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Art Workshops at Library

Deschutes Public Library announces the fifth annual A Novel Idea…Read Together selection, The World to Come by Dara Horn. This award-winning novel, whose plot is centered around a stolen Marc Chagall painting, brilliantly combines the themes of mystery, theology, folklore and art in one spellbinding story. Programming for this year’s novel began on April 26 and will culminate with the author reading at the Tower Theatre on Thursday, May 15.

While the programs will capture many of the themes of the novel, there are two that are specifically designed around the life and art of Marc Chagall. The library has partnered with the Art Station to offer four different painting workshops inspired by the work of Marc Chagall: • Art Workshop for Children: Friday, May 2, 4-5:30pm The Art Station. • Art Workshop for Adults: Saturday, May 3, 9:30–noon The Art Station. • Art Workshop for Teens: Saturday, May 3, 1:30-4pm The Art Station. • Art Workshop for Adults: Sunday, May 4, 1:30-4pm Sunriver Area Public Library.

All four of the workshops will be taught by local artist Paula Bullwinkel, who has a master’s degree in art education with a minor in painting. Her art explores dreamy, whimsical themes painted in an expressive, gestural style with bright colors showing the influence of Chagall’s work. She has participated in numerous one-woman and group shows in New York and the East Coast area. For 18 years, she was a professional fashion and portrait photographer for magazines in New York City and London. Bullwinkel believes art is best approached with a willingness to take risks and a keen attitude toward the enjoyment of inventions.

She says, “I am inspired by the way Chagall, at a very turbulent time in history, symbolized highly personal events and memories from his life and presented them in a lovely and celebratory manner. Many people can see their own experience reflected within his paintings.” All of the Chagall workshops are free but limited to 12 participants each.

Register by calling Lisa McGean at 541/312-1034 or www.dpls.us/calendar. The second series of programs focused on Marc Chagall is a presentation called The Art of Marc Chagall. This program will be presented on two different dates by Michael Wonser, Adjunct Professor of Art History at Central Oregon Community College. The first presentation will be on Thursday, May 1, 6:30pm, at the La Pine Public Library.

Then, Wonser will be speaking on Tuesday, May 6, 6:30pm, at the Bend Public Library in the Brooks Room. Wonser, who has taught at Utah State University, the University of Colorado and Adams State College before moving to Bend, is also an artist who has been inspired by the art of Chagall and says, “World War I, Sigmund Freud, Dadaism, Cubism, Abstractionism, Surrealism, Expressionism and Fauvism—Marc Chagall brings the early 20th century influences and trends together in his art, in his visual search for reality, his search for his reality.”

He adds, “Shunning all characterizations, Chagall’s paintings have always been popular, allowing us to escape to the world of fantasy while retaining a connection to a definable existence.” The Art of Marc Chagall is free and open to the public. Information: 541/312-1034 or www.dpls.lib.or.us.

Oregon Book Awards Author Tour Visits Bend

Literary Arts brings the 2008 Oregon Book Awards Author Tour, featuring recent Oregon Book Awards honoree, to Bend on Thursday, May 22, 7pm, at Bend Public Library, Brooks Room (601 N.W. Wall Street)

Conversation, book sales and a signing follow each reading. The events are free and open to the public. Authors appearing will be:

• Kathleen Halme of Portland, finalist in poetry for her book, Drift and Pulse. Halme is also the author of Every Substance Clothed and Equipoise. Her honors include fellowships from the NEA and Literary Arts and an NEH fellowship in anthropology.

• Robert Hill of Portland, finalist in the novel for his first book, When All Is Said and Done. Hill has been an advertising copywriter, a grant writer and a teaching fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. When All is Said and Done is his first novel.

• Joel Preston Smith of Portland, finalist in creative nonfiction for his book, Night of a Thousand Stars and Other Portraits of Iraq. Smith works as a freelance writer and photographer in Portland. Night of a Thousand Stars and Other Portraits of Iraq documents the four months he spent living in Iraq before and after the U.S. invasion.

The Oregon Book Awards, a program of Literary Arts, are presented annually for the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature. The Oregon Book Awards Author Tour brings finalists to public libraries and independent bookstores around the state. Information: 503/227-2583.

EVENTS

Bend Library
617-7040

Friends of the Bend Library Literary Event 388-4495 or typerit2@uci.net
Each meeting includes objective feedback on works-in-progress, discussing elements of structure & sharing tips & techniques, marketing ideas.

Second Sunday Readings in Bend 419-2389

Redmond Library 312-1050

La Pine Library 312-1090

Sisters Library 312-1072

Sunriver Area Library 312-1081

Jefferson County Public Library 475-3351 www.jcld.org

Central Oregon Writers Guild
Contact: Cindy Prescher 388-0836 wordcrafter1@msn.com
www.centraloregonwriters.blogspot.com

The Art of Marc Chagall: May 6, 6:30pm

Artist Talk with Lloyd McMullen: May 7, 6pm

Russian Jewish Immigration in Oregon: May 8, 6:30pm

Judaism 101: May 10, 3pm

Home buying Basics Preparing for Finance: May 12, 6-7pm

Jewish Baking: May 13, 6:30pm

Read Watch discuss: May 15, 5-5:30pm

Container Gardening: May 17, 1-2pm

Home Buying Basics Making the Purchase: May 19, 6-7pm

Can You Hear Me Now? May 21, 6-7pm

Read Watch discuss: May 22, 6-8pm

Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: May 22, 7pm

Espana: A Photographic Journey: May 24, 1-2pm

World Café: The Changing Demographics of Central Oregon: May 29, 5:30pm 541/312-1032

Farewell Bend Writers Roundtable Second & fourth Tuesdays, 7pm at the Bookmark. 541/617-9271

Jefferson County Library Story time & crafts for preschoolers & families: Every Tues., 10:30am & 6:30pm

Story time & crafts in Spanish for preschoolers & families: Every Wed, 1pm 541/475-3351 www.jcld.org

La Pine Public Library The Art of Marc Chagall: May 1, 6:30pm 541/312-1032

Redmond Public Library Mothers and Other Fictions in Yiddish Art: May 11, 1:30pm 541/312-1064

Redmond Writers Call for May events 541/923-3499 or aflanning@yahoo.com

Sisters Public Library Fiddler on the Roof: May 7, 6:30pm 541/549-6157

Sunriver Public Library Art Workshop for Adults: May 4, 1:30pm 541/312-1081

Central Oregon Community College Word Café: May 22 www.cocc.edu