Raku, cloisonne enameling workshops offered
Two artist workshops have
been announced by Maude I.
Kerns Art center for the month of
March.
LeRoy Kitzman, potter and
teacher from Corvallis, will con
duct an extensive Raku Workshop
March 21 -26 at the Art Center with
funds made available by the
Oregon Arts Commission and the
National Endowment for the Arts,
a federal agency created by an
Act of Congress in 1965.
Originally from Colorado, Kitz
man has studied and taught in
Oregon, California, and Colorado.
He has exhibited in numerous
one-man shows and invitational
juried shows, including Bellevue
Open in Washington and the Coos
Bay Annual, and the University of
Oregon Traveling Show, in
Oregon.
Kitzman works extensively in
Stoneware and Raku. Raku pot
tery is an Oriental glazing process
which, in its unique firing techni
que, changes the clay and glaze.
Kitzman has taken this ancient
process and applied it to contem
porary pottery.
His workshop will cost $25 per
student, materials included. Re
gistration for the week-long work
shop must be made by Friday.
John Hamil, Portland jeweler
and enamelist, will conduct a
three day workshop March 29-31
in Cloisonne enameling. Cost is
$25, enamels furnished, and
Hamil will have silver for sale at his
cost.
The class sessions will consist
of explanations and demonstra
tions of methods for the applica
tion of wire, enameling techni
ques, and fabrication for m aking
cloisonne jewelry. Hamil has a few
samples of his work in the gift
shop. Registration must be com
pleted by March 25.
Non-profit co-op art gallery opens
Nine Eugene-area artists have
formed a non-profit corporation
and plan to open their “renais
sance" Eugene gallery with a
one-person sculpture show.
The gallery, Open Gallery at
775 E. 25th, opens with a show by
Eugene sculptor Chuck Kibby.
Kibby will be at the gallery on
Saturdays throughout the month
of March.
Robert Racine, another artist in
the group, calls the gallery a “re
naissance' effort because an ex
isting vehicle for display will be re
born in a new form.
“We decided to form the
Artist combines art, science
Art and science meet in the re
cent work of Oregon artist Ralph
Turner whose retrospective show
continues at the Delphian Gallery
in Sheridan, Oregon.
Turner studied painting and
sculpture at Reed College, Uni
versity of Oregon and the Portland
Art Museum School and was ac
Public library
displays art
Paintings and drawings by
Oregon artist Larry Stobie will be
on display at the Eugene Public
Library through April 3. The travel
ing exhibit is circulated by
statewide an services as part of its
Oregon anist series.
Larry Stobie’s painting and
drawings focus on a group of
strange and fanciful signalling de
vices set in landscapes. These
devices are primitive in terms of
the materials (such as wood and
rawhide) used in constructing
them, but appear modem in terms
of their function. They make a
satirical comment on the foibles of
modern technological society.
Stobie, a native of Washington,
studied art at Washington State
University. He is currently instruc
tor of art at Oregon College of
Education in Monmouth.
tive in both media before turning
his attention to the planets. Work
ing with astronomers at the Lunar
and Planetary Laboratory at the
University of Arizona, he began
creating exacting scale models of
planets and planetary surfaces.
On a National Endowment for
the Humanities fellowship, Turner
in 1972-73 began an intensive
study of the relationship between
art and science. His paintings
from this period onward reflect an
increasing interest in visual pat
terns generated by computers
programmed to solve philosophi
cal problems.
The show includes sculptures in
wood, limestone and welded
steel, as well as lithographs, pen
cil studies and work in charcoal
and pastels. A total of 69 pieces
will be on view.
Turner s definitive model of Jup
iter, done on commission for
NASA, will be shown in several
versions, including a folding card
board model (copies of which will
be on sale).
A highlight of the show is
Turner's latest planetary model of
Phobos, a natural satellite of
Mars. The finished model is the
culmination of months of work in
calligraphy and modeling.
Phobos is a very irregularly
shaped planetary body.
The show continues through
March 27. Regular Gallery hours
are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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group," says Racine, “for its po
tential of mutual involvement and
because it will bring different types
of art to the community. A large
percentage of the money we col
lect from the sales will go back into
the gallery for maintenance and
expansion.”
Open Gallery, which will per
manently house the group, had
Pho'o by Chuck Kibby
formerly been operated by
Richard Haller and Flora Rudolf,
but both felt they wanted to have
more contact with local artists and
wanted to involve the people
whose work was on display.
Seven others have been invited to
join the cooperative s nucleus —
Bedo Crafts, Jenny Dwyer, Heidi
Fuhrmeister, Chuck Kibby, Ste
ven Oshatz, Robert Racine, and
Linda Waz.
Among the different media to be
on display are painting, weaving
and sculpture. The gallery
schedule will include shows by in
dividual artists as well as coopera
tive efforts.
The gallery will be open 12-6
Tuesday-Friday, 1-5 Saturday
and Sunday, and 7-9 Wednesday
evening.
More information can be ob
tained by calling 345-6252.
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