First Friday Art Night
Community Roving Gallery Party
uptown, downtown & all around Grants Pass, Oregon!

 


Exhibition Schedule
Friday, October 6, 2006


ELEGANCE
321 SE 6th Street ~ 476-0570
Lighting and home accents made from sea kelp by artist Cindy Price.  Also Chad Maggio will present a variety of wines from the Bacchus Fine Wines portfolio.

GOODY TWO SHOES
On 7th between G and H Streets ~ 955-2966
Come by and enjoy the witches' brew while you peruse the mannequins in costume.

CHUCK KING DESIGNER JEWELRY
221 SE 6th Street ~ 476-3777
The artist/residents of Spring Village, a Grants Pass Retirement community
.

McDANIEL'S WATERCOLOURS
111 SE G Street ~ 660-8309
Art in progress, with live music by Adrian Fringe.

LESSONS WELL LEARNED
111 SE G Street ~ Aisle G
A reading and signing by authorErin Bayless,"The Journals of Pumpkin Bear." 
Milk and cookies will be served.

UMPQUA BANK
117 NE F Street ~ 472-6330
Natalie Yakel will be displaying some of her old and new favorite pieces in watercolor and acrylic, and drawings.  Joan Rirey will be displaying watercolor florals and landscapes.  Pacific Auracle, an artisitc blend of Native American flute and acoustic guitar, will perform music all evening.

CITY OF GRANTS PASS
Post Office Lobby ~ 6th & F Streets
Featuring artowrk from "Take a Walk on the Rogue" Art Show, city offocials/employees and their families.  Drawings of the new Police/Fire Stations--meet the architect and ask questions!

THE KITCHEN COMPANY
212 SW 6th Street ~ 955-5311
Local organic produce grower Lori Campbell of Blackberry Lane Farm features samples from the autumn harvest.  Stop by and try a piece of nut bread utilizing fresh apples and pears of the season.

LISTEN HERE MUSIC
234 SW 6th Street ~ 479-6131
John Page's most recent works of Functional Art, including the prototypes of his new guitar, the P-1.
Photographer Timothy Bullard presents color and b&w photographyof musicians performing on stage in Houston and at the Rogue Theater.

OLD TOWN ANTIQUE MALL
324 SW 6th Street ~ 474-7525
Ted Amirkhan (AKA Turquoise Ted) will be hosting a Free Rug Appraisal.  Bring your favorite "flying carpet" for a verbal appraisal. Also check out the eclectic display of Oriental and Navajo rugs.

 

 
Rogue Planet's pick for BEST OF SHOW! (click the pic Home Economics ~ Grand Opening Slideshow to see the slideshow)
  HOME ECONOMICS:
household goods, vintage & otherwise

426 SW 6th Street ~ 476-0563
Grand Opening.  Featured Art: "Daydreams of an Aviatrix." Contemporary sculptural assemblage by Marie von Guardia.  "Jurica Biology Series," an installation of large scale vintage educational charts.
 

 

TREASURED MEMORIES
420 SW 6th Street ~ 479-5982
Del Hearn and Eileen Shropshire.

JOSEPHINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
508 SW 5th Street ~ 479-7827
"A Field Guide to the Cemeteries of Josephine County," a preview of a book-in-progress by Jean Boling.

ART EMPORIUM
226 SW G Street ~ 956-1414
Fresh from her adventures in mainland China, Roni Marsh will be demonstrating her pastel artistry.

WISEMAN GALLERY, RCC
3345 Redwood Highway ~ 956-7339
"Surviving Home" September 25 - November 4, 2006
During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Wiseman Gallery presents an annual exhibit designed to create awareness and understanding of the issues through art createdby survivors.
In The Annex: Watercolors by Merry Corliss Bickers.

GRANTS PASS MUSEUM OF ART
229 SW G Street ~ 479-3290
Third Annual Wildlife Art Show.  Featured painters are John and Suzy Seery-Lester and featured sculptor is Jim Gilmore.  Several local artists as well as a few from across the nation will be exhibiting.

THE GLASS FORGE GALLERY & STUDIO
501 SW G Street ~ 955-0815
Glass blowing demonstrations.  

FIREHOUSE GALLERY, RCC
214 SW 4th ~ 956-7339 / 956-7489
"Spirit of the Rogue"
A juried exhibit celebrating the Rogue River in conjunction with the Art Along the Rogue Art & Music festival. Exhibiting artists include: Sherrill Brumbach, Vince Carl, Merry Corliss Bickers, Del Hearn, Monique Janssen Belitz, Linda Killon Smith, Thomas Kirchen, Dennis Kirkland, Tosca Lies, Joann Loudermilk, Marial Smith, Gwen stone, Yutte Stensgaard, and Sheryl Swift..

BLIND GEORGE'S
117 SW G Street ~ 476-3463
The "Highstrung Dischords" -- Brothers and Sisters come together to offer you a trip down memory lane with classical ukulele songs from the 30s and 40s.  

TIERRA DEL SOL
129 SW G Street ~ 476-2622
"Windows into Heaven"  ~ Contemporary icons of local iconographer Pati Sorge.  
Her paintings involve prayer, meditation, joy, and thanksgiving.

OREGON OUTPOST
137 SW G Street ~ 474-2918
Local photographers Dennis & Colleen Kirkland with their wildlife and nature photographs.

CAT AND THE FIDDLE
147 SW G Street ~ 479-1579
"Street Bluegrass" at its best!  At the corner of 5th and G.

 

 
THE CREATIVE ALTERNATIVE
229 SW G Street, Suite A ~ 472-0643
A current collection of oil landscape and seascape paintings by Carol Smith.
 

...and also at
the CA,

 this "very
controversial"
painting

[ the one on the bottom ]

by Peace

 

Don't let it happen here!

 

PLEASE

SUPPORT

OUR

LIBRARIES!!!

 

THE HARPER-HOWELL GALLERY
229-B SW G Street ~ 956-9378

HAIR ACCENTS
113 SW H Street ~ 476-7130
The art of health, healing and beauty.

GIFTS TO REMEMBER
142 SE H Street ~ 955-9197

4th STREET BEAUTY CO.
213 SW 4th Street ~ 476-1176
"October Black and White." Photographs and ink drawings by Chris Storm.

HELLGATE SHOP / RIVER ROCK 
966 SW 6th Street ~ 479-7204
Featured artist, Linda Killian Smith.

 

 

Interested in Being a part of First Friday?
JUST DO IT!
Your thing, that is...  
Then find a willing merchant with a wall and/or floor space to display it.  
Then call Pat Sheets if you want to be in the brochure ~ 787-0910

e-Mail ME, John Granacki, if you have a late entry to post on this website,
or additional information (i.e. digital photos, links to other websites, etc.)
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coming in November, let's elect Howard Owens!