ASHLAND: Stages and Studios September 24 – 28, 2013 ASHLAND: Stages and Studios Trip Cost: $1,820 per person, double occupancy (based on group size of 20). Single supplement: $460

Deposit: $400 per person Balance due on or before June 28, 2013.

Travelers must be members of both OMCA at Supporter level ($150) or above & the Art Guild ($20). Travel insurance is strongly recommended.

Costs include: Round trip deluxe motor coach from Oakland to Ashland, Oregon; 4 nights at the boutique Plaza Inn & Suites; 4 breakfasts; 4 lunches; Welcome and Farewell dinners; a picnic dinner; a wine tasting; 4 plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; a private discussion with a Festival actor; private gallery and artist studio visits; all gratuities; visits to Living Memorial Wataru Sugiyama, “I Will Carry Your Pain”, ceramic Sculpture Garden in Siskiyou County and Abby of New Clairvaux in Tehama County; Howard Hansen Gallery and the expertise throughout of Shakespearean scholar Janet Rodriguez.

Cancellation Policy: For cancellation prior to June 28, 2013, all monies will be refunded less a $200 cancellation fee. After June 28, 2013, no refunds will be made. Cancellations must be in writing. No refunds will be made for any unused portion of the trip.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Titus Andronicus (2002). Photo by David Cooper.

Please note: This trip involves considerable walking and standing. Participants must be able to keep up with the pace of the group. While every effort will be made to carry out the trip as planned, it is subject to changes deemed necessary by, and /or beyond the control of OMCA/AG. The OMCA Art Guild reserves the right to cancel any tour prior to departure for any reason, Tuesday, September 24 – including insufficient number of participants, as well as the right to decline to accept or Saturday, September 28, 2013 retain any person as a member of the tour at any time. CST #202-4420-40

For additional information contact: Connie Rosenquist 510—558-0423 or Candy Caldwell 925-283-0269

The Story of . The Story of Yo u. The purpose of the Art Guild is to support the Oakland Museum of California through acquisitions and financial grants for education and exhibitions. OaklandArt Museum Gui ofld California TRAVEL Martin Rosol, “Salinon’, cast glass Davis and Cline Gallery ASHLAND: Stages and Studios time to visit this charming Victorian town of galleries, unusual shops, unique bookstores, and wonderful restaurants. You will have free time All the world’s a stage, and the stages of the Oregon Shakespeare to explore all this, plus enjoy our special planned excursions to: Festival include the iconic outdoor Elizabethan Theater, the indoor • the nearby town of Medford including a visit to a Angus Bowmer, and the intimate Thomas Theater. Revealing the worst private art collection and lunch at a local winery. and best of human nature, the Bard’s towering tragedy King Lear receives a very contemporary staging in the Thomas Theater, while • the home/studio of artist couple Matthew Picton Abbey of New Clairvaux, Vina, CA Cymbeline, his magical adventure fairytale set in ancient Britain, fills and Claire Burbridge. the outdoor Tudor stage with romance, disguises, and dysfunctional • the studio of ceramic sculptor Wataru Sugiyama. family dynamics. Shakespearean expert Janet Rodriguez will again • the Davis and Cline Art Gallery, showing glass Architecture is the art that inspires accompany our trip, sharing her insights into these plays. artist Martin Rosol and painter Keira Kotler. us at the Abbey of New Clairvaux, a Cistercian monastery near Corning, • a picnic in Lithia Park, near our home at The Plaza There’s more in the heaven and earth of theater than Shakespeare, of where sacred stones from a 16th Inn and Suites, catered by Sesame Restaurant. course. Premiering this season at OSF are two plays to choose from for Century church in Spain, dismantled our matinee performance. The Unfortunates, based on the legendary in 1930’s and shipped to San Our trip from Oakland to Ashland showcases the gorgeous scenery folk song “St. James Infirmary,” combines blues, gospel, hip hop, and Francisco by William Randolph Hearst, of ’s Valley, from the primeval other classic American musical genres, portraying hope through human have been reassembled, complete , to the spectacular , Mt. Lassen and Mt. connectedness. The Tenth Muse, set in an 18th Century Mexican with vaulted limestone arches. To Shasta. It’s the perfect setting for The Living Memorial Sculpture convent, involves mystery and the risks the young nuns are willing to support themselves, the monks Garden, its ten large metal figures in poignant tableaux, inspired take to express themselves. An OSF actor will meet with us to discuss make wine on this land, formerly the by sculptor Dennis Smith’s experiences in the Viet Nam War and these contemporary productions. Leland Stanford ranch/winery. In co- dedicated to all veterans. operation with nearby Sierra Nevada Our visit to the stages of Brewing Co., they have recently begun Retired OMCA Chief Curator Ashland concludes with making special Belgian-style beer. We of Art Phil Linhares will the always enchanting, will have a tasting opportunity on our accompany our trip and has beloved musical My Fair return trip to Oakland. Lady, set in 1912 London. arranged a visit to the Yreka Its exploration of human home/studio of sculptor transformation, importance William Wareham, whose work “Pine Nuts” he chose for OMCA of language, and complexity Reserve early not to as his retirement gift from the of human relationships echo be dissapointed! the universal themes of Art Guild. A compatriot of Mark Shakespeare’s dramas. di Suvero, Wareham works primarily with recycled steel.

The play’s the thing, but not the only thing artful about Ashland. Autumn is a glorious

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, William Wareham, metal sculpture Rachael Warren as Eliza Doolittle, 2013.