Preserving the magic of 'The Barn Shows'
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February 6, 2019
IT ALL STARTED IN LA CONNER – Lavone Newell Reim, an artist herself, pointing out a statement from John Simon, organizer of a 1986 art show in La Conner. That show evolved into the annual “Barn Sales Show.” With husband Dick Reim, Lavonne hosted the annual exhibit of local artists at their barn for 17 years. Sunday they hosted “The Barn Shows ‘Book On The Walls’ Preview Party” to provide a peek of the book Lavonne and Cathy Stevens will be publishing this summer. – Photo by Ken Stern
To preserve an important piece of Skagit magic, Lavone Newell-Reim and Cathy Stevens have teamed up to write a book about a key period in Skagit County’s art history. Starting in the late 1980s, they were involved with local artists participating every November in a phenomenon called “The Barn Shows.” These annual events showcased the most talented Skagit artists of that era.
Lavone and her husband, Dick, hosted a preprint celebration of the book, approppriately named “The Barn Shows” on Jan. 27, at the very barn where the art shows took place.
Newell-Reim is a painter, and Steven...
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