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The Artful Home 24 Local artist Laurie Kanyer and her husband, Doug, invite readers into their art-filled home. PHOTO BY CHAD BREMERMAN
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38 Yakima’s Delma Tayer has an impressive resume and talent both as a teacher and artist.
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30 DIY your own art ... out of discarded pallets.
50 Origami art is striking on a small scale.
18 Nate Sabari is part entrepreneur and part artisan, who is helping make a family business successful.
32 A Yakima desert garden transports visitors to more exotic locales.
62 La Casa Hogar teaches immigrant women — and their children — valuable and lifelong skills.
68 Olympia isn’t just for politicians. Take another look at this beautiful town on the Olympic Peninsula.
74 Pam Edwards “upcycles” her style and shows how you can, too.
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44 Heard of carriage driving? Meet these horse enthusiasts who introduce us to the sport.
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JILL SAYS THAT FROM the time she could hold a crayon, she loved art. “The feelings evoked from originating art are something only an artist can understand — in my opinion,” she says. “And although I still have a hard time calling myself an ‘artist,’ that feeling keeps me coming back ... I’m always creating. It makes me happy.” I’ll admit it — I kind of envy Jill. She’s got real creative talent, and I’m constantly amazed at what she can whip up with a few remnants of this or that (in fact, check out her pallet art on page 30). I’m more of a Pictionary artist — good enough to get the message across with simple drawing, but that’s where my artistic talent ends, at least with a pen or brush. Nonetheless, both Jill and I have great
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admiration for art and artists, especially those right here in Yakima. So we’re pretty excited about this Art edition of Yakima Magazine. In it, you’ll find features on noted local artist Delma Tayer (what a dynamo!), get a glimpse inside artist and art collector Laurie Kanyer’s new home and see how Nate Sabari has turned his artform into a growing family business. We’ve also included a fun travel feature on Olympia and two garden features — one with pictures of an exotic desert landscape and one with tips on how to grow your own cutting garden. And there’s much more. We hope, whether you’re an artist or simply an art afficionado, that you enjoy this issue.
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As usual, don’t miss the features on our website, yakimamagazine.com, where you’ll find more pictures from these features as well as Jill’s blog, From the Notepad. And do drop us a line if you’ve got ideas or comments. We love our readers; like art, you inspire us!
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CAROL BARANY Arriving in Yakima 31 years ago from Buffalo, NY and 15 feet of snow, Carol and her husband John found paradise on 1 1/3 acres just west of Franklin Park, where they raised three children and became Master Gardeners. CHAD BREMERMAN has been shooting pictures for the past eight years for his own company, Portraits for a Lifetime. Chad is married to Julie Bremerman and has two daughters, Hannah, 11, and Emma, 9. JENNIFER DAGDAGAN is the mom of three amazing kids, as well as a photographer, artist and musician. She lives in Yakima and runs her photography business from her home. PAM EDWARDS moved to Yakima four years ago to enjoy the light and beautiful horizons. She believes style is ART and connects us all. STEVEN HERPPICH A photojournalist for more than 20 years, Steven has spent his entire career doing what he loves most — capturing important moments in the lives of others. Steven now runs his own photography business, Steven Herppich Photography. He lives in Olympia with his wife, Jennifer, and two children, Quinton and Kilian. MELISSA LABBERTON has been freelance writing for the past 20 years. With a bachelor’s in theater from the UW, she has been an active performer and director for the Warehouse Theatre of Yakima. ADDY LOGSDON lives in Yakima with her husband and two — soon to be three — children. She is an adjunct faculty in the English department at YVCC. ANDREA MCCOY Having made her home in Yakima five years ago, Andrea lives with her husband and three young children. With a degree in journalism from Western Washington University, she does writing and public relations for non-profits around the Valley, wrangles toddlers and as a novice cook, can often be found in the kitchen testing out new recipes. WENDY WARREN, a lifelong Yakima resident, has a passion for writing and creative endeavors. She teaches writing, explores art and shares life with husband, Terry, and their cat, Picasso. LISA WOOLCOCK A Washington State University graduate and an active member of Junior League of Yakima, Lisa Woolcock provides pediatric speech therapy services in the Yakima Valley. In addition, Lisa has a small photography business. She enjoys spending her free time outdoors. 19.313265.YAK.O
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One of Nate and Sue Sabari’s favorite ways to spend a Saturday is to load up young sons Harper, 6, and Fritz, 3, and explore the Yakima Valley, collecting reclaimed wood from barns, fences and even old gymnasium floors. From this reclaimed wood, Nate makes custom tables, cabinets, bed frames and art installations for his business, Nate Sabari Woodworks. >>
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ABOVE: Sue, Nate, Fritz and Harper in the South First Street showroom. LEFT: An interior door in the shop proclaims the shop’s motto.
“It’s our own personal scavenger hunt,” said Sue Sabari, 38. “The wood almost always comes with a story and we meet lots of interesting characters.” What began as a basic pine furniture store has evolved through a lot of hard work, a few tears and focused creativity into a full-service artisan woodshop. If you can dream it up, chances are Nate Sabari can build it for you. “I love custom work because it pushes the envelope, it forces me to try new things and get that creative side going,” said Nate, who’s 37. Nate’s father, Ron Sabari, started The Pine Shop in the late 1980s, building and distributing pine furniture, including bookshelves, bed frames and cabinets. With the shop always in his peripheral, Nate spent stints working for his father 20 | YAKIMA MAGAZINE • yakimamagazine.com
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ABOVE: Ron and Nate in the woodshop. RIGHT: Nate puts the finishing touches on a piece of furniture. BELOW: A dining table is nestled among other inventory in the store’s showroom.
