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4A Daily News – Thursday, August 9, 2012 Pastimes Jonsson named Artist of the Month Red Bluff Art Associa- tion chose to honor Asta Jonsson as August Artist of the Month. Asta is an oil painter who also is in charge of Public Rela- tions. "Being a life-long learner, Asta has no fear when it comes to imple- menting artistic methods she's not yet experienced. She is so humble and quiet about her talent." says Connie Maxey, RBAA President, "Our 110 member association is very happy to share her with our community." Asta's newly complet- ed oil entitled, "Poppies," is on display at 3 Genera- tions Arts and Shop, 409 Walnut St., Red Bluff. Her painting is part RBAA's most recent member show. There will be a reception 5-7 p.m. Aug. 17. Asta was born and raised in Iceland. She met her husband there. Paul had left Iceland and came to Red Bluff because his sister Vala moved here following her marriage to Larry Lalaguna, Sr. Even though not a citizen yet, Paul was drafted into the Army when the Korean War started. Subsequent- ly, he was stationed on a NATO base in Iceland. Here he met and married Asta. Asta arrived In Red Bluff as a new bride in May 1955. She relates that after the cool climate of her homeland, she thought that she had found "hell on earth" when the tem- perature here soared to 118 degrees. After a few months she returned to her homeland which was the beginning of several trips back and forth. At one point she ran a diary farm there for 3 years. However, she always returned to Red Bluff. The Jonsson family grew to include 5 children. Her husband operated Paul's Auto Repair specializing in Volkswagens, Porsche, Audi and other foreign Film festival day event featuring films that celebrate diversity and inclusion, is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 12, and Saturday, Oct. 13. The Eighth Annual Focus Film Festival, a three- films in two theaters simultaneously as well as hold workshops and an art show in separate rooms. Adding a Saturday allows for more films, work- shops, and more directors, actors, and experts to attend. The change in venue allows the festival to show has the variety of films selected for this year. Previous- ly, the festival focused largely on disability; this year, selected films will also focus on world views of such topics as diversity, poverty, and gender perspectives. Thursdays event will be at the Sierra Nevada Big Room and Friday and Saturday will be at the Colusa Hall, at CSU,Chico. Kickoff Ticke is $5, a one-day Festival Pass: $15 general, $10 student/disability and a two-day Festival Pass: $25 general, $15 student/disability. Price per film is $5 For more information on the Festival and tick- ets, visit www.FOCUSFilmFestCalifornia.com. Not only has the festival itself been broadened, so cars. Sometime in the '60s, one of the customers introduced Asta to the joy of oil painting. She did a number of landscapes and florals that now decorate the walls of her home. She was a early member of RBAA, but dropped out after a year due to the pressure of home and family. Asta's unique home reflects her many talents. The family noticed the old We all know what a great printmaker and print collector Janet Turner was. Her print works hang in some of the most presti- gious museums and gal- leries in the world. And her collecting of prints by famous as well as lesser- known printmakers became the basis for the Turner Print Museum's 3500-plus print collection. Get ready to add "out- standing painter" and "out- standing scratchboard artist" to Turner's list of accomplishments during her lifetime (1914-1988). CSU, Chico's Janet Asta states that while art is a hobby that makes her feel good, it is the pure fellowship, shared interest and good compa- ny of Red Bluff Art Asso- ciation that she enjoys the most. Everyone is helpful in trading information and offering insight and sug- gestions. RBAA, bringing art opportunities, education and enrichment to the North Valley, meets 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays at the Snug Harbor Mobile Home Park Recreation Room, 600 Rio Vista Ave. in Red Bluff. For information call 527-4810 or write RBAA, P.O. Box 944, Red Bluff, CA 96080. Also, see the website redbluffartists.com. Orchard Park School located a little way down the road was falling into disrepair. The school, built in 1914, was the only one in Tehama County made out of concrete blocks. It featured an impressive bell tower. Asta saw it as a potential castle and the interior as a European chalet. The entire family worked to make that dream a reality. Asta enjoyed cake dec- orating and sewing, even making ski outfits for her children. Only in recent years has she returned to painting. She has partici- pated in classes offered by RBAA and branched out to try acrylics and water colors. Asta sold paint- ings at several recent exhibits. Arts & entertainment Western art show seeks entries The Western Art Show & Sale during the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale is seeking paintings, drawings, photography and sculptures for its Jan. 10, 2013 dead- line. Only original artwork will be considered and items must be signed. Leatherwork and silverwork must be