O Hop on Front! Artnews & Calendar  for Wednesday, August 06, 2008 presented by
NorthernFront ~a Virtual Art Venue~ for artists & art patrons in Laramie, Wyoming &
      all along the northern reaches of the Rocky Mountain Front Range

Artists & Art Organizations... publicize your events with us, send to info@northernfront.net Quote: "To be completely plugged into the community’s art scene it is important to have a network that both works with you and for you as an artist." Trish Harding, of Studio UFO, Bellingham, WA. ...NorthernFront will endeavor to keep you up to date on any visual art events in the area especially those affiliated with NorthernFront or The Artists of the NorthernFront.

'Artists of the Northern Front Shows'

July 14-Aug 8, 2008 ArtistsoftheNorthernFront
at University of Wyoming, ASUW Gallery, basement student union, Laramie

See the Artists of the Northern Front at...Artists of the Northern Front & Friends of the Front show work all the time at Local businesses: showing now at

The Cavalryman Supper Club on HW 287 south of town
The Reproductive Health Center of Laramie...

Top _________________________________________________________________________________________
'Community Events'

THIRD ANNUAL ARTS IN THE PARK FESTIVAL, contact: Anndee Gilliam, http://www.irvings-woodfurnishings.com/artsinthepark.htm , Boomerang

• Undine Park (Located between south 5th and 7th Streets and Park and Ord Streets)
• Saturday, August 2, 2008, 10 am to 7 pm
• Vendors: 10 am until customers stop coming
• Music: 11 am to 7 pm
• Event is Free to the Public. Food will be available for purchase or you can bring a picnic lunch.
• Items from businesses and vendors will be given away throughout the day.
• Proceeds from the vendors and artists will eventually be used to build a gazebo in the park.

ARTIST LINE-UP
Jewelry, pottery, drawings, sculpture, mixed media, pastels, photographs, crystals, cutting boards, greeting cards, mirrors, sun-visors, glassware, beadwork, food items, health and wellness products, crochet, needlework, engraved photography, wood work, toys, games, kites.

• Adrienne Frasher of Riverton - custom designed gemstone jewelry & silver jewelry (or joorey, as Head Sweet Potato Queen, Jill Conner Browne, would say)
• Alanna Reid of Laramie - ceramic pots, charcoal drawings, sculpture and framed drawings
• B & B Cutting Boards of Laramie - Corian cutting boards
• Beverly Baker of Laramie – jewelry, mouse-pads, mirrors, sun-visors, glassware, greeting cards & bookmarks with hand-painted designs
• Carder Enterprise LLC/ dba Johnny Midnite & Wahoo Toppings of Buffalo - steak sauces, syrups, ice cream toppings, jellies, chokecherry margarita & daiquiri mixes
• Conor Mullen of Laramie - multi-media art
• Debbie Mathew, of Laramie - art ceramics and mixed media
• Designs by Margaret of Riverton - jewelry, rock slabs, crystals, etc.
• Doc's Pix of Laramie - photos, prints, framed & print on canvas
• Edie's Eccentricities of Laramie - decorative painting on wood & other surfaces
• Grace Unlimited - pashminas, baby alpaca products and jewelry
• Jennifer Steiner of Laramie - pottery & beadwork
• Katie Hime of Laramie - Swiss health & wellness Arbonne products
• Leslie Irving of Godyssey Glass - fused glass jewelry and accessories ( www.godysseyglass.com)
• Lois Irving of Mats by Lois - quilted placemats, runners & more
• Marcia Wells of Dancing Maiden Creations - pottery and fused glass jewelry
• Monica Bovis of Moni's Creations LLC - crochet, needlework and soft-sculpture
• On the Edge Laser Engraving of Laramie - engraved photography on granite, glass, tile, etc.
• Sarah's Pottery, of Rock Springs Wyoming - pottery
• Stephanie Vore of SteeV's Custom Shop - cribbage boards, lazy susans, and clocks
• Tad Anderson, of Holdrege Nebraska - original pastels
• Ten Thousand Villages of Fort Collins - toys, games, kites, jewelry, baskets, sculpture and more
• WJ Sanders of Cheyenne – paintings ( www.wjsanders.com)

INFORMATION BOOTHS
  -Laramie Montessori
 - Big Hollow Food Coop Of Laramie

FOOD AND DRINK VENDORS
 -Big Hollow Food Coop Of Laramie - Jones Sodas
 -El Zarape
 -Grounds - Coffee, Cold Drinks
 -Howlin' Dog BBQ - Smoked Brats, Hotdogs, Sausage
 -La La's Burritos
 -Papa John's Pizza
 -Turtle Rock Coffee - Smoothies and Gelatos

KID'S ACTIVITIES
 -New spiral slide!
 -Raptor refuge--11 am to 2 pm
 -Wading pool--12:30 to 5 pm
 - Face painting, hula hoops, sidewalk chalk, bubble blowing, dancing and more
----

Visual Arts Events in Ft. Collins CO, from Arts Alive, a centralized resource for artists, arts organizations, and the general public. http://www.fctix.com/category.php?genre=visual The application is available on FCMOCA's website: http://www.fcmoca.org/subm.html.

