FEATURED ARTISTS: Saturday - Sunday | November 24th and 25th, 2007 | Presentations are both days, beginning promptly at 1:30 pm | Free of charge
We schedule the lineup according to travel schedules, other booking
engagements etc. and should have it confirmed a week prior.
BOB FOWLER | Wimberley, Texas | Sculptor | 50 Years of Metal Sculpture
Bob Fowler will share with you the keys to his success as an artist. He will tell stories from his early creative years through his mid-life and his NASA period. "My sculpture is definitely American", says Fowler, "I work with American techniques." Fowler integrates modern technology, kinetic artwork, functional art, and metal sculpture. His art makes people think. "It doesn't tell them what to think, it tells them to think" says Fowler. Questions are welcomed, as he is open to sharing his secrets with you. He will also sign his most recent book, Passing the Torch: 50 Years of Metal Sculpture Techniques.
BART TROTTER | Fredericksburg, Texas | Master Fiddler
6-time National
Champion Fiddle Player - (5-time N.O.T.F.A. Champion, and 1-time
S.P.B.G.M.A. Champion, 1986 World Champion Fiddle Player, 2-time
First Runner-up at the Grand Masters Fiddle Contest in Nashville,
TN., 5-time Southwestern States Fiddle Champion, 5-time winner of
the New Mexico State Fair Fiddle Contest in Albuquerque, NM., 2-time
winner of the U.S. Invitational Fiddle Contest in Mt. View,
Arkansas.
You can catch Bart performing in the Texas Hill Country with The
Almost Patsy Cline Band and occasionally with The Side Guys (Bart's
band of super pickers - made-up of some of the best side-men and
women in the area). Bart also performs with Rick McRae, Terry Hale
and the Riff Riders, Redd Volkaert, The Billy Dee Band, Doug Davis
and the Noteropers, as well as sitting in with various groups.
Look for Bart Trotter performances on the calendar page at www.BartTrotter.com.
REBECCA GARNER
|
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Wake UP!
The Current Mysteries of the Subprime Bond Crisis and What This Means to
You!
Financial expert Becca Garner, simplifies and explains what is going on at this time in the financial world and the ramifications of this crisis unfolding daily. Who is at risk? What will this mean at a global level? How did it come about? What you should know and how to plan ahead.
DAN GAUTHIER | Wimberley, Texas | Photographer | 3-D Imagery
3-D Stereo Imagery
Gauthier: Two of my great passions in life are nature and photography. For me, combining the two is a spiritual practice. The energy of a nature scene first grabs me and then challenges me to capture and communicate the unseen world through the visual media, photography. Inspired by the authenticity of the natural world, my creative expressions of photography, music and poetry are stimulated.
As a photographer since 1967, my journey has been rich, eventful and diverse. I have worked with photography on different scales and dimensions, from microscopic to aerial, pinhole to stereo 3-D. Today, nature and 3-D stereo photography are my primary interests expressed both as a photographer and as teacher.
DEAN HAGLUND | California| Actor
Dean is probably best known for his nine seasons playing Langly,
one of the computer geeks known as “The Lone Gunmen” from the
hit FOX TV series The X-Files. He also starred in the
The X-Files spin-off series The Lone Gunmen. His
character is so popular that Dean is a main attraction at X-File
and Sci-Fi conventions all over North America. He appears on
trading cards, T-Shirts and even has his own comic book (“The
Lone Gunman” published by Dark Horse Comics).
A
long-time comedy improviser, Dean got his start with the likes
of Ryan Stiles and Colin Mockery (Whose Line is it Anyway?)
in the internationally award winning Vancouver Theatre Sports
League. He now regularly performs in Los Angeles with The
Groundlings and Second City. Catch him nearly every
Friday night at The Friar’s club where he performs with Second
City alumni such as Dan Castellaneta (Homer on The Simpsons).
Dean performs his special blend of stand-up and improv,
headlining at comedy clubs and colleges across North America.
He has performed in and hosted at Montreal’s world famous Just for Laughs
festival. He is a favorite host of award
shows (Entertainment Media Awards, California Independent Film
Festival, Armenian Independent Film Festival) and writes and
performs for corporations such as Coca Cola, Hewart Packard,
Apple Computers and Mitsubishi. His home comedy club is the
world famous The Improv in Los Angeles where he can be
seen most weeks.
Dean maintains a successful acting career in film and
television. His television credits include roles in the series
“VIP Pamela Anderson”, “Home Improvement” “The Commish,"
"Sliders," "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids," the animated series
“Robocop" and "The Big Guy." His feature film credits include
"The X-Files: Fight the Future" “Radio Free Steve”, “Design of
Darkness”, “Rice Girl” and the animated feature film “Tom
Sawyer.”
Dean Haglund trained at Simon Fraser University where he
received a Bachelors in Fine and Performing Arts.
CHERIE NOWLIN McBRIDE & GLENN NELSON aka DUCKIE AND THE GRACKLE (Sunday Only)
Brazosport, Texas | Tiny Bird Songs
Cherie Nowlin McBride (AKA Duckie)
combines traditional Chinese brush painting with Western
techniques to achieve her contemporary images of wild birds. Glenn
Nelson McBride (AKA the Grackle) writes sensitive lyrical poetry
and music
The "artistic couple of
Brazosport, Texas" have combined talents to create the TINY BIRD
SONGS project - poetry with fine art images. Each exquisite
"poem with wings" reveals the feeling of wild birds, promoting
"reverence for awesome nature." In addition to presenting their
wild bird imagery and meditational poetry, the couple will show
their TINY BIRD SONG releases of the last 12 months- books,
calendars and wall posters.
Cherie Nowlin McBride: Like the
traditional Chinese artists, I paint very quickly and the image
must stand as it is with no chance of going back. I practice my
images much like a pianist would practice for a concert. After
the image is learned and while I am centered, the painting flows
very easily and softly. I often ask my husband, Glenn - a
composer, to play music as I paint to help set the mood.
Glenn Nelson McBride: Music is
flow and feeling to me. So I seldom let myself read 'notation.'
I play by feeling - not by ear, not by note. I believe we
over-think much of the art around us. Thinking may be necessary,
but so is feeling. In a toughened world, we live for good
feelings. We should learn more from the poets and painters." In
Bluegrove, Texas, I began studying classical piano at the age of
8. By 10, I had become a repeat guest on Doc Warren's Television
Show. At 12, I became a somewhat reluctant pianist for Bluegrove
Baptist Church. Along the way, I played classical recitals in
Wichita Falls and the Dallas area and began composing. However,
the U. S. Marine Corps help put my music on hold for nearly 40
years. Since 2000, I have produced 3 instrumental CD's. One for
artists in their studios. One for planetariums. One for a nature
art festival.
For
additional information;
www.yellowbirdstudio.com and
www.tinybirdsongs.com