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‘Fresh Impression’ winners announced
The Gallery Committee, as part
of the non-profit Friends of the
Florence Events Center (FEC),
recently put on an Artist
Reception for the students who
participated in the High School
Art Exhibit,” Fresh Impressions.”
Financial awards were given by
the Friends of the FEC for First,
Second, and Third place, and
City Lights Cinema donated
movie tickets to all honorable
mention award winners. 2-D art-
work was matted by Frames of
Florence.
Award winners are as follows:
First Place for 2-D art to Ben
Cahoon for his scratchboard
“Beauty of the Abyss”; 3-D First
Place went to Maci Wells for her
Friends of the FEC and artists recently attended a reception for winners of the “Fresh Impressions” show. From L, Jo
Beaudreau, Ben Cahoon, Caesar Castillo, Jane Connelley, John Leasure, Patti Williams, Claudia Ignatieff, and Liz
Johnson.
Monet inspired Teapot.
Second place went to Elissa
Hurley for her scratchboard
“Friendly Fox;
Third Place went to Hanna
Anderson for her mixed media
“Little Red Riding Hood.”
Four Honorable Mention awards
were given to: Kaitlin Snook, “It’s
Been a Really Weird Week”;
Caesar Castillo for “Moonlit Lake”;
Abby Watkins for “Snap Trap
Turtle Teapot”; and Ethan Hack for
“King.”
This exhibit will be at the FEC
through the month of May, and it is
of exceptional quality.
Special thanks go to Siuslaw
High School Art Instructor Kim
Pickell for assisting with this exhibit.
Christian Conference
If: Gathering Women’s Conference returns to Florence
In 2007, Jennie Allen says she
sensed God telling her to disciple a
generation. It seemed to be an impos-
sible and improbable calling. Allen
knew that if this call was truly from
God, then He would make it a reality.
So for years she waited, took small
steps of obedience, and watched God
begin to open doors and give favor.
The vision was to gather, equip and
unleash women to live out God’s call-
ing in their lives. So, together with a
team of friends, Allen formally estab-
lished “IF: Gathering,” a global
women’s gathering that will take place
June 2 and 3 this year.
“We have seen God use this event to
livestream at the FEC.
change lives for eternity, and we Gathering 2017,” says Allen.
IF:Gathering 2017 will look at one of
Come together with other women in
believe He wants to do life-changing
work in and through you at IF: your community by watching the the most influential generations that
has ever lived — the early church. The
way God moved through them was
simple and pure.
“We believe they are the model we
need right now,” said Allen. “Our
dream is that we would experience the
power of God as He does big things
through simple acts of faith.
“That we live unified, surrendered to
God, not just in our minds and in our
theology, but also in our daily lives.”
The If: Gathering will be from 6:30
to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, June 2, and
from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday,
June 3.
Pay what you can, and pre-register
at Ifflorence.eventbrite.com, or email
host Kristen Ohran at kristenohran
@gmail.com for more information.
special events
Siuslaw High School
Spring Band Concert
Music from
the Siuslaw
High School
bands will fill
the auditori-
um when they
perform their
year-end con-
cert on the
Florence
E v e n t s
Center's main
stage.
The concert will feature
each of Siuslaw's award-win-
ning bands on Monday, June
5, beginning at 7 p.m.
The concert is free to the
public.
There will be
solo perform-
ances by many
individuals from
the
school's
award-winning
music programs.
The concert
will also high-
light SHS sen-
iors in their final
high school per-
formance, as well as recognize
some of the outstanding musi-
cians and what they've
accomplished throughout the
year.
Maria Callas
Master Class
A play by:Terrence McNally
is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York
Directed by Leah Goodwin
Registration for seventh-annual
Festival of Books begins this month
The
annual
Florence Festival
of Books, a book
fair for authors
and publishers,
will take place
Friday
and
Saturday, Sept.
29 and 30.
The event is hosted by the
Friends of the FEC and the
FFOB planning committee.
Now in its seventh year,
the book festival continues
to be a popular gathering for
authors, publishers and
potential future authors. The
public is invited to this free
event to meet the authors
and have their books signed.
The book fesitval will fea-
ture several publishers.
Writers are invited to bring
their manuscripts for a
chance to meet with publish-
ers representing many gen-
res: fiction, nonfiction, mem-
oir, children’s literature, fan-
tasy, mystery, young adult,
poetry and more.
Nearly 20 of the authors in
attendance will
be local residents.
On
Friday,
Sept. 29, John
Daniel, winner of
the 2006 Pacific
Northwest
Bookseller’s
Association Book
Award, will be the guest
speaker.
There will also be a meet-
and-greet
and
special
author’s panel that evening.
Registration for authors
and publishers for the
Florence Festival of Books
will open Monday, June 12,
online at www.florencefesti-
valofbooks.org.
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