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Seventy Fifth Edition of the Gallery Calapooia Newsletter
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Gallery Calapooia Newsletter
 December 2019

Featured Artists for December

Anna Harris and Shannon Ross

“Fantastically Peculiar Things”

Anna Harris
Anna Harris - Painting
PAINTER -  Anna Harris

Even after 37 years of creating various forms of art, Anna Harris still appreciates being an active student.  She enjoys learning new ways to mix design, symbolism, and media throughout her compositions. Her main area of focus is studying and personifying nature.  She believes nature contains the true extracts of life with its many textures and colors. Anna is a founding member of Gallery Calapooia. She attended both Oregon State University and Western Oregon University with a focus in both Art and Business.  She is thankful to have three tough, constructive, and motivational critics: her two daughters and husband, the true artists of the family.
Anna Harris - Painting
Shannon Ross - Ceramic Sculpture
CERAMICIST -  Shannon Ross

Shannon is a native Oregonian who has worked with Ceramics for over 30 years. She lives in South Salem with her husband, Rob, who is her biggest supporter and studio mate. Her Boston terrier, Dotty, also keeps her company in the studio. While she has experimented with different art mediums, Shannon’s primary focus is ceramics, which she first studied in high school.  Her degree in interior design contributes to her interest in building and constructing complex hand built ceramic pieces that are beautiful, sculptural and whimsical.
Shannon Ross - Ceramic Sculpture
 
She uses either porcelain or a clay mixture with 10% paper and grog, which is used to strengthen delicate parts. This paper clay mixture allows Shannon to have greater freedom in the creation of the intricate and detailed pieces she loves to create.
 
Shannon enjoys the freedom of firing pieces sometimes 3 or 4 times to get the right color or detail. She uses layered glazes, so the pigments interact, giving depth and lively, robust color.  Shannon sometimes challenge herself to develop unorthodox practices such as taking separate components (e.g. stone, shells, mineral specimens, fish skin) and attaching them after firing.  Since the details or forms of her ceramics develop and change during the creation process, each piece is truly one-of-a-kind.
Shannon Ross - Ceramic Sculpture
For her newest body of work Shannon is enjoying a new approach: combining clay figurative pieces with antiques. In doing this she has incorporated elements of the unexpected and infused the narratives with mystery.  Having been a collector of antiques and “found objects” for many years, she has items waiting to be given a new life.  She has incorporated some of these interesting finds with imaginative ceramic animal figures to create surreal and playful forms.


First Friday Artist Reception
December 6, 2019  6:00 - 8:00 PM
Come join our featured artists, Anna Harris and Shannon Ross, along with other Gallery Calapooia artists. Come and celebrate the holidays with some fun art and refreshments with your family.  Music by flutist, Brenda Coughennower. 

Other businesses participating in Downtown First Friday include Albany Regional Museum, Urban Ag Supply, No Dinx, Cronies Antiques, Eclectic Zebra, Sniffany’s Pet Boutique, and the Crow’s Foot Gallery. Don’t miss the fun in Historic Downtown Albany!

The work of Anna Harris and Shannon Ross will be featured November 26th  - December 28th.
 

Happy Holidays from Gallery Calapooia

Members of the Gallery have been working hard to bring you a wonderful art experience during this Holiday Season. We have cards, ornaments, decorations, and gift choices in a full range of prices.  Remember, we also have gift certificates if you just can't decide from the many wonderful items! 
 

Additional Holiday Hours

As a courtesy for our customers, Gallery Calapooia will be open the following Sundays from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. (Dec. 1; Dec. 8, Dec. 15 and Dec. 22). This might be a great time to bring out-of-town guests in to see what Downtown Albany has to offer! 
Examples of some of the Holiday Cards from various Gallery members. 

Downtown Unwrapped
Gallery Has Artist-Made Holiday Stockings on Display

For the members of Gallery Calapooia, the Holiday Season started early with the annual Albany Downtown Association event – Downtown Unwrapped. This event usually occurs on the first Thursday of November. - this year on November 7. Downtown businesses participate by having their special Holiday windows wrapped with paper and then on that special night, the wrapping is taken off and the windows are revealed. There are often special events in the various businesses, sometimes strolling carolers, etc. NOTE: Because of logistics, we choose to leave our windows unwrapped, but we still participated. In fact our windows are still up and will be up through the Holidays.

