tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343373896511520592024-03-13T10:19:06.151-07:00Three Sisters Of ClallamSue and Diana Goplen and their Healing and Arts Center in Clallam Bay, WashingtonThree Sisters Of Clallamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096320116611794163noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-62918352648637352142013-02-09T16:48:00.001-08:002013-02-10T10:42:06.646-08:00Clallam Bay Dragon - Year of the Snake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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costumes - and more noise - than ever. Happy Year Of The Snake! Oh, and
I just discovered the road to the building where we'll hold the Clallam Bay Comicon is called "The Batman Route." Who knew?</span></div>
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must say, sometimes I think this town has a case of terminal silliness.
MOST people slowed down and honked, while a few people drove by with an
obvious "WTF??" on their faces. And it's getting nuttier. If they want to do something fun, they just do it. </span></span></span></span></div>
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Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-77431652274505197522012-03-10T11:57:00.001-08:002012-03-10T11:58:31.694-08:00Mini Class Repeats Due To Snow - and Stuff<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A</span><span style="font-size: large;">nd it's happening at the Three Sisters Gallery! Go <a href="http://donnabarr.blogspot.com/2012/03/mini-class-repeats-due-to-snow-and.html">HERE</a> for art and full details.</span></div></div>Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-41482573298582393862011-12-04T17:25:00.000-08:002011-12-05T14:56:05.561-08:00How to Draw a Mini<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Because you know you want to (click for larger view):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uheJOycFaIc/Tt1LZDgeK9I/AAAAAAAAAmg/s-LbPUrONzA/s1600/Clallam+Bay+Comicon+Class.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uheJOycFaIc/Tt1LZDgeK9I/AAAAAAAAAmg/s-LbPUrONzA/s400/Clallam+Bay+Comicon+Class.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Hot hot hot! That's what Sarah Grafstrom looks like adorned in raffle tickets for this stunning Christmas tree.</span></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The 2012 Christmas Tree Raffle is upon us! Just $1.00 will buy you a chance at the gorgeous Cowboy tree (with a cowboy had and stick horse and even brand-new work gloves!) or the stunning Bird Tree! Just how much shiny can you stand? This will do it.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where: Three Sisters of Clallam Art Gallery (you know - the GREEN BUILDING at the west end of Clallam Bay).</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When: The raffle is at 5:00, December 10, during the Christmas Bazaar. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tickets can be bought at the gallery, including at the December 3rd Christmas Bazaar.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You know you want one. Besides, the funds will go to the New Hope Food Bank, and they really, REALLY need their front ramp rebuilt before somebody breaks a leg or Glen puts a pallet of canned good through the thing.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div></div>Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-73217963189831014052011-07-11T19:21:00.000-07:002011-07-11T19:21:40.274-07:00Art in Clallam Bay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwyY35NT9lhKQbPtIlR5eieFsoHwmJ0IuxwwzmF5I_EBsUZXbgx8MpSlc4pltwwr_bIRdLRppLVIHOr0bve' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You never know where you're going to find art up here in Clallam Bay. This is only a few hundred feet east on Highway 112 from the gallery.</span>Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-72780014939666785972011-03-20T14:53:00.000-07:002011-03-20T14:53:09.555-07:00Clallam Bay Dragon Dance -- The Video<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LxzY_fZEXOM" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></div>Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-1355115909567828982011-02-05T19:06:00.000-08:002011-02-05T19:06:37.133-08:00Chinese Year of the Rabbit 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vtkCUZI-PoA/TU4QCrspDPI/AAAAAAAAAdw/u8vN8stx3WY/s1600/Dragon+Dance+2011+Jan+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vtkCUZI-PoA/TU4QCrspDPI/AAAAAAAAAdw/u8vN8stx3WY/s320/Dragon+Dance+2011+Jan+006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The dragon bringing good fortune to the Weel Way Deli. </div>Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-34794688299231867892011-02-02T10:51:00.000-08:002011-02-02T10:52:05.659-08:00The Clallam Bay Dragon is back -- With A Partner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chinese New Year celebrations in Clallam Bay will begin with a dragon dance and parade through downtown Saturday, February the 5th.</span> <br />
