Ah, August, what a month! I spent 5 days in Daytona Beach, FL. Oh, so hot and muggy. Fortunately, I didn’t have to go outside much. It was a wonderful reunion of the International School of Bangkok, Thailand. Almost 400 people who had spent some of their education at ISB gathered to renew friendships, make new friends, and tell so many amazing stories – all true!
River Casino & Hotel, Tish Non Ballroom. “Every other year, NorCAN hosts a leadership breakfast to lift up the incredible work happening through our sector, to connect people from across communities and organizations, and to create a space where we can learn and grow as community leaders. “This year’s event features Creating Space to Create Change, a workshop and leadership development experience facilitated by Kim Tran & Darren Arquero of the Haas Institute for a Fair & Inclusive Society. We’ll also celebrate this year’s recipient of the Nonprofit Leader Achievement Award and engage you in networking activities that will introduce you to new people and resources as well as help you learn more about colleagues you’ve worked with for years.”
No new DreamMakers, again, but the board had a spirited conversation about refining our financial reports, cash vs accrual, and upcoming events. Speaking of upcoming events, don’t miss the Uku-Hula-Luau on September 25 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Sequoia Conference Center. It will be a fundraiser for DreamMakers Humboldt Ukulele Group (HUG) and Te Reo O Te Moana Polynesian Dance Group, as well as the Ink People. It will be a family friendly evening of ukulele music, luau and hula, as well as celebrating the retirement of Deanna Sanders and celebrating Deanna! For more info, contact Carrie at 442.8413 or Deanna at 497.7244 or dsander1@arcatanet.com. On September 30, NorCAN presents the 2016 Leadership Breakfast at the Bear
For more info or to register, follow the Leadership Breakfast link from northerncalifornianonprofits.org I am thrilled to announce that I was chosen as the Nonprofit Leader of the Year! Amy Jester (amyj@hafoundation.org) is collecting images and stories for the presentation. Please contact her if you would like to contribute a memory or picture. 2
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Page 4 Centro del Pueblo of Humboldt County Page 5 Watercolors with Alan Sanborn Page 6 A Note From the New Guy: Jim Christensen Page 8 On the Cover: Featured Artist Montel Vander Horck III Page 10 Handweavers and Spinners Presents: “Get Inspired“ with Janis Thompson, Fiber Artist Page 11 Poetry Corner
Art Washes away from the Soul the dust of every day life.
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Alternative Gallery Schedule August-October CSFECU #20 Eureka City Hall SHN Engineering The Vision Center GHD Engineering Arcata City Hall
Bryan Schoneman Pat Kanzler Dana Ballard Soodie Whitaker The Dance Scene Homemade Circus 3
Drawings & Paintings Paintings Watercolors Acrylic Painting Photography Drawings and Paintings
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Centro del Pueblo of Humboldt County is an idea, and a dream, conceived of for many years by members of the local Latino community as a way to house Latino/Indigena art, culture and services focused around our region’s Latino/Indigena community. The Center will consist of a building where Spanish-speaking people, as well as anyone else who is attracted to the center’s activities, can go to celebrate their culture. The purpose is to provide a, safe and culturally-appropriate space for the County's Latino community to gather, access services, practice cultural traditions, and develop leaders and community organizing efforts.
