Five Artists Open Studios This Weekend

Five North Coast Open Studios artists have chose to open their studios again this weekend, Saturday and Sunday June 25 and 26, fro 11 a to 5 pm. The participating artists had such a great experience with Open Studios, that they chose to invite the public to creative space once again.

Artists open this weekend will be:

• Elizabeth Berrien
  Fine wire sculpture
  590 Ole Hanson Road, Freshwater
  (707) 445-4931
  wireladye@yahoo.com
  Open Saturday & Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm

• Augustus Clark
  Acrylic paintings on varied surfaces
  208 C Street, Eureka
  (707) 445-9492
  clark@humboldt1.com
  www.humboldt1.com/~clark
  Open Saturday & Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm

• Susan Harper
  Watercolor paintings, beaded watches, rosaries
  1671 Bella Vista Road, McKinleyville
  (707) 839-5760
  sueharper46@yahoo.com
  www.susanwalshharper.com
  To get to studio: Take Central Avenue onto Bella Vista.
  Left into last driveway of Plaza parking lot,
  follow lane behind the business park to 1671 (behind yellow house).
  Open Sunday from 1 to 5 pm

• Joyce Jonté
  Paintings - Florals and nudes, originals, cards and reproductions
  StewArt Studios, 1125 16th Street, Arcata, #105-G
  (707) 498-6224
  jonteart@suddenlink.net
  www.arcataartisans.com
  To get to studio: Enter parking lot from L Street between 15th and 16th.
  Enter building on the GROUND level.
  Open Saturday & Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm

• Susan Strope/Studio S
  Oil Paintings
  717 Third Street, Eureka
  (707) 442-5656
  Studio is located between H and I on Third Street.
  Open Saturday from 1 to 5 pm

You can find more information about these artists on the North Coast Open Studios website: www.northcoastopenstudios.com or in the 2010 Guidebook. Want to visit a particular participating artist that is not opening this weekend? All artists listed in the guidebook are open by appointment, so please contact any artists whose studios you are interested in visiting. All open studios are free and family friendly. For more information, contact Taffy Stockton, NCOS Coordinator by email at contact@northcoastopenstudios.com, or by calling (707) 834-6460.

Wire goat by Elizabeth Berrien

Painting by Gus Clark

"Mom's Roses" by Susan Harper

"Repose" by Joyce Jonté

"Four of a Kind" by Susan Strope

Open Studios Continues With Weekend 2: June 12 & 13

The Twelfth Annual North Coast Open Studios continues this weekend, June 12&13! Weekend 2 of NCOS will feature 61 artists, from Fortuna to Trinidad, opening their studio doors to you for the weekend. Studios will be open 11 am to 5 pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

Susan Fox in her studio. Painting by Fox, After The Race: Baga Gazriin Chuluu.

Artists open for Weekend 2 are (click on the name to be taken to their artist listing on the NCOS website):

Erin Austin (North Coast Metal Arts Guild) - Eureka, NCOS Artist #38

Julia Bednar - Eureka, NCOS Artist #39

Elaine Benjamin (Blue Chair Press) - Blue Lake, NCOS Artist #13

Karen Berman - Bayside, NCOS Artist #33

Elizabeth Berrien - Indianola, NCOS Artist #36

Blue Ox Community School - Eureka, NCOS Artist #41

Frances Boettcher - King Salmon, NCOS Artist #80

Susan Bornstein - Arcata, NCOS Artist #16

Kathrin Burleson - Trinidad, NCOS Artist #1

Donna Bush - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #82

Augustus Clark - Eureka, NCOS Artist #45
Susan Cooper - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #83

Natalie Craig - Arcata, NCOS Artist #17

Andrew Daniel - Arcata, NCOS Artist #1

Saremy Duffy (Chicken Boots) - Blue Lake, NCOS Artist #14
Fire Arts Center - Arcata, NCOS Artist #19

Susan Fox- Dows Prairie, NCOS Artist #9

Karen Chase Frazee - Bayside, NCOS Artist #34
Libby George - Arcata, NCOS Artist #20
Joan Gold - Eureka, NCOS Artist #48