through high school and college at Central Washington University, where he graduated with a degree in biology. During this time he built furniture and tried his hand at custom work; he was often raising funds for travel and adventure. After several years, a few jobs and many travels, Nate and Sue returned to Yakima in 2003 to work alongside his father in the business. In 2005, Nate and Sue officially bought The Pine Shop. “I think it’s a really unique thing to be able to do this together,” said Sue. “But it works really well for us.” The couple also unknowingly stepped on a rollercoaster ride. Not long after purchasing the business, a fire in 2006 nearly destroyed everything at the South First Street building, including all of their inventory, raw lumber and May | June 2013
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most of the equipment. Not long after recovering from the fire, the recession hit. The Pine Shop’s targeted demographic was holding off on making purchases or going to discount retailers to buy furniture. “We really had to ask ourselves: Do we get out or do we switch gears?” Nate said. “We knew we didn’t want out.” The Sabaris reached out to Linda Johnson, a trusted adviser at the Washington Small Business Development Center (SBDC), who helped them after the fire. She encouraged them to take some business courses and dream big. “When we bought the business, about 75 percent of our business was the basic pine and 25 percent was custom work,” Nate said. “Over time that’s switched, where 75 percent of what we do now is custom work.” 22 | YAKIMA MAGAZINE • yakimamagazine.com
For the last two years that’s meant concentrating on the custom, handmade projects they are passionate about and changing the name to Nate Sabari Woodworks to better reflect their products and capabilities. Stepping into the shop, located in a nearly 100-year-old brick building at 302 S. First Street, Nate and Sue, along with Ron and sometimes their sons, have created a business that relies on building relationships with customers. Customers can slide up to a bar, designed and built by Nate out of patchwork wood (slats of wood in different sizes and colors or shades, pieced together to form a cohesive look), enjoy a local brew from Yakima Craft Brewery and talk design. The showroom is outfitted with various pieces of furniture and looks into
the woodshop where Nate can be seen working away. Local interior designer Tanna Barnecut, of Tanna By Design, loves working with Nate on projects for her clients. Barnecut and Nate have worked together to design and build live-edge (features a raw section or edge of wood) coffee tables, desks and book shelves as well as dining tables, custom bar tops and even a wood wall for a man cave. “Furniture and design that is live edge, organic or industrial is very popular right now,” Barnecut said. “There’s a big movement to find and use sustainable goods and even more to buy local. Nate has been able to capture all of this.” “Anything I can come up with, he can make happen,” Barnecut said. “Nate is also an awesome resource for wood and materials.” May | June 2013
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F OPPOSITE: The family room is called the “Kiva.” The painting over the mantel is by Bill Brennnen and features the Lynch Homestead in Ahtanum, which was built in 1869 by Laurie’s great grandfather, Timothy Lynch. The painting above the hallway is called “Houseboat,” by Carol Hassen. ABOVE: A view of the couple’s living room from the second floor. May | June 2013
FOR LAURIE KANYER, LIVING with art is like breathing fresh air. Her mother, artist Lucy Valderhaug, surrounded her children with it, so it’s no wonder that Laurie became an artist herself. Laurie works with ink on paper and creates sculptural beadwork; she also teaches local parenting classes and has authored a book on parenting. Laurie’s husband, Doug, general manager for Glacier Sales, has become a silent, but very involved partner in this shared love. Together they’ve filled their new home with original pieces that celebrate the artists of Eastern Washington. Two years ago, and with their growing art collection in mind, Laurie, 53, and Doug, 55, moved from a smaller home near Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital to a 4,100 square-foot, ’70s-era house on Yakima’s west side. “I love being surrounded by all of that art,” said Doug, who collects sculptures by Yakima’s Timm Wauzynski in particular. “I do love all of the sculpture.” It took several years of looking to find their perfect new place. The couple, who has three grown children, enjoys visiting Palm Springs and had originally wanted a 1960s “mid-century modern” style. But none of the examples of this architectural
style quite fit the Kanyers’ requirements. “I finally said I need more space, with tall ceilings and a view,” Doug remembered. Laurie wanted a backyard pool and limited yardwork. After an extensive search, they found a custom-built, Frank Fitterer brick residence, featuring all of the couple’s prerequisites: high cathedral ceilings, southern-facing Valley view windows, a large pool and deck — and most important of all — plenty of square footage to accommodate their burgeoning collection. “I didn’t want to take the ’70s out,” Laurie explained. Instead, they updated the original design elements by painting walls and kitchen cabinets with a contemporary shade of beige. To provide a pop of color to the décor, they asked their painter, Ashley Hunter, to incorporate the color turquoise to unlikely places such as the back wall of bookshelves. When it came to furniture, Laurie stuck firmly to Elle Décor magazine’s philosophy: “Furnishings don’t have to be expensive, but just have great design.” Laurie has become a master at treasure hunting at unlikely places like Goodwill, estate and yard sales and second-hand furniture stores, where she’s found the “perfect piece” in the midst of what most would deem junk. yakimamagazine.com • YAKIMA MAGAZINE | 25
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OPPOSITE: The entryway includes, on the left, a chair by Timm and Sarah Wauzynski, with a painting by Sarah above it. The painting in the middle is “Rooster Rock 5,” by Charles A. Smith. The photo on the right is by Lis Pedemonte, Laurie’s sister. ABOVE: This sculpture by Timm and Sarah Wauzynski was created from steel, gold leaf, hand beading and paint. It’s called “Eternal Light.”
The Kanyers’ spacious sunken living room showcases Laurie’s creative design aesthetic. The majority of the furnishings are previously owned, like the antique Chinese armoire she found at the Shopkeeper, or the leopard upholstered chairs bought at an estate sale. She cleverly arranges them with a neutral sofa, two Pier I slipper chairs and two distressed Asian side tables from Attic Clutter. She likes to say her furnishings are “locally acquired with an international feel.” Laurie admits that she loves the room. “I read in there every day with my dog, Sparkle.” The adjacent dining room features a long dining room table with matching chairs and china cupboard. But it’s the dramatic Bella Luna brown glass chandelier that adds pizazz to this space. Likewise, a surprise of blown glass is incorporated in her English cottagestyle kitchen in the form of a colorful May | June 2013
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Schonbeck Bohemian chandelier above the sink. Comfortable, plush leather sofas face the indigenous, locally-quarried rock fireplace in the couple’s family room, or what they like to call, the “Kiva,” or gathering place. With the room’s tall, beamed ceiling, built-in bar and easy access to the kitchen, it’s no wonder it’s a favorite place to entertain family and friends. The private side of the house features a large en-suite master bedroom, three second-floor guest bedrooms, prayer room, “man cave” and a well-appointed art studio waiting for Laurie’s latest creative inspiration. She recently took an intensive nine-day iconography class, and her first rendering sits on her drawing board L-R FROM OPPOSITE: Kanyers’ living room couch is complemented with a photo illustration by Michael Fisk called “Prayer Room.” • Laurie’s studio is a light-filled space. On the far wall is a collection of heart-shaped rocks from the ‘70s. • An ornate chair and uplighting add interest to a wall dominated by a dynamic painting called “The Falconess,” by Penn O. Shelton. May | June 2013
waiting for completion. Obviously this large home has plenty of room and wall space for the Kanyers’ extensive art collection. “I’m a consumer and appreciator,” says Doug. In total, the couple owns well over 200 works created by artists from the Yakima Valley and Eastern Washington. Artwork by Charles Smith, Leo Adams, Dixie Fairbanks, Penn Shelton, Stan Day and many more cover the Kanyers’ walls and most available surfaces. The pieces range from oil paintings and watercolors to prints, sculptures and beaded creations. “For a number of my friends, this is how they earn their living,” Laurie explained. “We try to buy art to help keep local artists in business.”
