Second Friday Art Walk set to hit CdA streets
Rain or shine, Coeur d’Alene will once again turn its downtown over to the visual arts on Friday evening.
Numerous galleries, businesses and restaurants are taking part in the Second Friday Art Walk between 5 and 8 p.m. with new shows, public receptions and live music.
In the spotlight this month is Erlendson Art Glass at 116 E. Lakeside Ave.
Glass blower Spencer Erlendson opened his “hot shop,” gallery and coffee house two years ago.
Almost daily, visitors can watch Erlendson create sculpted, iridescent bowls and vases in live glass blowing demonstrations.
More Second Friday
All of the downtown Coeur d’Alene Art Walk galleries are open Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. The majority of shows are up through June.
“ Angel Gallery of Fine Art and Antiques, 423 Sherman Ave.: Connie Smith’s realistic oil paintings and Erika Ouzounian’s dreamscape acrylic paintings.
“ Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave.: Dara Harvey’s nontraditional oil paintings in “Process, Parody and Narrative.”
“ Coeur d’Alene Galleries, Coeur d’Alene Resort lobby: Pacific Northwest landscape paintings by David Marty.
“ Devin Galleries, 507 Sherman Ave.: “Dreams of Paradise,” new paintings by Dale Terbush.
“ Eclectic Artisans Gallery, 211 Coeur d’Alene Ave. No. 101: Handcrafted items, oils, acrylics, watercolors, photography and ceramics by Tim Mosgrove.
“ Frame of Mind Gallery, 119 N. Second St.: Raku pottery by Bill Meehan; paintings by Carrie Stuart Parks, Carl Funseth, Barbara Peretti, Jim Carkhuff and Nona Hengen.
“ Northwest Artists, 217 Sherman Ave.: Works by glass artists Denise Wilson, John Johnson and Darlene Johnson. Also wood, leaded glass, paintings and batik.
“ The Painter’s Chair Gallery, 223 Sherman Ave.: Stephen Shortridge will be painting in the gallery. New wildlife paintings by Jennifer Batey. Live music.
“ Summer’s Glass, 211 Sherman Ave.: New collection of fused glass masks and plates by Clark and Cindy Summers. Free fused glass workshop.
“ Texture, 107 N. Second Ave.: Acrylic paintings, sculpted jewelry, painted glassware, handmade clothing, specialty costumes, throws and sweaters.
Additional venues on Sherman Avenue displaying artwork include All Things Irish, Boucle’s Yarn, Casa Savie, Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra and Art Association, Figpickels Toy Emporium, Poppy, Sweetpea Home Interiors, Tiffany Blue and Worthington’s Fine Antiques.
Downtown restaurants featuring art include Barrel Room No. 6, Bella Rosa, Brix, The Beacon, Cafe Doma, Crickets Steakhouse, Pita Pit, Toro Viejo and The Wine Cellar.
Idaho artists at Prichard
Beginning Friday the Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition is on display in the University of Idaho’s Prichard Art Gallery in downtown Moscow.
Every three years the commission acknowledges the important cultural contributions made by craft, design and visual artists living and working in Idaho, says gallery director Roger Rowley in a news release.
The 2006 exhibit features book arts by Eve-Marie Bergren, paintings by Charles Gill, ceramics by Jim Budde, and mixed media by Grant Olsen and Stephanie Wilde of Boise; photography by Peter Vincent of Moscow; mixed media by Scott Evans and metalsmithing by Lori Piccolo of Pocatello; instrument building by Lawrence Smart of McCall; textiles by Rita Hutchens of Sandpoint; and paintings by Jonathan Puls, formerly of Nampa.
In the upstairs exhibit space is a retrospective of the work of Marie H. Whitesel in drawing, oils and watercolors.
Whitesel, best known for her watercolors, graduated with a degree in art from the University of Idaho in 1938 and received her Master of Arts degree in painting from the University of Iowa.
She has exhibited her work at the New York World’s Fair, Chappell House in Denver and in numerous regional shows.
An opening reception is June 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. in the gallery, 414 S. Main in downtown Moscow. The shows are up through July 29 and can be seen Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
‘Plein Air Paint Out’
The Timber Stand Gallery in Sandpoint is hosting the “Plein Air Paint Out” next week.
Nationally known plein air painter Carol Swinney of Casper, Wyo., will join more than 25 local and regional artists next Thursday in outdoor locations around Hope, Idaho.
On June 16 they will move to Sandpoint City Beach. That evening the artists will display their works at a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Timber Stand Gallery on the Cedar Street Bridge in downtown Sandpoint.
Plein air painters, said gallery owner Jim Quinn “need to deal with the whims of Mother Nature while capturing a moment in time for all of us to enjoy.”
SFCC grad show
“Artefx,” the Spokane Falls Community College art student graduation show, is under way in the SFCC Gallery of Art through June 16.
Showing artwork are Ryan Babcock, Jason Baxter, Karen Chittenden, Jacqueline Demarco, Dominica Devaney, Shawnee Gardner, Carmy Hatch, Erica Hoerner, Karmyn Keevy, Devon Kelley, Reed Olsen, Linda Reed, Cerise Roemer, Penny Rowe, Steven Sediva, Kenneth Spurlock, Aaron Steiner, Keshia Weaver and Meghan Wittman.
There is a closing reception June 16 following graduation at 5 p.m. in the gallery, Building 6 on the college campus, 3410 Fort George Wright Drive.
The event is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Other galleries
“ The Budding Rose Art Gallery and Clayworks is showing objects by Harold Balazs, ceramics by Neal Schielle and several Archie Bray Foundation resident artists, and life-size portraits of Hollywood stars by the late Earl Atkinson. The work is up through Aug. 31. Stop by Thursday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at 510 S. Whitman Ave., Rosalia, Wash.
“ During June students from the Monart Drawing School are showing their work at the Liberty Cafe, adjacent to Auntie’s Bookstore, 404 W. Main Ave.