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s t a n l e y • F a i r f i e l d • S h o sh o n e • P i c a b o Dog Days Raises over $300k read about it on PaGe 16
Symphony’s Chamber Series Kicks off this Sunday Page 3
Photos from the US Cycling National Championships Page 4
Plenty of Free Vibes in the Valley this Week Page 5
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The Art of the Label PHOTOS & STORY By KAREN BOSSICK
Four Shows Left
Learn about hoopin’ and the other games people play as Company of Fools stages the lighthearted “Circle Mirror Transformation” this week at The Liberty Theatre in Hailey. The play, about five people taking a community center acting class, won the 2010 Obie Award for Best New American play. Its month-long run concludes this week with performances at 7 p.m. tonight and Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $30 for adults, $20 for seniors 62 and over and $10 for students and under. There are 10 front seats available for $10 each every night. Go to www.companyoffools.org or 208-578-9122 for more information. COURTESY PHOTO:KIRSTEN SHULTZ
Steven Houts has created a colorful patio display in the few years he’s lived in Bellevue. His next project is planting a garden bordering his driveway.
First Bellevue Garden Tour
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aren McCall is an eclectic artist, who engages in a variety of art, including floor canvases painted with scenes of aspen and fish. Jini Griffith is best known for her plein air landscapes inspired by her love of hiking, biking and rafting in the outdoors. Now these two Ketchum artists can add a new line to their resume—that of wine bottle artists. The two collaborated on the art for seven etched and hand-painted imperials titled “Set the Hook” that will be auctioned off at Friday’s Wine Auction Gala for the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. It is the 17th year that Atkinsons’ Market has commissioned a wine lot featuring Sun Valley scenes on six-liter wine bottles (the average wine bottle is less than a liter). Griffith painted the landscape featuring Baldy, the Big Wood River, two flyfishermen and horses that sprawls across the seven bottles. McCall painted individual vignettes of fish that are native to this region — including brook, brown, rainbow and West Slope cutthroat trout. She then solicited the help of Silver Creek Outfitters in
“At it’s height, someone bid $78,000 on the Atkinsons’ lot. I’ll be rooting to bid it up since I have a personal stake in it this time.” – Jini Griffith
PHOTO & STORY By KAREN BOSSICK
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teven Houts bought his Bellevue home because of the large shop sitting on the property, not because of the yard. There was nothing in the yard, save for three aspen, he recalls. That was not a problem for a former landscape contractor from California. He went to work installing an array of shrubs, planting hop vines along the shop wall and clematis along the fence bordering the street and potting colorful purple and yellow pansies in brick tubs containing flowering crabapples. Then he installed a greenhouse to help along tomatoes and other veggies in Bellevue’s short growing season. “I can guarantee you I have the largest tomatoes in the valley right now,” he said, eyeing his tomatoes, which were approaching the size of a tennis ball. “The pansies offer the best color. But you have to keep at them—feed them, water them. And I’m still getting used to the growing season here. One year something will do well; the next year it doesn’t.” Houts is among six homeowners and two businesses that are serving as part of Bellevue’s first-ever Garden Tour from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. The tour was organized by a small group of Bellevue residents who recently formed the Friends of the Bellevue Library. “Our local Bellevue Library is in need of updated audiovisual materials, as well as funding for children’s literacy programming,” said Lisa
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Jini Griffith says painting is “just another way of looking at nature”—a way to capture what she sees and feels emotionally.”
Jini Griffith and Karen McCall were commissioned for the artwork, entitled Set the Hook, on the Atkinsons’ Market wine lot for this year’s Wine Auction Gala.
painting fly ties that are appropriate for each fish. “Artists don’t often get to work with someone else—we usually work by ourselves. So it was fun to be able to collaborate,” said McCall. Griffith painted her landscape in oils on a 10-inch by 60-inch canvas, paying particular concern to how the painting would look carved up in seven sections. McCall painted her fish in acrylic on canvas 14 inches long to get the details in. Sharon Pyle, Atkinsons’ specialties manager, then sent the art to Fresh Northwest Design in Gig Harbor, Wash. There, a design team scaled down the Ketchum artists paintings and used a stencil to transfer their art onto clean bottles. The team created layers for each aspect of the piece, including mountains and aspen trees, doing much of the work by computer. Finally, an artist handpainted the bottles, according to Griffith and McCall’s directions. The team etched the names of each winery on the backs of the bottles with the help of a photo emulsion process to produce a template which
Wine Auction this weekend The Sun Valley Center for the Arts celebrates their 30th Anniversary of the Wine Auction Fundraiser this weekend. Read more about it on page 6.
they mounted on the bottle. They then masked the rest of the bottle with tape and placed the bottle in a sandblaster. Artisans guided a stream of sand to erode the exposed glass and create an image. “I think the bottles look great—very striking,” said McCall. “And Jini has done a nice job with vertical things like trees that break up the long horizontal look.” Pyle said she is always nervous and excited to see how the lots would come out. And she’s gratified that the wineries are not only willing but excited about being involved. “Our Northwest wineries are top of the line for sure,” she said, referring to Col Solare, Cote Bonneville, DeLille Cellars, L’Ecole No. 41, Leonetti Cellar, Quilceda Creek Winery and Woodward Canyon Winery. Griffith said she will volunteer at Friday’s wine auction so she can watch the bidding on her bottles. “At its height someone bid $78,000 on the Atkinsons’ lot,” said Griffith. “I’ll be rooting to bid it up since I have a personal stake in it this time.” tws
Free ConCert at Sweetwater • Friday Join R.L. Rowsey and Exceptional Local Artists for a Free Concert in the Park at Sweetwater Village Friday, July 22, 6 – 8 p.m. Bring your picnic hamper filled w/goodies & beverages. Find a cozy spot around the pool. Enjoy the beautiful evening air, while listening to delightful entertainment as R.L. Rowsey invites friends to join him around the piano for an impromptu evening of musical delights. Bring the Kids. Bring the Neighbors.
1 Mile South of downtown Hailey (Hwy 75 to Countryside Blvd). 208-788-2164 • www.SweetwaterHailey.com