News and Events

MAY/JUNE 2024 UPDATES

ART EXHIBITIONS & OPENING RECEPTION

**RUST: A Topography of Time Exhibition at Gallery Route One (5/4/24-6/9/24)

-New Work by Renée Owen & Mirka Knaster in a two-person show, a collaboration in the micro Annex Gallery. 11101 Highway One, Ste. 1101, Pt Reyes Station, CA. Hours: 11–5 Thurs.–Mon. (415) 663-1347. https://galleryrouteone.org/

*Pulp: Book & Paper Arts Exhibition (through May 5, 2024). Evocative exhibit juried by Donna Seager of Seager Gray Gallery. Coordinator: Renée Owen; Asst Coordinators Rachel Laufer & Darcy Croshaw. I have one piece in this show. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High Street, Sebastopol. (707) 829-4797. info@sebarts.org. Gallery Hours: Thur-Sun (10-4).

*Narrated Video Walk Through of Pulp 2024 exhibit, which Renée created (with help from Videographer extraordinnaire Shelley Rugg). Here's the link: https://www.reneeowenartandpoetry.com/new-page-1

*Transformations: Recycled Art Exhibition, Santa Rosa Art Center (through– June 1, 2024).

Assemblages, sculptures and collage made by reusing materials which have satisfied their original use. I have one piece in this show. 312 South A Street, Santa Rosa. Gallery Hours: Wed.-Sun. (11-3) and By Appointment: 707-526-0135 or 707-293-6051. https://santarosaartscenter.org/

RECENT ART SALES

Delighted to share that one of my pieces (from the Seb Arts Pulp 2024 show) has sold. The wall-hung piece Transplants (a scroll book of ecoprints, original poetry and calligraphy in a unique hanging structure) has found a new home with a local collector. Check out pics of this piece here (photos by Bob Stender): https://www.reneeowenartandpoetry.com/wall-hung-works

RECENTLY PUBLISHED POETRY

In Print

* New Poetry of Renée's published in recent issues of: Acorn (Spring '24), Contemporary Haibun Online (CHO 20.1); Presence (#78), Modern Haiku (#55.2), Mariposa (#50), and Kingfisher (#9).

ART & POETRY WEBSITE

See more of my art and poetry (including links to videos) at: https://www.reneeowenartandpoetry.com/

SUMMER/FALL 2023 UPDATES

ANNOUNCEMENT

*Excited to share that I have been accepted as a Gallery Route One Artist and will be joining the incredibly creative group that runs the gallery beginning September 1st. Upcoming opportunities to see more of my work at GRO in Pt. Reyes, which will be featured in solo exhibitions and group shows. https://galleryrouteone.org/

ART EXHIBITIONS

Fortissimo: Guest Artist in Members' Exhibition: Gallery Route One (6/17/23-7/23/23).

Inspiring show with a plethora of work, from 21 artists, including fiber art, sculpture, printmaking, paintings, and more. Coordinated by Austin Buckingham. I have 1 piece in the show. Join me on:

Sun., 6/17/23 for the Opening Reception (3:00-5:00pm).

11101 Highway 1, Pt Reyes, CA 94956. Hrs: Th- M (11-5). Ph: 415-663-1347. Gallery Route One. Instagram: @galleryrouteone.

Solo Exhibition: Sebastopol Public Library (5/7/23-6/6/23).

Featuring a small selection of artist's books by Renée Owen. Exhibit continues with various Sonoma County Book Art Guild Artists throughout the year.

Sebastopol Public Library (glass case inside library), 7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol. (707) 823-7691.

Transformations: Recycled Art (4/7/23-5/28/23).

Group exhibition at Santa Rosa Arts Center. Renée has two pieces in this show. Artworks made from objects which have satisfied their original use, to promote conservation of our planet’s limited resources. 312 South A Street, Santa Rosa. 707-526-0135 or 707-293-6051. https://santarosaartscenter.org

RECENT ART SALES

Delighted to share that one of my pieces from a recent show has sold. The wall-hung piece Mr. Mitchell & His Chickens from the This Old (Demolished) House Series was exhibited at Gallery Route One in the 40th Anniversary Members Exhibition and sold to a local collector. It is always an honor to find a new home for my artwork! Check out my website to see a few shots of this piece (photos by Bob Stender): https://www.reneeowenartandpoetry.com/wall-hung-works

Delighted to share that one of my pieces from the above shows has sold. The wall-hung altered book collage Seeing Red was on exhibit at Transformations at Santa Rosa Art Center and sold to a local collector. It's always an honor to find a new home for my artwork!

RECENTLY PUBLISHED POETRY

* Poetry published in the last quarter of 2023 include work in Contemporary Haibun Online (Issue 19.3), Herons Nest (Dec. 2023), Mariposa, Modern Haiku (55.1), Presence (77). and Whiptail "Best of 2023" Print Anthology.

One of my haibun was selected by the annual "Best of 2023" Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku (to be released in the next month or two; copies available soon on the Red Moon Press website).

* "triple-digit heat" in Modern Haiku 54.3 (2023), https://www.modernhaiku.org/

* "Spooked" and "that place inside" in Frogpond 46.3 (Fall, 2023), https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond

* "a single yawp" in Acorn 51 (Fall 2023), https://www.acornhaiku.com/

ART & POETRY WEBSITE

See more of my art and poetry (including links to videos) at: https://www.reneeowenartandpoetry.com/

OTHER NEWS

LITERARY NEWS

Awards

*"hydrangea petals," Runner Up in Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition 2023, View Online

Poetry Recently Published in Online Journals

* "Waking Up" in Contemporary Haibun Online 19.1 (April 2023), a "Best of 2022 Anthology" View Online

Poetry Recently Published in Print Journals

* "Inari the Fox God" in Contemporary Haibun, Vol. 18 (2023), View Online

* "all but the loudest" in Modern Haiku 54.1, 2023, View Online

* "jabberwocky" and Book Review (Hannah Mahoney's Shifting Light) in Frogpond 46.1 (2023), View Online.

