Door County Style

10th Annual Gills Rock ArtFest, North of the Tension Line at Charlene’s Gallery Ten, Sept 4-5

Posted on 28. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

More than twenty diverse artists working in a tent village, a ginormous Choc-a-lot group-art painting project, a burning man bonfire and drumming circle and the world’s greenest runway fashion show – who in Door County still thinks it’s  “remarkable that life exists north of Sister Bay?”
For the past ten years, Charlene Berg has been evolving [...]

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When You Have Enemies, You Need a Map! Ridges Sanctuary Teaches GPS Skills to Fight Invasives, Aug 24

Posted on 22. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

Marne Kaeske will give a short introduction on using GPS technology to map the locations of invasive species to be added to the Door County mapping project.
Wikipedia explains it clearly: “The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides reliable location and time information in all weather and at all [...]

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Free Introductory Session on August 24 for “Learning to Live, Learning to Love,” a 26-week Course in Men’s Self-awareness and Personal Growth

Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

Life Skills Men’s Classes in Door County begin at the Nelson Healing Center in September, with a free orientation and introduction on Tuesday, August 24 at 7 pm.
After three years of working with Life Skills International for her own personal growth, Dr. Melissa Nelson decided to become a trained facilitator and bring their classes to [...]

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2012 The Mayan Prophecy with Alida Quetzal at Nelson Healing Center, Aug 21

Posted on 12. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

Alida Quetzal will present a Door County Lecture and Prayer Ceremony interpreting the Mayan vision of 2012 on Saturday, August 21 from 10:30 am – Noon in Sturgeon Bay at the Nelson Healing Center (free-will offering).
Alida Quetzal was born in Mexico, a descendant of the Maya culture and grand-daughter of a great healer and spiritual [...]

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Paul Lurie lecture and presentation at Gallery Ten: “Fine Art Photography Using Film and Digital Tools,” Aug 14

Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

Door County artist Paul Lurie calls himself “a road photographer,” in that he finds his inspiration along the roadside while walking, biking or slowly driving.
“I enjoy the vistas of the landscape, whether it is the wilderness, the water, a rural farm or an urban streetscape,” says Paul Lurie. “I am interested in how those landscapes [...]

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Celebrating the Wisdom of the Divine Feminine through the Power of Sound; a 3-day Workshop with Suzy McLaren, August 13-15

Posted on 02. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

Suzy Mclaren leads a study of voice, prayer and meditation at the Nelson Healing Center in Sturgeon Bay
Suzy McLaren is a classical singer, a professor of Voice Science and a member of the Voice Foundation at the Julliard School of Music. In mid-August she comes to Door County from her home in Sedona, Arizona [...]

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Ray Kapfamer’s Paintings of the Great Door County ‘River’ Now Showing at Charlene’s Gallery Ten in Gills Rock

Posted on 02. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

Artist Ray Kapfamer believes that “Door County lacks only one important feature, a great river!”
In his current body of work he solves that problem by painting the Door County ‘river’ – a moving force made up of the flow of energy manifest in the people who come to enjoy the Peninsula.
“These paintings have been created [...]

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7th Annual Door County Festival of the Arts in Sister Bay, Aug 14

Posted on 01. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

Artists sharing the artistic process – from blank media to masterpiece, all day on Saturday, August 14 in Sister Bay.

Artistic demonstrations at art festivals may be commonplace, yet few festivals require every artist to demonstrate their craft for the public as artists must do at the Door County Festival of the Arts (DCFA). The 7th [...]

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Getting in Touch with your “Inner Elemental” at Nelson Healing Center in Sturgeon Bay

Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

A workshop on integrating breath, chakras and meditation presented by intuitive coach, Robert Dubiel on Monday, August 9 from 7 – 9 pm.

Since 1985 Robert Dubiel has dedicated himself to traveling around the world in search of places that have special spiritual significance. He has visited and lived in Hawaii, France, Nepal, India, Thailand [...]

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Door County Trunk Show, Features Work of Guatemalan Painter Juan Francisco Guzmán, July 31

Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.

Charlene’s Gallery Ten Presents One-day Trunk Show of Paintings by Guatemalan Artist Juan Francisco Guzmán in Gills Rock.

In the Sololá region of Guatemala, Juan Francisco Guzmán is known as an inspiring, demanding, life-changing high school teacher and the director of the school’s Spanish language arts curriculum. His writing won the national prize for literature. [...]

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