Artist makes most of little, with brisk sales at festival.Byline: Jill Aho The Register-Guard Painter Ruth Volkmann had just three framed paintings in her booth at Art and the Vineyard vineyard, land on which cultivation of the grape—known as viticulture—takes place. As many as 40 varieties of grape, Vitis vinifera, are known. Saturday morning. Sure, she'd sold five pieces on Friday, the festival's first day, but she didn't drive down from Seattle with just eight framed paintings; she brought 35. But most of them, along with her materials to put up a booth, were sitting in her white Jeep at a Ford dealership in Salem. That's how far she got before car troubles forced her to leave her vehicle in the care of a mechanic, and sadly, she had to leave her artwork behind, too. But Volkmann was picked up by some artist friends on their way to the festival, and they had room for just eight of her pieces, crammed cram v. crammed, cram·ming, crams v.tr. 1. To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff. 2. To fill too tightly. 3. a. To gorge with food. in with their own works. Other artists loaned her panels and an awning so she could display the few paintings she arrived with. "Everybody's been very supportive, lending me tools and hooks, the whole works Noun 1. whole works - everything available; usually preceded by `the'; "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment" ," she said. Volkmann was sure the dealership was closed for the weekend, and was surprised when another artist, Adrian Adams, volunteered to drive up and get more paintings for her, explaining to Volkmann that she needed to call and authorize To empower another with the legal right to perform an action. The Constitution authorizes Congress to regulate interstate commerce. authorize v. to officially empower someone to act. (See: authority) her to get them out of the Jeep. "You have it there, and we want it here," Adams said. Now in its 25th year, Art and the Vineyard wraps up today at Alton Baker Park Alton Baker Park is located in Eugene, Oregon, United States, near Autzen Stadium. It features duck ponds, bicycle trails, and a dog park, and directly touches the Ferry Street Bridge. . Volkmann has attended for at least 10 of those years. A former resident of Eugene, she started creating art when she was 6, and over the years has made many friends in the art world. Volkmann said she's "really not in competition" with the artists around her, maybe because Art and the Vineyard offers such diverse mediums, styles, personalities and creators. Near the edge of the Artists' Marketplace, KindTree, a local nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. agency that serves people with autism autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. , displays the work of autistic artists An autistic artist should be distinguished from autistic art. Autistic art refers to art which fits autistic as an adjective, perhaps capturing stereotypes about autistic experience. . The mediums vary from digital prints to oil paintings. Most sale profits go directly to the artists because one of KindTree's goals is to "help them make a living with their art,"KindTree founder and vice president Melissa Jones said. "They are used to being judged and stared at and they come to one of our events and they are treated like equals," Jones said. Sales were especially good on Friday, with the booth clearing $250 in arts and cards by mid afternoon - a record for KindTree. The booth also sold three originals, which is "a big deal to the artists," Jones said. The festival is the main fundraiser for its sponsor, the Maude Kerns Maude Irvine Kerns (1879 – 1965) was an American artist. Kerns was born in 1879 in Portland, Oregon, where she was raised by her pioneer parents. After high school, she graduated from the University of Oregon, the California School of Fine Arts and later Columbia University, Art Center. Spokeswoman Marsha Shankman said she wasn't sure how the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials across town was affecting attendance, but she estimated that more than 10,000 people showed up on Friday alone. "There definitely is a larger number of artists in the market place than in years past," Shankman said. Between the garden section, the booths and different demonstrations offered throughout the festival, more than 200 artists were in attendance. David Kaufman David Kaufman may be:
"This is a very fine event," he said. Inside a ceramics ceramics (sərăm`ĭks), materials made of nonmetallic minerals that have been permanently hardened by firing at a high temperature, or objects made of such materials. booth that artist Barbara Haddad shares with partner Victor Guschov, colorful fish caught the eye of two women. Tammy Adams and Elaine Glimer chattered back and forth, trying to choose some fish to decorate their bathroom walls. They selected five from Haddad's offerings, which range in price from $14 to $30. "We just saw them and we liked them and they were perfect colors, and they're cute cute adj. cut·er, cut·est 1. Delightfully pretty or dainty. 2. Obviously contrived to charm; precious: "[He] ," Adams said. Adams and Gilmer were in luck Saturday because Haddad said she doesn't usually sell at Art and the Vineyard, instead offering her work on the Web or at art shows around the Northwest. Haddad, who has been showing her art for about 15 years, said the life of an artist is the life of a gypsy, at the mercy of the weather. "In this business, every show is really just a crapshoot," she said. But the weather this weekend, Haddad said, has been perfect. That's expected to continue today, with a mix of sun and clouds and a high nearing 80. |
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