The Other Roadside Attraction Features PEACE ART April 7th Though the 14th
April 7 through 14, 2007, a unique art exhibit will take place in Skagit Valley.
Forty well known artists from all over the region will display their heartfelt expressions about War and Peace in today’s world. The show is not all paintings and drawings, but will also include photography, sculpture, the written word, and music. The location is The Other Roadside Attraction Gallery, 18791 Cedardale Road, Mount Vernon, WA.
The gallery owners, Pam Hom and Jim Sherburne, are donating the use of the space for this exhibit.
Leading artists from the Skagit Valley and elsewhere include Clayton James, Anne Martin McCool, Jack Gunter, Trish Harding, Sue Roberts, Toni Ann Rust, Chris Elliott, Lavone Newell Reim, Pam Hom, Verena Schwippert, Thais Armstrong, Brian Berman, Susan Ferrel, Audrey Roll, Duane Simshauser, Larry and Marcia Huber, Kit Marcinko, Kirk McLean, Shannon Kirby, Cathy Stevens, Christie Houston, Lloyd Houston, Ron and Patsy Chamberlain, John Simon, Ann Reid, Leo Osborne, Jeanine Boree, Rose Mary Tate, Lin McJunkin, Susan Cohen Thompson, Maralyne and Tracy Powell, who is putting the show together, and probably more by the time of the opening.
Headlining the music is Holly Gwinn Graham, renowned in Skagit County and around the country as a gifted singer, song writer, actress, and advocate for peace, love, and justice. Holly will perform excerpts from her one-woman show at last years International Peace Conference in Vancouver BC, as well as favorites from her original album “Earth Anthem”, which is now being re-released as a CD. She will sing from 2-3 PM, Saturday, April 7.
The closing celebration one week later will feature the brilliant performance poet Steve Roxborough, who now resides in Anacortes. Some of Rox’s poems have been put to music on his 2002 CD “Spiritual Demons”. He will read from that collection and other poems during the final day’s activities on Saturday April 14.
More music and poetry may happen at any time during the exhibit, which will be open from 10AM to 5PM, every day from April 7 through 14, 2007.