2011 Fall Festival Preview for Gulf
Voodoo Music Experience
Oct. 28 – 30, City Park, New Orleans, LA
Every year, the Voodoo Music Experience places New Orleans under a weekend-long spell of music, food, crafts and culture. The festival began in 1999 and has grown tremendously ever since, rivaling even JazzFest for attendance and big-name entertainment. For three whole days, the festival takes over City Park with two main stages and several smaller stages, not to mention countless local food and beverage vendors. Many local shops also take their goods to the fest and sell everything from clothing to jewelry, art, and everything else in between. Some of the main headliners at this year’s VoodooFest are as follows: The Original Meters, Snoop Dog, Soundgarden, Blink-182, The Raconteurs, Fatboy Slim, Girltalk, TV on the Radio, Ray Davies (of the Kinks), Ani DiFranco with Ivan Neville and Herlin Riley, The Wombats, Dirty South, Ozomatli, The Stone Foxes, Soul Rebels Brass Band. www.voodoo.dostuff.info.
Crooked River Lantern Festival
Oct. 28 – 29, Crooked River Lighthouse, Carrabelle, FL
Carrabelle’s historic Crooked River Lighthouse is the setting for this made for Halloween nighttime festival that features glowing lanterns hanging from trees, spooky shipwreck adventure tales and even a special night-time climb to the top of this historic maritime beacon. www.crookedriverlighthouse.org
22nd Annual Hyde Park Village Art Fair
Oct. 29 – 30, Hyde Park Village, Tampa, FL
Over 150 artists and arts exhibitors will converge on Hyde Park Village, in Tampa with works ranging from massive sculptures to delicate jewelry, and everything in between during the Art Fair. Visitors will also enjoy live entertainment, shopping and delicious food. The Fair is a juried show, which means each participating artist is hand-selected from hundreds of applicants to ensure only the highest quality, original artwork is on display. You also have the opportunity to interact with the artists. All of the work is available for purchase, and with prices ranging from $15 earrings and $50 prints to $20,000 sculptures, there’s something to fit any budget. www.artfestival.com
Woofstock 2011
Nov. 5, Clear Lake Park Landolt Pavilion, 5001 Nasa Parkway, Clear Lake, TX
Party in the Park with your Pooch! Plan on woofing it up at Woofstock 2011. This Smile-Making event is the major fundraiser for Bay Area Pet Adoptions/SPCA and is a great day of fun for families and their dogs. All proceeds go to the care of the animals in our adoption program. The admission price includes an event T-shirt! Woofstock 2011 includes dog contests with prizes, breed rescue groups, dog micro-chipping services, training and socialization advice, pet psychic Petrene Soames, a Santa photo booth, retail booths for shopping, demonstrations by the Houston Canine Frisbee Club, a Houston C3 Corvette Club display, food, raffles, and much more. Gates open at 11 a.m. rain or shine. For more information visit www.BayAreaPetAdoptions.org.
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5th Annual Port Aransas Art Walk – PA ARTABOUT
5th Annual Port Aransas Art Walk (aka-PA ARTABOUT) October 15th 4-8 pm Sponsored by Art Center for the Islands a 501 (C) (3) Non-Profit Corp. and the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce. Stop by these locations for refreshments and meet and greet with artists and their art. Enhance your life with ART!
Galleries, Artist Studios and Design Establishments
This art walk is planned to encourage and promote art and culture and let everyone know Port A is Port Arty! Starting in Old Town and winding out HWY 361,this is a self guided tour of these arty locations and you can start your tour at any point and follow the map, which will be available at all locations. This is a great opportunity to get out and walk, bike, or take a cart, and learn more about the art culture in this community. These 15 different venues are all free and open to the public, meet a variety of folks, mingle, have refreshments at each location and meet others who share a passion for art, or encourage a friend or neighbor to come along. Art Center for the Islands is a 501 (C) (3) Non-Profit Corp. Promoting Art & Culture Island Style since 1996. Inquiries 361-749-7334 artcenter@centurytel.net www.portaransasartcenter.org
Potters on Cotter – 413 E. Cotter
Debra Wilbanks Williams Studio – 118 W. White
Steve Vaughn Studio – 226 W Roberts
Bam Bam Artwares – 403 N. Alister
Port A Gallery – 345 N. Alister
Art Center for the Islands – 323 N. Alister
Nancy Stephenson & Tiddle Caylor Studio – 238 Bujan
Port A Glass Studio & Art Gallery – 401 Beach St.