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The Ink People DreamMaker project has the intention of bringing the Spanish-speaking community out of the isolation and invisibility that some undocumented or new immigrants feel because of national anti-immigrant sentiment. The hope is that having a physical place to gather will allows this segment of the community to transcend the fear of practicing their cultural traditions and enable them to access community institutions. The project is envisioned to eventually be a place where indigenous people, from both North and South, can come together and experience indigenous art, culture, and healing practices. The dream is coming to fruition with the assistance of the Ink People through the DreamMaker Program. Centro del Pueblo’s association with the Ink People allows the organization to fundraise, find a storefront location, and grow programmatically in the 3 areas. “The Ink People,” says steering committee member Renee Saucedo, “respects our autonomy and independence. This way, we may best serve our people, without being beholden to any other interest. Centro del Pueblo will be a true people's cultural center!” The project’s steering committee is directing the process of fundraising, and are currently looking for a space. Though still in the fledgling stage, the organizers have already been contacted by community members seeking advocates for the community’s interests. How can people find out more, or get involved? Contact Renee Saucedo at reneesaucedo8@gmail.com, or (707) 273-2974. 4
Water color Class with Alan Sanborn Alan Sanborn is a nationally exhibited watercolorist who is best known locally as the artist who paints the images that adorn the annual Farmers' Market posters. He has taught at HSU and CR, and has been an instructor through The Ink People for more than twenty years. I teach basically the same class every year, unless I've gained a grain of wisdom in the intervening months. Although it is a designed as a beginning class, I have some students who take it two or three times. I can assure absolute beginners that there will be others like you in the class. But I also believe the class offers something for watercolorists at whatever level. Probably the most important aspect of learning is having a safe non-threatening place to practice your work -and there is nothing that speeds learning along more than a lot of good mistakes. I try to cover the full width of what watercolor can do, including those things that I don't do all that well myself. The class is oriented very much toward representational art and toward color through layering -- since that's what I know best, and what I most love about the medium. It is very technically oriented and most of the lessons are designed to be clear and directed.
Monday Evenings 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. 15 class sessions Beginning Sept. 12 At Arcata High $217. Reach me at lala@arcatanet.com or feel free to call me at (707) 822-7958
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A Note From the New Guy: Jim Christensen, Development Coordinator As I sit in Old Town Coffee and Chocolates and type up this little blurb reminiscing on the last six months, I never would have guessed that my brother talking me into taking a few weeks to relax and refresh in the redwoods would lead me taking a new job and writing a blurb in a non profit organization’s Arts magazine; but that is in fact what I am doing today. I came to Eureka the last week of last March knowing one person, my brother, and loving San Diego weather. Today, there are a couple hundred 707 numbers stored in my phone and I complain when the temperature gets over sixty five degrees.
from working for a televangelist to running a bar. The path has been fun, and I don’t think I would have taken this job if it hadn’t been for those experiences. I do consider myself an artist, mainly of financial projections in spreadsheets and stick figure flipbooks on sticky note pads. In other words, I can very creatively show you a projected budget with colorful graphs that prove I should not try to make a living selling my drawings.
Although there have been many awesome experiences over the last few months, one of the most amazing has to be finding The Ink People. At a lunch six weeks ago, I told two Ink People board members that I wanted to create for myself a job within the organization, and it happened. There was a little discussion of what title went with the job, but as of last month, it is my purpose to help secure the financial future of The Ink People and assure that the scores of amazing programs that Libby, Brenda, and dozens of staff, DreamMakers, and volunteers have created last long into the future (that is code for raising money).
I have never had a boss that gave me the liberties in being creative that I have right now. Libby Maynard apparently doesn’t believe that any thinking should be done inside a box; every single idea that has been out of the box she has agreed to.
We are working on putting together a Holiday Gala in very late November. I am still looking of one or two more dedicated volunteers to help with all of the logistics and planning. If you are interested, call me at The Ink People Office, (707) 442-8413. I love meeting people, hearing stories, laughing, and drinking (lattes or liquor). Let's do it together some time and get to know one another, especially if you have stories about how The Ink People has made your life better. Email me at jim@inkpeople.org and we can set something up.
With that said, here are a few bullet points about me and this new position to close out my first official Ink News blurb with: I have an extremely varied resume, 6
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the evening of November 19th For the Creative people creating creative communities
Ink People Holiday Gala!
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Join the Ink People to Learn / Make / Share / Sell / Teach / Love ART! Ink People members enjoy benefits like Ink News delivered to your mailbox or inbox, discounted entry into community art shows, and the warm fuzzy feeling which comes from helping give creative opportunities to local youth, seniors, and everyone in between.
