Upcoming Events:  May 21-22, 2011 Florence Arts & Craft Association at Siuslaw Middle School. 10:00am - 4pm both days.

July 2-4, 2011 Maude Kerns Art & The Vineyard at Alton Baker Park in Eugene.  http://www.artandthevineyard.org

The 2011 Art and the Vineyard Festival takes place July 2, 3, and 4 at Alton Baker Park in Eugene. From its inception as a small art auction and wine-tasting event, Art and the Vineyard has grown into the premier art and wine festival in the Southern Willamette Valley. The festival, which is the principal fundraiser for the Maude Kerns Art Center, attracts over 25,000 visitors annually. Monies raised from the festival help fund the Art Center’s year-round exhibitions and art classes in all media for children, teens, and adults.

Photo by Lynn Daniels Anderson

These beautiful lampwork beads are paired with red crackle glass beads and gold to make a colorful necklace.

Lampworking is a type of glasswork that uses a gas fueled torch to melt rods and tubes of clear and colored glass.