Coos Bay – Coos Art Museum (CAM) is celebrating 50 years as a center of arts and culture on Oregon’s South Coast. In celebration of this significant accomplishment the Museum will be hosting CAM Community Days during its 2016 Anniversary year. CAM Community Days are interactive, hands on Saturdays in the art museum. Activities will include: art projects, demonstrations, collaborative activities, community building and experiences that communicate local culture through artistic expression.
Saturday, March 5, 2016 from 12 noon to 3:00 pm will be the first interactive Saturday featuring a Diddley Bow workshop guided by Nick Krissie, a Coos Bay resident and teacher at Sunset Middle School. Participants can come to the Museum and build their own Diddley Bow. A Diddley Bow is a one stringed musical instrument. The workshop will also include a cigar box guitar demonstration and interaction station.
The workshop will be held in the Maggie Karl gallery on the first floor of Coos Art Museum located in downtown Coos Bay on Anderson. The Museum will be open extended hours from 10 am to 4 pm. The workshop is open to the public. Diddley Bow kits are $5. For more information please visit the Coos Art Museum website at coosart.org.
Coos Art Museum has been a cultural focal point of Oregon’s scenic Southern Coast since 1966. It occupies an historic 1936 Art Deco US Federal Building in downtown Coos Bay. The Museum offers a wide range of arts activities including exhibitions, art classes and lectures. Hours are 10:00am to 4:00pm, Tuesday through Friday and 1:00 to 4:00 pm on Saturday. Museum admission: $5 general, $2 students, veterans and seniors, free to Museum members.
Coos Art Museum
Steven Brooks
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