Build A Birdhouse For Sas

The Spokane Art School will have an auction of birdhouses next month - but first, it needs artists to create said birdhouses or any bird amenities to auction off.

The art may be a birdhouse, birdfeeder, birdbath, bird jewelry, art designed for a garden: tiles, fountains, chimneys - you get the idea.

And, this year, another possibility has been added: teapots.

Inventiveness, originality, creativity and fun are encouraged in all the works.

The second-annual Birdhouse and TeaGarden Auction will be Earth Day, April 22.

“Since this is a much-needed fundraiser, the art school requests the artist donate between 50 and 100 percent of the proceeds raised from the sale,” said Maureen Davidson, spokeswoman.

For more information, contact Davidson at the school, N920 Howard, Spokane, WA 99201, or call 328-0900.

Fine art show/sale

The Palette and Brush Art Association will present a fine art show and sale March 3-4 at Franklin Park Mall.

Auditions:

Lake City Playhouse will hold auditions Monday and Tuesday for the musical, “Bye Bye Birdie” at 7 p.m. in the Lake City Playhouse, 14th and Garden. Needed are 13 boys and men, ages 8 and older; 14 women, 13 and older; and several roles for adults over 30 years old. Director is Matthew Flanders; Julie Powell is music director.

Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre will hold auditions March 18 for its upcoming season of “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” “HMS Pinafore,” “Funny Girl” and “Showboat.” For audition time and location, send picture, resume and SASE to: Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre, P.O. Box 2492, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816. Deadline is March 1.

Rogue Players is looking for directors for its 1995-96 season. Send a brief listing of theater experience and the names of two or three plays you’d like to direct to Rogue Players, P.O. Box 679, Spokane, WA 99210.

Spokane Civic Theatre will hold auditions for “Breaking Legs,” a play for mature audiences, at 7 p.m. March 6-7 on the Main Stage, N1020 Howard. Director Barbara Elliott needs comedians: four men and a woman in her late 20s or early 30s.

Director Marilyn Langbehn needs one man and six women to audition for “Royal Gambit,” to be staged in April and May in Civic’s Studio Theatre. Tryouts will be at 7 p.m. March 6-7.

Artists may apply

The Spokane Lilac Festival is accepting audition applications for its Variety Show May 11 at The Met. Audition deadline is March 15. For more information, call Carol Grover at 489-7323 or 466-1114.

Washington, Idaho and Montana artists are invited to apply for participation in Corbin Art Center’s 1995 Juried Lilac Exhibition, May 3-25. Call 625-6677 or write to the art center at W507 Seventh for applications to the multi-media exhibition. Entry deadline is April 25.

The Mountlake Terrace Arts Commission is accepting proposals from Northwest artists for two 1 percent public art projects for interior pieces. For more information, call (206) 776-9173.

Washington State University Libraries is seeking visual artists to creatively capture the spirit of the new Holland Library addition on paper, canvas, cloth or board in twodimensional works of art. Entries are due March 3. For more information, call (509) 335-4558.

The Pend Orielle Arts Council has issued a call for artists wanting to participate in Artwalk, Sandpoint’s summer-long art extravaganza. A minimum of 15 galleries and businesses will sponsor three fiveweek long shows opening May 27, July 1 and Aug. 5. Artists who want to exhibit original works in painting, photography, decorative fiber arts, ceramics, stained glass or sculpture must apply by March 31. Write to POAC/Artwalk, PO Box 1694, Sandpoint, ID 83864, or call (208) 263-7065 or (208) 263-8959.

Plants as art

Wolf Lodge Illustrations of Coeur d’Alene has its products exhibited at the 1995 Northwest Flower and Garden Show which ends Sunday at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle.

Artist Rebecca Brown-Thompson features colorful drawings of rare plants from around the world. Each illustration is botanically correct. Brown-Thompson is a scientific illustrator by trade and a member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators.