WHITE SALMON ARTS COUNCIL PALETTE PROJECT
Calling All Artists, Artisans, and Craftworkers

The White Salmon Arts Council has endorsed a new project to develop a pictorial "palette" of the artistic works of the White Salmon Arts Community. The first phase is to compile a Palette collection of photographs (essentially an art community portfolio) representing many artistic works from each of our local artists and our friends of the arts. This Palette will be used to create various slide shows, pamphlets and other display and advertising media to help spread the word about our thriving local arts community.

Our planned initial product will be a digital slide show containing pictures of up to five works from the members who participate in this initial trial effort. Works will always be fully credited to the artist and the photos will not be sold by the Arts Council except by separate agreement with the artist. If this project is successful, we envision the concept can expand to include our local and regional merchants, producers and activities in advertising media to help further promote our town and region as a "destination" hotspot for the arts, activities, vacationing, and shopping.

To make this project succeed we strongly encourage all artists and friends of the arts to offer photos of their works to the Palette. This may include examples from any media (photography, fabric, paint, glass, boat building, writing, etc.) that can be photographically represented. Two White Salmon Arts Council members, Nayland Wilkins (commercial photographer) and Lloyd DeKay (amateur photographer), have conceived and volunteered to develop this project, including collecting and/or taking/editing photos of participating artists' works, creating the initial slide presentation and burning it onto CD/DVD for distribution.

If you are interested and willing to include your works in this Palette Project, please contact:

• Primary - Lloyd DeKay - LDeKay@gorge.net - 509-637-2737
• Secondary - Nayland Wilkins - Nayland@excite.com - 541-993-1660
  

to arrange to submit your photos or arrange a time to have photos taken of your works. With your strong support we envision having the first sample product ready to be premiered at the January 2008 White Salmon Arts Council meeting.

"I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE SALMON" HOLIDAY FESTIVAL
Annual Event - 1st Saturday in December

The White Salmon Arts Council is once again sponsoring the "I'm Dreaming of a White Salmon" Holiday Festival. This event will
take place in the businesses and on the streets of downtown White Salmon, and will feature musicians, artists, fire pits, and shops decorated in a "Naughty or Nice" theme. Admission is free. Available for purchase will be photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, food, gifts, and blow-your-own ornaments at the White Salmon Glassworks. The event will culminate with a tree-lighting ceremony and caroling sing-a-long at 5pm.

Click here for a short article about the 2007 event (PDF) »

Artwork for 2007 Holiday Festival poster by Claire Stevenson.

White Salmon Arts Council event posters are available for purchase at Collage of the Gorge in White Salmon.
$10 each.

POSTER COMPETITION
for the 2007 "I'm Dreaming of a White Salmon" Holiday Event

"NIGHTS IN WHITE SALMON" ART & WINE FUSION
Annual Event - 3rd Saturday in July

The third annual White Salmon Art & Wine Fusion takes place on Saturday, July 21, 2007, 5:00-9:00 pm, in downtown White Salmon, and will feature wine tasting from several local wineries, local artists working and selling art, three stages of music, and local, high-quality food and drink vendors. There is no charge for attending. A wine-tasting "passport" is available at the event for $10, and includes a commemorative wineglass, tasting tickets, and entries for local merchant prizes.

This year's Art & Wine Fusion overlaps with the Trout Lake Festival of the Arts for a great day of art and adventure. Visit Trout Lake during the afternoon and return to White Salmon in time for a festive and creative evening.

For more information, call Rishell Graves at (509) 493-2335.

Artwork for 2007 Art & Wine Fusion poster by Jason Leslie.

White Salmon Arts Council event posters are available for purchase at Collage of the Gorge in White Salmon.
$10 each.

GORGE ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS
Columbia Gorge Event

On Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15, 2007, more than thirty artists in the Mid-Columbia region of the Columbia Gorge will open their studios to the public as part of the region's first organized open studios tour. Come on an art adventure and see artists in their natural habitats, their studios in communities along the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington, east of Portland and west of the Deschutes River.

The array of artwork produced by Gorge artists is incredible. The tour will feature original works by artists living and working in the region. Participating artists will open their work spaces for the public to view how and where they work, and to ask the artist directly any questions about their work, but only for two days. Visitors will have the chance to stop at the studios of their choice any time between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Through Gorge Artists Open Studios, tourists will enhance their knowledge of art and culture in the Columbia Gorge, and view and purchase artwork not available in galleries.