CALL TO ARTISTS: 2011 PHOTOGRAPHY OPEN EXHIBITION

CALL TO ARTISTS
2011 PHOTOGRAPHY OPEN EXHIBITION

Juror, Lewis Kemper, Canon Explorer of Light

ROSEVILLE, CA, October 19, 2010—Roseville Arts invites photographers to enter their best work and compete for awards in its 2011 Photography Open Exhibition, opening in January at the Blue Line Gallery. Lewis Kemper, a Canon Explorer of Light, will be juror for the show.

Work selected by the juror will be exhibited at the Blue Line Gallery, January 15 – February 12, 2011, and will be eligible for awards, including a $300 Best of Show. The exhibit is open to all original photography in all themes, traditional and digital formats. Deadline is November 15, 2010. Up to 3 images/$35 ($30 Roseville Arts Members); $5 each additional. Complete information is available in the prospectus, available online and in the gallery. All entries will be accepted only through online submission.

A public reception on January 14, 2011, will celebrate the opening of the exhibition and the award winners.

WHO: Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery
WHAT: CALL TO ARTISTS -- 2011 Photography Open Exhibition
WHEN: Deadline for entry, November 15, 2010
WHERE: Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA 95678
WHY: To offer the community a quality art exhibit; and artist photographers the opportunity to compete
and sell their work
FEE: 3 images/$35 ($30 Roseville Arts Members); $5 each additional

ABOUT LEWIS KEMPER
Lewis Kemper has been photographing the natural beauty of North America for over 29 years, specializing in nature and outdoor photography. He has been named one of the 62 Canon USA’s elite group of photographers, The Explorers of Light.
His fine art photographs have been exhibited nationally and are held in many private and permanent collections, including the Baltimore Museum of Art. His work has been published in magazines, books, and calendars worldwide. Kemper received his BA in Fine Art Photography from the George Washington University. His development as a photographer, he says, was greatly influenced by his association with The Ansel Adams Gallery, where he worked for several years during an eleven year stay in Yosemite National Park. Kemper photographs in color using 35mm and 4 x 5 cameras and also works with digital imaging on his Apple computer. He also teaches and has published instructional books and DVDs. See www.LewisKempber.com.


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.

INSTALLATION ARTIST LECTURES AT THE BLUE LINE GALLERY

INSTALLATION ARTIST LECTURES AT THE BLUE LINE GALLERY
Chris Daubert Talks About “Shamanism in Architecture” and “Site-specific Installations”

ROSEVILLE, Calif., October 19, 2010—Chris Daubert, installation artist and Sacramento City College professor, will present two lectures at Roseville Arts’ Blue Line Gallery this fall in conjunction with his current exhibit, “Transfiguration: An Electronic Audio and Visual Installation.”

In “Shamanism in Architecture,” Thursday, October 28, 7-9pm, Daubert will focus on specific archaeological sites built as tools to aid shamans in their ability to foresee the future. The second lecture is scheduled for Thursday, November 4, 7-9pm. “Site-specific Installations” will concentrate on contemporary works of art designed and constructed for specific settings, often including existing architecture as part of the design and concept.

Daubert’s electronic art installation at the Blue Line Gallery is open to the public, Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10-5, through January 8, 2011. Visitors may observe the installation set-up in progress through Friday, October 30.

WHO: Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery
WHAT: Lectures by Installation Artist Chris Daubert
WHEN: “Shamanism in Architecture,” October 28, 7-9pm; “Site-specific Installations,” Nov. 4, 7-9pm
WHERE: Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Suite 100, Roseville
WHY: To introduce the community to contemporary installation art
COST: $10 members/$15 non-members/$5 students and seniors

ABOUT “TRANSFIGURATION: AN ELECTRONIC AUDIO AND VISUAL INSTALLATION BY CHRIS DAUBERT
Exhibiting at the Blue Line Gallery through January 8, 2011; Tuesdays-Fridays, 10-5. Daubert’s complex and meticulously constructed “Transfiguration” installation has been in the making for more than a year and includes more than 150 miles of wire. It features a series of electronic layouts that detect and reflect motion, sound and light reminiscent of the progression of energy in the ancient temple of Chalchihuites in northern Mexico, where the Sacramento City College professor was doing research in 2008.

