Juried show at The Blue Line Gallery

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Beth Rohlfes

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(916) 783-4117

Juried show at The Blue Line Gallery

50 Members Featured

ROSEVILLE, Calif., May 25, 2010—Roseville Arts’ Juried Membership Show opens at the Blue Line Gallery on June 19, featuring the work of 50 artists selected by jurors Pamela Skinner and Gwenna Howard.

A variety of 2- and 3-dimensional media will be represented in the exhibit, including works in photography, painting, mixed media and metals. The featured artists come from as far away as South Lake Tahoe, Davis and El Dorado Hills and will all be considered for $1000 in cash awards. While awards are not new to Roseville Arts’ previous 37 annual membership shows, this is the first time members’ work has had to be juried into the annual exhibit.  

“We were very honored to be chosen as the jurors for your first juried membership show,” said Pamela Skinner, who with Gwenna Howard owns and manages the Pamela Skinner/Gwenna Howard/Contemporary Art Gallery in Sacramento.  “We concentrated on the image in front of us and approached the judging very methodically.  We looked very closely at what we thought the artist tried to accomplish and how successful they were in this effort.”  

The exhibit opens June 19 with an artists’ reception, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m., and will continue in the gallery through August 14, 2010. Awards will be announced at 7:30pm during the opening reception.

WHO:                    Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery

WHAT:                  Juried Membership Show

WHEN:                 June 19 - August 14, 2010; Tues-Sat, 10-5; Opening Reception, June 19, 6:30-9:00 p.m.

WHERE:                Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Suite 100, Roseville

WHY:                    To promote the work of local artists

COST:                    FREE admission; artwork for sale; donations welcome

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BLUE LINE GALLERY

2009 VOTED #1 ART GALLERY IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION—KCRA  A-LIST

& FAVORITE ART GALLERY IN ROSEVILLE, GRANITE BAY, ROCKLIN—STYLE MAGAZINE

Roseville Arts’ Blue Line Gallery is a non-profit community center for the arts.  Further information may be obtained on the website:  www.rosevillearts.org or by calling (916) 783-4117. To set up an interview or to request high resolution photography, please contact Veronika Nagy at roseart@surewest.net

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SUMMER CAMP FUN FOR BUDDING ARTISTS

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Media Contact :

Beth Rohlfes   

brohlfes@rosevillearts.org

(916) 783-4117

SUMMER CAMP FUN FOR BUDDING ARTISTS

Blue Line Gallery Introduces Children’s Art Camps

ROSEVILLE, Calif., May 24, 2010 – The Blue Line Gallery is rolling out a summer full of art camps for children and youth.

Summer workshops taught by professionally trained artists will introduce children, ages 5 ½ - 16, to everything from painting and ceramics to decorative bookbinding and poetry.  Each class will culminate in an artists reception celebrating the addition of the young artists’ work to an ongoing summer exhibition. Options in class length and frequency provide flexibility for family schedules and budgets. More information can be found at www.rosevillearts.org.

WHO:          Blue Line Gallery

WHAT:        Summer Art Camps for Children

WHEN:        June 14-Aug 6

WHERE:      Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA 95678

WHY:           To help keep art in our future!

COST:          Fees vary according to camp length and frequency. See website for details.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS

Bill Reed was trained at the Chouinard Art Institute In Los Angeles. His 40 year animation career included stints with Disney Studio, Filmation, Hana-Barbera, MGM and work on hundreds of animated television shows as animator and director. Reed will teach two sessions to youth, ages 9-16, on how to draw cartoon characters.

Susan Frank has been teaching art for 30 years, most recently at St. Alban’s School in Roseville, also at Roseville public schools and the city’ Parks and Recreation Department.  She has a degree from California College of the Arts in Oakland and a teaching credential from UC Davis. Frank will be teaching beginning drawing, painting and ceramics classes for ages 5 ½ - 8, with a variety of fun themes.

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Linda Green is a professional artist who describes her work as ”a series of fictional portraits exploring dreams, wishes and curiosity.” Linda can be found working on her bold, primary paintings at her studio in the Arts building in Auburn, where she teaches classes and is Artists-in Residence.  Green will be teaching drawing and painting classes for ages 12-16, “Desserts! Colorful and Delicious” and “As You See It.”

John Bowman is a poet, writer and former editor and publisher of the Roseville press-Tribune. His gentle and emphatic style will inspire participants to reach inside and connect with the poet they always have with in them.  Bowman will teach several sessions of “Poetry Word Bowl” (ages 10-14) and “Paint Me a Poem” (ages 6-9).

