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Wallowa County Chieftain
‘Call to artists’ out for Nature in the
Abstract exhibit at Josephy Center
Chieftain staff
JOSEPH — A “call to
artists” is going out from
the Josephy Center for Arts
and Culture in Joseph for an
exhibit to be called Nature
in the Abstract and held Jan.
7-Feb. 22, according to a
press release.
Eligible media include
photography,
paintings,
collage and 3-D including
ceramic, fabric, metal and
wood.
The entry deadline is
Nov. 19. Artists will be
informed of acceptance by
Nov. 30.
An entry fee of $15 per
piece will be charged for
entries in the fi rst two cate-
gories, and $10 per piece in
the youth category paid to
the Josephy Center. There
is a limit of fi ve entries per
artist.
This is a juried show.
The curators are Ellen Mor-
Coleman
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ris Bishop and Debbie Lind.
According to the release,
people usually observe
nature as discrete, recog-
nizable subjects: a moun-
tain, a bird, a tree, a river,
etc. But in reality, the view
of nature is composed of
textures, shapes, forms and
colors. These telling pat-
terns often are overlooked
when viewing a familiar
object or scene.
The center’s exhibit
encourages artists to exam-
ine and reveal nature
beyond the familiar, espe-
cially in a rapidly changing
world.
Entries must depict a
specifi c natural subject.
The artwork may depict
a real pattern in nature as
it exists — for example, a
macro-photo of the varie-
gated colors and patterns of
lichen — or may represent
the artist’s interpretation of
the subject through some
form of abstraction, such as
a painting that depicts the
patterns of fall foliage as
blends of colors, bands and
stripes.
In either category, the
viewer may not be able to
identify the specifi c object
or landscape, but is com-
pelled to consider the pat-
terns, forms and design.
Awards to be given
include fi rst, second and
third place in all categories.
Cash awards of $100, $50,
$25 and ribbons will be
given to each winner.
A People’s Choice award
winner will receive $50.
Sponsors of the awards
are to be determined.
For
an
applica-
tion to enter the exhibit,
visit
https://josephy.org/
event/nature-in-the-ab-
stract-call#application. For
more information, visit
info@josephy.org or call
541-432-0505.
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Diverse group planned for
November Fishtrap Fireside
Chieftain staff
ENTERPRISE — Wal-
lowa County writers Lauren
MacDonald, Randi Movich
and Amy Zahm will be fea-
tured in Fishtrap Fireside’s
November episodes begin-
ning Nov. 5 in online presen-
tations, according to a press
release.
The episodes are avail-
able to anyone anywhere at
Fishtrap.org and on Fish-
trap’s YouTube channel.
Fishtrap Fireside is a
monthly reading series
designed to feature diverse
voices from local writers.
Each month off ers a fresh
look at what people of the
West are thinking about and
writing down.
“This fall, we’re off er-
ing Fireside virtually again.”
said Mike Midlo, Fish-
trap’s program director.
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local tea purveyor, Sei Mee and midwives, to Ashland
and fi nally, to Wal-
Tea.
MacDonald works
lowa County.
After almost 10
with words while
years as a nurse,
exploring the cos-
Movich’s
main
mos: plants, stars,
writing
assign-
humans, mysteries,
ment is document-
patterns, roles, love
MacDonald
ing chart notes.
and pain. Her work
But after attending
is her expression of
Fishtrap’s Outpost
experiencing the nat-
on the Snake River
ural world inside and
program, she redis-
out.
Raised in Cal-
covered her desire
ifornia’s San Fer-
to write and wan-
nando Valley, Mov-
der again. When not
Zahm
ich could not wait
at Winding Waters
to leave the neigh-
Clinic or out and
borhood for ocean
about on trail, she
swims,
camping,
can be found on
backpacking
and
Alder Slope where
skiing. That wan-
she lives with hus-
derlust brought her
band,
Jeff
and
to a life of work and
youngest
daugh-
Movich
discovery in Mar-
ter, Rosie; cat Octo-
seille, France, a
ber; dog, Mia; and
Peace Corps assignment in assorted chickens. Two
West Africa, six months in older daughters are out of
Central and South America, state.
Zahm grew up in,
graduate school in Idaho, a
stint in Eugene working at ran away from and later
the Western Environmen- returned to Wallowa County
tal Law Center, back to and has now lived here for
Guinea for two years work- two-thirds of her life. She
ing with traditional healers spends her time in the moun-
tains, valleys and canyons of
the county, either on foot,
on skis or on horseback. In
addition to writing, she is a
doctor of acupuncture and
oriental medicine and uses
yoga to ease her patients’
pain.
Her writing focuses on
the connections between
place, history, a discov-
ery of self, and the ways in
which a perfectly ordinary
life might provide some sort
of insight into the magical
world we each inhabit. Her
work has been published
online at Atticus Review,
Streetlight, Manifest-Sta-
tion, Jenny and in print at
The Normal School, Post
Road and Oregon East. She
received her MFA in cre-
ative writing from Eastern
Oregon University.
Learn more at Fishtrap.
org.