“I was struck by the beauty and ingenuity of the construction of the temples,“ said Daubert, “and the architectural and cosmological precision by which they were designed.”

Just as light activity is captured through the intentional design in the ancient temple, Daubert directs energy through his installation in a series of electronic layouts, each triggering the next in a complex array of sound, light and movement. Finally, the energy is directed into the dark recesses of the gallery where the viewers are challenged to decipher what they see, much as the shamans of ancient times may have interpreted the play of light in the temple to direct the activities of the community for the upcoming solar year.

ABOUT ROSEVILLE ARTS BLUE LINE GALLERY
Roseville Arts’ Blue Line Gallery is a non-profit (501c3) community center for the arts. Further information may be obtained on the website: www.rosevillearts.org or by calling (916) 783-4117.

Poets Kathleen Lynch, Roger Groghan and Moira Magneson Featured at the Blue Line Gallery

POETRY READINGS IN “OUTTA THE BLUE” SERIES

Poets Kathleen Lynch, Roger Groghan & Moira Magneson Featured at the Blue Line Gallery

ROSEVILLE, CA, October 11, 2010—Three published poets will complete the fourth and final evening of “Outta the Blue Poetry Series” at Roseville Arts’ Blue Line Gallery on Thursday, October 21, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

The evening will feature Kathleen Lynch, an award-winning poet who has taught poetry through writers’ workshops and the schools. Roger Groghan’s early influences include biology and beatniks. Moira Magneson is active in poetry circles in Northern California and teaches English and Composition at Sacramento City College.

WHO: Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery
WHAT: Final readings in “Outta the Blue Poetry Series”: Kathleen Lynch, Roger Groghan & Moira Magneson
WHEN: October 21, 2010, 7–9 p.m.
WHERE: Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Suite 100, Roseville
WHY: To cultivate poetry as an important part of Roseville’s culture.
COST: $5 members, students /$15 non-members (seniors 10% discount)

MORE ABOUT KATHLEEN LYNCH
Kathleen Lynch’s collection Hinge (2006) won the Black Zinnias Press National Poetry Book Competition (California Institute of Arts and Letters). Her chapbooks include How to Build an Owl (Select Poet Series Award, Small Poetry Press, 1995), No Spring Chicken (White Eagle Coffee Store Press Award, 2001), Alterations of Rising (Small Poetry Press Select Poet Series, 2001) and Kathleen Lynch - Greatest Hits (Pudding House Publications, 2002). She worked as Coordinator of “Writers in Performance” and “Writers’ Workshops” for San Jose Center for Poetry and Fiction, served as board member for the San Jose Center for Literature and Arts, taught through “Poets in the Schools” (all grade levels), mentors individual poets, and conducts teachers’ in-service training programs for elementary and high school teachers. Lynch also publishes fiction, essays, reviews, and does free-lance editing.

ABOUT MOIRA MAGNESON
Born and bred in northern California, Moira Magneson has worked as a truck driver, television writer, substitute teacher, artist’s model, and river guide. She now teaches English composition at Sacramento City College and lives in Placerville, where she is a member of Red Fox Underground, a Sierra foothills poetry collective. Her work has appeared in Margie, Verse Daily, Runes, Rattlesnake Review, Hanging Loose, and elsewhere. He Drank Because is her first published collection of poems.

ABOUT ROGER GROGHAN
Roger Groghan was a science major studying biology and anthropology. As a teenager the Beatniks were his cultural heroes. Lawrence Ferlingetti’s “Underwear” opened the possibility of poetry to him. Roger says the poets he is most familiar with are Robinson Jeffers, Gary Snyder, Kenneth Rexroth and R S Thomas. Roger has been published in the Confluence, a quarterly of the environmental group Protect American River Canyons (PARC), the Nevada County Poetry Anthology, and on the Internet.