The couple’s mission to promote their friends’ creative endeavors is clearly evident throughout their home, but their passion doesn’t stop there. They are also invested — financially and emotionally, through many hours of work — in the Yakima Light Project. The Light Project began several years ago, with the goal of enriching Yakima’s core with artistic uses of light, one of Yakima’s best characteristics. The Light Project also envisions a future downtown art center and museum, featuring Eastern Washington’s talented visual artists. Whether for public display or their own private joy, visual art remains at the center of life for this truly artistic Yakima couple.
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DIY PALLET ART HAS BECOME quite a trend in home design. Yep, we’re talking about those old wood pallets you see stacked up beside a building — often looking like nothing more than an eyesore. But once you pull them apart, the wood can be used for almost anything. For our own art project, a wall hanging, we searched high and low for a perfectly-weathered pallet. Once we got it home, the real work began. Pulling the pallet apart with a pry bar is nearly impossible and damages the wood — instead opt for a reciprocating saw (and somebody who knows how
to use it) and cut straight through the nails. We then randomly chose our boards, repositioned them closely together and screwed three boards to the back to hold it together. Using a watered-down acrylic paint, we first whitewashed the boards, then stenciled and painted the lettering. We then added a large red heart. Wood from pallets is being used to make everything from bookshelves to coffee tables and even wood-covered walls. It’s become an inexpensive, yet crafty way to add some rustic charm to your home décor.
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RON MCKITRICK SURVEYS HIS raised garden-beds filled with a mindboggling array of cactus and says with a grin, “It’s a cult.” His Hillside Desert Botanical Gardens feature cactuses he’s nurtured from seed, including species some mistakenly believe are too heat-needy for our cold winters, and succulents from around the globe. Through dogged experimentation, McKitrick has created what many botanical experts call one of the finest cactus gardens in the world. And because of his delight in sharing what he’s learned, people throughout the northwest have joined his “cactus cult.” McKitrick, 77, is low-key but has a big smile and is a font of knowledge. He says it all started with a simple appreciation for growing things. After his parents divorced early in his childhood in Topeka, Kansas, he and his sister were brought to Naches to live with an aunt and uncle. “They became our parents. That’s where I learned to love plants.” He worked around his uncle’s fruit orchard and helped his aunt with her garden. Despite that agrarian upbringing, his career was in pharmacy. McKitrick spent 48 years as a pharmacist, all of it at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. He enjoyed his work, but the desire to nurture plants remained. The house he bought on the north slope of Ahtanum Ridge in the mid-1970s was surrounded by nearly 200 dwarf apple trees planted by the previous owner. With the yard already full, McKitrick turned to indoor gardening. “I put up some shelves and grow lights in the living room and bought whatever houseplants were at the supermarket,” he said. Before long, he needed more and more shelves. Rather than displace his wife and kids, McKitrick dug out a few apple trees by hand and put up a small greenhouse in 1978. “That’s when I decided I wanted one of every plant in the world. Why limit yourself?”
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ABOVE: McKitrick’s backyard desert garden includes two large greenhouses. At one time the yard was planted with apple trees. RIGHT: At left is the Yucca brevifolia, also called the Joshua Tree, typical of the Mojave desert. In the background is the Agave neomexicana, also called the Century Plant. The spike is about 23 feet tall and blooms only once in its lifetime. It bloomed last summer in McKitrick’s garden. “It’s really unique to see this this far north.” OPPOSITE: Ron McKitrick
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While he didn’t have one of everything, there were enough plants to fill the greenhouse. Despite being heated, all the houseplants died that winter except for a few small cactuses. “After that, I bought every type of cactus the grocery store had, which wasn’t a lot. That’s when I started ordering by mail.” An obsession was born. Quickly the greenhouse was filled anew with a wide array of cactuses. McKitrick dug out more apple trees in 1981 to put up a second greenhouse. That was filled within a year. Instead of erecting a third building, he looked for a suitable planting spot. A flowerbed on the south side of the house seemed apt, snugged against the foundation and too hot in summer for anything else. He selected a couple of chollas (cho’ yahs), a hardy cactus native to the American Southwest, and stuck them in the ground. “It was a total experiment.” For the first few winters, he protected the cactuses with heavy plastic. By the fourth year they were getting big and it was hard to wrestle the covers in place. “I decided to let them fend for themselves.” They thrived. That’s when McKitrick dug up the remaining apple trees and installed raised beds. He researched cactus varieties and cultivation, developed a soil/ May | June 2013
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sand formula for a growing medium, and learned about the microclimates created by subtle differences in altitude and landform, even within a single yard. “I figured I’d see what I could get away with growing,” McKitrick said. He discovered that cactuses from zones as far south as the Texas-New Mexico border would make it here. “Those areas have cold winters, too, so the cactus are hardy.” Varieties from Patagonia in southern South America also grow here. “Most people think that cactus consists entirely of Prickly Pear and Saguaro. They have no idea of the diversity.” Of the 3,500 known varieties of cactuses, Ron has 300, most started from seed. “They’re slow to germinate with a slow initial growth rate. At the end of the first year, most are the size of a pea. At two years, they’re marble-sized, then like a golf ball at three years. They can be transplanted into the ground at that point and grow faster.” With many of his cactuses outdoors, the greenhouses are now lushly crowded with exotic succulents notable for their colors, textures and growing habits. Touring the gardens with McKitrick is like globetrotting in place. The venerable Cactus and Succulent Society of America featured Hillside Desert Botanical Gardens on a field trip May | June 2013
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during its 2007 conference in Seattle. Nearly 50 cactus aficionados arrived at McKitrick’s garden during late May’s prime bloom. “All the big names who write the books came over. They were like little kids on an Easter egg hunt! Everyone had big cameras and lenses,” he said. One of those “big names” was Graham Charles, internationally-recognized expert and editor of The Cactus Explorer. Even six years after his visit here, Charles remains impressed. “There are many cactus gardens created in ‘desert’ environments where the climate is ideal to grow a large range of species without protection, but [Ron’s] dedication to finding suitable species and providing the necessary protection is remarkable,” said Charles. “He grows these plants to perfection.” While he enjoys the accolades, 36 | YAKIMA MAGAZINE • yakimamagazine.com
McKitrick’s greatest delight comes from introducing others to the pleasures of cactus gardening. “People track us down for advice. We’ve planted over 100 cactus gardens around the Northwest and in the process have created a lot of friendships.” One convert to desert gardening is Jim Whiteside, former Yakima businessman and state legislator. Now 88, Whiteside said he was looking for something to replace the tennis, golf and mountaineering he can no longer do. Whiteside was skeptical about raising cactuses until he saw the diversity at Hillside Gardens. “My wife and I have always enjoyed gardening and find the cactus fascinating — the variety of shapes, colors, blooms! Ron helped us pick out the best spot and brought us some hardy varieties to get started,” he said. Before he knew it, Whiteside had more
than 50 types of cactuses. Besides his successful outdoor garden, every windowsill inside his house is now occupied by hot climate specimens. “Ron is the kindest and most thoughtful man who just loves to share his knowledge,” Whiteside said. McKitrick does, indeed, love sharing his knowledge. After all, he’s launched a Cactus Movement in the Northwest. Converts are always welcome.
