When I arrived at Manley Art Center it appeared that someone was having a camp-out in the back yard. The smell of wood burning, smoke drifting, the sound of people laughing - but what are they cooking???
I asked Maryjane Carlson (ceramic artist and teacher) what they were doing and she casually replied, "Smoking Pot (s)".
Four local ceramic artists were demonstrating how they "smoke" already fired clay pieces until they are well blackened, then scrape off the black to reveal a highlighted design in the clay.
Julie Campbell, scraping her smoked pot.
Inside Manley Art Center we found a table loaded with goodies, Violet Burton was leading a mask making project for all ages, and Marshall Thompson played guitar and sang. Above Mary Isakson and past PBAA President, Char Lane, enjoyed the gallery display.
This month at Manley Art Gallery you can see the wood carvings of Craig Barnes and the varied work of the Tuesday Painters.
Ann Ostrowski showed her watercolors (primarily florals) at Wrights Custom Framing. Nola Range showed her sporting dogs - but, oops, that's me and I was on the wrong side of the camera for a photo. You can see Ann's florals and koi, and Nola's sporting dogs at Wrights during the month of May.
Christina Olsen was here... well at least her paintings were at the Chetco Library as part of a display titled "Whimsical Art".
More whimsical art at the Library - this time by Horst Wolf.
A visitor to the Library enjoying Dale Well's contribution to the Whimsical collection.
Lynn Guild and the Limericists performed at Dewey's Digs. The theme was Mother's Day.. Yo Mama!
Elmo Williams read his original Mother's Day limericks.
Are those mixing spoons? Mama?
Caroline serving APPLE PIE at Dewey's Digs.
What are all those little photos on the walls of Dewey's Digs? Lynn Guild arranged for printing of many of Reena Jones Art Walk Photos, along with some from Nola Range and Horst Wolf. The photos were sold to benefit Janeen Vick's Summer Art Camp for Kids.
Reena Jones coming through with her camera to photograph the Limericists - Janeen Vick and two of her students displayed what they have learned in Vick's camp and classes.
Lon Goddard and Aura Wright sang and played guitar at Deweys.
Next door to Dewey's Digs - at the Firefly, Destiny Schwartz showed acrylics and Billie Ruth Furuichi and John Whitiker entertained.
Sara Broderick is showing at Words and Pictures this month. Her husband, Tom, was on the keyboard during the Art Walk.
Geri Lee was at Words and Pictures for a book signing.
Brian Scott's Gallery, now an artist's co-op featuring Richard Hinger, Christina Olsen, Dale Wells, Horst Wolf, and Trude Zmoelnig. Rogue River Jam entertained.
At Centre Stage Rick Heather entertained. The fabric art of Billie Ruth Furuichi and Bette Sherbourne's mixed media is featured.
Joe Bruner demonstrated his oil painting techniques at Mory's. He custom makes many of the frames that you will see on his paintings.
A visitor enjoying Christina Olsen's paintings at Mory's during the Art Walk.
Marilyn Hibler demonstrated oil painting on unstretched canvas at A Wild Bird and Backyard General Store.
Setting the mood at A Wild Bird and Backyard General Store, was a young guitarist. Sadly, I didn't get his name. Does anyone know the name of this entertainer?
It's 7 pm and I'm back at Wrights to see if there are any of Susie's fabulous cookies left. Rapp Brush entertains below some of Ann Ostrowski's watercolor florals.
Now we're going home for some of Ken's famous Crab Cakes, made with Dungeness crab that were swimming off the shore of Brookings just this morning.
