As a child\nspinning h is parents' 45s in their Stockton\, California home\, this deeply\ncommitt ed artist has been obsessed with the glory days of Memphis' Sun\nStudio an d the visionary artists who got their starts there—including\nElvis Pres ley\, Johnny Cash\, Roy Orbison\, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee\nLewis—all of them discovered and nurtured by the late\, great Sun Records\nfounder S am Phillips.
A change this year\n… picnics will be allowed at River Run\, but due\nto liability concerns\ , Sun Valley Company will no longer allow outside\nalcohol at concerts. Br ing i.d. if you’d like to purchase alcohol on\nsite. Bags and i.d.s will be checked by Sun Valley Security.
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As a child\nspinning his parents' 45s in their Stockton\, California home\, thi s deeply\ncommitted artist has been obsessed with the glory days of Memphi s' Sun\nStudio and the visionary artists who got their starts there—incl uding\nElvis Presley\, Johnny Cash\, Roy Orbison\, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee\nLewis—all of them discovered and nurtured by the late\, great Sun R ecords\nfounder Sam Phillips.
A change this year\n … picnics will be allowed at River Run\, but due\nto li ability concerns\, Sun Valley Company will no longer allow outside\nalcoho l at concerts. Bring i.d. if you’d like to purchase alcohol on\nsite. Ba gs and i.d.s will be checked by Sun Valley Security.
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Start your\nGallery Wa lk at the Center! Each year Sun Valley Gallery Association hosts\nnine gal lery walks (exhibition openings for all SVGA galleries)\, which are\neager ly anticipated and free to the public. Locals and visitors alike take\nin thought-provoking exhibitions of newly installed art\, enjoy wine\, mingle \nwith friends\, and often meet the artists.
Start your\nGallery Walk at the Center! Each year Sun Valley Gallery Associatio n hosts\nnine gallery walks (exhibition openings for all SVGA galleries)\, which are\neagerly anticipated and free to the public. Locals and visitor s alike take\nin thought-provoking exhibitions of newly installed art\, en joy wine\, mingle\nwith friends\, and often meet the artists.
Award-winning\nartist\ , Owen Mortensen\, shares his passion for finding\, preserving and\ndesign ing with natural found objects. Learn how to use leaves\, twigs\, tree\nba rk\, stones and more to create simple\, yet profound\, collages.
Wi th\nundergraduate degrees in both Liberal Arts and German from Utah State\ nUniversity\, Owen fulfilled prerequisites for architecture studies\, whic h\nincluded many art and design classes. Simultaneously\, Owen began creat ing\nand selling his first pieces of leaf art. After completing two years of\npost-graduate work in architecture at the University of Utah\, he real ized\nthat his true passion was creating and marketing his art. Owen belie ves his\nbest training came from his childhood and the hundreds of hours s pent\nexploring every natural element along the rural irrigation canal beh ind his\nhome in Northern Utah.
This class takes place Aug 12 &\ ; 13\,\n1-5pm.
Registration Deadline: Tuesday\, July 29th
Award -winning\nartist\, Owen Mortensen\, shares his passion for finding\, prese rving and\ndesigning with natural found objects. Learn how to use leaves\, twigs\, tree\nbark\, stones and more to create simple\, yet profound\, co llages.
With\nundergraduate degrees in both Liberal Arts and German from Utah State\nUniversity\, Owen fulfilled prerequisites for architectu re studies\, which\nincluded many art and design classes. Simultaneously\, Owen began creating\nand selling his first pieces of leaf art. After comp leting two years of\npost-graduate work in architecture at the University of Utah\, he realized\nthat his true passion was creating and marketing hi s art. Owen believes his\nbest training came from his childhood and the hu ndreds of hours spent\nexploring every natural element along the rural irr igation canal behind his\nhome in Northern Utah.
This class takes p lace Aug 12 &\; 13\,\n1-5pm.
