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Page 8, May 20, 2019, The Islander
JIAA June exhibit features works of painter and basket artist
open to the public,
will be held on June
2 from 1-3 p.m.
A native Geor
gian, Julia Chan
dler Lawing syn
chronizes color and
surface to capture
the essence of a mo
ment. She was born
in Atlanta and relo
cated to St. Simons
Island at age 12. At
Frederica Academy,
she received awards
for drawing before
earning a BA in
Journalism at UNC-
Chapel Hill. “My art
exploration parallels my faith,” she
states. “There’s no end, but the ongo
ing reward is revelation that helps
me know myself, the world, and my
God more fully.”
Lawing’s exploration continued
in stained glass, ceramics and pas
tels, before she began oil painting in
2014. “I paint because it engages my
senses, my mind, my soul, and stirs
an unmatched passion in me. My aim
is visual poetry: simultaneously elu
sive and evocative, speaking life to
the viewer’s soul.”
ten as possible.
Linda Lanter’s exploration into
art began with the Jekyll Island Art
Association in 2012. Leaving much
of her family in Ohio, she arrived
in Brunswick feeling lonely and de
pressed and sought solace by taking
a class in Pine Needle Basket Weav
ing. “I had never seen a pine needle
basket before,” she says, “but I soon
found my new love.”
After taking the basic course,
Lanter was hooked on basket weav
ing. She bought books, visited web
sunroom of her
Brunswick home
into a studio for
basketry, pottery,
fused glass jewel
ry, and painting.
“Sometimes,” she
says, “we get so
low we have to climb out of our sor
row, pick up and start anew.”
Lanter uses artificial sinew to
weave and strengthen her basket
coils of Long Leaf Pine needles. “All
my baskets are sturdy, useful and
pretty, she says,
lifetime.” Married to the writer Steve
Lanter, Linda shares her artistic
skills by teaching classes at Goodyear
Cottage. “Art has filled all the lonely
places in my life and gives me great
pleasure.”
The paintings of Julia Lawing and
the woven baskets of Linda Lanter
will be featured during the Jekyll Is
land Arts Association’s June exhibit
at the Goodyear Cottage on Jekyll Is
land, June 1-30. An artists’ reception,
which is free and
Her work is held in private, public
and corporate collections across the
U.S. She resides in Concord, North
Carolina, with her husband Bruce
and four teenage daughters, although
they retreat to the Golden Isles as of
sites, and went to
every Art Center
between Geor
gia and Ohio.
Eventually she
transformed the
Motown and More
at Sounds by the Sea
Great music in a perfect setting
will take place at Sounds by the Sea
on Sunday, May 26 with Motown and
More with the Sam Rodriguez Band.
The concert takes place at Neptune
Park (Oceanside of the Casino Build
ing) on St Simons Island from 7 pm to
9 pm.
The Sam Rodriguez Band (or SR-
Music) will have concert-goers danc
ing on the lawn with their infectious
Motown and Soul era music with a
repertoire that includes hits from Nat
King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Louis Arm
strong, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye,
The Temptations and more! They have
played around the country as well as
in the Golden Isles and have had the
honor of performing and/or recording
with a variety of well known artists in
cluding Aretha Franklin, Curtis May-
field, Gladys Knight and many more.
Talented musicians make up the band,
which is lead by percussionist Sam
Rodriguez who has performed on local
and national TV and has been featured
on local and Internet radio. Sounds by
the Sea is presented by Golden Isles
Arts and Humanities at Neptune Park
directly behind the Casino building.
Admission payable at the gate the
night of each show, is $10 for adults.
Children ages 6 to 12 are $5, and under
6 years old are free. Info: Golden Isles
Arts & Humanities at 912.262.6934,
info@goldenislesarts.org or visit gold-
enislesarts.org.
Literary Guild Film
The Literary Guild of St. Simons
Island Film Series presents The Book
shop, UK, 2017, directed by Isabel
Coixet. Wednesday, May 29, 7:00 p.m.
In 1959 England, free-spirited wid
ow Florence Green follows her lifelong
dream by opening a bookshop in a con
servative coastal town. While bringing
about a cultural awakening, she earns
the polite but ruthless opposition of a
local grand dame and the support of
a reclusive, book-loving widower. 110
minutes; rated PG.
• Casino Theater
• Free, but a $3.00 donation is re
quested to help defray costs.
Literary Guild
poetry
The Literary Guild and Starbucks
Coffee are sponsoring an evening of
coffee and poetry at Starbucks on St.
Simons Island. Read your own poem
or a favorite published poem. Please
limit whatever you choose to no more
than five minutes. No registration is
necessary.
• Wednesday, May 22, 6:00 to 8:00
p.m.
• Starbucks Coffee, 2209 Demere
Road, SSI
• No cost for the event; light snacks
will be provided by Starbucks.
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