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OPPOSITE: A bee lands on the bloom of an Opuntia ‘Prickly Pear.’ Says McKitrick, “What’s interesting is the flower blooms yellow, changes to cream on the second day and to pink on the third day.” ABOVE: The Aeonium, a succulent from the Canary Islands.
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ABOVE: Tayer sits in her Selah studio. Mt. Rainier is part of many of her paintings, says Tayer, because it dominates the central Washington skyline. “You just can’t escape it,” she says. OPPOSITE: Tayer’s paints, in all manner of container.
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“STAY ON YOUR FEET AND KEEP MOVING,” says 89-year-old local artist Delma Tayer. She claims the key to a long life is that simple. If her successful career — including 50 years of creating multi-media art, 500 college credits earned and countless lives inspired — is any indication, this is one octogenarian who hasn’t spent much time sitting down. “I was raised on a sheep ranch and never remember about seeing art on the wall,” the artist reminisces. She does remember her aunt’s pretty wallpaper, from which she would make paper dolls with the scraps.
At Central Washington University, then Central Washington State College, Tayer studied English literature, art and philosophy. She earned her bachelor’s in English education and philosophy in 1962, then her master’s in English in 1970. Her passion for education led her to take not only all of the English classes CWU offered, but the art classes, too. Central’s art professors taught abstract impressionism. “They’d give us a big brush and a bunch of oil paint,” she says. “I liked painting large canvases in a free expressionist manner.” Her need to create art grabbed hold in the 1960s and hasn’t let go yet. May | June 2013
She taught English at Yakima Valley Community College for 20 years, then joined the administration and served as dean of Arts and Sciences for five. Starting in the mid-1970s, she was also responsible for the Larson Gallery until her retirement in 1990. In spite of her heavy work schedule, Tayer still found time for her husband, Harold, a Selah dentist and Selah’s mayor for a time, and son Stephen. Both have since passed away. And she made time for art, of course. Tayer has worked to promote the arts, both performing and visual, too. She served as president of the Board of May | June 2013
Trustees of Humanities Washington, earned a Ford Foundation Scholar award, and received the Allied Arts Council Award for contribution to the excellence in arts. She was also recognized with the YWCA’s Woman of Achievement Award, the Washington Community College Humanities Association’s John N. Terrey Award, the Humanties Washington Heather C. Frank award and the Larson Gallery’s 2000 Woman of the Year award. Instead of slowing down and relaxing when she retired, Tayer had a burst of creative energy. “I’ve never stopped painting,” she says, yakimamagazine.com • YAKIMA MAGAZINE | 39
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ABOVE: Paintings are stacked everywhere in Tayer’s studio — on the floor, on a couch and on shelves. RIGHT: Delma Tayer
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“When I retired, I needed something to occupy my time. You never want to be bored.” She began spending more time in the studio behind her house and laboring in her beautiful Japanese garden. Working with oil, she continued to paint large abstract canvases, portraits of friends and landscapes of iconic regional sites, like her sweeping depiction of Washington’s Dry Falls near Coulee City. In the 1980s, her son worked for Northwest Airlines, and Tayer had the opportunity to fly with him to Asia on several occasions. She fell in love with the culture and brought back rolls of Oriental papers that led her to explore the art of May | June 2013
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of Richard Fairbanks, who was the professor and a friend of hers. Fairbanks is a renowned potter, so Tayer enrolled without any prior experience — she didn’t even know how to use a potter’s wheel. She began by using the slab method for her clay pieces and eventually turned them on a wheel to fashion her ceramic work. Today you can find Tayer working in her studio almost every day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with only a 40-year-old television for company. If she’s not at her easel, she may be reading from her huge collection of art books or magazines. “If I get stuck on a painting, I look at a book and it gives me an idea.” she says, May | June 2013
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“That’s my joy. I love to look.” Her creative process never stops, and she thinks nothing of making a change to a painting that has been in her studio for several years. Tayer has shown her artwork throughout the state of Washington. At the time of this interview she was preparing for an art show in Prosser. “I’ve discovered that an artist doesn’t necessarily have to retire,” she said in her “artist’s statement” from the Larson Gallery Retrospective Exhibition in 2004. “So, I don’t plan to ever retire from this, my latest career. It truly is my raison d’etre!”
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In the case of Jacki Cacchiotti and Teresa Bron, two avid participants in the sport of “carriage driving,” the answer would definitely be the horse. Teresa and her husband, Will, own Bron Dairy in Granger, and have bred Friesian horses for many years. Will grew up in Friesland, in the Netherlands, where the impressive black horses originated.
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TOP: Gwenyth Davis, 10, holds Clover after brushing her out. Davis, who lives in Underwood, Wash., was helping her friends Shelly and Audrey Slater during the Wine Country Equestrian Club competition this spring. ABOVE: A carriage’s giant wheel. OPPOSITE: The bell that judges ring to signal the beginning of the event.
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“I always rode horses,” Teresa said, “but my husband kept talking about carriage driving. We got into it because he wanted to.” The Friesian breed of horse can stand as tall as 17 hands high, approximately 5 1/2 feet at the horse’s shoulders. Perfect for pulling a carriage, these big, sturdy animals are also beautiful, with glossy black coats and flowing manes and tails. Jacki, who also grew up riding horses in Yakima, became acquainted with the Brons through their mutual interest. It was Teresa and Will who drew her into carriage driving. “I met Teresa through the Friesian World Show Horse Association, and we have been friends ever since,” she said. Since Teresa is a retired dental hygenist and Jacki’s husband, Lawrence, is a local orthodontist, the two had a lot in common. “Teresa talked me into carriage driving and I got hooked.” A carriage driving competition (combined driving events or CDE) consists of three elements: Dressage, marathon and cones. Dressage, the first event, showcases the appearance of the horse, driver and carriage. May | June 2013
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“We have a presentation carriage just for this event,” Teresa said. “Drivers wear a suit, high boots, scarf, gloves and a waistto-ankle driving apron made of wool.” While male drivers wear a traditional top hat, the women tend to find their own version and embellish it with feathers and other ornaments to get the spectators’ attention. “It’s all about the hats,” Jacki said. While appearance is important, drivers also must take their horse through a prescribed set of movements and are judged on their command of the horse. The marathon event requires teams to drive over a 4-12 kilometer course with multiple obstacles, including knee-deep water. The driver steers the horse, while a navigator standing on the back throws his weight from side to side, counterbalancing the sharp turns. Both Teresa and Jacki have sturdy, four-wheeled marathon carriages from Poland, a country known for its carriage makers. The marathon event offers fastpaced action for spectators and sometimes hazardous conditions that can test the skill of the carriage team and the fitness and stamina of the horse. The cone competition requires precision driving through cones that challenges the agility and fitness of the horse and the ability of the driver. Carriage driving competitions are
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ABOVE: Will Bron and his horse drawn carriage round an obstacle. RIGHT: A member of the Wine Country Equestrian Club practices at the arena.
