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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K. Allen Gallery Presents “Form and Function
Wood – it’s all around. Its intrinsic beauty coupled with its functional qualities make it a mainstay; no matter how hard new-found materials attempt to topple its reign.
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Stuff-o-rama Sale in Sister Bay
Celebrate Labor Day weekend on Saturday, August 30, at the final Stuff-o-rama flea market of this season. The flea market will be held on the grounds of Domicile from 8 am – 3 pm.
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Wood Pen Turning Demonstration at DCAL Meeting
Gene Stanis will be guest speaker at the Door County Art League’s (DCAL) monthly meeting on Monday, August 25, beginning at 7 pm at the Gibraltar Fire Department meeting room.
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Hardy Seeks Creative Professionals for Partnerships
The Francis Hardy Center for the Arts (FHCA) is seeking arts professionals interested in sharing their knowledge with local youth to participate in the center’s ETC – Exposure to Creativity – program.
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The FHCA Announces Second 2008 Art Studio Tours
The Francis Hardy Center for the Arts (FHCA) in downtown Ephraim is pleased to announce the second 2008 Art Studio Tour taking place on Friday, August 29 from 4 – 9 pm.
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I’m fascinated by the way stories begin. Those first few words establish context and direction, so they tell a lot about what’s likely to follow.
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A Review: “The Condition” By Jennifer Haigh
This novel, The Condition, is a fascinating Rashomon type portrayal of a dysfunctional family, years after they have gathered together at their Cape Cod seashore estate for a visit during the summer of 1976.
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On Wednesday, August 20 from 10:30 am – 4 pm the “Catch the Reading Bug Summer Program” at the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library will hold its first, end-of-season, very special event!
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Peninsula Pulse Senior Correspondent Bjorn Bakken puts you at the scene through his crisp reporting of the news as it takes place in the village and town meeting halls.
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On a Sunday in February – Quinquagesima Sunday to be exact – members of St. Vincent’s Parish saw in their weekly messenger that Father Joseph Gerber had died.
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Nature is not on the surface very forgiving nor is it disposed to fond memory. The poet Sandburg attributed this to grass, how the grass grows over and consumes humanity, at least our scars, the fallen, the battlefield, even the reasons why.
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Our closest kin in the kingdom of species are the bonobo, slim, elegant, seductive. The only non-humans who laugh and who kiss, these simian sisters to contentious chimpanzees meet potential aggression with offers of sex.
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Woodwalk Gallery Highlights Abstract Work
The opening reception for “Abstract Works In Series” will take place Sunday, August 24 from 4:30 – 7 pm, featuring the music of Jeanne Kuhns and Lynn Gudmundsen, as well as complimentary beverages and light appetizers, at Woodwalk Gallery.
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Whitefish Dunes Special Program
Join Artist Elaine Cregan on Friday, August 22 from 1 – 3 pm for an afternoon of watercolor painting in nature. In this special program, participants will learn basic techniques while enjoying the natural beauty of Whitefish Dunes State Park.
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In 1998, six quilters who attended a quilting class at The Clearing together decided to form a quilt guild. Their first meetings were held in the Gathering Room at the Meadows Apartments in Sister Bay, but as the membership grew, the group became more formalized.
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Copper Canvases by Gowen Featured
The Santa Fe Shop in Fish Creek is excited to present the new works of Copper Canvases by New Mexican Artist Greg Gowen. Gowen’s art is a natural expression of who he is as a person – an innovator, a designer, a renovator; dreaming and thinking outside the box.
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Whimsical Door County Works on Display
Door County watercolorist Randy Rasmussen will be showing works from his “whimsical series” at the Vitamin Store located 1300 Highway 42/57 beginning August 16 and running through September 16.
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Altered Art & Collage Featured at Pipka’s
Artist Pipka Ulvilden creates elaborate and detailed original art for her Santa figurines, and she always uses the same kind of paints. But when she’s working on her collage art, Pipka hunts through antique stores, her own memorabilia, bits of cloth and paper to create unusual and personal pieces.
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“12 Artists Under 30” on Exhibit at Peninsula School of Art
Curious to get a glimpse of an eclectic new art scene in the county? New works by 12 twenty-something year-olds will be on display from Friday, August 22 through Friday, September 12 at Peninsula School of Art, in the Youth Barn near the school’s main entrance.
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“An Eye for Art” Featured at Pangaea Gallery
David Franke, Door County abstract artist, describes his exhibit “An Eye For Art” at Pangaea Gallery as having little to do with the cliché, “The eyes are the windows of the soul.