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Sheri Smith Holgate Returns to Ashland Art Center with Two Pine Needle Art Workshops!

Sheri Smith Holgate is returning to Ashland to teach two workshops at the Ashland Art Center on June 13 and 14. Please click the flyer images to enlarge and see more details. We have a need-based discount application for AAC members if you’re interested. When? Pine Needle Pendants: Friday, June 13, 1:00 – 5:00 $45 Members, $55 General Pine Needle Baskets: Saturday, June 14, 9:00 – 5:00 $75 Members, $85 General Here are the workshop details and registration information: http://www.ashlandartcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Pine-Needle-Baskets-registration-form.pdf Please feel free to share this information and the attached workshop flyers with friends, and check out the Events pages on our Facebook page for both the Pendant workshop and Basket workshop where you’ll see updates and photos of Sheri’s art. To read about Sheri and see more of her fabulous art, check out this great Meet the Artist article from Create! Eugene’s website that we linked to on our

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Bits and Pieces of Summer at Art du Jour

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“Bits and Pieces of Summer” is a collection of works by the artists of Art du Jour to celebrate summer. They will be displayed on the Feature Wall of Art du Jour through the month of June. The new exhibit in The Salon, “It’s a Jungle Out There”, will showcase guest artist Sandy Cathcart’s impressionist lions. She has shown her work throughout the Rogue Valley and is noted for her vibrant use of color, her lions for their expressive faces. Also included are animal paintings by Margo Garnett, Gayle Gray, Georganna Happel, Ruth Heath, Judy Hubler, Susie Lee, Barrie Smeeth and Dick Woods; Yvonne Kitchen will display ceramics and paintings. Individual displays by more than twenty artists can be seen at Art du Jour, 213 E. Main St. from 11 a.m.to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information call 541-770-3190 or see www.artdujourgallery.com.

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June Updates from Eve Margo Withrow

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I am now part owner/director of Art and Soul Gallery in Ashland!…June, I will be showing 20 of my large paintings at the Rogue Valley Manor Gallery, reception on Wednesday, June 5th from 5-6pm…weekend of June 7-9 I will be showing my garden “sparklers”, fountains, and sculpture at the Art for the Home and Garden show in Ashland…‘Intuitive Painting” class on Saturday, June 1st…June 22nd I will be teaching “Intuitive Painting” in Grants Pass at Major Art and Framing. Read on for more info…

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The Butterfly Effect ~ June-July Exhibition at Hilltop Gallery

the Butterfly Effect ~ June 3 – July 22 ~ Art installation and group exhinbition dealing with climate change and the preservation of nature at Hilltop Gallery at Mountain Meadows Retirement Community in Ashland.

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RCC exhibits feature student art and Chicago artist

RCC exhibits in Grants Pass and Medford: student art, photography by Robert Newman, and “…if they could not defend themselves they were bound to be conquered…” by Chicago artist M.A. Papanek-Miller. Read on for further details…

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RCC Community Orchestra presents free pops concert

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The Rogue Community College Community Orchestra will perform in concert at 7 p.m. June 5 in the Rogue Auditorium, RCC Redwood Campus, 3345 Redwood Hwy. Admission is free. The concert will include selections from “Les Miserables,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “The Lord of the Dance,” “The Mission,” and Gilbert and Sullivan. Gary Kroll directs the orchestra. For more information contact Kroll at 541-890-3423.

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Art Presence Art Center Upcoming Events

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Coming soon to the Art Presence Art Center in Jacksonville! Read on for more information about our art exhibitions and events scheduled through July 2013.

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Taste of Summer call for street artists

The annual Taste of Summer celebrates the beginning of the Britt season and summer in Jacksonville. The day is a street fair setting, including live music in four locations, a wine walk, street performers, children’s activities, classic cars and more. Artists: We are looking for sketch, caricature artists, or any other artists who could demonstrate in an outdoor location. Artists are welcome to charge customers for a sketch. In addition, we’re looking for chalk artists to work in a marked-off area.

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Spring Events at Art Presence

COUTURE, JAVNA, LITTEKEN at Rogue Gallery and Art Center - Opening Friday Night!

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The TRIO Series features artists from the region and beyond who are individually selected by a jury and grouped together to create a dynamic exhibition.

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