 The Arts This Week Ketchikan, Alaska April 29 - May 5, 2002 May 01, 2002
This week: Inside Passages, Ketchikan's literary journal, is now on sale. Featuring works by Chip Porter, Diane Walden Naab, Tom Hunt, Dave Kiffer, Hunter Davis, Sharon Pleus, Cheryl Stadig, David Fletcher, Olivia Round, Galen Fackler, Dan Branch, Phoebe Newman, Rachel Spromberg, David Martin, Martin Bilger, Shawn Dean Eggert, MJ Turek, Molly Dwyer, Gigi Pilcher, Patricia A. Olson-Groshong, Lance Mertz, Mike Fontana & Jennifer Bowers, Terry Herda Gucker, Lance Bifoss, Richard Whittaker, and Keith Smith. $7/copy. On sale at the Arts Council Office, 338 Main Street, and Parnassus Bookstore, 5 Creek Street, 2nd floor. Inside Passages is sponsored by the Writers Forum, a program of the Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council (225-2211). Art Camps: Sitka Fine Arts Camp June 17 - July 1, 2002, At Sheldon Jackson College Campus. Join an outstanding group of instructors and talented, fun-loving students at the 27th annual Sitka Fine Arts Camp June 2002. The Fine Arts Camp offers exciting, high quality, professional instruction in visual arts, music, dance, theater, creative writing and Alaskan Native Arts to students from all over Alaska. Last year 120 students from 23 different communities attended the camp. Camp offers students a variety of arts opportunities not usually available in their own communities. Students work in small groups with professional artists in shared creative experiences. Students who are entering Grades 7-12 in the Fall are eligible to apply. For more information contact: Sitka Fine Arts Camp, P.O. Box 3086, Sitka, AK 99835. Tel/fax 907-747-3085.
ARTSCool Arts Camp: 4 weeks of visual and performing arts for kids ages 8-16. July 15th through August 10th. Sponsored by the Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council and First City Players. Stay tuned for more information - complete course descriptions will be available and registration will begin in mid-May. For more information, call 225-2211. Classes, workshops, etc: UAS-Ketchikan will offer Introduction to Creative Writing (English 261/361; 3 credits): The class will run from 9:00am-3:00pm, on May 11th, 18th, 25th, and June 1st & 8th. Wrap up session to be scheduled in August. We express ourselves in so many ways - through what we wear, how we behave in social situations, the kind of cars we drive. Writing often remains a private act, though. Since the advent of email we may write more frequently, and to a more varied audience, but this type of writing is often more technical than imaginative, more business than pleasure, and more spontaneous than considered. This summer, Professor Rod Landis offers you the chance to get at some of what makes you tick through exploring the part of you that usually stays inhibited, unknown. Using the text, LET THE CRAZY CHILD WRITE!, Landis will lead a series of Saturday workshops in May and early June that will culminate in several original pieces. If looking into your "creative unconscious" through the act of writing sounds like fun, register for this class. Tuition is $330. For more information, call 228-4547. Creating Watercolors that Sparkle: The Ketchikan Watercolor Society presents a 5-day workshop with internationally recognized painting instructor Judi Betts, on September 18th-22nd, 2002 (Wed, Thurs and Sat: 9am-4:30pm; Fri and Sun: 1-8:30pm). $375 for KWS members, $425 for non-members. Space is limited, register by August 30th. For more information, contact Sandy Shepard at 247-8149. Upcoming auditions, contests, artist opportunities, etc: Call for artists, for The Creative Process, the first exhibit at the Arts Council's new Mainstay Gallery. The creative challenge: We chose 15 items that are, we hope, inexpensive and readily available. We challenge you to stick to this list and require you to use at least five of these ingredients in your piece. You can transform any or all of the items by dyeing, ripping, shredding, pulverizing, burning, etc. There are no restrictions on what you do with the items. You can create sculpture, a wall piece, something wearable, jewelry, a basket, or whatever the muse directs. The piece can be elegant or funky, large or small, functional or decorative. The 'process' (optional): So that others might gain insight into your creative process, you're encouraged to keep a journal of your thoughts, plans, sketches, and/or inspirations and submit a copy with your entry. They will be displayed together. The list: 20 twigs, not to exceed 1 1/2 feet each; 3 hair nets or 1 fish net or 1 pair fishnet stockings; 8 pairs of shoe laces, any length or style; 3 kitchen sponges; As much dryer lint as you can deal with; up to 3 yards fabric; 1 hank, not over 1 pound, dyed or natural raffia; 2 daily or Sunday newspapers, or 4 paper bags (any style); 5 skeins embroidery floss; 2 lbs. knitting worsted or equivalent weight yarn; 50 paper clips or push pins or rubber bands or safety pins; 2 CDs; 3 packages seam binding or lace or satin trim or rickrack; 2 pounds beads; 5 pounds beach-combed items: glass, shells, kelp, fish bones, pebbles... The deadline: Entries must be brought or mailed by 5pm, Friday, April 26th, 2002 to our temporary location at 338 Main Street, Ketchikan, AK 99901. A maximum of two entries is allowed. All two-dimensional entries must be ready to hang. All three-dimensional entries must be ready for