Viewfinders announce January photo contest winners
Viewfinders Club winning January photos by (from left) Betty Romero, Cliff Harvey and Alan Post
FLORENCE — The theme for the
January meeting of the Siuslaw
Viewfinders Camera Club was “Unusual
Shapes,” and the submissions included
many varieties of style and composition.
M ULTIMEDIA
COOS BAY — You needn’t be a musi-
cian to enjoy “Musical Instruments @
CAM,” a multimedia exhibition at Coos
Art Museum that lasts through Feb. 13,
2016.
The unique exhibit presents the work of
11 Oregon musical instrument makers. In
the Atrium Gallery, curator Gail Elber has
brought together harps, guitars, ukuleles,
mandolins, pan flutes, violins, Norwegian
hardanger fiddles, Irish whistles and
Native American flutes and drums by
makers from Pistol River to Portland.
Seeing these finely crafted instruments
Betty Romero took first place with an
unusual rendering of a chipmunk that
was “liquefied.”
Second place went to Cliff Harvey,
whose image of the exterior of a modern
building was perfectly balanced.
Alan Post was third with a very tricky
photo of a glass of liquid in mid-spill.
This month’s meeting will be the
club’s annual banquet, to be held at the
Florence Elks Lodge, 1686 12th St., on
Saturday, Feb. 20, at 5 p.m. There will be
the usual monthly contest plus the picture
of the year contest. Anyone interested in
the club is welcome to attend.
MUSIC EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY AT MUSEUM
up close is just the beginning. Come to the
gallery with a smartphone or tablet and
your earbuds, and you’ll be able to watch
a video about each artist and hear the
sound of each instrument.
Many of the artists will present an
artist’s talk during the exhibition. Would
you like to build an instrument for your
own enjoyment? Make a “canjo” with
Nick Krissie or a rawhide hand drum with
Duke and Danielle Summers.
Visit www.coosart.org for a schedule of
artist’s talks and workshops.
Artists include:
Lynn Berg, Eugene: Violins,
Norwegian Hardanger fiddles
Glenn Hill, Phoenix: Harps
Bryan Ibach, Coquille: Mandolins
Sean Koreski, Portland: Pan flutes
Nick Metcalf, ex-Coos Bay: Irish
whistles
Fred Schacher, Gold Beach: Violins
Don “Doc” Slyter, Coos Bay: Native
American flutes
Les Stansell, Pistol River: Ukuleles
Duke and Danielle Summers, North
Bend: Native American hand drums
Mark Tierney, Bandon: Guitars
Rebecca Urlacher, Bend: Parlor gui-
tars
The Coos Art Museum occupies the
historic 1936 Art Deco U.S. Federal
Building in downtown Coos Bay. The
museum offers a wide range of arts activ-
ities including exhibitions, art classes and
lectures.
Hours are 10 am to 4 p.m., Tuesday
through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. on
Saturday.
Museum admission: $5 general, $2 stu-
dents, veterans and seniors, and free to
museum members.
Coos Art Museum to host annual staff art show through Feb. 6
COOS BAY — The Coos Art Museum
invites the public to attend the opening
reception for the Coos Art Museum Staff
Art Show, an exhibition featuring art
works created by the folks who make the
art museum happen.
The exhibition runs through Feb. 6,
2016.
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Meet the artists and see the wide variety
of works that they produce.
Among the works on display will be
examples of: photography, stained glass,
painting, mixed media, collage, wood-
block printing, ceramics and fiber art.
The participating artists include: Betty
Bangs, Deryl Beebe, Joy Bradford-
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Glaesman, Steven Broocks, Archi
Davenport, S. L. Donaldson, Liv Drahos,
Carol Hanlin, Genevieve Hartin, Marie
Tricia Hayden, Linda Mecum, Paula
Reise, Dana Rieck, Kathleen Sizemore,
Pat Snyder, Graham Wickham and Debbie
Will.
Coos Art Museum offers a wide range
of arts activities including exhibitions, art
classes and lectures.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday
through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. on
Saturday.
Museum admission: $5 general, $2 stu-
dents, veterans and seniors, free to muse-
um members.