EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 17,1997
Local couple bring art to area teens
By Nova Rietmann
Mark and Astnd Bruno
came to lone one year ago and
began having art classes in their
home for teenagers in the area.
Since then they have received
money from the Morrow County
Arts Council so they can
continue operating the classes.
And now their house has been
properly named "Heart Works
House." They have classes for
teens on Thursday evenings from
7-10 p.m. at their house at 220 C
Street. The classes are free of
charge for teens. For infor
mation call them at 422-7305.
Astrid was bom and
raised in Sweden. She always
enjoyed art but in her late teens
her interest increased. Astrid
attended two art classes in
Sweden: The Fundamentals,
where she went to paint in places
including Italy and Spain, and
Experimental Textile Work.
Then at 18 she came to America.
Mark came from a small
town in California called
Martinez. He lived in Santa
Barbara for two years and began
taking classes: Live Figure Clay
modeling, and a stone carving
class where Mark and Astrid met.
In Santa Barbara, Mark was
involved in the art community
and started a gallery. Mark
vacationed in lone and fell in
love with the scenery, landscape,
and the small town atmosphere.
Astrid has loved lone from the
first day that she came. They say
that the people of lone and
Morrow County responded to
them with open arms.
Mark and Astrid feel that
they are filling a void and
bringing art back to Morrow
County. Their classes let people
explore and find the medium
they want to work with. Mark
works with stone, copper and
recycled materials to create his
Astrid and Mark Bruno
art. Astrid has several mediums
she works with: embroidery,
textiles, water colors, oil paint,
stone,
assembled art and
sculpting.
Mark has other projects
in lone such as being a volunteer
fire fighter. He also works with
the Morrow County Arts Council
and helped design and build the
stage in lone's city park. Astrid
is working on showing and
promoting her art.
In the near future Mark
and Astrid want to expand their
art classes. They also want to
have guest artists come in and
teach work shops.
"I encourage everybody
to explore their artistic side and
keep culture and art alive in
Morrow County because it's
needed," says Mark. "Art can't
hurt you." Astrid says, "Art is as
Artists Astrid Bruno (standing left) and Mark Bruno (seated second from right) assist art students during
necessary as air, math, or PE to classes held in lone.
develop into a mature well being
person. My mission is to make
it possible for others to do that.
grants program for tourism
Everyone should support the arts
A Morrow County Tourism brochures; Tourism Committee
council."
meeting will be held on Friday, page link to Heppner Web site;
"It's nice that Mark and
Sept. 19, at 3:30 p.m. at the involvement with 1998 Eastern
Astrid are providing this for
Driftwood
RV
Park
in Oregon visitor guide; county
Boardman.
kids," says Elizabeth Allen who
request to revise the Morrow
Agenda items include: dates for County brochure for 1999;
attends Mark and Astrid's art
1998 quarterly meetings; goal review/update
for
1998
class. And the kids in the class
setting
for
1998-2001;
Oregon
community
event
calendar;
vice-
look forward to having one night By Delpha Jones
Holly Rebekah Lodge met for Tourism Commission small chairman position vacancy.
a week when they can express
their first fall meeting following
their artistic side.
Mark and Astrid are now summer vacation on Thursday
planning the days ahead, and as evening, with the Noble Grand
their classes are expanding, their Dorothy Jackson in the chair.
Plans for the fall and winter
excitement builds. They are
months
were discussed, with card
ready for it. The Heart Works
parties
starting
the second Satur
House is always open, and so are
day
in
October.
Besides cards and
the hearts of Mark and Astrid
refreshments, this will be a cos
Bruno.
tume party with the costumes
judged and a prize awarded for the
best costume.
Everyone is invited to join the
traveled all over the U.S. and will
group
for the beginning o f the
be in the North West performing
series
of
card parties.
throughout the month of October.
Reports
o f m em bers and
Hunley gives a new meaning to
friends
who
are ill were given.
the phrase classical music.
The
next
meeting
will be Thurs
When not traveling, he hosts a
day,
Sept.
18.
local TV show entitled the
The state assembly president
Acoustic Experience. He also
Shirley Wilson will visit Holly
has CDs and videos.
Rebekah for her official visit on
Hunley's music is best
% Nov. 6. Saturday, Sept. 27 will be
described
as
"exquisite,
her official visit to the McNary
beautiful, and non-traditional".
District, held this year in Hermis-
Concerts are an attempt to reach
ton. M embers from H olly
out to people who usually
Rebekah with offices are Conduc
eschew classical music because
tor, Virginia Peck, RS Chaplain,
of its formality. Hunley best Geri Martin, and LS Vice-Chair
describes
his
music
as man, Delpha Jones. The meeting
mm
"Something you can come in will be held at the Grange Hall
WE CAN HELP YOU
jeans and drink beer to."
on Diagonal Road, with lunch
His
performances
served at noon there.
promise to be impressive and
inspiring. Hunley is an energetic
musician who incorporates jokes
and stories in with his spell
binding music.
Reviews
throughout the country describe
his music as a sensation that
relates with the title of his latest
CD, "Lasting Impressions."
Tourism meeting scheduled
Holly Rebekah
Lodge holds
meeting
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of Heppner will no longer be
in effect beginning at noon
on Friday, Sept. 19,1997. A
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Technician Basic Course is being
offered at two locations in
Morrow
County
beginning
Tuesday, September 16.
The course will be held at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner and Morrow County
Ambulance Station in Boardman
on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings from 7 to 10 p.m.
This extensive course runs
through March 21, 1998.
Instructors are Carl Launtsen,
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EMT-P.
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tuition (10 credits), $55 for lab
fees and insurance, and $65 for
books for a total of $470.
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a check or an authorization to bill
their ambulance service or fire
department for the textbook and
workbook.
Book prices are
estimated. Oregon State EMS
and NREMT registration and
testing fees totaling $70 are not
included in the total, but are
payable near the end of the class.
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coordinator, 541/422-7040 or
541/481-2099, or Carl Launtsen,
541/676-9133.
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■ HUNTERS
Guitarist to perform in lone
By Nova Rietmann
Classical guitarist James
Russel Hunley will perform
October 6 and 7 in Morrow
County on Monday at Beecher's
restaurant in lone, and Tuesday
at Dodge City Inn in Boardman.
Performances start at 7 p.m. and
tickets are $8.
James Russel Hunley has
c o a s t t o
!
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