 | Grammy Award-winning cellist and member of the Paul Winter Consort Eugene Friesen will perform "Soul of the Cello," a benefit concert for Icicle Arts, on Saturday, November 6 at 7PM in "The Barn" at Barn Beach Reserve. Local wines and complimentary refreshments will be served and a silent auction will take place throughout the evening.Reserve tickets online through Brown Paper Tickets or call (509) 548-2278 to reserve (no fees for phone reservervations!) Tickets are $15 in advance, $12 for students and seniors over 60 (with valid ID), and $18 at the door. Learn More |
Friday, October 29, 2010
Benefit Concert and Silent Auction Nov. 6
Thursday, October 7, 2010
3 McConnells at Icicle Arts Gallery
Icicle Arts Gallery presents their first ever group show “3 McConnells,” featuring original artwork by Cashmere artist Dan McConnell and his son and daughter, Aaron and Bryn. The show opened September 24 and will be on display until mid-November. The gallery is open Thursday through Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or by appointment. The gallery is located along with Barn Beach Reserve and the Upper Valley Museum at 347 Division Street in downtown Leavenworth.
“3 McConnells” provides a unique opportunity for viewers to trace the artistic development of members of the same family who have shared the experience of making art while finding their individual voices and mediums of expression. The development of an artist is constantly in flux. The pieces on display tell the story of three different paths traveled by three individuals. As paths often do, they converge and separate. The works have been selected to highlight those points of intersection as well as the differences.
Meet the Artist - This Saturday!
Icicle Arts will host a "Meet the Artist" reception at the gallery this Saturday, October 9, from 5PM to 7PM with refreshments and local wines by Wedge Mountain Winery, Cascadia Winery, Icicle Ridge Winery, and Vin du Lac Winery. Admission is free and all ages are welcome to attend.
About the Artists
Dan McConnell started developing his passion for art early in life. By age four he was drawing cartoon dioramas of Cowboys and Indians waging wars with bullets, arrows and tomahawks flying through the air. He has pursued a wide variety of styles and mediums since those early days - Dan’s work includes oil painting, acrylics, watercolors, soapstone sculpture, Sculpey clay sculptures, pen and ink/brush and ink drawings, and computer graphics. His formal art education at Wenatchee Valley College, Western Washington University and Central Washington University culminated with a Broad Area Art degree and a provisional teaching certificate. The education focus helped him instill his passion for art into others, including his children Aaron and Bryn. “We drew as a family almost every day; it was an integral part of our lives. We drew in pencil and crayon and painted in watercolors. When they were older I introduced them to watercolors and oil painting.”
Some of Aaron McConnell’s first drawings were three panel comic strips obviously influenced by his Dad's semi-autobiographical weekly cartoon strip "Apple Andy" that ran in the Cashmere Valley Record for 20 years. His father painted the characters from his strip in a scenic mural on the bedroom Aaron and his sister Bryn shared, and the characters felt like members of the family. Aaron is sure that this vivid immersion into the comic strip medium shaped his own interest in comics. In high school (CHS) Aaron drew cartoons for the school newspaper and drew his first comic book pages in an after-school comic book class taught by his father. Aaron attended CWU, like his dad, and then went on to pursue a BA with an emphasis in painting and drawing. Painting was his passion at that time and he convinced his young family to relocate to Providence, RI to attend the graduate painting program at The Rhode Island School of Design. As fate would have it, the school offered a course on Comic Book Storytelling and that was all it took to bring him back to the medium of comics. Aaron has an extensive list of reasons he loves comics, but from a creative standpoint, the feeling of composing and arranging little boxes of drawings that build something larger as a whole is an exhilarating process (and endlessly challenging). Working in comics has given him the opportunity to collaborate with other talented writers and artists and has awakened a deep, previously unrealized interest in history. “I look forward to the daily exercise of working at a drawing board not only to develop the technical craft of drawing comics, but because I know that I'm guaranteed to learn something new about the subject that I'm building a story from."
Bryn McConnell first pursued painting at Western Washington University, and then transferred to Pratt Institute in New York where she earned her BFA. Her final semester at Pratt allowed her to study in Venice, Italy. Upon graduation she lived in the Czech Republic, then Belgium where she continued to work as a full-time artist. While abroad she studied as an exchange student, participated in residencies and exhibited her work in several locations throughout Europe. In 2008 she returned to New York City to study at the School of Visual Arts and earned her MFA. Bryn’s most recent exhibition took place at Greenberg Van Doren Gallery in New York where she received much attention through reviews in both the New Yorker and Time Out New York magazines. Bryn paints images of women in an expressionistic style, seeking to display an internal spiritual force through the materialistic artifice of fashion. Her interest lies in representing the intangible spirit by utilizing contemporary definitions of identity, not particularly as cages of confinement but as tools of playful self-reinvention.
