Local CREATions artist shop

We are scheduling an opening of the co-op artist shop on May 5th, 2011.

Membership Appreciation Dinner very soon!

As a Thank You to all paid members we are creating a Membership Appreciation Night that will rock your world. In addition to a menu in celebration of summer we will have unique decor, and will be offering you the opportunity to be the first to see fabulous art in the newly established Local CREATions Artist Shop. An attractive assortment of Door Prizes will be awarded to attendees. We will be voting on the best of show in the shop art and will also be taking suggestions from our members throughout the evening.

!!! SEE YOU THERE !!!

To describe area resident Neil Clemons as a NEW artist would be a mistake. More apt would be “revived” artist as in “recently revived after a 35-year hiatus.”

He’s no new kid on the block. On the other hand, he’s no Grandpa Moses either. Who he is might be boiled down to this: A balding elder photographer and poet who turns digital images into what he fancies to be art. His current preference is creating what looks to be paintings from “standard” photographs.

He put his journey into photographic art on hold three decades ago when he converted his darkroom into a bedroom and settled for having prints and slides commercially made. After satisfying careers in journalism, public relations, and as a family counselor, when he hit his 60s he began taking time to seriously indulge the arts—writing poetry and teaching himself the art and craft of digital photography.

Eclectic from his childhood in Whitman County, Neil’s photography reflects a wide range of interest and style—ranging from traditional portraits and local landscapes to abstract computer-manipulated images. However, his favorite subjects are what he sees in nature, particularly as he experiences life in Pend Oreille County.

He carries his Canon camera with him almost everyday as he gardens and hikes from his Calispel Trail cabin, and as he and wife canoe, ski, cycle, and explore around the world. He lets his imagination roam, capturing whatever the light and view of the moment suggest might be fun to “play with” later on his computer.

The challenge for Neil is to turn an ordinary or average image into something that awakens memories and arouses the senses. Best, he says, is when his photographs reach into viewers’ lives with a spark of power and beauty. Then he has the deeper satisfaction of knowing that the pleasures and messages of the visual arts are embraced and expanded into the community. His aim, with both words and photographs, is to contribute to the mysterious nurture of kinder, gentler, and happier souls.

Newport Miner features CREATE's Arts Calendar

On a bimonthly basis, the Newport Miner newspaper features an Arts Calendar from CREATE. The calendar is sponsored by Frontier Title.

For more information on the calendar, contact CREATE at 447-9277.

CALL FOR WEB SITE ART

Construction on CREATE’s new web site is ongoing. We are currently adding art content to the site. This is an opportunity for area artists to have their work appear online with no charge at this time. We can work with slides, photographs, digital photos and CD’s of your work. In addition, the purchase of an ad in our quarterly newsletter includes a free link on CREATE’s web site to your personal website.

Three Ways to Increase Visibility and Sales of Your Art
1. FREE—submit your art to CREATE to be included on our web site

2. $10 per Quarter—buy a web site ad in CREATE’s newsletter and receive a FREE link
on our web site.

3. $25 per quarter—buy a business card ad in CREATE’s newsletter and receive a FREE link on our web site.

For further information, contact CREATE at (509)447-9277

Message from the President

Planning for the SUMMER is under way and activities and classes are scheduled. If you have a class you think you and your friends would enjoy or if you would enjoy teaching a class
call Linda at CREATE and talk to her. Classes this last year have been great, and the attendance has exceeded our expectations; however we have had a few that were not
filled and had to be cancelled. We could do a better job with input from members and friends.

The Annual Meeting will take place on September 20, 2007 from 6pm to 8pm with a report to the membership on the activities for the year and the election of the Board
members for the next 2 years. Come and let the Board hear your ideas and meet the people who work hard to make CREATE work for our community.

The membership drive will be in full swing October 1st and will run through December. The Board counts on the support of our members and their membership dollars to
help fund the activities at CREATE and to provide the hard dollars needed for to us qualify for grants. Watch for your letter or complete the form in the newsletter and
send in your membership today.

Save November 9th for the Membership Appreciation night and Chili Tasting at CREATE. The evening will include great chili tasting with prizes for the best chili voted by the tasters. If you have a great chili you would like to enter and would like to put your recipe in our chili tasting recipe booklet, call us. The challenge is on! There will be prizes for our members as well as great music by Dorene Greg. Maybe some Rock and Roll! “Freeform and Wheel” is the exhibit for this month, which includes any art object or medium with pottery as the subject. Many will be for sale, so come in and shop.

The year of 2011 will finish with the Artists’ Shop which will open for business November 30th and be open through December 22nd. If you are an Artist and want to sign up to have your unique art for sale in the shop, come by and register. If you are a shopper, plan to come in and browse. You will find unique art created by local artisans available
for sale.

The Board is working hard to plan activities, events and classes for all ages. However, if there is something missing in our schedule, we count on you to let us know.

Thanks for your support,

Bev Numbers