Washington County Summer 2013 Arts Guide • Stage • Music • Visual Arts • Spoken Word
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WASHINGTON COUNTY SUMMER 2013 Arts Guide • STAGE • MUSIC • VISUAL ARTS • SPOKEN WORD My Fair laDy • august 1 - 18 • tigarD Book arts • June 25 - 30 • Forest grove Marcia Petty • august 6 - 31 • ceDar Mill Darlin’ BlackBirDs • august 6 • HillsBoro June — August 2013 A SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS, INC. AND WORK FOR ART 2 UGUST A June — ❘ WASHINGTON COUNTY ARTS GUIDE WASHINGTON JULIUS CAESAR AUGUST 1 17, 2013 7:30PM TOM HUGHES CIVIC CENTER PLAZA 150 E MAIN STREET HILLSBORO this is an outdoor performance and no seating is provided please bring a lawn chair or other seating SMAG13 ‘Write about winter in the summer’ — Annie Dillard t happens every year. We spend the holding. From theater to music, from movies to spoken- Jazz winter shaking an imaginary fist at word performances, your calendar can be as full as you like it between June and September. man Oregon’s dark and rainy skies, vowing to See an outdoor Shakespearean play in Hillsboro. I Professor and move to Florida before the next season of Take in a movie under the stars in Tualatin. Attend a pianist Darrell book arts conference in Forest Grove. Revel in “My Fair Grant lectures weather-imposed hibernation is upon us. on the local jazz Lady” in Tigard. Enjoy a commedia dell’arte performance scene June 18 in Then spring arrives and the rhododendrons and on the Beaverton Library lawn. Hillsboro. azaleas burst into bloom, lifting our collective spirits. Or, you can always just pull on a bathing suit and run 3 Before you know it (or finally, depending on one’s through the sprinkler. After that, though, take a peek Encore! outlook), summer is here, with its gentle breezes, balmy inside these pages to discover free and reasonably- ■ The Washington County Fall Arts Guide, which will temperatures and long-awaited opportunities to get priced events scheduled all across the county during the include events for September through November COUNTY ARTS GUIDE WASHINGTON outside and appreciate our state’s natural beauty. summer months. You won’t be disappointed. 2013, will be published at the end of August. Part of summertime’s appeal in Washington County After a busy work week, you deserve a little culture ■ If your organization or business is interested in promoting your events or services, please contact is that there are dozens of ways to celebrate arts and and relaxation — and you can find it right in your own Michelle Thomas at 503-357-3181 or mthomas@ culture, many of which are outlined in the guide you’re back yard. fgnewstimes.com. 4 ❘ Local 7 ❘ A new 12 ❘ Outdoor arts 15 ❘ Welder and 16 ❘ Singing and EDITOR ❘ NANCY TOWNSLEY X Online: E organizations hold Bag&Baggage and entertainment steelworker Tim acting comes Washington CALENDAR EDITOR ❘ STEPHANIE HAUGEN special Productions twist opportunities Gabriel is forging naturally to pint- County Arts WRITERS ❘ DEEDA SCHROEDER celebrations to on “Julius Caesar” abound this an artistic new size performers at staff LISA ANDERSEN IND Guides are observe showcases an all- summer in every gate to adorn Funny Farm Early available online at JANIS BRENTANO milestones in the female cast community across Jackson Bottom Learning Center in www.fgnewstimes. PHOTO EDITOR ❘ CHASE ALLGOOD arts this year. outdoors in the the county. Wetlands’ north the Garden Home ❘ COVER/PAGE DESIGN ❘ OLIVIA PASSIEUX June — round in Hillsboro. viewing area. area of Beaverton. com ADVERTISING SALES ❘ MICHELLE THOMAS A WASHINGTON COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICES UGUST Give at your ADULT SUMMER READING workplace, or online at workforart.org An Evening with Cheryl Strayed author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. June 26, 7:30 p.m. Southridge High School 9625 SW 125th Avenue, Beaverton a program of the Regional Arts & Culture Council www.wccls.org/ASRP SMAG13 SAG13 Celebrating success in the arts From choir to sculpture to theater, many Washington County groups are observing milestones this year BY DEEDA SCHROEDER ver the course of any project, it’s important 4 O to mark success — especially when you’ve got to keep going. In Washington County, many UGUST A people and organizations have contributed to using art and culture as a tool to improve the lives of people June — in the community, a worthwhile ❘ endeavor that’s never finished. Several organizations are marking significant milestones of achievement this year. HILLSBORo’s public art The city of Hillsboro has made its first big public art purchase: “Barometer” by Devin Laurence Field that will be installed this summer at Hillsboro Stadium. Artist Devin Laurence Field created the sculpture that will adorn Hillsboro Stadium starting this summer. The City of Hillsboro WASHINGTON COUNTY ARTS GUIDE WASHINGTON The