Hitting Idaho’s art trail
It’s an arranged marriage that works. Artists yearn for people to view their work. Local businesses have an abundance of wall space and want new folks to walk through their front doors. Bring them together and, presto – you have extremely popular community artwalks.
Starting Friday, dozens of shops and restaurants in both Moscow and Sandpoint will transform themselves into public art galleries for the summer.
“Each year it gets better and better,” says Deena Heath, Moscow Arts Commission director and coordinator of Moscow Artwalk 2006. “There’s a lot of energy downtown. It’s all very festive.”
Pick up free artwalk tour maps at all locations and plot your own course.
Moscow venues
Most of the shows run through Sept. 9. Opening receptions are Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. (unless otherwise listed):
• Above the Rim Gallery, inside Paradise Creek Bicycles, 513 S. Main St. (5 to 7 p.m.) – through July 22: Judy Brand, Sally Machlis and Skip Phillips; July 28 to Aug. 20: Dana Magnuson and Rebecca York.
• Bennett and Associates Real Estate, 204 S. Main St. (5 to 7 p.m.) – Floyd Peterson, photography.
• BookPeople of Moscow, 521 S. Main St. (4 to 7 p.m.) – “Million Bead Project” by Moscow High School and McDonald Elementary; Jeanne Leffingwell, artist/coordinator.
• Camas Prairie Winery, 110 S. Main St. – Kathy Kearney, fiber arts.
• Cowgirl Chocolates, 428 W. Third St., No. 3 – Carolyn Guy, porcelain; Marilyn Lysohir, ceramics; Ross Coates, mixed media.
• Eastside Marketplace, 1420 S. Blaine St. (6 to 8 p.m.) – University of Idaho Center on Disabilities and Human Development and Milestones Group Exhibition.
• Experience Mortgage, 206 S. Main St. (5 to 7:30 p.m.) – Bill Voxman, photography.
• Gail Byers Real Estate, 110 E. Third St. (5:30 to 7:30 p.m.) – Doug Davidson, photography; Gina Casolaro Murray, sculpture; Malcolm Renfrew, oils.
• Gritman Medical Center, 700 S. Main St. (5 to 7 p.m.) – Kay Montgomery, watercolors.
•Hodge and Associates, 405 S. Washington St. (5 to 7 p.m.) – Lizette Fife, pottery and fiber arts.
• Hodgins Drug Store, 307 S. Main St. (5 to 7 p.m.) – Nannette M. Pyron, mixed media shadow boxes; Jill Matsuoka, ceramics.
• Inland Cellular, Renaissance Mall, 672 W. Pullman Road South – Bill Blair, watercolor; Linda R. Wallace, water media.
• Insty-Prints, 507 S. Main St. – Stephanie Gladwin, pastels.
•Kaleidoscope Picture Framing and Art Gallery, 208 S. Main St., Suite 11 – Claire Hasko-Young, acrylic and photography; Elyse Cregar, oil and watercolor.
•Kimberling Insurance Agency, 205 S. Main St. (5 to 7 p.m.) – Brenda Himmelberger, pastels; Sara Kimberling, oils.
• Latah County Historical Society, 327 E. Second St. – “One Land, Different Worlds: Comparing Ways of the Nez Perce and Settlement Cultures.”
• Latah County Title Co., 106 E. Second St. (4:30 to 7:30 p.m.) – Louise Barber, fiber arts.
• Marketime Pharmacy, 209 E. Third St. (5 to 7 p.m.) – Junette Dahmen, mixed media, watercolors and photography.
• Moscow Arts Commission, Moscow City Hall, Room 106, 206 E. Third St. – Jeanne Wood, ceramics.
• Moscow City Hall, Third Street Gallery , 206 E. Third St. (5 to 7:30 p.m.) – Friday to Aug. 11: Ben Marra, “Faces from the Land: A Photographic Journey through Native America”; Aug. 18 to Sept. 29: “Bridging the Arts” group exhibit.
• Moscow Chamber of Commerce, 411 S. Main St. – Nancy Hampel and Lance Luschnig, “International Gallery of the Palouse.”
• Moscow Family Medicine, 623 S. Main St. (5 to 7 p.m.) – Dave Mitchell, photography; Cathlin Sentz, pastels; Joyce Tamura, mixed media.
• Moscow Food Co-op, 121 E. Fifth St. – through July 27: Janna W. Jones, acrylic paintings; July 28 to Sept. 7: Chantra Kirwan Melior, photography.
• Moscow Realty, 201 E. Third St. (5 to 7 p.m.) – Helen Grainger Wilson, watercolors.
• Moscow School of Massage, 600 S. Main St. (5 to 7 p.m.) – Elizabeth Sloan, oil pastels.
