Please join the City Arts Advisory Commission (CAAC) for the opening of the “The Beach” exhibit and artist reception on Friday, July 5, 2019 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar Street.
The jury reviewed a record 110 pieces of artwork from 50 artists before selecting 40 pieces to be included in the exhibit. The artists represented are: Lora Armstrong, Lynne Armstrong, Gary Bullock, Jane Burkey, Jeannine Chappell, Patrick D. Clark, Gdane Curposney, Melissa Doyel, Christopher Enges, Marilynn Evans, Cindy Fullwiler, John Gussman, Paulette Hill, Rick Hill, David Johannessohn, Mark Kennedy, Rita Kepner, Katherine Loveland, Melissa Mann, Natalie Martin, Stacey Martin-Lopez, Linda Martz, Gail McLain, Sharman Owings, Sallie Radock, Claudia Serafin, Linda Stadtmiller, Morgan Stephenson, Ryoko Toyama, Patty Waite, Donna Wilson-Sommer, and Sandy Wolf.
The exhibit will be on display until September 30, 2019.
Art Talk on the Art Walk: Join us for an Art Talk that will include demonstrations from local presenters talking about driftwood creations, visual and virtual storytelling, and using videography and drone photography:
5:30 p.m. – Tammy Hall: “Creating Animals from Driftwood: A Lesson in Anatomy”
Tammy is and always has been driven to do art even if she didn’t have art supplies. As a child she would use water from the garden hose (forbidden activity) and use clay soil to make up a batch of mud so she could sculpt dishes and the food to go on them to play house. As she grew up, she went from media to media teaching herself. Some of these are pen and ink, scratchboard, oils, collage and found object assemblages which include driftwood animal sculpture. These take the form of all manner of animals, wolves, foxes, rabbits, ravens and even a large pacific giant octopus. Currently she is learning to sculpt in porcelain and has come full circle and returned to playing in the mud.
6:15 p.m. – Renne Emiko Brock: “Message in a Bottle – Visual and Virtual Storytelling in Art”
Encouraging you to achieve your creative potential, artist and instructor, Renne Emiko Brock, developed a storytelling system that inspires people through color theory, transformative experiences, visual vocabulary, and enthusiasm to articulate your passion. Along a sandy shore in a virtual learning environment, artists discover how to deliver meaningful messages through their medium and intentions. Using Renne’s storytelling checklist, learn how to communicate your unique, authentic motivation and conceive inclusive, effective engagement.
7:00 p.m. – Christopher Enges: “The Living Beach: Using Videography & Drone Photography to Capture its Essence”
Chris has an AAS degree in Multimedia Communications, as well as certificates in digital editing, photography, and advanced digital videography from Peninsula College in Port Angeles, WA. He has lived on the North Olympic Peninsula for over 35 years and has captured images from Washington’s Olympic National Park and Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, along with lighthouses and ocean beaches of Washington, Oregon, and British Colombia, and commercial product photography for the last 15 years before entering the videography field almost three years ago.
In the Lobby (5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.)
Tammy Hall, Renne Emiko Brock, and Christopher Enges - meet and greet the artists.
Volodymyr (Vlad) Husarovskyi with Ukranian Roots – Distinctive art created from roots, burls and uniquely shaped driftwood. Vlad was born and raised in Western Ukraine. In high school, he became very interested in sculpting. Coming from a large modest family, carving stone, especially marble, was not an option, as the tools and the materials were too expensive. He made a steel knife from a shaving blade and started to experiment with wood. That was about 45 years ago. Vlad enjoys working with natural shapes and "imperfections" of driftwood and found wood, carving some and leaving some "as is", bringing out a critter or a more abstract object for all of us to see. He tends to gravitate towards roots, burls and uniquely shaped driftwood. Often Vlad walks the beaches and trails in Sequim, Port Townsend or La Push to find the inspiration and some raw material to work with. All the work is done with hand tools, the favorite steel knife he also made (he's gone thru several over the years), sanded by hand and then coated with bee’s wax and orange oil.
For more information, please contact Arts Coordinator Cyndi Hueth at (360) 582-2477 or chueth@sequimwa.gov.