About the Gallery
Icicle Arts Gallery is a program of Icicle Arts, North Central Washington’s arts alliance since 2004. To learn more, join as a member, and support the arts in the Wenatchee River Valley, visit iciclearts.org or call (509) 548-2278. Iicle Arts Gallery presents six solo shows per year and two special exhibits. For more information on the gallery, to submit a show application, and to view e-shows currently online visit iciclearts.org/gallery or call (509) 548-2278.
“3 McConnells” provides a unique opportunity for viewers to trace the artistic development of members of the same family who have shared the experience of making art while finding their individual voices and mediums of expression. The development of an artist is constantly in flux. The pieces on display tell the story of three different paths traveled by three individuals. As paths often do, they converge and separate. The works have been selected to highlight those points of intersection as well as the differences.
Meet the Artist - This Saturday!
Icicle Arts will host a "Meet the Artist" reception at the gallery this Saturday, October 9, from 5PM to 7PM with refreshments and local wines by Wedge Mountain Winery, Cascadia Winery, Icicle Ridge Winery, and Vin du Lac Winery. Admission is free and all ages are welcome to attend.
About the Artists
Dan McConnell started developing his passion for art early in life. By age four he was drawing cartoon dioramas of Cowboys and Indians waging wars with bullets, arrows and tomahawks flying through the air. He has pursued a wide variety of styles and mediums since those early days - Dan’s work includes oil painting, acrylics, watercolors, soapstone sculpture, Sculpey clay sculptures, pen and ink/brush and ink drawings, and computer graphics. His formal art education at Wenatchee Valley College, Western Washington University and Central Washington University culminated with a Broad Area Art degree and a provisional teaching certificate. The education focus helped him instill his passion for art into others, including his children Aaron and Bryn. “We drew as a family almost every day; it was an integral part of our lives. We drew in pencil and crayon and painted in watercolors. When they were older I introduced them to watercolors and oil painting.”
Some of Aaron McConnell’s first drawings were three panel comic strips obviously influenced by his Dad's semi-autobiographical weekly cartoon strip "Apple Andy" that ran in the Cashmere Valley Record for 20 years. His father painted the characters from his strip in a scenic mural on the bedroom Aaron and his sister Bryn shared, and the characters felt like members of the family. Aaron is sure that this vivid immersion into the comic strip medium shaped his own interest in comics. In high school (CHS) Aaron drew cartoons for the school newspaper and drew his first comic book pages in an after-school comic book class taught by his father. Aaron attended CWU, like his dad, and then went on to pursue a BA with an emphasis in painting and drawing. Painting was his passion at that time and he convinced his young family to relocate to Providence, RI to attend the graduate painting program at The Rhode Island School of Design. As fate would have it, the school offered a course on Comic Book Storytelling and that was all it took to bring him back to the medium of comics. Aaron has an extensive list of reasons he loves comics, but from a creative standpoint, the feeling of composing and arranging little boxes of drawings that build something larger as a whole is an exhilarating process (and endlessly challenging). Working in comics has given him the opportunity to collaborate with other talented writers and artists and has awakened a deep, previously unrealized interest in history. “I look forward to the daily exercise of working at a drawing board not only to develop the technical craft of drawing comics, but because I know that I'm guaranteed to learn something new about the subject that I'm building a story from."
Bryn McConnell first pursued painting at Western Washington University, and then transferred to Pratt Institute in New York where she earned her BFA. Her final semester at Pratt allowed her to study in Venice, Italy. Upon graduation she lived in the Czech Republic, then Belgium where she continued to work as a full-time artist. While abroad she studied as an exchange student, participated in residencies and exhibited her work in several locations throughout Europe. In 2008 she returned to New York City to study at the School of Visual Arts and earned her MFA. Bryn’s most recent exhibition took place at Greenberg Van Doren Gallery in New York where she received much attention through reviews in both the New Yorker and Time Out New York magazines. Bryn paints images of women in an expressionistic style, seeking to display an internal spiritual force through the materialistic artifice of fashion. Her interest lies in representing the intangible spirit by utilizing contemporary definitions of identity, not particularly as cages of confinement but as tools of playful self-reinvention.
About the Gallery
Icicle Arts Gallery is a program of Icicle Arts, North Central Washington’s arts alliance since 2004. To learn more, join as a member, and support the arts in the Wenatchee River Valley, visit iciclearts.org or call (509) 548-2278. Iicle Arts Gallery presents six solo shows per year and two special exhibits. For more information on the gallery, to submit a show application, and to view e-shows currently online visit iciclearts.org/gallery or call (509) 548-2278.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Icicle Prize in Songwriting Winners Announced
Beth Whitney, taken by Reed Carlson
Icicle Arts Festival 2010 featuring the Icicle Prize in Songwriting (sponsored by the Icicle Fund) took place September 10-12 in Leavenworth. 46 student and adult residents of Chelan, Douglas, Okanagon, and Grant counties submitted their original songs for the chance to win cash prizes and a performance opportunity.
