september 05museletter

September is a busy time of year! We'll keep this month's museletter short so you can continue preparing for the school year, wrapping up summer projects, and starting new fall activities. Here are a few things we wanted to be sure you knew about: . . .

SALES, SALES, SALES
SEPTEMBER SKETCHBOOK WALK
SHOW YOUR WORK AT MUSE
COMMUNITY NEWS

SALES

We have two different SALES FLYERS with hundreds of items at special prices for back-to-school, drawing, painting, kids’ projects and more.

A few highlights include:
-- 3-pack with 8.5x11 hardbound sketchbook, 9x12 drawing pad, and 9x12 spiralbound sketchpad for only $9.99!
-- Liquitex Acrylic Set with eight 2oz tubes, gloss medium, two brushes, and canvas board for $36.95.
-- Prismacolor pencil sets in tins: set of 24, $19.95 (sets of 12 to 72 are all on sale)
-- MABEF wooden field easel, adjustable to 90 degrees for watercolors, $57.95.
-- Value pack of 18 hog-bristle brushes with canvas brush holder, $6.99.
-- Das Pronto air hardening clay, $5.49.
-- Discounts on 1.5”-deep stretched canvas and Golden acrylics.

Download flyers with all the great items and prices from our homepage.

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SKETCHBOOK WALK

This month's walk will be on Saturday, September 10, from 9:00 to 11:30am. Meet at Muse in time to start our walk at 9:00. This month we'll do a few quick sketches as we walk through Richmond neighborhood on our way to our first sketching stop at Sewallcrest Park and Community Garden. Next, we'll head to Belmont Street for two different sketching stops at the Belmont Street Fair. Our walks are usually round trips back to Muse, but this month we'll disband on Belmont so you can continue enjoying Street Fair festivities.

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2006 EXHIBIT CALENDAR

We’ve had a great variety of work on the walls in recent months and some great response from people coming in to see art and attending our meet-the-artist receptions. If you’d like to schedule your work to be shown in 2006, come by the store to talk to us about getting on the calendar.

The 2006 schedule is:
January 8 – February 18,
February 19 – April 1,
April 2 – May 13,
May 14 – June 24,
June 25 – August 5,
August 6 – September 16
September 17 – October 28
October 29 – December 2
December 3 – January 6

note: dates subject to change

More information, see our Call to Artists page.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

On September 18 & 19, 2005 Portland will host public events featuring Guadalupe Rivera Marin. Dr. Rivera Marin is a former diplomat and author as well as a noted lecturer, and speaks passionately and movingly about the work of her late father, Mexican mural artist Diego Rivera. Her most recent book is "Diego Rivera the Red" (Dec. 2004, published by Arte Publico) which chronicles his early life as an artist engaged with both the avant-garde artistic and political movements of the day. As the founder and current board chair of the Diego Rivera Foundation (based in Mexico), Dr. Rivera Marin lends her voice in support of public art and artists through international speaking tours and conferencing activites. While she is in Portland, scheduled events will include two public presentations:

- Sunday, Sept 18th, 7 pm at First Congregational Church on SW Park Ave. (sliding scale) Dr. Rivera Marin will be available that evening to sign copies of her latest book.
- Monday, September 19th, 7pm, St. Andrews Church (free presentation in Spanish)

For details about these upcoming lectures, or to volunteer to help, please contact: Dave Mazza c/o the Portland Alliance 503/239-4991

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