Sep
20
to Sep 22

EARTH & OCEAN ARTS FESTIVAL

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Join us for a festival celebrating art and the natural environment. DragonFire Gallery will present a group sculpture show, featuring 3-dimensional works in a variety of media, including glass, wood, ceramic, metal, recycled materials, and more.

Dynamic new art, receptions, live music, artist demonstrations, fundraising for local environmental non-profits and more make this a must see event.


PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDE:

Kevin Brownlee

Chuck Gumpert

Kelly Howard

Andy Nichols

Natasha Kuring

David Gutschmidt

Richard Nevels

Randall Leek

Mike Theisen

Roberta Lampert

Indio Metal Arts

Dan Anderson

Steve Esterby

Sony Felberg

Jenn Ferrante

Marie Wetzel

Sue Raymond

Erin Pietsch

Tom Bottman

SCHEDULE

Friday, Sept. 20th

4-6pm Artist Reception

 

Saturday, Sept. 21st

Artists in the gallery throughout the day

3pm  Guest Artist Kandis Susol talks about her encaustic wall sculptures

4-6pm  Festival Reception w/live music from John Silliman-Dodge

5pm  Raffle drawings benefitting:

North Coast Land Conservancy

Sea Turtles Forever 


Sunday, September 22nd

11am-1pm   Lite Bites Brunch Reception

Demonstration & talk by sculpture artist Shelly Durica-Laiche of Indio Metal Designs


A Running Stream, A Cold Mountain Path - encaustic wall sculpture

Earth & Ocean Guest Artist:

Kandis Susol

For this year’s festival we’re delighted to feature guest artist Kandis Susol in the group sculpture show. Kandis works out of her studio known as Jakuan (Arbor of Tranquility), located on Orcas Island, where she creates her encaustic wall sculptures as a form of spiritual practice.

Inspired by her study of garden design in Kyoto, Japan; practicing tea ceremony at Shoseian in Seattle, Washington; her study of Zen Buddhism, and a Fiber Arts Major at the University of Washington for 2 years, she is wholeheartedly present in the moment when she works. Drawing on inspiration from the natural world, she infuses each piece with a meditative quality and materials representing all four earthly elements: water, air, fire and earth.

Get to know Kandis, her creative inspirations and process in the videos:

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