Grangeville Arts

If you are interested in student art please remember to vote tomorrow. As a registered voter in district 244 you can vote at any polling place, in any town. You know that this vote will have a big effect on our young artists.

“Art in the Park” is in the City park, 7/4 from 10 to 4 sponsored by the Blue and White club. For info call Susan at 983-0377. Coltrain will be playing at the Elks 7/1, 7/2, and 7/3 starting at 9pm. And the museum will be open from 12 to 5. The Border Days page is at grangevilleborderdays.org

Make & Take Arts & Crafts open to all children that have completed Kindergarten through 8th grade. $75, scholarships available. Registration info available by calling 983 2285. 3 hours per day running 7/16 through 7/20.

We are sponsoring the Grangeville Arts Logo Contest. It is open to all residents of Idaho County. The winner will receive $100 cash and public acknowledgment. Entries must be received by June 30th Dec 31st to be judged in a contest to select the official logo for Grangeville Arts, Inc.

The winning logo will be used in a variety of communications for Grangeville Arts like fliers, the new website, and promotional material for the upcoming annual Music Festival.

Grangeville Arts, Inc. is a nonprofit 501c3 organization of volunteers who sponsor and support all facets of the arts in Grangeville and Idaho County. Grangeville Arts, Inc. has been around since 1986 and aims to provide a common ground for the integration and perpetuation of all art forms and practices in the community. We also put on an annual Music Festival in Grangeville and maintain this blog about area arts information.

The complete logo contest rules are available on-line at GrangevilleArts.Com or by requesting a copy with a self addressed stamped envelope mailed to: Grangeville Arts Logo Contest, 108 North State Street #4, Grangeville, ID 83530.

Good Luck.

A special Grangeville Arts meeting will be held tomorrow, Wednesday 5/16 at 5:30 pm at The Gallery. All are welcome to attend. Particularly board members (nudge). Agenda items include Music Festival band and venue arrangements, the website, the **** contest, and budgeting.

This week is the 30th International Wildlife Film Festival at the Roxie & Wilma Theaters in Missoula. There are lots of movies summarized here. And more scheduling information here (pdf). We’ve been lucky enough to catch some of this festival in past years and highly recommend it. Bonus: there is sushi just up the street.

Many students from the Grangeville Elementary Middle School are having their art go to the state competition. Awards will be given out at a reception 5/17 Thursday evening at the McGee Elementary School in Lewiston.

Some folks (including myself) are trying to create a community garden in Grangeville. It is very much a work in progress and we could use the help of local artists. We are asking for help and ideas from everybody. For more info you can email info@grangevillegarden.com, or call Mark Willig at 208 983 0676, or check out the website at www.grangevillegarden.com

It seems that most people don’t like the movie Lady In The Water, but we rented it last night and we both enjoyed it. I looked at reviews this morning and apparently the critics hated it. In fact the director won the Razzie award for worst director of the year?!

It is kind of a fantasy/myth set in the modern world. Not at all normal Hollywood fare, rated PG13, K & R Video (222 W Main Street G’ville) has it on DVD.

Have you seen it? What did you think?

The Boise Weekly’s Spring Arts Quarterly mentions children book author Karma Wilson as well as the changing of the curator at the Lewis-Clark State College Center for the Arts and History.