JULY 7, 2016 // 9
July
9
ASTORIA — Downtown merchants and galleries will hold Astoria’s Second
Saturday Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 9. Meet artists and mingle
with art lovers while enjoying refreshments and new exhibits.
ART BUSINESSES
1. Imogen Gallery
240 11th St.
Helga Winter returns with
her third solo show, “A Passion
for Change.” Known for her wood
turnings, Winter pushes boundaries
to keep her work fresh. This series in-
cludes a new medium: vessels made
from tea papers. She will also include
more traditional madrone turned
vessels and wall-hung pieces created
from repurposed pages of books.
originals from local event posters.
4. Tempo Gallery
1271 Commercial St.
See new acrylic paintings by
Vicki Baker, who recently returned to
Astoria from the gulf coast of Florida.
She brought along a lock of colorful
and imaginative “Uncommon Bird”
paintings. Baker and other artists
will be present. Denise Reed will
perform vocal and keyboard music.
Refreshments will be served.
2. RiverSea Gallery
1160 Commercial St.
Environmental landscape
paintings by southwest Washington
artist Jennifer Williams are featured
in her solo exhibition “Take Refuge.”
The work explores the intricate and
often fragile connections between
civilization and wilderness and is a
tribute to the grandeur and mystery
of the waterways and rugged wild
spaces that deine the Northwest.
In the Alcove space, Astoria
artist Rick Crawford ofers a series of
sculpture and jewelry created from
reclaimed wood, forged and salvaged
metal, and other materials. His work
is driven by surface texture as well as
composition, with disparate elements
blending into elegant forms. Known
for his carving, he often begins a
piece on the lathe but spends the
most time working with hand tools.
The resulting work appears to have
been carved by the natural forces of
wind, sand and sea.
5. KALA
1017 Marine Drive
KALA continues the exhibition
“The Coast is Queer” by guest
curator and Portland gallerist Mark
Woolley. The exhibit celebrates the
diverse art being produced in Ore-
gon by queer-identified artists. Not
all the artists explore queerness in
their art; they are just producing
interesting, works that reflect their
inner vision. Artists include Paul
Soriano, Dorothy Goode, Wesley
Youni, Chuck E. Bloom, Tabor Porter
and Greg Carrigan, Marne Lucas
and Sid Deluca.
3. Old Town Framing
1287 Commercial St.
Why did Don Nisbett cross the
river? To come to art walk! Old Town
Framing will host artist Don Nisbett
from Ilwaco, Washington, and display
his work through Aug. 11. Nisbett
will show his watercolors depicting
the Astoria-Megler Bridge as well as
other local scenes, and he will release
7. Sea Gypsy Gallery and Gifts
1001 Commercial St.
Sea Gypsy will showcase two art-
ists. Lawrence Eichman from Portland
makes colorful blown glass igures
and home decor: slugs, salmon,
dolphins, mermaids, trees and mush-
rooms. Gearhart artist Hayley Esplund
creates functional nautical pottery in
shades of teal and coral.
6. Ratz & Co.
260 10th St.
Entering its third year in Astoria,
Ratz & Co. features the illustrations,
album covers and paintings of Dave
McMacken. The studio/gallery also
shows the work of Portland artist
Jackie Avery and Frank Zappa’s life-
long art director Cal Schenkel.
Holly McHone Jewelers will
feature the debut of the Asto-
ria Bridge Pendant, which in-
cludes an Oregon sunstone.
“Sight of Day” by Jennifer Wil-
liams at RiverSea Gallery.
“Movement Within Stillness,” a wood turned vessel made of
madrone, dye and pigmented bees wax by Helga Winter at
Imogen Gallery.
A drawing by Ben Soeby at Luminari Arts.
8. Astoria Art Loft
106 Third St.
From 3 to 6 p.m., view photos
from around the world by Terry
Shumaker and Art and Kay Limbird.
All three photographers have adven-
tures to relate. As a soil geologist,
Art Limbird’s work took him and his
wife around the world, allowing
the couple to photograph diferent
cultures and remote areas. In the
U.S., their interest in things geologic
led to photos of twisted canyons in
the Southwest, driftwood on the
North Coast and more. Shumaker’s
profession as a cartographer and
graphic artist led him into working as
a photographer and wildlife biologist.
He ilmed the world from Alaska to
Antarctica. Shumaker is in the process
of scanning his estimated 20,000 ilm
photos into a digital format.
ALSO FEATURING
ORIGINAL ART
9. Luminari Arts
1133 Commercial St.
Hailing from Lincoln City, outsider
artist Ben Soeby brings his eccentric
and witty art to Luminari. Soeby
works on reclaimed and scrap wood
using ine pen and ink to convey his
perspective of the coast, Oregon,
wildlife and logging, bringing an
ironic native eye to create humor-
ous, poignant portraits of animals,
humans and life in general. Meet the
artist, have some wine, and listen to
live music by Richard T.
10. Forsythea
1124 Commercial St.
11. Adagio
1174 Commercial St.
On display are antique African
masks and Japanese woodblock
prints from the Shin-Hanga and
Sosaku-Hanga periods. The collection
of “wearable art” includes vintage
Japanese silk haori, creations in Tencel
by Barbara Hall; painted silks by
Kavita; and handmade lora-dyed silk
scarves by Brianna Lichnovsky.
SUPPORTING PARTICIPANTS
12. In the Boudoir
1004 Commercial St.
Envelop your senses with ine
linens, lotions, soaps and home decor.
“Love Birds” by Vicki Baker at
Tempo Gallery.
13. Cargo
240 11th St.
Patty is back from India, and
she brought handmade blouses and
dresses from around the globe.
14. Holly McHone Jewelers
1150 Commercial St.
Holly McHone Jewelers has inished
a signiicant remodel to its retail store.
To celebrate, art walk will feature the
debut of the Astoria Bridge Pendant.
Designed by McHone, the pendant
commemorates the 50th anniversary of
the Astoria-Megler Bridge. The pendant
comes with an Oregon sunstone to
“Shell Fragment Series #2,”
made of repurposed ma-
ple and poplar, turned and
carved by Rick Crawford at
RiverSea Gallery.
represent the area’s sunsets. Ten percent
of bridge pendant sales for 2016 will go
to the Astoria Regatta Scholarship Fund.
Refreshments will be served.
15. Maiden Astoria
255 14th St.
Stop by for refreshments, and
check out local and regional goods.
16. WineKraft
80 10th St.
WineKraft features art by six local
artists. Hear live bluegrass music by Ted
Brainard at 7 p.m.
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
ART WALK MAP