Life at 1/60th of a Second: Photographic Portraits

Attention all Gorge Artists! It's time for our 2nd annual "I'm Dreaming of a White Salmon: Christmas in the Gorge" Poster Competition. We're looking for a poster that reflects the spirit of the event and our community. Keep in mind that your design needs to translate well in print for possible use on publications and T-shirts. Get creative and help us publicize the 2006 Holiday event in blazing color!

Size: minimum 8 1⁄2" x 11" to 3' x 5'
Medium: watercolor, oils, acrylic, pastel, pencil
Prize: $250 cash
Deadline: October 9, 2006
Event: December 2, 2006

Submission location: Inn of the White Salmon, 172 W Jewett Blvd, White Salmon, WA

Winning entry becomes property of the White Salmon Arts Council.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
For 2007 Gorge Artists Open Studios Event

CALLING ALL ARTISTS!
Apply to participate in the first region-wide Gorge Artists Open Studios, April 14-15, 2007. Artists with accessible studios and high-quality work can apply online on the event website at gorgeartistsopenstudios.com. Applications are due no later than October 20, 2006.

A self-guided tour, GorgeArtists Open Studios will bring art lovers from the Portland metro area and all over the region for a weekend to visit local artists in their natural habitat. This is a juried event, and those accepted will be published in the Gorge Artists Open Studios Directory, with full-color samples of their work. This is an opportunity to gain exposure with out-of-town collectors and build your customer base. Total artists will be limited to 50 throughout the Gorge.

White Salmon Artists Featured at Sixth Street Gallery

Three White Salmon area artists will have their work on display in Vancouver, Washington. The three are Evlory Dearing, Eric Lindsay, and Nelsie Davis. Show runs September 1 - October 1, 2006.

Opening Night: September 1, 2006, 5-8 pm
Second Saturday Artwalk and Artists Reception: September 9, 2006, 5-8pm
Live music by Charles Crossman, Jazz Guitarist

White Salmon Artist Janet Essley Dedicates Mural

White Salmon artist Janet Essley will dedicate her latest mural, "Pizazz," on September 21, 2006, in Puyallup, Washington.

This indoor mural, commissioned by the Washington State Arts Commission, is installed in the central hallway of Edgemont Junior High School. Reflecting the theme, "The Pizazz of Learning," the mural is a complex and colorful array of intersecting pathways with figures emerging from them. Architectural designs on the surrounding walls provide a compositional structure for the mural, with lines and spatial divisions on the wall continuing into the mural space. There, building structure is transformed into pathways looping over and around one another. Figures emerge from and interact with these pathways, engaging in a variety of physical and exploratory activities. The dynamic composition expresses the excitement of the process of learning. The figures are metaphors for different ways that individuals engage in learning, both as observers and as participants. Some figures gather information with their senses, expressing curiosity. Others engage in physical activities, accepting challenges. Still others actively manipulate the pathways to create new forms or elements- showing leadership.

Locally, one can see an example of Janet Essley's murals at the Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery in Underwood.

POSTER COMPETITION
for the 2006 "Nights in White Salmon" Art & Wine Fusion

Attention all Gorge Artists! You are invited to try your luck at our 2nd annual Nights in White Salmon Poster Contest. We're looking for a poster that reflects the spirit of the event and our community. Keep in mind that your design needs to translate well in print for possible use on publications and tee shirts. Get creative and help us publicize the Art and Wine Fusion 2006 event in blazing color!

Size: minimum 8 1⁄2" x 11" to 3' x 5'
Medium: watercolor, oils, acrylic, pastel, pencil
Prize: $250 cash
Deadline: May 15, 2006
Submission location: Inn of the White Salmon, 172 W Jewett Blvd, White Salmon, WA
Winning entry becomes property of the White Salmon Arts Council.

The Brown Bag Professional Artist Workshops (see below) will conclude with the "Nights in White Salmon" Second Annual Artists' Gathering from 5 to 9 p.m. at the White Salmon Glassworks, 105 E. Jewett, White Salmon. Several downtown White Salmon merchants will be remaining open Saturday evening.

The White Salmon Arts Council will host Brown Bag Professional Artist Workshops followed by the Second Annual "Nights in White Salmon" Artists' Gathering on Saturday, April 15, 2006. The event takes place in White Salmon with registration at 9 a.m. at The Creamery on Jewett Blvd.

The event continues the Arts Council's programs for area artists and presents professional marketing assistance and advice from several art experts. It will be an opportunity for artists of all media to share creative energy toward developing the business of art. Registration is $40 for all six Professional Artist Workshops. They are scheduled hourly beginning at 10 a.m. with a Brown Bag lunch break at 1 p.m. Well-known area art professionals will lead 45-minute workshops with question-and-answer time.

The day will conclude with the "Nights in White Salmon" Second Annual Artists' Gathering from 5 to 9 p.m. at the White Salmon Glassworks, 105 E. Jewett, White Salmon. Several downtown White Salmon merchants will be remaining open Saturday evening.