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</span> </div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">The dance, celebrating the arrival of the year of the Rabbit, begins at 3:00 pm at the Weel Way Deli parking lot, and will continue through local businesses, followed by a potluck at the gallery (the green building on the west end of town) at 4:00 pm. Local band Loose Gravel will provide joyful bluegrass music.</span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Rabbit year represents happiness, wealth and longevity. Two new dragons will double the fun, especially if enough participants take part; children are very welcome to come help the dragons dance. Noisemakers and costumes encouraged.</span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">The original dragon, "Pollyanna," had been retired after several years of noble service. The dragon bodies are being made by the kids at the Clallam Bay preschool. The new heads were constructed by Forks artist Greg Hubbard. The silver-haired female dragon-head, "Aurora," and her sparkly-horned purple mate, "Ching Chang," represent the yin/yang or male/female principle.</span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">The heads' construction is based on rebar wire and athletic support tape, a strong, simple and waterproof method that was originated locally by Hubbard, using materials easily obtained locally. The method is being used by other members of the community to construct headdresses and masks for the dance.</span></div></div>Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-62953353106894777562010-09-25T16:27:00.000-07:002010-09-25T16:28:25.313-07:00West End Muses: Protect Local Food Sources - Call Your Senators Now!<a href="http://westendmuses.blogspot.com/2010/09/protect-local-food-sources-call-your.html">Protect Local Food Sources - Call Your Senators Now!</a>Christine Wasankarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05559594001627451628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-9238846921171064182010-09-09T15:24:00.000-07:002010-09-09T15:29:10.489-07:00Three Sisters High On The Sacred Bean!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vtkCUZI-PoA/TIlc_Xs19lI/AAAAAAAAAbM/ozLw83g876o/s1600/3Sisters+coffee+crazy+WEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vtkCUZI-PoA/TIlc_Xs19lI/AAAAAAAAAbM/ozLw83g876o/s320/3Sisters+coffee+crazy+WEB.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div align="JUSTIFY" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Caffeine Mania! The Three Sisters of Clallam Art Gallery now has its own espresso bar. Owners Sue Heiny, Sarah Grafstrom and Diana Goplen welcome everybody to the big green building at the west end of Clallam Bay. Stop by, hang out and top up for that long drive to Lake Ozette or Shi Shi Beach.</span></span></span></div>Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-81050089477939361292009-12-19T14:24:00.001-08:002009-12-19T19:55:36.214-08:00Clallam Bay HolidaysThe Three Sisters know how to do <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egXRiJf0v9g">Hallowe'en</a>.<br /><br />And <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnuq_nZXE54">Christmas</a>.<br /><br />AND the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmbcCfqQ0dI">Tree Raffle Party</a>,with Loose Gravel, who almost lose their donation pot to little Piper BeanDonna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-39633136142527729262009-07-19T09:38:00.001-07:002009-08-26T09:01:34.386-07:00True Native ArtTrue art by Makah tribal members <a href="http://ping.fm/SRtau">http://ping.fm/SRtau</a><br /><br />I've seen tourists trolling for fake native stuff, just "something that looks Injun," because they think the Neah Bay prices are too high. And -- sadly -- artists actually considering doing it, when they only know as much about the art form as they've seen driving by a totem pole.<br /><br />Nearest commissioned a Makah silver wrist cuff. I've been hinting for one of these for years, ever since we moved up here. I didn't want one just bought out of the glass counter. <a href="http://donnabarr.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-makah-bracelet.html">Click here</a> to see it.<br /><br />That cost us a mere $175.00. A bracelet like this -- with overhead costs, including research, travel, transportation, advertising, storage, etc. -- would cost over $350.00 in any Seattle gallery. It could come to $500.00 in a German gallery.<br /><br />And it's the real thing, from a recognized artist.