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Community Talent Showcase Returns January 19

will w didgeThe Hoffman Center in Manzanita will host its fourth Community Talent Showcase Saturday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. The event will feature a variety of acts put on by local citizens.

“These events are so much fun and the audiences really enjoy themselves,” said Center president David Dillon. “It’s amazing the variety of talent we have among us.”

Auditions will be held Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Center to select 12-15 acts for the show. The acts should be suitable for all ages and last no more than five minutes.

Admission to the Jan. 19 show will be $10. All proceeds will go to support the Center’s general operating fund.

Performer registration forms are available here.  Simply bring the completed form to the audition.

United Paws Benefit Art Show & Sale in October

We’re happy to help our friends at United Paws by promoting their art show.

Named Nature Transformed:  Capturing Its Essence in the Arts, the show runs October 2 through November 4  at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum.  Admission is free.

Over 40 local and visiting guest artists offering works in every medium including painting, print making, jewelry, pottery, metal and glass sculpture, basket weaving, and the fiber arts.  Works are available in all price ranges – there is something for everyone, and ideal kickoff Christmas shopping.

There will be an Opening Reception October 5, 5-7pm at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, featuring special silent auction, meet the artists, complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages, and live music.

Proceeds benefit Tillamook County’s non-profit animal welfare group United Paws, offering low-cost spay/neuter programs, assistance with vet care for low-income families, rescue and adoption placement for homeless and abandoned cats & dogs, and eduction outreach regarding animal welfare to the community.

Scholarship Established for Local Writer

Summer in Words, an annual writing conference on the Oregon coast is now affiliated with the Hoffman Center in Manzanita. As part of this affiliation, funds are being raised so that Holly , a Hoffman Center instructor, can attend the conference. Additionally, a raffle sponsored by the conference will support the Hoffman Center, including their summer arts camp where Lorincz will be teaching writing to teens.

The amount for her scholarship is $265. If additional funds are raised SIW will also offer Lorincz a manuscript critique by a developmental editor. In addition, raffle items related to writing are being accepted, with a special interest in a local business offering a writer’s retreat lodging on the Oregon coast.

Holly Lorincz grew up on the Columbia River and now lives on the north Oregon coast. She taught high school language arts for 15 years at Neah-Kah-Nie High School while at the same time coaching an award-winning speech and debate team. She was the Oregon Speech Educator of the year in 2007 and has twice received Outstanding Educator awards from the National Federation of High Schools. She helped the speech team grow from zero to forty members in a school with 200 students, achieved three State Championships with seven of her competitors earning individual State Champion trophies, and served on the Oregon Speech & Debate State Committee Board for ten years.

Two years ago, Holly was forced to leave teaching when she contracted mononucleosis. The underlying Epstein Barr Virus has morphed into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, leaving her to battle physical and mental fatigue — a language arts specialist with a virus attached to her communications and short-term memory. No longer able to teach, she redefined herself as a novelist. Sometimes able to write only a sentence a day, sometimes a paragraph, but she writes. She dabbles in short story and poetry, loves writing children’s books with her six year old Auggie, and recently finished her first fiction novel, Smart Mouth.

Her website is at http://hollylorincz.wordpress.com/

Funds can be sent via PayPal or mailed to Summer in Words, P.O. Box 820141, Portland, OR 97282-1141. Contact Jessica Morrell at 503 287-2150 or jessicapage@spiritone.com for details about the scholarship or raffle. Donors will be included in the Summer in Words written program unless they wish to remain anonymous.

Summer in Words is an annual writing conference held on the Oregon Coast. Chelsea Cain is the keynote speaker joining a group of award-winning and stellar professionals for a weekend that will inspire writers at all levels. The theme for this year’s conference is Refinement, Resonance & Renewal. SIW provides aspiring and established writers the opportunity to hone their writing skills, hear inspiring advice, and network with fellow writers. Cost for all three days is $265.00; single day pricing is also available.

Both beginning and established writers are invited to attend the conference. SIW will also feature a raffle with proceeds going to Hoffman Center a facility that provides arts in Manzanita and Write Around Portland, an organization that helps people transform their lives through writing. The conference is located at the Hallmark Inn & Resort located in midtown Cannon Beach overlooking Haystack Rock. Cloud & Leaf Bookstore of Manzanita will be selling books at the event.