ABOUT ROSEVILLE ARTS BLUE LINE GALLERY
VOTED 2010 BEST OF THE BEST ROSEVILLE/GRANITE BAY PRESS TRIBUNE; 2009 #1 ART GALLERY IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION—KCRA A-LIST and ROSEVILLE, GRANITE BAY, ROCKLIN STYLE MAGAZINE
Roseville Arts is a 501c3 non-profit community center for the arts that has served Roseville and surrounding communities for more than 45 years. Further information may be obtained on the website: www.rosevilearts.org or by calling (916) 783-4117.

Curator's Note - October 2010

The Blue Line Gallery is abuzz these days with visitors excitedly making their lists and checking them twice for this year’s LOTTERY FOR THE ARTS. As good as Christmas--better odds than your typical lottery!  You’ve got to stop in to see the amazing variety and depth of artwork donated by our generous and supporting artists for this year’s event. Larry and I will be here with our lucky ticket on October 8^th. We hope to see you here, too! (or we can be your proxy). Remember, EVERYBODY WINS!

And if you need additional  motivation to buy your Lottery ticket--something more than how amazingly fortunate you will be to take home a great piece of art:  Think about the fabulous educational programs you will be supporting.

·         Our exhibitions serve all ages - I can’t tell you how many high school students visited this past week to fulfill classroom assignments  .  .  .   Recently, a young mother visited our Children’s Open Show with her two young sons, ages 6 and 7. Both boys had entered work that was recognized by our juror, Linda Green, as outstandingly imaginative and finely rendered. I chatted with the mom and her young artists about their work and the awards (one brother won something, the other did not), and then I observed with delight as the mother walked the boys around Vern Peasenell’s show, engaging them in conversation about what they were observing and what they thought the artist might be trying to communicate .  .  .  And I thought, what a gift we are helping this mother give her sons. They will appreciate and enjoy visual art, yes. Even more importantly, they are learning to learn from art: how to observe, how to evaluate, how to develop their own thoughts about what they’re seeing, how to imagine and how to understand humanity .  .  . Sigh.

·         Our school tours are teaching students eager to learn about the art, the artists and the process of creating. 

·         Our Saturday afternoon children’s art activities, with projects aligned with California’s Visual Arts Content Standards, are drawing in children and families eager for the creative experience.

·         Our new after school children’s art studio has potential to serve even more children.

All these wonderful programs need enthusiastic leaders!  If you are interested in volunteering, give us a call. Check out member artist Ursula Johnson’s note on volunteering on our blog (find it in left column on our website home page).

Speaking of serving, if you tuned in to KVIE’s Art Auction last Saturday you may have seen how our generous member artists are contributing to the broader Sacramento arts community. Thank you again to Imi Lembrock-Hirschinger, Jim Hirschinger, Joe Strickland, Myron Stephens, Judi Stickney and Mya Louw for offering their fabulous artwork as the face of Blue Line Gallery.  I was extremely proud to be on air with their work representing our gallery and supporting the great programs we all love on KVIE.

I am always jazzed when I get out of the office, but especially when I make time to visit artist studios. Last week I had the pleasure to join Chris Daubert in his studio in Dixon. The energy in that shed was truly electrifying in more ways than one, as Chris and his assistants were putting finishing touches on the massive and meticulously designed wiring project that will come together as an electronic audio and visual installation at the Blue Line beginning October 16^th.  We are all in for a huge treat! Blue Line fans can see my photos of that visit on our Facebook page.

In closing, October is the month to be at the Blue Line Gallery! Between the Lottery for the Arts, all the amazing kids’ stuff going on and the fabulous exhibits opening--WOW! Be sure to mark you calendars!

See you at the Blue Line!

Beth Rohlfes