Jim Carroll earned his teaching credential in Art after working for 20 years in the high tech industry. With a strong background in both science and art, Jim brings unique skill and artistic passion to his book-binding class. Carroll will teach youth, ages 11--16, how to make and create textured book covers, hand stitch the binding and customize pages for mixed media journals.

Maha Salem earned her BA and MFA degrees from Universities in Egypt and has taught free lance art classes in the U.S. since 1995. Her work shows a mastery of texture, color and shape in bold paintings that the artists says, “come from the inside out.” Salem will teach children, ages 7-12, to paint in the styles of master artists Picasso, Van Gogh and Georgia O’Keefe.

Gayle Streff earned his BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois. His cartoon The Fishbowl was published in The Placer Herald and Aquarium Fish Magazine. Gayle currently works primarily in digital photography. His workshop will step youth, ages 11-16, through the process of creating a comic story, including character and story development and creating the final artwork.

BLUE LINE GALLERY

2009 VOTED #1 ART GALLERY IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION—KCRA  A-LIST

& FAVORITE ART GALLERY IN ROSEVILLE, GRANITE BAY, ROCKLIN—STYLE MAGAZINE

Roseville Arts’ Blue Line Gallery is a non-profit community center for the arts.  Further information may be obtained on the website:  www.rosevillearts.org or by calling (916) 783-4117. To set up an interview or to request high resolution photography, please contact Veronika Nagy at roseart@surewest.net

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CHARLOTTE COOPER DEMONSTRATES ENCAUSTIC PAINTING

                                                         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                                                                                                               

Media Contact:

Beth Rohlfes   

brohlfes@rosevillearts.org

(916) 783-4117

CHARLOTTE COOPER DEMONSTRATES ENCAUSTIC PAINTING

May 29 at the Blue Line Gallery

ROSEVILLE, Calif., May 21, 2010—Encaustic artist, Charlotte Cooper, will demonstrate the ancient technique of encaustic painting at the Blue Line Gallery on May 29, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

The demonstration, sponsored by the Blue Line Gallery and Charlotte Cooper, is free to Blue Line Artist members and interested guests.  Membership information will be available. The demonstration will be preceded by a brief meeting to introduce upcoming events and opportunities for artists at the gallery.

“Encaustic medium is a lush, dimensional medium, carrying intense loads of color,” says Cooper. The technique, which uses hot beeswax to seal pigment on the painting surface, has changed little since it was used in the Fayum mummy portraits from Egypt around 100-300 AD.   

Charlotte Cooper teaches for the Learning Exchange and at High Hand Gallery in Loomis. Her work can be seen at the High Hand Gallery, Hang it Up in El Dorado Hills, Danielle’s Creperie and The Doiron in Sacramento, and in an upcoming a show at Blue Wing in Woodland. She works in forged and copper patina as well.

WHO:                    Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery

WHAT:                  Encaustic Demonstration by Artist Charlotte Cooper

WHEN:                 Saturday, May 29, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

WHERE:                Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Suite 100, Roseville

WHY:                    To introduce the encaustic process to artists 

COST:                    Free  

ART AND THE INMATE

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Beth Rohlfes   

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(916) 783-4117

ART AND THE INMATE

What can we learn?

ROSEVILLE, CA, May 13, 2010—Jim Carlson, art instructor at California State Prison-Sacramento (New Folsom), will share his experience teaching the arts to inmates during a presentation at the Blue Line Gallery on Tuesday, June 1, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Carlson is an art educator who has taught in California State Prisons for 25 years. He will share his experience working with inmates at New Folsom, supported by video interviews and examples of inmate poetry, music and visual art. Carlson will explore not only the realities of the inmate’s personal journeys and prison culture, but also the remarkable qualities of redemption and rehabilitation they have gained through their exposure to the arts.

“Jim’s presentation is both informative and inspirational,” said Beth Rohlfes, Curator at the Blue Line Gallery. “His examples of his student’s art, music and poetry attest to the remarkable ability the arts have to reclaim lives.”   

$5 admission for general public to support Roseville Arts programs.  FREE admission for Roseville Arts members.

WHO:          Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery

WHAT:        Art and the Inmate: A presentation by Jim Carlson, art instructor at Folsom State Prison

WHEN:        June 1, 2010, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm

WHERE:      Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Suite 100, Roseville

WHY:           To introduce the community to the arts programs in our prisons 

COST:          $5 admission to support Roseville Arts.  Members are free.

