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Todd Lensing, Gold Beach schools’ art teacher, presented Curry Arts board members with a BIG Thank You from his art students for donations of Brew & Art Festival proceeds for art supplies.  The thank you was presented at the board meeting on October 24, 2017.

Donations from the annual Brew & Art Festival are used for purchasing art supplies, for special projects such as framing student’s work for art exhibits, and continuation of a ceramics program at the high school.  Mr. Lensing said that in addition to purchasing “awesome” art supplies, this year’s donation will purchase a laptop and printer for each school to be used exclusively by art students for designing and printing artwork ideas in the classroom.

The Curry Arts board took action at the meeting to donate $5,000 from this year’s Brew & Art Festival proceeds to the Gold Beach School arts and music departments, raising the amount donated to these important programs over the last 5 years to over $25,000.

Alexandra Eyer and Pat Renner are pleased to announce that they have had paintings accepted into the 2017 Holiday Art Show sponsored by the Northwest Watercolor Society.  This exhibition will be at the Schack Art Center in Everett, Washington and features work by signature members of the NWWS from November 16^th to December 31^st.

“Glam” is the title of Alexandra’s painting, mostly finished during our Figure Group’s Thursday studio.  Pat’s painting, “Summer Beach,” is a compilation of Myer’s Creek views featuring her three granddaughters.  At the end of each visit, her family traditionally ambles along that famous beach enjoying the glorious sea stacks.

Alexandra’s “Carnelian” (29X21″) was also chosen by juror Paul Jackson to appear in the Watercolor Society of Oregon’s 2017 Fall Exhibition at the Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon. The show has been up from Oct. 7 and will end Oct. 26.

The 2017 Brew and Art Festival was a success thanks to the combined efforts of Curry Arts and Soroptimist International of Gold Beach.  The two community groups combined forces as more than 100 volunteers performed, served and displayed original art for beer and art lovers who packed the Event Center on Saturday, Sept. 9.

Curry Arts’ Brew & Art Festival proceeds go directly into the art classrooms of Gold Beach and a portion funds scholarships. The instructional donations are made to a “290 Fund” that is managed by the classroom teacher and used to purchase art supplies. The donations cannot be used to replace school funding that is diverted for other purposes.

More information on the available scholarships can be found here.

 

 

Alexandra Eyer’s painting, “The Artist,” won an Award of Distinction at the Spring 2017 Watercolor Society of Oregon show in Eugene, Oregon.

Her current focus on Alla Prima portraiture continues to evolve through her weekly figure painting group. She has exhibited in national and international exhibitions and is a member of the Hawaii Watercolor Society, a Signature Member of the Northwest Watercolor Society in addition to her active participation in the WSO. She is an active member of Curry Arts, as well.

Alexandra first studied Fine Arts at the California Institute of the Arts and holds Bachelor and Master of Art Education degrees from Prescott College. She studied portraiture with Daniel Greene at his studio in New York and watercolor with Don Andrews.

She has lived in Gold Beach for over thirty years with her husband, Frank Martinez, with whom she has three grown children and two grandchildren. She and Frank now spend part of the year in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Alexandra’s website is www.portraitsbyalexandra.com.