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Our Holiday Gallery, 53 North Main Street, will only be open for a few more days, and one display not to be missed is Cheryl Peck’s gourds. Cheryl is a photographer, writer, and, of course, our Guild president; but those amazing gourds defy description. Each one is a living thing, with embellishments that reflect the essence of the gourd’s inherent and natural beauty. Come to the Holiday Gallery and chat with Cheryl about her work, she is there most days, keeping the rest of us on track!

Brian Brook will be showing his found-metal sculptures at a show in Westlake, Ohio (a western suburb of Cleveland). The 3rd Annual Crocker Park Fall Arts Fest, at the intersection of Crocker and Detroit Roads in Westlake, will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, 10am – 7pm and Sunday, Sept. 19, 11am – 5pm. It is put on by Ann Arbor’s Guild of Artists and Artisans.

Brian’s sculpture will also be seen as part of a group show at the Carnegie Center for the Arts, November 7th – December 22nd. Details TBA.

Three Rivers Artists Guild member Cheryl Peck was this year’s winner of the Memoir/Creative non-fiction category of the Kalamazoo Gazette’s 2010 Community Literary Awards (http://www.kalamazoo-gazette.com/litawards/). Her piece may be read in today’s (Sunday, April 11) Kalamazoo Gazette in the Literary Awards supplement, page 9. The tale of a hole her father dug – humor, with a large snake!

Take a look at the April issue of Pastel Journal – Vicksburg artist Helen Kleczynski’s pastel painting “Chiara” is published in the magazine and received an honorable mention in their recent competition.

Three Rivers photographer Becky Hackenberg’s photograph “Marsh Ice” has been juried into the 2010 West Michigan Area Show at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. The show runs from April 10 to May 30, 2010. “Since the 1960s, this annual exhibition has showcased the exceptional work of area artists in all media. ”

The show opens with the Show Reception and Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 9th, from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. The Awards Ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. with over $5,000 in prizes to be awarded. Be there or be square!

WMAS 2010 Juror Gladys Nilsson will give an Artist Talk at the KIA on Monday, April 5 at 7 p.m. More on the KIA website, www.kiarts.org.

The March 6 2010 Gazette has an article on page 4 of the “Hometown Gazette South” section interviewing Tad Trimnell and describing his paintings. The article also mentions the Three Rivers Artists Guild. Don’t miss his show at the Boundary Waters Cafe in Sturgis! See the previous post for details.

Tad Trimnell currently has a wonderful show of his paintings hanging at the Boundary Waters Cafe in Sturgis, spread the word.

I went to see where the cafe was on the recommendation of Carol Dugan, who has also shown work there. It is downtown, on the south side of the street, and I have it on good authority that their tomato-basil soup is very good!

Boundary Waters Coffee & Cafe, 220 West Chicago Road Sturgis, MI (269) 659-8050