Visit any of the instructors’ websites or blogs:

Chelsea Cain http://chelseacain.com/

Sage Cohen http://pathofpossibility.com/

Jessica Glenn http://mindbuckmedia.com/contact.shtml

Cathy Lamb http://www.cathylamb.net/

Jessica Morrell: www.jessicamorrell.com

Naseem Rakha http://www.naseemrakha.com/

Bruce Holland Rogers http://www.shortshortshort.com/

The registration fee of $265 covers tuition for the three-day conference, Friday night’s reception, Saturday lunch and keynote, and light breakfasts each morning. Friday night’s Writer’s Reception and the Saturday lunch and keynote are $25.

About Summer in Words: Founded in 2008 by Jessica Morrell Summer in Words was created to provide writers with an intimate conference experience in an uplifting setting so that attendees are energized, enlightened, and inspired. Jessica Morrell is the author of five books for writers and Voices From the Street which is about homeless people in Portland, Oregon

LINKS TO PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES about Holly Lorincz:

Poetry http://hoffmanblog.org/http:/hoffmanblog.org/category/squid

Blog http://hollylorincz.blogspot.com/

Article http://www.upperleftedge.com/2012/05/14/5-reasons-chronic-illness-is-fabulous/

Poetry Award http://www.writersdigest.com/poetryawards

Educator Award http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=3917

http://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news/article_c3a6f5d9-d495-53d2-ba56-f16b237d16b4.html

http://northcoastcitizen.com/pirate_pride/news/article_f32136c6-232f-11e0-bf69-001cc4c03286.html

 

CARTM and Hoffman Center Join Together to Present Trash Art Show in July

Cheese trays made from recycled wine bottles by Skip Rognlien

The show must go on and go on it will—the Trash Art Show that is. The Hoffman Center stepped up with an offer to collaborate with CARTM and host the show at their venue and share in the work of production and marketing of the show, and the proceeds. Both organizations see this as a win for both as well as a big win for the community.

The Trash Art Show which is scheduled for July 6, 7, and 8 will be the 14th annual show which was birthed in 1997 by Susan Walsh and Lorraine Ortiz. Through the ensuing years the show has produced a whole new cadre of local artists specializing in the making of this art-form which relies solely on recycled materials as its medium.

“The Hoffman Center sees this partnership as the perfect fit to let the show go on without impacting CARTM’s operations or current desire to focus its attention on its mission,” said John Freethy, Hoffman Center board member. “We are an art center so it was natural to have the show move to our venue to carry on this local tradition.”

The show will be a fundraiser for the two organizations and the plans for the event this year include a ticketed pre-opening night event for those wishing to support the organizations above and beyond purchasing the art. There will be a limited number of tickets sold to the pre-opening which are expected to go on sale in early May.

“All of us at CARTM are overjoyed at the partnership proposed by Hoffman Center,” said Jan Hamilton, CARTM Executive Director. “We all want to see trash art continue to thrive in our community because it is one of the ways our community expresses itself creatively, and as as art-form it inspires creative re-use of materials which is ultimately at the heart of everything we do at CARTM.”

Plans are also underway for a series of Trash Art workshops to be held in April and May in anticipation of the show. The organizers of the 14th Annual Trash Art Show encourage anyone who has ever wanted to enter something in the show to do it this year.

Talent Show Back by Popular Demand!

Come audition on Wednesday, September 28th from 5 to 8 p.m.

It’s Back!

The Hoffman Center’s first Community Talent Showcase held in January was such a success, we’re going to stage another one on Saturday, October 1st at 7 p.m. We’re encouraging everyone to consider auditioning for this fun event. In addition to musicians and singers, we’re looking for actors, dancers, jugglers, maybe even baton twirlers to strut their stuff.

Auditions will be held Wednesday, September 28th from 5 to 8 p.m. A panel of judges will select 12 to 15 acts that show a particular skill or originality to fill a fun evening. Individual acts should be appropriate for all ages and about five minutes long.

The general public will be invited to the Community Talent Showcase for a $10 admission. All proceeds will go to the Hoffman Center‘s operating budget.

