The Lopez Island Studio Tour invites you to experience first-hand the quality and craftsmanship of the Island's many artists on Labor Day weekend. This will be the 23rd year of inviting the public to open studios throughout the Island - come see where art happens. Visit the studios, enjoy meeting with the artists and discussing their visions and techniques. The Tour is an opportunity to purchase original works of art and to come away with insights to the artists and their community context.

The Opening Reception will begin at 5:00 until 7:00 and will give a chance for you to preview samplings of the art work at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Come and view the artwork and meet the artists. The Exhibit will run through the month of September.

Brochures for the Tour are available at the Chamber of Commerce in Lopez Village as well as all Artist's Studios. Brochures can also be downloaded on the LAG website.

Everyone welcome.

A $1,000.00 Shirley Wright Scholarship for a Graduating High School Senior has been awarded by Lopez Artist Guild to Uma Anderson Chopra. She has created art all her life. She has focused on botanical drawing, figure studies, watercolor, batik, pottery and sculpture. This year she created a community art piece to "raise awareness of the impact our body image has on our lives." The project consists of three life size clay sculptures of women, multiple interviews, surveys and a paper on the psychological effects of body image. She wants women to feel more confident and strong in their bodies.

Uma will be graduating from Lopez High School and continuing on to Point of View Tattoo School in Portland.

The LAG Scholarship and Grant Committee along with the LAG Membership is proud to be able to award Uma this scholarship.

Croatia 10 Day painting Tour
Join me for my 5th workshop and tour in Croatia!
Dubrovnik, Cavtat, Island of Lokrum and Cilipi
for complete info & to register:
www.slikamilina.casteve@windsweptstudios.com

The Lopez Island Library is excited to announce a call for original artworks to be featured in a community art exhibit at the Library with the theme "A Library's Place is at the Heart of a Community." The Lopez Library welcomes any artworks created in response to this theme, especially anything that is reading or book related, depicts the Lopez Library facility and/or grounds, or offers a creative visual interpretation of what you love about this or any library in your life. All artistic media will be accepted, with the guideline that the work must be able to be safely hung or affixed temporarily to the Library's walls. All works will be celebrated, and additionally one work will be selected as a "winner" through a community voting process. The winning artist will receive a $100 prize. All ages and artistic experience levels are encouraged to participate. The Lopez Library hopes to include all submissions, but reserves the right to refuse to exhibit any works deemed inappropriate.

To participate, please submit a digital image of your artwork (in JPEG format) to Malia Sanford, Library Programs and Art Coordinator, at malia@lopezlibrary.org. The deadline to submit is Wednesday, September 4th. The opening reception for the exhibit will be held on Friday, October 4th and will be on view at the Library until Thursday, November 15th. Proudly supported by the Friends of the Lopez Library.