First Friday and Artwalk Downtown September 4, 2009

Founding member Katie Gibbs and new member Ree Slocum are showing their work at the Corner Gallery during the month of September.

Katie is currently working on a very large steel garden gate with the design of a Valley Oak. She is also making steel garden sculptures. Her current sculptures are of sylvan creatures who could be hiding in the surrounding woods. She works with steel plate and tube, and cuts the design with a plasma torch, sometimes grinding and welding. Most of her work is site specific and she enjoys working on commission.

Ree Slocum's photographic flower images have been shown in exhibits and shows in Northern California since 2004. Her work is in private collections in many countries around the world. Ree's use of natural light and color tantalize the imagination...one is drawn into the heart of a flower, and the image is continually unfolding, as the flower is frozen in time.

This First Friday will also feature classical guitarist Michael Guleff. He'll play selections from the baroque and classical period as well as some contemporary work. Michael has a Masters Degree in classical guitar and teaches world music at Mendocino Community College.