At RCC Art Galleries

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GRANTS PASS — Two new exhibits go on display in October, November, and December at the Rogue Community College Firehouse Gallery and Wiseman Gallery.

“Presence and Past,” an exhibit by Braeden Cox, will be on display October 28 to November 21 at the Firehouse Gallery, located in RCC Historic City Hall at the corner of Fourth and H streets. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Cox, a Portland artist, presents a series of charcoal and ink drawings that use abstract gestural marks to suggest geological, botanical and structural forms.

Mixed media works by RCC art instructor Pat Enos will also be on display in the Firehouse Gallery Community Exhibits Room.

A First Friday reception is scheduled 5:30to 8:30 p.m. on November 7.

In the Wiseman Gallery, which is located on the RCC Redwood Campus, “The Subject is War” will be on display from November 5

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March Events at Rogue Gallery & Art Center

Strata, by Christina Brown

In our Main Gallery, Northwest-based fiber artists’ group High Fiber Diet presents textile works ranging from mighty vistas to intensely abstract visions inspired by the four elements in nature. This show focuses on textile art drawing on the tradition of quilting while using it as a contemporary springboard. Japanese Woodblock Prints and more by local artist and printmaker Walt Padgett in our Community Gallery

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