Submissions Needed For Bumbershoot

Sun., Nov. 28, 1999

Bumbershoot, The Seattle Arts Festival, is seeking performers, artists and vendors for its arts celebration at the Seattle Center over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1-4.

Categories available for participation include performing, visual and literary arts, “1-Reel Film Festival, “Artists in Action,” “Taste of Seattle,” the Art Market and International Bazaar.

Submission deadlines are: Jan. 14, visual arts; March 1 for performing and literary arts, “Artists in Action,” “Taste of Seattle,” the Art Market, and International Bazaar; and May 1 for “1-Reel Film Festival.”

For an applications or more information, visit the One Reel offices at www.bumbershoot.org, call (206) 281-8111, or write to One Reel, 1725 Westlake Ave. North, Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98109.

Studio Exhibits

Stan Miller’s studio exhibition in his private studio, 3138 E. 17th, will be from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 5.

Miller has exhibited with American Watercolor Society, Society of Illustrators, and will show his latest watercolors and egg temperas. For more information, call 535-5257.

Donald Clegg’s annual open house exhibition, 1527 W. 13th, will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. next Sunday.

Clegg will display new watercolors and still lifes - and announce his “Signature Membership” into the National Watercolor Society. For more information, call 747-3249.

The Art Spirit Gallery, 908 Sherman in Coeur d’Alene, will host a “Small Artworks Invitational” featuring 26 regional artists, Friday through Dec. 31. A reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday.

Participating artists are listed by media:

Blown glass: Steve Adams and Marki Hocking; Mixed media: Harold Balazs and Robert Grimes; Drawing: Denise Bartlett, Mel McCuddin, Dale Tucker and John Thamm; Oil painting: Betty Billups, Chris Burgeson, Don Ealy, Donald Muth, Carolyn Trueblood and Gordon Wilson; Porcelain: Gina Freuen and Lisa Lynes; Painting: Robert Gillmore, Del Gish, Bob Phinney and Ken Splering; Pottery: Melanie Candia and Virginia Carter; Sculpture: Eric Holt and Ken Yuhasz; Scratch board: Laura Nuchols; Acrylic painting: Clancy Pleasants.

For more information, call the gallery at (208) 765-6006.

Auditions

Spokane Civic Theatre will hold auditions for “Steel Magnolias,” at 7 p.m. next Sunday and Dec. 6 in its Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre, 1020 N. Howard.

Director Jamie Flanery needs six women who appear from 20 to 50 years old. Auditioners are asked to read the script, available at the theater with a $10 refundable deposit..

Production dates are Feb. 25 through March 11. For more information, call the theater at 325-1413.

“Cream of Wit,” by Unexpected Productions, will hold auditions at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at Spokane Falls Community Colleges’ theater, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive. Auditioners must be at least 18 years old.

For more information, call 747-7045.

Auditions for “Spring Anticipation!,” presented by Northwoods Performing Arts, will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 8 and 16 at the Circle Moon Theatre, three miles west of Highway 2 on Highway 211, near Newport, Wash.

For more information, call (509) 922-8591 or (509) 230-8206.

Seattle Opera Trip

Opera Buffs of Spokane is taking reservations to see Seattle Opera’s production of “Boris Godunof,” Jan 28-30. For more information about the Seattle trip, call Marie Moe at 535-7051, or John Bouchard at 624-6230.

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