Guest judges Andre Feriante (internationally-acclaimed flamenco guitar player / songwriter from Seattle), Dan Maher (host of NWPR’s “Inland Folk” from Pullman), Aimee Mell (choral director and Tacoma Arts Commissioner from Seattle), Andrew T. Miller (Sony Masterworks; Steinway artist from Milton), Linda Waterfall (music faculty at Cornish College of the Arts from Seattle), and Wes Weddell (host of Tumbleweed Music Festival from Seattle) gave feedback to performers throughout the live Main Stage performance which was attended by over 100 people from all over the state.
Judges rated each original song on originality, musicality, and style. Scores were added up at the conclusion to determine the winners: Beth Whitney of Leavenworth (first place), Brian McMahon of Leavenworth (second place), and Sandy Vaughn of Tonasket (third place). The audience cast their votes for an “Audience Choice” award, which went to Margee Peterson of Leavenworth.
Student winners were selected by a local panel of judges including Don Fox (Technical Director of the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee and Music Director of the Wenatchee Valley Appleaires from Wenatchee), Cindy Reitveldt (director of Leavenworth Community Coffeehouse from Peshastin), Chuck Egner (owner of Hi-Strung Music and director of the Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival from Leavenworth), Anna Percival (Managing Director of Icicle Arts from Cashmere), and Dan Jackson (former director of Wenatchee High School choral’s program and Icicle Prize 2009 committee member from Leavenworth), and performed their songs at the conclusion of the event. Student winners were Chloe Grace Caemmerer of Leavenworth (first place), Marija Bosnar of Ephrata (second place), and Claire Seaman of Leavenworth (third place).
Icicle Arts Festival was made possible by a sponsorship from Icicle Fund and by member contributions. Visit iciclearts.org or call (509) 548-2278 to learn more or support the arts in North Central Washington by joining as a member.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Announcing Gallery E-Shows!
Icicle Arts Gallery is excited to present artwork online through MyArtSpace.com. So far the current shows include local and regional artists Christopher Banks, Leonardo Lanzolla, Gretchen Rohde, Bryan S. Miller, Melissa Madsen, and Jennifer Hutzel. The artwork is available to view and purchase online through Icicle Arts Gallery. If you are an artist interested in showing your work, e-mail info@iciclearts.org to learn more or visit iciclearts.org to join!
Friday, July 23, 2010
Grasping at Shadows - paintings by Christopher Banks
Icicle Arts Gallery presents Grasping at Shadows featuring original paintings by Plain artist Christopher Banks. On display Thursday, July 22 through Sunday, September 5, the gallery is open Thursday through Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or by appointment Monday through Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The gallery is located at Barn Beach Reserve (347 Division Street in Leavenworth), also home to the Upper Valley Museum. Christopher Banks' bold landscape paintings offer the viewer a strong contrast in color and value. His paintings, while based on "real" landscapes, offer up landscapes that are balanced with reality and fantasy.
About the Artist
Artist Christopher Banks has spent much of his life steeped in a world of printed words. He has been a writer, poet, musician, graphic designer, publisher, a student of English literature, and a teacher of art and reading. A lifelong admirer and collector of art, Banks began to paint in 1999, with concentration on drawing and dry pastel painting and has studied with Washington-based artists Terry Furchgott, John Nolan, Drake Deknatel, and Susan Bennerstrom, among others. In 2003, Banks began to focus primarily on acrylic painting on canvas, and in recent years favors wood panels for their unique surface qualities. In 1994 Banks built a home on the river in Plain, and was, for 15 years, a weekender from Seattle. In 2009 he and his wife Sarah became year-round residents. “We appreciate the unspoiled, wild beauty of this area, and spend as much time as possible in exploration of it via foot, ski, and snowshoe,” says Banks, “it is a source of great inspiration to me, spiritually as well as artistically.”
To learn more about Christopher Banks and view his work, visit his online profile.
Artist Christopher Banks has spent much of his life steeped in a world of printed words. He has been a writer, poet, musician, graphic designer, publisher, a student of English literature, and a teacher of art and reading. A lifelong admirer and collector of art, Banks began to paint in 1999, with concentration on drawing and dry pastel painting and has studied with Washington-based artists Terry Furchgott, John Nolan, Drake Deknatel, and Susan Bennerstrom, among others. In 2003, Banks began to focus primarily on acrylic painting on canvas, and in recent years favors wood panels for their unique surface qualities. In 1994 Banks built a home on the river in Plain, and was, for 15 years, a weekender from Seattle. In 2009 he and his wife Sarah became year-round residents. “We appreciate the unspoiled, wild beauty of this area, and spend as much time as possible in exploration of it via foot, ski, and snowshoe,” says Banks, “it is a source of great inspiration to me, spiritually as well as artistically.”
