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photo/Humboldt Arts Council
Kafka Moth/Cheryl
Coon
The art includes very small works for the organization’s second annual Small Works Exhibition and Drawing.
Relief paintings touting the wonders of the natural world are the subjects chosen by Cheryl Coon for her “Natural Observations” show.
The arts council will also present its annual juried membership exhibit.
Coon’s “Natural Observations” will be on display through Jan. 23, with an opening reception to be held Jan. 1, during First Saturday Night Arts Alive!, 6-9 p.m.
She concocts textured paintings with layers of sediment and pigment similar to natural formations and geologic structures formed over time, she states in a news release.
Images of insects, skin, fossils and other natural surfaces for which she uses beeswax, sediment, ashes, acrylic and raw pigments, incorporate time passing, she states, each layer documenting a session spent with the piece.
“Many of these pieces are preserved or captured in a fragile state of disintegration, like fossils,” she states. “In this way, life becomes a part of the work, and time spent with the work is a way to explore my own fascination with nature and other living organisms.”
Humboldt Arts Council’s second annual Small Works Exhibition and Drawing, featuring 20 exhibitors, is on display this month. Winners of the raffle will be chosen on Jan. 1, during First Saturday Night Arts Alive!, 6-9 p.m.
Tickets are
available in the museum store for $10 each; three for $25; 10
for $50; and 25 for $100. Each ticket purchaser can deposit
their tickets in the box under the artwork of their
choice.
Finally, various media are represented by the
58 works on display for the arts council’s annual juried
membership exhibition, on display through Jan. 23, with an
opening reception slated for Jan. 1, 6-9 p.m.
Works on
display include drawing, painting, photography, ceramics,
sculpture and fiber arts by member artists.
This year’s
juror is Sheila Farr, a Seattle native and art critic for the
Seattle Times. She studied art ad dance at Cornish and the
University of Washington.
The museum is open to the
public noon-5 p.m., Thursday through Sunday. Admission is by
donation: $4, adults; $1, seniors aged 55 and older; free to
arts council members and children 12 and younger. Admission is
free during First Saturday Night Arts Alive!
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photo/Humboldt Arts Council
Tenryuji (Tenryu Temple, Kyoto,
Japan)/Joshua K. Awbrey
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photo/Humboldt Arts Council
Sunlit Garden/Geta
Hershberger
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photo/Humboldt Arts Council
Pumpkin Time/Ann
White