Hood River Artist2Artist is this Saturday!

Hey all PPASPers (and friends of PPASP too)....just a reminder that Artist 2 Artist is on this Saturday. If you haven't already signed up, you can register online or at the gallery.

The focus for this day-long workshop is to provide artists with some practical information about opportunities that currently exist for artists in Oregon and Washington. The Keynote speaker is Gigi Rosenberg who is a writer, speaker, presentation coach, and author of The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing: How to Find Funds and Write Foolproof Proposals for the Visual, Literary, and Performing Artist.

In addition to Gigi’s talk, there will be a moderated panel discussion of artists who have successful experiences of getting paid for more than just their artwork. The Panelists bring expertise in education, strategic grant writing, commercial enterprise, artist residencies, and commissions.

This year the Gallery has been overwhelmed with the number of artists who question their prices and quality of work just because things aren’t selling. It’s important for artists to recognize that it’s not your artwork—it’s the economy! That said, there are things you can do about it! I encourage you to spend $25* and attend this development event (free parking and brunch is included—what a deal!) and get motivated on some actions you can take to further your art career.

*Price is $15 for juried Columbia Art Gallery members; please register directly at the gallery or via phone to receive discount.

-Catherine Kiewit
Columbia Art Gallery, Manager
541-387-8877 ext 115

Below is the Artist 2 Artist event outline and here is the link to information on our website (you can register online):
http://www.columbiaarts.org/education/2011/q2/artist2artist.html

"Quick Draw"! Saturday September 25, 2010

WHAT: 
 The Columbia Art Gallery Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2010 Quick Draw is an opportunity for everyone to experience painting "en plein air"! This 5.5 hour painting event is open to anyone. Whether you’ve never painted outdoors before or you are a "veteran" —you are welcome! The day ends with the opportunity to show your work at the Gallery during the special Quick Draw Reception. The registration fee is $10 when you register in advance, $15 at the door. All artists may use any medium, but must paint in the plein air tradition (outdoors, in “real time”).

WHEN:
 Saturday, September 25, 2010
(Check-in: 9:00 am) Event runs from 9-2:30pm.

WHERE: 
Columbia Art Gallery, 215 Cascade Street, Hood River, OR 97031 (Paint in Downtown Hood River and the Hood River Marina).

HOW:
 Interested artists will fill out an application. The deadline is September 25, 2010. Registration is $10 when paid in advance and $15 when paid at the door. Checks should be made out to Columbia Art Gallery (or pay online HERE). For more information, contact Celeste Bergin 503 774 3787.

On Saturday, September 25, between 9 am and 9:30 am, check in at Columbia Art Gallery to have your blank canvases stamped and pick up your title & price labels. You may paint as many canvases as you want, but only two pieces will go into the one-evening reception show. You may paint anywhere in Downtown Hood River and at the Hood River Marina. For those interested in painting the figure a model will be located on the lawn of the library. The Quick draw art must be created during the Quick draw time frame.

Your paintings must be delivered to the gallery at 2:30. Each painting is required to be for sale and to have a title and a price written on the label. Paintings will be on display for sale with 60% proceeds going to the artist. We recommend that artists interested in displaying bring a wired frame that fits your supports, or use gallery wrap canvas.

The Columbia Art Gallery will hold a Reception from 6-8pm on Saturday September 25.

Note: This is Columbia Art Gallery’s first year doing a “quick draw” and it is meant to be a no- stress positive event that will expand every successive year. The first 25 registrants will receive a surprise gift and there will be "incentives" announced at the reception. See you there!

Sponsored by Bella's Beads and Art Supply

Link to Register and pay online

Link to the Registration form (you still have to complete the form even if you pay online)

Link to the Rules

(photo: Artist Gregg Caudell paints in downtown Hood River)

You're invited

Columbia Center

for the Arts

215 Cascade Street

PO Box 1543

Hood River, OR 97031

541-387-8877

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Columbia Art Gallery, Collector's Preview Party

You are cordially invited to preview this highly anticipated Plein Air Gallery Show as a Collector's Award Sponsor.

Catered by our Collector Sponsor: Celilo Restaurant and Bar

Ticket price is $30. For writers who participate in the event, the preview party is just an additional $10 beyond your registration fee.

Please reserve by August 19.

Click to reserve your spot:
Collector's Preview Party
or call 541-387-8877.

You can expect an evening of food drinks, and conversation with other supporters, along with meeting and getting to know the participating artists and writers. As an invitee we are asking you to fulfill one very important aspect of the evening: become a Collector's Purchase Award Sponsor. Since the evening's food and drink is donated, 100% of your tax deductible ticket will go toward sustaining your Art Center.

