Friday, June 27th, 2008
Espy Live, KMUN 91.9
Catch an interview with June residents today at 2:45 p.m.
Sunday June 29th, 2008
Espy June residents share thier work
Andrews Garage, Oysterville
3:00 p.m.
Find out what June residents have been up to during their month in Oysterville. This Sunday residents will read, perform and share their work with locals from the Long Beach Peninsula and Astoria. The event will be held at Andrew’s Garage, future site of our new library. Joyce Parry Moore performs a section of her new work, “The Breast Dance,” a piece that combines music, spoken word and movement, a chronicle of her experiences with breast cancer. Uruguayan-Israeli poet Laura Cesarco Eglin shares work from her first book of poetry, as well as some new poems about Oysterville. Wendy Scherrer will read from her manuscript on Whatcom Creek. Visual artist Laurel Gibson will show slides of her work and give a preview of her forthcoming show "Private Property."
New York based writer Will Heinrich had to leave before the final event. Look for his upcoming novel, The Elevated, a story about a man who, in the authors words, "literally runs into pieces of New York's past when bumping his head on the tracks of an elevated train torn down in 1939".
Saturday June 21st , 2008
Espy and Columbia Land Trust celebrate beauty inside and out
On Saturday, June 21st Espy and the Columbia Land Trust hosted an event to celebrate art and the environment. Art lovers and lovers of nature came together to share their connection to the natural beauty of the Long Beach Peninsula and the Pacific Northwest. The main event featured a reading by Espy’s June resident Wendy Scherrer, an environmental writer whose residency was sponsored by the Columbia Land Trust. Scherrer read from her forth coming book Noisy Waters: An environmental history of Whatcom Creek. Wendy gave a moving account of the oil spill that devastated the creek and community. Environmental essay contest winners from Ilwaco High School read their work. Michael Veland wrote about a special place in the wilderness that felt like home to him when nowhere else did and shared about the moment when he became a writer.
Espy residents introduced themselves and talked about the work they are doing in Oysterville. As typically happens, much of what they thought they would work on gets put aside and they’ve ended up writing and designing pieces about this place, Oysterville.
Joyce Parry Moore, Espy resident and classical soprano closed by performing a short program of arias, a beautiful addition to the event.
The Oysterville event was part of a day long series of events, a “triathalon” in the words of Columbia Land Trust director Glenn Lamb. The day started with a hike through the 359 acre Island Lake Forest…and ended with an evening of poetry by gardener, nature lover and poet Charles Goodrich. The literary event was held at Adelaide’s bookstore, full of locals and tourists. Michael Parker introduced his new book of photographs Oysterville: A Quiet Place in Time. He spoke about his long relationship with Oysterville, about what it means to make a place your home, about digging into wherever you are.
Friday May 16th, 2008
ART OPENING
Remaking the past: Peninsula students give discarded objects new life
Sculptures and stories were on display at the Kite Museum in Long Beach from Friday, May 16th through Friday, May 23rd. The show featured pieces inspired by visiting artist Marita Dingus and stories created with writer Polly Buckingham. An opening reception was held on Friday, May 16th from 3:30 to 5:00pm.
Contact Espy for a copy of The Way I See It. CD's of the students reading their essays are also available.
March 2, 2008
5th Annual Espy Art Auction: Auction on the half shell
On March 2, 2008 the Espy Foundation teamed up with auctioneer John Curley to present a lively and fun-filled afternoon at the Ruins for all. Collectors and supporters were moved to buy art, books and events. The Espy Foundation thanks the patrons and contributors for their generosity with special applause to Rosa Ayer who contributed a painting by Morris Graves.
January 16, 2008
Gathering at Steve Jensen's Studio
A gathering on January 16th at Steve Jensen’s Seattle studio offered a dramatic backdrop for a presentation about Espy’s planned construction on four acres located in the Oysterville Historic District. The group viewed large projections of Somelab’s illustrated architectural drawings. George Suyama, project architect, and Polly Friedlander, Espy president, explained the project and were available for questions and answers. Copies of the Somelab booklet about the project are available on request—email or call the Espy Foundation with your mailing address.
October 2007
Trip to China
During the Fall of 2007, Polly Friedlander, Shawn Wong , and a group of writers went to China for an international cultural exchange. [more]
Columbia Land Trust and Espy Foundation
Environmental Residency
The Columbia Land Trust and the Espy Foundation celebrated their partnership championing environmental writing and conservation of the Long Beach Peninsula's natural landscape. [more]