done entirely by the same entrant. All entries must be for sale, priced by the artist and may not have been entered in a previous Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale Western Art Show. Certificate of Authentication requested for all entries. All entries must depict the western ranch lifestyle, horses, cattle, stock dogs or wildlife found on a cattle or horse ranch. Each entry form must include the name of the artist, mailing information, return information, title or descrip- tion of piece, medium, division and framed size. Entry form must be accompanied by entry fees, high-quality, digital image and typed, 1-page artist biography. Submit entries digitally to molly@redbluffbull- sale.com or mail to RBBS – Art Show – 670 Antelope Blvd., Ste. 3, Red Bluff, CA 96080. Upon acceptance, all entries must be delivered in a protective case, mailing box or bubble wrapped, with name and contact information clearly on both the arti- cle and the outside of the box to the above address by Jan. 17, 2013. All art must be framed, and ready to hang by a hang- ing wire – no sawtooth hangers. Artists with a vendor booth may deliver their entries before noon on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Art will be judged Wed., Jan. 22, 2013. The entry fee is $50 per item. Artist may submit up to 5 entries per division. There will be a $20 refund, per entry, for entries not placing in first, second or third place or for not selling. Vendor and artists will receive 2 free entries total. Name of vendor booth must be noted on entry. A commission of 20% of sale price will be taken. First place in each division will receive $700, ribbon and a RBBS vest. Second, $200, ribbon and vest, third place, $100, ribbon vest. Best of show will receive $1,000, ribbon and vest. Peoples choice winner will receive a ribbon and vest. An artist reception with wine and cheese tasting will be held 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Arts attend- ing will receive two free wine glasses. For more information, call Show Manager Jane Daugherty at (530) 521-6649 or send an email to jane4art@redbluffbullsale.com. Museum to present paintings, scratchboard by Janet Turner Turner Print Museum, located in the Meriam Library, next to the Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology, will be pre- senting paintings and scratchboard works done by its namesake — all on public display for the first time — during its initial exhibition of the 2012-2013 season. "New View: Janet Turn- er Paintings and Scratch- boards" runs Aug. 27 to Sept. 23 with a curator's talk and reception taking place at the museum Thurs- day, Aug. 30 beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Turner is open Monday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It seems reasonable to assume that Turner world be interested not just in printmaking, but also in other forms of artistic expression. She after all was a professor in Chico State's Art Department from 1959-1981 and well- versed not only in print- making but also through her Sierra Sound Car Audio 35th $ 226 So. Main St., Red Bluff 527-3735 All CD's 13.99 Anniversary Sale or less preparatory education in other forms of creating art. "This exhibition pre- sents Janet's scratchboard work as individual art, even if they were part of the development of art in another medium, specifical- ly her prints," noted Cather- ine Sullivan, Curator of The Turner. "Her infrequent paintings were also part of her printmaking image building process." unfamiliar with this art form, is one of the oldest printmaking techniques; art historians theorize that its beginnings goes all the way back to caveman days when people would use sharp rocks to scratch images into bones. The materials used for scratchboard illustra- tions has evolved over time — today's scratchboard artists are more apt to use a piece of paper or board cov- ered with a white, chalk- like material and then coat- ed with black ink; lines scratched into the surface with a knife-like tool col- lectively create an image. "Depending on the intent of the artist, several areas may be cleared out for layering with watercolors, airbrush or acrylics," notes Wikipedia. "These layers are then scratched off one Scratchboard, for people by one to create different shades of color that blend into and highlight certain parts of the image. It can then be retouched with more paint as necessary." People that come to the the exhibition, call Sullivan at 898-4476 or visit www.janetturner.org. Groups and classes can go online to make arrange- ments for visits to The Turner, including visits out- side the public viewing hours. A select number of prints from the Turner Col- lection that expand on the "New View" exhibition at the museum will be dis- played in the Ayres Hall first floor cases on the CSU, Chico campus. For more information on exhibition and who are familiar with Turner's prints will see similarities between some of her scratchboard works or paintings and the print works she did. One of Turner's most iconic and well-known works, "Koi," a detail which is on The Turner home page — www.janetturner.org — will be shown in its scratchboard form, as will another well-known work, "Bees Amid Tulip Tree."