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popular all over the country, especially on the East coast, as well as Europe. In fact, Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Prince Philip, helped create the sport of carriage driving and was an avid participant until a few years ago. Teresa, Will and Jacki recently competed in a CDE trial at an arena in Terrace Heights. Competitors from the Lower Valley, Yakima, Ellensburg and a few from the west side of the state participated. Behind every CDE, there’s a lot of hard work. Teresa and Will breed, raise and train Friesians on their Lower Valley farm. “I train five days a week in an arena we built on our farm,” Teresa said. “My Bouvier dog rides on the back of the carriage like a navigator, the Australian Shepherd runs alongside, while our Dutch Staby dog jumps on and off.” Training a horse to pull a carriage takes several years, Teresa said. May | June 2013
CLOCKWISE FROM RIGHT: Gwen Bassetti and Audrey Slater, 14, walk through an obstacle course • Members check out the mapped course. • Teresa Bron and her horse, Line.
“You start a Freisian like a regular horse, doing a little bit and letting it be with the herd. When it’s 3, I train him for riding.” Later, the horse learns to pull or drag a tire in order to get used to the sounds and feel of a weight, before it can be hitched to a carriage. Besides her own horses, Teresa trains other owners’ horses, and is currently training a horse for a woman in California. Jacki’s own horse is named Gretchen. “I love my horse. She’s part of my family,” Jacki said with a smile. “Everyone loves Gretchen. She has a wonderful spirit and is really quiet.” She works at least two hours a day with Gretchen and often takes her down to the Brons’ farm to join Teresa in training for the next CDE event. Jacki is excited about the arrival of a yearling Friesian to her barn later this spring. May | June 2013
Teresa competes with several different horses, including a horse named Line (pronounced lee nah). These women do not take their sport or horses for granted and admit that even the best equestrians can have accidents. “An accident or any mishap teaches us to be a better driver,” said Teresa. “To really train a horse well, it takes a long time.” Both women are looking forward to competition season, which started in the spring. They plan to attend two big CDE events — one in Chehalis and the other in Corvalis, Ore. They also plan to compete at four or five smaller CDE trials closer to home. Though carriage driving is not for everyone, the spectacle of the event makes it a delightfully unique spectator sport that everyone can enjoy.
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This summer we’re hosting the garden wedding of our youngest son, William. My gardens grew as my children did, and I’ve long dreamed of gorgeous home-grown flowers for fresh bridal bouquets with an abundance left over to decorate every room of the house.
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YET ON THAT WONDROUS DAY OF days, the display in my perennial beds must be just as lavish and extravagant. How can I have my flowers, and pick them too? The solution to this delightful dilemma is to plant a separate cutting garden, where I can snip to my heart’s content and not fret about the appearance of the bed when I’m finished. With that in mind, I’m taking over part of my husband’s vegetable garden — but don’t tell him yet. I like to think that I’m growing food for the soul this season, as essential as any vegetable crop. Add some garden-grown flowers to your life: burying your head in a bunch you’ve just picked is an amazing way to begin your day. Start with a well-drained site that receives full sun. No worries if it’s in a neglected corner or behind the shed; this can be a utilitarian production garden where appearance is not a priority. Or maybe you’d like to create a cutting garden as a feature too spectacular to conceal. In either case, the first consideration must be a convenient water source. Drip irrigation is preferred, but if you must provide overhead irrigation, water early in the day to make your plants less susceptible to disease. Work in plenty of compost or humus before you plant, along with a few handfuls of time-release fertilizer. This is a garden for just one season, so provide your hard-working plants with all they need to produce a bounty without running out of energy. When the soil warms and the danger of frost passes, it’s time to plant. But some flowers — like sweet peas, larkspur and poppies — have greater hardiness and can be planted as soon as the soil can be worked. Think like a vegetable gardener and plant in rows that can be easily navigated for snipping, cutting, watering and weeding, or opt for an intensively planted, squarefoot gardening scheme that eschews rows. Regardless, deter weed germination in open areas with shredded newspaper, cardboard, organic mulches or other barriers. As your plants begin to grow, mulch them too, but keep the mulch from contacting their growing stems. Generally, annuals are better than perennials for cutting since they tend to bloom profusely over a long season. Certain perennials bloom only once or twice a summer, and it’s wrenching to part with those. By selecting annuals that bloom at different times, it’s possible to have cut flowers from May | June 2013
early spring until the first frost. This year, I’m looking exclusively for flowers that peak in early August. Remember that a variety of flower forms make the most interesting bouquets, so choose a diverse array of flower shapes, textures and fragrances. The point of a cutting garden is to have abundant blooms, so be diligent in removing faded flowers before they go to seed, which signals the plant that the season is over. If your plants come from the garden center with buds, pinch them off before you plant, and do the same with the growing tips of annuals grown from seed. It’s hard to do, but you will be rewarded by bushier, more productive plants before you know it. These flowers grow quickly from seed and have a long life in a vase or bouquet. Add some sticks, branches, berries or bark to create an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind bouquet. Amaranthus caudatus ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ This is an heirloom spiller with long, drooping flower spikes that look like chenille ropes. Grow it in green or burgundy. The more you pick, the more this stalwart will provide. Celosia spicata ‘Flamingo Purple’ Add texture with dark pink, wheat-like flower spikes on long stems that emerge from purple foliage. Dahlia I already have a dahlia cutting garden, but one can never have enough of these focal flowers. They reliably come into their glory when the weather heats up and don’t stop until frost. Available in a dazzling array of colors and flower forms, plant tubers in early May, stake them with something sturdy, and stand back. I use 6-foot metal fence posts; these big boys mean business and will grow to 5 feet or more, providing you with armloads of bouquet material. Zinnia One of the longest-lasting cut flowers, zinnias love hot Yakima summers, but resent transplanting. So seed them directly into the garden when it’s warm enough to plant tomatoes. I’ve found packages of single colors like coral, peach, purple, lime green and orange to match our color scheme. Sempervivum Tuck ‘hens and chicks’ into the corners of your garden, and let them spread and become a living mulch. Attached to a wire stem, they are unique bouquet elements. yakimamagazine.com • YAKIMA MAGAZINE | 53
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BY ADDY LOGSDON PHOTOS BY TJ MULLINAX
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WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER, YOU DO better. I watched the food documentary Food, Inc. years ago and thought to myself, “Wow, we’ve really got to eat differently.” And then nothing much changed. We were busy. Money was tight. We already ate pretty healthy food: not too much soda, sweets only occasionally. Though the movie’s message was strong, it just wasn’t strong enough, I guess. Then while teaching English at Yakima Valley Community College, I started exploring food ethics by using documentaries and books on the growing food movement
such as Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation. Something profound happened: I watched my students engage in passionate and important conversations about where our food comes from, what is in our food and why we should care. They started demonstrating critical thinking and writing skills because this topic moved them to actively examine their lives and the American culture through a different set of lenses. My students were alarmed about the May | June 2013
information we were learning. We were astonished to learn that, according to The Omnivore’s Dilemma, the majority of our processed food now has ingredients in it that are Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs are plants or animals that have had their genes altered to produce more favorable results that do not naturally occur, such as a tomato that ripens more slowly for ease of transportation). Food, Inc. informed us that cattle are not evolved to eat corn, yet we feed them corn to fatten them up as quickly and cheaply as possible and that this process has led to dangerous consequences (like the introduction of the deadly bacteria E coli O157:H7) and that 80 percent of antibiotics sold in this country are given to animals that are raised for human consumption. With knowledge came informed changes — dramatic changes. My students started doing more research than necessary for their papers, reported mysterious (and welcome) weight loss and long, thoughtful trips to the grocery store. They inspired me to try to make some sweeping changes in how my own family approaches every meal. As a mother of two toddlers, I asked May | June 2013
ABOVE: The Logsdon family, Addy, Josh, Carter and Quinlen, pick out fresh produce at the Yakima Farmers’ Market. LEFT: Fresh plums from the Collins Family Farm.
