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FEC art exhibit
Calendar
Gallery One exhibit:
‘Beauty and the Beast’ exhibit
June 2
IF: Gathering Women’s
Conference
6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
June 3
IF: Gathering Women’s
Conference
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
June 5
Siuslaw High School
Band Concert
7 p.m.
June 6
June 7
Coastal Fitness Spring Show
6:30 p.m.
June 9 & 10
LRP’s “Master Class”
7 p.m.
June 11
Featured artists (from left): John Leasure, Claudia Ignatieff and Ron Hildenbrand.
The tongue-in-cheek
title of the upcoming
exhibit at the Florence
Events Center represents
three local artists exhibit-
ing oil paintings celebrat-
ing Oregon’s “beauty,”
and
the
amazing
“beasts” that inhabit the
state.
Featured artists for the
exhibit will be Ron
Hildenbrand,
John
Leasure and Claudia
Ignatieff and their art-
work can be viewed at
the FEC in Gallery One
during the month of
June.
A graduate in art and
graphic design,
Hildenbrand worked in
the field for many years,
including having his own
studio in Fairfield, Calif.
He was also featured
in a “California
Backroads” TV episode.
Upon
retiring
to
Florence 12 years ago,
he became an active vol-
unteer in the art commu-
nity, and he currently
serves on the Florence
Public Arts Committee.
Leasure has lived in
Florence for the past 36
years, owning West
Coast Cabinets. He has
taught oil painting class-
es in Florence and
Eugene for the past 25
years, and is the teacher
for
the
popular
“Wallflowers and Wine”
painting classes at the
FEC.
Ignatieff, after a career
in Early Childhood
Education, retired to
Florence with her hus-
band Jim 12 years ago,
and began taking art
classes. She has been a
featured artist at the
Newport Visual Arts
Center.
Hildenbrand, Leasure,
and Ignatieff are active in
Florence Regional Arts
Alliance (FRAA), serving
on the Board of
Directors and on the
Display Committee.
Additionally, Ignatieff
and Leasure serve on
the
FEC
Gallery
Committee and are
member
artists
of
Backstreet Gallery. The
artists have exhibited at
many local venues,
including the Siuslaw
Library,
PeaceHealth
Medical Center and
Oregon Pacific Bank.
The public is invited to
come to an appetizers
and wine reception
Sunday, June 4, from 3
to 5 p.m. Meet the artists
and view their individual
perceptions of “Beauty
and the Beasts.”
Volunteering
Give some of your free time to the arts
The Friends of the Florence
Events Center has a long standing
history of volunteerism. Without
the thousands of hours given each
year by a team of committed vol-
unteers, the Florence Events
Center would not function. A cur-
rent call for new volunteers is going
out for all aspects of altruism at the
Events Center.
Cindy Orsted began volunteer-
ing in 2010.
“After my husband passed, I was
looking for something to fill my
spare time and walked into the
Florence Events Center,” said
Orsted. When asked what she likes
best about volunteering she
answers, “I like everything! The
people, the shows and learning
new stuff. I don’t think there’s any-
thing about this place I don’t like.”
Opportunities for volunteers
include: ushering, taking tickets,
working backstage, helping with
room set-up, art gallery set-up,
office support and fundraising for
the Friends of the FEC
LRP’s “Master Class”
2 p.m.
June 16 & 17
LRP’s “Master Class”
7 p.m.
June 18
LRP’s “Master Class”
2 p.m.
June 21
RAIN Demo Day
5 to 8:30 p.m.
Bonneville Power Administration
Open House
5 to 7 p.m.
June 30
PeaceHealth Benefit Concert
7 p.m.
Being a volunteer requires a
minimal training orientation to find
out what the interest of the volun-
teer might be. The average num-
ber of hours a volunteer may
donate range from 2 to 20 per
month.
For more information call Sandi
Anderson, office and volunteer
coordinator, at 541-997-1994 or
drop by the office at 715 Quince
St. during regular business hours.
Watch the FEC Volunteers video
online at youtube/wFdbGSKxXi4.
July 6
Lane Blood Bank
11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
July 7
Siuslaw Jam
7 p.m.
July 8
Siuslaw Jam
2 to 7 p.m.
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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Lane Community College
Scholarship Night
6 p.m.