<br /><br />Speaking of recognized artists, Frank Smith's totem poles are all over Neah Bay. Their style, while within the tradition, is so individual they're easy to spot. One of them is in the mall at the corner of Highway 112 and Frontier Street, in Clallam Bay. There's another in Port Orchard, on southern docks. And another I'm pretty sure is his on the grounds of an apartment complex in Bremerton.Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-58810748339330771282009-06-20T10:26:00.001-07:002009-06-20T10:26:09.398-07:00Desert Peach musical clips at: <a href="http://ping.fm/e2Ucj">http://ping.fm/e2Ucj</a>Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-78161407184665727242009-05-07T11:26:00.001-07:002009-05-07T11:26:42.492-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I did 6 x about 1600 panels like this before I ever published. OCD? <a href='http://ping.fm/jcuo6'>http://ping.fm/jcuo6</a></div>Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-11432540612006483712009-04-25T16:44:00.001-07:002009-04-25T16:44:31.844-07:00Vote the Peach up! http://ping.fm/uRmCTDonna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-27613318700692835102008-08-06T00:05:00.000-07:002008-08-06T00:06:21.064-07:00The Nature Of Things<p style="font-weight: bold;">I will be having the last show/exhibit of the year this weekend. Click on the poster to see the details, location, fun stuff like that :-)<br /></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drop in and say hi!</span><br /></p><p><a target="http://www.gallery-9.com/artist/artwork/EVENTS/posteronweb.jpg" href="http://www.gallery-9.com/artist/artwork/EVENTS/posteronweb.jpg"><img src="http://www.gallery-9.com/artist/artwork/EVENTS/posteronweb-sm.jpg" border="0" height="241" width="400" /></a></p><p></p><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Christine Wasankarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05559594001627451628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-8975123577447287052008-06-25T11:06:00.000-07:002008-06-25T11:11:26.677-07:00"Too Busy To Die" Co-Op Conference<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vtkCUZI-PoA/SGKKA7fz1zI/AAAAAAAAAHM/eIntMe2i_0s/s1600-h/Conference+04.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vtkCUZI-PoA/SGKKA7fz1zI/AAAAAAAAAHM/eIntMe2i_0s/s400/Conference+04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215883067024201522" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The “Working With Our Dreams” community conference brought together many of the ideas at the Three Sisters of Clallam art gallery and healing center in Clallam Bay, Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22. Pictured: Lora Messinger, publisher of The Sunset Times and oil painter, Ken Dehnert of Olympic Art Works, Jane Hielman of the West End Co-Op, gallery owner Sue Heiny, and Terry Hielman, also of the co-op. The painting is among others by Dehnert that will be featured in the gallery.<br /><br />“Too busy to die” is how a Sekiu co-op gardener put it.<br /><br />He'd been failing after his retirement, until instituting the West End Co-op garden project gave him a whole new interest in life.<br /><br />But it could apply to the whole area, where Westenders are refusing to submit to a narrowing resource base and economic stagnation, and are putting together the beginnings of a new economic diversity.<br /><br />The “Working With Our Dreams” community conference brought together many of the ideas at the Three Sisters of Clallam art gallery and healing center in Clallam Bay, Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22.<br /><br />The conference was put on by the co-op, which is part of the local initiatives recognized by the Community Action Teams established after the receipt of a $50,000 economic stimulus grant awarded to the Clallam Bay/Sekiu chamber of commerce.<br /><br />Hielman said the co-op was originally listed by the CAT as a co-op farm, but “it was still floundering,” and had not yet defined itself.<br /><br />The co-op has since grown without rigid central supervision. Residents are taking projects into their own hands, digging gardens and researching resources specific to the area. For example, a local honey industry could take advantage of access to the Olympic Peninsula “homesteader” bee strain, that has been proving resistant to the mites and fungus diseases that are causing colony collapses around the world.<br /><br />The co-op's goal is to organize residents to produce, buy, sell and trade fresh, healthy foods. Such products, organic and shipped in from outside the area, are already featured at the co-op, but will ultimately be based on locally-raised fruits, vegetables, eggs, milk and meats.<br /><br />“The conference did its work before it started,” said Hielman, referring to the daily interaction at the co-op, where residents come to purchase and suggest a steadily-growing inventory of foods, health products and dry goods. Some of the products a customer can find at the co-op store include dates, feta cheese, epsom salts, black, green and herbal teas, couscous, local eggs, planting soil, and even coconut milk.