Double Art Opening with Downstairs Gallery Debut! Thursday, April 4, 5:30-8:30pm |
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Main Gallery: Questionable Press presents 1,529 Paper Fish, by Sarah Brown

Artist and printer Sarah Brown, of Questionable Press will display 1,529 paper fish sculptures at Arts West in Athens, OH
Opening Reception April 4 from 5:30-8:30pm These fish began as a hand carved, wood-engraved image block that was printed in a letterpress from 1958. Each one was then assembled by hand for display. The show will be on display through April 25
Sarah Brown is a wood engraving and letterpress artist in Lancaster, Ohio. She uses three tons of vintage letterpress printing equipment to make well-made whim-wham for her business, Questionable Press. Her main press is a 1958 Heidelberg Windmill, designed to print long runs of small prints. Wood engraving was once a prominent image making process. Though it is now most often used for limited edition prints, the blocks are designed to hold fine detail through the test of time and pressure.
Sarah creates work that concentrates on engaging others in play, communication, and the natural world while working within the confines of traditional letterpress printing. The main component of this piece, the paper fish sculpture, is part of her paper sculpture series, sold individually as a kit. This display of over 1,500 assembled fish exemplifies the strengths of the medium and elevates the work, playing with the definition of fine art.
Facebook Event at: Questionable Press Art Exhibition
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Downstairs Gallery: Lisa Quine's Lettering and Design

Artist, designer and muralist, Lisa Quine will display hand-lettered artworks at Arts West in Athens, OH
Opening Reception April 4 from 5:30-8:30pm The show will be on display through April 25
Lisa is a Creative Consultant living and working in Cleveland, Ohio. Her main focuses of consulting include lettering, illustration, and design. After graduating from the University of Dayton with a BFA in Visual Communication Design, she began her career in the fast-paced world of advertising. After five years in the industry, she made the decision to leave her full-time role as an Art Director at Global Prairie to dedicate more time to her own business. Her projects as a Creative Consultant have ranged from coloring books and murals to magazine covers and gallery shows.
Lisa was also named one of Cleveland.com’s Top 40 Clevelanders to follow on Instagram. She enjoys meeting up with other creatives at conferences like Creative South and Weapons of Mass Creation, where she has been a speaker, workshop instructor and Ink Wars participant. In her spare time, she enjoys boxing, failed cooking attempts, and spending time with her wonderful Slovenian family.
Facebook Event: Lisa Quine - Art Exhibition
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Fundamentals of Shamanism Workshop
Saturday & Sunday, April 6 & 7, 10am-5pm
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Taught by Sidonia Nightsky and Suzanne Sloo, instructors-in-training, Church of Earth Healing
$150 (some barter, scholarships and payment plans available)
Shamanic journeying is the core technique of shamanism, enabling the practitioner to obtain help from spirit allies by traveling in a trance state to the shamanic realms. This workshop includes lecture and discussion of the origins, distribution and methods of shamanic practices worldwide, preparatory exercises, and journey work to meet spirit helpers. Instructors work intensively with students to ensure a quality learning experience. By the end of the average class, all students find that they are doing journey work with verifiable results, gaining knowledge and information for themselves and their fellow students that they have had no access to or prior knowledge of in ordinary waking consciousness.
Participants will learn: the identifying characteristics of shamanism and shamanic healing how to recognize the shamanic state of consciousness how to recognize their personal, unique ways of perceiving the spirit world how to prepare themselves to safely journey in the spirit realms how to journey to the various realms of spirit in lower and upper worlds how to find and work with spirit helpers to gain insight, healing and personal solutions how to help another person by consulting spirit helpers a variety of methods of journey work, including the Sami walking journey.
Recommended reading: "The Shaman" by Piers Vitebsky. Please bring drums or rattles if you have them, an eye covering if you like, and a journal or notebook. Comfortable clothing and a blanket and/or pillow are also recommended, since participants will usually journey sitting or lying down.
Lunch is potluck, tea is provided
We welcome your questions or requests for more information: To register contact Sidonia at Hawkslanding Retreat Center at 740-596-4288 or email gmaspider@yahoo.com Additional questions: Bekki Shining Bearheart bekki@church-of-earth-healing.org
Teacher Bios and More Info at Facebook Event: Fundamentals of Shamanism
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April Contra Dance Sunday, April 7, 6:30-9pm Last one of the season!!

Come enjoy the last Contra Dance of the season and dance to the driving tunes of The Brickersons: Ed Newman (Hammered Dulcimer) Rusty Smith (Fiddle) Todd Sams (Mandolin) Adam Rich (Guitar)
Kim Thompson will be calling.
No experience needed. No partner needed. Everyone is welcome. All dances will be taught.
Sunday, April 7th 6:30-7:00pm Lesson 7:00-9:00pm Dance
Suggested donation: $10, $3/student, Kids 10 and under are free.
Info at http://athenscontradance.moonfruit.com or 740-590-4102.
Facebook Event: April Contra Dance |
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arts west membership info- Gain access to the SEO Musical Lending Library, Cat's PJs Clothing Exchange, discounts and more Levels: Morel, Paw Paw Patch, Dogwood, Foothills & Skyline
Forms at this link: Arts West Membership
Questions and more info call 740-592-4315 or email artswestathens@gmail.com. |
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Thanks for Supporting Arts West: Athens Community Gateway to the Arts!
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