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myself how hard would it be to change my family’s eating habits? To change how and where we shopped? To eat seasonal fruits and vegetables instead of relying on ripe fruit from South America in January? Would my toddlers go for it? No more bananas? No more oranges? What if I just leaned into the buy local and organic food movement? I set out to be an example to my family, my friends and my students by declaring that from May to October 2012 we would buy only local produce that was in season, and when possible and affordable, organic. As Michael Pollan notes in his helpful book Food Rules, “Get out of the supermarket whenever you can. You won’t find any high-fructose corn syrup at the farmers market.” From May until October, we frequented the Yakima Farmers’ Market every Sunday. It became a family ritual. Our toddlers became interested in what would be ripe and ready each Sunday — what would be new? What could they sample? Thank goodness for our warm spring last year. On May 13, there was already plenty to buy that was grown locally: spinach, lettuce, garlic, peas and loads of asparagus. Within a few weeks we had strawberries and cherries. We had forsaken the produce department of our 56 | YAKIMA MAGAZINE • yakimamagazine.com
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of my home, I could buy local beef, pork, chicken, turkey, cheese, eggs, honey, dried beans and more. I could even buy exotic meat like beefalo, lamb, rabbit and goat. All of these foods were raised by local farmers with an eye to doing things naturally — no unnecessary hormones or antibiotics, grass-fed when possible and far less expensive than I thought. Prices varied farmer to farmer, so I did my research and came up with a plan. But just because I found a farmer who sold pork at a reasonable price ($3.15-$4.69 per pound, hanging weight), didn’t mean it was available immediately. I was frustrated to realize that I’d have to acquire my local meat slowly. Before my “buy local” endeavor, I was certainly a consumer accustomed to convenience — oh, the luxury of the grocery store. Want ham this Sunday? Go and buy one. But when you buy local you become quickly acquainted with the seasons that animals are ready for butchering, and summer is not that time for most animals. So I continued my research, made some down payments on meat that May | June 2013
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Wesley United Methodist has hosted a community garden since 1985, and it has been chemical free since 2000. The gardeners use the no-till method, known as “lasagna gardening” for its layers of compost and mulch, to encourage worms and beneficial soil microbes. Besides providing produce for those who tend it, the garden provides produce for the members of Wesley. The members take home fresh veggies and donate to a fund that supports international and local community projects, including building latrines in Togo, the Heifer Project, Noah’s Ark and Northwest Harvest. Gardeners and gardener “wannabe’s” are welcome. Call Sara Cate at 509-248-4382 or the church at 509-966-2370.
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ON THE OUTSIDE, LA CASA HOGAR looks like a typical family home. But within its walls is a community of women whose lives have been forever changed. Yakima resident and Spanish radio talk show host Ninfa R. Guttierez has always had a huge heart for women — particularly immigrant women facing challenges in the U.S. Guttierez immigrated to the U.S. with her family when she was 8 and was able to learn English at a young age. She wanted to eliminate that barrier for women who were older — to whom the language was naturally more difficult to learn. “I saw the potential they had — if only they could recognize it themselves,” she says.
In 1994, she went to the board of the Yakima Interfaith Coalition and founder Patty Houts Hussey, seeking funding to begin building her dream: La Casa Hogar Gloria de Martinez, a school for immigrant women to take English classes. Gloria de Martinez was a Puerto Rican woman who taught in the Yakima School District. She was a strong proponent for bilingual education and an inspiration to Guttierez, who was one of her students. In 1992, after a long battle with cancer, de Martinez died. Guttierez wanted to name the school in her honor. Her proposal was accepted, which meant the next task was finding a place to house the school. May | June 2013
ABOVE: Students at La Casa Hogar and student volunteers from the Newman Center at the University of Washington eat lunch together after a morning of class. LEFT: La Casa Hogar
“It had to be a house,” Guttierez says. So they sought out Carole Folsom-Hill, a social worker who lived in the heart of downtown Yakima, with hopes she’d be able to point them in the right direction. Folsom-Hill, now 66, suggested a large house on Sixth Street that had been vacant for some time. Its size and location were ideal. In a matter of a few phone calls they were granted a nominal rental fee, and within a year, La Casa Hogar Gloria de Martinez was born. Today, it’s simply called La Casa Hogar; however, Gloria de Martinez’ name still graces the front of the building. May | June 2013
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Guttierez took on the role of executive director for about a year and a half, leaving when she disagreed with the YIF about the development of an emergency program that would serve men at La Casa Hogar. But Guttierez says she’s happy with the direction the organization has taken since then. The position was then held by several different women before finding its mainstay: In 1999, the board once again approached Folsom-Hill. But this time to fill the shoes of executive director. At the time, she was a case manager at the New Hope Clinic, where she counseled people living with HIV/AIDS. And even though she wasn’t bilingual, she worked predominately with the Hispanic community. Since she couldn’t speak Spanish well, Folsom-Hill declined the position with La Casa Hogar, offering instead to help find the right candidate. But eventually she had a change of heart, decided she was ready for a challenge, and accepted the post.
