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Haines & Friends Fund & “Where’s William?”

This Friday in Downtown Ashland is bound to be a happening event! Not only is it 1st Friday Art Walk, but the Haines & Friends Fund show at the Ashland Springs Hotel

Hello friends and art appreciators, This Friday in Downtown Ashland is bound to be a happening event! Not only is it 1st Friday Art Walk, but the Haines & Friends Fund show at the Ashland Springs Hotel will be a unique and insightful exhibit. You will get to see the results of the funds in physical form. So many great artists who were awarded for their artistic visions ! Here is the brochure: ***That’s my painting on the lower left… ‘Suddenly Blue” (40″x30″ oil, with lots of impasto work) After you view the Haines & Friends Fund show, head over across the street to the Art & Soul Gallery and play ‘Where’s William” for a chance to win art gifts and more! details here:

ART & SOUL GALLERY CELEBRATES THE OPENING OF OSF’S OUTDOOR SEASON WITH “WHERE’S WILLIAM?” AN ART DISCOVERY GAME!

 

All of the 27 artists at

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Ashland New Plays Festival announces 2018 season

The Luckiest People cast at ANPF 2015, ANPF archives

Celebrating Past Winners and Welcoming the New: Ashland New Plays Festival announces its 2018 season

Ashland New Plays Festival is pleased to announce its 27th season of staged play readings showcasing new theatrical works, along with a program of talks with theater professionals.

ANPF’s flagship annual Fall Festival Oct. 17-21 will unveil four new plays in staged readings by casts of professional actors. The plays will be selected from 400 entries currently being read by local volunteer readers, with the final decisions to be made in June by ANPF artistic director Kyle Haden. They will be performed at Ashland’s Unitarian Center.

In carrying out its mission to support new works for the stage, ANPF is “working to develop underrepresented voices in theater, including women and playwrights of color,” said Haden. The 2018 season opens Sunday, March 25, with a staged reading of Meridith Friedman’s Your

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Contemporary Translation of Edward III by Ashland New Plays Festival

Understanding Shakespeare through a Modern Verse Translation:

A contemporary playwright translates Edward III for today’s audiences, to be performed as a dramatic reading March 27 in Ashland, Oregon

By Kara Q Lewis

Afternoon light filters over the laptop of playwright Octavio Solis, who focuses on the screen, puzzling out ways to decipher a difficult verse from William Shakespeare’s play Edward III. After getting sick two weeks earlier, Solis began working from bed. His wife teases him about not using his brand new writing studio. He works intensely and relentlessly: “I get obsessive about it,” he says, “I work on it ‘til 1 or 2 in the morning and then it’s the first thing I do when I wake up.” He continues:

“I’ve enjoyed every second of it. It taps into the part of my brain that likes puzzles. I’m decoding something really intricate and

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March 2014 AGA SPOTLIGHT EXHIBITS

Realist Oil painting of a Nikon camera by Terry Frosini

AGA First Friday Art Walk ~ March 7th, 2014

Come out for the AGA First Friday Art Walk, March 7th, from 5 to 8 pm! Stroll the galleries in downtown Ashland and the Historic Railroad District. Enjoy this 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 off of our website: ashlandgalleries.com

Most exhibits run throughout the month of March!

Visit our website for more information about all of the exhibits: ashlandgalleries.com

Oil painting by Terry Frosini

Ashland Art Center Oil Paintings by Terry Frosini

“I paint what interests me in the moment; I look for a challenge, something I have not tried before, perhaps something I may fail at.” – Terry Frosini

Terry’s realistic oil paintings of portraits,

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival takes it outside

Enjoy the bard under the moon and stars with three plays slated for the open-air Elizabethan Stage. Here it is mid-June, and we’re already at the midpoint of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival …

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As You Like It

Rosalind/Ganymede (Erica Sullivan) begs Orlando (Wayne T. Carr) to stay in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickson/Oregon Shakespeare Festival Rosalind/Ganymed…

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As You Like It

Charles the Wrestler (Kimberly Scott), with his clowns (Daisuke Tsuji, Jason Rojas) prepares to fight Orlando in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickson/Oregon Shakespeare Fe…

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As You Like It

Celia (Christine Albright) and Rosalind (Erica Sullivan) fear for Orlando's life on hearing the news that he fought with a lion in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickso…

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As You Like It

Touchstone (Peter Frechette) entertains Rosalind (Erica Sullivan) and Celia (Christine Albright) in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickson/Oregon Shakespeare Festival …

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As You Like It

Cousins and friends, Rosalind (Erica Sullivan) and Celia (Christine Albright) make merry in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickson/Oregon Shakespeare Festival …

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