Category: Art Scene
The latest news on the Door County art and literary scenes, including features, gallery openings, exhibits, and literature events.
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Door County Art Scene: Plein Air Artist Featured at UU Gallery
Liz Maltman gives the impression that the “open air” is the only studio she needs. Maltman discovered painting “en plein air” (meaning in the open air) in 2004 and has been enamored with it ever since.
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Door County Art Scene: SOUP! Bowl Making in January
Peninsula School of Art is inviting the public to create and decorate bowls for SOUP! on Saturday, January 3 and Saturday, January 17, from 10 am – 2 pm.
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Door County Art Scene: Guenzel Gallery Salon Call for Art
Peninsula School of Art is encouraging artists of every level, and any medium, to participate in the 7th annual Guenzel Gallery Salon, January 7 through January 17.
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Door County Poem: “Night Queen”
She watches a milky twilight in the pale moon skylight, and rides on the mist in the dewdrop air. She blows a palm-full of stardust across the evening sky, breathing a gentle breeze. She gazes at flickering skies of starry eyes, and strolls down the Milky Way, with steps of a feather’s weight. She tiptoes […]
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Door County Poem: “Spellcheck”
My e-mail account won’t let me Send without checking me out. In this universe, the names of most political candidates do not exist. I must have meant Alabama, instead of Obama, right? The southeast American Indian languages are so much better known than any name from Africa. Kagen must be hagen or Karen, but hagen […]
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Door County News: Zatlin Book Signing Upcoming
Piecing Together the Butler Puzzle, the latest book from the Jacksonport Historical Society, will be featured at a book signing at Book World on 3rd Avenue in Sturgeon Bay on Saturday, Dec. 27 from 11 am – 1 pm.
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Door County News: M. L. St. Sure Book Signing Scheduled in Baileys Harbor
Author M. L. St. Sure will be appearing at a book signing event December 20, 2008 from 3 – 5 pm at Novel Ideas, a store for books, games and toys, located at 8085 Hwy.
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Door County Humor: Bjorn Bakken Reports
Peninsula Pulse Senior Correspondent Bjorn Bakken covered all the Town and Village meetings on a chilly Monday night recently, managing to get most of the important issues into his notes, despite having power windows that went down but wouldn’t come up.
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Door County Fiction: Farmer Brown’s Daughter
I hadn’t thought about it in years. It sat in the corner of the attic, hidden by boxes of too-small children’s clothing and Christmas decorations that had fallen into disfavor.
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Door County Literature: Authors and After Words
I’ve known about Frank Herbert’s Dune from the time it first appeared in 1965. In those days, I ignored it. I had eyes only for drama.
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Door County Art Scene: Miller Art Museum 33rd Juried Annual Awards
At the Museum’s Opening Reception for the 33rd Juried Annual Exhibit – a two dimensional competition for adults 18 or older who reside in Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, and Oconto counties – several awards were given, totaling $1,150.
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Door County Art Scene: Open House at Great Northern by Design
Great Northern by Design will be hosting a Holiday Open House December 13, from 10 am – 5 pm. Featured at the Open House will be new oil paintings by local artist Daryl Asbury.
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Door County Art Scene: Holiday Gifts Abound at the Craft Cottage
The Jacksonport Craft Cottage is celebrating the holiday season with a variety of holiday gift items. The items for sale this holiday season include hand carved, one-of-a-kind Santas and paper maché snowmen, crafted by local artists and perfect for gift giving.
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Door County Art Scene: A Changed Life – Artist Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Lee’s grandmother Franne Dickinson enrolled her in a workshop at the Peninsula Art School with Wendell Arneson a few years ago. “People told my grandmother this was a life changing class,” Lee said.
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Door County Art Scene: Fairfield Art Center Launches Annual Fund Drive
The Fairfield Art Center in historic downtown Sturgeon Bay has announced the launch of its Annual Fund Drive, which will run through the month of December.
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Door County Art Scene: Holiday Bazaar at the Gallery of the Door County Art League
Several members of the Door County Art League will hold a Holiday Bazaar at the gallery in Fish Creek from 10 am – 5 pm, Saturday and Sunday, December 13 and 14.
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Door County Art Scene: Rock and Roll Poster Art Show at Kick Coffee
Rock and Roll poster art by local artist Adam Mackintosh will be featured the month of December at Kick Coffee on 3rd Avenue in Sturgeon Bay. There will be an opening reception on Sat.
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Door County Art Scene: Primitive Rug Hooking Exhibit at UU Gallery
Beth Ciesar, featured artist for December at the UU Gallery, relates that she has “always had [my] fingers in art.” It began at the age of five, when her mom would put Beth and her two sisters on the bus for the Chicago Institute of Art.
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Door County Art Scene: Three Jewelry Artists and Three Causes
The three resident jewelers at J. Jeffrey Taylor in Fish Creek, Jeff Taylor, Jen Hough and Carrie Anschutz, will debut their most recent works in a “3 Artists, 3 Causes” holiday show November 28 through December 31.
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Door County Art Scene: Gail Hathaway – Wildlife and Lighthouse Artist
Stop in at the Jacksonport Craft Cottage for handcrafted, holiday gifts. This month the Craft Cottage is pleased to highlight rock art by Gail Hathaway of Sister Bay.