* "riversong" and "all day snorts" and "another trainload" in Presence 75 (2023), View Online

* "border crossing" in Acorn 50 (Spring 2023), View Online

* "pruning wisteria" and "the winged arcs" in Mariposa 48 (Spr/Summ 2023), View Online

POETRY BOOKS

Check out Renée's poetry books. For more info, see Poetry tab on Renée's website.

This One Life (Backbone Press) -- now in it’s second printing, featuring cover art by local artist Betsy Kellas :) Shortlisted for the 2020 Touchstone Foundation Distinguished Book Awards, and 2nd place winner in Backbone Press Haiku Chapbook Contest.

Alone on a Wild Coast (Snapshot Press) -- Touchstone Foundation Distinguished Book Awards Honorable Mention and co-winner of the Snapshot Press Book Awards.

PAST NEWS AND UPDATES

ART EXHIBITIONS

Santa Rosa Arts Center Members Exhibition: (3/2/23-4/2/23)

Featuring a variety of inspiring art and well worth a visit. 312 South A Street, Santa Rosa • 707-526-0135. Check website for Gallery Hours.

Seen & Imagined (Juried Exhibition at Gallery Route One) 2/18/23-3/18/23

Juror: Jeremy P.H. Morgan (Lucid Arts Foundation). 82 artists show a variety of work in every medium, coordinated by Will Thoms. I have 1 new piece in the show. 11101 Highway 1, Pt Reyes, CA 94956. Hrs: Th- M (11-5). Ph: 415-663-1347. https://galleryrouteone.org. Instagram: @galleryrouteone.

OTHER RECENT EXHIBITIONS

Truth: Artist Books & Broadsides (Juried Exhibition at Gallery Route One). 1/07/23- 2/12/23.

Juror: Sas Colby. See the website for images of this exhibit.

OTHER ART NEWS OF NOTE

Letter Arts Review (Vol. 36.3, Winter 2022)

Features 8 pages of my artist's books, including great close-up photos of the work and an essay I wrote detailing my inspiration and process in creating them, as part of the article, "The Page Unleashed." It includes contributions by other artists of note as well, including favorites Louise Grunewald, Jane Ewing and Annie Cicale, devoting 40 pages to what makes book artists tick. Highly recommended (and well worth purchasing a copy or subscribing to this high gloss, eye-popping color art journal). For single issue purchases (or subscriptions), contact Sea-Hill Press at info@LetterArtsReview.org or 877-397-0005.

Alphabet Journal (Vol.48.2, Winter 2022)

Features one of my pieces from the Kalligraphia XVI exhibit of the Friends of Calligraphy at the San Francisco Public Library (Summer 2022). If you missed the inspiring exhibit, this article offers 20 pages of detailed color shots of a great selection of the mixed media work in the show. The journal is published 4 times per year (edited by Carl Rohrs), and well worth the membership dues (which includes access to many other benefits). http://www.friendsofcalligraphy.org. or contact Meredith Klein for membership info at gkle@sbcglobal.net.

Claudia Chapline Essay ("An Undefinable Original")

An essay I wrote in tribute to much beloved & wildly creative West Marin gallery owner, artist, poet and friend Claudia Chapline. Featured in Frogpond (Vol. 45.3, 2022), the print journal of the Haiku Society of America. Essay includes a small selection of Claudia's haiku.

Art & Ekphrastic Poetry Essay

Features Renée's art and her ekphrastic poetry, in an essay she was invited to write for Contemporary Haibun Online's April 2022 issue

Art Exhibition Video Walk-Through

Renée served as Co-Coordinator for the international juried exhibition Pulp: Book & Paper Objects at Sebastopol Center for the Arts in Fall of 2022, and co-created this video walk through of the exhibition featuring over 80 pieces from all over the world. It includes two of her own pieces blind juried into the show.

LITERARY NEWS

Awards

The poem "dust motes" received an Honorable Mention in the San Francisco International Haiku Contest 2022. For Contest results, poems and juror comments, View Online

"hydrangea petals" won 3rd Place in the San Francisco International Haiku Contest 2021 (sponsor: Haiku Poets of No Calif) and will be published in the next issue of Mariposa journal.

Online

"a flocking" in Whiptail 6 (2023). View Online
"even from the bank" in The Heron's Nest, Vol. XXIV, No. 4 (Dec. 2022) View Online
"coiled sweetgrass" in The Heron's Nest, Vol. XXIV, No. 2 (June 2022) View Online
"So Much of Life" and "first morning fog" in Daily Double Haiku on Charlotte Digregorio's Blog on May 12, 2022 at View Online
"be still wind" in Open Sky::SAMVAAD on July 10, 2022 View Online
"All the Little Choices" in Contemporary Haibun Online 18.2, August 2022 View Online

Print Journals

"The Hermit of Hendy Woods" and "all but the loudest" in Modern Haiku 54.1, 2023.
http://www.modernhaiku.org
"seeing plum" in Mariposa 47, 2023, http://www.hpnc.org/mariposa
"over the top" in Kingfisher 6, 2022, https://kingfisherjournal.com/
"The Path Home" and "walking back" and "misting rain" and "dusk raven" in Presence 73, 2022 View Online
"How Many Nights" in Frogpond 45.3, 2022, View Online

Poetry in Print