Cita Resort Interiors – 129 N. Alister
Donna Van Baalen Studio- 303 S. Station
Studio L. Leon – 1307 Whispering Sands St.
Felder Gallery – 1726 St. Hwy 361 Tower Center
A Mano – 1726 St. Hwy 361 Tower Center
Mustang Island Art Gallery – 2222 Hwy 361
Ida Ayala Pauken Studio – 660 Sand Key Dr.
Potters on Cotter- Potters on Cotter will be revamping in new directions this year. Sole proprietor ‘Brenda Barnett’ is running the show now with her best selling photo cards, jewelry & new works by a few more pottery friends. Same place, same location, same fun!
Host-Brenda Barnett & Friends
>Debra Wilbanks Williams-Debra, an award winning Texas Artist, lives and creates in Port Aransas. She opens her studio to the public once a year for the “PA∙ART∙ABOUT”. Enjoy a peek at this unique work space in “Old Town”. Host Debra Wilbanks Williams, family and friends!
>Steve Vaughn Studio- An opportunity to view a truly unique artist’s work space. Steve Vaughn’s studio on West Roberts Avenue has been his primary place to paint for the past 25 years and features works actually painted on the floor, walls, and ceiling. This is a rare chance to visit an authentic and unusual work place of a full-time artist. Hosts Nancy & Steve Vaughn
>Bam Bam Artwares- An artisan boutique located in Old Town, Bam Bam Artwares features unique gifts, jewelry, and colorful wares created by local (and a few regional) artists. Visit us in the purple shop and see what’s a-happenin’ andwww.bambamartwares.com Hostess Flora Caylor Buerger
>Port A Gallery- Port A Gallery offers an extensive collection of original art by award winning Texas artists. Whether you are interested in paintings, sculpture, photography, or unique glass work, Port A Gallery will have something to fit your coastal home or recuerdo a great vacation. Visit us at 345 N Alister in the heart of old town Port Aransas, Texas or browse our website www.portagallery.net. Hosts Rick & Cameron Pratt, Linda Morgan, and Richard Millan
>Art Center for the Islands- Come by to view & purchase one of a kind art from over 200 artists, in a variety of mediums-paintings, photos, pottery, jewelry, glass, sculpture, wood, etc. in assorted subject matter- birds, fish, beach, boats , abstract & more. Also stop in to see If there are any of the hand painted Historic Tarpon Inn Café Chairs left (they go on sale 5:30pm-First Friday)
Hosts-Art Center Board Members, Volunteers & Director Mary Rose
>Nancy Stephenson & Tiddle Caylor Studio- will be showing art in a cottage setting. Tiddle Caylor’s work includes a number of colorful abstract landscape paintings of the seacoast and a ranch in West Texas. Nancy Stephenson has photographs from New York and paintings from her series “ON THE BORDER” on view in the cottage & studio area. Hosts-Nancy Stephenson and Tiddle Caylor
>Port A Glass Studio & Art Gallery> Sheri Hargrove is a glass artist living in Port A., originally from Minnesota. Sheri has been working with glass as a medium full time since her first class in’08. She is excited about the new glass studio and art gallery and invites you to stop in and watch her work. Kiln firings happen weekly. Studio Hours: 11-6 Monday through Saturday and until 5pm on Sunday (extended hrs. when firing) Hosts- Sheri Hargrove & Jeremy Bowen
>Cita Resort Interiors- “Visit Cita for a unique global experience right here in Port Aransas. We offer an eclectic variety of unusual art, home furnishings, clothing and jewelry from all over the world.” Hosts -Shana Heard & Kay Kuhne
>Donna Van Baalen Studio- says, ”My studio consist of my working studio where I have works in progress and my paintings in miniature. Throughout the house you will see my oil paintings of all sizes and subject matter. I have still lifes, florals, landscapes, bird, animals and portraits. Most of these paintings are framed and they are for sale.” Host -Donna Van Baalen
>Studio L. Leon - oil on canvas using mediums including Galkyd & Megilp, manipulating the surfaces to achieve blistered and distressed nuances he calls “decomposing realism”. Come by and visit the artist at his island studio and see his coastal themed artwork in the context of the beach house. Enjoy snacks and beverages while you peruse the collection and see his latest work-in-progress. (361)749-4040 lleon@studiolleon.com Hosts – Pamela and L. Leon Sands
>Felder Gallery- This colorful gallery features a mix of traditional and contemporary styles for anyone looking for quality fine art. Themes vary, but the main focus is coastal art. The gallery features the artwork of oil painter, Larry Felder. View Felder’s paintings and other local, regional and national fine artists represented by the gallery at www.feldergallery.com. Host -Robby Felder
>A Mano- offers Folk Art, Talavera ceramics, pottery, textiles, glass and home décor all handmade and selected from artists in Colonial Mexico. Hosts -Deb Trumpy and staff
>Mustang Island Art Gallery- Book Signing of Flint Reed Paintings and Original Art works by National & Internationally known Artists from Texas, the United States and Europe. Visit our website: www.MustangIslandArtGallery.com Hosts- Jill and Flint Reed
> Ida Ayala Pauken Studio- As a newly relocated clay artist I am opening my small studio to the public for this special day. I do mostly figurative work. Come see the clay process and some of my work. Look forward to answering anyone’s questions about the pros and cons of working in clay. Host- Ida Pauken
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.
