Second Artwalk Opens In Sandpoint Friday

Sun., July 26, 1998

By Nina Culver nculver47@gmail.com

Artwalk’s second series of exhibitions opens at 16 locations Friday in Sandpoint. The walk, like the first series in June, is sponsored by the Pend Oreille Arts Council. It continues Saturday, with works by regional artists on display though Sept. 11.

The diverse displays include beadwork, oils, watercolors, wood sculpture, glass, floral art, calligraphy, paper, scratchboard, pastels, stone fountains and willow furniture.

Artist receptions, complete with refreshments, will be at each location on either Friday or Saturday. Brochures are available at the galleries and the Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce.

Art sites are: Flaherty’s Framing and Fine Arts, 214 N. First; Pend Oreille Bank, 3224 Highway 95 North; Pend Oreille Pasta, 2885 Highway 95 North; Selkirk Gallery, 212 N. First; Misty Mountain Furniture, 502 Cedar; Pandhandle Art Glass, 514 Pine; Northwest Artisans, 330 N. First; Pend Oreille Arts Council’s Gallery, 120 E. Lake; Kincaid Jewelry, 316 N. First; Art Works, 309 N. First; Hen’s Tooth Gallery, 323 N. First; Lyman Gallery, 301 N. First; Eve’s Leaves, 326 N. First; Eklektos Gallery, 214 Cedar; Petal Talk, 120 Cedar; Pend d’Oreille Winery, 1067 Baldy Industrial Park Ave.; and East Bonner County Library, 419 N. Second.

Slide lecture at Jundt

Chuck Forsman, a native of Nampa, Idaho, now a renowned environmental artist, will present a free public slide lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Gonzaga University’s Jundt Art Center and Museum. His visit is sponsored by the Kreielsheimer Visiting Artist Program.

Forsman, who has been a fine arts professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder since 1971, has a pages-long list of galleries where his art work has been exhibited, and his work is part of the collections of several museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Denver Museum of Art, and the Phoenix Art Museum. He’s the winner of three National Endowment for the Arts grants.

Forsman, who paints in the medium of oil on masonite, specializes in Western landscapes, often focusing on water, dams and hydroelectric power.

Create a treasure box

Toni Plastinio will teach a workshop on creating embossed metal foil boxes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Spokane Art School, 920 N. Howard. Cost is $30, plus a $7.50 lab fee. To register, call 328-0900.

Folklorists needed

The Spokane Folklore Society is looking for dancers, musicians, storytellers and crafts people from all cultures for its Fall Folk Festival in November. Those interested in performing must submit an application by Aug. 15. For an application or more information, call 747-2640.

Hoyle takes home ribbon

Rosemary Hoyle of Lewiston was the only Inland Northwest artist to win an award at the Lewis-Clark Exhibit for Arts and History in Lewiston.

She took honorable mention for her “3-1/2 Ladies-in-Waiting.”

Other winners hailed from California, Utah, New York, Illinois, Colorado and Western Washington.

The exhibit runs though Aug. 7. at Lewis-Clark Center for Arts and History. Gallery hours are 11 a.m to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; admission is $1.

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