Elaine Gredassoff - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #84

Susan Harper - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #3

Erin House - Eureka, NCOS Artist #51

Bernice Huston - Glendale Drive, NCOS Artist #11

Steven V. Johnson - Arcata, NCOS Artist #22

Dannion Jones - Eureka, NCOS Artist #53

Joyce Jonté - Arcata, NCOS Artist #23

Beth Kabat (Thimbleberry Threads) - Dows Prairie, NCOS Artist #10

Kinetic Sculpture Museum - Ferndale, NCOS Artist #81

Lorraine Lindley - Eureka, NCOS Artist #58

Peggy Loudon - Arcata, NCOS Artist #24

Jim Lowry - Arcata, NCOS Artist #25
Sarah Marina - Eureka, NCOS Artist #60
Lucien Midnight - Arcata, NCOS Artist #26

Jeff Morales - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #4

Morris Graves Museum of Art - Eureka, NCOS Artist #63
Christy Mueller - Eureka, NCOS Artist #64

Kathy O'Leary - Eureka, NCOS Artist #66
Linda Parkinson - Eureka, NCOS Artist #12

Allison Reed - Arcata, NCOS Artist #27

Alan Sanborn - Arcata, NCOS Artist #28

Patricia Sennott - Arcata, NCOS Artist #29

Lia Sharp - Eureka, NCOS Artist #70

Zachary Shea - Bayside, NCOS Artist #35

Simone Smith - Eureka, NCOS Artist #72

Susan Strope - Eureka, NCOS Artist #73

Studio S - Eureka, NCOS Artist #74

Christina Swingdler - Eureka, NCOS Artist #75

Linnea Tobias - Arcata, NCOS Artist #30

David Van de Mark - Eureka, NCOS Artist #76

Colin Vance - Manila, NCOS Artist #37

Steven Vander Meer - Arcata, NCOS Artist #31

Stasia Walters- Blue Lake, NCOS Artist #1

John Wesa - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #5

Westhaven Center for the Arts - Westhaven, NCOS Artist #2

Michael Woods - Eureka, NCOS Artist #78

Hal Work - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #6

Mark Young - Eureka, NCOS Artist #79

Peter Zambas - Fieldbrook, NCOS Artist #8

Melissa Zielinski (Mill Creek Glass) - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #7

Saremy Duffy at work, some of her textile pieces, and a studio visitor.

Open Studios starts this weekend!

The Twelfth Annual North Coast Open Studios starts this weekend, June 5&6. Weekend 1 of NCOS will feature 68 artists opening their studio for the weekend.










Kathy O'Leary


Here is you chance to visit the places where art is made as Humboldt County artists open their studios and their creative process to you. Meet the artists firsthand... explore types of work that are both familiar and new to you... and purchase work directly from the artists!