Femme Fest 2011 is celebrating Women’s History Month with a gallery exhibit organized by the Women’s Caucus for Art of Louisiana.
Date: Saturday, March 12, 2011, Time: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: The Jazz & Heritage Gallery, 1205 N. Rampart St
Admission & Opening Hours: Admission is free. The Jazz & Heritage Gallery’s regular opening hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The “Femme Fest 2011″ exhibit will be on display through April 15.
The Jazz & Heritage Gallery is pleased to announce “Femme Fest 2011,” an exhibit featuring works created by professional women artists of Louisiana.
The exhibit will be on display from March 12 through April 15.
As part of the exhibit, the Jazz & Heritage Gallery also will be host to the third annual Women’s Spring Literary Salon, on Saturday, March 26, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Featured poets include: Beulah Carey, Amelie Prescott, Delia Tomino Nakayama, Laura Kristen Mattingly and Emily Ewings. The event is sponsored by Poets & Writers, Inc. Admission is free.
An opening celebration will be held Saturday, March 12, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., as part of the “Second Saturday” openings by galleries in the St. Claude Arts District.
Gallery admission is free. Regular opening hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For more information, please contact the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation at (504) 558-6100.
Photo: “Arrogance,” an oil painting on canvas by Jane Talton, is one of the works that will be exhibited as part of the 2011 “Femme Fest” at the Jazz & Heritage Gallery.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.
1205 N. Rampart St. New Orleans LA 70116 • Phone 504.558.6100
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Categories: New Issue Tags: art, heritage festival, jazz, la, louisiana, music, new orleans, nola
Earth Songs: On view March 27 – May 30, 2011
Port Arthur, TX – This spring, the Museum of the Gulf Coast will host a new exhibition featuring the latest series of clay vessels created by renowned ceramic artist Linnis Blanton. Inspired by the rhythms and melodies of Earth’s landscape, Earth Songs consists of high-fired stoneware, slab built and thrown, then altered. As the artist describes them, these vessels “are formed from recycling of earth, wind, fire and water. These elements are the basic materials that transform the thoughts to becoming the timeless images on the vessels surface.”
Earth Songs is hosted in memory of Mrs. Betty Goins, a faithful volunteer at the Museum of the Gulf Coast and a devotee of Blanton’s work. The exhibition will open to the public with a free reception on Sunday, March 27 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. where the artist will share more about his work.
Earth Songs will remain on view in the Museum’s Dunn Gallery through May 30, 2011 and will inspire a high school art contest. The Museum is calling for ceramic/clay submissions from high school students which will go on view in conjunction with Earth Songs. Works will be judged by Linnis Blanton at the opening reception on March 27. “We feel that Mr. Blanton’s work is the perfect inspiration for a high school competition since he is not only a superb artist but also a beloved teacher,” says Museum director Shannon Harris. Blanton worked for many years as an instructor with the Port Arthur I.S.D. and is now an instructor in the Art Department at Lamar University. Student submissions are due at the Museum by March 18. Those interested should contact the Museum’s education coordinator Megan O’Connor at 409-984-6453.
Earth Songs was made possible in part by a grant from the Southeast Texas Arts Council. The Museum of the Gulf Coast is owned and operated by the Port Arthur Historical Society in partnership with Lamar State College – Port Arthur and the City of Port Arthur. It is located at 700 Procter Street in downtown Port Arthur and is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. For more information about the Museum please visit www.museumofthegulfcoast.org or call 409.982.7000.
Image credit: Canyon Wall, 29 x 16 x 16”, High-fired stoneware, slab built and thrown, then altered
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Categories: New Issue Tags: art, Gulf Coast States, pottery
