Artwalk Press Release
For Immediate Release: March 17, 2011
Contact: Tammy Cromer-Campbell - 903.236.4686
Renee Hawkins - 903.753.8103
ArtWalk Longview has over a dozen participating spaces scheduled for Thursday April 7, from 5 - 8 pm. For the first time ArtWalk will host a film screening of three short documentaries, Heal Our World, starting at 8pm at the Gregg County Historical Museum. In honor of Earth Day, this ArtWalk turns green! We ask all venues to consider recycling during the event.
Stroll the streets of Longview starting at Pinewoods Live/American Classifieds located at 506 N. 2nd Street. They have live music by Lorretta Callens and will exhibit works of at least 15 artists. Then travel to Leilawood Florist to see the works of Celi Bothwell Hester. The Longview Museum of Fine Arts will be showing the works of area high school students in the side galleries and paintings by juror Ray Daniel in the main gallery. Studio 204 and Christina Massey Photography on Fredonia will exhibit her work and that of Danny Guire. Continue on to the Judge J. T. Smith Sculpture Garden, KLTV is exhibiting prints from the Gregg County Historical Museum, Osaka Japanese Sushi Bar, and into the Arc Coffee Shop, exhibiting works by Seslea Mobbs. Gallery 100 will display the works of twenty-one local artists working in the following media: watercolor, oil painting, acrylic, ceramic, photography, and glasswork, according to owner Shannon Gilliland. Artists include Patsy Irons, Don Auderer, Anup Bhandari, Gertrude Bisese, Michael Bishop, Jane Minick Cannon, Christine Chandler, Peggy Sue Coston, Tammie Dubose, Phyllis Haase, Reba Hubbard, Jim Hyatt, Varya Ignatchenko, Tim Lee, Karen Lowrey, James McLemore, Jeff Rushing, Sandra Spann, Jan Statman, David Thomas and Barbara Walls. DTE/Zowies will host musician Patrick James. George Preston's Antiques will be showing pastel artist Jeannie Davis' works. The band 36 Black will be playing on Center St. near TCC PHOTO | GALLERY, which will be exhibiting Heal Our World with Blue Earth Alliance Photographers John Trotter, Tammy Cromer-Campbell, Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele. Downtown Flooring Gallery on Methvin will be showing stone sculpture by Stacy Deslatte. Stop in at The Yoga Place to view photographer Jamie Maldonado's work. Next door, Design 903 and Forbes & Butler Visual Communications will feature mosaic artist Cece Bode's work. P's Gallery at Guthrie Creek will have a new exhibit upstairs with the band Rambellwood and artists booths outside under the covered drive. The Gregg County Historical Museum and Interstate Battery will hold ArtWalk's first film screening with Heal Our World short documentaries at 8pm. GCHM will show 3 short films by 3 renowned photographers regarding the environment just in time for Earth Day.
The ArtWalk venues are TCC PHOTO | GALLERY, Art Gallery 100/Shannon's Beading Basket,, George Preston's Antiques, ARC Coffee Shop, Judge J.T. Smith Sculpture Garden, Osaka Japanese Sushi Bar, DTE/Zowies, Forbes & Butler Visual Communications, Design 903, the Yoga Place, Downtown Flooring Gallery, Studio 204, Gregg County Historical Museum, Interstate Battery, the Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Leilawood Florist, Piney Woods Live and P's Gallery.
Jennifer Bowes, Operations Coordinator, Interstate All Battery Center explained, "Batteries are one of the greenest products around: they aren’t fossil fuels, many are rechargeable, and the ones that aren’t are almost 100% recyclable. As a company, we have been GREEN since the day we started. We were GREEN before GREEN was cool ! Prior to the Art Walk, we will be promoting the event in our stores by handing out maps and information to each of our customers. We will also hold a drawing: Anyone that comes into our store can enter to win a $100 Visa Gift card that must go towards the purchase of a piece of art from one of the Art Walk artists. The winner will be notified via email the day before the event. At the event, we will have a table set up in the Heal Our World Video Screening Room with food and refreshments. We will be handing out coupons as well as pamphlets with some recycling education and tips."
Randi Garcia of Piney Woods Live said "Piney Woods LIVE Magazine is pleased to be part of the Longview Artwalk, featuring our Piney Woods Artists from all over. We will have a community Mosaic with the help of glass artist Cassie Edmonds along with artists, photographers, sculptors, music and more."
Please visit our web-site at http://www.artwalklongview.com. While on the web-site, download the current map that will be available before April 7. Businesses wanting to participate should contact Tammy Cromer-Campbell or Renee Hawkins. Artists wanting to exhibit should go to our web-site and follow the guidelines. You can also follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/artwalklongview. ArtWalk Longview is a cooperative event among the businesses in Longview that believe in the promotion of art for the benefit of the Longview Community. ArtWalk Longview occurs four times a year -- the first Thursdays of April, July and October and the first Friday in December. The next ArtWalk will be July 7th, 2011.
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