display. Opening reception: Artwork will make its debut during the Celebration of the Sea Art Walk, Friday, May 3rd, from 5-7pm. The Mainstay Gallery will host a public reception, and featured artists are encouraged to attend. Questions: the Arts Council, 225-2211. Call for writers/poets/artists: for Inside Passages, Ketchikan's literary magazine. The editors are looking for poems (100 lines, maximum), short stories and essays (up to 2500 words), and artwork suitable for grayscale reproduction. Publication is in July or August of each year. Writers/poets/artists selected for publication will receive one copy of Inside Passages (additional volumes will be available to participants for $5/copy). Inside Passages is published annually by the Writers Forum, which is a program of the Arts Council. For more information, please contact the Arts Council at 225-2211. Requirements: A self-addressed, stamped envelope and an information sheet with your name, address, phone number, the titles of your work, and 4-line biography must be included with your entry. Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked by Friday, May 10th. Submit entries to Inside Passages, Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council, 716 Totem Way (our address as of May 1st), Ketchikan, AK 99901. Auditions for The Fish Pirate's Daughter will be held on June 11th & 12th at 7pm at the Mainstay Gallery, 716 Totem Way. Directed by Elizabeth Nelson. Ketchikan's original musical melodrama, now in it's 37th season. Join in the tradition. Performances every Friday in July. Information at 225-4792. Meetings and Gatherings: Ketchikan Watercolor Society: Saturday, May 4th. First Lutheran Church Annex from 10am-Noon. Susan Copeland will demonstrate underglazing techniques in preparation for a workshop scheduled in September with Judi Betz. First City Toastmasters meet Tuesdays at noon at the Youth Court chambers in the Plaza. The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council Board of Directors meets the third Tuesday of every month at 6pm at the Main St. Gallery. The meeting is open to the public. Rainy Day Quilters meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month, at 6:45pm, at Holy Name. Parlons Chez Nous. There will also be a picnic at Rotary Beach on July 14th at 5:00pm. Call 225-7486 or 225-2592 for more information. Coming attractions: Celebration of the Sea Art Walk will be Friday, May 3rd, 2002, from 5-8pm. Simultaneous receptions at downtown galleries and shops. Coordinated by the Arts Council. (225-2211) The Tongass Historical Museum will unveil its new summer historical exhibit during the Celebration of the Sea Art Walk on Friday, May 3rd, 2002, from 5-8pm. (225-5600) The opening reception for the Creative Process: a group show curated by Jackie Keizer will be held at the Arts Council's new Mainstay Gallery, 716 Totem Way, during the Art Walk on Friday, May 3rd, 2002, from 5-8pm. The reception is free and open to the public. The exhibit continues through the last Friday of the month. Sponsored by the Arts Council. Call 907-225-2211 for more information. Schoenbar Middle School, Valley Park Elementary School and Missoula Children's Theatre present Wiz of the West on Saturday, May 4th, at 2pm and 7pm, in the Schoenbar Middle School Gym. $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for children under 12. Tickets available at McPherson Music, Walden Books, the Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council, or at the door. Call 225-5138 for more information. Reading/booksigning: best-selling adventure writer Will Hobbs will be traveling to Alaska from his home in Durango during the month of May making stops in Ketchikan, Craig, Sitka and Juneau. He will do a reading and booksigning at the Ketchikan Public Library on May 10th at 7:00pm. He will also be visiting Kayhi and Schoenbar. Will Hobb's new book "Wild Man Island" to be released in March is set in Southeast Alaska and many of his books have Northwest Coast and Yukon settings including "Far North" and "Ghost Canoe." Ketchikan Theatre Ballet will present their Spring Gala performance at Kayhi on May 10th and 11th, 2002. Ketchikan Community Concert Band: Debut concert, Tuesday, May 14th, 7pm, Kayhi Auditorium. Information at 225-3650. First City Players' production of We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! will run June 6th - 22nd. This political farce by Dario Fo will be directed by Elizabeth Nelson. A sidesplitting satire! With the price of groceries rising every day, what's a poor girl to do? Stuff bags of food up her sweater and pretend to be pregnant, of course! Laughs are on special when 1997 Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo opens the can on shoplifting. We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! is a sidesplitting satire that'll have you rolling in the (grocery) aisles. Tickets and information at 225-4792. The opening reception for
Paper Trails and Paintings from Provence, a dual show of handmade paper creations
and plein air paintings by Ketchikan artist MJ Turek, will be
on Friday, June 7th, from 5-7pm, at the Mainstay Gallery, 716
Totem Way. The reception is free and open to the public. The
exhibit continues through the last Friday of the month. Sponsored
by the Arts Council. Call 907-225-2211 for more information. KAAHC Online Artist Gallery: Source:
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