Click here for a talent showperformer registration form and bring it to the audition. Questions can be e-mailed to hoffmancenter@nehalemtel.net or phoned to 503-368-3846.

 

Read All About It: Hoffapalooza!

Be sure to stop by the Hoffman Center on Saturday, July 23rd, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

We’re excited to show off some of the changes to our performance and gallery spaces, as well as the newly expanded Clay Studio.  Plus, you’re invited to explore all sorts of demonstrations of what the Hoffman Center has to offer, including clay, drawing, writing, reading, music, letterpress, mixed media, and book and paper arts.  Click on the Hoffapalooza Schedule for a printable schedule of events.  There’s no admission.

Local businesses and individuals have also generously donated over $1,500 worth of products and services for our fabulous raffle and silent auction prizes. Enter to win a $25 gas card from Bayside Shell & Grocery, just for showing up. Click on this list of Hoffapalooza prizes to see all of the wonderful raffle prizes and special silent auction items.  Raffle tickets are just $1 each,  12 for $10, or 25 for $20.    All proceeds go to the Hoffman Center Operating Fund.

And that’s not all!  Over 20 local artists will be showing and selling their art, including pieces made in the Hoffman Center Clay and Life Drawing Studios, and other art classes.  There also will be a display of art by kids in the Outside the Box Arts program.

Did we forget anything?  Well, there will be a lemonade stand on the front porch, plus tasty hand baked goods donated by Kim Miller.

We’ll see you there!

 

 

Hoffman Center Awarded $23K Grant

The Hoffman Center in Manzanita has been awarded a $23,000 grant by the Laird Norton Family Foundation to fund its “Outside the Box Arts” program at Nehalem Elementary School. The program is an expansion and extension of the “Art Moms” program run the past two years by parent volunteers Beth Basile and Angelle Soans, with assistance from other local artists.

 The grant will fund supplies, instruction during weekly art sessions at the school, public showings and displays. At the end of the year, each student will also receive a portfolio of his or her work.

 “The program challenges children to think ‘outside the box’ and to see their world in different and unexpected ways,” said Hoffman Center board member and program developer Annie Naranjo-Rivera. “Hands-on instruction is offered in a variety of media, including two-dimensional and three-dimensional art, performing arts and creative writing.”

 ”We were obviously very pleased to receive this grant. It will allow our community to provide more art experiences for local kids, offering them an early appreciation for creative activities that can last a lifetime,” said Center president David Dillon. “Now, in partnership with Laird Norton, we can do much more — help with oversight, communications with the school, volunteer training, evaluations, feedback and payroll,”

 The Hoffman Center and the Eugene Schmuck Foundation helped buy supplies for the “Art Moms” in the past, and the Mudd-Nick Foundation funded the annual year-end art show/dinner for families, volunteers and Nehalem Elementary students. “Art for kids in our area would not be possible without the numerous supporters, dedicated parents and community volunteers,” added Dillon.

 The grant will not cover the whole cost of the program, so additional financing will be sought from local organizations, businesses and individuals. “We will be approaching a number of these folks to see if they can help round out the ‘Outside the Box Arts’ experience with some additional resources, specifically money,” said Dillon.

 Based in Seattle, the Laird Norton Family Foundation is a private family foundation that makes grants for charitable purposes in the U.S. in areas of Climate Change, Global Fundamentals, Arts in Education, and Watershed Stewardship.

 The Hoffman Center is an Oregon nonprofit 501(c)3 organization which supports and encourages artistic, cultural and educational activities in north Tillamook County by providing facilities, funding, promotion and other assistance.

Art Sale on Sunday, September 5th

Is it time for a new look in your guest bedroom? Is there a bare spot above the dining table? Then, check out the second annual Transplant Your Art sale. The Hoffman Center will hold the Sale on Sunday, September 5, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the main building on 594 Laneda Avenue in Manzanita. Community members have donated their unwanted, but still wonderful, art pieces to the Center. All types of media will be for sale—original or reproduction–, including paintings, photography, posters, prints, textiles, and sculpture. Selected items will be sold via silent auction and the remainder will be available for outright sale. All of the sale’s proceeds will go to the Hoffman Center’s remodeling fund.