<br /><br />Hielman said the conference could become an annual business meeting, replacing monthly co-op meetings, a necessity as the price of gas goes up and it becomes more difficult for far-flung residents to drive into town.<br /><br />Hielman said, “The core of the conference is to create a fun atmosphere to relax,” while sharing new ideas for gardens, food and small business.<br /><br />Conference attendees included Lora Messinger, publisher of The Sunset Times and oil painter, Ken Dehnert of Olympic Art Works, Jane Hielman of the West End Co-Op, gallery owner Sue Heiny, and Terry Hielman, also of the co-op, and singer Donna Wilke, from Neah Bay.<br /><br />For co-op details, call: 360 963 2189Donna Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904536331777669867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-61402932499911718422008-03-11T13:26:00.000-07:002008-03-11T14:05:31.841-07:00March 08 is great<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R9btemVDBCI/AAAAAAAAACs/njiIARceFOE/s1600-h/01Rootball.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176585931649647650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R9btemVDBCI/AAAAAAAAACs/njiIARceFOE/s320/01Rootball.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Denise DeVaney wrote this article about us and I thought I would add it to our blog.</div><br /><p>Thank you, Denise!</p><p>Three Sisters of Clallam Healing Arts Center and Gallery</p><p></p><p>The Northwest Coast, Washington State: The communities of Clallam Bay and Sekiu, along with the Makah Nation in Neah Bay, make up the Norhtwest Coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Washinton State. It's a remote and stunningly beautiful area whose residents are economically challenged by changes in the logging and fishing industries.</p><p>Entrepreneurs, Sisters and Partners: As often as not, the first question that pops up when people first meet Susan and Diana, co-owners of Three Sisters of Clallam, is: There are two of you-what's with the name? "The inspiration for our name was the Three Sisters of Sekiu (an ancient rock formation that defined the neighboring community of Sekiu from its earliest years)," They explained. "We have lots of women in our family and whatever woman we're working with-that's our sister."</p><p>The Goplen women have built a business space in the small coastal community of Clallam Bay, Washington that is part art gallery, part massage practice and entirely original and personal. Three Sisters of Clallam is a large, airy building with wooden floors, arches and a vintage chandelier in the main gallery. A spectacular room divider is actually a huge slice of root base-polished into gleaming artwork-that provides a link to the community's logging history. Diana's massage business fills one elegant room and small spaces throughout the facility are becoming business ventures by others in this tiny hamlet.</p><p>"We wanted a place that was centered on healing, wellness and art." Sue said. "We wanted it to be organic and relaxing-always evolving and changing. We're thinking about adding a caf'e and a spa and maybe a hostel in the future." Diana added, "This business was and is a step of faith."</p><p>One thing you notice when you meet Susan and Diana is that they sound exactly alike and tend to talk as much to each other as to you. These two sisters have expanded the bond of family into a business partnership that seems to be thriving. "We've grown a lot through this process." Sue explained, "When you are sisters and become business partners, you bring a lot of baggage with you. We had to change the way we worked together. Diana said, "We learned to talk about our fears as well as our hopes."</p><p>Local residents of the Norhtwest Coast work hard together to keep businesses afloat and when the gallery opened its doors the community responded. Time, energy and artifacts were donated and the sisters agree that "People have really helped us with the process and shown us how to evolve."</p><p>The gallery complex opened in May of 2007. Almost a year later is there anything the two entrpreneurs would do differently if they could? Sue reflected, "We'd have more of a business plan to help us work together." Diana added, "That and a bigger woodstove!"</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Three Sisters Of Clallamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096320116611794163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-53178927326428636842008-02-06T02:20:00.000-08:002008-02-06T02:22:37.793-08:005 New Pieces - Beach Inpired<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widget-8c.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf?cy=mb&il=1&channel=720575940392605324&site=widget-8c.slide.com" style="width: 426px; height: 320px;" height="320" width="426"><param name="movie" value="http://widget-8c.