Rie Munoz - NEWS 08/01

August 2001
MUNOZ NEWS

Happy Birthday to You

Rie Celebrates

Rie Muñoz celebrated her 80th birthday, August 17, 2001. She was joined by a dozen friends who planned a birthday potluck in Tenakee Springs, Alaska. The group arrived a week before to be sure they were in the right slow frame of mind to enjoy this sleepy village. After a few days of letting the crab pots soak, there was ample crustaceans for all. Muñoz currently enjoys life in Juneau, painting about 40 original watercolors a year, traveling, sketching, and playing with her granddaughter Mercedes, now nine years old.
For more about Rie, see: Rie's Biography Pages

Rie's 80th Birthday party in Tenakee, Alaska
August 17, 2001

Crab Boil
Crab is cooked with potatoes, corn, shrimp, garlic and Cajun spices. The entire pot is then dumped on the table for the guests to jostle over.

Kid's Conference

The affair was a potluck and the Tenakee residents brought a wide assortment of dishes, including venison, salmon, halibut, local Tenakee berries made into a variety of desserts, salads, breads and pastas.

AUGUST RELEASE STATUS

The three August releases sold well, with "Hitchhikers Orcas Island" selling out from our wholesale department the first week of release. We still have some "Hitchhikers" available through our gallery. "Commercial Fisherman's Family" and "Overheaded" are still available. Rie Muñoz's next release will be November 1 with three excellent winter scenes.
Hitchhikers Orcas Island

GOODBYE MY ISLAND

"Goodbye My Island" by Jean Rogers and illustrated in B&W by Rie Muñoz, has been re-printed in softback book form. The book is now available for $9.95 retail (add $3.50 for shipping) through the Rie Muñoz Gallery. Call 1-800-247-3151 and order this and other great Muñoz books. This story is about a 12-year-old girl, "Esther Atoolik" who lives on King Island. For centuries her people have lived there, supporting themselves by the subsistence lifestyle. But the village is growing smaller, the school is closing and there is no priest for the church. "Good-bye My Island" is the tender story of Esther's last season on her beloved island and the wonderful memories she carries with her.

2001 RELEASE SCHEDULE

The tentative release schedule for 2001 and the beginning of 2002 is as follows:

November 1, 2001
3 prints

January 4, 2002
1 silkscreen

February, 2002
3 prints

Thank you for your interest in Rie Muñoz!