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Friday, July 03, 2009 | No comments posted. ‘BIG’ art show opens Friday

Bandon’s Grand Salon of 2009 will present a “Big” art show featuring large format works by some of the Bandon area’s most on-the-edge artists.

The gala opening will be from 7 to 11 p.m., Friday July 3, at Bandon’s Harbortown Events Center, 325 Second St. in Old Town Bandon.

The show will feature recent large scale creations by John Castaldi, Susan D'Amico, Kirk Day, Alexandra Eyer, Paul Fisher, Damian Hawthorne, Susan Lehman, Ruthanne McSurdy-Wong, Elaine Roeman, Terry Rutledge, Catie Shindler, Victoria Tierney and more.

“University of Bandon” faculty will supervise construction of the “Balloon Woman” with the help of the opening night attendees.

Admission is free. Live music will be provided by Jim Sylvester and Friends, ping pong will be available and refreshments will be served. The show will continue from noon to 4 p.m. daily through July 9.

Artist reception July 5 at SAGE

SAGE Gallery is hosting Moments, a photographic exhibit by Langlois artist Pat Stannard.

Stannard discovered the art of photography rather recently, describing it almost as an extension of her career as a counselor, according to a press release. Connecting it to this background, she likens it to “always sensing, seeing and honoring each individual (each moment) ... to unlock the beauty that is inherent to them.”

Moments reflects Stannard’s quiet capture of tranquil, often fleeting scenes encountered daily along Floras lake and during her travels in the United States and Central America.

Stannard attributes much of her photographic success to local instructors. “This show is a result of friendships and an eagerness to learn, to expand horizons,” Stannard said. “I am grateful to  all and look forward to the next moment.”

The public is invited to meet Stannard during a reception in her honor from 3 to 6 p.m., Sunday, July 5, at SAGE Gallery, 390 First St, SW, at the edge of Old Town, Bandon.

Art 101 offers Art Night Out

Every Thursday is Art Night Out at Art 101, a new gallery south of Bandon in Laurel Grove.

“Leave the kids at home and join us at Art 101 every Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. for a night filled with live music, gourmet desserts, a gallery talk and art making,” said Angela Haseltine Pozzi, Art 101 director.

The gallery provides the art supplies. Novices, beginners or professional artists are welcome. Cost for the evening is $15 per person, or $25 per couple.

Thursday Night Out is a workshop for adults. Children are welcome at the gallery any time except Thursday evenings. 

On Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m., Art 101 invites the entire family to its art making station during Family Art Day. For $5 each, supplies and instruction are provided for the afternoon.

For information or to make reservations, drop by or call. Art 101 is located 8 miles south of Bandon in the purple building with orange signs. 

SAGE kids summer arts program

SAGE Gallery and the Port of Bandon will launch a collaborative project with Bandon artist Susan Lehman beginning Monday, July 6.

The SAGE Kids Summer Arts Program is a series of arts and crafts workshops scheduled throughout the summer, in the boardwalk picnic shelter and in the SAGE Gallery classroom.

The first classes will be taught by collage artist Susan Lehman, a professional artist and arts educator.

Lehman’s series will begin on July 6 with a Gyotaku-fish printing class from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the boardwalk picnic shelter. Kids ages 5 and up are invited to join in the fun and learn this traditional painting technique. This is a free workshop sponsored by SAGE Gallery and Chetco Federal Credit Union.

Additional workshops are scheduled for 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., July 13, 20 and 27, in the boardwalk picnic shelter for students ages 6 to 12. In these classes, Susan will present a variety of collage, painting and pastel techniques focused around underwater and seashore themes.

Class space is limited to 12 students and reservations are recommended. Classes cost $5 per student, payable to The Port of Bandon Arts Program. Parents must stay to supervise children. For more information, call 329-0103.

New Artists murder mystery

New Artists Productions will stage the Billy St. John comedy and whodunit “Murder’s In the Heir,” as a theater-in-the-round at Bandon’s Harbortown Events Center July 17-19.

“Essentially, the board game Clue has been turned into a play,” said New Artists Productions co-founder Anita Almich, who with her husband Dan is directing the play.

Each of the heirs to the tyrannical billionaire Simone Starkweather has the means and the motive to do away with her. Starkweather gathers her family and employees to announce the contents of her will. Her lawyer reveals that Starkweather has bequeathed vast fortunes to her befuddled niece, her playboy son her great-niece and her granddaughter, as well as to her many servants.

But there’s a twist. Within hours the will is to become invalid and replaced by a less generous one. Of course, the rejected heirs are not pleased. Predictably, the lights go out, and Simone is discovered murdered.

“Each of the three performances will have a different killer, so patrons who enjoy one performance can see it again and be surprised in an entirely different way,” said Almich.

Cast members include Destyni Fuller, Jeneveve Winchell, Emily Wampler, Autumn Moss-Strong, Russel Hay, Tessa Fuller, Hayley Chandler, Zeta Hay, Kinzi Silburn, Kayla Dugan, Frances Merriam, Paige Smith, Lee Anna Saunders and Thaddeus Miller.

Three showings of “Murder’s In the Heir” will be staged, with curtains at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 19. Doors open one hour prior to curtain.

Only 60 tickets will be sold per performance to accommodate the theater-in-the-round staging. Tickets cost $15 for adults; $12 for seniors and students (K-12) and include a dessert and beverage.

Tickets are available at Bandon True Value Hardware, Chetco Federal Credit Union, or by calling Anita Almich at 347-2517. The Harbortown Events Center is located at 325 Second Street, in Old Town Bandon.

This New Artists Productions special summertime event is a fundraiser to pay for an educational field trip to Eugene to see plays, meet cast members, take theater tours and attend a concert the first weekend of August. In addition, six students will perform in the Public Jam event at The Hult Center on Aug.1, singing songs in tribute to Irving Berlin.

Elsewhere

Sawdust season under way

Sawdust Theatre presents its summer melodrama “The Pride of the Sawdust League, or Three Strikes and You’re Out” at the theater in Coquille. 

Based on a real baseball team that played in Coquille, the play centers on the Coquille Loggers and fictionalizes the lives of a few Coquille residents.

The play runs through Sept. 5.

Show times are at 8 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Saturdays, June 27 and July 18; 8 p.m. Fridays, July 31 through Sept. 4; and Friday, July 3.

Tickets are $12.50 and available by calling 396-4563.