PRINTPosted on August 24, 2008 at 19:34:11:
By Nancy Selbe
PRINT
Posted on August 24, 2008 at 19:34:11:
By Nancy Selbe
CHROME, SMOKE and FLAMES is Re-Ignited
Russell’s Deines Cultural Center is featuring the fourth of its biennial favorite “Chrome, Smoke and Flames”. The show, curated by Larry Zvolanek, Osborne, showcases “Art and the Automobile” and includes a Cruise-In during the opening reception, Sunday, August 31st from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. The show continues through October. Owners of special interest vehicles are encouraged to cruise-in to Main Street on Sunday afternoon. The opening event will feature a unique Chrome, Smoke and Flames reception table, the Deines Brothers’ ambulance being finished by Mike Schoech’s Auto Artistry, auto-related memorabilia, free dash plaques and other goodies. Visitors to the show will have a chance to win “Great Bend Nationals - 1955” a limited edition print by Larry Zvolanek. A donation of $2.00 gives the donor one chance to win or a $5.00 donation offers three chances to win.” The drawing for the print will be held at the close of the show, October 24th. “Chrome Smoke and Flames” t-shirts will be available for purchase at the opening and throughout the show. Eighteen artists are participating in the exhibit. Greg Johnson, Wichita, will be bringing his large sculptures made from auto body pieces. There will also be work by Eric Abraham, Lucas. Mike Schoech and Ronn Raymer, Russell, will have art from automobiles. Bob Mix, Great Bend, is bringing his unique welded sculpture. Mark Logan, LaCrosse, will be displaying his award winning custom automobile and truck models. Art and the Automobile will be reflected in the art of photography submitted by Jack Logan, Hays; Doug Reed, Wichita; and Kathy Gregory, Assaria who will also be showing a watercolor painting. The show includes engraving on stone by Greg Guise, Ellis. Larry Zvolanek will be showing paintings and drawings, along with drawings by Scott Haines, El Dorado, and Gordon Mai, Wilson. Paintings from California artist James Crandall, and Kansas artists Bryon Bruening, Cher Heller Olson and Kevin Lundy are ready for the exhibit. More out-of-state art may arrive by the opening. The show will extend into the lower level gallery where art cycles by Dan Welty, Wichita will be on display. For more information on “Chrome Smoke and Flames”, call the Deines Center at 785.483.3742. The Center is open from 12:30 – 5:00 Tuesday through Friday, and from 1:00 to 5:00 on Saturday and Sunday. It is located at 820 N. Main in Russell and is accessible to those with disabilities. Partial funding for the Center comes from a grant from the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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