By becoming a Collector's Purchase Award Sponsor, you are committing to purchasing a painting at the party, and helping CCA fulfill our mission to create an arts-rich environment in the Gorge. This preview is an opportunity to see the show prior to the public opening.
The paintings generally range from $150 to $2,800. At the party you will receive a collector's ribbon to attach to your painting of choice.
Our preview event last year generated the sale of over 50 paintings, the Center's largest event of the year! This year, the artwork of 40 exceptional landscape painters will be on display.

For more informatin about the Plein Air event, please visit: Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2010.

....Don't forget! Ultimate deadline for Hood River Oregon 2010 Plein Air Competition is June 30

Pacific NW PleinAir2010 Call for Entries Applications now being accepted through June 30, 2010 LINK for additional information: Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2010 Columbia Art Gallery

Call to Artists: Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2010, Columbia Art Gallery

Pacific NW PleinAir2010 Call for Entries
Applications now being accepted through June 30, 2010
LINK for additional information:
Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2010 Columbia Art Gallery

Call to Artists Art & Agriculture, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River

Find out about a Artist Call from Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River:
Columbia Art Gallery
Deadline: Apri 1, 2010

RED: From Alizarin to Crimson, Columbia Art Gallery, First Friday, 2/5/10 (Hood River)

RED, from Alizarin to Crimson, The Color of Love
February 5 - 27
Over two dozen local artists are creating new works expressly for this show. You're bound to find something you love. And remember ... February, is the month for lovers.

Not sure what the love of your life would really want? No problem. Gift cards are available in any amount.

Click to learn more: RED: From Alizarin to Crimson.
Join the artist opening on Friday, February 5 from 6 to 8pm. Wine and beer available.

How to get there: MAP

A message from Columbia Arts Gallery in Hood River

Dear Artist

We are reorganizing the Life Drawing (nude model) and Portrait Drawing (clothed model) sessions at Columbia Center for the Arts. Three-hour long Life Drawing or Portrait model sessions will be held for a cost of $10 to each participant. These are drawing, painting and sculpting opportunities for any artist who wishes to work from a live model in a comfortable atmosphere. Visiting artists are most welcome. Participants bring their own drawing supplies, vision and inspiration. This is an open studio setting without pressure or instruction.

The first Life Drawing model will be from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. this coming Saturday September 19th in the studio room located at the East end of the Columbia Art Gallery. (click on link below for Google Map to Columbia Center for the Arts). The usual format is 20 minutes of one and two minute poses, five 5 minute poses, two 10 minute poses, with short breaks, and a long break at 12:30. After break longer poses of 20 minutes or longer in 20 minute increments with short breaks for the model. If it is possible to let me know by Monday if are planning to come to this session. If this is not a good time for you and you would attend at a different time (if available ) please let me know.

We are committed to providing drawing opportunities useful to artists. Constructive feedback is welcome and appreciated.

If you do not want to receive information about drawing sessions, you may opt out by typing “unsubscribe” in the subject line and reply to this message.

Best wishes,

Laurie Balmuth

LIfe Drawing Coordinator
Columbia Center for the Arts
215 Cascade Avenue
Hood River, OR 97031

http://www.columbiaarts.org/

Google map directions to Columbia Arts:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Columbia+Center+for+the+Arts+215+Cascade+Avenue+Hood+River+Oregon&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=55.806079,65.566406&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=A

Columbia Art Gallery, Plein Air '09

Press Release 2009

For Immediate Release: August 15, 2009

Re: Columbia Art Gallery Plein Air Show
Contact: Columbia Center for the Arts
Joanie Thomson, Executive Director
Catherine Kiewit, Gallery Manager
215 Cascade Avenue
Hood River, OR 97031
541 387-8877

director@columbiaarts.org

Pacific Northwest Plein Air Gallery Exhibition

Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River, Oregon announces its September Exhibition, “Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2009, Painting Outdoors from the Mountains to the Sea” featuring 32 Regional Artists. The Pacific Northwest is Plein Air Painter Paradise. Each year, artists gather in the Columbia River Gorge to take in the stunning beauty of its black basalt cliffs, ribbon-like waterfalls, and lush fir forests. In November 1986, Congress recognized the unique beauty of the Gorge when it made it the nation's first National Scenic Area. In a very small area, there is a diverse range of climate zones for artists to paint.

This year’s 5th Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air exhibit focuses on paintings and about our natural surroundings. The artists for this event are dedicated to the historic tradition of painting directly from life. Through this approach of firsthand observation, they capture atmospheric conditions, light, and beautiful scenery that surrounds us all. The public is invited to the artists’ reception and show opening on Friday, September 4, from 6 - 8pm. The show will continue through September 27.