sculpture will be made of commissioned the sculpture as its first big public art purchase. stainless steel and will stand 15 feet tall at the entry of the park. It will of the city to make public art happen. go to bring concerts, dance, hands-on spokeswoman, Elizabeth Higgins. feature color-changing lights that It hasn’t been easy. But it is finally art experiences, theater and films to Anyone can take a class, exhibit correspond with the noise level on happening,” Chapin said. Otani has a the public. and sell their work and, of course, site and instruments people can play. very impressive resume, and other “It’s small grants, trying to get as volunteer to help keep the operation It’s an honor to build a piece like cities and states have borrowed her broad across the grassroots spectrum afloat, Higgins said. this for Hillsboro, said Field, who lives expertise for their projects, Chapin as we can,” said Calcagno, director of “You don’t have to be an in Washington County. said. Washington County Cooperative important, successful artist to join,” “As cities grow, it takes time to be “We are so lucky to have her in Library Services. “Everything from she said. Artists come from all walks able to afford public art,” Field said. Hillsboro. And the milestone is that it elementary schools to professional of life, Higgins said, so education is Hillsboro is growing and its outlook is is all finally happening, thanks to her theater.” Awards typically range from affordable and part of the becoming more sophisticated, he hard work and dedication.” $1,000 to $2,000. organization’s mission. “It’s a multi- added. Field is also working on a Education is a priority, she faceted group and quite dynamic,” she CULTURAL COALITION OF explained. explained. piece titled “Three Creeks One Will,” WASHINGTON COUNTY to be installed in the plaza at The “They tend to focus on youth and Operating costs come from Round in Beaverton. The Cultural Coalition of children and exposure to arts for donations, tuition from classes and a Much of the work behind the Washington County will soon surpass children,” she noted small commission taken from gallery Hillsboro purchase was done by the $250,000 mark in grant giving. The About 40 applications came in for sales. Many members work six hours Valerie Otani, Hillsboro’s public art coalition, formed in 2005, disperses this year’s grant cycle, the most ever, each month in the gallery. supervisor, said Maggie Chapin, grant funds from the Oregon Cultural Calcagno said. Every year, the Art Challenge cultural arts program supervisor for Trust. raises funds for the gallery as well. VILLAGE GALLERY the Hillsboro Arts and Culture In June, the coalition will award For a $30 entrance fee, participants Council. about $38,000 in grants to arts, The Village Gallery in Beaverton is create four 6-inch-square canvases “She has been working tirelessly, heritage and humanities celebrating its 50th anniversary this with a shared theme in April, which first as a consultant for the Public Art organizations, said Eva Calcagno, the year. The gallery is a place for Success continued on page 5 Master Plan, and then as an employee county’s liaison to the coalition. Funds everyone, said the gallery’s Success continued from page 4 month-long celebration, Rescue. “If we can have an organization put Higgins said. That month, the “This is the first time dealing with on an event on our behalf, that’s walls will hold a retrospective something that didn’t directly apply to huge,” Hines said. of art, newspaper articles and the human condition,” said Stephen Other notable arts-related historic photos that will look Galzan, the choir’s artistic director. milestones this year include: back over five decades of the Concerts are free, but donations • The Hillsboro Community ELLY K gallery. are accepted. Galzan is thrilled that Foundation (HCF) launched a OREY On Sept. 21, an event will the events are open to folks of all Legacy Endowment Program and C WN formally mark the gallery’s income levels. announced its first endowed fund for Da 50th birthday. “We have quite a few that follow us Hillsboro Arts and Culture in that are on fixed incomes, and we are October 2012. COURTESY ISING COMMUNITY delighted,” he said. Another benefit of CHOIR • The Beaverton Arts Commission 5 the donations-only system is that the has marked several milestones In early summer, the ISing house is usually packed. within its organization this year: the Community Choir hit $100,000 “Because the concerts are free to 10th Annual Beaverton Last COUNTY ARTS GUIDE WASHINGTON in collected donations. While the public, that basically means we Tuesday Concert series, the 30th its members have been have no room,” noted Galzan. Annual Visual Arts Showcase was singing since 2001, the group About $10,000 is typically raised at held in November and the fifth formally incorporated as a each concert.