Yachats quilt Photo contest announced for Land of Umpqua
show seeks
submissions
Quilts for
“Gems of the Ocean”
theme due Jan. 15
YACHATS—Polly Plumb
Productions Board Member Ruth
Bass announces a Call to Artists for
the first annual Ocean Artistry Art
Quilt Show to be held at the Yachats
Commons on March 10, 11 and 12.
This juried show will accept art
pieces from local, regional, and inter-
national art quilters.
The theme of this inaugural show
will be Gems of the Ocean.
Quilt entries will be accepted until
Sunday, Jan. 15, and will be decided
by Feb.1.
Final judging will be made by a
five-person panel of artists and digni-
taries during the show.
All selected entries will be on dis-
play during the Ocean Artistry Art
Quilt show running March 10-12 at
the Yachats Commons in the multi-
purpose room.
The show will run from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m.
“One of the goals of the show is to
introduce art quilting to both locals
and visitors to the area,” said
Bass.“We thought the ocean theme
would allow artists to explore the
beauty of this area and make interpre-
tations based on their own whimsy.”
The new art show has already
received financial support from both
the Siletz Tribal Charitable
Contribution Fund and the City of
Yachats’ New Event Fund.
“We’re delighted to bring this type
of show to Yachats,” Bass said. “This
will brighten up the town and we wel-
come everyone to experience an art
quilt show.”
For more information, email
info@oceanartistry.org.
Deadline for Coast
Central submissions
is the 15th
of each month.
Do you take pictures of the
outdoors? If so, you can
showcase your images of
adventure and natural beauty
of public lands in the 2017
Land of Umpqua Amateur
Photo Contest.
Roseburg
District
of
Bureau of Land Management
and Umpqua National Forest
are hosting the photo contest
as part of a multi-agency
exhibit at the 21st annual
Sportsmen’s and Outdoor
Recreation Show to be held
Feb. 17-19, 2017, at the
Douglas County Fairgrounds.
Contestants can enter up to
two photos for each of five
categories:
• People Enjoying Nature
• Flat Smokey in the Photo
(Smokey Bear bookmark
available at offices for
Roseburg District BLM and
Umpqua National Forest)
• Selfies
• Pets in the Woods
• Scenery
Contest Rules:
1. Photos must be taken
on, or of, public lands in
Roseburg District BLM or
Umpqua National Forest
lands within the last two
years.
2. Submit digital images to
blm_or_rb_mail@blm.gov
No hard copies will be
accepted.
3. Photos may be color or
black and white.
4. Photographs may NOT
be enhanced digitally except
for cropping and contrast.
5. Submit up to 2 photos
per category (10 photo maxi-
mum).
Categories:
People
Enjoying
Nature,
Flat
Smokey in the Photo, Selfies,
Pets in the Woods, and
Scenery.
6. Please include name,
telephone number, email
address, location, and catego-
ry selected with submission.
7. Photo entries must be
submitted no later than
Monday, January 16, 2017, at
8 a.m.
8. Photos will be voted on
by people attending the 2017
Douglas County Sportsmen’s
Show.
9. Winners will be notified
and posted on the agencies’
websites.
10. The photos become
property of the event organiz-
ers and may be used by the
sponsoring agencies in future
publications, websites or pro-
grams.
11. Agencies reserve the
right to limit the number of
photos displayed for voting
due to space constraints of
the booth.
12. Contest is open to
novice and amateur photogra-
phers.
For more information, con-
tact Cheyne Rossbach at 541-
579-0648 or email crossbach
@blm.gov or Cheryl Caplan
at 541-957-3270 or email
ccaplan@fs.fed.us.
Backstreet Gallery awards Little Dickens
Backstreet
Gallery’s annu-
al Little
Dickens minia-
ture art show
proved a great
success with a
number of
mighty minis.
Artists submit-
ted to the
gallery at its
Historic Old
Town Florence
location on
Bay Street.
Juror
Michael Wood
judged the
Little Dickens
show. He
expressed that
he wished he
had more rib-
COURTESY PHOTO
bons to award,
Soaking up the sun, a watercolor by Julie Strecker, took first in the “Little Dickens” holiday com-
since so much
petition at the Backstreet Gallery.
of the art was
of such high
Strecker; 2nd place which went to, The place went to Five Little Fishes, clay
quality.
Storms Allure, a photograph by Amy
on wood by Geraldine McMahan; and
There were two categories of art
Rickford; and 3rd place which went to 3rd place went to Castle on The Bay, a
work that were judged, two dimension- Morning Calm at Honeyman Park, an
mixed media piece by Bill Johnson.
al and three dimensional pieces.
oil by Caroline Estill.
Jane Connelley and Betsy Norris
The winners for two-dimension sub-
And the three-dimension winners
each received Honorable Mention for
missions are;
are:
their submissions.
1st place which went to Soaking Up
1st place,There She Blows, a glass
Backstreet would like to thank all
The Sun, a watercolor by Julie
jewelry piece by Pattie Williams; 2nd
the entrants for their entries.
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