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Thirteen years later, she still holds the position. “I love working here,” she says. “For me, it’s home — (it has) filled the hole in my heart.” Folsom-Hill’s passion for both the program and the women is evident in her dedication: This is the longest she’s ever held a position. The students primarily come from the Mexican states of Jalisco and Michoacan, usually following their families. But when they arrive, they often feel inept due to their inability to speak English. La Casa Hogar is changing that. “You see this change in their demeanor over the years,” says Folsom-Hill. The school offers five levels of English as a Second Language (ESL) courses, supported by Yakima Valley Community College, as well as pre-GED courses, which are supported by Heritage University. Both colleges provide the instructors. With a 98 percent retention rate, La Casa Hogar is the only remaining ESL outstation for YVCC. La Casa Hogar also offers computer literacy courses, a driving school, parenting education and citizenship classes. Over the years, however, the school has endured some changes. Soon after opening their doors, Guttierez and YIF realized that with women usually come children. So they began to provide childcare. Over the years that program has evolved, and in 2008 they recieved a community foundation grant that allowed them to begin operating as an early learning center. “It’s a pretty cool program,” says FolsomHill. “We use the same curriculum as Head Start and the Yakima School District.” Children age 2-5 attend the preschool while their mothers are in class. “The kids love it. They call it their ‘esculita,’” she says. Esculita means school in Spanish. Three of the six women currently employed at La Casa Hogar are former students. Luz Monroy, 48, is one of them. In the winter of 2001, Monroy took her first English class. With determination to learn more, she signed up for the pre-GED course the following quarter. “I didn’t know what GED meant at the time,” she says. But it was then that the staff noticed her impeccable math skills. Unaware that Monroy had earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Universidad Michoacana de
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“It is believed that half our population might be left behind because of no technology,” she says. The grant helped fund both the new computers and the necessary training. “Everybody learned how to use the computers.” Today, over half of the program is funded by local faith communities and the United Way of Yakima, with the goal to empower women to achieve their dreams. “We include anybody who wants to be here ... we meet them where they are,” says Folsom-Hill. And for those who’ve been in the program, “They have friendships, know they’re cared about and begin to blossom.”
Martha Chavez, in blue and white stripes, and classmates share a laugh during a language class.
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THERE’S MORE TO OLYMPIA THAN POLITICS, although a stroll around the Capitol’s grounds isn’t a bad way to spend part of a sunny afternoon there. Located at the southernmost point of the Puget Sound, Olympia has builtin beauty (plus three waterfront parks). But in between all that gawking at nature, there’s plenty to keep you busy, too. Here are some of our favorite stops in “Oly.”
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Starting their business seven years ago, Kathy Lathrop and her daughter, Lara Anderson, had a vision. “Our gift is really giving new life to old things,” said a cheerful Anderson. Their store, Red Door Interiors, stocks in-style items at prices that they say won’t bust a budget. The pair are inventors, too: they recently created a new zip-on lamp shade called RD Shady, and as of press-time, were in the finals for the ABC entrepreneurial reality show, Shark Tank. Red Door Interiors 430 Washington Street SE, Olympia 360-357-7799 • reddoorolympia.com Next to Red Door is Matter! Gallery, run by Jo Gallaugher, a Kennewick native. Gallaugher spent much of her adult life in major metropolitan areas, and most recently was the COO for a clinical research firm. But when she decided to move back to Washington during the recession in 2008, she had to get creative. “It’s been marvelous,” she said. Currently, Matter! features the work of 110 artists, all of whom work with sustainable or reclaimed materials. “It’s their passion.” Matter! Gallery 422 Washington Street SE, Olympia 360-943-1760 • matteroly.com May | June 2013
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You can dive into a soft-baked pretzel or the “Hama Hama” oyster shooters at Fish Tale Brew Pub, which opened its doors in 1993. Since then the oldest brewpub in Olympia has moved its brewery facility from the restaurant and grown considerably. It’s known for tasty pub grub using local and organic ingredients, but is especially loved for its beers, ciders and organic ales. Fish Tale Brew Pub 515 Jefferson Street SE, Olympia 360-943-3650 • fishbrewing.com yakimamagazine.com • YAKIMA MAGAZINE | 69
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TRAVEL Bearded Lady has a bit of a cult following, and though it’s known for cupcakes, we hear its brunch is among the best in Olympia. Try the Royale Benedict Sandwich, a delectible-sounding riff on the norm, with sugar-poached salmon, fennel and orange segments, or its Sweetie Pie Platter, with sweet potato and yukon gold hash, roasted jalapeno cream, baked tofu, garlic spinach, cornmeal cakes and spiced syrup. Vegan or gluten-free? No problem. Bearded Lady 412 Franklin Street, Olympia 360-943-6235 • beardedladyfood.weebly.com
To Do Produce, meat, fish — and of course fresh oysters — can all be found at the Olympia Farmers Market, which runs Thursday through Sunday from April to October. The market is bursting with not only the makings for a great dinner, but gorgeous flowers, herbs, live entertainment and the wares of local artisans, too. Olympia Farmers Market 700 Capitol Way North, Olympia olympiafarmersmarket.com Opening at its waterfront location last year, the Hands On Children’s Museum has been called a “two-story, 28,000-squarefoot indoor payground” by The Olympian. The museum houses galleries and studios, all with the goal of giving kids of all abilities education that’s fun. Not to miss: the museum’s “Sand in the City” event, featuring sand sculptures that are sure to amaze little ones and parents alike. The event is August 23-25. Hands On Children’s Museum 414 Jefferson Street NE, Olympia 360-956-0818 • hocm.org
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THEY SAY NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION. Back in the day, everything was “upcycled,” but then we called them “hand-me downs,” or said things like, “That’ll do.” Old buckets became planters, a dented enamel bowl became the new dog dish; people and animals alike find new uses for all kinds of things. Primates use sticks for digging, humans make rugs out of rags and now modern technology allows us to make wallets from plastic water bottles.
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All items seem to be destined for another incarnation or use. I’ve had a cast-iron Boston Terrier doorstop for years. Usually residing as a garden ornament, he now has new life securing my garden and decorating books in our little garden house.
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MY MOTHER GREW UP on a farm during the Depression, and while they always had enough to eat, there wasn’t a lot of money for extras. She once told me that tin cans became the students of her make-believe classroom. It must have skipped a generation, since growing up, my babysitting money was already spent by the time I could hop on my bike to ride to the nearest Salvation Army to purchase old books, jewelry or whatever caught my fancy. Mom was not happy about the time we had to get the house fumigated due to some bed bugs in an old shawl I bought to complete my high school hippy ensemble. What can I say, it was the ’70s and we lived near San Francisco. Naturally, when the shabby chic decor craze came around, I was already there and ready to fully embrace it. Consummate garage sale shoppers, my husband, Stephen, and I found secondhand furniture everywhere. Stephen, who can fix anything, upholstered, fixed and painted many of the items in our home. Magazines, books, shops ... everywhere you look you see the terms and titles. “Flea Market Style,” “Farm House Chic” — there’s even a store in Seattle called “AREA 51.” Its name is based on the alleged alien incident that took place in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico. The store stocks items from the ’40s through the ’70s; that particular style is now called “Mid-Century.” So if you’re wondering about that hideous orange sofa in the basement from your first marriage, before heading to the dump, check eBay’s listings for midcentury furniture. You may be sitting on a gold mine.
