#SalemOR Poetry Project: A Joy to See, Ekphrastic Poetry – Thurs. July 27th

Salem Poetry Project presents:

A Joy to See: Ekphrastic Poetry based on the artwork of Kay Levine

Thursday, July 27, 2023 | 7:00 PM

Bush Barn Annex (600 Mission St SE, Salem)

ou are most cordially invited to a free Salem Poetry Project event this Thursday at 7:00 P.M. at Bush Barn. There are more details below. I’m one of twenty-seven poets who each wrote a poem to honor Kay Levine, my friend Sherri Levine’s mother.  Kay was an artist and art instructor. There’s more info below. I hope you can join us.

A Joy to See is a collection of ekphrastic poems written in response to artwork by Kay Levine, mother of Portland poet, Sherri Levine. Twenty-seven poets wrote response poems. Featured poets include Marilyn Johnston, Lois Rosen, Nitza Hernandez, Marc Janssen, Sherri Levine, Dale Champlin, and others.

The Salem Poetry Project continues at the Bush Barn Annex, 600 Mission St SE, Salem. Parking for the Bush Barn and Bush House is located off of High Street and the Annex entrance is just to the left of the main entrance. Each week will present a featured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: 3 poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. For more information contact Marc Janssen at mrcjanssen@msn.com.

Artist Reception at Bush Barn Art Center in #SalemOR : Cynthia Herron! – Fri. Jan. 17th

Cynthia Herron, “Butterfly Wing”

Bush Barn Art Center and the Salem Art Association present:

Cynthia Herron

January 18 – February 23, 2020

Reception: Friday, January 17, 2020 | 5:30–7:30 PM

 

Bush Barn Art Center

“As an artist, I have looked to landscape for fifty years. I have walked it, contemplated it, sketched it, painted it, photographed it, and written about it. With this series I explore narrative and story as a participant, not just analyst. What happened in this location before I arrived? How did this object get here, or what if that object was left behind? Does an object have inherent good or bad qualities, beneficial or intrusive to the landscape? These questions remind me of the Japanese aesthetic ‘wabi-sabi,’ the beauty of the imperfect and impermanent.”

More at the Salem Art Association Event/Exhibitions

Art Exhibition: Heidi Preuss Grew, “Draw Near” at Bush Barn Art Center in #SalemOR

Sasquatch Meets the Divine by Heidi Preuss Grew (photo by Kelly J. James

Draw Near

An exhibition of works by Heidi Preuss Grew

March 11-April 22

Reception: Friday, March 17 | 5:30-7:30 pm

Bush Barn Art Center | 600 Mission St. SE Salem

Draw Near features sculptures by internationally known artist Heidi Preuss Grew. Combining animal and human features, her artwork straddles real and fictional worlds. Preuss Grew seeks to “reveal the vulnerable and pathetic side of the human condition as well as the heroic and beautiful.”

Born in 1970 in Illinois, Preuss Grew was raised by her German immigrant mother in the west Chicago suburb of Elmhurst. She earned three degrees from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, including BA and BFA degrees in Art History, Germanic Languages and Literature, and Crafts. In 1991-1992, a pivotal study abroad year in Marburg, Germany enriched her understanding of the culture that deeply informed her early years. She completed her MFA at Ohio University in Athens and moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1999.

Preuss Grew has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Asia, and Europe. She is a two-time Oregon Arts Commission Artist Fellowship recipient and was honored in 2007 with election into the International Academy of Ceramics. She has participated in international symposia, residencies, and exchanges in the USA, Lithuania, Japan, Denmark, Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic, and has presented lectures and workshops widely.

Heidi Preuss Grew lives in Salem, Oregon and is a faculty member at Chemeketa Community College teaching drawing and sculpture.

A Master Class with Heidi Preuss Grew will be held in the Annex at the Bush Barn Art Center on Saturday, March 18. Click here to learn more about the Master Class.

Exhibitions at the Bush Barn Art Center are free and open to the public.

Hours are Tuesday-Friday from 10 am-5 pm, and Saturday-Sunday from Noon-5 pm.

http://salemart.org/draw-near/

Bush Barn Art Center
600 Mission St SE
Salem, OR 97302

Artist in Residence: Bonnie Hull at Bush Barn Center in #SalemOR

I’m having fun this month, doing one of the things I love to do…drawing. In 2010 I was lucky enough to be the first Artist in Residence at the Annex at Bush Barn Art Center. The luxury of having a project-oriented studio was new to me and very exciting, and I so appreciate this program […]

via Artist in Residence at the Annex — On The Way