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Word & Image open for submissions through March 31
MANZANITA — Entries
will be accepted through
March 31 for the third-an-
nual Word & Image project,
a summer exhibit at the
Hoffman Center for the Arts
pairing artists and writers to
create original work, each
in response to the other’s.
Here’s how it works: 12
selected artists and writers
will be randomly paired at
a Hoffman Center gather-
ing on June 2. Each will
be given printed copies
of the other’s submitted
work. Then each writer
and each artist will create
new work in response to
one of the three pieces
submitted by their partner.
A writer might create a
new poem in response to a
watercolor, for example. A
photographer might make a
new image in response to a
prose piece.
The artwork will be ex-
hibited at a Hoffman Center
event on Aug. 26, where the
writers will also read their
new work. The paired work
will be printed on broad-
sides which will hang in the
Hoffman Center gallery as
well as published in a book.
Both will be available for
sale.
KEY DATES
March 1 – 31: Initial
submissions due from
writers and artists
May 1: Participants
announced
June 2: Selected art-
ists and writers paired at
a kick-off gathering
July 15: New (re-
sponse) work for the
In order to provide
opportunities for new
contributors, those who
participated in both the
2015 and 2016 projects are
not eligible to submit to this
year’s project.
Art guidelines
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The “Word & Image” show tasks writers and artists with responding to each other’s work. In
2015, Emily Ransdell provided the poem, “Fall Back,” and artist Deborah DeWit generated the
painting, “Time Change,” in response.
The Hoffman Center’s
Word & Image project is
open to artists and writers
who live on the North Ore-
gon Coast or have a strong
connection to the area. In
order to provide opportu-
nities for new contributors,
those who participated in
both the 2015 and 2016
projects are not eligible
to submit to this year’s
project.
Writing guidelines
Writers must submit
three pieces for consider-
ation. Maximum length for
poetry is 30 lines, and the
maximum length for prose
is 250 words. Excerpts from
longer works are welcome.
Previously published work
is acceptable.
Artists must submit
digital representations of
three separate pieces for
consideration. These may
be in any medium (includ-
ing 3-dimensional) and may
have been previously pub-
lished or sold. Each must be
submitted separately. Judg-
es view submissions blind
to ensure their decisions are
based on the work, rather
than the person.
Word & Image exhibit
due from each artist and
writer
Aug. 26: Opening
reception and reading at
the Hoffman Center for
the Arts
Participants will be
selected by a judging
team of past participants.
In order to provide
opportunities for new
contributors, those who
participated in both the
2015 and 2016 projects are
not eligible to submit to this
year’s project.
Judges will be looking
for a wide variety of subject
matter, not limited to beach
themes.
Submission Process
All work must be sub-
mitted electronically via the
‘submit’ button on the Word
& Image page of the http://
hoffmanblog.org/word-im-
age, March 1-31. T
For complete guidelines, visit
http://bit.ly/2mO7TJM
Trail’s End Art Association features
work by member artist Jane Means
GEARHART — Trail’s End
Art Association will host
longtime gallery member
Jane Means as its featured
artist in April. There will be
an artist reception and open
house from 2 to 5 p.m. April
1 at Trail’s End, located at
656 A St. Refreshments will
be served.
Means has had over
50 showings all over the
Northwest, including at
Trail’s End’s monthly
shows, plein air shows and
judged shows; Seaside hotel
lobbies; Clatsop Community
College class shows and the
international “Au Naturel”
exhibition; Peninsula Arts
Association annual shows;
and Seaside and Whidbey
Island judged shows.
She works in acrylic, pen
and ink, pastel, watercolor
and mixed-media. Her piec-
es exude whimsy, color and
movement and range in style
from nonrepresentational
abstract to impressionistic.
Though trained as an
English teacher, Means has
also been a domestic rela-
tions mediator, keeping time
and energy for her passion
of painting.
Many teachers have
contributed to her growth
as an artist, such as Shirley
Dahlsten, Don Andrews, El-
len Zimet, Linda Rothchild
Olis, Ruth Armitage, Gerald
Brommer, Johanna Pome-
roy-Crockettt and Royal
Nebeker.
Means’ work will remain
on display throughout the
month of April. For more
information, to learn about
the studio, available classes
and summer workshops for
adults and children, call
503 717-9458 or visit www.
trailsendart.org
SUBMITTED PHOTO
A painting by Jane Means.