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Winner receives $100 cash and a 2023 commemorative stein. 

If your art is selected to be placed on the ceramic stein it will wrap around the stein along with the header and footer. See last years stein displayed below. 

Requirements 

• Artist: Any age but must be a resident of Forest Grove, Gaston, Gales Creek, Banks, or North Plains and their communities within. Applicant must be the artist. 
• Medium Options: Paint, charcoal, pencil, ink, chalk, photography, digitial or combination of aformentioned. Must be art which can be photographed/scanned into a digital format and still maintain its clarity. (ie: no shadows, clear etc) 
• Theme: Must represent Forest Grove or immediately adjacent countryside. Not meant to showcase any particular business for benefit of the business. 
• Size and attributes: Art must be of a 20:7 ratio. (example: if a sketch was 20 in wide it should be 7 in tall. If digital art is 2000px wide it should be 700px tall or of that ratio. The higher the resolution the better.) 
• Other: Must be digitized and sent via email as a high-resolution png or jpeg along with the application. Please include an explanation, description or short story of your art (fifty words or less) on the application below as requested. 
• Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023 by 5pm. Submit to oktoberfestfg@gmail.com Voting will be performed by the Oktoberfest Committee and/or their delegates and annouced on or around July 8, 2023. 

Selected art may be modified to be single color, outline or other adjustments to work with the stein printing format. 

Though there will be a winner, it is possible no art is selected for the stein by the committee. For event details, apply for the contest or anything Oktoberfest visit the website Oktoberfestfg.com Questions email: oktoberfestfg@gmail.com 

Download this PDF for the entry form, page 2.

Come make a Valentine!

Join Artingales and participating downtown businesses for Sip, Shop, & Stroll – Saturday, Feb 11th, 1:00-5:00PM.

Up to 10 kids may stay ONE HOUR to create while you shop. As space allows, first come first served. Adult must be prepared to provide emergency contact information and return in one hour to avoid any charges. Last drop-off 3:45PM.

Around back and down the ramp, 2032 Pacific Ave, Forest Grove, OR 97116

Here are some of the projects we might do during Art Kids. We always remain flexible in case supplies are delayed or students have already done the exact project in another Artingales class/camp. When a majority of the students are continuing, projects won’t be repeated at the same location within the same school year. However, the same medium may be used in another project. In the rare chance a student enrolls later that has done the project and the lesson plans are set, they will be encouraged to push it further, or do their own variation with the medium.

Drawing

We cycle through various drawing projects to teach skills in drawing what we see with shading, abstractions that focus on line and color, and free drawing from the imagination. Drawing projects might be still life, self portrait, emulating another artist, or doing style like surrealism. We use pastel, graphite, charcoal, markers, and colored pencils.

Painting

We only use acrylic or watercolor, and on rare occasions, tempera for painting since oil based paints aren’t as safe and solvents are problematic. Focus is usually on composition & color mixing, and we may paint on more than just canvas. Kids have some of the most fun doing magical messy acrylic pour.

3D – Sculpture, Assemblage, Bookmaking

We use various types of clay depending on the location, some might include Model Magic, Sculpey, kiln fired clay, and non-hardening modeling clay. Generally these projects focus on seeing all points of view and building objects that are structurally sound. However, one favorite is using Model Magic to learn color mixing. We start with primaries and mix through tertiary in our Takashi Murakami inspired daisies. A new project in 2022 introduces students to artist Yayoi Kusama, and incorporates her famous polka dots and infinity mirror concepts. We also make books and mixed media projects.

Printmaking

In schools we focus on portable types of printmaking that are done by hand instead of on a press. Depending on dexterity and maturity, these might include linocut carvings, nature printing or stencil printing on gel plates, or abstract paper textures, all resulting in monotypes. Sometimes we incorporate our prints into a book.

Printmaking on the flatbed press

(Only available at Artingales location, not in schools) Depending on the dexterity and maturity of students, we may do either pochoir, linocut/woodcut, or monotypes on the large press. Some techniques can result in an edition of prints, others in one of a kind monotypes. Coming in late 2022, we will collaborate with our upstairs neighbor to incorporate letter press into our projects too!

The art of craft

Sometimes we do what others consider craft, which is making a real comeback in the art world. There are too many to name, but here are a few images of what April considers craft projects.

We’re still waiting on several of our projects to be fired, consider this just an update in case you were wondering. Also, April will be in the gallery on Wednesday to start bagging up the summer stuff and other projects that are done. Stay tuned for a text alerting when pick up is ready.

Many of you are regulars and already know. If not, Artingales classes will resume Thursday July 7th. See individual class listings for a detailed schedule, or email April. Another break in the schedule will begin August 18 as April is having surgery.