The Muses Among Us: CCC Faculty Exhibition with Poet Kim Stafford
Kim Stafford
From: Caitlin Wright
To: Media
Date: 01/24/08
Subject: PR: The Muses Among Us: CCC Faculty Exhibition with Poet Kim Stafford
Clatsop Community College
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 01/24/08
Contact: Teri Sund (503) 338-2478 or Carol Knutson (503) 338-2501
The Muses Among Us: CCC Faculty Exhibition with Poet Kim Stafford to be held at the Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery, February 5th - February 29th, 2008.
OPENING RECEPTION Tuesday, February 5th at 6:00 pm.
Exhibiting through the month of February will be The Muses Among Us: CCC Faculty Exhibition with Poet Kim Stafford at the CCC Art Center Gallery. This exhibition, a collaborative event with Oregon poet and essayist Kim Stafford, will include the work of Clatsop Community College faculty members as well as the written word of Kim Stafford. The exhibition is held in conjunction with a three day traveling event, intended to honor and respect our region as well as its dwellers. Having Everything Right: A Project in Eloquent Listening is an event inspired by the writings of Kim Stafford and is sponsored by Clatsop Community College Arts and Letters. Participants in this series of meetings will include Kim Stafford as the "Eloquent Listener" and "Dwellers", invited community members who have established themselves and their spirit of dedication to our region. Conversations will take place in South Clatsop County and travel north for stops in Astoria before heading across the Columbia River for closing ceremonies in Pacific County. For dates, time and specific locations, please see the complete schedule listing or call (503) 338-2501.
The exhibition will include the work of Richard Rowland, Department Chairman and sculpture and ceramics instructor; Kristin Shauck who teaches painting, drawing and design will be exhibiting multi-media collage work; Sonja May, oil paintings; David Myers and Chuck Meyer, photography; Lucien Swerdloff who teaches graphic design; Bill Antilla, woodcarving; Royal Nebeker, paintings and prints. The faculty will be presenting work that relates to Kim Stafford's writings. Exhibited with the visual language of the artist will be the written word of the poet, all conveying the core theme of place, beauty, and honor. This event and exhibition will provide a time to reflect what in Stafford's words is "Having Everything Right", creating space and time to offer respect to the spirit of our place and its inhabitants.
The Muses Among Us: CCC Faculty Exhibition with Poet Kim Stafford will be on display at the CCC Art Center Gallery February 5th - February 29th, 2008. There will be an opening reception for the artists and visiting Oregon poet and essayist Kim Stafford Tuesday, February 5th at 6:00 pm. The reception is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Teri Sund at (503) 338-2478 or Carol Knutson (503) 338-2501.
Monday, February 4, 2008:
2:00 pm: The Coastal Natural History Center (2674 Hwy 101 in North Seaside, OR).
Neal Maine, President of the North Coast Land Conservancy and Rich Trucke will give greetings. Welcome SHS Students.
4:00 pm: Ecola State Park above Cannon Beach, OR
Potluck sponsored by Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce. Please bring a dish to share and silverware. Jay Raskin will give greetings. Mark Knutson will give the blessing. Stories of Place offered from local visual artists, workers and writers. If there are wind gusts of 45 miles or over, we'll move to the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce.
7 pm: Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce
Formal Reading by Kim Stafford of Lewis and Clark University, Portland, Oregon. Greetings by Peter Lindsey.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
10:00 am: River Theatre (Marine Drive in Astoria, Oregon)
A Conversation with Robert Adams and Kim Stafford moderated by Stephen Forrester, Editor of the Daily Astorian.
2:30 pm: Bonfire at River Beach, Fort Stevens State Park (Warrenton, Oregon)
Meet for caravan at Clatsop Community College Art Center at 2:00 pm or come to the beach. Greetings by Peter Huhtala. We will build a shelter out of the storm driftwood.
6:00 pm: Clatsop Community College Art Gallery (Astoria, Oregon)
"The Muses Among Us," Faculty Art Show Reception. Join Richard Rowland, Royal Nebeker, Kristin Shauck, David Lee Myers, Carol Knutson, Nancy Cook, Lucien Swerdloff, Bill Antilla, Sonja May, Teri Sund..
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
8:00 am: MERTS Campus Dock (Astoria, Oregon)
Sail on the M/V Forerunner across the Columbia River to Fort Columbia, Washington. Call Nancy Cook at (503)791-1514 to make a reservation.
10:00 am: Fort Columbia State Park (Chinook, Washington)
Join Chinook Tribal Elder Ray Gardiner, Richard Rowland, Robert Michael Pyle and David Campiche.
11:30 am: Fort Columbia State Park (Chinook, Washington)
Closing Ceremony
12:00 pm: Closing ceremonies at China Beach, Having Everything Right.
All Events Are Free and Open to the Public
For a complete sequence of events, contact: (503) 338-2501 or email cknutson@clatsopcc.edu or rrowland@clatsopcc.edu
photo by David Lee Myers
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