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November
- Debi Anderson
Debi Anderson, president of Colfax Arts Council since its
inception, will demonstrate the art of faux finishing.
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October
- Amy Warwick
Amy
Warwick will open the sixth season of the Meet the Artist
series to talk about her first novel, "Summer Snow,"
published in 2009. She will discuss the process of writing
a novel. The book is about the lives of four women in a small
rural town.
See
her blog at: www.farmrib.blogspot.com
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April
- Jon Elwood
Luthier,
woodworker and musician from Elberton will discuss his hand-carved
instruments, the tools he used to create them, his unique
Canjos- made out of Cougar Gold cheese tins and give a demonstration
of his musical talents.
See
a video of him playing the canjo, by clicking here.
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March-
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February
- Timothy Ely
www.timothyely.com
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January
- Dick Warwick
Cowboy
Poet
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November
- Jerry Jones
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October
7- Danica Wixom.
Danica,
a student in the fine arts program at Washington State University,
is the youngest artist to be featured by CAC.
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September
9- Margaret Miller
Renowned
quilt maker, author and teacher from Bremerton, Wa. margaret
was in Colfax to teach two weekend workshops sponsored by
The Quilted Moose.
www.millerquilts.com
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October
1- Craig Whitcomb
Craig
Whitcomb works primarily in pastels, watercolor and acrylic.
His work reflects his travel experiences and regional intersted
in people and landcapes. He has studied art in Europe and
Asia, completed workshops wit regional artists and has taught
art classes.
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Library
Renovations - Meet the Artist program on hold until remodel
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May
7 - Lori Hay & Ida Clausen
Both
Hay and Clausen are sculptors who weld found metal from old
farm machinery into lovely and unique works.
www.lorihay.smxus.com
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April
2 - Betty Jo Fitzgerald
Betty
Jo is a painter and printmaker who specializes in water media.
She divides her creative work schedule between her two studios,
one in Olympia, Wa and the other in Colfax.
www.bettyjoart.com
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March
5 - Banner Artist Reception
Meet
the participants from the 2009 H'Art of the Palouse Banner
Competition. The People's Choice award added a Youth category
this year.
To
see all the participants from the 2009 competition, click
here.
Pictured
to the left, Ol Faithful by Brianna Reynolds, from
the youth category.
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February
5 - Carole Urquhart
Costume
Designer Carole Urquhart discussed her work, showing images
of stage plays with characted dressed in her creations
Pictured
left is from the play, A Flea In Her Ear a farce.
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November
6 - Dale Forrey and Tapestry Women's Choir
The
group discussed their process and talked about the original
composition they have commissioned.
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October
2 - Roberta M. Tiemann
Roberta
M. Tiemann is a watercolor artist and member of NWWS, MTWS,
and MoWS.
users.colfax.com/rtieman
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March
6 - Banner reception
A
reception to recognize and meet the 10 winners of the 2008
banner competition.
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January-
Kary Lee
Pullman
Illustrator Kary Lee provided a fascinating look at her work
illustrating children's books and provided detailed insight
into the process of publishing children's books and the collaborative
effort involved between publishers, writers and illustrators.
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October
- Dave Ostrom
Wildlife
Photographer.
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November
- Greta Stueckle
Wheat
Weaver Greta Stueckle showed samples of her work and gave
a hands-on dmeonstration.
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May-
Wendy Zupan Bailey
Art
doll maker from spokane shared her whimsical hand-crafted
dolls.
www.wendyzupanbailey.com
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April
5 - Donna Slusser & Patricia Margaret
Renowned
quilters from Pullman, Wa shared their quilts.
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March
1 - John Elwood
Luthier,
woodworker and musician from Elberton displayed hand-carved
instruments, the tools he used to create them and gave a demonstration
of his musical talents.
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February
1- Vicki Broeckel
American
realist painter from Dusty, Wa demonstrated her oil painting
techniques.
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November-
Timothy Ely
Shared
a spellbinding history of bookbinding techniques, hand-crafted
models of binding styles and a slide show of his unique painted
manuscripts.
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October
- Linda Fletcher
Watercolor
painter from Tekoa shared her paintings, techniques and inspirations.
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