• Natural Adobe, 517 S. Main St. – James Palmersheim, acrylic paintings.
• New Saint Andrews College, 405 S. Main St. – Dave Gressard, acrylics.
• One World Café, 533 S. Main St. – Shanti Scutt-Norman and Guy Baldovi, oils; George Wray, mixed media.
• Red Door Restaurant, 215 S. Main St. (4 to 5 p.m.) – Tina Carlson, prints.
• University of Idaho, Prichard Gallery, 414 S. Main St. – main gallery, through July 29: “Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition”; Aug. 21 to Oct. 1: “Lesley Dill: Prints and Multiples, 1990–2005.”
•Wild Women Traders, 210 S. Main St. (5 to 7 p.m.) – Nelson Duran, acrylic paintings.
Sandpoint Artwalk I
For 20 summers Sandpoint’s art galleries and businesses have teamed up with regional artists for two six-week artwalks.
Coordinated by the Pend Oreille Arts Council, this summer’s Artwalk I runs Friday through July 19. All opening receptions on Friday are from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The second cross-town artwalk, with a new mix of artists, starts July 21 and will run through Sept. 8.
Self-guided tour brochures are available at participating locations and in the arts council office at the Old Power House building, 120 Lake St., Sandpoint.
Venues include:
• Ivano’s Ristorante, Park Place Stage and Petal Talk – outdoor sculpture by Mary Alderete and Derk Klein, Tim Thomas, Barry Barush, Rick Thompson, Mark Kubiac, Mike Krejci and Joe McLay.
• Art Works Gallery, 214 N. First Ave. – works by Mary Alderete and Derk Klein, Dennis Brady, Teresa Fisher, Susan Hedstrand, Barbara Janusz, Sue Kohut, Dorothy Modafferi, Ann Nichols, Nancy Pridham, Karen Robinson and Susie Snider.
•Coldwater Creek Wine Bar, 311 N. First Ave. – Tom Woodward, Drew Meredith, Al LeMire and Adam Welch, photography.
• Eklektos Gallery and Design, 502 Church St. – Karma Lloyd and Bill Simmons, contemporary furniture; Terrel Jones, mixed media painting; Mike Krejci, sculpture.
• Everyday Internet Café, 502 Cedar St. – Jeff Dunwoody, acrylic.
• F.C. Weskil’s, 300 N. First Ave. – Dottie Wilson, watercolor and oil; Debbie Aaron, watercolor.
• Hallans Gallery, 323 N. First Ave. – Dann Hall, photography.
• Misty Mountain Furniture, 502 Cedar St. – Employee Artisans, mixed media.
• Northwest Handmade, 308 N. First Ave. – Maria Larson, acrylic.
• Northwest Mortgage, 216 N. First Ave. – Douglas Roe, oil.
• Pend Oreille Arts Council Gallery, Old Power House, 120 Lake St. – “Land to Lake,” watercolor paintings.
• Pend d’Oreille Winery, 220 Cedar St. – Eli Sevenich, mixed media.
• Sand Creek Grill, 105 S. First Ave. – Ruth Hargreaves, oil.
• Taylor Parker Motors, 300 Cedar St. – Mike and Lisa Burks, stained fused glass; Crystalyn Clayburn, mixed media; Robens Napolitan, acrylic; Lane Russell, oil; Connie Spurgeon, watercolor; Isabeau LeChevalier, acrylic.
• Timber Stand Gallery, 334 N. First Ave. – “Plein Air Paint Out,” more than 25 artists from throughout the region will display their work.
• U.S. Bank, 201 Main St. – Guy Douglas, photography; Lynn Olafson, acrylic; Valarie Woelk, oil.
• Wine Sellers, 302 N. First Ave. – Elizabeth Bass, oil; Tika Hudson and Joanna Chattman, photography; Rachel Dolezal, mixed media.
Entrée Gallery show
Jewelry fabricator Kris Howell is demonstrating her jewelry making techniques on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Entree Gallery at Priest Lake, Idaho.
Howell says her inspiration often comes from the shapes and colors of stones with which she works.
“I am drawn to these organic substances of the earth and the juxtaposition of combining them with geometric shapes and contrasting textures,” she says in a news release. “The individual stones and components almost seem to select each other and create their own story together.”
Opening Friday is the gallery’s annual yard and garden show. “Earth Elements Redefined” is a collection of outdoor functional and visual ornamentation objects.
The gallery’s gazebo is featuring an eclectic, multimedia showing of pieces by Spokane artist Jason Sheldon. “Some Things I Have Made” is a collection of large metal painted wall pieces and small to midsized wood sculptures, says gallery representative Kathleen Martin.
The gallery, open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., is on Reeder Bay Road, two miles east of Nordman near Elkins Resort.