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CAM hosts Donna Wright retrospective COOS BAY — A retrospective of Coos Bay artist and art teacher Donna Wright will be featured at Coos Art Museum. The exhibition, which will be held in the Museum’s Uno E. Richter Atrium Gallery, runs from July 9 through Oct. 1. Wright, who has a 40-year career as an artist and art teacher, has exhibited widely in California and more recently along Oregon’s south coast, where she now resides. Largely self-taught, she approaches her works with a great deal of freedom and experimentation. “Donna Wright pours her paint onto her paper and lets the image, along with her intuition, lead the way,” Wright says. “Spontaneity and intuition are the tools I use to create. My work begins abstractly. I let the medium flow for a short time, as I decide whether to stop or to continue painting to one of several levels — semi-abstract to realism.” Coos Art Museum has been a cultural focal point of Oregon’s scenic Southern Coast since 1966. It occu- pies an historic 1936 Art Deco US Federal Building in downtown Coos Bay. COURTESY PHOTO “Mist Over Mountains” watercolor by Donna Wright The 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 is $5 general, $2 for students, veterans and seniors, and free to museum members and active duty military through the Blue Star Museum Program. Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers to play Liberty Theatre receives July 16 in Winchester Bay grant for new restrooms COURTESY PHOTO Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers Association, District 5 WINCHESTER BAY — The Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers Association, District 5, will be making music Saturday, July 16, at the Winchester Bay Community Center in Winchester Bay. Music starts at 1 p.m. and ends at 4 p.m., often there is an acoustic circle jam. 1 6 • C OAST The event is free and the public is invited to dance or just listen. The Oldtime Fiddlers is a non-profit organization whose mission is to play, promote and perpetuate old time music. For more information, call 541-347- 4561. C ENTRAL • A r ts & En t er ta in m e nt • J U LY 2 0 1 6 NORTH BEND — The Liberty Theatre, home of Little Theatre on the Bay, has received a $5,000 grant from the Bay Area Hospital Community Foundation to assist in Phase II of their restoration project, building ADA com- pliant restrooms on the lobby level of the theatre. These restrooms will allow our patrons unimpeded access to restrooms, without having to navigate stairs. The Liberty Theatre is an historic, 92- year-old building, a cornerstone of downtown North Bend. It was recently painted with advice from George Kramer, a noted theatre preservationist in the state of Oregon, and who worked on the Egyptian. Bay Area Hospital (BAH) is commit- ted to the mission of “Improving the Health of Our Community Every Day.” To further that effort, BAH Community Foundation grants are awarded annually to local non-profit organizations that share that desire to improve the overall health and well-being of our community. For more information or to donate to the theatre restoration, email costumem- anager@thelibertytheatre.org or send donations to Little Theatre on the Bay, P.O. Box 404, North Bend, OR 97459. Little Theatre on the Bay is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. H AVE AN E VENT OR A NNOUNCEMENT ? Send information to PressReleases@ TheSiuslawNews.com. Deadline is the 15th of every month.
