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COOS BAY—From Dec. 15 through
Feb. 17, Coos Art Museum will be host-
ing a dual exhibition of fi ber art by the
group High Fiber Diet. Th e two exhibitions
brought together into one are “Heat Wave”
and “It’s Not Easy Being Green” and both
were separate recent fi ber art competitions.
High Fiber Diet is a group of more than
30 artists located in southwestern Wash-
ington and western Oregon who choose to
work with fi ber to express their interpreta-
tion of the world and themselves.
Th e exhibitions open with a free recep-
tion for the public at the Museum on Fri-
day, Dec. 15,7 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Each portion is organized around a par-
ticular color that must appear within the
design of the fi ber art piece.
ALL PHOTOS COURTESY COOS ART MUSEUM
CAM’s two fiber exhibits include,
from left, “Off the Richter Scale” by
Susan Circone and “Tropical Heat” by
Sherrie Moomey.
For “Heat Wave” it is orange. Orange is
the color of heat: hot passion, hot jazz, des-
ert heat, tropical heat, the warmth of Medi-
terranean stone walls or bright fl owers. We
are basking in the glow.
Jurors are Wendy Huhn, Barbara Setsu
Pickett and Marilyn Robert.
For “It’s Not Easy Being Green,” as a fa-
mous frog once sang, the color is green.
Kermit’s identity struggle refl ects the chal-
lenges and choices we face every day.
Th e jurors are Pat Bognar, Trisha Hassler
and Bonnie Meltzer.
Th is exhibition has previously been
shown at: La Conner Textile Museum in La
Connor, Washington, World Forestry Cen-
ter in Portland, Oregon and Latimer Quilt
& Textile Center in Tillamook, Ore.
Coos Art Museum’s autumn exhibits end Dec. 9
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Spawning Colors by Jean Kyle
oos Art Museum ends its autumn shows on
Saturday, Dec. 9. Hurry in before then to see the
following exhibits:
All Things Salmon:
Contemporary salmon-themed art
For sustenance, industry or sport, salmon have had a
profound infl uence on many peoples and cultures. Th e
impact of this powerful migratory fi sh can be seen in art
works from prehistoric stone carvings through contem-
porary glass.
Nowhere is salmon art more evident than in the Pacifi c
Northwest, where the salmon has been the source of life
and sometimes controversy for hundreds of years.
In this nationwide competition and exhibition, CAM
has focused on the theme of salmon in contemporary art
Ravens of Adversity by Stan Fullerton
Undertow by Dolores Lusitana
— made possible by a generous grant from the Coquille
Tribal Community Fund. Th e 60 stunning works of art
represent the range of salmon art today.
Watercolors: Photography of Dolores Lusitana
Lusitana has had her photography exhibited in Cali-
fornia and New Mexico. She has also had an interest-
ing and varied career with numerous projects involving
photography.
According to the artist, the Venice Canals create a
car-free walkway in Los Angeles in a wealthy enclave
connected by arched bridges and lined with homes that
span an array of colors and international styles reflected
in the endlessly shifting patterns of the water below.
“When I review these images, I’ll often discover
things that I didn’t consciously see when taking the pho-
tograph,” Lusitana said. “These photographs are testa-
ment to our ever changing perception of reality, within
and without, and to beauty realized only through reflec-
tion.”
Heads up: The Satirical Art of Stan Fullerton
Featuring paintings, etchings and sculpture by Coos
Bay artist Stan Fullerton. Works for this exhibition were
produced over several decades.
Satire has a long history in the arts and was central to
the counterculture movements of the late 1950s and the
1960s. Fullerton was an active participant of the “Beat Cul-
ture” centered in San Francisco and the City Lights Book-
store. From such sources he derived his satirical outlook
on life, art and authority fi gures, his favorite targets.
“I paint human folly. I paint authority fi gures as fools,
and fools as authority fi gures,” Fullerton said.
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