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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter Wednesday, March 30, 2011 13 I1
AR['S a.nd ENTERTAINM
ENT
Local students' art on display this month
Over the past month,
Plumas Arts has been accept-
ing artwork by Plumas Coun-
ty students -- kindergarten
through high school. More
than 300 entries from stu-
dents throughout the county
will once again be on display
in honor of Student Art
Month.
Students' art will be hung
in their own communities
throughout the month of
April. Businesses and public
libraries in Portola, Quincy,
Greenville and Chester will
display local student work.
The art will not be jffdged.
Artwork by students at-
tending Quincy and Pioneer
elementary schools, Plumas
Christian, Plumas Charter
School and Quincy Junior-
Senior High School will be
displayed at the Plumas Arts
Gallery, 372 Main St., and
Morning Thunder, 557
Lawrence St., in Quincy. The
gallery is open Wednesday
though Friday, 11 a.m. - 5p.m.
Morning Thunder is open
7 a.m. - 2 p.m., seven days a
week.
Anna's Cafe, 300 Main St.,
and the Greenville Library,
204 Highway 89, in Green-
ville, will be featuring
student art from Greenville
and Taylorsville elementary
schools, Greenville area stu.
dents from Plumas Charter
School and Greenville High
School: Anna's Caf6 is open
seven days a week 7 a.m. -
2 p.m. Greenville Library is
open' Monday through Wed-
nesday,10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.,
Thursday noon - 7:30 p.m.
and Friday 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Artwork from all Portola
area students can be seen at
the Portola Public Library..
Its hours are Monday
through Wednesday 10 a.m. -
5:30 p.m., Thursday noon -
7:30 p.m. and Friday 9:30 a.m.
-5p.m.
In Chester, visit Plumas
Bank, 255 Main St., to
enjoy artwork by Chester
Elementary and Chester
High School students. Plumas
Bank is open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Monday through Thursday
and until 6 p.m. Fridays.
Plumas Arts would like to
thank the following for their
generous membership to the
Arts Education Program as
Children's Arts Enthusiasts:
Judy Buck and George
Bishop, Lenora and Michael
Herndon, Jim Webster and
Sue Jackson of Webster Engi-
neering, Mike and Kathy
Campbell, the Mohawk
Valley Artist Guild, Linda
Batson and Guy McNett,
Alan and Shelley Morrison,
the Jeff Kepple Family, J.W.
and Judy Wright, Nancy
Gambell, Tom and Aimee
Heaney, Marianna Hool-
horst, and James and Kathy
Reichle.
The Plumas Art's Educa-
tion program and Student
Art Month are made possible
through funding from
the Plumas Unified School
District, Plumas County
Office of Education and from
an Arts Education grant
from the California Arts
Council, a state agency, and
the National Endowment for
the Arts, a federal agency.
The Arts Education grants
are funded through sales of
the California arts lfcense
plates, specialty plates that
have been offered from the
Department of Motor Vehi-
cles since 1994. Proceeds from
the arts license plates repre-
sent 60 percent of the Califor-
nia Arts Council budget and
support arts programs for
children and communities.
Arts Education funding
from all these sources contin-
ues to encourage and support
young artists to explore their
creative talents and expand
the arts education experience
in the schools.
Plumas Arts is also grate-
ful to all the businesses
that have shared their walls
for displaying student works.
And finally, Plumas Arts
thanks Plumas County
teachers and parents who
have gathered the artwork
and encouraged students to
participate!
For more information
about the Student Art Fair or
the Plumas Arts Education
Program, contact Plumas
Arts' Arts Education Coordi-
nator Jane Steidel at 283-3536.
Quincy High sophomore Allie Sipe's'"Geese by the Lake" is one
of many Plumas County student entries in the month-long art
snow celebrating Student Art Month. Photo by Mona Hill
Griggs' show opens at Quincy Main Street Artists gallery
the eye of a keen observer of
life and human nature.
In the beginning of her artis-
tic journey, she used animal
images of cats, frogs and alli-
gators to illustrate her themes.
Now she uses people, which
takes her artwork to another
level.
Largely self-taught, Griggs
has been drawing since'early
childhood, starting with radio
characters, then qui, t after
To describe Johanna Griggs'
artwork as cute (a term she
hates) does not do it justice. To
be sure, it is whimsical, folksy,
funny and often provocative
but never superficial. Her
themes cover a wide range
of subjects: relationships
between women, friendship,
family dynamics, the next gen,
eration, holiday celebrations,
joy and playfulness, but also
fears and grief, all done with
junior high school and did not
resume until she moved to
Quincy in 1966. While raising
a family of two sons and
a daughter, she and her
husband, Gary, also became
involved in the local theater
scene, which flourished in
Quincy during the '70s and
early '80s. Using her notable
singing talent and total lack of
stage fright, Griggs appeared
in many plays and musicals.