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An ancient enamel sink from the ’20s finds rebirth as a potting bench. I keep an old orchard bucket under the drain for the bits that fall through. The plain red wall above the sink gets dolled up with found objects and the odds and ends of ornamental iron.
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Common in older homes, bullets like the ones pictured accented door frame molding. Stephen, my creative husband, upcycled one into a functional batteryoperated clock. Old nail heads stand in as numbers. “Benign neglect” could describe our entire house. It also tells a story of past generations who lived here: overgrown lilacs, peeling paint on the bridge that crosses the canal and an old chicken coop that has seen better days. It certainly describes the condition of an ornate frame that was begging for new life as a gorgeous, distressed and chunky beveled mirror. Frames of all sorts and sizes, like the ones above, can be found at garage sales and second-hand stores. Bulletin boards, paintings, mirrors, photos — you name it. A used frame is an inexpensive way to give new life.
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ReStore, which sells discounted building materials and furniture and is run by Yakima’s Habitat for Humanity, had several office chairs donated. We snatched them up at $5 each to recover in a pebbled cream vinyl. Now they have a new home as dining room chairs that are super comfy! Naturally, you know who did all the labor and even had a discount coupon for the fabric. Recycled wood, discarded irrigation plumbing parts and vintage corrugated red metal make up some of the parts of our much-used dining room table, inspired from a magazine picture.
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CITY SCENE The fourth annual fundraiser, “Cowiche Canyon Rocks, Wine Country to Wild Country,” was held on April 21 at Naches Heights Vineyard. Two hundred and fifty attendees enjoyed music by Stimulus Package as well as Papillon, a new white wine that was released during the event. Proceeds benefited the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy. PHOTOS BY RANKIN IMAGES
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May 19
Salsa Fridays Seasons Performance Hall theseasonsyakima.com
American Reflections 13th Annual Open Car Show Moxee Park 509-965-2547
Through Spring 2013 Your Canyon for a Day Bike Tour Crimestopperyakco.org
Chandelier Festival Mighty Tieton mightytieton.com
The Valley’s best seafood & specialty foods!
Through June 1
La Casa Hogar's Connecting Communities Fiesta
Cascade Garden lacasahogar.org
DoVA Exhibition Larson Gallery 509-574-4875
May 21
May 10-12
New Leaders Yakima County Non-Profit Fair Yakima Valley Museum 509-248-1557
Zillah’s Community Days Stewart Park, Zillah 509-740-7451
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• Smoked Salmon Cheesecake • Ceviche • Caesar Salad Dressing • Smoked Fish from our own Smoker
Tieton Pop-Up Market Elm Street, Tieton mightytieton.com
Selah Community Days Wixson Park
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May 18
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Yakima Symphony Orchestra: Mount St. Helens Remembered The Capitol Theatre yakimasymphony.org
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Textiles Tieton: Salsa! Mighty Tieton Warehouse Gallery 509-847-3034
May 30-June 1 Antique Truck Show SunDome/State Fair Park aths.org
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INTERVIEW
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Name & Age: Gloria Gonzáles García, 46 Personal (Spouse, kids, animals, etc.): Just me. Occupation: Visual Artist/Teaching Artist Where did you grow up, go to school, etc.? Born and raised in southeast Yakima — proud to have attended Adams, Washington and Davis, as well as being a “Company Seven” kid. I earned my A.A. from Yakima Valley Community College, attended Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles for two years, and earned my B.A. from The Evergreen State College. When did you know you wanted to be an artist? Always — while other kids were answering “teacher, doctor, nurse, policeman, etc.” my answer since the age of five was always “artist.” Seeing a film on the Mexican artist Diego Rivera in fourth grade gave proof that it really was possible to be an artist. We’ve heard you have a printmaking and graphic design background. Tell us more about that, and your media. My first graphic design class was at Davis HS, and I majored in Communication Design at Otis/Parsons. I have had many jobs and volunteer projects that used my desktop publishing skills, including producing the exhibition catalog TERRAIN — A Survey for an exhibit I recently curated. In printmaking, ink is transferred to paper from a plate or block. Printmaking has a rich tradition of commenting on social issues and the human condition. It allows me to blend both my fine art and graphic design skills. My works also include oil pastel drawings, paintings and installation art. Tell us how you created the cover of this edition of Yakima Magazine. I wanted to blend the ideas of Yakima, Americana and diversity — so I decided to feature the Yakima Farmers’ Market that represents 86 | YAKIMA MAGAZINE • yakimamagazine.com
our local diversity. Don Eastridge, YFM president, was kind enough to share images from past markets and I selected an image of Marieta, a Filipino food vendor, to illustrate in oil pastel. Who were your mentors as a young artist? I was very fortunate to have many Yakima School District teachers encourage my artmaking, from elementary through high school — Felix Martinez, Kris Peterson, Leslie Williams, Ann Bowker, Alan Matson, Bud Williams, Ernie Solowon and Sue Grimshaw. My current mentor is the artist Joe Feddersen, who was my printmaking professor at The Evergreen State College. His resume serves as a kind of bucket list of what I’d like to accomplish in my art career — residencies, fellowships and national/international exhibits. What inspires you to create art? What subject matter do you capture most? Inspiration comes from my culture as an American and Chicana — often based on family photographs. I also rely on mementos, cultural icons and research to find images for inspiration because I had an acculturated upbringing. In my printmaking I have been able to explore the use of metaphor — using color, images, symbols and text, to convey ideas by manipulating background plates with a final image. This work tends to be more universal — commenting on social (and sometimes personal) issues.
You’re on the proverbial desert island … what five items do you take with you? 1) Lifetime supply of drawing paper with pencils, 2) my heaviest art history book, 3) my heaviest Latino art book, 4) any Sherman Alexie book of short stories, and 5) comfortable clothes. Why is Yakima home to you? I feel strongly about community service, so what better place to contribute than my hometown. I want to be part of the positive change in this community whether it’s redirecting high-risk youth using the visual arts in the classroom — I currently teach art after school at YPAL — to recent service on boards such as Larson Gallery and Yakima Arts Commission, to organizing the upcoming ARTicipate downtown street fair to promote artmaking, public art and civic pride. If you could boil your life philosophy down to one or two sentences, what would it be? Political and social art often focuses on what people are against, not what they are for — in my artmaking I strive to portray issues I am for in an honest, realistic and direct way. As a teaching artist, I believe in multicultural arts education as a tool for self-discovery, cultural awareness and redirecting at-risk youth — the transformative power of artmaking.
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