For Immediate Release
May 11, 2007

Contact: Monica Miller, Director of Individual Giving
monica@artisttrust.org, 206/467-8734 x18; toll free 1/866/218-7878

TIETON: ART TAKES FLIGHT
An Artist Trust Celebration in Mighty Tieton
Saturday, June 16, 2007

As part of its 20th Anniversary Celebration, Artist Trust announces a very special and unprecedented event in Eastern Washington. Tieton: Art Takes Flight is a unique collaboration between Artist Trust, Drachen Foundation and the Mighty Tieton to support the artists of Eastern and Central Washington and all Washington State with a not-to-be-missed summer event. Highlights include a silent auction of 60 custom-made art kites designed by noted Washington artists such as Julie Speidel, Harold Balazs, Fay Jones, Ronald Tan and Jim Woodring, as well as an aural sculpture by world-renowned artist Trimpin. Join us for what will be an unforgettable event in Eastern Washington!

Held at the Mighty Tieton - a new artistic community centered in the Yakima Valley - Tieton: Art Takes Flight will include:

• a silent "Dutch" auction of specially-designed art kites by 33 artists;
• Festive dinner and hosted beverages;
• a special performance by MacArthur “Genius” Trimpin;
• a sneak preview tour of the new artist community in Tieton, Washington;
• a day of events including an Artist Trust Artists' Moving Forward: Resources for Artists Workshop, kite flying demos and more!

Info: Monica Miller, 206/467-8734 x18, rsvp@artisttrust.org, monica@artisttrust.org
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/14839

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ~ June 16, 2007
12pm-4pm: Public Events ~ FREE

• Tour of Mighty Tieton
• Art installation by Diego Samper
• Exhibition of photographs by Hector Acebes
• Book art demonstrations
• Letterpress exhibition
• Tour of local collectors, the Wyles’, folk art collection
• Kite-flying demonstrations
• Artist Trust Artists’ Moving Forward: Resources for Artists workshop, 2:30pm:

  This mini-version of Artist Trust’s popular workshop covers artist survival skills for artists working in all disciplines. Topics presented include: how to professionally present your work; how to get informed about the funding and exhibition possibilities available to Washington State artists; information on professional resources, health care, insurance, emergency assistance and legal services available to artists. Information about Artist Trust’s grant programs, information services, and the EDGE Professional Development Training Program for visual artists is also provided.

4pm-9pm: Art Takes Flight ~ $75/person, $750/table of 10

• Dinner and hosted beverages
• Trimpin performance
• Musical entertainment
• Silent “Dutch” auction of original artist work on custom made art kites by 33 artists:
• 4-7pm: purchase any kite for $1,500
• 7-8pm: purchase any remaining kite for $1,000
• 8-9pm: purchase the remaining kites for $750

Contributing Artists, preview of Art Kites online May 20:

Leo Adams - Alfredo Arreguin - Harold Balazs - Marsha Burns - Eduardo Calderón - Joan CawleyCrane - Jaq Chartier - Diem Chau - Cat Clifford - Brian Fisher - Justin Gibbens - Kate Greiner - Stefan Gruber - Blake Haygood - Steve Jensen - Fay Jones - Kim Kopp - Rich Lehl - Pat Moriarity - Allan Packer - Dorothy Rissman - Diego Samper - Norie Sato - Catherine Skinner - Julie Speidel - Donna Stack - Roland Tan - Cappy Thompson - Dan Webb - Randy Wood - Jim Woodring - Claude Zervas

Co-presenters include Drachen Foundation and Mighty Tieton.

Make it an arts-filled weekend in Eastern Washington! Join us on Sunday, June 17 at noon for the public unveiling and dedication of “Abundance,” a new public art sculpture built by father-and-son artists, Michael and Chad Gray. Meant to symbolize the topography of the Yakima Valley, this magnificent glass, steel, basalt and bronze sculpture glows at night and stands more than a dozen feet tall at the corner of Second Street and Yakima Avenue. Securing it was possible through a $5,000 grant from Artist Trust and the Yakima Giving Circle, a group of community members who help to fund artistic endeavors.

Artist Trust is a not-for-profit organization whose sole mission is to support and encourage individual artists working in all disciplines in order to enrich community life throughout Washington State. Find out more at www.artisttrust.org.

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