Hiking Season is Around the Corner
Goose Rock Trail at Deception Pass Park
Hikers in the group had their kick-off meeting at the REI at 10:15 AM on March 22. Our first hike is set for April 30th. You will find the schedule on the Hiking page.
We have two great exhibits at the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher that we’d like to share with you. Save the date for Friday, January 25
Joan Ofteness and Dewey White, docents and walker/hikers, will each lead a tour at noon on California Impressionism: Selections from the Irvine Museum. Please come at 11:45 am to participate in the tour.
DURING THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH centuries, California artists produced a unique style that combined several distinctive aspects of American and European art. This style — known as California Impressionism or California plein air painting, after the French term for “in the open air”— focused on capturing the special light and color of the state’s landscape and helped to define modern landscape painting.
Through this stunning collection of 50 paintings from the collection of The Irvine Museum, California, this exhibition features many of the most important artists of the period, including Franz Bischoff, Emil Kosa, Phil Dike, Edgar Payne, William Wendt, Guy Rose, and Granville Redmond.
Martie Lopez, docent and walker/hiker will lead the tour at 1 p.m. on Chicanitas: Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection (size doesn’t matter). This exhibition will not have docent tours for the public, this is a tour only for our WF.
Marin’s most recent passion is collecting small paintings averaging 16 inches square and smaller in size. Chicanitas showcases 65 paintings by 26 painters, ranging from photo-realism to abstractions to portraits to landscapes. In contrast to other works in his collection representing and promoting the Chicano art movement of the mid-60’s and 70’s, the content of many of these small paintings leans more towards the artist’s internal or personal statement rather than as a response to political, social or cultural situations.
To read more about the exhibitions: http://www.whatcommuseum.org/
Cost for the private tours, which includes admission, is $6.00 for non-members (please bring exact amount) and is free for members – just remember to bring your member card when checking in at front desk.
Friends and spouses are also welcome. Carpools work best, and free parking is available at the Whatcom Old City Hall, otherwise be prepared to pay for metered parking for more than two hours.
Please email martie.lopez@verizon.net to reserve your spot on either tour.
An email will be sent to closer to the date as a reminder to those that have signed up. Joan, Dewey and Martie look forward to your attendance. These tours have become part of the Walking Groups special event series and we are happy to share our research on these exhibitions.
If you cannot make our tour, docents lead tours on California Impressionism on Thursday and Friday at 1. There are two tours on Saturday and Sunday, 1and 2 p.m.
Do you know the indicators for a stroke?
We may all need a reminder from time to time, and a fourth indicator has recently been added to the list.
First 3 steps: STR – and add one more!
The New Sign of a Stroke ——– Stick out Your Tongue If the individual’s tongue is crooked, this is another stroke indicator.
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke…totally. The trick is recognizing a stroke and getting medical care quickly.