Susan Bloch


Studios will be open 11 am to 5 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Artists open for Weekend 1 are (click on the name to be taken to their artist listing on the NCOS website):
Erin Austin - Eureka, NCOS Artist #38
Julia Bednar - Eureka, NCOS Artist #39
Elizabeth Berrien - Indianola, NCOS Artist #36
Susan Bloch - Eureka, NCOS Artist #40
Blue Ox Community School - Eureka, NCOS Artist #41
Lorna Brown - Eureka, NCOS Artist #42
Donna Bush - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #82
Regina Case - Eureka, NCOS Artist #43
Sheldon Chase - Eureka, NCOS Artist #44
Augustus Clark - Eureka, NCOS Artist #45
Susan Cooper - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #83
Merry Coor - Eureka, NCOS Artist #46
Kay Damgaard - Eureka, NCOS Artist #47
Andrew Daniel - Arcata, NCOS Artist #18
Fire Arts Center - Arcata, NCOS Artist #19
Karen Chase Frazee - Bayside, NCOS Artist #34
Libby George - Arcata, NCOS Artist #20
Joan Gold - Eureka, NCOS Artist #48
Shawn Gould - Eureka, NCOS Artist #49
Elaine Gredassof - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #84
Rick Gustafson - Eureka, NCOS Artist #50
Susan Harper - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #3
Erin House - Eureka, NCOS Artist #51
Bernice Huston - Glendale Drive, NCOS Artist #11
Steven V. Johnson - Arcata, NCOS Artist #22
Tani Johnson - Eureka, NCOS Artist #52
Damion Jones - Eureka, NCOS Artist #53
Joyce Jonté - Arcata, NCOS Artist #23
Yvonne Kern - Eureka, NCOS Artist #54
Kinetic Sculpture Museum - Ferndale, NCOS Artist #81
John King - Eureka, NCOS Artist #55
Frances Kuta - Eureka, NCOS Artist #56
Thao Le Khac - Eureka, NCOS Artist #57
Lorraine Lindley - Eureka, NCOS Artist #58
Peggy Loudon - Arcata, NCOS Artist #24
Jim Lowry - Arcata, NCOS Artist #25
Kathy Marie - Eureka, NCOS Artist #59
Sarah Marina - Eureka, NCOS Artist #60
Kelly Mathson - Eureka, NCOS Artist #61
Karen Merry - Eureka, NCOS Artist #62
Lucien Midnight - Arcata, NCOS Artist #26
Jeff Morales - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #4
Morris Graves Museum of Art - Eureka, NCOS Artist #63
Michelle Murphy-Ferguson - Eureka, NCOS Artist #65
Kathy O'Leary - Eureka, NCOS Artist #66
Allison Reed - Arcata, NCOS Artist #27
Naomi Rose - Eureka, NCOS Artist #68
Victoria Ryan - Eureka, NCOS Artist #69
Alan Sanborn - Arcata, NCOS Artist #28
Patricia Sennott - Arcata, NCOS Artist #29
Lia Sharp - Eureka, NCOS Artist #70
Alice Shaw - Eureka, NCOS Artist #71
Zachary Shea - Bayside, NCOS Artist #35
Simone Smith - Eureka, NCOS Artist #72
Susan Strope - Eureka, NCOS Artist #73
Studio S - Eureka, NCOS Artist #74
Christina Swingdler - Eureka, NCOS Artist #75
Linnea Tobias - Arcata, NCOS Artist #30
David Van de Mark - Eureka, NCOS Artist #76
Colin Vance - Manila, NCOS Artist #37
Steven Vander Meer - Arcata, NCOS Artist #31
John Wesa - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #5
Westhaven Center for the Arts - Westhaven, NCOS Artist #2
Jesse Wiedel - Eureka, NCOS Artist #77
Michael Woods - Eureka, NCOS Artist #78
Hal Work - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #6
Mark Young - Eureka, NCOS Artist #79
Peter Zambas - Fieldbrook, NCOS Artist #8

1. Yvonne Kern

Four Myrtletown Artists Open Their Creative Spaces

Four Myrtletown artists will be sharing their unique spaces with the public during the first weekend of this year's 12th Annual North Coast Open Studios Tour. The community will have the rare opportunity to visit the studios of glass artist Susan Bloch-Welliver, painter Yvonne Kern, mixed media artist Kathy Marie and, potter Kate Purcell. This eclectic mix of artists share, along with their neighborhood, a deep connection with nature and it's designs.

Susan Bloch-Welliver, a nationally recognized glass artist, creates her "one of a kind" pieces in a multifaceted studio located at 1081 Vernon Street. Bloch-Welliver is creating a unique series of mixed media work while specializing in commissioned etched glass and sculptures.

"Time and nature compel me," says Bloch-Welliver. "I sharpen my awareness by memorializing daily moments of awe with shapes of glass, which become translated into sculptures". Sculptures, glass flowers, and etched glass are a few of the treasures that will be available for purchase at her studio.

Bloch-Welliver's work can be found in a recently released book titled Creative Glass, by Danijela Kracun & Charles McFadden, and at www.blochstudio.com.

Yvonne Kern's backyard studio is across the street from Susan Bloch-Welliver's studio. Visitors will find a tent pavilion and studio down a garden path behind the house. As a representational oil and watercolor painter for more than 20 years, Kern has found a lot of inspiration in her private space.

"I love the abundant beauty of this area. North Coast Open Studios offers me an unprecedented opportunity to share with our community this beauty that I have captured with my art."

Kern will exhibit several new oil and watercolor paintings. Note cards, "recycled art bookmarks", and a few other rare small gift items will be offered for sale. See www.yvonnekern.com for more information.

