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Twisp Art Walk

Tonight’s Art Walk featured gallery openings, open studios, artists’ demonstations and lots of activities for folks of all ages. Passports were offered to anyone who asked and if a person managed to get to all the stops and do an activity and get a stamp, there were prizes to be had! There was big fun as kids and adults went from one end of Glover Street to the other and over to Door #3 and other venues one block over. I confess to only getting to a handful of the fun stuff and I did not even pick up a passport knowing it was unlikely I’d make it all the way around. Lots of people did. I really missed getting to TwispWorks where folks came back with their own handmade hula hoops!

Here are a few of the images that I saw.

Some of the wildfire smoke cleared out to make a nice sky later in the evening.

 

Yazzi wasn’t sure what to make of this art walk event.

 

 

 

Don McIvor, one of our many local artists, demonstrated wood turning as the sun finally peaked out from the smoke. Don’s work was featured at the last Confluence Gallery exhibit.

 

He says that he spends most of his time making sawdust.

 

 

Animal skulls were prominently displayed at the Pelligro Gallery

 

This one is a pelican

 

Shoes as art

 

Accordian dreams

A Walk in Twisp

Last weekend I had the opportunity to take a documentary photograhy class at the Confluence Gallery in Twisp. Lyn McCracken, of Seattle, who is showing her work, Mujeres de la Guerra, at the gallery, taught it. Lyn is a teacher at the NW School in Seattle and also has worked on several documentary projects of her own. I was very impressed with her large format black and white darkroom prints.

We were a small and varied group of students. One person borrowed a camera, another used only a cell phone. We all had stories to tell. I worked on a couple of different story lines and when it was time to show our final projects, I did a simple walk through Twisp.

 

I started with an image of Lyn giving us direction. Please excuse the typo in the first slide! Egads.

 

 

 

 

 

This fellow has a great story. I hope to follow up on it at some point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At some point we were supposed to include a self portrait.

Many thanks to Donna Keyser, Confluence Gallery manager, for inviting Lyn to come to Twisp, show her work and teach for us. And many thanks to Lyn for coming.

 

Methow Arts Fest

In addition to a parade, the Methow Arts Fest happens on the Fourth of July in the Twisp Park near the confluence of the Twisp and Methow Rivers. All afternoon, there were hands-on art booths, music, dancing, food and more. Methow Arts sponsors this fun-filled and creative event.

 

 Methow Arts – The Legend of the Superhero!

 

 

One of the Methow Arts Superheroes!

 

Charlotte – Volunteers are Superheroes too!

 

This goldendoodle is also a Superhero. She is a Therapy Dog!

 

Superhero stockings

 

There were lots of murals of local Superheroes for participants to paint. Many thanks to Erik Brooks for designing them.

 

Salyna’s Scheherazades – a belly dance troupe and part of the Methow Dance Collective.

Dancing Superheroes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Examining his art projects – magic potions for Superheroes

 

Ken’s mom, one of our personal Superheroes, paints a landscape at the watercolor booth.

 

A member of the Wanderlust Circus performs graceful midair stunts.

 

The Music Man director Julie Wenzel and music director Wayne Mendro watch excerpts from the play.

 

Another arts Superhero – Mark Wenzel stars in The Music Man

 

The last musical act makes a dramatic entrance

 

Superheroes in the audience

 

 

Captain America arrived to join the others

 

On a Harley! How many Superheroes have a Harley?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twisp Fourth of July Parade

Yesterday Twisp celebrated Independence Day with a homegrown parade. Participants gathered at Twisp Works to prepare for the four block march down Glover Street. There were lots of dogs, bicycles, some horses, Roller Derby Girls, polticians, old cars and firefighters. It was a perfect day for a parade.

His parade face

It’s an election year

Vote with your feet

Not sure what they are voting for

Appropriately dressed spectators

Derby Girls don’t like candy under their skates

There goes the winner of the Doggie Dash!

Cast members from The Music Man hamming it up

The theme of the day was Superheroes

Why is this man smiling? He is running for office.

Firefighters – true Superheroes!

Otto

Open Merc February 15

So we made it to Open Merc in Twisp this week. Lots of good local musicians playing a nice mixture of original music and famous tunes as well. The Merc has great acoustics and is a wonderful place to hear music. I think they said the next one will be March 23rd. But check with the Merc  website to make sure. Don’t rely on my memory! If you are wondering about some of the props in the background, the Merc is also having rehearsals for its upcoming play – The Hobbit. Ken was the last to perform and he had two really fun accompianists – Egon Steinebach on harmonica and Brad Pinkerton playing the mandolin.

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