The Art Walk of 9 August, 2008
report by Horst, photos by Steve Combs

It was another cloudless afternoon downtown Brookings, when artist Pete Chasar assembled his tour group in front of the Manley Art Center. Looking down on them from Stout Park was a giant rubber ducky, put there by the Rotary Club to announce their "Ducky Derby." On September 21st, up to a thousand duckies will be released upstream Chetco. The owner of the first rubber duck to arrive by the Harbor will win a huge prize! You can buy these duckies at Manley or the PILOT office for $5 each.

It was a great day for the KASPER Kids (Brookings’ Kid’s After-School Program). At Manley, these kids showed the art they had created under PBAA member Janeen Vick. In the basement of Wright’s Frame Shop, they showed the artwork they had learned from artist/musician Billie Ruth. And on the stage in Art Walk Alley, they entertained their parents and other Art Walkers with songs in five different languages, taught by Billie Ruth and Leslie Wolf.

On the west end of Art Walk Alley, Scott Graves, editor of our PILOT, conducted a drum circle of adults. He had a half dozen or so congas and bongos, and a bag of smaller percussion instruments. At times, up to ten “drummers” were thumping out a strong beat. Great fun! Let’s do that again, Scott.

The drums could be heard inside the one-day-only CABARET, the former Terra Cotta Corner. But that didn’t bother Marshall Thompson, vocalist/guitarist from Chico, CA. He kept playing for the Art Walkers who had come in to taste the wine offered by Lorraine Swigert from Bella Italia, snack on the hors d’oeuvres donated by Mini-Storit and served by Margaret Cowley, and admire the whimsical art of Christina Olsen. I think it would be a great addition to our Art Walk if the CABARET could be made permanent. Let me hear what you think via this website (click on “Contact Information").

Another party was going on at the Library. The “Friends of the Library” had a large sheet cake to celebrate the 15th birthday of our “New Library.” This was followed by a classical concert performed by the Sea Strings, the quartet we consider our own, although not all members live in Brookings.

For more Art Walk venues and events than I mentioned above, go to Nola’s website (wildriverscoastart.com) and see what she heard and saw.

That’s all for today. Tune in again at the end of August, when you'll find the program for the next Brookings Art Walk on Saturday, September 13th, 4 to 7 PM.

Horst

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