Kathy Marie, a local collage/mixed media artist, has been selling her art and participating in local holiday fairs for many years. Her inspiration comes from attending workshops, reading art books, working with talented artists in the area, and traveling experiences.

Marie's studio can be found on Hill Street, behind the Myrtle Avenue Starbucks. Look for
the green door. "For years I have been creating art using many different kinds of media but I have always felt most comfortable with collage/mixed media," says Marie about her art. "I love to work with color and try to express a powerful emotion in my work.. I feel art is an expression of oneself and a message about the world.. So as I grow as an individual so does my art."

Visitors will find digital photography, collages, altered art and one of a kind stuffed toys at her studio. Her work can be seen at the Rustic West Trading Co. in Old Town Eureka and on www.kathymarie.net.

Kate Purcell has been creating pottery for more than 20 years and her handmade colorfully decorated pottery is well known in Humboldt County. Her studio is located in a shop behind her house at 2572 Myrtle Ave. (Between Hubbard Street and Hall Ave) Visitors will have the opportunity to see her new wall plaques in addition to her other fine serving pieces.

"I like to imagine all the pots we have made over the years being used and enjoyed at social gatherings", Purcell said.

Her pottery can be found locally at Plaza Design, Trinidad Trading Company, at her studio and at www.firedancedesign.com.

Here's Your Chance to Win Art and Support Open Studios!

For 2010, the NCOS artists are offering an art-filled way to raise funds for this event: Support North Coast Open Studios and get a chance to win and one of three beautiful art pieces!

Local oil painter Kathy O’Leary, Jewelry artist Christina Swindgler and glass artist Susan Bloch have all donated pieces for the benefit drawing. Kathy O’Leary donated an oil painting “Mad River Bluffs”, approximate framed size is 21” x 27”, valued at $1,300. Christina Swingdler, of Christina Anastasia, donated a Swarovski crystal and stone necklace and earring set, valued at $175. Glass artist Susan Bloch, of Bloch Studios, donated an etched glass plate “Nesting” valued at $350.

All three pieces will be raffled off on Wednesday, June 23rd, and the proceeds will benefit North Coast Open Studios, and help defray the costs of this community event. Tickets are available until Tuesday, June 22nd for a $5 donation to North Coast Open Studios (c/o Ink People Center for the Arts). Call (707) 442-8413 for your chance to take one of these beautiful pieces of art home with you!

Winner need not be present to win. For more information, contact NCOS Coordinator Taffy Stockton, by email at contact@northcoastopenstudios.com.




















"Mad River Bluffs" oil painting by Kathy O'Leary.
















"Nesting" glass etched plate by Susan Bloch.














Necklace (earrings not pictured) by Christina Swindgler.

Win Art & Support

Getting Ready for Open Studios

Open Studios is always a joyful experience...meeting and talking with people who have come to see where we artists create our work...a glimpse into the private world of a producing artist...an opportunity to see work in progress as well as finished pieces of art. That's what it's all about.

But before Open Studios happens, artists need to get their studios ready for visitors. For some totally organized artists, that is simple...just straighten a few things, plan refreshments and put the Open Studios signs up.

For others of us, getting ready for Open Studios is a major undertaking. For me, it begins just after taxes are finished...when I start saying "I have to get ready for Open Studios". But the days fly by and the end of April, I realize that time is getting short, and I need to fit "getting ready" into my already overcrowded schedule.

I have a pretty big yard, neglected all winter...that needs to have a spring (now that the weather isn't so cold) grooming. The windows want to be washed. And the clutter of paintings, frames, supplies, unfinished projects, etc...need to be dealt with somehow. Invitations have to be designed, printed and mailed. So May is the month to focus on creating order out of chaos, preparing for the exciting weekends in June when I will share my studio, my work and my lifestyle with visitors.

No, people who visit my studio won't find a perfect environment. Try as i might, I won't be able to magically turn my place into an advertisement for House Beautiful. But the folks who visit me will see what an artist's studio really looks like... paintings not yet finished, completed works, brushes and canvases and paints and art books and all the stuff that makes my studio what it is. They can also walk around my yard, check out whatever is blooming in June and relax for a bit in a lawn chair and enjoy some refreshments.

Most of all, I want people to feel welcomed to my studio, enjoy their visit and leave with a greater appreciation of what we artists do to create our work. That's what makes it all worthwhile.

