Backstreet Gallery features Webster, Rincon art
Artwork by Backstreet Gallery featured artists Tracy Webster (left) and Jane Rincon
FLORENCE — Two talented mixed-
media artists, Jane Rincon and Tracy
Webster, will be honored with a reception
June 11, beginning at 3 p.m., at
Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay St., during
Second Saturday Gallery tour.
Rincon’s studio, a crow’s nest, is
perched high with a vast vista of the
ocean. Its windswept sand dunes and
skies filled with the soaring sea birds
offer constant inspiration that find their
way into her impressionistic renderings
of the Oregon coast.
Her latest passion involves paintings
that combine collage texture with a
splash of watercolor. She integrates her
unique blend of rice paper, loose water-
color with a marvelous use of color, tex-
ture and composition into dramatic views
of the sea.
Strolling along the shore with her
beloved dogs, Rincon collects the ocean’s
offering of shells and assembles them
into incredible wreaths. Enjoy these
along with a selection of unusual mixed
media bookmarks and cards.
This award-winning artist has shown
her inspiring art at PeaceHealth Peace
Harbor Medical Center, the Siuslaw
Public Library and Old Town Coffee. She
has won the highest awards at the
Florence Event Center’s exhibitions.
Rincon is a member of the Watercolor
Society of Oregon and a founding mem-
ber of Backstreet Gallery, where she just
stepped down as president.
She also helped promote theater arts
through her association with SEAcoast
Entertainment.
Webster is a woman of incredible cre-
ative talent. Her art takes form in many
media. Her recent innovation is layering
as many as eight layers of tinted, trans-
parent epoxy resin on wood, resulting in
a very special representation of pattern
and color. There’s even a surprise. Swipe
the QR code on the label, which takes
you on another creative journey.
Her jewelry is forged with a unique
blend of metals, wire and stones that she
transforms into chic wearable art; ear-
rings, necklaces, and bracelets.
Also, Webster pours more of her
inventiveness into vivid paintings and
scenic photography.
Her artistic right brain contrasts with
her left brain expertise with numbers as
Backstreet’s treasurer.
She is one of the founders of Florence
Regional Arts Alliance (FRAA), which
recently opened the Art Center on Maple
Street. She and her husband are avid
kayakers.
Reception entertainment will be pro-
vided by Denny, a native of Florence
who was one of the founding members of
“The Intruders” band back in the 60s.
He then joined the legendary
Northwest band “The Fabulous Wailers,”
continuing his musical career across
North America.
Denny spent much time in Nashville
with the greats before returning to
Florence.
Backstreet Gallery is open daily, 10
a.m. to 6 p.m., and Fridays to 8 p.m.
Scholarships available for CROW summer theater camps
FLORENCE — Children’s Repertory
of Oregon Workshops (CROW) has
announced it will be “meeting or exceed-
ing” last year’s summer camp scholarship
awards, totaling over $5,000.
Thanks to a new partnership with the
Siuslaw School District’s Twilight
Program and several generous scholarship
sponsorships from the public, CROW is
poised to provide full and partial scholar-
ships to many deserving kids within the
community.
“I’m just so grateful to be able to do
this,” said CROW artistic director
Melanie Heard. “There are so many kids
in our community who need and deserve
the high-quality arts education that
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CROW provides.We are so fortunate to be
able to give the gift of scholarship funds
to kids who might not otherwise be able to
attend camp.”
This year’s first two-week camp is
titled “Freaktacular Fantasy Camp” and
will take place Monday through Friday,
July 11-22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The second camp is titled “Technical
Theatre Camp” and will take place
Monday through Friday, July 25 through
Aug. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Both two-week sessions will culminate
in a free end of camp showcase for fami-
lies and friends on the final day of camp at
3 p.m.
Also offered is an Advanced Acting
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Camp (AAC), Aug. 8-19, dedicated to
teens and young adults (ages 12 to 22)
who want to learn more complex acting
techniques.
In order to attend this particular camp,
participants must either request an audi-
tion or receive a formal invitation from
one of the directors.
The CROW board of directors will
meet to select the scholarship winners in
mid-June.
“We believe that this is one way CROW
can give back to the community that gives
so much to us,” said Heard.
Heard also stresses that the CROW
scholarship applications are “not simple,”
and include both thought-provoking essay
questions and a letter of recommendation
form.
Interested applicants should visit
www.crowkids.com to download the
printable application, which is due on
June 10.
Late applications will be immediately
disqualified.
Camps will be held at the new CROW
Center for the Performing Arts, 3120
Highway 101.
For more information on these exciting
opportunities or to reserve your child's
spot, call Melanie Heard at: 541-999-8641
or visit www.crowkids.com.
Printable regular applications are also
available on the CROW website.