Meet the Artist, September 2010

On September 7, 2010, at 7:00 pm, at the Whitman County Library on Main Street - downtown Colfax, WA - we will meet Margaret J. Miller.
You can visit her website and see more of her work at her website www.millerquilts.com.

Please join us for this Meet the Artist event. Light refreshments will be served. All Meet the Artist events are free and open to the public.

  City Lights by Margaret J. Miller

See all the banners from previous years and find out who won the "People's Choice" awards.

See the banners from 2009 here.

See the banners from 2008 here.

Template of banner to scale on 11 x 17 sheet here.

Emily Adams: Haunting

Whitman County Library, co-sponsor of the banner project, has hosted the artists reception in the past. However, since construction is underway at library headquarters, the reception will be in the Fellowship Hall of the Baptist Church on Mill Street at 7 p.m. March 4, Anderson said. Prints of the banner paintings will be available at the reception and a slide show of the banners will accompany introduction of the artists. The People’s Choice will be announced and awards presented.

A large jar, which has previously been placed at the library, will be available for People’s Choice donations at City Hall this year. Residents are reminded that the People’s Choice Award is made up of donations of money, art supplies and other amusing items. Individuals, businesses and organizations are encouraged to support the local artists by donating to the award.

Kelan Becker: Bountiful Harvest

The 2010 “H’Art of the Palouse” banner paintings were hung Sunday, February 21, in the central blocks of Colfax's Main Street, according to Debi Anderson, president of Colfax Arts Council, sponsor of the annual event. “We encourage everyone to enjoy the colorful new exhibit of banners then vote for their favorite adult and youth banners for the People’s Choice Awards,” Anderson said.

As in past years, ballots with pictures of all the 2010 banners have been prepared and will be available in a number of downtown locations this week. The public may vote for a banner from both the adult and the youth divisions and place their ballots in the attached paint cans. Votes may be cast through March 4, including at the opening of the reception for the 2010 artists.

Debi Anderson: Cowboyin' on the Palouse

“The People’s Choice Award is split between the adult and youth winner. So we always hope for a good, hefty prize that will reward both. The Arts Council will put in some seed money, but our finances are pretty tapped by the expenses of running the program - the cost of banners, hangers, making prints and copies, and that kind of thing,” Anderson said. “We really appreciate the community's support for the award.”


Artists for the eleven 2010 banners are Craig Whitcomb of Lewiston, Sarah Moore of Pullman, and Jim Fitzgerald of both Olympia and Colfax; Kelan Becker and Briana Reynolds, youth division, Colfax; and Mae Claypool, Jerry Jones, Lori Unger, Debi Anderson, Dick Gebhardt and the team of Emily Adams and Hannah Walker, all from Colfax.

The panel that juried the entries included Kim DeHart, Chamber president, and Colfax artists Bill Reynolds and Tracy Randall.