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Luv In Art
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Kyle Lind
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Galleries, restaurants and
more feature Valentine’s
entertainment and romance
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
All week through Sunday
Kiwanis will sell candy every day through
Valentine’s Day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the
Sears Showroom, Sixth Street and Highway
101.
Wednesday, Feb. 10
“Moonlight and Love Songs” will debut as
part of Starlight Cabaret at 6 p.m. at the
Florence Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,
87738 Highway 101. The Starlight Cabaret is a
bi-monthly celebration of local musical talent.
Six talented and professional musicians and
vocalists will perform nostalgic love songs,
original compositions and contemporary hits on
piano, guitar, flute, bass, strings and harmonica.
For more information, visit www.florence
uuf.org or call 541-997-2840.
Friday, Feb. 12
“For the Love of Animals,” an exhibit at the
Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St., will
hold a reception from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is
a benefit for the Florence Area Humane Society
and leashed pets are welcome. The event
includes refreshments, a photo booth, raffles
and a display of artwork in Gallery One.
Admission is free with a donation of dog or cat
food.
Saturday, Feb. 13
Mon Ami Gourmet Deli and Antiques, 490
Highway 101, will hold its 18th Annual
Valentine’s Day High Tea. Reservations
are required for the two seatings, at 11 a.m. and
1 p.m. Tickets are $18.95 per person and can be
reserved by calling 541-997-9234.
The Second Saturday Gallery Tour, from 3
to 5 p.m., invites all to “Love the Arts” at vari-
ous galleries in Florence. Many locations offer
refreshments and some feature live music.
Backstreet Gallery, 1341 Bay St., continues its
Stormy Weather show with refreshments by Le
Bouchon and live music by singer/songwriter,
Phil Berglund. The gallery tour is free to the
public and more information is available at
www.2ndSaturdayGalleryTour.com.
Share Your Heart, put on by Children’s
Repertory of Oregon Workshops (CROW) at
the FEC at 6:30 p.m., will showcase perform-
ances by CROW students. There also will be a
silent auction, live dessert auction, hors
d’oeurves and wine (adults only). Single tickets
are $40 and tables can be purchased for $300.
To reserve seats, call the FEC at 541-997-1994
or visit www.eventcenter.org.
Sunday, Feb. 14
For the 21st year, independent minister
Mary Crook will preside over the Little Log
Church’s Vow Renewal Ceremony at 328 W.
Third St., in Yachats. Two ceremonies will be
held this year, one at noon and the second at
5:30 p.m. Seating is limited to 25 couples for
each service and reservations are required. For
more information, call 541-547-4547.
Saturday, Feb. 20
Sick of love? Don’t worry, one more event
in February details the heartbreak and emotion
that comes from being single on Valentine’s
Day. Original songs and spoken word poetry
will be the focus of the “Love Gone Bad, You
Done Me Wrong” Poetry and Song Fest, from 6
to 8 p.m, at the Florence Regional Arts Alliance
Art Center, 120 Maple St. For more information
and to purchase tickets, visit www.fraa
oregon.org or call 503-910-3625.
PHOTO COURTESY TODD COOPER/EUGENE WEEKLY
Artist Kyle Lind promoted his book, “GodArtMeFun,” in Eugene in 2012. Now, he is the focus of a new art tour.
Dunes City artist prominent in the love movement
focus of mobile art show touring North America
T
he enigmatic works of
Florence-area artist
Kyle Lind will be the
feature focus of a new national
art tour called “Luv In Art,”
which will include a 40-foot
coach and 20-foot trailer sur-
rounded by panels displaying
the art of Lind and others.
“We will be traveling throughout North
America, setting up our installation at
some of the largest art and music festi-
vals,” said “Luv In Art” spokesperson
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Kevin Warren. “Many of these events
have attendance of more than 50,000.”
The project is the brainchild of Dale
Cripps, publisher of HDTV Magazine,
and one of the original promoters of high
definition TV, who currently lives in
Alsea, east of Waldport. Cripps is also
working on converting an old house on
his 350-acre ranch into an art museum
that will also feature Lind’s work.
Lind moved to Oregon from Los
Angeles in the mid 1970s. He lives on
Siltcoos Lake, south of Florence in Dunes
City.
Much of his inspiration came from
the surrealist artist Salvador Dali,
whom Lind met while in New York.
According to Warren, Lind and
Dali shared many experiences
together.
Cripps and Lind met four years
ago. Cripps became interested in
promoting Lind’s art after seeing a
copy of a massive 40-pound coffee
table book titled “GodArtMeFun”
created by Lind and featuring thou-
sands of examples of his works.
According to Warren, Lind is one
of the originators of an art style
developed in the 1960s and 1970s
called “process art.” He was also a
key player in the love movement of
that time in California and was part
of the original group that started the
“Love In” and “Be In” countercul-
ture movements.
This was the inspiration for the
“Luv In Art” project.
COURTESY PHOTOS
“Celestial Rose” by Kyle Lind
“Lind’s particular way of doing process
art is through meditation and yoga,” Warren
said. “Many of his pieces have taken him
decades to complete. He is still working on
pieces that he started back in the ’60s. He
has one piece of art that is 14 feet wide by
eight feet tall. It is called ‘Cartoon in the
Interior of an Atom.’”
Another feature of Lind’s artistic style is
the minute detail he
Lind was a key
incorporates into
his work.
player in the
Warren said,
“Love In”
“Dale realized that
movement of the
a lot of the artwork
1960s and 1970s
being produced
in California
today, like Lind’s,
that was inspired by
the styles that came out of the ’60s and
early ’70s love movement is so intricate
and detailed that we should be merging
some of the latest imaging technology
because imaging technology today is just
now getting good enough that we can really
highlight the art.”
Some of this art is so intricate and
detailed that it requires high-resolution dis-
play or zoom magnification to view the
details.
Cripps plans to have the art museum in
Alsea ready in time to be the first stop for
the “Luv In Art” mobile art gallery coach
and trailer exhibit March 20.
For more information about the show,
visit the website at www.luvinart.org or on
Kyle Lind’s Facebook page, www.face-
book.com/theartofkylelind/.
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Above, “Rio,” and left, “Life Around
the Cabin,” are examples of Lind’s
delicate and expressive art style in
pen-and-ink drawings. Lind also
works in self-portraits, paintings and
wood sculpture.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
F
ebruary is a time for
heartfelt events and
the celebration of
love. Below, find some of the
Valentine concerts, showings,
parties and events going on
this month.