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ARTIST TRUST AT MIGHTY TIETON :: SUNNY SIDE UP!
August 22-23, 2009

Join Artist Trust for a weekend of artful festivities during Tieton Community Days in the glorious Upper Yakima Valley. Events include:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

Artist Trust Film Series, featuring independently-produced films by and about Washington artists:

6pm: "Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense," by John Comerford
A feature-length documentary about today's jazz music scene.
$8 Artist Trust members/$10 non-members

ALSO CHECK OUT:

12pm: "Future Wave," co-presented with the Seattle International Film Festival
Featuring award-winning shorts, animated and narrative films by young filmmakers, including a selection of work by Reel Grrls.

1:15pm: "Dreaming of Spirit Animals-The Glass Art of Cappy Thompson," by Sally Cloninger
A documentary about the internationally-renowned glass painter. "Arreguin: Artist," by John Forsen: Celebrating the life of Mexican-born, Seattle-based artist Alfredo Arregun, whose work will become part of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's permanent collection.

2:30pm: "Sweet Crude," by Sandy Cioffi
A powerful and important documentary about Nigerias Niger Delta, where billions of dollars of crude oil flows under the feet of a poverty-stricken community.

4pm: "OutSourced," by John Jeffcoat
A modern-day narrative comedy of cross-cultural conflict and romance.

8pm: "Trimpin: The Sound of Invention," by Peter Esmonde
An amusing journey through the sonic world of an eccentric creative genius. Live performance by Trimpin following the screening.

Sunny Side Up! also features:

:: Tieton Invitational Print Exhibition curated by Fay Jones, Fulgencio Lazo and Barbara Robertson. Sponsored by Mighty Tieton and Goathead Press;
:: Colorful parade with fabulous cartists;
:: Video installation by media artist Heather Dew Oaksen;
:: Much, much more!