First Friday Artist's Reception - January 6, 2012

January 2012

Washington DC, March 2005

Second Story Gallery Presents

Stan Hosman

who will display his photography during January in a show titled

“Scenes That Please My Eye”

Stan was superintendent of Camas Schools for nine years, retiring in 1982 after 27 years in education. Well known locally as a camera buff, Stan has always kept a camera handy.
Photography has been his primary hobby throughout a career that included traveling with wife Carol to Japan to teach at Seisen Junior College, connected to Camas High School through student exchanges.

Stan said his love of photography began in high school, leading to a studio job where he worked full time while attending college. Back then, he said, he used flashbulbs the size of a regular 25-watt light bulb. Now he takes digital shots of his subjects, usually birds or other inhabitants of the natural world. He also places an emphasis on textures and amusing compositions. He said one of his favorite prints is a “saucy” toy bear reclining in a shop window in Basel, Switzerland which will be on view in the January show.

Noting that taking pictures has been a constant part of his life, Stan said that family vacations meant a lot of stops for “Dad” to snap a photo. He also took a lot of pictures of his children as they grew up. Recently, while arranging the family for yet another photograph, Stan said his son complained that he was “camera abused as a child.” Stan admits to storing thousands of slides and prints.

Stan will be available to discuss the scenes that have caught his eye at a reception during First Friday.

Please join us at the

Artist's Opening Reception

Friday, January 6

5-8pm

The show continues through Saturday, Jan. 28 at Second Story Gallery, upstairs in the Camas Public Library (625 NE 4th Avenue). The gallery is open during regular library hours, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

December 2011

The Second Story Gallery is pleased to present 
the work of Gorge artist

Susan Smith

During the month of December, in a show titled

“Idioms”

The 72-year-old artist works through Parkinsons disease to create her abstract fabric pictures, often sitting in bed to stitch silks and colorful cottons by hand.  She will be available to discuss her techniques at a reception during First Friday, Dec. 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the gallery.

Calling herself a kind of Grandma Moses, Smith has taken her art into what she calls creative stitchery after 60 years of painting in abstract expressionism.  She says the fabrics she chooses are meant to offer humor and whimsy.  They’re often gleaned from bi-monthly trips to Inter-faith Treasure House among other retail outlets, where she looks for voluminous skirts in bright colors.

“Idioms” will be on display through Dec. 23 at Second Story Gallery, upstairs in the Camas Public Library.  The gallery is open regular library hours, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

November Exhibit

Ulrike Halverson, Uta Zuendel and Sidonie Caron

will display their artwork at Second Story Gallery in the Camas Public Library during November.

Born and raised in Vienna, Austria, Ulrike Halverson has studied art from an early age. Watercolor has become her medium of choice. Her art has evolved under the tutelage of national and internationally renowned teachers and through her own drive, determination, and love of these endeavors. Halverson is also known for her cityscapes of downtown Camas and Europe and landscapes of the Columbia River Gorge. She is an active board member of the Second Story Gallery in Camas and especially enjoys hanging the monthly shows.

Uta Zuendel is a wood sculptor.  Zuendel's creativity emerges from a desire, or need, to explore and express how she understands herself and her relationship to the world around her.  Presently, the actual expression of this understanding is tempered, controlled and limited by the medium and the tools of sculpting with wood. Zuendel invites us to explore her work and, perhaps, discover something in it for ourselves…a happy remembrance, a deep sorrow, outrageous joy, the depths of the sea, the beginnings of life…or, just a block of wood that someone has chiseled on!

Sidonie Caron was featured in March 2011 on "Oregon Art Beat". Caron is well known for her acrylic paintings of bridges in Portland, Oregon.  Caron has experimented with diverse subject matter during her 45 year career to keep her work fresh and not formulaic. Beginning with formal training at St. Martins School of Art, London, England, and spanning an active exploration of landscapes, abstracts, figurative art, and  appliqué, Caron captures the essence of her subjects with attentive zest. 

All three artists have supported the Camas Library over the years.  Zuendel served on the Art Selection Committee for the Camas Library.  Halverson has two artworks hanging in the library and one of Caron's paintings is hung above the fireplace at the Camas Library.

Halverson, Zuendel, and Caron will be on hand to discuss their artwork at an opening reception that is part of the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Camas.

Please join us at the

Artist's Opening Reception

Friday, November 4

5-8pm

The show will continue on display through November 28 at Second Story Gallery, upstairs in the Camas Public Library (625 NE 4th Avenue).  The gallery is open during regular library hours, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

October Exhibit - Contrasts

Joel Emanuel and Richard Hovey 

will display their photography at Second Story Gallery during the month of October 

in an exhibit titled

“Contrasts”

Joel Emanuel works outdoors often waiting hours, days, and seasons for lighting conditions that bring alive views of the landscape of our region.

Rich Hovey works on capturing fleeting moments of unexpected, and easily missed, events as light penetrates residential interiors.

Emanuel and Hovey will be on hand to discuss their photography at the

Artist's Opening Reception

Friday, October 7

5-8pm

The show will continue on display through October 29 at Second Story Gallery, upstairs in the Camas Public Library (625 NE 4th Avenue).  The gallery is open during regular library hours, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

See you on the 7th!

Call for Artists Deadline is Approaching

Deadline September 7, 2011

Second Story Gallery in Camas is seeking artists interested in displaying their work during monthly shows being scheduled for 2012. Applications can be downloaded here. Printed applications are also available at the Camas Public Library Service Desk.

Completed applications should be returned to the Administrative Office of the Camas Public Library at: 624 NE 4th Avenue, Camas, WA 98607, or e-mailed to dskinner@ci.camas.wa.us.

The non-profit gallery is upstairs in the Camas Public Library and is known for introducing local artists who are relatively undiscovered. Because it is operated by volunteers, only 20 percent of all sales is requested by the gallery as a commission.

The high-traffic space in the newly renovated library building is open during regular library hours, 10 a.m. to 9p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 10 am to 6 pm Friday and Saturday.

Questions? Contact Sandy Glover, Assistant Library Director
360-834-4692 ext. 4702 or sglover@ci.camas.wa.us

Coming in September - "Once Upon a Town"

Catherine Haley Epstein will display her artwork at Second Story Gallery in the Camas Public Library during September.

New to the Camas area, Haley has always appreciated the sense of community fostered by libraries. She perceives her artwork will serve as the perfect opportunity to explore all things Camas. Archives at the Camas Library, Internet searches, and surrounding area explorations inspired Haley's artwork about Camas, which she has entitled, "Once Upon a Town".

Haley works as a full-time artist and curator. She served as an Affiliate Artist at the Headlands Center in Sausalito CA from 2006 until 2008, and was a resident at Vermont Studio Center in 2010.

Haley will be on hand to discuss her artwork at an opening reception that is part of the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Camas, Sept. 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. The show, "Once Upon a Town", will continue through Sept. 30 at Second Story Gallery, upstairs in the Camas Public Library (625 NE 4th Ave). The gallery is open regular library hours, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.