Our Gallery chose to use artist-designed stockings as our display. People worked in many different types of media, both 2D and 3D. We have a ceramic boot, a polymer clay stocking, many different styles of painted and dyed canvas stockings, and a handmade felt stocking. There are wooden plaques with stocking motifs, and paintings with the theme of stockings. In case you are wondering, the stockings are for sale! 
One of Gallery Calapooia's Holiday Windows

Albany Unwrapped - Wearable Art Trunk Show 

As part of Albany Unwrapped, we decided to invite five artists who work in wearable art to share our space for the evening.  Thank you Rachel Murray, Nancy Bryant, Cris Kostol, Chris Seale and Marty Balogh for helping Gallery Calapooia kick off its Holiday Season. Gallery visitors that night enjoyed themselves and the Gallery members working during the event enjoyed themselves too. Be watching for future events that feature one or two mediums and possibly bring in other guest artists so we can continue the fun.

Gallery Member's Technique Demonstrations

One of the traditions of our Gallery at this time of year, is for various artists to give a demonstration on how they make their art. These start early this year, with our first demonstration being on November 23! Here is the list:

Nov 23 11:00-1:00 Cheryl French demonstrating Monoprinting & Linocuts
Nov 30 11:00-1:00 Bill Thompson demonstrating Layered Vinyl
Dec. 7 11:00-1:00 Pat Spark demonstrating Wool Felt Figures
Dec. 14 11:00-1:00 Marilyn Lindsley demonstrating Kaleidoscope Polymer Goose Egg

These are always fun to watch, so if you have any interest in HOW we make our art, please come and join us.
Printed Card by Cheryl French (left)        Holiday Light by Bill Thompson (right)
Polymer Clay Decorated Egg by Marilyn Lindsley (left)
Felt Santa by Pat Spark (right) 
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The Big Show of Little Art!
3rd Annual 8 x 8 Community Open Exhibit
Jan. 28 – Feb. 22, 2020
Karen Miller artwork
Wall Piece by Karen Miller for 8" x 8" 2019
Mark your calendars and begin working on your new piece for the upcoming Community Art Show at Gallery Calapooia – The Big Show of Little Art 2020! 
 
In 2020, we will be accepting the work of approximately 120 artists. This will be approximately 95 2-D pieces and 25 3-D pieces. We will take in the first 120 pieces, with some adjustments as needed. So this means that people can only enter one piece and they will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. All art work must be for sale and cannot have been shown in previous Gallery Calapooia Community Exhibits.
 
Art work entry must be hand delivered to Gallery Calapooia, 222 1st Ave. SW, Albany, Oregon 97321. The submission dates are January 17 and 18, 2020, Noon - 6:00 PM. The detailed Call to Artists and the Entry Form are available online or at Gallery Calapooia. They must be completely filled out, signed and submitted with art work. http://www.gallerycalapooia.com/ 1-541-971-5701
 
Work cannot exceed the dimensions of 8 inches x 8 inches x 8 inches, including any frame, backing, case or stand.  All wall-hung work must be exactly 8" x 8". 8" x 8" canvases and other supplies can be purchased for the exhibit at: The Frame House, 434 W 1st Ave, Albany, OR 97321, 541-928-7676.
 
2D art work must be ready to hang with a tight wire across the back at least 2 inches below the top. The wire cannot extend above the edge of the work and no alligator (sawtooth) hangers allowed. 3D work must be ready to display on shelves or stands. All art work must be securely identified on the back (2D work) or bottom (3D work) with the title, price and artist’s name.
 
The reception for the 8 x 8 exhibit will be on Feb. 7, 2020, from 6-8 PM at Gallery Calapooia.
 

Local Happenings and Upcoming Events
Members of Gallery Calapooia will be exhibiting at the Albany City Hall in January and February, 2020. 


Collages by Melissa Babcock Saylor will be on display at Sybaris Bistro during December.
"Skating Santa" by Melissa Babcock Saylor

sybarisbistro.com              
Sybaris Bistro,
442 1st Ave.
W, Albany

Gallery Spruce Up Closure

 

The Gallery will be closed for painting and other sprucing up from Dec. 31, 2019-Jan. 2, 2020. Join us again at our First Friday Reception on Friday, January 3, 2020. The reception is from 6:00-8:00 PM, but our Gallery will be open at our usual time of 11:00 AM.

 

Gift Registry and Gift Certificates


Let Gallery Calapooia help you with special gifts by using our Gift Registry. Come in, note items in our gift registry that you would like to receive as gifts, and let your loved one know so that he or she can get you the perfect gift at Gallery Calapooia. We also have Gift Certificates available.

 
Gallery Calapooia is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Donations to the gallery are tax-deductible.
 


Artists Invited to Apply for Membership 


Artist Application form for membership in Gallery Calapooia
Membership and application information

 
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occurring at the gallery.
 
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