[NEohioPAL]"Scout" Crystal Birns Painting Exhibit

Mon Jun 13 11:04:03 PDT 2005

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Greetings,

WHO:  Standing Rock Cultural Arts

WHAT: =B3Scout=B2 Art Exhibition
-New Paintings by Crystal Birns

WHEN:  July 2 - July 30, 2005
-Opening Reception:  July 2, 8-11pm

WHERE:  North Water Street Gallery, 257 N. Water St., Kent

CONTACT:  330-673-4970

GALLERY HOURS:  Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm or by appointment

www.standingrock.net for updates

Crystal Birns' Artist Statement
Having moved across the country many times I=B9ve always anchored myself in a
place by taking daily walks and found comfort and inspiration in the visual
dialogue that patterns every neighborhood - telephone poles, birds, trees,
railroad tracks, sky.  Lately as a yoga student and dancer I=B9ve been
especially interested in the =8Cinner=B9 landscape of humans (bones, muscle,
blood, thoughts, perceptions, dreams) and how it is mirrored and augmented
by this outer landscape (trees, rivers, traffic, buildings) around us. If a=
n
ecosystem is all about relationships then what is this ecosystem of a
suburban neighborhood - the threshold between human-made order and natural
order, between the world of humans and the world of the wilderness?  I find
it compelling and fascinating to pay attention to this threshold =AD and love
to spend afternoons sitting in one spot painting and listening to it=B9s
unique sounds and rhythms (the early morning bird sounds becoming truck
sounds becoming beeping horns becoming a train whistle becoming a baseball
game becoming kids walking across the street becoming rush hour traffic-
telephone poles and trees, train tracks and rivers, etc).

Painting is a way for me to explore all of that =AD which is how these
paintings here came to be.  Painting calms me down and opens my eyes and I
love it.=20

Biography
I studied ceramics and painting at Humboldt State University in California,
and after graduating started a mural painting business in Santa Cruz CA.
Twenty murals later I moved to Kent and started working at a Nature Center
in Shaker Heights and began to paint and learn the names of some of Ohio=B9s
inhabitants (snapping turtles, jewelweed, finches, cardinals, muskrats, wil=
d
ginger, birch, may apple, and wood ducks) and find a way to call Ohio home.

Thank you for supporting the Arts,

Jeff Ingram/Executive Director
Standing Rock Cultural Arts
257 N. Water St.
Kent, OH 44240
330-673-4970
info at standingrock.net

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<B>Greetings,<BR>
<BR>
</B><FONT FACE=3D"Helvetica"><H2>WHO:  Standing Rock Cultural Arts<BR>
<BR>
WHAT: =B3Scout=B2 Art Exhibition<BR>
</H2><FONT SIZE=3D"4"><B>-New Paintings by Crystal Birns<BR>
</B></FONT><H2><BR>
WHEN:  July 2 - July 30, 2005<BR>
-Opening Reception:  July 2, 8-11pm<BR>
<BR>
WHERE:  North Water Street Gallery, 257 N. Water St., Kent<BR>
<BR>
CONTACT:  330-673-4970<BR>
<BR>
</H2><FONT SIZE=3D"5"><B>GALLERY HOURS:  Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm </B></=
FONT><B>or by appointment<BR>
</B><H2><BR>
</H2><FONT SIZE=3D"4"><B>www.standingrock.net for updates<BR>
</B></FONT><H3><BR>
</H3></FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman"><B><U>Crystal Birns' Artist Statem=
ent<BR>
</U></B>Having moved across the country many times I=B9ve always anchored mys=
elf in a place by taking daily walks and found comfort and inspiration in th=
e visual dialogue that patterns every neighborhood - telephone poles, birds,=
 trees, railroad tracks, sky.  Lately as a yoga student and dancer I=B9ve=
 been especially interested in the =8Cinner=B9 landscape of humans (bones, muscl=
e, blood, thoughts, perceptions, dreams) and how it is mirrored and augmente=
d by this outer landscape (trees, rivers, traffic, buildings) around us. If =
an ecosystem is all about relationships then what is this ecosystem of a sub=
urban neighborhood - the threshold between human-made order and natural orde=
r, between the world of humans and the world of the wilderness?  I find=
 it compelling and fascinating to pay attention to this threshold =AD and love=
 to spend afternoons sitting in one spot painting and listening to it=B9s uniq=
ue sounds and rhythms (the early morning bird sounds becoming truck sounds b=
ecoming beeping horns becoming a train whistle becoming a baseball game beco=
ming kids walking across the street becoming rush hour traffic- telephone po=
les and trees, train tracks and rivers, etc).<BR>
<BR>
Painting is a way for me to explore all of that =AD which is how these painti=
ngs here came to be.  Painting calms me down and opens my eyes and I lo=
ve it. <BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Biography<BR>
</U></B>I studied ceramics and painting at Humboldt State University in Cal=
ifornia, and after graduating started a mural painting business in Santa Cru=
z CA. Twenty murals later I moved to Kent and started working at a Nature Ce=
nter in Shaker Heights and began to paint and learn the names of some of Ohi=
o=B9s inhabitants (snapping turtles, jewelweed, finches, cardinals, muskrats, =
wild ginger, birch, may apple, and wood ducks) and find a way to call Ohio h=
ome.<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Helvetica"><H3><BR>
<BR>
Thank you for supporting the Arts,<BR>
<BR>
</H3><FONT SIZE=3D"4"><B>Jeff Ingram/Executive Director<BR>
</B></FONT><H3>Standing Rock Cultural Arts<BR>
257 N. Water St.<BR>
Kent, OH 44240<BR>
330-673-4970<BR>
</H3><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><FONT SIZE=3D"4"><B><U>info at standingrock.net<BR>
</U></B></FONT></FONT></FONT>
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