Horst reports here on two recent art events: (1) the Brookings Art Walk of 12 August 06, and (2) the artist reception for the 2006 National Maritime Exhibit at the Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay on 21 July.
(1) Brookings Art Walk of 12 August 06.
It was still quite hot when I started playing my keyboard a 4 PM at Terra Cotta Corners. About 20 minutes into the gig, it was my pleasure to introduce vocalist/guitarist Marshall Thompson from Chico, CA. With his solid bass and impeccable guitar styling Marshall was an immediate success. He played folk songs from the 60s and similar stuff. Art Walkers ate it up. He promised to come back for future Art Walks whenever possible.

At 5:03 sharp the Limericists, led by judge Brian Scott, did their thing: making fun of Brookings and its residents, particularly Terra Cotta owner John Archuletta, who sat in the corner and whined. Afterwards Nancy Pettet and Karen Warwick with their accordions took over, which freed me up to visit other venues.

At Words and Pictures a crowd was waiting for the 5:30 poetry reading. Carol Batho read from her novel “Others in the Swamp.” The audience was spellbound. I hobnobbed with the artists of the month, Liz, the Lizard, James and Buzz, the Buzzard, Stewart, who both seemed in a good mood. Donna Goss posed for me with two of her works, a first in the history of the Art Walk.
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At 6 PM, over at the library, John Helgeson was explaining the innards of his kinetic art pieces (stuff that hangs on the wall, looks good, moves and makes noises). The visitors were quite impressed. So was I. Another first in Brookings.

That was all the time I had, because I had to rush home to get things set up for the musician’s party. That turned into a riot as usual, and that’s where I heard, for the first time, the Gold Beach Singers (that’s what I call ‘em, they haven’t decided on an official name yet). They had come over from Manley where they had entertained the masses. I especially enjoyed the duets of Jan and Sharon of Gold Beach. A class act.

(2) Coos Art Museum Annual Maritime Exhibit, artist reception of 21 July 06.
In contrast to the casual atmosphere of our monthly Brookings Art Walks, this was a more high brow affair. I walked through the show before winners were declared, and I had picked about 10 works, which I was sure were candidates for top prices. None of them won anything. The Best of Show went to a small oil that showed a fence in sand dunes; well done - to be sure - but it hadn’t even appeared on my radar screen. That shows you how much yours truly knows about art. Either that, or it’s just a crap game as so many artists tell me.

That’s it for today. Tune in to this website again about August 27 when we’ll have the program for the September 9th Art Walk ready for you.
Horst

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