 -Flux Studio, 205 E Grand Ave, Featuring works of Wendy Gill from
  Walden, CO
 -Grabo Gallery of Fine Art Photography (Optical Fashions Bldg),
  305 S 2nd St, Steve Grabowski: The World is My Canvas, Refreshments
  will be served.
 -Keag Gallery, 414 E Grand Ave, Featuring works of Heather Storey, Robert
  Brown, Jim Kipp, Refreshments will be served.
 -The Grounds, 171 N 3rd St, Opening Reception for Andrew Parker and
  Gabby Reeves, Collection of oil and watercolors from two traveling artists.

Coal Creek Coffee Company, 110 East Grand Avenue...Artist, Matthew Mullen at Coal Creek Coffee now, mullenmt@gmail.com

Grand Avenue Pizza, Barry O'Reilly Through August, Art Show 24 pieces. Come see what's new. Great reason to stop in for pizza.

The Mural Project at Big Hollow Food Cooperative: 119 S. 1st St. Laramie, WY--(307) 745-3586  http://www.bighollowfc.com/cms/news.php

"We have been chatting about designing a mural for our produce room. It would be painted on the long skinny [rectangular framed panels] along either side of the room (next time you’re in, scope it out). Terry [Reid] has suggested that, since we’re a co-op and all, we ought to design the thing collectively. He’d like to start taking your thumbnail sketches or written ideas and using them to compose a mural image. Feel free to pick up some scratch paper at the co-op and jot down some ideas. In the summer, once he’s had plenty of input from ya’ll, he’d also be interested in forming crews of volunteers to do the actual painting. He’ll also put the word out to Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Cathedral House, if they’d like to participate. If you think of other groups that might want to help in the design or implementation of a community mural, contact Terry Reid at reidman8@yahoo.com."  Marla Peterson, General Manager/ Melodie Edwards Outreach Coordinator.

 Top                      *** 
_________________________________________________________________________________________

~ Calls for Art:  

#1                      The 3rd Annual Salon Show at Night Heron Books and Gallery, August and September. Reception:  August 1st, 6-8 PM. Artwork is being accepted now thru July 30th.

#2                   "P.O.P.! OPEN Show!" [date not yet set...so you have time...] Artists Get Ready!  Take aim on anything Pop, Op, or Psycho-Delia. We've held it a couple of times down at Trinity and Muddy Waters Coffeehouses in Laramie... it stands for Pop [art], Op [art], and Psychedelic... The P.O.P.! Open Show...open to anyone who wants to enter.

All Artists welcome... LAP - The Laramie Artists Project meeting, Thursday, 7pm, at home of Susan Moldenhaur...Email NorthernFront.net for directions.  Susan, wyophoto@lariat.net 399-7214 (m)

  a letter from Mike Enzi  regarding the right of artists to deduct fair market value of donated art to non-profits http://capwiz.com/artsusa/utr/2/?a=9521951&i=86647516&c=

Sometime ago NorthernFront took action on this Important Arts Issue, writing a letter to  our congressmen and women expressing our opinions; we also put up a link on our page and asked our patrons to do the same. [Please see the attached link about this important arts issue. Thanks!]

To: NorthernFront Subject: Correspondence from Senator Enzi/ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:06

Dear Terry
Thank you for sharing your support of art through S. 548 and H.R. 1524, the Artist-Museum Partnership Act. As the Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, I believe that the arts are an important part of a quality education and vital to an understanding of our American culture.

In Washington, I am working to increase awareness of the arts as a Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Cultural Caucus.  Together with my colleagues I am working to encourage people across the country to get more actively involved in the arts.  There are plenty of opportunities.  There are programs being successfully run across the country that are focused on our history, our shared heritage as Americans, and the many ways we have expressed our shared culture in our literature, our paintings, in dance and on the stage. 

As we continue to address arts issues, I will certainly keep your thoughts in mind.  Thank you again for taking the time to write to me about this important issue.   

I want my constituents to have access to a more complete view of Congress and my activities so I have started a monthly e-newsletter.  It is a brief summary of important issues and happenings.  I encourage you to sign up on my web page at enzi.senate.gov.  You can unsubscribe at anytime.

Sincerely, Michael B. Enzi, United States Senator
MBE:lmb

 Top
_________________________________________________________________________________________
 CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, etc...

UW Enrichment Art Courses...Registration begins Call Heather Landers, Enrichment coordinator (307) 766-6801 http://outreach.uwyo.edu/enrichment

***

Instructor: Terry Reid  Monday      6:30 – 8:30 pm       Fee: TBA Location: TBA

_________________________________________________________________________________________
 

 Top

Our newsletter Hop on Front!

sponsors include:

portfolio artists

Bruce Allemani
Mack Brislawn
Amy Irish
Jim Jereb
Raymond L. Jordan
Barry O'Riley
Terry R. Reid
Ronnie Roo
Gail Shive
Dennis Fonfara
Ginnie Madsen
Jon Madsen

portfolio photographers

D.Kratzer-Reid
T.D. Granke
Beth Buskirk

roo~toons

"The nexus...necessary for the development of [art] is involved around the marketing [of art]...
it is the mechanism that makes the artist able to survive and produce." John McPhee