The Living Gallery

     

The Living Gallery is pleased to present new work by Fumiko Kimura. Kimura believes the purpose of art is to keep us spiritually and physically healthy. “Nature is a place where I receive my inspiration to create and evolve new paintings." Kimura has combined her use of Sumi and watercolor with collage to render this.

A second generation Japanese American artist, Kimura was born in Idaho. Going to Japan in 1940 to visit her grandparents in Northern Japan, she and her family were stranded there at the outbreak of WW II. During the difficult times she studied art, finding an inner life in art that would define her life's path.

Kimura returned to Tacoma in 1947 as a high schooler. After a career in chemistry, she returned to more serious painting. She has received awards in regional, national, and international competitions.

Kimura continues to paint, teach, and exhibit in the United States and Japan.

Due Madri Quilt Gallery

Lunching at Lela’s? Popping by Ashland Recycled Furniture? Here amidst the Railroad District’s hustle and bustle, Ashland's best-kept secret awaits you. The building’s airy second level houses six working studios and Due Madri Quilt Gallery.

In the spacious gallery, exquisite hand-made American quilts from the 1840's through the 1940's take center stage. Each month, a themed show adorns the high walls, with more quilts spilling from the shelves and draped from the rafters. A historic general store counter is laden with artisan-made gifts, and on First Fridays, a lavish <i>tapas</i> spread. Cricket, shop cat, gives you a polite once-over, while comfortable couches urge browsing at a slower pace.

The gallery’s name is Italian for “two mothers”, acknowledging quilting’s transmission through families along the female line. More specifically, the name salutes the influence of the owner’s own mother, a quilter for over three decades and her Italian host mom, an artist, gallery owner, and now quilter.

Ashland Art Works

Ashland Art Works, recipient of the 2006 A Taste of Ashland People’s Choice Award for best gallery, is home to thirteen Rogue Valley artists, five galleries and working studios, plus a ceramics studio. We are pleased to introduce Ashland Art Workshops, this light filled second-floor studio/classroom is host to a series of workshops, and exhibits, and is available to the public for meetings, classes and gatherings. For more information visit http://www.ashlandartworks.com/web/events.html.

Come for the art and stay for the ambiance. The time-honored paring of art with wine tasting and fine food is a tradition here. In June we feature ceramic garden art by member Cheryl Kempner and the digital print series “Transforms” on 100% cotton rag paper by guest artist Richard Levitt, plus marble sculpture by Jack Langford on the creek-side deck.

Gallery Gimbel

The gallery is dedicated to oil paintings, works on paper and limited prints by Sam Gimbel located in the newly renovated Harrison’s parts building with its soaring ceilings and circa 1905 floors and brick walls.

Gimbel has been collected and shown for over twenty five years from Europe, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Hawaii.

He is a master of color and form, depicting views and situations around him.

His strong abstract expressionist style and keen observational skills of his surroundings, that translates well to the viewer. His great language of paint and form can be seen instantly.