Royal Nebeker will present a “Brown Bag Dialogue on the Creative Process” on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at noon during his painting exhibition at CCC.

What: Brown Bag: “Dialogue On The Creative Process” Featuring Royal Nebeker,
John Cochran and Craig Shepherd
Who: Clatsop Community College Students/ Faculty/Staff/Community members
Where: Art Center Gallery, 17th & Lexington, Clatsop Community College,
Astoria Main Campus
When: 12 noon on Thursday, January 19, 2006 /For more info contact: Carol Knutson, CCC Writing and Literature Instructor, 338-2501

Admission: Free. Featuring Royal Nebeker, John Cochran, Craig Shepherd.

Royal Nebeker is a painter and printmaker whose work appears in museum collections both in the United States and Europe. In addition to exhibiting in galleries and museums these past 25 years in the United States, his work has been regularly exhibited in Norway, Denmark, Germany and France. In 2001 his work was included in a contemporary survey of European gallery artists at the Louvre, Paris. His international activities include lectures and workshops in places as diverse as Japan, Scandinavia, Italy and Mexico. In 2004 Royal was invited to exhibit his work influenced by the plays of Henrik Ibsen at the Norwegian National Theater and give the inaugural address for the new Fine Arts Campus at the National School of Fine Arts in Oslo, Norway.

Craig Shepherd is the Executive and Artistic Director for the Coaster Theatre Playhouse in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Craig is a fine painter and internationally known set-designer and scenic artist. His talented set-designs grace the stages of not only The Coaster Theatre, but selected local theatre productions at the River Theatre in Astoria and local high school as well. Craig Shepherd is currently hosting Dramatic Arts Professor John Cochran as Guest Director of David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Play Proof . Proof will be performed at the Coaster Theatre Playhouse January 27 and 28 and February 3,4,10,11,12 (3pm), 16,17,18.

John H. Cochran brings over thirty-eight years of experience in theatre, film and television to the Coaster Theatre’s Production of Proof. John taught acting and directing at Stanford, Yale and Westmont College, where he also played many roles on stage as a member of both the Stanford and Yale Repertory Theatres. His former students include Danny Glover, John Tuturo, Francis Mc Dormand and Angel Basset. John’s film credits include The Extraordinary Seaman and the classic Hang ‘Em High, and his guest starring roles on television include The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The Name of the Game. Love Letters with Martin Sheen, Lynn Redgrave, George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere, The Misanthrope, Of Mice and Men, and Chekov’s Three Sisters are among John’s numerous directing credits. Recently John starred in the first highly acclaimed African American production of PROOF at the famed Goodman Theatre in Chicago.