BOOK LAUNCH: Which includes my cover art

“Kept me on edge of my seat to the end.”

“Book has sweep, velocity, and power.”

“The writing is brilliant. It’s not just a story, it’s an experience.”

Last Stop Before Tomorrow, by Tim Hicks is available wherever you buy your books.

Published in paperback and as an eBook.

BOOK LAUNCH: Join the author for a reading and book signing on Nov. 28, 5:00 p.m. at

Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St., Eugene.

To find out about other events, email Tim at: timallenhicks@icloud.com

Congratulations Tim!

I hope you have a great reading!

Turkey anyone?

Thanks for keeping up with Robin Press!

All the Best,

Beth

The Beginning of Making Christmas: First Order

Studio day!

The Cosmos

I only make these small boxes close to fall for gifts.

Most will be at the Jacobs Small Pleasure's Show.

I hope to see you there.

Beth

Small Pleasures Invitational 2015

Bittersweet showing at the Jacobs this season!

I hope to see you at the show!

Beth

From the Director Bev Soasey:

November 28, 2015 – January 16, 2016

Exhibit: Small Pleasures Invitational

There will be something for everyone!

Painting – Printmaking – Etching –  Jewelry – Fiber – Mixed Media – Fiber – Clay – Sculpture – Drawing – and more . . .

As most of you probably know by now, the Small Pleasures Invitational, will be the last for the Jacobs Gallery. I am happy to say however, that we have 49 artists in this years exhibit, mostly local. I know this exhibit will be the best ever. Please come and support these artists and the Jacobs Gallery!

The work in this exhibit will be 12 inches or smaller in any direction, with some exceptions. Unlike typical exhibits at the Jacobs Gallery, if a piece sells and the purchaser wants to take the piece, this will be allowed throughout the entire exhibit. If an artist has provided extra work, we will replace work that sells, or we will hang a gift tag at the spot indicating SOLD and taken.

Free events at the Jacobs Gallery:

• CLOSED: November 26 & 27 for Thanksgiving Holiday

• SPECIAL EXTENDED HOURS: First day of exhibit –Saturday, November 28, 11am – 5pm

• OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, December 4, 5:30 – 8pm

• FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK: Friday, December 4 and January 8, 5:30 – 8pm

Lane Arts Council is changing the normal First Friday ArtWalk,  from Jan. 1st which is New Years Day, to Friday, Jan. 8, 5:30 – 8pm.
Gallery closed on Dec. 24th and 25th for Christmas holiday and also, on Dec. 31st and Jan. 1st for New Years.

These are some of the awesome artists involve:

Lillian Almeida

Janice LaVerne Barker

Germaine Bennett

Erika Beyer

Jonathan Blackburn

Mike Aono Boyd

Nancy Cheeseman

Dan Chen

Merri Sue Clark

Pat Condron

Ron Dobrowski

Patricia Donahue

Suma Elan

Theresita Eltz

Andrew Godard

Colette Gowan

Jenny Gray

Sarah Grossberg

Heather Halpern

Ann Bumb Hamilton

MarDee Hansen

John Holdway

Wes Hurd

Laura Jaszkowski

Liz Johnson

Jason Terry 

Margaret Leutzinger

Patti Lomant

Rebecca Mannheimer

Rachel McLain

Patti McNutt

Tylar Merrill

Satoko Motouji

Sandi O'Brien

Milla Oliveira

David & Melissa Parry

Lynn Ihsen Peterson

Suzanne Ponsioen

Chris Pontrelli

Beth Robinson

Julie Schaum

Sally Schwader

Sarah Sedwick

Gabriella Soraci

Majorie Taylor

Dennis Thompson

Caroline Viene

Terry Way

Micheal Whitenack

This exhibit sponsored by:

The Eye Center, Dr. and Mrs. John Haines

Communities West 2: 2015 Portfolio Exchange in four Sets

The Robert and Gennie DeWeese Gallery is proud to present:

Communities West 2: 2015 Portfolio Exchange in four Sets

This unique teaching gallery is located within the walls of Bozeman High School.

The Gallery is free and open to the public from 9 am - 3 pm Monday through Friday

Communities West 2: 2015 Portfolio is on display from October 26th through November 23rd.

Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this exchange!

Beth

The List of Amazing Artist included:

Gina Adams

Jill Annie Margaret

James Bailey

Madison Becker

Emily Browne

Erik Brunvand

Sandy Brunvand

Kellie Cannon

Christa Carleton

Todd Christensen

Jason Clark

Muriel Condon

Justin Diggle

Elizabeth Dove

Emily Dyer Barker

Stefanie Dykes

Jay Fox

Lorie Hoffman

Gesine Janzen

Tressa Jones

Hilary Lorenz

Abe Mcowan

Monika Meler

Kimiko Miyoshi

Adam Montoya

Conor Mullen

Stephanie Newman

Kit Osborn

Meghan Pohlod

Kathy Puzey

Andrew Rice

David Rice

Mark Ritchie

Beth Robinson 

Robert Royhl

Melissa Sculenberg

David Williams 

Sukha Worob

Melanie Yazzie

Qian (Chino) Zhao

Breathing just a little, and calling it a life...

I just read a great article by  Tim Mc Kee called 

The Geography Of Sorrow Francis Weller On Navigating Our Losses

Here is an excerpt:

McKee: You’ve said that anesthesia and amnesia are the two primary “sins” of modern society. 

Weller: We go numb to try to cope with the fact that we have not been granted what we need to thrive. The levels of addiction in our society are off the charts, and I’m not just talking about alcohol and drugs; I’m talking about shopping, working, sex. Addictions are an attempt to cope with intolerable states. The meager lives we are asked to live, in which we are often reduced to “earning a living,” are themselves intolerable. We are meant to have a more sensuous, imaginative, and creative existence. As children we are enchanted with the world, yet as adults we end up, as poet Mary Oliver said, “breathing just a little, and calling it a life.” That’s the anesthesia. 

McKee: And the amnesia?

Weller: We are living in what writer and cultural critic Daniel Quinn calls the Great Forgetting. Many of us have forgotten that we’re a part of an ecosystem, a watershed. We’ve forgotten that we’re kin to all the other animals. We’ve forgotten that we need each other. We have forgotten what I call the “commons of the soul.”

This is the link to the Sun article.