Curator's Note - September 2010

I’ve got my Lottery for the Arts ticket. How about you? I’ll be making my list and checking it twice (and more!) for my pick of the amazing work donated to the event by more than 100 generous and talented artists. You can be a fortunate collector, too, and take advantage of the great raffle and auction items offered at the event on October 8th. Be sure to preview the artwork on our website now and in the gallery beginning September 28.

Before the Lottery work fills the Blue Line though, three exhibits await you here through September 18 . . . Have you seen Vern Peasenell’s ghostly white sculptures? They look like plaster but are really Styrofoam shaped with a hot wire, then coated with endless coats of sealant. The resulting forms and shadows are stunning . . . Abstractions, Alice in Wonderland, metalics, depth and shadow --see it all in the impressive Mixed Media exhibit in our WestPark Gallery . . . What do you suppose children these days consider scary? Come and see our Children’s Open Show.

If you’re a parent of youngsters, be sure to schedule creative times for your children at our Family Arts Festival at Kaiser on September 11, our after-school Art Studio Classes coming soon (Tuesdays, 4-5:30pm) and our regular Saturday hands-on activities, every Saturday, 1-4pm.

You may have read Chris Daubert’s name in a recent Bee article about the newly-renovated Kondos Gallery at Sac City College. As a long-time instructor and gallery curator there, Daubert has been largely responsible for the Kondos Gallery’s expansive permanent collection of work by Sacarmento artists like Wayne Thibeaud, Fred Dalkey and Gregory Kondos, not to mention the student works of now established artists like Mel Ramos and Kirk Fishback. We’ll have an opportunity to experience Daubert’s fine-tuned installation work this October, when the Blue Line Gallery is honored to present his “Transfiguration: An Electronic Audio and Visual Installation.”

Did you know that Roseville Arts member artists volunteer their time to manage those wonderful exhibits you enjoy in our back gallery? Kudos to the 2009 panel : Miranda Lema, Colleen Giorgi, Mike Smith, Pat Abraham, Cathy Rowe, Dennis Latona, Nancy Longhorn and Pam Wilkinson. . . And a big thanks to Suzanne Goodwin for her dedicated leadership of the artists’ group, spearheading artist meetings, critiques and the NEW life drawing.

See you in the gallery!

Beth Rohlfes