Blaine Arts Council (BAC) will have some changes and additions in the new year.
The art council will move its downtown art walk, previously held on the first Friday of each month, to the second Saturday. The premier Second Saturday Downtown Art Walk will take place 4-6:30 p.m. on January 11 and start at the Blaine Art Gallery, 922 Peace Portal Drive, where participants can view the new monthly rotation of art. Light refreshments will be provided at the gallery before the art walk continues to downtown businesses displaying local art and the Blind Bird Art Studio, 264 H Street.
BAC will also dedicate a month to celebrating authors and illustrators in January.
The council will put on two free events at the gallery: a children’s book reading with children’s author Barbara Davis-Pyles 1-3 p.m. January 11 and a writing workshop led by author Keren Taylor 1-3 p.m. Saturday, January 18. Davis-Pyles’ reading will be a comfortable affair with blankets encouraged and hot chocolate and cookies served. Taylor’s event, which is geared toward teens and young adults, will give out journals to attendees.
Taylor is founder and director of Bold Ink Writers and WriteGirl, which former First Lady Michelle Obama honored with the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award. Davis-Pyles has written hundreds of children’s stories, including “Grizzly Boy” and “Stubby the Fearless Squid.”
Artists Jean Ferrier, Judy Newland and K-8 Blaine school district students’ art will be displayed in the gallery to celebrate authors and illustrators.