To learn more about Christopher Banks and view his work, visit his online profile.
About the Gallery
Icicle Arts Gallery presents six solo shows per year and two special exhibits. For more information on the gallery, or to submit a show application visit iciclearts.org/gallery.org or call (509) 548-2278. Icicle Arts programs are made possible by support from members like you. Members receive the monthly e-newsletter featuring local arts events, exclusive invitations to members-only events, and many other great benefits! Visit iciclearts.org or call (509) 548-2278 to learn more or join.
Icicle Arts Gallery presents six solo shows per year and two special exhibits. For more information on the gallery, or to submit a show application visit iciclearts.org/gallery.org or call (509) 548-2278. Icicle Arts programs are made possible by support from members like you. Members receive the monthly e-newsletter featuring local arts events, exclusive invitations to members-only events, and many other great benefits! Visit iciclearts.org or call (509) 548-2278 to learn more or join.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Call for Entries: The Icicle Prize in Songwriting
All of us at Icicle Arts are excited for our upcoming festival featuring the Icicle Prize in Songwriting (sponsored by the Icicle Fund), which takes place September 10-12. Students and working musicians in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Okanagan Counties are invited to submit one original song of any style by the August 16 deadline. The student category includes students up to age 18 and offers the chance to win up to $300, plus a performance slot at the main stage event. The working musician category includes prizes starting at $100 and a grand prize of $1,000! Ten finalists from this category will also perform at the main stage event in Leavenworth, Washington on Sunday, September 12 at 2:00PM at Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort's Chapel Theater. Audience members can cast their vote for their favorite performer in the "Audience Choice" award! Tickets are $12 in advance ($14 at the door) and can be reserved now online or by calling (509) 548-2278. Songwriters interested in entering may download an entry form.
Additionally, a free “open mic” event, sponsored by Leavenworth Community Coffeehouse, will take place on Saturday, September 11, in downtown Leavenworth. There will also be film screenings by 2009 Icicle Prize winners, and workshops in a variety of styles.
To learn more about the Icicle Arts Festival, please visit us at iciclearts.org, e-mail info@iciclearts.org, or call us at (509) 548-2278. And remember - all of our programs are made possible by support from community members like you. Please help us connect arts and community by joining as a member today!
-Jennifer Hutzel
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Presenting Creative Mythologies by Leonardo Lanzolla
Meet the Artist - This Friday!
Icicle Arts will host a free "Meet the Artist" reception at the gallery on Friday, June 4, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m with refreshments and local wines by Wedge Mountain Winery, Cascadia Winery, Icicle Ridge Winery, and Vin du Lac Winery. Admission is free and all ages are welcome to attend.
About the Artist
In 1958 Lanzolla was born in Torino, Italy and in 1977 received his diploma in communications from the Sommeiller Institute in Torino. He also studied theater at Torino University and frequented the Academy of Drama in Torino, receiving his diploma as a dramatic actor after three years. In 1979 Lanzolla spent a year in army service before moving to Rome where he began to professionally act and paint as well. He held his first fine art exhibit in Rome at “La Lucciola Gallery.” For the next five years Lanzolla had several art shows in Italy and France. Then, in 1985, he decided to move to the United States and exhibited his artwork in Los Angeles for a year. Lanzolla then moved to Billings, Montana where he continued his art practice before settling in his current residence of Seattle with his wife Renee and their daughter Lucia.
Lanzolla describes his show at Icicle Arts as "a poetical visual navigation of my senses, using the energy of my experiences to explore life in a creative way in what I consider …my expressive visual perceptions…a core of suspended mythological dialogues with human heritage, civilization, nature, animals and religion; giving through colors, shaped forms and my painterly carving, a perception of passage through time, using as inner medium the 'nectar of my feelings.'" His process is derived from an Italian Renaissance technique called “Sgraffito” (paint carved on plaster)” but Lanzolla uses clay board instead. He uses tools, knives, and Asian or pottery bushes most often. Lanzolla is intrigued by human spiritual and physical changes through experience over time and has a desire to create visual overtures of artistic impact.
About the Gallery
Icicle Arts Gallery presents six solo shows per year and two special exhibits. For more information on the gallery, or to submit a show application visit iciclearts.org/gallery or call (509) 548-2278. Icicle Arts programs are made possible by support from members like you. Members receive the monthly e-newsletter featuring local arts events, exclusive invitations to members-only events, and many other great benefits! Visit iciclearts.org or call (509) 548-2278 to learn more or join.
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