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Artwork by Gold Beach K-12 students was on display at the 3^rd Annual Student Art Show held at the Gold Beach Event Center on Saturday, April 14.

More than 300 pieces were entered in the show in a variety of media, including drawing, painting, ceramics, poetry and industrial arts, according to art instructor Todd Lensing.

Graduating senior Isabella Laurino was the featured artist.  She plans to major in fine arts at Southern Oregon University in the fall.

Curry Arts supports the arts programs in Gold Beach schools by donating its share of the proceeds from the Brew & Art Festival.  Over the past five years, Curry Arts has given more than $25,000 to our local elementary school’s art program and the Gold Beach High School’s art and music programs.

In this year’s show, Mr. Lensing used Curry Arts funds for matting and framing of the student artwork.

Watercolor artists from around the Gold Beach area responded to the cooperating weather and Rene Eisenbart’s enthusiasm for marbling and collage by producing exciting, unusual materials, then applying those materials to collages.  Some collage materials were used to give intrigue to our unfinished compositions and to penciled beginnings.

The workshop was held March 5 – 7, 2018, at the OSU Extension Service Center in Gold Beach.

Rene demonstrated the steps to successful marbling using the carload of supplies she transported from her home near the Columbia River; imagine negotiating Highway 101 to Gold Beach with trays, paints in containers, sticks, combs and rakes, papers, and various solutions!  Then she set us loose.

Just in time for a rest, Rene showed a video about her process with illustrations of her dynamic work.

Being refreshed, we rushed outside to find our papers, previously dripping with an alum solution, almost ready to remove from the clothesline or defying the wind by being held down with rocks and cones.  Oh, the joy of pulling papers imprinted with designs and bright colors from a tray of sizing solution.  Some brave artists marbled paintings that had been stored in studios just waiting for inspiration by accident. 

On the third day, Rene showed slides of fine works in collage.  We began playing with our newly produced materials after she demonstrated her method of approach to collage. 

Our workshop was partially sponsored by the WSO100Club Educational Fund, whose contribution was sincerely appreciated. 

It’s a grand workshop when participants leave a bit tired but with minds filled with ideas and plans for future creations.

For more information about Rene and her work, see her website www.rene-art.

— By Pat Renner

C&M Equipment will be holding an open house on Saturday, February 10th to celebrate an award they recently won from Synchrony Financial.  $10,000 of the award is to be given to Gold Beach Schools Art and Music Program. 

For more information contact Clare Reynolds at C&M Equipment 541-373-0281.

Curry Arts has been awarded a $1,000 grant by the Curry County Cultural Coalition (CCCC) to help fund music at the annual Gold Beach Brew & Art Festival. The 2018 festival will be held Saturday, September 8. Tammy DeLaney submitted the grant request on behalf of Curry Arts.

The CCCC recently awarded a number of other grants totaling $8,320 to 11 organizations whose projects most closely fit the goals and guidelines of the Oregon Cultural Trust (OCT) and the CCCC of increasing public participation in Oregon culture. The recipients for projects to be completed in 2019 are:

· Brookings Area Council for the Arts for its American Music Festival Concerts in the Park series at Azalea Park, Brookings. $750

· Curry Arts, Inc. for the Gold Beach Brew & Art Festival. $1,000

· Ellensburg Theater Company for the ETC Dance Theater Collaborative. $1,000

· Friends of Curry Library for the Children’s Book Illustration. $610

· Friends of Langlois the Library for An Evening with Jane Kirkpatrick. $585

· Pelican Bay Arts Association for the Festival of Art in Stout Park. $375

· Port Orford Arts Council for its Art in Abundance. $1,000

· Port Orford Library Foundation for the Rock Music Day Camp. $750

· Port Orford Library Foundation for the Spotlines free quarterly zine of poetry and graphic arts publication. $500

· South Coast Folk Society for the Curry County Contra Dances. $1,000

· Southern Oregon Public Television for the SOPTV Student Showcase. $ 750

This year’s grant awards will be distributed during a reception co-hosted by the Ellensburg Theater Company and the CCCC on Saturday, December 2nd, from 2 – 4 p.m., at the Ellensburg Theater Company located at 94164 Moore St. in Gold Beach. The event will also feature a silent auction and a tour of the recently renovated Rogue Playhouse, followed by a short theatrical presentation.

Oregon Cultural Trust funds are generated through direct donations, the sales of Cultural Heritage license plates, and individual state tax credits. One third of the money that the OCT grants each year is distributed among 45 county and tribal cultural coalitions, based on population. These autonomous coalitions set their own priorities and re- grant OCT funds within their jurisdictions.