Grants Pass First Friday Art Walk ~ Current Artist & Exhibit Schedules ~ Southern Oregon Art Night in Grants Pass ~ JULY 6, 2007

1^st Friday Art Walk
Gallery & Exhibit Schedule
IMPORTANT: Don't forget the Saturday Artisans and Crafters Market, going on every Saturday
through October in the streets of downtown Grants Pass!
CLICK HERE for more info, AND a slideshow!!!

THE ART:

FIREHOUSE GALLERY, RCC
214 SW 4th ~ 956-7339 / 956-7489
In conjunction with “Back to the 50s Week”
Randy White
“Photographic Reflections of the Automobile”
July 6-28, 2007
White has turned his fascination and love for classic cars into an art form. Rather than photographing the whole car, he highlights small portions of the vehicle, emphasizing shape, color and reflection to create vibrant graphic images.
In the Community Exhibits Room...
Paintings of classic cars by Will Abbott
In the conference room...
Retired Judge Laurence A. Cushing will discuss his novel
"Bittersweet Canyon" and read from it.

GRANTS PASS MUSEUM OF ART
229 SW G Street ~ 479-3290
Make no mistake; these are not your grandmother’s traditional quilts. The works in “Transformations: Artists working with fiber”
speak in many different voices of contemporary quilt makers. Some explode with color and excitement, while others are subtle and quiet. Some depict the strong passions of the quilter, while others are instructive. Grants Pass Museum of Art is honored to be chosen as one of only three venues in the United States, along with Denver and Chicago, to host this international juried show by the Studio Art Quilt Associates. Don't miss this exciting exhibit which ends July 20th.

THE HARPER-HOWELL GALLERY
229-B SW G Street ~ 956-9378
“Grapes, Vine and Wine”
Featuring new work from twelve HHG artists commissioned especially for this exhibit. Come to opening night July 6, 2007 from 6 to 9 PM and see these works which celebrate the emerging Grape Culture of Southern Oregon and meet many of the contributing artists: Curtis Otto, Sherrill Brumbach, David Richard Howell, Marie Neder, Ted Demetriades, Dan Way Harper, Bruce Hansel and R. Samuel Santi. In addition there will be new works by many of our outstanding regional artists, complementary light refreshments and live music.

THE CREATIVE ALTERNATIVE
229 SW G Street, Suite A ~ 472-0643
The unique digital art and photography of Khier P. Starchylde.
Khier opens new doors of drawing and images in some brand new works. The prints are all state-of-the-art Giclee pieces of varying sizes.

THE GLASS FORGE GALLERY & STUDIO
501 SW G Street 955-0815
Sherrill Brumbach with water colors and pastels
Adrienne Bailin with hand painted furniture and accessories.

LA BELLA CASA DESIGN
233 SW G Street 472-9292
La Bella Casa welcomes two artists in July, Sherrill Brumbach who is a local artist who specializes in pastel and watercolor. This showing will feature “Water” as the theme for the evening. Artist Janet Gogue will also be showing her art. Janet is an extremely talented artist based in Grants Pass. She has recently begun to focus on hand painted tiles that can be displayed in wall backsplashes, serving trays, serving pieces. She also specializes in trompe l’oeil and faux finishes. Refreshments will be served.

BLONDIES’ BISTRO
226 SW G Street
Featuring art from the Southern Oregon Art School, plus a Caricature Artist from 6 to 8 pm.

WELCOME CENTER
198 SW 6th Street 955-7144 CB
Featuring photography by members of the Caveman Camera Club.

KING JEWELERS
221 SE 6th street 476-3777
Nancy Hall, a cloth doll maker and designer, living in the forest of Selma, Oregon. Her interest in cloth dolls began in 1955 when her daughter began taking ballet lessons and was cast in the Nutcracker. Nancy fashioned a doll sized copy of the costume she wore on stage. For the next seven years dolls were made for each Nutcracker character her daughter potrayed. Ballerina dolls were to be sold at the ballet’s boutique in Santa Barbara CA. Nancy did a lot of reading and was amazed at what could be done. Since then she has made dolls for competitions and fairs. Some of her dolls are original designs and some are made from other patterns. Combined, they compromise the doll-making artistry of Whimsey Doodles.

GIFTS TO REMEMBER
202 SW 6th Street 955-9197
Local artist Ken Sharrow with both oil and color pencils.

ETHEREAL CAFÉ
208 SW 6th Street 472-0807
Colored pencil drawings by James Condos.
The Illinoise Valley String Band will also perform 21st Century Back Porch Music

HEARTSONG
224 SW 6th Street
Michael Hanks of Artisan Interiors.

LISTEN HERE MUSIC
234 SW 6th Street ~ 479-6131
“Resident artist, John Page will be showing past and recent works of his Functional Art …furniture, Sculpture and guitars. This month John is joined by Vince Carl. Vince Carl’s painted figures are reflections, vessels and symbols of humanity. He uses translucency and gold leaf to reflect the immersion and preciousness of life in these figural paintings.

MICHAEL NEWCOMB PHOTOGRAPHY
123 SW H Street 476-0563
(Upstairs above Tee Time)
“Something Afoot”
Celebrating the magic of childhood. New location, Upstairs above Tee Time.

BOOK LORE AND MORE
122 SE H Street 471-4945
Local artist Sharrie Zagorski.

ROGUE VALLEY FUDGE & FINE CHOCOLATES
229 SE 6th Street 955-5225
Gina with Fantasy Face Painting for the young- old at heart.

ELEGANCE
321 SE 6th Street 476-0570
Photography by Khier P. Starchylde.

HOME ECONOMICS:
HOUSEHOLD GOODS, VINTAGE & OTHERWISE...
426 SW Sixth Street, 476-7096
Mosaic Mirrors by Kelly Forbush.
Kelly Forbush is relentless in her pursuit of chipped chintz, mangled moss rose and fractured figurines. She miraculously transforms cast-off china into mosaic framed mirrors with imaginative themes. Dramatic mirrored assemblages by Forbush reflect on leisurely teas for two, back roads & byways and kitchen kitsch.

TREASURED MEMORIES
420 SW 6th Street ~ 479-5982
Watercolors by Joan Ririe.

JOSEPHINE COUNTY HISTORIC SOCIETY
508 SW 5th Street 479-7827
(Corner 5th & J Street )
"From the Sea Shore to the Mountiantops"
artistry in oils by Russ Wittrock.

NEWMAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Corner 6th and B Street
150 years of serving the community
Newman United Methodist Church will be showing artwork from members, constituents and the Church's permanent art collection. On display in the Sanctuary Building.

HELLGATE SHOP / RIVER ROCK
966 SW 6th Street ~ 479-7204
Featured artist Elaine Hertel. Elaine works in oils and has found a new vision re-inventing Familiar subjects featuring a vocabulary of dense colors in reds, oranges, and blacks. Forms of rooster combs carried by the flamboyant figures give her paintings a sophisticated rhythm.

WISEMAN GALLERY, RCC
3345 Redwood Highway, Grants Pass, 956-7339
Maria Kazankaya
“Water & Rocks’
July 9- August 30, 2007
Kazanskaya uses light, uncertain spatial scales, and the duality of realism and abstraction to create an ever-shifting perception of the symbolism carried by rocks and water. She invites the viewer to seethe water eroding the rocks into sand as a way of contemplating our own existence in the face of eternity.
*Wiseman Gallery Summer Hours: 8am-5pm Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday, 8am-7pm Wednesday.

Click here to revisit last month's First Friday Art Night celebration!