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf?cy=mb&il=1&channel=720575940392605324&site=widget-8c.slide.com"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="salign" value="l"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="flashvars" value=""></object><div style="width: 426px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=mb&at=0&id=720575940392605324&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-8c.slide.com/p1/720575940392605324/mb_t016_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide1.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=mb&at=0&id=720575940392605324&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-8c.slide.com/p2/720575940392605324/mb_t016_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide2.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >From local artist Christine Wasankari - Some fun new pieces up online today -- starfish! Enjoy</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Store::</span><br /></span><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Heather-Sky-Studio-Gallery" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://stores.ebay.com/Heather-Sky-Studio-Gallery</span></span></span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Heather-Sky-Studio-Gallery" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Sans-serif;" > </span></a></span>Christine Wasankarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05559594001627451628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-36868739953863844702007-12-16T12:14:00.001-08:002007-12-16T16:11:42.641-08:00Christmas and Then SomeSo much today! So we'll just do a photo essay:<br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WIAG6ZoQI/AAAAAAAAAB4/3HaUWoRbF3U/s1600-h/XmasBazaarPuppy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144667684777599234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WIAG6ZoQI/AAAAAAAAAB4/3HaUWoRbF3U/s320/XmasBazaarPuppy.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Here are folks enjoying themselves at the Chrismas Bazaar in the front gallery room. We're going to do this every year. Puppies and rubber boots welcome! The gifts you can buy may be fancy, but the attitudes aren't. We've got pottery Japanese fanciers would kill for -- at out-here prices -- and a selection of soaps that smell so delicious you almost want to eat it. Fancy hats knitted while you watch (order your color). And gourmet snickerdoodles.</div><br /><br /><p><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WKlm6ZoSI/AAAAAAAAACI/3IPH4-hHeDU/s1600-h/HappyKitty.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144670528045949218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WKlm6ZoSI/AAAAAAAAACI/3IPH4-hHeDU/s320/HappyKitty.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><p><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WKlm6ZoSI/AAAAAAAAACI/3IPH4-hHeDU/s1600-h/HappyKitty.jpg"></a></p><br /><p>Folks were starting to say "Me first!" to be the first one on the table in the fancy new massage room in Diana's healing center (at the end of the brand new peach-colored hallway). But looks like Cleo beat 'em to it. This is the rare and esoteric massage method known as "Elevator butt."<br /></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><div><p></p><p><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WJK26ZoRI/AAAAAAAAACA/HU3EJuQYGzQ/s1600-h/Poinsettas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144668968972820754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WJK26ZoRI/AAAAAAAAACA/HU3EJuQYGzQ/s320/Poinsettas.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WKlm6ZoSI/AAAAAAAAACI/3IPH4-hHeDU/s1600-h/HappyKitty.jpg"></a></p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WKlm6ZoSI/AAAAAAAAACI/3IPH4-hHeDU/s1600-h/HappyKitty.jpg"></a></p><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><div><br /></div><p>As the evening comes on, those chandeliers really start to showup. And look at our poinsettas!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WMbW6ZoTI/AAAAAAAAACQ/n9ba3s7OdW8/s1600-h/TreeRaffle.jpg"></a></p><p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WMbW6ZoTI/AAAAAAAAACQ/n9ba3s7OdW8/s1600-h/TreeRaffle.jpg"></a></p><p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WMbW6ZoTI/AAAAAAAAACQ/n9ba3s7OdW8/s1600-h/TreeRaffle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144672550975545650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WMbW6ZoTI/AAAAAAAAACQ/n9ba3s7OdW8/s320/TreeRaffle.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><p>Sarah Grafstrom draws for the raffle, with kidlet help. DonnaLynn Olson won the Christmas Douglas fir, donate by Home Depot, with ornaments from Cathy Hart. Matt Winter got the massage, and Texan Dean the chocolate basket. Proceeds of the raffle went to Messy Palletes and the New Hope Food Bank.