- Julia Bednar, NCOS Participating Artist #39
Julia will open her Eureka studio for both Weekend 1 & Weekend 2

Artist Show & Reception

The North Coast Open Studios Artist Show & Reception will be Saturday, May 1st, from 6 to 9 pm during Arts Alive! at the Adorni Center (1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka).

This is your opportunity to view work by more then 50 of the North Coast Open Studios artists, meet the artists and listen to live music by Julian Lang. There will be delicious food by Cassaro Catering and a no-host bar that benefits NCOS. This free community event is also your first chance to get a 2010 Open Studios guidebook!

There will be artwork by:
Erin Austin, Julia Bednar, Karen Berman, Elizabeth Berrrien, Susan Bloch, Blue Ox Community School, Lorna Brown, Donna Bush, Regina Case, Sheldon Chase, Merry Coor, Natalie Craig, Kay Damgaard, Andrew Daniel, Saremy Duffy, Fire Arts Center, Susan Fox, Karen Chase Frazee, Joan Gold, Michael Guerriero, Rick Gustafson, Erin House, Bernice Huston, Steven Johnson, Dannion Jones, Joyce Jonté, Beth Kabat, Yvonne Kern, John King, Frances Kuta, Thao Le Khac, Peggy Loudon, Jim Lowry, Kathy Marie, Sarah Marina, Kelly Mathson, Libby Maynard, Karen Merry, Lucien Midnight, Christy Mueller, Michelle Murphy-Ferguson, Kathy O’Leary, John Palmer, Kate Purcell, Allison Reed, Naomi Rose, Victoria Ryan, Alan Sanborn, Patricia Sennott, Lia Sharp, Zachary Shea, Simone Smith, Christina Swingdler, Linnea Tobias, Dave Van de Mark, Colin Vance, Stasia Walters, Jesse Weidel, John Wesa, Westhaven Center for the Arts, Michael Woods, Hal Work, Peter Zambas and Melissa Zielinski

Advertising in the Open Studios Guidebook

Are you interested in advertising in this year's North Coast Open Studios Guidebook?

If you are, you need to contact the North Coast Journal right away to secure space! The deadline is coming up soon...

See the flyer below for advertising deadlines and prices, or contact the Journal at (707) 826-2000 for more information.

Taffy Stockton
NCOS Coordinator

North Coast Open Studios Artist Registration Deadline is Today!

The deadline to register for the Twelfth Annual North Coast Open Studios (NCOS) is today (Tuesday, March 16)! Today is your last chance to contact NCOS Coordinator Taffy Stockton and reserve spot for this creative showcase for local artists.

Have you been considering participating, but haven't made up your mind yet? Try it out! NCOS 2010 is shaping up to be a great year, and participation is a great was to get information about your art out to thousands of people.

Attendees rave about the opportunity to see artists at work and in their creative spaces.

"Open Studio has provided me with the wonderful opportunity to see the nuts and bolts of what each particular artist surrounds themselves with to create their creative environment. It also provides the rare opportunity when the hosting artist can visit with me in a more relaxed atmosphere. I'm looking forward to the next tour!" said Maggie Stimson, NCOS Attendee.

NCOS registration is open to dedicated artists, fine crafts people, arts manufacturers, art organizations, art businesses and cultural sites in Humboldt County. Artists must have a safe and reasonably accessible studio and must agree to stay open for one or two weekends of the event. Listings of “by appointment only” are available for artists who will not be open during Open Studios.

For more information, contact Taffy Stockton, NCOS Coordinator by email at contact@northcoastopenstudios.com, or by calling (707) 834-6460. Find more information, or download an application, on our website at www.northcoastopenstudios.com,

Preparing For NCOS... As A New Artist

It was one year ago this April that I first spotted a 4"x 5" flyer titled "North Coast Open Studios" on the counter in The Art Center. As a new Humboldt County resident and a career changing, fledgling artist I was interested in participating in every art event I could find. Sadly I realized this NCOS was for artists with studios. At the time I still considered my art a hobby and I really didn't have a studio. I thought..."Well, maybe next year I'll have my own studio."