This year the Columbia Art Gallery is proud to feature these exceptional artists:

Mitch Baird - West Linn, OR
Celeste Bergin - Portland, OR
Eric Bowman -Tigard, OR
Gregg Caudell - Republic, WA
Leslie Cheney-Parr - Sandy, OR
Mary Lou Epperson - Beaverton, OR
Jo Anna Frost- Mosier, OR
Scott Gellatly - Portland, OR
Rachel Harvey - Mt. Hood, OR
John Haugse - Hood River, OR
Amanda Houston - Cornelius, OR
Joe Howard - Hillsboro, OR
Eric Jacobsen - Glenwood, WA
Larry Johnson - Vancouver, WA
Mike Kowalski - Nordland, WA
Mark Larsen - Portland, OR
Michael Lewis - Othello, WA
Peter Mathios - Albany, OR
Jan Muir – Husum, WA
Michael Orwick - Beaverton, OR
Mike Rangner - Albany, OR
Cathleen Rehfeld - Hood River, OR
Rowena Sandford - Trout Lake, WA
Elizabeth See - White Salmon, WA
Todd Smith - The Dalles, OR
Kat Sowa - Portland, OR
Hope Stevenson - Portland, OR
Sue Sutherland - Hood River, OR
David Taylor - Happy Valley, OR
Donna Van Tuyl - Goldendale, WA
Beth Verheyden - Boring, OR
Bonnie White - White Salmon, WA

From August 27-31 the artists will be visiting five predetermined locations throughout the Gorge seeking scenic inspiration for their paintings. The public is invited to watch these artists in action!

Thursday August 27 - The Gorge White House – Hood River, OR
Working farm, fruit orchard, u pick flowers, wines, art, majestic old farmhouse beautifully restored.
265 Hwy 35, Hood River, OR

Friday August 28 - Columbia Hills State Park, WA
Includes Horsethief Lake, the Dalles Mountain Ranch in Klickitat County, the park includes Horsethief Lake and over a mile river front access along the Columbia River.
Hwy 14 milepost 85, Goldendale, WA

Saturday August 29 - Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA
Grounds, gardens, river, tall trees, high desert plateau
35 Maryhill Museum Drive, Goldendale, WA

Sunday August 30 - Hollenbeck Park, Trout Lake, WA
Mt. Adams up close!
Hwy 141, Trout Lake, WA

Monday August 31 - Downtown Hood River, OR
Paint the town! Charming downtown, boutiques, coffee shops, pedestrians...
I- 84, 60 Miles from Portland, OR

Award winning plein air painter and instructor, Ned Mueller from Renton, Washington, will be the juror this year—he will select 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. There will also be an opportunity for the public to cast a vote for their favorite painting for the People’s Choice Award. Show Coordinator, Cathleen Rehfeld, has been organizing this event in Hood River since its conception 5 years ago. “Every year more artists apply and more collectors come to buy. We are fortunate that Hood River offers such a good central location for artists to congregate and also provide quick access to the variety of climate zones within a 30 mile radius,” Rehfeld says of the event. For more information on this event please visit our website: www.ColumbiaArts.org.

Columbia Art Gallery, located in the Columbia Center for the Arts, is a non-profit community gallery with the mission to promote an arts-rich environment in the Columbia Gorge area. The Columbia Center for the Arts is located in downtown Hood River at 215 Cascade Ave. Hood River, Oregon and is open everyday during the month of September from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Mitch Baird has a COUPLE spots open for August 8 & 9 at Cannon Beach!

Fantastic Last minute opportunity to study with acclaimed plein air oil painter Mitch Baird!

Join award winning artist Mitch Baird for a local plein air painting experience capturing the beautiful Oregon landscape. The workshops will cover the fundamental principles of painting and composition as well as learning to see as an artist. Drawing, value, color, and edges will be stressed as well as building a strong design from the elements of nature. On location demonstrations will implement these technical concepts each morning followed by one on one instruction in the afternoons. The workshop will be a 2-day intensive for all skill levels and limited to 10 students to ensure individual attention. The location setting and date of the workshop will be:
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August 8th & 9th at Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast from 9am - 5 pm

Workshop cost is $200
(or $100 for a single day)
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A materials list will be provided with registration as well as exact meeting locations with directions. Lodging will be the responsibility of the student if needed.

For details visit www.mitchbaird.com. For registration please call 971-227-6142 or email mitch(at)mitchbaird.com