August
2001
MUNOZ NEWS
Happy
Birthday to You
Rie
Celebrates
Rie
Mu�oz 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. Mu�oz 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
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Rie's 80th
Birthday party in Tenakee, Alaska
August 17, 2001 |
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 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
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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.
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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 Mu�oz's next release will be November 1 with
three excellent winter scenes.
 Hitchhikers
Orcas Island
GOODBYE
MY ISLAND
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"Goodbye
My Island" by Jean Rogers and illustrated in B&W by Rie Mu�oz,
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 Mu�oz
Gallery. Call 1-800-247-3151 and order this and other great
Mu�oz 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.
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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!
Sincerely,
Juan Muñoz
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