Her favorite role was that of
retired opera singer Ernestine
von Liebedich in "Little Miss
Sunshine."
During this time, her art-
work emerged in the form of
small drawings turned into
cards for family and friends.
Then in 1996, she took a life
drawing class in Greenville
that yielded the group of
remarkable sketches of local
citizens presented in the
current show. Her ability to
capture the personality of each
subject caught the attention of
the late great Quincy artist
Bill'Peters, from whom Griggs
began to take classes at
Feather River College. Peters
encouraged her to "loosen up"
• so she started her whimsical
animal drawings in the group
of pieces she refers to as
"GrammiesWorld." Guided by
Peters, she enlarged her for-
mat and produced many pieces
in preparation for her first
show at Plumas Arts in 2000,
which was very well received.
After her husband died,
Griggs' work turned to more
personal expression, illustrat-
ing the importance of the
friendship of women in her life
in both happy, playful times
and in grief and sorrow. All
these themes are represented
in the current show, which de-
mands close observation of the
details in each work to fully
appreciate her vision.
Griggs' technique is unusual
and ver'y intuitive. She pur-
posely does not "pre-think"
each drawing but simply sits
down with her dr'awing pad
and starts to draw -- first in
pencil, then refines with pen
and ink, finally fillin in the
colors and correcting for
balance. This strategy works
well for her, as she has never
been happy with preconceived
pieces. For portraits, she
prefers to work with live
models and has no problem
with proportions or capturing
likeness, but drawing from
photos doesnot produce the
results she desires.,
Her chilrke always
liked her work, dubbing
it "askew." Her five grand-
children have been her joy and
inspiration, prompting her
to do a few pieces featuring
Goth piercings and tattoos as
well as delightful self-mocking
works such as "Grandma Goes
to Florida" where an elderly
frog laden with suitcases
stands at the airport with her
stockings rolled down.
This combination of humor
and social commentary makes
her work timely yet personal,
allowing the viewers to let
down their guard and simply
enjoy.
Griggs' work will be pre-
sented at the Main Street
Artists gallery in Quincy
during the month of April.
The opening reception will
be held Friday, April 1, from
5 - 7:30 p.m.
(
Johanna Griggs explores relationships between women, friendship
and family dynamics in her work, which will be on display during April.
TOWN HALL THEATRE
Presents
RANGO
Thurs., March 31 - Sat., April 2
107 rain. • Rated PG • Family Adventure
From the director of Pirates of the Caribbean
comes Rango, featuring Johnny Depp in an
original animated comedy-adventure that takes
moviegoers for a hilarious and heartfelt walk in
the Wild West. The story follows the comical,
transformative journey of Rango, a sheltered
chameleon living as an ordinary family pet, while
facing a major identity crisis. When Rango
accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging
town of Dirt - a lawless outpost populated by the
desert's most wily and whimsical creatures - the
less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he
stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town
has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced
i to play his new role to the hilt.
THE ADJUSTMENT
BUREAU
Sun., April 3 & Mon., April 4
1 hr. 46 min. • Rated PG-13 • Romance/Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Starring Matt Damon
Do we. control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? The Adjustment
Bureau is about a man who glimpses the future Fate
has planned for him an6,realizes he wants something
else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he's
ever loved across, under and through the streets of
modern-day New York. On the brink of winning a seat
in the U. S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris
meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise
Sellas - a woman like none he's ever known. But just
as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious me n con-
spire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up
against the agents of Fate itself - the men of The
Adjustment Bureau - who will do everything in their
considerable power to prevent David and Elise from
being together.
COMING: BATTLE: LOS ANGELES
Ill Shows7pmnightly
4pm matinee on Sundays
TOUJH Adults .................. *7.00
Students &
SiLL s.n,o. .................
Children ................ '5.00
THEllTRE 469Main, St., Quincy, cA
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Visit us at www.quinoytownhall.oom
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Featuring fine dining in Plumas P.ounty!
This is a publication that people
will keep all year Ion 9. 30,000 copies printed and
delivered to approximately 250 outlets throughout Plumas County.
Quick reference guides and Iocator maps for your convenience.
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