Actually the timing was good. I found I could leisurely cruise the artists in the NCOS map & guidebook and see how all the other artists set up their work places... maybe get some ideas. I found the weekend to be perfectly inspiring. I made some new artist friends, and here I am today, getting ready for NCOS with my own studio.

I think this will be fun. An entire weekend of welcoming art seekers into my most favorite space in the world...my studio. Unlike Arts Alive this will be daytime, quieter and more relaxed. Hopefully there will be more time to actually talk to people about my art, and their art too.

Preparations? Some cleaning, a lot of new paintings, cooking up some wonderful little bites of food that go well with art and wine and I'm ready.

Fran Kuta
First time NCOS Artist in 2010 & NCOS Steering Committee Member
Frances Kuta Fine Art at www.franceskuta.com

Preparing for Open Studios

Although North Coast Open Studios isn't until June, the committee has been busy preparing. Enthusiastically led by Taffy Stockton, meetings are focused and productive. Plans for the brochure are in progress with the North Coast Journal once again printing a color brochure.

We empathize with artists who feel the cost is a burden so we work hard to keep the rising costs down. Fees are supplemented with grants, a raffle, donations, and volunteers. Generous participating artists will be donating art for our raffle. The website, posters and brochures are all produced to bring artists and the community together. The raffle is an enticing and inexpensive opportunity to win a valuable piece of art. We are doing something different this year so stay tuned...

Artists, don't forget the sign up deadline is March 15th!

We'd like you to meet our team: (alphabetically)

Julia Bednar: an avid realist painter and past president of the Redwood Arts Association, always active in the arts community.
Susan Bloch: a glass artist working with themes about "Time & Nature", active on the public art committee and Eureka Art & Culture Commission. www.blochstudio.com
Jemima Harr: a dedicated advocate of the arts, is the Museum Director of the Morris Graves Museum. She has collaborated on and curated over 300 exhibitions throughout California. www.humboldtarts.org
Frances Kuta: a portrait and still life painter inspired by color and light. franceskuta.com
Yvonne Kern: a landscape and still life painter, expressing connections between the visual world and the internal experience. www.yvonnekern.com
Libby Maynard: an artist and executive director of the Ink People, dedicated, determined and purposeful arts leader. www.inkpeople.org
Taffy Stockton: owns a full service events and consulting company, leading our team of volunteers to create a robust, cost-efficient, well-planned open studios. www.sandsevents.net
Tanya Nordberg: inspired programs manager for The Ink People center for the Arts. www.inkpeople.org

Susan Bloch Welliver
NCOS Steering Committee Member & NCOS Artist
www.blochstudio.com

Calling all Humboldt County Artists!
12th Annual North Coast Open Studios
Will be June 6-7 & 13-14, 2010








The 12th Annual NCOS will take place and Sunday, June 5-6 and 12-13, 2010 from 11 am to 5 pm. Local artists and art related businesses encourage the public to visit and experience their unique spaces for this once yearly event. NCOS attracts thousands of local and regional visitors to more than 100 studios, workshops, galleries and businesses. Participants typically report increased recognition and sales as well as better connections with their patrons.

NCOS registration is open to dedicated artists, fine crafts people, arts manufacturers, art organizations, art businesses and cultural sites in Humboldt County. Artists must have a safe and reasonably accessible studio and must agree to stay open for one or two weekends of the event. Listings of “by appointment only” are available for artists who will not be open during Open Studios.

Deadline for registration is Wednesday, March 16th. For more information, contact Taffy Stockton, NCOS Coordinator by email at contact@northcoastopenstudios.com, or by calling (707) 834-6460.

Find more information on our website at www.northcoastopenstudios.com.

North Coast Open Studios 2010

It's that time of year again... Time to start preparing for North Coast Open Studios! We'll be using this blog to keep everyone up to date on Open Studios info and happenings for 2010.

Just to start... the 12th Annual North Coast Open Studios will be Saturday & Sunday, June 5-6 & 12-13.

Want to participate in NCOS? Download our the 2010 Application & Directions here! The deadline to apply is March 16th.

Do you have questions? Want to find out more about Open Studios? View our facebook group page, website or contact NCOS coordinator Taffy Stockton by email at contact@northcoastopenstudios.com or by phone at (707) 834-6460. Remember to check back often for more on what's going on with NCOS 2010!