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Advocate $150 Patron $275 Sponsor $500 Benefactor $1,000 inkers@inkpeople.org
Artist’s Profile: Montel Vander Horck III This month’s featured artist uses a intertwined and can't really be variety of media to tell unique stories separated. with poignant humor, and an artist’s eye for what lies beneath the surface. I am an actor, a sculptor, and a filmmaker and each medium augments Q: What is your favorite art medium to the next. work in, and why? Much of my film and video work is A: Having to choose a favorite medium is highly sculpturing, experimental, and a tough decision. I feel like I can do a top sometimes involves puppetry. Even the act of deciding what shots will cut three, because to me they are together feels like sculpture, because it is what defines the texture and shape of the experience. My work on stage, particularly understanding how I will be perceived, informs and is informed by my time behind the lens. My sculpture, primarily masks created from ceramics and found materials, take shape guided by my sense of nuance and expression gained from acting and film editing. Q: When did you first figure out that art was important to you? A: I've always valued imagination as far back as I can remember, and was lucky enough to have supportive parents who made sure we had access to Art materials. Theatre, sculpture and
Montel shooting for Evan Wrye's "Kinetic Glory" Photo by Meghan Liggett
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filmmaking came later.
offering counsel, advice, and excellent instruction. Without their support, I I truly realized the importance of art in probably wouldn't have been able to my life while I was in college pursuing a make Leftshoe the Bunny Slipper, my law degree. I had very little time for art, unofficial "thesis" film. and one day while reviewing my notes, I realized I had more drawings in the There are many others, including my notebook than actual notes. The next peers who have also contributed to my semester I finished the paralegal growth as an artist and I fear I don't program, quit my internship, and have the time or space to list them all. dove head-first into digital media. You know who you are! Q: Who is your art mentor? Q: Finish this sentence: My art is my...
A: There are many artists who I look up to; Frida Kahlo, Werner Herzog, John Waters, Terry Gilliam, Robin Williams, Jodie Foster, Picasso, Dali, and the list goes on. My mentors along the way include Kathleen Kirkpatrick, Clyde Johnson, Kit Davenport, Glen Nagy, and Art Zipperer.
A: My art is a world of infinite parallel universes. I live countless lives on stage, build fantastical creatures from dirt, and create my own reality on the screen. Q: What advice would you offer someone just beginning their exploration of their own artistic self?
Kathleen was my high school art teacher, and she taught me to appreciate art in all its forms, and encourage exploration of my own unique Style. While attending College of the Redwoods, Clyde Johnson (digital media) and Kit Davenport (ceramics) both offered encouragement that kept me on the path to the art side.
A: 1. Give yourself permission to try 2. Forgive yourself 3. There is no such thing as failure 4. Never stop learning You can find more about Montel, his films, and services he offers through his production company at:
When I attended HSU, Glenn Nagy and Art Zipperer were extremely supportive, Mercymeproductions.com 9
Fiber Artists … Get Inspired! Get Inspired with Janis Thompson, Fiber Artist, at the Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild Meeting. Janis Thompson will present a program titled “That Creative Spark (get inspired!)” following the Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild September meeting, Thursday September 8th, at 6:45 p.m. at the Wharfinger Building in Eureka. This program is free and open to the public. Janis will share inspirational stories and colorful PowerPoint projections of the many ways she finds inspiration in her surroundings. Ideas for design are all around us in the world, and can be found in our family history, a book, postcard, magazine, or even a memory. Sometimes they are found in unexpected areas of our lives. Janis was born into a family of “makers” and has been sewing, knitting, dyeing, and weaving for as long as she can remember. Janis says this is “medicine for her soul,” and that color and texture are her “drugs of choice.” Janis teaches spinning and dyeing classes for Eugene Textile Center in Eugene, Oregon. She can also be found teaching at various festivals and conferences around the country and selling her colorful handspun and hand-knit creations. Janis’s work can be seen on her blog at fyberfiend.com. For more information on the Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild, please reference the website at hhsguild.org or call (707)5992729.
