Columbia Center for the Arts
  ARTS IN THE GORGE
                   April 3, 2007
 
Events at Columbia Center for the Arts
   
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Art Shows & Events
   
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Pots & Prints
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  Pots & Prints  
  Exploring Series and Process  
  April 6 through 29  
 

The Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River kicks-off the 2007 First Friday season on April 6 with the show “Pots and Prints – Exploring Series and Process." This show features the works of two potters and two printmakers and will highlight the rhythmic similarities between the two mediums

Artist Reception
Join the artist reception on Friday, April 6, 6 - 8 p.m. Appetizers and refreshments will be served.

Artist Talks: Printmaking
Beginning at 7 p.m. in the theater, Artists will be making short presentations about their work and process. Topics include:
--Ted James: The History of Printmaking
--Margot Voorhies Thompson: Exploring Series

Reception & Artist Talks

Friday, April 6, 6 - 8 p.m.
Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade St., Hood River, OR

Featured Artists:
Margot Voorhies Thompson, Ted James, Brad Henry, James Diem


 
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Literary / Humanities
   
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Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Company
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  "Hood River Reads" Book Talk  
  Friday, April 13  
 

Featured Book:  Gonzalez & Daughter Trucking Co.

Selected by the Hood River Library to be the feature of their HOOD RIVER READS program for 2007, Escandon's book "is about our compulsion to make events into stories and stories into bridges of understanding.”    — John Sayles, Screenwriter and Director


When

Friday, April 13
5 p.m. Social, 6 p.m. Book Talk

Where

Theater, Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade St., Hood River, OR

Tickets

FREE!

 
       
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Illustration
Illustration by Linda Dalal Sawaya
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  2007 Spring Humanities Series  
 

April 11, 18, 25 and May 2

 
 
 
  In both The Dalles and Hood River  
 
 
  Lectures / Discussions about the Middle East  
 

Learn about the current realities, cultural and political, in the Middle East. Have an opportunity to explore and discuss issues that are at the forefront of our lives.

 
  Featured Presenters:  
  -- Ladan Yalzadeh  
  -- Dr. John Damis  
  -- Yael Zahavey-Mittelman  
  -- Linda Dalal Sawaya  
 
 
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Arts Education
   
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Mt. Hood
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  FREE Printmaking Workshop  
  Saturday, April 7  
 

Free Printmaking Workship for children ages 6 and up. Limit 10 children. REGISTER EARLY to save your space!

When

Saturday, April 7. 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Where

Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade St., Hood River, OR

Price

FREE! Register early to save your space. Limit 10 children with their parents.

To Register Call Columbia Center for the Arts at 541-387-8877, ext. 114
 
       
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Also at
The Dalles Art Center
Wednesdays,
April 4, 11, 18
9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
 
Call The Dalles Art Center at 541-296-4759 for informatoin and to register.
  Healing Art Class  
  April 5, 12, 19, 26  
 

Join others who believe in the power of one's own creativity to heal and nurture oneself. No background in art is necessary, just an interest to work on healing through visual expression.

Instructor: Sarah starr

When

Thursdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26:
9 - 11 a.m.

Where

Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade St., Hood River, OR

Price

$80, includes supplies

To Register Call Sarah at 399-2688 or 386-2055
 
       
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Get Involved in the Arts
   
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Arts
 
 
  Provide a Room for Visiting Artists  
 

Want to be a host family for visiting artists? Click here to learn more. Interested?

 
 
 
  Mention the Arts in Your Will  
  Leave a legacy. Mention Columbia Center for the Arts in your will. Click here for more information.  
 
 
  Call for Writers  
  The quarterly version of the Arts in the Gorge print publication will soon be implementing a quarterly insert to showcase Literary Arts in the Gorge. To be titled Rediviva, poems, essays, and short fiction will be featured. For more information, please email editor@columbiaarts.org.  

 
Elsewhere in the Gorge
  Columbia Center for the Arts brings you the following information
in the spirit of nurturing arts throughout the Gorge.
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Open Studios
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  Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour  
  April 14 and 15  
 

Visit artist studios throughout the Gorge, and see artists as they work.  Ask them questions about their techniques, take photos, and enjoy the ride through the Gorge --- complete with blooming wildflowers fruit blossoms --- as you travel from one studio to another.

When

April 14 and 15

Where

Studios throughout the Gorge, on both the Oregon and Washington sides

Price

$15 for the weekend Guidebook

Information Click here for more information
 
       
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Open Studios
  Paper Making Workshop  
  April 21 - 22  
 

This two-day workshop teaches you how to make paper using local plant fibers. No previous experience necessary. Instructor Marilyn Wold is an internationally-known paper maker and fiber artist who currently lives in The Dalles..

When

April  21 - 22; 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Where

The Dalles Art Center

Price

$125 plus $20 for materials

To Register Call The Dalles Art Center
541-296-4759
 
       
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Theatre
   
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Bus Stop
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  Bus Stop  
  Opens April 5  
 

An uproarious comedy. In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City pulls up at a cheerful roadside diner. . .

When

April 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 & 21:
Doors open at 7 p.m.; show starts at 7:30

Where

Columbia Gorge Community College Auditorium, The Dalles, Oregon

Price $12, $10, $5, Adults, seniors, children, respectively.
More Info Click here.
 
       
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Columbia Arts
       
  Columbia Center for the Arts is an art organization that nurtures creative life in the Gorge. We are dedicated to bringing you visual, performing, and literary art events that will thrill your heart, make you think, give you a laugh, and touch your soul.

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