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New Artists ~ Patricia Brooks Anderson

Patricia Brooks Anderson is our newest member of FlorenceArtists.com. She is also a member of the Backstreet Gallery & Cooperative now located at 1421 Bay Street in Old Town Florence.

Pattie is a painter, printmaker and multimedia artist.  Her work is inspired by visual images that come to her from poetry, quotes, philosophy and lately the ancient practice of Qigong. In her latest series she has created a lovely flow of design with transparent colors juxtaposed against black india ink. Read More about Pattie Anderson

BACKSTREET GALLERY features artwork by Kathy Shamey

Ceramicist Kathy of Backstreet Gallery celebrates with the Grand Opening and 4th anniversary of Backstreet Gallery on Saturday, July 11, from 2:00 to 7:00 PM. The reception is also on the G.A.L.A Art Walk. Kathy, who is Vice President and Membership Chair for the gallery, says, "I am optimistic about our move to Bay Street and hoping for more contact with the community and local artists." Twenty-eight years ago, Shamey visited Florence and the Oregon Coast. She fell in love with both. She came back to live in Florence and also fell in love with the "synergy" of Backstreet Gallery, where she's been a member for the past two years. Read more...

Grand Opening and 4th anniversary of Backstreet Gallery on Saturday, July 11, from 2:00 to 7:00 PM. at new location.

Florence Events Center Art Galleries One & Five - July 2009

Curt Peters is proud to present “The Mind’s Eye,” his Fine Art Photography show, during the month of July at the Florence Event Center. An Artist’s reception will be held on Sunday, July 12th, 2009 from 4 PM to 7 PM at the Florence Events Center in Gallery #1.

“Recycling Trees” will be featured in the Gallery One Display Case for the month of July. Artist, James McHenry, has been turning wood for about sixteen years and says that turning wood is very relaxing for him.

“The Martians” is a whimsical exhibit created by Horst Wolf, who also wrote the limericks which go with each piece. According to Wolf, “It is the result of several trips to Mars with a spacecraft powered exclusively by Tequila.” Read more...

Siuslaw Viewfinders Club ~ June 2009 Contest Winners

For the June 2009 Siuslaw Viewfinders Club contest with the theme of "Nature's Gifts" the winners are Bill Plotts -1st place; Alan Amundsen - 2nd place; and Stephanie Ames - 3rd place. Bill Plotts' photo reminds us that a creature we all hate to discover in our beloved gardens is, indeed, one of Nature's gifts; Alan Amundsen's photo landscape almost didn't happen - a spontaneous gift of nature in an instant caught by the lens and recaptured from the depths of a digital photo card once erased; Stephanie Ames' vision of nature's gift is a gorgeous creature that was so much a part of my young life growing up in Pacific Grove. With annual Monarch Butterfly parades and homemade wings on our backs, we all became nature's gifts, especially to our parents.

Featured photographs on the June Viewfinder web page are by artists: Jim Buch, Ann Hager, Lynda Bare, John Bevans, Marion Hall and Fred Hilden. The Club's next meeting is July 6th from 6 PM to 8 PM at the Bromley Room in the Siuslaw Library. The July contest theme is "Independence." Read More...

Old Town Coffee Roasters Art Gallery - July 2009

2nd Annual Miniature Art Show - On the GALA Art Walk July 11

Hosted by Old Town Coffee Roasters & Art Gallery at 125 1/2 Nopal Street in Old Town Florence, Oregon, 97439. Show opens July 1st, 2009. Best of Show receives $100 and Ribbon; 1st through 3rd receive Ribbons and Prizes; People's Choice Award receives Ribbon and Prize. Media accepted: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pastel, Graphic, Mixed Media. Read more..

The River Gallery

Michael Schwartz Pottery

Michael Schwartz is the featured artist at The River Gallery this month through July.Of his ceramics, Michael says, "What you see before you is due to the interaction of fire and smoke on salts and metals. No glaze has been used. Each piece is one of a kind...a work of art with its blacks, grays, greens, reds and an occasional small chip or crack. This work is not meant to be eaten from and because of its porous nature will not hold water. It's purpose is to feed the eye and the spirit!"