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WM_26ZoUI/AAAAAAAAACY/GdveK-6xk08/s1600-h/GalleryGhost.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144673178040770882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R2WM_26ZoUI/AAAAAAAAACY/GdveK-6xk08/s320/GalleryGhost.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>And finally, the Christmas Ghost appeared. </p><p></p><p>(Or does Donna's camera just have a really long lag time?)</p></div></div>Three Sisters Of Clallamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096320116611794163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-15875032154461348372007-11-26T09:22:00.000-08:002007-11-26T09:24:14.633-08:00Spread the JoyPLEASE let our blogger know about upcoming art projects at the gallery. Places, times, photo ops, it's all welcome (Donna says she can still run the blog IF people let her know about their great projects).<br /><br />Even if you're just working on a project that will contribute to the arts on the west end, don't be shy! <br /><br />Call 963 2935 with your information and dates.Three Sisters Of Clallamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096320116611794163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-28621965475328233642007-11-24T17:58:00.000-08:002007-11-26T09:25:32.852-08:00Xmas Tree Raffle<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R0sAQphk_oI/AAAAAAAAABs/L6JFST2UUwQ/s1600-h/Tree2007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137200085970779778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/R0sAQphk_oI/AAAAAAAAABs/L6JFST2UUwQ/s320/Tree2007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Come down and buy your $1.00 raffle ticket ($5.00 for 6) for the Three Sisters Christmas Tree! A big, beautiful, fresh tree, covered with decorations, as well as gift baskets and presents, will be raffled off at the Lighthouse Massage Open House, Saturday, December 15 (time still pending). Come buy tickets at the big green building at the west end of Clallam Bay, or call 360 963 2854 for information and times. (Proceeds go to the New Hope Food Bank and Messy Pallettes Art Group).</div><div> </div><div></div><div><em>(Left) Sarah Grafstrom decorating the tree. Don't miss the open house on the 15th!</em></div>Three Sisters Of Clallamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096320116611794163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-87441555354385979802007-11-01T10:07:00.000-07:002007-11-24T17:58:39.213-08:00Happy Hoko Carrot<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/RyoIwR6P25I/AAAAAAAAABk/Ki_HSqUVuRQ/s1600-h/HungCarrotSmall.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127920751249185682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/RyoIwR6P25I/AAAAAAAAABk/Ki_HSqUVuRQ/s320/HungCarrotSmall.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>First of all, Happy Harvest Season -- from our own little Hoko Valley Native, the beloved Hung Carrot, posing proudly in the Wall Of Wood Root in front of the back gallery.</div>Three Sisters Of Clallamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096320116611794163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-13021201497427399162007-10-15T12:55:00.000-07:002007-10-15T12:56:40.576-07:00We need a blogger!Hi -- Donna Barr just doesn't have a <em>moment</em> to do this blog any more. She's up to HERE with her own career, and has to concentrate on it.<br /><br />Anybody else want to volunteer?Three Sisters Of Clallamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096320116611794163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34337389651152059.post-91540109967532120622007-09-21T14:53:00.001-07:002007-09-21T15:03:57.522-07:00Veggies Galore<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/RvQ_FFCuORI/AAAAAAAAABc/YChEW97fVYo/s1600-h/Veggies72.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112780833457846546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_IFGymFvrdco/RvQ_FFCuORI/AAAAAAAAABc/YChEW97fVYo/s320/Veggies72.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Slip Point's Scott Alan brought in veggies from his Startup garden in eastern Washington, and distributed them in the area, including at the gallery.</div><div> </div><div>Terry and Jane Hielman are organizing a co-op and buyer's club at the gallery. Four stock members ($150.00) provide a base for buying new products.</div><div> </div><div>Future deliveries will be from an organic produce and food company that allows group orders as low as $40.00. Co-op members do not need to be stock members to buy order food.</div><div> </div><div>(Above) Terry minds the beautiful produce. Check out the lemon cucumbers! Don't be afraid to try new things. It's all good for you and your family.</div>Three Sisters Of Clallamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096320116611794163noreply@blogger.com0