Don't forget to attend our monthly meetings!

Second Saturday of each month, 11 AM at the Gallery.

Hope to see you there!

Gallery News

The Gallery is filled from wall to wall and floor to ceiling with wonderful original artwork. If you haven’t stopped by, please do. The artists change out their art every 60 days so there is always something new and exciting to see. A great place to browse on a cold wintry day.

Christmas was really busy for us. The tree was filled with handmade ornaments from our artists and they sold really well. Some very lucky people received jewelry, pottery, and or paintings as gifts from friends and family who did their Christmas shopping at the Gallery. We are the place for the unusual, one of a kind, handmade items you won’t find anywhere else. Several of our artists will do commission work and of course we have gift certificates.

Our Christmas Open House, November 17^th and 18^th was well attended despite the cold wet weather. Mrs. Cratchet attended and told stories about her family and their connection to Mr., Dickens. She made her famous plum pudding and everyone had a taste and she was rewarded with many lip-smacking thanks. It was a fun weekend to kick off the holiday season.

One of our best selling items in the Gallery are greeting cards. Almost all of the painters and photographers have wonderful handmade cards available at very reasonable prices. Customers love them because they are so different from the usual cards available. Artists have their cards in baskets along with their displays. Next time you need a card stop in and take a look, you might be pleasantly surprised.

The Gallery represents 24 local artists, and there is a waiting list of artist who would like us to represent them and are waiting for space to open up for them to show their art.  Come in and take a look at the talent that we have in the area.

We are sorry to say that the Tea Lady, Harriet Rose, is no longer at the gallery. Family responsibilities made it difficult for Harriet to have regular times to in the gallery and she had to give it up for the time being.

Our web site is being revamped and will have lots of new additions. Bios and samples of artists in the gallery will be posted, plus all the activities at the Gallery, classes, workshops and Arts Alive! activities. Bookmark our site and stay informed here at www.plateaartsalive.org.

Have you ever looked at a painting or craft and wondered, "How do they do that?"  So Arts Alive! is going to try and answer those questions for you by having guest artists do demonstrations.  The first Friday of every month at 7 PM, you can see the techniques that individual artists use to create their craft.  The first five months are already lined up:

               January 4th,   Creative Art Journal,          Diane Franchini

               February 1st,  Creating Greeting Cards,  Lorrie Maras

               March 7th,      Jewelry Design & Construction, Susie Tierle

               April 4th,         tPasel Techniques,            Elaine Lynest

               May 2nd,        Leather Tooling,                 Layne Kocina

All of these demonstrations are free of charge and you don't need a reservation.  Just come to the Gallery on the first Friday of any month, 7PM and be prepared to enjoy yourself.

If there is an artist, medium or technique you would like to see demonstrated let us know and we'll do our best to accommodate you.  Check the Courier Herald or our website, here at www.plateauartsalive.org to find the latest information on who and what will be there on Guild Night.  See you there!

Poetry Jam

                After returning from a writer’s conference on Whidbey Island in March, 2006, I was thinking about some of the ideas I had garnered.  One was that as a writer I would need to take my writing out into the public for input.  I have written for years but kept it fairly private as the idea of reading to others made me nervous.  In talking with Elaine Lynest about the writer’s conference, I said that one of the ideas expressed was to start a poetry reading.  Elaine enthusiastically supported the idea.  She agreed to add a poetry reading as the event for the second Friday of each month in the evening.  We kicked off the first one in April 2006. As the year has progressed, we have grown to an average of ten to twenty people, some from various local writing/poetry groups, reading their own poetic works or those of a favorite poet.  We also began to have a Poet of the Month where one person volunteered to do a biography of a poet who either had passed away in that month or was one we wanted to honor (local people who perhaps were unable to be with us physically) and then read some of that person’s poems.   The Poetry Jam is open to all people, the group loves to share the written word, express feelings, ideas and experiences plus enjoy some of Doreen’s delicious, home baked goodies. 

                                                              Debbie

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Mountain View Furniture
Bonny Lake (253 447-4895)21117 Hwy 410 Suite G-1
 Next to Ben Franklin

Wonderful folks to work with and a truly great display opportunity, looking for 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional work, there is a 10% percent commission for sold work. Please take an inventory sheet filled out with you. Talk with Stacy Billings (Owner) 

Art & Home Design
Custom Framing
Bonney Lake (253 447-4200)
(in the same shopping complex as Albertson grocery)
25% commission on sold work, can provide expert assistance with all framing and matting requirements at very competitive costs.
Very easy to work with, stop in and speak with Michelle