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6th Annual Gills Rock ArtFest at Gallery Ten on Labor Day
Weekend
Two days of ongoing live demonstration with art-in-action
GILLS ROCK, WI - Charlene's
Gallery Ten will host the 6th Annual ArtFest on the gallery grounds in Gills Rock on Saturday and Sunday, September 2 and 3 from 10 AM - 5 PM
each day. A large number of working artists will gather to display their creations and erect a village of outdoor
studio tents. Each day they will be filled with ongoing activities including continuous demonstrations of raku
pottery firing, jewelry making, painting and woodcarving.
Entertainment on Saturday includes Doug Ehlert playing his Big Band Jazz Trumpet from 10 AM 'til Noon. Poet Chuck
Sulley will follow with a poetry reading at 1 PM. Drum maker Wayne Manthey from Minneapolis will be displaying
his hand-crafted drums and boxes and invites you to join with him and Chuck Sulley in an open drum circle beginning
at 1:30 PM. On Sunday Ehlert will play jazz horn again from 1 - 3 PM. A variety of refreshments will also be available
served outdoors at the ArtFest.
Local ceramic artists Dagmar Kau and Peter Newkirk will team up with
Joe Hernandez from Aurora, Illinois to create an outdoor raku pottery studio. Illinois artists Becky Griffin from
Waukegan and Andris Duffy from Lake Zurich will be making wheel-thrown pottery. Jewelers Anne Kloss from Waukesah,
Sherry Finley from Waukegan and Joni Doyle-Sims from De Forest, Wisconsin will demonstrate three different styles
of jewelry making. More than a dozen artists will be working on site in a variety of media.
Charlene's Gallery Ten represents over 100 artists in
a gallery collection that is contemporary, original and eclectic. GT Coffee, complements the gallery, serving espresso
drinks and Door County cherry pie by-the-slice daily from 8 AM to 5 PM. The gallery is open daily from 10 AM to
5 PM at 12625 Hwy. 42 in Gills Rock, Wisconsin. Telephone 920.854.9907 for further information or visit on-line at www.GalleryTen.com.
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