 ABOUT ROSEVILLE ARTS BLUE LINE GALLERY

Roseville Arts’ Blue Line Gallery is a non-profit community center for the arts.  Further information may be obtained on the website:  www.rosevillearts.org or by calling (916) 783-4117. To set up an interview or to request high resolution photography, please contact Veronika Nagy at roseart@surewest.net .                                # # #

Empowering Native American Children

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Beth Rohlfes  

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(916) 783-4117

Empowering Native American Children

Celebrated Musician Mary Youngblood Performs

ROSEVILLE, CA, May 3, 2010—The Blue Line Gallery’s 3^rd Saturday opening in May will celebrate an exhibit of American Indian children’s artwork with special guests Tribal Chairman Mathew Franklin of the Miwok Indians and two-time Grammy winning musician, Mary Youngblood.

“Empowering Our People: Artistic Expression of Native American Children” showcases the colorful artwork of children, ages 5-12, from the American Indian Education Program in Sacramento.  Tribal Chairman Mathew Franklin from the Ione Band of Miwok Indians will join the young artists, their families and gallery visitors in a special welcoming ceremony, 6:30-7:00pm on the 15^th.  Franklin and the American Indian Education Program help promote the mission “to empower Indian children to achieve a better way of life through self-integrity and honor.”

Also in support of the young artists, Native American musician Mary Youngblood will perform during the evening reception.  Known as the “First Lady of the Flute,” Youngblood is the first woman to professionally record the Native American Flute and the first woman to win not just one, but two Grammy Awards for "Best Native American Music Album."  She is half Seminole and half Aleut.

   

WHO:                    The American Indian Education Program and the Blue Line Gallery

WHAT:                  Grammy Winner Mary Youngblood and Miwok Tribal Chairman Mathew Franklin Participate in a

                                Special Opening for an American Indian Children’s Exhibit

WHEN:                 May 15, 6:30-7pm, during 3^rd Saturday Art Walk (open until 9pm)

WHERE:                Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Suite 100, Roseville

WHY:                    To celebrate and empower Native American children

COST:                    Free admission

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ABOUT CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION

American Indian Education Centers in California are authorized by California Education Code to provide staff who will assist schools with professional development, counseling, tutorial services, or parent education. They also provide supplemental and extended day instructional programs to meet the needs of American Indian students.

ALSO SHOWING AT BLUE LINE GALLERY IN MAY

“Meditations and Mandalas,” an exhibit of work by Roseville Arts member artists Elma Jella, Elaine Rothwell, Gregory Morss and Patricia Littlefield, as well as guest artist Marty, an inmate from Folsom Prison, continues through June 16. Novice Zen priest will Clear Mind Zen throughout the day, 10-5pm, with periods for basic instruction and questions and answers.  In the main gallery through June 12, “Brilliant Earth” with sculpture by Judi Stickney and Deanna Marsh; photography by David L. Robertson and Christopher Schiller and video art by Kevin Evensen.

ABOUT ROSEVILLE ARTS!

Roseville Arts’ Blue Line Gallery is a non-profit community center for the arts.  Further information may be obtained on the website:  www.rosevillearts.org or by calling (916) 783-4117. To set up an interview or to request high resolution photography, please contact Veronika Nagy at roseart@surewest.net .

MEDITATIONS AND MANDALAS

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MEDITATIONS AND MANDALAS

Blue Line Gallery – Cosmic, Creative and Calming

ROSEVILLE, CA, April 27, 2010—The Blue Line Gallery will feature “Meditations and Mandalas,” an exhibit of member artists’ work opening at the Blue Line Gallery in May.

“Meditations and Mandalas” will open to the public on May 7 with diverse interpretations of the theme by artists Elma Jella, mixed media; Elaine B. Rothwell, etching; Patricia Littlefield, fiber quilting and Gregory K. Morss, acrylic paint and automotive bondo texture. The show will also include two mandala paintings by Marty, a Folsom State Prison inmate.

In support of the “Meditations and Mandalas” theme, on May 15^th the gallery will introduce the meditation practices of Clear Mind Zen. Novice Zen priest, Rev. KoMyo David Novotny, will mediate throughout the day beginning with an opening ceremony and chants at 10:00 a.m.,  including several instructional and question-and-answer periods and a closing ceremony at 8:30 p.m.  

Visitors are invited to join the exhibiting artists in an evening reception, May 15, 6:30–9:00 p.m., during 3^rd Saturday Art Walk.

WHO:                    Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery

WHAT:                  “Meditations and Mandalas” exhibit

WHEN:                 May 7 – June 16, Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10am-5pm

                                Reception during 3^rd Saturday Art Walk, May 15, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.

