Saturday, February 12, 2011

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Bonner School

The Art Market is full. No more inquiries, please.

HOOKed on Art celebrates its 6th year with a gallery talk by Geroge Gogas and a salute to Walter Hook by the Missoula Art Museum. To honor Walter Hook's teaching legacy, Bob Phinney instructs  Bonner School art students and Walter Hook Art Scholarships are available for Bonner students for summer classes at the Missoula Art Museum  courtesy of our generous HOOKed on Art sponsors!

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The Art Market (see menu at left), live music, delicious lunch, doorprizes...

...February just got a whole lot brighter!

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George Gogas, Guest Artist

George Gogas next to "Judith Basin Encounter: When Charlie and Pablo Came to Grips with the Credit Crisis."

George Gogas returns to HOOKed on Art as the 2011 featured artist.

In 2006, Gogas, along with Walter Hook's contemporaries Rudy and Lela Autio, daughter Janet Hook Julin, and childhood friend Richard Bush, launched the annual HOOKed on Art tradtion with a panel,  "Remembering Walter."

Read more about featured artist George Gogas.

Musicians

Noah Eikens | Childbloom Guitar Quartet | John Floridis | Blue Mountain Music Makers | Nathan Zalvaney and Caleb VanGelder | The Queens of Rock

Just as Walter Hook took inspiration from many subjects and mediums, Hooked on Art transforms Bonner School into a gathering of delights for the eyes, ears, tastebuds, and the soul. For the  ears, the sweet sound of music.

Noah Eikens on stage 10 a.m.  in the Gym

Noah began playing violin at the age of 5, taking fiddle lessons from Ellie Nuno.
He played 4 years with the Missoula Strings on Tour, traveling to Scotland, England, and Italy.
He attended the Japan Suzuki Institute violin camp in Seattle, and The Whitefish music school's Festival Amadeus camp last summer.
Noah currently studies violin with Heidi Martin, of Missoula and plays in the Missoula Youth Chamber Strings Orchestra.
When not playing violin, Noah attends school at St. Joseph Elementary and enjoys snowboarding, basketball, soccer and running.

Childbloom Guitar Quartet on stage 11 a.m. in the Gym

The Childbloom Guitar Quartet perform complex acoustic instrumental arrangements of world, jazz, and classical pieces, spanning sounds from Bach to Bossa Nova. The members of the classical guitar quartet are Duggan Backhouse-Prentiss, Arthur Befumo, and Jenna and Jamie Wevers, under the direction of Childbloom Guitar Program Director and Instructor Nathan Zavalney. They have been performing in Missoula since 2006 in a variety of venues including Montana Public Radio, Out to Lunch, River City Roots Festival, Big Sky Film Festival, the Missoula Art Museum, and Missoula First Night.

Listen to the Childbloom Guitar Quartet's music.

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John Floridis on stage Noon in the Gym

John Floridis is a Missoula, Montana based guitarist, singer-songwriter and composer. He has been a resident in the "Big Sky" since 1993 having moved there from the strong shouldered, down-but-never-out city of Cleveland, Ohio. He has released 5 recordings mixing bluesy, folk-rock vocal tunes with adventurous solo acoustic guitar compositions including one seasonal recording "December's Quiet Joy." He has been named Missoula's best musician by the Missoula Independent and performed in the Western region for over a decade. He has performed with artists as diverse as Shawn Colvin, Derek Trucks, Patty Griffin, Richard Thompson, Emmylou Harris, Bruce Cockburn, Kelly Joe Phelps, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Patty Larkin. John also fronts Burning River, a blues-funk-rock concept that performs in the Western region. He is also a producer of programs for Montana Public Radio and a former Registered Music Therapist. John Floridis performs with guitar, vocals and sometimes manipulated, sampled and looped sounds.

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Blue Mountain Music Makers on stage 1 p.m. in the Gym

The Blue Mountain Music Makers made their debut at Hooked on Art in 2009. Since then they have enjoyed playing their mix of bluegrass, old time fiddle and folk music at several venues, including Community at the Confluence, Paw's Up Ranch, River City Roots Festival,The Peas farm, Monarch Fiddle Camp and private parties.The members of this family band are: mom Jen on guitar/cello, niece Maddi on fiddle, mando, and ukelele, son Riley on banjo, and daughter Grace on fiddle. This will be their third appearance at Hooked on Art.

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Nathan Zalvaney and Caleb VanGelder on stage 2 p.m. in the Gym

Guitarist Nathan Zavalney and drummer Caleb Van Gelder create a unique sound that weaves jazz, world, and new age ambient music. The interplay of this duo moves from  improvisational excitement to spacious exploration, pulling from an eclectic variety of original compositions, traditional melodies and rhythms, and jazz standards.

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The Queens of Rock on stage at 3 p.m. in the Gym

Melinda: I have lived in Missoula since 1980. Both of my children ages 30 and 17 were born in Missoula. I enjoy music, art, cats and traveling with my children.

Nicole: I have been singing and drawing ever since I can remember. I love playing electric guitar, and I find it fun. I am also very interested in the history of rock n roll.

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Program