Registration Deadline: Tuesday\, July 29th
Join us and enjoy\na g lass of wine as you tour the exhibition with The Center’s curators and\n gallery guides. An exhibition exploring the metaphysical and spiritual use \nof light in paintings made in the American West. It features three bodie s\nof work: paintings from the 1930s to the 1950s by artists affiliated wi th\nNew Mexico’s Transcendental Painting Group\, work from the 1940s and 1950s\nby the artists of Northern California’s Dynaton movement\, and F rederick\nS. Wight’s shimmering Southern California landscape paintings\ , made in\nthe 1970s and 1980s. Exhibition on view June 6–Aug 16 .\n
Join us and enjoy\na glass of wine as you tour the exhibition with The Center ’s curators and\ngallery guides. An exhibition exploring the metaphysica l and spiritual use\nof light in paintings made in the American West. It f eatures three bodies\nof work: paintings from the 1930s to the 1950s by ar tists affiliated with\nNew Mexico’s Transcendental Painting Group\, work from the 1940s and 1950s\nby the artists of Northern California’s Dynat on movement\, and Frederick\nS. Wight’s shimmering Southern California l andscape paintings\, made in\nthe 1970s and 1980s. Exhibition on v iew June 6–Aug 16.\n
Start your\nGallery Wa lk at the Center! Each year Sun Valley Gallery Association hosts\nnine gal lery walks (exhibition openings for all SVGA galleries)\, which are\neager ly anticipated and free to the public. Locals and visitors alike take\nin thought-provoking exhibitions of newly installed art\, enjoy wine\, mingle \nwith friends\, and often meet the artists.
Start your\nGallery Walk at the Center! Each year Sun Valley Gallery Associatio n hosts\nnine gallery walks (exhibition openings for all SVGA galleries)\, which are\neagerly anticipated and free to the public. Locals and visitor s alike take\nin thought-provoking exhibitions of newly installed art\, en joy wine\, mingle\nwith friends\, and often meet the artists.
The Head and The\nHear t is an indie folk-rock band from Seattle. They came together in 2009\nthr ough a series of open mic nights at the Conor Byrne pub in Old Ballard.\nT hey scored two a #1 single with their song “Lost in My Mind” and\nthey ’ve opened for Vampire Weekend\, The Decemberists and more\, and are on\ nthe ascent.
Opening act: San Fermin
\nSan Fermin is the work of Brooklyn composer and songwriter Ellis\nLudw
ig-Leone. He focuses on lifeʼs top-shelf issues – youth\, nostalgia\,\n
anxiety\, unrequited love – and ties these vast themes to different\ncha
racters through vocal contributions from longtime friend Allen Tate\, as\n
well as Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of Lucius. For more on San Fermin\nvi
sit: sanferminband.com
< strong>A change this year … picnics will be\na llowed at River Run\, but due to liability concerns\, Sun Valley Company\n will no longer allow outside alcohol at concerts. Bring i.d. if you’d\nl ike to purchase alcohol on site. Bags and i.d.s will be checked by Sun\nVa lley Security.
The H ead and The\nHeart is an indie folk-rock band from Seattle. They came toge ther in 2009\nthrough a series of open mic nights at the Conor Byrne pub i n Old Ballard.\nThey scored two a #1 single with their song “Lost in My Mind” and\nthey’ve opened for Vampire Weekend\, The Decemberists and m ore\, and are on\nthe ascent.
Opening act: San Fermin
\nSan Fermin is the work of Brooklyn composer and songw
riter Ellis\nLudwig-Leone. He focuses on lifeʼs top-shelf issues – yout
h\, nostalgia\,\nanxiety\, unrequited love – and ties these vast themes
to different\ncharacters through vocal contributions from longtime friend
Allen Tate\, as\nwell as Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of Lucius. For more
on San Fermin\nvisit: sanferminband.
com
A change this year … p icnics will be\nallowed at River Run\, but due to liability concerns\, Sun Valley Company\nwill no longer allow outside alcohol at concerts. Bring i .d. if you’d\nlike to purchase alcohol on site. Bags and i.d.s will be c hecked by Sun\nValley Security.