                                Clear Mind Zen, May 15, 10:00 a.m.- 8:30 p.m.

WHERE:                Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Suite 100, Roseville

WHY:                    To provide opportunities for the community to enjoy and purchase the work of local artists

COST:                    FREE admission; artwork for sale!

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ALSO AT THE GALLERY

·         “Empowering Our People: Artistic Expression of Native American Children” also celebrates its opening on May 15 in the Children’s Gallery.

·          “Brilliant Earth” continues in the main gallery with sculpture by Judi Stickney and Deanna Marsh; photography by David L. Robertson and Christopher Schiller; and video art by Kevin Evensen. 

·         Children’s hands-on activities will be featured May 15, 1 - 4p.m., with special painting instruction by artist Linda Green, (2-3p.m.) and poetry and art activities led by John Bowman (3-4 p.m.). 

ABOUT ROSEVILLE ARTS BLUE LINE GALLERY

2009 VOTED #1 ART GALLERY IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION—KCRA  A-LIST  

& FAVORITE ART GALLERY IN ROSEVILLE, GRANITE BAY, ROCKLIN—STYLE MAGAZINE

Roseville Arts’ Blue Line Gallery is a non-profit community center for the arts.  Further information may be obtained on the website:  www.rosevillearts.org or by calling (916) 783-4117. To set up an interview or to request high resolution photography, please contact Veronika Nagy at roseart@surewest.net .

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SIERRA COLLEGE POETRY AT THE BLUE LINE GALLERY

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                                                                                                               

Media Contacts:

Beth Rohlfes   

rosecurator@surewest.net     

(916) 783-4117

SIERRA COLLEGE POETRY AT THE BLUE LINE GALLERY

Students to Read Their Favorites

ROSEVILLE, CA, April 26, 2010—A group of Sierra College poetry students will read their verse at the Blue Line Gallery on Tuesday evening, May 4, from 6:30 to 7:50 pm.

The students are from the English 20--Poetry class and English 19—Creative Writing Class taught by Michelle Johnson and Kent Fortin, Sierra College English professors and poets.  Approximately 30 students will read their original work to fulfill a class requirement.  “Reading gives students the real-world experience of sharing their work in a beautiful venue with audiences larger than Mom and Dad,” explained Professor. “Too, the opportunity is enough to turn them on to being lifetime poets.”

The public is invited and admission is free. Donations to Roseville Arts are welcome.

The reading will come on the first Downtown Tuesday Night of the 2010 season.

WHO:          Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery

WHAT:        Sierra College students from Michelle Johnson’s poetry class; reading poetry in public as part of

                      their final grade.

WHEN:        May 4, 2010, from 6:30 to 7:50 pm

WHERE:      Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Suite 100, Roseville

WHY:           To provide college students a public forum for their poetry. 

COST:          Admission is free. Donations will help defray costs of poetry readings at the Blue Line Gallery.

ABOUT MICHELLE JOHNSON:

Michelle is a full-time English Professor at Sierra College, where she has been teaching for 11 years.  Michelle says, “Before I taught, I did a little of everything from waitressing, bartending, fire safety educator, Native American education liaison, front desk clerk. I am a former military brat and wife.  I have lived in Wheatland for 20 years with my daughter Chelsea, my son, Gabriel, my six cats, and four fish. Writing has been something that I always return to, when there is nothing else around. Oh yes, and I love Dave Matthews.” Michelle read her poetry at the second in the Outta the Blue Poetry Series at the Blue Line Gallery in April.

ABOUT KENT FORTIN:

Kent Fortin can be summed up by a description of his poetry:  suburban blue-collar sensibility, tends to veer into sentimentality, and lacks formal structure.  While the world of poetry is impractical and frustrating, he is grateful to his wife, kids, students and colleagues for understanding that he’s going to go ahead and live in it anyway.  Kent teaches and learns at Sierra College.

ABOUT THIS READING:

Thirty students from Michelle’s English 20 Course will read their work as part of the requirements for completing the class. Area residents are invited to come and cheer on these students who will be presenting (some for the first time) their original work.

 ABOUT ROSEVILLE ARTS BLUE LINE GALLERY

2009 VOTED #1 ART GALLERY IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION—KCRA A-LIST and ROSEVILLE, GRANITE BAY, ROCKLIN STYLE MAGAZINE

Roseville Arts’ Blue Line Gallery is a non-profit community center for the arts.  Further information may be obtained on the website:  www.rosevillearts.org or by calling (916) 783-4117. To set up an interview or to request high resolution photography, please contact Veronika Nagy at roseart@surewest.net .

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