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Three Samples of Autumn The first is the driving heat drafting up from the cow dung in the meadow, settling on the limbs and leaves whose husky thirsts derive from want. Second is the fruit on these limbs, the apples, cherries, and pears that rock left and right in the slight breeze bringing relief, and fragrance from the flesh. The last is the rain that gives way to frost, when the rest of the garden is picked and the stubble has gone to mulch,
Poetry Corner
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Friends of Cooper Gulch Park Join friends and neighbors working to shape a community vision to help the City of Eureka enhance Cooper Gulch Park! Take our community survey and save the date for our Design Event. Cooper Gulch Common Grounds (CGCG) is a grassroots group whose mission is to engage the community in developing a master plan for Cooper Gulch Park. Through this master plan, we hope to provide a head start in the creation of Cooper Gulch as a cherished community space that offers a diversity of safe, engaging recreational facilities, programs, and events for a broad spectrum of the community in balance with a healthy ecosystem. CGCG is actively working in partnership with the City of Eureka and the National Park Service to engage the community in developing The Master Plan and we need your help!
Community Survey:
Play & Plan Day:
Take our community survey, and let your vision of Cooper Gulch shape The Master Plan.
On October 1st, 2016 Cooper Gulch will host a day-long series of events and design workshops to engage neighbors and the larger Eureka community and create a series of designs for a Park master plan to guide the development of Cooper Gulch. Events will include guided tours of the Parks with local landscape architects, disc golf games, tai chi and yoga, activities for children, food trucks, and much more!
To prepare for the October 1st event, CGCG has drafted a survey that will help us to better understand users of the Park and their needs, and research what communities have been overlooked and will require additional outreach. This survey is very important to helping us shape a vision for the Park that will be successful and diverse, so please help us spread Stay tuned and visit our website the word by taking the survey, and forwarding it (coopergulch.org) or Facebook page (Cooper to parties you feel appropriate. Gulch Common Grounds) for more information! Take the survey at the following link: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2941635/ CooperGulch-survey
October 1st 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Cooper Gulch Park 1720 10th Street Eureka CA 95501
Check out our website at coopergulch.org to view survey results and stay in the loop. You will also Come visit Cooper Gulch: find our community meeting notes posted on the Your Community Park! website, as well as inspiring ideas about what other communities are doing.
If you would like to help with administering the survey at area parks, planning the Play & Plan Day, or helping on the day of the event (October 1) please send us an email: Christy Prescott seechristygo@gmail.com. 12
DreamMaker Project
Calling Art Teachers!
Betty Kwan The Betty Kwan Chinn Chinn Day Center is looking for volunteer art Day Center teachers to work with vulnerable Everypopulations Friin a free and inclusive day environment. 1:00 Class timesp.m. available every Friday to 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
In November of 1964, the West Coast was inundated by heavy rain from Central California north to Oregon and Washington and East to Idaho creating epic and catastrophic flooding. In the making of this film over 60 people were interviewed about their experiences. The Film makers have included archival photos, video and 16 mm footage to bring the stories to life. This film salutes the problem solvers and creative thinkers who were the working class heroes of the 1964 flood.
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Produced by Jete-Miro Productions, A DreamMaker Project of The Ink People Center for the Arts.
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English Language Classes for Adults Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30pm May 16 to August 31, 2016 Jefferson Community Center 1000 B ST (Corner of B ST & Clark ST) Join Anytime! $3 per class Clases de Ingles Para Adultos Lunes Y Miercoles 6:00-7:30 de la Noche 16 de Mayo A 31 de Agosto, 2016 Centro Comunidad Jefferson 1000 Calle B, Eureka (Esquina da las Calles B Y Clark) Únase a la clase cualquier momento $3/la clase
The MARZ Project (Media & Arts Resource Zone) FREE for Teens (ages 12-22) Make your own music, movies, graphics and more with professional mentors. Bring ideas or start from scratch. Free lunches for anyone 18 and under provided by Food for People all Summer from noon to 1:00. Summer Hours: Tuesday—Friday Noon to 5:00p @ 23 5th St. Eureka
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Karuk Language Classes with Julian Lang Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Ink People Offices 23 5th Street, Eureka Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. United Indian Health Services 1600 Weeot Way, Arcata
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Writers’ Critique Group Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Ink People Offices 23 5th Street, Eureka
Submit pictures and text (no pre-made flyers or pdf’s) With correct punctuation and capitalization (Anything written in all caps will not be accepted.)
Life Drawing Group with Clinton Alley Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Cheri Blackerby Gallery 3rd & C streets, Eureka Call 707-442-0309 to join. $5 fee Models needed.
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